| | 1427 - Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496) |
| | 1473 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510) |
| | 1491 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) |
| | 1673 - Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian prince, linguist, and scholar (d. 1723) |
| | 1684 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757) |
| | 1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757) |
| | 1694 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758) |
| | 1757 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (d. 1823) |
| | 1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794) |
| | 1768 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844) |
| | 1794 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (d. 1881) |
| | 1800 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891) |
| | 1802 - King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866) |
| | 1842 - Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter (d. 1904) |
| | 1849 - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (d. 1917) |
| | 1854 - C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914) |
| | 1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912) |
| | 1869 - Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (d. 1957) |
| | 1871 - Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida Kahlo (d. 1941) |
| | 1873 - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942) |
| | 1874 - Martin Lowry, British chemist (d. 1936) |
| | 1880 - Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934) |
| | 1883 - Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (d. 1958) |
| | 1902 - Jack Sharkey, American boxer (d. 1994) |
| | 1906 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967) |
| | 1911 - Sid Gilman, American football player (d. 2003) |
| | 1911 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972) |
| | 1911 - Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996) |
| | 1912 - Don Siegel, American director (d. 1991) |
| | 1913 - Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991) |
| | 1914 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984) |
| | 1916 - François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996) |
| | 1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (d. 1980) |
| | 1921 - George Forrest, Northern Irish MP (d. 1968) |
| | 1925 - Jan Wolkers, Dutch author |
| | 1929 - Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000) |
| | 1942 - Bob Hoskins, British actor |
| | 1945 - Pat Conroy, American writer |
| | 1945 - Jaclyn Smith, American actress |
| | 1946 - Pat Sajak, American game show host |
| | 1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and United States Senator |
| | 1947 - Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress |
| | 1949 - Steve Rogers, Major League Baseball pitcher |
| | 1951 - Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk) |
| | 1952 - Andrew Motion, English poet and Poet Laureate |
| | 1957 - Bob Golic, American football player |
| | 1958 - Rita Wilson, American actress |
| | 1959 - Evo Morales, President of Bolivia |
| | 1959 - Brian Bovell, British actor |
| | 1961 - Dylan McDermott, American actor |
| | 1962 - Cary Elwes, British actor |
| | 1963 - Natalie Merchant, American singer |
| | 1963 - Ted Demme, American film and television director (d. 2002) |
| | 1965 - Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer |
| | 1966 - Jane Hajduk, American actress |
| | 1966 - Steve Valentine, British actor |
| | 1966 - Jeanne Zelasko, American sportcaster |
| | 1967 - Keith Urban, New Zealand singer |
| | 1970 - Raveena Tandon, Indian actress |
| | 1971 - Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor |
| | 1973 - Seth MacFarlane, American animator |
| | 1974 - LISA, Japanese musician |
| | 1976 - Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish hockey player |
| | 1977 - Jon Heder, American actor |
| | 1978 - Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer |
| | 1978 - CM Punk, American professional wrestler |
| | 1978 - Mark Barry, English musician (BBMak) |
| | 1980 - Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer |
| | 1981 - Guy Sebastian, Australian singer |
| | 1982 - Adam Carroll, British racing driver |
| | 1984 - Sasha Cohen, American figure skater |
| | 1985 - Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player |
| | 1985 - Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress |
| | 1989 - James Utechin, British actor |