| | 1274 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (d. 1329) |
| | 1366 - Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II of England (d. 1394) |
| | 1561 - Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627) |
| | 1603 - Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665) |
| | 1628 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) |
| | 1657 - King Frederick I of Prussia (d. 1713) |
| | 1662 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726) |
| | 1723 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (d. 1799) |
| | 1754 - Thomas Bowdler, English physican and censor (d. 1825) |
| | 1767 - John Quincy Adams, President of the United States (d. 1848) |
| | 1826 - Alexander Afanasyev, Russian folklorist (d. 1871) |
| | 1857 - Alfred Binet, French psychologist (d. 1911) |
| | 1864 - Petar Danov, Bulgarian spiritual teacher (d. 1944) |
| | 1886 - Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (d. 1939) |
| | 1897 - Eugene "Bull" Connor, sheriff of Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1973) |
| | 1899 - E. B. White, American writer (d. 1985) |
| | 1906 - Herbert Wehner, German politician (d. 1990) |
| | 1910 - Irene Hervey, American actress (d. 1998) |
| | 1913 - Cordwainer Smith, American writer (d. 1966) |
| | 1916 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) |
| | 1916 - Gough Whitlam, twenty-first Prime Minister of Australia |
| | 1921 - Ilse Werner, Dutch-born actress |
| | 1924 - Brett Somers, Canadian actress |
| | 1924 - César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (d. 2005) |
| | 1924 - Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971) |
| | 1925 - Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor |
| | 1926 - Frederick Buechner, American author |
| | 1929 - Hermann Prey, German baritone (d. 1998) |
| | 1930 - Harold Bloom, American literary critic |
| | 1931 - Tab Hunter, American actor |
| | 1931 - Tullio Regge, Italian physicist |
| | 1934 - Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer |
| | 1935 - Oliver Napier, Northern Irish politician |
| | 1945 - Patrick Joseph McGrath, Catholic bishop |
| | 1949 - Liona Boyd, English-born guitarist |
| | 1950 - Bruce McGill, American actor |
| | 1954 - Butch Reed, Professional wrestler |
| | 1956 - Sela Ward, American actress |
| | 1957 - Peter Murphy, British musician (Bauhaus) |
| | 1957 - Michael Rose, Jamaican musician (Black Uhuru) |
| | 1958 - Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer |
| | 1959 - Richie Sambora, American guitarist (Bon Jovi) |
| | 1959 - Suzanne Vega, American singer |
| | 1963 - Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1963 - Lisa Rinna, American actress |
| | 1965 - Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kickboxer |
| | 1968 - Esera Tuaolo, American football player |
| | 1968 - David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter |
| | 1972 - Michael Rosenbaum, American actor |
| | 1973 - Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete |
| | 1974 - Hermann Hreidarsson, Icelandic footballer |
| | 1975 - Lil' Kim, American rapper |
| | 1975 - Samer el Nahhal, Finnish musician (Lordi) |
| | 1976 - Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-born basketball player |
| | 1981 - Andre Johnson, NFL Wide Receiver |
| | 1982 - Chris Cooley, American football player; Lil Zane, American rapper/actor |
| | 1983 - Marie Serneholt, Swedish musician (A*Teens) |
| | 1983 - Kelly Poon, Singapore singer |
| | 1984 - Tanith Belbin, Canadian ice dancer |