| | 1328 - Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) |
| | 1411 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (d. 1460) |
| | 1415 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493) |
| | 1428 - Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457) |
| | 1452 - Girolamo Savonarola, Dominican priest and ruler of Florence (d. 1498) |
| | 1629 - Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1694) |
| | 1645 - Louis Joliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700) |
| | 1756 - John MacAdam, Scottish engineer and road-builder (d. 1836) |
| | 1760 - Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837) |
| | 1840 - Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1904) |
| | 1842 - Abd-ul-Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918) |
| | 1849 - Maurice Barrymore, actor; patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905. |
| | 1853 - Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926) |
| | 1863 - John Bunny, American film comedian (d. 1915) |
| | 1866 - H. G. Wells, English writer (d. 1946) |
| | 1866 - Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936) |
| | 1873 - Papa Jack Laine, American musician (d. 1966) |
| | 1874 - Gustav Holst, English composer (d. 1934) |
| | 1895 - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925) |
| | 1899 - Frederick Coutts, the 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986) |
| | 1902 - Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (d. 1963) |
| | 1902 - Sir Allen Lane, British publisher and founder of Penguin Books (d. 1970) |
| | 1906 - Henry Beachell, American Plant Breeder |
| | 1912 - Chuck Jones, American animator (d. 2002) |
| | 1912 - György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (d. 2005) |
| | 1919 - Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher and physicist |
| | 1919 - Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani scholar (d. 1988) |
| | 1926 - Donald A. Glaser, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1929 - Bernard Williams, English philosopher (d. 2003) |
| | 1929 - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (d. 1979) |
| | 1931 - Larry Hagman, American actor |
| | 1933 - Dick Simon, American racing driver |
| | 1934 - Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer and songwriter |
| | 1935 - Henry Gibson, American actor |
| | 1936 - Yuriy Luzhkov, Russian politician, mayor of Moscow |
| | 1938 - Doug Moe, American basketball player and coach |
| | 1940 - Bill Kurtis, American television journalist |
| | 1941 - R. James Woolsey, Jr., CIA director |
| | 1941 - Jack Brisco, American professional wrestler |
| | 1944 - Fannie Flagg, American actress and novelist |
| | 1944 - Hamilton Jordan, President Carter's original chief of staff. |
| | 1945 - Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer |
| | 1945 - Richard Childress, NASCAR Team Owner |
| | 1945 - Shaw Clifton, the 18th General of The Salvation Army |
| | 1946 - Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss Federal Councilor |
| | 1947 - Stephen King, American author |
| | 1947 - Marsha Norman, American playwright |
| | 1947 - Don Felder, American guitarist (Eagles) |
| | 1949 - Artis Gilmore, American basketball player |
| | 1950 - Charles Clarke, British politician |
| | 1950 - Bill Murray, American actor |
| | 1951 - Bruce Arena, American soccer coach |
| | 1951 - Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader (d. 2005) |
| | 1953 - Arie Luyendyk, Dutch race car driver |
| | 1954 - Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan |
| | 1955 - Mika Kaurismäki, Finnish director |
| | 1955 - Richard Hieb, American astronaut |
| | 1956 - Jack Givens, American basketball player |
| | 1957 - Ethan Coen, American film director |
| | 1957 - Sidney Moncrief, American basketball player |
| | 1959 - Dave Coulier, American actor |
| | 1959 - Danny Cox, baseball player |
| | 1959 - Corinne Drewery, British singer (Swing Out Sister) |
| | 1960 - David James Elliott, Canadian actor |
| | 1961 - Húbert Nói, Icelandic artist |
| | 1961 - Nancy Travis, American actress |
| | 1962 - Rob Morrow, American actor |
| | 1963 - Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor |
| | 1963 - Curtly Ambrose, West Indian cricketer |
| | 1963 - Cecil Fielder, baseball player |
| | 1965 - Cheryl Hines, American actress |
| | 1965 - David Wenham, Australian actor |
| | 1967 - Faith Hill, American singer |
| | 1967 - Tyler Stewart, Canadian drummer (Barenaked Ladies) |
| | 1968 - Ricki Lake, American actress and talk show hostess |
| | 1969 - Jason Christiansen, baseball player |
| | 1971 - John Crawley, English cricketer |
| | 1971 - Luke Wilson, American actor |
| | 1971 - Alfonso Ribeiro, Dominican-born actor |
| | 1972 - Liam Gallagher, British singer (Oasis) |
| | 1972 - Jon Kitna, American football player |
| | 1972 - David Silveria, American drummer (Ko?n) |
| | 1974 - Andy Todd, English footballer |
| | 1975 - Doug Davis, baseball player |
| | 1976 - Poul Hübertz. Danish Footballer |
| | 1979 - Richard Dunne, Irish footballer |
| | 1979 - Chris Gayle, West Indian cricketer |
| | 1979 - Julian Gray, English footballer |
| | 1980 - Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress |
| | 1980 - Tomas Scheckter, South African racing driver |
| | 1981 - Nicole Richie, American actress |
| | 1982 - Danny Kass, American snowboarder |
| | 1983 - Maggie Grace, American actress |
| | 1983 - Anna Meares, Australian cyclist |
| | 1983 - Joseph Mazzello, American actor |
| | 1985 - Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actor |
| | 1990 - Allison Scagliotti-Smith, American actress |
| | 1990 - Christian Serratos, American actress |
| | 1991 - Zoe Weizenbaum, American actress |