| | 1147 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199) |
| | 1439 - Pope Pius III (d. 1503) |
| | 1741 - Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (d. 1816) |
| | 1800 - John Brown, American abolitionist (d. 1859) |
| | 1837 - Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (b. 1895) |
| | 1860 - J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (d. 1937) |
| | 1873 - Anton Cermak, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933) |
| | 1874 - Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939) |
| | 1882 - George Barker, American painter (d. 1965) |
| | 1882 - Henry J. Kaiser, American ship-builder (d. 1967) |
| | 1883 - José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955) |
| | 1892 - Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989) |
| | 1893 - William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman) |
| | 1895 - Richard Barthelmess, American actor (d. 1963) |
| | 1895 - Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961) |
| | 1888 - Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964) |
| | 1907 - Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d. 1974) |
| | 1907 - Kathryn Kuhlman, famed evangelist (d. 1976) |
| | 1912 - Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (d. 1963) |
| | 1912 - Per Imerslund, "The aryan idol" (d. 1943) |
| | 1914 - Hank Snow, Canadian-born musician (d. 1999) |
| | 1918 - Mike Wallace, American journalist |
| | 1918 - Orville L. Freeman, American politician (d. 2003) |
| | 1920 - Richard Adams, English author |
| | 1920 - William Tenn, American author |
| | 1921 - Sophie Scholl, resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943) |
| | 1921 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (d. 2004) |
| | 1924 - Bulat Okudzhava, Russian writer and musician (d. 1997) |
| | 1927 - Manfred Eigen, German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| | 1928 - Colin Chapman, English engineer and automobile manufacturer (d. 1982) |
| | 1928 - Pancho Gonzalez, American tennis player (d. 1995) |
| | 1928 - Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater |
| | 1930 - Joan Sims, British actress (d. 2001) |
| | 1934 - Alan Bennett, British author |
| | 1936 - Albert Finney, British actor |
| | 1936 - Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician |
| | 1937 - José Rafael Moneo, Spanish architect |
| | 1939 - Ralph Boston, American athlete |
| | 1939 - Ion Ţiriac, Romanian tennis player and businessman |
| | 1940 - James L. Brooks, American film producer and writer |
| | 1942 - John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General |
| | 1944 - Richie Furay, American musician (Poco and Buffalo Springfield) |
| | 1946 - Candice Bergen, American actress |
| | 1949 - Billy Joel, American musician |
| | 1955 - Anne-Sofie von Otter, Swedish mezzo-soprano |
| | 1960 - Tony Gwynn, Hall of Fame baseball player |
| | 1962 - David Gahan, English singer (Depeche Mode) |
| | 1963 - Sanja Doležal, Croatian singer (Novi fosili) |
| | 1964 - Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey |
| | 1965 - Steve Yzerman, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1965 - Janu Tornell, American model and Survivor contestant |
| | 1968 - Marie-José Perec, French athlete |
| | 1969 - Amber, Dutch musician |
| | 1970 - Ghostface Killah, American rapper |
| | 1972 - Megumi Odaka, Japanese actress and artist |
| | 1972 - Daniela Silivaş, Romanian gymnast |
| | 1973 - Chu Sang-mi, South Korean actress |
| | 1975 - George Boateng, Dutch footballer |
| | 1976 - Tamia, Canadian R&B singer |
| | 1977 - Choi Jeong-yun, South Korean actress |
| | 1977 - Maggie Dixon, Women's college basketball coach (d. 2006) |
| | 1978 - Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine football player |
| | 1978 - Aaron Harang, baseball pitcher |
| | 1979 - Rosario Dawson, American actress |
| | 1979 - Pierre Bouvier, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) |
| | 1979 - Andrew W.K., American musician |
| | 1980 - Cho Hyeon Jae, South Korean actor |
| | 1980 - Angela Nikodinov, American figure skater |
| | 1980 - Tony Schmidt, German racing driver |
| | 1982 - Rachel Boston, American actress |