* 1528 – Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)
* 1547 – Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)
* 1606 – Jeanne Mance, French settler of New France (d. 1673)
* 1615 – Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
* 1651 – Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican mystic and author (d. 1695)
* 1684 – Edward Vernon, English Royal Navy admiral (d. 1757)
* 1729 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)
* 1755 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (d. 1813)
* 1790 – Letitia Christian Tyler, US First Lady (d. 1842)
* 1795 – Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (d. 1856)
* 1815 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American suffragette (d. 1902)
* 1817 – Bahá’u'lláh, Persian spiritual figure (d. 1892)
* 1833 – Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
* 1840 – Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917)
* 1842 – John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1919)
* 1848 – Eduard Müller, Swiss politician (d. 1919)
* 1850 – Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)
* 1866 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician (d. 1925)
* 1872 – William Fay, Irish actor and theatre producer (d. 1947)
* 1881 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948)
* 1881 – Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
* 1886 – Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist, and mountineer (d. 1975)
* 1886 – Ben Travers, British playwright (d. 1980)
* 1889 – DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (d. 1981)
* 1890 – Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
* 1892 – Tudor Davies, Welsh operatic tenor (d. 1958)
* 1896 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987)
* 1896 – Nima Yooshij , Iranian contemporary poet (d. 1960)
* 1897 – Karl Marx, German composer (d. 1985)
* 1898 – Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)
* 1901 – James Luther Adams, American theologian (d. 1994)
* 1903 – Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978)
* 1908 – Harry Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1999)
* 1910 – Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)
* 1911 – Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1991)
* 1915 – Roland Barthes, French critic and writer (d. 1980)
* 1916 – Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)
* 1916 – Paul Emery, English racing driver (d. 1993)
* 1916 – Jean Papineau-Couture, French-Canadian composer (d. 2000)
* 1917 – Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008)
* 1919 – Jackie Washington, Canadian blues musician (d. 2009)
* 1920 – Richard Quine, American actor (d. 1989)
* 1922 – Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)
* 1923 – Vicco von Bülow, German film director (d. 2011)
* 1924 – Sam Jones, American jazz bassist and cellist (d. 1981)
* 1927 – Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958)
* 1928 – Bob Holness, English presenter and actor
* 1929 – Michael Ende, German writer (d. 1995)
* 1929 – Grace Kelly, American actress and Princely consort of Monaco (d. 1982)
* 1930 – Ann Flood, American actress
* 1931 – Bob Crewe, American songwriter and producer (The Four Seasons)
* 1933 – Jalal Talabani, Iraqi politician
* 1934 – Charles Manson, American cult leader and convicted murderer
* 1936 – Mills Lane, American jurist, TV personality, and boxing referee
* 1936 – Mort Shuman, American songwriter and singer (d. 1991)
* 1937 – Jack Betts, American actor
* 1938 – Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1938 – Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian politician
* 1939 – Ruby Nash Curtis, American singer (Ruby & the Romantics)
* 1939 – Terry McDonald, English footballer
* 1939 – Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (d. 1993)
* 1940 – Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician
* 1940 – Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician
* 1941 – Carol Gluck, American academic and Japanologist
* 1943 – Julie Ege, Norwegian actress (d. 2008)
* 1943 – Brian Hyland, American singer
* 1943 – Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright
* 1943 – Björn Waldegård, Swedish rally driver
* 1944 – Booker T. Jones, American musician and songwriter (Booker T and the MG’s)
* 1944 – Al Michaels, American television sportscaster
* 1945 – Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author
* 1945 – Neil Young, Canadian singer and guitarist (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
* 1946 – Krister Henriksson, Swedish actor
* 1947 – Ron Bryant, American baseball player
* 1947 – Buck Dharma (born Donald Roeser), American vocalist and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult)
* 1947 – Patrice Leconte, French film director and screenwriter
* 1948 – Errol Brown, English singer (Hot Chocolate)
* 1948 – Cliff Harris, American football player
* 1949 – Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 1992)
* 1949 – Jack Reed, American politician
* 1949 – Sinyan Shen, American physicist and composer
* 1950 – Barbara Fairchild, US country music/Gospel singer
* 1952 – Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
* 1953 – Vasilis Karras, Greek singer
* 1953 – Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer and guitarist
* 1954 – Rob Lytle, American football player (b. 2010)
* 1955 – Katharine Weber, American novelist
* 1958 – Megan Mullally, American actress and singer
* 1958 – Nick Stellino, Italian-born American television chef
* 1959 – Vincent Irizarry, American actor
* 1959 – Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer
* 1960 – Ismo Alanko, Finnish musician (Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet, Ismo Alanko Säätiö)
* 1960 – Maurane, Belgian singer
* 1961 – Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast
* 1961 – Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
* 1961 – Jonathan Nossiter, American film director
* 1961 – Michaela Paetsch, American violinist
* 1962 – Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian journalist and television presenter
* 1962 – Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1962 – Neal Shusterman, American writer
* 1962 – Brix Smith, American singer and guitarist (The Fall, The Adult Net)
* 1962 – Naomi Wolf, American author and feminist
* 1963 – Sam Lloyd, American actor
* 1963 – Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor
* 1964 – Vic Chesnutt, American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
* 1964 – Dave Ellefson, American bassist (Megadeth)
* 1965 – Lex Lang, American voice actor
* 1967 – Michael Moorer, American boxer
* 1967 – Grant Nicholas, British singer (Feeder)
* 1968 – Glenn Gilbertti, American professional wrestler
* 1968 – Kathleen Hanna, American singer and songwriter
* 1968 – Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
* 1968 – Sharon Shannon, Irish musician, known for playing the accordion
* 1968 – Sammy Sosa, Dominican baseball player
* 1968 – Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride)
* 1969 – Ian Bremmer, American political scientist
* 1969 – Jason Cundy, English footballer and broadcaster
* 1969 – Johnny Gosch, American kidnap victim
* 1970 – Donna Adamo, American professional wrestler
* 1970 – Tonya Harding, American figure skater
* 1970 – Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and activist
* 1970 – Craig Parker, New Zealand actor
* 1970 – Harvey Stephens, British actor
* 1972 – Vassilis Tsiartas, Greek footballer
* 1973 – Mayte Garcia, American dancer
* 1973 – Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
* 1973 – Ethan Zohn, American footballer and reality show contestant
* 1974 – Tamala Jones, American actress
* 1975 – Nina Brosh, Israeli model and actress
* 1975 – Jason Lezak, American swimmer
* 1975 – Angela Watson, American actress
* 1976 – Tevin Campbell, American R&B singer
* 1976 – Judith Holofernes, German singer (Wir sind Helden)
* 1976 – Richelle Mead, American writer
* 1976 – Miroslaw Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
* 1977 – Dalene Kurtis, American model
* 1977 – Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
* 1977 – Lee Murray, English mixed martial artist
* 1978 – Aaron Heilman, American baseball player
* 1978 – Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-born German actress
* 1978 – Andrew Kinlochan, British singer (Phixx)
* 1978 – Ashley Williams, American actress
* 1978 – Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer and professional wrestler
* 1979 – Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler
* 1979 – Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress
* 1979 – Lucas Glover, American professional golfer
* 1979 – Crown J, South Korean hip hop singer and rapper
* 1979 – Corey Maggette, American basketball player
* 1980 – Trent Acid, American professional wrestler (d. 2010)
* 1980 – Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
* 1981 – D. J. Campbell, English footballer
* 1981 – Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer
* 1982 – Anne Hathaway, American actress
* 1982 – Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer
* 1983 – Carlton Cole, English footballer
* 1983 – Charlie Morton, American baseball player
* 1984 – Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
* 1984 – Omarion, American R&B singer, pianist and songwriter (B2K)
* 1984 – Sandara Park, South Korean actor, singer/rapper of (2NE1)
* 1984 – Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean rally driver
* 1985 – Arianny Celeste, American model
* 1986 – Evan Yo, Taiwanese pop singer
* 1987 – Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1988 – Russell Westbrook, American basketball player
* 1992 – Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player