| | 1465 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489) |
| | 1475 - Pope Leo X (d. 1521) |
| | 1566 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650) |
| | 1680 - Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736) |
| | 1712 - Francesco Algarotti. Italian philosopher and art critic (d. 1764) |
| | 1725 - George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792) |
| | 1761 - Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835) |
| | 1781 - Sir David Brewster, British physicist (d. 1868) |
| | 1801 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836) |
| | 1803 - Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869) |
| | 1810 - Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857) |
| | 1838 - John Labatt, Irish-Canadian businessman and brewer (Labatt Brewing Company) (d. 1915) |
| | 1843 - Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1910) |
| | 1858 - Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943) |
| | 1863 - Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d. 1941) |
| | 1873 - Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967) |
| | 1880 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951) |
| | 1882 - Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921) |
| | 1882 - Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1970) |
| | 1882 - Fiorello LaGuardia, American statesman (d. 1947) |
| | 1883 - Victor McLaglen, British-born American actor (d. 1959) |
| | 1889 - Walter Knott, American farmer (d. 1981). |
| | 1890 - Carlos Gardel, tango singer, composer, and actor (d. 1935) |
| | 1890 - Mark Tobey, American painter (d. 1976) |
| | 1905 - Gilbert Roland, American actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1905 - Robert Henriques, British writer (d. 1967) |
| | 1908 - Elliott Carter, American composer |
| | 1911 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006) |
| | 1911 - Val Guest, British film director (d. 2006) |
| | 1912 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer |
| | 1913 - Jean Marais, French actor (d. 1998) |
| | 1916 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989) |
| | 1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1919 - Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000) |
| | 1922 - Grace Paley, American writer |
| | 1922 - Dilip Kumar, Indian actor |
| | 1923 - Betsy Blair, American actress |
| | 1925 - Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| | 1926 - Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984) |
| | 1930 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor |
| | 1931 - Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican / American actress |
| | 1931 - Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1931 - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru (d. 1990) |
| | 1933 - Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician |
| | 1935 - Ron Carey, American actor |
| | 1935 - Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician |
| | 1935 - Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998) |
| | 1936 - Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician |
| | 1937 - Jim Harrison, American writer |
| | 1938 - McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist |
| | 1938 - Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer |
| | 1939 - Tom Hayden, American politician |
| | 1939 - Thomas McGuane, American writer |
| | 1940 - David Gates, American musician (Bread) |
| | 1942 - Donna Mills, American actress |
| | 1943 - John Kerry, American politician |
| | 1944 - Teri Garr, American film actress |
| | 1944 - Lynda Day George, American actress |
| | 1944 - Brenda Lee, American singer |
| | 1950 - Christina Onassis, American heiress (d. 1988) |
| | 1953 - Bess Armstrong, American actress |
| | 1954 - Jermaine Jackson, American musician |
| | 1954 - Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic engineer |
| | 1958 - Nikki Sixx, American bassist (Mötley Crüe) |
| | 1959 - Lisa Gastineau, American reality show star |
| | 1962 - Ben Browder, American actor |
| | 1962 - Nele Karajlic, singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| | 1964 - Michel Courtemanche, Quebec comedian and actor |
| | 1964 - John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case |
| | 1964 - David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic) |
| | 1964 - Cosy Sheridan, American singer |
| | 1964 - Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer |
| | 1966 - Gary Dourdan, American actor |
| | 1966 - Leon Lai, Cantopop singer/actor |
| | 1967 - DJ Yella, American music producer |
| | 1969 - Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster |
| | 1969 - Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer |
| | 1969 - Sean Grande, American sportscaster |
| | 1972 - Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player |
| | 1972 - Dana Macsim, Romanian television news reporter |
| | 1973 - Mos Def, American emcee and actor |
| | 1974 - Rey Mysterio, American professional wrestler |
| | 1974 - Ben Shephard, English TV personality |
| | 1975 - Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist |
| | 1977 - Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player |
| | 1979 - Rider Strong, American actor |
| | 1980 - Arya, Indian actor |
| | 1981 - Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold) |
| | 1981 - Nikki Benz, Canadian actress |
| | 1981 - Hamish Blake, Australian comedian |
| | 1981 - Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer |
| | 1984 - David H. Dixon Jr. |
| | 1988 - Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess prodigy |