| | 1050 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106) |
| | 1154 - King Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212) |
| | 1155 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (d. 1214) |
| | 1220 - Alphonse of Toulouse, son of Louis VIII of France (d. 1271) |
| | 1493 - Paracelsus, doctor (d. 1541) |
| | 1493 - Bernardo Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1569) |
| | 1599 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (d. 1656) |
| | 1633 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, British statesman (d. 1695) |
| | 1668 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (d. 1736) |
| | 1743 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (d. 1828) |
| | 1744 - Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (d. 1818) |
| | 1748 - King Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819) |
| | 1764 - Barbara Juliana, Baroness von Krüdener, Russian writer (d. 1824) |
| | 1791 - Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1855) |
| | 1792 - Mary Anne Evans, English wife of Benjamin Disraeli (d. 1872) |
| | 1821 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (d. 1881) |
| | 1828 - Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji, Hindu saint (d. 1963) |
| | 1836 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (d. 1907) |
| | 1852 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (d. 1925) |
| | 1858 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (d. 1884) |
| | 1863 - Paul Signac, French painter (d. 1935) |
| | 1864 - Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1921) |
| | 1869 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (d. 1947) |
| | 1882 - King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1973) |
| | 1883 - Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (d. 1969) |
| | 1885 - George Smith Patton, Jr., American general (d. 1945) |
| | 1887 - Roland Young, American actor (d. 1953) |
| | 1891 - Rabbit Maranville, baseball player (d. 1954) |
| | 1898 - Rene Clair, French film director (d. 1981) |
| | 1899 - Pat O'Brien, American film actor (d. 1983) |
| | 1900 - Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (d. 1989) |
| | 1901 - F. Van Wyck Mason, American author (d. 1978) |
| | 1903 - Sam Spiegel, Austrian-born film producer (d. 1985) |
| | 1904 - Alger Hiss, American government official and spy (d. 1994) |
| | 1904 - J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (d. 1960) |
| | 1909 - Robert Ryan, American actor (d. 1973) |
| | 1912 - Thomas C. Mann, American diplomat (d. 1999) |
| | 1914 - Howard Fast, American author (d. 2003) |
| | 1914 - Henry Wade, American lawyer (d. 2001) |
| | 1915 - William Proxmire, U.S. Senator (d. 2005) |
| | 1918 - Stubby Kaye, American comic actor (d. 1997) |
| | 1919 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (d. 2000) |
| | 1920 - Roy Jenkins, British politician (d. 2003) |
| | 1921 - Terrell Bell, American politician (d. 1996) |
| | 1922 - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., American novelist |
| | 1925 - June Whitfield, British comedienne |
| | 1925 - Jonathan Winters, American comedian and actor |
| | 1926 - Harry Lumley, National Hockey League goaltender (d. 1998) |
| | 1927 - Mose Allison, American jazz pianist and singer |
| | 1928 - Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer |
| | 1929 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger, German writer |
| | 1929 - LaVern Baker, American singer (d. 1997) |
| | 1930 - Hank Garland American guitar virtuoso (d. 2004) |
| | 1937 - Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician and diplomat |
| | 1938 - Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater |
| | 1938 - Haruhiro Yamashita, Japanese gymnast |
| | 1939 - Denise Alexander, American actress |
| | 1940 - Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator |
| | 1943 - Doug Frost, Australian swimming coach |
| | 1944 - Jesse Colin Young, American musician (The Youngbloods) |
| | 1945 - Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua |
| | 1945 - Chris Dreja, British guitarist and bassist (The Yardbirds) |
| | 1945 - Vince Martell, American guitarist (Vanilla Fudge) |
| | 1950 - Mircea Dinescu, Romanian poet |
| | 1950 - Jim Peterik, American musician and songwriter (Survivor) |
| | 1951 - Kim Peek, American megasavant |
| | 1951 - Marc Summers, American game show and documentary host |
| | 1953 - Marshall Crenshaw, American musician |
| | 1954 - Mary Gaitskill, American novelist and short-story writer |
| | 1958 - Luz Casal, Spanish singer |
| | 1959 - Lee Haney, American bodybuilder |
| | 1960 - Peter Parros, American actor |
| | 1960 - Stanley Tucci, American actor and film director |
| | 1961 - Corinne Hermès, French singer |
| | 1962 - Demi Moore, American actress |
| | 1962 - Mic Michaeli, Swedish keyboardist (Europe) |
| | 1962 - James Morrison, Australian musician |
| | 1964 - Judith Edelman, American musician |
| | 1964 - Calista Flockhart, American actress |
| | 1966 - Alison Doody, Irish actress |
| | 1967 - Gil de Ferran, Brazilian race car driver |
| | 1968 - David L Cook, American singer and comedian |
| | 1969 - Carson Kressley, American television personality |
| | 1970 - Lee Battersby, Australian author |
| | 1973 - Jason White, American musician (Green Day) |
| | 1974 - Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor |
| | 1974 - Wajahatullah Wasti, Pakistani cricketer |
| | 1976 - Mike Leon Grosch, German singer |
| | 1977 - Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (d. 2002) |
| | 1977 - Maniche, Portuguese footballer |
| | 1979 - Courtenay Semel, American reality TV star |
| | 1980 - Willie Parker, American football player |
| | 1981 - Natalie Glebova, Russian-Canadian beauty queen |
| | 1981 - Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg |
| | 1982 - Brittny Gastineau, American socialite |
| | 1982 - Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter |
| | 1983 - Philipp Lahm, German footballer |
| | 1983 - Kristal Marshall, American professional wrestler |
| | 1985 - Kalan Porter, Canadian singer |
| | 1989 - Reina Tanaka, Japanese singer (Morning Musume, Aa!, Elegies) |
| | 1995 - Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor |