| | 1597 - Vincent Voiture, French poet (d. 1648) |
| | 1619 - Charles Le Brun, French artist (d. 1690) |
| | 1684 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738) |
| | 1786 - Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1859) |
| | 1921 - Abe Vigoda, American actor |
| | 1921 - Douglass Watson, American actor (d. 1989) |
| | 1922 - Richard Hamilton, English painter |
| | 1922 - Steven Hill, American actor |
| | 1938 - Phil Knight, American sportswear manufacturer |
| | 1942 - Joseph Lieberman, American politician and vice presidential candidate |
| | 1943 - George Harrison, British singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 2001) |
| | 1943 - Terry Semel, chairman and CEO of Yahoo! |
| | 1946 - Barry Bostwick, American actor |
| | 1947 - Edward James Olmos, American actor |
| | 1951 - Debra Jo Rupp, American actress |
| | 1955 - Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer |
| | 1956 - Paula Zahn, American journalist |
| | 1964 - Todd Field, American actor and film director |
| | 1966 - Billy Zane, American actor |
| | 1966 - René Arocha, Baseball player |
| | 1970 - Jeff Garcia, American football player |
| | 1973 - Chris Fehn, American percussionist (Slipknot) |
| | 1974 - Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes) |
| | 1976 - Matt Skiba, Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter (Alkaline Trio,Heavens) |
| | 1976 - Eric Griffin, American rock guitarist |
| | 1977 - Floyd Mayweather Jr, American boxer |
| | 1977 - Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer |
| | 1977 - Bronson Arroyo - baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds) |
| | 1980 - Anton Gustafsson, better known as Anton Maiden. Infamous Swedish Iron Maiden fan (d. 2003) |