| | 1395 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (d. 1450) |
| | 1524 - Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583) |
| | 1533 - Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603) |
| | 1615 - Colonel John Birch, English soldier (d. 1691) |
| | 1707 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (d. 1788) |
| | 1717 - Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (d. 1791) |
| | 1726 - François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player (d. 1795) |
| | 1816 - Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (d. 1880) |
| | 1829 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (d. 1896) |
| | 1836 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908) |
| | 1860 - Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961) |
| | 1866 - Tristan Bernard, French writer (d. 1947) |
| | 1870 - Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (d. 1938) |
| | 1870 - Jimmy Tompkins, Canadian Catholic priest (d. 1953) |
| | 1877 - Mike O'Neill, baseball player (d. 1959) |
| | 1885 - Elinor Wylie, American writer (d. 1928) |
| | 1887 - Edith Sitwell, English poet (d. 1964) |
| | 1889 - Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer (d. 1953) |
| | 1895 - Brian Horrocks, British general (d. 1985) |
| | 1900 - Taylor Caldwell, American author (d. 1985) |
| | 1908 - Paul Brown, American football coach (d. 1991) |
| | 1908 - Dr. Michael DeBakey, American heart surgeon |
| | 1909 - Elia Kazan, Greek-born film director (d. 2003) |
| | 1911 - Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist dictator from 1956 to 1989 (d. 1998) |
| | 1912 - David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996) |
| | 1913 - Sir Anthony Quayle, English actor (d. 1989) |
| | 1913 - Miguel Rolando Covian, Brazilian physiologist (d. 1992) |
| | 1914 - James Van Allen, American physicist (d. 2006) |
| | 1917 - John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1917 - Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000) |
| | 1920 - Al Caiola, American guitarist |
| | 1921 - Arthur Ferrante, American popular pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) |
| | 1923 - Peter Lawford, English actor (d. 1984) |
| | 1923 - Madeleine Dring, English composer and actress (d. 1977) |
| | 1924 - Daniel Inouye, American Politician and Medal of Honor recipient |
| | 1925 - Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician, premier of Saskatchewan |
| | 1927 - Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, judge on the Supreme Court of Canada |
| | 1930 - Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist |
| | 1930 - King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993) |
| | 1932 - Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (d. 2003) |
| | 1936 - Buddy Holly, American singer (d. 1959) |
| | 1937 - John Phillip Law, American actor |
| | 1938 - Susan Stamberg, American radio journalist |
| | 1939 - Donnie Allison, American race car driver |
| | 1940 - Dario Argento, Italian film director, producer and screenwriter |
| | 1944 - Robert Laxton, English politician |
| | 1944 - Bora Milutinovic, Serbian football coach |
| | 1944 - Sam Sloan, American chess journalist |
| | 1945 - Jacques Lemaire, Canadian hockey player and coach |
| | 1946 - Willie Crawford, baseball player (d. 2004) |
| | 1946 - Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist (d. 2001) |
| | 1946 - Joe Klein, American writer |
| | 1947 - Graham Young, British serial killer (d. 1990) |
| | 1949 - Lee McGeorge Durrell, American author, television presenter, and zookeeper |
| | 1949 - Gloria Gaynor, American singer |
| | 1950 - Julie Kavner, Jewish-American actress |
| | 1951 - Morris Albert, Brazilian singer |
| | 1951 - Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer |
| | 1952 - Susan Blakely, American actress |
| | 1953 - Benmont Tench, American keyboardist |
| | 1953 - Mammootty, Indian actor |
| | 1954 - Corbin Bernsen, American actor |
| | 1955 - Mira Furlan, Croatian actress |
| | 1955 - Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician |
| | 1956 - Diane Warren, American song writer |
| | 1958 - Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer, actor, and songwriter (d. 1993) |
| | 1962 - Jennifer Egan, American novelist |
| | 1963 - Eazy-E, American rapper (d. 1995) |
| | 1966 - Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater |
| | 1968 - Jin Hee-kyung, South Korean actress |
| | 1968 - Marcel Desailly, French footballer |
| | 1969 - Darren Bragg, Baseball player |
| | 1972 - Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player |
| | 1973 - Shannon Elizabeth, American actress |
| | 1975 - Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer |
| | 1976 - Stevie Case, American video game celebrity |
| | 1977 - Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler |
| | 1978 - Devon Sawa, American actor |
| | 1980 - Mark Prior, American baseball player |
| | 1980 - Emre, Turkish footballer |
| | 1980 - Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer |
| | 1982 - Lorne Berfield, American actor |
| | 1984 - Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer |
| | 1984 - Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player |
| | 1985 - Alyssa Diaz, American actress |
| | 1987 - Evan Rachel Wood, American actress |