| | 1529 - Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and man of letters (d. 1615) |
| | 1761 - John Rennie, Scottish engineer (d. 1821) |
| | 1770 - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1828) |
| | 1778 - Beau Brummell, English fashion leader (d. 1840) |
| | 1811 - James Young Simpson, British obstetrician (d. 1870) |
| | 1831 - Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist (d. 1892) |
| | 1837 - Alois Hitler, Adolf Hitler's father (d. 1903) |
| | 1845 - Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1930) |
| | 1848 - Paul Gauguin, French painter (d. 1903) |
| | 1862 - Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947) |
| | 1868 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer, and illustrator (d. 1928) |
| | 1877 - Charles Glover Barkla, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1944) |
| | 1879 - Knud Rasmussen, Greenland-born explorer (d. 1933) |
| | 1883 - Sylvanus Morley, U.S. archaeologist and spy (d. 1948) |
| | 1886 - Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (d. 1972) |
| | 1894 - Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (d. 1974) |
| | 1896 - Robert S. Mulliken, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) |
| | 1896 - Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician (d. 1958) |
| | 1896 - Douglas Campbell, American World War I flying ace (d. 1990) |
| | 1897 - George Szell, Hungarian conductor (d. 1970) |
| | 1899 - Elizabeth Bowen, Irish novelist (d. 1973) |
| | 1900 - Glen Gray, Jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra (d. 1963) |
| | 1902 - Herman B Wells, president and chancellor of Indiana University (d. 2000) |
| | 1909 - Virginia Apgar, American physician and childbirth specialist (d. 1974) |
| | 1909 - Jessica Tandy, English-born actress (d. 1994) |
| | 1911 - Brooks Stevens, automotive designer (d. 1995) |
| | 1917 - Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000) |
| | 1917 - Dean Martin, American actor (d. 1995) |
| | 1920 - Georges Marchais, French politician (d. 1997) |
| | 1921 - Tal Farlow, American jazz guitar virtuoso (d. 1998) |
| | 1923 - Jules Deschênes, Canadian jurist (d. 2000) |
| | 1928 - James Ivory, American film director |
| | 1928 - Reg Park, British bodybuilder |
| | 1929 - John Turner, seventeenth Prime Minister of Canada |
| | 1929 - The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, Wrestling manager |
| | 1931 - Malcolm Morley, English-born painter |
| | 1935 - Harry Crews, American author |
| | 1937 - Neeme Järvi, Estonian conductor |
| | 1938 - Goose Gonsoulin, American football player |
| | 1940 - Tom Jones, Welsh singer |
| | 1943 - Nikki Giovanni, American poet |
| | 1945 - Wolfgang Schüssel, Chancellor of Austria |
| | 1946 - Jenny Jones, Palestinian-born comedian and talk show host |
| | 1947 - Thurman Munson, Major league baseball catcher (d. 1979) |
| | 1950 - Gary Graham American actor |
| | 1952 - Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor |
| | 1953 - Dougie Donnelly, Scottish television broadcaster |
| | 1953 - Johnny Clegg, South African musician |
| | 1954 - Louise Erdrich, American author |
| | 1955 - Tim Richmond, American race car driver (d. 1989) |
| | 1956 - L.A. Reid, American music producer |
| | 1958 - Surakiart Sathirathai, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand |
| | 1958 - Prince, American musician |
| | 1961 - Dave Catching, American musician |
| | 1964 - Judie Aronson, American actress |
| | 1964 - Gia Carides, Greek-Australian actress |
| | 1965 - Mick Foley, American professional wrestler and author |
| | 1967 - Dave Navarro, American musician |
| | 1969 - Kim Rhodes, American actress |
| | 1970 - Mike Modano, American ice hockey player |
| | 1970 - Cafu, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1972 - Karl Urban, New Zealand actor |
| | 1973 - Song Yun-ah, South Korean model, singer and actress |
| | 1974 - Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player |
| | 1975 - Allen Iverson, American basketball player |
| | 1977 - Marcin Baszczyński, Polish football (soccer) player |
| | 1977 - Joe Horgan, baseball player |
| | 1978 - Tony An, Korean singer in the group H.O.T |
| | 1979 - Kevin Hofland, Dutch footballer |
| | 1981 - Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player |
| | 1981 - Larisa Oleynik, Ukrainian-born actress |
| | 1981 - Stephen Bywater, British goalkeeper |
| | 1981 - Tyler Johnson, baseball player |
| | 1985 - Charlie Simpson, British pop singer |
| | 1988 - Michael Cera, Canadian actor |
| | 1988 - Godwin Antwi, Ghana footballer |
| | 1993 - Jordan Fry, American actor |