| | 1686 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758) |
| | 1747 - John Paul Jones, American naval commander (d. 1792) |
| | 1766 - Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born naturalist (d. 1813) |
| | 1785 - William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865) |
| | 1796 - Tsar Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1855) |
| | 1817 - Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (d. 1905) |
| | 1818 - Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (d. 1879) |
| | 1837 - Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Indian Scholar (d. 1925) |
| | 1838 - Vatroslav Jagic, Croatian scholar (d. 1923) |
| | 1859 - Verner von Heidenstam, Nobel laureate (d. 1940) |
| | 1878 - Eino Leino, Finnish poet (d. 1926) |
| | 1884 - Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1970) |
| | 1885 - Ernst Busch, German field marshal (d. 1945) |
| | 1898 - Hanns Eisler, German composer (d. 1962) |
| | 1903 - Hugo Theorell, Nobel laureate (d. 1982) |
| | 1904 - Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army general (d. 1996) |
| | 1907 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954) |
| | 1912 - Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2006) |
| | 1917 - Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand Running Coach (d. 2004) |
| | 1918 - Sebastian Cabot, English actor (d. 1977) |
| | 1919 - Ernst Haefliger, Swiss singer |
| | 1921 - Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States |
| | 1923 - Wojciech Jaruzelski, President of Poland |
| | 1925 - Merv Griffin, American television show host |
| | 1925 - Bill Haley, American singer (d. 1981) |
| | 1927 - Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player |
| | 1927 - Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004) |
| | 1927 - Pat Paulsen, American comedian (d. 1997) |
| | 1931 - Della Reese, American singer |
| | 1933 - Frank Austin, English footballer |
| | 1935 - Tenzin Gyatso, 14h Dalai Lama |
| | 1936 - Dave Allen, Irish comedian (d. 2005) |
| | 1937 - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian conductor |
| | 1937 - Ned Beatty, American actor |
| | 1937 - Gene Chandler, American singer |
| | 1940 - Jeannie Seely, American singer |
| | 1940 - Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan |
| | 1945 - Burt Ward, American actor |
| | 1946 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States |
| | 1946 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor |
| | 1946 - Peter Singer, Australian philosopher |
| | 1947 - Lance Clemons, baseball player |
| | 1948 - Brad Park, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1949 - Phyllis Hyman, American singer (d. 1995) |
| | 1950 - John Byrne, American comic book author & artist |
| | 1951 - Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor |
| | 1953 - Nanci Griffith, American singer |
| | 1955 - Frank Sontag, American radio personality |
| | 1955 - William Wall, Irish writer |
| | 1956 - Casey Sander, American actor |
| | 1958 - Jennifer Saunders, British actress |
| | 1959 - Richard Dacoury, French basketball player |
| | 1963 - Stuart Garrard, English guitarist (delirious?) |
| | 1963 - Todd Burns, Baseball player |
| | 1963 - Lance Johnson, baseball player |
| | 1966 - Brian Posehn, American actor |
| | 1967 - Heather Nova, Bermudian singer |
| | 1967 - Omar Olivares, baseball player |
| | 1969 - Fernando Redondo, Argentine footballer |
| | 1970 - Inspectah Deck, American rapper |
| | 1970 - Martin Smith, English singer (delirious?) |
| | 1972 - D-Styles, American scratch DJ |
| | 1974 - Ze Roberto, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1975 - 50 Cent, American rapper |
| | 1977 - Craig Handley, British film director |
| | 1978 - Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry, American actresses |
| | 1978 - Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player |
| | 1983 - Gregory Smith, Canadian actor |
| | 1986 - Derrick Williams, American football player |
| | 1987 - Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model |
| | 1994 - Rebecca Rosso and Camilla Rosso, twin British-born actresses |