| | 1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England (d. 1536) |
| | 1584 - John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654) |
| | 1614 - Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674) |
| | 1714 - George Whitefield, British-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) |
| | 1716 - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (d. 1798) |
| | 1717 - Elizabeth Carter, British writer (d. 1806) |
| | 1742 - Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal (d. 1819) |
| | 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827) |
| | 1775 - Jane Austen, British writer (d. 1817) |
| | 1775 - François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (d. 1834) |
| | 1776 - Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810) |
| | 1790 - King Léopold I of Belgium (d. 1865) |
| | 1804 - Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1889) |
| | 1834 - Léon Walras, French economist (d. 1910) |
| | 1861 - Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917) |
| | 1863 - George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and writer (d. 1952) |
| | 1865 - Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet (d. 1918) |
| | 1866 (N.S.) - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French abstract painter (d. 1944) |
| | 1867 - Amy Carmichael - missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951) |
| | 1869 - Hristo Tatarchev - Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952) |
| | 1872 - Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (d. 1947) |
| | 1882 - Sir Jack Hobbs, English test cricketer (d. 1963) |
| | 1882 - Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (d. 1967) |
| | 1882 - Walther Meissner, German physicist (d. 1974) |
| | 1883 - Max Linder, French pioneer of silent film (d. 1925) |
| | 1888 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934) |
| | 1888 - Alphonse Juin, marshall of France (d. 1967) |
| | 1899 - Sir Noel Coward, British playwright, actor and composer (d. 1973) |
| | 1900 - V. S. Pritchett, British author and critic (d. 1997) |
| | 1901 - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (d. 1978) |
| | 1902 - Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet (d. 1999) |
| | 1905 - Piet Hein, Danish mathematician and inventor (d. 1996) |
| | 1906 - Barbara Kent, Canadian Actress |
| | 1917 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, British writer |
| | 1926 - James McCracken, American tenor (d. 1988) |
| | 1927 - Randall Garrett, American writer |
| | 1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982) |
| | 1929 - Nicholas Courtney, British actor |
| | 1932 - Rodion Shchedrin, Soviet-born Russian composer |
| | 1934 - Elgin Baylor, American basketball player |
| | 1938 - Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress |
| | 1941 - Lesley Stahl, American journalist |
| | 1943 - Steven Bochco, American television producer and writer |
| | 1943 - Tony Hicks, British guitarist (The Hollies) |
| | 1945 - Yukio Hattori, Japanese Iron Chef commentator |
| | 1946 - Benny Andersson, Swedish musician, singer and songwriter (ABBA) |
| | 1946 - Trevor Pinnock, British conductor and harpsichordist |
| | 1947 - Vincent Matthews, American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist |
| | 1947 - Ben Cross, British actor |
| | 1949 - Billy Gibbons, American guitarist (ZZ Top) |
| | 1950 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (d. 2006) |
| | 1951 - Robben Ford, American guitarist |
| | 1952 - Joel Garner, West Indian test cricketer |
| | 1955 - Xander Berkeley, American actor |
| | 1961 - Bill Hicks, American comedian (d. 1994) |
| | 1962 - William Perry, American football player |
| | 1963 - Benjamin Bratt, American actor |
| | 1964 - Heike Drechsler, East German-born sprinter |
| | 1964 - Billy Ripken, former American baseball player |
| | 1965 - Nancy Valen, American actress |
| | 1965 - Chris Jones, Former American Baseball Player |
| | 1966 - Denis Wise, English soccer player |
| | 1967 - Donovan Bailey, Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter |
| | 1967 - Miranda Otto, Australian actress |
| | 1971 - Paul van Dyk (real name Matthias Paul), German trance DJ and producer |
| | 1971 - Michael McCary, American singer (Boyz II Men) |
| | 1972 - Željko Kalac, Australian footballer |
| | 1972 - Charles Gipson, American Baseball player |
| | 1973 - Scott Storch- Canadian / American hip-hop producer |
| | 1975 - Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician (Billy Talent) |
| | 1977 - Sylvain Distin, French footballer |
| | 1977 - Éric Bélanger, National Hockey League player |
| | 1978 - Gunter Van Handenhoven, Belgian footballer |
| | 1979 - Mihai Traistariu, Romanian singer |
| | 1979 - Jessie Ward, American former professional wrestler |
| | 1981 - Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian singer |
| | 1981 - Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer |
| | 1981 - Took Leng How, Malaysian convicted of murder |
| | 1983 - Kelenna Azubuike, Basketball player |
| | 1985 - Keita Tachibana, Japanese singer |
| | 1987 - Hallee Hirsh, American actress |
| | 1988 - Anna Popplewell, English actress |
| | 1989 - Chen Yaoye, professional Go player |