| | 1497 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557) |
| | 1541 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596) |
| | 1714 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785) |
| | 1716 - George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (d. 1785) |
| | 1722 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d. 1805) |
| | 1763 - Charles XIV John of Sweden, Napoleonic general (d. 1844) |
| | 1781 - Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831) |
| | 1813 - Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican founding father (d. 1876) |
| | 1826 - Julia Dent Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902) |
| | 1857 - the 12th Dalai Lama (d. 1875) |
| | 1880 - Douglas MacArthur, American general and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1964) |
| | 1891 - Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (d. 1973) |
| | 1887 - François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (d. 1915) |
| | 1892 - Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978) |
| | 1900 - Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967) |
| | 1901 - Stuart Symington, American politician (d. 1988) |
| | 1902 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940) |
| | 1904 - Ancel Keys, American scientist (d. 2004) |
| | 1904 - Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988) |
| | 1905 - Charles Lane, American actor |
| | 1905 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (d. 1987) |
| | 1908 - Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (d. 1997) |
| | 1911 - Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1993) |
| | 1913 - James Van Heusen, American songwriter (d. 1990) |
| | 1914 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (d. 2006) |
| | 1915 - William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970) |
| | 1918 - Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian dictator (d. 1989) |
| | 1918 - Philip José Farmer, American writer |
| | 1921 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (d. 1999) |
| | 1922 - Michael Bentine, British comedian (d. 1996) |
| | 1923 - Anne Jeffreys, American actress |
| | 1924 - Rauf Denktash, Cypriot politician |
| | 1924 - Annette Strauss, philanthropist and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1998) |
| | 1924 - Alice Babs, Swedish singer |
| | 1925 - Joan Leslie, American actress |
| | 1925 - Paul Newman, American actor |
| | 1926 - Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani scholar, writer and linguist |
| | 1927 - José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (d. 2005) |
| | 1927 - Bob Nieman, baseball player (d. 1985) |
| | 1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000) |
| | 1928 - George H. Ross, American attorney and TV reality show star (The Apprentice) |
| | 1929 - Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer |
| | 1929 - Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator |
| | 1932 - Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, Jamaican record producer |
| | 1933 - Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist |
| | 1935 - Bob Uecker, baseball player, broadcaster, and actor |
| | 1937 - Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003) |
| | 1941 - Scott Glenn, American actor |
| | 1941 - Henry Jaglom, English director |
| | 1943 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 2005) |
| | 1943 - Jean Knight, American singer |
| | 1944 - Angela Davis, American feminist and activist |
| | 1945 - Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987) |
| | 1946 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999) |
| | 1949 - Jonathan Carroll, American author |
| | 1950 - Janet Lupo, American model |
| | 1953 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark |
| | 1953 - Lucinda Williams, American singer |
| | 1955 - Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-born musician |
| | 1958 - Anita Baker, American singer |
| | 1958 - Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedian, and talk show host |
| | 1958 - Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer |
| | 1961 - Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player, coach, and team owner |
| | 1962 - Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer |
| | 1963 - José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager |
| | 1963 - Andrew Ridgeley, English musician |
| | 1964 - Paul Johansson, American actor |
| | 1965 - Natalia Yurchenko, Soviet gymnast |
| | 1970 - Kirk Franklin, American singer |
| | 1971 - Dorian Gregory, American actor |
| | 1971 - Bryan Callen, American actor |
| | 1976 - Frankie Rayder, American model |
| | 1976 - Maggie Lawson, Australian Musician |
| | 1977 - Vince Carter, American basketball player |
| | 1977 - Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player |
| | 1978 - Corina Morariu, American tennis player |
| | 1978 - Kelly Stables, American actress |
| | 1979 - Sara Rue, American actress |
| | 1986 - Matt Heafy, Japenese-born musician (Trivium) |
| | 1986 - Shantelle Taylor, Canadian professional wrestler |
| | 1989 - Emily Hughes, American figure skater |
| | 1993 - Cameron Bright, Canadian actor |
| | 1995 - Kyle Chavarria, American actress |