- 1762 Johanna Cornelia Wattier-Ziesenis, Dutch actress (Phaedra, Lady Macbeth), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1827)
- 1880 Charles Christie, Canadian film studio owner, born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 1955)
- 1902 Godfrey Kenton, English actor (The Tempest; Well's Theater), born in London (d. 1998)
- 1903 Rex Evans, British actor (Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman; Zara; Matchmaker), born in Southport, Sefton, England (d. 1969)
- 1909 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist and director (KNMI) (d. 1994)
- 1916 Phyllis Fraser [Helen Brown Nichols], American actress, journalist, and co-founder of Beginner Books, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2006)
- 1919 Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2000)
- 1919 [Harold] Howard Keel, American actor, singer, (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; Kiss Me Kate), and president of the Screen Actors Guild, born in Gillespie, Illinois (d. 2004)
- 1922 Jean Topart, French voice and film actor regarded as "one of the inimitable voices of French cinema" (Fantastic Planet), born in Paris, France (d. 2012)
Don Adams (1923-2005)
American comedian and Emmy Award-winning actor (Get Smart; Tennessee Tuxedo; The Bill Dana Show), born in New York City
- 1923 Mari Blanchard, American actress and femme fatale (Kathy-Klondike), born in Long Beach, California (d. 1970)
- 1924 Jack Chick, American religious cartoonist (Chick tracts), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
- 1924 Stanley Donen, American film director and producer (Singin' in the Rain, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 2019)
- 1927 Maurice Ronet, French film actor, director, and writer (Frantic, Sphinx, Circle of Love), born in Nice, France (d. 1983)
- 1931 Beverley Cross, English playwright and screenwriter (Strip the Willow; Half a Sixpence), born in London (d. 1998)
- 1931 Jon Stone, American director and co-creator of Sesame Street, born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1997)
- 1933 Shani Wallis, Irish-American singer and actress (Oliver!), born in Tottenham, Middlesex, England
- 1935 Lyle Waggoner, American actor (The Carol Burnett Show; Wonder Woman), born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 2020)
- 1937 Edward Fox, English actor (The Day of the Jackal, Gandhi), born in Chelsea, London
- 1939 Paul Sorvino, American stage and screen actor (Goodfellas; Law and Order, 1991-92; Dick Tracy, That's Life), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2022)
- 1940 Vladimir Cosma, Romanian-French violinist, conductor, and classical and film score composer, born in Bucharest, Romania
- 1942 Bill Conti, American Emmy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (Rocky; The Right Stuff), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- 1944 Charles Burnett, American film director (When It Rains; Glass Shield), born in Vicksburg, Mississippi
- 1945 Tony Dow, American actor (Leave it to Beaver - "Wally"), director, and sculptor, born in Hollywood, California (d. 2022)
- 1948 Amy Robinson, American writer and actress (Mean Streets), born in Trenton, New Jersey
- 1948 Brian Griffen, British photographer (album cover art for Depeche Mode, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson), music video, commercial and documentary film maker, born in Birmingham, England
Ron Perlman (74 years old)
1950 American actor (Quest for Fire, Beauty & the Beast), born in The Bronx, New York
- 1950 Terry Lester, American actor (Young & Restless, As World Turns), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1951 Peter Davison, English actor (fifth Doctor in Doctor Who; All Creatures Great and Small), born in London
- 1952 Erick Avari, American-Indian actor, born in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
- 1957 Gary Kroeger, American comedian (SNL, 1982-85) and actor, born in Cedar Falls, Iowa
- 1957 Saundra Santiago, American actress (Miami Vice - "Gina"), born in The Bronx, New York
- 1964 Caroline Rhea, Canadian comedian and actress, born in Westmount, Quebec
- 1964 Page Hannah, American actress (Fame - "Kate Riley"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1969 Harold Pruett, American actor (Sybil, Embrace of the Vampire), born in Anchorage, Alaska (d. 2002)
- 1969 Stephen Heywood, American architect, builder, and subject of documentary film "So Much So Fast", born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 2006)
- 1970 Monty Brown, American professional wrestler and NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills), born in Saginaw, Michigan
- 1970 Rick Schroder, American actor (Ricky-Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling), born in Staten Island, New York
- 1971 Cory Yothers, American actor (Off the Rock), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1971 Dina Korzun, Russian actress, born in Smolensk, Russia
- 1973 Bokeem Woodbine, American actor (Jason's Lyric; Fargo (tv series)), born in Harlem, New York
- 1975 Angus MacLane, American animator, screenwriter, and film director (Pixar; Lightyear), born in Riverside County, California
Jonathan Brandis (1976-2003)
American actor (seaQuest DSV - "Lucas Wolenczak"), born in Danbury, Connecticut
- 1976 Valentina Cervi, Italian actress, born in Rome, Italy
- 1976 Yu Ji-tae, South Korean actor, born in Seoul
- 1978 Chris Sligh, American singer and Idol finalist, born in Madison, Tennessee
- 1978 Kyle Howard, American actor, born in Loveland, Colorado
- 1979 Tony Lundon, Irish pop singer (Liberty X - "Thinking It Over"), TV presenter (Toast), and filmmaker, born in Galway, Ireland
- 1980 Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- 1981 Courtney Peldon, American actress, born in New York City
- 1982 Janice Vidal, Hong Kong Cantopop singer, and actress, born in Kowloon, British Hong Kong
- 1984 Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor, born in Tokyo
- 1988 Allison Williams, American actress (Girls, Get Out), born in New Canaan, Connecticut
- 1992 Emma Degerstedt, American actress, born in Long Beach, California
- 1992 Jett Travolta, son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2009)
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