Births
- 1423 – Louis XI of France (d. 1483)
- 1442 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
- 1518 – Li Shizhen, Chinese physician (d. 1593)
- 1530 – Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601)
- 1590 – Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, Italian singer, organist, and composer (d. 1662)
- 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, English cavalry officer (d. 1768)
- 1728 – Robert Adam, Scottish architect and designer, designed Culzean Castle (d. 1792)
- 1738 – John Singleton Copley, American painter (d. 1815)
- 1743 – Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (d. 1813)
- 1789 – Johann Friedrich Overbeck German painter (d. 1869)
- 1851 – Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer (d. 1930)
- 1854 – Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (d. 1928)
- 1866 – Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (d. 1907)
- 1869 – Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (d. 1933)
- 1870 – Richard Bedford Bennett, Canadian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1947)
- 1874 – Jean Collas, French rugby player (d. 1928)
- 1875 – Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (d. 1951)
- 1876 – Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher (d. 1957)
- 1878 – George M. Cohan, American actor, director, singer, and dancer (d. 1942)
- 1879 – Alfred Korzybski, Polish linguist (d. 1950)
- 1880 – Carl Schuricht, Polish-German conductor (d. 1967)
- 1883 – Franz Kafka, Czech-German writer (d. 1924)
- 1886 – Raymond A. Spruance, American navy admiral (d. 1969)
- 1888 – Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish writer (d. 1963)
- 1893 – Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (d. 1976)
- 1893 – Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966)
- 1900 – Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director (d. 1987)
- 1901 – Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer (d. 1953)
- 1903 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
- 1906 – Jack Earle, American actor (d. 1952)
- 1906 – George Sanders, English actor (d. 1972)
- 1908 – M. F. K. Fisher, American writer (d. 1992)
- 1908 – Robert B. Meyner, American politician (d. 1990)
- 1910 – Fritz Kasparek, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1954)
- 1913 – Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist (d. 1965)
- 1916 – John Kundla, American basketball coach
- 1917 – João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager (d. 1990)
- 1918 – S. V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1974)
- 1920 – Paul O'Dea, American baseball player (d. 1978)
- 1921 – Susan Peters, American actress (d. 1952)
- 1922 – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter (d. 2010)
- 1924 – S. R. Nathan, Singaporean politician, 6th president of Singapore
- 1926 – Johnny Coles, American trumpeter (d. 1997)
- 1927 – Ken Russell, English director (d. 2011)
- 1928 – Roger Horchow, American producer and publisher
- 1930 – Pete Fountain, American clarinetist
- 1930 – Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004)
- 1930 – Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (d. 1997)
- 1931 – Frits Helmuth, Danish actor (d. 2004)
- 1932 – Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman
- 1933 – Edward Brandt, Jr., American physician and mathematician (d. 2007)
- 1935 – Harrison Schmitt, American astronaut and politician
- 1936 – Baard Owe, Norwegian-Danish actor
- 1937 – Tom Stoppard, Czech-English playwright
- 1938 – Bolo Yeung, Hong Kong actor
- 1939 – Brigitte Fassbaender, German soprano and director
- 1939 – László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat
- 1940 – Lamar Alexander, American politician
- 1940 – Fontella Bass, American singer-songwriter
- 1940 – Jerzy Buzek, Polish engineer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Poland
- 1940 – César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1994)
- 1941 – Gloria Allred, American lawyer
- 1942 – Eddy Mitchell, French singer-songwriter and actor (Les Chaussettes noires)
- 1942 – Paco Stanley, Mexican comedian and actor (d. 1999)
- 1943 – Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter and musician (The Seekers)
- 1943 – Kurtwood Smith, American actor
- 1944 – Michel Polnareff, French singer-songwriter and musician
- 1945 – Michael Cole, American actor
- 1945 – Saharon Shelah, Israeli mathematician
- 1946 – Johnny Lee, American singer
- 1946 – Leszek Miller, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland
- 1947 – Dave Barry, American comedian and author
- 1947 – Betty Buckley, American actress
- 1947 – Top Topham, English guitarist
- 1948 – Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish illustrator and writer
- 1948 – Paul Barrere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Little Feat)
- 1949 – Jan Smithers, American actress
- 1949 – Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006)
- 1949 – Bo Xilai, Chinese politician
- 1950 – Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer
- 1950 – James Hahn, American politician
- 1951 – Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician
