| | 1681 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) |
| | 1689 - Edward Holyoke, American President of Harvard University (d. 1769) |
| | 1694 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (d. 1768) |
| | 1702 - Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (d. 1751) |
| | 1703 - Thomas Clap, first president of Yale University (d. 1767) |
| | 1819 - Abner Doubleday, American Major General (d. 1893) |
| | 1824 - Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist (d. 1907) |
| | 1854 - Robert Laird Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1937) |
| | 1865 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (d. 1959) |
| | 1866 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier of Egyptian excavations (d. 1923) |
| | 1869 - Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (d. 1954) |
| | 1892 - Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1973) |
| | 1898 - Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (d. 1978) |
| | 1899 - Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918) |
| | 1904 - Frank Scott Hogg, Canadian astronomer (d. 1951) |
| | 1904 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (d. 1964) |
| | 1906 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer (d. 1974) |
| | 1906 - Viktor Schreckengost, American father of industrial design |
| | 1907 - Debs Garms, American baseball player (d. 1984) |
| | 1909 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager (d. 1997) |
| | 1911 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American athlete (d. 1956) |
| | 1912 - Jay Silverheels, American actor (d. 1980) |
| | 1919 - Richard Neustadt, American political historian (d. 2003) |
| | 1922 - Eleanor Parker, American actress |
| | 1923 - Barbara Graham, American murderer (d. 1955) |
| | 1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (d. 1970) |
| | 1933 - Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor |
| | 1933 - Gene Green, American baseball player (d. 1981) |
| | 1934 - Jeremy Wolfenden, British journalist (d. 1965) |
| | 1934 - Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist |
| | 1936 - Robert Maclennan, British politician |
| | 1936 - Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte, Archbishop of Montreal |
| | 1937 - Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor |
| | 1937 - Robert Coleman Richardson, American physicist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1941 - Yves Beauchemin, Canadian novelist |
| | 1942 - Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Minister of Culture |
| | 1943 - John Beasley, American actor |
| | 1943 - Georgie Fame, British singer |
| | 1945 - Dwight York, American cult leader |
| | 1951 - Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer |
| | 1954 - Steve Barton, American actor |
| | 1955 - Mick Jones, British guitarist (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) |
| | 1956 - Chris Isaak, American singer |
| | 1957 - Patty Smyth, American singer (Scandal) |
| | 1959 - Mark McKinney, Canadian actor |
| | 1961 - Greg LeMond, American cyclist |
| | 1961 - Terri Nunn, American singer (Berlin) |
| | 1963 - Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman |
| | 1964 - Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish rally driver |
| | 1968 - Rich Eisen, American sports broadcaster |
| | 1968 - Paolo Maldini, Italian footballer |
| | 1968 - Shannon Sharpe, American football player |
| | 1969 - Colin Greenwood, British musician (Radiohead) |
| | 1970 - Chris O'Donnell, American actor |
| | 1970 - Sean Hayes, American actor |
| | 1970 - Irv Gotti, American record producer |
| | 1970 - Paul Thomas Anderson, American filmmaker |
| | 1970 - Nick Offerman, American actor |
| | 1972 - Garou, Canadian singer |
| | 1973 - Gretchen Wilson, American singer |
| | 1973 - Jussi Sydänmaa, Finnish musician (Lordi) |
| | 1974 - Matt Striker, American wrestler |
| | 1974 - Derek Jeter, American baseball player |
| | 1974 - Jeff Frankenstein, Australian musician (Newsboys) |
| | 1974 - Jason Kendall, American baseball player |
| | 1976 - Ed Jovanovski, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1976 - Chad Pennington, American football player |
| | 1976 - Joe Landon, American pornographic actor |
| | 1977 - Kubo Tite, Japanese cartoonist |
| | 1980 - Jason Schwartzman, American actor |
| | 1980 - Michael Vick, American football player |
| | 1980 - Chris Shelton, American baseball player |
| | 1983 - Leela James, American singer |
| | 1985 - Urgyen Trinley Dorje, Tibetan spiritual leader |
| | 1990 - Ryan Ward, American actor |
| | 2005 - Princess Alexia of the Netherlands |