| | 1593 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678) |
| | 1700 - José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) |
| | 1724 - Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (d. 1779) |
| | 1744 - Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) |
| | 1762 - Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814) |
| | 1773 - Arthur Aikin, English mineralogist (d. 1854) |
| | 1795 - Johns Hopkins, American philanthropist (d. 1873) |
| | 1827 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896) |
| | 1861 - Dame Nellie Melba, Australian opera singer (d. 1931) |
| | 1862 - Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (d. 1942) |
| | 1870 - Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936) |
| | 1874 - Gilbert Laird Jessop, English cricketer (d. 1955) |
| | 1879 - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (d. 1964) |
| | 1880 - Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (d. 1964) |
| | 1881 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st president of Turkey (d. 1938) |
| | 1882 - Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1967) |
| | 1890 - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969) |
| | 1891 - Oswald Boelcke, German World War I pilot (d. 1916) |
| | 1897 - Frank Luke, American World War I pilot (d. 1918) |
| | 1898 - Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (d. 1974) |
| | 1906 - Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor |
| | 1908 - Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (d. 1982) |
| | 1914 - Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2002) |
| | 1914 - Go Seigen, Japanese Go player |
| | 1914 - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) |
| | 1918 - Abraham Pais, Dutch-born American physicist (d. 2000) |
| | 1921 - Yuri Kochiyama, American civil rights activist |
| | 1921 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (d. 1999) |
| | 1924 - Sandy Wilson, British composer |
| | 1925 - Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965) |
| | 1925 - Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998) |
| | 1925 - Guy Provost, French Canadian actor (d. 2004) |
| | 1926 - Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author |
| | 1928 - Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus Cars (d. 1982) |
| | 1928 - Dolph Schayes, NBA player and coach |
| | 1929 - John Stroger Chicago politician |
| | 1930 - Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (d. 1965) |
| | 1931 - Eric Tappy, Swiss tenor |
| | 1932 - Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966) |
| | 1934 - Jim Lehrer, American television journalist |
| | 1934 - Ruskin Bond, Indian author |
| | 1939 - Livio Berruti, Italian athlete |
| | 1939 - Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong actress |
| | 1939 - Dick Scobee, astronaut (d. 1986) |
| | 1940 - Mickey Newbury, American musician |
| | 1940 - Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist |
| | 1941 - Nora Ephron, American screenwriter |
| | 1942 - Gary Kildall, American computer programmer (d. 1994) |
| | 1944 - Peter Mayhew, British-American actor |
| | 1945 - Pete Townshend, English musician (The Who) |
| | 1946 - André the Giant, French professional wrestler (d. 1993) |
| | 1946 - Claude Lelièvre, Belgian commissioner for children's rights |
| | 1947 - Michele Placido, Italian actor and director |
| | 1947 - Paul Brady, Northern Ireland singer/songwriter |
| | 1947 - David Helfgott, Australian pianist |
| | 1948 - Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress |
| | 1949 - Archie Manning, American football player |
| | 1949 - Dusty Hill, American blues rock singer/bassist (ZZ Top) |
| | 1951 - Joey Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2001) |
| | 1952 - Bert van Marwijk, Dutch football manager |
| | 1953 - Victoria Wood, British comic actress |
| | 1953 - Dawud M. Mu'Min, American convicted murderer (d. 1997) |
| | 1953 - Shavarsh Karapetyan, Soviet Armenian finswimmer |
| | 1954 - Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC) |
| | 1956 - James Gosling, Canadian computer programmer |
| | 1957 - Bill Laimbeer, NBA player and coach |
| | 1963 - Yazz, British singer |
| | 1966 - Polly Walker, British actress |
| | 1968 - Kyle Eastwood, American actor; son of Clint Eastwood |
| | 1971 - Dionicio Castellanos, Mexican professional wrestler |
| | 1972 - Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base) |
| | 1973 - Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver |
| | 1974 - Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player |
| | 1975 - London Fletcher, American football player |
| | 1976 - Kevin Garnett and Ed Cota, American basketball players |
| | 1977 - Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer |
| | 1977 - Brandon Inge, American baseball player |
| | 1978 - Marcus Bent, English footballer |
| | 1979 - Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer |
| | 1979 - Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer |
| | 1980 - Drew Fuller, American actor/model |
| | 1981 - Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer |
| | 1981 - Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer |
| | 1982 - Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer |
| | 1982 - Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian football |
| | 1984 - Marcedes Lewis, American football player |
| | 1986 - Eric Lloyd, American actor |
| | 1987 - David Edgar, Canadian-born footballer |
| | 1988 - Lily Cole, English model/actress |