| | 1079 - Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) |
| | 1605 - Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) |
| | 1646 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) |
| | 1673 - John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726) |
| | 1693 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762) |
| | 1694 - Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746) |
| | 1720 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796) |
| | 1814 - Esther Morris, first U. S. woman judge (d. 1902) |
| | 1839 - Nelson Miles, U.S. general (d. 1925) |
| | 1866 - Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (d. 1955) |
| | 1875 - Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (d. 1955) |
| | 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1919) |
| | 1880 - Earle Page, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1961) |
| | 1881 - Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (d. 1960) |
| | 1881 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (d. 1954) |
| | 1884 - Sara Teasdale, American poet (d. 1933) |
| | 1891 - Adolf Busch, German violinist (d. 1952) |
| | 1892 - Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922) |
| | 1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (d. 1953) |
| | 1901 - Ernest O. Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958) |
| | 1902 - Paul Dirac, English physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) |
| | 1904 - Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948) |
| | 1905 - André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974) |
| | 1907 - Benny Carter, American musician (d. 2003) |
| | 1908 - Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1980) |
| | 1910 - Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. 1999) |
| | 1911 - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (d. 2002) |
| | 1915 - Jumbo Elliott, American track coach (d. 1981) |
| | 1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer |
| | 1920 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006) |
| | 1920 - Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997) |
| | 1921 - William Asher, American film producer |
| | 1921 - John Herbert Chapman, British physicist |
| | 1921 - Webb Pierce, American singer (d. 1991) |
| | 1921 - Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist |
| | 1921 - Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer |
| | 1922 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1922 - Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-born fashion designer (d. 1985) |
| | 1925 - Alija Izetbegovic, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (d. 2003) |
| | 1927 - Johnny Temple, baseball player (d. 1994) |
| | 1928 - Don Burrows, Australian musician |
| | 1929 - Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (d. 2004) |
| | 1929 - Ronald Biggs, British criminal |
| | 1931 - Sir Roger Penrose, British physicist |
| | 1932 - Mel Tillis, American singer |
| | 1935 - Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer |
| | 1935 - John Laws, Australia radio personality |
| | 1936 - Keith Barron, English actor |
| | 1936 - Frank Howard, baseball player |
| | 1937 - Dustin Hoffman, American actor |
| | 1938 - Connie Stevens, American singer and actress |
| | 1939 - Alexander Watson, American ambassador and diplomat |
| | 1944 - Brooke Bundy, American actress |
| | 1947 - Ken Dryden, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1947 - José Cruz, baseball player |
| | 1949 - Keith Carradine, American actor |
| | 1951 - Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director |
| | 1951 - Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994) |
| | 1952 - Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author |
| | 1952 - Robin Quivers, American radio personality |
| | 1953 - Don Most, American actor |
| | 1953 - Nigel Mansell, English race car driver |
| | 1955 - Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer |
| | 1956 - Branscombe Richmond, American actor |
| | 1958 - Deborah Norville, American television host |
| | 1960 - Ulrich Maly, Mayor of Nuremberg |
| | 1961 - The Edge, Irish guitarist (U2) |
| | 1961 - Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison) |
| | 1963 - Jon Turteltaub, American director |
| | 1964 - Anastasia Ashman, American writer |
| | 1966 - Chris Eubank, English boxer |
| | 1966 - John Hudek, baseball player |
| | 1967 - Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player |
| | 1969 - Faye Wong, Hong Kong singer and actress |
| | 1970 - Trev Alberts, former American football player |
| | 1972 - Lüpüs Thünder, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang) |
| | 1973 - Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed) |
| | 1974 - Ulises De la Cruz, Ecuadoran footballer |
| | 1974 - Scott D'Amore, professional wrestler and manager |
| | 1976 - JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC) |
| | 1976 - Drew Lachey, American singer |
| | 1976 - Tawny Cypress, American actress |
| | 1977 - Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer |
| | 1978 - Louis Saha, French footballer |
| | 1978 - Alan Maybury, Irish footballer |
| | 1979 - Richard Harwood, British cellist |
| | 1980 - Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player |
| | 1980 - Pat Noonan, American soccer player |
| | 1981 - Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter |
| | 1981 - Roger Federer, Swiss Tennis Player |
| | 1985 - Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican soccer player |
| | 1986 - Peyton List, American actress |
| | 1988 - Princess Beatrice of York |
| | 1989 - Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player |