| | 612 - Constantine III, Byzantine Emperor (d. 641) |
| | 1415 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495) |
| | 1428 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495) |
| | 1446 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1503) |
| | 1469 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527) |
| | 1662 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1736) |
| | 1695 - Henri Pitot, Italian-born French engineer (d. 1771) |
| | 1713 - Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765) |
| | 1761 - August von Kotzebue, German dramatist (d. 1819) |
| | 1826 - Charles, Crown Prince of Sweden-Norway (d. 1872) |
| | 1835 - Alfred Austin, English poet (d. 1913) |
| | 1844 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, English theatrical impresario (d. 1901) |
| | 1849 - Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1929) |
| | 1857 - George Gore, baseball player (d. 1933) |
| | 1859 - Andy Adams, American author (d. 1935) |
| | 1860 - John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936) |
| | 1860 - Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician (d. 1940) |
| | 1861 - Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937) |
| | 1867 - J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (d. 1944) |
| | 1873 - Pavlo Skoropadsky, Ukrainian general (d. 1945) |
| | 1874 - François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (d. 1934) |
| | 1874 - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (d. 1954) |
| | 1877 - Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst (d. 1925) |
| | 1886 - Marcel Dupré, French composer (d. 1971) |
| | 1888 - Beulah Bondi, American actress (d. 1981) |
| | 1891 - Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet (d. 1969) |
| | 1892 - George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) |
| | 1893 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (d. 1975) |
| | 1895 - Cornelius Van Til, philosopher and Christian apologist (d. 1987) |
| | 1898 - Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1978) |
| | 1902 - Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) |
| | 1903 - Bing Crosby, American singer (d. 1977) |
| | 1905 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994) |
| | 1906 - Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (d. 1975) |
| | 1906 - Mary Astor, American actress (d. 1987) |
| | 1910 - Norman Corwin, American radio pioneer |
| | 1912 - Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980) |
| | 1913 - William Inge, American playwright (d. 1973) |
| | 1915 - Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer (d. 2003) |
| | 1916 - Léopold Simoneau, French Canadian tenor (d. 2006) |
| | 1919 - Betty Comden, American lyricist (d. 2006) |
| | 1919 - John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (d. 2004) |
| | 1919 - Pete Seeger, American singer |
| | 1921 - Joe Ames, American singer |
| | 1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989) |
| | 1923 - Ralph Hall, American politician |
| | 1928 - Dave Dudley, American singer (d. 2003) |
| | 1932 - Robert Osborne, American film historian |
| | 1933 - James Brown, American singer (d. 2006) |
| | 1933 - Steven Weinberg, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1934 - Georges Moustaki, French singer |
| | 1934 - Henry Cooper, English boxer |
| | 1935 - Ron Popeil, American inventor |
| | 1937 - Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons) |
| | 1938 - Chris Cannizzaro, baseball player |
| | 1940 - Clemens Westerhof, Dutch football manager |
| | 1941 - Edward "Monk" Malloy, American university president |
| | 1942 - Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast |
| | 1945 - Davey Lopes, baseball player and coach |
| | 1946 - Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player |
| | 1947 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000) |
| | 1950 - Howard Ashman, American lyricist (d. 1991) |
| | 1950 - Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer |
| | 1951 - Christopher Cross, American musician |
| | 1951 - Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian writer |
| | 1952 - Allan Wells, British athlete |
| | 1955 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer (d. 2004) |
| | 1959 - David Ball, British musician (Soft Cell) |
| | 1959 - Uma Bharati, Indian politician |
| | 1959 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author |
| | 1960 - Amy Steel, American actress |
| | 1961 - Joe Murray, cartoonist |
| | 1962 - Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder |
| | 1963 - Jamie Reeves, British strongman |
| | 1963 - Jeff Hornacek, basketball player |
| | 1965 - Rob Brydon, Welsh comedian |
| | 1966 - Darren Morgan, Welsh snooker player |
| | 1966 - Peter Abbay, American actor |
| | 1971 - Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva) |
| | 1972 - Celeste, American actress |
| | 1974 - Dulé Hill, American actor |
| | 1975 - Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist |
| | 1976 - Jeff Halpern, ice hockey player |
| | 1978 - Paul Banks, American vocalist (Interpol) |
| | 1980 - Zuzana Ondrášková, Czech tennis player |
| | 1981 - Farrah Franklin, American singer (Destiny's Child) |
| | 1983 - Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer |
| | 1984 - Nam Sang-mi, South Korean actress and model |