| | 1263 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar (d. 1328) |
| | 1440 - Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505) |
| | 1553 - Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (d. 1625) |
| | 1561 - Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher (d. 1626) |
| | 1570 - Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, English politician (d. 1631) |
| | 1592 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655) |
| | 1654 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (d. 1729) |
| | 1690 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (d. 1743) |
| | 1729 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781) |
| | 1781 - François Antoine Habeneck, French violinist (b. 1849) |
| | 1788 - George Gordon, Lord Byron, English poet (d. 1824) |
| | 1800 - Nat Turner, American slave rebellion leader |
| | 1820 - Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899) |
| | 1849 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912) |
| | 1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916) |
| | 1875 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (d. 1948) |
| | 1882 - Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1956) |
| | 1886 - Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1921) |
| | 1889 - Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935) |
| | 1890 - Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953) |
| | 1890 - Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976) |
| | 1892 - Marcel Dassault, French industrialist (d. 1986) |
| | 1893 - Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943) |
| | 1897 - Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981) |
| | 1902 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970) |
| | 1903 - Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966) |
| | 1904 (N.S.) - George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (d. 1983) |
| | 1904 - Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer (d. 1941) |
| | 1906 - Robert E. Howard, American author (d. 1936) |
| | 1907 - Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (d. 1995) |
| | 1907 - William Ralph Dean, English footballer (d. 1980) |
| | 1907 - Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004) |
| | 1908 - Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) |
| | 1909 - Ann Sothern, American actress (d. 2001) |
| | 1909 - U Thant, Burmese 3rd United Nations Secretary General (d. 1974) |
| | 1909 - Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican diplomat and international playboy (d. 1965) |
| | 1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990) |
| | 1913 - William Cardinal Conway, Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1977) |
| | 1913 - Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (d. 2003) |
| | 1915 - Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician (d. 1993) |
| | 1916 - Henri Dutilleux, French composer |
| | 1920 - Sir Alf Ramsey, English footballer manager (d. 1999) |
| | 1924 - J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (d. 2001) |
| | 1927 - Lou Creekmur, American football player |
| | 1928 - George A. Borgman, American jazz historian and journalist |
| | 1931 - Sam Cooke, American singer (d. 1964) |
| | 1932 - Piper Laurie, American actress |
| | 1932 - Berthold Grünfeld, Norwegian psychiatrist and former sexologist |
| | 1934 - Bill Bixby, American actor (d. 1993) |
| | 1935 - Seymour Cassel, American actor |
| | 1936 - Alan J. Heeger, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1937 - Joseph Wambaugh, American author |
| | 1937 - Edén Pastora Gómez, Nicaraguan rebel leader |
| | 1939 - Jeff Smith, American chef (d. 2004) |
| | 1940 - Addie "Micki" Harris, singer (Shirelles) (d. 1982) |
| | 1940 - John Hurt, English actor |
| | 1940 - George Seifert, American football coach |
| | 1945 - Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league player & coach |
| | 1946 - Serge Savard, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1946 - Malcolm McLaren, English impresario, musician and self-publicist |
| | 1947 - Afeni Shakur, 2Pac's mother |
| | 1949 - Steve Perry, American musician |
| | 1949 - Mike Caldwell, Baseball player |
| | 1953 - Jim Jarmusch, American director |
| | 1954 - Chris Lemmon, American actor |
| | 1954 - Peter Pilz, Austrian politician |
| | 1956 - John Wesley Shipp, American actor |
| | 1957 - Mike Bossy, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1959 - Linda Blair, American actress |
| | 1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australian musician (INXS) (d. 1997) |
| | 1962 - Choi Min-sik, South Korean actor |
| | 1963 - Andrei Tchmil, Ukrainian-Belgian cyclist |
| | 1965 - DJ Jazzy Jeff, American rapper and actor |
| | 1965 - Diane Lane, American actress |
| | 1965 - Andrew Roachford, English singer and songwriter |
| | 1965 - Steven Adler, American drummer (Guns N' Roses) |
| | 1966 - Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast |
| | 1967 - Olivia d'Abo, English actress |
| | 1967 - Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1968 - Frank Lebœuf, French footballer |
| | 1970 - Alex Ross, American comic book painter (Marvels, Kingdom Come) |
| | 1970 - Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist |
| | 1971 - Stan Collymore, English Footballer |
| | 1972 - Gabriel Macht, American actor |
| | 1972 - Romi Paku, Japanese seiyu (voice actress) |
| | 1972 - Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayen racing driver (d. 1999) |
| | 1973 - Rogerio Ceni, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1975 - Balthazar Getty, American actor |
| | 1975 - David Vyborny, Czech ice hockey player |
| | 1977 - Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer |
| | 1977 - Jono Gibbes, New Zealand, Maori and Waikato Rugby Player |
| | 1978 - Chone Figgins, baseball player |
| | 1980 - Christopher Masterson, American actor |
| | 1980 - Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence) |
| | 1980 - Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer(Real Madrid) |
| | 1981 - Chantelle Anderson, American basketball player |
| | 1981 - Willa Ford, American singer |
| | 1981 - Beverley Mitchell, American actress |
| | 1982 - Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer |
| | 1983 - Shaun Cody, American football player |
| | 1983 - Robert Steinhäuser, perpetrator of the Erfurt massacre |
| | 1984 - Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel |
| | 1984 - Leon Powe, American basketball player |
| | 1984 - Ben Eager,Canadian Hockey player |
| | 1985 - Mohamed Sissoko, Malian footballer |
| | 1986 - Lee Pa-ni, South Korean model |
| | 1987 - Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian cross-country skier |
| | 1988 - Greg Oden, High-School All-American Player |
| | 1989 - Jared Smith, American rapper and actor |