| | 1320 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) |
| | 1452 - King Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1504) |
| | 1903 - Eliot Ness, American lawman (d. 1957) infamous for putting away the gangster Al Capone |
| | 1721 - Roger Sherman, signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence (d. 1793) |
| | 1832 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916) |
| | 1874 - Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (d. 1952) |
| | 1912 - Glenn Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| | 1919 - Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographher |
| | 1941 - Alan Price, English Musician (The Animals), (The Alan Price Set) |
| | 1944 - Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (P Funk) |
| | 1948 - Rick Miller, American baseball player |
| | 1965 - Suge Knight, American record producer and major player in the Tupac/Biggie saga |
| | 1949 - Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot |
| | 1949 - Paloma Picasso, French/Spanish jewelry designer, fashion designer and businesswoman; daughter of artist Pablo Picasso |
| | 1930 - Dick Sargent, American actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1931 - Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (d. 2004) |
| | 1951 - Jóannes Eidesgaard, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands |
| | 1968 - Ashley Judd, American actress from movies including "Double Jeopardy" |
| | 1953 - Ruby Wax, British television personality |
| | 1932 - Dickie Goodman, American humorist (d. 1989) |
| | 1960 - Frank Viola, baseball player |
| | 1962 - Al Unser, Jr., American race car driver |
| | 1976 - Scott Padgett, NBA basketball player |
| | 1978 - James Franco, American actor from the Spiderman trilogy |
| | 1966 - Osamu Matsuda, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1935 - Dudley Moore, English actor, musician, comedian, composer (d. 2002) |
| | 1967 - Steven H Silver, American science fiction editor |
| | 1979 - Kate Hudson, American actress in movies like "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" and "Skeleton Key" |
| | 1981 - Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor, best known for playing Anakin Skywalker "Darth Vader" in the new Star Wars trilogy |
| | 1970 - Luis Miguel, Mexican pop-singer |
| | 1937 - Elinor Donahue, American actress |
| | 1937 - Joseph Estrada, actor and President of the Philippines |
| | 1972 - Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1981 - Troy Polamalu, NFL football player on the Super Bowl winning Pittsburgh Steelers |
| | 1981 - Kasie Head, American actress and model |
| | 1940 - Genya Ravan, American vocalist (Goldie & the Gingerbreads, Ten Wheel Drive) |
| | 1986 - Candace Parker, American basketball player |
| | 1987 - Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player known for being a young gorgeous, tall blonde |
| | 1996-Elijah Madison The best american kid in the world,and a very good a basketball player,actually the best |