- 1895 Bert Wheeler, American vaudevillian (Wheeler & Woolsey), and comic actor (Brave Eagle; The Nitwits; Hold 'em Jail; High Flyers; Rainmakers), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 1968)
- 1897 Walter Winchell, American journalist, gossip columnist, radio host, and narrator (the Untouchables), born in New York (d. 1972)
- 1903 Willi Forst, Austrian actor and director (Bel Amis, Operette, Vienna Blood), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1980)
- 1909 Robert Raglan, British character actor (Dad's Army - " Colonel Pritchard"), born in Reigate, Surrey, England (d. 1985)
- 1915 Stanley Adams, American character actor (Star Trek - "Cyrano Jones"; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Lilies of the Field), born in New York City (d. 1977)
- 1916 Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1917 R G Armstrong [Robert Golden], American actor (Predator, Dick Tracey, T.H.E. Cat), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2012)
- 1918 Ronald Howard, British actor (Naked Edge, Come September, Murder She Said), born in Norwood, England (d. 1996)
- 1920 Allan Cuthbertson, Australian-British stage and screen actor (Man and Superman; Captain Nemo and the Underwater City; The WInds of War), born in Perth, Australia (d. 1988)
- 1920 Gino Marinuzzi, Jr., Italian-American conductor, symphonic and film score composer (Le Carrosse d’or), and electronic music pioneer (Fonosynth), born in New York City (d. 1996)
- 1928 Alan J Pakula, American filmmaker (All the President's Men; Sophie;s Choice; Klute), born in the Bronx, New York City (d. 1998) [1]
James Garner (1928-2014)
American actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick), born in Norman Oklahoma
- 1930 Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel in Fawlty Towers), born in Berlin (d. 2016)
- 1933 Wayne Rogers, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-75 - "Capt. 'Trapper' John McIntyre"; House Calls), born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 2015)
- 1934 Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2007) [1]
- 1938 Yvonne Lime, actress (Father Knows Best, Dobie Gillis), born in Glendale, California
David Frost (1939-2013)
British TV host (That Was the Week That Was), born in Tenterden, England
Francis Ford Coppola (85 years old)
1939 American director (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1941 Cornelia Frances [Zulver], British-Australian actress (Home and Away), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2018)
- 1941 Gorden Kaye, British actor (Allo Allo), born in Huddersfield, England (d. 2017)
- 1942 Edda Barends, actress (Arthur & Eva)
- 1942 Jeetendra, Indian actor
- 1943 Roberta Shore [Schourop], American actress (The Virginian), and singer, born in Monterey Park, California
Jackie Chan (70 years old)
1954 Hong Kong martial arts actor (Rumble in the Bronx), born in Hong Kong
- 1957 Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor
- 1958 Alexandra Neil, actress (Rose-Guiding Light), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1960 Elaine Miles, American actress (Northern Exposure - "Marilyn Whirlwind"), born in Pendleton, Oregon
- 1962 Hugh Edward Ralph O'Connor, Italian-born American actor (In the Heat of the Night), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1995)
Russell Crowe (60 years old)
1964 Australian-New Zealand actor (A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator), born in Wellington, New Zealand
- 1965 Bill Bellamy, American actor (Fled, How to be a Player, Joey Breaker), born in Newark, New Jersey
- 1966 Teri Ann Linn, American actress (Kristen-Bold & Beautiful), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- 1971 Guillaume Depardieu, French actor
- 1973 Ève Salvail, Canadian model
- 1976 Kevin Alejandro, American actor
- 1977 Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
- 1978 Duncan James, British pop singer (Blue -"If You Come Back"), and actor (Hollyoaks), born in Dorset, England
- 1982 Sonjay Dutt, Indian American professional wrestler
- 1987 Alexa Demara, American model and actress
- 1987 Ismael Cruz Córdova, Puerto Rican actor (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
- 1992 Kaitlan Collins, American TV journalist (CNN "The Source"), born in Prattville, Alabama
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