| 1524 - Luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580) |
| 1575 - Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1629) |
| 1620 - Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667) |
| 1646 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. 1699) |
| 1677 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) |
| 1688 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (d. 1763) |
| 1725 - Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804) |
| 1746 - Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero (d. 1817) |
| 1778 - A. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841) |
| 1799 - Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (d. 1854) |
| 1808 - Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856) |
| 1831 - Oliver Ames, 35th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895) |
| 1841 - Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926) |
| 1846 - Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (d. 1915) |
| 1848 - Jean Aicard, French poet (d. 1921) |
| 1849 - Jean Richepin, French poet (d. 1926) |
| 1859 - Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya (d. 1881) |
| 1871 - Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st Reichspräsident of the Weimar Republic (d. 1925) |
| 1872 - Gotse Delchev, a great Macedonian revolutionary, (d. 1903) |
| 1873 - Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (d. 1905) |
| 1875 - Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (d. 1953) |
| 1881 - Fernand Léger, French painter (d. 1955) |
| 1891 - Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, Speaker of Lok Sabha (d: 1978). |
| 1892 - Andreu Nin, Catalan politician (d. 1937) |
| 1892 - E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet (d. 1964) |
| 1895 - Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953) |
| 1896 - Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (d. 1938) |
| 1896 - Friedrich Hund, German physicist (d. 1997) |
| 1897 - Ludwig Erhard, 2nd Bundeskanzler of Germany (d. 1977) |
| 1900 - Jacques Prévert, French poet and lyricist (d. 1977) |
| 1901 - Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (d. 1987) |
| 1902 - Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (d. 1974) |
| 1902 - Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician (d. 2003) |
| 1904 - MacKinlay Kantor, American writer (d. 1977) |
| 1905 - Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (d. 1986) |
| 1906 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (d. 1945) |
| 1906 - Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (d. 1997) |
| 1908 - Julian Bell, British poet (d. 1937) |
| 1912 - Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian politician (d. 1999) |
| 1912 - Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (d. 1993) |
| 1912 - Byron Nelson, American golfer (d. 2006) |
| 1912 - Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, archbishop of Quebec (d. 2006) |
| 1913 - Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) |
| 1914 - Alfred Andersch, German writer (d. 1980) |
| 1915 - Ray Evans, American songwriter with Jay Livingston (d. 2007) |
| 1915 - William Talman, American actor (d. 1968) |
| 1915 - Norman Wisdom, English actor and comedian |
| 1916 - Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha, 41st master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi Sufi Order (d. 1980) |
| 1917 - Yahya Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1980) |
| 1918 - Janet Waldo, American actress |
| 1918 - Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher (d. 1991) |
| 1918 - Ida Lupino, English film actress and director (d. 1995) |
| 1921 - Betty Friedan, American feminist (d. 2006) |
| 1922 - Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian Classical Singer |
| 1923 - Conrad Bain, Canadian-born actor |
| 1925 - Russell Hoban, American writer |
| 1929 - Jerry Adler, American actor |
| 1931 - Isabel MartÃnez de Perón, third wife of Argentine president Juan Perón |
| 1935 - Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (d. 1989) |
| 1936 - Gary Conway, American actor |
| 1936 - David Brenner, American comedian |
| 1937 - David Newman, American filmmaker (d. 2003) |
| 1940 - George Romero, American director, screenwriter and producer |
| 1940 - John Schuck, American actor |
| 1941 - John Steel, British musician (The Animals) |
| 1943 - Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese president of the regional government of Madeira |
| 1943 - Ken Thompson, American computer scientist |
| 1944 - Florence LaRue, American singer (The Fifth Dimension) |
| 1947 - Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States |
| 1948 - Alice Cooper, American musician |
| 1949 - Michael Beck, American actor |
| 1950 - Pamela Franklin, British actress |
| 1951 - Patrick Bergin, Irish actor |
| 1951 - Phil Ehart, American musician (Kansas) |
| 1951 - Dariush Eghbali, Iranian singer and musician |
| 1951 - Stan Papi, American baseball player |
| 1952 - Li Yinhe, Chinese sexologist |
| 1952 - Jerry Shirley, drummer of rock band Humble Pie. |
| 1952 - Lisa Eichhorn, American actress |
| 1953 - Kitaro, Japanese composer |
| 1955 - Mikuláš Dzurinda, Slovak Prime minister |
| 1957 - Don Davis, American composer |
| 1957 - Evan Wolfson, American attorney and activist |
| 1958 - Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer |
| 1959 - Lawrence Taylor, American football player. |
| 1959 - Pamelyn Ferdin, American actress |
| 1960 - Tim Booth, British singer (James) |
| 1960 - Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish author (d. 2007) |
| 1960 - Jenette Goldstein, American actress |
| 1960 - Jonathan Larson, American composer (d. 1996) |
| 1961 - Stewart O'Nan, American author |
| 1961 - Denis Savard, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1962 - Alfred Twardecki, Polish historian |
| 1962 - Michael Riley, Canadian actor |
| 1962 - Clint Black, American musician |
| 1963 - Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss skier |
| 1964 - Noodles, American guitarist (The Offspring) |
| 1965 - Jerome Brown, American football player (d. 1992) |
| 1966 - Viatcheslav Ekimov, Russian cyclist |
| 1966 - Kyoko Koizumi, Japanese actress and singer |
| 1967 - Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995) |
| 1968 - Marko Matvere, Estonian actor |
| 1969 - Duncan Coutts, Canadian bassist (Our Lady Peace) |
| 1969 - Dallas Drake, ice hockey player |
| 1969 - Brandy Ledford, American actress and model |
| 1970 - Gabrielle Anwar, English actress |
| 1971 - Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian |
| 1971 - Michael A. Goorjian, American actor |
| 1972 - Giovanni Silva De Oliveira, Brazilian footballer |
| 1973 - Oscar de la Hoya, Mexican-born boxer |
| 1974 - Mijntje Donners, Dutch hockey international |
| 1974 - Eric Townsend, American musician and record producer |
| 1975 - Natalie Imbruglia, Australian musician and actress |
| 1975 - Konstantinos Nebegleras, Greek footballer |
| 1976 - Cam'ron, American rapper |
| 1977 - Gavin DeGraw, American musician |
| 1978 - Danna Garcia, Colombian actress |
| 1979 - Giorgio Pantano, Italian racing car driver |
| 1979 - Andrei Arlovski, Russian mixed martial artist |
| 1981 - Ben Hendrickson, American baseball player |
| 1981 - Jason Kapono, America professional basketball player |
| 1981 - Tom Mastny, Indonesian baseball player |
| 1981 - Johan Van Summeren, Belgian cyclist |
| 1982 - Chris Sabin, American professional wrestler |
| 1982 - Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist |
| 1982 - Kimberly Wyatt, American singer and dancer (Pussycat Dolls) |
| 1984 - Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer |
| 1985 - Bug Hall, American actor |
| 1986 - Mohammad Mahmudullah, Bangladeshi cricketer |
| 1987 - Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player |
| 1988 - Eoin McDowell, Irish rugby player |
| 1988 - Alexandros Pagalis, Greek footballer |
| 1988 - Carly Patterson, American gymnast |
| 1990 - Haruka Tomatsu, Japanese Seiyū |