| | 582 - Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640) |
| | 1311 - King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350) |
| | 1313 - Aradia de Toscano, Italian insurrectionist, teacher, and witch |
| | 1584 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640) |
| | 1625 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698) |
| | 1662 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748) |
| | 1666 - William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727) |
| | 1700 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763) |
| | 1717 - Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776) |
| | 1721 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) |
| | 1764 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816) |
| | 1790 - William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872) |
| | 1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849) |
| | 1803 - Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869) |
| | 1814 - Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874) |
| | 1818 - Lucy Stone, American suffragette (d. 1893) |
| | 1819 - George Gabriel Stokes, French physicist (d. 1903) |
| | 1820 - Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900) |
| | 1823 - Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910) |
| | 1851 - Felix Adler, German-born educator (d. 1933) |
| | 1860 - Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926) |
| | 1866 - Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist (d. 1945) |
| | 1872 - Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942) |
| | 1879 - John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962) |
| | 1887 - Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952) |
| | 1888 - John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946) |
| | 1888 - Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975) |
| | 1895 - Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967) |
| | 1899 - Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980) |
| | 1902 - Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988) |
| | 1904 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1907 - Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976) |
| | 1908 - Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998) |
| | 1912 - Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997) |
| | 1912 - Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1991) |
| | 1913 - Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998) |
| | 1913 - Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d.1977) |
| | 1918 - Frederick Sanger, English chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate |
| | 1919 - George Shearing, British musician |
| | 1920 - Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992) |
| | 1926 - Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician |
| | 1930 - Don Ho, American musician |
| | 1930 - Wilmer David Mizell, baseball player (d. 1999) |
| | 1933 - Doctor Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States |
| | 1935 - Mudcat Grant, baseball player |
| | 1940 - Tony Cloninger, baseball player |
| | 1941 - Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003) |
| | 1944 - Kevin Tighe, American actor |
| | 1948 - Kathleen Battle, American soprano |
| | 1949 - Bobby Clarke, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1951 - Dan Fogelberg, American singer |
| | 1952 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2004) |
| | 1954 - Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001) |
| | 1959 - Danny Bonaduce, American actor |
| | 1959 - Tom Niedenfuer, baseball player |
| | 1960 - Phil Taylor, darts player |
| | 1960 - Koji Kondo, Japanese composer |
| | 1961 - Tom Perrotta, American novelist |
| | 1964 - Jay Buhner, American baseball player |
| | 1967 - Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer |
| | 1969 - Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater |
| | 1970 - Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler |
| | 1970 - Alan Shearer, English footballer |
| | 1971 - Nichola Holt, British reality star |
| | 1973 - Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress |
| | 1973 - Molly Henneberg, American journalist |
| | 1975 - Joe Perry, English snooker player |
| | 1975 - Marty Turco, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1975 - Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani Fast bowler |
| | 1977 - Michael Klim, Australian swimmer |
| | 1979 - Taizo Sugimura, Japanese politician |
| | 1982 - Shani Davis, American speed skater |
| | 1983 - Ales Hemsky, Czech hockey player |