Those born on this date include:
- Teacher Prudence Crandall, controversial for her efforts to educate black girls, in 1803
- Architect Louis Sullivan, called the father of the skyscraper, in 1856
- Automobile designer Ferdinand Porsche in 1875
- Actor Alan Ladd in 1913
- Actor/singer Kitty Carlisle in 1910
- Cartoonist Mort Walker ( Beetle Bailey ) in 1923 (age 87)
- Albert DeSalvo, known as the Boston Strangler, in 1931
- Musician Al Jardine of the Beach Boys in 1942 (age 68)
- Actor Anne Jackson in 1926 (age 84)
- Actor Eileen Brennan in 1932 (age 78)
- Actor Pauline Collins in 1940 (age 70)
- Actor Valerie Perrine in 1943 (age 67)
- Actor Charlie Sheen in 1965 (age 45)
- Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Shaun White in 1986 (age 24)
