| | 1288 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) |
| | 1436 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463) |
| | 1607 - John Harvard, English-born clergyman (d. 1638) |
| | 1609 - Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659) |
| | 1657 - William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735) |
| | 1678 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771) |
| | 1703 - Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758) |
| | 1792 - Sarah Grimke, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873) |
| | 1828 - René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905) |
| | 1832 - Mary Edwards Walker, American feminist physician (d. 1919) |
| | 1832 - Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901) |
| | 1847 - Maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928) |
| | 1857 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913) |
| | 1864 - Edward Higgins, the 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1947) |
| | 1869 - Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938) |
| | 1876 - Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950) |
| | 1877 - Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (d. 1962) |
| | 1885 - Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1970) |
| | 1889 - Albert Dieudonné, French actor, screenwriter and novelist (d. 1976) |
| | 1894 - Norbert Wiener, American mathematician and founder of Cybernetics (d. 1964) |
| | 1895 - Bill Wilson, co-founder of the Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971) |
| | 1898 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laurete (d. 1973) |
| | 1899 - Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Lindbergh III (d. 1936) |
| | 1904 - Armand Frappier, French Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991) |
| | 1905 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982) |
| | 1907 - Ruth Patrick, American Botanist |
| | 1908 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (d. 1989) |
| | 1908 - Charles Forte, Scottish Hotelier |
| | 1909 - Eugène Ionesco, French playwright (d. 1994) |
| | 1909 - Frances Dee, American actress (d. 2004) |
| | 1910 - Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993) |
| | 1912 - Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992) |
| | 1915 - Earl Wild, American pianist |
| | 1919 - Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer |
| | 1920 - Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (d. 2004) |
| | 1922 - Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000) |
| | 1924 - George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000) |
| | 1925 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003) |
| | 1927 - Ernie Coombs, American children's entertainer (d. 2001) |
| | 1931 - Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize |
| | 1931 - Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht |
| | 1933 - Robert Goulet, American singer and actor |
| | 1937 - Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut |
| | 1938 - Porter J. Goss, American politician and Central Intelligence Agency director |
| | 1938 - Rodney Jory, Australian physicist |
| | 1938 - Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor |
| | 1939 - Tina Turner, American singer and actress |
| | 1939 - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia |
| | 1943 - Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002) |
| | 1943 - Marilynne Robinson, American writer |
| | 1944 - Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes) |
| | 1945 - Daniel Davis, American actor |
| | 1945 - John McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac) |
| | 1946 - Art Shell, American football player and coach |
| | 1947 - Susanne Zenor, American actress |
| | 1948 - Krešimir Cosic, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995) |
| | 1948 - Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer |
| | 1948 - Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter |
| | 1949 - Vincent A. Mahler, Political Scientist and professor at Loyola University Chicago |
| | 1949 - Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995) |
| | 1951 - Cicciolina, Italian actress and politician |
| | 1954 - Velupillai Prabakharan, Leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E) |
| | 1953 - Harry Carson, American football player |
| | 1956 - Dale Jarrett, American race car driver |
| | 1960 - Harold Reynolds, American baseball player |
| | 1962 - Chuck Finley, American baseball pitcher |
| | 1964 - Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier |
| | 1967 - Ridley Jacobs, West Indian cricketer |
| | 1969 - Shawn Kemp, American basketball player |
| | 1970 - Dave Hughes, Australian comedian |
| | 1970 - Alex Taylor, Latin porn star |
| | 1971 - Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer |
| | 1972 - Arjun Rampal, Indian actor |
| | 1973 - Peter Facinelli, American actor |
| | 1974 - Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress |
| | 1975 - Patrice Lauzon, French Canadian figure skater |
| | 1976 - Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler |
| | 1976 - Brian Schneider, Baseball player |
| | 1977 - Ivan Basso, Italian professional road bicycle racer |
| | 1977 - Forrest Griffin, American MMA-fighter |
| | 1978 - Matthew Taylor, bassist for Motion City Soundtrack |
| | 1980 - Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor |
| | 1981 - Stephan Andersen, Danish international footballer |
| | 1981 - Natasha Bedingfield, British singer |
| | 1981 - Aurora Snow, American pornographic actress |
| | 1981 - Gina Kingsbury, gold medalist ice hockey player |
| | 1985 - Lil' Fizz, American singer |
| | 1986 - Trevor Morgan, American actor |