| | 563 BC - Siddhartha Gautama, later Buddha (d. 483 BC) |
| | 1265 - Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317) |
| | 1604 - Jean Mairet, French dramatist (d. 1686) |
| | 1641 - Dudley North, English economist (d. 1691) |
| | 1727 - Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (d. 1781) |
| | 1746 - Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818) |
| | 1760 - Johann Peter Hebel, German poet (d. 1826) |
| | 1770 - Louis Nicolas Davout, French marshal (d. 1823) |
| | 1775 - Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (d. 1809) |
| | 1788 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (d. 1827) |
| | 1813 - Montgomery Blair, American politician (d. 1883) |
| | 1838 - John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865) |
| | 1840 - Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (1868) |
| | 1841 - James Gordon Bennett Jr., American publisher (d. 1918) |
| | 1847 - Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (d. 1923) |
| | 1866 - Léon Bakst, Russian artist (d. 1924) |
| | 1872 - Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (d. 1950) |
| | 1876 - Ivan Cankar, Slovenian writer (d. 1918) |
| | 1878 - Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1929) |
| | 1879 - Symon Petlura, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1926) |
| | 1886 - Karl Barth, Swiss Protestant theologian (d. 1968) |
| | 1886 - Olaf Stapledon, British Author and Philosopher (d. 1950) |
| | 1886 - Felix Manalo, first Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963) |
| | 1887 - Mir Ghotbeddin Mohammad Angha, 40th Sufi master of the Oveyssi order (d. 1962) |
| | 1888 - Max Steiner, Austrian composer (d. 1971) |
| | 1889 - Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965) |
| | 1890 - Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946) |
| | 1897 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime minister of Norway (d. 1987) |
| | 1899 - Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (d. 1987) |
| | 1899 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-born composer (d. 1979) |
| | 1902 - Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974) |
| | 1902 - David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965) |
| | 1903 - Otto Bradfisch, Nazi leader (d. 1994) |
| | 1909 - Maybelle Carter, American musician |
| | 1916 - Milton Babbitt, American composer |
| | 1927 - Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author |
| | 1928 - Arnold Rüütel, Estonian president |
| | 1930 - Pat Summerall, American football player and broadcaster |
| | 1930 - Scott Muni, American radio DJ |
| | 1933 - Barbara Taylor Bradford, English writer |
| | 1934 - Cliff Wilson, Welsh snooker player (d. 1994) |
| | 1934 - Jeanine Basinger, American film scholar |
| | 1936 - Gary Owens, American actor and announcer |
| | 1937 - Tamara Press, Soviet athlete |
| | 1937 - Jim Hickman, baseball player |
| | 1943 - Richard Darman, American economist |
| | 1944 - Jim Abrahams, American film director |
| | 1946 - Donovan, Scottish musician |
| | 1946 - Dave Mason, English musician (Traffic) |
| | 1952 - Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer |
| | 1953 - John Diamond, British journalist (d. 2001) |
| | 1955 - Chris Berman, American sportscaster |
| | 1955 - Mark David Chapman, American assassin of John Lennon |
| | 1956 - Vladislav Listyev, Russian television anchor and journalist |
| | 1957 - Sid Vicious, English bassist (The Sex Pistols) (d. 1979) |
| | 1958 - Rick Santorum, U.S. Senator |
| | 1958 - Yu Suzuki, creator of Virtua Fighter series |
| | 1960 - Bono, Irish singer (U2) |
| | 1961 - Danny Carey, American Drummer (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus) |
| | 1965 - Linda Evangelista, Canadian Supermodel |
| | 1965 - Darren Matthews, British professional wrestler |
| | 1966 - Jonathan Edwards, British athlete |
| | 1967 - Scott Brison, Canadian politician |
| | 1967 - Young MC, American rapper |
| | 1969 - Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer |
| | 1970 - David Weir, Scottish footballer |
| | 1971 - Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater |
| | 1972 - Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer |
| | 1974 - Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer |
| | 1975 - Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver |
| | 1976 - Rob Malda, founder of Slashdot |
| | 1977 - Nick Heidfeld, German Formula 1 driver |
| | 1977 - Denise Ho, Hong Kong singer |
| | 1977 - Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer |
| | 1978 - Kenan Thompson, American actor |
| | 1979 - Lee Hyori, South Korean singer |
| | 1982 - Adebayo Akinfenwa, English footballer |
| | 1982 - Jeremy Gable, American playwright |
| | 1982 - Katherine Bates, Australian cyclist |
| | 1989 - Lindsey Shaw, American actress |
| | 1991 - Miss Nana, American rapper |