| | 1328 - William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (d. 1397) |
| | 1560 - Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (d. 1634) |
| | 1612 - John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (d. 1634) |
| | 1715 - Joseph-François Foulon, French politician (d. 1789) |
| | 1814 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (d. 1896) |
| | 1852 - Antoni Gaudí, Catalan architect (d. 1926) |
| | 1858 - Georges Courteline, French dramatist (d. 1929) |
| | 1860 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (d. 1956) |
| | 1864 - Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1941) |
| | 1865 - Robert Henri, American painter (d. 1929) |
| | 1884 - Henry Kahnweiler, German art promoter (d. 1979) |
| | 1886 - Henry H. Arnold, American Army Air Force commander (d. 1950) |
| | 1887 - George Abbott, American playwright (d. 1995) |
| | 1894 - Hermann Oberth, German physicist (d. 1989) |
| | 1900 - Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy of India (d. 1979) |
| | 1903 - George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), British writer (d. 1950) |
| | 1903 - Anne Revere, American actress (d. 1990) |
| | 1907 - J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973) |
| | 1908 - Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher (d. 2000) |
| | 1911 - William Howard Stein, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980) |
| | 1912 - William T. Cahill, Governor of New Jersey (d. 1996) |
| | 1913 - Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (d. 2005) |
| | 1921 - Celia Franca, Canadian ballet dancer |
| | 1923 - Nicholas Mosley, British writer |
| | 1924 - Sidney Lumet, American actor |
| | 1925 - June Lockhart, American actress |
| | 1926 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian writer (d. 1973) |
| | 1928 - Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1928 - Peyo, Belgian illustrator (d. 1992) |
| | 1929 - Eric Carle, American author |
| | 1930 - Mary Beth Peil, American singer |
| | 1932 - Peter Blake, British artist |
| | 1933 - James Meredith, American civil rights activist |
| | 1933 - Álvaro Siza Vieira, Portuguese architect |
| | 1935 - Eddie Floyd, American singer |
| | 1936 - Jusuf Habibie, President of Indonesia |
| | 1939 - Harold Melvin, American musician (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) (d. 1997) |
| | 1940 - A.J. Quinnell, British writer (d. 2005) |
| | 1941 - Denys Arcand, Canadian film director |
| | 1942 - Michel Tremblay, Canadian playwright |
| | 1944 - Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer |
| | 1945 - Carly Simon, American singer |
| | 1946 - Roméo Dallaire, Canadian senator |
| | 1946 - Ian McDonald, musician (King Crimson and Foreigner) |
| | 1947 - Jimmie Walker, American TV actor (best known for his role on Good Times) |
| | 1952 - Tim Finn, New Zealand singer/singwriter |
| | 1954 - David Paich, composer (Toto) |
| | 1956 - Boris Trajkovski, President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2004) |
| | 1960 - Dario de Judicibus, Italian writer |
| | 1960 - Craig Johnston, Australian footballer |
| | 1961 - Ricky Gervais, English comedian |
| | 1963 - George Michael, British singer |
| | 1963 - Yann Martel, Canadian author |
| | 1963 - Doug Gilmour, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1964 - Johnny Herbert, British race car driver |
| | 1966 - Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese (DRC) basketball player |
| | 1968 - Craig Short, British footballer |
| | 1969 - Matt Gallant, American television host |
| | 1969 - Zim Zum, American musician (former Marilyn Manson guitarist) |
| | 1970 - Lucy Benjamin, British actress |
| | 1970 - Erki Nool, Estonian decathlete |
| | 1971 - Angela Kinsey, American actress |
| | 1971 - Santiago de Tezanos, Uruguayan architect |
| | 1971 - Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1971 - Michael Tucker, American baseball player |
| | 1972 - Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player |
| | 1973 - Jamie Redknapp, English footballer |
| | 1974 - Jim LaMarca, American bassplayer (Chimaira) |
| | 1974 - Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress |
| | 1975 - Linda Cardellini, American actress |
| | 1975 - Albert Costa, Spanish tennis player |
| | 1975 - Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player |
| | 1975 - Tatiana Lysenko, Russian gymnast |
| | 1975 - Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress |
| | 1976 - José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer |
| | 1978 - Layla El, 2006 WWE Diva Search Winner |
| | 1979 - Hirooki Goto, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1979 - Brandi Burkhardt, American vocalist, theater actress, and beauty queen |
| | 1980 - Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress |
| | 1981 - Sheridan Smith, British actress |
| | 1981 - Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper |
| | 1982 - Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player |
| | 1982 - Rain, Korean singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon) |
| | 1983 - Nargis Farahmand, Afghan poet |
| | 1984 - Amrita Hunjan, British singer |
| | 1986 - Aya Matsuura, Japanese singer |
| | 1988 - Amanda Dowler, British murder victim (d. 2002) |