| | 1509 - Étienne Dolet, French scholar (d. 1546) |
| | 1604 - John Eliot, English missionary (d. 1690) |
| | 1692 - John Henley, English clergyman (d. 1759) |
| | 1770 - King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (d. 1840) |
| | 1801 - Joseph Paxton, English gardener (d. 1865) |
| | 1808 - Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893) |
| | 1811 - Elisha Graves Otis, American inventor (d. 1861) |
| | 1817 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general (d. 1895) |
| | 1832 - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (d. 1914) |
| | 1856 - Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) |
| | 1860 - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (d. 1935) |
| | 1867 - Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947) |
| | 1872 - King Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957) |
| | 1887 - Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915) |
| | 1894 - Harry Heilmann, baseball player (d. 1951) |
| | 1895 - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941) |
| | 1899 - Louis Chiron, race car driver (d. 1979) |
| | 1900 - Ernie Pyle, American war correspondent (d. 1945) |
| | 1900 - John T. Scopes, American defendant (d. 1970) |
| | 1901 - Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Polish Catholic prelate (d. 1981) |
| | 1903 - Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian Politician (d. 2000) |
| | 1904 - Clifford D. Simak, American author (d. 1988) |
| | 1905 - Dolores del Rio, Mexican-born actress (d. 1983) |
| | 1905 - Franz Cardinal König, Austrian Catholic archbishop (d. 2004) |
| | 1916 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978) |
| | 1918 - Sidney Gottlieb, American CIA official (d. 1999) |
| | 1920 - P. D. James, English novelist |
| | 1920 - Hayden Carruth, American poet and literary critic |
| | 1923 - Shenouda III of Alexandria, Pope of the Coptic Christianity |
| | 1924 - Leon Uris, American novelist (d. 2003) |
| | 1925 - Marv Levy, American football coach |
| | 1926 - Tony Bennett, American singer |
| | 1926 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist (d. 2004) |
| | 1927 - Gordon Scott, American actor |
| | 1934 - Haystacks Calhoun, wrestler (d. 1989) |
| | 1934 - Jonas Savimbi, Angolan political leader {d. 2002) |
| | 1935 - Georgi Shonin, cosmonaut (d. 1997) |
| | 1936 - Edward Petherbridge, English actor |
| | 1937 - Steven Berkoff, British actor |
| | 1937 - Diane Wakoski, American poet |
| | 1938 - Terry Wogan, Irish television presenter |
| | 1939 - Jimmy Nicol, British musican |
| | 1940 - Lance Alworth, American football player |
| | 1940 - Martin Sheen, American actor |
| | 1941 - Beverly Lee, American singer (Shirelles) |
| | 1941 - Martha Stewart, American media personality |
| | 1946 - Jack Straw, British politician |
| | 1948 - Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Prime Minister of France |
| | 1950 - John Landis, American film director |
| | 1951 - Marcel Dionne, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1951 - Jay North, American actor |
| | 1952 - Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer |
| | 1952 - Frank Schaeffer, American author |
| | 1957 - Mani Shankar, Indian film maker |
| | 1959 - John C. McGinley, American Actor |
| | 1959 - Martin Atkins, English drummer |
| | 1959 - Koichi Tanaka, Japanese scientist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1961 - Lee Rocker, American musician (Stray Cats) |
| | 1961 - Molly Hagan, American Actress |
| | 1963 - James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica) |
| | 1963 - Ed Roland, American musician (Collective Soul) |
| | 1964 - Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician |
| | 1966 - Eric "Butterbean" Esch, American boxer |
| | 1970 - Gina G, British singer |
| | 1971 - DJ Spinderella, American rapper (Salt-N-Pepa) |
| | 1972 - Sandis Ozolinsh, Latvian hockey player |
| | 1976 - Troy Glaus, American baseball player |
| | 1977 - Tom Brady, American football player |
| | 1978 - Mariusz Jop, Polish football player |
| | 1979 - Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model/actress |
| | 1984 - Jon Foster, American Actor |
| | 1986 - Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco |