| | 354 - Saint Augustine of Hippo, North African theologian (d. 430) |
| | 1312 - King Edward III of England (d. 1377) |
| | 1486 - Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543) |
| | 1504 - Philipp I of Hesse (d. 1567) |
| | 1710 - Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792) |
| | 1714 - William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763) |
| | 1732 - John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808) |
| | 1760 - Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820) |
| | 1761 - John Moore, British general (d. 1809) |
| | 1768 - Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844) |
| | 1814 - Joseph Hooker, American General (d. 1879) |
| | 1826 - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (d. 1895) |
| | 1833 - Edwin Booth, American actor (d. 1893) |
| | 1838 - Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (d. 1918) |
| | 1841 - Edward Burd Grubb - American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General (d.1913) |
| | 1848 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922) |
| | 1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer (d. 1894) |
| | 1853 - John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927) |
| | 1856 - Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1941) |
| | 1869 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian feminist (d. 1962) |
| | 1878 - Max Dehn, German mathematician (d. 1952) |
| | 1882 - François Le Leve, French anarchist-syndicalist, antifascist (d. 1945) |
| | 1886 - Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973) |
| | 1906 - Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986) |
| | 1906 - Eva Zeisel, American industrial designer |
| | 1908 - C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999) |
| | 1910 - William Bradford Huie, American journalist, editor, publisher and author (d. 1986) |
| | 1913 - Alexander Scourby, American actor (d. 1985) |
| | 1913 - Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986) |
| | 1914 - Alberto Lattuada, Italian film director (d. 2005) |
| | 1918 - Jack Elam, American actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1922 - Jack Narz, American game show host |
| | 1922 - Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984) |
| | 1924 - Linda Christian, Mexican-born actress |
| | 1924 - Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (d. 1994) |
| | 1928 - Steve Bilko, Baseball player (d. 1978) |
| | 1929 - Fred Phelps, leader of the Westboro Baptist Church |
| | 1931 - Andrée Lachapelle, French Canadian actress |
| | 1933 - Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress |
| | 1934 - Garry Marshall, American producer, director, writer, and actor |
| | 1935 - Tom Atkins, American actor |
| | 1935 - George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| | 1938 - Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979) |
| | 1938 - Gérald Godin, Québécois poet and politician (d. 1994) |
| | 1939 - Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer |
| | 1940 - Daniel Pilon, Québécois film and television actor |
| | 1941 - Mel Stottlemyre, baseball player and coach |
| | 1942 - John Hammond, American musician |
| | 1943 - André-Gilles Fortin, French Canadian politician (d. 1977) |
| | 1944 - Timmy Thomas, American singer, keyboardist and songwriter |
| | 1947 - Joe Mantegna, American actor |
| | 1950 - Mary Lou Metzger, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show |
| | 1950 - Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1951 - Frances Conroy, American actress |
| | 1954 - Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems |
| | 1954 - Chris Noth, American actor |
| | 1955 - Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and singer |
| | 1956 - Ginger Alden, American actress |
| | 1963 - Vinny Testaverde, American football player |
| | 1964 - Steve Wong Ka-Keung, Hong Kong singer, songwriter, composer and the bassist of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond |
| | 1967 - Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian and talk-show host |
| | 1968 - Pat Hentgen, baseball player |
| | 1969 - Gerard Butler, Scottish actor |
| | 1969 - Lori Berenson, American convicted of terrorist activities in Peru |
| | 1969 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali-Dutch feminist, politician and critic of Islam |
| | 1972 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor |
| | 1976 - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1977 - Chanel Cole, Australian singer |
| | 1978 - Nikolai Fraiture Bass player for NYC based band The Strokes |
| | 1979 - Ron Artest, American basketball player |
| | 1979 - Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer |
| | 1980 - Monique Coleman, American actress |
| | 1980 - François-Louis Tremblay, Québécois short track speed skater |
| | 1980 - Cathy Jenéen Doe, American actress |
| | 1981 - Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player |
| | 1982 - Samkon Gado, American football player |
| | 1982 - Kumi Koda, Japanese singer |
| | 1995 - Stella Hudgens, American actress |