| | 1169 - Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183) |
| | 1487 - Pope Julius III (d. 1555) |
| | 1550 - Alonso de Guzman El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commander of the Spanish Armada (d. 1615) |
| | 1588 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer (d. 1666) |
| | 1624 - Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689) |
| | 1638 - Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683) |
| | 1659 - Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695) |
| | 1714 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774) |
| | 1758 - Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840) |
| | 1788 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868) |
| | 1836 - Joseph Wheeler, Confederate Lt. General and United States General (d. 1906) |
| | 1839 - Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (d. 1912) |
| | 1839 - Charles Peirce, American philosopher (d. 1914) |
| | 1844 - Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918) |
| | 1852 - Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief (d. 1935) |
| | 1861 - Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (d. 1941) |
| | 1866 - Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d. 1930) |
| | 1886 - Hilda Doolittle, American poet and novelist (d. 1961) |
| | 1890 - Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. 1973) |
| | 1890 - Franz Werfel, poet and author (d. 1945) |
| | 1892 - Arthur Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) |
| | 1896 - Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (d. 1946) |
| | 1896 - Robert Taschereau, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and Governor general of Canada (d. 1970) |
| | 1897 - Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976) |
| | 1898 - Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986) |
| | 1898 - Waldo Semon, American inventor (d. 1999) |
| | 1904 - Max Shachtman, American Trotskyist politician (d. 1972) |
| | 1907 - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (d. 1989) |
| | 1914 - Robert Wise, American film director (d. 2005) |
| | 1915 - Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985) |
| | 1917 - Miguel Serrano, Chilean author and diplomat |
| | 1920 - Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle engineer (d. 2001) |
| | 1922 - Yma Súmac, Peruvian singer |
| | 1924 - Ted Kluszewski, Major League baseball player (d. 1988) |
| | 1928 - Jean Vanier, Canadian humanitarian. |
| | 1929 - Arnold Palmer, American golfer |
| | 1931 - Philip Baker Hall, American actor |
| | 1933 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (d. 2000) |
| | 1934 - Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997) |
| | 1934 - Roger Maris, baseball player (d. 1985) |
| | 1937 - Jared Diamond, American evolutionary biologist, physiologist, biogeographer and nonfiction author. |
| | 1938 - Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer |
| | 1941 - Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (d. 2002) |
| | 1941 - Christopher Hogwood, English conductor |
| | 1941 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997) |
| | 1942 - Danny Hutton, American singer (Three Dog Night) |
| | 1943 - Eldridge Coleman ("Superstar" Billy Graham), American professional wrestler |
| | 1945 - Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer |
| | 1946 - Jim Hines, American athlete |
| | 1946 - Don Powell, English drummer (Slade) |
| | 1948 - Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director |
| | 1948 - Bob Lanier, American basketball player |
| | 1948 - Margaret Trudeau, former wife of late Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau |
| | 1948 - Judy Geeson, English actress |
| | 1949 - Don Muraco, professional wrestler |
| | 1949 - Bill O'Reilly, American journalist, author, and commentator |
| | 1950 - Joe Perry, American musician (Aerosmith) |
| | 1952 - Vic Toews, Canadian politician |
| | 1953 - Amy Irving, American actress |
| | 1957 - Carol Decker, UK singer, notably with T'Pau |
| | 1958 - Chris Columbus, American film director |
| | 1958 - Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer (Bananarama and Shakespear's Sister) |
| | 1959 - Peter Nelson, American actor |
| | 1960 - Colin Firth, English actor |
| | 1960 - David Lowery, American musician (Cracker) |
| | 1963 - Randy Johnson, American baseball player |
| | 1965 - Robin Goodridge, English rock drummer (Bush) |
| | 1966 - Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1968 - Big Daddy Kane, American rapper |
| | 1968 - Guy Ritchie, British film director |
| | 1969 - Jonathon Schaech, American actor |
| | 1972 - Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete |
| | 1972 - James Duval, American actor |
| | 1972 - Bente Skari, Norwegian cross country skier |
| | 1973 - Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer |
| | 1974 - Ryan Phillippe, American actor |
| | 1974 - Ben Wallace, American basketball player |
| | 1976 - Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player |
| | 1976 - Federico Gasperoni, San Marinese football player |
| | 1980 - Robert Green, English football player |
| | 1980 - Mikey Way, American, bassist for rock band My Chemical Romance |
| | 1988 - Jordan Staal, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1996 - Sadwyn Brophy, New Zealand actor |