- 1854 James T. Kelley, Irish actor (The Rink, The Immigrant), born in Castlebar, Ireland (d. 1933)
- 1867 Finley Peter Dunne, American journalist and humorist (Mr Dooley), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1936)
- 1883 Sam Wood, American communist fighter and director (For Whom the Bell Tolls), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1949)
- 1889 Robert [Harriot] Barrat, American actor (Bad Lands, Go West, Distant Drums), born in New York City (d. 1970)
- 1892 George "Slim" Summerville, American actor (All Quiet on the Western Front, Keystone Cops), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico (d. 1946)
- 1897 John Gilbert [Pringle], American silent film screenwriter, director (Love's Penalty), and actor, known as "The Great Lover" (The Merry Widow The Big Parade; Flesh and the Devil), born in Logan, Utah (d. 1936)
- 1900 Evelyn Laye [Elsie Lay], British stage and operetta singer and actress (Bitter Sweet; The Merry Widow), born in Bloomsbury, London, England (d. 1996)
- 1905 Thomas Gomez, American actor (Force of Evil; Key Largo; Kim; Sellout), born in New York City (d. 1971)
- 1910 Ronald Fletcher, British broadcaster (Barbara with Braden, Bomber Harris), born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (d. 1996)
- 1917 Don Herbert, American scientist and TV host (Watch Mr Wizard), born in Waconia, Minnesota (d. 2007)
- 1919 Ian Wallace, British buffo bass-baritone opera and concert singer ("Gendarmes' Duet"), and broadcaster (BBC's My Music, 1964-97), born in London, England (d. 2009)
David Brinkley (1920-2003)
American NBC news anchor (The Huntley-Brinkley Report), born in Wilmington, North Carolina
- 1921 Jean "Jeff" Donnell, American actress (Gidget Goes to Rome, Hoedown, 9 Girls), born in Windham, Maine (d. 1988)
- 1923 Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian film actress (Othello), born in Ottawa, Ontario (d. 2003)
- 1924 Bobo Brazil [Houston Harris], American pro wrestler (WWF HOF), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1998)
- 1926 Carleton Carpenter, American magician, stage and screen actor (Two Weeks With Love; Up Periscope), songwriter, and mystery novelist (Cat Got Your Tongue?), born in Bennington, Vermont (d. 2022)
- 1926 Fred Gwynne, American actor (Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters), born in New York City (d. 1993)
- 1927 William Smithers, American actor (Witness; Peyton Place Attack!), born in Richmond, Virginia
- 1930 [Andrew] Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (The Empire Strikes Back), born in Calgary, Alberta (d. 2004)
- 1931 Nick Adams [Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock], American actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), born in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
- 1935 Tura Satana, Japanese-American actress (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), born in Hokkaidō, Japan (d. 2011)
- 1937 George Young, American jazz and session saxophonist (White Elephant Orchestra; Saturday Night Live Band, 1991-96), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1939 Lawrence Pressman, American actor (Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle), born in Cynthiana, Kentucky
- 1940 Mills Watson, American actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ & Bear), born in Oakland, California
- 1940 Tommy Troelsen, Danish soccer striker (16 caps; Vejle Boldklub) and broadcaster (Danmarks Radio, dk4), born in Nykøbing Mors, Denmark (d. 2021)
- 1941 Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (Chariots of Fire; Dances with Wolves), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2012)
- 1941 Robert Pine, American actor (Joe Getraer-CHiPs), born in Scarsdale, New York
- 1945 Jean-Marie Poiré, French film director, born in Paris
- 1945 John Motson, British football broadcaster (10 x FIFA World Cups; 10 x UEFA European C'ships; 29 x FA Cup finals; BBC, Talksport), born in Salford, England (d. 2023)
- 1945 Ron Glass, American actor (Barney Miller, Frank's Place), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 2016)
- 1946 Sue Lyon, American actress (Lolita, Night of the Iguana), born in Davenport, Iowa
- 1947 Richard Schmiechen, American film producer (The Times of Harvey Milk), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1993) [1]
- 1949 Mark Shera, American actor (SWAT; Barnaby Jones), born in Bayonne, New Jersey
- 1950 Nick Jameson, American actor (24), pop-rock songwriter, and record producer (Foghat), born in Columbia, Missouri
- 1951 Phyllis Smith, American actress (Phyllis Vance-The Office), born in The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri
- 1958 Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and theatre and opera director, born in Munster, County Cork, Ireland
- 1961 Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor (Bullet in the Head), born in Hong Kong
- 1962 Charles Papa, Kenyan comedian and actor (Papa Shirandula), born in Busia, Kenya (d. 2020)
- 1965 Alec Mapa, Filipino-American actor and comedian (Half & Half), born in San Francisco, California
- 1966 Johnny Grunge, American pro wrestler (4 x ECW World Tag Team C'ship, WCW World Tag Team C'ship [with Rocco Rock], born in Sulphur, Louisiana (d. 2006)
- 1969 Alexandra Hedison, American actress and producer (The L Word), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1969 Gale Harold, American actor (Queer as Folk), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1970 Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and musical theatre actress (Kristina från Duvemåla; Chess), born in Sundsvall, Sweden
- 1970 John Simm, English actor known for "Doctor Who" and "Life on Mars", born in Leeds, England
- 1972 Damon Sharpe, American actor and musician (Guys Next Door), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1972 Peter Serafinowicz, British comedian and actor (Shaun Of The Dead; Guardians Of The Galaxy), born in the Gateacre, Liverpool, England
Sofía Vergara (51 years old)
1972 Colombian-American actress (Modern Family), born in Barranquilla, Colombia
- 1974 (Idalmis) Marina Vidal, American actress, journalist and beauty queen (Miss Florida 1996), born in Miami, Florida
- 1974 Chiwetel Ejiofor, British film and stage actor ("Twelve Years a Slave"), born in London, England
- 1975 Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor (Lazytown), born in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland (d. 2018)
- 1976 Adrian Grenier, American actor and producer (Entourage), born in Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 1977 Gwendoline Yeo, Singaporean-American actress (General Hospital, Desperate Housewives), born in Singapore
- 1979 Gong Yoo [Gong Ji-cheol], South Korean actor (Train to Busan, Squid Game), born in Busan, South Korea
- 1980 Thomas Ian Nicholas, actor (American Pie, Rookie of the Year), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- 1984 Maria Julia Mantilla, Peruvian dancer and beauty contestant who won Miss World 2004, born in Trujillo, Peru
- 1986 Wyatt Russell, American actor (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier; Lodge 49), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1997 Alba Baptista, Portuguese actress (Warrior Nun; Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris), born in Lisbon, Portugal
- 1998 Angus Cloud, American actor (Euphoria), born in Oakland, California (d. 2023)
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