| | 766 - Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818) |
| | 1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503) |
| | 1449 - Lorenzo de Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) |
| | 1484 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531) |
| | 1516 - Margareta Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551) |
| | 1557 - Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606) |
| | 1600 - Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d. 1649) |
| | 1614 - John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672) |
| | 1618 - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (d. 1682) |
| | 1638 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685) |
| | 1648 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724) |
| | 1655 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728) |
| | 1684 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748) |
| | 1704 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787) |
| | 1711 - Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749) |
| | 1714 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780) |
| | 1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818) |
| | 1750 - Frederick Muhlenberg, 1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1801) |
| | 1752 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress (d. 1836) |
| | 1774 - André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) |
| | 1823 - Sándor Petofi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849) |
| | 1833 - Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (d. 1902) |
| | 1848 - John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924) |
| | 1854 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941) |
| | 1860 - George Washington Carver, American educator (d. 1943) |
| | 1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, French Olympic Games initiator(d. 1937) |
| | 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946) |
| | 1868 - Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937) |
| | 1873 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (d. 1952) |
| | 1874 - Gustave Whitehead, German-born inventor (d. 1927) |
| | 1874 - Frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944) |
| | 1876 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933) |
| | 1878 - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist (d. 1929) |
| | 1879 - E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970) |
| | 1881 - Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925) |
| | 1883 - Gabrielle Chanel, French Designer (d. 1971) |
| | 1887 - Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945) |
| | 1890 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966) |
| | 1892 - Artur Rodzinski, Croatian conductor (d. 1958) |
| | 1894 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) |
| | 1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (d. 1972) |
| | 1900 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990) |
| | 1900 - Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat(d. 1986) |
| | 1902 - Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977) |
| | 1904 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982) |
| | 1904 - Ethan Allen, American baseball player (d. 1993) |
| | 1905 - Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (d. 1985) |
| | 1906 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974) |
| | 1909 - Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992) |
| | 1909 - Barry M. Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998) |
| | 1911 - Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986) |
| | 1912 - Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988) |
| | 1917 - Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981) |
| | 1917 - Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) |
| | 1918 - Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000) |
| | 1919 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist |
| | 1920 - Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) |
| | 1921 - Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (d. 1986) |
| | 1922 - Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990) |
| | 1925 - Stymie Beard, American actor (d. 1981) |
| | 1927 - Vernon L. Smith, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner |
| | 1927 - Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998) |
| | 1928 - Ernest Tidyman, American writer (d. 1984) |
| | 1930 - Hossain Mohammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh |
| | 1933 - Frederick Lowy, Canadian medical educator |
| | 1933 - Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967) |
| | 1938 - Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d. 2005) |
| | 1940 - Frank Langella American actor |
| | 1942 - Martin Frost, American politician |
| | 1942 - Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish) |
| | 1942 - Gennadi Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2005) |
| | 1943 - Don Novello, American actor |
| | 1943 - Jimmy Hart, Wrestling manager |
| | 1944 - Zafarullah Khan Jamali former Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| | 1945 - Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver |
| | 1946 - Rivelino, Brazilian football player |
| | 1947 - Jon Corzine, American politician |
| | 1947 - Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer |
| | 1948 - Pavel Grachev, Russian general |
| | 1951 - Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet |
| | 1953 - Greg Carmichael, British guitarist |
| | 1954 - Robert Menendez, American politician |
| | 1956 - Mark R. Hughes, American enterpeneur (d. 2000) |
| | 1957 - Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor |
| | 1958 - Grandmaster Flash, Barbados-born musician |
| | 1959 - Azali Assoumani, Comorese president |
| | 1960 - Adelaide Ferreira, Portuguese singer |
| | 1961 - Mark Wingett, British actor |
| | 1964 - Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress |
| | 1966 - Anna Burke, Australian politician |
| | 1966 - Embeth Davidtz, American actress |
| | 1967 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000) |
| | 1968 - Davor Suker, Croatian footballer |
| | 1969 - Verne Troyer, American actor |
| | 1970 - Gabriel Jarret, American actor |
| | 1970 - Kimberly Page, American actress |
| | 1971 - Paul Luscher, singer/songwriter |
| | 1971 - Bobby Holik, Czech hockey player |
| | 1972 - Neve McIntosh, Scottish actress |
| | 1972 - Lilian Thuram, French footballer |
| | 1975 - Joe Cannon, American soccer player |
| | 1975 - Robert Westerholt, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation) |
| | 1976 - Caleb Wyatt, American motocross rider |
| | 1977 - Hasan Salihamidic, Bosnian footballer |
| | 1977 - Saukrates, Canadian rapper. |
| | 1978 - Nina Bott, German actress |
| | 1978 - Jared Fogle, American personality |
| | 1978 - Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1978 - Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Indian spiritual guru |
| | 1979 - Brody Dalle, Australian singer (The Distillers) |
| | 1979 - Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist |
| | 1980 - Elin Nordegren, Swedish model |
| | 1980 - Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer |
| | 1981 - Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver |
| | 1981 - Abdulkadir Kocak, Turkish boxer |
| | 1981 - Eden Riegel, American actress |
| | 1982 - David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player |
| | 1983 - Calum Davenport, English footballer |
| | 1984 - Michael Witt, Australian rugby league footballer |
| | 1984 - Jose Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer |
| | 1985 - Steven Davis, Irish footballer |
| | 1985 - Don Paysan, Canadian professional wrestler |
| | 1992 - Martin Leung, Canadian trombone player |