| | 1506 - Saint Francis Xavier, Spanish founder of the Society of Jesus (d. 1552) |
| | 1652 - Pope Clement XII (d. 1740) |
| | 1718 - Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800) |
| | 1763 - Domenico Dragonetti, Italian composer |
| | 1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850) |
| | 1772 - Charles Fourier, French philosopher (d. 1837) |
| | 1848 - Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1930) |
| | 1860 - Will Keith Kellogg, American cereal manufacturer (d. 1951) |
| | 1873 - John McGraw, baseball player and manager (d. 1934) |
| | 1886 - Ed Lafitte, baseball player (d. 1971) |
| | 1889 - Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) |
| | 1890 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist and writer (d. 1998) |
| | 1893 - Allen Dulles, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d. 1969) |
| | 1897 - Walter Winchell, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1972) |
| | 1915 - Billie Holiday, American singer (d. 1959) |
| | 1915 - Henry Kuttner, American writer (d. 1958) |
| | 1918 - Bobby Doerr, baseball player |
| | 1920 - Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar player |
| | 1922 - Mongo Santamaria, Cuban musician (d. 2003) |
| | 1927 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003) |
| | 1928 - James Garner, American actor |
| | 1928 - Alan J. Pakula, American producer and director (d. 1998) |
| | 1930 - Andrew Sachs, British actor |
| | 1931 - Donald Barthelme, American author |
| | 1933 - Wayne Rogers, American actor |
| | 1934 - Ian Richardson, British actor |
| | 1935 - Bobby Bare, American musician |
| | 1938 - Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter |
| | 1939 - Francis Ford Coppola, American film director |
| | 1939 - Sir David Frost, English broadcaster and television host |
| | 1944 - Julia Phillips, American film producer and writer (d. 2002) |
| | 1944 - Gerhard Schröder, Chancellor of Germany |
| | 1945 - Joël Robuchon, French chef |
| | 1945 - Magnús Þór Jónsson (Megas), Icelandic vocalist, songwriter and writer |
| | 1945 - Werner Schroeter, German film director |
| | 1946 - Colette Besson, French runner |
| | 1949 - John Oates, American musician (Hall and Oates) |
| | 1951 - Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1954 - Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor |
| | 1954 - Tony Dorsett, American football player |
| | 1955 - Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993) |
| | 1956 - Charles Carreon, American lawyer and author |
| | 1956 - Christopher Darden, American O.J. Simpson prosecuter |
| | 1957 - Kim Kap-su, South Korean actor |
| | 1961 - Pascal Olmeta, French footballer |
| | 1962 - Hugh O'Connor, American actor (d. 1995) |
| | 1962 - Alain Robert, French rock and urban climber |
| | 1964 - Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor |
| | 1965 - Bill Bellamy, American actor and comedian |
| | 1965 - Alison Lapper, British artist |
| | 1966 - Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player |
| | 1967 - Artemis Gounaki, Greek and German composer, writer and musicproducer |
| | 1969 - Ricky Watters, American football player |
| | 1971 - Guillaume Depardieu, French actor |
| | 1971 - Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress |
| | 1971 - Rob Steele, American author |
| | 1973 - Ève Salvail, Canadian model |
| | 1975 - Tiki Barber, American football player |
| | 1975 - Ronde Barber, American football player |
| | 1975 - Ronnie Belliard, baseball player |
| | 1977 - Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress |
| | 1979 - Tony Malone, British designer and activist |
| | 1979 - Adrián Beltré, Professional Baseball player |
| | 1986 - Choi Si Won, Korean singer/actor |
| | 1987 - Danny Almonte, Overage Little League player |