| | 1398 - Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458) |
| | 1557 - Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608) |
| | 1590 - Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649) |
| | 1596 - Elizabeth of Bohemia (d. 1662) |
| | 1621 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674) |
| | 1631 - John Dryden, English poet (d. 1700) |
| | 1646 - John Flamsteed, English astronomer (d. 1719) |
| | 1686 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737) |
| | 1686 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (d. 1768) |
| | 1689 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761) |
| | 1711 - Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761) |
| | 1743 - Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793) |
| | 1846 - Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906) |
| | 1853 - Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926) |
| | 1870 - Bernard Baruch, American financier (d. 1965) |
| | 1871 - Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948) |
| | 1875 - Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936) |
| | 1878 - Manuel Quezon, President of the Philippines (d. 1944) |
| | 1881 - George Enescu, Romanian composer (d. 1955) |
| | 1883 - Coco Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971) |
| | 1883 - Elsie Ferguson, American film actress (d. 1961) |
| | 1892 - Alfred Lunt, American actor (d. 1977) |
| | 1896 - Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (d. 1974) |
| | 1902 - Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971) |
| | 1906 - Philo T. Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971) |
| | 1907 - Thruston B. Morton, American politician (d. 1982) |
| | 1913 - Richard Simmons, American actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1914 - Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005) |
| | 1915 - Ring Lardner, Jr., American actor (d. 2000) |
| | 1919 - Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (d. 1990) |
| | 1921 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991) |
| | 1925 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright (d. 1971) |
| | 1926 - Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist |
| | 1930 - Frank McCourt, Irish-American author |
| | 1931 - Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003) |
| | 1934 - Renee Richards, American physician |
| | 1935 - Bobby Richardson, American baseball player |
| | 1938 - Diana Muldaur, American actress |
| | 1939 - Ginger Baker, English musician |
| | 1940 - Johnny Nash, American singer |
| | 1940 - Jill St. John, American actress |
| | 1942 - Fred Dalton Thompson, American politician |
| | 1944 - Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer |
| | 1944 - Charles B. Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist |
| | 1945 - Ian Gillan, English singer |
| | 1946 - Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States |
| | 1946 - Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor |
| | 1946 - Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997) |
| | 1947 - Gerard Schwarz, American conductor |
| | 1948 - Gerald McRaney, American actor |
| | 1948 - Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States |
| | 1950 - Jennie Bond, British journalist |
| | 1951 - John Deacon, English musician (Queen) |
| | 1952 - Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director |
| | 1955 - Peter Gallagher, American actor |
| | 1956 - Adam Arkin, American actor |
| | 1957 - Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet |
| | 1958 - Anthony Muñoz, American football player |
| | 1958 - Gary Gaetti, American baseball player |
| | 1960 - Morten Andersen, American football player |
| | 1963 - John Stamos, American actor |
| | 1963 - Yip Sai Wing, Hong Kong songwriter, singer and the drummer of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond |
| | 1963 - Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe) |
| | 1964 - Whitney Prescott, American model |
| | 1965 - Kyra Sedgwick, American actress |
| | 1966 - Lee Ann Womack, American musician |
| | 1969 - Matthew Perry, Canadian actor |
| | 1969 - Nate Dogg, American rapper |
| | 1970 - Fat Joe, American rapper |
| | 1972 - Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer |
| | 1973 - Crown Princess Mette Marit of Norway |
| | 1973 - Callum Blue, British actor |
| | 1973 - Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer |
| | 1973 - Lilian Garcia, Professional wrestling announcer |
| | 1975 - Tracie Thoms, American actress |
| | 1979 - Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K) |
| | 1979 - Jennifer Morrison, American actress |
| | 1980 - Jun Jin, rapper in Korean group Shinhwa |
| | 1980 - Darius Danesh, Scottish singer |
| | 1982 - Erika Christensen, American actress |
| | 1983 - Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter |
| | 1983 - Tammin Sursok, Australian actress |
| | 1983 - Mike Conway, British racing driver |
| | 1984 - Micah Alberti, American actor |
| | 1984 - Ryan Taylor, English Footballer |
| | 1987 - Anais Lameche, Swedish singer (Play) |
| | 1987 - Richard Stearman, English footballer |
| | 1989 - Lil Romeo, American rapper, actor. |