| | 1443 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) |
| | 1546 - Joachim Friedrich, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608) |
| | 1585 - Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) |
| | 1603 - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685) |
| | 1621 - Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) |
| | 1662 - Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d. 1742) |
| | 1687 - Balthasar Neumann, German architect (d. 1753) |
| | 1701 - Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian (d. 1790) |
| | 1720 - Samuel Foote, English dramatist (d. 1777) |
| | 1741 - Hester Thrale, Welsh diarist (d. 1821) |
| | 1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791) |
| | 1805 - Samuel Palmer, English artist (d. 1881) |
| | 1806 - Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826) |
| | 1814 - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. 1879) |
| | 1823 - Edouard Lalo, French composer (d. 1892) |
| | 1826 - Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian writer (d. 1889) |
| | 1826 - Richard Taylor, American Confederate general (d. 1879) |
| | 1832 - Lewis Carroll, English author (d. 1898) |
| | 1836 - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (d. 1895) |
| | 1841 - Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (d. 1910) |
| | 1848 - Togo Heihachiro, Japanese admiral (d. 1934) |
| | 1850 - Samuel Gompers, American labor leader (d. 1924) |
| | 1850 - Edward J. Smith, English captain of the Titanic (d. 1912) |
| | 1859 - Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (d. 1941) |
| | 1885 - Jerome Kern, American composer (d. 1945) |
| | 1885 - Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. 1953) |
| | 1885 - Harry Ruby, American musician (d. 1974) |
| | 1891 - Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (d. 1967) |
| | 1893 - Soong Ching-ling, Chinese wife of Sun Yat-sen (d. 1981) |
| | 1900 - Hyman Rickover, American admiral (d. 1986) |
| | 1901 - Art Rooney, American football team owner (d. 1988) |
| | 1903 - John Carew Eccles, Australian neuropsychologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1997) |
| | 1905 - Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969) |
| | 1908 - Oran "Hot Lips" Page, American musician (d. 1954) |
| | 1918 - Skitch Henderson, English bandleader (d. 2005) |
| | 1918 - Elmore James, American blues musician (d. 1963) |
| | 1918 - William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General (d. 2005) |
| | 1919 - Ross Bagdasarian, American musician (d. 1972) |
| | 1920 - Helmut Zacharias, German violinist (d. 2002) |
| | 1920 - John Box, British film production designer and art director (d. 2005) |
| | 1921 - Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986) |
| | 1924 - Sabu, Indian actor (d. 1963) |
| | 1926 - Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist (d. 2003) |
| | 1929 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist (d. 1984) |
| | 1930 - Bobby Blue Bland, American singer |
| | 1931 - Mordecai Richler, Canadian author (d. 2001) |
| | 1932 - Boris Shakhlin, Soviet gymnast |
| | 1936 - Troy Donahue, American actor (d. 2001) |
| | 1936 - Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate |
| | 1937 - John Ogdon, English pianist (d. 1989) |
| | 1940 - James Cromwell, American actor |
| | 1944 - Mairéad Corrigan, Irish activist, Nobel Prize Laureate |
| | 1944 - Nick Mason, English musician (Pink Floyd) |
| | 1945 - Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader (d. 2005) |
| | 1946 - Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes) |
| | 1949 - Ethan Mordden, American author |
| | 1950 - Amos Grunebaum, Israeli-born physician |
| | 1954 - Peter Laird, American comic-book artist |
| | 1954 - Joko Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist |
| | 1955 - John Glover Roberts, Jr., 17th Chief Justice of the United States |
| | 1955 - Alexander Stuart, British author |
| | 1956 - Mimi Rogers, American actress |
| | 1957 - Janick Gers, English musician (Iron Maiden) |
| | 1957 - Frank Miller, American author |
| | 1958 - Kadri Mälk, Estonian artist and jewelry designer |
| | 1959 - Keith Olbermann, American sportscaster |
| | 1959 - Cris Collinsworth, American football player |
| | 1961 - Margo Timmins, Canadian singer (Cowboy Junkies) |
| | 1961 - Gillian Gilbert, British musician (New Order) |
| | 1964 - Bridget Fonda, American actress |
| | 1965 - Alan Cumming, Scottish actor |
| | 1967 - Bobby Deol, Indian actor |
| | 1968 - Mike Patton, American singer (Faith No More) |
| | 1968 - Tricky, English rapper |
| | 1969 - Cornelius, musician (Flipper's Guitar) |
| | 1969 - Michael Kulas, Canadian singer/songwriter (James (band)) |
| | 1970 - Jon Douglas Rainey, Actor/Host of It Takes a Thief |
| | 1970 - Mark Trojanowski, American musician (Sister Hazel) |
| | 1971 - Fann Wong, Singapore entertainer (Shanghai Knights) |
| | 1972 - Keith Wood, Irish rugby player |
| | 1974 - Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer |
| | 1976 - Clint Ford, American voice actor |
| | 1976 - Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean football player |
| | 1979 - Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer |
| | 1979 - Rosamund Pike, British actress |
| | 1980 - Marat Safin, Russian tennis player |
| | 1981 - Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player |
| | 1981 - Josh Groban, American Singer |
| | 1987 - Lily Donaldson, British model |
| | 1988 - Kerlon Moura Souza, Brazilian footballer |