- 1566 Edward Alleyn, English actor and founder of Dulwich College, born in London, England (d. 1626)
- 1873 Guy Standing, English actor (Cradle Song), born in London, England (d. 1937)
- 1884 Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and film director (Ebberöds bank, Med folket för fosterlandet), born in Tierp, Uppsala län, Sweden (d. 1947)
- 1895 Edit Angold, German actress (Suspense, Molly, Blue Angel), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1971)
- 1898 Marilyn Miller [Renolds], American actress (Sunny) and wife of Jack Pickford, born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 1936)
- 1899 Richard Arlen, American actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1976)
- 1904 Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail), born in Dothan, Alabama (d. 1974)
- 1920 Richard Farnsworth, American actor (Misery, Havana, Sylvester), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2000)
- 1922 Il Mattatore [Vittorio Gassman], Italian actor, director and screenwriter (Scent of a Woman, War & Peace), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 2000)
- 1922 Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian actress (10 Commandments, Lily-Munsters), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2007)
- 1928 George Maharis, American actor (Buz-Route 66, Most Deadly Game), born in Astoria, Queens, New York
- 1937 Ron O'Neal, actor (Superfly), born in Utica, New York
- 1939 Lily Tomlin, American comedienne and actress (9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1943 Don Stroud, American actor (Coogan's Bluff, Buddy Holly Story), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- 1953 Beau Billingslea, American voice actor
- 1953 Ted Petty, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1961 Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, WWF wrestler (Wrestlemania XI), born in Secaucus, New Jersey (d. 2007)
- 1964 Cécilia Rhode, Swedish model
- 1964 Ray D'Arcy, Irish DJ and TV presenter
- 1966 Katja Bienert, actress (Praxis Bulowbogen), born in Berlin, Germany
- 1970 Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
- 1970 Padma Lakshmi, Indian actress
- 1971 Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor
- 1971 Jimmy Snuka, Jr., American professional wrestler
- 1972 Doug Williams, British professional wrestler
- 1973 Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1973 Polly Shannon, Canadian actress
- 1975 Scott Speedman, English-born actor
- 1977 Shoshana Bean, American stage actress
- 1977 Aamir Ali, Indian television actor
- 1989 Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress
- 1996 Zendaya [Coleman], American actress (Shake it Up), singer and dancer, born in Oakland, California