Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo.
-- English poet/lexicographer Samuel Johnson, writer of the first English dictionary, in 1709
-- Pope Gregory XVI in 1765
-- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story in 1779
-- French physicist Leon Foucault, inventor of the gyroscope, in 1819-- Actor Greta Garbo in 1905
-- Actor Robert Blake in 1933
-- Comedian Fred Willard in 1939
-- Singer/actor Frankie Avalon in 1940 (age 84)
-- Actor Anna Deavere Smith in 1950 (age 74)
-- Musician Dee Dee Ramone in 1951
-- Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson in 1951 (age 73)
-- Philip J. Pierre, prime minister of Saint Lucia, in 1954 (age 70)
-- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges in 1956 (age 68)
-- Baseball Hall of Fame member Ryne Sandberg in 1959 (age 65)
-- Actor James Gandolfini in 1961
-- Actor Holly Robinson Peete in 1964 (age 60)
-- Actor Aisha Tyler in 1970 (age 54)
-- Actor Jada Pinkett Smith in 1971 (age 53)
-- Cyclist Lance Armstrong in 1971 (age 53)
-- Actor James Marsden in 1973 (age 51)
-- Rapper Xzibit, born Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, in 1974 (age 50)
-- Actor Jason Sudeikis in 1975 (age 49)
-- Actor/comedian Billy Eichner in 1978 (age 46)
-- Actor Patrick Schwarzenegger in 1993 (age 31)
-- Country singer Taylor "Tae" Dye in 1995 (age 29)
-- Actor Aidan Gallagher in 2003 (age 21)
-- Actor Jackson Robert Scott in 2008 (age 16)
