| | 1213 - Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persian philosopher |
| | 1632 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d. 1710) |
| | 1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675) |
| | 1657 - James Cragg the Elder, British politician (d. 1721) (baptism: date of birth not recorded) |
| | 1688 - James Francis Edward Stuart (d. 1766) |
| | 1706 - John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761) |
| | 1710 - James Short, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768) |
| | 1803 - Henry Darcy, French scientist (d. 1858) |
| | 1804 - Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (d. 1884) |
| | 1825 - Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (d. 1897) |
| | 1819 - Gustave Courbet, French painter (d. 1877) |
| | 1835 - Rebecca Latimer Felton, U.S. Senator (d. 1930) |
| | 1839 - Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Council President of Denmark (d. 1912) |
| | 1861 - Pierre Duhem, French physicist (d. 1916) |
| | 1862 - Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (d. 1937) |
| | 1863 - Louis Couperus, Dutch novelist (d. 1923) |
| | 1880 - André Derain, French painter (d. 1954) |
| | 1889 - Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (d. 1973) |
| | 1895 - Hattie McDaniel, American actress (d. 1952) |
| | 1897 - Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia (d. 1918) |
| | 1901 - Frederick Loewe, Austrian-born composer (d. 1988) |
| | 1907 - Fairfield Porter, American painter (d. 1975) |
| | 1908 - Robert Cummings, American actor (d. 1990) |
| | 1910 - Howlin' Wolf, American musician (d. 1976) |
| | 1910 - Frank Demaree, American baseball player (d. 1958) |
| | 1911 - Terence Rattigan, British playwright (d. 1977) |
| | 1912 - Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec (d. 1980) |
| | 1913 - Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer |
| | 1915 - Saul Bellow, Nobel laureate (d. 2005) |
| | 1918 - Barry Morse, British-born Canadian actor |
| | 1921 - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
| | 1921 - Jean Robic, French cyclist (d. 1980) |
| | 1922 - Judy Garland, American musical actress (d. 1969) |
| | 1923 - Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born newspaperman (d. 1991) |
| | 1926 - Lionel Jeffries, British actor |
| | 1927 - Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician |
| | 1927 - Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-born footballer (d. 2002) |
| | 1928 - Maurice Sendak, American writer |
| | 1929 - Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (d. 2005) |
| | 1929 - Ian McCahon Sinclair, Australian politician |
| | 1929 - E. O. Wilson, American biologist |
| | 1931 - João Gilberto, Brazilian singer |
| | 1932 - Branko Lustig, film producer |
| | 1933 - Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian Prime Minister |
| | 1933 - F. Lee Bailey, American attorney |
| | 1940 - John Stevens, British drummer (d. 1994) |
| | 1941 - Jürgen Prochnow, German actor |
| | 1941 - Mickey Jones, American musician and actor |
| | 1941 - Shirley Owens, American singer (Shirelles) |
| | 1942 - Preston Manning, Canadian politician |
| | 1947 - Ken Singleton, American baseball player |
| | 1949 - John Sentamu, Archbishop of York |
| | 1949 - Ronnie James Dio, American singer |
| | 1950 - Elias Sosa, Major League Baseball pitcher |
| | 1951 - Dan Fouts, American football player |
| | 1953 - John Edwards, American politician |
| | 1957 - Lindsay Hoyle, British politician |
| | 1957 - Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect |
| | 1959 - Eliot Spitzer, American politician |
| | 1961 - Kim Deal, American musician (The Pixies) |
| | 1962 - Gina Gershon, American actress |
| | 1962 - Koma Wong Ka-Kui, Hong Kong musician (Beyond) (d. 1993) |
| | 1962 - Vincent Perez, Swiss actor |
| | 1963 - Brad Henry, American politician (current Oklahoma governor) |
| | 1963 - Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress |
| | 1964 - Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician (Smashing Pumpkins) |
| | 1965 - Elizabeth Hurley, British actress |
| | 1966 - David Platt, British footballer |
| | 1968 - Jimmy Shea, American skeleton racer |
| | 1968 - The D.O.C., rapper |
| | 1969 - Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer |
| | 1970 - Mike Doughty, American singer |
| | 1971 - Joel Hailey, American singer |
| | 1971 - Bruno N'Gotty, French footballer |
| | 1972 - Radmila Šekerinska, Macedonian politician |
| | 1973 - Faith Evans, American singer |
| | 1973 - Pokey Reese, baseball player |
| | 1975 - Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer |
| | 1975 - Risto Jussilainen, Finnish ski jumper |
| | 1976 - Freddy Garcia, baseball player |
| | 1976 - Hadi Saei Bonehkohal, Persian taekwondoka |
| | 1976 - Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer |
| | 1977 - Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress |
| | 1978 - Shane West, American actor |
| | 1980 - Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1980 - Jessica Di Cicco, American actress |
| | 1980 - Hoku Ho, American singer and actress |
| | 1982 - Princess Madeleine of Sweden |
| | 1982 - Tara Lipinski, American figure skater |
| | 1982 - Leelee Sobieski, American actress |
| | 1985 - Kristina Lundberg, Swedish ice hockey player |
| | 1986 - Joey Zimmerman, American actor |