| | 1457 - Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482) |
| | 1480 - Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542) |
| | 1599 - Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667) |
| | 1672 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (d. 1731) |
| | 1743 - Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist (d. 1820) |
| | 1768 - Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (d. 1835) |
| | 1769 - Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (d. 1844) |
| | 1805 - Peter Gustav Dirichlet, German mathematician (d. 1859) |
| | 1873 - Feodor Chaliapin, Russian bass (d. 1938) |
| | 1876 - Fritz Buelow, Baseball player (d. 1933) |
| | 1881 - Eleanor Farjeon, English author (d. 1965) |
| | 1884 - Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athlete, inventor, and businessman (d. 1961) |
| | 1885 - Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States, wife of President Harry S. Truman (d. 1982) |
| | 1892 - Grant Wood, American painter (d. 1942) |
| | 1903 - Georges Simenon, Belgian writer (d. 1989) |
| | 1906 - Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1994) |
| | 1910 - William Shockley, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1989) |
| | 1911 - Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Urdu poet, Lenin Peace Prize winner (d. 1984) |
| | 1913 - George Barker, British poet (d. 1991) |
| | 1915 - Aung San, Burmese general and politician (d. 1945) |
| | 1918 - Patty Berg, American golfer |
| | 1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, American musician (d. 1991) |
| | 1919 - Eddie Robinson, American football coach |
| | 1920 - Eileen Farrell, American opera soprano (d. 2002) |
| | 1922 - Francis Pym, British Foreign Secretary 1982-83 |
| | 1922 - Gordon Tullock, American economist |
| | 1923 - Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (d. 2002) |
| | 1923 - Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (d. 2003) |
| | 1923 - Chuck Yeager, American pilot and NASA official |
| | 1924 - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist (d. 2006) |
| | 1929 - Omar Torrijos, Panamanian ruler (d. 1981) |
| | 1930 - Ernst Fuchs, Austrian artist |
| | 1933 - Paul Biya, President of Cameroon |
| | 1933 - Kim Novak, American actress |
| | 1934 - George Segal, American actor |
| | 1937 - Susan Oliver, American actress (d. 1990) |
| | 1938 - Oliver Reed, English actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1939 - Beate Klarsfeld, German Holocaust investigator/Nazi hunter |
| | 1941 - Sigmar Polke, German painter |
| | 1942 - Carol Lynley, American actress |
| | 1942 - Peter Tork, American musician and actor (The Monkees) |
| | 1943 - Geoff Edwards, American game show host |
| | 1944 - Stockard Channing, American actress |
| | 1944 - Jerry Springer, American television host |
| | 1944 - Bo Svenson, Swedish-born actor |
| | 1946 - Colin Matthews, British composer |
| | 1947 - Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach |
| | 1950 - Peter Gabriel, English musician (Genesis) |
| | 1951 - Greg Fulginiti, American mastering engineer |
| | 1951 - David Naughton, American actor and singer |
| | 1952 - Freddy Maertens, Belgian cyclist |
| | 1954 - Donnie Moore, baseball player (d. 1989) |
| | 1955 - Joe Birkett, DuPage County State's Attorney |
| | 1956 - Peter Hook, English bassist (Joy Division and New Order) |
| | 1956 - Yiannis Kouros, Greek-Australian ultramarathoner |
| | 1958 - Pernilla August, Swedish actress |
| | 1958 - Derek Riggs, British artist |
| | 1959 - Gord Hampson, NHL player |
| | 1960 - Pierluigi Collina, Italian football referee |
| | 1960 - Matt Salinger, American actor |
| | 1960 - Artur Yusupov, Russian/German chess player |
| | 1961 - cEvin Key, musician |
| | 1961 - Henry Rollins, American musician |
| | 1961 - Marc Crawford, Canadian hockey player and coach |
| | 1962 - Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, American politician |
| | 1964 - Mark Patton, American actor |
| | 1966 - Jeff Waters, Canadian musician (Annihilator) |
| | 1968 - Kelly Hu, American actress |
| | 1970 - Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer |
| | 1971 - Sonia, British singer |
| | 1971 - Mats Sundin, Swedish hockey player |
| | 1972 - Charlie Garner, American football player |
| | 1974 - Gus Hansen, Danish professional poker player |
| | 1974 - Robbie Williams, English singer |
| | 1974 - Jeff Duran, American radio personality, comedian |
| | 1975 - Iván González, Puerto Rican disc jockey and musician |
| | 1976 - Martin Sastre, Uruguayan artist |
| | 1977 - Randy Moss, American football player |
| | 1978 - Mini Anden, Swedish model and actress |
| | 1979 - Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer |
| | 1980 - Sebastian Kehl, German footballer |
| | 1981 - Luisão, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1985 - Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress |
| | 1987 - Ryan Buchter, baseball player |
| | 1989 - Carly McKillip, Canadian actress |