- 1879 King Baggot, American actor and director (Tumbleweeds), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1948)
- 1883 Ethel Clayton, American actress (Hotel Continental), born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 1966)
- 1892 John Miljan, American actor (The Ten Commandments, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox), born in Lead City, South Dakota (d. 1960)
- 1898 Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (The Marriage Circle, The Racket), born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada (d. 1937)
- 1912 June Havoc [Ellen Evangeline Hovick], Canadian-born American stage and screen actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2010)
- 1913 Robert Strauss, American actor (Stalag 17, The Seven Year Itch), born in NYC, New York (d. 1975)
- 1914 Norman Lloyd, American actor (St. Elsewhere - "Dr. Auschlander"; Dead Poets Society), producer and director (Alfred Hitchcock Presents), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2021)
- 1920 Esther Rolle, Bahamian-American actress (Good Times, Maude), born in Pompano Beach Florida (d. 1998)
- 1921 Gene Saks, American actor and director (One & Only, Prisoner of 2nd Ave), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
- 1924 Joe Flynn, American character actor (McHale's Navy - "Capt. Binghamton; The Love Bug; The Rescuers), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1974)
- 1927 Ken Dodd, British singer and comedian described as "the last great music hall entertainer", born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England (d. 2018)
- 1931 Darla Hood, American child actress (Little Rascals, The Bat), born in Leedey, Oklahoma (d. 1979)
- 1931 Morley Safer, Canadian-American TV newscaster (60 Minutes), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2016)
- 1932 Stephane Audran, French actress (Just Before Nightfall), born in Versailles, France (d. 2018)
- 1935 Alain Delon, French actor (Honor Among Thieves, Return of Zorro), born in Sceaux, France
- 1936 Virna Lisi, Italian actress (Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard), born in Ancona, Italy (d. 2014)
- 1938 Pleuni Touw, Dutch actress (Bride Flight, Dokter Deen), born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- 1941 Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress (The Liver Birds; The District Nurse), born in Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales
- 1951 Mary Hart, American TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight), born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- 1952 Alfre Woodard, American actress (Primal Fear, Cross Creek), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1952 Jerry Remy, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1978; California Angels, Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster (NESN), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
- 1954 David Bret, British biographer and broadcaster, born in Paris
- 1956 Randi Brooks, American actress (Man With 2 Brains, Tightrope), born in NYC, New York
- 1956 Richard Curtis, British screenwriter (Blackadder, Four Wedding and a Funeral), born in Wellington, New Zealand
- 1959 Chi Chi LaRue [Larry David Paciotti], American gay alternative film director and drag queen, born in Hibbing, Minnesota
- 1960 Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor (Burnt by the Sun), born in Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR
- 1960 Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor (Girl with A Dragon Tattoo), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1961 Leif Garrett, American singer and actor (Devil x 5, 3 for the Road), born in Hollywood, California
- 1965 Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter, born in West Covina, California
- 1966 Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality, born in Johnstone, Scotland
- 1967 Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress (Melrose Place, Two and a Half Men), born in San Francisco, California
- 1968 Parker Posey, American actress (Tess Shelby-As the World Turns), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1968 Zara Whites, Dutch actress, born in Hoeksche Waard, Netherlands
- 1969 Roxana Zal, American actress, born in Malibu, California
- 1971 Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director, born in Barcelona, Spain
- 1972 Gretchen Mol, American actress, born in Deep River, Connecticut
- 1973 Vanesa Littlecrow, Puerto Rican cartoonist, dancer, writer and model, born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
- 1973 David Muir, American journalist (ABC news anchor), born in Syracuse, New York
- 1975 Tara Reid, American actress (Sharknado), born in Wyckoff, New Jersey
- 1979 Dania Ramírez, Dominican-American television and film actress, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 1982 Sam Sparro [Falson], Australian producer, singer, songwriter (Boombox Eternal), and former child actor, born in Sydney
- 1983 Kat Shoob, British television presenter, born in Rochford, United Kingdom
- 1985 Jack Osbourne, English television star, born in St John's Wood, London
- 1987 Samantha Droke, American actress, born in De Leon, Texas
- 1987 Erica Mena, American TV personality (Love & Hip Hop: New York), born in New York City
- 1989 Can Yaman, Turkish actor (Erkenci Kuş), born in Istanbul, Turkey
- 1991 DanTDM [Daniel Middleton], British professional gamer and YouTube personality (The Diamond Minecraft), born in Aldershot, England
- 1994 Lauren Alaina, American singer-songwriter (American Idol), born in Rossville, Georgia