| | 539 - Gregory of Tours, French bishop and historian (d. 594) |
| | 1340 - John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (d. 1416) |
| | 1364 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390) |
| | 1466 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (d. 1560) |
| | 1508 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (d. 1580) |
| | 1554 - Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer (d. 1586) |
| | 1594 - John Cosin, English clergyman (d. 1672) |
| | 1625 - Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696) |
| | 1637 - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d. 1698) |
| | 1667 - Jonathan Swift, Irish writer and satirist (d.1745) |
| | 1670 - John Toland, Irish philosopher (d. 1722) |
| | 1683 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744) |
| | 1719 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (d. 1772) |
| | 1722 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d. 1761) |
| | 1723 - William Livingston, revolutionary Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790) |
| | 1756 - Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827) |
| | 1768 - Jedrzej Sniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838) |
| | 1781 - Alexander Berry, British adventurer (d. 1873) |
| | 1796 - Carl Loewe, German composer (d. 1869) |
| | 1810 - Oliver Winchester, American gunsmith (d. 1880) |
| | 1813 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (d. 1890) |
| | 1813 - Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (d. 1888) |
| | 1817 - Theodor Mommsen, German author and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1903) |
| | 1821 - Frederick Temple, 95th Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902) |
| | 1835 - Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), American writer (d. 1910) |
| | 1836 - Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (d. 1882) |
| | 1840 - Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928) |
| | 1847 - Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909) |
| | 1857 - Bobby Abel, English test cricketer (d. 1936) |
| | 1858 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937) |
| | 1863 - Andres Bonifacio, head of the Philippine Revolutionary Movement Katipunan (KKK) (d. 1897) |
| | 1869 - Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937) |
| | 1872 - Dr. John McCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, poet. Author of "In Flanders Fields" (d. 1918) |
| | 1874 - Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) |
| | 1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d. 1942) |
| | 1889 - Edgar Douglas Adrian, British physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977) |
| | 1898 - Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (d. 1976) |
| | 1904 - Clyfford Still, American painter (d. 1980) |
| | 1907 - Jacques Barzun, French-born historian and author |
| | 1909 - Robert Nighthawk, American musician (d. 1967) |
| | 1911 - Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953) |
| | 1912 - Gordon Parks, American photographer, film director, composer and writer (d. 2006) |
| | 1915 - Brownie McGhee, American blues musician (d.1996) |
| | 1915 - Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005) |
| | 1918 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor |
| | 1920 - Virginia Mayo, American actress (d. 2005) |
| | 1924 - Shirley Chisholm, American politician, United States Representatives from New York (d. 2005) |
| | 1924 - Allan Sherman, American comedian (d. 1973) |
| | 1926 - Richard Crenna, American actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1927 - Robert Guillaume, American actor |
| | 1929 - Dick Clark, American television host |
| | 1929 - Joan Ganz Cooney, American children's television pioneer |
| | 1930 - G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate operative and talk radio host |
| | 1931 - Jack Ging, American actor |
| | 1931 - Bill Walsh, American football coach |
| | 1932 - Bob Moore, American bassist and orchestra leader |
| | 1936 - Abbie Hoffman, American activist (d. 1989) |
| | 1936 - Dmitri Victorovich Anosov, Russian mathematician |
| | 1937 - Ridley Scott, British film director |
| | 1937 - Frank Ifield, Australian/British singer |
| | 1943 - Terrence Malick, American director and screenwriter. |
| | 1945 - Roger Glover, British bassist (Deep Purple) |
| | 1947 - David Mamet, American playwright |
| | 1947 - Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet |
| | 1951 - Christian Bernard, mystic |
| | 1951 - June Chadwick, British actress |
| | 1952 - Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist |
| | 1952 - Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer |
| | 1953 - June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) |
| | 1955 - Billy Idol, British musician |
| | 1957 - Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian |
| | 1957 - Andrew Calhoun, American musician |
| | 1957 - Joël Champetier, French Canadian author |
| | 1957 - John Ashton, English guitarist (Psychedelic Furs) |
| | 1958 - Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder |
| | 1958 - Stacey Q, American dance-pop singer |
| | 1959 - Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist |
| | 1960 - Gary Lineker, English international footballer |
| | 1960 - Rich Fields, TV personality |
| | 1962 - Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player |
| | 1962 - Daniel Keys Moran, American writer |
| | 1964 - Jushin Liger, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1965 - Ben Stiller, American actor |
| | 1965 - Aldair, Brazilian international footballer |
| | 1966 - Ed Kemper, serial killer |
| | 1966 - Mika Salo, Finnish Formula 1 Driver |
| | 1966 - Wil Mara, American author |
| | 1968 - Des'ree, British soul/pop singer |
| | 1968 - Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist |
| | 1969 - Marc Goossens, Belgian racing driver |
| | 1971 - Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, Puerto Rican baseball player |
| | 1971 - Ray Durham, American baseball player |
| | 1972 - Abel Xavier, Portuguese international footballer |
| | 1973 - John Moyer, American bassist (Disturbed) |
| | 1973 - Jason Reso, Canadian professional wrestler |
| | 1975 - Mindy McCready, American musican |
| | 1975 - Ben Thatcher, Welsh international footballer |
| | 1976 - Josh Lewsey, England national and London Wasps Rugby union player |
| | 1978 - Clay Aiken, American singer |
| | 1978 - Emil Steiner, American writer |
| | 1978 - Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor |
| | 1981 - Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player |
| | 1982 - Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress |
| | 1982 - Jason Pominville, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1984 - Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer |
| | 1984 - Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer |
| | 1985 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress and model |
| | 1986 - Jordan Farmar, American basketball player |
| | 1987 - Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (McFly) |
| | 1987 - Ian Hecox, American comedian and co-founder of Smosh |
| | 1990 - Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player |
| | 1991 - Carnell Breeding, of the boy band B5 |
| | 1994 - Nyjah Huston, Skateboarder |