* 1423 - King Louis XI of France (d. 1483)
* 1442 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
* 1530 - Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)
* 1676 - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)
* 1683 - Edward Young, English poet (d. 1765)
* 1685 - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)
* 1728 - Robert Adam, Scottish architect (d. 1792)
* 1738 - John Singleton Copley, American painter (d. 1815)
* 1743 - Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1813)
* 1851 - Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1930)
* 1854 - Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928)
* 1870 - Richard Bedford Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947)
* 1875 - Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (d. 1951)
* 1878 - George M. Cohan, American actor, director, singer and dancer (d. 1942)
* 1879 - Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950)
* 1880 - Carl Schuricht, Polish-born German conductor (d. 1967)
* 1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech writer (d. 1924)
* 1900 - Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (d. 1987)
* 1903 - Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
* 1906 - George Sanders, British actor (d. 1972)
* 1908 - M. F. K. Fisher, American writer (d. 1992)
* 1908 - Robert B. Meyner, American politician (d. 1990)
* 1913 - Dorothy Kilgallen, American columnist (d. 1965)
* 1917 - João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (d. 1990)
* 1918 - S. V. Ranga Rao, South Indian actor (d. 1974)
* 1920 - Paul O'Dea, baseball player (d. 1978)
* 1921 - Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952)
* 1924 - S. R. Nathan, 6th president of Singapore
* 1927 - Ken Russell, British director
* 1930 - Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004)
* 1930 - Tommy Tedesco, American musician (d. 1997)
* 1930 - Pete Fountain, American clarinetist
* 1933 - Edward Brandt, American doctor and public health official (d. 2007)
* 1935 - Harrison Schmitt, American astronaut and politician
* 1937 - Tom Stoppard, Czech-born, British playwright
* 1938 - Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor
* 1939 - László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat
* 1939 - Brigitte Fassbaender, German mezzo-soprano
* 1940 - César Tovar, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 1994)
* 1940 - Lamar Alexander, American politician
* 1940 - Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland
* 1940 - Fontella Bass, American soul singer
* 1942 - Eddy Mitchell, French singer and actor
* 1942 - Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality (d. 1999)
* 1943 - Kurtwood Smith, American actor
* 1944 - Michel Polnareff, French singer and songwriter
* 1945 - Michael Cole, American TV actor
* 1946 - Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland
* 1947 - Dave Barry, American humorist and author
* 1947 - Betty Buckley, American actress
* 1948 - Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish comics artist
* 1949 - Jan Smithers, American actress
* 1949 - Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006)
* 1950 - James Hahn, American politician
* 1950 - Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer
* 1951 - Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
* 1951 - Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician
* 1955 - Sanma Akashiya, Japanese television performer
* 1956 - Montel Williams, American celebrity and former talk show host
* 1956 - Don Vito, American Viva La Bam castmember
* 1957 - Laura Branigan, American singer (d. 2004)
* 1958 - Matthew Fraser, Canadian-British journalist
* 1958 - Siân Lloyd, Welsh weather presenter
* 1958 - Aaron Tippin, American singer
* 1959 - Julie Burchill, British journalist and author
* 1959 - Stephen Pearcy, American singer (Ratt)
* 1960 - Vince Clarke, British songwriter (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure)
* 1961 - Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer
* 1961 - Tim Smith, English musician (Cardiacs)
* 1962 - Tom Cruise, American actor
* 1962 - Hunter Tylo, American actress
* 1962 - Thomas Gibson, American actor
* 1964 - Joanne Harris, British author
* 1964 - Yeardley Smith, French-born American actress
* 1965 - Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (d. 2005)
* 1965 - Connie Nielsen, Danish actress
* 1966 - Moisés Alou, Dominican baseball player
* 1966 - Sandra Lee, American television host and cookbook author
* 1967 - Brian Cashman, American major league baseball executive
* 1968 - Aku Louhimies, Finnish film director and screenwriter
* 1969 - Kevin Hearn, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies)
* 1970 - Teemu Selanne, Finnish ice hockey player
* 1970 - Shawnee Smith, American actress
* 1970 - Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
* 1973 - Johnny Terris, Canadian-born actor and director
* 1973 - Patrick Wilson, American actor
* 1973 - Emma Cunniffe, British actress
* 1976 - Andrea Barber, American actress
* 1976 - Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1976 - Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1976 - Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
* 1979 - Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
* 1979 - Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Greek footballer
* 1979 - David Bacani, American baseball player
* 1980 - Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer
* 1980 - Kevin Boyle, American basketballer
* 1982 - Kanika, Indian actress
* 1983 - Steph Jones, American singer and model
* 1984 - Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
* 1984 - Corey Sevier, Canadian actor
* 1984 - Manny Lawson, American Football player
* 1987 - Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver