| | 1659 - Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715) |
| | 1746 - Thomas Heyward, Jr., American patriot, signer of the Declaration of |
| | 1804 - Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (d. 1872) |
| | 1844 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (d. 1889) |
| | 1857 - Ballington Booth, co-founder of Volunteers of America (d. 1940) |
| | 1863 - Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (d. 1919) |
| | 1866 - Beatrix Potter, English author (d. 1943) |
| | 1867 - Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer (d. 1951) |
| | 1872 - Albert Sarraut, French politician (d. 1962) |
| | 1874 - Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (d. 1945) |
| | 1887 - Marcel Duchamp, French painter (d. 1968) |
| | 1896 - Barbara La Marr, American actress (d. 1926) |
| | 1901 - Rudy Vallee, American entertainer (d. 1986) |
| | 1901 - Freddie Fitzsimmons, baseball player (d. 1979) |
| | 1902 - Karl Popper, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994) |
| | 1904 - Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1990) |
| | 1907 - Earl Tupper, American inventor (d. 1983) |
| | 1909 - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (d. 1957) |
| | 1914 - Carmen Dragon, composer (d. 1984) |
| | 1915 - Charles Townes, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate |
| | 1915 - Frankie Yankovic, American musician (d. 1998) |
| | 1916 - David Brown, American film producer |
| | 1922 - Jacques Piccard, Belgian-born undersea explorer |
| | 1924 - Stanley Kiedrowski, American radar mechanic |
| | 1925 - Baruch S. Blumberg, American scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate |
| | 1927 - John Ashbery, American poet |
| | 1929 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (d. 1994) |
| | 1930 - Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (d. 2006) |
| | 1930 - Junior Kimbrough, American bluesman (d. 1998) |
| | 1934 - Jacques d'Amboise, American choreographer |
| | 1935 - Simon Dee, British television broadcaster |
| | 1936 - Garfield Sobers, West Indian cricketer |
| | 1938 - Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru |
| | 1940 - Philip Proctor, American comedian |
| | 1941 - Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor |
| | 1943 - Mike Bloomfield, American musician (d. 1981) |
| | 1943 - Bill Bradley, former basketball player and American politican |
| | 1943 - Richard Wright English musician (Pink Floyd) |
| | 1945 - Jim Davis, American cartoonist |
| | 1946 - Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist |
| | 1946 - Linda Kelsey, American actress |
| | 1948 - Georgia Engel, American actress |
| | 1948 - Sally Struthers, American actress |
| | 1949 - Steve Peregrin Took, English singer (d. 1980) |
| | 1949 - Vida Blue, Major League baseball pitcher |
| | 1951 - Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of Washington, D.C. |
| | 1951 - Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect |
| | 1952 - Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist |
| | 1952 - Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand |
| | 1954 - Steve Morse, American guitarist |
| | 1954 - Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela |
| | 1954 - Bruce Abbott, American actor |
| | 1954 - Gerd Faltings, German mathematician |
| | 1955 - Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian cross-country skier |
| | 1958 - Terry Fox, Canadian athlete (d. 1981) |
| | 1961 - Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter |
| | 1962 - Rachel Sweet, American singer |
| | 1964 - Lori Loughlin, American actress |
| | 1966 - Armando J. Tirado, American lawyer |
| | 1968 - Taka Hirose, Japanese musician, (Feeder) |
| | 1970 - Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy) |
| | 1971 - Stephen Lynch, American musician |
| | 1972 - Elizabeth Berkley, American actress |
| | 1972 - Ed Templeton, American skateboarder |
| | 1972 - Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress |
| | 1974 - Justin Lee Collins, British comedian |
| | 1975 - Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer |
| | 1976 - Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach) |
| | 1977 - Tiago Andres Vaz, Brazilian composer |
| | 1977 - Emanuel Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player |
| | 1977 - Aki Berg, Finnish hockey player |
| | 1979 - Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa) |
| | 1979 - Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer |
| | 1981 - Michael Carrick, English footballer |
| | 1981 - Jo In Sung, South Korean actor |
| | 1982 - Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer |
| | 1984 - DeMeco Ryans, American football lineback (Houston Texans) |
| | 1985 - Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor |
| | 1986 - Alexandra Chando, American actress |
| | 1988 - Ayla Brown, American singer and top 24 finalist on American Idol |