| | 1483 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (d. 1538) |
| | 1562 - Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630) |
| | 1576 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (d. 1660) |
| | 1591 - Giuseppe Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) |
| | 1597 - François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) |
| | 1628 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703) |
| | 1715 - Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789) |
| | 1716 - Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795) |
| | 1723 - Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (d. 1797) |
| | 1729 - Edmund Burke, Irish statesman (d. 1797) |
| | 1737 - John Hancock, American statesman (d. 1793) |
| | 1746 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue (d. 1827) |
| | 1751 - Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825) |
| | 1786 - Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (d. 1855) |
| | 1797 - Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) |
| | 1849 - Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935) |
| | 1856 - John Singer Sargent, American artist (d. 1925) |
| | 1863 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. 1902) |
| | 1873 - Spiridon Louis, Greek runner (d. 1940) |
| | 1876 - Jack London, American author (d. 1916) |
| | 1876 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948) |
| | 1877 - Frank J. Corr, American politican (d. 1934) |
| | 1878 - Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer (d. 1952) |
| | 1879 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968) |
| | 1882 - Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930) |
| | 1884 - Texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933) |
| | 1892 - Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1976) |
| | 1893 - Hermann Göring, Nazi official (d. 1946) |
| | 1893 - Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi official (d. 1946) |
| | 1896 - Rex Ingram, Irish director (d. 1950) |
| | 1899 - Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965) |
| | 1902 - Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969) |
| | 1905 - Tex Ritter, American actor (d. 1974) |
| | 1905 - James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997) |
| | 1906 - Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (d. 1942) |
| | 1907 - Patsy Kelly, American actress (d. 1981) |
| | 1907 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966) |
| | 1908 - Jean Delannoy, French film director |
| | 1908 - Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988) |
| | 1910 - Luise Rainer, German actress |
| | 1915 - Paul Jarrico, American writer (d. 1997) |
| | 1916 - Pieter Willem Botha, former President of South Africa (d. 2006) |
| | 1916 - Jay McShann, American musician |
| | 1917 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist |
| | 1920 - James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist (d. 1999) |
| | 1923 - Ira Hayes, American soldier (d. 1955) |
| | 1925 - Scottie MacGregor, American actress |
| | 1926 - Ray Price, American singer |
| | 1928 - Ruth Brown, American singer |
| | 1928 - Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver |
| | 1930 - Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (d. 1974) |
| | 1930 - Glenn Yarborough, American singer |
| | 1932 - Des O'Connor, British television presenter |
| | 1935 - Kreskin, mentalist |
| | 1937 - Shirley Eaton, British actress |
| | 1944 - Joe Frazier, American boxer |
| | 1944 - Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovakian chess player |
| | 1946 - George Duke, American musician |
| | 1946 - Lady Cosgrove, Scottish judiciary figure |
| | 1948 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (d. 2001) |
| | 1948 - Kenny Allen, English footballer |
| | 1948 - William Nicholson, English writer |
| | 1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist |
| | 1949 - Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born film director |
| | 1950 - Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician |
| | 1950 - Bob McEwen, American politician |
| | 1950 - Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. 1992) |
| | 1951 - Kirstie Alley, American actress |
| | 1951 - Ann Althouse, American law professor |
| | 1951 - Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality |
| | 1952 - Walter Mosley, American author |
| | 1954 - Howard Stern, American radio host |
| | 1955 - Rockne O'Bannon, writer |
| | 1957 - John Lasseter, American director |
| | 1959 - Blixa Bargeld, German singer (Einstürzende Neubauten) |
| | 1959 - Per Gessle, Swedish songwriter |
| | 1960 - Oliver Platt, Canadian actor |
| | 1960 - Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player |
| | 1964 - Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur |
| | 1965 - Rob Zombie, American musician |
| | 1966 - Olivier Martinez, French actor |
| | 1967 - Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel |
| | 1968 - Heather Mills McCartney, British activist |
| | 1969 - Robert Prosinecki, Croatian footballer |
| | 1970 - Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine) |
| | 1970 - Raekwon, American rapper |
| | 1972 - Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi |
| | 1972 - Espen Knutsen, Norwegian hockey player |
| | 1972 - Jason Sklar, American comedian |
| | 1972 - Randy Sklar, American comedian |
| | 1974 - Melanie Chisholm, British singer |
| | 1974 - Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skiier |
| | 1977 - Dominic Etli, American footballer |
| | 1978 - Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris) |
| | 1978 - Kim Sa Rang, Korean actress |
| | 1978 - Luis Ayala, Baseball pitcher |
| | 1979 - Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player |
| | 1979 - Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer |
| | 1980 - Amerie, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1980 - Bobby Crosby, American baseball player |
| | 1982 - Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player |
| | 1982 - Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistanian boxer |
| | 1984 - Scott Olsen, American baseball player |
| | 1987 - Will Rothhaar, American Actor |
| | 1988 - Chris Casement, Irish footballer |
| | 1989 - Zeeshan Aslam, Pakistani Prince |
| | 1990 - Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player |