| 1. | 106 BC - Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC) |
| 2. | 1196 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231) |
| 3. | 1710 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796) |
| 4. | 1719 - Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773) |
| 5. | 1722 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752) |
| 6. | 1778 - Antoni Melchior Fijalkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861) |
| 7. | 1793 - Lucretia Mott, American women's rights activist (d. 1880) |
| 8. | 1802 - Charles Pelham Villiers (d. 1898), longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons |
| 9. | 1803 - Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright (d. 1857) |
| 10. | 1836 - Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867) |
| 11. | 1840 - Father Damien, Belgian missionary (d. 1889) |
| 12. | 1855 - Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) |
| 13. | 1879 - Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957) |
| 14. | 1883 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967) |
| 15. | 1887 - August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) |
| 16. | 1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (d. 1973) |
| 17. | 1894 - ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) |
| 18. | 1897 - Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961) |
| 19. | 1898 - Carlos Keller, Chilean fascist politician (d. 1974) |
| 20. | 1901 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (d. 1963) |
| 21. | 1905 - Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961) |
| 22. | 1907 - Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. 1986) |
| 23. | 1909 - Victor Borge, Danish entertainer (d. 2000) |
| 24. | 1910 - Frenchy Bordagaray, baseball player (d. 2000) |
| 25. | 1911 - John Sturges, American director (d. 1982) |
| 26. | 1912 - Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005) |
| 27. | 1916 - Betty Furness, American actress (d. 1994) |
| 28. | 1917 - Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) |
| 29. | 1920 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001) |
| 30. | 1924 - Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005) |
| 31. | 1924 - Hank Stram, American football coach (d. 2005) |
| 32. | 1926 - George Martin, British producer |
| 33. | 1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989) |
| 34. | 1929 - Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer |
| 35. | 1930 - Robert Loggia, American actor |
| 36. | 1932 - Dabney Coleman, American actor |
| 37. | 1932 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005) |
| 38. | 1936 - Georgina Spelvin, American pornographic actress |
| 39. | 1939 - Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player |
| 40. | 1941 - Van Dyke Parks, American musician |
| 41. | 1942 - John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002) |
| 42. | 1945 - Stephen Stills, American musician |
| 43. | 1946 - John Paul Jones, British musician (Led Zeppelin) |
| 44. | 1946 - Cissy King, American entertainer |
| 45. | 1946 - Victoria Principal, American actress |
| 46. | 1949 - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim |
| 47. | 1950 - Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer |
| 48. | 1954 - Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990) |
| 49. | 1954 - Ned Lamont, American businessman |
| 50. | 1956 - Mel Gibson, American actor |
| 51. | 1957 - Bojan Križ, Slovenian skier |
| 52. | 1958 - Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker |
| 53. | 1959 - Rafael Arráiz Lucca Venezuelan writer |
| 54. | 1960 - Joan Chen, Chinese actress |
| 55. | 1966 - Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer |
| 56. | 1969 - Michael Schumacher, German race car driver |
| 57. | 1974 - Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist |
| 58. | 1975 - Jason Marsden, American actor |
| 59. | 1975 - Danica McKellar, American actress |
| 60. | 1975 - Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk) |
| 61. | 1976 - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor |
| 62. | 1977 - Lee Bowyer, English footballer |
| 63. | 1977 - Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyu) |
| 64. | 1978 - Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress |
| 65. | 1978 - Mike York, American ice hockey player |
| 66. | 1978 - Kimberley Locke, American Singer |
| 67. | 1979 - Francesco Bellissimo, Italian mangaka |
| 68. | 1980 - David Tyree, American football player |
| 69. | 1980 - Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model |
| 70. | 1980 - Rob Arnold, American guitarist (Chimaira) |
| 71. | 1981 - Eli Manning, American football player |
| 72. | 1989 - Alex D. Linz, American actor |