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• 1880 Eugene O'Brien, American actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), born in Boulder, Colorado (d. 1966)
• 1894 Seena Owen, American silent screen actress (Queen Kelly), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1966)
• 1895 Louise Huff, American actress (What Women Want), born in Columbus, Georgia (d. 1973)

• 1898 Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
• 1901 (John) Morton Downey, American pop tenor, known as "The Irish Nightengale", songwriter, radio and television host, born in Wallingford, Connecticut (d. 1985)
• 1904 Dick Powell, American singer, radio and screen actor (Cry Danger; Dick Powell Theater), producer and director (The Enemy Below), born in Mountain View, Arkansas (d. 1963)
• 1907 William Steig, American cartoonist (The New Yorker, 1930-2003) and children's author (Shrek!; Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; Doctor De Soto), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2003) [1]
• 1910 Rosemary DeCamp, American radio, film, and television character actress (Love That Bob - "Margaret", That Girl - "Mrs. Marie"; The Partridge Family - "Amanda Renfrew"), born in Prescott, Arizona (d. 2001)
• 1916 Sherwood Schwartz, American television screenwriter and producer (The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island), born in Passaic, New Jersey (d. 2011)
• 1921 Brian Keith, American actor (Family Affair, Loneliest Runner, The Parent Trap), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 1997)
• 1922 Veronica Lake [Constance Ockleman], American actress (Sullivan's Travels, I Married a Witch), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1973)
• 1923 Margaret Courtenay, Welsh stage and screen actress, singer and entertainer (Royal Flash; Duet for One), born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales (d. 1996)
• 1924 Phyllis Avery, American actress (Ruby Gentry, George Gobel Show, Mr Novak), born in New York City (d. 2011)
• 1927 McLean Stevenson, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-75 - "Col. Henry Blake"; Hello Larry), born in Normal, Illinois (d. 1996)
• 1928 Kathleen Hughes [Elizabeth von Gerkan], American actress (It Came From Outer Space; Bracken's World), born in Hollywood, California
• 1929 Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book & film, "Fear Strikes Out"), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2017)

• 1930 Michael Robbins, British actor and comedian (On the Buses, The Great Muppet Caper), born in London, England (d. 1992)
• 1930 Monique Mercure [Marie Monique Émond], French Canadian actress (Naked Lunch; J.A. Martin Photographer), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2020)
• 1930 Shirley Crabtree Jr. [Big Daddy], English pro wrestler (record-breaking 64-inch chest), born in Halifax, England (d. 1997)
• 1931 Terence Marsh, British production designer (Oliver!, Dr. Zhivago, Spaceballs), born in London, England (d. 2018)
• 1932 (Hendricus) "Henk" Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom Tien), born in Deventer, Netherlands (d. 2016)
• 1935 Don Stewart, actor (Guiding Light)
• 1945 Paul Hirsch, American film editor
• 1946 Sacheen Littlefeather [Marie Louise Cruz]. American indigenous rights activist, who declined Academy Award for Best Actor on behalf of Marlon Brando, born in Salinas, California (d. 2022) [1]
• 1948 Robert Ginty, American actor (The Paper Chase: Coming Home; The Exterminator), and director, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
• 1949 Phil Baron, American voice actor (Piglet), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• 1951 Sandahl Bergman, American actress (Conan; All that Jazz), born in Kansas City, Missouri
• 1951 Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director (Let Live, Raise the Red Lantern), born in Xi'an, China
• 1952 Ray Sharkey, American actor (Wise Guys, Wired, Caged Fear), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1959 Paul McGann, English actor (Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who), born in Liverpool, Lancashire
• 1961 D B Sweeney, actor (Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October)

• 1961 Gordon Jennison Noice, American actor
• 1962 Harland Williams, Canadian American actor, born in Toronto, Ontario
• 1962 Laura San Giacoma, American actress (Pretty Woman; Saving Grace), born in Danville, New Jersey
• 1962 Satomi Kōrogi, Japanese voice actress, born in Tokyo

1964 American actor (Seinfeld; The Civilization of Maxwell Bright; The Tick), born in Paterson, New Jersey

• 1967 Letitia Dean, actress (Sharon Watts-EastEnders)
• 1968 Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
• 1969 David Lindsay-Abaire, American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter (Rabbit Hole, Kimberly Akimbo), born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1971 Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (96 Tests, 416 dismissals, 17 x 100, HS 204no; first player 100 sixes in Tests; NSW, Western Australia) and broadcaster (FoxSports), born in Bellingen, Australia
• 1971 Marco Leonardi, Italian-Australian actor

1972 American actor (Transformers, Life as We Know It), born in Minot, North Dakota

• 1972 Matthew Bloom, American professional wrestler
• 1973 Dana Snyder, American stage and voice actor (Aqua Teen Hunger Force; Chowder), born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
• 1974 David Moscow, actor (Big)
• 1976 Chris Demetral, American actor (Dream On; Dolly Dearest), born in Royal Oak, Michigan
• 1979 Mavie Hörbiger, German actress

1979 Ukrainian-French model and actress who played Bond girl Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace, born in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

• 1979 Steve Cash, YouTube personality (Talking Kitty Cat), born in Oakland, California (d. 2020)
• 1980 Brock Pierce, American actor
• 1989 Mary Bashua-Alimi, Nigerian radio and TV personality
• 1990 Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (The Saddle Club), born in Canberra, Australia (d. 2008)
• 1994 Keno Eckert Ludwig, German actor (Dumbo), born in Bonn Bad Godesberg, Germany

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