- 1874 Helen Haye [Hay], British stage and silent and sound screen actress (Honour in Pawn; Girl in the Taxi; Spy in Black), born in Assam, British India (d. 1957)
- 1883 E. E. Clive, Welsh actor (Night Must Fall, Dark Hour), born in Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 1940)
- 1891 Stanley Andrews, American actor (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1969)
- 1897 Morris Ankrum, American actor (Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1964)
- 1899 Charles Boyer, French actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park), born in Figeac, Lot, France (d. 1978)
- 1905 Sam Levene, American Broadway actor (Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang), born in Russia (d. 1980)
- 1906 Leslie Dwyer, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), born in London, England (d. 1986)
- 1913 Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricket batsman and captain (43 Tests; 3,073 runs @ 46.56; 10 x 100s; Victoria) and broadcaster (ABC 1956-81), born in Geelong, Australia (d. 1993)
- 1914 (Abraham) "Glenn" Osser, American arranger and orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue; Miss America Pageant), born in Munising, Michigan (d. 2014)
- 1915 Simon Oakland [Weiss], American stage and screen character actor (Toma; Kolchak), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 1983)
- 1921 Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2007)
- 1921 Johan "Joop" Doderer, Dutch actor (Swiebertje; My Fair Lady), born in Velsen, Netherlands (d. 2005)
- 1921 Nancy Kulp, American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies, The Aristocats, Shane), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
- 1924 (Margaret) "Peggy" Ryan, American dancer (The Merry Monahans; Here Come The Co-eds), and actress (Hawaii Five-0), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2004)
- 1925 Donald O'Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin' in the Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
- 1925 John Gillett, British film critic and researcher, born in London (d. 1995)
- 1929 Roxie Roker, Bahamian-American actress (The Jeffersons- Helen Willis), born in Miami, Florida (d. 1995)
- 1930 Ben Gazzara, American actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII), born in New York City (d. 2012)
- 1930 Windsor Davies, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), born in London, England (d. 2019)
- 1935 Richard Branda, American actor (You Are There, Two-Minute Warning), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1993)
- 1939 [Catherine] Cassie Mackin, American newswoman (NBC TV) and 1st woman to regularly anchor an evening network newscast alone, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1982)
- 1940 Ken Jenkins, American actor (Scrubs - Dr. Bob Kelso), born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1943 David Soul [Solberg], American-British actor (Starsky & Hutch; Here Come s the Brides), and singer ("Don't Give Up On Us"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024) [1]
- 1944 Boyd Coddington, American auto designer (owner Boyd Coddington Hot Rod Shop) and television host (American Hot Rod on TLC), born in Rupert, Idaho (d. 2008)
- 1945 Bruno Nuytten, French film director (Camille Claudel), born in Melun, Île-de-France, France
- 1947 Alice Playton, American actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name), born in New York City
- 1948 Vonda N. McIntyre, American sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- 1949 Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 2005)
- 1952 Guy Nadon, Canadian actor (L'ange gardien), born in Montréal, Québec
- 1956 Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor (The Limey), born in Cayey, Puerto Rico
- 1957 Daniel Stern, American actor (City Slickers, Wonder Years), born in Stamford, Connecticut
- 1957 Rick Rossovich, American actor (Top Gun, Roxanne, ER), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1960 Emma [Elizabeth Wylie Samuelson] Samms, British actress (Colby's, General Hospital), born in London, England
- 1961 Jennifer Coolidge, American actress and comedian (Legally Blonde film series; Christopher Guest films), born in Boston, Massachusetts
David Fincher (61 years old)
1962 American film director and producer (The Social Network; Gone Girl; Fight Club), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1965 Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game designer (Game Freak, creator of the Pokémon franchise), born in Setagaya, Japan
- 1968 Billy Boyd, Scottish actor (Seed of Chucky), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1969 Jack Black, American actor (High Fidelity; Kung Fu Panda), comedian, and singer (Tenacious D), born in Santa Monica, California
- 1969 Jason Priestley, Canadian-American actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1972 John Buchanan, American actor (Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man), born in Tallahassee, Florida
- 1973 Matthew John Armstrong, American actor (American Dreams), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1974 Takahito Eguchi, Japanese video game composer, born in Nagasaki, Japan
- 1975 Vera Jordanova, Bulgarian-Finnish actress and model, born in Helsinki, Finland
- 1979 Michel Franco, Mexican filmmaker (Memory), born in Mexico City
- 1980 Rachel Khoo, English cook, author and broadcaster (The Little Paris Kitchen), born in London, England
- 1983 Alfonso Herrera, Mexican actor, and pop singer (RBD), born in Mexico City
- 1985 James Jagger, American actor (Vinyl) and son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall, born in New York City
- 1986 Armand "Armie" Hammer, American actor, born in Santa Monica, California
- 1989 Trixie Mattel [Brian Firkus], American drag queen, singer-songwriter, comedian, and television personality (The Trixie & Katya Show), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1991 Kyle Massey, American actor and rapper, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 2003 Lexi Underwood, American actress and singer (Cruel Summer), born in Cheverly, Maryland
- 2003 Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Annie), born in Houma, Louisiana
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