- 1870 "Uncle" Dave Macon, American vaudeville and Grand Ole Opry banjo player, singer-songwriter and comedian, born in Smartt Station, Tennessee (d. 1952)
- 1887 Jack Mulhall, American actor and producer (The Three Musketeers, The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand), born in Wappingers Falls, New York (d. 1979)
- 1892 Dwain Esper, American film director (The Seventh Commandment), born in Washington State (d. 1982)
- 1901 Ralph Rainger [Reichenthal], American song and film composer (Thanks for the Memory; Love In Bloom), born in New York City (d. 1942)
- 1905 Andy Devine, American character actor (Roy Roger's sidekick - "Cookie"; Stagecoach; Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, 1951-58), born in Flagstaff, Territory of Arizona (d. 1977)
- 1907 Tutta Rolf, Norwegian actress (Whalers), born in Kristiania, Norway (d. 1994)
- 1908 Richard Caldicot, British actor (Horse's Mouth, Strife, Mrs Thursday), born in London, England (d. 1995)
- 1914 Alfred Drake [Capurro], American singer and actor (Trading Places, Hamlet, Kiss Me Kate), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
- 1914 Sarah Churchill, British actress (Matinee Theatre, All Over Town, Royal Wedding), born in London, England (d. 1982)
- 1917 June Allyson [Eleanor Geisman], American stage and screen actress (Best Foot Forward; Too Young to Kiss; The Glenn Miller Story; The DuPont Show with June Allyson), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2006)
- 1918 Guido Aristarco, Italian film critic (Cinema Nuovo), born in Fossacesia, Italy (d. 1996)
- 1918 Helmut Dantine, Austrian-American actor (Shadow of the Cloak), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1982)
- 1919 Gabriel Dell, American actor (The Bowery Boys, Steve Allen Show), born in New York City (d. 1988)
- 1922 Martha Stewart [Haworth], American actress (In A Lonely Place; Daisy Kenyon: Doll Face), born in Bardwell, Kentucky (d. 2021)
- 1927 Al Martino [Jasper Cini], American pop singer ("Here in My Heart"), and actor (The Godfather), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2009)
- 1927 Reid Shelton, American stage and screen actor (Annie - "Daddy Warbucks"; 1st & 10 - "Ernie"), born in Salem, Oregon (d. 1997)
- 1929 Graeme Ferguson, Canadian filmmaker, inventor. and executive (IMAX), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2021)
- 1933 Paul B. Price, American actor (Busting Loose), born in Carteret, New Jersey (d. 2012)
- 1939 Clive James, Australian television presenter, poet writer, born in Kogarah, Australia (d. 2019)
- 1942 Joy Behar [Occhiuto], American actress and comedian (The View), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1949 Gabriel Yared, Lebanese-French Grammy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (Betty Blue; The English Patient; The Talented Mr. Ripley; Chocolat), born in Beirut, Lebanon
- 1950 Granny [Emma Webster], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Friz Freleng (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Canary Row"
- 1950 Maartje van Weegen, Dutch TV hostess, born in Bussum, Netherlands
John Mellencamp (72 years old)
1951 American rock singer-songwriter ("Jack & Diane"; "Small Town"; "Pink Houses"), co-founder of Farm Aid, and actor (Falling From Grace), born in Seymour, Indiana
- 1952 Mary Badham, American actress, born in Birmingham, Alabama
- 1953 Christopher Norris, American actress (Summer of '42, Eat My Dust), born in New York City
- 1956 James Van Patten, American actor (Bo-Chisholms), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1958 Judy Landers, American actress (BJ & the Bear, Madame's Place), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1959 Dylan Baker, American character actor, born in Syracuse, New York
Simon Cowell (64 years old)
1959 English recording executive and television producer (X-Factor, American Idol), born in London, England
- 1961 Brian Mannix, Australian rock singer (Uncanny X-men - "How Do You Get Your Kicks?"), and actor, born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1962 Mickey Flanagan, English stand-up comedian (Was It Something I Said?), born in Whitechapel, East London, England
- 1966 Marco Beltrami, Italian-American film composer (3:10 To Yuma; The Hurt Locker; Logan), born on Long Island, New York
- 1969 Malia Hosaka, Hawaiian professional wrestler, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- 1969 Maria Whittaker, English model, born in Hounslow, United Kingdom
- 1972 Ben Younger, American screenwriter and film director, born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1974 Alexander Polinsky, American actor (Adam-Charles in Charge), born in San Francisco, California
- 1974 Allison Munn, American actress, born in Columbia, South Carolina
- 1975 Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler, born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1975 Tim Minchin, Australian comedian and musician, born in Northampton, United Kingdom
- 1976 Taylor Hicks, American pop and blue-eyed soul singer-songwriter (American Idol, 2006), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- 1977 Brandon Quinn, American actor, born in Aurora, Colorado
- 1977 Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress, born in Kaitaia, New Zealand
- 1979 Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor, born in Richmond, Canada
- 1979 Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor, born in Richmond, Canada
- 1979 Tang Wei, Chinese actress, born in Hangzhou, China
- 1980 Edison Chen, Canadian-born actor, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- 1984 Ikuta Toma, Japanese singer and actor, born in Hokkaido, Japan
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