| | 846 -Hasan al-Askari, Shia Imam (d. 874) |
| | 1285 - King Ferdinand IV of Castile (d. 1312) |
| | 1421 - King Henry VI of England (d. 1471) |
| | 1478 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529) |
| | 1550 - Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (baptism) (d. 1605) |
| | 1586 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) |
| | 1608 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (d. 1670) |
| | 1637 - Sir Edmund Andros, English governor in North America (d. 1714) |
| | 1640 - Claude Fleury, French historian (d. 1723) |
| | 1642 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703) |
| | 1721 - James Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809) |
| | 1721 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794) |
| | 1778 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850) |
| | 1792 - King William II of the Netherlands (d. 1849) |
| | 1805 - Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875) |
| | 1805 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861) |
| | 1823 - Friedrich Max Müller, German orientalist (d. 1900) |
| | 1833 - John Singleton Mosby, American Confederate guerrilla leader (d. 1916) |
| | 1841 - Frédéric Bazille, French painter (d. 1870) |
| | 1849 - August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945) |
| | 1863 - Charles Martin Hall, American chemist (d. 1914) |
| | 1872 - William S. Hart, American actor (d. 1946) |
| | 1875 - Evelyn Underhill, British poet (d. 1941) |
| | 1886 - Joyce Kilmer, American poet (d. 1918) |
| | 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955) |
| | 1890 - Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951) |
| | 1890 - Dion Fortune, British occultist (d. 1946) |
| | 1892 - Sir Osbert Sitwell, British author (d. 1969) |
| | 1896 - Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (d. 1983) |
| | 1898 - Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-born photojournalist (d. 1995) |
| | 1898 - Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics (d. 1987) |
| | 1900 - Agnes Moorehead, American actress (d. 1974) |
| | 1903 - Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (d. 1946) |
| | 1905 - James J. Braddock, American boxer (d. 1974) |
| | 1908 - Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 2003) |
| | 1908 - Baby Face Nelson, American bank robber (d. 1934) |
| | 1913 - Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (d. 2004) |
| | 1916 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1986) |
| | 1917 - Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. 1977) |
| | 1919 - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (d. 1983) |
| | 1920 - Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer |
| | 1920 - George Porter, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) |
| | 1921 - Otto Graham, American football player (d. 2003) |
| | 1921 - Piero Piccioni - Italian musician and composer (d. 2004) |
| | 1924 - Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973) |
| | 1928 - Bobby Van, American singer (d. 1980) |
| | 1929 - Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker |
| | 1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor |
| | 1930 - Daniel Lisulo, Prime Minister of Zambia |
| | 1933 - Henryk Górecki, Polish composer |
| | 1935 - Jean Lapointe, Quebec comedian, singer and senator |
| | 1936 - David Ossman, American comedian |
| | 1937 - Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2006) |
| | 1940 - Lawrence Bergman, Quebec politician |
| | 1940 - Richard Edlund, American special effects photographer |
| | 1942 - Peter Handke, Austrian writer |
| | 1945 - Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker |
| | 1945 - Larry Bowa, baseball player and Major League manager |
| | 1947 - Lawrence Cannon, Canadian politician |
| | 1948 - JoBeth Williams, American actress |
| | 1948 - Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver |
| | 1950 - Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer |
| | 1952 - Rick Charlesworth, Australian Hockey player |
| | 1952 - Craig Newmark, Founder of craigslist |
| | 1953 - Tom Hulce, American actor |
| | 1953 - Gary Ward, baseball player |
| | 1955 - Steven Wright, American comedian |
| | 1955 - Rick Buckler, British drummer (The Jam) |
| | 1956 - Peter Buck, American guitarist (R.E.M.) |
| | 1956 - Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (d. 1982) |
| | 1958 - Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator |
| | 1961 - David Lovering, American drummer (the Pixies) |
| | 1962 - Janine Turner, American actress |
| | 1963 - Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor |
| | 1967 - Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer |
| | 1970 - Éric Lemieux, Quebec keyboardist (La Chicane) |
| | 1971 - Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player |
| | 1971 - Ryan White, American AIDS activist (d. 1990) |
| | 1972 - Rick Short, Baseball player |
| | 1974 - Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1975 - Noel Clarke, English actor and writer |
| | 1976 - Colleen Haskell, American television personality |
| | 1977 - Kevin Cash, baseball player |
| | 1977 - Andrew Flintoff, England cricketer |
| | 1977 - Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer |
| | 1978 - Darrell Jackson, American Football Player |
| | 1979 - Tim Cahill, Australia footballer |
| | 1980 - Steve Lovell, British footballer |
| | 1982 - Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer |
| | 1982 - Ryan Carnes, American actor |
| | 1985 - Dulce Maria, Mexican actress and singer |
| | 1986 - Cintia Dicker, Brazilian model |
| | 1993 - Elián González, Cuban subject of child custody battle |