| | 1460 - Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) |
| | 1521 - Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (d. 1597) |
| | 1587 - Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) |
| | 1622 - Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) |
| | 1629 - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697) |
| | 1632 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706) |
| | 1653 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734) |
| | 1668 - Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747) |
| | 1670 - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726) |
| | 1735 - Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (d. 1811) |
| | 1737 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (d. 1794) |
| | 1738 - Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809) |
| | 1753 - Miguel Hidalgo Mexican revolutionary (d. 1811) |
| | 1821 - William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1885) |
| | 1825 - George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898) |
| | 1828 - Jean Henri Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross; Nobel laureate (d. 1910) |
| | 1828 - Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk (d. 1898) |
| | 1829 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician (d. 1869) |
| | 1842 - Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist (d. 1909) |
| | 1850 - Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915) |
| | 1859 - Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (d. 1925) |
| | 1884 - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (d. 1972) |
| | 1895 - Fulton J. Sheen, American bishop (d. 1979) |
| | 1899 - Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959) |
| | 1899 - Friedrich Hayek, Nobel laureate (d. 1992) |
| | 1902 - Andre Michael Lwoff, Nobel laureate (d. 1994) |
| | 1903 - Fernandel, French actor (d. 1971) |
| | 1904 - John Snagge, British radio personality (d. 1996) |
| | 1905 - Red Nichols, American musician (d. 1965) |
| | 1906 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977) |
| | 1911 - Robert Johnson, American musician (d. 1938) |
| | 1913 - Bob Clampett, American animator (d. 1984) |
| | 1914 - Romain Gary, Polish writer (d. 1980) |
| | 1916 - João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist |
| | 1916 - Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993) |
| | 1917 - Papa John Creach, American musician (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 1994) |
| | 1919 - Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973) |
| | 1920 - Saul Bass, American graphic designer (d. 1996) |
| | 1925 - Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania |
| | 1926 - David Attenborough, British producer |
| | 1926 - Don Rickles, American comedian |
| | 1928 - Theodore Sorenson, American writer |
| | 1930 - Heather Harper, Irish singer |
| | 1930 - Gary Snyder, American poet |
| | 1932 - Phyllida Law, Scottish actress |
| | 1932 - Sonny Liston, American boxer (d. 1970) |
| | 1935 - Jack Charlton, English footballer |
| | 1937 - Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian politician |
| | 1937 - Thomas Pynchon, American novelist |
| | 1937 - Mike Cuellar, baseball player |
| | 1940 - Peter Benchley, American author (d. 2006) |
| | 1940 - Ricky Nelson, American singer (d. 1985) |
| | 1942 - Terry Neill, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1943 - Toni Tennille, American singer |
| | 1944 - Captain Dale Dye, American actor |
| | 1944 - Gary Glitter, English singer |
| | 1945 - Keith Jarrett, American musician |
| | 1947 - H. Robert Horvitz, Nobel laureate |
| | 1948 - Felicity Lott, English singer |
| | 1948 - Steve Braun, baseball player |
| | 1948 - Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer (Degrassi) |
| | 1951 - Philip Bailey, American singer (Earth, Wind & Fire) |
| | 1951 - Chris Frantz, American musician (Talking Heads) |
| | 1953 - Alex Van Halen, Dutch drummer |
| | 1954 - David Keith, American actor |
| | 1957 - Bill Cowher, American football coach |
| | 1957 - Marie Myriam, French singer |
| | 1963 - Robin Jarvis, British writer |
| | 1964 - Melissa Gilbert, American actress |
| | 1964 - Bobby Labonte, American race car driver |
| | 1964 - Dave Rowntree, British musician (Blur) |
| | 1966 - Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1968 - Jamie Summers, American porn star |
| | 1969 - Akebono Taro, sumo wrestler |
| | 1970 - Luis Enrique, Spanish football player |
| | 1972 - Darren Hayes, Australian singer |
| | 1972 - Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1973 - Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist |
| | 1974 - Jon Tickle, English entertainer |
| | 1974 - Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001) |
| | 1975 - Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer |
| | 1975 - Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player |
| | 1976 - Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter |
| | 1976 - Ian "H" Watkins, pop singer (Steps) |
| | 1976 - Jeff Simmons, IRL racing driver |
| | 1978 - Lúcio, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1978 - Josie Maran, American model |
| | 1980 - Michelle McManus, Scottish singer |
| | 1980 - Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer |
| | 1981 - Björn Dixgård, Swedish guitarist |
| | 1984 - Nadine Chandrawinata, 2006 Miss Universe Pageant (Indonesia) |
| | 1985 - Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress |