| | 1367 - Richard II of England (d. 1400) |
| | 1412 - Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431) |
| | 1486 - Martin Agricola, German composer (d. 1556) |
| | 1488 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (d. 1540) |
| | 1525 - Caspar Peucer, German reformer (d. 1602) |
| | 1561 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656) |
| | 1587 - Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (d. 1645) |
| | 1595 - Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French man of letters (d. 1650) |
| | 1617 - Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673) |
| | 1706 - Benjamin Franklin, American statesman (d. 1790) |
| | 1714 - Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788) |
| | 1793 - James Madison Porter, American politician (d. 1862) |
| | 1795 - Anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871) |
| | 1807 - Jozef Maximilián Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891) |
| | 1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (d. 1890) |
| | 1832 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883) |
| | 1838 - Max Bruch, German composer (d. 1920) |
| | 1848 - Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet (d. 1876) |
| | 1870 - Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944) |
| | 1872 - Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (d. 1915) |
| | 1878 - Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967) |
| | 1880 - Tom Mix, American actor (d. 1940) |
| | 1882 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965) |
| | 1882 - Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961) |
| | 1882 - Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949) |
| | 1883 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese writer (d. 1931) |
| | 1898 - James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (d. 1965) |
| | 1899 - Phyllis Haver, American actress (d. 1960) |
| | 1899 - Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer (d. 1968) |
| | 1903 - Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (d. 1993) |
| | 1905 - Idris Davies, Welsh poet (d. 1953) |
| | 1910 - Morris Wright, American writer (d. 1998) |
| | 1910 - Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000) |
| | 1913 - Edward Gierek, Polish politician (d. 2001) |
| | 1914 - Danny Thomas, American actor (d. 1991) |
| | 1915 - Alan Watts, English writer (d. 1973) |
| | 1917 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (d. 2005) |
| | 1920 - Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist |
| | 1920 - John Maynard Smith, English biologist (d. 2004) |
| | 1920 - Early Wynn, baseball player (d. 1999) |
| | 1920 - Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (d. 1987) |
| | 1923 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999) |
| | 1924 - Earl Scruggs, American musician |
| | 1925 - John De Lorean, American auto maker (d. 2005) |
| | 1926 - Ralph Branca, baseball player |
| | 1926 - Kim Dae-jung, President of South Korea and Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1926 - Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (d. 2003) |
| | 1926 - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006) |
| | 1929 - Babrak Karmal, Afghani politician (d. 1996) |
| | 1930 - Vic Tayback, American actor (d. 1990) |
| | 1931 - Capucine, French actress (d. 1990) |
| | 1931 - E. L. Doctorow, American author |
| | 1931 - Dickie Moore, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1932 - Stuart A. Rice, American chemist |
| | 1933 - Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut (d. 2003) |
| | 1933 - Emil Steinberger, Swiss comedian |
| | 1936 - Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo, President of Uruguay |
| | 1936 - Rubén Amaro, Sr., baseball player |
| | 1940 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist (d. 1989) |
| | 1940 - Van McCoy, American musician (d. 1979) |
| | 1943 - Terry Venables, English football manager |
| | 1944 - Bonnie Franklin, American actress |
| | 1944 - Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate |
| | 1945 - Allen Appel, American novelist |
| | 1945 - Kojo Nnamdi, host on NPR station WAMU |
| | 1946 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist (d. 2006) |
| | 1947 - Sandy Denny, English vocalist (d. 1978) |
| | 1951 - Kim Wilson, American musician |
| | 1952 - Frank Sivero, Italian-American actor |
| | 1952 - Moondog Spot, wrestler (d. 2003) |
| | 1953 - Malcolm Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC) |
| | 1954 - Hans Robert Hiegel, German architect |
| | 1954 - Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer |
| | 1954 - Anthony Minghella, British director |
| | 1955 - Rowan Atkinson, English comedian and actor |
| | 1957 - Nancy Lopez, American golfer |
| | 1959 - Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer |
| | 1959 - Kathy Sledge, American singer |
| | 1960 - Nigella Lawson, British chef and writer |
| | 1960 - Howie Long, American football star |
| | 1962 - Michael Houser, American musician (d. 2002) |
| | 1963 - Jazzie B, American musician |
| | 1964 - Henry Maske, German boxer |
| | 1964 - Charles Haley, Former Dallas Cowboy |
| | 1964 - Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (d. 2005) |
| | 1964 - Mark O'Toole, British musician |
| | 1965 - Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer |
| | 1965 - Konnan, professional wrestler |
| | 1966 - Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor |
| | 1966 - A. R. Rahman, Indian Music Composer |
| | 1966 - Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990) |
| | 1968 - John Singleton, American film director |
| | 1970 - Julie Chen, American television presenter |
| | 1970 - Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player |
| | 1972 - Nek, Italian singer |
| | 1974 - Nicole DeHuff. American actress (d. 2005) |
| | 1975 - James Farrior, American football player |
| | 1976 - Danny Pintauro, American actor |
| | 1976 - Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player |
| | 1978 - Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer |
| | 1980 - Steed Malbranque, French footballer |
| | 1980 - Hiromi Oshima, Japanese adult model |
| | 1981 - Mike Jones, American rapper |
| | 1981 - Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor |
| | 1982 - Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player |
| | 1984 - AJ Hawk, American footbal player |