Those born on this date include:

- Physicist Louis Daguerre in 1787
- journalist Dorothy Dix in 1861
- pollster George Gallup in 1901
- astronaut Alan Shepard in 1923
- writer Margaret Atwood in 1939 (age 85)
- actor Brenda Vaccaro in 1939 (age 85)
- actor Linda Evans in 1942 (age 82)
- actor Susan Sullivan in 1942 (age 82)
- writer Alan Dean Foster in 1946 (age 78)
- actor Jameson Parker in 1947 (age 77)
- Football Hall of Fame member Jack Tatum in 1948
- actor Delroy Lindo in 1952 (age 72)
- actor Kevin Nealon in 1953 (age 71)
- writer Alan Moore in 1953 (age 71)
- actor Oscar Nunez in 1958 (age 66)
- actor Elizabeth Perkins in 1960 (age 64)
- TV writer/producer Steven Moffat in 1961 (age 63)
- musician Kirk Hammett (Metallica) in 1962 (age 62)
- actor Tim Guinee in 1962 (age 62)
- musician Tim DeLaughter (Polyphonic Spree/Tripping Daisy) in 1965 (age 59)
- actor Romany Malco in 1968 (age 56)
- actor Owen Wilson in 1968 (age 56)
- actor Dan Bakkedahl in 1969 (age 55)
- musician/actor Duncan Sheik in 1969 (age 55)
- TV news commentator Megyn Kelly in 1970 (age 54)
- actor/comedian Mike Epps in 1970 (age 54)
- actor Chloe Sevigny in 1974 (age 50)
- Baseball Hall of Fame member David Ortiz in 1975 (age 49)
- musician Fabolous, born John David Jackson, in 1977 (age 47)
- NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin in 1980 (age 44)
- actor/comedian/musician Mathew Baynton in 1980 (age 44)
- actor Nasim Pedrad in 1981 (age 43)
- actor Christina Vidal in 1981 (age 43)
- actor Damon Wayans Jr. in 1982 (age 42)
- musician TJ Osborne (Brothers Osborne) in 1984 (age 40)
- fashion designer Christian Siriano in 1985 (age 39)
- Olympic runner Allyson Felix in 1985 (age 39)
- actor Jake Abel in 1987 (age 37)
- actor Nathan Kress in 1992 (age 32)
- actor Han So-hee, born Lee So-hee, in 1993 (age 31).

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