| | 1164 - Emperor Rokujo of Japan (d. 1176) |
| | 1522 - Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) |
| | 1619 - Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) |
| | 1655 - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) |
| | 1665 - George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) |
| | 1778 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (d. 1846) |
| | 1856 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1924) |
| | 1866 - Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (d. 1935) |
| | 1879 - Billy Mitchell, American military aviation pioneer (d. 1936) |
| | 1882 - Arthur Eddington, British astronomer and physicist (d. 1944) |
| | 1888 - Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, German film director (d. 1931) |
| | 1898 - Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1957) |
| | 1899 - Eugeniusz Bodo, Polish actor (d. 1943) |
| | 1902 - Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (d. 2001) |
| | 1902 - Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (d. 1988) |
| | 1903 - Earl "Fatha" Hines, American musician (d. 1983) |
| | 1903 - John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1957) |
| | 1905 - Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (d. 1974) |
| | 1908 - Lew Ayres, American actor (d. 1996) |
| | 1922 - Stan Lee, American comic book writer |
| | 1924 - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005) |
| | 1925 - Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer and writer (d. 2002) |
| | 1929 - Brian Redhead, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1994) |
| | 1929 - Terry Sawchuk, Canadian hockey player (d. 1970) |
| | 1931 - Guy Debord, French writer and filmmaker (d. 1994) |
| | 1932 - Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (d. 2002) |
| | 1932 - Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (d. 1990) |
| | 1932 - Roy Hattersley, British politician |
| | 1933 - Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer |
| | 1934 - Maggie Smith, British actress |
| | 1934 - Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (d. 1987) |
| | 1937 - Ratan Tata, Indian industrialist |
| | 1938 - Charles Neville, American musician (Neville Brothers) |
| | 1940 - Don Francisco, Chilean television host |
| | 1943 - Richard Whiteley, British television presenter (d. 2005) |
| | 1944 - Kary Mullis, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1946 - Edgar Winter, American musician |
| | 1947 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (d. 2000) |
| | 1953 - Richard Clayderman, French pianist |
| | 1954 - Denzel Washington, American actor |
| | 1956 - Nigel Kennedy, British violinist |
| | 1960 - Raymond Bourque, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1962 - Rachel Z, American jazz pianist |
| | 1967 - Chris Ware, American cartoonist |
| | 1969 - Linus Torvalds, Finnish computer programmer |
| | 1971 - Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder and model |
| | 1971 - Benny Agbayani, Hawaiian baseball player |
| | 1972 - Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player |
| | 1972 - Adam Vinatieri, American Football player |
| | 1978 - John Legend, American singer, songwriter, and pianist |
| | 1981 - Sienna Miller, British actress |
| | 1982 - Cedric Benson, American football player |
| | 1982 - Kevin Pereira, American television host |
| | 1987 - Thomas Dekker, American actor |
| | 1989 - Mackenzie Rosman, American actress |