| | 1336 - Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (d. 1374) |
| | 1572 - Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632) |
| | 1578 - King Philip III of Spain (d. 1621) |
| | 1629 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician (d. 1695) |
| | 1668 - Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741) |
| | 1714 - Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (d. 1788) |
| | 1738 - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809) |
| | 1741 - Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762) |
| | 1773 - Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle, French statesman (d. 1854) |
| | 1788 - David G. Burnet, interim president of the Republic of Texas (d. 1870) |
| | 1827 - Augustus Pitt-Rivers, English archaeologist (d. 1900) |
| | 1866 - Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936) |
| | 1868 - Peter Behrens, German architect (d. 1940) |
| | 1870 - Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (d. 1905) |
| | 1870 - Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1929) |
| | 1872 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Islamic scholar (d. 1953) |
| | 1886 - Ernst Robert Curtius, Alsatian philologist (d. 1956) |
| | 1897 - Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972) |
| | 1902 - Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Ukrainian rabbi (d. 1994) |
| | 1904 - Sir John Gielgud, English actor (d. 2000) |
| | 1907 - François Duvalier, Haitian politician (d. 1971) |
| | 1917 - Marvin Miller, American labor activist |
| | 1917 - Valerie Hobson, British actress (d. 1998) |
| | 1921 - Thomas Schelling, American economist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1925 - Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1974) |
| | 1925 - Abel Muzorewa, Prime Minster of Zimbabwe |
| | 1925 - Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002) |
| | 1926 - Frank Daniel, Czech-born writer |
| | 1926 - Liz Renay, American actress |
| | 1927 - Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1929 - Gerry Anderson - English television producer |
| | 1930 - Bradford Dillman, American actor |
| | 1933 - Morton Subotnick, American composer |
| | 1935 - Loretta Lynn, American singer |
| | 1935 - Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer |
| | 1936 - Kenneth Mars, American actor |
| | 1936 - Frank Serpico, American policeman |
| | 1941 - Julie Christie, British actress |
| | 1941 - Pete Rose, American baseball player |
| | 1942 - Valeriy Brumel, Russian athlete (d. 2003) |
| | 1942 - Valentin Lebedev, Russian cosmonaut |
| | 1945 - Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist |
| | 1949 - John Shea, American actor |
| | 1951 - Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist |
| | 1960 - Brad Garrett, American actor |
| | 1961 - Robert Carlyle, British actor |
| | 1964 - Brian Adams, American wrestler |
| | 1966 - David Justice, American baseball player |
| | 1966 - Greg Maddux, American baseball player |
| | 1967 - Jeff Jarrett, American wrestler |
| | 1968 - Anthony Michael Hall, American actor |
| | 1969 - Brad Ausmus, American baseball player |
| | 1969 - Martyn LeNoble, Dutch musician |
| | 1970 - Shizuka Kudo, Japanese singer |
| | 1972 - Paul Devlin, England-born Scottish footballer |
| | 1972 - Roberto Mejia, Dominican Republic baseball player |
| | 1973 - Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer |
| | 1973 - Adrien Brody, American actor |
| | 1974 - Da Brat, American rapper |
| | 1975 - Amy Dumas, American wrestler |
| | 1975 - Veronika Zemanová, Czech model |
| | 1976 - Anna DeForge, American basketball player |
| | 1977 - Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress |
| | 1979 - Rebecca DiPietro, American model |
| | 1980 - Ben Wells, American actor |
| | 1983 - James McFadden, Scottish footballer |
| | 1984 - Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (d. 2004) |