| | 1397 - John II of Aragon (d. 1479) |
| | 1517 - Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician (d. 1585) |
| | 1596 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680) |
| | 1798 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837) |
| | 1803 - John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868) |
| | 1849 - John Hunn, American businessman (d. 1926) |
| | 1858 - George Goethals, American army engineer (d. 1928) |
| | 1861 - William Mayo, founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939) |
| | 1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, supercentenarian (disputed) (d. 1986) |
| | 1866 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1934) |
| | 1868 - George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938) |
| | 1880 - Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944) |
| | 1881 - Harry Frazee, Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923 (d. 1929) |
| | 1886 - Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963) |
| | 1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944) |
| | 1901 - Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967) |
| | 1903 - Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (d. 1942) |
| | 1906 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (d. 1945) |
| | 1908 - Leroy Anderson, American composer (d. 1975) |
| | 1910 - Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969) |
| | 1911 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004) |
| | 1911 - Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975) |
| | 1912 - John Toland, American historian (d. 2004) |
| | 1914 - Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor (d. 1996) |
| | 1915 - Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005) |
| | 1919 - Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983) |
| | 1920 - Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker |
| | 1922 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (d. 1991) |
| | 1924 - Flo Sandon's, Italian singer |
| | 1924 - Ezra Laderman, American composer |
| | 1925 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician |
| | 1925 - Cara Williams, American actress |
| | 1926 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006) |
| | 1928 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999) |
| | 1929 - Pat Crawford Brown, American actress |
| | 1929 - Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author |
| | 1930 - Viola Léger, Acadian-Canadian actress |
| | 1932 - Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British Law Lord |
| | 1933 - Bob Shaw, baseball player |
| | 1933 - John Bradshaw, American theologian |
| | 1936 - Harmon Killebrew, baseball player |
| | 1939 - Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer |
| | 1939 - Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial arts actor (d. 2002) |
| | 1941 - Stokely Carmichael, Black Panther member (d. 1998) |
| | 1943 - Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003) |
| | 1944 - Gary Busey, American actor |
| | 1944 - Sean O'Malley, current Archbishop of Boston |
| | 1945 - Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka |
| | 1946 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004) |
| | 1946 - Ernesto Pérez Balladares, President of Panama from 1994 to 1999 |
| | 1947 - Richard Lewis, American Comedian |
| | 1948 - Ian Paice, drummer (Deep Purple) |
| | 1949 - Joan Clos i Matheu, current mayor of Barcelona |
| | 1949 - Ann Veneman, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture |
| | 1952 - Joe Johnson, English snooker player |
| | 1953 - Colin Hay, guitarist and singer |
| | 1954 - Rick Honeycutt, baseball player |
| | 1955 - Charles J. Precourt, Deputy Manager, International Space Station Program |
| | 1956 - Pedro Santana Lopes, Prime Minister of Portugal |
| | 1956 - Pedro Guerrero, baseball player |
| | 1958 - Rosa Mota, Portuguese athlete |
| | 1960 - Evelyn King, American singer |
| | 1961 - Kimberlin Brown Actress |
| | 1961 - Greg Hetson, American punk-rock guitarist |
| | 1962 - Amanda Donohoe, British actress |
| | 1963 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist |
| | 1963 - Khalid El-Masri, German mistaken for a suspected terrorist |
| | 1964 - Stedman Pearson, British singer |
| | 1965 - Tripp Eisen, American musician |
| | 1967 - Jeff Burton, auto racer |
| | 1968 - Theoren Fleury, Canadian hockey player |
| | 1969 - Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor |
| | 1971 - Kaitlyn Ashley, American adult actress |
| | 1971 - Matthew Good, Canadian musician |
| | 1971 - Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player |
| | 1972 - Samantha Smith, American actress (d. 1985) |
| | 1977 - Oleg Korenfeld, poet |
| | 1978 - Sam Farrar, American bassist |
| | 1978 - Nicole Scherzinger, American singer, dancer, actress |
| | 1979 - Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer |
| | 1979 - Andrew O'Brien, Irish footballer |
| | 1980 - Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano |
| | 1980 - Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver |
| | 1981 - Joe Johnson, American basketball player |
| | 1983 - Aundrea Fimbres, American singer (Danity Kane) |
| | 1984 - Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model |
| | 1987 - Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor |