| | 1522 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) |
| | 1647 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706) |
| | 1772 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. 1806) |
| | 1785 - David Wilkie, British artist (d. 1841) |
| | 1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (d. 1826) |
| | 1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851) |
| | 1804 - Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878) |
| | 1832 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (d. 1901) |
| | 1836 - Sir William S. Gilbert, British dramatist (d. 1911) |
| | 1836 - Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and founder of criminology (d. 1909) |
| | 1839 - August Kundt, German physicist (d. 1894) |
| | 1856 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929) |
| | 1870 - Dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951) |
| | 1874 - Clarence Day, American author (d. 1935) |
| | 1882 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (d. 1963) |
| | 1882 - Jacques Maritain, French philosopher (d. 1973) |
| | 1883 - Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (d. 1981) |
| | 1897 - Patrick Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974) |
| | 1898 - Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (d. 1989) |
| | 1899 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born conductor (d. 1985) |
| | 1901 - George Gallup, American statistician and opinion pollster (d. 1984) |
| | 1904 - Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (d. 1990) |
| | 1906 - Klaus Mann, German writer (d. 1949) |
| | 1906 - George Wald, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997) |
| | 1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003) |
| | 1908 - Imogene Coca, American actress and comedienne (d. 2001) |
| | 1909 - Johnny Mercer, American lyricist (d. 1976) |
| | 1915 - Ken Burkhart, Baseball player (d. 2004) |
| | 1917 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957) |
| | 1919 - Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005) |
| | 1922 - Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan president (d. 1967) |
| | 1923 - Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998) |
| | 1924 - Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, president of the European Court of Justice (d. 2000) |
| | 1925 - Gene Mauch, baseball manager (d. 2005) |
| | 1927 - Hank Ballard, American musician (d. 2003) |
| | 1928 - Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer |
| | 1935 - Rudolf Bahro, German dissident (d. 1997) |
| | 1936 - Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1995) |
| | 1939 - Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer |
| | 1939 - Brenda Vaccaro, American actress |
| | 1940 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, Sultan of Oman |
| | 1941 - David Hemmings, British actor (d. 2003) |
| | 1942 - Linda Evans, American actress |
| | 1942 - Susan Sullivan, American actress |
| | 1944 - Wolfgang Joop, German artist, fashion designer and art collector |
| | 1946 - Alan Dean Foster, American author |
| | 1947 - Jameson Parker, American actor |
| | 1948 - Andrea Marcovicci, American singer and actress |
| | 1948 - Jack Tatum, American football player |
| | 1950 - Eric Pierpoint, American actor |
| | 1951 - Justin Raimondo, American author |
| | 1952 - Delroy Lindo, British actor |
| | 1953 - Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist |
| | 1954 - John Parr, British pop singer |
| | 1956 - Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1995) |
| | 1956 - Warren Moon, American football player |
| | 1957 - Seán Mac Falls, Irish-born poet |
| | 1959 - Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and football manager |
| | 1960 - Kim Wilde, British singer |
| | 1960 - Elizabeth Perkins, American actress |
| | 1962 - Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica) |
| | 1962 - Jamie Moyer, baseball player |
| | 1963 - Dante Bichette, baseball player |
| | 1963 - Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer |
| | 1963 - Len Bias, American basketball player (d. 1986) |
| | 1966 - Jorge Camacho, Spanish poet |
| | 1967 - Jocelyn Lemieux, National Hockey League player |
| | 1968 - Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and football manager |
| | 1968 - Gary Sheffield, baseball player |
| | 1968 - Owen Wilson, American actor |
| | 1969 - Sam Cassell, American basketball player |
| | 1970 - Peta Wilson, Australian actress |
| | 1973 - Nic Pothas, South African/English Wicket-keeper |
| | 1974 - Chloë Sevigny, American actress |
| | 1975 - David Ortiz, Dominican Major League Baseball player |
| | 1975 - Jason Williams, American Basketball player |
| | 1975 - Anthony McPartlin, British actor and television presenter |
| | 1976 - Martin Bertram, American author |
| | 1977 - Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player |
| | 1977 - Fabolous, American rapper |
| | 1978 - Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer |
| | 1981 - Christina Vidal, American actress |
| | 1983 - Jon Johansen, Norwegian software developer |
| | 1984 - Ryohei Chiba, Member of Japanese boy band w-inds |
| | 1984 - Nayanthara, Indian actress |