| | 1567 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625) |
| | 1601 - Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680) |
| | 1650 - King William III of England (d. 1702) |
| | 1719 - Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1787) |
| | 1746 - Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal |
| | 1765 - Robert Fulton, American inventor (d. 1815) |
| | 1771 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802) |
| | 1776 - Henri Dutrochet, French physiologist (d. 1847) |
| | 1778 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian-born pianist and composer (d. 1837) |
| | 1779 - Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850) |
| | 1797 - Charles Lyell, British geologist (d. 1875) |
| | 1803 - Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879) |
| | 1805 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d. 1847) |
| | 1812 - Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878) |
| | 1828 - James B. McPherson, American Civil War general (d. 1864) |
| | 1838 - August Senoa, Croatian writer (d. 1881) |
| | 1840 - Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926) |
| | 1875 - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (d. 1944) |
| | 1878 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957) |
| | 1889 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (d. 1964) |
| | 1891 - Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941) |
| | 1896 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (d. 1979) |
| | 1898 - Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French Surrealist writer, essayist, and filmmaker (d. 1944) |
| | 1900 - Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990) |
| | 1904 - Harold Larwood, English cricketer (d. 1995) |
| | 1904 - Dick Powell, American actor (d. 1963) |
| | 1905 - John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964) |
| | 1906 - Louise Brooks, American actress (d. 1985) |
| | 1907 - Howard W. Hunter, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995) |
| | 1907 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish writer (d. 2002) |
| | 1907 - William Steig, American cartoonist and children's book author (d. 2003) |
| | 1908 - Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator and anti-communist (d. 1957) |
| | 1910 - Eric Malpass, English novelist (d. 1996) |
| | 1912 - Barbara Hutton, American socialite (d. 1979) |
| | 1912 - T. Y. Lin, Chinese-born civil engineer (d. 2003) |
| | 1915 - Martha Tilton, American singer (d. 2006) |
| | 1916 - Roger Apéry, French mathematician (d. 1994) |
| | 1916 - Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer |
| | 1919 - Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985) |
| | 1919 - Lisa Otto, German soprano |
| | 1921 - Brian Keith, American actor (d. 1997) |
| | 1922 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian UN Secretary-General |
| | 1922 - Veronica Lake, American actress (d. 1973) |
| | 1924 - Leonid Borisovitch Kogan, Russian violinist (d. 1982) |
| | 1927 - Bart Cummings, Australian race horse trainer |
| | 1927 - McLean Stevenson, American actor (d. 1996) |
| | 1929 - Jimmy Piersall, baseball player |
| | 1930 - Edward White, astronaut (d. 1967) |
| | 1930 - Shirley Crabtree, Professional wrestler better known as Big Daddy (d. 1997) |
| | 1930 - Monique Mercure, French Canadian actress |
| | 1933 - Fred Haise, American astronaut |
| | 1934 - Catherine McGuinness, Irish Supreme Court Justice |
| | 1935 - King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999) |
| | 1936 - Freddie Garrity, English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers) (d. 2006) |
| | 1939 - Wendy Carlos, American composer |
| | 1943 - Peter Norton, American software engineer and businessman |
| | 1945 - Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian First Lady |
| | 1947 - P. J. O'Rourke, American writer |
| | 1948 - Charles, Prince of Wales |
| | 1949 - James Young, American guitarist (Styx) |
| | 1951 - Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director |
| | 1951 - Stephen Bishop, American musician |
| | 1953 - Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France |
| | 1954 - Bernard Hinault, French cyclist |
| | 1954 - Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State |
| | 1954 - Yanni, Greek musician |
| | 1955 - Koichi Nakano, Japanese cyclist |
| | 1956 - Alec John Such, American bassist (Bon Jovi) |
| | 1959 - Paul McGann, British actor |
| | 1961 - Gordon Jennison Noice, American actor, director, writer |
| | 1961 - D. B. Sweeney, American actor |
| | 1962 - Laura San Giacomo, American actress |
| | 1964 - Bill Hemmer, American television news reporter |
| | 1964 - Patrick Warburton, American actor |
| | 1966 - Curt Schilling, baseball player |
| | 1966 - Petra Roßner, German cyclist |
| | 1967 - Letitia Dean, British actress |
| | 1967 - Nina Gordon, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1967 - David M. Sheridan, American Tie Down purveyor |
| | 1968 - Janine Lindemulder, American porn actress |
| | 1969 - Butch Walker, recording artist, songwriter, and record producer |
| | 1971 - Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer |
| | 1972 - Martin Pike, Australian footballer |
| | 1972 - Josh Duhamel, American actor |
| | 1972 - Edyta Górniak, Polish singer |
| | 1972 - Matthew Bloom, American wrestler |
| | 1973 - Lawyer Milloy, American football player |
| | 1973 - Dana Snyder, American voice actor |
| | 1973 - Moka Only, Canadian musician |
| | 1974 - Matt Cedeño, Cuban-American actor |
| | 1974 - Adam Walsh, son of John Walsh (d. 1981) |
| | 1975 - Travis Barker, American drummer (Blink 182) (+44) |
| | 1977 - Obie Trice, American rapper |
| | 1978 - Xavier Nady, baseball player |
| | 1978 - Mersing Nguyen, American actress |
| | 1978 - Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player |
| | 1979 - Mavie Hörbiger, German actress |
| | 1979 - Tobin Esperance, musician (Papa Roach) |
| | 1983 - Lil Boosie, American rapper |