| | 399 - Pulcheria, Byzantine empress (d. 453) |
| | 1544 - King Francis II of France (d. 1560) |
| | 1736 - James Watt, Scottish inventor (d. 1819) |
| | 1739 - Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) |
| | 1807 - Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general (d. 1870) |
| | 1808 - Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887) |
| | 1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849) |
| | 1813 - Sir Henry Bessemer, English inventor (d. 1898) |
| | 1832 - Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (d. 1875) |
| | 1833 - Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (d. 1872) |
| | 1839 - Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906) |
| | 1848 - John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (d. 1904) |
| | 1851 - Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer (d. 1922) |
| | 1863 - Werner Sombart, German sociologist (d. 1941) |
| | 1879 - Boris Savinkov, Russian writer and terrorist (d. 1925) |
| | 1887 - Alexander Woollcott, American intellectual (d. 1943) |
| | 1892 - Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician and five-time prime minister (d. 1964) |
| | 1908 - Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician (d. 1971) |
| | 1909 - Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (d. 2003) |
| | 1912 - Leonid Kantorovich, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) |
| | 1913 - Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone, American billiards player (d. 1996) |
| | 1917 - John Raitt, American singer and actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1918 - John H. Johnson, American publisher (d. 2005) |
| | 1920 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian, 5th United Nations Secretary General |
| | 1921 - Patricia Highsmith, American author (d. 1995) |
| | 1922 - Guy Madison, American actor (d. 1996) |
| | 1923 - Jean Stapleton, American actress |
| | 1923 - Markus Wolf, German spy |
| | 1924 - Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (d. 1985) |
| | 1924 - Jean-Francois Revel, French author |
| | 1926 - Fritz Weaver, American actor |
| | 1931 - Tippi Hedren, American actress |
| | 1931 - Robert MacNeil, Canadian journalist |
| | 1932 - Richard Lester, British director |
| | 1936 - Ziaur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (d. 1981) |
| | 1939 - Phil Everly, American musician |
| | 1940 - Paolo Borsellino, Italian anti-Mafia magistrate |
| | 1941 - Colin Gunton, British theologian (d. 2003) |
| | 1941 - Tony Anholt, British actor |
| | 1942 - Michael Crawford, British singer and actor |
| | 1943 - Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970) |
| | 1943 - Petchara Chaowarat, Thai film actress |
| | 1943 - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands |
| | 1944 - Shelley Fabares, American actress |
| | 1944 - Peter Lynch, American investor |
| | 1944 - Dan Reeves, American football coach |
| | 1946 - Julian Barnes, English author |
| | 1946 - Dolly Parton, American singer and actress |
| | 1947 - Paula Deen, American chef, writer, and restaurateur |
| | 1947 - Rod Evans, founding member of Deep Purple |
| | 1948 - Frank McKenna, Premier of New Brunswick and Canadian Ambassador |
| | 1949 - Robert Palmer, English singer and guitarist (d. 2003) |
| | 1949 - Dennis Taylor, Northern Irish snooker player |
| | 1952 - David Patrick Kelly, American actor |
| | 1953 - Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor |
| | 1954 - Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director |
| | 1954 - Katey Sagal, American actress, singer, and writer |
| | 1955 - Simon Rattle, English conductor |
| | 1955 - Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-born actor and comedian |
| | 1957 - Kenneth McClintock, Senate President of Puerto Rico |
| | 1963 - Caron Wheeler, British singer (Soul II Soul) |
| | 1963 - Michael Adams (basketball), American basketball player |
| | 1964 - Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer. |
| | 1966 - Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player |
| | 1966 - Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player |
| | 1966 - Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer |
| | 1969 - Junior Seau, American football player |
| | 1969 - Steve Staunton, Irish footballer |
| | 1970 - William 'Billy Batts' Devino |
| | 1971 - Shawn Wayans, American actor, writer, and producer |
| | 1971 - John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground) |
| | 1972 - Joana Benedek, Mexican actress |
| | 1972 - Ron Killings, American professional wrestler |
| | 1973 - Drea de Matteo, American actress |
| | 1973 - Karen Lancaume, French actress (d. 2005) |
| | 1974 - Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer |
| | 1975 - Ricky Wilson, Kaiser Chiefs Singer |
| | 1976 - Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver |
| | 1977 - Lauren, Cameroon footballer |
| | 1979 - Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast |
| | 1980 - Jenson Button, English Formula One driver |
| | 1981 - Asier Del Horno, Spanish footballer |
| | 1981 - Lucho Gonzalez, Argentine footballer |
| | 1982 - Jodie Sweetin, American child actress |
| | 1983 - Utada Hikaru, American-born Japanese singer and songwriter |
| | 1984 - Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player |
| | 1985 - Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) |
| | 1991 - Erin Sanders, American child actress |
| | 1992 - Logan Lerman, American child actor |