| | 106 BC - Pompey the Great, consul of Rome, (d. 48 BC) |
| | 1321 - John of Artois, Count of Eu, French soldier (d. 1387) |
| | 1328 - Joan of Kent, wife of Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1385) |
| | 1388 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421) |
| | 1511 - Michael Servetus, Spanish humanist (d. 1553) |
| | 1547 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author (d. 1616) |
| | 1548 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1626) |
| | 1561 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (d. 1615) |
| | 1571 - Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610) |
| | 1636 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715) |
| | 1639 - Lord William Russell, English politician (d. 1683) |
| | 1640 - Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (d. 1720) |
| | 1678 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1766) |
| | 1691 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (d. 1781) |
| | 1703 - François Boucher, French painter (d. 1770) |
| | 1725 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d. 1774) |
| | 1758 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral (d. 1805) |
| | 1786 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843) |
| | 1803 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (d. 1850) |
| | 1810 - Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865) |
| | 1842 - Louis J. Weichmann, chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902) |
| | 1843 - Mikhail Skobelev, Russian general (d. 1882) |
| | 1853 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933) |
| | 1864 - Alexandra Kitchin, British model for Lewis Carroll (d. 1925) |
| | 1864 - Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer and philosopher (d. 1936) |
| | 1895 - J.B. Rhine, American parapsychologist (d. 1980) |
| | 1895 - Roscoe Turner, American aviator and racer (d. 1970) |
| | 1898 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (d. 1976) |
| | 1901 - Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954) |
| | 1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981) |
| | 1904 - Greer Garson, British actress (d. 1996) |
| | 1907 - Gene Autry, American actor and businessman (d. 1998) |
| | 1908 - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (d. 1967) |
| | 1910 - Virginia Bruce, American actress (d. 1982) |
| | 1912 - Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director |
| | 1913 - Trevor Howard, English actor (d. 1988) |
| | 1913 - Stanley Kramer, American film director (d. 2001) |
| | 1920 - Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1922 - Lizabeth Scott, American actress |
| | 1924 - Steve Forrest, American actor |
| | 1930 - Colin Dexter, British author of Inspector Morse novels |
| | 1931 - Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress |
| | 1931 - James Watson Cronin, American nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1932 - Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director |
| | 1934 - Lance Gibbs, West Indian cricketer |
| | 1935 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American musician |
| | 1936 - Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy |
| | 1938 - Wim Kok, Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
| | 1939 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter |
| | 1939 - Molly Haskell, American film critic |
| | 1939 - Larry Linville, American actor (d. 2000) |
| | 1940 - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer |
| | 1941 - Fred West, British serial killer |
| | 1942 - Madeline Kahn, American actress (d. 1999) |
| | 1942 - Felice Gimondi, Italian cyclist |
| | 1942 - Ian McShane, British actor |
| | 1942 - Bill Nelson, U.S. Senator from Florida |
| | 1942 - Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz violinist |
| | 1942 - Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| | 1943 - Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist |
| | 1943 - Lech Walesa, President of Poland, Nobel Peace Prize winner |
| | 1944 - Mike Post, American composer |
| | 1947 - Martin Ferrero, American actor |
| | 1948 - Bryant Gumbel, American television personality |
| | 1948 - Mark Farner, American guitarist Grand Funk |
| | 1951 - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile |
| | 1951 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977) |
| | 1951 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler |
| | 1951 - Mike Enriquez, Philippine broadcaster |
| | 1952 - Max Sandlin, American politician |
| | 1953 - Warren Cromartie, Major League Baseball player |
| | 1956 - Sebastian Coe, British athlete |
| | 1957 - Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian and actor |
| | 1961 - Stephanie Miller, American comedian |
| | 1962 - Roger Bart, American actor |
| | 1963 - Dave Andreychuk, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1963 - Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus) |
| | 1966 - Jill Whelan, American actress |
| | 1967 - Brett Anderson, British musician/singer (Suede, The Tears) |
| | 1968 - Patrick Burns, American television presenter |
| | 1968 - Samir Soni, Indian film actor |
| | 1969 - Erika Eleniak, American actress and Playboy Playmate |
| | 1969 - Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer |
| | 1970 - Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese Professional wrestler |
| | 1970 - Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress |
| | 1970 - Emily Lloyd, British actress |
| | 1971 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer |
| | 1972 - Robert Webb, British actor, comedian, and writer |
| | 1974 - Brian Ash, American film producer |
| | 1976 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukrainian football player |
| | 1976 - Darren Byfield, English football player |
| | 1976 - Oscar Sevilla, Spanish cyclist |
| | 1977 - Debelah Morgan, American R&B singer |
| | 1977 - Won Bin, South Korean actor |
| | 1978 - Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer |
| | 1978 - Mohini Bhardwaj, American gymnast |
| | 1978 - Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same) |
| | 1981 - Siarhei Rutenka, Belarusian handball player |
| | 1982 - Ariana Jollee, American porn actress |
| | 1984 - Per Mertesacker, German football player |
| | 1986 - Benoit Pouliot, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1989 - Sebastian Elmaloglou, Australian soap actor |