| | 1113 - Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) |
| | 1198 - King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) |
| | 1358 - King John I of Castile (d. 1390) |
| | 1393 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) |
| | 1552 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (d. 1614) |
| | 1580 - John Taylor, English poet (d. 1654) |
| | 1591 - Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674) |
| | 1635 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699) |
| | 1669 - Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1747) |
| | 1759 - William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (d. 1833) |
| | 1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840) |
| | 1787 - James Weddell, Antarctica explorer (d. 1834) |
| | 1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1875) |
| | 1837 - Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (d. 1924) |
| | 1852 - Deacon White, baseball player (d. 1919) |
| | 1863 - Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918) |
| | 1865 - King Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927) |
| | 1872 - Max Beerbohm, British caricaturist (d. 1956) |
| | 1880 - Joshua Lionel Cowen, American entrepreneur (d. 1965) |
| | 1884 - Earl Derr Biggers, American author (d. 1933) |
| | 1887 - Harry Hooper, baseball player (d. 1974) |
| | 1890 - Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian surfer (d. 1968) |
| | 1890 - Jean Rhys, Dominican writer (d. 1979) |
| | 1895 - Richard Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston (d. 1970) |
| | 1897 - Fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954) |
| | 1898 - Malcolm Cowley, American literary critic (d. 1989) |
| | 1899 - Gaylord DuBois, American comic book writer (d. 1993) |
| | 1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d. 1986) |
| | 1901 - Preston Foster, American actor (d. 1970) |
| | 1904 - Alice White, American film actress (d. 1983) |
| | 1915 - James Tiptree, Jr., American writer (d. 1987) |
| | 1916 - Hal Smith, American actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1916 - Léo Ferré, French composer and singer (d. 1993) |
| | 1918 - Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (d. 2004) |
| | 1922 - René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (d. 1987) |
| | 1923 - Arthur Jensen, American psychologist |
| | 1927 - Harry Markowitz, American economist, Nobel Prize winner |
| | 1929 - Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader (d. 2004) |
| | 1934 - Kenny Baker, English actor |
| | 1936 - A. S. Byatt, English novelist |
| | 1938 - Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician |
| | 1938 - David Freiberg, American bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship) |
| | 1938 - Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer |
| | 1942 - Howard Jacobson, British novelist and newspaper columnist |
| | 1943 - John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1989) |
| | 1944 - Bill Goldsworthy, National Hockey League player (d. 1996) |
| | 1945 - Ken Hensley, English musician (Uriah Heep) |
| | 1945 - Vincent K. McMahon, American professional wrestling entrepreneur |
| | 1947 - Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author |
| | 1947 - Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist |
| | 1948 - Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force |
| | 1948 - Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician |
| | 1951 - Orson Scott Card, American writer |
| | 1951 - Oscar Hijuelos, Pulitzer Prize winning author |
| | 1956 - John Culberson, American politician |
| | 1957 - Stephen Fry, English comedian and actor |
| | 1958 - Steve Guttenberg, American actor |
| | 1958 - Tracy Harris, American artist |
| | 1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr., baseball player |
| | 1962 - Craig Kilborn, American talk show host |
| | 1962 - David Koechner, American actor |
| | 1963 - John Bush, American singer (Anthrax) |
| | 1963 - Hideo Kojima, Japanese video game director |
| | 1964 - Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut |
| | 1965 - Marlee Matlin, American actress |
| | 1965 - Reggie Miller, American basketball player |
| | 1968 - Shoichi Funaki, Japanese professional wrestler |
| | 1968 - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura) |
| | 1972 - Jean-Luc Brassard, Québécois freestyle skier |
| | 1973 - Dave Chappelle, American actor and comedian |
| | 1973 - Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer |
| | 1973 - Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor |
| | 1973 - Andrew Brunette, Canadian National Hockey League player |
| | 1974 - Jennifer Lien, American actress |
| | 1975 - Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer |
| | 1978 - Rafael Furcal, Dominican Major League Baseball player |
| | 1981 - Chad Michael Murray, American actor |
| | 1983 - Christopher Parker, British actor |
| | 1988 - Rupert Grint, English actor |
| | 2003 - Alexandre Coste, son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco |