| | 867 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (d. 931) |
| | 1210 - King Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279) |
| | 1546 - Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623) |
| | 1747 - Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) |
| | 1764 - Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812) |
| | 1813 - Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (d. 1855) |
| | 1818 - Karl Marx, German political philosopher (d. 1883) |
| | 1826 - Empress Eugenie of France, wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920) |
| | 1832 - H.H. Bancroft, American historian and publisher (d. 1918) |
| | 1833 - Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905) |
| | 1834 - Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873) |
| | 1846 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916) |
| | 1865 - Elizabeth Jane Cochran, American journalist and writer (d. 1922) |
| | 1866 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (d. 1938) |
| | 1869 - Hans Pfitzner, Russian-born composer (d. 1949) |
| | 1883 - Archibald Wavell, British general (d. 1950) |
| | 1887 - Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1972) |
| | 1890 - Christopher Morley, American writer (d. 1957) |
| | 1899 - Freeman Gosden, American radio comedian (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy) (d. 1982) |
| | 1901 - Blind Willie McTell, American singer (d. 1959) |
| | 1903 - James Beard, American chef and cookbook writer (d. 1985) |
| | 1908 - Kurt Böhme, German bass (d. 1989) |
| | 1914 - Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958) |
| | 1915 - Alice Faye, American actress (d. 1998) |
| | 1916 - Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994) |
| | 1921 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) |
| | 1923 - Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (d. 2003) |
| | 1926 - Ann B. Davis, American actress |
| | 1935 - Douglas Marland, American television writer (d. 1993) |
| | 1936 - Patrick Gowers, British composer |
| | 1941 - Alexander Ragulin, Russian hockey player (d. 2004) |
| | 1942 - Marc Alaimo, American actor |
| | 1942 - Tammy Wynette, American musician (d. 1998) |
| | 1943 - Raphael, Spanish singer |
| | 1943 - Michael Palin, British writer, actor, and comedian |
| | 1944 - Roger Rees, Welsh actor |
| | 1944 - John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor |
| | 1948 - Bill Ward, British drummer (Black Sabbath) |
| | 1952 - Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (d. 2005) |
| | 1954 - Dave Spector, American television personality and commentator |
| | 1957 - Richard E. Grant, British actor |
| | 1958 - Ron Arad, Israeli aircraft navigator missing in action. |
| | 1959 - Ian McCulloch, English singer of Echo & the Bunnymen |
| | 1959 - Brian Phelps, American disk jockey and actor |
| | 1961 - Hiroshi Hase, Japanese professional wrestler and politician |
| | 1963 - James LaBrie, Canadian singer (Dream Theater) |
| | 1966 - Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth) |
| | 1967 - Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor) |
| | 1970 - Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality |
| | 1970 - Juan Acevedo, baseball player |
| | 1970 - Soheil Ayari, French racing driver |
| | 1971 - David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005) |
| | 1972 - Devin Townsend, Canadian musician (Strapping Young Lad) |
| | 1972 - James Cracknell, British rowing champion, double Olymipic gold medalist |
| | 1976 - Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentine footballer |
| | 1976 - Chad Patton, American wrestling referee |
| | 1978 - Santiago Cabrera, Chilean actor |
| | 1979 - Vincent Kartheiser, American actor |
| | 1979 - Bipasha Basu, Indian actress and supermodel |
| | 1981 - Craig David, British singer |
| | 1981 - Danielle Fishel, American actress |
| | 1981 - Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian supermodel |
| | 1981 - Chris Duncan, baseball player |
| | 1982 - Jay Bothroyd, English footballer |
| | 1983 - Henry Cavill, English actor |
| | 1983 - Scott Ware, American football player |
| | 1984 - Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire) |
| | 1985 - David Nugent, English footballer |
| | 1985 - P.J. Tucker, American basketball player |
| | 1987 - John Gotti Agnello, son of columnist and author Victoria Gotti and grandson of mobster John Gotti |
| | 1988 - Jessica Dubroff, American aviator (d. 1996) |
| | 1988 - Brooke Hogan, American singer |
| | 1988 - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer |
| | 1989 - Chris Brown, American singer |