| | 1081 - Louis VI of France (d. 1137) |
| | 1083 - Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153) |
| | 1521 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) |
| | 1525 - Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) |
| | 1580 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) |
| | 1690 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1764) |
| | 1716 - Etienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791) |
| | 1743 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817) |
| | 1761 - Marie Tussaud, French creator of wax sculptures (Madame Tussauds) (d. 1850) |
| | 1766 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826) |
| | 1792 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1856) |
| | 1844 - Alexandra of Denmark, Danish Queen Consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1925) |
| | 1869 - Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (d. 1923) |
| | 1873 - Valery Bryusov, Russian poet (d. 1924) |
| | 1884 - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter. (d.1976) |
| | 1886 - Rex Stout, American author (d. 1975) |
| | 1895 - Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977) |
| | 1896 - Georgy Zhukov, Russian general & Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974) |
| | 1901 - Ilona Feher, Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. 1988) |
| | 1905 - Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. 1994) |
| | 1910 - Alicia Markova, English ballerina (d. 2004) |
| | 1911 - Walter Alston, American baseball player & manager (d. 1984) |
| | 1911 - Calvin Griffith, Canadian baseball executive (d. 1999) |
| | 1912 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (d. 1986) |
| | 1913 - Mary Martin, American actor and singer (d. 1990) |
| | 1917 - Marty Marion, American baseball player & manager |
| | 1922 - Paul Picerni, American actor |
| | 1922 - Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet Olympic Ice Hockey Player (d. 1979) |
| | 1923 - Stansfield Turner, American admiral and Central Intelligence Agency director |
| | 1923 - Morris, Belgian cartoonist (Lucky Luke) (d. 2001) |
| | 1930 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002) |
| | 1932 - Matt Monro, English singer (d. 1985) |
| | 1933 - Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoon artist (d. 1996) |
| | 1934 - Billy Paul, American singer |
| | 1935 - Woody Allen, American film director, actor, and comedian |
| | 1935 - Lou Rawls, American singer (d. 2006) |
| | 1937 - Chuck Low, American actor |
| | 1938 - Sandy Nelson, American drummer |
| | 1939 - Lee Trevino, American golfer |
| | 1940 - Richard Pryor, American actor, comedian (d. 2005) |
| | 1942 - John Crowley, American author |
| | 1944 - Pierre Arditi, French film and stage actor |
| | 1944 - Eric Bloom, American musician (Blue Öyster Cult) |
| | 1944 - John Densmore, American drummer (The Doors) |
| | 1945 - Bette Midler, American actress |
| | 1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer |
| | 1947 - Alain Bashung, French singer |
| | 1948 - George Foster, American baseball player |
| | 1949 - Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (d. 1993) |
| | 1949 - Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and presidential candidate |
| | 1950 - Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer |
| | 1951 - Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (d. 1987) |
| | 1954 - Bob Goen, American television game show host |
| | 1955 - Mark Thompson (radio), American disk jockey and actor |
| | 1959 - Wally Lewis, Australian rugby player |
| | 1959 - Billy Childish, English painter, writer and mucisian.]] |
| | 1960 - Carol Alt, American supermodel |
| | 1961 - Jeremy Northam, English actor |
| | 1962 - Joe Quesada, American comic book writer and artist, and editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics |
| | 1962 - Sylvie Daigle, French Canadian speed skater |
| | 1963 - Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer |
| | 1966 - Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player |
| | 1970 - Jouko Ahola, Finnish strongman |
| | 1970 - Kirk Rueter, American baseball player |
| | 1971 - Emily Mortimer, English actress |
| | 1971 - Stephanie Finochio, American professional wrestler |
| | 1971 - Dolgorsuren Serjbudee, Mongolian professional wrestler |
| | 1972 - Norbert Wójtowicz, Polish historian and theologian |
| | 1973 - Kate Rusby, English folk singer |
| | 1974 - Costinha, Portuguese footballer |
| | 1974 - David Ludwig, American composer |
| | 1976 - Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998) |
| | 1977 - Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park) |
| | 1977 - Jared Fogle, Subway spokesperson |
| | 1980 - Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer |
| | 2001 - Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan |