* 106 BC Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher (d. 43 BC)
* 1196 Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
* 1698 Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
* 1710 Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796)
* 1719 Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)
* 1722 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
* 1733 Sir Richard Arkwright, British industrialist and inventor (d. 1792)
* 1760 John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1835)
* 1778 Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (d. 1861)
* 1793 Lucretia Mott, American women's rights activist (d. 1880)
* 1802 Charles Pelham Villiers, British House of Commons member (d. 1898)
* 1803 Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright (d. 1857)
* 1806 Henriette Sontag, German soprano (d. 1854)
* 1810 Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer (d. 1897)
* 1819 Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)
* 1821 Dragotin Deman, Slovenian politician, archeologist and botanist (d. 1889)
* 1831 Savitribai Phule, Female social activist, first female teacher in India, and first female poet in Marathi language (d. 1897)
* 1836 Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
* 1840 Father Damien, Flemish missionary (d. 1889)
* 1855 Hubert Bland, British socialist (d. 1914)
* 1856 R.C. Lehmann, English writer (d. 1929)
* 1861 William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)
* 1862 Sir Matthew Nathan, British Governor of Queensland and other places (d. 1939)
* 1865 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (d. 1936)
* 1870 Henry Handel Richardson, Australian author (d. 1946)
* 1873 Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese businessman (d. 1957)
* 1875 Alexandros Diomidis, governor of the Bank of Greece and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1950)
* 1876 Wilhelm Pieck, first President of East Germany (d. 1960)
* 1879 Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957)
* 1883 Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
* 1884 Raoul von Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1948)
* 1885 Harry Elkins Widener, book collector, businessman, victim of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and person after whom Harvard University's largest library is named (d. 1912)
* 1886 John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author (d. 1950)
* 1886 Josephine Hull, American actress (d. 1957)
* 1887 August Macke, German painter (d. 1914)
* 1887 Helen Parkhurst, American educator (d. 1973)
* 1892 J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (d. 1973)
* 1894 ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
* 1895 Borys Lyatoshynsky, Ukrainian composer (d. 1968)
* 1897 Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961)
* 1898 Carlos Keller, Chilean fascist politician (d. 1974)
* 1900 Donald J. Russell, North American railroad executive (d. 1985)
* 1901 Ngô Đình Diệm, President of South Vietnam (d. 1963)
* 1905 Ray Milland, British actor (d. 1986)
* 1905 Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
* 1909 Victor Borge, Danish entertainer (d. 2000)
* 1910 Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (d. 2000)
* 1911 John Sturges, American director (d. 1982)
* 1912 Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and senator (d. 2002)
* 1912 Armand Lohikoski, Finnish director (d. 2005)
* 1915 Mady Rahl, German stage and film actress (d. 2009)
* 1915 Jack Levine, American social realist painter
* 1916 Maxene Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (d. 1995)
* 1916 Betty Furness, American actress (d. 1994)
* 1916 Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist
* 1917 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
* 1917 General Vernon Walters, U.S. military officer, diplomat (d. 2002)
* 1920 Renato Carosone, Italian musician (d. 2001)
* 1921 John Russell, American actor (d. 1991)
* 1922 Ronald Smith, British pianist (d. 2004)
* 1922 Bill Travers, British actor and director (d. 1994)
* 1923 Hank Stram, American football coach (d. 2005)
* 1923 Charles Tingwell, Australian actor (d. 2009)
* 1924 Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur
* 1924 André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston Lagaffe) (d. 1997)
* 1924 Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005)
* 1926 George Martin, British producer
* 1929 Sergio Leone, Italian director (d. 1989)
* 1929 Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer
* 1930 Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright
* 1930 Robert Loggia, American actor
* 1932 Dabney Coleman, American actor
* 1932 Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005)
* 1932 Tongolele, US-born dancer in Mexican movies
* 1934 Carla Hills, American politician and lawyer
* 1935 Raymond Garneau, French Canadian politician and businessman
* 1936 David Vine, British sports commentator (d. 2009)
* 1937 Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
* 1939 Nikos Alefantos, Greek football manager
* 1939 Janice Crosio, Australian politician
* 1939 Bobby Hull, Canadian hockey player
* 1939 Ruben Reyes, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
* 1941 Van Dyke Parks, American musician
* 1942 John Marsden, Australian lawyer, gay activist (d. 2006)
* 1942 John Thaw, British actor (d. 2002)
* 1943 Jarl Alfredius, Swedish news anchor (d. 2009)
* 1944 David Atherton, British conductor
* 1944 Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer
* 1945 Stephen Stills, American musician
* 1946 John Paul Jones, British musician (Led Zeppelin)
* 1946 Cissy King, American entertainer
* 1949 Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)
* 1950 Victoria Principal, American actress
* 1951 Gary Nairn, Australian politician
* 1952 Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer
* 1953 Justin Fleming, Australian playwright and writer
* 1954 Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990)
* 1954 Ned Lamont, American businessman and political figure
* 1954 Ross the Boss, American guitarist
* 1955 Palmolive, British musician (The Slits, The Raincoats)
* 1956 Mel Gibson, Australian actor and director
* 1956 Willy T. Ribbs, American race-car driver
* 1957 Bojan Kriај, Slovenian skier
* 1958 Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean filmmaker
* 1958 James J. Greco, American businessman
* 1960 Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India
* 1962 Francesca Lia Block, American author
* 1963 Vic Grimes, American professional wrestler
* 1963 Alex Wheatle, British novelist
* 1963 Jerome Young, American professional wrestler
* 1964 Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
* 1965 Steven A. LaChance, American Author
* 1966 Martin Galway, Northern Ireland composer
* 1969 Michael Schumacher, German seven-time F1 World Champion
* 1969 Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian bobsledder and luger
* 1970 Christian Duguay, American comic actor
* 1970 Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress
* 1970 Matt Ross, American actor
* 1971 Cory Cross, Canadian ice-hockey player
* 1972 Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
* 1972 Nichole Nordeman, American singer
* 1974 Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist
* 1975 Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk)
* 1975 Jason Marsden, American actor
* 1975 Danica McKellar, American actress
* 1976 Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
* 1976 Alisen Down, Canadian actress
* 1976 Dinara Drukarova, Russian actress
* 1976 Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor
* 1977 Lee Bowyer, British footballer
* 1977 A.J. Burnett, American baseball player
* 1977 Michelle Stephenson, Former Spice Girl
* 1977 Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
* 1978 Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model
* 1978 Kimberley Locke, American singer
* 1978 Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress
* 1978 Mike York, American ice hockey player
* 1980 Bryan Clay, American decathlete
* 1980 Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player
* 1980 David Tyree, American football player
* 1981 Eli Manning, American football player
* 1983 Antti Arst, Estonian footballer
* 1984 Billy Mehmet, Irish footballer
* 1985 John David Booty, American football player
* 1985 Linas Kleiza, Lithuanian basketball player for the Denver Nuggets
* 1985 Evan Moore, American football player
* 1986 Lloyd Polite, American R&B singer
* 1986 Jacob Timpano, Australian footballer
* 1986 Jessica O'Rourke, American footballer
* 1987 Leonidas Panagopoulos, Greek footballer
* 1988 Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
* 1989 Alex D. Linz, American actor
* 1989 Julia Nunes, American singer and ukulele player
* 1989 Anya Rozova, Russian model and America's Next Top Model contestant
* 1989 Mustapha Hussein, Saddam Hussein's grandson, Qusay Hussein's son (d. 2003)