Those born on this date include:
- Roman Catholic St. Thomas Aquinas in 1225
- Canadian Prime Minister and statesman Alexander MacKenzie in 1822
- Cuban revolutionary and poet Jose Marti in 1853
- French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette in 1873
- Concert pianist Arthur Rubinstein in 1887
- Abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock in 1912
- Sculptor Claes Oldenburg in 1929 (age 81)
- Actor Alan Alda in 1936 (age 74)
- Former leader of Liberia Charles Taylor in 1948 (age 62)
- Ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1948 (age 62)
- Singer Sarah McLachlan in 1968 (age 42)
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 1955 (age 55)
- Actress Susan Howard in 1944
- Actor Elijah Wood in 1981 (age 29)
