- 1720 Samuel Foote, British actor, dramatist and theatre manager (Mirror), born in Truro, Cornwall (d. 1777)
- 1858 Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer
- 1895 Harry Ruby [Harry Rubenstein], American composer and screenwriter, born in NYC, New York (d. 1974)
- 1901 Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), born in Katowice, Upper Silesia, Germany (d. 1973)
- 1905 Howard McNear, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Anatomy of a Murder, Irma La Douce), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1969)
- 1911 Benay Venuta [Benvenuta Rose Crooke], American actress, singer and dancer (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1995)
- 1920 John Box, British film production designer and art director (d. 2005)
- 1921 Donna Reed, American actress, (From Here to Eternity, It's a Wonderful Life), born in Denison, Iowa (d. 1986)
- 1924 Brian Rix [Lord Rix], British actor and activist (Mencap), born in Cottingham, Yorkshire (d. 2016)
- 1924 Sabu [Dastagir], Indian actor (The Thief of Bagdad, Elephant Boy, Drum), born in Mysore, British India (d. 1963)
- 1926 Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (Cries & Whispers, Damned), born in Sollefteå, Sweden (d. 2004)
- 1927 Doretta Morrow, American actress (Because You're Mine), born in NYC, New York (d. 1968)
- 1927 Michael Craig [Gregson], American actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), born in Poona, British India
- 1927 Nancy Dickerson, pioneering American radio and TV journalist (NBC, CBS), born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (d. 1997)
- 1931 John Hopkins, English TV, film and stage writer (Z-Cars), born in London (d. 1998)
- 1936 Troy Donahue, American actor (Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
- 1940 James Cromwell, American actor (Babe, The Green Mile), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1942 John Witherspoon, American actor (Friday), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2019)
- 1948 Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American ballet dancer,and choreographer (American Ballet Theater), and actor (The Turning Point; Sex In The City), born in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
- 1950 Derek Acorah, English spirit medium and TV personality (Most Haunted), born in Bootle, England
- 1951 Scott Lane, American actor (Gary-McKeever & the Colonel), born in NYC, New York
- 1955 Brian Engblom, Canadian NHL hockey player, 1975-87 (Montreal Canadiens, and 4 other teams), and TV broadcaster, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1956 Mimi Rogers, actress (Paper Dolls, The Rousters), born in Coral Gables, Florida
- 1957 Frank Miller, American comicbook writer (Batman-The Dark Knight Returns)
- 1959 Patti Cohoon, actress (Molly-Here Come the Brides), born in Whittier, California
- 1961 Karen Velez, American Playboy playmate (December, 1984, 1985 Playmate of the Year), born in Rockville Center, New York
- 1961 Dina Bonnevie, Filipino actress
- 1964 Bridget Fonda, American actress (Scandal, Single White Female), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1965 Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
- 1966 Tamlyn Tomita, Okinawa, actress (Karate Kid 2, Ming Li-Santa Barbara)
- 1967 Carrington Garland, actress (Kelly Capwell-Santa Barbara), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1967 Bobby Deol, Indian actor
- 1967 Byron Mann, Hong Kong actor
- 1969 Patton Oswalt, American actor and writer
- 1972 Guillermo, Mexican-born American TV personality
- 1973 Margot Bourgeois, Miss Universe-3rd place (Trinidad & Tobago, 1997)
- 1976 Clint Ford, American voice actor
- 1976 Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
- 1979 Rosamund Pike, British actress (Gone Girl), born in London, England
- 1984 Davetta Sherwood, American actress
- 1987 Lily Donaldson, British model
