| | 1394 - King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) |
| | 1452 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531) |
| | 1588 - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637) |
| | 1750 - Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) |
| | 1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (d. 1851) |
| | 1804 - Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, German mathematician (d. 1851) |
| | 1805 - Josef Skoda, Bohemian physician (d. 1881) |
| | 1815 - Ada Lovelace, British mathematician (d. 1852) |
| | 1821 - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet (d. 1877) |
| | 1822 - César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (d. 1890) |
| | 1824 - George MacDonald, British writer and preacher (d. 1905) |
| | 1830 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886) |
| | 1851 - Melvil Dewey, American librarian, (d. 1931) |
| | 1870 - Pierre Louÿs, French author (d. 1925) |
| | 1870 - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (d. 1933) |
| | 1872 - Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (d. 1956) |
| | 1878 - Rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972) |
| | 1882 - Otto Neurath, Austrian philosopher (d. 1945) |
| | 1884 - Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian-born painter (d. 1967) |
| | 1886 - Marco Minghetti, Italian statesman (b. 1813) |
| | 1891 - Sir Harold Alexander, British Army Field Marshal, first Earl of Tunis. (d. 1969) |
| | 1891 - Nelly Sachs, German-born writer and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970) |
| | 1903 - Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986) |
| | 1907 - Rumer Godden (Margaret Rumer Godden), British writer (d. 1998) |
| | 1907 - Lucien Laurent, French international footballer (d. 2005) |
| | 1908 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992) |
| | 1909 - Hermes Pan, American choreographer and dancer (d. 1990) |
| | 1911 - Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974) |
| | 1912 - Philip A. Hart, U.S. Senator (d. 1976) |
| | 1913 - Morton Gould, American composer (d. 1996) |
| | 1913 - Harry Locke, British character actor (d. 1987) |
| | 1914 - Dorothy Lamour, American actress (d. 1996) |
| | 1917 - Sultan Yahya Petra, King of Malaysia (d. 1979) |
| | 1918 - Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003) |
| | 1918 - Anatoli Tarasov, Russian hockey coach (d. 1995) |
| | 1919 - Alexander Courage, American composer |
| | 1920 - Reginald Rose, American writer (d. 2002) |
| | 1920 - Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer (d. 1977) |
| | 1925 - Carolyn Kizer, American poet |
| | 1928 - Dan Blocker, American actor (d. 1972) |
| | 1933 - Mako, Japanese-born American actor (d. 2006) |
| | 1934 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994) |
| | 1938 - Yuri Temirkanov, Russian orchestral conductor |
| | 1941 - Chad Stuart, British folk singer (Chad and Jeremy) |
| | 1941 - Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress |
| | 1941 - Tommy Rettig, American actor (d. 1996) |
| | 1944 - Steve Renko, American baseball player |
| | 1946 - Thomas Lux, American poet |
| | 1947 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (d. 1980) |
| | 1947 - R?sul Quliyev, Azerbaijani politician and chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party. |
| | 1947 - Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player |
| | 1948 - Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004) |
| | 1951 - Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer |
| | 1952 - Clive Anderson, British television host |
| | 1952 - Susan Dey, American actress |
| | 1957 - Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor |
| | 1960 - Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and director |
| | 1965 - J Mascis, American musician |
| | 1966 - Mel Rojas, Major League Baseball pitcher |
| | 1967 - Harland Williams, Canadian actor |
| | 1969 - Rob Blake, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1972 - Brian Molko, Belgian-born singer and songwriter (Placebo) |
| | 1974 - Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes) |
| | 1975 - Josip Skoko, Australian footballer |
| | 1978 - Donna Williams, co-founder of Neopets |
| | 1978 - Summer Phoenix, American actress |
| | 1978 - Brandon Novak, skateboarder |
| | 1979 - Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler |
| | 1980 - Sarah Chang, American violinist |
| | 1980 - Ledley King, English footballer |
| | 1981 - Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer |
| | 1981 - Fabio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1981 - Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea swimmer and Commonwealth Games Gold medalist |
| | 1982 - Tim Deegan, MuchMusic VJ |
| | 1983 - Patrick Flueger, American actor |
| | 1983 - Zé Kalanga, Angolan footballer |
| | 1985 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer |
| | 1993 - Rachel Trachtenburg, American drummer and singer (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players) |