| | 1586 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (d. 1647) |
| | 1653 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (d. 1726) |
| | 1675 - Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials |
| | 1717 - Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786) |
| | 1718 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794) |
| | 1794 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (d. 1851) |
| | 1801 - David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870) |
| | 1810 - P.T. Barnum, American circus owner (d. 1891) |
| | 1841 - William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904) |
| | 1853 - Cecil Rhodes, South African politician (d. 1902) |
| | 1860 - Robert Bacon, American politician (d. 1919) |
| | 1879 - Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (d. 1959) |
| | 1880 - Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (d. 1940) |
| | 1886 - Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1988) |
| | 1888 - Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1963) |
| | 1889 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (d. 1963) |
| | 1890 - Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian (d. 1954) |
| | 1891 - John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987) |
| | 1901 - Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet puppet master (d. 1992) |
| | 1902 - Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American diplomat (d. 1985) |
| | 1904 - Harold Acton, American writer and dilettante (d. 1994) |
| | 1904 - Milburn Stone, American actor (d. 1980) |
| | 1911 - Georges Pompidou, President of France (d. 1974) |
| | 1918 - George Rochberg, American composer (d. 2005) |
| | 1924 - János Starker, Hungarian cellist |
| | 1928 - Warren Oates, American actor (d. 1982) |
| | 1928 - Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France |
| | 1928 - Katherine Helmond, American actress |
| | 1932 - Billy Laughlin, American actor (d. 1948) |
| | 1935 - John Gilmore (writer), American true crime author |
| | 1936 - Shirley Knight, American actress |
| | 1936 - James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1939 - Booker Edgerson, American football player |
| | 1943 - Curt Blefary, baseball player (d. 2001) |
| | 1943 - Robbie Robertson, Canadian guitarist (The Band) |
| | 1950 - Huey Lewis, American musician |
| | 1950 - Michael Monarch, American guitarist (Steppenwolf) |
| | 1951 - Rich Gossage, baseball player |
| | 1955 - Peter McNamara, Australia tennis player |
| | 1957 - David Hanson, politician |
| | 1957 - Doug Wilson, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1958 - Tzipi Livni, Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel |
| | 1958 - Bill Watterson, American cartoonist |
| | 1960 - Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor |
| | 1961 - Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano |
| | 1963 - Edie Falco, American actress |
| | 1966 - Kathryn Erbe, American actress |
| | 1966 - Gianfranco Zola, Italian footballer |
| | 1968 - Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian journalist |
| | 1968 - Alex Zülle, Swiss cyclist |
| | 1969 - John LeClair, American hockey player |
| | 1969 - RZA, American rapper |
| | 1970 - Mac Dre, American rapper (d. 2004) |
| | 1971 - Derek McInnes, Scottish Footballer |
| | 1972 - Letha Weapons, porn actress |
| | 1973 - Róisín Murphy, Irish musician |
| | 1973 - Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer |
| | 1974 - Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1975 - Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer |
| | 1976 - Mike DeWolf, American guitarist (Taproot) |
| | 1976 - Nuno Gomes, Portuguese footballer |
| | 1976 - Marina Dias, Brazilian model |
| | 1976 - Bizarre, American rapper |
| | 1977 - Royce Da 5'9", American rapper |
| | 1979 - Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer |
| | 1979 - Shane Filan, Irish musician (Westlife) |
| | 1979 - Amélie Mauresmo, French tennis player |
| | 1980 - Jason Wade, American musician (Lifehouse) |
| | 1980 - Eva Green, French actress |
| | 1981 - Jesse Crain, Canadian-born baseball player |
| | 1982 - Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer |
| | 1985 - Stephanie McIntosh, Australian actress |
| | 1991 - Jason Dolley, American actor |
| | 1996 - Dolly the sheep, first cloned mammal (d. 2003) |