Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini.

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They include:

-- Poet/philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1803

-- YMCA leader/Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Mott in 1865

-- Dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in 1878

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-- Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky in 1889

-- Humorist/publisher Bennett Cerf in 1898

-- Actor Claude Akins in 1926

-- Spy novelist Robert Ludlum in 1927


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-- Opera singer Beverly Sills, born Belle Miriam Silverman, in 1929

-- Basketball Hall of Fame member K.C. Jones in 1932

-- Canadian writer W.P. Kinsella in 1935

-- Actor Dixie Carter in 1939

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-- Actor Ian McKellen in 1939 (age 84)

-- Singer/actor Leslie Uggams in 1943 (age 80)

-- Singer Jessi Colter in 1943 (age 80)

-- Director/actor/puppeteer Frank Oz, born Richard Frank Oznowicz, in 1944 (age 79)

-- Actor Karen Valentine in 1947 (age 76)

-- Actor Connie Sellecca in 1955 (age 68)


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-- Comedian/actor Mike Myers in 1963 (age 60)

-- Actor Ray Stevenson in 1964

-- Actor Anne Heche in 1969

-- Actor Octavia Spencer in 1972 (age 51)

-- Actor Cillian Murphy in 1976 (age 47)

-- Actor Esme Bianco in 1982 (age 41)


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-- Wrestler Roman Reigns in 1985 (age 38)

-- Gymnast Aly Raisman in 1994 (age 29)