Those born on this date include:

- French philosopher Claude Helvetius in 1715
- first lady Julia Grant in 1826
- U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1880
- Bessie Coleman, first female Black/Native American pilot in 1892
- Austrian singer Maria von Trapp in 1905
- Louis Zamperini, American World War II prisoner of war and subject of the film Unbroken, in 1917
- Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1918
- author Philip Jose Farmer in 1918
- actor Paul Newman in 1925
- cartoonist/playwright/author Jules Feiffer in 1929 (age 95)
- sports personality Bob Uecker in 1934 (age 90)
- actor Scott Glenn in 1939 (age 85)
- political activist Angela Davis in 1944 (age 80)
- film critic Gene Siskel in 1946
- actor David Strathairn in 1949 (age 75)
- singer Lucinda Williams in 1953 (age 71)
- musician Eddie Van Halen in 1955
- singer Anita Baker in 1958 (age 66)
- comedian Ellen DeGeneres in 1958 (age 66)
- hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky in 1961 (age 63)
- soccer coach Brendan Rodgers in 1973 (age 51)
- actor Colin O'Donoghue in 1981 (age 43)
- conductor Gustavo Dudamel in 1981 (age 43)
- wrestler Sasha Banks, born Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varnado, in 1992 (age 32)
- actor Joseph Quinn in 1994 (age 30).

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