| | 1419 - Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (d. 1471) |
| | 1452 - King James III of Scotland (d. 1488) |
| | 1509 - John Calvin, French religious reformer (d. 1564) |
| | 1592 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (d. 1660) |
| | 1614 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (d. 1686) |
| | 1625 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (d. 1703) |
| | 1638 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter (d. 1685) |
| | 1666 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (d. 1711) |
| | 1682 - Roger Cotes, English mathematician (d. 1716) |
| | 1723 - William Blackstone, English jurist (d. 1780) |
| | 1792 - George Mifflin Dallas, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President of the United States (d. 1864) |
| | 1809 - Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist (d. 1889) |
| | 1830 - Camille Pissarro, French painter (d. 1903) |
| | 1832 - Alvan Graham Clark, American telescope maker and astronomer (d. 1897) |
| | 1834 - James McNeil Whistler, American painter (d. 1903) |
| | 1835 - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer (d. 1880) |
| | 1842 - Adolphus Busch, German-born brewer (d. 1913) |
| | 1856 - Nikola Tesla, Croatian Serb inventor (d. 1943) |
| | 1867 - Prince Maximilian of Baden, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929) |
| | 1871 - Marcel Proust, French writer (d. 1922) |
| | 1874 - Sergey Konenkov, Russian painter (d. 1971) |
| | 1875 - Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator (d. 1955) |
| | 1883 - Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (d. 1948) |
| | 1888 - Giorgio de Chirico, Italian painter (d. 1978) |
| | 1895 - Carl Orff, German composer (d. 1982) |
| | 1899 - John Gilbert, American actor (d. 1936) |
| | 1899 - Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (d. 1978) |
| | 1902 - Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958) |
| | 1903 - John Wyndham, British author (d. 1969) |
| | 1905 - Thomas Gomez, American actor (d. 1971) |
| | 1913 - Salvador Espriu, Spanish poet (d. 1985) |
| | 1914 - Joe Shuster, Canadian-born cartoonist (d. 1992) |
| | 1920 - David Brinkley, American television reporter (d. 2003) |
| | 1920 - Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1921 - Harvey Ball, American inventor (d. 2001) |
| | 1921 - Jake LaMotta, American boxer |
| | 1921 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist |
| | 1923 - Earl Hamner Jr., American author and television producer |
| | 1923 - Jean Kerr, American author (d. 2003) |
| | 1924 - Bobo Brazil, Professional wrestler (d. 1998) |
| | 1925 - Mahathir bin Mohamad, fourth Malaysian Prime Minister |
| | 1926 - Fred Gwynne, American actor (d. 1993) |
| | 1927 - Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician |
| | 1928 - Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli Bible scholar |
| | 1929 - Winnie Ewing, Scottish Politician |
| | 1931 - Nick Adams, American actor (d. 1968) |
| | 1931 - Alice Munro, Canadian writer |
| | 1935 - Tura Satana, American actress |
| | 1938 - Paul Andreu, French architect |
| | 1939 - Ahmet Taner Kislali, Turkish politician, journalist, and educator (d. 1999) |
| | 1940 - Helen Donath, American soprano |
| | 1941 - David G. Hartwell, American editor and anthologist |
| | 1942 - Ronnie James Dio, American musician |
| | 1942 - Pyotr Klimuk, cosmonaut |
| | 1943 - Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (d. 1993) |
| | 1945 - John Motson, British sports (football) commentator |
| | 1945 - Virginia Wade, British tennis player |
| | 1946 - Sue Lyon, American actress |
| | 1947 - Arlo Guthrie, American musician |
| | 1949 - Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricketer |
| | 1950 - Greg Kihn, American musician |
| | 1951 - Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1952 - Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast |
| | 1952 - Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist/singer |
| | 1953 - Zoogz Rift, singer/songwriter, wrestling booker |
| | 1953 - Rik Emmett, Canadian musician (Triumph) |
| | 1954 - Neil Tennant, British musician |
| | 1956 - Tom McClintock, American politician |
| | 1958 - Béla Fleck, American musician |
| | 1959 - Janet Julian, American actress |
| | 1966 - Johnny Grunge, wrestler (d. 2006) |
| | 1968 - Hassiba Boulmerka, Algerian athlete |
| | 1969 - Gale Harold, American actor |
| | 1970 - Ed Chapman, British artist |
| | 1970 - Jason Orange, UK pop singer and dancer |
| | 1970 - John Simm, British actor |
| | 1972 - Sofia Vergara, Colombian actress |
| | 1974 - Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor |
| | 1976 - Elijah Blue Allman, American musician (Deadsy) |
| | 1976 - Ludovic Giuly, French footballer |
| | 1977 - João Jamba, Angolan footballer |
| | 1978 - Jesse Lacey, American musician (Brand New) |
| | 1979 - Tyrell Godwin, American baseball player |
| | 1980 - Thomas Ian Nicholas, American actor |
| | 1980 - Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000) |
| | 1980 - Jessica Simpson, American singer |
| | 1982 - Alex Arrowsmith, American musician |
| | 1982 - Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer |
| | 1984 - Mark Gonzales, chilean football player |