| | 225 - Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244) |
| | 1358 - Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382) |
| | 1435 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490) |
| | 1554 - King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578) |
| | 1586 - Johann Schein, German composer (d. 1630) |
| | 1664 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718) |
| | 1716 - King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788) |
| | 1716 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795) |
| | 1775 - Andre Marie Ampere, French physicist (d. 1836) |
| | 1798 - Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858) |
| | 1804 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857) |
| | 1812 - Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896) |
| | 1837 - David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) |
| | 1855 - Ernest Chausson, French composer (d. 1899) |
| | 1867 - Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (d. 1944) |
| | 1873 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (d. 1950) |
| | 1876 - Józef Hofmann, Polish pianist (d. 1967) |
| | 1878 - Ruth St. Denis, dancer (d. 1968) |
| | 1880 - Walter W. Bacon, Governor of Delaware (d. 1962) |
| | 1889 - Leadbelly, American musician (d. 1949) |
| | 1891 - Mischa Elman, Ukrainian born violinist (d. 1967) |
| | 1894 - Walter Piston, American composer (d. 1976) |
| | 1896 - George Burns, American actor, comedian (d. 1996) |
| | 1898 - U Razak, Burmese politician (d. 1947) |
| | 1900 - Colin Clive, British actor (d. 1937) |
| | 1906 - Aristotle Onassis, Greek industrialist (d. 1975) |
| | 1910 - Joy Adamson, Austrian naturalist and writer (d. 1980) |
| | 1915 - Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan |
| | 1918 - Juan Garcia Esquivel, Mexican musician (d. 2002) |
| | 1920 - Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993) |
| | 1920 - DeForest Kelley, American actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1920 - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000) |
| | 1920 - Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (d. 2006) |
| | 1923 - Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer |
| | 1924 - Slim Whitman, American singer |
| | 1925 - Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan theologian and author and politician |
| | 1926 - Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, essayist and columnist |
| | 1926 - Patricia Neal, American actress |
| | 1926 - David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996) |
| | 1929 - Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer |
| | 1929 - Bob Denard, French mercenary |
| | 1929 - Arte Johnson, American actor |
| | 1929 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, American race car driver (d. 1964) |
| | 1930 - Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., astronaut |
| | 1931 - David Lee, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate |
| | 1934 - Tom Baker, British actor |
| | 1938 - William Berger, Austrian actor (d. 1993) |
| | 1938 - Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1939 - Paul Coverdell, American politician (d. 2000) |
| | 1940 - Carol Heiss, American figure skater |
| | 1945 - Christopher Martin-Jenkins, cricket commentator and chief cricket correspondent of The Times |
| | 1946 - David Lynch, American film director |
| | 1947 - Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and directuer sportif |
| | 1948 - Natan Sharansky, Russian-born physicist and politician |
| | 1949 - Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden |
| | 1950 - Mahamane Ousmane, President of Niger |
| | 1950 - Liza Goddard, actress |
| | 1951 - Ian Hill, British musician (Judas Priest) |
| | 1951 - Ivan Fischer, Hungarian conductor |
| | 1952 - Paul Stanley, American musician (KISS) |
| | 1955 - Wyatt Knight, American actor |
| | 1956 - Bill Maher, American actor, comedian, and political analyst |
| | 1958 - Lorenzo Lamas, American actor |
| | 1960 - Will Wright, American computer game designer |
| | 1960 - Scott Thunes, American musician (Frank Zappa) |
| | 1963 - James Denton, American actor |
| | 1965 - Greg Kriesel, American bassist (The Offspring) |
| | 1965 - Sophie, The Countess of Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex |
| | 1965 - John Michael Montgomery, American singer |
| | 1968 - Melissa Rivers, American reporter and actress |
| | 1969 - Patrick K. Kroupa, American writer, hacker |
| | 1969 - Skeet Ulrich, American actor |
| | 1970 - Mitch Benn, UK comedian, songwriter, actor |
| | 1971 - Derrick Green, American singer (Sepultura) |
| | 1971 - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson American Drummer (The Roots) |
| | 1975 - David Eckstein, baseball player |
| | 1976 - Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater |
| | 1979 - Rob Bourdon, American musician (Linkin Park) |
| | 1979 - Will Young, British singer |
| | 1981 - Owen Hargreaves, English international footballer |
| | 1981 - Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress |
| | 1985 - Yves LeBlanc, Canadian folksinger |