| | 1584 - Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648) |
| | 1602 - John Lightfoot, English churchman (d. 1675) |
| | 1713 - John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789) |
| | 1769 - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (d. 1851) |
| | 1799 - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869) |
| | 1790 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862) |
| | 1824 - Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (d. 1899) |
| | 1826 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900) |
| | 1867 - Cy Young, baseball player (d. 1955) |
| | 1873 - Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician (d. 1941) |
| | 1874 - Lou Hoover, First Lady of the United States (d. 1944) |
| | 1889 - Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951) |
| | 1891 - Yvan Goll, French-German writer (d. 1950) |
| | 1892 - József Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungarian Catholic cardinal (d. 1975) |
| | 1895 - Ernst Jünger, German author (d. 1998) |
| | 1897 - Ruby Muhammad, American wife of Elijah Muhammad |
| | 1899 - Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (d. 1953) |
| | 1900 - John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980) |
| | 1901 - Andrija Maurovic, Croatian illustrator (d. 1981) |
| | 1902 - Marcel Aymé, French writer (d. 1967) |
| | 1902 - William Walton, English composer (d. 1983) |
| | 1905 - Philip Ahn, American actor (d. 1978) |
| | 1907 - "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006) |
| | 1908 - Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981) |
| | 1908 - Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (d. 1968) |
| | 1909 - E. Power Biggs American concert organist (d. 1977) |
| | 1911 - Brigitte Horney, German actress (d. 1988) |
| | 1912 - Hanna Reitsch, German pilot (d. 1979) |
| | 1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997) |
| | 1913 - R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 2000) |
| | 1916 - Eugene McCarthy, American politician (d. 2005) |
| | 1918 - Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (d. 1990) |
| | 1918 - Sam Walton, American businessman (d. 1992) |
| | 1919 - Eileen Heckart, American actress (d. 2001) |
| | 1927 - John McLaughlin, American political commentator |
| | 1927 - John Robert Vane, English pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2004) |
| | 1929 - Lennart Meri, President of Estonia (d. 2006) |
| | 1931 - Aleksei Gubarev, cosmonaut |
| | 1936 - Judith Guest, American author |
| | 1936 - Mogens Camre, Danish politician |
| | 1937 - Billy Carter, Presidential brother (d. 1988) |
| | 1940 - Ray Davis, American musician (P-Funk) (d. 2005) |
| | 1940 - Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer |
| | 1941 - Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate |
| | 1943 - Eric Idle, English actor, writer, and composer |
| | 1943 - John Major, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| | 1943 - Vangelis, Greek musician |
| | 1944 - Terry Jacks, Canadian musician, songwriter, and activist |
| | 1944 - Denny McLain, baseball player |
| | 1945 - Walt Frazier, American basketball player |
| | 1947 - Bobby Kimball, American singer (Toto) |
| | 1948 - Bud Cort, American actor |
| | 1949 - Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist |
| | 1949 - John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (d. 1979) |
| | 1952 - Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer |
| | 1954 - Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. 1985) |
| | 1955 - Christopher Lawford, Irish actor |
| | 1955 - Earl Campbell, American football star |
| | 1955 - Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor |
| | 1956 - Patty Donahue, lead singer of The Waitresses (d. 1996) |
| | 1956 - Stephen Cole, English journalist |
| | 1956 - Kurt Thomas, American gymnast |
| | 1957 - Christopher Lambert, French actor |
| | 1958 - Victor Salva, American film director |
| | 1959 - Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer |
| | 1959 - Perry Farrell, American musician (Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros) |
| | 1960 - Marina Sirtis, English actress |
| | 1961 - Mike Kingery, baseball player |
| | 1961 - Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedienne |
| | 1963 - Elle Macpherson, Australian model |
| | 1967 - Brian Jordan, baseball player |
| | 1967 - John Popper, American musician (Blues Traveler) |
| | 1968 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer |
| | 1971 - Aaron Lawrence, American pornographic actor |
| | 1972 - Rui Costa, Portugal football player |
| | 1972 - Junichi Suwabe, Japanese voice actor |
| | 1973 - Marc Overmars, former Dutch football player |
| | 1974 - Marc Gené, Spanish racing car driver |
| | 1976 - Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player |
| | 1980 - Kim Tae Hee, South Korean actress |
| | 1981 - Jlloyd Samuel, West Indian-born footballer |
| | 1983 - Justin Tuck, American football player |