| | 551 BC - Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC) |
| | 58 BC - Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29) |
| | 1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (d. 1545) |
| | 1605 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694) |
| | 1667 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) |
| | 1681 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764) |
| | 1705 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774) |
| | 1735 - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1811) |
| | 1746 - Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794) |
| | 1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870) |
| | 1821 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874) |
| | 1823 - Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889) |
| | 1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897) |
| | 1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929) |
| | 1852 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907) |
| | 1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923) |
| | 1867 - Kiichiro Hiranuma, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952) |
| | 1881 - Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950) |
| | 1887 - Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975) |
| | 1889 - Jack Fournier, baseball player (d. 1973) |
| | 1891 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918) |
| | 1901 - William S. Paley, American radio and television executive (d. 1990) |
| | 1901 - Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974) |
| | 1905 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005) |
| | 1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979) |
| | 1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, American Communist (d. 1953) |
| | 1916 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (d. 1977) |
| | 1917 - Audree Wilson, mother of three founding members of The Beach Boys (d. 1997) |
| | 1923 - William Windom, American actor |
| | 1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996) |
| | 1925 - Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996) |
| | 1925 - Arnold Stang, American actor |
| | 1926 - Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998) |
| | 1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer |
| | 1932 - Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer, theatre director, and political activist (d. 1973) |
| | 1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress |
| | 1934 - Janet Munro, British actress (d. 1972) |
| | 1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and labor leader |
| | 1937 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003) |
| | 1938 - Ben E. King, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1939 - Stuart Kauffman, American biologist |
| | 1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician |
| | 1942 - Marshall Bell, American actor |
| | 1942 - Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1943 - Joel Higgins, American actor |
| | 1943 - Nick St. Nicholas, Canadian musician (Steppenwolf) |
| | 1943 - J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998) |
| | 1946 - Helen Shapiro, English singer |
| | 1946 - Jeffrey Jones, American actor |
| | 1947 - Bob Carr, Former Premier of New South Wales |
| | 1947 - Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
| | 1950 - John Sayles, American director and screenwriter |
| | 1950 - Laurie Lewis, American musician |
| | 1951 - Wei Chen, Canadian journalist |
| | 1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress |
| | 1954 - Steve Largent, American football player and U.S. Congressman |
| | 1954 - George Lynch, American musician (Dokken) |
| | 1955 - Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician |
| | 1960 - Jennifer Rush, American pop singer |
| | 1962 - Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1964 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian |
| | 1967 - Mira Sorvino, American actress |
| | 1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress |
| | 1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver |
| | 1968 - Naomi Watts, English-born actress |
| | 1969 - Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer |
| | 1969 - Mark Everett, former child actor, now fugitive |
| | 1969 - Éric Lapointe, Québécois singer |
| | 1970 - Mike DeJean, baseball player |
| | 1971 - Alan Wright, English footballer |
| | 1972 - Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist |
| | 1973 - Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician |
| | 1975 - Lenny Krayzelburg, American Swimmer |
| | 1976 - Fedor Emelianenko, Russian Mixed Martial Artist |
| | 1977 - Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer |
| | 1978 - Bushido, German rapper |
| | 1978 - Nikki McKibbin, American singer |
| | 1979 - Bam Margera, American skateboarder |
| | 1981 - Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer |
| | 1982 - Emeka Okafor, American basketball player |
| | 1983 - Stefan Moore, English footballer |
| | 1984 - Ryan Zimmerman, Baseball player |
| | 1984 - Melody Thornton, American singer (Pussycat Dolls) |
| | 1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress and singer |
| | 1990 - Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress |
| | 1992 - Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress |