| | 1156 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) |
| | 1401 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) |
| | 1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) |
| | 1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779) |
| | 1744 - Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) |
| | 1760 - August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831) |
| | 1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840) |
| | 1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875) |
| | 1811 - Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (d. 1843) |
| | 1842 - Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman (d. 1928) |
| | 1844 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1916) |
| | 1854 - Sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d.1914) |
| | 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919) |
| | 1873 - Emily Post, American etiquette author (d. 1960) |
| | 1877 - George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943) |
| | 1885 - Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948) |
| | 1894 - Oliver Leese, British general (d. 1978) |
| | 1896 - Edith Brown, Survivor of the Titanic |
| | 1906 - Earle Cabell, American politician (d. 1975) |
| | 1910 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (d. 1963) |
| | 1911 - Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (d. 1986) |
| | 1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953) |
| | 1917 - Oliver Tambo, South African freedom fighter (d. 1993) |
| | 1918 - Teresa Wright, American actress (d. 2005) |
| | 1920 - Nanette Fabray, American actress |
| | 1920 - K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India |
| | 1921 - Warren Allen Smith, American encyclopedist (Philosopedia.org) |
| | 1922 - Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (d. 1998) |
| | 1922 - Ralph Kiner, American baseball player |
| | 1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997) |
| | 1924 - Ruby Dee, American actress |
| | 1924 - Michel Galabru, French actor |
| | 1925 - Albert Medwin, American inventor |
| | 1926 - H.R. Haldeman, American political personality (d. 1993) |
| | 1928 - Gilles Vigneault, Québécois poet, singer and songwriter |
| | 1931 - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer |
| | 1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963) |
| | 1932 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor |
| | 1933 - Floyd Cramer, American popular pianist (d. 1997) |
| | 1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer |
| | 1940 - John Gotti, American gangster (d. 2002) |
| | 1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston, American writer |
| | 1941 - Dick Trickle, American auto racer |
| | 1945 - Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil |
| | 1946 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004) |
| | 1946 - Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian film actor, producer and director |
| | 1949 - Garry Tallent, American bass player (E Street Band) |
| | 1951 - Carlos Frenk, Mexican/British cosmologist |
| | 1950 - Fran Lebowitz, American writer |
| | 1952 - Hameed Haroon, Pakistani publisher |
| | 1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor |
| | 1953 - Peter Firth, British actor |
| | 1957 - Jeff East, American actor |
| | 1957 - Glenn Hoddle, English footballer |
| | 1958 - Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran) |
| | 1960 - Tom Nieto, American baseball player |
| | 1963 - Marla Maples, American actress and model |
| | 1964 - Mark Taylor, Australian test cricket captain (1994-1999) |
| | 1967 - Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver) |
| | 1970 - Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth) |
| | 1972 - Evan Coyne Maloney, American filmmaker |
| | 1972 - Brad Radke, American baseball player |
| | 1972 - Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea) |
| | 1972 - Maria Mutola, Mozambican athlete |
| | 1973 - Jason Johnson, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds) |
| | 1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist |
| | 1977 - Jirí Jarosík, Czech footballer |
| | 1978 - Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician |
| | 1978 - Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player |
| | 1980 - Tanel Padar, Estonian singer |
| | 1980 - Cassia Riley, American model |
| | 1981 - Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress |
| | 1982 - Patrick Fugit, American actor |
| | 1982 - Dennis Moran, American computer hacker |
| | 1984 - Kelly Osbourne, English television personality |
| | 1987 - Andrew Bynum, American Basketball Player |