| | 1194 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250) |
| | 1532 - Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (d. 1576) |
| | 1536 - Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar (d. 1584) |
| | 1646 - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709) |
| | 1687 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (d. 1755) |
| | 1716 - Thomas Gray, English writer (d. 1771) |
| | 1716 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (d. 1803) |
| | 1723 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807) |
| | 1736 - Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670) |
| | 1737 - Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (d. 1815) |
| | 1751 - Clement Hofbauer, Austrian missionary and saint (d. 1820) |
| | 1780 - Mary Fairfax Somerville, British mathematician (d. 1872) |
| | 1782 - Filaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867) |
| | 1791 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871) |
| | 1819 - E. D. E. N. Southworth, American novelist (d. 1899) |
| | 1822 - Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890) |
| | 1837 - George Dewey, U. S. admiral (d. 1917) |
| | 1853 - René Bazin, French novelist (d. 1932) |
| | 1859 - William Stephens, U.S. political figure (d. 1944) |
| | 1872 - Norman Angell, British politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1967) |
| | 1873 - Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953) |
| | 1887 - Arthur Ernest Percival, British Army officer (d. 1966) |
| | 1890 - Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992) |
| | 1891 - Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980) |
| | 1893 - Mao Zedong, Chinese military leader and politician (d. 1976) |
| | 1902 - Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980) |
| | 1903 - Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (d. 1995) |
| | 1904 - Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (d. 1980) |
| | 1906 - Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003) |
| | 1914 - Richard Widmark, American actor |
| | 1914 - Annemarie Wendl, German actress (d. 2006) |
| | 1921 - Steve Allen, American actor, comedian, composer, and author (d. 2000) |
| | 1922 - Richard Mayes, English stage and television actor (d. 2006) |
| | 1927 - Alan King, American comedian and actor (d. 2004) |
| | 1927 - Denis Quilley, British actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1927 - Stu Miller, baseball player |
| | 1930 - Donald Moffat, English-born actor |
| | 1933 - Ugly Dave Gray, Australian television personality |
| | 1933 - Caroll Spinney, American puppeteer |
| | 1935 - Abdul "Duke" Fakir, American singer (The Four Tops) |
| | 1935 - Norm Ullman, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1937 - John Horton Conway, British mathematician |
| | 1937 - Jay Heimowitz, American poker player |
| | 1938 - Bahram Beizai, Iranian playwright and film director |
| | 1940 - Edward C. Prescott, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner |
| | 1940 - Phil Spector, American music producer |
| | 1942 - Gray Davis, Governor of California |
| | 1944 - Jane Lapotaire, British actress |
| | 1945 - John Walsh, American talk show host |
| | 1947 - Carlton Fisk, American baseball player |
| | 1949 - José Ramos Horta, Foreign Minister of East Timor, Nobel laureate |
| | 1954 - Ozzie Smith, American baseball player |
| | 1954 - Steve Steen, English actor |
| | 1955 - Evan Bayh, American politician |
| | 1956 - David Sedaris, American essayist |
| | 1959 - Koji Morimoto, Japanese animated film director |
| | 1960 - Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor |
| | 1961 - John Lynch, Irish actor |
| | 1963 - Lars Ulrich, Danish-born drummer (Metallica) |
| | 1966 - Sandra Taylor, American model and actress |
| | 1968 - Dennis Knight, American professional wrestler |
| | 1970 - James Mercer (musician), guitarist and vocalist (The Shins) |
| | 1971 - Jared Leto, American actor |
| | 1971 - Jonathan M. Parisen, American film director |
| | 1975 - Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player |
| | 1976 - Lea De Mae, Czech actress (d. 2004) |
| | 1978 - Kaoru Sugayama, Japanese volleyball player |
| | 1979 - Chris Daughtry, American singer |
| | 1987 - Adam Walker, British flutist |