| | 9 - Vespasian, Roman Emperor (d. 79) |
| | 1502 - Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca (d. 1533) |
| | 1503 - Agnolo Bronzino, Italian painter (d. 1572) |
| | 1576 - Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628) |
| | 1587 - Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (d. 1679) |
| | 1612 - Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650) |
| | 1681 - Pierre François le Courayer , French theologian (d. 1776) |
| | 1685 - Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) |
| | 1717 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician (d. 1783) |
| | 1755 - Louis XVIII of France (d. 1824) |
| | 1765 - Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840) |
| | 1790 - August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868) |
| | 1793 - Charles Lock Eastlake, British painter (d. 1865) |
| | 1799 - Titian Peale, American artist (d. 1885) |
| | 1816 - August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer (d. 1876) |
| | 1827 - Petko Slavejkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 1895) |
| | 1835 - Andrew L. Harris, Governor of Ohio (d. 1915) |
| | 1854 - Hubert Lyautey, French general (d. 1934) |
| | 1857 - Joseph Babinski, Polish-French neurologist (d. 1932) |
| | 1866 - Voltairine de Cleyre, American anarchist (d. 1912) |
| | 1868 - Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (d. 1918) |
| | 1878 - Grace Abbott, American social worker (d. 1939) |
| | 1878 - Lise Meitner, Austrian physicist (d. 1968) |
| | 1887 - Bernard Montgomery, British World War II commander (d. 1976) |
| | 1894 - Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian politician (d. 1972) |
| | 1895 - Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (d. 1975) |
| | 1895 - Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author (d. 1966) |
| | 1896 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (d. 1934) |
| | 1897 - Frank Fay, American actor (d. 1961) |
| | 1899 - Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (d. 1971) |
| | 1901 - Walter Hallstein, German politician (d. 1982) |
| | 1901 - Lee Strasberg, Austrian director (d. 1982) |
| | 1902 - Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) |
| | 1904 - Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor (d. 1988) |
| | 1905 - Queen Astrid of the Belgians (d. 1935) |
| | 1905 - Mischa Auer, American actor (d. 1967) |
| | 1906 - Soichiro Honda, Japanese automobile pioneer (d. 1992) |
| | 1906 - Rollie Stiles, American Baseball Player |
| | 1907 - Israel Regardie, Aleister Crowley's secretary (d. 1985) |
| | 1911 - Christian Fouchet, French diplomat (d. 1974) |
| | 1916 - Shelby Foote, American historian (d. 2005) |
| | 1920 - Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgish singer (d. 2005) |
| | 1922 - Stanley Cohen, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| | 1923 - Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2001) |
| | 1925 - Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985) |
| | 1925 - Charles Mackerras, Australian-born conductor |
| | 1927 - Robert Brown, American actor |
| | 1928 - Rance Howard, American actor |
| | 1929 - Norm Zauchin, baseball player (d. 1999) |
| | 1930 - Bob Mathias, American decathlete (d. 2006) |
| | 1931 - Yaruch Bann, French poet |
| | 1935 - Toni Sailer, Austrian skier |
| | 1936 - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005) |
| | 1937 - Peter Cook, British comedian (d. 1995) |
| | 1938 - Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer |
| | 1939 - Auberon Waugh, British author (d. 2001) |
| | 1942 - Martin Scorsese, American film director |
| | 1942 - Khang Khek Leu, Cambodian politician |
| | 1943 - Lauren Hutton, American actress |
| | 1944 - Danny DeVito, American actor |
| | 1944 - Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect |
| | 1944 - Lorne Michaels, Canadian producer |
| | 1944 - Tom Seaver, baseball player |
| | 1945 - Elvin Hayes, American basketball player |
| | 1946 - Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa |
| | 1946 - Martin Barre, English rock musician (Jethro Tull) |
| | 1947 - Steven E. de Souza, American scriptwriter |
| | 1947 - Inky Mark, Canadian politician |
| | 1948 - Howard Dean, American politician |
| | 1949 - Nguy?n T?n Dung, Prime Minister of Vietnam |
| | 1950 - Tom Walkinshaw, British businessman |
| | 1951 - Stephen Root, American actor |
| | 1951 - Dean Paul Martin, American singer and actor (d. 1987) |
| | 1952 - Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player |
| | 1954 - Mark Brandon Read, Australian criminal |
| | 1955 - Dennis Maruk, Canadian Hockey Player |
| | 1958 - Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress |
| | 1960 - Jonathan Ross, British presenter |
| | 1960 - Kirk Fogg, host of Legends of the Hidden Temple |
| | 1960 - RuPaul, American drag entertainer |
| | 1962 - Dédé Fortin, Quebec singer (Les Colocs) (d. 2000) |
| | 1964 - Mitch Williams, Major League Baseball Player |
| | 1966 - Jeff Buckley, American musician (d. 1997) |
| | 1966 - Sophie Marceau, French actress |
| | 1966 - Daisy Fuentes, Cuban model and actress |
| | 1966 - Kate Ceberano, Australian singer |
| | 1968 - Amber Michaels, German porn actress |
| | 1969 - Jean-Michel Saive, Belgian table tennis player |
| | 1969 - Ryotaro Okiayu, Japanese voice actor |
| | 1969 - Kianna Dior, Korean-Canadian porn star |
| | 1970 - Paul Allender, British guitarist (Cradle of Filth) |
| | 1972 - Leonard Roberts, American actor |
| | 1973 - Alexei Urmanov, Russian figure skater |
| | 1973 - Bernd Schneider, German footballer |
| | 1973 - Eli Marrero, American baseball player |
| | 1975 - Diane Neal, American actress |
| | 1976 - Brandon Call, American actor |
| | 1977 - Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer |
| | 1978 - Reggie Wayne, American football player |
| | 1979 - Brad Bradley, American professional wrestler |
| | 1980 - Isaac Hanson, American musician (Hanson) |
| | 1981 - Sarah Harding, English singer (Girls Aloud) |
| | 1982 - Katie Feenstra, American basketball player |
| | 1982 - Rett Devil, activist |
| | 1983 - Christopher Paolini, author |
| | 1992 - Darian Weiss, American actor |
| | 1994 - Raquel Castro, American actress |