| | 1520 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589) |
| | 1641 - Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707) |
| | 1658 - Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (d. 1718) |
| | 1695 - John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773) |
| | 1703 - Jonathan Edwards, American minister (d. 1758) |
| | 1712 - Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793) |
| | 1713 - Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (d. 1784) |
| | 1715 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789) |
| | 1717 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744) |
| | 1781 - Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848) |
| | 1795 - Alexander Keith, brewer (d. 1873) |
| | 1824 - Henry Chadwick, baseball writer and statistician (d. 1908) |
| | 1829 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d.1886) |
| | 1848 - Guido von List, German writer (d. 1919) |
| | 1864 - Louis Lumière, French film pioneer (d. 1948) |
| | 1878 - Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965) |
| | 1879 - Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1970) |
| | 1882 - Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d. 1945) |
| | 1887 - René Cassin, French judge, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1976) |
| | 1889 - Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d. 1936) |
| | 1894 - Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948) |
| | 1902 - Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975) |
| | 1902 - Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984) |
| | 1903 - M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989) |
| | 1904 - John Hoyt, American film and television actor (d. 1991) |
| | 1905 - Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987) |
| | 1907 - Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997) |
| | 1908 - Joshua Logan, American film director and writer (d. 1988) |
| | 1911 - Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d. 1966) |
| | 1917 - Allen Ludden, American television game show host (d. 1981) |
| | 1919 - Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995) |
| | 1921 - Bill Willis, American football player |
| | 1922 - José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver |
| | 1922 - Bil Keane, American cartoonist |
| | 1922 - Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985) |
| | 1923 - Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic professional football player and politician (d. 1994) |
| | 1923 - Glynis Johns, British actress |
| | 1924 - Bill Dana, American actor and comedian |
| | 1925 - Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997) |
| | 1925 - Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (Frank and Ernest) (d. 2006) |
| | 1926 - Willi Unsoeld, American climber (d. 1979) |
| | 1928 - Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d. 1974) |
| | 1929 - Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American astronaut |
| | 1930 - Anne Haddy, Australian actress (d. 1999) |
| | 1930 - Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut |
| | 1930 - Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1933 - Diane Cilento, Australian actress |
| | 1934 - Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002) |
| | 1936 - Václav Havel, playwright and President of the Czech Republic |
| | 1937 - Barry Switzer, American football coach |
| | 1938 - Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist, wife of John Kerry |
| | 1939 - Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress |
| | 1939 - Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright |
| | 1941 - Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina |
| | 1942 - Richard Street, American r&b singer (The Temptations) |
| | 1943 - Steve Miller, American musician |
| | 1945 - Brian Connolly, English rock singer (Sweet (band)) (d. 1997) |
| | 1946 - Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist and story writer |
| | 1946 - Jean Perron, National Hockey League coach |
| | 1947 - Brian Johnson, American singer (AC/DC) after replacing Bon Scott's death in 1980 |
| | 1948 - Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk) |
| | 1948 - Zoran Živkovic, Serbian writer |
| | 1949 - Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician |
| | 1949 - B.W. Stevenson, American country pop singer (d. 1988) |
| | 1950 - Jeff Conaway, American actor |
| | 1950 - Edward P. Jones, American writer |
| | 1951 - Karen Allen, American actress |
| | 1951 - Bob Geldof, Irish singer & songwriter (The Boomtown Rats) |
| | 1952 - Clive Barker, English writer |
| | 1952 - Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor |
| | 1957 - Mark Geragos, American attorney |
| | 1958 - André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut |
| | 1958 - Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian |
| | 1960 - Daniel Baldwin, American actor |
| | 1962 - Michael Andretti, American race car driver |
| | 1963 - Caron Keating, Irish television personality (d. 2004) |
| | 1964 - Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese seiyu (voice actor) |
| | 1965 - Mario Lemieux, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1965 - Patrick Roy, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1967 - Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor |
| | 1970 - Agnes Barley, American artist |
| | 1970 - Josie Bissett, American actress |
| | 1972 - Grant Hill, American basketball player |
| | 1974 - Colin Meloy, American singer songwriter (The Decemberists) |
| | 1974 - Heather Headley, Caribbean r&b singer & actress |
| | 1975 - Kate Winslet, English actress |
| | 1975 - Bobo Balde, Guinean footballer |
| | 1975 - Parminder Nagra, English actress |
| | 1976 - Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor and model |
| | 1976 - J. J. Yeley, American race car driver |
| | 1978 - Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic Footballer |
| | 1978 - Morgan Webb, television presenter and magazine columnist |
| | 1978 - James Valentine, American guitarist (Maroon 5) |
| | 1979 - Curtis Sanford, Canadian Hockey Goalie |
| | 1979 - Vince Grella, Australian footballer |
| | 1980 - Paul Thomas, American musician (Good Charlotte) |
| | 1981 - Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer |
| | 1983 - Nicky Hilton, American heiress |
| | 1985 - Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud) |
| | 1987 - Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver |