65 BC – Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)
1542 – Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587)
1574 – Maria Anna of Bavaria, consort of Ferdinand II (d. 1616)
1626 – Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
1678 – Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)
1699 – Queen Maria Josepha of Poland (d. 1757)
1708 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
1730 – Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)
1756 – Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria (d. 1801)
1765 – Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. 1825)
1795 – Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874)
1815 – Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905)
1816 – August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890)
1817 – Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896)
1832 – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
1860 – Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish novelist and poet (d. 1939)
1861 – William C. Durant, American automobile executive (d. 1947)
1861 – Aristide Maillol, French sculptor (d. 1944)
1861 – Georges Méliès, French filmmaker (d. 193
1862 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)
1864 – Camille Claudel, French graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1943)
1865 – Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (d. 1963)
1865 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (d. 1957)
1874 – Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951)
1886 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957)
1890 – Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (d. 1959)
1894 – E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 193
1894 – James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (d. 1961)
1899 – John Qualen, Canadian actor (d. 1987)
1900 – Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990)
1902 – Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)
1908 – John A. Volpe, American politician and 2nd United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 1994)
1909 – Lesslie Newbigin, English theologian and bishop (d. 199
1909 – Gratien Gélinas, French-Canadian playwright and producer (d. 1999)
1911 – Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist (d. 1992)
1913 – Delmore Schwartz, American poet (d. 1966)
1915 – Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
1916 – Richard Fleischer, American film director (d. 2006)
1918 – Gérard Souzay, French baritone (d. 2004)
1919 – Peter Tali Coleman, American politician and 43rd, 51st and 53rd Governor of American Samoa (d. 1997)
1922 – Lucian Freud, English painter
1922 – Jean Ritchie, American folk singer
1923 – Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist
1925 – Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1925 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (d. 2000)
1925 – Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist (d. 2005)
1927 – Ferdie Pacheco, American boxing trainer
1927 – Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut
1928 – Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1996)
1928 – Ulric Neisser, American cognitive psychologist
1930 – Julian Critchley, British politician (d. 2000)
1930 – Maximilian Schell, Austrian-born Swiss actor and film director
1931 – Bob Arum, American boxing promoter
1933 – Flip Wilson, American comedian (d. 199
1935 – Dharmendra, Indian actor
1935 – Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player
1936 – David Carradine, American actor (d. 2009)
1937 – James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010)
1937 – Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber and businessman (d. 2004)
1939 – Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player
1939 – Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, American soul singer
1939 – Sir James Galway, Northern Irish flautist
1939 – Soko Richardson, American rhythm and blues drummer (d. 2004)
1940 – Brant Alyea, American baseball player
1941 – Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
1941 – Bob Brown, American football player
1941 – Randall Cunningham, First Navy Vietnam Ace, American politician
1941 – Sir Geoff Hurst, English footballer
1943 – Ken Johnson, American professional wrestling manager
1943 – Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (d. 1971)
1943 – Bodo Tümmler, German middle-distance runner
1943 – Mary Woronov, American actress
1945 – John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist
1946 – John Rubinstein, American actor, composer, director
1946 – Sharmila Tagore, Indian Actress
1947 – Chava Alberstein, Israeli singer, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger
1947 – Gregg Allman, American musician (The Allman Brothers Band)
1947 – Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1947 – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Finnish author
1947 – Gérard Blanc, French singer
1948 – Luis Caffarelli, Argentine-born American mathematician
1949 – Mary Gordon, American writer
1949 – Nancy Meyers, American film director, producer and screenwriter
1949 – Ray Shulman, English musician
1949 – Robert Sternberg, American psychologist and psychometrician
1950 – Rick Baker, American film makeup artist
1950 – Tim Foli, American baseball player
1950 – Dan Hartman, American musician (Edgar Winter Group) (d. 1994)
1951 – Bill Bryson, American author
1951 – Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer and songwriter
1952 – Khaw Boon Wan, Singapore Health Minister
1953 – Kim Basinger, American actress
1953 – Roy Firestone, American sports announcer
1953 – Norman Finkelstein, American professor
1953 – Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992)
1954 – Harold Hongju Koh, American lawyer and Obama Administration advisor
1954 – Gadowar Singh Sahota, Indian professional wrestler
1956 – Warren Cuccurullo, American musician
1956 – Andrew Edge English musician
1957 – Phil Collen, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
1958 – Bird McIntyre, Thai pop singer, musician
1959 – Stephen Jefferies, South African cricketer
1959 – Mark Steyn, Canadian writer and cultural critic
1960 – Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian statesman
1961 – Ann Coulter, American political commentator
1961 – Mikey Robins, Australian comedian
1962 – Marty Friedman, American guitarist
1962 – Wendell Pierce, American actor
1963 – Greg Howe, Americal guitarist
1963 – Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese wrestler
1964 – James Blundell, Australian country singer
1964 – Teri Hatcher, American actress
1964 – Chigusa Nagayo, Japanese wrestler
1965 – David Harewood, British actor
1965 – Carina Lau, Hong Kong actress
1966 – Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician
1966 – Jeff Tremaine, American television and film director
1967 – Jeff George, American football player
1967 – Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
1967 – Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager
1967 – Andy Kapp, German curler
1968 – Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator
1968 – Mike Mussina, American baseball player
1969 – Steve Van Wormer, American actor
1972 – Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer
1972 – Frank Shamrock, American mixed martial artist
1973 – Doron Bell Jr., Canadian actor
1973 – Corey Taylor, American singer (Slipknot, Stone Sour)
1974 – Cristian Castro, Mexican singer
1974 – Tony Simmons, American football player
1974 – Nick Zinner, American guitarist (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
1975 – Jerrelle Clark, American wrestler
1975 – Kevin Harvick, American racing driver
1976 – Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter
1976 – Reed Johnson, American baseball player
1976 – Dominic Monaghan, English actor
1976 – Joshua Butler, Celebrity Chef
1976 – Brettina Robinson, singer and songwriter
1977 – Elsa Benítez, Mexican supermodel
1977 – Sébastien Chabal, French rugby union footballer
1977 – Ryan Newman, American racing driver
1978 – John Oster, Welsh footballer
1978 – Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer
1978 – Ian Somerhalder, American actor
1978 – Vernon Wells, American baseball player
1978 – Park Kyung-lim, South Korean entertainer
1978 – Frédéric Piquionne, France footballer
1979 – Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby league footballer
1979 – Johan Forssell, Swedish politician
1979 – Raymond Lam, Hong Kong actor and singer
1979 – Ingrid Michaelson, American indie-pop singer-songwriter
1979 – José Peña Quevedo, Venezuelan track and field athlete
1979 – Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer
1980 – Lisa Kelly, American reality television personality
1981 – Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player
1981 – Philip Rivers, American football player
1982 – Alfredo Aceves, American Baseball Player
1982 – Hamit Altıntop, Turkish footballer
1982 – Halil Altıntop, Turkish footballer
1982 – Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress (d. 2009)
1982 – Noelle Pikus-Pace, American skeleton racer
1982 – Jimmy Rave, American wrestler
1982 – DeeDee Trotter, American athlete
1983 – Neel Jani, Swiss racing driver
1983 – Liu Song, Chinese snooker player
1984 – Greg Halford, English footballer
1984 – Badr Hari, Dutch kickboxer
1984 – Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper
1985 – Meagan Duhamel, Canadian figure skater
1985 – Dwight Howard, American basketball player
1985 – Oleksiy Pecherov, American basketball player
1986 – Amir Khan, English boxer
1986 – Kate Voegele, American musician
1989 – Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player
1993 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress and singer