| | 1017 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056) |
| | 1656 (O.S.) - Edmond Halley, English astronomer (d. 1742) |
| | 1682 - Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) |
| | 1690 - Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) |
| | 1704 - John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) |
| | 1740 - James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson (d. 1795) |
| | 1815 - Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904) |
| | 1822 - Mieczyslaw Cardinal Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902) |
| | 1827 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907) |
| | 1855 - Paul Bruchési, archbishop of Montreal (d. 1939) |
| | 1861 - Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904) |
| | 1877 - Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (d. 1973) |
| | 1879 - Alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941) |
| | 1879 - Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969) |
| | 1880 - Abram Ioffe, Soviet physicist (d. 1960) |
| | 1882 - Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944) |
| | 1891 - Fanny Brice, American singer (d. 1951) |
| | 1897 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda (d. 1945) |
| | 1899 - Akim Tamiroff, Russian actor (d. 1972) |
| | 1907 - Edwige Feuillère, French film actress (d. 1998) |
| | 1910 - Alfred Ayer, British philosopher (d. 1989) |
| | 1915 - William Berenberg, American physician (d. 2005) |
| | 1917 - Eddie Constantine, American actor/singer (d. 1993) |
| | 1920 - Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-born immunologist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1920 - Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, Indian Catholic |
| | 1921 - Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist (d. 2003) |
| | 1922 - Neil Hefti, American jazz trumpeter |
| | 1923 - Carl Djerassi, Austrian chemist |
| | 1925 - Dominick Dunne, American author |
| | 1925 - Robert Hardy, English actor |
| | 1926 - Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor |
| | 1930 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor (d. 2002) |
| | 1935 - Takahata Isao, Japanese animated film director |
| | 1936 - Akiko Kojima, Japanese model |
| | 1938 - Ralph Bakshi, Israeli cartoonist |
| | 1938 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia |
| | 1940 - Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996) |
| | 1940 - Connie Mack, U.S. Senator from Florida |
| | 1940 - José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Catholic bishop |
| | 1943 - Don Simpson, American film producer (d. 1996) |
| | 1944 - Denny Laine, English musician (Moody Blues,Wings) |
| | 1944 - Otto Wiesheu, German minister |
| | 1944 - Claude Brochu, Major League Baseball executive (Montreal Expos) |
| | 1946 - Peter Green, English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac) |
| | 1947 - Richard Dreyfuss, American actor |
| | 1948 - Kate Jackson, American actress |
| | 1953 - Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1955 - Roger O'Donnell, English musician (The Cure) |
| | 1956 - Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican boxer |
| | 1957 - Dan Castellaneta, American actor |
| | 1958 - David Remnick, American writer and editor of The New Yorker |
| | 1959 - Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1960 - Finola Hughes, British actress |
| | 1961 - Randy Jackson, American musician |
| | 1961 - Joel Otto, National Hockey League player |
| | 1964 - Yasmin Le Bon, British model |
| | 1967 - Joely Fisher, American actress |
| | 1967 - Rufus Sewell, English actor |
| | 1968 - Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater |
| | 1968 - Tsunku, Japanese music producer |
| | 1970 - Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer |
| | 1970 - Philip Cocu, Dutch footballer |
| | 1971 - Winona Ryder, American actress |
| | 1972 - Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur |
| | 1972 - Gabrielle Union, American actress |
| | 1973 - Robert Pirès, French footballer |
| | 1974 - Michael Vaughan, English cricketer |
| | 1975 - Kelly Lin, Chinese actress |
| | 1976 - Stephen Craigan, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1977 - Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor |
| | 1978 - Travis Henry, American football player |
| | 1980 - Ben Foster, American actor |
| | 1980 - B.J. Sams, American football player |
| | 1981 - Amanda Beard, American swimmer |
| | 1981 - Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer |
| | 1982 - Chelan Simmons, Canadian actress |
| | 1983 - Maurice Clarett, American football player |
| | 1983 - Dana Eveland, American baseball player |
| | 1983 - Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor |
| | 1983 - Jason Tahincioglu, Turkish racing driver |
| | 1984 - Eric Staal, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1987 - Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer |