| | 1575 - Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1629) |
| | 1620 - Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667) |
| | 1646 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. 1699) |
| | 1677 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) |
| | 1688 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (d. 1763) |
| | 1725 - Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804) |
| | 1746 - Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Polish national hero (d. 1817) |
| | 1778 - A. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841) |
| | 1799 - Almeida Garrett, Poruguese writer (d. 1854) |
| | 1840 - Hiram Stevens Maxim, American weapons inventor (d. 1916) |
| | 1841 - Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926) |
| | 1846 - Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (d. 1915) |
| | 1849 - Jean Richepin, French poet (d. 1926) |
| | 1871 - Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st Reichspräsident of the Weimar Republic (d. 1925) |
| | 1873 - Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (d. 1905) |
| | 1875 - Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (d. 1953) |
| | 1881 - Fernand Léger, French painter (d. 1955) |
| | 1882 - E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet (d. 1964) |
| | 1892 - Andreu Nin, Catalan politician (d. 1937) |
| | 1896 - Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (d. 1938) |
| | 1897 - Ludwig Erhard, 2nd Bundeskanzler of Germany (d. 1977) |
| | 1902 - Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (d. 1974) |
| | 1902 - Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician (d. 2003) |
| | 1904 - MacKinlay Kantor, American writer (d. 1977) |
| | 1906 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (d. 1945) |
| | 1906 - Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (d. 1997) |
| | 1908 - Julian Bell, British poet (d. 1937) |
| | 1912 - Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (d. 1993) |
| | 1912 - Byron Nelson, American golfer (d. 2006) |
| | 1913 - Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) |
| | 1914 - Alfred Andersch, German writer (d. 1980) |
| | 1915 - William Talman, American actor (1968) |
| | 1915 - Norman Wisdom, English actor and comedian |
| | 1916 - Sadegh Angha, 41st Master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi Sufi Order (d. 1980) |
| | 1917 - Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1980) |
| | 1918 - Janet Waldo, American actress |
| | 1918 - Ida Lupino, English film actress and director (d. 1995) |
| | 1921 - Betty Friedan, American feminist (d. 2006) |
| | 1921 - K. R. Narayanan, President of India (d. 2005) |
| | 1923 - Conrad Bain, Canadian-born actor |
| | 1925 - Russell Hoban, American writer |
| | 1931 - Isabel Martínez de Perón, third wife of Argentine dictator Juan Perón |
| | 1935 - Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (d. 1989) |
| | 1936 - David Brenner, American comedian |
| | 1936 - Gary Conway, American actor |
| | 1937 - David Newman, American filmmaker (d. 2003) |
| | 1940 - George Romero, American director, screenwriter and producer |
| | 1940 - John Schuck, American actor |
| | 1941 - John Steel, British musician (The Animals) |
| | 1943 - Ken Thompson, American computer scientist |
| | 1943 - Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese president of the regional government of Madeira |
| | 1947 - Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States |
| | 1948 - Alice Cooper, American musician |
| | 1949 - Michael Beck, American actor |
| | 1950 - Pamela Franklin, British actress |
| | 1951 - Patrick Bergin, Irish actor |
| | 1951 - Phil Ehart, American musician (Kansas (band)) |
| | 1951 - Dariush Eghbali, Iranian singer and musician |
| | 1953 - Kitaro, Japanese composer |
| | 1957 - Don Davis, American composer |
| | 1957 - Evan Wolfson, prominent attorney and activist |
| | 1958 - Tomasz Pacynski, Polish writer |
| | 1959 - Pamelyn Ferdin, American actress |
| | 1959 - Lawrence Taylor, American football player |
| | 1960 - Jonathan Larson, American composer of "RENT" and others (d. 1996) |
| | 1961 - Stewart O'Nan, American author |
| | 1961 - Denis Savard, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1962 - Clint Black, American musician |
| | 1963 - Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss skier |
| | 1964 - Noodles, American guitarist (The Offspring) |
| | 1965 - Jerome Brown, American football player (d. 1992) |
| | 1966 - Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist |
| | 1966 - Kyoko Koizumi, Japanese actress and singer |
| | 1967 - Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995) |
| | 1968 - Marko Matvere, Estonian actor |
| | 1969 - Duncan Coutts, Canadian bassist (Our Lady Peace) |
| | 1969 - Dallas Drake, Ice Hockey Player |
| | 1970 - Gabrielle Anwar, English actress |
| | 1971 - Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian |
| | 1971 - Michael Goorjian, American actor |
| | 1972 - Giovanni Silva De Oliveira, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1973 - Oscar de la Hoya, Mexican-born boxer |
| | 1975 - Natalie Imbruglia, Australian musician and actress |
| | 1976 - Cam'ron, American rapper |
| | 1977 - Gavin DeGraw, American musician |
| | 1979 - Giorgio Pantano, Italian racing car driver |
| | 1982 - Chris Sabin, American professional wrestler |
| | 1982 - Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist |
| | 1982 - Kimberly Wyatt, American singer and dancer(Pussycat Dolls) |
| | 1987 - Lucie Šafárová, Czech tennis player |
| | 1988 - Carly Patterson, American gymnast |