| | 1208 - James I of Aragon (d. 1276) |
| | 1455 - King John of Denmark (d. 1513) |
| | 1494 - Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557) |
| | 1502 - Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574) |
| | 1506 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583) |
| | 1522 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565) |
| | 1600 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (d. 1653) |
| | 1613 - Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) |
| | 1621 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (d. 1679) |
| | 1649 - Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730) |
| | 1650 - Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687) |
| | 1669 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (d. 1732) |
| | 1695 - William Borlase, English naturalist (d. 1772) |
| | 1695 - François de Chevert, French general (d. 1769) |
| | 1700 - Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (d. 1766) |
| | 1711 - Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794) |
| | 1714 - Gottfried August Homilius, German composer (d. 1785) |
| | 1717 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790) |
| | 1754 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838) |
| | 1786 - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (d. 1856) |
| | 1802 - Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (d. 1887) |
| | 1803 - Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (d. 1862) |
| | 1829 - Alfred Brehm, German zoologist (d. 1884) |
| | 1841 - François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (d. 1912) |
| | 1842 - Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski, Russian mathematician (d. 1927) |
| | 1851 - Jose Guadalupe Posada,Mexican artist(d. 1913) |
| | 1875 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (d. 1962) |
| | 1878 - Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1955) |
| | 1882 - James Joyce, Irish author (d. 1941) |
| | 1887 - Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975) |
| | 1888 - Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (d. 1969) |
| | 1890 - Charles Correll, American actor (d. 1972) |
| | 1893 - Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1974) |
| | 1895 - George Halas, American football player, coach, and league founder (d. 1983) |
| | 1897 - Howard Johnson, American hotelier (d. 1972) |
| | 1901 - Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987) |
| | 1905 - Ayn Rand, Russian-born author (d. 1982) |
| | 1913 - Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (d. 1985) |
| | 1915 - Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat (d. 2002) |
| | 1916 - Xuân Di?u, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985) |
| | 1918 - Hella S. Haasse, Dutch writer |
| | 1923 - James Dickey, American poet and author (d. 1997) |
| | 1923 - Bonita Granville, American actress (d. 1988) |
| | 1923 - Red Schoendienst, baseball player and manager |
| | 1923 - Liz Smith, American gossip columnist |
| | 1924 - Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American producer and musician |
| | 1925 - Elaine Stritch, American actress |
| | 1926 - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician |
| | 1927 - Stan Getz, American musician (d. 1991) |
| | 1928 - Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr., civil rights activist and author |
| | 1931 - Dries van Agt, Dutch politician |
| | 1931 - Judith Viorst, American author |
| | 1932 - Robert Mandan, American actor |
| | 1933 - Than Shwe, ruler of Myanmar |
| | 1937 - Tom Smothers, American musician and comedian |
| | 1940 - David Jason, English actor |
| | 1942 - Christine Keeler, British model |
| | 1942 - Graham Nash, American (British-born) rock musician |
| | 1944 - Geoffrey Hughes, British actor |
| | 1945 - David Friedman, American economist |
| | 1946 - Alpha Oumar Konaré, ex-president of Mali |
| | 1947 - Farrah Fawcett, American actress |
| | 1947 - Melanie Safka, American singer |
| | 1949 - Brent Spiner, American actor |
| | 1949 - Ross Valory, American musician (Journey) |
| | 1952 - Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1954 - Christie Brinkley, American model |
| | 1962 - Paul Kilgus, baseball player |
| | 1961 - Lauren Lane, American actress |
| | 1963 - Eva Cassidy, American singer (d. 1996) |
| | 1965 - Carl Airey, English footballer |
| | 1965 - Naoki Sano, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1966 - Robert DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots) |
| | 1967 - Arturs Irbe, Latvian hockey player |
| | 1969 - Valeri Karpin, Russian footballer |
| | 1972 - Dana International, Israeli singer |
| | 1973 - Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower |
| | 1975 - Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek football player |
| | 1975 - Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1976 - James Hickman, British swimmer |
| | 1977 - Shakira, Colombian singer |
| | 1977 - Libor Sionko, Czech football player |
| | 1978 - Barry Ferguson, Scotish football player |
| | 1980 - Skip Schumaker, Baseball player |
| | 1980 - Teddy Hart, Canadian professional wrestler |
| | 1981 - Jason Kapono, American basketball player |
| | 1982 - Han Ga In, South Korean model/actress |
| | 1982 - Kelly Mazzante, American Basketball player |
| | 1983 - Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1987 - Martin Spanjers, American actor |
| | 1992 - Danielle White, American singer |