| | 1584 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647) |
| | 1632 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703) |
| | 1688 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. 1772) |
| | 1711 - Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788) |
| | 1715 - Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (d. 1777) |
| | 1717 - Jeffrey Amherst, British military leader (d. 1797) |
| | 1718 - Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1794) |
| | 1737 - Thomas Paine, American patriot (d. 1809) |
| | 1749 - King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808) |
| | 1754 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of the city of Cleveland (d. 1806) |
| | 1782 - Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871) |
| | 1810 - Ernst Kummer, German mathematician (d. 1893) |
| | 1843 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901) |
| | 1846 - Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (d. 1915) |
| | 1860 - Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904) |
| | 1862 - Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934) |
| | 1866 - Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1944) |
| | 1874 - John D. Rockefeller Jr., American entrepreneur (d. 1960) |
| | 1876 - Havergal Brian, British composer (d. 1972) |
| | 1880 - W.C. Fields, American actor (d. 1946) |
| | 1891 - Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina (d. 1975) |
| | 1905 - Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970) |
| | 1910 - Colin Middleton, Irish artist (d. 1983) |
| | 1911 - Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1986) |
| | 1913 - Peter von Zahn, German journalist and writer (d. 2001) |
| | 1913 - Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (d. 2003) |
| | 1915 - Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1915 - John Serry, Sr., American musician, composer, arranger. (d. 2003) |
| | 1918 - John Forsythe, American actor |
| | 1921 - Anthony George, American actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1923 - Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (d. 1981) |
| | 1923 - Ivo Robic, Croatian singer and songwriter (d. 2000) |
| | 1924 - Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990) |
| | 1926 - Franco Cerri, Italian musician |
| | 1926 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1996) |
| | 1927 - Edward Abbey, American environmentalist (d. 1989) |
| | 1928 - Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong property developer |
| | 1929 - Gordon Solie, wrestling announcer (d. 2000) |
| | 1932 - Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958) |
| | 1932 - George Allen, English footballer |
| | 1936 - James Jamerson, Electric Bass legend & Motown's master of groove. (d. 1983) |
| | 1939 - Germaine Greer, Australian writer |
| | 1940 - Katharine Ross, American actress |
| | 1942 - Claudine Longet, French singer and dancer |
| | 1944 - Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda |
| | 1945 - Jim Nicholson, Irish politician |
| | 1945 - Tom Selleck, American actor |
| | 1947 - Linda B. Buck, American scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate |
| | 1948 - Cristina Saralegui, American talk-show host |
| | 1948 - Marc Singer, Canadian actor |
| | 1950 - Ann Jillian, American actress |
| | 1950 - Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver |
| | 1952 - Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-born musician and record producer (The Ramones) |
| | 1953 - Hwang Woo-Suk, South Korean biomedical scientist |
| | 1953 - Teresa Teng, Chinese singer (d. 1995) |
| | 1954 - Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba, American singer (The Dictators and MC5) |
| | 1954 - Terry Kinney, American actor |
| | 1954 - Oprah Winfrey, American producer, actress, and publisher |
| | 1957 - Grazyna Miller, Italian poet, translator, and journalist |
| | 1960 - Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986) |
| | 1960 - Sean Kerly, British field hockey player |
| | 1960 - Greg Louganis, American diver |
| | 1960 - Steve Sax, American baseball player |
| | 1960 - J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician |
| | 1962 - Nicholas Turturro, American actor |
| | 1963 - Bob Holly, American professional wrestler |
| | 1964 - Andre Reed, American football player |
| | 1964 - John Habyan, baseball player |
| | 1965 - Dominik Hasek, Czech hockey player |
| | 1965 - Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach |
| | 1966 - Romário, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1967 - Cyril Suk, Czech tennis player |
| | 1968 - Edward Burns, American actor |
| | 1969 - Thomas Jane, American actor |
| | 1969 - Hyde, Japanese singer |
| | 1970 - Heather Graham, American actress |
| | 1970 - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian shooter |
| | 1973 - Jason Schmidt, baseball player |
| | 1975 - Sara Gilbert, American actress |
| | 1976 - Charles Divins, American model-turned-actor |
| | 1979 - Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player |
| | 1979 - April Scott, American actress and model |
| | 1980 - Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli actress and model |
| | 1981 - Jonny Lang, American musician |
| | 1986 - Drew Tyler Bell, American actor |
| | 1987 - Spencer Clark, American race car driver (d. 2006) |