| | 1472 - Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517) |
| | 1496 - Mary Tudor, queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) |
| | 1515 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun and poet (d. 1582) |
| | 1522 - Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) |
| | 1569 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) |
| | 1592 - Comenius, Czech bishop of Unity of the Brethren (d. 1670) |
| | 1599 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658) |
| | 1609 - King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670) |
| | 1613 - Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager, Empress in Manchu (d. 1688) |
| | 1652 - Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730) |
| | 1725 - Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman and biographer (d. 1795) |
| | 1750 - Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (d. 1816) |
| | 1760 - Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (d. 1846) |
| | 1773 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844) |
| | 1793 - Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, (d. 1864) |
| | 1795 - Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876) |
| | 1806 - Thomas Hare, English barrister (d. 1891) |
| | 1815 - Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896) |
| | 1818 - Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902) |
| | 1819 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891) |
| | 1836 - Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904) |
| | 1840 - Emin Pasha, physician, naturalist and governor of Equatoria (d. 1892) |
| | 1842 - William Harvey Carney, American Civil War hero (d. 1908) |
| | 1849 - James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894) |
| | 1851 - Bernardino Machado, Portuguese President (d. 1944) |
| | 1862 - Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932) |
| | 1866 - Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902) |
| | 1868 - Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936) |
| | 1871 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951) |
| | 1890 - Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967) |
| | 1892 - Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) |
| | 1892 - Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993) |
| | 1895 - Spencer W. Kimball, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1985) |
| | 1897 - Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977) |
| | 1899 - Harold B. Lee, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1973) |
| | 1899 - Gussie Busch, American baseball owner (d. 1989) |
| | 1899 - Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (d. 1941) |
| | 1902 - Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984) |
| | 1902 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988) |
| | 1903 - Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (d. 1991) |
| | 1903 - Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986) |
| | 1905 - Marlin Perkins, American naturalist and television host (d. 1986) |
| | 1905 - Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (d. 1996) |
| | 1909 - Nelson Algren, American writer (d. 1981) |
| | 1910 - Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr. Bibliophile and director of the Pierpont Morgan Library (d. 2001) |
| | 1910 - Jimmie Dodd, American television actor (d. 1964) |
| | 1910 - Queen Ingrid of Denmark (d. 2000) |
| | 1911 - J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (d. 1960) |
| | 1912 - A. Bertram Chandler Australian science fiction author (d. 1984) |
| | 1912 - Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943) |
| | 1914 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (d. 1996) |
| | 1914 - Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000) |
| | 1914 - Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997) |
| | 1914 - Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entymologist (d. 2003) |
| | 1915 - Jay Livingston, American composer and songwriter (d. 2001) |
| | 1919 - Vic Raschi, American baseball pitcher (d. 1988) |
| | 1921 - Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1921 - Herschel Grynszpan, German political assassin (d. between 1943 and 1945) |
| | 1922 - Neville Bonner, Australian politician |
| | 1922 - Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) |
| | 1924 - Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (d. 1992) |
| | 1925 - Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress |
| | 1927 - Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author |
| | 1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. National Security Advisor |
| | 1928 - Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician |
| | 1930 - Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1930 - Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer |
| | 1930 - Robert Ashley, American composer |
| | 1933 - Tete Montoliu, Spanish Jazz pianist |
| | 1933 - Frank Murkowski, American politician |
| | 1935 - Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster and talk show host |
| | 1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and politician |
| | 1941 - Jim Turner, American football player |
| | 1941 - Alf Clausen, orchestra conductor (The Simpsons) |
| | 1942 - Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998) |
| | 1942 - Jerry Sloan, American basketball coach |
| | 1942 - Mike Newell, English film director |
| | 1942 - Neil Kinnock, British statesman |
| | 1942 - Daniel Dennett, American philosopher |
| | 1942 - Samuel Ramey, American opera singer |
| | 1943 - Conchata Ferrell, American actress |
| | 1944 - Rick Barry, American basketball player |
| | 1944 - Ken Howard, American actor |
| | 1946 - Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru |
| | 1946 - Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut |
| | 1948 - Dianne Wiest, American actress |
| | 1948 - Gerry House, American radio personality and songwriter |
| | 1948 - John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull) |
| | 1948 - Milan Williams, American musician The Commodores |
| | 1951 - Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina |
| | 1951 - Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995) |
| | 1952 - Tony Brise, racing driver (d. 1975) |
| | 1953 - Melchior Ndadaye, first President of Burundi (d. 1993) |
| | 1954 - Morris Mason, American rapist and murderer (d. 1985) |
| | 1955 - John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician |
| | 1955 - Reba McEntire, American singer and actress |
| | 1956 - April Margera, Bam Margera's mother |
| | 1958 - Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003) |
| | 1958 - Elisabeth Andreassen, Scandinavian singer |
| | 1959 - Chris Myers, American radio host/sportscaster |
| | 1960 - Chris Barrie, British actor |
| | 1960 - José Maria Neves, Prime Minister of Cape Verde |
| | 1961 - Byron Scott, American basketball player |
| | 1962 - Jure Franko, Slovenian skier |
| | 1965 - Steve Bull, English footballer |
| | 1968 - Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004) |
| | 1968 - Nasser Hussain, English cricketer |
| | 1969 - Brett Ratner, American film director |
| | 1970 - Vince Vaughn, American actor |
| | 1970 - Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician |
| | 1971 - Mr. Cheeks, American rapper |
| | 1972 - Nick Frost, English comedian and actor |
| | 1972 - Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player |
| | 1973 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler |
| | 1973 - Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter |
| | 1974 - Mark King, English snooker player |
| | 1974 - Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey |
| | 1975 - Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen |
| | 1975 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler |
| | 1976 - David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers) |
| | 1977 - Devon, American porn actress |
| | 1978 - April Flowers, American porn actress |
| | 1979 - Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress |
| | 1980 - Luke Walton, basketball player |
| | 1981 - Julia Stiles, American actress |
| | 1983 - Ryan Ashington, English footballer |
| | 1984 - Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model |
| | 1986 - Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player |
| | 1986 - J-Kwon, American rapper |
| | 1988 - Lacey Turner, British soap actress |
| | 1991 - Amy Bruckner, American actress |