| | 1053 - Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129) |
| | 1119 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164) |
| | 1586 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646) |
| | 1746 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826) |
| | 1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834) |
| | 1766 - Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815) |
| | 1843 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1926) |
| | 1848 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (d. 1919) |
| | 1855 - Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920) |
| | 1860 - Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911) |
| | 1884 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist and narrator (d. 1958) |
| | 1887 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (d. 1985) |
| | 1893 - Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981) |
| | 1899 - George Cukor, American director (d. 1983) |
| | 1901 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (d. 1974) |
| | 1901 - Sam Katzman, American film producer (d. 1973) |
| | 1902 - Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, baseball player (d. 2005) |
| | 1904 - Simone Beck, French chef (d. 1991) |
| | 1906 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d.1970) |
| | 1906 - Leroy "Satchel" Paige, baseball player (d. 1982) |
| | 1907 - Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d. 1988) |
| | 1908 - Revilo P. Oliver, American professor (d. 1994) |
| | 1911 - Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer |
| | 1917 - Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (d. 2003) |
| | 1919 - Jon Pertwee, British actor (d. 1996) |
| | 1921 - Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996) |
| | 1922 - Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer |
| | 1924 - Mary Ford, American singer teamed with guitarist Les Paul (d. 1977) |
| | 1928 - Bálint Balla, Hungarian-German sociologist. |
| | 1929 - Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet (d. 2005) |
| | 1927 - Doc Severinsen, American composer and musician |
| | 1932 - Josef Zawinul, Austrian composer and musician |
| | 1933 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand runner |
| | 1933 - David McCullough, American historian and author |
| | 1937 - Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong administrator |
| | 1940 - Ringo Starr, English drummer and singer (The Beatles) |
| | 1941 - Michael Howard, British politician |
| | 1941 - Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist |
| | 1942 - Carmen Duncan, Australian actress |
| | 1943 - Toto Cutugno, Italian singer |
| | 1945 - Michael Ancram, British politician |
| | 1947 - Howard Rheingold, American author |
| | 1947 - Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family) |
| | 1949 - Shelley Duvall, American actress |
| | 1955 - Len Barker, Major League Baseball player, pitcher of 10th ever perfect game |
| | 1959 - Ben Linder, American engineer (murdered) (d. 1987) |
| | 1963 - Vonda Shepard, American singer |
| | 1965 - Paula Devicq, Canadian actress |
| | 1965 - Mo Collins, American actress |
| | 1966 - Gundula Krause, German folk violinist |
| | 1967 - Jackie Neal, American singer |
| | 1968 - Jeff VanderMeer, American writer |
| | 1969 - Joe Sakic, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1969 - Cree Summer, Canadian voice actress and singer |
| | 1970 - Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer |
| | 1970 - Erik Zabel, German cyclist |
| | 1973 - Jose Jimenez, baseball player |
| | 1974 - Karlis Skrastins, Latvian-born hockey player |
| | 1975 - Michael Voss, Australian footballer |
| | 1980 - Deidre Downs, American beauty queen |
| | 1980 - Michelle Kwan, American figure skater |
| | 1981 - Synyster Gates, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold) |
| | 1982 - Cassidy, American rapper |
| | 1982 - Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail) |
| | 1988 - Kaci Brown, American singer |