Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer.
-- English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray in 1811
-- Titanic survivor Margaret Brown "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" in 1867
-- Playwright Clifford Odets in 1906
-- Comedian Red Skelton in 1913-- South African leader/Nobel Peace Price laureate Nelson Mandela in 1918
-- Astronaut/Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, in 1921
-- Journalist/author Hunter S. Thompson in 1937
-- Pop singer Dion DiMucci in 1939 (age 84)
-- Actor James Brolin in 1940 (age 83)
-- Former baseball manager Joe Torre in 1940 (age 83)
-- Singer Martha Reeves in 1941 (age 82)
-- Businessman Richard Branson in 1950 (age 73)
-- Country singer Ricky Skaggs in 1954 (age 69)
-- Actor Elizabeth McGovern in 1961 (age 63)
-- Talk show host Wendy Williams in 1964 (age 59)
-- Actor Vin Diesel in 1967 (age 56)
-- Filmmaker Joe Russo in 1971 (age 52)
-- Rapper M.I.A., born Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, in 1975 (age 48)
-- Model/actor Elsa Pataky in 1976 (age 47)
-- Actor Kristen Bell in 1980 (age 43)
-- Actor Michiel Huisman in 1981 (age 42)
-- Actor Priyanka Chopra in 1982 (age 41)
-- Actor Chace Crawford in 1985 (age 38)
-- Boxer Canelo ilvarez in 1990 (age 33)
-- Actor Fionn Whitehead in 1997 (age 26)
