| | 1540 - Charles II of Austria (d. 1590) |
| | 1635 - Philippe Quinault, French writer (d. 1688) |
| | 1659 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708) |
| | 1723 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born naturalist (d. 1788) |
| | 1726 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797) |
| | 1770 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician (d. 1820) |
| | 1808 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889) |
| | 1818 - Louis Faidherbe, French general (d. 1889) |
| | 1819 - Anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1892) |
| | 1832 - Alexandre Charles Lecocq, French composer (d. 1918) |
| | 1843 - Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1912) |
| | 1844 - Garret Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States (d. 1899) |
| | 1844 - Detlev von Liliencron, German poet (d. 1909) |
| | 1853 - William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist (d. 1942) |
| | 1864 - Otto Erich Hartleben, German writer (d. 1905) |
| | 1864 - Ransom E. Olds, American automobile pioneer (d. 1950) |
| | 1865 - George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936) |
| | 1866 - George Howells Broadhurst, English director (d. 1952) |
| | 1873 - Otto Loewi, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1961) |
| | 1877 - Raoul Dufy, French painter (d. 1953) |
| | 1878 - Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (d. 1946) |
| | 1879 - Raymond Pearl, American biologist (d. 1940) |
| | 1881 - Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter (d. 1964) |
| | 1888 - Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958) |
| | 1899 - Georg von Békésy, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1972) |
| | 1901 - Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989) |
| | 1903 - Eddie Acuff, American actor (d. 1956) |
| | 1904 - Jan Peerce, American tenor (d. 1984) |
| | 1906 - Josephine Baker, American dancer (d. 1975) |
| | 1907 - Paul Rotha, English director (d. 1984) |
| | 1911 - Ellen Corby, American actress (d. 1999) |
| | 1911 - Paulette Goddard, American actress (d. 1990) |
| | 1913 - Pedro Mir, Dominican Poet Laureate (d. 2000) |
| | 1918 - Lili St. Cyr, American ecdysiast (d. 1999) |
| | 1921 - Forbes Carlile, Australian athlete |
| | 1922 - Alain Resnais, French director |
| | 1923 - Igor Shafarevich, Russian mathematician |
| | 1924 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (d. 1991) |
| | 1924 - Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate |
| | 1924 - Jimmy Rogers, American blues guitarist (d. 1997) |
| | 1925 - Tony Curtis, American actor |
| | 1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997) |
| | 1926 - Boots Randolph, American musician |
| | 1929 - Werner Arber, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate |
| | 1929 - Chuck Barris, American game show host |
| | 1930 - Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (d. 1999) |
| | 1931 - John Norman, American author |
| | 1931 - Lindy Remigino, American athlete |
| | 1933 - Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, emir of Bahrain (d. 1999) |
| | 1934 - Rolland D. McCune, American theologian |
| | 1936 - Jim Gentile, Baseball player |
| | 1936 - Larry McMurtry, American author |
| | 1937 - Solomon P. Ortiz, American politician |
| | 1939 - Steve Dalkowski, baseball player |
| | 1939 - Ian Hunter, English musician |
| | 1942 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (d. 1999) |
| | 1943 - Billy Cunningham, American basketball player |
| | 1944 - Edith McGuire, American runner |
| | 1946 - Eddie Holman, American singer |
| | 1946 - Michael Clarke American musician (d. 1993) |
| | 1950 - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter |
| | 1950 - Deniece Williams, American singer |
| | 1950 - Suzi Quatro, American musician and actress |
| | 1952 - Billy Powell, American keyboardist |
| | 1954 - Dan Hill, Canadian singer and songwriter |
| | 1956 - Brad Nessler, American sports broadcaster |
| | 1957 - Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player |
| | 1961 - Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer and author |
| | 1963 - Doro Pesch, German singer |
| | 1963 - Rudy Demotte, Belgian politician |
| | 1964 - Kerry King, American musician |
| | 1964 - James Purefoy, British actor |
| | 1965 - Kurt von Finck, American open source advocate |
| | 1965 - Mike Gordon, American musician |
| | 1966 - Wasim Akram, Pakistani cricketer |
| | 1967 - Anderson Cooper, American reporter |
| | 1968 - Jamie O'Neal, American singer |
| | 1968 - Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian singer |
| | 1969 - Takako Minekawa, Japanese musician |
| | 1970 - Esther Hart, Dutch singer |
| | 1970 - Julie Masse, French Canadian singer |
| | 1970 - Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer |
| | 1971 - Carl Everett, American baseball player |
| | 1974 - Krayzie Bone, American rapper |
| | 1974 - Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics) |
| | 1975 - Jose Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player |
| | 1975 - Russel Hobbs, drummer for Gorillaz |
| | 1976 - Jamie McMurray, American NASCAR driver |
| | 1976 - Yuri Ruley, American drummer |
| | 1977 - Cris, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1977 - Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player |
| | 1977 - Travis Hafner, American baseball player |
| | 1981 - Danielle DiLorenzo, American Survivor contestant |
| | 1982 - Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter |
| | 1985 - Pretty Ricky, American singer |
| | 1986 - Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player |
| | 1987 - Lalaine, American actress and singer. |
| | 1987 - Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress |
| | 2006 - Countess Leonore, Member of the Dutch Royal Family |