* 1394 - King James I of Scotland (d. 1437)
* 1452 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)
* 1588 - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)
* 1750 - Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)
* 1751 - George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)
* 1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (d. 1851)
* 1804 - Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, German mathematician (d. 1851)
* 1805 - Josef Skoda, Bohemian physician (d. 1881)
* 1815 - Ada Lovelace, English mathematician (d. 1852)
* 1820 - Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (d. 1821)
* 1821 - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet (d. 1877)
* 1822 - César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (d. 1890)
* 1824 - George MacDonald, Scottish writer and preacher (d. 1905)
* 1827 - Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and brewer (d. 1913)
* 1830 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)
* 1851 - Melvil Dewey, American librarian, (d. 1931)
* 1855 - Marios Varvoglis, Greek Composer (d. 1967)
* 1870 - Mary Bonaparte, pretender to the French imperial throne (d. 1947)
* 1870 - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (d. 1933)
* 1870 - Pierre Louÿs, French author (d. 1925)
* 1878 - Rajaji, India's freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972)
* 1880 - Fred Immler, German actor (d. 1965)
* 1882 - Otto Neurath, Austrian philosopher (d. 1945)
* 1884 - Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian-born painter (d. 1967)
* 1891 - Sir Harold Alexander, British Army Field Marshal, first Earl of Tunis (d. 1969)
* 1891 - Nelly Sachs, German-born writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
* 1903 - Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)
* 1907 - Rumer Godden, English writer (d. 1998)
* 1907 - Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d. 2005)
* 1908 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
* 1909 - Hermes Pan, American choreographer and dancer (d. 1990)
* 1911 - Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
* 1912 - Philip A. Hart, U.S. Senator (d. 1976)
* 1913 - Morton Gould, American composer (d. 1996)
* 1913 - Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)
* 1914 - Dorothy Lamour, American actress (d. 1996)
* 1917 - Sultan Yahya Petra, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)
* 1918 - Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003)
* 1918 - Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (d. 1995)
* 1919 - Alexander Courage, American composer
* 1920 - Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer (d. 1977)
* 1920 - Reginald Rose, American writer (d. 2002)
* 1922 - Lucía Hiriart, First Lady of Chile (1974-1990), wife of Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet
* 1923 - Harold Gould, American actor
* 1924 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
* 1925 - Jean Byron, American actress (d. 2006)
* 1925 - Carolyn Kizer, American poet
* 1928 - Dan Blocker, American actor (d. 1972)
* 1928 - John Colicos, Canadian actor (d. 2000)
* 1933 - Mako, Japanese-born American actor (d. 2006)
* 1934 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
* 1935 - Terry Allcock, English footballer
* 1938 - Yuri Temirkanov, Russian orchestral conductor
* 1938 - Porter Goss, American politician, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
* 1939 - Barry Cunliffe, English university professor
* 1941 - Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress
* 1941 - Tommy Kirk, American actor
* 1941 - Tommy Rettig, American actor (d. 1996)
* 1941 - Chad Stuart, English singer (Chad and Jeremy)
* 1944 - Steve Renko, American baseball player
* 1946 - Thomas Lux, American poet
* 1947 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (d. 1980)
* 1947 - Rəsul Quliyev, Azerbaijani politician
* 1947 - Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player
* 1948 - Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004)
* 1950 - Tom Towles, American actor
* 1951 - Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer
* 1952 - Clive Anderson, English television presenter
* 1952 - Susan Dey, American actress
* 1954 - Jack Hues, English musician
* 1956 - Tim Kurkjian, American baseball writer and analyst for ESPN
* 1957 - Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor
* 1957 - Paul Hardcastle, English composer and musician
* 1957 - Prem Rawat, known also as Maharaji
* 1959 - Mark Aguirre, American basketball player
* 1960 - Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and director
* 1962 - John de Wolf, former Dutch International footballer
* 1965 - J Mascis, American musician
* 1965 - Stephanie Morgenstern, Canadian actress
* 1966 - Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
* 1969 - Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1971 - Brian Nichols, American spree killer
* 1972 - Marcos di Palma, Argentine racing driver
* 1972 - Brian Molko, Belgian-born singer and songwriter (Placebo)
* 1972 - Dimitri Tikovoi, French-born record producer
* 1974 - Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes)
* 1975 - Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
* 1977 - Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
* 1978 - Brandon Novak, American skateboarder
* 1978 - Summer Phoenix, American actress
* 1978 - Donna Williams, co-founder of Neopets
* 1979 - Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler
* 1980 - Sarah Chang, American violinist
* 1980 - Ledley King, English footballer
* 1980 - Massari, Lebanese-born Canadian singer
* 1981 - Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea swimmer
* 1981 - Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
* 1981 - Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
* 1982 - Tim Deegan, Canadian MuchMusic VJ
* 1982 - Shilpa Anand, an Indian film and television actress
* 1983 - Patrick Flueger, American actor
* 1983 - Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer
* 1983 - Katrin Siska, Estonian singer
* 1983 - Zé Kalanga, Angolan footballer
* 1984 - Jayson Paul, American professional wrestler
* 1985 - T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player
* 1985 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer
* 1986 - Matthew Bates, English footballer
* 1986 - Ryoichi Tsukada, Japanese acrobat
* 1987 - Gonzalo Higuaín, French-born Argentine footballer
* 1990 - Giulia Boverio, Italian actress
* 1991- Shaxboz Sharipov, Uzbekistonlik inson