| | 1301 - Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (d. 1333) |
| | 1507 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet (d. 1566) |
| | 1566 - King James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1625) |
| | 1606 - James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (d. 1649) |
| | 1623 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1662) |
| | 1633 - Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (d. 1712) |
| | 1717 - Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757) |
| | 1764 - José Gervasio Artigas, father of Uruguay (d. 1850) |
| | 1771 - Joseph Gergonne, French mathematician |
| | 1792 - Gustav Schwab, German author (d. 1850) |
| | 1815 - Cornelius Krieghoff, Canadian painter (d. 1872) |
| | 1816 - William Henry Webb, American industrialist (d. 1899) |
| | 1834 - Charles Spurgeon, English preacher (d. 1892) |
| | 1846 - Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928) |
| | 1850 - David Jayne Hill, American diplomat (d. 1932) |
| | 1851 - Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (d. 1890) |
| | 1861 - Douglas Haig, British soldier (d. 1928) |
| | 1861 - José Rizal, Filipino poet and national hero (d. 1896) |
| | 1865 - Dame May Whitty, English entertainer (d. 1948) |
| | 1874 - Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer (d. 1941) |
| | 1877 - Charles Coburn, American actor (d. 1961) |
| | 1896 - Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986) |
| | 1897 - Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1967) |
| | 1897 - Moe Howard, American actor (d. 1975) |
| | 1898 - James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (d. 1968) |
| | 1902 - Guy Lombardo, Canadian bandleader (d. 1977) |
| | 1903 - Lou Gehrig, baseball player (d. 1941) |
| | 1903 - Wally Hammond, English cricketer (d. 1965) |
| | 1905 - Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994) |
| | 1906 - Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979) |
| | 1907 - Clarence Wiseman, 10th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1985) |
| | 1909 - Osamu Dazai, Japanese Author (d. 1948) |
| | 1910 - Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985) |
| | 1912 - Don Gutteridge, baseball player |
| | 1914 - Alan Cranston, American politician (d. 2000) |
| | 1914 - Lester Flatt, American musician (d. 1979) |
| | 1914 - Anthony Bloom, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church |
| | 1915 - Julius Schwartz, American editor and agent |
| | 1919 - Pauline Kael, American movie critic (d. 2001) |
| | 1919 - Louis Jourdan, French actor |
| | 1922 - Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1924 - Leo Nomellini, wrestler (d. 2000) |
| | 1925 - Charlie Drake, British actor, writer and singer |
| | 1928 - Nancy Marchand, American actress (d. 2000) |
| | 1928 - Barry Took, British comedy writer (d. 2002) |
| | 1928 - Tommy DeVito, musician and singer (The Four Seasons) |
| | 1930 - Gena Rowlands, American actress |
| | 1932 - Pier Angeli, Italian-born actress (d. 1972) |
| | 1932 - Marisa Pavan, Italian-born actress |
| | 1933 - Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut |
| | 1938 - Wahoo McDaniel, American football player (d. 2002) |
| | 1941 - Václav Klaus, Czech politician and President |
| | 1942 - Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, musician (Spanky and Our Gang) |
| | 1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel laureate |
| | 1945 - Radovan Karadžić, Serbian-Bosnian politician |
| | 1947 - Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer |
| | 1947 - Salman Rushdie, Indian author |
| | 1948 - Phylicia Rashad, American actress |
| | 1948 - Nick Drake, British musician (d. 1974) |
| | 1950 - Ann Wilson, American singer (Heart). |
| | 1951 - Francesco Moser, Italian cyclist |
| | 1953 - Larry Dunn, ex Keyboardist, Music Director of American band Earth, Wind and Fire. |
| | 1954 - Kathleen Turner, American actress |
| | 1956 - Doug Stone, country singer |
| | 1957 - Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003) |
| | 1960 - Luke Morley, British guitarist |
| | 1962 - Paula Abdul, American singer |
| | 1962 - Jeremy Bates, English tennis player |
| | 1963 - Rory Underwood, English rugby player |
| | 1964 - Boris Johnson, British politician |
| | 1964 - Brian Vander Ark, American musician (Verve Pipe) |
| | 1965 - Sadie Frost, English actress |
| | 1966 - Joichi Ito, Japanese entrepreneur |
| | 1967 - Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier |
| | 1967 - Mia Sara, American actress |
| | 1968 - Alastair Lynch, Australian footballer |
| | 1969 - Lara Spencer, American TV personality |
| | 1970 - Quincy Watts, American athlete |
| | 1970 - Rahul Gandhi, Indian politician |
| | 1970 - Brian Welch, American guitarist (ex-KoЯn) |
| | 1971 - Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer |
| | 1972 - Brian McBride, American soccer player |
| | 1972 - Poppy Montgomery, Australian actress |
| | 1973 - Jahine Arnold, American football player |
| | 1975 - Anthony Parker, American basketball player |
| | 1976 - Bryan Hughes, English footballer |
| | 1977 - Peter Warrick, American football player |
| | 1978 - Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player |
| | 1978 - Tyson Dux, Professional wrestler |
| | 1978 - Claudio Vargas, Professional baseball player |
| | 1979 - John Duddy, Northern Irish boxer |
| | 1979 - Quentin Jammer, American football player |
| | 1982 - David Pollack, American football player |
| | 1985 - Ben Andrews, Porn Actor |
| | 1986 - Marvin Williams, American basketball player |
| | 1989 - Joe Bryan Calvo, President of Draschestraße |
| | 1995 - Blake Woodruff, American actor |