Births
- 1511 – Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1571)
- 1577 – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (d. 1618)
- 1578 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1637)
- 1648 – Arp Schnitger, German organ builder (d. 1719)
- 1654 – Emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)
- 1686 – Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749)
- 1689 – Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and dramatist (d. 1773)
- 1721 – Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (d. 1781)
- 1753 – William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician (d. 1825)
- 1764 – Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (d. 1823)
- 1775 – Matthew Lewis, English novelist (d. 1818)
- 1786 – Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France (d. 1787)
- 1800 – Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician (d. 1885)
- 1808 – Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (d. 1887)
- 1819 – Elias Howe, American inventor, invented the sewing machine (d. 1867)
- 1828 – Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (d. 1913)
- 1834 – Jan Neruda, Czech poet (d. 1891)
- 1836 – Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (d. 1904)
- 1848 – Robert I, Duke of Parma (d. 1907)
- 1858 – Franz Boas, German anthropologist (d. 1942)
- 1879 – Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (d. 1934)
- 1879 – Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (d. 1936)
- 1887 – James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (d. 1975)
- 1889 – Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian ice hockey referee (d. 1964)
- 1893 – George Geary, English cricketer (d. 1981)
- 1894 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
- 1896 – Maria Gomes Valentim, Brazilian super-centenarian (d. 2011)
- 1901 – Barbara Cartland, English novelist (d. 2000)
- 1901 – Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (d. 2004)
- 1905 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey referee (d. 1984)
- 1908 – Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar and philosopher (d. 1973)
- 1911 – Mervyn Peake, English writer and illustrator (d. 1968)
- 1911 – John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist (d. 2008)
- 1915 – David Diamond, American composer (d. 2005)
- 1916 – Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)
- 1916 – Edward Heath, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
- 1918 – Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician (d. 2012)
- 1918 – Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1999)
- 1925 – Guru Dutt, Indian actor and director (d. 1964)
- 1925 – Charles E. Wicks, American engineer, author, and academic (d. 2010)
- 1926 – Ben Roy Mottelson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927 – Ed Ames, American singer and actor (Ames Brothers)
- 1927 – Susan Cabot, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1927 – Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1928 – Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist
- 1928 – Vince Edwards, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1929 – Hassan II of Morocco (d. 1999)
- 1929 – Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
- 1929 – Jesse McReynolds, American singer and musician (Jim & Jesse)
- 1930 – Buddy Bregman, American conductor and producer
- 1930 – Roy McLean, South African cricketer (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Donald Rumsfeld, American politician, 13th and 21st United States Secretary of Defense
- 1932 – Amitzur Shapira, Israeli runner (d. 1972)
- 1933 – Oliver Sacks, English neurologist and author
- 1934 – Michael Graves, American architect, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building
- 1935 – Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2005)
- 1935 – Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer and activist (d. 2009)
- 1935 – Michael Williams, English actor (d. 2001)
- 1936 – Floyd Abrams, American attorney
- 1936 – June Jordan, American poet, writer, and teacher (d. 2002)
- 1936 – André Pronovost, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1936 – Richard Wilson, Scottish actor and director
- 1937 – David Hockney, English painter, designer, and photographer
- 1938 – Paul Chihara, Japanese-American composer
- 1938 – Brian Dennehy, American actor
- 1938 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (d. 1985)
- 1940 – Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American theorist and psychoanalyst (d. 2010)
- 1942 – Richard Roundtree, American actor
- 1942 – Edy Williams, American actress
- 1943 – John Casper, American astronaut
- 1943 – Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (d. 1970)
- 1945 – Dean Koontz, American novelist
- 1945 – Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1946 – Natasha Pyne, English actress
- 1946 – Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and musician (AC/DC, Fraternity, The Valentines, and The Spektors) (d. 1980)
- 1947 – Haruomi Hosono, Japanese singer-songwriter, bassist, and producer (Yellow Magic Orchestra and Happy End)
- 1947 – Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Dirty Mac, and The Riot Squad) (d. 2008)
- 1947 – O. J. Simpson, American football player, actor, and author
- 1948 – Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian politician
- 1949 – Jesse Duplantis, American minister and author
- 1950 – Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player
- 1950 – Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian politician, 4th President of Ukraine
- 1951 – Chris Cooper, American actor
- 1952 – John Tesh, American composer
- 1953 – Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
- 1953 – Thomas Ligotti, American author
- 1954 – Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2012)
- 1955 – Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager
- 1955 – Lindsey Graham, American politician
- 1955 – Fred Norris, Latvian-American guitarist
- 1955 – Jimmy Smits, American actor
- 1955 – Willie Wilson, American baseball player
- 1956 – Tom Hanks, American actor
- 1957 – Marc Almond, English singer-songwriter (Marc and the Mambas, Soft Cell, and The Immaculate Consumptive)
- 1957 – Tim Kring, American screenwriter and producer
- 1957 – Kelly McGillis, American actress
- 1957 – Paul Merton, English comedian, actor, and writer
- 1957 – Jim Paxson, American basketball player
- 1959 – Jim Kerr, Scottish singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Simple Minds)
- 1959 – Kevin Nash, American wrestler and actor
- 1959 – Clive Stafford Smith, English lawyer
- 1960 – Marc Mero, American wrestler
- 1963 – Klaus Theiss, German footballer
- 1964 – Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (Hole, Pagan Babies, Sugar Babydoll, and Babes in Toyland)
- 1964 – Gianluca Vialli, Italian footballer and coach
- 1965 – Frank Bello, American singer and bassist (Anthrax)
- 1965 – Thomas Jahn, German actor and director
- 1965 – David O'Hara, Scottish actor
- 1965 – Jason Rhoades, American artist (d. 2006)
- 1965 – Michael Spies, German footballer
- 1966 – Pamela Adlon, American actress
- 1966 – Marco Pennette, American screenwriter and producer
- 1967 – Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
- 1967 – Mark Stoops, American football coach
- 1968 – Paolo Di Canio, Italian footballer and manager
- 1968 – Lars Gyllenhaal, Swedish historian
- 1969 – Jason Kearton, Australian footballer
- 1969 – Mark Lui, Hong Kong composer and producer
- 1970 – Trent Green, American football player
- 1970 – Masami Tsuda, Japanese writer and illustrator
- 1971 – Marc Andreessen, American software developer, co-founded Netscape
- 1971 – Scott Grimes, American actor
- 1972 – Ara Babajian, American drummer and songwriter (The Slackers, Leftöver Crack, and Star Fucking Hipsters)
- 1973 – Kelly Holcomb, American football player
- 1973 – Enrique Murciano, American actor
- 1974 – Dani Behr, English singer and actress (Faith Hope & Charity)
- 1974 – Siân Berry, English politician
- 1974 – Gary Kelly, Irish footballer
- 1974 – Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Japanese actor and singer (SMAP)
- 1974 – Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician (Millencolin)
- 1975 – Shelton Benjamin, American wrestler
- 1975 – Isaac Brock, American singer-songwriter and musician (Modest Mouse and Ugly Casanova)
- 1975 – Nathaniel Marston, American actor
- 1975 – Craig Quinnell, Welsh rugby player
- 1975 – Jack White, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather)
- 1976 – Thomas Cichon, German footballer
- 1976 – Christos Harisis, Greek basketball player
- 1976 – Fred Savage, American actor
- 1976 – Jochem Uytdehaage, Dutch speed skater
- 1978 – Kara Goucher, American runner
- 1978 – Mark Medlock, German singer
- 1978 – Linda Park, South Korean-American actress
- 1978 – Nuno Santos, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 – Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1981 – Kimveer Gill, Canadian murder, committed the Dawson College shooting (d. 2006)
- 1982 – Ashly DelGrosso, American dancer
- 1982 – Alecko Eskandarian, American soccer player
- 1982 – Toby Kebbell, English actor
- 1982 – Maggie Ma, Canadian actress
- 1982 – Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race car driver
- 1983 – Lucia Micarelli, American violinist and actress
- 1984 – Gianni Fabiano, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hedley)
- 1984 – Piia Suomalainen, Finnish tennis player
- 1985 – Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer
- 1985 – Ashley Young, English footballer
- 1986 – Dominic Cervi, American soccer player and agent
- 1986 – Simon Dumont, American skier
- 1986 – Sébastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer
- 1986 – Severo Meza, Mexican footballer
- 1986 – Kiely Williams, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (3LW and The Cheetah Girls)
- 1990 – Rafael Pereira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 – Fábio Pereira da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 – Mitchel Musso, American actor and singer
- 1993 – Jake Vargas, Filipino actor
- 1995 – Georgie Henley, English actress
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