| | 1554 - Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623) |
| | 1571 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621) |
| | 1589 - Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet (d. 1638) |
| | 1624 - Empress Meisho of Japan (d. 1696) |
| | 1685 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766) |
| | 1728 - Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790) |
| | 1790 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (d. 1855) |
| | 1811 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856) |
| | 1823 - Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (d. 1908) |
| | 1829 - Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (d. 1871) |
| | 1829 - Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (d. 1857) |
| | 1854 - Jennie Jerome, American society beauty (d. 1921) |
| | 1856 - Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912) |
| | 1864 - Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926) |
| | 1868 - S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939) |
| | 1870 - Joseph B Strauss, American civil engineer (d. 1938) |
| | 1873 - Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian poet (d. 1934) |
| | 1875 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socalite (d. 1942) |
| | 1879 - John Broadus Watson, American psychologist (d. 1958) |
| | 1881 - Lascelles Abercrombie, British poet and critic (d. 1938) |
| | 1881 - Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904) |
| | 1881 - Giovanni Papini, Italian writer (d. 1956) |
| | 1890 - Karel Capek, Czech writer (d. 1938) |
| | 1890 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist (d. 1935) |
| | 1892 - Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985) |
| | 1897 - Karl Löwith, German philosopher (d. 1973) |
| | 1898 - Vilma Bánky, Hungarian actress (d. 1991) |
| | 1898 - Gracie Fields, English vaudeville performer (d. 1979) |
| | 1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian composer (d. 1977) |
| | 1900 - Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (d. 1961) |
| | 1901 - Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973) |
| | 1902 - Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (d. 1997) |
| | 1902 - Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish religious author (d. 1975) |
| | 1903 - Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator (d. 1969) |
| | 1904 - George Balanchine, Russian dancer/choreographer (d. 1983) |
| | 1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986) |
| | 1912 - Ralph Tubbs, British architect (d. 1996) |
| | 1913 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994) |
| | 1914 - Kenny (Klook) Clarke, American jazz drummer and composer (d. 1985) |
| | 1915 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982) |
| | 1916 - Vic Mizzy, American orchestra leader |
| | 1916 - Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004) |
| | 1917 - Herbert Lom, Czech actor |
| | 1920 - Clive Dunn, British actor |
| | 1920 - Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar |
| | 1921 - Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006) |
| | 1922 - Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate |
| | 1922 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (d. 1984) |
| | 1924 - Sergei Parajanov, Armenian film director (d. 1990) |
| | 1925 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989) |
| | 1928 - Judith Krantz, American author |
| | 1928 - Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter |
| | 1929 - Heiner Muller, German dramatist (d. 1995) |
| | 1929 - Brian Friel, Irish dramatist |
| | 1929 - Dorothea Puente, American serial killer |
| | 1931 - Algis Budrys, American author |
| | 1932 - Robert P. Casey, American politician (d. 2000) |
| | 1934 - Bart Starr, American football player |
| | 1935 - Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1935 - Dick Enberg, American sportscaster |
| | 1936 - Anne Rivers Siddons, American writer |
| | 1940 - Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer |
| | 1940 - Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993) |
| | 1940 - Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician |
| | 1941 - Joan Baez, American singer and activist |
| | 1942 - K Callan, American actress |
| | 1942 - Susannah York, British actress |
| | 1943 - Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer |
| | 1944 - Jimmy Page, English guitarist |
| | 1947 - Ronnie Landfield, American artist |
| | 1950 - David Johansen American singer |
| | 1950 - Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996) |
| | 1951 - Crystal Gayle, American singer |
| | 1951 - M.L. Carr, basketball player and coach |
| | 1952 - Hugh Bayley, British politician |
| | 1955 - J. K. Simmons, American actor |
| | 1956 - Kimberly Beck, American actress |
| | 1956 - Imelda Staunton, British actress |
| | 1958 - Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II |
| | 1959 - Mark Martin, American NASCAR driver |
| | 1959 - Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
| | 1959 - Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician |
| | 1959 - Otis Nixon, baseball player |
| | 1963 - Michael Everson, expert in writing systems and Unicode |
| | 1965 - Eric Erlandson, American musician |
| | 1965 - Joely Richardson, British actress |
| | 1965 - Darren Bennett, Australian-born American football player |
| | 1965 - Iain Dowie, English football manager |
| | 1967 - Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer |
| | 1967 - Steven Harwell, American singer and musician |
| | 1967 - Dave Matthews, South African singer and musician |
| | 1967 - Carl Bell, American musician |
| | 1968 - Jimmy Adams, West Indian cricketer |
| | 1968 - Joey Lauren Adams, American actress |
| | 1968 - Al Schnier, American rock guitarist |
| | 1970 - Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboardist |
| | 1970 - Lara Fabian, Belgian singer |
| | 1971 - Daniel Dumile, American hip hop artist |
| | 1972 - Mat Hoffman, American BMX biker |
| | 1972 - Jay Powell, baseball player |
| | 1975 - Angela Bettis, American actress |
| | 1975 - Kim Mathers, former wife of Eminem |
| | 1975 - Kiko Calero, baseball player |
| | 1976 - Todd Grisham, American professional wrestling interviewer |
| | 1978 - Chad Johnson, American football player |
| | 1978 - Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer |
| | 1978 - AJ McLean, American singer |
| | 1978 - Maggie Rizer, American model and AIDS activist |
| | 1979 - Tomiko Van, Japanese singer |
| | 1980 - Sergio García, Spanish golfer |
| | 1981 - Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer |
| | 1987 - Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006) |
| | 1989 - Michaella Krajicek, Dutch tennis player |
| | 1989 - Brian Stevens, Maryland Studio Drummer |