| | 1470 - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (d. 1505) |
| | 1511 - Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (d. 1574) |
| | 1549 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609) |
| | 1641 - Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673) |
| | 1763 - Samuel Rogers, English author (d. 1855) |
| | 1818 - Emily Brontë, English novelist (d. 1848) |
| | 1855 - Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1919) |
| | 1857 - Thorstein Veblen, American economist (d. 1929) |
| | 1859 - Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian (d. 1939) |
| | 1863 - Henry Ford, American industrialist (d. 1947) |
| | 1889 - Franz Masereel, Belgian painter (d. 1972) |
| | 1889 - Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist (d. 1982) |
| | 1890 - Casey Stengel, American baseball manager (d. 1975) |
| | 1893 - Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani Mother of the Nation (d. 1967) |
| | 1895 - Wanda Hawley, American actress (d. 1963) |
| | 1898 - Henry Moore, English sculptor (d. 1986) |
| | 1904 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer (d. 1974) |
| | 1909 - C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian (d. 1993) |
| | 1910 - Edgar de Evia, American mountain climber (d. 2003) |
| | 1914 - Lord Killanin, Irish International Olympic Committee president (d. 1999) |
| | 1916 - Dick Wilson, American actor |
| | 1919 - Berniece Baker Miracle, half-sister of Marilyn Monroe. |
| | 1921 - Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005) |
| | 1926 - Christine McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters) |
| | 1930 - Thomas Sowell, American economist |
| | 1933 - Edward Byrnes, American actor |
| | 1934 - Bud Selig, baseball commissioner |
| | 1936 - Buddy Guy, American guitarist and singer |
| | 1938 - Hervé de Charette, French politician |
| | 1939 - Peter Bogdanovich, American film director |
| | 1940 - Pat Schroeder, American politican |
| | 1940 - Clive Sinclair, British entrepreneur |
| | 1941 - Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer |
| | 1945 - David Sanborn, American musician |
| | 1946 - Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994) |
| | 1947 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, body builder, and Governor of California |
| | 1947 - William Atherton, American actor |
| | 1948 - Jean Reno, Moroccan-born French actor |
| | 1950 - Frank Stallone, American singer and actor |
| | 1956 - Delta Burke, American actress |
| | 1956 - Anita Hill, American author |
| | 1956 - Réal Cloutier, professional ice hockey player |
| | 1957 - Nery Pumpido, Argentine football goalkeeper |
| | 1957 - Rat Scabies, British musician |
| | 1957 - Clint Hurdle, baseball player and manager |
| | 1958 - Kate Bush, British musician |
| | 1958 - Daley Thompson, English decathlete |
| | 1960 - Richard Linklater, American director |
| | 1961 - Laurence Fishburne, American actor |
| | 1962 - Alton Brown, American television host and chef |
| | 1963 - Lisa Kudrow, American actress |
| | 1963 - Chris Mullin, professional basketball player |
| | 1964 - Vivica A. Fox, American actress |
| | 1964 - Jürgen Klinsmann, German football manager |
| | 1968 - Robert Korzeniowski, Polish athlete |
| | 1969 - Simon Baker, American actor |
| | 1970 - Christopher Nolan, British film director |
| | 1971 - Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor |
| | 1971 - Christine Taylor, American actress |
| | 1973 - Markus Naslund, Swedish icehockey player |
| | 1973 - Sonu Nigam, Indian Singer/Actor |
| | 1974 - Hilary Swank, American actress |
| | 1974 - Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer |
| | 1975 - Graham Nicholls, British artist |
| | 1975 - Cherie Priest, American Writer |
| | 1977 - Jaime Pressly, American Actress |
| | 1979 - Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish professional golfer |
| | 1979 - Ian Watkins (Lostprophets), Welsh Singer |
| | 1981 - Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer |
| | 1984 - Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player |
| | 1985 - Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer |