| | 1009 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) |
| | 1503 - Nostradamus, French astrologer (d. 1566) |
| | 1546 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (d. 1601) |
| | 1625 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695) |
| | 1631 - Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679) |
| | 1640 - (baptism date) - Aphra Behn, English playwright and novelist (d. 1689) |
| | 1678 - Daniel Neal, English historian (d. 1743) |
| | 1720 - Justus Möser, German statesman (d. 1794) |
| | 1775 - Philander Chase, American founder of Kenyon College (d. 1852) |
| | 1775 - Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral (d. 1860) |
| | 1824 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (d. 1898) |
| | 1866 - Roger Fry, British artist and art critic (d. 1934) |
| | 1870 - Karl Renner, President of Austria (d. 1950) |
| | 1881 - Katherine MacDonald, American actress and film producer (d. 1956) |
| | 1884 - Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright (d. 1950) |
| | 1895 - Paul Eluard, French poet (d. 1952) |
| | 1895 - King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952) |
| | 1896 - Jimmy Doolittle, American General (d. 1993) |
| | 1897 - Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (d. 1995) |
| | 1897 - Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (d. 1977) |
| | 1902 - Frances Bavier, American actress (d. 1989) |
| | 1908 - Morey Amsterdam, American comedian and actor (d. 1996) |
| | 1909 - Edward Tatum, American geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) |
| | 1911 - Spike Jones, American comedian and musician (d. 1965) |
| | 1913 - Dan Dailey, American actor (d. 1978) |
| | 1914 - Karl Carstens, President of Germany (d. 1992) |
| | 1914 - Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003) |
| | 1916 - Shirley Jackson, American writer (d. 1965) |
| | 1918 - James T. Aubrey, American television executive (d. 1994) |
| | 1918 - B.K.S. Iyengar, Indian yoga advocate |
| | 1920 - Clark Terry, American trumpeter |
| | 1922 - Nikolay Basov, Soviet-born Russian physicist and Noble Prize laureate (d. 2001) |
| | 1923 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer |
| | 1924 - Raj Kapoor, Indian actor (d. 1988) |
| | 1925 - Sam Jones, baseball player (d. 1971) |
| | 1931 - Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (d. 2002) |
| | 1932 - Charlie Rich, American musician (d. 1995) |
| | 1932 - Abbe Lane, American singer and actress |
| | 1935 - Lee Remick, American actress (d. 1991) |
| | 1935 - Lewis Arquette, American film actor, writer and producer (d. 2001) |
| | 1938 - Leonardo Boff, Brazilian theologian |
| | 1941 - Ellen Willis, American journalist (d. 2006) |
| | 1946 - Jane Birkin, British-born actress |
| | 1946 - Patty Duke, American actress |
| | 1946 - Michael Ovitz, American film producer |
| | 1946 - Stan Smith, American tennis player |
| | 1946 - Ruth Fuchs, East German athlete |
| | 1947 - Christopher Parkening, American guitarist |
| | 1947 - Linda Sutton, British artist |
| | 1948 - Lester Bangs, American music journalist (d. 1982) |
| | 1948 - Dee Wallace-Stone, American actress |
| | 1949 - Bill Buckner, American baseball player |
| | 1949 - Cliff Williams, British-born bassist (AC/DC) |
| | 1951 - Jan Timman, Dutch chess grandmaster |
| | 1953 - René Eespere, Soviet-born Estonian composer |
| | 1954 - Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (d. 1993) |
| | 1954 - James Horan, American actor |
| | 1954 - Steven MacLean, Canadian astronaut |
| | 1956 - Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein skier |
| | 1957 - Gary Ferris, American author |
| | 1958 - Mike Scott, British singer and songwriter (The Waterboys) |
| | 1958 - Spider Stacy (Peter Richard Stacy), British-born tin whistle player (The Pogues) |
| | 1960 - Bob Paris, American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate |
| | 1962 - Ginger Lynn (Ginger Lynn Allen), American adult film actress |
| | 1963 - Cynthia Gibb, American actress |
| | 1965 - Craig Biggio, American baseball player |
| | 1965 - Ken Hill, baseball player |
| | 1966 - Bill Ranford, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1966 - Tim Skold, Swedish/American musician |
| | 1967 - Ewa Bialolecka, Polish writer |
| | 1969 - Scott Hatteberg, American baseball player |
| | 1970 - Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer |
| | 1971 - Natascha McElhone, British actress |
| | 1972 - Marcus Jensen, baseball player |
| | 1973 - Tomasz Radzinski, Polish-born Canadian international footballer |
| | 1973 - Tia Texada, American actress and singer |
| | 1973 - Thuy Trang, American actress (d. 2001) |
| | 1974 - Billy Koch, baseball player |
| | 1976 - Leland Chapman, bounty hunter, son of Duane "Dog" Chapman. |
| | 1977 - KaDee Strickland, American actress |
| | 1978 - Kim St-Pierre, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1979 - Michael Owen, English footballer |
| | 1979 - Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer |
| | 1980 - Tata Young, Thai-American singer |
| | 1981 - Johnny Jeter, Professional wrestler |
| | 1981 - Emilie Heymans, Canadian diver |
| | 1982 - Anthony Way, British singer and actor |
| | 1984 - Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1984 - Edward Rainsford, Zimbabwean cricketer |
| | 1985 - Tom Smith, Welsh Rugby Union Player |
| | 1985 - Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress |
| | 1988 - Nicolas Batum, French basketball player |
| | 1988 - Vanessa Anne Hudgens, American actress |