| | 1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) |
| | 1582 (O.S.) - Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) |
| | 1592 - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1628) |
| | 1612 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) |
| | 1714 - Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774) |
| | 1749 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832) |
| | 1774 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, American-born Catholic saint (d. 1821) |
| | 1801 - Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (d. 1877) |
| | 1814 - Sheridan le Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873) |
| | 1828 (O.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1910) |
| | 1840 - Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish merchant |
| | 1849 - Benjamin Godard, French composer (d. 1895) |
| | 1853 - Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor (d. 1939) |
| | 1867 - Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948) |
| | 1878 - George Whipple, American scientist, and Nobel laureate (d. 1976) |
| | 1894 - Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981) |
| | 1894 - Elisha Scott, footballer (d. 1959) |
| | 1898 - Charlie Grimm, baseball player (d. 1983) |
| | 1899 - Charles Boyer, French actor (d. 1978) |
| | 1903 - Bruno Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990) |
| | 1904 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer (d. 1980) |
| | 1906 - John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984) |
| | 1908 - Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist (d. 1996) |
| | 1910 - Tjalling Koopmans, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |
| | 1911 - Joseph Luns, Dutch politician (d. 2002) |
| | 1913 - Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995) |
| | 1913 - Richard Tucker, American tenor (d. 1975) |
| | 1915 - Max Robertson, British sports commentator |
| | 1916 - Jack Vance, American author |
| | 1917 - Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994) |
| | 1919 - Godfrey Hounsfield, Nobel Laureate (d. 2004) |
| | 1920 - Frits Bernard, pedophile activist (d. 2006) |
| | 1924 - Janet Frame, New Zealand author (d. 2004) |
| | 1924 - Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. 2004) |
| | 1925 - Donald O'Connor, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1929 - Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973) |
| | 1930 - Ben Gazzara, American actor |
| | 1931 - John Shirley-Quirk, English bass-baritone |
| | 1932 - Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1936 - Don Denkinger, former Major League Baseball umpire |
| | 1938 - Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada |
| | 1938 - Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist |
| | 1940 - Roger Pingeon, French cylist |
| | 1941 - Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian aristocrat |
| | 1942 - Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995) |
| | 1943 - David Soul, American actor |
| | 1943 - Lou Piniella, baseball manager |
| | 1944 - Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer |
| | 1944 - Melvin Dummar, claimed Howard Hughes heir |
| | 1947 - Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress |
| | 1948 - Danny Seraphine, American musician (Chicago) |
| | 1952 - Rita Dove, former U.S. poet laureate |
| | 1952 - Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman |
| | 1957 - Daniel Stern, American actor |
| | 1957 - Rick Rossovich, American actor |
| | 1958 - Scott Hamilton, American figure skater |
| | 1960 - Emma Samms, English actress |
| | 1961 - Kim Appleby, British singer |
| | 1965 - Amanda Tapping, Canadian actress |
| | 1965 - Shania Twain, Canadian singer |
| | 1966 - René Higuita, Colombian footballer |
| | 1968 - Billy Boyd, Scottish actor |
| | 1969 - Jason Priestley, Canadian actor |
| | 1969 - Jack Black, American actor |
| | 1969 - Mary McCartney, English photographer |
| | 1971 - Todd Eldredge, American figure skater |
| | 1971 - Janet Evans, American swimmer |
| | 1974 - Johan Andersson, Swedish game programmer |
| | 1974 - Carsten Jancker, German footballer |
| | 1975 - Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer |
| | 1975 - DJ Assault, American musician |
| | 1978 - Jess Margera, American drummer |
| | 1978 - Shaniqua, American wrestling valet |
| | 1979 - Robert Hoyzer, German football referee |
| | 1979 - Markus Pröll, German footballer |
| | 1979 - Ruth Riley, American basketball player |
| | 1980 - T.J. Beam, American baseball player |
| | 1981 - Martin Erat, Czech hockey player |
| | 1982 - LeAnn Rimes, American singer |
| | 1985 - Ralph Woolfolk IV, American actor |
| | 1986 - Gilad Shalit, Israeli military officer |
| | 1991 - Kyle Massey, American actor |
| | 1999 - Prince Nikolai of Denmark, Prince of Denmark |