1291 - Philippe de Vitry, French composer
1345 - King Fernando I of Portugal
1391 - King Duarte of Portugal
1424 - King Wladislaus III of Poland
1538 - Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian
1599 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer
1620 - John Evelyn, English diarist
1622 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist
1632 - (baptism) Johannes Vermeer, Flemish painter
1636 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
1692 - Comte de Caylus, French archaeologist
1705 - Pope Clement XIV
1711 - Laura Bassi, Italian scholar
1724 - Christopher Anstey, English writer
1737 - James Lovell, American educator
1795 - John Keats, British poet
1815 - Karl Weierstra?, German mathematician
1825 - Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal
1827 - Richard Morris Hunt, American educator
1831 - Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist
1835 - Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel laureate
1835 - Krišjānis Barons, Latvian writer
1838 - King Louis of Portugal
1848 - Boston Custer, brother of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
1851 - Lovisa of Sweden, queen of Denmark (d. 1926)
1860 - Juliette Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts (d. 1927)
1875 - Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (d. 1954)
1875 - Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950)
1879 - Sara Allgood, Irish actress (d. 1950)
1883 - Marie Laurencin, French painter (d. 1956)
1887 - Chiang Kai-shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, former Republic of China president (d. 1975)
1887 - Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1970)
1888 - Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (d. 1944)
1892 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (d. 1946)
1895 - Basil Liddell Hart, British military historian (d. 1970)
1896 - Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)
1902 - Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1950)
1912 - Dale Evans, American singer and actress (d. 2001)
1912 - Ollie Johnston, American animator
1914 - Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (d. 1988)
1914 - John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer (d. 1995)
1916 - Carl Johan Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden
1917 - Thomas Hill, Canadian actor
1918 - Ian Stevenson, American parapsychologist (d. 2007)
1919 ?? Magnus Wenninger, American priest, author of Polyhedron models
1920 - Dick Francis, Welsh novelist
1920 - Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (d. 1957)
1920 - Helmut Newton, German photographer (d. 2004)
1920 - Fritz Walter, German footballer (d. 2002)
1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (d. 2005)
1922 - Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist (d. 2004)
1922 - King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia
1925 - John Pople, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1926 - Jimmy Savile, English entertainer
1927 - Lee Grant, American actress
1928 - Cleo Moore, American actress (d. 1973)
1929 - Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (d. 2004)
1929 - Bud Spencer, Italian actor
1930 - Michael Collins, American astronaut
1931 - Dan Rather, American television journalist
1933 - Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player
1936 - Michael Landon, American actor (d. 1991)
1937 - Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter
1939 - Ron Rifkin, American actor
1939 - Tom O'Connor, British comedian
1939 - Alui Farka Touré, Malian musician
1941 - Derek Bell, British racing driver
1941 ?? Dan Alderson, American scientist
1942 - Dave McNally, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1942 - David Ogden Stiers, American actor
1943 - Paul Frampton, English physicist
1944 - Kinky Friedman, American musician and novelist
1945 - Brian Doyle-Murray, American comedian and actor
1945 - Russ Ballard, English rock singer/songwriter, guitarist (Argent)
1946 - Stephen Rea, Irish actor
1946 - Norman Lovett, British actor
1947 - Deidre Hall, American actress
1947 - Frank Shorter, American runner
1949 - Bob Siebenberg, American drummer (Supertramp)
1950 - John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
1950 - Jane Pauley, American news anchor
1950 - Zaha Hadid, British architect
1950 - Antonio Taguba, US Army Major General
1952 - Bernard Edwards, American bass guitarist (Chic) (d. 1996)
1953 - Michael J. Anderson, American actor
1953 - John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach
1954 - Ken Wahl, American actor
1957 - Robert Pollard, American rocker
1958 - Jeannie Longo, French cyclist
1958 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor
1959 - Neal Stephenson, American author
1959 - Mats Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
1960 - Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican delegate to Congress
1960 - Arnaud Desplechin, French film director
1960 - Mike Gallego, American baseball player
1960 - Reza Pahlavi, former crown prince of Iran
1961 - Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
1961 - Larry Mullen, Irish drummer (U2)
1961 - Alonzo Babers, American runner
1961 - Kate Campbell, American musician
1963 - Mikkey Dee, Swedish musician, drummer for Motörhead
1963 - Dunga, Brazilian footballer
1963 - Johnny Marr, English guitarist and songwriter (The Smiths)
1963 - Fred McGriff, American baseball player
1963 - Dermot Mulroney, American actor
1963 - Rob Schneider, American actor
1964 - Colm O'Ciosoig, Irish drummer (My Bloody Valentine, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
1964 - Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer
1964 - Marty Wright, American professional wrestler
1964 - Darryl Worley, American country singer
1965 - Annabella Lwin, British singer (Bow Wow Wow)
1966 - Adam Horovitz, American rapper (Beastie Boys)
1966 - Koji Kanemoto, Japanese professional wrestler
1966 - Joseph Boyden, Canadian novelist
1968 - Antonio Davis, American basketball player
1968 - Vanilla Ice, American rapper
1969 - Mike O'Malley, American actor
1969 - David Coburn, American actor/voice actor
1970 - Nicky Wu, Taiwanese actor and martial arts expert
1970 - Linn Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
1970 - Rogers Stevens, American guitarist (Blind Melon)
1970 - Mitch Harris, American guitarist (Napalm Death, among others)
1970 - Johnny Moeller, American blues guitarist
1970 - Steve Trachsel, American baseball player
1971 - Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (d. 2004)
1971 - Ian Walker, English footballer
1971 - Toby Anstis, British radio presenter
1972 - Shaun Bartlett, South African footballer
1972 - Matt Dawson, English rugby player
1973 - David Dellucci, American baseball player
1973 - Grigorios Georgatos, Greek footballer
1973 - Beverly Lynne, American erotic film actress
1974 - Muzzy Izzet, Turkish footballer
1975 - Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer
1976 - Piper Perabo, American actress
1976 - José Mar*a Gutiérrez, Spanish footballer
1977 - Séverine Ferrer, French singer
1977 - Sylviane Félix, French athlete
1978 - Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer
1978 - Martin Verkerk, Dutch tennis player
1978 - Zachary Knighton, American actor
1979 - Saaphyri Windsor, American reality tv figure
1979 - Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
1980 - Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor,
1980 - Samaire Armstrong, American actress
1981 - Irina Denezhkina, Russian writer
1981 - Frank Iero, American musician (My Chemical Romance, Leathermouth, Pencey Prep; founder of Skeleton Crew)
1981 - Selina (Jiaxuan) Ren, member of Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E
1981 - Jon Crocker, American songwriter
1982 - Tomáš Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player
1982 - The Cheeky Girls, British-Romanian singers
1986 - Christie Hayes, Australian actress
1986 - Chris Alajajian, Australian racing driver
1988 - Sébastien Buemi, Swiss racing driver
1991 - Jordan-Claire Green, American actress
2005 - Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, Prince of Asturias and Letizia, Princess of Asturias