| | 1530 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (d. 1584) |
| | 1561 - Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632) |
| | 1624 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (d. 1709) |
| | 1662 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (d. 1724) |
| | 1719 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795) |
| | 1724 - George Stubbs, British painter (d. 1806) |
| | 1744 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803) |
| | 1767 - Antoine Louis Léon de Richebourg de Saint-Just, French revolutionary and writer (d. 1794) |
| | 1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (d. 1843) |
| | 1786 - King Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868) |
| | 1796 - James Lick, California land baron (d. 1876) |
| | 1802 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (d. 1850) |
| | 1819 - Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (d. 1884) |
| | 1836 - Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902) |
| | 1841 - Emil Kocher, Swiss medical researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1917) |
| | 1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886) |
| | 1867 - James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat (d. 1951) |
| | 1882 - Sean O'Kelly, President of Ireland (d. 1966) |
| | 1893 - Henry Trendley Dean, American dental researcher (d. 1962) |
| | 1898 - Helmut Hasse, German mathematican (d. 1975) |
| | 1900 - Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1981) |
| | 1902 - Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (d. 1972) |
| | 1903 - Árpád Élo, Hungarian physicist (d. 1992) |
| | 1905 - Saint Faustina, Polish religious (d. 1938) |
| | 1909 - Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and actress (d. 1993) |
| | 1909 - Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971) |
| | 1912 - Erich Honecker, head of state of East Germany (d. 1994) |
| | 1913 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (d. 1973) |
| | 1915 - Walter Trampler, American violist (d. 1997) |
| | 1913 - Bob Crosby, American bandleader (d. 1993) |
| | 1913 - Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993) |
| | 1916 - Van Johnson, American actor |
| | 1916 - Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2003) |
| | 1917 - Mel Ferrer, American actor |
| | 1918 - Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer, educator and pianist (d. 1990) |
| | 1918 - Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985) |
| | 1919 - George Wallace, Governor of Alabama (d. 1998) |
| | 1921 - Monty Hall, Canadian-born game show host |
| | 1921 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (d. 1999) |
| | 1921 - Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (d. 1999) |
| | 1927 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003) |
| | 1928 - Herbert Kroemer, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1928 - Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2004) |
| | 1930 - Sir Sean Connery, British actor |
| | 1931 - Regis Philbin, American television host |
| | 1931 - Hal Fishman, American news anchor |
| | 1933 - Wayne Shorter, American musician |
| | 1933 - Tom Skerritt, American actor |
| | 1934 - Lise Bacon, French Canadian politician |
| | 1935 - Charles Wright, American poet |
| | 1938 - David Canary, American actor |
| | 1938 - Frederick Forsyth, English author |
| | 1939 - John Badham, American film director |
| | 1940 - José Van Dam, Belgian baritone |
| | 1944 - Anthony Heald, American actor |
| | 1944 - Conrad Black, newspaper magnate |
| | 1944 - Jacques Demers, National Hockey League coach |
| | 1946 - Rollie Fingers, baseball player |
| | 1947 - Anne Archer, American actress |
| | 1949 - Martin Amis, English novelist |
| | 1949 - John Savage, American actor |
| | 1949 - Gene Simmons, Israeli-born bassist and singer (KISS (band)) |
| | 1951 - Rob Halford, English singer (Judas Priest) |
| | 1952 - Geoff Downes, English keyboardist (Buggles, Yes, Asia) |
| | 1954 - Elvis Costello, English musician |
| | 1956 - Henri Toivonen, Finnish rally driver |
| | 1958 - Tim Burton, American film director, producer, and screenwriter |
| | 1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer and actor |
| | 1962 - David Packer, American actor |
| | 1964 - Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician |
| | 1964 - Blair Underwood, American actor |
| | 1965 - Mia Zapata, American punk rock singer (The Gits) (d. 1994) |
| | 1966 - Albert Belle, Major League Baseball player |
| | 1967 - Jeff Tweedy, American alt-country singer (Wilco) |
| | 1968 - Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer and composer |
| | 1968 - Stuart Murdoch, Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian) |
| | 1968 - Rachael Ray, American cook and television host |
| | 1968 - Spider One, American singer and musician (Powerman 5000) |
| | 1969 - Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor |
| | 1970 - Robert Horry, American basketball player |
| | 1970 - Claudia Schiffer, German model |
| | 1971 - Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003) |
| | 1972 - Marvin Harrison, American football player |
| | 1974 - Eric Millegan, American actor |
| | 1976 - Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor |
| | 1978 - Franck Queudrue, French footballer |
| | 1978 - Kel Mitchell, American actor |
| | 1981 - Rachel Bilson, American actress |
| | 1987 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress |
| | 1987 - Blake Lively, American actress |