| | 1016 - Casimir I, Duke of Poland (d. c. 1058) |
| | 1109 - Afonso I of Portugal (d. 1185) |
| | 1336 - Albert, Count of Holland (d. 1404) |
| | 1404 - Philip I, Duke of Brabant (d. 1430) |
| | 1421 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461) |
| | 1562 - Kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord (d. 1611) |
| | 1653 - Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat (d. 1728) |
| | 1658 - Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish privy councillor (d. 1703) |
| | 1750 - Henry Knox, American general (d. 1806) |
| | 1799 - David Douglas, Scottish botanist (d. 1834) |
| | 1839 - Francis Garnier, French explorer (d. 1873) |
| | 1844 - Thomas Eakins, American artist (d. 1916) |
| | 1848 - Arthur Balfour, 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1930) |
| | 1867 - Alexander Rummler, American painter (d. 1959) |
| | 1867 - Max Dauthendey, German writer (d. 1918) |
| | 1870 - Maxfield Parrish, American illustrator (d. 1966) |
| | 1883 - Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (d. 1947) |
| | 1884 - Davidson Black, Canadian anthropologist (d. 1934) |
| | 1886 - Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Swedish big-game hunter (d. 1946) |
| | 1894 - Walter Brennan, American actor (d. 1974) |
| | 1894 - Gavrilo Princip, Serbian assassin (d. 1918) |
| | 1901 - Lila Lee, American actress (d. 1973) |
| | 1902 - Eric Hoffer, American philosopher (d. 1983) |
| | 1905 - Elias Canetti, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1994) |
| | 1906 - Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist (d. 1970) |
| | 1907 - Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer (d. 1982) |
| | 1908 - Bill Bowes, English cricketer (d. 1987) |
| | 1917 - Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1990) |
| | 1918 - Jane Frank, American artist (d. 1986) |
| | 1920 - Rosalind Franklin, English scientist (d. 1958) |
| | 1923 - Estelle Getty, American actress |
| | 1926 - Whitey Lockman, American baseball player |
| | 1927 - Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani Politician (d. 2000) |
| | 1928 - Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (d. 2005) |
| | 1929 - Somnath Chatterjee, Indian communist leader |
| | 1930 - Maureen Forrester, Canadian contralto |
| | 1935 - Lars Werner, Swedish communist leader |
| | 1935 - Barbara Harris, American actress |
| | 1936 - Glenn Murcutt, Australian architect |
| | 1937 - Colin Renfrew, English archeologist |
| | 1941 - Emmett Till, American murder victim (d. 1955) |
| | 1941 - Peter Suschitzky, Polish-British cinematographer |
| | 1943 - Jim McCarty, English musician |
| | 1946 - Rita Marley, Jamaican-Cuban singer |
| | 1951 - Verdine White, American bassist |
| | 1954 - Walter Payton, American football player (d. 1999) |
| | 1955 - Iman Abdulmajid, Somali model |
| | 1958 - Thurston Moore, American musician |
| | 1960 - Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player |
| | 1963 - Julian Hodgson, English chess player |
| | 1965 - Illeana Douglas, American actress |
| | 1967 - Matt LeBlanc, American actor |
| | 1967 - Chuck Paugh, American record company owner |
| | 1967 - Tommy Skjerven, Norwegian football referee |
| | 1973 - Dani Filth, British singer (Cradle of Filth) |
| | 1973 - Kevin Phillips, English footballer |
| | 1973 - Michael C. Williams, American actor |
| | 1974 - Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1976 - Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan, Macedonian poet |
| | 1977 - Kenny Thomas, American basketball player |
| | 1978 - Louise Brown, first test tube baby |
| | 1978 - Gerard Warren, American football player |
| | 1979 - Amy Adams, American singer |
| | 1979 - Allister Carter, professional Snooker player |
| | 1980 - Diam's, French female rapper |
| | 1980 - Toni Vilander, Finnish racing driver |
| | 1982 - Brad Renfro, American actor |
| | 1985 - Nelson Angelo Piquet, Brazilian race car driver |
| | 1985 - James Lafferty, American actor |
| | 1987 - Nathan Lawrence, American actor |
| | 1987 - Michael Welch, American actor |
| | 1988 - Heather Marks, Canadian supermodel |