| | 1933 - Nina Simone, American singer (d. 2003) |
| | 1934 - Rue McClanahan, American actress |
| | 1937 - Gary Lockwood, American actor |
| | 1940 - John Lewis, American politician |
| | 1943 - David Geffen, American record producer |
| | 1946 - Tyne Daly, American actress |
| | 1946 - Alan Rickman, English actor |
| | 1946 - Vito Rizzuto, Sicilian-born alleged mafia boss |
| | 1949 - Jerry Harrison, American musician (Talking Heads) |
| | 1951 - Vince Welnick, musician, musician (The Grateful Dead) |
| | 1953 - Christine Ebersole, American actress |
| | 1953 - William Petersen, American actor |
| | 1955 - Kelsey Grammer, American actor |
| | 1958 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer |
| | 1958 - Jack Coleman, American actor |
| | 1958 - Alan Trammell, baseball player and manager |
| | 1961 - Martha Hackett, American actress |
| | 1962 - Vanessa Feltz, British television presenter |
| | 1962 - David Foster Wallace, American writer |
| | 1963 - William Baldwin, American actor |
| | 1967 - Leroy Burrell, American runner |
| | 1969 - Eric Wilson, American musician (Sublime) |
| | 1977 - Steve Francis, American basketball player |
| | 1977 - Chad Hutchinson, baseball and football player |
| | 1979 - Lonnie Ford, American football player |
| | 1979 - Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress |
| | 1983 - Braylon Edwards, American football player |
| | 1989 - Kristin Herrera, American actress |
| | 1989 - Corbin Bleu, American actor |