| | 39 - Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65) |
| | 1500 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d. 1571) |
| | 1558 - Thomas Kyd, author of The Spanish Tragedy (d. 1594) |
| | 1560 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609) |
| | 1587 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654) |
| | 1604 - Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1622) |
| | 1618 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1707) |
| | 1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714) |
| | 1718 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (d. 1792) |
| | 1793 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d. 1836) |
| | 1794 - William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878) |
| | 1801 - Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher (d. 1859) |
| | 1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835) |
| | 1816 - Jubal Early, American Confederate general (d. 1894) |
| | 1816 - Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (d. 1898) |
| | 1845 - Edward Douglass White, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921) |
| | 1852 - Meiji Emperor, Japanese emperor (d. 1912) |
| | 1856 - Jim McCormick, Baseball player (d. 1918) |
| | 1857 - Mikhail Alekseev, Russian general (d. 1918) |
| | 1876 - Stephen Peter Alencastre, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1940) |
| | 1877 - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean president. |
| | 1887 - Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (d. 1964) |
| | 1893 - Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986) |
| | 1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918) |
| | 1896 - Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (d. 1970) |
| | 1899 - Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (d. 1986) |
| | 1900 - Adolf Dassler, founder of Adidas (d. 1978) |
| | 1901 - Léopold III of Belgium (d. 1983) |
| | 1901 - André Malraux, French writer (d. 1976) |
| | 1903 - Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975) |
| | 1908 - Bronko Nagurski, American football player (d. 1990) |
| | 1909 - James Reston, American journalist (d. 1995) |
| | 1910 - Richard Hurndall, British actor (d. 1984) |
| | 1912 - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (d. 2006) |
| | 1918 - Bob Feller, baseball player |
| | 1918 - Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (d. 2003) |
| | 1918 - Dean Riesner, film and television screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| | 1919 - Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (d. 1995) |
| | 1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer (d. 1993) |
| | 1921 - Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1923 - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1990) |
| | 1924 - Samuel Ruiz García, Mexican Roman Catholic bishop |
| | 1926 - Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania |
| | 1930 - Brian Robinson, British cyclist |
| | 1931 - Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician (d. 2005) |
| | 1931 - Monica Vitti, Italian actress |
| | 1933 - Ken Berry, American actor |
| | 1933 - Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995) |
| | 1933 - Michael Dukakis, American politician |
| | 1933 - Amartya Sen, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1933 - John Barry, English composer |
| | 1936 - Roy Emerson, Australian tennis champion |
| | 1938 - Martin Dunwoody, British mathematician |
| | 1938 - Jean Rollin, French director and screenwriter |
| | 1941 - Brian Poole, English musician (The Tremeloes) |
| | 1945 - J. D. Souther, American country-rock singer/songwriter & actor |
| | 1945 - Gerd Müller, German footballer |
| | 1946 - Tom Savini, American actor |
| | 1948 - Lulu, British actress and singer |
| | 1949 - Larry Holmes, American boxer |
| | 1950 - Joe Queenan, American writer |
| | 1950 - Massimo Mongai, Italian writer |
| | 1952 - Roseanne, American actress and comedienne |
| | 1952 - Jim Cummings, American voice actor |
| | 1952 - David Ho, Taiwanese-American AIDS researcher |
| | 1953 - Kate Capshaw, American actress |
| | 1953 - Dennis Miller, American comedian |
| | 1953 - Larry Herndon, baseball player |
| | 1954 - Adam Ant, English singer |
| | 1954 - Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress |
| | 1955 - Phil Simms, American football player |
| | 1956 - Kevin Murphy, American actor and puppeteer |
| | 1956 - Gary Ross, American film director |
| | 1957 - Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor |
| | 1959 - Hal Hartley, American film director and writer |
| | 1960 - Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player |
| | 1962 - Marilyn, British musician |
| | 1963 - Ian Wright, English footballer |
| | 1964 - Han Suk-kyu, South Korean actor |
| | 1967 - Steven Wilson, English musician and producer (Porcupine Tree) |
| | 1968 - Debbie Rochon, American actress |
| | 1969 - Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian model and hostess |
| | 1970 - Dawn Marie Psaltis, American professional wrestler |
| | 1971 - Dwight Yorke, Trinidadian footballer |
| | 1971 - Dylan Moran, Irish comedian |
| | 1972 - Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer |
| | 1973 - Nemone, Athlete and broadcaster |
| | 1973 - Mick Thompson, American guitarist (Slipknot) |
| | 1974 - Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player |
| | 1976 - Guillermo Franco, Argentine-Mexican footballer |
| | 1977 - Aria Giovanni, American model |
| | 1979 - Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer |
| | 1981 - Jackie Gayda, American professional wrestler |
| | 1982 - Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater |
| | 1982 - Travis Richter, American guitarist From First To Last |
| | 1986 - Jasmine Trias, American singer |
| | 1987 - Gemma Ward, Australian model |
| | 1987 - Elizabeth Smart, American kidnapping victim |