* 1374 - Saint Jadwiga of Poland, queen of Poland (d. 1399)
* 1486 - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, bhakti yoga developer
* 1516 - Queen Mary I of England (d. 1558)
* 1530 - Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)
* 1543 - Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1608)
* 1559 - Isaac Casaubon, French classical scholar (d. 1614)
* 1602 - Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier (d. 1680)
* 1609 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian (d. 1674)
* 1635 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (d. 1680)
* 1642 - Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)
* 1658 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (d. 1743)
* 1745 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (d. 1827)
* 1814 - Samuel Fenton Cary, U. S. Congressman (d. 1900)
* 1836 - Sri Ramakrishna, Bengali saint, guru of Swami Vivekananda (d. 1886)
* 1838 - Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (d. 1916)
* 1846 - Wilson Barrett, English playwright (d. 1904)
* 1848 - Louis Comfort Tiffany, American glass artist (d. 1933)
* 1849 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (d. 1906)
* 1859 - Sholom Aleichem, Russian Yiddish humorist (d. 1916)
* 1870 - William Laurel Harris, American mural painter, writer (d. 1924)
* 1871 - Harry Brearley, English inventor (d. 1948)
* 1883 - Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek author (d. 1957)
* 1884 - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (d. 1970)
* 1888 - George Papandreou, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)
* 1890 - Edward Arnold, American actor (d. 1956)
* 1890 - Adolphe Menjou, American actor (d. 1963)
* 1892 - Wendell Willkie, American politician (d. 1944)
* 1896 - Andre Breton, French writer (d. 1966)
* 1897 - Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005)
* 1898 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver (d. 1988)
* 1898 - Luis Muñoz Mar*n, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1980)
* 1901 - Reginald Sheffield, British actor (d. 1957)
* 1902 - Walter Herbert, German-born conductor and impresario (d. 1975)
* 1903 - Nikolai Podgorny, President of the Soviet Union (d. 1983)
* 1906 - Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician (d. 1980)
* 1907 - Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter (d. 2008)
* 1909 - Wallace Stegner, American writer (d. 1993)
* 1914 - Pee Wee King, American country musician and songwriter (d. 2000)
* 1915 - Phyllis Calvert, British actress (d. 2002)
* 1916 - Jean Drapeau, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1999)
* 1918 - Jane Loevinger, American psychologist (d. 2008).
* 1919 - Jack Palance, American actor (d. 2006)
* 1920 - Bill Cullen, American game show host (d. 1990)
* 1920 - Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician (d. 1997)
* 1922 - Helen Gurley Brown, American editor
* 1922 - Allan Melvin, American actor (d. 2008)
* 1922 - Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (d. 1971)
* 1924 - Humberto Fernández Morán, Venezuelan scientist (d. 1999)
* 1924 - Louis Laberge, Quebec labour union leader (d. 2002)
* 1925 - George Kennedy, American actor
* 1925 - Marcel Barbeau, Quebec artist
* 1927 - John Warner, American politician
* 1927 - Luis Arroyo, Puerto Rican baseball player
* 1928 - Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1929 - Len Deighton, British author
* 1929 - André Mathieu, Quebec composer (d. 1968)
* 1930 - Gahan Wilson, American cartoonist
* 1931 - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
* 1931 - Toni Morrison, American writer, Nobel laureate
* 1931 - Bob St. Clair, American football player
* 1932 - Miloš Forman, Czech film director
* 1933 - Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer
* 1933 - Sir Bobby Robson, English football manager
* 1933 - Mary Ure, Scottish actress (d. 1975)
* 1935 - Michel Aoun, Lebanese prime minister
* 1936 - Jean Auel, American writer
* 1936 - Dick Duff, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1938 - István Szabó, Hungarian film director
* 1938 - Manny Mota, Dominican baseball player
* 1939 - Dal Maxvill, American baseball player
* 1939 - Marek Janowski, Polish-born conductor
* 1939 - Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist
* 1941 - Irma Thomas, American singer
* 1943 - Graeme Garden, Scottish writer
* 1944 - Pat Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos
* 1945 - Judy Rankin, American golfer
* 1946 - Michael Buerk, British newsreader
* 1946 - Jean-Claude Dreyfus, French actor
* 1947 - Dennis DeYoung, American musician (STYX)
* 1947 - Princess Christina of the Netherlands
* 1947 - Carlos Lopes, Portuguese athlete
* 1947 - Eliot Lance Engel, American politician
* 1948 - Sinéad Cusack, Irish actress
* 1948 - Keith Knudsen, American drummer and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers) (d. 2005)
* 1949 - Gary Ridgway, American serial killer
* 1950 - John Hughes, American director
* 1950 - Cybill Shepherd, American actress
* 1950 - Michel Gauthier, Quebec politician
* 1951 - Isabel Preysler, Philippines-born Spanish socialite
* 1952 - Maurice Lucas, American basketball player
* 1952 - Juice Newton, American singer
* 1953 - Robbie Bachman, Canadian drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
* 1954 - John Travolta, American actor
* 1955 - Miles Tredinnick, English playwright
* 1955 - Raymond Rougeau, Canadian professional wrestler
* 1956 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (d. 1997)
* 1957 - Marita Koch, German athlete
* 1957 - Vanna White, American game show presenter
* 1958 - Giovanni Lavaggi, Italian racing driver
* 1958 - Gar Samuelson, American drummer (d. 1999)
* 1960 - Carol McGiffin, British TV and radio presenter
* 1960 - Greta Scacchi, Australian actress
* 1960 - Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1962 - Julie Strain, American actress
* 1963 - Martin Treanor, Irish Writer
* 1963 - Henry Winter, English football journalist
* 1964 - Matt Dillon, American actor
* 1964 - Paul Hanley, British musician (The Fall, Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
* 1965 - Dr. Dre, American rapper
* 1965 - Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (d. 2005)
* 1966 - Guy Ferland, American television director
* 1967 - Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
* 1967 - Tracey Edmonds, American film and television producer
* 1968 - Molly Ringwald, American actress
* 1968 - Tommy Scott, British musician (Space)
* 1969 - Alexander Mogilny, Russian ice hockey player
* 1969 - Jason Sutter, American drummer (Smash Mouth, American Hi-Fi)
* 1970 - Raine Maida, Canadian musician (Our Lady Peace)
* 1970 - Susan Egan, American actress
* 1971 - Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player
* 1973 - Claude Makélélé, French footballer
* 1974 - Jamey Carroll, American baseball player
* 1974 - Ruby Dhalla, Canadian politician
* 1974 - Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russian tennis player
* 1975 - Sarah Brown, American actress
* 1975 - Keith Gillespie, Irish footballer
* 1975 - Gary Neville, English footballer
* 1976 - Leilani Munter, American race car driver
* 1977 - Kátia, Brazilian footballer
* 1977 - Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter
* 1977 - Chrissie Wellington, British triathlete
* 1978 - Josip Simunic, Croatian footballer
* 1980 - Regina Spektor, Russian-born singer and songwriter
* 1980 - Nikolai Antropov, Kazakh ice hockey player
* 1981 - Andrei Kirilenko, Russian basketball player
* 1981 - Ivan Sproule, Irish footballer
* 1981 - Kim Jae Won, South Korean actor
* 1981 - Alex Rios, American baseball player
* 1983 - Juelz Santana, American rapper
* 1983 - Jermaine Jenas, English footballer
* 1983 - Jason Maxiell, American basketball player
* 1984 - Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail)
* 1985 - Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer
* 1985 - Anton Ferdinand, English footballer
* 1986 - Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
* 1988 - Maiara Walsh, American actress