| | 1218 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234) |
| | 1513 - Jacques Amyot, French writer (d. 1593) |
| | 1624 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693) |
| | 1735 - John Adams, American revolutionary leader and President of the United States (d. 1826) |
| | 1751 - Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright (d. 1816) |
| | 1762 - André Chénier, French writer (d. 1794) |
| | 1786 - Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer and politician (d. 1871) |
| | 1799 - Ignace Bourget, bishop of Montreal (d. 1885) |
| | 1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881) |
| | 1839 - Alfred Sisley, French artist (d. 1899) |
| | 1844 - Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist (d. 1930) |
| | 1847 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (d. 1897) |
| | 1857 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (d. 1904) |
| | 1861 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (d. 1929) |
| | 1871 - Paul Valery, French poet (d. 1945) |
| | 1871 - Buck Freeman, baseball player (d. 1949) |
| | 1882 - William Halsey, Jr, American admiral (d. 1959) |
| | 1882 - Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (d. 1944) |
| | 1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet (d. 1972) |
| | 1886 - Zoe Akins, American playwright (d. 1958) |
| | 1893 - Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (d. 1972) |
| | 1893 - Roland Freisler, German Nazi politician (d. 1945) |
| | 1894 - Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (d. 1977) |
| | 1895 - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (d. 1964) |
| | 1895 - Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1973) |
| | 1896 - Ruth Gordon, American actress (d. 1985) |
| | 1897 - Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. 1928) |
| | 1898 - Bill Terry, baseball player (d. 1989) |
| | 1900 - Ragnar Granit Finnish neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1991) |
| | 1906 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (d. 1966) |
| | 1909 - Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. 1966) |
| | 1911 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005) |
| | 1914 - Richard E Holz, American composer |
| | 1915 - Fred Friendly, American journalist and network executive (d. 1998) |
| | 1916 - Leon Day, baseball player (d. 1995) |
| | 1917 - Nikolai Vasilievich Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (d. 1994) |
| | 1917 - Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005) |
| | 1927 - Joe Adcock, Major League Baseball player (d. 1999) |
| | 1928 - Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1999) |
| | 1930 - Nestor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (d. 1992) |
| | 1930 - Clifford Brown, noted and highly influential American jazz trumpeter (d. 1956) |
| | 1932 - Louis Malle, French film director (d. 1995) |
| | 1934 - Frans Brüggen, Dutch flutist, recorder player, and conductor |
| | 1935 - Agota Kristof, Hungarian writer |
| | 1935 - Michael Winner, British film director |
| | 1935 - Jim Perry, Major League Baseball pitcher |
| | 1935 - Robert Caro, American biographer |
| | 1936 - Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005) |
| | 1937 - Claude Lelouch, French film director |
| | 1939 - Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| | 1939 - Grace Slick, American singer (Jefferson Airplane) |
| | 1939 - Edward Holland, Jr., American singer and songwriter |
| | 1940 - Ed Lauter, American actor |
| | 1941 - Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1941 - Otis Williams, American singer |
| | 1943 - Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress |
| | 1945 - Henry Winkler, American actor |
| | 1947 - Timothy B. Schmit, bass guitarist (Eagles) |
| | 1951 - Harry Hamlin, American actor |
| | 1953 - Charles Martin Smith, American actor |
| | 1956 - Juliet Stevenson, English actress |
| | 1957 - Kevin Pollak, American actor |
| | 1958 - Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983) |
| | 1958 - Stefan Dennis, Australian actor |
| | 1960 - Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballer |
| | 1961 - Scott Garrelts, Baseball player |
| | 1962 - Courtney Walsh, West Indian cricketer |
| | 1963 - Kristina Wagner, American actress |
| | 1965 - Gavin Rossdale, English musician |
| | 1966 - Scott Innes, American voice actor |
| | 1967 - Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1970 - Maja Tatic, Bosnia singer |
| | 1970 - Nia Long, American actress |
| | 1973 - Adam "Edge" Copeland, Canadian professional wrestler |
| | 1973 - Silvia Corzo, Colombian newsreader |
| | 1976 - Stern John, Trinidadian footballer |
| | 1978 - Martin Dossett, American football player |
| | 1979 - Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress |
| | 1980 - Sarah Carter, Canadian actress |
| | 1981 - Ivanka Trump, American model and daughter of Donald Trump |
| | 1981 - Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress and model |
| | 1983 - Iain Hume, Canadian footballer |
| | 1984 - Eva Pigford, American model and actress |
| | 1989 - Nastia Liukin, American gymnast |