| | 1394 - Henry the Navigator (d. 1460) |
| | 1651 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (d. 1716) |
| | 1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741) |
| | 1782 - Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss folklorist (d. 1830) |
| | 1835 - John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (d. 1911) |
| | 1870 - Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (d. 1944) |
| | 1876 - Theodore Hardeen, Magician and stunt performer, founder of the Magician's Guild (d. 1945) |
| | 1878 - Arishima Takeo, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist (d. 1923) |
| | 1880 - Channing Pollock (writer), American playwright and critic (d. 1946) |
| | 1895 - Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator (d. 1953) |
| | 1895 - Shemp Howard, American comedian, Three Stooges (d. 1955) |
| | 1906 - Meindert DeJong American author (d. 1991) |
| | 1906 - Georges Ronsse, Belgian national cyclo-cross and world champion road bicycle racer (d. 1969) |
| | 1906 - Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American businessman |
| | 1913 - John Garfield, American actor (d. 1952) |
| | 1922 - Martha O'Driscoll, American film actress (d. 1998) |
| | 1924 - Kenneth O'Donnell, Aide to US President John F. Kennedy (d. 1977) |
| | 1926 - Richard DeVos, American billionaire, co-founder of Amway |
| | 1932 - Frank Wells, American entertainment businessman (d. 1994) |
| | 1937 - Yuri Senkevich, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2003) |
| | 1938 - Don Perkins, American football player |
| | 1947 - Gwen Welles, American actress (d. 1993) |
| | 1948 - James Ellroy, American writer |
| | 1952 - Scott Hicks, Ugandan-born movie director |
| | 1953 - Kay Lenz, American actress |
| | 1954 - Peter Jacobsen, American professional golfer |
| | 1954 - Catherine O'Hara, Canadian actress |
| | 1957 - Jim Dwyer, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner |
| | 1961 - Steven Weber (actor), American actor |
| | 1990 - Andrea Bowen, American actress |
| | 1993 - Jenna Boyd, American actress |
| | 1993 - Alice Jones, British actress |
| | 1998 - Prince Paul Louis of Nassau, son of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg |