| | 1048 - Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) |
| | 1334 - Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) |
| | 1458 - Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) |
| | 1606 - Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) |
| | 1661 - Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) |
| | 1713 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792) |
| | 1725 - Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776) |
| | 1803 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873) |
| | 1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882) |
| | 1845 - Lip Pike, baseball player (d.1883) |
| | 1852 - William Muldoon, wrestler (d. 1933) |
| | 1856 - Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942) |
| | 1860 - James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944) |
| | 1865 - John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955) |
| | 1865 - Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943) |
| | 1877 - Billy Murray, American singer (d. 1954) |
| | 1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African American entertainer (d. 1949) |
| | 1879 - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born publisher (d. 1964) |
| | 1880 - Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967) |
| | 1882 - Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956) |
| | 1886 - Philip Murray, U.S. (Scottish-born) labor leader (d. 1952) |
| | 1887 - Pio of Pietrelcina, Catholic saint (d. 1968) |
| | 1888 - Miles Malleson, English actor (d. 1969) |
| | 1889 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian inventor (d. 1972) |
| | 1897 - Gene Tunney, American heavyweight champion (d. 1978) |
| | 1898 - Bennett Cerf, American publisher, TV personality (d. 1971) |
| | 1900 - Alain Grandbois, French Canadian poet (d. 1975) |
| | 1903 - Binnie Barnes, British actress (d. 1998) |
| | 1907 - U Nu, Burmese politician (d. 1995) |
| | 1909 - Alfred Kubel, German politician (d. 1999) |
| | 1912 - Princess Dukhye of Korea (d. 1989) |
| | 1913 - Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965) |
| | 1917 - Steve Cochran, American actor (d. 1965) |
| | 1918 - Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1921 - Jack Steinberger, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1921 - Hal David, American lyricist and songwriter |
| | 1922 - Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984) |
| | 1922 - Kitty Kallen, American big band singer |
| | 1924 - István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005) |
| | 1925 - Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (d. 1974) |
| | 1925 - Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003) |
| | 1925 - Don Liddle, baseball player (d. 2000) |
| | 1927 - Robert Ludlum, American writer (d. 2001) |
| | 1929 - Beverly Sills, American soprano |
| | 1931 - Georgi Grechko, cosmonaut |
| | 1932 - John Gregory Dunne, American writer (d. 2003) |
| | 1933 - Ray Spencer, English footballer |
| | 1935 - Cookie Gilchrist, American football player |
| | 1936 - Tom T. Hall, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1938 - Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988) |
| | 1939 - Dixie Carter, American actress |
| | 1939 - Ian McKellen, English actor |
| | 1943 - Jessi Colter, American singer |
| | 1943 - John "Poli" Palmer, British rock musician (Family) |
| | 1944 - Frank Oz, English-born puppeteer and director |
| | 1944 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2005) |
| | 1944 - John Bunnell, former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality |
| | 1948 - Klaus Meine, German musician (Scorpions) |
| | 1949 - Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-born novelist |
| | 1953 - Daniel Passarella, Argentine football player |
| | 1956 - Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer |
| | 1956 - David P. Sartor, American music composer |
| | 1956 - Tatsutoshi Goto, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1958 - Paul Weller, British musician |
| | 1960 - Guy Fletcher, keyboardist (Dire Straits) |
| | 1963 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian |
| | 1965 - Simon Fowler, English singer (Ocean Colour Scene) |
| | 1966 - McLoud, Swiss composer and artist |
| | 1967 - Poppy Z. Brite, American author |
| | 1968 - Kendall Gill, American basketball player |
| | 1969 - Anne Heche, American actress |
| | 1969 - Stacy London, American fashion consultant |
| | 1969 - Glen Drover, Guitar player (Megadeth) |
| | 1970 - Jamie Kennedy, American actor |
| | 1970 - Joey Eischen, Baseball player |
| | 1971 - Sonya Smith, American actress |
| | 1972 - Octavia Spencer, American actress |
| | 1973 - Demetri Martin, American comedian |
| | 1973 - Molly Sims, American supermodel and actress |
| | 1973 - Daz Dillinger, American Hip-Hop performer |
| | 1975 - Lauryn Hill, American singer |
| | 1976 - Miguel Tejada, Dominican Major League Baseball player |
| | 1976 - Cillian Murphy, Irish actor |
| | 1978 - Brian Urlacher, American football player |
| | 1979 - Carlos Bocanegra, American soccer player |
| | 1979 - Jonny Wilkinson, English international and Newcastle Falcons rugby player |
| | 1979 - Caroline Ouellette, French Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1980 - Jae Hee, South Korean actor |
| | 1982 - Adam Boyd, English footballer |
| | 1984 - Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, 2005 Miss World |
| | 1984 - Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1985 - Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress |
| | 1987 - Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer |
| | 1993 - Dilley sextuplets, American sextuplets |