* 1521 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony (d. 1553)
* 1527 - Hermann Finck, German composer (d. 1558)
* 1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (d. 1750)
* 1713 - Francis Lewis, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1803)
* 1763 - Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)
* 1768 - Joseph Fourier, French mathematician (d. 1830)
* 1801 - Maria Theresa of Tuscany, Queen of Sardinia (d. 1855)
* 1806 - Benito Juárez, Mexican statesman and national hero (d. 1872)
* 1811 - Nathaniel Woodard, English educationalist (d. 1891)
* 1835 - Thomas Hayward, English cricketer (d. 18976)
* 1839 - Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Russian composer (d. 1881)
* 1854 - Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
* 1863 - George Owen Squier, American inventor and Major General in U.S. Signal Corp(d.1934)
* 1869 - Florenz Ziegfeld, theater producer (d. 1932)
* 1876 - John Tewksbury, American athlete (d. 1968)
* 1880 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor (d. 1971)
* 1885 - Pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (d. 1952)
* 1895 - Zlatko Baloković, Croatian violinist (d. 1955)
* 1901 - Karl Arnold, German politician (d. 1958)
* 1902 - Son House, American musician (d. 1988)
* 1904 - Forrest Mars Sr., American candymaker (d. 1999)
* 1904 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer (d. 1949)
* 1906 - Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman
* 1910 - M S Khan, Bangladeshi intellectual (d. 1978)
* 1913 - George Abecassis, English race car driver (d. 1991)
* 1913 - Heinz "Pritzl" Bär, German fighter pilot (d. 1957)
* 1914 - Paul Tortelier, French cellist (d. 1990)
* 1920 - Georg Ots, Estonian singer (d. 1975)
* 1920 - Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (d. 1970)
* 1921 - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist (d. 1986)
* 1922 - Russ Meyer, American film director and producer (d. 2004)
* 1923 - Philip Abbott, American actor (d. 1998)
* 1923 - Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava, Founder of Sahaja Yogav
* 1925 - Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (d. 1964)
* 1925 - Peter Brook, British film director and producer
* 1927 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German politician
* 1929 - Maurice Catarcio, wrestler
* 1930 - James Coco, actor (d. 1987)
* 1932 - Walter Gilbert, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1932 - Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor
* 1933 - Michael Heseltine, English politician
* 1934 - Al Freeman, Jr., American actor
* 1935 - Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (d. 2004)
* 1936 - Ed Broadbent, Canadian politician
* 1936 - Mike Westbrook, British jazz composer, bandleader and pianist
* 1940 - Solomon Burke, American singer
* 1942 - Françoise Dorléac, French actress (d. 1967)
* 1943 - Vivian Stanshall, English musician, artist, actor, writer, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (d. 1995)
* 1943 - István Gyulai, Hungarian General Secretary of the IAAF (d. 2006)
* 1943 - Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor
* 1944 - Marie-Christine Barrault, French actress
* 1945 - Rose Stone, American musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
* 1946 - Timothy Dalton, British actor
* 1949 - Slavoj iek, Slovenian sociologist, philosopher and cultural critic
* 1949 - Eddie Money, American musician
* 1950 - Roger Hodgson, English musician, former member of Supertramp
* 1951 - Russell Thompkins Jr, American singer (The Stylistics)
* 1956 - Guy Chadwick, English guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (The House of Love)
* 1956 - Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner
* 1958 - Sabrina Le Beauf, American actress
* 1958 - Gary Oldman, English actor
* 1959 - Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer
* 1959 - Sarah Jane Morris, English Singer
* 1960 - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver and three-time F1 World Champion (d. 1994)
* 1960 - Robert Sweet, American drummer
* 1961 - Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)
* 1961 - Lothar Matthäus, German footballer
* 1962 - Matthew Broderick, American actor
* 1962 - Kathy Greenwood, Canadian actress
* 1962 - Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian, actress, talk show host, and publisher
* 1962 - Mark Waid, American comic book writer
* 1963 - Shawon Dunston, baseball player
* 1963 - Ronald Koeman, Dutch footballer and football manager
* 1964 - Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi international football star
* 1964 - Jesper Skibby, Danish professional cyclist
* 1965 - Xavier Bertrand, French politician
* 1967 - Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
* 1967 - Adrian Chiles, British television and radio presenter
* 1967 - Maxim Reality, British MC (The Prodigy)
* 1968 - DJ Premier (Preemo), hip hop producer
* 1969 - Ali Daei, Iranian footballer
* 1972 - Chris Candido, professional wrestler (d. 2005)
* 1973 - Ananda Lewis, American model and television personality
* 1973 - Stuart Nethercott, English footballer
* 1973 - Jerry Supiran, American actor
* 1974 - Jose Clayton, Tunisian footballer
* 1974 - Laura Allen, American actress
* 1975 - Fabricio Oberto, Argentine basketball player
* 1975 - Justin Pierce, British actor (d. 2000)
* 1975 - Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player
* 1978 - Kevin Federline, American dancer/hip hop artist
* 1978 - Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (d.2007)
* 1978 - Cristian Guzmán, baseball player
* 1978 - Rani Mukherjee, Indian actress
* 1980 - Marit Bjørgen, Norwegian cross-country skier
* 1980 - Ronaldinho Gaucho, Brazilian international footballer
* 1980 - Deryck Whibley, Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41)
* 1982 - Aaron Hill, American baseball player
* 1982 - Colin Turkington, British racing driver
* 1985 - Adrian Peterson, American Football player
* 1988 - Lee Cattermole, English footballer
* 1990 - Mandy Capristo, German Singer (Monrose)
* 2004 - Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg