| | 1218 - John I, Count of Hainaut (d. 1257) |
| | 1218 - Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1291) |
| | 1285 - Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1326) |
| | 1582 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (d. 1643) |
| | 1594 - John Haynes, Massachusetts colonial magistrate |
| | 1672 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719) |
| | 1804 - Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (d. 1860) |
| | 1830 - Mother Jones, American labor activist (d. 1930) |
| | 1831 - Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.1903) |
| | 1852 - Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903) |
| | 1852 - Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1934) |
| | 1872 - Sidónio Pais, Portuguese military and politician (d. 1918) |
| | 1881 - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955) |
| | 1887 - Alan Gordon Cunningham, British army officer (d. 1983) |
| | 1896 - Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984) |
| | 1901 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, American film composer (d. 1985) |
| | 1901 - Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945) |
| | 1905 - Henry Koster, German film director (d. 1988) |
| | 1907 - Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney |
| | 1908 - Giovanni Guareschi, Italian journalist (d. 1968) |
| | 1909 - Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986) |
| | 1913 - Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1913 - Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d. 1980) |
| | 1915 - Archie Williams, American athlete (d. 1993) |
| | 1916 - Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (d. 2006) |
| | 1917 - John Beradino, American actor and baseball player (d. 1996) |
| | 1917 - Danielle Darrieux, French singer and actress |
| | 1918 - Jack Paar, American television host (d. 2004) |
| | 1918 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977) |
| | 1919 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish film actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1923 - Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999) |
| | 1924 - Art Fleming, American game show host (d. 1995) |
| | 1924 - Karel Kachyňa, Czech film director (d. 2004) |
| | 1925 - Chuck Bednarik, American football player |
| | 1925 - Scott Carpenter, American astronaut |
| | 1928 - Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (d. 2002) |
| | 1929 - Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician |
| | 1930 - Richard Riordan, former mayor of Los Angeles |
| | 1934 - Joan Hackett, American actress (d. 1983) |
| | 1935 - Ann Robinson, American actress |
| | 1937 - Una Stubbs, English actress |
| | 1939 - Judy Collins, American folk singer |
| | 1939 - Max Robinson, American broadcast journalist (d. 1988) |
| | 1940 - Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer |
| | 1944 - Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician |
| | 1945 - Rita Coolidge, American singer |
| | 1946 - Joanna Lumley, British actress |
| | 1946 - John Woo, Hong Kong director |
| | 1950 - Dann Florek, American actor |
| | 1954 - Ray Parker Jr., American singer and songwriter |
| | 1960 - Steve Cauthen, American jockey |
| | 1961 - Marilyn Milian, current judge on The People's Court |
| | 1962 - Maia Morgenstern, Romanian actress |
| | 1962 - Ted Sundquist, General Manager of the Denver Broncos |
| | 1964 - Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater |
| | 1967 - Tim McGraw, American musician |
| | 1968 - Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer |
| | 1968 - Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor |
| | 1968 - D'arcy Wretzky, American musician (Smashing Pumpkins) |
| | 1969 - Wes Anderson, American director and writer |
| | 1970 - Gregg Groothuis, American professional wrestler |
| | 1971 - Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor |
| | 1973 - Curtis Martin, American football player |
| | 1973 - Oliver Neuville, German footballer |
| | 1975 - Alexei Smertin, Russian footballer |
| | 1975 - Jodhi May, British actress |
| | 1975 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003) |
| | 1981 - Aleksander Hleb, Belarusian footballer |
| | 1982 - Tommy Robredo, Spanish tennis player |
| | 1984 - Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer |
| | 1986 - Cristian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer |
| | 1987 - Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player |
| | 1988 - Jacobo León, Mexican film director |
| | 1990 - Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress |
| | 1997 - Ariel Gade, American actress |