| | 926 - Murakami, Emperor of Japan (d. 967) |
| | 1535 - Pope Leo XI (d. 1605) |
| | 1731 - Martha Washington, First American first lady (d. 1802) |
| | 1740 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814) |
| | 1743 - Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, Sicilian Occultist (d. 1795) |
| | 1773 - John Randolph, U.S. Senator from Virginia (d. 1833) |
| | 1774 - William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850) |
| | 1823 - Gédéon Ouimet, French Canadian politician (d. 1905) |
| | 1835 - Pope Pius X (d. 1914) |
| | 1840 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (d. 1928) |
| | 1857 - Edward Elgar, English composer (d. 1934) |
| | 1857 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) |
| | 1863 - Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (d. 1942) |
| | 1865 - George Lohmann, English cricketer (d. 1901) |
| | 1869 - Jack O'Connor, baseball player (d. 1937) |
| | 1887 - Howard Johnson, American songwriter (d. 1941) |
| | 1891 - Thurman Arnold, American attorney and jurist (d. 1969) |
| | 1899 - Lotte Reiniger, German film director (d. 1981) |
| | 1904 - Frank Runacres, English artist (d. 1974) |
| | 1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984) |
| | 1907 - Dorothy West, American writer (d. 1998) |
| | 1913 - Barbara Pym, English novelist (d. 1980) |
| | 1915 - Walter Tetley, American voice actor (d. 1975) |
| | 1917 - Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and filmmaker |
| | 1920 - Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-born critic |
| | 1920 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (d. 2003) |
| | 1920 - Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969) |
| | 1922 - Charlie Sifford, American golfer |
| | 1924 - June Callwood, Canadian jounalist, author & social activist |
| | 1926 - Milo O'Shea, Irish actor |
| | 1929 - Norton Juster, American author and architect |
| | 1930 - Pete Conrad, American astronaut (d. 1999) |
| | 1930 - Bob Lillis, baseball player |
| | 1931 - Larry Jackson, baseball player (d. 1990) |
| | 1935 - Carol Shields, American-born novelist (d. 2003) |
| | 1935 - Roger Brierley, English actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1936 - Sally Kellerman, American actress |
| | 1937 - Jimmy Jones (singer), American singer and songwriter |
| | 1940 - King Constantine II of Greece |
| | 1941 - Stacy Keach, American actor |
| | 1941 - Charlie Watts, English musician (The Rolling Stones) |
| | 1941 - William Guest, American singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) |
| | 1943 - Charles Haid, American actor |
| | 1943 - Ilayaraaja, Indian composer |
| | 1944 - Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and musician |
| | 1945 - Jon Peters, American film producer and hairdresser |
| | 1946 - Peter Sutcliffe, English murderer |
| | 1948 - Jerry Mathers, American actor |
| | 1949 - Heather Couper, British astronomer |
| | 1949 - Frank Rich, American theater critic and political columnist |
| | 1951 - Larry Robinson, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1952 - Gary Bettman, American National Hockey League commissioner |
| | 1953 - Craig Stadler, American golfer |
| | 1954 - Dennis Haysbert, American actor |
| | 1955 - Dana Carvey, American actor and comedian |
| | 1955 - Michael Steele, American musician (The Bangles) |
| | 1955 - Chantal Hochuli, Swiss-born socialite |
| | 1956 - Mani Ratnam, Indian director |
| | 1957 - King Lizzard, American entertainer |
| | 1958 - Lawrence Pfohl, American professional wrestler |
| | 1959 - Lydia Lunch, American singer |
| | 1960 - Kyle Petty, American race car driver |
| | 1960 - Tony Hadley, English singer (Spandau Ballet) |
| | 1961 - Dez Cadena, American musician |
| | 1965 - Jim Knipfel, American autobiographer and journalist |
| | 1965 - Mark and Steve Waugh, Australian cricketers |
| | 1967 - Mike Stanton, baseball player |
| | 1968 - Jon Culshaw, British comedian |
| | 1970 - B Real, rapper |
| | 1971 - Anthony Montgomery, American actor |
| | 1971 - Kateřina Jacques, Czech politician |
| | 1972 - Wayne Brady, American actor and comedian |
| | 1972 - Wentworth Miller, American actor |
| | 1973 - Neifi Perez, Dominican-born baseball player |
| | 1974 - Chris Harris, American professional wrestler |
| | 1974 - Gata Kamsky, American chess player |
| | 1976 - Earl Boykins, American basketball player |
| | 1976 - Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane) |
| | 1978 - Nikki Cox, American actress |
| | 1978 - Justin Long, American actor |
| | 1978 - A.J. Styles, American professional wrestler |
| | 1980 - Fabrizio Moretti, American rock drummer (The Strokes) |
| | 1982 - Jewel Staite, Canadian actress |
| | 1983 - Christopher Higgins, American hockey player |
| | 1988 - Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer |
| | 1988 - Patrik Berglund, Swedish hockey player |
| | 1989 - Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-born footballer |