| | 1338 - Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) |
| | 1677 - Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) |
| | 1690 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (d. 1755) |
| | 1721 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) |
| | 1747 - Samuel Osgood American Patriot |
| | 1754 - George Crabbe, English poet and naturalist (d. 1832) |
| | 1795 - Antonio José de Sucre, South Américan independence hero and Great Marshall of Ayacucho (d. 1830) |
| | 1809 - Felix Mendelssohn, German composer (d. 1847) |
| | 1811 - Horace Greeley, American journalist, editor, and publisher (d. 1872) |
| | 1817 - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist (d. 1881) |
| | 1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, American physician (d. 1910) |
| | 1830 - Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1903) |
| | 1842 - Sidney Lanier, American writer (d. 1881) |
| | 1859 - Hugo Junkers, German industrialist and aircraft designer (d. 1935) |
| | 1862 - James Clark McReynolds, American politician, 49th United States Attorney General & U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1946) |
| | 1872 - Lou Criger, baseball player (d. 1934) |
| | 1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer and patron of the arts (d. 1946) |
| | 1887 - Juan Negrín, Spanish Popular Front politician and Prime Minister (d. 1956) |
| | 1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914) |
| | 1893 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978) |
| | 1894 - Norman Rockwell, American artist, illustrator (d. 1978) |
| | 1898 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976) |
| | 1899 - Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966) |
| | 1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975) |
| | 1904 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934) |
| | 1907 - James Michener, American author (d. 1997) |
| | 1909 - Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943) |
| | 1911 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor |
| | 1918 - Joey Bishop, American comedian and actor |
| | 1918 - Helen Stephens, American runner |
| | 1920 - Henry Heimlich, American physician |
| | 1925 - John Fiedler, American voice actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1925 - Keith Dunstan, Australian author and journalist |
| | 1925 - Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council |
| | 1926 - Shelley Berman, American comedian |
| | 1926 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician |
| | 1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer |
| | 1930 - Gillian Ayres, English painter |
| | 1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984) |
| | 1933 - Paul Sarbanes, American politician, United States Senator from Maryland |
| | 1938 - Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982) |
| | 1939 - Michael Cimino, American film director |
| | 1940 - Fran Tarkenton, American football player |
| | 1941 - Neil Bogart, music company executive (d. 1982) |
| | 1943 - Blythe Danner, American actress |
| | 1943 - Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations) |
| | 1945 - Bob Griese, American football player |
| | 1947 - Paul Auster, American novelist |
| | 1947 - Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks) |
| | 1947 - Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter |
| | 1948 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor politician, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate |
| | 1948 - Henning Mankell, Swedish author |
| | 1949 - Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist, 1975 World Champion |
| | 1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress |
| | 1952 - Fred Lynn, baseball player |
| | 1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey players |
| | 1955 - Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist |
| | 1955 - Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist |
| | 1956 - John Jefferson, American football player |
| | 1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor |
| | 1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth) |
| | 1958 - N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist |
| | 1959 - Thomas Calabro, American actor |
| | 1959 - Laurence Tolhurst, British musician (The Cure) |
| | 1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician, composer and DJ (Pizzicato Five) |
| | 1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1993) |
| | 1961 - Keith Gordon, American actor and director |
| | 1965 - Maura Tierney, American actress |
| | 1967 - Bob Taylor, English footballer |
| | 1970 - Warwick Davis, British actor |
| | 1971 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999) |
| | 1971 - Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean television and film actor |
| | 1972 - Mart Poom, Estonian football player |
| | 1974 - Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer |
| | 1974 - Elisa Donovan, American actress |
| | 1976 - Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1976 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress |
| | 1976 - Dwayne Rudd, American football player |
| | 1977 - Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican reggaeton artist |
| | 1978 - Adrian R'Mante, American actor |
| | 1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American writer and disc jockey |
| | 1981 - Maurice Ross, English footballer |
| | 1982 - Jessica Harp, American Country Music singer, member of The Wreckers |