Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo.
They include:
-- 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
-- Film producer Bud Greenspan in 1926
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-- Comedian Fred Willard in 1939
-- Singer/actor Frankie Avalon in 1940 (age 83)
-- Actor Anna Deavere Smith in 1950 (age 73)
-- Musician Dee Dee Ramone in 1951
-- Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson in 1951 (age 72)
-- Basketball Hall of Fame member Rick Pitino in 1952 (age 71)
-- Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges in 1956 (age 67)
-- Baseball Hall of Fame member Ryne Sandberg in 1959 (age 64)
-- Actor James Gandolfini in 1961
-- Actor Holly Robinson Peete in 1964 (age 59)
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-- Actor Aisha Tyler in 1970 (age 53)
-- Actor Jada Pinkett Smith in 1971 (age 52)
-- Cyclist Lance Armstrong in 1971 (age 52)
-- Actor James Marsden in 1973 (age 50)
-- Rapper Xzibit, born Alvin Nathaniel Joiner, in 1974 (age 49)
-- Actor Jason Sudeikis in 1975 (age 48)
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-- Actor/comedian Billy Eichner in 1978 (age 45)
-- Actor Patrick Schwarzenegger in 1993 (age 30)
-- Country singer Taylor "Tae" Dye in 1995 (age 28)
-- Actor Aidan Gallagher in 2003 (age 20)
-- Actor Jackson Robert Scott in 2008 (age 15)