| | 1492 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519) |
| | 1494 - King Francis I of France (d. 1547) |
| | 1575 - Henry Hudson, English explorer |
| | 1605 - William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) |
| | 1688 - Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) |
| | 1690 - Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (d. 1775) |
| | 1725 - Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792) |
| | 1740 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (d. 1817) |
| | 1812 - Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1886) |
| | 1818 - Richard Gatling, American weapons inventor (d. 1903) |
| | 1852 - H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928) |
| | 1855 - Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician (d. 1920) |
| | 1880 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 1956) |
| | 1888 - Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972) |
| | 1891 - Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965) |
| | 1892 - Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (d. 1984) |
| | 1897 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1956) |
| | 1898 - Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963) |
| | 1901 - Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975) |
| | 1902 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (d. 1976) |
| | 1907 - Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (d. 1963) |
| | 1913 - Jesse Owens, American athlete (d. 1980) |
| | 1914 - Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1914 - Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst (d. 1988) |
| | 1915 - Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974) |
| | 1916 - Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961) |
| | 1917 - Pierre Sévigny, Canadian politician (d. 2004) |
| | 1921 - Stanislaw Lem, Polish writer (d. 2006) |
| | 1922 - Ellen Demming, American actress (d 2002) |
| | 1925 - Stan Lopata, baseball player |
| | 1931 - Sir Ian Holm, English actor |
| | 1931 - George Jones, American singer |
| | 1933 - Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress |
| | 1934 - Glenn Davis, American athlete |
| | 1937 - George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer |
| | 1940 - Mickey Lolich, baseball player |
| | 1940 - Linda Gray, American actress |
| | 1943 - Maria Muldaur, American singer |
| | 1943 - Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer |
| | 1944 - Leonard Peltier, American murderer |
| | 1944 - Barry White, American singer (d. 2003) |
| | 1949 - Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater |
| | 1951 - Joe Pantoliano, American actor |
| | 1951 - Bertie Ahern, Irish politician |
| | 1952 - Neil Peart, Canadian drummer and author (Rush) |
| | 1952 - Gerry Beckley, American musician (America) |
| | 1954 - Peter Scolari, American actor |
| | 1954 - Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (d. 1988) |
| | 1956 - Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003) |
| | 1956 - Ricky Rudd, American race car driver |
| | 1956 - Barry Andrews, British musician |
| | 1957 - Hans Zimmer, German composer |
| | 1957 - Rachel Ward, English actress |
| | 1957 - Road Warrior Hawk, wrestler (d. 2003) |
| | 1958 - Wilfredo Benitez, American boxer |
| | 1961 - Mylène Farmer, French singer and songwriter |
| | 1962 - Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer |
| | 1962 - Amy Yasbeck, American actress |
| | 1965 - John Norwood Fisher, American musician |
| | 1966 - Ben Folds, American musician |
| | 1967 - Pat Listach, baseball player |
| | 1968 - Ler LaLonde, American Guitarist (Primus) |
| | 1968 - John Stutz, American photographer |
| | 1968 - Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian |
| | 1969 - James Frey, American writer |
| | 1972 - Jason Statham, English actor |
| | 1973 - Darren Campbell, British athlete |
| | 1973 - Paul Walker, American actor |
| | 1973 - Martin Lapointe, National Hockey League player |
| | 1974 - Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer |
| | 1976 - Maciej Zurawski, Polish footballer |
| | 1977 - Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer |
| | 1977 - David Thompson, English footballer |
| | 1977 - James McCartney, British musician |
| | 1978 - Ruben Studdard, American singer |
| | 1978 - Benjamin McKenzie, American television actor |
| | 1980 - Gus G., Greek guitarist (Firewind, ex-Dream Evil) |
| | 1980 - Josef Vasicek, Czech ice hockey player |
| | 1980 - Sean Burroughs, baseball player |
| | 1980 - Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player |
| | 1982 - Nana Ozaki, Japanese gravure idol |
| | 1986 - Emmy Rossum, American actress |
| | 1986 - Yang Mi, Chinese actress |