| | 1239 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese Shogun (d. 1256) |
| | 1267 - Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (d. 1324) |
| | 1619 - Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (d. 1682) |
| | 1632 - Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (d. 1695) |
| | 1685 - Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740) |
| | 1706 - Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749) |
| | 1734 - Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816) |
| | 1749 - Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (d. 1801) |
| | 1770 - (Baptism) - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827) |
| | 1778 - Sir Humphry Davy, British chemist and physicist (d. 1829) |
| | 1796 - Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian novelist (d. 1865) |
| | 1799 - Titian Peale, American artist (d. 1885) |
| | 1807 - John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and abolitionist (d. 1892) |
| | 1830 - Jules de Goncourt, French publisher (d. 1870) |
| | 1847 - Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916) |
| | 1853 - Émile Roux, French physician (d. 1933) |
| | 1859 - Paul César Helleu, French artist (d. 1927) |
| | 1873 - Ford Madox Ford, British writer (d. 1939) |
| | 1874 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, tenth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1950) |
| | 1883 - Raimu, French actor (d. 1946) |
| | 1887 - Josef Lada, Czech painter (d. 1957) |
| | 1888 - King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (d. 1934) |
| | 1892 - Sam Barry, American basketball coach (d. 1950) |
| | 1893 - Erwin Piscator, German film director (d. 1966) |
| | 1894 - Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979) |
| | 1900 - Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (d. 1998) |
| | 1903 - Erskine Caldwell, American author (d. 1987) |
| | 1903 - Ray Noble, British bandleader, composer, arranger and actor (d. 1978) |
| | 1905 - Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. 2002) |
| | 1906 - Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and musicologist (d. 1994) |
| | 1908 - Willard Frank Libby, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980) |
| | 1910 - Sy Oliver, American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer and bandleader (d. 1988) |
| | 1915 - André Claveau, French singer (d. 2003) |
| | 1916 - Penelope Fitzgerald, British writer (d. 2000) |
| | 1920 - Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist |
| | 1922 - Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (d. 2005) |
| | 1923 - Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian |
| | 1926 - Ray Jablonski, baseball player (d. 1985) |
| | 1927 - Richard Long, American actor (d. 1974) |
| | 1929 - Jacqueline Hill, British actress (d. 1993) |
| | 1929 - William Safire, American columnist |
| | 1930 - Bob Guccione, American magazine publisher |
| | 1930 - Bob Mathias, American decathlete and congressman |
| | 1930 - Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor |
| | 1934 - Ray Wilson, English footballer |
| | 1936 - Tommy Steele, British singer and actor |
| | 1937 - Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (d. 2005) |
| | 1938 - Peter Snell, New Zealander runner |
| | 1938 - Carlo Little, UK influential rock and roll drummer (d. 2005) |
| | 1939 - Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1992) |
| | 1940 - Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist |
| | 1942 - Paul Butterfield, American harmonica player (d. 1987) |
| | 1943 - Ron Geesin, British musician and composer |
| | 1944 - Jack L. Chalker, American novelist |
| | 1944 - Bernard Hill, British actor |
| | 1945 - Ernie Hudson, American actor |
| | 1945 - Jacqueline Wilson, British author |
| | 1946 - Eugene Levy, Canadian actor |
| | 1949 - Paul Rodgers, British singer (Free & Bad Company) |
| | 1950 - Laurence F. Johnson, American futurist and educator |
| | 1951 - Ken Hitchcock, Canadian ice hockey coach |
| | 1951 - Tatyana Kazankina, Soviet athlete |
| | 1953 - Bill Pullman, American actor |
| | 1955 - Brad Davis, American basketball player |
| | 1958 - Mike Mills, American bassist (R.E.M.) |
| | 1960 - Moreno Argentin, Italian cyclist |
| | 1962 - Rocco Mediate, American golfer |
| | 1962 - Paul Dobson, English footballer |
| | 1964 - Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and scout |
| | 1966 - Tracy Byrd Country musician |
| | 1966 - Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician |
| | 1966 - Valeri Liukin, Former Soviet Union Gymnast |
| | 1967 - Vincent Damphousse, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1968 - Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver |
| | 1969 - Chuck Lidell, UFC Fighter |
| | 1970 - Joshua Seth, American voice actor |
| | 1971 - Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player |
| | 1971 - Alan Khan, South African radio disc jockey |
| | 1972 - John Abraham, Indian actor and model |
| | 1973 - Paula Radcliffe, British runner |
| | 1974 - Giovanni Ribisi, American actor |
| | 1975 - Nick Dinsmore, American professional wrestler |
| | 1975 - Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-born actress and model |
| | 1976 - Zsanett Égerházi, Hungarian-born porn actress and nude model |
| | 1976 - Patrick Müller, Swiss footballer |
| | 1976 - Takeo Spikes, NFL Pro Bowl linebacker |
| | 1976 - Éric Bédard, Quebec speed skater |
| | 1978 - Riteish Deshmukh, Indian Actor |
| | 1978 - Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer |
| | 1978 - Chase Utley, baseball player |
| | 1982 - Craig Kielburger, child labour activist |