* 972 - King Robert I of France (d. 1031)
* 1746 - Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (d. 1767)
* 1785 - King Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
* 1813 - Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888 )
* 1859 - George Giffen, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
* 1863 - Sir Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (d. 1933)
* 1869 - James McNeill, Irish politician (d. 1938 )
* 1886 - Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader (d. 1934)
* 1899 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983)
* 1901 - Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1975)
* 1902 - Charles Lang, American cinematographer (d. 1998 )
* 1906 - Pee Wee Russell, American musician (d. 1969)
* 1909 - Ben Webster, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1973)
* 1912 - James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
* 1913 - Theodor Dannecker, SS officer (d. 1945)
* 1915 - Robert Lockwood Jr., American blues guitarist (d. 2006)
* 1917 - Cyrus Vance, American politician (d. 2002)
* 1920 - Robin Jacques, illustrator (d. 1995)
* 1921 - Harold Nicholas, American dancer (d. 2000)
* 1924 - Sarah Vaughan, American singer (d. 1990)
* 1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor
* 1931 - David Janssen, American actor (d. 1980)
* 1935 - Abelardo Castillo, Argentine writer
* 1935 - Julian Glover, British actor
* 1939 - Cale Yarborough, American race car driver
* 1941 - Ivan Gašparovič, President of Slovakia
* 1942 - John E. Sulston, British chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* 1942 - Michael York, English actor
* 1946 - Olaf Malolepski, German musician (Die Flippers)
* 1947 - Brian Jones, British balloonist
* 1950 - Tony Banks, English musician (Genesis)
* 1952 - Maria Schneider, French actress
* 1952 - Richard Séguin, Quebec singer and songwriter
* 1956 - Leung Kwok Hung, Hong Kong activist
* 1956 - Thomas Wassberg, Swedish cross-country skier
* 1957 - Nick Hawkins, British politician
* 1959 - Andrew Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
* 1960 - Hans Pflügler, German footballer
* 1961 - Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (B'z)
* 1961 - Tony Rominger, Swiss cyclist
* 1962 - Jann Arden, Canadian musician
* 1963 - Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer
* 1963 - Xuxa, Brazilian television personality
* 1968 - Sandra Hess, Swiss-born actress and model
* 1969 - Keith Flint, member of British group The Prodigy
* 1969 - Pauley Perrette, American actress, photographer, poet, writer
* 1970 - Princess Leila of Iran (d. 2001)
* 1970 - Brendan Hill, British drummer (Blues Traveler)
* 1970 - Mariah Carey, American singer
* 1970 - Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress
* 1971 - Thom Barron, German porn star
* 1971 - David Coulthard, Scottish Formula 1 driver
* 1971 - Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
* 1972 - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
* 1972 - Charlie Haas, professional wrestler
* 1974 - Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer
* 1974 - Russ Haas, wrestler (d. 2001)
* 1975 - Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, American musician (Black Eyed Peas)
* 1976 - Carl Ng, Hong Kong/British actor and model
* 1977 - Violet Blue, American porn star
* 1981 - Terry McFlynn, Northern Irish footballer
* 1982 - Kurara Chibana, Japanese beauty queen, first runner-up Miss Universe 2006
* 1985 - Caroline Winberg, Swedish supermodel
* 1986 - Valerie "So Cal Val" Wyndham, American professional wrestling valet