| | 35 - Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98) |
| | 1491 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544) |
| | 1622 - King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660) |
| | 1656 (N.S.) - Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742) |
| | 1706 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772) |
| | 1710 - Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768) |
| | 1715 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1797) |
| | 1723 - John Byron, British naval officer (d. 1786) |
| | 1836 - Milton Bradley, American lithographer and game manufacturer (d. 1911) |
| | 1847 - Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (d. 1907) |
| | 1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d. 1912) |
| | 1848 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (d. 1925) |
| | 1854 - Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919) |
| | 1866 - Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. 1941) |
| | 1868 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942) |
| | 1869 - Zinaida Gippius, Russian woman-poet in exile in France (d. 1945) |
| | 1883 - Arnold Bax, English composer (d. 1953) |
| | 1884 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922) |
| | 1885 - Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951) |
| | 1885 - Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946) |
| | 1893 - Clarence Williams, American jazz pianist and composer (d. 1965) |
| | 1893 - Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. 1941) |
| | 1896 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (d. 1977) |
| | 1897 - Dorothy Day, social activist (d. 1980) |
| | 1898 - Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. 1937) |
| | 1900 - Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949) |
| | 1900 - Charlie Paddock, American athlete (d. 1943) |
| | 1904 - Cedric Belfrage English-born writer (d. 1990) |
| | 1908 - Martha Gellhorn, American writer and journalist (d. 1998) |
| | 1916 - June Havoc, American actress |
| | 1918 - Hermann Zapf, German designer |
| | 1919 - P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000) |
| | 1920 - Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998) |
| | 1920 - Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian Catholic churchman and currently longest-serving cardinal |
| | 1922 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (d. 2001) |
| | 1922 - Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (d. 1996) |
| | 1923 - Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 2005) |
| | 1924 - Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974) |
| | 1927 - Nguyen Khanh, Prime Minister of South Vietnam |
| | 1927 - Patti Page, American singer |
| | 1929 - António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese legal philosopher |
| | 1931 - Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979) |
| | 1931 - Morley Safer, Canadian journalist |
| | 1935 - Alain Delon, French actor |
| | 1942 - Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican jockey |
| | 1943 - Martin Peters, English footballer |
| | 1944 - Bonnie Bramlett, American blues-rock singer (Delaney, Bonnie & Friends) |
| | 1945 - Don Murray, American drummer (The Turtles) |
| | 1946 - Guus Hiddink, Dutch/Korean/Australian football (soccer) coach |
| | 1946 - Roy Wood, English songwriter and musician (Electric Light Orchestra) |
| | 1947 - Minnie Riperton, American singer (d. 1979) |
| | 1949 - Bonnie Raitt, American singer |
| | 1950 - Mary Hart, American television personality |
| | 1952 - Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist |
| | 1952 - Christie Hefner, CEO of Enterprises; daughter of Hugh Hefner |
| | 1952 - John Denny, baseball player |
| | 1953 - Alfre Woodard, American actress |
| | 1954 - Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director |
| | 1954 - Kazuo Ishiguro, British author of Japanese origin |
| | 1954 - Rickie Lee Jones, American singer and composer |
| | 1954 - Jeanette McGruder, American musician (P Funk) |
| | 1956 - Richard Curtis, British screenwriter |
| | 1957 - Porl Thompson, British musician (The Cure) |
| | 1957 - Alan Curbishley, English Football Manager |
| | 1958 - Don Byron, American clarinetist |
| | 1960 - Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor |
| | 1961 - Leif Garrett, American singer and actor |
| | 1965 - Jeff Blauser, Major League Baseball player |
| | 1966 - Gordon Ramsay, British chef |
| | 1967 - Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress |
| | 1967 - Henry Rodriguez, Major League Baseball player |
| | 1968 - Parker Posey, American actress |
| | 1968 - Zara Whites, Dutch actress |
| | 1970 - José Francisco Porras, Costa Rican footballer |
| | 1970 - Diana King, Jamaican r&b/reggae singer |
| | 1971 - Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director |
| | 1971 - Aaron Yates (Tech N9NE), American Rap Artist |
| | 1972 - Gretchen Mol, American actress |
| | 1974 - Masashi Kishimoto,Japanese mangaka |
| | 1975 - Tara Reid, American actress |
| | 1975 - José Pinto, Spanish footballer |
| | 1976 - Brett Lee, Australian cricketer |
| | 1976 - Colin Strause, American director in special effects |
| | 1977 - Flo Jalin, import car model |
| | 1977 - Bucky Covington, American Idol finalist |
| | 1978 - Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer |
| | 1979 - Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1981 - Joe Cole, English footballer |
| | 1983 - Kat Shoob, British television presenter |
| | 1983 - Blanka Vlašic, Croatian high jumper |
| | 1985 - Jack Osbourne, American TV-star, son of Ozzy Osbourne |
| | 2003 - Lady Louise Windsor, British royalty |