| | 1447 - Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) |
| | 1508 - Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555) |
| | 1561 - Sir Edwin Sandys, British-born Virginian colonist (d. 1629) |
| | 1571 - Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635) |
| | 1579 - Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639) |
| | 1594 - Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632) |
| | 1608 - John Milton, English poet (d. 1674) |
| | 1610 - Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (d. 1680) |
| | 1652 - Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician (d. 1723) |
| | 1667 - William Whiston, English mathematician (d. 1752) |
| | 1748 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (d. 1822) |
| | 1806 - Jean-Olivier Chénier, French Canadian physician and Patriote (d. 1838) |
| | 1837 - Émile Waldteufel, French composer (d. 1915) |
| | 1842 - Peter Kropotkin, Russian anarchist (d. 1921) |
| | 1847 - George Grossmith, English actor (d. 1912) |
| | 1850 - Emma Abbott, American soprano (d. 1891) |
| | 1868 - Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934) |
| | 1871 - Joe Kelley, American baseball player (d. 1943) |
| | 1876 - Berton Churchill, American actor (d. 1940) |
| | 1882 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (d. 1949) |
| | 1883 - Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (d. 1950) |
| | 1886 - Clarence Birdseye, American frozen food manufacturer (d. 1956) |
| | 1889 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish Olympic gold medalist (d. 1966) |
| | 1891 - Maksim Bahdanovic, Belarusian poet (d. 1917) |
| | 1895 - Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (d. 1936) |
| | 1897 - Hermione Gingold, British actress (d. 1987) |
| | 1898 - Emmett Kelly, American circus clown (d. 1979) |
| | 1899 - Jean de Brunhoff, French author (d. 1937) |
| | 1901 - Carol Dempster, American actress (d. 1991) |
| | 1901 - Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-born writer (d. 1938) |
| | 1901 - Jean Mermoz, French pilot (d. 1936) |
| | 1902 - Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985) |
| | 1905 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer (d. 1976) |
| | 1906 - Grace Murray Hopper, American computer pioneer (d. 1992) |
| | 1909 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (d. 2000) |
| | 1911 - Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986) |
| | 1912 - Tip O'Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994) |
| | 1914 - Frances Reid, American Actress |
| | 1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-born soprano (d. 2006) |
| | 1916 - Kirk Douglas, American actor |
| | 1917 - James Rainwater, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) |
| | 1918 - Jerome Beatty Jr., American author |
| | 1919 - William Lipscomb, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1920 - Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic |
| | 1922 - Redd Foxx, American comedian (d. 1991) |
| | 1925 - Dina Merrill, American actress |
| | 1926 - Henry Way Kendall, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| | 1926 - Jan Kresadlo, Czech writer (d. 1995) |
| | 1927 - Pierre Henry, French composer |
| | 1928 - Dick Van Patten, American actor |
| | 1929 - John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989) |
| | 1929 - Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia |
| | 1930 - Buck Henry, American actor |
| | 1931 - Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor |
| | 1931 - William Reynolds, American actor |
| | 1933 - Morton Downey Jr., American talk show host (d. 2001) |
| | 1934 - Judi Dench British actress |
| | 1934 - Junior Wells, American harmonica player (d. 1998) |
| | 1937 - Darwin Joston, American actor (d. 1998) |
| | 1938 - Deacon Jones, American football player |
| | 1938 - David Houston, American country music singer (d. 1993) |
| | 1941 - Beau Bridges, American actor |
| | 1941 - Dan Hicks, American musician |
| | 1942 - Dick Butkus, American football player |
| | 1943 - Pit Martin, National Hockey League player |
| | 1946 - Sonia Gandhi, Italian-born Indian politician |
| | 1947 - Tom Daschle, American politician |
| | 1947 - Jaak Jõerüüt, Soviet-born Estonian politician |
| | 1949 - Tom Kite, American golfer |
| | 1950 - Joan Armatrading, West Indian-born British singer |
| | 1952 - Michael Dorn, American actor |
| | 1952 - Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician |
| | 1953 - John Malkovich, American actor |
| | 1953 - Monique Miller, French Canadian actress |
| | 1954 - Herman Finkers, Dutch comedian |
| | 1957 - Donny Osmond, American singer and actor |
| | 1958 - Nick Seymour, Australian bassist (Crowded House) |
| | 1960 - Juan Samuel, Major League Baseball Player |
| | 1961 - David Anthony Higgins, American actor |
| | 1962 - Felicity Huffman, American actress |
| | 1963 - Masako, Crown princess of Japan |
| | 1964 - Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein) |
| | 1966 - Toby Huss, American actor |
| | 1967 - Joshua Bell, American violinist |
| | 1967 - Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer |
| | 1968 - Kurt Angle, American wrestler |
| | 1968 - Dave Harold, British snooker player |
| | 1968 - Brian Bell, American guitarist (Weezer) |
| | 1969 - Jakob Dylan, American singer (The Wallflowers) |
| | 1969 - Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer |
| | 1969 - Sebastian Spence, Canadian actor |
| | 1971 - Petr Nedved, National Hockey League player |
| | 1972 - Tre Cool, German-born American drummer (Green Day) |
| | 1972 - Reiko Aylesworth, American actress |
| | 1972 - Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-born French tennis player |
| | 1976 - Chris Booker, American baseball player |
| | 1977 - Imogen Heap, British singer and songwriter |
| | 1978 - Jesse Metcalfe, American actor (Desperate Housewives) |
| | 1979 - Olivia Lufkin, Japanese singer |
| | 1980 - Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian professional cyclist |
| | 1981 - Diya Mirza, Indian actress |
| | 1982 - Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist |
| | 1983 - Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer |
| | 1990 - LaFee, German Singer |
| | 1991 - Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este, Belgian Prince |