| | 1008 - Khajeh Abdollah Ansari The Persian Sufi (d. 1088) |
| | 1008 - King Henry I of France (d. 1060) |
| | 1654 - Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) |
| | 1655 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (d. 1731) |
| | 1715 - Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804) |
| | 1733 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799) |
| | 1772 - Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823) |
| | 1781 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832) |
| | 1796 - Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859) |
| | 1820 - Julia Tyler, First Lady of the United States (d. 1889) |
| | 1825 - Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895) |
| | 1825 - Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908) |
| | 1826 - Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900) |
| | 1827 - John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864) |
| | 1852 - Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934) |
| | 1864 - Marie Booth, the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937) |
| | 1870 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960) |
| | 1873 - Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (d. 1940) |
| | 1889 - Francis Cardinal Spellman, American religious leader (d. 1967) |
| | 1903 - Luther Adler, American stage actor (d. 1984) |
| | 1913 - Lady Katherine Brandram, née Princess of Greece and Denmark |
| | 1916 - Jane Jacobs, Canadian author and activist (d. 2006) |
| | 1918 - Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese political leader (d. 1993) |
| | 1918 - Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (d. 2004) |
| | 1919 - Dory Funk, Professional wrestler (d. 1973) |
| | 1921 - Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (d. 2005) |
| | 1923 - Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit) |
| | 1923 - Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian |
| | 1923 - Godfrey Quigley, British actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1923 - Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author |
| | 1925 - Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman |
| | 1928 - Maynard Ferguson, Canadian musician |
| | 1928 - Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt |
| | 1928 - Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (d. 1961) |
| | 1929 - Audrey Hepburn, Belgian actress (d. 1993) |
| | 1929 - Sidney Lamb, American linguist |
| | 1930 - Roberta Peters, American soprano |
| | 1931 - Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor |
| | 1931 - Thomas Stuttaford, British conductor |
| | 1936 - El Cordobes, Spanish bullfighter |
| | 1937 - Dick Dale, American guitarist |
| | 1939 - Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist |
| | 1941 - George Will, American writer |
| | 1942 - Nickolas Ashford, American record producer, songwriter, musician (Ashford and Simpson) |
| | 1943 - Mikhail Chemiakin, Russian painter |
| | 1944 - Roger Rees, British-born actor |
| | 1945 - Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist |
| | 1946 - John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver |
| | 1949 - John Force, American race car driver |
| | 1949 - Stella Parton, American country music singer |
| | 1951 - Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel) |
| | 1951 - Mick Mars, American guitarist (Mötley Crüe) |
| | 1954 - Pia Zadora, American actress |
| | 1956 - David Guterson, American author |
| | 1956 - Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete |
| | 1956 - Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player |
| | 1958 - Delbert Fowler, American and Canadian professional football player |
| | 1958 - Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990) |
| | 1959 - Randy Travis, American musician |
| | 1959 - Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee |
| | 1961 - Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist |
| | 1962 - Oleta Adams, American singer |
| | 1967 - Ana Gasteyer, American actress |
| | 1968 - Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh |
| | 1969 - Ryan Shamrock, Wrestling valet |
| | 1969 - Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1972 - Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day) |
| | 1972 - Manny Aybar, baseball player |
| | 1974 - Miguel Cairo, baseball player |
| | 1976 - Jason Michaels, baseball player |
| | 1976 - Ben Grieve, American baseball player |
| | 1979 - Lance Bass, American singer (*NSYNC) |
| | 1981 - Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer |
| | 1982 - Robert Hill, Australian athlete |
| | 1982 - Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer |
| | 1983 - Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1983 - Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress |
| | 1985 - Anthony Fedorov, American singer |
| | 1987 - Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish footballer |
| | 1987 - Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer |
| | 1992 - Courtney Jines, American actress |
| | 1994 - Alexander Gould, American actor |