| | 250 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306) |
| | 1499 - Pope Pius IV (d. 1565) |
| | 1504 - Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552) |
| | 1519 - King Henry II of France (d. 1559) |
| | 1536 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565) |
| | 1596 - René Descartes, French mathematician (d. 1650) |
| | 1621 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (d. 1678) |
| | 1651 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (d. 1685) |
| | 1675 - Pope Benedict XIV (d. 1758) |
| | 1718 - Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (d. 1781) |
| | 1723 - King Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1766) |
| | 1730 - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (d. 1783) |
| | 1732 - Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809) |
| | 1777 - Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist (d. 1859) |
| | 1778 - Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist (d. 1858) |
| | 1794 - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (d. 1852) |
| | 1809 - Edward FitzGerald, English poet (d. 1883) |
| | 1811 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist and inventor (d. 1899) |
| | 1819 - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1901) |
| | 1847 - Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (d. 1878) |
| | 1855 - Alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa |
| | 1871 - Arthur Griffith, President of Ireland (d. 1922) |
| | 1872 - Alexandra Kollontai, Russian ambassador to Norway (d.1952) |
| | 1878 - Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946) |
| | 1885 - Pascin, Bulgarian painter (d. 1930) |
| | 1890 - William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| | 1891 - Victor Varconi, Hungarian film actor (d. 1976) |
| | 1906 - Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| | 1907 - Eddie Quillan, American actor (d. 1990) |
| | 1911 - Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (d. 1986) |
| | 1914 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) |
| | 1915 - Albert Hourani, English historian (d. 1993) |
| | 1915 - Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese millitary man (d. 1997) |
| | 1916 - John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (d. 1979) |
| | 1922 - Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. 1999) |
| | 1924 - Leo Buscaglia, American author (d. 1998) |
| | 1924 - Charles Guggenheim, American film director/producer (d. 2002) |
| | 1926 - John Fowles, English author (d. 2005) |
| | 1927 - César Chávez, American labor activist (d. 1993) |
| | 1927 - William Daniels, American actor |
| | 1928 - Lefty Frizzell, American singer and songwriter (d. 1975) |
| | 1928 - Gordie Howe, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1929 - Lucille Bliss, American voice actress |
| | 1929 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian fashion designer |
| | 1929 - Bertram Fields, American lawyer |
| | 1931 - Miller Barber, American professional golfer |
| | 1933 - Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983) |
| | 1934 - Richard Chamberlain, American actor |
| | 1934 - Shirley Jones, American singer and actress |
| | 1934 - Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1935 - Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and band leader |
| | 1935 - Judith Rossner, American author |
| | 1936 - Bob Pulford, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1936 - Marge Piercy, American writer |
| | 1938 - Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi |
| | 1938 - David Steel, Scottish politician |
| | 1938 - Michiko Nomura, Japanese voice actor |
| | 1939 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia, first President of Georgia (d. 1993) |
| | 1939 - Volker Schlöndorff, German film director |
| | 1940 - Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator from Vermont |
| | 1940 - Barney Frank, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts |
| | 1942 - Michael Savage, talk radio host and commentator |
| | 1943 - Christopher Walken, American actor |
| | 1945 - Valerie Curtin, American actress, writer, and producer |
| | 1945 - Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian |
| | 1946 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 1984) |
| | 1947 - Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, President of Colombia |
| | 1948 - Al Gore, Vice President of the United States |
| | 1948 - Rhea Perlman, American actress |
| | 1950 - Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor |
| | 1950 - András Adorján, Hungarian chess player |
| | 1952 - Adrian Walker, Winemaker & cyclist |
| | 1955 - Angus Young, Scottish-born musician (AC/DC) |
| | 1957 - Marc McClure, American actor |
| | 1957 - Alan Duncan, British Conservative Politician |
| | 1963 - Paul Mercurio, Australian actor/dancer |
| | 1964 - Paul Wong Koon-Chung, Hong Kong composer, songwriter, singer and the lead guitarist of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond |
| | 1965 - Tom Barrasso, American hockey player |
| | 1966 - Roger Black, British athlete |
| | 1968 - Naoya Ogawa, Japanese pro wrestler |
| | 1969 - Samantha Brown, American television host |
| | 1971 - Pavel Bure, Russian hockey player |
| | 1971 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor |
| | 1973 - Bold Forbes, Puerto Rican racehorse (d. 2000) |
| | 1974 - Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bassist (Placebo) |
| | 1974 - Benjamin Eicher, Swiss film director |
| | 1976 - Josh Saviano, American actor |
| | 1977 - Toshiya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey) |
| | 1978 - Stephen Clemence, English footballer |
| | 1978 - Jérôme Rothen, French footballer |
| | 1978 - Tony Yayo, American rapper |
| | 1979 - Josh Kinney, baseball player |
| | 1980 - Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese Major League Baseball player |
| | 1980 - Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese voice actor |
| | 1982 - Philippe Mexès, French footballer |
| | 1983 - Paddy McCarthy, Irish footballer |