| | 1619 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683) |
| | 1628 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) |
| | 1632 - John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704) |
| | 1725 - Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767) |
| | 1756 - Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845) |
| | 1756 - Jan Sniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830) |
| | 1777 - Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853) |
| | 1780 - Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867) |
| | 1805 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872) |
| | 1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician (d. 1894) |
| | 1810 - Juan Bautista Alberdi, founding father of the Argentine Republic (d. 1884) |
| | 1843 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910) |
| | 1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929 |
| | 1862 - Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) |
| | 1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Nobel laureate (d. 1949) |
| | 1871 - Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950) |
| | 1876 - Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958) |
| | 1898 - Preston Sturges, American filmmaker (d. 1959) |
| | 1904 - Werner Forssmann, Nobel laureate (d. 1979) |
| | 1905 - Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979) |
| | 1912 - Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-Polish cinematographer |
| | 1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982) |
| | 1916 - George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000) |
| | 1916 - Luther Davis, American playwright |
| | 1917 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004) |
| | 1920 - Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955) |
| | 1923 - Richard Attenborough, English film director |
| | 1924 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005) |
| | 1924 - Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963) |
| | 1928 - Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000) |
| | 1929 - Thom Gunn, British poet (d. 2004) |
| | 1933 - Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor |
| | 1936 - John McCain, American politician |
| | 1937 - James Florio, Governor of New Jersey |
| | 1938 - Elliott Gould, American actor |
| | 1938 - Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury |
| | 1939 - William Friedkin, American film director |
| | 1939 - Joel Schumacher, American film director |
| | 1940 - Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984) |
| | 1941 - Robin Leach, English television host |
| | 1945 - Wyomia Tyus, American athlete |
| | 1946 - Bob Beamon, American jumper |
| | 1947 - James Hunt, English race car driver (d. 1993) |
| | 1952 - Karen Hesse, American children's writer |
| | 1952 - Dave Malone, American rock guitarist |
| | 1953 - James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist |
| | 1956 - Mark Morris, American choreographer |
| | 1957 - Jerry Bailey, American racing jockey |
| | 1958 - Michael Jackson, American singer |
| | 1958 - Lenny Henry, British comic |
| | 1959 - Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer |
| | 1959 - Akkineni Nagarjuna, Telugu film actor |
| | 1959 - Timothy Perry Shriver, Member of the Kennedy Family |
| | 1961 - Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player |
| | 1962 - Rebecca De Mornay, American actress |
| | 1963 - Elizabeth Fraser, English singer |
| | 1967 - Anton Newcombe, American musician |
| | 1969 - Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer |
| | 1969 - Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player |
| | 1970 - Jacco Eltingh, Dutch tennis player |
| | 1971 - Carla Gugino, American actress |
| | 1972 - Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor |
| | 1973 - Adam Sessler, American TV show host |
| | 1976 - Stephen Carr, Irish footballer |
| | 1976 - Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player |
| | 1976 - Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer |
| | 1977 - John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player |
| | 1977 - Roy Oswalt, American baseball player |
| | 1978 - Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer |
| | 1979 - Chieu Luu, Canadian journalist |
| | 1980 - David Desrosiers, Canadian musician |
| | 1980 - Chris Simms, American football player |
| | 1981 - Lanny Barbie, Canadian porn star |
| | 1982 - A+, American rapper |