| | 750 - Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor |
| | 1477 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany, wife of Charles VIII of France (d. 1514) |
| | 1509 - Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (d. 1580) |
| | 1615 - Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (d. 1660) |
| | 1627 - Robert Boyle, Irish chemist (d. 1691) |
| | 1634 - Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (d. 1688) |
| | 1640 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (d. 1707) |
| | 1736 - Joseph Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (d. 1813) |
| | 1739 - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) |
| | 1759 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (d. 1796) |
| | 1794 - François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (d. 1878) |
| | 1796 - William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (d. 1852) |
| | 1825 - George Pickett, American Confederate General (d. 1875) |
| | 1841 - Jackie Fisher, British First Sea Lord (d. 1920) |
| | 1858 - Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. 1954) |
| | 1860 - Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States (d. 1936) |
| | 1864 - Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934) |
| | 1874 - William Somerset Maugham, English writer (d. 1965) |
| | 1878 - Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born television pioneer (d. 1975) |
| | 1882 - Virginia Woolf, English writer (d. 1941) |
| | 1886 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (d. 1954) |
| | 1900 - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975) |
| | 1900 - Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese writer (d. 1986) |
| | 1913 - Witold Lutoslawski, Polish composer (d. 1994) |
| | 1913 - Luis Marden, American photojournalist (d. 2003) |
| | 1916 - Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian Football coach (d. 2003) |
| | 1917 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 2003) |
| | 1917 - Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (d. 1992) |
| | 1918 - Ernie Harwell, baseball sportscaster |
| | 1919 - Edwin Newman, American journalist and writer |
| | 1927 - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian musician (d. 1994) |
| | 1928 - Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia |
| | 1929 - Benny Golson, Jazz Musician |
| | 1931 - Dean Jones, American actor |
| | 1933 - Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines |
| | 1936 - Diana Hyland, American actress (d. 1977) |
| | 1937 - Ange-Félix Patassé, President of the Central African Republic |
| | 1938 - Shotaro Ishinomori, Manga and tokusatsu (Japan superhero) creater (d. 1998) |
| | 1938 - Etta James, American singer |
| | 1938 - Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet, singer, and actor (d. 1980) |
| | 1941 - Buddy Baker, American race car driver |
| | 1941 - Gregory Sierra, American actor |
| | 1942 - Carl Eller, American football player |
| | 1942 - Eusébio, Portuguese footballer |
| | 1943 - Tobe Hooper, American film director |
| | 1944 - Anita Pallenberg, Italian model and actress |
| | 1944 - Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress |
| | 1947 - Tostão, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1949 - Paul Nurse, British biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate |
| | 1951 - Steve Prefontaine, American runner (d. 1975) |
| | 1952 - Timothy White, American journalist (d. 2002) |
| | 1953 - Wayne Ferris, American Professional Wrestler |
| | 1954 - Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer |
| | 1955 - Terry Chimes, co-founder and drummer of the British punk rock band The Clash |
| | 1956 - Andy Cox, British musician (The Beat (band), Fine Young Cannibals) |
| | 1958 - Dinah Manoff, American actress |
| | 1969 - Kina, American singer |
| | 1971 - Luca Badoer, Italian race-car driver |
| | 1973 - Geoff Johns, American comic book writer |
| | 1973 - Chris Guy, American wrestler |
| | 1975 - Tim Montgomery, American athlete |
| | 1976 - Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress |
| | 1976 - Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian racing car driver |
| | 1978 - Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist |
| | 1979 - Pi Hongyan, French badminton player |
| | 1979 - Gabe Jennings, American distance runner |
| | 1980 - Michelle McCool, American professional wrestler |
| | 1981 - Alicia Keys, American singer and musician |
| | 1981 - Francis Jeffers, English footballer |
| | 1982 - Sho Sakurai, Japanese Singer and actor |
| | 1984 - Robinho, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1985 - Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer |
| | 1986 - Chris O'Grady, English footballer |
| | 1987 - Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player |