| | 1464 - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (d. 1526) |
| | 1563 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (d. 1626) |
| | 1600 - King Charles I of England (d. 1649) |
| | 1600 - Leo Aitzema, Dutch historian and statesman (d. 1669) |
| | 1617 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (d. 1655) |
| | 1700 - Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (d. 1770) |
| | 1711 - Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian writer and polymath (d. 1765) |
| | 1722 - Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d. 1809) |
| | 1722 - Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (d. 1810) |
| | 1752 - George Rogers Clark, American military leader (d. 1818) |
| | 1802 - Solomon Foot, American politician |
| | 1805 - Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and Suez Canal engineer (d. 1894) |
| | 1831 - James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States (d. 1881) |
| | 1833 - Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (d. 1911) |
| | 1835 - Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen (d. 1858) |
| | 1843 - Richard Avenarius, German philosopher (d. 1896) |
| | 1859 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (d. 1935) |
| | 1862 - Billy Sunday, American evangelist (d. 1935) |
| | 1875 - Mikhail I. Kalinin, President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (d. 1946) |
| | 1876 - Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, Russian mathematician (d. 1964) |
| | 1883 - Ned Sparks, Canadian actor (d. 1957) |
| | 1887 - James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955) |
| | 1888 - José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (d. 1942) |
| | 1889 - Clifton Webb, American actor (d. 1966) |
| | 1893 - René Voisin, French classical trumpet player (d. 1952) |
| | 1895 - Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (d. 1989) |
| | 1896 - Georgy Zhukov, Russian general (d. 1974) |
| | 1897 - Quentin Roosevelt, son of United States President Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1918) |
| | 1898 - Arthur R. von Hippel, German-born physicist (d. 2003) |
| | 1899 - Allen Tate, American poet and critic (d. 1979) |
| | 1900 - Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian scientist (d. 1980) |
| | 1900 - Anna Seghers, German writer (d. 1983) |
| | 1900 - Bunny Ahearne, Irish ice hockey promoter (d. 1985) |
| | 1905 - Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader (d. 1956) |
| | 1907 - Jack Schaefer, American author (d. 1991) |
| | 1909 - Peter Drucker, American management theorist (d. 2005) |
| | 1912 - George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| | 1915 - Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974) |
| | 1917 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984) |
| | 1919 - Alan Young, British-born American actor (Mister Ed) |
| | 1920 - Gene Tierney, American actress (d. 1991) |
| | 1921 - Roy Campanella, baseball player (d. 1993) |
| | 1921 - Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister |
| | 1922 - Yuri Knorosov, Russian epigrapher (d. 1999) |
| | 1924 - William Russell, British actor |
| | 1926 - Jeane Kirkpatrick, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations |
| | 1929 - Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician |
| | 1929 - Norman Cantor, Canadian medieval scholar (d. 2004) |
| | 1933 - Larry King, American television interviewer |
| | 1935 - Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian imam (d. 1990) |
| | 1935 - Jack Welch, American businessman |
| | 1936 - Dick Cavett, American talk show host |
| | 1936 - Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1938 - Ted Turner, American businessman |
| | 1939 - Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator |
| | 1941 - Dan Haggerty, American actor |
| | 1941 - Tommy Thompson, U.S. Governor |
| | 1942 - Calvin Klein, American clothing designer |
| | 1942 - Sharon Olds, American poet |
| | 1943 - Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban-born Major League Baseball player (d. 1990) |
| | 1943 - Fred Lipsius, saxophonist and pianist (Blood, Sweat & Tears) |
| | 1944 - Dennis Hull, National Hockey League player |
| | 1945 - Bobby Tolan, former Major League Baseball player |
| | 1947 - Bob Boone, baseball player and manager |
| | 1947 - Lamar S. Smith, American politician |
| | 1949 - Ahmad Rashad, American football player and sportscaster |
| | 1951 - Zeenat Aman, Indian actress |
| | 1951 - Lord Falconer of Thoroton, British lawyer and politician |
| | 1953 - Robert Beltran, American actor |
| | 1953 - Tom Villard, American actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1954 - Kathleen Quinlan, American actress |
| | 1956 - Ann Curry, American journalist |
| | 1956 - Glynnis O'Connor, American actress |
| | 1957 - Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000) |
| | 1958 - Michael Wilbon, Sports Analyst |
| | 1959 - Allison Janney, American actress |
| | 1960 - Elizabeth Hulette, American professional wrestling manager and valet (d. 2003) |
| | 1960 - Matt Sorum, American Musician, drummer with the band Velvet Revolver |
| | 1961 - Meg Ryan, American actress |
| | 1962 - Jodie Foster, American actress |
| | 1963 - Terry Farrell, American actress |
| | 1963 - Jon Potter, British field hockey player |
| | 1965 - Laurent Blanc, French footballer |
| | 1966 - Gail Devers, American athlete |
| | 1966 - Jason Scott Lee, American actor |
| | 1966 - Rocco DiSpirito, American chef |
| | 1968 - Karina, Venezuelan singer |
| | 1969 - Terrence Carson, American actor |
| | 1969 - Erika Alexander, American actress |
| | 1970 - Justin Chancellor, English bassist (Tool) |
| | 1972 - Sandrine Holt, Canadian actress |
| | 1973 - Savion Glover, American choreographer, actor, and dancer |
| | 1973 - Billy Currington, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1975 - Sushmita Sen, Indian beauty queen and actress |
| | 1976 - Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter |
| | 1976 - Petr Sýkora, National Hockey League player |
| | 1977 - Kerri Strug, American Olympic gymnast |
| | 1978 - Vera Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech athlete |
| | 1979 - Ryan Howard, American baseball player |
| | 1979 - Larry Johnson, American football player |
| | 1979 - Leam Richardson, English footballer |
| | 1983 - Chandra Crawford, Canadian cross-country skier |
| | 1985 - Chris Eagles, British footballer |
| | 1993 - Mitchell fanning, WWE Womens champion |