Irving Stone (1903-1989)

author of Lust for Life, The Agony and the Ecstasy; also, writers John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) and Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991)

Woody Guthrie (1912-1967)

folksinger who wrote "This Land Is Your Land"

Gerald Ford (1913-2006)

first appointed vice-POTUS to become President; he was selected as vice president when Spiro Agnew resigned, and a year later succeeded Richard Nixon

Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)

Swedish film director, Fanny and Alexander; other filmmakers born on this date include Eric Laneuville (57) and Scott Rudin (51)

Matthew Fox (43)

Jack Shephard on Lost; other actors born on this date include Dale Robertson (86), Harry Dean Stanton (83), Polly Bergen (79), Vincent Pastore (63), Jackie Earle Haley (48), Missy Gold (39) and Scott Porter (30)