- 1615 Jan Zoet, Dutch actor, author, playwright and poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y), born in Flanders, Belgium (d. 1674)
- 1882 Guy Kibbee, American actor (Big Shot), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 1956)
- 1887 David Imboden, American silent film actor (King of Kings), muralist, and theater director, born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 1974)
- 1891 Victor Kilian, American actor (Gentleman's Agreement), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1979)
- 1899 Jay C Flippen, American actor (Jet Pilot, The Killing, Thunder Bay), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1971)
- 1900 Ludwig Donath, Austrian actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco, Jolson Sings Again), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungar (d. 1967)
- 1901 Mark Donskoy, Soviet-Ukrainian film director (Rainbow, A Mother's Heart) and screenwriter, born in Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1981)
- 1904 Chris Baay, Dutch actor (Tomorrow It Will Be Better, Klatergoud, Surprise Raid), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1991)
- 1904 Hugh Williams, British dramatist, actor and writer (Wuthering Heights, Bank Holiday), born in East Sussex, England (d. 1969)
Lou Costello (1906-1959)
American comedian and actor (The Abbott and Costello Show; Who's On First?), born in Paterson, New Jersey
- 1913 Ella Logan [Ina Allan], Scottish actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man, Top of the Town), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1969)
- 1916 Rochelle Hudson, American actress (Les Misérables, Imitation of Life, That's My Boy), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1972)
- 1916 Virginia Gregg, American radio and screen actress, singer and double bassist, born in Harrisburg, Illinois (d. 1986)
- 1917 Frankie Howerd, English comedian (d. 1992)
- 1920 Lewis Gilbert, British director, producer and screenwriter (You Only Live Twice, Sink the Bismarck!), born in London, England (d. 2018)
- 1921 Ross Hunter, American film producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996) date of birth disputed)
- 1923 Ed McMahon, American TV side-kick (Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), and host (Star Search), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2009)
- 1926 Andrzej Wajda, Polish film director (Ashes & Diamonds, Man of Iron), born in Suwalki (d. 2016)
Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)
Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist (1982 Nobel Prize in Literature), born in Aracataca, Colombia
- 1927 William J Bell, American television writer and producer (The Young and The Restless; The Bod and the Beautiful), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2005)
- 1931 Carmen de Lavallade, American actress, dancer and choreographer (Aida), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1931 John Smith, American actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1995)
- 1932 Jean Boht, English actress (Bread - "Nellie"; Distant Voices; Still Lives), born in Bebington, England (d. 2023)
- 1933 William Davis, author/broadcaster (Battle at Bull Run)
- 1934 John Noakes, British TV presenter, born in Yorkshire, England (d. 2017)
- 1937 Doug Dillard, American country rock musician (The Dillards; Gene Clark; Dillard & Clark) and actor (Popeye - "Clem"), born in East St. Louis, Illinois (d. 2012)
- 1939 David Spielberg, Weslaco Tx, actor (Jessica Novak, The Practice)
- 1940 Joanna Miles, Nice France, actress (Cross Creek, Delta County USA)
- 1941 Karyn Kupcinet, American actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show), born in Karyn Kupcinet (d. 1963)
- 1942 Ben Murphy, Jonesboro, Arkansas, American actor (Name of the Game, Alias Smith and Jones)
- 1945 Anna Maria Horsford, American actress (Thelma Frye-Amen), born in New York City
- 1946 Martin Kove, American actor (Victor-Cagney & Lacey), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1947 Judy Loe, British actress (Singles, Meaning of Life), born in Urmston, England
- 1947 Rob Reiner, American Emmy Award-winning actor (All In The Family -"Mike/Meathead") and film director (Stand By Me; When Harry Met Sally; This Is Spinal Tap; The Princess Bride), born in The Bronx, New York
- 1953 Jackie Zeman, American actress (General Hospital - "Bobbie Spencer"), born in Englewood, New Jersey (d. 2023)
- 1957 Edward "Eddie" Deezen, American actor (Grease; I Wanna Hold Your Hand), born in Cumberland, Maryland
- 1959 Thomas "Tom" Arnold, American actor (Tom, True Lies) and former husband of actress Rosanne Barr, born in Iowa
- 1963 D.L. Hughley, American comedian and actor (ComicView), born in Portsmouth, Virginia
- 1963 Suzanne Crough, American child actress, and tambourinist (The Partridge Family - "Tracy"), born in Fullerton, California (d. 2015)
Alan Davies (58 years old)
1966 British comedian and actor (Jonathan Creek, QI), born in Loughton, Essex, England
- 1967 Connie Britton, American actress (Spin City, Friday Night Lights), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1968 Moira Kelly, actress (Cutting Edge)
- 1969 Andrea Elson, American actress (Lynn-Alf, Alice-Whiz Kids), born in New York City
- 1969 Greg Scott, British TV personality
- 1970 Amy Pietz, actress (Annie-Caroline In the City), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1971 Sean Morley, American professional wrestler
- 1974 Sebastian Siegel, British-American actor (Lost, Hawaii Five-0), born in Oxford, England
- 1975 Aracely Arámbula, Mexican telenovella actress and singer ("Sexy"), born in Chihuahua City, Mexico
- 1976 Ken Anderson, American professional wrestler
- 1978 Lara Cox, Australian Actress
- 1979 David Flair, American professional wrestler
- 1981 Ellen Muth, American actress
- 1985 Albert Reed, American model
- 1986 Eli Marienthal, American actor
- 1987 Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress (Anne Frank: The Whole Story), born in London, England
- 1992 Momoko Tsugunaga, Japanese J-pop singer (Berryz Kobo), actress, radio personality, and kindergarten teacher, born in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- 1996 Savanah Stehlin, American actress
- 2003 Millicent Simmonds, American deaf actress (A Quiet Place), born in Bountiful, Utah
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