| | 1533 - Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) |
| | 1672 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) |
| | 1674 - Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) |
| | 1696 - Mahmud I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1754) |
| | 1703 - Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) |
| | 1754 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-born architect and city planner (d. 1825) |
| | 1788 - Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1853) |
| | 1815 - Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German writer (d. 1894) |
| | 1834 - Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (d. 1904) |
| | 1835 - Elisha Gray, American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1901) |
| | 1865 - Irving Babbitt, American literary critic (d. 1933) |
| | 1868 - King Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923) |
| | 1871 - John French Sloan, American artist (d. 1951) |
| | 1875 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian artist (d. 1957) |
| | 1878 - Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian wrestler (d. 1968) |
| | 1882 - Red Ames, Baseball player (d. 1936) |
| | 1890 - Marin Sais, American actress (d. 1971) |
| | 1892 - Jack Warner, Canadian film producer (d. 1978) |
| | 1896 - Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer (d. 1960) |
| | 1897 - Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1974) |
| | 1899 - Charles Bennett, British screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| | 1900 - Helen Morgan, American actress (d. 1941) |
| | 1905 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (d. 1963) |
| | 1905 - Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993) |
| | 1907 - Mary Hamman, American writer (d. 1984) |
| | 1910 - Roger MacDougall, writer (d. 1993) |
| | 1912 - Vladimir Zerjavic, Croatian statistician (d. 2001) |
| | 1914 - Beatrice Straight, American actress (d. 2001) |
| | 1915 - Gary Merrill, American actor (d. 1990) |
| | 1924 - James Baldwin, American author (d. 1987) |
| | 1924 - Carroll O'Connor, American actor (d. 2001) |
| | 1925 - Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian dictator |
| | 1925 - Alan Whicker, British journalist and broadcaster |
| | 1930 - Vali Myers (artist), Australian painter (d. 2003) |
| | 1931 - Pierre DuMaine, Catholic bishop |
| | 1932 - Peter O'Toole, Irish-born actor |
| | 1934 - Valery Bykovsky, cosmonaut |
| | 1935 - Hank Cochran, American country music singer and songwriter |
| | 1937 - Garth Hudson, Canadian musician (The Band) |
| | 1939 - Wes Craven, American film director |
| | 1941 - Doris Coley, American singer (Shirelles) (d. 2000) |
| | 1942 - Isabel Allende, Chilean author |
| | 1943 - Max Wright, American actor |
| | 1943 - Kathy Lennon, American pop/vocal singer (The Lennon Sisters) |
| | 1944 - Jim Capaldi, British drummer, singer, and songwriter (Traffic) (d. 2005) |
| | 1945 - Joanna Cassidy, American actress |
| | 1945 - Alex Jesaulenko, Australian footballer |
| | 1947 - Massiel, Spanish singer |
| | 1948 - Andy Fairweather Low, British guitarist |
| | 1948 - Dennis Prager, American radio talk show host and author |
| | 1949 - James Fallows, American journalist |
| | 1950 - Lance Ito, American judge |
| | 1951 - Andrew Gold, American singer, musician and songwriter |
| | 1953 - Butch Patrick, American actor |
| | 1954 - Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and football manager |
| | 1955 - Caleb Carr, American novelist and military historian |
| | 1956 - Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler |
| | 1957 - Mojo Nixon, American musician and actor |
| | 1959 - Victoria Jackson, American comedian |
| | 1959 - Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress |
| | 1960 - Neal Morse, American singer, guitarist and keyboardist (Spock's Beard and Transatlantic) |
| | 1961 - Linda Fratianne, American figure skater |
| | 1964 - Mary-Louise Parker, American actress |
| | 1966 - Tim Wakefield, baseball player |
| | 1969 - Fernando Couto, Portuguese footballer |
| | 1969 - Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist |
| | 1970 - Tony Amonte, American hockey player |
| | 1970 - Kevin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter |
| | 1971 - Michael Hughes, Irish footballer |
| | 1972 - Jacinda Barrett, Real World castmember; Australian actress |
| | 1972 - Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer |
| | 1974 - Jeremy Castle, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1975 - Xu Huaiwen, Chinese-born badminton player |
| | 1975 - Mineiro, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1977 - Edward Furlong, American actor |
| | 1982 - Grady Sizemore, baseball player |
| | 1982 - Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer |
| | 1985 - Harry Smith, Canadian professional wrestler |
| | 1986 - Mathieu Razanakolona, Malagasy skier |
| | 1988 - Brittany Hargest, singer (Jump5) |
| | 1992 - Hallie Kate Eisenberg, American actress |