| | 1010 - Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) |
| | 1423 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461) |
| | 1623 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686) |
| | 1672 (O.S.) - Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia (d. 1725) |
| | 1718 - Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician (d. 1793) |
| | 1719 - Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806) |
| | 1757 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1844) |
| | 1814 - Mikhail Bakunin, Russian anarchist (d. 1876) |
| | 1814 - Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian mathematician (d. 1894) |
| | 1858 - Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941) |
| | 1875 - Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher (d. 1944) |
| | 1878 - Mike Donlin, baseball player (d. 1933) |
| | 1879 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917) |
| | 1881 - Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (d. 1968) |
| | 1882 - Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish runner (d. 1915) |
| | 1886 - Randolph Bourne, American writer (d. 1918) |
| | 1895 - Maurice Tate, English cricketer (d. 1956) |
| | 1896 - Howard Hawks, American film director (d. 1977) |
| | 1899 - Irving Thalberg, American film producer (d. 1936) |
| | 1901 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, American writer and actress (d. 1979) |
| | 1902 - Stepin Fetchit, American dancer and actor (d. 1985) |
| | 1906 - Bruno Gröning, German faith healer (d. 1959) |
| | 1907 - Elly Beinhorn, German pilot |
| | 1908 - Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) |
| | 1908 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor (d. 1989) |
| | 1909 - Benny Goodman, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 1986) |
| | 1910 - Inge Meysel, German actress (d. 2004) |
| | 1912 - Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| | 1912 - Erich Bagge, German physicist |
| | 1912 - Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (d. 1980) |
| | 1918 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000) |
| | 1920 - Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (d. 1978) |
| | 1920 - Franklin Schaffner, American film director (d. 1989) |
| | 1922 - Hal Clement, American writer (d. 2003) |
| | 1926 - Christine Jorgensen,(born George William Jorgensen, Jr.), American activist (d. 1989) |
| | 1927 - Clint Walker, American actor |
| | 1928 - Agnès Varda, French director |
| | 1934 - Aleksei Leonov, Russian cosmonaut |
| | 1936 - Keir Dullea, American actor |
| | 1939 - Michael J. Pollard, American actor |
| | 1943 - James Chaney, American civil rights activist (d. 1964) |
| | 1943 - Gale Sayers, American football player |
| | 1944 - Meredith MacRae, American actress (d. 2000) |
| | 1947 - Vashti Murphy McKenzie, African Methodist Episcopal Church bishop |
| | 1950 - Bertrand Delanoë, French politician |
| | 1951 - Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor |
| | 1951 - Zdravko Čolić, Bosnian singer |
| | 1953 - Colm Meaney, Irish actor |
| | 1955 - Topper Headon, British musician (The Clash) |
| | 1958 - Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer and songwriter (Roxette) |
| | 1961 - Harry Enfield, British comedian |
| | 1962 - Kevin Eastman American Comic Book Creator |
| | 1964 - Wynonna Judd, American singer |
| | 1964 - Tom Morello, American guitarist (Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine) |
| | 1964 - Andrea Montermini, Italian racing driver |
| | 1966 - Stephen Malkmus, American musician (Pavement) |
| | 1970 - Flora Chan, Hong Kong television actress |
| | 1970 - Ness Wadia , Indian Industrialist |
| | 1971 - Idina Menzel, American actress and singer |
| | 1972 - Manny Ramirez, Dominican Major League Baseball player |
| | 1973 - Leigh Francis, British comedian |
| | 1974 - Cee-Lo, American musician |
| | 1974 - Big L, American rap artist |
| | 1974 - Shin Ha-kyun, South Korean actor |
| | 1976 - Radoslav Nesterovič, Slovenian basketball player |
| | 1977 - Rachael Stirling, British actress |
| | 1977 - Fabrice Akwa, Angolan footballer |
| | 1979 - Rie Kugimiya, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress) |
| | 1980 - Steven Gerrard, English footballer |
| | 1981 - Devendra Banhart, American singer and songwriter |
| | 1981 - Gianmaria Bruni, Italian racing driver |