| | 1454 - Poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494) |
| | 1602 - Jules Mazarin, French statesman and cardinal (d. 1661) |
| | 1608 - George Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657) |
| | 1610 - Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670) |
| | 1634 - Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719) |
| | 1671 - Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732) |
| | 1675 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (d. 1747) |
| | 1676 - Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (d. 1763) |
| | 1696 - William Oldys, English antiquarian and bibliographer (d. 1761) |
| | 1721 - John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807) |
| | 1743 - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (d. 1816) |
| | 1801 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (d. 1858) |
| | 1816 - Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (d. 1882) |
| | 1829 - Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1896) |
| | 1857 - Emmeline Pankhurst, English suffragette (d. 1928) |
| | 1859 - Willy Hess, German violinist (d. 1928) |
| | 1860 - Owen Wister, American author (d. 1938) |
| | 1862 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918) |
| | 1865 - Arthur Capper, Newspaper publisher and politician (d. 1951) |
| | 1868 - Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator (d. 1926) |
| | 1874 - Khedive Abbas II of Egypt (d. 1944) |
| | 1885 - King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d. 1959) |
| | 1891 - Alexander M. Volkov, Russian novelist and mathematician (d. 1977) |
| | 1893 - Clarence J. Brown, Newspaper publisher and politician (d. 1965) |
| | 1896 - Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (d. 1936) |
| | 1898 - A. B. "Happy" Chandler, 44th & 49th Governor of Kentucky, U.S. Senator from Kentucky and 2nd Baseball commissioner (d. 1991) |
| | 1901 - Gerald Finzi, British composer (d. 1956) |
| | 1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish Yiddish author (d. 1991) |
| | 1906 - Tom Carvel, Greek-born businessman and inventor (d. 1990) |
| | 1910 - William Hanna, American animator (d. 2001) |
| | 1911 - Terry-Thomas, British actor (d. 1990) |
| | 1912 - Northrop Frye, Canadian literary critic (d. 1991) |
| | 1912 - Woody Guthrie, American folk musician (d. 1967) |
| | 1913 - Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., 38th President of the United States |
| | 1918 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film and theatre director |
| | 1918 - Arthur Laurents, American playwright, novelist, and director |
| | 1919 - Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (d. 1987) |
| | 1921 - Leon Garfield, English children's author (d. 1996) |
| | 1921 - Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1923 - Dale Robertson, American actor |
| | 1924 - James W. Black, Scottish pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| | 1926 - Harry Dean Stanton, American actor |
| | 1927 - John Chancellor, American television commentator (d. 1996) |
| | 1928 - Nancy Olson, American actress |
| | 1930 - Polly Bergen, American actress, singer, and entrepreneur |
| | 1932 - Roosevelt Grier, American football player, actor, and minister |
| | 1937 - Yoshiro Mori, Japanese politician |
| | 1938 - Jerry Rubin, American activist (d. 1994) |
| | 1939 - Karel Gott, Czech singer |
| | 1939 - George E. Slusser, American scholar and writer |
| | 1941 - Maulana Karenga, American author and activist |
| | 1941 - Andreas Khol, Austrian politician |
| | 1942 - Javier Solana, Spanish European Union foreign policy chief |
| | 1944 - Billy McCool, Baseball player |
| | 1946 - John Wood, Australian actor |
| | 1947 - Claudia Kennedy, retired U.S. Army lieutenant general |
| | 1950 - Gwen Guthrie, American singer (d. 1999) |
| | 1951 - Erich Hallhuber, German actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1956 - Vladimir Kulich, Czech actor |
| | 1961 - Jackie Earle Haley, American actor |
| | 1965 - Igor Khoroshev, Russian keyboard player (Yes) |
| | 1966 - Charles Edward Ambler, British noble |
| | 1966 - Tanya Donelly, American musician (Belly) |
| | 1966 - Ellen Reid, Canadian musician (Crash Test Dummies) |
| | 1966 - Matthew Fox, American actor |
| | 1967 - Robin Ventura, baseball player |
| | 1971 - Bubba Ray Dudley, American professional wrestler |
| | 1971 - Joey Styles, American wrestling commentator |
| | 1973 - Monoxide Child, Twiztid |
| | 1974 - Matt Evans, Screenwriter |
| | 1974 - David Mitchell, English comedian and actor |
| | 1975 - Taboo, American rapper |
| | 1975 - Tim Hudson, baseball player |
| | 1976 - Geraint Jones, English cricketer |
| | 1977 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden |
| | 1979 - Bernie Castro, Baseball player |
| | 1980 - George Smith (Australian rugby player), Australian Rugby Union Player |
| | 1988 - James Vaughan, English footballer |
| | 1989 - Sean Flynn-Amir, American actor |