- 1951 – Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
- 1952 – Andy Fraser, English singer-songwriter and musician (Free, Sharks, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
- 1952 – Amit Kumar, Indian singer, actor, and director
- 1952 – Rohinton Mistry, Indian-Canadian writer
- 1955 – Sanma Akashiya, Japanese actor
- 1956 – Vincent Margera, American television personality
- 1956 – Montel Williams, American actor and talk show host
- 1957 – Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2004)
- 1957 – Ken Ober, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2009)
- 1958 – Matthew Fraser, Canadian-English journalist
- 1958 – Charlie Higson, English author and actor
- 1958 – Siân Lloyd, Welsh weatherman
- 1958 – Didier Mouron, Swiss artist
- 1958 – Aaron Tippin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1959 – Julie Burchill, English journalist and author
- 1959 – Ian Maxtone-Graham, American screenwriter
- 1959 – Stephen Pearcy, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Ratt, Arcade, Vertex, and Vicious Delite)
- 1959 – David Shore, Canadian writer
- 1960 – Vince Clarke, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, and VCMG)
- 1961 – Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer
- 1961 – Tim Smith, English singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and composer (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs, and Panixphere)
- 1962 – Tom Cruise, American actor, writer, director, and producer
- 1962 – Thomas Gibson, American actor
- 1962 – Hugh Page, South African cricketer
- 1962 – Hunter Tylo, American actress
- 1963 – Tracey Emin, English artist
- 1964 – Joanne Harris, English author
- 1964 – Yeardley Smith, French-American actress
- 1965 – Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese wrestler (d. 2005)
- 1965 – Connie Nielsen, Danish actress
- 1966 – Moisés Alou, Dominican baseball player
- 1966 – Robin Burgener, Canadian programmer, inventor of 20Q
- 1967 – Brian Cashman, American baseball executive
- 1967 – Spiros Marangos, Greek footballer
- 1968 – Aku Louhimies, Finnish director and screenwriter
- 1969 – Kevin Hearn, Canadian singer and musician (Barenaked Ladies, Rheostatics, and Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle)
- 1970 – Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
- 1970 – Audra McDonald, American actress and singer
- 1970 – Teemu Selänne, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1970 – Shawnee Smith, American actress
- 1971 – Julian Assange, Australian journalist, publisher, and activist, founder of WikiLeaks
- 1972 – Warren Furman, English gladiator
- 1973 – Emma Cunniffe, English actress
- 1973 – Ólafur Stefánsson, Icelandic handball player
- 1973 – Johnny Terris, Canadian actor and director
- 1973 – Patrick Wilson, American actor
- 1976 – Andrea Barber, American actress
- 1976 – Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1976 – Shane Lynch, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Boyzone)
- 1976 – Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1976 – Wanderlei Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1976 – Bobby Skinstad, Springbok rugby player
- 1977 – David Bowens, American football player
- 1978 – Mizuki Noguchi, Japanese runner
- 1979 – Ludivine Sagnier, French actress
- 1980 – Olivia Munn, American actress, model, and author
- 1980 – Bostjan Nachbar, Slovenian basketball player
- 1980 – Roland Mark Schoeman, South African swimmer
- 1980 – Harbhajan Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1980 – Kid Sister, American rapper
- 1980 – Giorgos Theodoridis, Greek footballer
- 1981 – Justin Torkildsen, American actor
- 1982 – Kanika, Indian actress
- 1983 – Steph Jones, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1983 – Matt Papa, American singer-songwriter and musician
- 1983 – Edinson Volquez, Dominican baseball player
- 1984 – Satomi Hanamura, Japanese actress
- 1984 – Manny Lawson, American football player
- 1984 – Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1984 – Nicolas Roche, Irish cyclist
- 1984 – Corey Sevier, Canadian actor
- 1985 – Dean Cook, English actor
- 1985 – Keisuke Minami, Japanese actor and singer (PureBoys)
- 1986 – Greg Paulus, American basketball and football player
- 1986 – Marco Antônio de Mattos Filho, Brazilian footballer
- 1987 – Chad Broskey, American actor
- 1987 – Chris Hunter, American actor
- 1987 – Sebastian Vettel, German race car driver
- 1988 – Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer
- 1988 – James Troisi, Australian footballer
- 1989 – Godfrey Walusimbi, Ugandan footballer
- 1990 – Nathan Gardner, Australian rugby player
- 1990 – Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer
- 1990 – Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 – Tomomi Itano, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48)
- 1991 – Grant Rosenmeyer, American actor
- 1992 – Nathalia Ramos, Spanish actress and singer
- 1992 – Molly Sandén, Swedish singer
- 1992 – Maasa Sudo, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo)
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