| | 1276 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1328) |
| | 1433 - Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (d. 1499) |
| | 1562 - Archbishop George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1633) |
| | 1582 - Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (d. 1591) |
| | 1605 - Thomas Browne, English writer (d. 1682) |
| | 1610 - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (d. 1688) |
| | 1658 - Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1704) |
| | 1680 - John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (d. 1740) |
| | 1688 - William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752) |
| | 1718 - Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (d. 1804) |
| | 1720 - John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (d. 1772) |
| | 1721 - Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800) |
| | 1784 - John McLoughlin, Canadian fur trader (d. 1857) |
| | 1810 - Cassius Marcellus Clay, American abolitionist (d. 1903) |
| | 1851 - Empress Myeongseong, Empress of Korea (d.1895) |
| | 1858 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (d. 1937) |
| | 1862 - Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954) |
| | 1873 - Jaap Eden, Dutch skater and cyclist (d. 1925) |
| | 1876 - Mordecai Brown, Baseball player (d. 1945) |
| | 1885 - Charles Merrill, American investment banker (d. 1956) |
| | 1895 - Lewis Mumford, American historian (d. 1990) |
| | 1896 - Bob O'Farrell, baseball player (d. 1988) |
| | 1897 - Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (d. 1994) |
| | 1899 - Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974) |
| | 1900 - Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer (d. 1991) |
| | 1900 - Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1957) |
| | 1901 - Arleigh Burke, Naval commander (d. 1996) |
| | 1907 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (d. 1962) |
| | 1908 - Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (d. 1981) |
| | 1909 - Cozy Cole, American jazz drummer (d. 1981) |
| | 1910 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) |
| | 1910 - Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (d. 1980) |
| | 1913 - Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and songwriter (d. 1980) |
| | 1916 - Jean Dausset, French immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| | 1916 - Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1985) |
| | 1922 - Jack Anderson, American journalist (d. 2005) |
| | 1926 - Joel Feinberg, American moral philosopher (d. 2004) |
| | 1926 - Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and songwriter |
| | 1931 - John le Carré, English novelist |
| | 1932 - Robert Reed, American actor (d. 1992) |
| | 1937 - Peter Max, American artist |
| | 1937 - Marilyn Bell, Canadian long distance swimmer |
| | 1940 - Michael Gambon, Irish actor |
| | 1941 - Simon Ward, British actor |
| | 1942 - Andrew Vachss, American author and attorney |
| | 1944 - Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician, political activist (d. 1987) |
| | 1944 - George McCrae, American soul singer |
| | 1945 - Divine, American actor (d. 1988) |
| | 1945 - Patricia Ireland, President of the NOW |
| | 1945 - John Lithgow, American actor |
| | 1945 - Jeannie C. Riley American country and gospel singer |
| | 1946 - Philip Pullman, English writer |
| | 1947 - Giorgio Cavazzano, comics artist and illustrator |
| | 1948 - Pat Simmons, American musician (The Doobie Brothers) |
| | 1956 - Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (d. 1993) |
| | 1957 - Ray Richmond, entertainment/media columnist |
| | 1960 - Jonathan FeBland English musician, writer and artist |
| | 1962 - Tracy Chevalier, American author |
| | 1962 - Evander Holyfield, American boxer |
| | 1964 - Jorge Luis Gonzales, Cuban-born American boxer |
| | 1965 - Ty Pennington, American television carpenter |
| | 1966 - Jon Favreau, American actor, writer and director |
| | 1969 - Trey Parker, American cartoonist, comedian, writer, and actor |
| | 1970 - Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor |
| | 1972 - Pras, American musician |
| | 1972 - Keith Foulke, American baseball pitcher |
| | 1973 - Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1976 - Michael Young, baseball player |
| | 1976 - Desmond Harrington, American actor |
| | 1978 - Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian Formula One driver |
| | 1980 - Benjamin Salisbury, American actor |
| | 1981 - Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish Formula One driver |
| | 1990 - Janet Leon, Swedish singer (Play) |