| | 1489 - Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) |
| | 1570 - James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632) |
| | 1598 - Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667) |
| | 1628 - John Bunyan, English cleric and author (d. 1688) |
| | 1632 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (d. 1687) |
| | 1640 - Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain |
| | 1661 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723) |
| | 1681 - Jean Cavalier, French protestant rebel leader (d. 1740) |
| | 1700 - Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764) |
| | 1757 - William Blake, British poet and artist (d. 1827) |
| | 1772 - Luke Howard, British meteorologist (d. 1864) |
| | 1785 - Achille Charles Léon Victor, duc de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (d. 1870) |
| | 1792 - Victor Cousin, French philosopher (d. 1867) |
| | 1793 - Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish romantic poet (d. 1866) |
| | 1805 - John Stephens, American archeologist (d. 1852) |
| | 1810 - William Froude, British engineer and naval architect (d. 1879) |
| | 1820 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895) |
| | 1821 - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet (d. 1878) |
| | 1829 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1894) |
| | 1837 - John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor of celluloid (d. 1920) |
| | 1853 - Helen Magill White, first American woman to earn a Ph.D. (d. 1944) |
| | 1864 - James Allen English writer (d. 1912) |
| | 1864 - Lindley M. Garrison, American lawyer, U.S. Secretary of War from 1913 through 1916 (d. 1932) |
| | 1866 - Henry Bacon, American architect (d. 1924) |
| | 1881 - Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (d. 1942) |
| | 1887 - Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (d. 1934) |
| | 1895 - José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (d. 1980) |
| | 1896 - Lilia Skala, Austrian actress (d. 1994) |
| | 1896 - Dawn Powell, American writer (d. 1965) |
| | 1904 - Nancy Mitford, British essayist and satirist (d. 1973) |
| | 1904 - James Eastland, American politician (d. 1986) |
| | 1907 - Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (d. 1990) |
| | 1908 - Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist |
| | 1911 – Václav Renc, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (d. 1973) |
| | 1912 - Morris Louis, American abstract expressionist painter (d. 1962) |
| | 1915 - Evald Okas, Estonian painter |
| | 1916 - Mary Lilian Baels, Princess of Rethy, Belgium (d. 2002) |
| | 1923 - Gloria Grahame, American actress (d. 1981) |
| | 1924 - Dennis Brutus, South African poet and anti-Apartheid activist |
| | 1925 - József Bozsik, Hungarian international footballer (d. 1978) |
| | 1927 - Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992) |
| | 1929 - Berry Gordy Jr., American record company owner and founder of Motown |
| | 1931 - Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003) |
| | 1931 - Tomi Ungerer, French graphic artist, and author |
| | 1932 - Ray Perkins, Canadian singer (The Crew-Cuts) |
| | 1933 - Joe Knollenberg, U.S Congressman from Michigan |
| | 1935 - Prince Hitachi, second son and sixth born child of the HIM Showa Emperor and HIM Empress Kojun |
| | 1936 - Gary Hart, American politician |
| | 1938 - Michael Ritchie, American film director (d. 2001) |
| | 1940 - Bruce Channel, American singer |
| | 1941 - Laura Antonelli, Italian actress |
| | 1942 - Paul Warfield, American football player |
| | 1943 - Randy Newman, American composer and musician |
| | 1944 - R.B. Greaves, pop singer |
| | 1946 - Joe Dante, American film director and producer |
| | 1947 - Michel Berger, French songwriter (Starmania) (d. 1992) |
| | 1949 - Alexander Godunov, Russian composer and ballet dancer (d. 1995) |
| | 1949 - Paul Shaffer, Canadian orchestra leader and musician |
| | 1950 - Ed Harris, American actor |
| | 1950 - Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1952 - S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress |
| | 1953 - Sixto Lezcano, baseball player |
| | 1955 - Adem Jashari, Albanian freedom fighter |
| | 1955 - Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer |
| | 1957 - David Van Day, British singer (Dollar) |
| | 1958 - Dave Righetti, American baseball player |
| | 1959 - Judd Nelson, American actor |
| | 1961 - Martin Clunes, British actor |
| | 1961 - Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican film director |
| | 1961 - Jane Sibbett, American actress |
| | 1962 - Paul Dinello, American comedian and actor |
| | 1962 - Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host |
| | 1962 - Matt Cameron, American drummer (Pearl Jam) |
| | 1963 - Walt Weiss, American baseball player |
| | 1964 - Cornelia Guest, American debutante |
| | 1965 - Erwin Mortier, Belgian author |
| | 1965 - Matt Williams, baseball player |
| | 1966 - Sam Seder, American comedian |
| | 1967 - Anna Nicole Smith, American model and television personality |
| | 1967 - Stephnie Weir, American actress and comedienne |
| | 1968 - Dawn Robinson, R&B singer (En Vogue) |
| | 1969 - Robb Nen, American baseball player |
| | 1969 - Lexington Steele (Clifton Britt), American adult film actor |
| | 1971 - Rob Conway, American professional wrestler |
| | 1972 - Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer |
| | 1973 - Jade Puget, guitarist, (AFI) |
| | 1974 - András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer |
| | 1974 - Styles P (David Styles), American rapper |
| | 1977 - DeMya Walker, American basketball player |
| | 1977 - Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer |
| | 1978 - Freddie Mitchell, American football player |
| | 1978 - Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer |
| | 1978 - Brent Albright, American professional wrestler |
| | 1979 - Chamillionaire (Hakeem Seriki), American rapper |
| | 1979 - Joel Maximo (Kelvin Ramirez), American professional wrestler |
| | 1979 - Daniel Henney, Korean model-actor |
| | 1980 - Stuart Taylor, British footballer |
| | 1982 - Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player |
| | 1984 - Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player |
| | 1984 - Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian professional ice hockey player |
| | 1984 - Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress |
| | 1984 - Trey Songz, American R&B singer |
| | 1988 - Scarlett Pomers, American actress |
| | 1992 - Kianna Underwood, American actress |