- 1891 Harry Seymour, American actor (Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot), born in New York City (d. 1967)
- 1897 Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (CBS) (d. 1973)
- 1899 Dorothy Devore, American actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1976)
- 1901 Jack Whiting, American actor and singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1961)
- 1901 Naunton Wayne, Welsh actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession), born in Llanwonno, Glamorganshire, Wales (d. 1970)
- 1902 David Burns, American actor (The Music Man; Hello Dolly!), born in New York City (d. 1971)
- 1902 Marguerite De La Motte, American actress, born in Duluth, Minnesota (d. 1950)
Billy Wilder (1906-2002)
Austrian-American filmmaker (Stalag 17: Some Like It Hot; The Lost Weekend; The Apartment), born in Sucha, Austria-Hungary (now Sucha Beskidzka, Poland)
- 1916 Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (The Dating Game), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1982)
- 1918 Richard Eastham, American actor (Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Falcon Crest), born in Opelousas, Louisiana (d. 2005)
- 1919 Gower Champion, American stage dancer, choreographer, actor, and theater director (42nd Street; Showboat; Marge & Gower Champion Show), born in Geneva, Illinois (d. 1980)
- 1920 Paul Frees [Solomon Hersh Frees], American voice actor (voice of Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)
- 1921 Joseph Papp, American stage producer and director (Pirates of Penzance; A Chorus Line), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991)
- 1927 Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (Home Sweet Home, Pauline & Paulette), born in Wuustwezel, Belgium (d. 2003)
- 1928 Ralph Waite, American actor, director and political candidate (Cool Hand Luke, The Waltons), born in White Plains, New York (d. 2014)
- 1932 Amrish Puri, Indian actor (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom- Mola Ram, Mr. India- Mogambo), born in Lahore, Punjab (d. 2005)
- 1932 Prunella Scales, British actress (Fawlty Towers, A Question of Attribution), born in Sutton Abinger, Surrey
- 1933 Jacques Martin, French TV host (Le Petit Rapporteur), born in Lyon, France (d. 2007)
Kris Kristofferson (88 years old)
1936 American country singer-songwriter ("Me And Bobby McGee"; "Help Me Make It Through The Night"), and actor (Amerika; Millennium; A Star Is Born), born in Brownsville, Texas
- 1940 Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian author and director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up, Taste of Cherry), born in Tehran (d. 2016)
- 1940 Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter (That's Life), born in Berkhamsted, England
- 1941 Ed Bradley, American journalist and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
- 1941 Michael Lerner, American stage and screen actor (Eight Men Out; Harlem Nights: Barton Fink), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2023)
- 1942 Murphy Dunne, American actor and musician, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1944 Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austrian actor (Mephisto, Out of Africa), born in Bad Aussee, Austria
- 1946 Andrew Rubin, actor (Police Academy) [or Jan 22], born in New Bedford, Massachusetts
- 1947 David L. Lander, American actor (Laverne & Shirley - "Squiggy"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2020)
- 1949 Lindsay Wagner, American actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks), born in Los Angeles, California
Meryl Streep (75 years old)
1949 American actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice), born in Summit, New Jersey
- 1950 Murphy Cross, actor (Phyl & Mikhy, Perfect), born in Havre de Grace, Maryland
- 1952 Graham Greene, First Nations actor (Dances with Wolves), born in Ohsweken, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario
- 1954 Amparo Munoz, Spanish Miss Universe (1974), born in Malgra, Spain
- 1954 Chris Lemmon, American actor (Wishmaster, Duet), born in Los Angeles, California [or Jan 22]
- 1954 Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (Chico & the Man), born in New York City
- 1956 Tim Russ, American actor (Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1958 Bruce Campbell, American actor/producer/director (Army of Darkness, Evil Dead II), born in Birmingham, Michigan
- 1959 Wayne Federman, American comedian and comedy writer (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1960 Colleen Devine, actress (Irreconcilable Differences), born in San Gabriel, California
- 1960 Tracy Pollan, American actress (Family Ties)/aka Mrs Michael J. Fox, born in New York City
Clyde Drexler (62 years old)
1962 NBA guard, 1983-98, 10X All-Star (Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets, Olympic gold, 1992), and broadcaster, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1962 Stephen Chow, Hong Kong film director and actor (Kung Fu Hustle, The Mermaid), born in Hong Kong
- 1963 John Tenta, ring name Earthquake, Canadian professional wrestler, born in Surrey, British Columbia (d. 2006)
- 1964 Amy Brenneman, actress (Janice-NYPD Blue), born in New London, Connecticut
- 1964 Dicky Barrett, American rock and ska singer (Mighty Mighty Bosstones), and TV announcer (Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 2004-2022), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- 1964 Kevin Sargeant, English rock drummer (Thrashing Doves - "Reprobate's Hymn"), keyboardist, and film and television score composer, born in Fulham, England
- 1965 Uwe Boll, German film director of "Alone in the Dark", born in Wermelskirchen, West Germany
- 1968 Paula Irvine, actress (Lily Blake-Santa Barbara), born in Hollywood, California
Mary Lynn Rajskub (53 years old)
1971 American actress (Chloe O'Brian-24), born in Detroit, Michigan
Vijay (50 years old)
1974 Indian actor and singer (Poove Unakkaga), born in Madras (now Chennai), India
- 1975 Laila Rouass, British actress ( Footballers' Wives), born in London, England
- 1978 Jai Rodriguez, American TV actor and personality (Queer Eye For The Straight Guy), born in Brentwood, New York
- 1981 Monty Oum, American Animator (RWBY), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2015)
- 1982 Mati Diop, French Senegalese director and actress (Atlantic, Dahomey), born in Paris, France
- 1982 Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress (O Crime do Padre Amaro), born in Lisbon, Portugal
- 1985 Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress, born in Kagoshima, Japan
- 1986 Bob the Drag Queen [Christopher Caldwell], American drag queen, comedian and TV personality (RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 winner), born in Columbus, Georgia
- 1987 Joe Dempsie, English actor (Game of Thrones), born in Liverpool, England
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