George M. Cohan (1878-1942)
American father of musical comedy (Phantom President; Give My Regards to Broadway), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- 1881 Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1951)
- 1896 Doris Lloyd, Irish-American actress (Bachelor Father, Charley's Aunt, Sarah & Son), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1968)
- 1900 John Mason Brown, American drama critic (Tonight on Broadway), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1969)
- 1906 George Sanders, Russian actor (All About Eve-Academy Award 1950), born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1972)
- 1906 Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer known as "The World's Tallest Man", born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1952)
- 1917 Hélène Cordet, French actress (The Limping Man), born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (d. 1996)
- 1921 Susan Peters [Suzanne Carnahan], American actress (Random Harvest, Young Ideas), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1952)
- 1927 Ken Russell, British film director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic), born in Southampton, Hampshire, England (d. 2011)
- 1929 David Lynch, American singer (Platters - "Twilight Time"; "Only You"; "The Great Pretender"), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1980)
- 1931 Frits Helmuth, Danish actor My Son Peter; Per), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2004)
- 1931 Robert O. Ragland, American film score composer (The Thing With Two Heads), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
- 1937 David Shire, American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores (The Conversation; All the President's Men), born in Buffalo, New York
Tom Stoppard (87 years old)
1937 Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony), born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia
- 1941 Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Indian film director and cinematographer (Kathapurushan, Mathulikal), born in Mannadi, Travancore, British India
- 1942 Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality, born in Mexico City (d. 1999)
- 1943 Gary Waldhorn, British stage and screen comic actor (The Vicar of Dibley; Brush Strokes), born in Paddington, England (d. 2022)
- 1943 Kurtwood Smith, American actor (That '70s Show- "Red"; Robocop; 24), born in New Lisbon, Wisconsin
- 1944 Paul Young, Scottish actor (Another Time Another Place), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1945 Michael Cole, American actor (Pete-Mod Squad), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- 1947 Betty Buckley, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (Cats - "Memory"; Eight Is Enough - "Abby"; 1776), born in Big Spring, Texas
- 1947 Dave Barry, American humorist and author, born in Armonk, New York
- 1949 Jan Smithers, American actress (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Bailey"), born in Hollywood, California
- 1949 Susan Penhaligon, British actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits), born in Manila, Philippines
- 1955 Sanma Akashiya, Japanese comedian and TV personality, born in Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan
- 1957 Faye Resnick, American TV personality and author (Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary), born in Brentwood, California
- 1958 Siân Lloyd, Welsh meteorologist and TV presenter, born in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales
- 1959 Andreas Wisniewski, German actor (The Living Daylights), born in Berlin
- 1962 Hunter Tylo [Deborah Jo Hunter], American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- 1962 Thomas Gibson, American actor (Dr Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope), born in Charleston, South Carolina
Tom Cruise (62 years old)
1962 American actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman), born in Syracuse, New York
- 1964 Peyton Reed, American film director (Yes Man; Ant-Man), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1964 Yeardley Smith, French-born American actress (Lisa Simpson-The Simpsons), born in Paris
- 1965 Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese professional wrestler (NJPW), born in Toki City, Gifu, Japan
- 1966 Neil O'Donnell, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers) and broadcaster (WTVF, Nashville), born in Morristown, New Jersey
- 1968 Chien-lien Wu [Jacklyn Wu], Taiwanese actress and singer, born in Taipei, Taiwan
- 1968 Jeff Phillips, American actor (Hart Jessup-Guiding Light), born in Westwood, New Jersey
Audra McDonald (54 years old)
1970 American Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning theatrical and operatic singer, and stage and screen actress (Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill; Sweeney Todd; Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny; Private Practice, The Good Wife), born in West Berlin, West Germany
- 1970 Benedict Wong, English actor (Wong in Marvel films), born in Eccles, England
- 1970 Shawnee Smith, American actress (Saw), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- 1973 Patrick Wilson, American actor (Angels in America), born in Norfolk, Virginia
- 1976 Andrea Barber, American actress (Kimmy Gibbler-Full House), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1978 Julie Klausner, American comedian, screenwriter, actress (Difficult People), podcaster, and author, born in New York City
- 1978 Katia Zygouli, Greek supermodel, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
- 1979 Ludivine Sagnier, French actress (Swimming Pool), born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France
Olivia Munn (44 years old)
1980 American actress (The Newsroom: X-Men: Apocalypse), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- 1982 Kanika, Indian actress (Five Star), born in Thiruvananthapuram, India
- 1985 Minami Keisuke, Japanese singer and actor, born in Yokohama, Japan
- 1997 Mia McKenna-Bruce, English actress (How to Have Sex), born in London, england
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