| | 1471 - Albrecht Dürer, German painter (d. 1528) |
| | 1527 - King Philip II of Spain (d. 1598) |
| | 1664 - Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal (d. 1754) |
| | 1688 - Alexander Pope, English poet (d. 1744) |
| | 1755 - Alfred Moore, American judge (d. 1810) |
| | 1763 - Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) |
| | 1780 - Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer (d. 1845) |
| | 1792 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (d. 1843) |
| | 1835 - František Chvostek, Moravian physician (d. 1884) |
| | 1843 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, |
| | 1844 - Henri Rousseau, French artist (d. 1910) |
| | 1850 - Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (d. 1914) |
| | 1851 - Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, Nobel laureate (d. 1925) |
| | 1853 - Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (d. 1905) |
| | 1860 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch inventor, Nobel laureate (d. 1927) |
| | 1863 - Archduke Eugen of Austria, Austrian field marshal (d. 1954) |
| | 1873 - Hans Berger, German neuroscientist (d. 1941) |
| | 1880 - Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (d. 1967) |
| | 1898 - Armand Hammer, American physician (d. 1990) |
| | 1901 - Horace Heidt, American band leader (d. 1986) |
| | 1901 - Sam Jaffe, American film producer (d. 2000) |
| | 1902 - Earl Averill, baseball player (d. 1983) |
| | 1902 - Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981) |
| | 1903 - Manly Wade Wellman, American author (d. 1986) |
| | 1904 - Robert Montgomery, American actor (d. 1981) |
| | 1904 - Fats Waller, American pianist (d. 1943) |
| | 1912 - Monty Stratton, baseball player (d. 1982) |
| | 1916 - Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (d. 2002) |
| | 1916 - Harold Robbins, American novelist (d. 1997) |
| | 1917 - Raymond Burr, American actor (d. 1993) |
| | 1920 - Anthony Steel, British actor (d. 2001) |
| | 1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist (d. 1989) |
| | 1923 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (d. 2003) |
| | 1923 - Ara Parseghian, American football coach |
| | 1924 - Peggy Cass, American actress (d. 1999) |
| | 1926 - Robert Creeley, American poet (d. 2005) |
| | 1928 - Tom Donahue, American FM disc jockey |
| | 1930 - Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia |
| | 1933 - Maurice André, French trumpeter |
| | 1934 - Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1936 - Günter Blobel, German biologist, Nobel laureate |
| | 1939 - Heinz Holliger, Swiss musician |
| | 1941 - Martin Carthy, English musician |
| | 1941 - Ronald Isley, American singer (The Isley Brothers) |
| | 1943 - Hilton Valentine, British guitarist (The Animals) |
| | 1944 - Mary Robinson, President of Ireland |
| | 1944 - Marcie Blane, American singer |
| | 1945 - Ernst Messerschmid, German astronaut |
| | 1947 - Jonathan Hyde, Australian-born actor |
| | 1948 - Leo Sayer, English musician |
| | 1951 - Al Franken, American comedian |
| | 1952 - Mr. T, (Birth Name Laurence Tureaud) American actor |
| | 1955 - Paul Barber, British field hockey player |
| | 1955 - Stan Lynch, American drummer |
| | 1957 - Judge Reinhold, American actor |
| | 1957 - Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress |
| | 1959 - Nick Cassavetes, American actor |
| | 1960 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994) |
| | 1963 - Richard Appel, American writer |
| | 1964 - Danny Bailey, English footballer |
| | 1964 - Danny Lee Clark, American football player |
| | 1967 - Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler |
| | 1967 - Lisa Edelstein, American actress |
| | 1968 - Matthias Ungemach, German rower |
| | 1969 - Masayo Kurata, Japanese voice actress |
| | 1970 - Carl Veart, Australian soccer player |
| | 1972 - The Notorious B.I.G., American musician (d. 1997) |
| | 1972 - Alesha Oreskovich, American model |
| | 1973 - Noel Fielding, British Comedian |
| | 1974 - Fairuza Balk, American Actress |
| | 1974 - Havoc, American rapper (Mobb Deep) |
| | 1975 - Lee Gaze, Welsh Guitarist |
| | 1977 - Quinton Fortune, South African footballer |
| | 1977 - Ricky Williams, American football player |
| | 1978 - Briana Banks, German-American adult film star |
| | 1979 - Damian Ariel Álvarez, Argentinian footballer |
| | 1979 - Jesse Capelli, Canadian pornographic actress |
| | 1980 - Chris Raab, American actor |
| | 1981 - Belladonna, American pornographic actress |
| | 1981 - Max, German singer |
| | 1984 - Bria Myles, American model |
| | 1985 - Kano, British rapper |
| | 1985 - Mutya Buena, British singer (ex-Sugababes) |
| | 1987 - Ashlie Brillault, American actress |
| | 1990 - Tim Smith, American model |
| | 1992 - Olivia Olson, American singer and actress |