| | 86 - Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (d. 161) |
| | 866 - Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (d. 912) |
| | 1377 - Duke Albert IV of Austria (d. 1404) |
| | 1551 - King Henry III of France (d. 1589) |
| | 1676 - Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733) |
| | 1714 - Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1786) |
| | 1737 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Senator (d. 1832) |
| | 1749 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (d. 1822) |
| | 1754 - John Ross Key, commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key (d. 1821) |
| | 1759 - William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850) |
| | 1778 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain |
| | 1796 - Hartley Coleridge, English poet (d. 1849) |
| | 1811 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (d. 1881) |
| | 1828 - Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1880) |
| | 1882 - Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (d. 1965) |
| | 1887 - Lynne Overman, American actor (d. 1943) |
| | 1888 - J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (d. 1971) |
| | 1889 - Sadie Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999) |
| | 1898 - Giuseppe Saragat, president of the Italian Republic (d. 1988) |
| | 1901 - Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-born film producer (d. 1991) |
| | 1905 - Leon Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor (d. 1982) |
| | 1907 - Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. American Supreme Court Justice (d. 1998) |
| | 1908 - Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist (d. 1979) |
| | 1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998) |
| | 1910 - Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981) |
| | 1911 - Sir William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993) |
| | 1912 - Kurt Sanderling, German conductor |
| | 1913 - Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970) |
| | 1915 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer and comedian (d. 1973) |
| | 1919 - Mary Midgley, American philosopher |
| | 1919 - Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004) |
| | 1920 - Roger Angell, American sports writer |
| | 1921 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator & writer (d. 1997) |
| | 1922 - Damon Knight, American writer (d. 2002) |
| | 1922 - Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (d. 2000) |
| | 1926 - James Lipton, American actor, writer and host of Inside the Actors Studio |
| | 1926 - Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1926 - Duke Snider, baseball player |
| | 1928 - William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997) |
| | 1928 - Adam West, American actor |
| | 1930 - Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker |
| | 1931 - Brook Benton, American singer (d. 1988) |
| | 1933 - David McCallum, Scottish actor |
| | 1933 - Gilles Archambault, Québécois novelist |
| | 1934 - Brian Epstein, English musical group manager (the Beatles) (d. 1967) |
| | 1935 - Benjamin Hacker, American naval aviator (d. 2003) |
| | 1935 - Nick Massi, American singer (The Four Seasons) (d. 2000) |
| | 1936 - Al Oerter, American athlete |
| | 1937 - Abner Haynes, American football player |
| | 1940 - Paul Williams, American composer |
| | 1940 - Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1940 - Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter (The Righteous Brothers) |
| | 1941 - Mama Cass Elliot, American musician (d. 1974) |
| | 1941 - Umberto Bossi, Italian politician |
| | 1943 - Joe Morgan, baseball player |
| | 1945 - Randolph Mantooth, American actor |
| | 1945 - Freda Payne, American singer and actress |
| | 1946 - Brian Henton, English racing driver |
| | 1948 - Jeremy Irons, English actor |
| | 1949 - Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founder Innocence Project |
| | 1949 - Twiggy, English model |
| | 1950 - Joan Lunden, American journalist and television host |
| | 1951 - Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer |
| | 1952 - Nile Rodgers, American musician and composer |
| | 1955 - Charlie Reliford, baseball umpire |
| | 1955 - Rex Smith, American singer and actor |
| | 1955 - Richard Burmer, American composer, sound designer and electronic musician (d. 2006) |
| | 1956 - Juan Manuel Fangio II, Argentine racing driver |
| | 1958 - Lita Ford, English-born singer (The Runaways) |
| | 1958 - Kevin Hooks, American actor and director |
| | 1958 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanian boxer |
| | 1963 - David Seaman, English footballer |
| | 1963 - Jarvis Cocker, English musician |
| | 1964 - Bob Papa, American sportscaster |
| | 1964 - Trisha Yearwood, American singer |
| | 1964 - Patrick Marber, British playwright |
| | 1965 - Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress |
| | 1965 - Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian |
| | 1966 - Soledad O'Brien, American journalist |
| | 1966 - Eric Robert Rudolph, American criminal |
| | 1967 - Jim Abbott, baseball player |
| | 1967 - Alexander Karelin, Russian wrestler |
| | 1969 - Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer |
| | 1970 - Victor Williams, American actor |
| | 1970 - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer |
| | 1970 - Gilbert Dionne, National Hockey League player |
| | 1970 - Dan Bylsma, National Hockey League player |
| | 1973 - Nick Colgan, Irish footballer |
| | 1973 - Cristiano Da Matta, Brazilian racing car driver |
| | 1974 - Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian |
| | 1974 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model |
| | 1976 - Raja Bell, American basketball player |
| | 1977 - Ryan Dusick, American drummer (Maroon 5) |
| | 1978 - Michelle Alves, Brazilian supermodel |
| | 1978 - Nick Johnson, Baseball player |
| | 1978 - Nigel Mitchell, Quizmania and Capital Disney presenter |
| | 1979 - Dannielle Brent, British actress |
| | 1980 - Tegan and Sara Quin, Canadian singer/songwriters |
| | 1981 - Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist |
| | 1983 - Joey Devine, baseball player |
| | 1984 - Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor |
| | 1987 - Danielle Panabaker, American actress |
| | 1990 - Patrick Breeding, of the boy band B5 |