- 1692 Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (Comédie-Française) inspiration for 1849 drama "Adrienne Lecouvreur", born in Damery, Marne (d. 1730)
- 1883 Walter Huston, Canadian actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1950)
- 1890 Fie Carelsen [Sophia de Jong], Dutch stage and screen actress (Malle gevallen), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1975)
Spencer Tracy (1900-1967)
American actor (Woman of the Year, Adam's Rib), born in Milwaukee
- 1901 Melvyn Douglas [Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg], American actor (Hud, Being There, Ghost Story), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 1981)
- 1905 Bill Raisch, American one armed actor (The Fugitive, Spartacus, Sweet Smell of Success), born in North Bergen, New Jersey (d. 1984)
- 1906 Grady Sutton, American actor (The Bank Dick; The Pruitts of Southhampton), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1995)
- 1906 Lord Buckley, American comedian, born in Tuolumne, California (d. 1960)
Bette Davis (1908-1989)
American actress (Of Human Bondage; Jezebel; All About Eve), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
- 1909 Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond films), sometimes known as "Cubby", born in New York City (d. 1996)
- 1911 Gordon Jones, American character actor (The Green Hornet, Flying Tigers, Abbott & Costello), born in Alden, Iowa (d. 1963)
- 1912 John Le Mesurier, British actor (The Italian Job, Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), born in Bedford, England (d. 1983)
Gregory Peck (1916-2003)
American actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur), born in San Diego, California
- 1920 Robert Q. Lewis, American TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show), born in New York City (d. 1991)
- 1921 Christopher Hewett, British actor (Mr. Belvedere; The Producers) and theater director, born in Worthing, Sussex, England (d. 2001)
- 1923 Michael V Gazzo, American playwright and actor (The Godfather Part II, Fear City), born in Hillside, New Jersey (d. 1995)
- 1926 Roger Corman, American film, producer, director (Little Shop of Horrors; The Raven), and Hollywood mentor, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2024) [1]
- 1928 Michael Bryant, British actor (Sakharov; Girly), born in London, England (d. 2002)
- 1929 Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (Tartuffe, Pope John Paul II), born in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (d. 2001)
- 1930 Mary Costa, American actress (Sleeping Beauty; The Great Waltz), and singer, born in Knoxville, Tennessee
- 1933 Frank Gorshin, American comedian and impersonator (Riddler-Batman), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)
- 1939 David Winters, American choreographer and director (Steve Allen Comedy Hour), born in London, England
- 1940 Aliza Kashi, Israeli actress and singer (Merv Griffin regular), born in Israel
- 1941 Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Q, Stuff), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1942 Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director, born in Newport, Wales
- 1943 Max Gail, American Emmy Awrad winning actor (Barney Miller - "Wojo"; D.C. Cab: General Hospital; 42), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1944 Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dutch actress (Ciske de Rat; Antonia's Line), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1945 Sika Anoa'i, American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team C'ship x 3 with brother Afa as the Wild Samoans), born in Leone, Tutuila, American Samoa (d. 2024)
- 1946 Jane Asher, English actress (Deep End) and girlfriend of Paul McCartney, born in Willesden, London, England
- 1949 John Berg, American actor (Star Trek: Nemesis), born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2007)
- 1950 Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor (The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch), born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
- 1952 Mitch Pileggi, American actor (The X-Files), born in Portland, Oregon
- 1954 Christopher S. Nelson, American actor (Sons & Daughters), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1955 Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress (Jefferson in Paris), born in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, France
- 1955 Janice Long (née Chegwin), British radio host (Crash FM; BBC), born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England (d. 2021)
- 1956 Diamond Dallas Page, American professional wrestler, born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey
- 1961 Lisa Zane, American actress, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1962 Lana Clarkson, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1964 Christopher "Kid" Reid, American rapper (Kid 'n Play - "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody"), actor and comedian, born in The Bronx, New York City
- 1968 Tasia Valenza, American actress (All My Children), born in New York City
- 1970 Thea Gill, Canadian actress
- 1972 Krista Allen, American actress
- 1973 Élodie Bouchez, French actress
- 1974 Uhm Tae Woong, South Korean actor
- 1975 Caitlin Moran, English journalist and broadcaster (Celebrity Watch), born in Brighton, England
Sterling K. Brown (48 years old)
1976 American actor (The People v. O. J. Simpson, This is Us), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- 1990 Haruma Miura, Japanese Actor
- 1994 Simona Tabasco, Italian actress (The White Lotus), born in Naples, Italy
- 2173 Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd, New Amsterdam, Arcturus (Star Trek)
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