| | 1486 - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer |
| | 1516 - Queen Mary I of England (d. 1558) |
| | 1530 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578) |
| | 1559 - Isaac Casaubon, French classical scholar (d. 1614) |
| | 1602 - Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680) |
| | 1609 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian (d. 1674) |
| | 1635 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680) |
| | 1642 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698) |
| | 1658 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743) |
| | 1745 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (d. 1827) |
| | 1814 - Samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900) |
| | 1835 - César Cui, Lithuanian composer (d. 1918) |
| | 1838 - Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (d. 1916) |
| | 1846 - Wilson Barrett, English playwright (d. 1904) |
| | 1848 - Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (d. 1933) |
| | 1849 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (d. 1906) |
| | 1859 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian Yiddish humorist (d. 1916) |
| | 1871 - Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948) |
| | 1883 - Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (d. 1957) |
| | 1884 - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (d. 1970) |
| | 1890 - Edward Arnold, American actor (d. 1956) |
| | 1890 - Adolphe Menjou, American actor (d. 1963) |
| | 1892 - Wendell Willkie, American politician (d. 1944) |
| | 1896 - Andre Breton, French writer (d. 1966) |
| | 1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver (d. 1988) |
| | 1898 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1980) |
| | 1901 - Reginald Sheffield, British actor (d. 1957) |
| | 1903 - Nikolai Podgorny, President of the Soviet Union (d. 1983) |
| | 1905 - Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (d. 1993) |
| | 1906 - Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980) |
| | 1907 - Oscar Brodney, American Screenwriter |
| | 1909 - Wallace Stegner, American writer (d. 1993) |
| | 1915 - Phyllis Calvert, British actress (d. 2002) |
| | 1919 - Jack Palance, American actor (d. 2006) |
| | 1920 - Bill Cullen, American game show host (d. 1990) |
| | 1920 - Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician (d. 1997) |
| | 1922 - Helen Gurley Brown, American editor |
| | 1922 - Allan Melvin, American actor |
| | 1924 - Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist (d. 1999) |
| | 1925 - George Kennedy, American actor |
| | 1927 - John Warner, American politician |
| | 1927 - Luis Arroyo, Baseball player |
| | 1929 - Len Deighton, British author |
| | 1930 - Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist |
| | 1931 - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist |
| | 1931 - Toni Morrison, American writer, Nobel laureate |
| | 1931 - Bob St. Clair, American football player |
| | 1932 - Miloš Forman, Czech film director |
| | 1933 - Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer |
| | 1933 - Bobby Robson, English football manager |
| | 1933 - Mary Ure, Scottish actress (d. 1975) |
| | 1936 - Jean Auel, American writer |
| | 1938 - István Szabó, Hungarian film director |
| | 1939 - Dal Maxvill, baseball player |
| | 1943 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer |
| | 1944 - Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos |
| | 1945 - Judy Rankin, American golfer |
| | 1947 - Dennis DeYoung, American musician (STYX) |
| | 1947 - Princess Christina of the Netherlands |
| | 1947 - Carlos Lopes, Portuguese athlete |
| | 1948 - Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress |
| | 1949 - Gary Ridgway, American serial killer |
| | 1950 - John Hughes, American director |
| | 1950 - Cybill Shepherd, American actress |
| | 1951 - Isabel Preysler, Spanish fashion designer |
| | 1952 - Maurice Lucas, American basketball player |
| | 1952 - Juice Newton, American singer |
| | 1953 - Robbie Bachman, Canadian drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) |
| | 1954 - John Travolta, American actor |
| | 1955 - Miles Tredinnick, English playwright |
| | 1956 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (d. 1997) |
| | 1957 - Marita Koch, German athlete |
| | 1957 - Vanna White, American game show presenter |
| | 1958 - Giovanni Lavaggi, Italian racing driver |
| | 1960 - Greta Scacchi, Australian actress |
| | 1962 - Julie Strain, American actress |
| | 1964 - Matt Dillon, American actor |
| | 1965 - Dr. Dre, American rapper |
| | 1965 - Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (d. 2005) |
| | 1967 - Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer |
| | 1968 - Molly Ringwald, American actress |
| | 1968 - Tommy Scott, British musician (Space) |
| | 1969 - Alexander Mogilny, Russian hockey player |
| | 1969 - Jason Sutter, American drummer (Smash Mouth, American Hi-Fi) |
| | 1970 - Raine Maida, Canadian musician (Our Lady Peace) |
| | 1970 - Susan Egan, American actress |
| | 1973 - Claude Makélélé, French footballer |
| | 1974 - Jamey Carroll, baseball player |
| | 1975 - Keith Gillespie, Irish footballer |
| | 1975 - Gary Neville, English footballer |
| | 1977 - Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwrite |
| | 1978 - Josip Simunic, Croatian footballer |
| | 1980 - Regina Spektor, Russian-born singer and songwriter |
| | 1981 - Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player |
| | 1981 - Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail) |
| | 1981 - Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer |
| | 1983 - Juelz Santana, American rapper |
| | 1983 - Jermaine Jenas, English footballer |
| | 1985 - Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer |
| | 1985 - Anton Ferdinand, English footballer |
| | 1990 - Park Shin-hye, South Korean actress |
| | 1991 - Malese Jow, American actress |