Those born on this date include:

- Explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle in 1643
- U.S. first lady Abigail Adams in 1744
- writer George Eliot, born Mary Ann Evans, in 1819
- French statesman/military leader Charles de Gaulle in 1890
- aviator Wiley Post in 1898
- comedian/actor Rodney Dangerfield in 1921
- actor Geraldine Page in 1924
- actor Robert Vaughn in 1932
- writer/filmmaker Terry Gilliam in 1940 (age 84)
- actor Tom Conti in 1941 (age 83)
- musician Jesse Colin Young (Youngbloods) in 1941 (age 83)
- astronaut Guion S. Bluford Jr. in 1942 (age 82)
- International Tennis Hall of Fame member Billie Jean King in 1943 (age 81)
- photographer Mick Rock in 1948
- musician/actor Steven Van Zandt (E Street Band) in 1950 (age 74)
- musician Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club) in 1950 (age 74)
- musician Lawrence Gowan (Styx) in 1956 (age 68)
- actor Richard Kind in 1956 (age 68)
- actor Jamie Lee Curtis in 1958 (age 66)
- actor Mariel Hemingway in 1961 (age 63)
- actor Mads Mikkelsen in 1965 (age 59)
- actor Michael K. Williams in 1966
- actor Mark Ruffalo in 1967 (age 57)
- International Tennis Hall of Fame member Boris Becker in 1967 (age 57)
- musician Chris Fryar (Zac Brown Band/Ringo Starr &
- His All-Starr Band) in 1970 (age 54)
- TV personality/drag queen Shangela, born Chantize Darius Jeremy Pierce, in 1981 (age 43)
- actor Scarlett Johansson in 1984 (age 40)
- Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius in 1986 (age 38)
- actor/musician/model Jamie Campbell Bower in 1988 (age 36)
- actor Alden Ehrenreich in 1989 (age 35)
- actor Dacre Montgomery in 1994 (age 30)
- actor Katherine McNamara in 1995 (age 29)
- model Hailey Bieber, born Hailey Baldwin, in 1996 (age 28)
- actor/musician Auli'i Cravalho in 2000 (age 24).

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