Births
- 1269 – Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (d. 1298)
- 1318 – Eleanor of Woodstock (d. 1355)
- 1466 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (d. 1539)
- 1511 – Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor, designed the Ponte Santa Trinita (d. 1592)
- 1517 – Emperor Ōgimachi of Japan (d. 1593)
- 1667 – Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (d. 1750)
- 1673 – Antonio de Literes, Spanish composer (d. 1747)
- 1677 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1726)
- 1716 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (d. 1809)
- 1757 – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831)
- 1757 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (d. 1833)
- 1769 – Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Anglo-Irish politician (d. 1822)
- 1812 – Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (d. 1891)
- 1815 – Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (d. 1881)
- 1834 – Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, French philosopher (d. 1895)
- 1839 – William H. Seward, Jr., American general (d. 1920)
- 1845 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922)
- 1850 – Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (d. 1914)
- 1854 – E.W. Scripps, American journalist and publisher (d. 1926)
- 1857 – Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library (d. 1930)
- 1863 – George Essex Evans, Australian poet (d. 1909)
- 1868 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957)
- 1870 – Edouard Le Roy, French philosopher and mathematician (d. 1954)
- 1877 – James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (d. 1960)
- 1881 – Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer (d. 1956)
- 1882 – Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian politician (d. 1949)
- 1884 – Édouard Daladier, French politician (d. 1970)
- 1886 – George Mallory, English mountaineer (d. 1924)
- 1886 – Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978)
- 1891 – Mae Busch, Australian actress (d. 1946)
- 1895 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish super-centenarian (d. 2009)
- 1895 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1901 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1903 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
- 1903 – Raymond Radiguet, French author (d. 1923)
- 1904 – Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (d. 1991)
- 1904 – Manuel Rosenthal, French conductor and composer (d. 2003)
- 1907 – Frithjof Schuon, Swiss metaphysician, poet, and painter (d. 1998)
- 1908 – Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (d. 1969)
- 1908 – Stanley Knowles, Canadian politician (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Nedra Volz, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1910 – Dick Foran, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1910 – Ray McKinley, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 1995)
- 1913 – Sammy Cahn, American lyricist (d. 1993)
- 1913 – Sylvia Field Porter, American economist and journalist (d. 1991)
- 1913 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker (d. 2008)
- 1914 – E.G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1915 – Red Adair, American firefighter (d. 2004)
- 1916 – Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (d. 2005)
- 1917 – Richard Boone, American actor (d. 1981)
- 1917 – Jack Karnehm, English sportscaster (d. 2002)
- 1917 – Erik Ortvad, Danish painter (d. 2008)
- 1917 – Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
- 1918 – Jerome Karle, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 – Franco Modigliani, Italian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
- 1920 – Ian Carmichael, English actor (d. 2010)
- 1920 – Matthew Ianniello, American mobster (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Claude Helffer, French pianist (d. 2004)
- 1924 – George Mikan, American basketball player (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Robert Beadell, American composer (d. 1994)
- 1926 – Allan Sandage, American astronomer (d. 2010)
- 1926 – Tom Wicker, American journalist (d. 2011)
- 1927 – Eva Bartok, Hungarian-Englishh actress (d. 1998)
- 1927 – Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1928 – David T. Lykken, American scientist (d. 2006)
- 1929 – Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
- 1931 – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian politician, 34th President of Brazil
- 1931 – K. S. Sudarshan, Indian nationalist (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932 – Geoffrey Hill, English poet
- 1934 – Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese artist (d. 2004)
- 1935 – Hugh McColl, American banker
- 1936 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (d. 1992)
- 1936 – Ronald Venetiaan, Surinamese politician, President of Suriname
- 1937 – Wray Carlton, American football player
- 1937 – Del Harris, American basketball coach
- 1937 – Jay Rockefeller, American politician
- 1937 – Vitaly Zholobov, Soviet astronaut
- 1938 – Eddie Jones, American football executive (d. 2012)
- 1938 – Kevin Murray, Australian footballer
- 1939 – Lou Brock, American baseball player
- 1939 – Jean-Claude Germain, French-Canadian author, journalist, and historian
- 1939 – Brooks Firestone, American businessman and politician
- 1940 – Michael Sheard, English actor (d. 2005)
- 1941 – Delia Smith, English chef
- 1942 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter
- 1942 – Thabo Mbeki, South African politician, 23th President of South Africa
- 1942 – Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, and The Fireman)
- 1942 – Carl Radle, American musician and producer (Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the Dominos) (d. 1980)
- 1942 – Nick Tate, Australian actor
- 1942 – Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (d. 2004)
- 1943 – Raffaella Carrà, Italian singer, dancer, and actress
- 1944 – Sandy Posey, American singer
- 1946 – Russell Ash, English author
- 1946 – Bruiser Brody, American wrestler (d. 1988)
- 1946 – Fabio Capello, Italian footballer and manager
- 1947 – Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican actress
- 1947 – Linda Thorson, Canadian actress
- 1948 – Eliezer Halfin, Israeli wrestler (d. 1972)
- 1948 – Éva Marton, Hungarian soprano
- 1949 – Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
- 1949 – Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
- 1949 – Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (d. 2010)
- 1949 – Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician (The Tartans) (d. 1999)
- 1950 – Mike Johanns, American politician, 28th United States Secretary of Agriculture
- 1950 – Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doll by Doll) (d. 2011)
- 1951 – Mohammed Al-Sager, Kuwaiti journalist and politician
- 1952 – Carol Kane, American actress
- 1952 – Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress
- 1952 – Lee Soo-man South Korean singer and businessman, founded S.M. Entertainment
- 1953 – Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer (d. 2004)
- 1956 – Brian Benben, American actor
- 1957 – Andrea Evans, American actress
- 1957 – Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1958 – Peter Altmaier, German politician
- 1960 – Ralph Brown, English actor
- 1960 – Steve Murphy, Canadian journalist
- 1961 – Oz Fox, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Stryper, SinDizzy, and Bloodgood)
- 1961 – Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1961 – Alison Moyet, English singer-songwriter (Yazoo and The Vandals)
- 1962 – Lisa Randall, American theoretical physicist
- 1962 – Jeff Mills, American DJ and producer (Underground Resistance)
- 1962 – Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese wrestler (d. 2009)
- 1963 – Dizzy Reed, American musician, composer, and actor (Guns N' Roses and Johnny Crash)
- 1963 – Bruce Smith, American football player
- 1964 – Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader, son of Saddam Hussein (d. 2003)
- 1965 – Kim Dickens, American actress and model
- 1966 – Kurt Browning, Canadian figure skater
- 1969 – Christopher Largen, American author
- 1969 – Vito LoGrasso, American wrestler
- 1969 – Pål Pot Pamparius, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)
- 1970 – Robin Christopher, American actress
- 1970 – Ivan Kozák, Slovak footballer
- 1970 – Greg Yaitanes, American director
- 1971 – Mara Hobel, American actress
- 1971 – Jason McAteer, English-Irish footballer
- 1972 – Wikus du Toit, South African actor, director, and composer
- 1972 – Michal Yannai, Israeli actress and model
- 1973 – Julie Depardieu, French actress
- 1973 – Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter and musician
- 1973 – Alexandros Papadimitriou, Greek hammer thrower
- 1974 – Vincenzo Montella, Italian footballer
- 1975 – Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter
- 1975 – Jamel Debbouze, French actor and producer
- 1975 – Marie Gillain, Belgian actress
- 1975 – Aleksandrs Koļinko, Latvian footballer
- 1975 – Martin St. Louis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Alana de la Garza, American actress
- 1976 – Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976 – Witte Wartena, Dutch artist
- 1977 – Majed Moqed, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
- 1978 – Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
- 1979 – Yumiko Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
- 1979 – Ivana Wong, Hong Kong singer-songwriter
- 1980 – Antonio Gates, American football player
- 1980 – David Giuntoli, American actor
- 1980 – Craig Mottram, Australian runner
- 1980 – Colin Munroe, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1980 – Antero Niittymäki, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1980 – Tara Platt, American actress
- 1981 – Ella Chen, Taiwanese singer and actress (S.H.E)
- 1981 – Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (d. 1987)
- 1982 – Nadir Belhadj, French-Algerian footballer
- 1982 – Marco Borriello, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Macklemore, American rapper and songwriter
- 1983 – Billy Slater, Australian rugby player
- 1983 – Cameron Smith, Australian rugby player
- 1984 – Mateus Galiano da Costa, Angolan footballer
- 1984 – Janne Happonen, Finnish ski jumper
- 1984 – Nanyak Dala, Canadian Rugby union player
- 1984 – Kissy Sell Out, English DJ and producer
- 1986 – Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
- 1987 – Omar Arellano, Mexican footballer
- 1988 – Elini Dimoutsos, Greek footballer
- 1990 – Luke Adam, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 – Sandra Izbaşa, Romanian gymnast
- 1990 – Christian Taylor, American jumper
- 1991 – Willa Holland, American actress
- 1991 – Rei Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
- 1996 – Jade-Lianna Peters, Chinese-American voice actress
- 1997 – Max Records, American actor
- 2006 – Countess Zaria of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouwe van Amsberg
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