| | 1243 - Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (d. 1304) |
| | 1476 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559) |
| | 1490 - Albert of Mainz, bishop and elector of Mainz (d. 1545) |
| | 1491 - King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547) |
| | 1503 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556) |
| | 1547 (baptism) - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (d. 1599) |
| | 1577 - Peter Paul Rubens, Belgian painter (d. 1640) |
| | 1703 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791) |
| | 1712 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778) |
| | 1719 - Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (d. 1785) |
| | 1806 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (d. 1883) |
| | 1824 - Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880) |
| | 1831 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (d. 1907) |
| | 1867 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936) |
| | 1873 - Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1944) |
| | 1875 - Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (d. 1941) |
| | 1883 - Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945) |
| | 1891 - Carl Panzram, American serial killer (d. 1930) |
| | 1902 - Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979) |
| | 1906 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972) |
| | 1912 - Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (d. 1996) |
| | 1913 - Franz Antel, Austrian filmmaker |
| | 1914 - Aribert Heim, Austrian physician |
| | 1921 - P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (d. 2004) |
| | 1926 - Mel Brooks, American filmmaker |
| | 1927 - Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1930 - Itamar Franco, President of Brazil |
| | 1932 - Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1933 - Gusty Spence, Northern Irish loyalist politician |
| | 1934 - Carl Levin, United States Senator |
| | 1935 - John Inman, British actor |
| | 1936 - Chuck Howley, American football player |
| | 1937 - George Knudson, Canadian professional golfer (d. 1989) |
| | 1938 - Moy Yat, Chinese martial artist (d. 2001) |
| | 1940 - Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi Banker, Economist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate |
| | 1941 - Al Downing, Major League baseball player |
| | 1943 - Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1945 - David Knights, bass guitarist (Procul Harum) |
| | 1946 - Gilda Radner, American actress (d. 1989) |
| | 1947 - Mark Helprin, American writer |
| | 1947 - Anny Duperey, French film and television actress |
| | 1947 - Robert Bondi, American politician |
| | 1948 - Kathy Bates, American actress |
| | 1952 - Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete |
| | 1952 - David Miner, musician and record producer |
| | 1954 - Alice Krige, South African actress |
| | 1955 - Thomas Hampson, American baritone |
| | 1957 - Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria |
| | 1960 - John Elway, American football player |
| | 1964 - Mark Grace, baseball player |
| | 1966 - John Cusack, American actor |
| | 1966 - Mary Stuart Masterson, American actress |
| | 1968 - Adam Woodyatt, British actor |
| | 1969 - Danielle Brisebois, American actress |
| | 1969 - David Allen Lambert, American genealogist and author |
| | 1970 - Mushtaq Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer |
| | 1970 - Steve Burton, American actor |
| | 1971 - Fabien Barthez, French footballer |
| | 1971 - Kenny Cunningham, Irish footballer |
| | 1971 - Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television personality |
| | 1972 - Jon Heidenreich, American professional wrestler |
| | 1972 - Rachel Dax, British actor |
| | 1973 - Adrian Annus, Hungarian athlete |
| | 1974 - Rob Dyrdek, American skateboarder |
| | 1974 - Cindy Hall, American game show contestant |
| | 1976 - Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player |
| | 1976 - Seth Wescott, American snowboarder |
| | 1979 - Ha Ji-won, South Korean actress and singer |
| | 1979 - Randy McMichael, American football player |
| | 1986 - Kellie Pickler, American singer |
| | 1986 - Shadia Simmons, Canadian actress |
| | 1988 - Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer |
| | 1990 - Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress |
| | 1994 - Madeline Duggan, English actress |
| | 1994 - Prince Hussein bin Al Abdullah II, Prince of Jordan |