| | 1490 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (d. 1527) |
| | 1519 - Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563) |
| | 1524 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1574) |
| | 1581 - Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653) |
| | 1646 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714) |
| | 1653 - Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713) |
| | 1718 - Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790) |
| | 1723 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1762) |
| | 1752 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (d. 1831) |
| | 1754 - Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803) |
| | 1766 - Thomas Malthus, English demographer and political economist (d. 1834) |
| | 1781 - René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1826) |
| | 1792 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876) |
| | 1796 - Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866) |
| | 1817 - King William III of the Netherlands (d, 1890) |
| | 1820 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (d. 1881) |
| | 1821 - Lola Montez, Mexican dancer, actress, friend of monarchs (d. 1861) |
| | 1836 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (b. 1870) |
| | 1844 - Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913) |
| | 1848 - Louisa Lawson, Australian feminist, suffragist, and writer (d. 1920) |
| | 1854 - Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1902) |
| | 1864 - Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. 1941) |
| | 1874 - Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. 1956) |
| | 1877 - Isabelle Eberhardt, explorer and writer who spent a lot of time in North Africa (d. 1904) |
| | 1877 - André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932) |
| | 1885 - Steve Evans, baseball player (d. 1943) |
| | 1887 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d. 1947) |
| | 1888 - Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969) |
| | 1908 - Red Barber, baseball announcer (d. 1992) |
| | 1910 - Marc Lawrence, American actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1911 - Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (d. 1984) |
| | 1912 - Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005) |
| | 1914 - Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990) |
| | 1919 - Kathleen Freeman, American actress (d. 2001) |
| | 1920 - Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director |
| | 1922 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959) |
| | 1924 - Margaret Truman, American novelist |
| | 1925 - Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003) |
| | 1925 - Hal Holbrook, American actor |
| | 1929 - Chaim Potok, American author (d. 2002) |
| | 1929 - Patricia Routledge, English actress |
| | 1930 - Ruth Rendell, English writer |
| | 1930 - Roger Craig, baseball player |
| | 1932 - Buck Trent, American banjo player |
| | 1934 - Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1934 - Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian |
| | 1935 - Christina Pickles, British actress |
| | 1936 - Jim Brown, American football player |
| | 1939 - Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen |
| | 1941 - Gene Pitney, American singer (d. 2006) |
| | 1942 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989) |
| | 1944 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer |
| | 1945 - Zina Bethune, American actress |
| | 1945 - Brenda Fricker, Irish actress |
| | 1948 - Rick Majerus, American basketball coach |
| | 1949 - Fred Frith, British musician |
| | 1952 - Karin Janz, East German gymnast |
| | 1953 - Janice Dickinson, American model |
| | 1953 - Norman Pace, British actor and comic |
| | 1954 - Rene Russo, American actress |
| | 1956 - Richard Karn, American actor |
| | 1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician |
| | 1959 - Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician |
| | 1959 - Neil Lomax, American football player |
| | 1962 - Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (d. 1995) |
| | 1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor |
| | 1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketball player |
| | 1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American Comedian |
| | 1964 - Buster Olney, American sports columnist |
| | 1966 - Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1966 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004) |
| | 1967 - Chanté Moore, American singer |
| | 1969 - Tuesday Knight, American actress |
| | 1970 - Dominic Purcell, English Born Actor |
| | 1970 - Tim Mahoney, American musician (311) |
| | 1971 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005) |
| | 1971 - Denise Richards, American actress |
| | 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day) |
| | 1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters) |
| | 1972 - Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater |
| | 1974 - Kaoru, Japanese musician |
| | 1974 - Jerry O'Connell, American actor |
| | 1974 - Bryan White, American singer |
| | 1975 - Wish Bone, American rapper |
| | 1975 - Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress |
| | 1975 - Vaclav Prospal, Czech hockey player |
| | 1976 - Kelly Carlson, American actress |
| | 1978 - Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim |
| | 1979 - Josh Willingham, Outfielder/catcher for the Florida Marlins |
| | 1980 - Jason Ritter, American actor |
| | 1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor |
| | 1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress |
| | 1982 - Adriano Leite Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1982 - Brian Bruney, Professional baseball player |
| | 1991 - Bonnie Wright, British child actress |
| | 1996 - Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress |