1486 – Imperia Cognati, Italian courtesan (d. 1512)
1491 – Maria of Jülich-Berg, German noblewoman (d. 1543)
1509 – Étienne Dolet, French scholar and translator (d. 1546)
1622 – Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, German field marshal (d. 1698)
1692 – John Henley, English minister and poet (d. 1759)
1734 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (d. 1763)
1766 – Aaron Chorin, Hungarian rabbi and author (d. 1844)
1770 – Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840)
1803 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, designed The Crystal Palace (d. 1865)
1808 – Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (d. 1893)
1811 – Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (d. 1861)
1817 – Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (d. 1895)
1832 – Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer, conductor, and director (d. 1914)
1840 – John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (d. 1929)
1850 – Reginald Heber Roe, English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (d. 1926)
1856 – Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919)
1860 – William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 1935)
1863 – Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian author and journalist (d. 1922)
1867 – Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)
1871 – Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (d. 1929)
1872 – Haakon VII of Norway (d. 1957)
1886 – Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1964)
1887 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)
1890 – Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club (d. 1974)
1894 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1951)
1895 – Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician (d. 1942)
1896 – Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (d. 1997)
1899 – Louis Chiron, Monacan race car driver (d. 1979)
1900 – Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (d. 1945)
1900 – John T. Scopes, American educator (d. 1970)
1901 – John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
1901 – Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (d. 1981)
1902 – Regina Jonas, German rabbi (d. 1944)
1902 – David Buttolph, American film composer (d. 1983)
1903 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia (d. 2000)
1904 – Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983)
1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (d. 1988)
1905 – Franz König, Austrian cardinal (d. 2004)
1907 – Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer (d. 1988)
1907 – Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (d. 1996)
1909 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator (d. 1971)
1911 – Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer (d. 1990)
1913 – Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
1916 – Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1970)
1916 – José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1978)
1917 – Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1995)
1918 – James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (d. 2014)
1918 – Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist (d. 1999)
1918 – Larry Haines, American actor (d. 2008)
1918 – Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
1920 – Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1920 – P. D. James, English author (d. 2014)
1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1971)
1920 – Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect (d. 2013)
1921 – Richard Adler, American composer and producer (d. 2012)
1921 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (d. 1972)
1922 – John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (d. 2013)
1923 – Jean Hagen, American actress (d. 1977)
1923 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (d. 2012)
1924 – Leon Uris, American soldier and author (d. 2003)
1925 – Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
1926 – Rona Anderson, Scottish-English actress (d. 2013)
1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer and actor
1926 – Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (d. 2004)
1927 – Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
1928 – Cécile Aubry, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1928 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (d. 2012)
1930 – James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (d. 2009)
1934 – Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (d. 1989)
1934 – Michael Chapman, English bassoon player (d. 2005)
1934 – Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (d. 2002)
1935 – John Erman, American actor, director, and producer
1935 – Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1997)
1935 – Vic Vogel, Canadian pianist, composer, and bandleader
1936 – Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (d. 2013)
1936 – Edward Petherbridge, English actor
1937 – Steven Berkoff, English actor, director, and playwright
1937 – Roland Burris, American lawyer and politician, 39th Illinois Attorney General
1937 – Tom Georgeson, English actor
1937 – Duncan Sharpe, Pakistani-Australian cricketer
1938 – Terry Wogan, Irish-English radio and television host (d. 2016)
1939 – Jimmie Nicol, English drummer
1939 – Apoorva Sengupta, Indian general and cricketer
1940 – Lance Alworth, American football player
1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor and producer
1940 – James Tyler, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2010)
1941 – Beverly Lee, American singer
1941 – Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
1943 – Béla Bollobás, Hungarian-English mathematician and academic
1943 – Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson of Sweden
1943 – Steven Millhauser, American novelist and short story writer
1944 – Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (d. 1973)
1945 – Eamon Dunphy, Irish footballer and journalist
1946 – Robert Ayling, English businessman
1946 – Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1946 – John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
1947 – Ralph Wright, English footballer
1948 – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France
1949 – Philip Casnoff, American actor and director
1949 – B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter
1949 – Sue Slipman, English politician
1950 – Linda Howard, American author
1950 – John Landis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 – Jo Marie Payton, American actress and singer
1950 – Ernesto Samper, Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia
1951 – Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 – Jay North, American actor
1952 – Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinian footballer and manager
1953 – Ian Bairnson, Scottish saxophonist and keyboard player
1954 – Michael Arthur, English physician and academic
1954 – Gary Peters, English footballer and manager
1956 – Kirk Brandon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Todd Christensen, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1956 – Dave Cloud, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
1956 – Balwinder Sandhu, Indian cricketer and coach
1957 – Bodo Rudwaleit, German footballer and manager
1957 – Kate Wilkinson, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 11th New Zealand Minister of Conservation
1958 – Lindsey Hilsum, English journalist and author
1958 – Ana Kokkinos, Australian director and screenwriter
1959 – Martin Atkins, English drummer and producer
1959 – Mike Gminski, American basketball player and sportscaster
1959 – John C. McGinley, American actor and producer
1959 – Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1960 – Tim Mayotte, American tennis player and coach
1960 – Gopal Sharma, Indian cricketer
1961 – Molly Hagan, American actress
1961 – Nick Harvey, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
1961 – Lee Rocker, American bassist
1963 – Frano Botica, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1963 – James Hetfield, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – David Knox, Australian rugby player
1963 – Ed Roland, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963 – Lisa Ann Walter, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Isaiah Washington, American actor and producer
1964 – Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboard player (d. 2007)
1964 – Nate McMillan, American basketball player and coach
1964 – Kevin Sumlin, American football player and coach
1964 – Abhisit Vejjajiva, English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand
1966 – Brent Butt, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Gizz Butt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Eric Esch, American wrestler, boxer, and mixed martial artist
1967 – Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, founded MNP Entreprise
1967 – Skin, English singer and guitarist
1968 – Rod Beck, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1969 – Doug Overton, American basketball player and coach
1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter
1970 – Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game designer
1971 – Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
1972 – Sandis Ozoliņš, Latvian ice hockey player and politician
1973 – Jay Cutler, American bodybuilder
1973 – Nikos Dabizas, Greek footballer
1975 – Wael Gomaa, Egyptian footballer
1975 – Argyro Strataki, Greek heptathlete
1976 – Troy Glaus, American baseball player
1977 – Tom Brady, American football player
1977 – Justin Lehr, American baseball player
1977 – Óscar Pereiro, Spanish cyclist and footballer
1978 – Joi Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter and actress
1978 – Mariusz Jop, Polish footballer
1978 – Jenny Tinmouth, English motorcycle racer
1978 – Dimitrios Zografakis, Greek footballer
1979 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model and actress
1980 – Nadia Ali, Libyan-American singer-songwriter
1980 – Dominic Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Tony Pashos, American football player
1980 – Brandan Schieppati, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Hannah Simone, Canadian television host and actress
1981 – Fikirte Addis, Ethiopian fashion designer
1981 – Travis Bowyer, American baseball player
1981 – Pablo Ibáñez, Spanish footballer
1982 – Kaspar Kokk, Estonian skier
1982 – Jesse Lumsden, Canadian bobsledder and football player
1982 – Damien Sandow, American wrestler
1983 – Ryan Carter, American ice hockey player
1983 – Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
1984 – Yasin Avcı, Turkish footballer
1984 – Sunil Chhetri, Indian footballer
1984 – Matt Joyce, American baseball player
1984 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
1984 – Chris Maurer, American singer and bass player
1985 – Brent Kutzle, American bass player and producer
1985 – Ats Purje, Estonian footballer
1985 – Sonny Bill Williams, New Zealand rugby player and boxer
1986 – Charlotte Casiraghi, Monégasque journalist, co-founded Ever Manifesto
1986 – Darya Domracheva, Belarusian biathlete
1987 – Kim Hyung-jun, South Korean singer and dancer
1987 – Chris McQueen, Australian rugby league player
1988 – Denny Cardin, Italian footballer
1988 – Leigh Tiffin, American football player
1989 – Jules Bianchi, French race car driver (d. 2015)
1989 – Sam Hutchinson, English footballer
1989 – Tyrod Taylor, American football player
1989 – Nick Viergever, Dutch footballer
1992 – Gamze Bulut, Turkish runner
1992 – Gesa Felicitas Krause, German runner
1992 – Diāna Marcinkēviča, Latvian tennis player
1992 – Aljon Mariano, Filipino basketball player
1992 – Lum Rexhepi, Finnish footballer
1993 – Ola Abidogun, English sprinter
1993 – Yurina Kumai, Japanese singer
1994 – Todd Gurley, American football player
1995 – Victoria Kan, Russian tennis player
