- 1862 Auguste Lumière, French filmmaker, made 1st movie (Workers Leaving Lumière Factory), born in Besançon, France (1954)
- 1899 Hal B. Wallis [Aaron Blum Wolowicz], American movie producer (Casablanca; Maltese Falcon; Martin & Lewis; Elvis movies; Barefoot in the Park), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)
- 1903 Tor Johnson [Tore Johansson], Swedish wrestler and actor (Bride of the Monster), born in Kalmar län, Sweden (d. 1971)
- 1909 Robert Beatty, Canadian actor (2001: A Space Odyssey, Where Eagles Dare), born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (d. 1992)
- 1914 Juanita Moore, American actress (Imitation Of Life), born in Greenwood, Mississippi (d. 2014)
- 1915 Farid al-Atrash [El-Atrache], Syrian composer, musician, virtuoso oud player, and actor (Akher kedba), born in Jebel Ed-Druz, Southern Syria (d. 1974)
- 1916 David Lewis, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1920 LaWanda Page [Alberta Peal], American actress (Aunt Esther-Sanford & Sons), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2002)
- 1921 George Nader, American actor (Robot Monster, Away All Boats), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2002)
- 1925 Bernard Hepton, Bradford England, actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII)
- 1927 Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter/director (Cobra)
- 1928 Buff Cobb [Patrizia Cobb Chapman], American actress and TV personality (Masquerade Party), born in Florence, Tuscany (d. 2010)
- 1929 Dumitru Capoianu, Romanian conductor and classical and film composer (The Little Man), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2012)
- 1932 Lloyd Haynes, American actor and TV writer (Pete Dixon-Room 222), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1986) [1]
- 1932 Robert Reed, American actor (Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse), born in Highland Park, Illinois (d. 1992)
- 1936 Tony Lo Bianco, actor (Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner!), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1937 Nicholas Palmer, television writer/producer
- 1937 Sean Garrison, American actor (Up Periscope, Splendor in the Grass), born in NYC, New York
- 1940 Michael Gambon, English actor (Singing Detective, Paris at Night)
- 1941 Simon Ward, actor (4 Musketeers, 4 Feathers), born in London, England (d. 2012)
- 1944 Keith Adrian [Johnson], Indies/Dutch actor (Intrepid Mr Twist)
- 1945 Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead], American actress, drag queen and international icon of bad taste cinema (Pink Flamingos), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1988)
- 1945 John Lithgow, actor (Harry & Hendersons, Pelican Brief), born in Rochester, New York
- 1946 Kenneth Washington, African-American actor (Sgt Richard Baker-Hogan's Heroes, Westworld)
- 1951 Annie Golden, actress (Forever Lulu, Hair), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1952 Veronica Judith Sainz Castro, Mexican spanish singer/actress (Nana)
- 1955 Pat Klous, Hutchinson Ks, actress (Marcy-Flying High, Judy-Love Boat)
- 1955 Melpo Kosti, Greek actress
- 1956 Sunny Deol, Indian actor
- 1958 John Bloom [Joe Bob Briggs], drive-in movie critic
- 1958 Tiriel Mora, Australian actor
- 1958 Lou Briel, Puerto Rican singer and actor born in Santurce, Puerto Rico
- 1960 Jennifer Holliday, American singer and actress (Dream Girls), born in Houston, Texas
- 1961 David Egerton, English rugby union #8 (7 caps; Bath Rugby) and broadcaster (BBC), born in Pinner, England (d. 2021)
- 1964 Ty Pennington [Gary Tygert Burton], American television host (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1966 Amy Linker, American actress (Lewis and Clark, Lauren-Square Pegs), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1966 Jon Favreau, actor/writer (Swingers)
- 1966 Roger R. Cross, Jamaican-born actor
- 1969 (Randolph Severn) "Trey" Parker [III], American actor, animator and composer (South Park; The Book of Mormon), born in Conifer, Colorado
- 1970 Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor
- 1974 Joy Bryant, American actress (Parenthood, Antwone Fisher), born in The Bronx, New York
- 1976 Omar Gooding, American actor
- 1976 Desmond Harrington, American actor
- 1977 Jason Reitman, Canadian filmmaker
- 1980 Benjamin Salisbury, actor (Brighton Sheffield-Nanny), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
