| | 1480 - Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530) |
| | 1538 - Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574) |
| | 1573 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624) |
| | 1607 - Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646) |
| | 1628 - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1687) |
| | 1638 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (d. 1686) |
| | 1644 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (d. 1711) |
| | 1654 - Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712) |
| | 1715 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775) |
| | 1721 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (d. 1740) |
| | 1729 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (d. 1799) |
| | 1738 - Ethan Allen, American Revolution military leader (d. 1789) |
| | 1769 - Michel Ney, French marshal (d. 1815) |
| | 1797 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848) |
| | 1815 - Sir John Alexander Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891) |
| | 1828 - Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (d. 1892) |
| | 1843 - Frank James, American outlaw (d. 1915) |
| | 1849 - Francisco Ferrer Guardia, Spanish free-thinker (d. 1909) |
| | 1836 - Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902) |
| | 1858 - Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929) |
| | 1865 - Mary Ingalls, elder sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928) |
| | 1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916) |
| | 1873 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (d. 1958) |
| | 1873 - Jack O'Neill, baseball player (d. 1935) |
| | 1883 - Francis X. Bushman, American actor (d. 1966) |
| | 1883 - Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi, Russian writer (d. 1945) |
| | 1887 - Robinson Jeffers, American poet (d. 1962) |
| | 1890 - Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (d. 1957) |
| | 1903 - Barbara Hepworth, British sculptor (d. 1975) |
| | 1903 - Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler, Olympic medalist (d. 1997) |
| | 1904 - Ray Bolger, American actor/dancer (d. 1987) |
| | 1908 - Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (d. 1993) |
| | 1908 - Bernard Lee, British actor (d. 1981) |
| | 1913 - Gustáv Husák, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991) |
| | 1913 - Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981) |
| | 1916 - Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2004) |
| | 1916 - Don Metz, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1917 - Jerry Wexler, American record producer |
| | 1918 - Arthur Chung, President of Guyana |
| | 1920 - Max Patkin, American baseball player (d. 1999) |
| | 1921 - Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004) |
| | 1925 - Max Roach, American drummer and composer |
| | 1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian singer (d. 2003) |
| | 1927 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (d. 1990) |
| | 1927 - Otto Stich, Swiss politician |
| | 1930 - Roy Edward Disney, American film executive |
| | 1931 - Peter Barnes, English writer (d. 2004) |
| | 1934 - Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician |
| | 1935 - Ronnie Hawkins, American musician |
| | 1935 - Sherrill Milnes, American baritone |
| | 1936 - Stephen Ambrose, American historian (d. 2002) |
| | 1936 - Robert Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1937 - Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge |
| | 1938 - Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist |
| | 1938 - Willie McCovey, American baseball player |
| | 1939 - William Levy, Dutch writer |
| | 1939 - Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976) |
| | 1939 - Bill Toomey, American athlete |
| | 1943 - Jim Croce, American singer (d. 1973) |
| | 1944 - Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer |
| | 1944 - Rory Byrne, South African racing car designer |
| | 1945 - Rod Stewart, English singer |
| | 1945 - Edward Wiskoski, American professional wrestler |
| | 1946 - Aynsley Dunbar, British drummer |
| | 1948 - Donald Fagen, American keyboardist |
| | 1948 - Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (d. 2002) |
| | 1948 - Mischa Maisky, Latvian cellist |
| | 1948 - William Sanderson, American actor |
| | 1948 - Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist |
| | 1949 - George Foreman, American boxer |
| | 1949 - James Lapine, American stage director |
| | 1949 - Linda Lovelace, American actress (d. 2002) |
| | 1952 - Scott Thurston, American musician, songwriter |
| | 1953 - Pat Benatar, American singer |
| | 1953 - Bobby Rahal, American race car driver |
| | 1955 - Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO) |
| | 1956 - Shawn Colvin, American singer |
| | 1956 - Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer |
| | 1958 - Anatoly Pisarenko, Soviet weightlifter |
| | 1959 - Simon Sunatori, Canadian inventor |
| | 1961 - Evan Handler, American actor |
| | 1961 - Janet Jones, American actress; wife of Wayne Gretzky |
| | 1964 - Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies) |
| | 1970 - Marcus Bagwell, American professional wrestler |
| | 1972 - Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian cross-country skier |
| | 1972 - Brian Lawler, American professional wrestler |
| | 1973 - Ryan Drummond, American voice actor |
| | 1973 - Glenn Robinson, American basketball player in the NBA |
| | 1974 - Steve Marlet, French footballer |
| | 1974 - Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor |
| | 1975 - Jake Delhomme, American football player |
| | 1976 - Adam Kennedy, baseball player |
| | 1978 - Gavin McCann, English footballer |
| | 1980 - Janelle Pierzina, American television personality |
| | 1982 - Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002) |