| | 1642 - Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1693) |
| | 1647 - Nathaniel Bacon, English-born American colonist (d. 1676) |
| | 1713 - Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) |
| | 1719 - Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) |
| | 1727 - James Wolfe, British general (d. 1759) |
| | 1777 - Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857) |
| | 1822 - Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (d. 1888) |
| | 1827 - Peter Semenov of Tian Shan, Russian explorer (d. 1914) |
| | 1836 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (d. 1917) |
| | 1837 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (d. 1910) |
| | 1870 - Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (d. 1938) |
| | 1873 - Thérèse de Lisieux, French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897) |
| | 1877 - Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (d.1906) |
| | 1886 - Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938) |
| | 1896 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. 1954) |
| | 1897 - Jim Londos, wrestler (d. 1975) |
| | 1904 - Sally Rand, American fan dancer (d. 1979) |
| | 1905 - Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998) |
| | 1905 - Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938) |
| | 1913 - Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004) |
| | 1917 - Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) |
| | 1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (d. 1992) |
| | 1930 - Julius LaRosa, American singer |
| | 1933 - Morimura Seiichi, Japanese novelist |
| | 1936 - Roger Miller, American singer (d. 1992) |
| | 1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer |
| | 1938 - Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author |
| | 1939 - Jim Bakker, American televangelist |
| | 1942 - Dennis Hastert, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives |
| | 1942 - Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| | 1944 - Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician |
| | 1946 - Richard Cole, American tour manager |
| | 1947 - Jack Hanna, American zoologist |
| | 1947 - Calvin Hill, American football player |
| | 1949 - Christopher Durang, American playwright |
| | 1950 - David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist |
| | 1954 - Henry Bonilla, American politician |
| | 1954 - Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk) |
| | 1955 - Tex Brashear, American voice actor |
| | 1958 - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist |
| | 1960 - Christian Bartolf, German scientist |
| | 1960 - Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author |
| | 1961 - Gabrielle Carteris, American actress |
| | 1961 - Todd Haynes, American film director |
| | 1963 - David Cone, American baseball player |
| | 1963 - Edgar Martinez, American baseball player |
| | 1964 - Pernell Whitaker, American boxer |
| | 1965 - Greg Swindell, American baseball player |
| | 1967 - Tia Carrere, American actress |
| | 1968 - Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor |
| | 1968 - Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion |
| | 1968 - Evan Parke, Jamaican actor |
| | 1969 - Tommy Morrison, American boxer |
| | 1969 - Christy Turlington, American model |
| | 1969 - Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player |
| | 1970 - Royce Clayton, American baseball player |
| | 1971 - Lisa Harrison, American basketball player |
| | 1971 - Renee Elise Goldsberry, African American actress, and singer |
| | 1972 - Taye Diggs, American actor |
| | 1973 - Lucy Davis, British actress |
| | 1975 - Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player |
| | 1975 - Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank) |
| | 1975 - Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End) |
| | 1976 - Cletidus Hunt, American football player |
| | 1976 - Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist |
| | 1976 - Paz Vega, Spanish actress |
| | 1980 - Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant |
| | 1981 - Hanno Balitsch, German footballer |
| | 1981 - Kirk Hinrich, basketball player |
| | 1981 - Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer |
| | 1983 - Kate Bosworth, American actress |
| | 1984 - Colleen Taylor, American journalist |
| | 1985 - Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player |