| | 1457 - King Henry VII of England (d. 1509) |
| | 1540 - Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) |
| | 1582 - John Barclay, Scottish writer (d. 1621) |
| | 1600 - Pope Clement IX (d. 1669) |
| | 1608 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (d. 1679) |
| | 1611 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (d. 1687) |
| | 1622 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691) |
| | 1701 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774) |
| | 1706 - John Baskerville, English printer (d. 1775) |
| | 1712 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) |
| | 1717 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774) |
| | 1719 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) |
| | 1755 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (d. 1830) |
| | 1784 - George Hamilton Gordon Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860) |
| | 1822 - Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1892) |
| | 1833 - Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British soldier and administrator (d. 1885) |
| | 1841 - Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-born explorer and journalist (d. 1904) |
| | 1853 - José Martí, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1895) |
| | 1857 - William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (d. 1898) |
| | 1873 - Colette, French writer (d. 1954) |
| | 1874 - Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatre director (d. 1940) |
| | 1879 - Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d. 1953) |
| | 1880 - Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (d. 1970) |
| | 1884 - Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist (d. 1962) |
| | 1886 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973) |
| | 1887 - Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist and conductor (d. 1982) |
| | 1890 - Robert Stroud, American convict, the Birdman of Alcatraz (d. 1963) |
| | 1891 - Bill Doak, baseball player (d. 1954) |
| | 1892 - Ernst Lubitsch, German-born film director (d. 1947) |
| | 1897 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (d. 1986) |
| | 1903 - Aleksander Kaminski, Polish writer |
| | 1899 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (d. 1940) |
| | 1910 - John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 1973) |
| | 1910 - Arnold Moss, American character actor (d. 1989) |
| | 1912 - Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956) |
| | 1922 - Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1993) |
| | 1923 - Ivo Robic, Croatian singer (d. 2001) |
| | 1927 - Ronnie Scott, British jazz tenor saxophonist and jazz club owner (d. 1996) |
| | 1927 - Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (d. 2001) |
| | 1929 - Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist |
| | 1929 - Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born artist |
| | 1934 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor (d. 1970) |
| | 1935 - David Lodge, English author |
| | 1936 - Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer |
| | 1936 - Alan Alda, American actor, writer, and director |
| | 1938 - Leonid Zhabotinsky, Russian weightlifter |
| | 1941 - Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985) |
| | 1944 - John Tavener, English composer |
| | 1945 - Robert Wyatt, English musician |
| | 1948 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer |
| | 1948 - Charles Taylor, former leader of Liberia |
| | 1950 - Barbi Benton, American actress |
| | 1950 - Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah, King of Bahrain |
| | 1951 - Brian Bilbray, American politician |
| | 1951 - Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut |
| | 1954 - Rick Warren, pastor and author |
| | 1959 - Randi Rhodes, American personality |
| | 1959 - Dave Sharp, Welsh guitarist (The Alarm) |
| | 1959 - Frank Darabont, American filmmaker |
| | 1960 - Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer |
| | 1962 - Sam Phillips, American singer |
| | 1968 - Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer and songwriter |
| | 1968 - DJ Muggs, American musician (Cypress Hill) |
| | 1968 - Rakim, American rapper |
| | 1969 - Kathryn Morris, American actress |
| | 1969 - Linda Sanchez, American politician |
| | 1969 - Mo Rocca, Writer and comedian |
| | 1972 - Nicky Southall, English footballer |
| | 1974 - Tony Delk, American basketball player |
| | 1974 - Jermaine Dye, baseball player |
| | 1975 - David Zingler, American writer |
| | 1975 - Junior Spivey, Baseball player |
| | 1976 - Mark Madsen, American basketball player |
| | 1976 - Jarrod Montague, American drummer (Taproot) |
| | 1976 - Emiko Kado, wrestler (d. 1999) |
| | 1977 - Daunte Culpepper, American football player |
| | 1977 - Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC) |
| | 1977 - Matt DeVries, American guitarist (Chimaira) |
| | 1977 - Takuma Sato, Japanese formula one driver |
| | 1978 - Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer |
| | 1978 - Jamie Carragher, English footballer |
| | 1978 - Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer |
| | 1979 - Pixie, English model |
| | 1979 - Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder |
| | 1980 - Nick Carter, American singer (Backstreet Boys) |
| | 1981 - Rick Razzano, American football player |
| | 1981 - Elijah Wood, American actor |
| | 1984 - Andre Iguodala, American basketball player |
| | 1986 - Jessica Ennis, English heptathlete |