| | 43 BC - Ovid, Roman poet (d. 17) |
| | 1477 - Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527) |
| | 1502 - Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (d. 1575) |
| | 1725 - Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789) |
| | 1735 - Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (d. 1784) |
| | 1737 - Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809) |
| | 1741 - Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (d. 1828) |
| | 1770 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German writer (d. 1843) |
| | 1799 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (d. 1839) |
| | 1811 - Napoleon II of France, (d. 1832) |
| | 1823 - Ned Buntline, American publisher (d. 1886) |
| | 1828 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1906) |
| | 1831 - Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman (d. 1881) |
| | 1834 - Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University (d. 1926) |
| | 1836 - Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (d. 1919) |
| | 1840 - Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (d. 1894) |
| | 1856 - Sir John Lavery, Irish artist (d. 1941) |
| | 1856 - Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (d. 1915) |
| | 1870 - Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (d. 1964) |
| | 1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer (d. 1943) |
| | 1874 - Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. 1945) |
| | 1876 - Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1927) |
| | 1890 - Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (d. 1957) |
| | 1890 - Lauritz Melchior, Danish tenor (d. 1973) |
| | 1895 - Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (d. 1981) |
| | 1897 - Ruby Muhammad, American matriarch of Black Islam |
| | 1903 - Edgar Buchanan, American actor (d. 1979) |
| | 1904 - B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (d. 1990) |
| | 1906 - Abraham Beame, American politician (d. 2001) |
| | 1906 - Ozzie Nelson, American actor (d. 1975) |
| | 1908 - Michael Redgrave, English actor (d. 1985) |
| | 1911 - Alfonso García Robles, Nobel laureate (d. 1991) |
| | 1915 - Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of Austria (d. 2000) |
| | 1915 - Sviatoslav Richter, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1997) |
| | 1917 - Vera Lynn, English actress and singer |
| | 1918 - Jack Barry, American TV host (d. 1984) |
| | 1918 - Marian McPartland, British jazz musician |
| | 1920 - Pamela Harriman, British-American diplomat (d. 1997) |
| | 1921 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer (d. 1973) |
| | 1922 - Ray Goulding, American comedian (d. 1990) |
| | 1922 - Carl Reiner, American director |
| | 1925 - John Ehrlichman, American political figure (d. 1999) |
| | 1928 - Fred Rogers, American TV host (d. 2003) |
| | 1931 - Hal Linden, American actor |
| | 1933 - George Altman, American baseball player |
| | 1933 - Alexander Gorodnitsky, Russian geologist and poet |
| | 1934 - Willie Brown, American politician |
| | 1935 - Ted Bessell, American actor (d. 1996) |
| | 1936 - Vaughn Meader, American comedian (d. 2004) |
| | 1937 - Jerry Reed, American musician |
| | 1939 - Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada |
| | 1941 - Pat Corrales, American baseball player |
| | 1943 - Gerard Malanga, American poet and photographer |
| | 1943 - Naima Neidre, Estonian graphic artist |
| | 1943 - Paul Junger Witt, American TV producer |
| | 1945 - Henry Bartholomay, American fighter pilot |
| | 1945 - Pat Riley, American basketball player and coach |
| | 1945 - Jay Ingram, Canadian television host and author |
| | 1945 - Rick Berman, American TV and film producer |
| | 1948 - John de Lancie, American actor |
| | 1948 - Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1949 - Marcia Ball, American singer |
| | 1950 - William Hurt, American actor |
| | 1950 - Carl Palmer, English drummer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) |
| | 1951 - Jimmie Vaughan, American blues guitarist |
| | 1957 - Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress |
| | 1957 - Spike Lee, American film director |
| | 1958 - Holly Hunter, American actress |
| | 1958 - Phil Anderson, Australian cyclist |
| | 1959 - Sting, American professional wrestler |
| | 1959 - Steve McFadden, British actor |
| | 1961 - Slim Jim Phantom, American musician (Stray Cats) |
| | 1961 - Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer |
| | 1962 - Stephen Sommers, American film director |
| | 1963 - Paul Annacone, American tennis player |
| | 1963 - Kathy Ireland, American model |
| | 1964 - Natacha Atlas, Belgian singer |
| | 1969 - Mannie Fresh, American producer |
| | 1971 - Touré, American writer |
| | 1971 - Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player |
| | 1972 - Alexander Kapranos, British musician (Franz Ferdinand) |
| | 1973 - Jung Woo-sung, South Korean actor |
| | 1974 - Paula Garces, Colombian actress |
| | 1974 - Andrzej Pilipiuk, Polish writer |
| | 1976 - Chester Bennington, American musician (Linkin Park) |
| | 1979 - Bianca Lawson, American actress |
| | 1980 - Jamal Crawford, American basketball player |
| | 1980 - Ock Ju-Hyun, South Korean singer |
| | 1982 - Nick Wheeler, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects) |
| | 1982 - Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer |
| | 1984 - Marcus Vick, American football player |
| | 1984 - Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer |
| | 1984 - Christy Carlson Romano, American actress |
| | 1984 - Winta, Norwegian musician |
| | 1985 - Chris Beattie, British actor |
| | 1987 - Rollo Weeks, British actor |