| | 1002 - Pope Leo IX (d. 1054) |
| | 1226 - King Boleslaus V of Poland (d. 1279) |
| | 1535 - Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (d. 1596) |
| | 1639 (O.S.) - Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1723) |
| | 1646 (O.S.) - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German philosopher and scientist (d. 1716) |
| | 1676 (O.S.) - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729) |
| | 1712 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (d. 1790) |
| | 1730 - Motoori Norinaga, Japanese scholar |
| | 1732 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (d. 1791) |
| | 1736 (O.S.) - Enoch Poor, American general in the Continental Army (d. 1780) |
| | 1759 - Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier (d. 1817) |
| | 1763 - Pierre Paul Royer-Collard, French philosopher (d. 1845) |
| | 1764 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (d. 1840) |
| | 1774 - Daniel D. Tompkins, Congressman, Governor of New York, and sixth Vice President of the United States |
| | 1781 - Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1840) |
| | 1782 - Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (d. 1852) |
| | 1805 - Charles Thomas Jackson, American scientist, polymath |
| | 1811 - Carlo Matteucci, Italian physicist (d. 1868) |
| | 1812 - Moses Hess, Jewish socialist and nationalist (d. 1875) |
| | 1823 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (d. 1873) |
| | 1825 - William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican bishop of Oxford |
| | 1828 - Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (d. 1904) |
| | 1839 - Machado de Assis, Brazilian writer (d. 1908) |
| | 1858 - Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor |
| | 1859 - Henry Ossawa Tanner, American painter (d. 1937) |
| | 1862 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (d. 1943) |
| | 1863 - Max Wolf, German astronomer (d. 1932) |
| | 1864 - Heinrich Wölfflin, Swiss art historian (d. 1945) |
| | 1868 - Edwin Stephen Goodrich, English zoologist |
| | 1870 - Clara Immerwahr, German chemist |
| | 1876 - Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist |
| | 1880 - Arnold Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician (d.1961) |
| | 1880 - Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker |
| | 1882 - Rockwell Kent, American artist (d. 1971) |
| | 1883 - Lluís Companys i Jover, President of Catalonia (d. 1940) |
| | 1883 - Fyodor Gladkov, Russian writer |
| | 1884 - Claude Auchinleck, British field marshal (d. 1981) |
| | 1887 - Norman L. Bowen, Canadian petrologist (d. 1956) |
| | 1889 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (d. 1972) |
| | 1891 - Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian architect (d. 1979) |
| | 1891 - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (d. 1966) |
| | 1892 - Reinhold Niebuhr, Protestant theologian (d. 1971) |
| | 1893 - Alois Hába, Czech composer (d. 1973) |
| | 1896 - Charles B. Momsen, American inventor (d. 1967) |
| | 1898 - Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and writer (d. 1964) |
| | 1902 - Howie Morenz, professional ice hockey player (d. 1937) |
| | 1903 - Al Hirschfeld, American cartoonist (d. 2003) |
| | 1905 - Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (d. 1980) |
| | 1906 - Harold Spina, American composer |
| | 1908 - William Frankena, American philosopher |
| | 1910 - Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Soviet poet |
| | 1912 - Mary McCarthy, American writer (d. 1989) |
| | 1912 - Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot and officer of the Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence |
| | 1914 - William Vickrey, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996) |
| | 1916 - Joseph Cyril Bamford, English inventor and industrialist |
| | 1918 - James Clyde Mitchell, English sociologist and anthropologist |
| | 1919 - Gower Champion, dancer and choreographer (d. 1980) |
| | 1919 - Gérard Pelletier, French journalist, politician, and diplomat (d. 1997) |
| | 1919 - Paolo Soleri, Italian-born American architect |
| | 1921 - Judy Holliday, American actress (d. 1965) |
