| | 645 - Yazid I, Sixth caliph of Islam (d. 683) |
| | 1301 - Duke Otto of Austria (d. 1339) |
| | 1339 - King Louis I of Naples (d. 1384) |
| | 1626 - Sabbatai Zevi, Ottoman Jewish religious leader |
| | 1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721) |
| | 1705 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (d. 1752) |
| | 1734 - Antonio Maria Gaspare Sacchini, Italian composer (d. 1786) |
| | 1775 - Etienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1812) |
| | 1777 - Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (d. 1810) |
| | 1796 - Franz Berwald, Swedish composer (d. 1868) |
| | 1838 - Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (d. 1910) |
| | 1856 - Lokmanya Tilak, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1920) |
| | 1865 - Max Heindel, Danish Christian occultist, astrologer, and mystic (d. 1919) |
| | 1884 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (d. 1950) |
| | 1886 - Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish League of Nations official (d. 1978) |
| | 1886 - Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (d. 1976) |
| | 1888 - Raymond Chandler, American-born author (d. 1959) |
| | 1892 - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975) |
| | 1894 - Arthur Treacher, English character actor (d. 1975) |
| | 1895 - Aileen Pringle, American actress (d. 1989) |
| | 1898 - Jacob Marschak, American economist (d. 1977) |
| | 1898 - Red Dutton, international hockey player (d. 1987) |
| | 1899 - Gustav Heinemann, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1976) |
| | 1906 - Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) |
| | 1912 - Michael Wilding, English actor (d. 1979) |
| | 1913 - Michael Foot, British political leader |
| | 1918 - Bueno de Mesquita Dutch comedian and actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1918 - Pee Wee Reese, baseball player (d. 1999) |
| | 1921 - Calvert DeForest, American actor |
| | 1923 - Witto Aloma, baseball player (d. 1997) |
| | 1928 - Hubert Selby Jr., American author (d. 2004) |
| | 1928 - Charles Harrelson, American convicted murderer; father of Woody Harrelson |
| | 1931 - Te Atairangi Kaahu, Maori Queen (d. 2006) |
| | 1933 - Bert Convy, American game show host, actor, and singer (d. 1991) |
| | 1936 - Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi revolutionary (d. 1973) |
| | 1936 - Don Drysdale, baseball player (d. 1993) |
| | 1936 - Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
| | 1938 - Juliet Anderson, American pornographic actress |
| | 1938 - Götz George, German actor |
| | 1938 - Bert Newton, Australian actor and television show host |
| | 1938 - Ronny Cox, American actor |
| | 1939 - Terence Stamp, English actor |
| | 1940 - Don Imus, American talk radio host |
| | 1942 - Myra Hindley, English murderer (d. 2002) |
| | 1943 - Tony Joe White, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1947 - Gardner Dozois, American author |
| | 1947 - David Essex, English singer |
| | 1948 - John Cushnahan, Northern Irish politician |
| | 1950 - Alex Kozinski, Romanian-born judge |
| | 1951 - Edie McClurg, American actress |
| | 1957 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (assassinated) (d. 2004) |
| | 1961 - Martin Gore, English musician and songwriter (Depeche Mode) |
| | 1961 - Woody Harrelson, American actor |
| | 1962 - Eriq La Salle, American actor |
| | 1964 - Ed Forchion, Marijuana Activist |
| | 1965 - Rob Dickinson, English musician |
| | 1965 - Slash, English-born guitarist (ex-Guns N' Roses) |
| | 1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor |
| | 1968 - Gary Payton, American basketball player |
| | 1968 - Stephanie Seymour, American supermodel |
| | 1970 - Charisma Carpenter, American actress |
| | 1970 - Thea Dorn, German writer |
| | 1971 - Dalvin DeGrate, American singer |
| | 1971 - Alison Krauss, American singer and fiddler |
| | 1973 - Nomar Garciaparra, baseball player |
| | 1973 - Francis Healy, Scottish rock musician (Travis) |
| | 1973 - Monica Lewinsky, White House intern |
| | 1973 - Himesh Reshammiya, Indian Singer and Musician |
| | 1973 - Omar Epps, American Actor |
| | 1974 - Terry Glenn, American football player |
| | 1974 - Maurice Greene, American athlete |
| | 1974 - Stephanie March, American actress |
| | 1974 - Sonny Siaki, Samoan professional wrestler |
| | 1974 - Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist |
| | 1975 - Sung Hyun-ah, South Korean actress |
| | 1976 - Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player |
| | 1977 - Neicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer |
| | 1978 - Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1978 - Stefanie Sun, Singapore singer |
| | 1980 - Michelle Williams, American singer |
| | 1981 - Steve Jocz, Canadian drummer (Sum41) |
| | 1983 - Bec Hewitt, Australian actress |
| | 1983 - Aaron Peirsol, American Swimmer |
| | 1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, English actor |