| | 1804 - Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887) |
| | 1815 - John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900) |
| | 1824 - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, American Confederate Army general (d. 1863) |
| | 1825 - Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864) |
| | 1827 - Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900) |
| | 1829 - King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (d. 1907) |
| | 1848 - Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933) |
| | 1851 - Reinhard Hetze, South American religious pioneer (d. 1939) |
| | 1855 - John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) |
| | 1860 - Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915) |
| | 1867 - Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921) |
| | 1867 - Maxime Weygand, French general (d. 1965) |
| | 1882 - Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician (d. 1937) |
| | 1883 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (d. 1929) |
| | 1884 - Roger Baldwin, American social activist (d. 1981) |
| | 1885 - Leadbelly, American blues and folk musician (d. 1949) |
| | 1885 - Umberto Nobile, Italian politician (d. 1978) |
| | 1887 - Georges Vezina, Canadian hockey player (d. 1926) |
| | 1895 - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (d. 1972) |
| | 1897 - René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954) |
| | 1905 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957) |
| | 1905 - Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (d. 1978) |
| | 1906 - Igor Moiseyev, father of balletic folk dance |
| | 1912 - Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000) |
| | 1918 - Richard D. Winters, War hero |
| | 1921 - Howard Unruh, American mass murderer |
| | 1922 - Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1922 - Paul Scofield, English actor |
| | 1923 - Lola Flores, Spanish singer (d. 1995) |
| | 1924 - Benny Hill, British actor, comic and singer (d. 1992) |
| | 1926 - Steve Reeves, American actor (d. 2000) |
| | 1927 - Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player (d. 1985) |
| | 1932 - John Chaney, American basketball coach |
| | 1936 - Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director (d. 2005) |
| | 1937 - Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, heir to Bavarian Royal House |
| | 1938 - Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Brazilian football player |
| | 1938 - John Savident, actor |
| | 1939 - Wolfman Jack, disk jockey and actor (d. 1995) |
| | 1940 - Jack Nicklaus, American golfer |
| | 1941 - Plácido Domingo, Spanish-born tenor |
| | 1941 - Richie Havens, American musician |
| | 1941 - Ivan Putski, Polish professional wrestler |
| | 1942 - Mac Davis, American musician |
| | 1942 - Edwin Starr, American singer (d. 2003) |
| | 1946 - Johnny Oates, baseball player and manager (d. 2004) |
| | 1950 - Billy Ocean, West Indian musician |
| | 1953 - Paul Allen, American entrepreneur |
| | 1955 - Jeff Koons, American artist |
| | 1956 - Robby Benson, American actor |
| | 1956 - Geena Davis, American actress |
| | 1956 - Lewis Berman, American computer scientist |
| | 1958 - Michael Wincott, Canadian actor |
| | 1962 - Tyler Cowen, American economist |
| | 1962 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003) |
| | 1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-born basketball player |
| | 1963 - Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player |
| | 1965 - Jam Master Jay, American disc jockey (d. 2002) |
| | 1968 - Charlotte Ross, American actress |
| | 1969 - Tsubaki Nekoi, member of the mangaka group CLAMP |
| | 1971 - Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player |
| | 1971 - Doug Weight, American ice hockey player |
| | 1971 - Brian Giles, Major League Baseball Player |
| | 1972 - Chan Marshall, American musician (Cat Power) |
| | 1972 - Alan Benes, Professional baseball player |
| | 1975 - Nicky Butt, English footballer |
| | 1976 - Emma Bunton, English singer (Spice Girls) |
| | 1977 - Al Baxter, Australian rugby player |
| | 1977 - Philip Neville, English footballer |
| | 1978 - Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player |
| | 1979 - Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player |
| | 1979 - Byung-Hyun Kim, Korean baseball player |
| | 1980 - Nana Mizuki, Japanese seiyu |
| | 1981 - Andy Lee, rapper in the Korean group Shinhwa |
| | 1981 - Ivan Ergic, Serbian footballer, currently playing for FC Basel |
| | 1981 - Gillian Chung Yan-tung, Hong Kong singer, member of the Cantopop group Twins |
| | 1981 - Jamie Dalrymple, English Cricketer |
| | 1981 - Dany Heatley, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1981 - Izabella Miko, Polish-born actress and model |
| | 1983 - Moritz Volz, German footballer |
| | 1986 - John Malcoun, Minister of Sanitation, Libian Governement |
| | 1987 - Ian Garvey, Pokémon League Champion |
| | 1990 - Jacob Smith, American actor |
| | 1991 - Paige and Ryanne Kettner, American actresses (twins) |
| | 2004 - Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway |