| | 1404 - Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor (d. 1453) |
| | 1533 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai (d. 1611) |
| | 1666 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (d. 1737) |
| | 1748 - Luther Martin, American patriot (d. 1826) |
| | 1773 - William Henry Harrison, President of the United States (d. 1841) |
| | 1775 - Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1856) |
| | 1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (d. 1852) |
| | 1800 - Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844) |
| | 1830 - Abd-ul-Aziz, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1876) |
| | 1834 - Felix Dahn, German author (d. 1912) |
| | 1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, German automotive designer (d. 1929) |
| | 1846 - Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (d. 1904) |
| | 1865 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (d. 1940) |
| | 1874 - Amy Lowell, American poet (d. 1925) |
| | 1880 - Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1959) |
| | 1885 - Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935) |
| | 1891 - Ronald Colman, English actor (d. 1958) |
| | 1892 - Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978) |
| | 1895 - Hermann Brill, German politician (d. 1959) |
| | 1897 - Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian pilot (d. 1935) |
| | 1901 - Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (d. 1972) |
| | 1901 - James Murray, American actor (d. 1936) |
| | 1902 - Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German women's leader (d. 1999) |
| | 1909 - Heather Angel, British actress (d. 1986) |
| | 1909 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian actress (d. 1955) |
| | 1909 - Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State (d. 1994) |
| | 1910 - Jacques Monod, French biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976) |
| | 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American dancer (d. 1970) |
| | 1914 - Ernest Tubb, American singer (d. 1984) |
| | 1914 - Bill Veeck, American baseball executive (d. 1986) |
| | 1916 - Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993) |
| | 1922 - Kathryn Grayson, American actress |
| | 1923 - Brendan Behan, Irish author (d. 1964) |
| | 1925 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001) |
| | 1926 - Garret FitzGerald, 7th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland |
| | 1928 - Frank Frazetta, American illustrator |
| | 1928 - Roger Mudd, American journalist |
| | 1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (d. 2003) |
| | 1932 - Gerhard Richter, German painter |
| | 1936 - Clive Swift, British actor |
| | 1939 - Barry Mann, American singer |
| | 1939 - Janet Suzman, South African actress |
| | 1940 - J. M. Coetzee, South African author, Nobel laureate |
| | 1941 - Sheila Kuehl, American actress |
| | 1942 - Carole King, American singer |
| | 1943 - Joe Pesci, American actor |
| | 1943 - Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1944 - Alice Walker, American writer |
| | 1944 - Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality |
| | 1945 - Mia Farrow, American actress |
| | 1946 - Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician |
| | 1947 - Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor |
| | 1949 - Judith Light, American actress |
| | 1949 - Jim Sheridan, Irish film director |
| | 1952 - Danny White, American Football Player |
| | 1952 - Mookie Wilson, American baseball player |
| | 1953 - Ciarán Hinds, Northern Irish actor |
| | 1955 - JM J. Bullock, American actor |
| | 1955 - Charles Shaughnessy, British actor |
| | 1957 - Gordon Strachan, Scottish football player and manager |
| | 1960 - Holly Johnson, British singer (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) |
| | 1961 - John Kruk, American baseball player |
| | 1963 - Brian Greene, American physicist |
| | 1963 - Travis Tritt, American singer |
| | 1966 - Ellen van Langen, Dutch athlete |
| | 1967 - Todd Pratt, American baseball player |
| | 1969 - Jimmy Smith, American football player |
| | 1970 - Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer |
| | 1971 - Sharon Case, American actress |
| | 1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer |
| | 1972 - Crispin Freeman, American voice actor |
| | 1973 - Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast |
| | 1974 - Amber Valletta, American model |
| | 1976 - Charlie Day, American actor |
| | 1976 - Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player |
| | 1979 - David Gray, English snooker player |
| | 1979 - Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater |
| | 1979 - Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress |
| | 1980 - Shelly Martinez, American wrestler |
| | 1981 - John Walker Lindh, American Taliban fighter |
| | 1982 - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer |
| | 1985 - David Gallagher, American actor |
| | 1989 - Gia Farrell, Americna singer |
| | 1996 - Jimmy Bennett, American actor |