| 1349 - Duke Albert III of Austria (d. 1395) |
| 1427 - Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (d. 1464) |
| 1466 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523) |
| 1558 - Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602) |
| 1585 - Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (d. 1642) |
| 1629 - Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1691) |
| 1700 - Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1780), Dutch admiral (d. 1691) |
| 1711 - Thomas Hutchinson, American politician (d. 1780) |
| 1731 - Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican writer (d. 1787) |
| 1737 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798) |
| 1754 - William Bligh, British naval officer (d. 1817) |
| 1755 - Benjamin Bourne, American politician (d. 1808) |
| 1828 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (d. 1910) |
| 1834 - Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English novelist (d. 1903) |
| 1853 - Fred Spofforth, Australian cricketer (d. 1926) |
| 1855 - Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-born oil exploration pioneer (d. 1921), Australian cricketer (d. 1926) |
| 1868 - Mary Hunter Austin, American writer (d. 1934) |
| 1873 - Max Reinhardt, German film director and actor (d. 1943) |
| 1877 - Frank Chance, American baseball player (d. 1924) |
| 1878 - Adelaide Crapsey, American poet (d. 1914) |
| 1882 - Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (d. 1962) |
| 1887 - Alf Landon, American politician (d. 1987) |
| 1890 - Harland Sanders, American fast-food entrepreneur (d. 1980) |
| 1892 - Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (d. 1961) |
| 1894 - Arthur Freed, American songwriter and film producer (d. 1973) |
| 1894 - Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (d. 1976) |
| 1898 - Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (d. 1973) |
| 1899 - Bruno E. Jacob, Founder of the National Forensics League (d. 1979) |
| 1899 - Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (d. 1984) |
| 1899 - Neil Hamilton, American actor (d. 1984) |
| 1900 - James Hilton, English novelist (d. 1954) |
| 1903 - Phyllis Whitney, American writer |
| 1904 - Feroze Khan, Pakistani field hockey player (d. 2005) |
| 1905 - Hussain Sha - Indian Saint, Philosopher ,Pithapuram |
| 1908 - Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist (d. 1950) |
| 1911 - John Gorton, Australian politician (d. 2002) |
| 1911 - Paul Goodman, American poet and writer (d. 1972) |
| 1917 - Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (d. 1942) |
| 1919 - Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, American bookmaker and sports commentator (d. 1996) |
| 1919 - Gottfried Dienst, German football referee |
| 1920 - Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (d. 1993) |
| 1920 - Robert Wood Johnson III, American philanthropist (d. 1970) |
| 1920 - Aldo Parisot, American cellist and teacher |
| 1922 - Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (d. 2000) |
| 1922 - Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1922 - Manolis Glezos, Greek politician and writer |
| 1923 - Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| 1924 - Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003) |
| 1924 - Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001) |
| 1925 - Cliff Robertson, American actor |
| 1926 - Yusuf al-Qaradawi, prominent Egypt Muslim cleric |
| 1927 - Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (d. 2004) |
| 1929 - Claude Nougaro, French singer (d. 2004) |
| 1930 - Frank Lucas, Drug Lord |
| 1932 - Sylvia Miles, American actress |
| 1935 - Chaim Topol, Israeli actor |
| 1935 - Gopal Baratham, Singaporean author |
| 1939 - Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican boxer |
| 1939 - Ron McDole, American football player |
| 1939 - Bruce Gray, Puerto Rican actor |
| 1941 - Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967) |
| 1941 - Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist |
| 1942 - Inez Foxx, American R&B singer |
| 1943 - Art LaFleur, American actor |
| 1945 - Dee Dee Sharp, American R&B singer |
| 1946 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2004) |
| 1946 - Doug Ingle, Vocalist |
| 1947 - David Rosenboom, American composer |
| 1949 - Joe Theismann, American football player and commentator |
| 1949 - Garry Maddox, American baseball player |
| 1949 - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician |
| 1951 - Alexander Downer, Australian politician |
| 1951 - Tom Wopat, American actor and singer |
| 1952 - David A. Stewart, English musician (Eurythmics) |
| 1952 - Angela Cartwright, actress |
| 1952 - Manuel Göttsching, German musician (Ash Ra Tempel) |
| 1954 - Jeffrey Combs, American actor |
| 1955 - John Kricfalusi, Canadian animator |
| 1957 - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist |
| 1957 - Gabriele Tredozi, Italian engineer |
| 1959 - Eric Serra, French composer |
| 1960 - Bob Stoops, American football coach |
| 1960 - Mario Batali, American chef and restaurateur |
| 1960 - Hugh Grant, English actor |
| 1963 - Roberto Donadoni, Italian football player and manager |
| 1965 - Dan Majerle, American basketball player |
| 1966 - Georg Hackl, German luger |
| 1966 - Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian |
| 1967 - Chris Caffery, American guitarist and singer |
| 1967 - B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player |
| 1967 - Anna Malle, American porn star (d. 2006) |
| 1967 - Akshay Kumar, Indian Actor |
| 1968 - Francois Botha, South African boxer |
| 1968 - Jon Drummond, American former sprinter |
| 1968 - Julia Sawalha, English actress |
| 1968 - Clive Mendonca, English Footballer |
| 1969 - Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress |
| 1969 - Constance Marie, American actress |
| 1970 - Natalia Streignard, Venezuelan actress |
| 1971 - Henry Thomas, American actor and musician |
| 1972 - Félix Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player |
| 1972 - Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor |
| 1972 - Natasha Kaplinsky, British newsreader |
| 1972 - Mike Hampton, American baseball player |
| 1972 - James Farmer, American educator and artist |
| 1973 - Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player |
| 1974 - Ana Carolina, Brazilian singer, composer and musician |
| 1974 - Shane Crawford, Australian rules footballer |
| 1974 - Mathias Färm, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin) |
| 1974 - Vikram Batra, Officer of the Indian Army |
| 1975 - Michael Bublé, Canadian singer and actor |
| 1976 - Juan A. Baptista, Venezuelan actor |
| 1976 - Emma de Caunes, French film actress |
| 1976 - Chace Ambrose, American actor and writer |
| 1976 - Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian musician (Ulver, ex-Borknagar) |
| 1976 - Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer |
| 1977 - Soulja Slim, American rapper (d. 2003) |
| 1977 - Chae Jung-an, South Korean actress and singer |
| 1977 - Kyle Snyder, Major League Baseball pitcher |
| 1978 - Mariano Puerta, Argentine tennis player |
| 1978 - Shane Battier, American basketball player |
| 1978 - Kurt Ainsworth, Major League Baseball pitcher |
| 1979 - Nikki DeLoach, American actress and singer |
| 1980 - Todd Coffey, American baseball player |
| 1980 - Michelle Williams, American actress |
| 1981 - Julie Gonzalo, Argentinian actress |
| 1982 - Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer and songwriter |
| 1983 - Cleveland Taylor, International footballer |
| 1983 - Sam Hollenbach, National Football League quarterback |
| 1983 - Edwin Jackson, Major League Baseball pitcher |
| 1983 - Kyle Davies, American baseball player |
| 1984 - James Hildreth, English Cricketer |
| 1985 - J.R. Smith, American basketball player |
| 1985 - Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer |
| 1986 - Justice Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer |
| 1986 - Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player |
| 1986 - Michael Bowden, American baseball player |
| 1987 - Alexandre Song, Cameroonian footballer |
| 1990 - Melody Klaver, Dutch actress |
| 2000 - Victoria Federica de Marichalar y de Borbón, granddaughter of king Juan Carlos I of Spain |
| 214 - Aurelian, Roman Emperor (d. 275) |
| 384 - Flavius Honorius, Roman Emperor (d. 423) |