Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini.
-- Poet/philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1803
-- YMCA leader/Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Mott in 1865
-- Dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in 1878
-- Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky in 1889-- Humorist/publisher Bennett Cerf in 1898
-- Actor Claude Akins in 1926
-- Musician Beverly Sills in 1929
-- Basketball Hall of Fame member K.C. Jones in 1932
-- Writer W.P. Kinsella in 1935
-- Actor Dixie Carter in 1939
-- Actor Ian McKellen in 1939 (age 86)
-- Singer Jessi Colter in 1943 (age 82)
-- Director/actor/puppeteer Frank Oz in 1944 (age 81)
-- Actor Karen Valentine in 1947 (age 78)
-- Actor Connie Sellecca in 1955 (age 70)
-- Comedian/actor Mike Myers in 1963 (age 62)
-- Actor Ray Stevenson in 1964
-- Actor Anne Heche in 1969
-- Actor Octavia Spencer in 1972 (age 53)
-- Actor Cillian Murphy in 1976 (age 49)
-- Actor Esme Bianco in 1982 (age 43)
-- Wrestler Roman Reigns in 1985 (age 40)
-- Gymnast Aly Raisman in 1994 (age 31)
