| | 1397 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1450) |
| | 1501 - Pope Marcellus II (d. 1555) |
| | 1574 - Pope Innocent X (d. 1655) |
| | 1638 - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1696) |
| | 1713 - Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780) |
| | 1758 - André Masséna, French marshal (d. 1817) |
| | 1758 - Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (d. 1794) |
| | 1769 - Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1824) |
| | 1769 - Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (d. 1834) |
| | 1797 - Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882) |
| | 1800 - Roman Sanguszko, Polish aristocrat and general (d. 1881) |
| | 1856 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939) |
| | 1856 - Robert Peary, American explorer (d. 1920) |
| | 1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author (d. 1941) |
| | 1861 - Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931) |
| | 1868 - Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927) |
| | 1868 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918) |
| | 1871 - Victor Grignard, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935) |
| | 1871 - Christian Morgenstern, German author (d. 1914) |
| | 1872 - Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (d. 1934) |
| | 1879 - Bedrich Hrozny, Czech orientalist (d. 1952) |
| | 1880 - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (d. 1938) |
| | 1882 - Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (d. 1951) |
| | 1895 - Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926) |
| | 1895 - Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (d. 1974) |
| | 1895 - Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian Nazi, (d. 1946) |
| | 1899 - Billy Cotton, British entertainer (d. 1969) |
| | 1902 - Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981) |
| | 1902 - Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957) |
| | 1903 - Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (d. 1977) |
| | 1904 - Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born founder of the Feldenkrais method (d. 1984) |
| | 1904 - Harry Martinson, Nobel laureate (d. 1978) |
| | 1906 - Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (d. 2005) |
| | 1915 - Orson Welles, American director (d. 1985) |
| | 1915 - Theodore White, American writer (d. 1986) |
| | 1916 - Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (d. 1997) |
| | 1920 - Kamisese Mara, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (d. 2004) |
| | 1921 - Erich Fried, German author (d. 1988) |
| | 1924 - Denny Wright, British guitarist (d. 1992) |
| | 1924 - Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (d. 2006) |
| | 1929 - Paul Lauterbur, Nobel laureate |
| | 1931 - Willie Mays, American baseball player |
| | 1937 - Rubin Carter, American boxer |
| | 1942 - Rin Kaiho, professional Go player |
| | 1944 - Anton Furst, American production designer (d. 1991) |
| | 1945 - Jimmie Dale Gilmore, American musician |
| | 1945 - Bob Seger, American singer |
| | 1947 - Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher |
| | 1948 - Mary MacGregor, American singer |
| | 1952 - Michael O'Hare, American actor |
| | 1952 - Christian Clavier, French actor |
| | 1953 - Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| | 1953 - Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer/manager |
| | 1955 - Tom Bergeron, American game show host |
| | 1960 - Roma Downey, Northern Irish actress |
| | 1960 - John Flansburgh, American musician |
| | 1961 - George Clooney, American actor |
| | 1964 - Dana Hill, American actress (d. 1996) |
| | 1969 - Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1972 - Martin Brodeur, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1977 - David Connolly, England-born Irish footballer |
| | 1978 - John Abraham, American football player |
| | 1978 - Alexander Fedorov, Russian bodybuilder |
| | 1980 - Taebin, Korean singer (1TYM) |
| | 1980 - Scott Colton, American professional wrestler |
| | 1980 - Kate Lawler, English reality TV star |
| | 1980 - Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1980 - Kelly van der Veer, Dutch reality TV star |
| | 1985 - Chris Paul, American basketball player |
| | 1987 - Moon Geun-young, South Korean actress |