| | 1358 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1408) |
| | 1525 - Steven Borough, English explorer (d. 1584) |
| | 1599 - Francesco Borromini, Italian architect (d. 1667) |
| | 1644 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (d. 1710) |
| | 1683 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (d. 1764) |
| | 1694 - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754) |
| | 1711 - Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799) |
| | 1725 - Nicolas Joseph Cugnot, French automobile pioneer (d. 1804) |
| | 1738 - Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (d. 1789) |
| | 1764 - Fletcher Christian, English Bounty mutineer (d. 1793) |
| | 1766 - Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (d. 1822) |
| | 1773 - Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist (d. 1856) |
| | 1780 - Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (d. 1801) |
| | 1782 - Charles Robert Maturin, Irish playwright and novelist (d. 1824) |
| | 1796 - Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (d. 1875) |
| | 1798 - Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist (d. 1874) |
| | 1839 - Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist (d. 1904) |
| | 1862 - Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952) |
| | 1866 - Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1945) |
| | 1881 - Lu Xun, Chinese writer (d. 1936) |
| | 1889 - C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Scottish writer and translator (d. 1930) |
| | 1896 - Sandro Pertini, President of the Italian Republic (d. 1990) |
| | 1897 - William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) |
| | 1898 - Robert Brackman American artist (d. 1980) |
| | 1901 - Robert Bresson, French film director (d. 1999) |
| | 1903 - Mark Rothko, Latvian-born painter (d. 1970) |
| | 1906 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (d. 1975) |
| | 1916 - Phil Rizzuto, baseball player and announcer |
| | 1917 - Johnny Sain, baseball player |
| | 1920 - Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-born actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1921 - Sir Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1992) |
| | 1922 - Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (d. 1992) |
| | 1926 - Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991) |
| | 1927 - Sir Colin Davis, English conductor |
| | 1929 - Ronnie Barker, British comedian and actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1929 - Barbara Walters, American broadcaster |
| | 1930 - Shel Silverstein, American humorist and author (d. 1999) |
| | 1932 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982) |
| | 1932 - Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain |
| | 1933 - Hubie Brown, American basketball coach and broadcaster |
| | 1936 - Juliet Prowse, British actress and dancer (d. 1996) |
| | 1938 - Jonathan Motzfeldt, first Prime Minister of Greenland |
| | 1943 - Robert Gates, American director of the Central Intelligence Agency |
| | 1944 - Michael Douglas, American actor and producer |
| | 1944 - Doris Matsui, U.S. Congresswoman from California |
| | 1945 - Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1946 - Felicity Kendal, British actress |
| | 1947 - Cheryl Tiegs, American model |
| | 1951 - Mark Hamill, American actor |
| | 1952 - Christopher Reeve, American actor and activist (d. 2004) |
| | 1952 - Anson Williams, American actor and director |
| | 1954 - Sylvester Croom, American college football coach |
| | 1955 - Steven Severin, British musician (Siouxsie & the Banshees) |
| | 1955 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer |
| | 1958 - Michael Madsen, American actor |
| | 1960 - Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer |
| | 1960 - Sonia Benezra, Canadian television host |
| | 1961 - Heather Locklear, American actress and model |
| | 1962 - Aida Turturro, American actress |
| | 1964 - Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer and voice actresses (seiyu) |
| | 1964 - Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman (Saputo) and sports executive (Montreal Impact) |
| | 1965 - Scottie Pippen, American basketball player |
| | 1968 - Will Smith, American actor and rapper |
| | 1969 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d. 2002) |
| | 1969 - Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress |
| | 1969 - Heather Stewart-Whyte, British supermodel |
| | 1970 - Dean Ween, American musician (Ween) |
| | 1971 - John Lynch, American football player |
| | 1971 - Hal Sparks, American actor |
| | 1973 - Bridgette Wilson, American actress |
| | 1973 - Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer |
| | 1975 - Declan Donnelly, English television presenter |
| | 1975 - Matt Hasselbeck, American football player |
| | 1976 - Chauncey Billups, American basketball player |
| | 1977 - Clea DuVall, American actress |
| | 1978 - Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer |
| | 1978 - Jodie Kidd, English model |
| | 1978 - Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer |
| | 1980 - T.I., rapper |
| | 1981 - Jason Bergmann, baseball pitcher |
| | 1982 - Hyun Bin, South Korean actor |
| | 1991 - Emmy Clarke, American actress |