| | 912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973) |
| | 1221 - King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284) |
| | 1402 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468) |
| | 1417 - William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487) |
| | 1553 - Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617) |
| | 1616 - John Wallis, English mathematician (d. 1703) |
| | 1632 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707) |
| | 1641 - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720) |
| | 1705 - Thomas Birch, English historian (d. 1766) |
| | 1715 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799) |
| | 1719 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777) |
| | 1749 - Edward Rutledge, U.S. statesman (d. 1800) |
| | 1760 - François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (d. 1797) |
| | 1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869) |
| | 1820 - Isaac Todhunter, British mathematician (d. 1884) |
| | 1837 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923) |
| | 1860 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925) |
| | 1861 - Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939) |
| | 1864 - Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (d. 1936) |
| | 1869 - Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942) |
| | 1875 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (d. 1933) |
| | 1876 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946) |
| | 1883 - José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949) |
| | 1887 - Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (d. 1943) |
| | 1887 - Boris Karloff, British actor (d. 1969) |
| | 1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964) |
| | 1890 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941) |
| | 1892 - Erté, French artist (d. 1990) |
| | 1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999) |
| | 1897 - Karl Gebhardt, Nazi doctor (d. 1948) |
| | 1902 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. 1982) |
| | 1907 - Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986) |
| | 1908 - Nelson S. Bond, American science fiction writer (d. 2006) |
| | 1909 - Nigel Tranter, British historian and writer (d. 2000) |
| | 1912 - George O'Hanlon, American actor (d. 1989) |
| | 1915 - John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992) |
| | 1917 - Michael Gough, English actor |
| | 1920 - Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet (d. 1970) |
| | 1921 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960) |
| | 1922 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia |
| | 1923 - R.L. Burnside, American musician (d. 2005) |
| | 1923 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986) |
| | 1924 - Paula Raymond, American actress (d. 2003) |
| | 1924 - Colin Macmillan Turnbull, British-born anthropologist (d. 1994) |
| | 1925 - Johnny Mandel, American songwriter |
| | 1925 - José Napoleón Duarte, President of El Salvador (d. 1990) |
| | 1926 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian "God-man", widely believed to be Avatar of the age |
| | 1930 - Jack McKeon, American baseball manager |
| | 1931 - Dervla Murphy, Irish traveller and author |
| | 1931 - Gloria Lynne, American singer |
| | 1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer |
| | 1934 - Robert Towne, American writer, director, producer, and actor |
| | 1934 - Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994) |
| | 1935 - Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971) |
| | 1936 - Robert Barnard, British mystery writer |
| | 1938 - Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor |
| | 1939 - Betty Everett, American singer (d. 2001) |
| | 1940 - Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball player |
| | 1941 - Franco Nero, Italian actor |
| | 1942 - Susan Anspach, American actress |
| | 1943 - Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (d. 1964) |
| | 1943 - Sue Nicholls (The Honourable Susan Frances Harmer Nicholls), British actress |
| | 1944 - Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-born film producer and writer |
| | 1944 - James Toback, American writer and director |
| | 1945 - Keith Hampshire, English singer-songwriter |
| | 1945 - Steve Landesberg, American actor |
| | 1945 - Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer |
| | 1946 - Bobby Rush, American politician |
| | 1946 - Diana Quick, English actress |
| | 1950 - Chuck Schumer, American politician |
| | 1953 - Francis Cabrel, French singer |
| | 1954 - Bruce Hornsby, American musician |
| | 1954 - Glenn Brummer, American baseball player |
| | 1955 - Steven Brust, American author |
| | 1955 - Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist |
| | 1959 - Maxwell Caulfield, British actor |
| | 1959 - Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982) |
| | 1965 - Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian |
| | 1966 - Vincent Cassel, French actor |
| | 1968 - Hamid Hassani, Iranian lexicographer |
| | 1969 - Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer |
| | 1970 - Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter |
| | 1971 - Lisa Kushell, American actress |
| | 1972 - Chris Adler, American musician (Lamb of God) |
| | 1974 - Jamie Sharper, American football player |
| | 1974 - Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player |
| | 1977 - Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver |
| | 1980 - David Britz, American nanotechnologist |
| | 1980 - Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player |
| | 1984 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer |
| | 1992 - Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer |