| | 1493 - Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) |
| | 1528 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) |
| | 1606 - Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) |
| | 1615 - Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) |
| | 1651 - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican scholar, nun, and writer of the baroque school. |
| | 1729 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) |
| | 1755 - Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (d. 1813) |
| | 1795 - Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (d. 1856) |
| | 1815 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women's rights activist (d. 1902) |
| | 1817 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892) |
| | 1833 - Alexander Borodin, Russian composer (d. 1887) |
| | 1840 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917) |
| | 1842 - John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) |
| | 1848 - Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1919) |
| | 1850 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908) |
| | 1866 - Sun Yat-sen, first President of the Republic of China (d. 1925) |
| | 1881 - Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954) |
| | 1886 - Ben Travers, British playwright (d. 1980) |
| | 1889 - DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (d. 1981) |
| | 1896 - Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987) |
| | 1898 - Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast, Olympic gold medalist and athlete (d. 1999) |
| | 1903 - Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978) |
| | 1908 - Harry Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1999) |
| | 1911 - Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1991) |
| | 1915 - Roland Barthes, French critic and writer (d. 1980) |
| | 1916 - Jean Papineau-Couture, French Canadian composer (d. 2000) |
| | 1917 - Jo Stafford, American singer |
| | 1920 - Richard Quine, American actor (d. 1989) |
| | 1922 - Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002) |
| | 1923 - Vicco von Bülow, German graphic artist, actor and film director |
| | 1927 - Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958) |
| | 1929 - Michael Ende, German writer (d. 1995) |
| | 1929 - Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco, American actress (d. 1982) |
| | 1930 - Ann Flood, American actress |
| | 1931 - Bob Crewe, American songwriter and producer (The Four Seasons) |
| | 1934 - Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer |
| | 1936 - Mills Lane, American judge and boxing referee |
| | 1936 - Mort Shuman, American songwriter and singer (d. 1991) |
| | 1938 - Denis DeJordy, National Hockey League goaltender |
| | 1939 - Ruby Nash Curtis, American singer (Ruby & the Romantics) |
| | 1940 - Michel Audet, Québécois economist and politician |
| | 1943 - Brian Hyland, American singer |
| | 1943 - Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright |
| | 1944 - Booker T. Jones, American musician, singer, and songwriter (Booker T and the MG's) |
| | 1944 - Al Michaels, American television sportscaster |
| | 1945 - Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author |
| | 1945 - Neil Young, Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician |
| | 1947 - Ron Bryant, Baseball player |
| | 1947 - Patrice Leconte, French film director and screenwriter |
| | 1948 - Cliff Harris, American football player |
| | 1958 - Megan Mullally, American actress |
| | 1961 - Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast |
| | 1961 - Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer |
| | 1962 - Mark Hunter, National Hockey League player |
| | 1964 - David Ellefson, American musican, Bassist |
| | 1967 - Michael Moorer, American boxer |
| | 1968 - Glenn Gilberti, American professional wrestler |
| | 1968 - Sammy Sosa, Dominican Major League Baseball player |
| | 1968 - Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride) |
| | 1969 - Kathleen Hanna, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1969 - Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician |
| | 1969 - Johnny Gosch, Child kidnap victim |
| | 1970 - Tonya Harding, American figure skater |
| | 1970 - Harvey Stephens, British child actor |
| | 1970 - Craig Parker, New Zealand actor |
| | 1970 - Donna Adamo, American female professional wrestler |
| | 1973 - Mayte Garcia, American dancer |
| | 1973 - Radha Mitchell, Australian actress |
| | 1975 - Angela Watson, American actress |
| | 1976 - Tevin Campbell, American R&B musician |
| | 1976 - Judith Holofernes, German singer (Wir sind Helden) |
| | 1976 - Miroslaw Szymkowiak, Polish footballer |
| | 1977 - Dalene Kurtis, American Playboy model |
| | 1978 - Andrew Kinlochan, English singer and musician |
| | 1979 - Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler |
| | 1980 - Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor |
| | 1980 - Trent Acid, American professional wrestler |
| | 1981 - DJ Campbell, English football player |
| | 1982 - Anne Hathaway, American actress |
| | 1984 - Omarion, American R&B musician |
| | 1984 - Sandara Park, South Korean actor |
| | 1992 - Macey Cruthird, American actress |