| | 1709 - Empress Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762) |
| | 1721 - Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764) |
| | 1796 - Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (d. 1877) |
| | 1800 - Charles Goodyear, American inventor (d. 1860) |
| | 1808 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875) |
| | 1809 - William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898) |
| | 1816 - Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1895) |
| | 1856 - Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician (d. 1894) |
| | 1859 - Venustiano Carranza, 54th President of Mexico (d. 1920) |
| | 1876 - Pablo Casals, Catalan musician (d. 1973) |
| | 1881 - Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968) |
| | 1896 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974) |
| | 1899 - Nie Rongzhen, Chinese Communist military leader (d. 1992) |
| | 1908 - Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian (d. 1993) |
| | 1910 - Ronald Coase, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1914 - Billy Tipton, American musician (d. 1989) |
| | 1914 - Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d. 1999) |
| | 1915 - Bill Osmanski, American football player (d. 1996)) |
| | 1917 - Tom Bradley, American politician (d. 1998) |
| | 1917 - Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (d. 2005) |
| | 1927 - Andy Stanfield, American athlete (d. 1985) |
| | 1928 - Bernard Cribbins, British actor |
| | 1931 - Prince Gu of Korea (d. 2005) |
| | 1936 - Mary Tyler Moore, American actress |
| | 1936 - Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998) |
| | 1937 - Barbara Steele, British actress |
| | 1937 - Wayne Huizenga, American football team owner |
| | 1938 - Jon Voight, American actor |
| | 1941 - Ray Thomas, British musician (The Moody Blues) |
| | 1942 - Rick Danko, Canadian musician (The Band) (d. 1999) |
| | 1942 - Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor |
| | 1946 - Marianne Faithfull, British singer |
| | 1947 - Ted Danson, American actor |
| | 1947 - Cozy Powell, English rock drummer (d. 1998) |
| | 1947 - Vincent Winter, British actor (d. 1998) |
| | 1949 - Syed Kirmani, Indian cricket player |
| | 1951 - Yvonne Elliman, American disco singer |
| | 1952 - Gelsey Kirkland, American dancer |
| | 1953 - Gali Atari, Israeli singer |
| | 1954 - Roger Voudouris, American singer |
| | 1954 - Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002) |
| | 1957 - Brad Grey, American film producer |
| | 1957 - Paul Rudnick, American screenwriter/playwright |
| | 1959 - Patricia Clarkson, American actress |
| | 1963 - Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiard player |
| | 1963 - Dave McKean, British artist and filmmaker |
| | 1965 - Dexter Holland, American musician (The Offspring) |
| | 1966 - Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer |
| | 1967 - Andy Wachowski, American director |
| | 1967 - Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian journalist |
| | 1967 - Chris Barnes, American singer |
| | 1970 - Aled Jones, Welsh singer |
| | 1970 - Kevin Weisman, American actor |
| | 1970 - Glen Phillips, American musician (Toad The Wet Sprocket) |
| | 1970 - Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese racing driver |
| | 1972 - Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor |
| | 1972 - Jason Kreis, American soccer player |
| | 1972 - Jude Law, British actor |
| | 1973 - Theo Epstein, American baseball general manager |
| | 1974 - Richie Sexson, American baseball player |
| | 1976 - Katherine Moennig, American actress |
| | 1977 - Jimmy Journell, baseball player |
| | 1978 - Alexis Amore, Peruvian pornographic actress |
| | 1978 - Kieron Dyer, British footballer |
| | 1978 - LaToya London, American singer |
| | 1979 - Justin Roberts, American wrestling announcer |
| | 1979 - Diego Luna, Mexican actor |
| | 1981 - Angela Via, American singer |
| | 1981 - Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater |
| | 1983 - Jessica Andrews, American country music artist |
| | 1988 - Samantha Lainez, Peruvian actress |
| | 1994 - Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan |