| | 1401 - Emperor Shoko of Japan (d. 1428) |
| | 1496 - Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) |
| | 1590 - Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) |
| | 1622 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) |
| | 1626 - Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary |
| | 1670 - Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) |
| | 1700 - Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (d. 1773) |
| | 1725 - Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, (d. 1785) |
| | 1767 - Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851) |
| | 1803 - Justus von Liebig, German chemist (d. 1873) |
| | 1806 - Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (d. 1881) |
| | 1812 - Edward Lear, English author and poet (d. 1888) |
| | 1820 - Florence Nightingale, English nurse (d. 1910) |
| | 1828 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet (d. 1882) |
| | 1842 - Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912) |
| | 1845 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer (d. 1924) |
| | 1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924) |
| | 1867 - Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (d. 1938) |
| | 1874 - Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician (d. 1928) |
| | 1880 - Lincoln Ellsworth, American scientist (d. 1951) |
| | 1889 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (d. 1980) |
| | 1892 - Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (d. 1970) |
| | 1895 - William Giauque, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982) |
| | 1899 - Indra Devi, yogi (d. 2002) |
| | 1900 - Helene Weigel, German actress (d. 1971) |
| | 1907 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003) |
| | 1910 - Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (d. 1996) |
| | 1910 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994) |
| | 1912 - Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (d. 2004) |
| | 1914 - Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet (d. 1993) |
| | 1914 - Howard K. Smith, American journalist (d. 2002) |
| | 1917 - Frank Clair, Canadian football coach |
| | 1918 - Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953) |
| | 1921 - Joseph Beuys, German artist (d. 1986) |
| | 1921 - Farley Mowat, Canadian writer and naturalist |
| | 1924 - Tony Hancock, British comedian (d. 1968) |
| | 1924 - Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician |
| | 1925 - Yogi Berra, baseball player |
| | 1928 - Burt Bacharach, American composer |
| | 1930 - Jesús Franco, Spanish film director |
| | 1933 - Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet |
| | 1935 - Felipe Alou, Dominican Major League Baseball manager |
| | 1936 - Frank Stella, American painter |
| | 1936 - Tom Snyder, American television personality |
| | 1937 - George Carlin, American comedian |
| | 1937 - Beryl Burton, English cyclist (d. 1996) |
| | 1939 - Ron Ziegler, White House Press Secretary (d. 2003) |
| | 1942 - Ian Dury, British musician (d. 2000) |
| | 1945 - Alan Ball, English footballer |
| | 1947 - Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician |
| | 1948 - Steve Winwood, English musician |
| | 1950 - Bruce Boxleitner, American actor |
| | 1950 - Billy Squier, American singer |
| | 1950 - Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor |
| | 1955 - Kix Brooks, American musician |
| | 1956 - Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player |
| | 1958 - Eric Singer, American drummer |
| | 1959 - Ving Rhames, American actor |
| | 1961 - Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor |
| | 1961 - Lar Park Lincoln, American actress |
| | 1961 - Billy Duffy, British rock guitarist |
| | 1962 - Emilio Estevez, American actor |
| | 1963 - Vanessa A. Williams, American actress |
| | 1963 - Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress |
| | 1963 - Jerry Trimble, American actor |
| | 1963 - Stefano Modena, Italian racing driver |
| | 1964 - Brett Gurewitz, American record producer |
| | 1966 - Stephen Baldwin, American actor |
| | 1966 - Bebel Gilberto, bossa nova artist |
| | 1967 - Paul D'Amour, ex-bassist of Tool |
| | 1968 - Tony Hawk, American skateboarder |
| | 1968 - Mark Clark, baseball player |
| | 1968 - Catherine Tate, British comedian |
| | 1969 - Kim Fields, American actress |
| | 1970 - Mike Weir, Canadian golfer |
| | 1970 - Jim Furyk, American golfer |
| | 1970 - Samantha Mathis, American actress |
| | 1973 - Shalom Harlow, Canadian supermodel |
| | 1975 - Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player |
| | 1977 - Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player |
| | 1977 - Doug Basham, professional wrestler |
| | 1977 - Rebecca Herbst, American actress |
| | 1978 - Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter |
| | 1978 - Jason Biggs, American actor |
| | 1981 - Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer |
| | 1984 - Cheryl Burke, Filipino-American ballroom dancer |
| | 1986 - Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress |
| | 1992 - Malcolm David Kelley, American actor |
| | 1995 - Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten, American actors |