| | 42 BC - Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37) |
| | 1603 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior (d. 1673) |
| | 1717 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (d. 1793) |
| | 1720 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, Italian composer (d. 1788) |
| | 1766 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist (d. 1831) |
| | 1836 - David Kalakaua of Hawaii, Hawaiian king (d. 1891) |
| | 1839 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, French Canadian poet (d. 1908) |
| | 1841 - Jules Violle, French physicist (d. 1923) |
| | 1847 - Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (d. 1927) |
| | 1862 - Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (d. 1944) |
| | 1880 - Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921) |
| | 1885 - Michael Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984) |
| | 1873 - W. C. Handy, American composer (d. 1958) |
| | 1889 - George S. Kaufman, American playwright (d. 1961) |
| | 1892 - Mabel Normand, American actress (d. 1930) |
| | 1892 - Guo Moruo, Chinese writer (d. 1978) |
| | 1895 - Paul Hindemith, German composer (d. 1963) |
| | 1896 - Oswald Mosley, British fascist (d. 1980) |
| | 1896 - Lawrence Tibbett, American singer (d. 1960) |
| | 1897 - Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist (d. 1951) |
| | 1905 - Eddie Condon, American musician (d. 1973) |
| | 1907 - Burgess Meredith, American actor (d. 1997) |
| | 1916 - Daws Butler, voice actor (d. 1988) |
| | 1922 - Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist |
| | 1922 - José Saramago, Portuguese writer, Nobel laureate |
| | 1924 - Mel Patton, American athlete |
| | 1928 - Clu Gulager, American actor |
| | 1930 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author |
| | 1930 - Salvatore Riina Sicilian mafioso |
| | 1931 - Hubert Sumlin, American blues musician |
| | 1933 - Garnet Mimms, American singer |
| | 1938 - Robert Nozick, American philosopher (d. 2002) |
| | 1942 - Willie Carson, Scottish jockey |
| | 1942 - Joanna Pettet, English-American actress |
| | 1943 - Michael Cimino, American film director |
| | 1946 - Terrence McKenna, American writer (d. 2000) |
| | 1952 - Robin McKinley, writer |
| | 1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer |
| | 1954 - Andrea Barrett, American author |
| | 1954 - Bruce Edwards, golf caddy (d. 2004) |
| | 1955 - Pierre Larouche, National Hockey League player |
| | 1957 - Jacques Gamblin, acteur français |
| | 1958 - Marg Helgenberger, American actress |
| | 1961 - Frank Bruno, British boxer |
| | 1962 - Josh Silver, American musician (Type O Negative) |
| | 1964 - Dwight Gooden, American athlete |
| | 1964 - Diana Krall, Canadian singer |
| | 1964 - Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian actress |
| | 1966 - Dean McDermott, Canadian actor |
| | 1966 - Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein) |
| | 1967 - Lisa Bonet, American actress |
| | 1967 - Craig Arnold, American poet |
| | 1968 - Vlado Šola, Croatian handball goalkeeper |
| | 1969 - Maeve Quinlan, American actress |
| | 1970 - Martha Plimpton, American actress |
| | 1971 - Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer |
| | 1971 - Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer |
| | 1972 - Missi Pyle, American actress |
| | 1973 - Brendan Laney, Scottish rugby player |
| | 1974 - Paul Scholes, British footballer |
| | 1976 - Danny Wallace, British author |
| | 1977 - Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater |
| | 1977 - Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress |
| | 1977 - Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor |
| | 1978 - Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer |
| | 1980 - Kayte Christensen, American basketball player |
| | 1981 - Allison Crowe, Canadian singer |
| | 1981 - Caitlin Glass, American actress |
| | 1982 - Amare Stoudemire, American basketball player |
| | 1984 - Kimberly J. Brown, American actor |