| | 1301 - Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330) |
| | 1397? - Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) |
| | 1623 - Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (d. 1669) |
| | 1641 - John Hathorne, American magistrate (d. 1717) |
| | 1662 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728) |
| | 1694 - Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744) |
| | 1802 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829) |
| | 1813 - Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and language reformer (d. 1896) |
| | 1815 - Edward John Eyre, English explorer (d. 1901) |
| | 1827 - Deodoro da Fonseca, first Brazilian president (d.1892) |
| | 1850 - Guy de Maupassant, French author (d. 1893) |
| | 1862 - Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man (d. 1890) |
| | 1866 - Carl Harries, German chemist (d. 1923) |
| | 1872 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (d. 1917) |
| | 1877 - Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917) |
| | 1889 - Conrad Aiken, American writer (d. 1973) |
| | 1890 - Erich Kleiber, Austrian-born conductor (d. 1956) |
| | 1890 - Naum Gabo (born Naum Pevsner), Sculptor (d. 1977) |
| | 1897 - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972) |
| | 1901 - Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (d. 2000) |
| | 1906 - John Huston, American director (d. 1987) |
| | 1906 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1999) |
| | 1906 - Joan Hickson, British actress (d. 1998) |
| | 1908 - Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967) |
| | 1911 - Robert Taylor, American actor (d. 1969) |
| | 1912 - Abbé Pierre, French catholic priest |
| | 1914 - David Brian, American actor (d. 1993) |
| | 1918 - Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004) |
| | 1918 - Tom Drake, American actor (d. 1982) |
| | 1923 - Devan Nair, President of Singapore |
| | 1930 - Neil Armstrong, astronaut |
| | 1934 - Wendell Berry, writer, farmer |
| | 1935 - John Saxon, American actor |
| | 1937 - Herb Brooks, American hockey coach (d. 2003) |
| | 1939 - Princess Irene of the Netherlands |
| | 1943 - Nelson Briles, baseball player (d. 2005) |
| | 1946 - Loni Anderson, American actress |
| | 1946 - Ron Silliman, American poet |
| | 1947 - Rick Derringer, American musician |
| | 1947 - Angry Anderson, Australian entertainer |
| | 1947 - Bernie Carbo, baseball player |
| | 1951 - John Jarratt, Australian actor |
| | 1953 - Rick Mahler, baseball player (d. 2005) |
| | 1953 - Samantha Sang, Australian singer |
| | 1956 - Maureen McCormick, American actress |
| | 1959 - Pete Burns, British singer |
| | 1961 - Tawny Kitaen, American acresss |
| | 1961 - Clayton Rohner, American actor |
| | 1961 - Mark O'Connor, American violinist |
| | 1962 - Patrick Ewing, American basketball player |
| | 1964 - Adam Yauch, American musician |
| | 1966 - Jonathan Silverman, American actor |
| | 1968 - John Olerud, American baseball player |
| | 1968 - Oleg Luzhny, Ukrainian footballer |
| | 1968 - Tokimitsu Ishizawa, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1972 - Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian bassist (Fear Factory) |
| | 1974 - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer |
| | 1975 - Kajol Mukherjee, Indian actress |
| | 1975 - Ami Foster, American actress |
| | 1975 - Will Harris, American Writer Producer |
| | 1976 - Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1976 - Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor |
| | 1977 - Mark Mulder, baseball player |
| | 1979 - David Healy, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1980 - Wayne Bridge, English footballer |
| | 1980 - Jason Culina, Australian footballer |
| | 1981 - Carl Crawford, baseball player |
| | 1981 - Rachel Scott, American murder victim |
| | 1981 - Ko Shibasaki, Japanese singer |
| | 1982 - Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player |
| | 1982 - Tobias Regner, German singer |
| | 1985 - Salomon Kalou, Ivory Coast footballer |
| | 1993 - Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress |