| | 100 BC - Gaius Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic (d. 44 BC) |
| | 40 - Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (d. 93) |
| | 1527 - John Dee, English scientist (d. 1609) |
| | 1579 - Arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651) |
| | 1590 - Pope Clement X (d. 1676) |
| | 1607 - Václav Hollar, Czech-born artist (d. 1677) |
| | 1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657) |
| | 1770 - Alexander Balashov, Russian general (d. 1837) |
| | 1808 - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (d. 1893) |
| | 1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, American founder of the original Ku Klux Klan (not the current one) (d. 1877) |
| | 1841 - Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (d. 1918) |
| | 1858 - Stewart Culin, American ethnographer (d. 1929) |
| | 1859 - Sidney Webb - British socialist |
| | 1864 - John Jacob Astor IV, American entrepreneur (d. 1912) |
| | 1882 - Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1960) |
| | 1894 - Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (d. 1940) |
| | 1896 - Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (d. 1992) |
| | 1898 - Julius Schreck, member of the Nazi party (d. 1936) |
| | 1900 - George Lewis, American musician (d. 1969) |
| | 1904 - JRD Tata Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata Indian Businessman (d. 1993) |
| | 1913 - Dave Garroway, American television host (d. 1982) |
| | 1918 - Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955) |
| | 1920 - Bill Towers, English footballer (d. 2000) |
| | 1921 - Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (d. 1999) |
| | 1921 - Friedrich Peter, Austrian poltitician (d. 2005) |
| | 1924 - Carlo Bergonzi, Italian singer |
| | 1927 - Simone Veil, French politician |
| | 1928 - Bob Crane, American actor (d. 1978) |
| | 1928 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (d. 2000) |
| | 1929 - Alan Civil, English musician (d. 1989) |
| | 1929 - Sofia Muratova, Soviet gymnast |
| | 1931 - Frank Ramsey, American basketball player |
| | 1934 - Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel laureate |
| | 1934 - Aleksei Yeliseyev, cosmonaut |
| | 1935 - Jack Kemp, American football player |
| | 1936 - Albert Ayler, American musician (d. 1970) |
| | 1940 - Patrick Stewart, English actor |
| | 1941 - Robert Forster, American actor |
| | 1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor |
| | 1942 - Roger McGuinn, American musician |
| | 1944 - Erno Rubik, Hungarian inventor |
| | 1946 - Cheech Marin, American actor |
| | 1950 - George "Pinky" Nelson, American astronaut |
| | 1951 - Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor |
| | 1951 - Rob Bishop, American politician |
| | 1954 - Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer |
| | 1954 - Louise Mandrell, American musician |
| | 1956 - Claude Giroux, Canadian midget wrestler |
| | 1957 - Phil Margera, Father of Bam Margera |
| | 1957 - Cameron Crowe, American film director |
| | 1957 - Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver |
| | 1959 - Richard Leman, British field hockey player |
| | 1961 - Tim Watson, Australian footballer |
| | 1962 - Rhonda Vincent, American singer |
| | 1962 - Tom Kenny, American voice actor |
| | 1963 - Neal Foulds, English snooker player |
| | 1966 - Gerald Levert, American singer |
| | 1967 - Benny Benassi, Italian disc jockey |
| | 1968 - Robert Gant, American actor |
| | 1969 - Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan politician and political scientist |
| | 1969 - Mark Greenway, British vocalist |
| | 1970 - Barry Pinches, English snooker player |
| | 1972 - Sean Waltman, American wrestler |
| | 1973 - Monoxide Child, American rapper |
| | 1974 - Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver |
| | 1978 - Sheldon Souray, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1979 - Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer |
| | 1982 - Joost van den Broek, Dutch keyboard player (After Forever) |
| | 1982 - Simon Clist, English footballer |
| | 1982 - Christopher Bauman, American wrestler (d. 2005) |
| | 1982 - Yadier Molina, baseball player |
| | 1983 - Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdling athlete |
| | 1989 - Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer |
| | 1992 - Dylan Patton, American actor |