- 1869 Randle Ayrton, British actor (The Manxman, Nell Gwyn), born in Chester, Cheshire, England (d. 1940)
- 1884 Maria "Mary" Beekman, Flemish actress (Genius Against Violence; Modern Landhaaien), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1957)
- 1892 Charles Delaney, American actor (Air Police, Lonesome Trail), born in New York City (d. 1959)
- 1895 Nathaniel "Nat" Pendleton, American wrestler (Olympics 1920, Silver) and actor (The Thin Man, Reckless), born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1967)
- 1901 Charles Farrell, American actor (7th Heaven, My Little Margie), born in Onset Bay, Massachusetts (d. 1990)
- 1903 Tom Tyler [Vincent Markowski], American actor (Stagecoach; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon), born in Port Henry, New York (d. 1954)
- 1905 Leo Genn, British lawyer and actor (Mourning Becomes Electra, Moby-Dick, Affair in Monte Carlo), born in London, England (d. 1978)
- 1907 Berta Waterstradt, German writer and actress, born in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany (d. 1990)
- 1911 Robert McCormick, American NBC newscaster (Current Opinion), born in Danville, Kentucky (d. 1985)
- 1918 Robert Aldrich, American director and producer (Dirty Dozen), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1983)
- 1920 Allen Hoskins, American child actor (Our Gang), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1980)
- 1925 Len Sutton, American auto racer and broadcaster (Indianapolis 500, 1962 runner-up), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2006)
- 1927 Robert Shaw, British actor (The Sting; Jaws; The Deep), novelist (The Sun Doctor), and playwright (The Man in the Glass Booth), born in Westhoughton, Lancashire (d. 1978)
- 1931 Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, American NFL football defensive lineman, 1953-62 (Baltimore Colts, and two other teams), and professional wrestler, Born in Uniontown, Alabama (d. 1963)
- 1933 Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Japanese television personality and children's author, born in Nogisaka, Tokyo
- 1934 Cynthia Harris, American stage and screen actress (Edward & Mrs. Simpson; Mad About You - "Sylvia"), born in New York City (d. 2021)
- 1935 Beverlee McKinsey (née Magruder), American actress (Another World, 1972-80 - "Iris Carrington"; Guiding Light, 1984-92 - "Alexandra Spaulding"), born in McAlester, Oklahoma (d. 2008)
- 1938 Dick Anthony Williams, American actor (Our Family Honor), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
- 1942 David Steinberg, Canadian comedian and director (End), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- 1942 Miguel Littín, Chilean film director (Promised Land, Alsino & Condor), born in Palmilla, Chile
- 1944 Sam Elliott, American character actor (Lifeguard; A Star Is Born (2018), Conagher; Gettysburg), born in Sacramento, California
- 1950 Roelof S "Roel" Bakker, Dutch actor and director (Love Potion)
Melanie Griffith (66 years old)
1957 American actress (Body Double, Working Girl), born in New York City
Whitney Houston (1963-2012)
American singer ("I Will Always Love You"; "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"), actress (The Bodyguard), and film producer (The Princess Diaries), born in Newark, New Jersey
- 1964 Hoda Kotb, American television news anchor (Dateline NBC), born in Norman, Oklahoma
- 1966 Pat Petersen, American actor (Michael-Knots Landing), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1968 Eric Bana, Australian actor (Hulk), born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1968 Gillian Anderson, American actress (The X-Files, Bleak House), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1968 McG [Joseph McGinty Nichol], American film producer and director (Charlies' Angels), born in Kalamazoo, Michigan
- 1968 Peter Docter, American animator, and film director (Monsters, Inc; Up; Soul), born in Bloomington, Minnesota
- 1970 Chris Cuomo, American TV journalist (CNN, since 2013; ABC, 2006-13), born in Queens, New York
- 1970 Thomas Lennon, American actor, producer (Reno 911!), and screenwriter (Night at the Museum), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1972 Elizabeth Vassey, American actress (Emily Martin-All My Children), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1973 Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor Trainspotting; Grey's Anatomy -"Owen Hunt", born in Elgin, Moray, Scotland
- 1974 Nicola Stapleton, English actress (Eastenders), born in London, England
- 1975 Mahesh Babu, Indian actor,' Prince of Tollywood', born in Madras, India
- 1976 Audrey Tautou, French actress (Venus Beauty Institute, Amélie), born in Beaumont, Puy-de-Dôme, France
- 1976 Jessica Capshaw, American actress (Grey's Anatomy), born in Columbia, Missouri
- 1976 Rhona Mitra, English actress, born in London, England
- 1980 Ryu Seung-beom, South Korean actor (The Unjust), born in Asan, South Korea
- 1983 Ashley Johnson, American actress (Chrissy-Growing Pains), born in Camarillo, California
- 1985 Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer (Pitch Perfect), born in Portland, Maine
- 1990 Adelaide Kane, Australian actress (Reign), born in Claremont, Australia
- 1991 Alexa Bliss [Alexis Cabrera], American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Columbus, Ohio
- 1991 Hansika Motwani, Indian actress (Desamuduru), born in Bombay, India
- 1995 Justice Smith, American actor (Pokémon Detective Pikachu), born in California
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