| | 1320 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) |
| | 1533 - Claudio Merulo, Italian composer (d. 1604) |
| | 1541 - Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) |
| | 1605 - King Philip IV of Spain, (d. 1665) |
| | 1641 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (d. 1704) |
| | 1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (d. 1770) |
| | 1859 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. 1938) |
| | 1865 - Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist (d. 1940) |
| | 1868 - King Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906) |
| | 1869 - Harvey Cushing, American neuorosurgeon (d. 1939) |
| | 1874 - Stanisław Taczak, Polish general (d. 1960) |
| | 1875 - King Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934) |
| | 1889 - Sir Adrian Boult, British conductor (d. 1983) |
| | 1892 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (d. 1979) |
| | 1904 - John Hicks, British economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1989) |
| | 1905 - Helen Joseph, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1992) |
| | 1905 - Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. 1971) |
| | 1908 - Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (d. 1987) |
| | 1911 - Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) |
| | 1911 - Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. 1995) |
| | 1912 - Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi |
| | 1912 - Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater (d. 1969) |
| | 1914 - María Félix, Mexican actress (d. 2002) |
| | 1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States |
| | 1918 - Glendon Swarthout, Award-winning American author (d. 1992) |
| | 1919 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia |
| | 1921 - Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003) |
| | 1923 - George Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 2003) |
| | 1923 - Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (d. 1997) |
| | 1926 - Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian |
| | 1928 - John Gavin, American actor |
| | 1928 - Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (d. 2000) |
| | 1929 - Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000) |
| | 1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978) |
| | 1930 - Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma |
| | 1933 - Fred Ebb, American composer (d. 2004) |
| | 1934 - Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect |
| | 1937 - Seymour Hersh, American journalist |
| | 1938 - Kofi Annan, Ghanian United Nations Secretary General |
| | 1940 - John Havlicek, American basketball player |
| | 1941 - Vivienne Westwood, British fashion designer |
| | 1942 - Roger Chapman, British rock singer (Family, Streetwalkers) |
| | 1943 - Tony Banks, British Politician (d. 2006) |
| | 1943 - Michael Bennett, American dancer/choreographer (d. 1987) |
| | 1943 - Miller Farr, American football player |
| | 1946 - Catfish Hunter, Hall of Fame player (d. 1999) |
| | 1946 - Tim Thomerson, American actor |
| | 1947 - Tom DeLay, American politician |
| | 1947 - Steve Howe, British rock guitarist (Yes, Asia, GTR) |
| | 1947 - Robert Kiyosaki, American investor |
| | 1947 - Larry Norman, American singer/songwriter |
| | 1949 - John Madden, British director |
| | 1949 - Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter |
| | 1954 - Gary Carter, baseball player |
| | 1955 - Joolz Denby, English poet and novelist |
| | 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist |
| | 1955 - Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman |
| | 1957 - Fred Smerlas, American football player |
| | 1960 - John Schneider, American actor |
| | 1962 - Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses) |
| | 1963 - Julian Lennon, British musician and singer |
| | 1963 - Alec Stewart, British cricketer |
| | 1964 - Biz Markie, American rapper/disc jockey |
| | 1966 - Robin Wright Penn, American actress |
| | 1966 - Mazinho, Brazilian football player |
| | 1966 - Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality |
| | 1966 - Mark Blundell, British racing driver |
| | 1968 - Patricia Arquette, American actress |
| | 1971 - Chino XL, American rapper |
| | 1972 - Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot) |
| | 1973 - Alex S. Gonzalez, American Major League Baseball player |
| | 1974 - Holger Hott Johansen, Norwegian orienteerist |
| | 1975 - Timo Pérez, Dominican baseball player |
| | 1977 - Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress |
| | 1977 - Mark Spencer, computer programmer |
| | 1979 - Alexi Laiho, Finnish guitarist and singer (Children of Bodom) |
| | 1980 - Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer |
| | 1980 - Grace Park, American actress |
| | 1980 - Katee Sackhoff, American actress |
| | 1981 - Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model |
| | 1982 - Judy Star, Canadian porn star |
| | 1983 - Adrian Bellani, American actor |
| | 1984 - Júlia Liptáková, Slovakian model |
| | 1984 - Kirsten Storms, American actress |
| | 1986 - Igor Akinfeev, Russian football player |
| | 1986 - Felix Hernandez, Venezuelan baseball player |
| | 1986 - Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress and model |
| | 2005 - Leah Isadora Behn, member of Norway's Royal Family |
| | 1961 - M Iftikhar Ul Haque - Banker |