| | 1921 - Jane Russell, American actress |
| | 1921 - Jean de Broglie, French politician |
| | 1924 - Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and pioneering museum director (d. 2006) |
| | 1924 - Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalytic thinker |
| | 1925 - Giovanni Spadolini, Italian politician (d. 1994) |
| | 1925 - Maureen Stapleton, American actress (d. 2006) |
| | 1926 - Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. 2003) |
| | 1927 - Carl Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996) |
| | 1929 - Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (d. 1977) |
| | 1929 - Alexandre Lagoya, classical guitarist (d. 1999) |
| | 1930 - Sir Gerald Kaufman, British politician |
| | 1930 - Mike McCormack, American professional football player |
| | 1931 - Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| | 1932 - O.C. Smith, American singer (d. 2001) |
| | 1932 - Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist and composer |
| | 1935 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (d. 2004) |
| | 1938 - Ron Ely, American actor |
| | 1939 - Ruben Berrios, Puerto Rican politician |
| | 1940 - Mariette Hartley, American actress |
| | 1940 - Michael Ruse, Canadian philosopher |
| | 1942 - Henry Taylor, American poet |
| | 1942 - Togo D. West, Jr., American attorney and public official |
| | 1943 - Salomé, Spanish singer |
| | 1944 - Ray Davies, English musician (The Kinks) |
| | 1945 - Adam Zagajewski, Polish philosopher, poet |
| | 1946 - Brenda Holloway, American musician |
| | 1947 - Meredith Baxter, American actress |
| | 1947 - Michael Gross, American actor |
| | 1947 - Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
| | 1947 - Joey Molland, English Musician (Badfinger) |
| | 1948 - Ian McEwan, English writer |
| | 1948 - Lionel Rose, Australian boxer |
| | 1948 - Andrzej Sapkowski, Polish writer |
| | 1950 - Anne Carson, Canadian poet |
| | 1950 - Joey Kramer, American drummer and percussionist (Aerosmith) |
| | 1951 - Nils Lofgren, American musician |
| | 1952 - Kôichi Mashimo, Japanese anime director |
| | 1953 - Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| | 1954 - Robert Menasse, Austrian writer |
| | 1954 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (d. 2004) |
| | 1955 - Tim Bray, Canadian computer programmer |
| | 1955 - Leigh McCloskey, American actor |
| | 1955 - Michel Platini, French footballer |
| | 1957 - Berkeley Breathed, American cartoonist and author |
| | 1957 - Lucien DeBlois, professional ice hockey player |
| | 1958 - Gennady Padalka, cosmonaut |
| | 1959 - Marcella Detroit, singer and songwriter (Shakespear's Sister) |
| | 1959 - Kathy Mattea, American country singer |
| | 1961 - Kip Winger, American musician |
| | 1962 - Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician |
| | 1964 - Doug Savant, American actor |
| | 1965 - Larry Wachowski, film director |
| | 1966 - Rudi Bakhtiar, American journalist |
| | 1966 - Mancow Muller, American radio personality |
| | 1966 - Nan Woods, American actress |
| | 1967 - Jim Breuer, American comedian |
| | 1967 - Pierre Omidyar, Iranian-American billionaire |
| | 1969 - Gabriella Paruzzi, Italian skier |
| | 1970 - Sindee Coxx, American pornographic actress |
| | 1972 - Alon Hilu, Israeli writer |
| | 1973 - Juliette Lewis, American actress |
| | 1974 - Natasha Desborough, British radio personality |
| | 1976 - Mike Einziger, American musician (Incubus) |
| | 1976 - Nigel Lappin, Australian footballer |
| | 1977 - Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player |
| | 1978 - Cristiano Lupatelli, Italian footballer |
| | 1978 - Jack Guzman, American actor |
| | 1978 - Erica Durance, Canadian actress |
| | 1979 - Chris Pratt, American actor |
| | 1981 - Amber Campisi, American model |
| | 1981 - Brandon Flowers, American singer and keyboardist (The Killers) |
| | 1982 - Prince William of Wales, British prince |
| | 1984 - Alicia Alighatti, American pornographic actress |
| | 1984 - Franck Perera, French racing driver |
| | 1985 - Anthony Morelli, American football player |
| | 1989 - Jascha Washington, American actor |