| | 1892 - Andy Clyde, American actor (d. 1967) |
| | 1901 - Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970) |
| | 1903 - Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (d. 1990) |
| | 1911 - Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. 1967) |
| | 1922 - Eileen Ford, model agency executive |
| | 1925 - Flannery O'Connor, American author (d. 1964) |
| | 1928 - Jim Lovell, American astronaut |
| | 1934 - Gloria Steinem, American author |
| | 1938 - Hoyt Axton, American musician and actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1939 - Toni Cade Bambara, American author (d. 1995) |
| | 1940 - Anita Bryant, American entertainer |
| | 1942 - Aretha Franklin, American singer |
| | 1943 - Paul Michael Glaser, American actor |
| | 1946 - Bonnie Bedelia, American actress |
| | 1946 - Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (d. 1995) |
| | 1962 - Marcia Cross, American actress |
| | 1964 - Lisa Gay Hamilton, American actress |
| | 1965 - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper |
| | 1967 - Debi Thomas, American figure skater |
| | 1969 - Dale Davis, American basketball player |
| | 1969 - Cathy Dennis, English Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer and Actress |
| | 1974 - Lark Voorhies, American actress |
| | 1976 - Juvenile, American rapper |
| | 1976 - Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer |
| | 1979 - Natasha Yi, American supermodel |
| | 1982 - Danica Patrick, American race car driver |
| | 1982 - Sean Faris, American Actor and Model |
| | 1984 - Katharine McPhee, American Idol contestant |
| | 1989 - Alyson Michalka, American actress |