| | 1448 - King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495) |
| | 1470 - King Edward V of England, one of the two princes in the Tower |
| | 1575 - Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642) |
| | 1631 - Mary of Orange, eldest daughter of Charles I of England and mother of William III of England (d. 1660) |
| | 1661 - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742) |
| | 1740 - Augustus Montague Toplady, author of hymn, "Rock of Ages" (d. 1778) |
| | 1765 - Pierre Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836) |
| | 1836 - Henry J. Lutcher, Business leader (d. 1912) |
| | 1845 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (d. 1883) |
| | 1874 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920) |
| | 1879 - Will Rogers, American humorist (d. 1935) |
| | 1883 - Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general (d. 1953) |
| | 1884 - Harry Ferguson, aviator, plane and farm equipment designer (Ferguson Company) (d. 1960) |
| | 1899 - Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist (d. 1985) |
| | 1900 - Lucretiu Patrascanu, Romanian communist activist and sociologist (d. 1954) |
| | 1901 - Princess Bang-ja of Korea (d. 1989) |
| | 1908 - Józef Rotblat, Polish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005) |
| | 1908 - Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (d. 1997) |
| | 1909 - Skeeter Webb, baseball player (d. 1986) |
| | 1909 - Bert Patenaude. American soccer player (d. 1974) |
| | 1912 - Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (d. 1978) |
| | 1913 - Gig Young, American actor (d. 1978) |
| | 1916 - Walter Cronkite, American news broadcaster |
| | 1918 - Art Carney, American actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1918 - Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1919 - Martin Balsam, American actor (d. 1996) |
| | 1922 - Benno Besson, Swiss actor (d. 2006) |
| | 1923 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (d. 2002) |
| | 1924 - Howie Meeker, National Hockey League player, politician |
| | 1930 - Doris Roberts, American actress |
| | 1930 - Dick Groat, baseball player |
| | 1932 - Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (d. 2004) |
| | 1933 - Tito Francona, baseball player (d. 2004) |
| | 1936 - C. K. Williams, American poet |
| | 1937 - Loretta Swit, American actress |
| | 1937 - Michael Wilson, Canadian politician |
| | 1943 - Marlène Jobert, French actress |
| | 1944 - Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes) |
| | 1944 - Linda Gary, American voice-actress (d. 1995) |
| | 1946 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States |
| | 1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989) |
| | 1950 - Charles Frazier, American author |
| | 1951 - Traian Basescu, President of Romania |
| | 1953 - Carlos Gutierrez, American politician |
| | 1953 - Jacques Villeneuve (elder), motorsport driver |
| | 1955 - Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland |
| | 1956 - Jordan Rudess, American musician (Dream Theater) |
| | 1956 - James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist (The Pretenders) (d. 1982) |
| | 1960 - Marc Awodey, American artist and writer |
| | 1961 - Kathy Griffin, American comedienne |
| | 1961 - Edward Knight, American composer |
| | 1961 - Daron Hagen, American composer |
| | 1961 - Ralph Macchio, American actor |
| | 1961 - Les Sampou, American musician |
| | 1961 - Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1962 - Jeff Probst, American television host |
| | 1963 - Marc Déry, Québécois singer and guitarist (Zébulon) |
| | 1963 - Michel Therrien, National Hockey League head coach |
| | 1965 - Wayne Static, American musician (Static-X) |
| | 1965 - Jeff Scott Soto, American musician (Yngwie Malmsteen Band, Journey) |
| | 1965 - Malandra Burrows, British actress and singer |
| | 1967 - Eric Karros, American baseball player |
| | 1968 - Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player |
| | 1969 - Matthew McConaughey, American actor |
| | 1969 - Sean Jean "Diddy" Combs, American rapper |
| | 1972 - Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer |
| | 1972 - Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress |
| | 1974 - Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-in, The Mars Volta) |
| | 1975 - Eric Fichaud, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1975 - Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player |
| | 1975 - Curtis Stone, Australian chef and television personality |
| | 1976 - Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer |
| | 1976 - Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian racing driver |
| | 1977 - Larry Bigbie, American baseball player |
| | 1977 - So Ji-sub, South Korean swimmer, model and actor |
| | 1978 - Carmen Cali, American baseball player |
| | 1978 - John Grabow, American baseball player |
| | 1979 - Audrey Hollander, American pornographic actress |
| | 1985 - Marcell Jansen, German footballer |
| | 1986 - Alexz Johnson, Canadian singer and actress |
| | 1990 - Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor |