Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries.
-- Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens, founder of the wave theory of light, in 1629
-- Anne Sullivan, the "miracle worker" who taught a blind and deaf Helen Keller, in 1866
-- English historian Arnold Toynbee in 1889
-- Haitian dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier in 1907-- Actor Rod Steiger in 1925
-- Actor Bradford Dillman in 1930
-- Writer Erich von Daniken in 1935 (age 89)
-- Crusading New York police detective Frank Serpico in 1936 (age 88)
-- Actor Julie Christie in 1940 (age 84)
-- Pete Rose, former baseball star and manager, in 1941 (age 83)
-- Musician Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) in 1945 (age 79)
-- Race car driver/actor Brian Forster in 1960 (age 64)
-- Actor Brad Garrett in 1960 (age 64)
-- Actor Robert Carlyle in 1961 (age 63)
-- Actor Anthony Michael Hall in 1968 (age 56)
-- Actor Adrien Brody in 1973 (age 51)
-- Rapper Da Brat, born Shawntae Harris, in 1974 (age 50)
-- Actor Sarah Michelle Gellar in 1977 (age 47)
-- Actor Rob McElhenney in 1977 (age 47)
-- Musician Win Butler (Arcade Fire) in 1980 (age 44)
-- Actor Chris Wood in 1988 (age 36)
-- Actor Graham Phillips in 1993 (age 31)
-- Actor Abigail Breslin in 1996 (age 28)
