| | 1403 - John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427) |
| | 1456 - Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485) |
| | 1540 - Barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594) |
| | 1572 - Ben Jonson, English dramatist (d. 1637) |
| | 1588 - George Wither, English writer (d. 1667) |
| | 1672 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749) |
| | 1696 - Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758) |
| | 1704 - Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (d. 1742) |
| | 1713 - Edward Capell, English critic (d. 1781) |
| | 1723 - Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d. 1788) |
| | 1776 - John Constable, English painter (d. 1837) |
| | 1815 - Julia Margaret Cameron, English photographer (d. 1879) |
| | 1842 - Carl von Linde, German engineer and industrialist (d. 1934) |
| | 1846 - William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (d. 1920) |
| | 1847 - Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist and feminist (d. 1929) |
| | 1864 - Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949) |
| | 1867 - Charles Fabry, French physicist (d. 1945) |
| | 1876 - Alfred L. Kroeber, American anthropologist (d. 1960) |
| | 1877 - Renee Vivien, English-born poet (d. 1909) |
| | 1879 - Roger Bresnahan, baseball player (d. 1944) |
| | 1879 - Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936) |
| | 1880 - Jeannette Rankin, American politician, feminist, and pacifist (d. 1973) |
| | 1888 - Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1927) |
| | 1895 - Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet politician (d. 1975) |
| | 1903 - Ernie Nevers, American football player (d. 1976) |
| | 1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer and inventor (d. 1997) |
| | 1910 - Carmine Coppola, American composer, director and songwriter (d. 1991) |
| | 1913 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach (d. 1970) |
| | 1919 - Richard Todd, British actor |
| | 1920 - Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (d. 1981) |
| | 1920 - Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (d. 1993) |
| | 1922 - John Bromfield, American actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1924 - Ed Farhat, American professional wrestler |
| | 1925 - William Styron, American author (d. 2006) |
| | 1928 - Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, Queen of the Belgians |
| | 1932 - Athol Fugard, South African playwright |
| | 1933 - Gene Wilder, American actor |
| | 1936 - Jud Strunk, American musician and comedian (d. 1981) |
| | 1936 - Chad Everett, American actor |
| | 1937 - Robin Warren, Australian pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine |
| | 1937 - Johnny Brown, American comic |
| | 1939 - Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver |
| | 1945 - Adrienne Barbeau, American actress |
| | 1947 - Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician |
| | 1947 - Henry Cisneros, American politician, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
| | 1947 - Richard Palmer-James, British lyricist and guitarist (King Crimson and Supertramp) |
| | 1948 - Dave Cash, Major league baseball player |
| | 1949 - Frank Beard, member of rock group ZZ Top |
| | 1949 - Benjamin Vasserman, Estonian graphic artist |
| | 1950 - Lynsey De Paul, British singer and songwriter |
| | 1952 - Donnie Van Zant, American rock musician |
| | 1953 - Peter Bergman, American actor |
| | 1956 - Joe Montana. American football player |
| | 1957 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American musician |
| | 1959 - Hugh Laurie, English actor and comedian |
| | 1962 - Erika Salumäe, Estonian cyclist, Olympian |
| | 1964 - Jean Alesi, French Formula One driver |
| | 1965 - Joey Santiago, Filipino guitarist (Pixies) |
| | 1968 - Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein |
| | 1969 - Peter Dinklage, American actor |
| | 1969 - Steven Drozd, American drummer |
| | 1969 - Bryan Fogarty, Professional ice hockey player (d. 2002) |
| | 1975 - Choi Ji Woo, South Korean actress and model |
| | 1978 - Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor |
| | 1982 - Diana Taurasi, American basketball player |
| | 1982 - Eldar Rønning, Norwegian cross-country skier |
| | 1982 - Johnny Candido, American professional wrestler |
| | 1982 - Joey Graham, American basketball player |
| | 1983 - Jose Reyes, American baseball player |
| | 1984 - Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1986 - Shia LaBeouf, American actor |