| | 1220 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272) |
| | 1578 - William Harvey, English physician (d. 1657) |
| | 1815 - Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of Germany (d. 1898) |
| | 1834 - Big Jim Fisk, American entrepreneur (d. 1872) |
| | 1865 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929) |
| | 1895 - Alberta Hunter, American singer (d. 1984) |
| | 1898 - William James Sidis, American genius (d. 1944) |
| | 1919 - Joseph Murray, American surgeon, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| | 1929 - Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006) |
| | 1932 - Gordon Jump, American television actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1932 - Debbie Reynolds, American actress |
| | 1933 - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1934 - Don Hastings, American television actor |
| | 1939 - Phil Niekro, American baseball pitcher |
| | 1950 - Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
| | 1952 - Annette O'Toole, American actress |
| | 1965 - Mark Jackson, American basketball player |
| | 1965 - Robert Steadman, English composer |
| | 1971 - Method Man, American musician |
| | 1972 - Allen and Albert Hughes, American film directors |
| | 1972 - Jesse Tobias, American musician |
| | 1980 - Randy Orton, American professional wrestler |
| | 1982 - Sam Huntington, American actor |
| | 1983 - Sean Taylor, American football player |
| | 1986 - Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater |
| | 1988 - Courtney McCool, American gymnast |