| | 885 - Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) |
| | 1543 - Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (d. 1588) |
| | 1641 - François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister (d. 1691) |
| | 1672 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) |
| | 1688 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) |
| | 1689 - Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755) |
| | 1779 - Peter Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869) |
| | 1782 - Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852) |
| | 1813 - Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906) |
| | 1840 - Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (d. 1921) |
| | 1842 - Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911) |
| | 1848 - Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) |
| | 1849 - Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920) |
| | 1850 - Seth Low, American politician (d. 1916) |
| | 1854 - Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (d. 1934) |
| | 1877 - Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d.1961) |
| | 1879 - Henri Giraud, French general (d. 1949) |
| | 1882 - A. A. Milne, English author (d. 1956) |
| | 1888 - Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (d. 1989) |
| | 1892 - Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. 1957) |
| | 1892 - Paul Rostock, German surgeon (d. 1956) |
| | 1901 - Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1973) |
| | 1904 - Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986) |
| | 1905 - Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (d. 2002) |
| | 1908 - Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974) |
| | 1913 - Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987) |
| | 1914 - Arno Schmidt, German author (d. 1979) |
| | 1914 - William Stafford, American poet (d. 1993) |
| | 1917 - Wang Yung-ching , Taiwanese businessman |
| | 1922 - Bob Bell, American clown (d. 1997) |
| | 1931 - Chun Doo-hwan, President of South Korea |
| | 1932 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author |
| | 1933 - John Boorman, Irish film director |
| | 1934 - Raymond Briggs, English writer and illustrator |
| | 1937 - John Hume, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 |
| | 1938 - Curt Flood, baseball player (d. 1997) |
| | 1940 - Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1971) |
| | 1941 - David Ruffin, American singer (d. 1991) |
| | 1943 - Kay Granger, American politician |
| | 1944 - Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia |
| | 1946 - Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councilor |
| | 1947 - Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director |
| | 1949 - Philippe Starck, French designer |
| | 1949 - Bill Keller, American newspaper editor |
| | 1950 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982) |
| | 1951 - Bob Latchford, English footballer |
| | 1951 - Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (d. 1982) |
| | 1952 - R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer |
| | 1953 - Brett Hudson, American actor |
| | 1955 - Kevin Costner, American actor |
| | 1956 - Sharon Mitchell, American porn actress |
| | 1956 - Tom Bailey, British singer (Thompson Twins) |
| | 1961 - Mark Messier, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1961 - Jeff Yagher, American actor |
| | 1964 - Jane Horrocks, British actress |
| | 1965 - Dave Attell, American writer and comedian |
| | 1967 - Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. 1999) |
| | 1967 - Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer |
| | 1968 - Frank Quitely, Scottish comic book artist |
| | 1969 - Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer |
| | 1969 - David Bautista, American professional wrestler |
| | 1970 - DJ Quik, American rapper |
| | 1970 - Peter van Petegem, Belgian cyclist |
| | 1971 - Jonathan Davis, American musician (Ko?n) |
| | 1971 - Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver |
| | 1972 - Mike Lieberthal, baseball player |
| | 1973 - Crispian Mills, British musician (The Jeevas and Kula Shaker) |
| | 1974 - Michael Tunn, Australian television and radio |
| | 1974 - Maulik Pancholy, American actor |
| | 1977 - Curtis Cregan, American actor |
| | 1978 - Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player |
| | 1979 - Brian Gionta, professional hockey player |
| | 1979 - Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer |
| | 1979 - Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer and producer |
| | 1980 - Julius Peppers, American football player |
| | 1981 - Kang Dong-won, South Korean model and actor |
| | 1982 - Quinn Allman, American musician (The Used) |
| | 1983 - Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress |
| | 1984 - Benji Schwimmer, American dancer |
| | 1987 - Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer |