- 1843 Isabella "Belle" Boyd, American actress and Confederate spy during US Civil War, born in Martinsburg, Virginia (d. 1900)
- 1844 (Maria) Catharina Beersmans, Belgian stage actress (Medea; The Empty Cradle; The Bad Shepherds), born in Turnhout, Belgium (d. 1899)
- 1895 Richard Barthelmess, American actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose, Heroes for Sales), born in New York City (d. 1963)
- 1901 John Forest "Fuzzy" Knight, American actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby & the Lady), born in Fairmont, West Virginia (d. 1976)
- 1909 Don Messer, Canadian folk fiddler, and television host (Jubilee, 1959-73), born in Tweedside, New Brunswick (d. 1973)
- 1910 Barbara Woodhouse, Irish-born British dog training expert and TV personality ("walkies"), born in Rathfarnham, Ireland (d. 1988)
- 1912 Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (From Russia With Love, Fort Apache), born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (d. 1963)
- 1917 John Arnatt, British actor (A Challenge for Robin Hood, Circumstantial Evidence), born in Petrograd, Russia (d. 1999)
Mike Wallace (1918-2012)
American journalist and media personality (60 Minutes, 1968-2006; Biography), born in Brookline, Massachusetts
- 1919 Arthur English, British comedian and actor (Malachi's Cove, Are You Being Served?), born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England (d. 1995)
- 1922 Sheila Burrell, British actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark), born in Blackheath, London (d. 2011)
- 1923 Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer, and "honorary mayor" of Hollywood (d. 2008)
- 1924 Jean J A Girault, French director and screenwriter (l'Amour), born in Villenauxe-la-Grande, France (d. 1982)
- 1929 Kay Dotrice [Katherine Newman], British actress (Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2007)
- 1930 Joan Sims, British actress ("Carry on" films, As Time Goes By), born in Laindon, Essex, England (d. 2001)
- 1932 Geraldine McEwan, British actress (Agatha Christie's Miss Marple), born in Old Windsor Berkshire (d. 2015)
- 1934 Alan Bennett, English playwright and actor (The Madness of King George, The History Boys), born in Armley, Leeds
- 1935 Nole "Nokie" Edwards, American surf-rock guitarist (The Ventures) and actor (Deadwood), born in Lahoma, Oklahoma (d. 2018)
Albert Finney (1936-2019)
English actor (The Dresser, Under the Volcano), born in Salford, England
Glenda Jackson (1936-2023)
English stage and screen Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning actress (Women in Love; Elizabeth R; Elizabeth Is Missing), and politician (Member of Parliament, 1992-2015), born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]
- 1936 Terry Drinkwater, American TV newsman (CBS), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1989)
- 1939 Pierre Desproges, French humorist (d. 1988)
- 1940 James L Brooks, American Emmy and Academy Award-winning television and film writer, director, and producer (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Taxi; Terms of Endearment; Broadcast News; The Tracey Ullman Show), born in New York City
- 1946 Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actress (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)
- 1947 Anthony Higgins, British actor (A Walk with Love and Death, Something for Everyone), born in East Northamptonshire, England
- 1950 Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)
- 1951 Alley Mills, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1952 Patrick Ryecart, actor (Silas Mariner)
- 1953 Amy Hill, American comedian and actress (All-American Girl - "Grandma"; Magnum, PI - "Kumu"), born in Deadwood, South Dakota
- 1953 Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi TX, actor (Guiding Light)
- 1955 Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (Misfits of Science), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1956 Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress (Saving Hope), born in Hamilton, Ontario
- 1957 Tessa Peake-Jones, British television and film actress (Only Fools and Horses - "Raquel"), born in Hammersmith, London, England
- 1962 John Corbett, American actor (Northern Exposure - "Chris Stevens"; Sex and the City - "Aidan"; My Big Fat Greek Wedding), and country music singer, born in Wheeling, West Virginia
- 1963 Sanja Doležal, Croatian pop singer (Novi fosili), and television personality, born in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
- 1972 Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist
- 1973 Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress
- 1974 Patrice Désilets, Canadian video game designer (Assassin's Creed), born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
- 1975 Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor (The Three Stooges; Silicon Valley), and cartoon Voice (Mickey Mouse, 2013-present), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1977 Choi Jeong-yoon, South Korean actress
- 1979 Rosario Dawson, American actress
- 1980 Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor, born in Seoul, South Korea
- 1982 Rachel Boston, American actress
- 1988 Skye Regan, Canadian Actress and Writer
- 1989 C418 [Daniel Rosenfeld], German ambient musician, and video game and soundtrack composer (Minecraft; Beyond Stranger Things), born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany (now Chemnitz, Germany)
- 1996 Mary Matilyn Mouser, American child actress
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