| | 1194 - Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253) |
| | 1486 - Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (d. 1530) |
| | 1611 - Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland |
| | 1714 - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) |
| | 1722 - Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (d. 1803) |
| | 1723 - Joshua Reynolds, English painter (d. 1792) |
| | 1731 - Samuel Huntington, Continental Congress president (d. 1796) |
| | 1796 - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, French painter (d. 1875) |
| | 1821 - Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader (d. 1910) |
| | 1858 - Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist (d. 1931) |
| | 1862 - Ida B. Wells, American journalist (d. 1931) |
| | 1870 - Lambert McKenna, Irish scholar (d. 1956) |
| | 1872 - Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer (d. 1928) |
| | 1884 - Anna Vyrubova, Russian memoirist (d. 1964) |
| | 1888 - Percy Kilbride, American actor (d. 1964) |
| | 1888 - Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1966) |
| | 1889 - Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1951) |
| | 1889 - Larry Semon, comedian (d. 1928) |
| | 1896 - Trygve Lie, first United Nations Secretary General (d. 1968) |
| | 1896 - Evelyn Preer, American actress (d. 1932) |
| | 1902 - Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist (d. 1977) |
| | 1903 - Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician (d. 1971) |
| | 1903 - Mary Philbin, American actress (d. 1993) |
| | 1906 - Vincent Sherman, American director (d. 2006) |
| | 1907 - Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman (d. 1995) |
| | 1907 - Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990) |
| | 1911 - Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (d. 1995) |
| | 1911 - Sonny Tufts, American actor (d. 1970) |
| | 1912 - Milt Bocek, Oldest Living Chicago White Sox Player |
| | 1915 - Barnard Hughes, American actor (d. 2006) |
| | 1919 - Choi Kyuha, President of South Korea (d. 2006) |
| | 1924 - Bess Myerson, American beauty queen |
| | 1925 - Cal Tjader, American musician (d. 1982) |
| | 1926 - Irwin Rose, American biologist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1932 - Richard Thornburgh, American politician |
| | 1936 - Buddy Merrill, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show) |
| | 1939 - Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (d. 1995) |
| | 1941 - Desmond Dekker, Jamaican musician (d. 2006) |
| | 1942 - Margaret Smith Court, Australian tennis player |
| | 1943 - Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet (d. 1990) |
| | 1945 - Victor Sloan, Irish visual artist |
| | 1946 - Ron Yary, American football player |
| | 1947 - Assata Shakur, American activist |
| | 1948 - Rubén Blades, Panamanian actor |
| | 1948 - Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist |
| | 1952 - Stewart Copeland, American musician |
| | 1954 - Jeanette Mott Oxford, American politician |
| | 1956 - Tony Kushner, American playwright |
| | 1957 - Alexandra Marinina, Russian writer |
| | 1958 - Pierre Roland Renoir, Canadian artist |
| | 1959 - Gary Anderson, American football player |
| | 1963 - Phoebe Cates, American actress |
| | 1963 - Srecko Katanec, Slovenian footballer and coach |
| | 1963 - Fatboy Slim, English musician |
| | 1964 - Phil Hellmuth, American poker player |
| | 1964 - Miguel Indurain, Spanish cyclist |
| | 1967 - Will Ferrell, American comedian |
| | 1967 - Christopher Rocancourt, French con artist |
| | 1968 - Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player |
| | 1968 - Barry Sanders, American football player |
| | 1968 - Larry Sanger, American co-founder of Wikipedia |
| | 1970 - Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai film director |
| | 1971 - Edward Kowalczyk, American musician (LIVE) |
| | 1971 - Corey Feldman, American actor |
| | 1973 - Stefano Garzelli, Italian cyclist |
| | 1973 - Shaun Pollock, South African cricket player |
| | 1974 - Chris Pontius, American actor and Jackass cast member |
| | 1975 - Bas Leinders, Belgian racing car driver |
| | 1976 - Anna Smashnova, Israeli tennis player |
| | 1976 - Franklin Lashley, American professional wrestler |
| | 1979 - Christijan Albers, Dutch race car driver |
| | 1980 - Adam Scott, Australian golfer |
| | 1982 - Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer |