| | 1341 - Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402) |
| | 1493 - Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (d. 1555) |
| | 1553 - Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617) |
| | 1640 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (d. 1715) |
| | 1718 - Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (d. 1779) |
| | 1723 - Adam Smith, Scottish economist (d. 1790) |
| | 1757 - Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (d. 1808) |
| | 1760 - Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (d. 1852) |
| | 1771 - Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (d. 1851) |
| | 1781 - Christian August Lobeck, German scholar (d. 1860) |
| | 1819 - John Couch Adams, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1892) |
| | 1850 - Pat Garrett, American Western lawman (d. 1908) |
| | 1862 - Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930) |
| | 1876 - Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920) |
| | 1878 - Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1923) |
| | 1879 - Robert Mayer, German-born philanthropist (d. 1985) |
| | 1879 - René Pottier, French cyclist (d. 1907) |
| | 1883 - John Maynard Keynes, English economist (d. 1946) |
| | 1884 - Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957) |
| | 1894 - Roy Thomson, Lord Thomson of Fleet, English publisher (d. 1976) |
| | 1895 - William Boyd (actor), American actor (d. 1972) |
| | 1898 - Federico García Lorca, Spanish lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936) |
| | 1900 - Dennis Gabor, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) |
| | 1905 - John Abbott, British actor (d. 1996) |
| | 1919 - Richard Scarry, American children's author (d. 1994) |
| | 1920 - Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American author (d. 1974) |
| | 1925 - Art Donovan, American football star (d. 2006) |
| | 1928 - Tony Richardson, British actor (d. 1991) |
| | 1930 - Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian writer (d. 1996) |
| | 1931 - Jacques Demy, French playwright (d. 1990) |
| | 1932 - Christy Brown, Irish author (d. 1981) |
| | 1934 - Bill Moyers, American journalist |
| | 1938 - Karin Balzer, German hurdler |
| | 1939 - Joe Clark, sixteenth Prime Minister of Canada |
| | 1939 - Margaret Drabble, English novelist |
| | 1941 - Martha Argerich, Argentine pianist |
| | 1941 - Spalding Gray, American actor and writer (d. 2004) |
| | 1941 - Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots |
| | 1943 - Matthew Lesko, American author |
| | 1944 - Tommie Smith, American athlete |
| | 1946 - Freddie Stone, American guitarist (Sly & the Family Stone) |
| | 1947 - Laurie Anderson, American performance artist |
| | 1947 - Tom Evans, musician (Badfinger) (d. 1983) |
| | 1949 - Ken Follett, Welsh author |
| | 1952 - Daniel Katzen, Symphony musician |
| | 1952 - Carole Fredericks, American singer (d. 2001) |
| | 1952 - Nicko McBrain, English musician (Iron Maiden) |
| | 1955 - Edino Nazareth Filho, Brazilian football player |
| | 1956 - Richard Butler, English singer (Psychedelic Furs) |
| | 1956 - Kenny G, American saxophonist |
| | 1962 - Princess Astrid of Belgium |
| | 1962 - Jeff Garlin, American comedian |
| | 1965 - Sandrine Piau, French soprano |
| | 1967 - Joe DeLoach, American athlete |
| | 1967 - Ray Lankford, baseball player |
| | 1968 - Ron Livingston, American actor |
| | 1969 - Brian McKnight, American musician |
| | 1970 - Martin Gelinas, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1971 - Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress |
| | 1971 - Mark Wahlberg, American singer and actor |
| | 1972 - Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor |
| | 1972 - Mike Bucci, American professional wrestler |
| | 1973 - Lamon Brewster, American boxer |
| | 1974 - Chad Allen, American actor |
| | 1975 - Anna Nova, German erotic actress |
| | 1975 - Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, NBA basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers) |
| | 1976 - Ross Noble, English comedian |
| | 1977 - Liza Weil, American actress |
| | 1979 - David Bisbal, Spanish singer |
| | 1979 - Peter Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy) |
| | 1981 - Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) |
| | 1981 - Jade Goody, British television personality |
| | 1983 - Bill Bray, baseball player |
| | 1985 - Rubén De la Red, football player |
| | 1985 - Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater |
| | 1986 - Amanda Crew, Canadian actress |
| | 2005 - Irene Urdangarin, granddaughter of king Juan Carlos I of Spain |