- 1882 Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Occupier, Hostage Rights of Aemstel), (d. 1950)
- 1887 Mabel "Nell" Taliaferro, American actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back), born in New York City (d. 1979)
- 1899 Ralph Sanford, American actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1963)
- 1904 Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (Robert Montgomery Presents, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack), born in Fishkill Landing, New York (d. 1981)
- 1906 Dorothy Tree [Triebitz], American actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois; Confessions Of A Nazi Spy; The Asphalt Jungle), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
- 1907 Dandy Nichols [Daisy Sander], British actress (Till Death Us Do Part, Confessions of a Window Cleaner), born in London, England (d. 1986)
- 1912 Monty Stratton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1937 Chicago WS; played minor leagues with prosthetic leg; 1949 film The Stratton Story), born in Palacios, Texas (d. 1982)
- 1916 Dennis Day [Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty], Irish-American tenor ("Danny Boy"), radio and television comic actor (Jack Benny Program; A Day in the Life of Dennis Day), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1988)
- 1917 Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla), born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (d. 1993)
- 1920 Anthony Steel, British actor and singer (Malta Story, The Wooden Horse), born in London, England (d. 2001)
- 1924 Mary Margaret "Peggy" Cass, American actress, comedian, game show panelist and announcer (To Tell The Truth), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
- 1926 Rick Jason [Richard Jacobson], American stage and screen actor (Combat! - "Lt. Hanley"; The Fountain of Youth; Day of the Wolves), born in New York City (d. 2000)
- 1927 Kay Kendall [Justine McCarthy], British actress (Genevieve, The Constant Husband, Les Girls), born in Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire (d. 1959)
- 1928 Alice Drummond, American actress (Awakenings), born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (d. 2016)
- 1931 Desmond Wilcox, English broadcaster (BBC, ITV), born in Welwyn Garden City, England (d. 2000)
- 1932 Dan Wakefield, American novelist (Going All The Way; New York In The Fifties), journalist (The Atlantic, 1968-81), and screenwriter, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2024)
- 1938 David Groh, American actor (Rhoda - "Joe"; Another Day - "Don"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
- 1945 Richard Hatch, American actor (Battlestar Galactica), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2017)
- 1946 David Hill, Australian television producer-executive (Sky Television, Eurosport, Sky Sports; President Fox Sports 1993-2000), born in Newcastle, Australia
- 1947 Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born actor (Titanic), born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1948 Carol Potter, American actress (Beverly Hills 90210, Today's FBI), born in New York City
- 1951 Al Franken, US politician (Senate-D-Minnesota 2009-18) comedian, writer, actor (SNL, 1975-80; 1985-90), born in New York City
- 1951 Leon Schuster, South African comedian, singer, and filmmaker (You Must Be Joking)., born in Vereeniging, South Africa
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1952 American actor (A-Team, Rocky III, T & T), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1954 Marina Langner, German beauty queen, Miss World runner-up (1975), born in Dusseldorf, Germany
- 1957 Judge Reinhold, American actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), born in Wilmington, Delaware
- 1957 Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress (The Fourth Man), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1959 Nick Cassavetes, American actor and director (The Notebook), born in New York City
- 1960 Mohanlal, Indian actor (Guru) in over 300 films, born in Elanthoor, India
- 1964 Annabel Schofield, Welsh actress (Laurel Ellis-Dallas), born in Llanelli, Wales
- 1964 Carolyn Lawrence, American actress and voice actress (SpongeBob SquarePants), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1964 Nancy Daus, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
- 1966 Manon Kelley, Canadian actress (Red Lips 2), born in Quebec City, Québec
- 1968 Julie Vega, Filipina child actress and singer, born in Quezon City, Philippines (d. 1985)
- 1971 Eric Nies, American reality TV personality (MTV Real World, Grind)
- 1973 Noel Fielding, British comedian (The Mighty Boosh, The Great British Baking Show), born in London, England
- 1974 Fairuza Balk, American actress (The Craft, Gas Food Lodging), born in Point Reyes, California
- 1975 Abbas [Mirza Abbas Ali], Indian Tamil film actor and model (Kadhal Desam), born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- 1976 Christopher Tin, American film, television, and video game score composer (Baba Yetu), born in Redwood City, California
- 1980 Chris Raab, American television personality, born in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
- 1982 Tay Zonday [Adam Bahner], American singer-songwriter ("Chocolate Rain"), and YouTube personality, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1984 Lorena Ayala, Spanish-Dutch model and beauty queen, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1985 Kano [Kane Robinson], English rapper and actor ("Top Boy"), born in London, England
- 1986 Da'Vine Joy Randolph, American actress (High Fidelity, The Holdovers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1987 Ashlie Brillault, American actress (Lizzie Guire), born in San Francisco, California
- 1991 Sarah Ramos, American actress (Parenthood), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1992 Olivia Olson, American singer and actress (Love Actually - "Joanna"), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1995 Hannah Einbinder, American comedian and actress (Hacks), born in Los Angeles, California
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