- 1578 Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright and actor (L'adamo), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1654)
- 1865 Mrs Patrick Campbell [Beatrice Tanner], English actress (Pygmalion), born in London, England (d. 1940)
- 1866 George Ade, American playwright, writer and humorist (Counsel Widow, Fables in Slang), born in Kentland, Indiana (d. 1944)
- 1874 Vsevolod Meyerhold [Karl Kasimir Theodor], Russian theatrical director and actor (Houligan), born in Penza Oblast, Russian Empire (d. 1940)
- 1889 Larry Semon, American silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (The Wizard of Oz (1925)), born in West Point, Mississippi (d. 1928) [Note: many sources erroneously cite July 16]
Ronald Colman (1891-1958)
English actor (Tale of 2 Cities), born in Richmond, England
- 1892 Peggy Wood, American actress (One Life to Live; Mama), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1978)
- 1892 Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler, born near Savannah, Illinois (d. 1936)
- 1901 Brian Donlevy, American actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1972)
- 1901 James Murray, American actor (The Crowd, The Shakedown), born in New York City (d. 1936)
- 1902 Blanche Calloway, American jazz vocalist, bandleader (Twelve Clouds of Joy), civil rights activist, and broadcaster, born in Rochester, New York (d. 1978)
- 1902 Chester Lauck, American actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live), born in Allene, Arkansas (d. 1980)
- 1909 Carmen Miranda, Portuguese vocalist and actress (Copacabana; Date With Judy), born in Marco de Canavezes, Portugal (d. 1955)
- 1909 Heather Angel, British-American actress (Night in Montmartre; The Informer; The Last of the Mohicans; Lifeboat), born in Headington, Oxford, England (d. 1986)
- 1914 Ralph Herman, American Emmy Award-winning composer (From the Scriptures; Circus Time), orchestra leader, and music director (ABC-TV, 1952-71), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1994)
- 1915 Lennard Pearce, British actor (Only Fools and Horses....), born in Paddington, London, England (d. 1984)
- 1922 Kathryn Grayson [Zelma Hedrick], American vocalist and actress (Anchors Aweigh; Kiss Me Kate), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (d. 2010)
- 1928 Roger Mudd, American Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist and TV news anchor (CBS Weekend News; NBC Evening News; Meet The Press), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2021)
- 1936 Clive Swift, British stage, wireless, and screen actor (Frenzy; A Passage to India; Keeping Up Appearances), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2019)
- 1937 Brian Wenham, British journalist (BBC), and media consultant (d. 1997)
- 1939 Janet Suzman, South African actress (Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run)
- 1941 Sheila James Kuehl, politician/actress (Zelda-Dobie Gillis)
Joe Pesci (81 years old)
1943 American actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas), born in Newark, New Jersey
- 1943 Squire Fridell, American actor (Rosetti & Ryan), born in Oakland, California
- 1944 Lajos Kovács, Hungarian actor (Woyzeck; Wings of Desire; the Witman Boys), born in Bátaszék, Hungary
- 1949 Judith Light, American actress (Who's the Boss - "Angela"; One Life to Live), born in Trenton, New Jersey
- 1951 Penny Peyser, American actress (Rich Man Poor Man, Knots Landing), born in Irvington, New York
- 1953 Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor (Persuasion, Belfast), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 1953 Gabriel Rotello, American television documentary producer
- 1955 Charles Shaughnessy, English actor (Days of Our Lives - "Shane"; The Nanny - "Maxwell"), born in London, England
- 1955 Jim J. Bullock, American comedian and actor (Too Close for Comfort - "Monroe"), born in Casper, Wyoming
- 1961 Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor, born in Lappajärvi, Finland
- 1963 Lolo Ferrari [Eve Valois], French adult actress and dancer, born in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France (d. 2000)
- 1963 Madusa Miceli [Debra Ann], Italian-American professional wrestler (WCW), born in Milan, Italy
- 1966 Harald Eia, Norwegian TV - comedian
- 1968 Rahul Roy, Indian actor
- 1969 Tom Scharpling, American comedian and writer (Steven Universe, Monk), born in New Jersey
- 1971 Sharon Case, Det Mich, actress (Sharon Collins-Young & Restless)
- 1972 Crispin Freeman, American cartoon voice actor, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1972 Jason George, - American actor (Sunset Beach, 1997-99 - "Michael Bourne"; Grey's Anatomy/Station 19 - "Dr. Ben Warren"), born in Virginia Beach, Virginia
- 1973 Colin Egglesfield, American actor (All My Children, 2005-09- "Josh"; The Client List), born in Farmington Hills, Michigan
- 1974 Amber Valletta, American actress and model (Hitch, Revenge), born in Phoenix, Arizona
Charlie Day (48 years old)
1976 American actor (Charlie Kelly-"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"; "Pacific Rim") and producer, born in New York City
Tom Hiddleston (43 years old)
1981 English stage and screen actor (Loki in Marvel Universive projects; The Night Manager), born in London
Michael B. Jordan (37 years old)
1987 American actor (Black Panther), born in Santa Ana, California
Rose Leslie (37 years old)
1987 Scottish actress (Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones), born in Aberdeen, Scotland
- 1990 Camille Winbush, American actress
- 1996 Jimmy Bennett, American actor (Daddy Day Care; No Ordinary FAmily), born in Seal Beach, California
- 1997 Bella Poarch, Filipina-American singer and TikToker (most liked video on TikTok), born in the Philippines
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