Those born on this date include:
- Poet Eugene Field in 1850
- American inventor Hiram Maxim, who invented the first portable automatic machine gun, in 1869
- Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Adolph Rupp in 1901
- Authors Cleveland Amory in 1917 and Allen Drury in 1918
- Dancer Marge Champion in 1919 (age 91)
- Basketball Hall of Fame member John Thompson Jr. in 1941 (age 69)
- Christa McAuliffe, the school teacher who became an astronaut and died when the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986 in 1948
- Basketball Hall of Fame member Nate Archibald (age 62) in 1948
- Football Hall of Fame member and sportscaster Terry Bradshaw in 1948 (age 62)
- Actor Mark Harmon in 1951 (age 59)
- Tennis Hall of Fame member Jimmy Connors in 1952 (age 58)
- Football Hall of Fame member Eric Dickerson in 1960 (age 50)
- Actor Keanu Reeves in 1964 (age 46)
- Actor Salma Hayek in 1966 (age 44)
