| | 1052 - King Philip I of France (d. 1108) |
| | 1100 - Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) |
| | 1606 - Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) |
| | 1617 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692) |
| | 1707 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) |
| | 1718 - William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (d.1783) |
| | 1729 - Giuseppe Parini, Italian writer (d. 1799) |
| | 1734 - Franz Anton Mesmer, Austrian physician/hypnotist (d.1815) |
| | 1790 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) |
| | 1795 - Charles Barry , English architect (d. 1860) |
| | 1810 - Margaret Fuller, American journalist and feminist (d. 1850) |
| | 1820 - James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (d. 1887) |
| | 1824 - Ambrose Burnside, American Civil War general (d. 1881) |
| | 1834 - Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) |
| | 1844 - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Successor to Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1921) |
| | 1848 - Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (d. 1896) |
| | 1865 - Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian president (d.1942) |
| | 1875 - Alfred P. Sloan, American long-time president and chairman of General Motors (d. 1966) |
| | 1879 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966) |
| | 1883 - Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (d. 1939) |
| | 1884 - Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist (d. 1965) |
| | 1887 - Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1963) |
| | 1888 - Zack Wheat, baseball player (d. 1972) |
| | 1889 - Ernst Niekisch, German politician (d. 1967) |
| | 1890 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (d. 1966) |
| | 1891 - Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974) |
| | 1893 - Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1977) |
| | 1898 - Scott O'Dell, American author (d. 1989) |
| | 1900 - Hans Frank, German Nazi war criminal (d. 1946) |
| | 1908 - John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) |
| | 1910 - Margaret Wise Brown, American author (d. 1952) |
| | 1910 - Sir Hugh Casson, British architect and painter (d. 1999) |
| | 1910 - Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. 1986) |
| | 1910 - Artie Shaw, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 2004) |
| | 1912 - Jean Françaix, French composer (d. 1997) |
| | 1912 - John Payne, American actor (d. 1989) |
| | 1917 - Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist |
| | 1918 - Denis Compton, English cricketer (d. 1997) |
| | 1919 - Betty Garrett, American actress and dancer |
| | 1920 - Helen O'Connell, American singer (d. 1993) |
| | 1921 - James Blish, American author (d. 1975) |
| | 1921 - Humphrey Lyttelton, British musician |
| | 1923 - Kalidas Shrestha, Nepali Artist |
| | 1923 - Walter Wolfrum, German fighter pilot |
| | 1925 - Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| | 1925 - Mac Wiseman, American musician. |
| | 1928 - Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (d. 2002) |
| | 1928 - Nigel Davenport , English actor |
| | 1928 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (d. 1998) |
| | 1931 - Barbara Barrie, American actress |
| | 1933 - Joan Collins, English actress |
| | 1934 - Robert Moog, American inventor (d. 2005) |
| | 1936 - Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer |
| | 1936 - Charles Kimbrough, American actor |
| | 1938 - Peter Preston, British journalist and author |
| | 1939 - Reinhard Hauff, German film director |
| | 1939 - Michel Colombier, French composer and songwriter (d. 2004) |
| | 1944 - John Newcombe, Australian tennis player |
| | 1945 - Padmarajan, Indian film director (d. 1991) |
| | 1946 - Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor |
| | 1947 - Bernard Comrie, English linguist |
| | 1948 - Reggie Cleveland, baseball player |
| | 1951 - Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player |
| | 1952 - Anne-Marie David, French singer |
| | 1952 - Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer |
| | 1955 - Luka Bloom, Irish Singer/Songwriter |
| | 1956 - Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician |
| | 1956 - Buck Showalter, baseball player and manager |
| | 1958 - Mitch Albom, American writer |
| | 1958 - Drew Carey, American actor and comedian |
| | 1962 - Karen Duffy, American actress |
| | 1963 - Wally Dallenbach Jr., American race car driver and announcer |
| | 1963 - Gregg "Opie" Hughes, American radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show) |
| | 1964 - Allan Kayser, American actor |
| | 1964 - Ruth Metzler-Arnold, member of the Swiss Federal Council |
| | 1967 - Phil Selway, English drummer (Radiohead) |
| | 1970 - Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of the Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin |
| | 1971 - Charmaine Sinclair, Playboy model |
| | 1972 - Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver |
| | 1974 - Ken Jennings, American game show contestant |
| | 1974 - Jewel, American singer |
| | 1974 - Monica Naranjo, Spanish singer |
| | 1975 - Kim Sung-soo, South Korean actor |
| | 1976 - Kelly Monaco, American soap opera, General Hospital, star |
| | 1976 - Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer |
| | 1977 - Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater |
| | 1978 - Scott Raynor, original drummer for San Diego Pop-punk trio Blink-182 |
| | 1982 - Malene Mortensen, Danish singer |
| | 1982 - Tristan Prettyman, American Musician |
| | 1983 - Patrick Martin, professional wrestler, more commonly known as Alex Shelley |
| | 1983 - Heidi Range, British singer (Sugababes) |
| | 1984 - Adam Wylie, American actor |