Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius.
They include:
-- French philosopher Claude Helvetius in 1715
-- U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1880
-- Bessie Coleman, first female African-American and Native-American pilot in 1892
-- Austrian singer Maria von Trapp, whose family was the basis for The Sound of Music, in 1905
-- Louis Zamperini, American World War II prisoner of war and subject of the film Unbroken, in 1917
-- Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1918
-- Author Philip Jose Farmer in 1918
-- Actor Paul Newman in 1925
-- Cartoonist/playwright/author Jules Feiffer in 1929 (age 89)
-- Sports personality Bob Uecker in 1935 (age 83)
-- Actor Scott Glenn in 1941 (age 77)
-- Political activist Angela Davis in 1944 (age 74)
-- Film critic Gene Siskel in 1946
-- Actor David Strathairn in 1949 (age 69)
-- Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in 1953 (age 65)
-- Singer Lucinda Williams in 1953 (age 65)
-- Musician Eddie Van Halen in 1955 (age 63)
-- Singer Anita Baker in 1958 (age 60)
-- Comedian Ellen DeGeneres in 1958 (age 60)
-- Hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky in 1961 (age 57)
-- Soccer coach Brendan Rodgers in 1973 (age 45)
-- Actor Colin O'Donoghue in 1981 (age 37)
-- Wrestler Sasha Banks in 1992 (age 26)
