| | 1503 - Christian III of Denmark and Norway (d. 1559) |
| | 1566 - Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633) |
| | 1604 - Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) |
| | 1629 - Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) |
| | 1643 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683) |
| | 1644 - Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Bohemian composer (d. 1704) |
| | 1647 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719) |
| | 1686 - John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748) |
| | 1696 - Maurice Greene, English composer (d. 1755) |
| | 1720 - Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778) |
| | 1762 - King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) |
| | 1774 - Robert Southey, English poet and biographer (d. 1843) |
| | 1831 - Helena Blavatsky, Ukrainian-born author (d. 1891) |
| | 1856 - "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (d. 1917) |
| | 1859 - Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (d. 1929) |
| | 1866 - Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1954) |
| | 1867 - Edith Hamilton, German classicist (d. 1963) |
| | 1876 - Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author (d. 1958) |
| | 1880 - Radclyffe Hall, British author (d. 1943) |
| | 1880 - Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (d. 1925) |
| | 1881 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (d. 1959) |
| | 1883 - Pauline Frederick, American actress (d. 1938) |
| | 1885 - Jean Cabannes, French physicist (d. 1959) |
| | 1886 - Sir Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist and newspaper owner (d. 1952) |
| | 1887 - Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961) |
| | 1889 - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981) |
| | 1892 - Alfred Lunt, American actor (d. 1977) |
| | 1902 - Mohammad Hatta, Vice President of Indonesia 1945-1956 (d. 1980) |
| | 1904 - Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1918) |
| | 1906 - Harry Hopman, Australian-born tennis player and coach (d. 1985) |
| | 1906 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (d. 1972) |
| | 1907 - Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (d. 1988) |
| | 1910 - Jane Wyatt, American actress (d. 2006) |
| | 1911 - Cantinflas, Mexican actor (d. 1993) |
| | 1912 - Samuel Fuller, American film director (d. 1997) |
| | 1914 - Gerd Buchdahl, German Philosopher (d. 2001) |
| | 1919 - Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971) |
| | 1924 - Derek Shackleton, English cricketer |
| | 1924 - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (d. 1988) |
| | 1925 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 2004) |
| | 1925 - Ross McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 1975) |
| | 1925 - George Wetherill, American scientist (d. 2006) |
| | 1926 - John Derek, American actor (d. 1998) |
| | 1926 - Joe Jones, American R&B singer (d. 2005) |
| | 1926 - Wallace Markfield, American writer (d. 2002) |
| | 1927 - Porter Wagoner, American singer |
| | 1928 - Charles Blackman, Australian artist |
| | 1928 - Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001) |
| | 1928 - Dan Curtis, film and television producer and director |
| | 1929 - Buck Owens, American singer (d. 2006) |
| | 1930 - George Soros American businessman |
| | 1930 - Jacques Tits, French mathematician |
| | 1931 - William Goldman, American screenwriter |
| | 1932 - Somdej Phra Nangchao Sirikit Phra Boromarajininat HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand |
| | 1933 - Parnelli Jones, American race car driver |
| | 1935 - John Cazale, Italian-American actor (d. 1978) |
| | 1937 - Walter Dean Myers, African-American author |
| | 1939 - George Hamilton, American actor |
| | 1943 - Deborah Walley, American actress (d. 2001) |
| | 1945 - Ann M. Martin, American author |
| | 1949 - Mark Knopfler, British guitarist (Dire Straits) |
| | 1951 - Willie Horton, American murderer and rapist |
| | 1954 - Sam J. Jones, American actor |
| | 1954 - Pat Metheny, American guitarist |
| | 1955 - Terry Taylor, American retired professional wrestler |
| | 1956 - Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor |
| | 1960 - Laurent Fignon, French cyclist |
| | 1962 - Miss Cleo, American psychic |
| | 1965 - Peter Krause, American actor |
| | 1967 - Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer |
| | 1968 - Andras Jones, American actor |
| | 1970 - Anthony Swofford, American novelist |
| | 1971 - Michael Ian Black, American comedian |
| | 1971 - Rebecca Gayheart, American actress |
| | 1971 - Pete Sampras, American tennis player |
| | 1972 - Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer |
| | 1973 - Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist |
| | 1973 - Jonathan Coachman, American professional wrestler and executive |
| | 1973 - Richard Reid (shoe bomber) |
| | 1974 - Matt Clement, American baseball pitcher |
| | 1975 - Casey Affleck, American actor |
| | 1976 - Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström, Finnish guitarist |
| | 1976 - Antoine Walker, American basketball player |
| | 1976 - Wednesday 13, American musician (Wednesday 13, Murderdolls) |
| | 1977 - Plaxico Burress, American football player |
| | 1977 - Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer |
| | 1977 - Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer |
| | 1980 - Dominique Swain, American actress |
| | 1980 - Matt Thiessen, Canadian-born musician (Relient K) |
| | 1981 - Djibril Cissé, French footballer |