1971 - Kristi Yamaguchi (Olympic gold medalist; figure skater)
1969 - Lisa Nicole Carson (actress; Ally McBeal, ER, Law & Order, Aftershock Earthquake in New York)
1951 - Cheryl Ladd 'Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor' (actress; The Grace Kelly Story, Charlie's Angels)
1948 - Richard Simmons (weight loss expert, entertainer; Sweatin' to the Oldies; died July 13, 2024)
1948 - Jay Thomas (Emmy Award-winning actor; Murphy Brown; Mork & Mindy, Married People, Love & War, Cheers; died August 24, 2017)
1946 - Sian Barbara Allen (Was an American actress, mainly appeared on television throughout the 1970s including recurring appearances on The Waltons, Gunsmoke, Ironside; died March 31, 2025)
1944 - Denise Nicholas (actress; Room 222, In the Heat of the Night)
1943 - Christine 'Perfect' McVie (musician, singer; group Fleetwood Mac; Dreams, Don’t Stop Thinking about Tomorrow; died November 30, 2022)
1930 - Gordon Edward Pinsent (Canadian actor, writer, director, singer, voice of Babar the Elephant; died February 25, 2023)
1920 - Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton (Was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, television personality and journalist; won many honours and awards for his books; died November 30, 2004)
1909 - ‘Curly’ Joe DeRita 'Joseph Wardell' (comedian; The Three Stooges; died July 3, 1993)
1908 - Milton Berle 'Berlinger' (comedian; Uncle Miltie, Mr. Television; The Milton Berle Show, Texaco Star Theatre; actor; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Oscar, Side by Side; died March 27, 2002)
1895 - Oscar 'Greeley Clendenning' Hammerstein II (lyricist, songwriter with Richard Rodgers; Oklahoma!, Carousel , South Pacific, The King and I, Sound of Music; died August 23, 1960)
1854 - George Eastman (inventor; Kodak camera; flexible roll film; died March 14, 1932)
1817 - Henry David Thoreau (philosopher, writer; On Walden Pond; died May 6, 1862)