| | 53 - Trajan, Roman Emperor (d. 117) |
| | 1505 - Maria of Austria, wife of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1558) |
| | 1587 - Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640) |
| | 1643 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1715) |
| | 1684 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer (d. 1748) |
| | 1709 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784) |
| | 1718 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (d. 1783) |
| | 1733 - George Read, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1798) |
| | 1750 - Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (d. 1791) |
| | 1752 - Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (d. 1833) |
| | 1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846) |
| | 1779 - Joseph Story, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1845) |
| | 1786 - Justinus Kerner, German poet (d. 1862) |
| | 1812 - Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American politician (d. 1880) |
| | 1819 - Leon Foucault, French physicist (d. 1868) |
| | 1838 - Anton Mauve, Dutch artist (d. 1888) |
| | 1857 - John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1945) |
| | 1858 - Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1955) |
| | 1863 - Hermann Kutter, Swiss theologian (d. 1931) |
| | 1870 - Clark Wissler, American anthropologist (d. 1947) |
| | 1875 - Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d.1945) |
| | 1876 - James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953) |
| | 1883 - Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, British composer (d. 1950) |
| | 1889 - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (d. 1970) |
| | 1893 - Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (d. 1960) |
| | 1895 - John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979) |
| | 1901 - Harold Clurman, American producer (d. 1980) |
| | 1905 - Eddie Anderson, American actor, portrayed the character of "Rochester" with Jack Benny (d. 1977) |
| | 1905 - Agnes de Mille, American choreographer (d. 1993) |
| | 1905 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990) |
| | 1907 - Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1907 - Edwin McMillan, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| | 1911 - Syd Howe, Canadian hockey player (d. 1976) |
| | 1916 - Rossano Brazzi, Italian singer and actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1916 - John Jacob Rhodes, Jr., American politician and lawyer (d. 2003) |
| | 1917 - June Foray, American voice actress |
| | 1917 - Francis Parker Yockey, author of Imperium (d. 1960) |
| | 1918 - John Berger, English politician |
| | 1920 - Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006) |
| | 1922 - Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer |
| | 1923 - Peter Smithson, English architect (d. 2003) |
| | 1923 - Queen Anne of Romania |
| | 1925 - Harvey Haddix, baseball player (d. 1994) |
| | 1926 - Bud Greenspan, American film producer |
| | 1926 - Bob Toski, American golfer |
| | 1927 - Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006) |
| | 1932 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (d. 2002) |
| | 1933 - Scotty Bowman, Canadian hockey coach |
| | 1933 - Robert Blake, American actor |
| | 1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer |
| | 1933 - Robert Foster Bennett, American senator (Utah) |
| | 1939 - Frankie Avalon, American musician |
| | 1939 - Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese former President of the Republic |
| | 1939 - Fred Willard, American comedian |
| | 1944 - Michael Franks, American musician |
| | 1944 - Charles L. Veach, American astronaut |
| | 1944 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006) |
| | 1947 - Giancarlo Minardi, Italian motor racing team boss |
| | 1948 - Ken Brett, baseball player (d. 2003) |
| | 1949 - Jim McCrery, American politician |
| | 1949 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (d. 2005) |
| | 1949 - Peter Shilton, English footballer |
| | 1949 - Kerry Livgren, American singer (Kansas) |
| | 1950 - Shabana Azmi, Indian actress |
| | 1950 - Darryl Sittler, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1950 - Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright |
| | 1951 - Benjamin Carson, American neurosurgeon |
| | 1951 - Marc Surer, Swiss motor racing driver |
| | 1952 - Rick Pitino, American basketball coach |
| | 1952 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (d. 2002) |
| | 1953 - Betsy Vogel Boze, American academic |
| | 1954 - Takao Doi, Japanese astronaut |
| | 1954 - Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996) |
| | 1955 - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (d. 2006) |
| | 1956 - Peter Stastny, Slovak ice hockey player |
| | 1958 - John Aldridge, Irish footballer |
| | 1959 - Ryne Sandberg, baseball player |
| | 1959 - Ian Arkwright, English footballer |
| | 1961 - James Gandolfini, American actor |
| | 1962 - Joanne Catherall, English singer |
| | 1963 - Rob Brettle, British historian |
| | 1964 - Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter |
| | 1964 - Holly Robinson, American actress |
| | 1967 - Tara Fitzgerald, English actress |
| | 1967 - Ricky Bell, American singer |
| | 1968 - Toni Kukoc, Croatian basketball player |
| | 1968 - Cappadonna, American rapper |
| | 1970 - Darren Gough, English cricketer |
| | 1970 - Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (d. 1993) |
| | 1970 - Aisha Tyler. American actress and comedian |
| | 1971 - Lance Armstrong, American cyclist |
| | 1971 - Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer |
| | 1971 - Jada Pinkett Smith, American model and actress |
| | 1973 - James Marsden, American actor |
| | 1973 - Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi) |
| | 1973 - Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur |
| | 1974 - Sol Campbell, English footballer |
| | 1974 - Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player |
| | 1974 - Xzibit, American rapper |
| | 1977 - Li Tie, Chinese footballer |
| | 1979 - Alison Lohman, American actress |
| | 1986 - Keeley Hazell, British model |