| | 65 BC - Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC) |
| | 1542 - Mary Queen of Scots (d. 1587) |
| | 1626 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689) |
| | 1678 - Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) |
| | 1708 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765) |
| | 1730 - Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799) |
| | 1765 - Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. 1825) |
| | 1795 - Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874) |
| | 1815 - Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905) |
| | 1816 - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890) |
| | 1832 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910) |
| | 1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, American author and folklorist (d. 1908) |
| | 1861 - William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (d. 1947) |
| | 1861 - Aristide Maillol, French sculptor (d. 1944) |
| | 1862 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921) |
| | 1864 - Camille Claudel, French graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1943) |
| | 1865 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (d. 1957) |
| | 1865 - Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (d. 1963) |
| | 1874 - Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951) |
| | 1886 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957) |
| | 1890 - Bohuslav Martinu, Czech composer (d. 1959) |
| | 1894 - James Thurber, American writer (d. 1961) |
| | 1894 - E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye), (d. 1938) |
| | 1909 - Gratien Gélinas, Quebec playwright, actor, director and producer (d. 1999) |
| | 1911 - Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976) |
| | 1913 - Delmore Schwartz, American Poet (d. 1966) |
| | 1915 - Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (d. 2005) |
| | 1916 - Richard Fleischer, American film director (d. 2006) |
| | 1918 - Gérard Souzay, French baritone (d. 2004) |
| | 1919 - Peter Tali Coleman, American politician (d. 1997) |
| | 1923 - Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist |
| | 1925 - Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer (d. 1990) |
| | 1925 - Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (d. 2005) |
| | 1927 - Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet Union-born cosmonaut |
| | 1930 - Maximilian Schell, Austrian-born Swiss actor, film director, and author |
| | 1933 - Flip Wilson, American comedian (d. 1998) |
| | 1935 - Dharmendra, Indian Actor |
| | 1936 - David Carradine, American actor |
| | 1937 - James MacArthur, American actor |
| | 1937 - Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber and businessman (d. 2004) |
| | 1939 - Sir James Galway, Northern Irish flautist |
| | 1939 - Jerry Butler, American soul singer |
| | 1939 - Red Berenson, National Hockey League player |
| | 1940 - Brant Alyea, Baseball player |
| | 1941 - Sir Geoff Hurst, Ex-English footballer |
| | 1941 - Ed Brinkman, Baseball player |
| | 1941 - Bob Brown, National Football League player |
| | 1943 - Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (d. 1971) |
| | 1943 - Mary Woronov, American actress |
| | 1945 - John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist |
| | 1946 - John Rubinstein, American actor, composer, director |
| | 1947 - Gregg Allman, American musician |
| | 1947 - Thomas R. Cech, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1949 - Mary Gordon, American writer |
| | 1949 - Robert Sternberg, Proposed the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence |
| | 1950 - Rick Baker, American film makeup artist |
| | 1950 - Tim Foli, Major League Baseball player |
| | 1951 - Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter |
| | 1951 - Bill Bryson, American author |
| | 1953 - Kim Basinger, American actress |
| | 1953 - Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992) |
| | 1955 - Kevin Armstrong, American Computer Programmer |
| | 1956 - Warren Cuccurullo, American musician |
| | 1957 - Phil Collen, British guitarist (Def Leppard) |
| | 1961 - Ann Coulter, American author, political commentator, and attorney |
| | 1962 - Marty Friedman, American guitarist |
| | 1964 - Sandy Burnett, British record producer |
| | 1964 - Teri Hatcher, American actress |
| | 1965 - Carina Lau, Hong Kong actress |
| | 1966 - Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician |
| | 1966 - Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator |
| | 1967 - Jeff George, American football player |
| | 1967 - Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese seiyu (voice actress) |
| | 1968 - Mike Mussina, American baseball player |
| | 1969 - Jeff Tremaine, American television & film director |
| | 1972 - Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer |
| | 1972 - Frank Shamrock, American MMA-Fighter and younger brother of MMA-Fighter Ken Shamrock |
| | 1973 - Corey Taylor, American singer (Slipknot, Stone Sour) |
| | 1975 - Kevin Harvick, American NASCAR driver |
| | 1976 - Dominic Monaghan, German-born British actor |
| | 1976 - Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter |
| | 1976 - Reed Johnson, American Baseball Player |
| | 1977 - Ryan Newman, American NASCAR driver |
| | 1977 - Elsa Benítez, Mexican supermodel |
| | 1978 - Ian Somerhalder, American actor |
| | 1978 - Vernon Wells, American baseball player |
| | 1981 - Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player |
| | 1981 - Philip Rivers, American football player |
| | 1982 - Michael Essien, Ghanaian international footballer |
| | 1982 - James Guffey, American professional wrestler |
| | 1983 - Neel Jani, Swiss racing driver |
| | 1985 - Dwight Howard, American basketball player |
| | 1986 - Amir Khan, British boxer |
| | 1987 - Andrew Boulcott, Picture Technician, Birmingham Post and Mail |
| | 1993 - AnnaSophia Robb, American actress |