| | 10 BC - Claudius, Roman Emperor (d. 54) |
| | 126 - Pertinax, Roman Emperor (d. 193) |
| | 1313 - Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) |
| | 1377 - Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) |
| | 1545 - Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) |
| | 1555 - Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597) |
| | 1579 - Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) |
| | 1630 - Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English statesman (d. 1673) |
| | 1713 - Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1780) |
| | 1714 - Richard Wilson, Welsh painter (d. 1782) |
| | 1738 - Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794) |
| | 1744 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (d. 1829) |
| | 1770 - William Clark, American explorer (d. 1838) |
| | 1779 - Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843) |
| | 1779 - Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (d. 1851) |
| | 1815 - Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer, politician, and author (d. 1882) |
| | 1818 - Maria Mitchell, American astronomer (d. 1889) |
| | 1819 - Herman Melville, American writer (d. 1891) |
| | 1843 - Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln; United States Secretary of War (d. 1926) |
| | 1858 - Hans Rott, Austrian composer (d. 1884) |
| | 1885 - George de Hevesy, Hungarian chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1966) |
| | 1881 - Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician (d. 1940) |
| | 1889 - Walter Gerlach, German physicist (d. 1979) |
| | 1891 - Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968) |
| | 1893 - King Alexander I of Greece (d. 1920) |
| | 1894 - Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927) |
| | 1910 - James Henry Govier, British artist (d. 1974) |
| | 1910 - Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003) |
| | 1912 - Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1914 - J. Lee Thompson, British film director (d. 2002) |
| | 1921 - Jack Kramer, American tennis player |
| | 1922 - Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990) |
| | 1924 - Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-born physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate |
| | 1925 - Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer (d. 2000) |
| | 1927 - Raymond Leppard, English conductor |
| | 1930 - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002) |
| | 1930 - Lionel Bart, English song-writer (d. 1999) |
| | 1930 - Julie Bovasso, American actor and writer (d. 1991) |
| | 1932 - Meir Kahane, American founder of the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990) |
| | 1933 - Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian |
| | 1936 - Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer |
| | 1937 - Al D'Amato, United States Senator from New York |
| | 1942 - Jerry Garcia, American musician (The Grateful Dead) (d. 1995) |
| | 1945 - Douglas D. Osheroff, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate |
| | 1946 - Sandi Griffiths, American singer, The Lawrence Welk Show |
| | 1946 - Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist |
| | 1949 - Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Kyrgyzstan |
| | 1950 - Jim Carroll, American poet and actor |
| | 1951 - Tommy Bolin, American guitarist |
| | 1951 - Pete Mackanin, American baseball player |
| | 1952 - Zoran Ðindic, Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003) |
| | 1953 - Robert Cray, American singer |
| | 1955 - Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer |
| | 1956 - Tom Leykis, American radio personality |
| | 1958 - Adrian Dunbar, Northern Irish actor |
| | 1959 - Joe Elliott, English musician (Def Leppard) |
| | 1960 - Chuck D, American rapper (Public Enemy) |
| | 1960 - Richard Roeper, American newspaper columnist and film critic |
| | 1962 - Robert Clift, British field hockey player |
| | 1963 - Coolio, American rapper |
| | 1963 - John Carroll Lynch, American actor |
| | 1964 - Adam Duritz, American musician (Counting Crows) |
| | 1965 - Sam Mendes, British stage and film director |
| | 1967 - Gregg Jefferies, baseball player |
| | 1969 - Kevin Jarvis, baseball player |
| | 1970 - David James, English footballer |
| | 1972 - Devon Hughes, US professional wrestler |
| | 1973 - Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress |
| | 1976 - Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer |
| | 1976 - Kevin Joseph, baseball player |
| | 1977 - Marc Denis, NHL Hockey player |
| | 1978 - Edgerrin James, American football player |
| | 1978 - Dhani Harrison, musician |
| | 1979 - Junior Agogo, footballer |
| | 1980 - Alessandro Faiolhe Amantino Mancini, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1981 - M. Shadows, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold) |
| | 1981 - Ashley Parker Angel, American musician (O-Town) |
| | 1984 - Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer |