| | 1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance Roman Catholic polymath (d. 1519) |
| | 1489 - Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) |
| | 1552 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) |
| | 1580 - George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English colonizer |
| | 1588 - Claudius Salmasius, French classical scholar (d. 1653) |
| | 1641 - Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) |
| | 1642 - Suleiman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1691) |
| | 1646 - King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) |
| | 1651 - Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician |
| | 1684 - Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727) |
| | 1688 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, German composer (d. 1758) |
| | 1707 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (d. 1783) |
| | 1710 - William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790) |
| | 1721 - Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (d. 1765) |
| | 1772 - Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844) |
| | 1793 - Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer (d. 1864) |
| | 1794 - Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist (d. 1867) |
| | 1800 - James Clark Ross, English explorer (d. 1862) |
| | 1809 - Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician (d. 1877) |
| | 1832 - Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908) |
| | 1843 - Henry James, American author (d. 1916) |
| | 1858 - Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (d. 1917) |
| | 1861 - Bliss Carman, Canadian poet (d. 1929) |
| | 1874 - Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1957) |
| | 1878 - Robert Walser, Swiss writer (d. 1956) |
| | 1879 - Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer (d. 1980) |
| | 1883 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967) |
| | 1885 - Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general |
| | 1886 - Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (d. 1921) |
| | 1888 - Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (d. 1904) |
| | 1889 - Thomas Hart Benton, American muralist (d. 1975) |
| | 1889 - A. Philip Randolph, American activist (d. 1979) |
| | 1892 - Corrie ten Boom, Holocaust survivor (d. 1983) |
| | 1894 - Bessie Smith, American blues singer (d. 1937) |
| | 1895 - Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards player (d. 1980) |
| | 1896 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986) |
| | 1901 - Joe Davis, English snooker player (d. 1978) |
| | 1902 - Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002) |
| | 1907 - Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ornithologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988) |
| | 1912 - Kim Il-sung, President of North Korea (d. 1994) |
| | 1916 - Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (d. 1982) |
| | 1917 - Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982) |
| | 1920 - Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany |
| | 1921 - Georgi Beregovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1995) |
| | 1922 - Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor |
| | 1922 - Harold Washington, American politician (d. 1987) |
| | 1924 - Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor |
| | 1927 - Robert Mills, American physicist (d. 1999) |
| | 1930 - Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland |
| | 1933 - Roy Clark, American musician |
| | 1933 - Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (d. 1995) |
| | 1933 - Boris Strugatsky, Russian author |
| | 1936 - Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist |
| | 1938 - Hso Khan Pha, Burmese politician |
| | 1939 - Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-born actress |
| | 1940 - Jeffrey Archer, British author |
| | 1940 - Robert Walker Jr., American actor |
| | 1940 - Willie Davis, American baseball player |
| | 1942 - Francis X. DiLorenzo, American Catholic prelate |
| | 1942 - Walt Hazzard, American baketball player |
| | 1942 - Kenneth Lay, American businessman (d. 2006) |
| | 1944 - Dzhokhar Dudaev, Chechen leader (d. 1996) |
| | 1944 - Dave Edmunds, Welsh musician |
| | 1947 - Lois Chiles, American actress |
| | 1947 - Mike Chapman, British songwriter |
| | 1948 - Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003) |
| | 1949 - Tonio K, American singer |
| | 1949 - Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer |
| | 1950 - Amy Wright, American actress |
| | 1951 - Heloise, American newspaper columnist |
| | 1954 - Seka, American pornographic actress |
| | 1955 - Dodi Al-Fayed, Egyptian businessman (d. 1997) |
| | 1957 - Evelyn Ashford, American athlete |
| | 1958 - Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer |
| | 1959 - Emma Thompson, English actress |
| | 1959 - Thomas F. Wilson, American actor |
| | 1960 - Tony Jones (snooker), English snooker player |
| | 1960 - Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist |
| | 1962 - Nawal El Moutawakel, Morrocan hurdler |
| | 1963 - Bobby Pepper, American journalist |
| | 1965 - Linda Perry, American musician |
| | 1966 - Samantha Fox, English singer |
| | 1967 - Frankie Poullain, British musician (The Darkness) |
| | 1967 - Dara Torres, American swimmer |
| | 1967 - Alt, Brazilian comic creator |
| | 1968 - Ed O'Brien, British musician (Radiohead) |
| | 1968 - Stacey Williams, American model |
| | 1969 - Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player |
| | 1969 - Milton Bradley, American baseball player |
| | 1970 - Flex Alexander, American actor |
| | 1972 - Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer |
| | 1974 - Danny Pino, American actor |
| | 1974 - Josh Todd, American musician (Buckcherry) |
| | 1975 - Paul Dana, American race car driver (d. 2006) |
| | 1976 - Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1977 - Chandra Levy, American Congressional intern (d. 2001) |
| | 1978 - Austin Aries, American wrestler |
| | 1980 - Raúl López, Spanish basketball player |
| | 1980 - Victor Núñez, Costa Rican footballer |
| | 1980 - Fränk Schleck, Luxembourgish cyclist |
| | 1981 - Andrés d'Alessandro, Argentine football player |
| | 1981 - Seth Wulsin, American artist |
| | 1983 - Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian hockey player |
| | 1984 - Rodney Carney, NBA Athlete |
| | 1984 - Cam Janssen, American NHL hockey player |
| | 1986 - Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Dutch footballer |
| | 1990 - Emma Watson, English actress |
| | 1992 - Amy Diamond, Swedish singer |