| | 1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379) |
| | 1562 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601) |
| | 1596 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656) |
| | 1610 - Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1665) |
| | 1616 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680) |
| | 1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705) |
| | 1651 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694) |
| | 1720 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808) |
| | 1749 - Friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825) |
| | 1805 - Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862) |
| | 1808 - Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873) |
| | 1812 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883) |
| | 1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899) |
| | 1861 - Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) |
| | 1864 - Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928) |
| | 1866 - Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901) |
| | 1878 - Lionel Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967) |
| | 1869 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1931) |
| | 1884 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966) |
| | 1893 - Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961) |
| | 1905 - Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968) |
| | 1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934) |
| | 1911 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005) |
| | 1919 - Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1924 - Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994) |
| | 1925 - Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000) |
| | 1926 - Michael Bond, British writer |
| | 1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003) |
| | 1927 - Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004) |
| | 1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate |
| | 1930 - Frances Sternhagen, American actress |
| | 1930 - Liz Anderson, American singer |
| | 1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor |
| | 1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor |
| | 1938 - William B. Davis, Canadian actor |
| | 1938 - Tord Grip, Swedish football manager |
| | 1941 - Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician |
| | 1942 - Richard Moll, American actor |
| | 1943 - Carol Cleveland, English actress |
| | 1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician |
| | 1947 - Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków |
| | 1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur |
| | 1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997) |
| | 1950 - Bob Forsch, baseball player |
| | 1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes) |
| | 1955 - Jay McInerney, American writer |
| | 1958 - Andrew Stanton, American actor and director |
| | 1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress |
| | 1961 - Graham McPherson, English singer |
| | 1961 - Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips) |
| | 1962 - Trace Adkins, American musician |
| | 1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, American actress |
| | 1966 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor |
| | 1968 - Traci Bingham, American actress |
| | 1968 - Mike Whitlow, English footballer |
| | 1969 - Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player |
| | 1969 - Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier |
| | 1970 - Keith Coogan, American actor |
| | 1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004) |
| | 1972 - Nicole Eggert, American actress |
| | 1972 - Vitaly Scherbo, Belarussian gymnast |
| | 1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian hockey player |
| | 1977 - Orlando Bloom, English actor |
| | 1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist |
| | 1980 - Akira Kaji, Japanese National Football Player |
| | 1981 - Reggie Brown, American football player |
| | 1982 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player |
| | 1983 - Julian Morris, English actor |
| | 1997 - Marius Borg Høiby, son of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway |