| | 1102 - Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169) |
| | 1478 - Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) |
| | 1693 - Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740) |
| | 1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870) |
| | 1842 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923) |
| | 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957) |
| | 1870 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (d. 1937) |
| | 1877 - Godfrey Harold Hardy, English mathematician (d. 1947) |
| | 1883 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983) |
| | 1885 - Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1951) |
| | 1885 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953) |
| | 1889 - Harry Nyquist, important contributor to information theory (d. 1976) |
| | 1891 - Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984) |
| | 1895 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961) |
| | 1898 - Dock Boggs, American musician (d. 1971) |
| | 1905 - Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1983) |
| | 1905 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940) |
| | 1906 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984) |
| | 1906 - Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967) |
| | 1907 - Yevgeniy Abalakov, famous Soviet mountaineer (d. 1948) |
| | 1908 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983) |
| | 1914 - Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978) |
| | 1915 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (d. 2002) |
| | 1918 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999) |
| | 1920 - An Wang, Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. 1990) |
| | 1922 - Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980) |
| | 1926 - Konstantin Feoktistov, cosmonaut |
| | 1927 - Juliette Greco, French singer and actor |
| | 1927 - Vladimir Kuts, Russian runner |
| | 1932 - Gay Talese, American author |
| | 1932 - Al Worden, American astronaut |
| | 1933 - John Anderton, English footballer |
| | 1934 - Earl King, American musician (d. 2003) |
| | 1934 - Eddie Fenech Adami, President of Malta |
| | 1938 - S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader |
| | 1943 - Gareth Hunt, English actor |
| | 1945 - Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player |
| | 1945 - Pete Postlethwaite, English actor |
| | 1949 - Joe English, American drummer |
| | 1949 - Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach |
| | 1951 - Benny Ayala, Baseball player |
| | 1953 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (d. 1998) |
| | 1954 - Dieter Bohlen German composer |
| | 1955 - Rolf Benirschke, American football player |
| | 1955 - Mario Coutinho Brazilian physician |
| | 1955 - Miguel Ferrer, American actor |
| | 1956 - Emo Philips, American comedian |
| | 1957 - Carney Lansford, American baseball player |
| | 1960 - James Spader, American actor |
| | 1962 - Garth Brooks, American singer |
| | 1962 - Eddie Izzard, British actor and comedian |
| | 1962 - David Bryan, American musician (Bon Jovi) |
| | 1965 - Jason Gedrick, American actor |
| | 1965 - Chris Rock, American comedian and actor |
| | 1968 - Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-born hockey player |
| | 1968 - Sully Erna, American singer (Godsmack) |
| | 1972 - Alex Bassi, American Race Car Driver |
| | 1974- Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player |
| | 1974 - J Dilla, also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. 2006) |
| | 1975 - Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit) |
| | 1978 - Ashton Kutcher, American actor |
| | 1978 - Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian international footballer |
| | 1978 - Endy Chávez, Baseball player |
| | 1979 - Cerina Vincent, American actress |
| | 1979 - Jon Leicester, American baseball player |
| | 1983 - Christian Klien, Austrian formula driver |
| | 1985 - Tina Majorino, American actress |
| | 1985 - Clara Bryant, American actress |
| | 1988 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer (W (Double You), Morning Musume, and MiniMoni) |
| | 1989 - Louisa Lytton, English actress |