- 1863 Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet) and wife of John Dilis (d. 1939)
- 1890 Robert Armstrong, American actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong), born in Saginaw, Michigan (d. 1973)
- 1891 Reginald Denny, English actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman), born in Richmond, Surrey, England (d. 1967)
- 1894 Carl Mayer, Austrian-Jewish actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), born in Graz, Austria (d. 1944)
- 1907 Fran Allison, American actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), born in La Porte City, Iowa (d. 1989)
- 1908 Alistair Cooke, British-American TV host (Masterpiece Theatre), born in Manchester, England (d. 2004)
- 1913 Judy Canova, American comedian and actress (Cannonball), born in Starke, Florida (d. 1983)
- 1916 Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Adventure of Martin Eden), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008)
- 1917 Pam Henning [Cornelia Catharina Pamela Ingenegeren], Indonesian-Dutch cabaret dancer and actress, born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 2008)
- 1919 Dulcie Gray, British singer, actress, author and lepidopterist (Mine Own Executioner), born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (d. 2011)
- 1920 Douglas Dick, American actor and psychologist (Rope, Waterfront), born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 2015)
- 1921 Daniel "Dan" Frazer, American actor (Kojak, Take the Money and Run), born in New York City (d. 2011)
- 1921 Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (Nora, Fort Worth), born in Portland, Maine (d. 2012)
- 1922 Louis van Gasteren, Dutch actor and director (The House, De prijs van overleven), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2016)
- 1925 Kaye Ballard, American stage and screen actress, comedienne, (Mothers-in-Law - "Kaye"), and singer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2019)
- 1926 John Gardner, English spy and thriller novelist (Boysie Oakes novels; James Bond continuation novels), born in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, England (d. 2007)
- 1926 Terry Hall, English ventriloquist, born in Chadderton, Lancashire, England (d. 2007)
- 1927 Estelle Parsons, American actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde), born in Lynn, Massachusetts
- 1928 Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor named a People's Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1989), born in Vladimir, Soviet Union (d. 2017)
- 1928 Franklin Cover, American actor (Tom-The Jeffersons), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2006)
- 1928 Rex Reason, American actor (This Island Earth, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2015)
- 1932 Richard Dawson, British-American actor, comedian, and game show host (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud), born in Gosport, Hampshire (d. 2012)
- 1937 Jack Linkletter, American TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2007)
- 1939 Dick Smothers, American comedian and folk singer (The Smothers Brothers Show), born on Governors Island, NYC, New York
- 1942 Bob Einstein, American comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2019)
- 1943 Veronica Hamel, American actress (Hill Street Blues - "Joyce Davenport"; 79 Park Ave), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1945 Nanette Workman, American-Canadian singer and actress, born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1946 Judy Woodruff, American newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1948 Richard Masur, American actor (David-One Day at a Time), born in New York City
- 1948 Samuel E. Wright, American stage and screen actor (Enos; Ball Four; The Little Mermaid), born in Camden, South Carolina (d. 2021)
- 1949 Ray Vitte, American actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), born in New York City
- 1951 Rodger Bumpass, American television and voice actor (Squidward Tenticles), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
- 1955 Thea Vidale, American actress and comedian (Thea, Family Matters), born in Washington D. C.
- 1956 Bo Derek [Mary Collins], American actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man), born in Long Beach, California
- 1959 Sean Young, American actress (Dune, Blade Runner), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- 1960 Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host, born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1961 Larry Karaszewski, American screenwriter (Ed Wood), born in Los Angeles, California
Ming-Na Wen (60 years old)
1963 Macau-born actress (Mulan, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D), born in Coloane Island, Macau
- 1964 Ned Vaughn, American actor (The Rescuer), born in Huntsville, Alabama
- 1967 Jeff Cotler, American actor (Brian-Struck by Lightning), born in Long Beach, California
- 1969 Callie Thorne, American actress (Necessary Roughness), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1970 Joe Zaso, American actor, born in Queens, New York
- 1970 Sabrina Lloyd, American actress (Sliders), born in Fairfax County, Virginia
- 1971 Joel McHale, American actor and comedian (Community), born in Rome, Italy
- 1974 Marissa Ryan, American actress (Elizabeth MacGillis-Major Dad), born in Manhattan, New York
- 1976 Jason Thompson, Canadian actor, born in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
- 1977 Rudy Charles [Dan Engler], American professional wrestling referee, born in Evansville, Indiana
- 1978 Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1981 Andrea Riseborough, English actress (To Leslie) and producer, born in Wallsend, England
- 1982 Margo Stilley, American actress, born in Bear Creek, Wisconsin
- 1985 Dan Byrd, American actor, born in Marietta, Georgia
- 1986 Aaron Yan, Taiwanese singer and actor, born in Taipei, Taiwan
- 1989 Cody Linley, American actor, born in Lewisville, Texas
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