| | 1034 - Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan (d. 1073) |
| | 1499 - Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henri II of France (d. 1566) |
| | 1568 - Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (d. 1634) |
| | 1675 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751) |
| | 1693 - Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746) |
| | 1695 - Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (d. 1764) |
| | 1710 - Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784) |
| | 1724 - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808) |
| | 1781 - Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (d. 1824) |
| | 1810 - Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871) |
| | 1849 - Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (d. 1909) |
| | 1856 - Louis Sullivan, American architect (d. 1924) |
| | 1859 - Jean Jaurès, French Socialist leader (d. 1914) |
| | 1869 - Fritz Pregl, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930) |
| | 1875 - Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian automotive engineer (d. 1951) |
| | 1887 - Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973) |
| | 1897 - Sally Benson, American writer (d. 1972) |
| | 1899 - Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1985) |
| | 1900 - Maurice Dobb, British economist (d. 1976) |
| | 1900 - Urho Kekkonen, eighth President of Finland (d. 1986) |
| | 1901 - Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (d. 1959) |
| | 1905 - Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| | 1907 - Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist (d. 1977) |
| | 1908 - Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (d. 1988) |
| | 1910 - Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality |
| | 1911 - Bernard Mammes, American cyclist (d. 2000) |
| | 1913 - Alan Ladd, American actor (d. 1964) |
| | 1914 - Dixy Lee Ray, Governor of Washington State (d. 1994) |
| | 1916 - Eddie Stanky, baseball player (d. 1999) |
| | 1918 - Helen Wagner, American actress |
| | 1921 - Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971) |
| | 1923 - Mort Walker, American cartoonist |
| | 1926 - Irene Papas, Greek actress |
| | 1926 - Alison Lurie, American novelist |
| | 1928 - Gaston Thorn, President of the European Commission |
| | 1930 - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (d. 2002) |
| | 1931 - Dick Motta, American basketball coach |
| | 1933 - Tompall Glaser, American singer |
| | 1934 - Freddie King, AmericanmMusician (d. 1976) |
| | 1938 - Eileen Brennan, American actress |
| | 1938 - Caryl Churchill, English playwright |
| | 1938 - Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1940 - Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist |
| | 1941 - Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (d. 1990) |
| | 1942 - Al Jardine, American musician (the Beach Boys) |
| | 1943 - Valerie Perrine, American actress |
| | 1947 - Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway |
| | 1949 - Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004) |
| | 1950 - Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X) |
| | 1953 - Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French film director |
| | 1955 - Steve Jones, English musician (Sex Pistols) |
| | 1957 - Garth Ancier, American television executive |
| | 1959 - Merritt Butrick, American actor (d. 1989) |
| | 1963 - Amber Lynn, American porn star |
| | 1964 - Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer |
| | 1964 - Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur |
| | 1965 - Charlie Sheen, American actor |
| | 1969 - John Fugelsang, American actor |
| | 1969 - Dominic West, British actor |
| | 1970 - Gareth Southgate, English footballer |
| | 1973 - Damon Stoudamire, NBA basketball player |
| | 1974 - Clare Kramer, American actress |
| | 1975 - Cristobal Huet, French hockey player |
| | 1976 - Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor |
| | 1976 - Ashley Jones, American actress |
| | 1976 - Jevon Kearse, American football player |
| | 1977 - Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer |
| | 1978 - John Curtis, English footballer |
| | 1979 - Tomo Milicevic, Croatian musician (30 Seconds to Mars) |
| | 1979 - Julio Cesar, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1980 - The B.G., American rapper |
| | 1980 - Jason McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum41) |
| | 1980 - Jennie Finch, American softball player |
| | 1980 - Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer |
| | 1981 - Fearne Cotton, British television presenter |
| | 1982 - Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model |
| | 1982 - Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1984 - Chantelle Houghton , Celebrity Big Brother winner |
| | 1985 - Scott Carson, English footballer |
| | 1985 - Kelvin Wilson, English footballer |
| | 1985 - Tiana Ringer, American professional wrestler |
| | 1986 - Shaun White, American snowboarder and skateboarder |