| | 1670 - Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (d. 1758) |
| | 1688 - Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766) |
| | 1759 - Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox Saint (d. 1833) |
| | 1789 - John Martin, English painter (d. 1854) |
| | 1814 - Samuel Colt, American firearms inventor (d. 1862) |
| | 1819 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (d. 1890) |
| | 1834 - Edgar Degas, French painter (d. 1917) |
| | 1860 - Lizzie Borden, American accused murderess (d. 1927) |
| | 1865 - Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939) |
| | 1876 - Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1972) |
| | 1877 - Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949) |
| | 1883 - Max Fleischer, Austrian animator and film producer (d. 1972) |
| | 1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1930) |
| | 1894 - Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1965) |
| | 1894 - Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin, Russian mathematician (d. 1959) |
| | 1896 - A.J. Cronin, Scottish writer (d. 1981) |
| | 1898 - Herbert Marcuse, German-born philosopher (d. 1979) |
| | 1914 - Marius Russo, baseball player (d. 2005) |
| | 1917 - William Scranton, American politician |
| | 1921 - Rosalyn Yalow, American physicist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1922 - George McGovern, American politican |
| | 1924 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (d. 2005) |
| | 1926 - Helen Gallagher, American actress, Ryan's Hope |
| | 1934 - Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1980) |
| | 1938 - Jayant Narlikar, Indian Astrophysicist |
| | 1941 - Vikki Carr, American singer |
| | 1946 - Alan Gorrie, Scottish musician (Average White Band) |
| | 1946 - Ilie Nastase, Romanian tennis player |
| | 1947 - Bernie Leadon, American musician (The Eagles) |
| | 1947 - Brian May, English guitarist (Queen) |
| | 1948 - Keith Godchaux, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1980) |
| | 1950 - Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance |
| | 1950 - Freddy Moore, American songwriter |
| | 1952 - Allen Collins, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1990) |
| | 1952 - Robert A. Ficano, County Executive for Wayne County, Michigan (Detroit and environs) |
| | 1954 - Srda Trifkovic, Serbian-American journalist |
| | 1956 - Nikki Sudden, musician (d. 2006) |
| | 1958 - Reuben Kane, American professional wrestler |
| | 1960 - Atom Egoyan, Canadian filmmaker |
| | 1961 - Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast |
| | 1961 - Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director |
| | 1962 - Anthony Edwards, American actor |
| | 1965 - Stuart Scott, American sportscaster |
| | 1968 - Robert Flynn, American musician (Machine Head) |
| | 1973 - Martin Powell, English musician (Cradle of Filth) |
| | 1973 - Scott Walker, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1974 - Preston Wilson, Baseball player |
| | 1976 - Vinessa Shaw, American Actress |
| | 1977 - Charles John Spencer, American professional wrestler |
| | 1977 - Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey goaltender |
| | 1978 - Topher Grace, American actor |
| | 1979 - Luke Young, English footballer |
| | 1979 - Rick Ankiel, Baseball pitcher |
| | 1980 - Giorgio Mondini, Italian racing driver |
| | 1981 - Didz Hammond, bassist/backing vocalist (Dirty Pretty Things and The Cooper Temple Clause) |
| | 1981 - Chris Spicuzza, American musician (Chimaira) |
| | 1982 - Jared Padalecki, American actor |
| | 1982 - Stuart Parnaby, English footballer |
| | 1984 - Adam Morrison, American basketball player |