| | 1554 - Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) |
| | 1683 - Philip V of Spain (d. 1746) |
| | 1699 - William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) |
| | 1714 - John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) |
| | 1778 - Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, eldest child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI (d. 1851) |
| | 1813 - Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (d. 1885) |
| | 1817 - James Archer, Confederate general |
| | 1831 - Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian lady |
| | 1852 - Albert Abraham Michelson, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931) |
| | 1853 - Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (d. 1942) |
| | 1865 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (d. 1932) |
| | 1885 - Joe "King" Oliver, American jazz musician (d. 1938) |
| | 1888 - Fritz Reiner, Austro-Hungarian-born American conductor (d. 1963) |
| | 1894 - Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (d. 1978) |
| | 1901 - Rudolf Hell, German inventor (d. 2002) |
| | 1902 - Sir Ralph Richardson, British actor (d. 1983) |
| | 1903 - George Davis Snell, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996) |
| | 1906 - Leonid Brezhnev, Leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1982) |
| | 1907 - Jimmy McLarnin, former Welterweight Champion (d. 2004) |
| | 1910 - Jean Genet, French writer (d. 1986) |
| | 1915 - Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963) |
| | 1918 - Professor Longhair, American blues musician (d. 1980) |
| | 1920 - David Susskind, American TV talk show host (d. 1987) |
| | 1923 - Gordon Jackson, British actor (d. 1990) |
| | 1924 - Edmund Purdom, English actor |
| | 1924 - Doug Harvey, National Hockey League defenceman (d. 1989) |
| | 1925 - Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter |
| | 1925 - Tankred Dorst, German dramatist |
| | 1927 - James Booth, British actor and screenwriter (d. 2005) |
| | 1929 - Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz musician |
| | 1929 - Howard Sackler, American screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| | 1933 - Cicely Tyson, American actress |
| | 1934 - Al Kaline, baseball player |
| | 1934 - Rudi Carrell, Dutch singer |
| | 1935 - Barbara Bostock, American actress |
| | 1935 - Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974) |
| | 1940 - Phil Ochs, American folk singer (d. 1976) |
| | 1941 - Maurice White, American singer and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire) |
| | 1943 - Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (d. 2006) |
| | 1944 - Richard Leakey, British anthropologist |
| | 1944 - Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist |
| | 1944 - Alvin Lee, British singer (Ten Years After) |
| | 1944 - Zal Yanovsky, Canadian guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful) |
| | 1944 - William Christie, American-born director of Les Arts Florissants |
| | 1945 - Elaine Joyce, American actress |
| | 1946 - Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002) |
| | 1949 - Sebastian, Danish musician |
| | 1956 - Tom Lawless, baseball player |
| | 1957 - Kevin McHale, American basketball player |
| | 1957 - John Gulager, American film director |
| | 1957 - Cyril Collard, French film director (d. 1993) |
| | 1958 - Limahl, British singer (Kajagoogoo) |
| | 1960 - Mike Lookinland, American actor |
| | 1961 - Eric Allin Cornell, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1961 - Matthew Waterhouse, British actor |
| | 1961 - Reggie White, American football player (d. 2004) |
| | 1963 - Jennifer Beals, American film actress |
| | 1964 - Arvydas Sabonis, basketball player |
| | 1965 - Chito Martinez, Belizean baseball player |
| | 1966 - Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player |
| | 1966 - Alberto Tomba, Italian alpine skier |
| | 1967 - Criss Angel, American illusionist and escapist |
| | 1969 - Kristy Swanson, American actress |
| | 1969 - Richard Hammond, British television presenter |
| | 1970 - Tyson Beckford, American model |
| | 1971 - Tiffany Towers, Canadian adult film actress |
| | 1971 - Amy Locane, American actress |
| | 1972 - Alyssa Milano, American actress |
| | 1972 - Warren Sapp, American football player |
| | 1973 - Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist |
| | 1974 - Jake Plummer, American football player |
| | 1974 - Ricky Ponting, Australian test cricketer |
| | 1975 - Olivier Tebily, Ivorian footballer |
| | 1977 - Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player |
| | 1980 - Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor |
| | 1980 - Marla Sokoloff, American actress |
| | 1988 - Paulina Gretzky, American model; daughter of Wayne Gretzky |
| | 1990 - Megan Jones, famous Australian equestrian |