| | 1578 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and music theorist (d. 1640) |
| | 1694 - William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) |
| | 1703 - Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759) |
| | 1710 - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) |
| | 1738 - Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775) |
| | 1754 - William Cooper, American judge |
| | 1760 - John Breckinridge, American politician (d. 1806) |
| | 1811 - Jean-Charles Chapais, French Canadian politician, Father of the Canadian Confederation (d. 1885) |
| | 1817 - Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (d. 1895) |
| | 1825 - Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (d. 1891) |
| | 1846 - Pierre Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (d. 1904) |
| | 1859 - Georges Seurat, French painter (d. 1891) |
| | 1863 - Charles Ringling, American circus owner (d. 1926) |
| | 1885 - George Richards Minot, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize (d. 1950) |
| | 1886 - Harry Burleigh, American composer (d. 1949) |
| | 1891 - Otto Dix, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1969) |
| | 1892 - Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (d. 2002) |
| | 1894 - Warren William, American Broadway and film actor (d. 1948) |
| | 1895 - Harriet Cohen, British pianist (d. 1967) |
| | 1898 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (d. 1918) |
| | 1899 - John Barbirolli, British conductor (d. 1970) |
| | 1901 - Raimundo Orsi, Argentine-born footballer (d. 1986) |
| | 1902 - Howard Koch, American screenwriter (d. 1995) |
| | 1906 - Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-born recording engineer (d. 1977) |
| | 1914 - Adolph Green, American composer (d. 2002) |
| | 1914 - Ray Walston, American actor (d. 2001) |
| | 1917 - Sylvia Syms, American jazz singer (d. 1992) |
| | 1923 - Maria Callas, Greek soprano (d. 1977) |
| | 1924 - Alexander M. Haig, Jr., American soldier and politician |
| | 1925 - Julie Harris, American actress |
| | 1930 - Gary Becker, American economist, recipient of the Bank of Sweden Prize |
| | 1931 - Edwin Meese, American politician |
| | 1933 - Michael Larrabee, American athlete (d. 2003) |
| | 1933 - K. Veeramani, Indian anti-caste activist |
| | 1934 - Andre Rodgers, baseball player (d. 2004) |
| | 1935 - David Hackett Fischer, American historian |
| | 1939 - Yael Dayan, Israeli writer and politician |
| | 1939 - Harry Reid, American politician |
| | 1939 - Francis Fox, Canadian politician, member of the Senate |
| | 1943 - Wayne Allard, American politician |
| | 1944 - Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (d. 2006) |
| | 1944 - Botho Strauß, German author |
| | 1945 - Penelope Spheeris, American film director |
| | 1946 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997) |
| | 1948 - T. Coraghessan Boyle, American writer |
| | 1950 - Bob Kevoian, American radio personality |
| | 1951 - Adrian Devine, American baseball pitcher |
| | 1954 - Dan Butler, American actor |
| | 1954 - Stone Phillips, American television journalist |
| | 1957 - Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian politician |
| | 1958 - Uladzimir Parfianovich, Belarusian canoer |
| | 1958 - Eric L. Harry, American novelist |
| | 1958 - George Saunders, American writer |
| | 1960 - Rick Savage, British bassist (Def Leppard) |
| | 1963 - Ann Patchett, American novelist |
| | 1963 - Ron Sutter, National Hockey League player |
| | 1966 - Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1968 - Lucy Liu, American actress |
| | 1968 - Nate Mendel, American bassist (Foo Fighters) |
| | 1968 - Chris Wedge, American animator |
| | 1968 - Darryl Kile, baseball player (d. 2002) |
| | 1970 - Sarah Silverman, American comedian |
| | 1971 - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, American actor |
| | 1972 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2004) |
| | 1973 - Monica Seles, Yugoslavian-born tennis player |
| | 1973 - Jan Ullrich, German cyclist |
| | 1976 - Eddy Garabito, Professional baseball player |
| | 1978 - Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer and songwriter |
| | 1978 - Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist (Muse) |
| | 1979 - Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer and actress |
| | 1981 - Isabella Soprano, American pornographic actress |
| | 1981 - Britney Spears, American singer |
| | 1982 - Matt Ware, American football player |
| | 1985 - Dorell Wright, American basketball player |
| | 1987 - Teairra Mari, African-American R&B singer |
| | 1988 - Alfred Enoch, British actor |
| | 1989 - Cassie Steele, Canadian actress |