| | 1428 - Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, English politician (d. 1471) |
| | 1458 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505) |
| | 1515 - Marie of Guise, Queen of James V of Scotland and regent of Scotland (d. 1560) |
| | 1564 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (d. 1610) |
| | 1602 - Elisabeth of France, Queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644) |
| | 1635 - Francis Willughby, English biologist (d. 1672) |
| | 1643 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (d. 1687) |
| | 1698 - Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778) |
| | 1710 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784) |
| | 1721 - Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born Canadian statesman (d. 1824) |
| | 1722 - Hryhori Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet (d. 1794) |
| | 1767 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolian patriot (d. 1810) |
| | 1787 - Rasmus Christian Rask, Danish linguist (d. 1823) |
| | 1808 - Thomas Cook, British travel entrepreneur (d. 1892) |
| | 1819 - George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880) |
| | 1849 - Christian Rohlfs, German artist (d. 1938) |
| | 1852 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, Nobel laureate (d. 1924) |
| | 1856 - Heber J. Grant, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1945) |
| | 1868 - John Nance Garner, U.S. Vice President (d. 1967) |
| | 1869 - André Gide, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1951) |
| | 1877 - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (d. 1919) |
| | 1884 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer of Muhammad (d. 1953) |
| | 1890 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (d. 1970) |
| | 1893 - Harley J. Earl, automobile designer (d. 1969) |
| | 1897 - Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (d. 1989) |
| | 1898 - Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935) |
| | 1899 - Hoagy Carmichael, American composer (d. 1981) |
| | 1901 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999) |
| | 1902 - Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (d. 1947) |
| | 1902 - Sir Humphrey Gibbs, Governor of Rhodesia (d. 1990) |
| | 1902 - Albert Leduc, National Hockey League defenseman (d. 1990) |
| | 1904 - Louis Eugène Félix Néel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000) |
| | 1913 - Benjamin Britten, British composer (d. 1976) |
| | 1914 - Peter Townsend, British Equerry and air pilot (d. 1995) |
| | 1917 - Andrew Fielding Huxley, British scientist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1918 - Claiborne Pell, American politician |
| | 1921 - Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (d. 2004) |
| | 1921 - Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003) |
| | 1923 - Dika Newlin, American composer and singer (d. 2006) |
| | 1923 - Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director |
| | 1923 - Gunther Schuller, American composer and conductor |
| | 1924 - Geraldine Page, American actress (d. 1987) |
| | 1926 - Lew Burdette, Baseball player |
| | 1932 - Robert Vaughn, American actor |
| | 1936 - James Burke, British writer |
| | 1939 - Tom West, American astrophysicist, computer engineer, inventor, yachtsman |
| | 1940 - Terry Gilliam, American/British comedian |
| | 1941 - Tom Conti, British actor |
| | 1941 - Jacques Laperriere, National Hockey League defenseman and coach |
| | 1943 - Billie Jean King, American tennis player |
| | 1943 - Yvan Cournoyer, National Hockey League player |
| | 1945 - Tom Freston, American television executive |
| | 1946 - Aston Barrett, Jamaican musician (The Wailers Band) |
| | 1947 - Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author |
| | 1949 - Richard Carmona, former surgeon general |
| | 1950 - Lyman Bostock, baseball player (d. 1978) |
| | 1950 - Steve Van Zandt, American musician |
| | 1950 - Tina Weymouth, American musician (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club) |
| | 1950 - Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer |
| | 1951 - Kent Nagano, American conductor |
| | 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress |
| | 1958 - Lee Guetterman, baseball player |
| | 1958 - Horse McDonald, Scottish singer/songwriter |
| | 1960 - Bruce Payne, English actor |
| | 1960 - Léos Carax, French film director |
| | 1961 - Mariel Hemingway, American actress |
| | 1961 - Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer |
| | 1962 - Victor Pelevin, Russian writer |
| | 1963 - Scoop Jackson, American sports journalist |
| | 1965 - Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor |
| | 1966 - Richard Stanley, South African director |
| | 1967 - Mark Ruffalo, American actor |
| | 1967 - Boris Becker, German tennis player |
| | 1967 - Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-born speed skater |
| | 1970 - Stel Pavlou, British novelist |
| | 1974 - David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater |
| | 1976 - Ville Valo, Finnish singer (HIM) |
| | 1976 - Torsten Frings, German footballer |
| | 1976 - Regina Halmich, Boxweltmeisterin |
| | 1977 - Michael Preston, English footballer |
| | 1977 - Luciana Duvall, Romanian actor/performer |
| | 1978 - Karen O, American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) |
| | 1979 - Chris Doran, Irish singer |
| | 1980 - Shawn Fanning, Creator of Napster |
| | 1981 - Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish football player |
| | 1981 - Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress (official birthday February 26, 1982) |
| | 1981 - Pape Sow, Senegalian basketball player |
| | 1982 - Aiyegbeni Yakubu, Nigerian footballer |
| | 1982 - Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Hong Kong singer, member of the Cantopop girl group Twins |
| | 1983 - Tyler Hilton, American singer/songwriter and actor |
| | 1983 - Corey Beaulieu, American Guitarist (Trivium) |
| | 1984 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress |
| | 1986 - David Pasqualini, French pianist |
| | 1992 - Anil Husna binti Hakimey, Malaysian |