Those born on this date include:

- French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre in 1758
- Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud in 1856
- arctic explorer Robert Peary in 1856
- silent screen star Rudolph Valentino in 1895
- restaurateur Toots Shor in 1903
- actor/director/writer Orson Welles in 1915
- author Theodore White in 1915
- baseball legend Willie Mays in 1931 (age 93)
- musician Bob Seger in 1945 (age 79)
- former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1953 (age 71)
- TV host Tom Bergeron in 1955 (age 69)
- musician John Flansburgh (They Might Be Giants) in 1960 (age 64)
- actor Roma Downey in 1960 (age 64)
- actor George Clooney in 1961 (age 63)
- musician Tony Scalzo (Fastball) in 1964 (age 60)
- musician Mark Bryan (Hootie &
- the Blowfish) in 1967 (age 56)
- musician Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters) in 1971 (age 53)
- Martin Brodeur, who set numerous records as an NHL goaltender, in 1972 (age 52)
- actor Gabourey Sidibe in 1983 (age 41)
- actor Adrianne Palicki in 1983 (age 41)
- comedian/actor Sasheer Zamata in 1986 (age 38)
- musician Meek Mill, born Robert Rihmeek Williams, in 1987 (age 37)
- actor Naomi Scott in 1993 (age 31)
- actor Noah Galvin in 1994 (age 30)
- actor Emily Alyn Lind in 2002 (age 22)
- Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, member of the British royal family, in 2019 (age 5).

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