| | 317 - Constantius II, Roman emperor (d. 361) |
| | 1400 - Guillaume Dufay, French composer (d. 1474) |
| | 1533 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (d. 1595) |
| | 1560 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (d. 1614) |
| | 1574 - Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649) |
| | 1598 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (d. 1672) |
| | 1726 - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790) |
| | 1742 - Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (d. 1786) |
| | 1779 - Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842) |
| | 1779 - Carl Ritter, German geographer (d. 1859) |
| | 1844 - Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 1911) |
| | 1860 - Alan Leo, British astrologer (d. 1917) |
| | 1867 - Emil Nolde, German painter (d. 1956) |
| | 1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917) |
| | 1877 - Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949) |
| | 1885 - Billie Burke, American actress (d. 1970) |
| | 1901 - Ann Harding, American actress (d. 1981) |
| | 1903 - Louis Leakey, British archaeologist (d. 1972) |
| | 1904 - Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1971) |
| | 1911 - Nicholas Ray, American actor, director and scenarist (d. 1979) |
| | 1913 - George Van Eps, noted American guitarist (d. 1998) |
| | 1921 - Manitas de Plata, gypsy guitarist |
| | 1925 - M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist |
| | 1925 - Felice Bryant, American country songwriter and singer (d. 2003) |
| | 1926 - Stan Freberg, American voice comedian |
| | 1927 - Edwin W. Edwards, four-term Louisiana governor |
| | 1927 - Art Houtteman, Baseball player (d. 2003) |
| | 1928 - James Randi, Canadian magician |
| | 1929 - Don Larsen, baseball player |
| | 1932 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopan athlete |
| | 1932 - Dr. Maurice Rabb, Jr., African American ophthalmologist |
| | 1932 - Edward Hardwicke, British actor |
| | 1936 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist |
| | 1939 - Anjanette Comer, American actress |
| | 1940 - Jean-Luc Dehaene, Prime Minister of Belgium |
| | 1942 - Garrison Keillor, American writer and radio host |
| | 1942 - B.J. Thomas, American singer |
| | 1942 - Caetano Veloso, Brazilian musician |
| | 1943 - Dino Valente, American musician Quicksilver Messenger Service (d. 1994) |
| | 1943 - Alain Corneau, French film director |
| | 1944 - David Rasche, American actor |
| | 1945 - Alan Page, American football player |
| | 1946 - Ed Seykota, commodities and futures trader |
| | 1948 - Greg Chappell, Australian test cricket player, captain and coach |
| | 1949 - Walid Jumblatt, Leader of the Lebanese Druze |
| | 1952 - Alexei Sayle, British comedian |
| | 1953 - Greg Carmichael, British guitarist |
| | 1953 - Anne Fadiman, American writer, daughter of Clifton Fadiman |
| | 1954 - Jonathan Pollard, Israeli spy |
| | 1955 - Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer |
| | 1955 - Wayne Knight, American actor |
| | 1957 - Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast |
| | 1958 - Bruce Dickinson, English singer (Iron Maiden) |
| | 1960 - David Duchovny, American actor |
| | 1961 - Yelena Davydova, Soviet gymnast |
| | 1962 - Bruno Pelletier, Québécois singer |
| | 1963 - Harold Perrineau Jr., American actor |
| | 1964 - Michael Weishan, American TV host, author |
| | 1966 - Jimmy Wales, American founder of Wikipedia |
| | 1967 - Jason Grimsley, American baseball player |
| | 1973 - Danny Graves, American baseball player |
| | 1975 - Edgar Renteria, Colombian baseball player |
| | 1975 - David Hicks, Australian alleged terrorist |
| | 1975 - Charlize Theron, South African actress |
| | 1978 - Jamey Jasta, American singer (Hatebreed) |
| | 1978 - Alexandre Aja, French Director |
| | 1978 - Vanness Wu, Taiwanese singer |
| | 1978 - Linsey Dawn McKenzie, English model and porn star |
| | 1978 - Cirroc Lofton, American actor |
| | 1980 - Aurélie Claudel, French supermodel |
| | 1982 - Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer |
| | 1983 - Tina O'Brien, British actress |
| | 1987 - Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player |