| | 1466 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539) |
| | 1511 - Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect and sculptor (d. 1592) |
| | 1517 - Emperor Ogimachi of Japan (d. 1593) |
| | 1552 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (d. 1637) |
| | 1667 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750) |
| | 1716 - Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (d. 1809) |
| | 1757 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (d. 1833) |
| | 1757 - Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831) |
| | 1812 - Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891) |
| | 1815 - Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881) |
| | 1824 - Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1769) |
| | 1839 - William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (d. 1920) |
| | 1845 - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1922) |
| | 1854 - E.W. Scripps, American journalist and publisher (d. 1926) |
| | 1868 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957) |
| | 1877 - James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (d. 1960) |
| | 1884 - Édouard Daladier, French politician (d. 1970) |
| | 1886 - Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978) |
| | 1895 - Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986) |
| | 1901 - Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918) |
| | 1903 - Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965) |
| | 1903 - Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923) |
| | 1904 - Keye Luke, Chinese-born actor (d. 1991) |
| | 1904 - Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003) |
| | 1907 - Frithjof Schuon, Swiss metaphysician, poet, and painter (d. 1998) |
| | 1908 - Bud Collyer, American game show host (d. 1969) |
| | 1908 - Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003) |
| | 1908 - Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (d. 1997) |
| | 1910 - E.G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998) |
| | 1910 - Ray McKinley, jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1995) |
| | 1913 - Sammy Cahn, American composer (d. 1993) |
| | 1913 - Sylvia Field Porter, American economist and journalist |
| | 1915 - Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004) |
| | 1916 - Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (d. 2005) |
| | 1917 - Richard Boone, American actor (d. 1981) |
| | 1917 - Arthur Tremblay, French Canadian politician (d. 1996) |
| | 1918 - Jerome Karle, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1918 - Franco Modigliani, Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) |
| | 1918 - Ajahn Chah, Buddhist meditation master |
| | 1920 - Ian Carmichael, English actor |
| | 1922 - Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004) |
| | 1924 - George Mikan, American basketball player (d. 2005) |
| | 1927 - Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995) |
| | 1928 - David T. Lykken, American scientist |
| | 1929 - Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher |
| | 1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002 |
| | 1932 - Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| | 1932 - Geoffrey Hill, English poet |
| | 1935 - Hugh McColl, American banker |
| | 1935 - John Spencer, English snooker player |
| | 1936 - Denny Hulme, 1967 Formula One World Champion (d. 1992) |
| | 1937 - Wray Carlton, American football player |
| | 1937 - John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Senator |
| | 1937 - Vitali Zholobov, cosmonaut |
| | 1938 - Kevin Murray, Australian footballer |
| | 1939 - Lou Brock, baseball player |
| | 1940 - Michael Sheard, British actor (d. 2005) |
| | 1942 - Roger Ebert, American film reviewer |
| | 1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, English singer and songwriter (The Beatles) |
| | 1942 - Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004) |
| | 1942 - Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa |
| | 1942 - Carl Radle, American bass guitarist |
| | 1943 - Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer |
| | 1946 - Fabio Capello, Italian football coach |
| | 1946 - Bruiser Brody, Professional wrestler (d. 1988) |
| | 1949 - Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator |
| | 1949 - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (d. 1999) |
| | 1949 - Lech Kaczyński, Polish president, 2005-present |
| | 1949 - Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish politician, twin brother of Lech Kaczyński |
| | 1950 - Jackie Leven aka Sir Vincent Lone Scottish singer and songwriter DXD |
| | 1952 - Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress |
| | 1952 - Carol Kane, American actress |
| | 1956 - Brian Benben, American actor |
| | 1961 - Andrés Galarraga, baseball player |
| | 1961 - Alison Moyet, English pop singer |
| | 1963 - Bruce Smith, American football player |
| | 1964 - Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader (d. 2003) |
| | 1966 - Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater |
| | 1969 - Pål Pot Pamparius, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro) |
| | 1969 - Vito LoGrasso, American professional wrestler |
| | 1971 - Nathan Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men) |
| | 1971 - Jason McAteer, England-born Irish footballer |
| | 1974 - Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer |
| | 1975 - Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1975 - Aleksandrs Koliņko, Latvian footballer |
| | 1975 - Marie Gillain, Belgian actress |
| | 1975 - Jemma Griffiths, Welsh singer-songwriter |
| | 1975 - Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer |
| | 1978 - Tara Platt, American actress/VO actress |
| | 1978 - Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player |
| | 1980 - Antonio Gates, American football player |
| | 1981 - Kim Jae Won, South Korean actor |
| | 1981 - Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987) |
| | 1982 - Sean Conant, Irish-American artist |
| | 1984 - Mateus, Angolan footballer |
| | 1989 - Renee Olstead, American singer and actress |
| | 1991 - Willa Holland, American actress |
| | 2006 - Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg |