- 1861 George Méliès, French early filmmaker (A trip to the Moon), born in Paris (d. 1938)
- 1888 Paul Cavanagh, British actor (The Woman in Green, Tarzan & his Mate), born in Chislehurst, England (d. 1964)
- 1894 James Thurber, American humorist (Men, Women & Dogs), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1961)
- 1899 John Qualen, Canadian actor (Casablanca, The Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1987)
- 1905 Frank Faylen, American actor (It's a Wonderful Life, Funny Girl), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1985)
- 1906 Leo Shuken, American film music composer and arranger (Stagecoach; The Fabulous Dorseys; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1976)
- 1911 Lee J. Cobb [Leo Jacoby], American actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), born in NYC, New York (d. 1976)
- 1915 Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (North by Northwest), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
- 1916 Richard Fleischer, American film director (Doctor Dolittle), born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
- 1921 Terence Morgan, British actor (Sir Francis Drake, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb), born in London, England (d. 2005)
Sammy Davis Jr.
1925 Sammy Davis Jr., American vaudeville, stage, and screen singer ("The Candy Man"), dancer, actor (Ocean's 11), and Rat Pack member, born in NYC, New York (d. 1990)
Sammy Davis Jr.
- 1929 Ali Bongo [William Oliver Wallace], British comedy musician and magician (President of The Magic Circle - Shriek of Araby), born in England (d. 2009)
Maximilian Schell
1930 Maximilian Schell, Swiss-Austrian actor and director (Odessa File, Julia), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2014)
Maximilian Schell
- 1933 Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (Flip Wilson Show), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1998)
- 1935 Dharmendra, Indian actor (Sholay), born in Nasrali, Punjab, British India
- 1936 David Carradine, American actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets, Kill Bill V.1 & 2), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2009)
- 1937 James MacArthur, American actor (Danny Williams-Hawaii 5-0), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2010)
- 1940 Jenny Linden, English actress (Hedda, Dr Who & the Daleks), born in Worthing, Sussex, England
- 1943 Patti Chandler, American actress (Bikini Beach), born in Culver City, California
- 1943 Mary Woronov, Brooklyn Hgts NY, actress (Eating Raoul, Terror Vision)
- 1946 John Rubinstein, American stage and screen actor, and singer (Pippin; Family: Grumpy Old Men (The Musical)), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1946 Sharmila Tagore, Indian Actress
- 1947 Belinda Balaski, actor (Cannonball, Proud Men, Howling), born in Inglewood, California
Sam Kinison
1953 Sam Kinison, American screaming comedian and actor (Back to School, Charlie Hoover), born in Yakima, Washington (d. 1992)
Sam Kinison
- 1953 Kim Basinger, American actress
- 1958 Billy Hufsey, actor (Christopher-Fame, Days of our Life)
- 1961 Mikey Robins, Australian comedian
- 1963 Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1964 Teri Hatcher, actress (Lois & Clark, Desperate Housewives), born in Sunnyvale, California
- 1965 Carina Lau, Hong Kong actress and singer (Days of Being Wild), born in Suzhou, China
- 1966 Matthew Laborteaux, American actor (Albert-Little House on Prairie), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1966 Jeff Tremaine, American television and film director, born in Rockville, Maryland
- 1967 Marina Augusta Baker, English glamour model (Playboy playmate Mar, 1987) and politician, born in Windsor England,
- 1967 Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese seiyu (voice actress), born in Tokyo, Japan
- 1968 Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator, born in Syracuse, New York
- 1969 Steve Van Wormer, American actor, born in Flint, Michigan
- 1973 Doron Bell Jr., Canadian actor, born in Montreal, Canada
- 1976 Dominic Monaghan, English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Lost), born in Berlin, West Germany
- 1977 Elsa Benítez, Mexican supermodel, born in Hermosillo, Mexico
- 1978 Ian Somerhalder, American actor (Lost, Vampire Diaries), born in Covington, Louisiana
- 1993 Anna Sophia Robb, American actress and singer, born in Denver, Colorado