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

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They include:

-- Adlai E. Stevenson I, U.S. vice president under Grover Cleveland, in 1835

-- Pioneering college football coach John Heisman, for whom the Heisman Trophy is named, in 1869

-- William Coolidge, inventor of the X-ray tube, in 1873

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-- Vaudevillian Milton "Gummo" Marx in 1893

-- Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, in 1905

-- Former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson in 1925

-- Pro golfer Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez in 1935 (age 88)


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-- Brazilian soccer star Pele, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, in 1940

-- Author Michael Crichton in 1942

-- Filmmaker Ang Lee in 1954 (age 69)

-- Singer Dwight Yoakam in 1956 (age 67)

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-- Civil rights activist Martin Luther King III in 1957 (age 66)

-- Singer "Weird Al" Yankovic in 1959 (age 64)

-- Television talk show host Nancy Grace in 1959 (age 64)

-- Former football star Doug Flutie in 1962 (age 61)

-- Medical reporter Sanjay Gupta in 1969 (age 54)

-- Actor Kate del Castillo in 1972 (age 51)


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-- Actor Ryan Reynolds in 1976 (age 47)

-- Rocker Matt Shultz in 1983 (age 40)

-- Author/television personality Meghan McCain in 1984 (age 39)

-- Singer Miguel Pimentel in 1985 (age 38)

-- Actor Emilia Clarke in 1986 (age 37)

-- Actor Margaret Qualley in 1994 (age 29)


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-- Model Ireland Baldwin in 1995 (age 28)

-- Actor Amandla Stenberg in 1998 (age 25)