| | 1423 - King Louis XI of France (d. 1483) |
| | 1442 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500) |
| | 1530 - Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601) |
| | 1567 - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer (d. 1635) |
| | 1676 - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) |
| | 1683 - Edward Young, English poet (d. 1765) |
| | 1685 - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768) |
| | 1728 - Robert Adam, Scottish architect (d. 1792) |
| | 1738 - John Singleton Copley, American painter (d. 1815) |
| | 1793 - John Clare, British poet (d. 1864) |
| | 1854 - Leoš Janácek, Czech composer (d. 1928) |
| | 1870 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947) |
| | 1875 - Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (d. 1951) |
| | 1879 - Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950) |
| | 1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech writer (d. 1924) |
| | 1893 - Mississippi John Hurt, American musician (d. 1966) |
| | 1903 - Ace Bailey, Canadian hockey player (d. 1992) |
| | 1906 - George Sanders, Russian-born actor (d. 1972) |
| | 1908 - M. F. K. Fisher, American writer (d. 1992) |
| | 1913 - Dorothy Kilgallen, American columnist and television personality (d. 1965) |
| | 1921 - Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952) |
| | 1927 - Ken Russell, British director |
| | 1930 - Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004) |
| | 1930 - Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist and studio musician (d. 1997) |
| | 1935 - Harrison Schmitt, astronaut |
| | 1937 - Tom Stoppard, Czech-born playwright |
| | 1939 - László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat |
| | 1940 - César Tovar, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 1994) |
| | 1940 - Lamar Alexander U.S. Senator from Tennessee |
| | 1944 - Michel Polnareff, French singer and songwriter |
| | 1946 - Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland |
| | 1947 - Dave Barry, American writer |
| | 1947 - Betty Buckley, American actress |
| | 1949 - Jan Smithers, American actress |
| | 1949 - Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006) |
| | 1950 - James Hahn, American politician |
| | 1951 - Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer |
| | 1952 - Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician |
| | 1955 - Sanma Akashiya, Japanese television performer and actor |
| | 1956 - Don Vito, of MTV's Viva La Bam |
| | 1957 - Laura Branigan, American singer (d. 2004) |
| | 1958 - Matthew Fraser, Canadian-British journalist, former editor, National Post |
| | 1959 - Julie Burchill, British journalist and author |
| | 1959 - Stephen Pearcy, American singer (Ratt) |
| | 1960 - Vince Clarke, British songwriter (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure) |
| | 1961 - Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer |
| | 1961 - Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs) |
| | 1962 - Tom Cruise, American actor |
| | 1964 - Joanne Harris, British author |
| | 1964 - Yeardley Smith, American actress |
| | 1965 - Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (d. 2005) |
| | 1966 - Moises Alou, baseball player |
| | 1969 - Kevin Hearn, Canadian keyboardist (Barenaked Ladies) |
| | 1970 - Teemu Selänne, Finnish hockey player |
| | 1970 - Shawnee Smith, American actress |
| | 1970 - Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist |
| | 1973 - Johnny Terris, Canadian-born actor and director |
| | 1976 - Andrea Barber, American actress |
| | 1979 - Ludivine Sagnier, French actress |
| | 1980 - Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer |
| | 1986 - Oscar Ustari, Argentine footballer |
| | 1987 - Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver |