| | 1528 - Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (d. 1580) |
| | 1545 - Don Carlos of Spain (d. 1568) |
| | 1593 - Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (d. 1653) |
| | 1621 - Jean de la Fontaine, French writer (d. 1695) |
| | 1760 - Christian Kramp, French mathematician (d. 1826) |
| | 1766 - Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (d. 1842) |
| | 1819 - Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer (d. 1907) |
| | 1830 - Frederick William Seward, United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915) |
| | 1836 - Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (d. 1914) |
| | 1838 - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, German inventor (d. 1917) |
| | 1839 - John D. Rockefeller, American businessman (d. 1937) |
| | 1851 - Arthur Evans, English archaeologist (d. 1941) |
| | 1857 - Alfred Binet, French psychologist |
| | 1867 - Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (d. 1945) |
| | 1878 - Jimmy Quinn, Scottish footballer (d. 1945) |
| | 1882 - Percy Grainger, Australian composer (d. 1961) |
| | 1885 - Ernst Bloch, German philosopher (d. 1977) |
| | 1892 - Richard Aldington, English poet (d. 1962) |
| | 1892 - Pavel Korin, Russian painter (d. 1967) |
| | 1895 - Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| | 1904 - Henri Cartan, French mathematician |
| | 1906 - Philip Johnson, American architect (d. 2005) |
| | 1907 - George W. Romney, chairman of the American Motors Corporation (1954-62) (d. 1995) |
| | 1908 - Louis Jordan, American saxophonist (d. 1975) |
| | 1908 - Nelson A. Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979) |
| | 1914 - Jyoti Basu, Indian politician |
| | 1914 - Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (d. 1993) |
| | 1918 - Craig Stevens, American actor (d. 2000) |
| | 1919 - Walter Scheel, German politician |
| | 1923 - Harrison Dillard, American athlete |
| | 1926 - Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-born psychiatrist (d. 2004) |
| | 1932 - Jerry Vale, American singer |
| | 1933 - Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (d. 1982) |
| | 1935 - Steve Lawrence, American entertainer and singer |
| | 1935 - Vitali Sevastyanov, cosmonaut |
| | 1941 - Dario Gradi, Italian-born football manager |
| | 1942 - Phil Gramm, American politician |
| | 1944 - Jai Johanny Johanson, American musician (The Allman Brothers Band) |
| | 1947 - Kim Darby, American actress |
| | 1948 - Raffi Cavoukian, Armenian children's entertainer |
| | 1949 - Frank Delima, American comedian |
| | 1949 - Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef |
| | 1951 - Anjelica Huston, American actress |
| | 1958 - Kevin Bacon, American actor |
| | 1960 - Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league player |
| | 1961 - Toby Keith, American singer |
| | 1968 - Akio Suyama, Japanese seiyu |
| | 1968 - Billy Crudup, American actor |
| | 1968 - Michael Weatherly, American actor |
| | 1970 - Beck, American singer |
| | 1972 - Saurav Ganguly, Indian cricketer |
| | 1973 - Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress |
| | 1974 - Zhanna Friske, Russian actress and singer |
| | 1976 - Talal El Karkouri, Moroccan footballer |
| | 1977 - Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player |
| | 1977 - Milo Ventimiglia, American Actor |
| | 1980 - Robbie Keane, Irish footballer |
| | 1981 - Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player |
| | 1982 - Hakim Warrick, American basketball player |
| | 1982 - Sophia Bush, American actress |
| | 1983 - Jaroslav Janiš, Czech racing car driver |
| | 1983 - Elizabeth Del Mar, American pornographic actress |
| | 1984 - Alexis Dziena, American actress |
| | 1987 - Vlada Roslyakova, Russian supermodel |