| | 1599 - Oliver Cromwell, English statesman (d. 1658) |
| | 1898 - Fred Haney, baseball player (d. 1977) |
| | 1900 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958) |
| | 1906 - William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1997) |
| | 1908 - Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d. 1965) |
| | 1909 - William Pereira, American architect (d. 1985) |
| | 1917 - Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996) |
| | 1930 - Paul Mazursky, American film director and writer |
| | 1932 - William Roache, British television actor (Coronation Street) |
| | 1939 - Ted Kooser, American poet and US Poet Laureate |
| | 1940 - Al Pacino, American actor |
| | 1945 - Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer and songwriter (ABBA) |
| | 1945 - Stu Cook, American rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival) |
| | 1946 - Talia Shire, American actress |
| | 1960 - Bruce Redman, Australian film producer |
| | 1964 - Hank Azaria, American actor |
| | 1964 - Andy Bell, British singer and songwriter (band Erasure) |
| | 1965 - Eric Avery, American musician (Jane's Addiction) |
| | 1969 - Joe Buck, baseball and American football broadcaster |
| | 1969 - Gina Torres, American actress |
| | 1969 - Renée Zellweger, American actress |
| | 1970 - Jason Lee, American actor |
| | 1976 - Gilberto, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1983 - DeAngelo Williams, American football player |
| | 1988 - Sara Paxton, American actress |
| | 1996 - Allisyn Ashley Arm, American actress |