Birthdays 1 - 200 of 218
- 1448 King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)
- 1575 Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)
- 1590 Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter
- 1640 Carlo Mannelli, Italian composer, born in Rome (d. 1697)
- 1656 Leonard Sailer, German composer and organist, born in Ulm (d. after 1694)
- 1661 Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)
- 1674 Anton Englert, German composer and organist, born in Schweinfurt (d. 1751)
- 1708 Robert Praelisauer, composer
- 1740 Augustus Montague Toplady, English author of hymn "Rock of Ages" (d. 1778)
- 1756 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner
- 1765 Pierre Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)
- 1779 John W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo)
- 1787 Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean actor (Edmund Kean's Masonic Career), born in London, England (d. 1833)
- 1790 Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62)
- 1797 Aleksander A Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, Russian author
- 1800 Eduard Brendler, composer
- 1809 Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1874)
- 1812 Aleardo [Gaetano] Aleardi, Italian/East poet (Lettere a Maria)
- 1816 William Polk Hardeman, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1898)
- 1816 Stephen Johnson Field, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1899)
- 1818 Alexander Robert Lawton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1896)
- 1820 Robert Vinkler Richardson, American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), born in Granville County, North Carolina (d. 1870)
- 1823 Karel Komzák I, Bohemian composer and musician, born in Netěchovice, Czech Republic (d. 1893)
- 1835 Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1913)
- 1836 Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman and sawmill partner (d. 1912)
- 1841 Carl Tausig, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw (d. 1871)
- 1842 William Barker Cushing, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), (d. 1874)
- 1845 Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, The First Indian Revolutionary (d. 1883)
- 1846 Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer
- 1859 Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer
- 1862 Eden Phillpotts, English novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes)
- 1867 Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish Prime Minister 1944-47
- 1868 Carolina “La Belle” Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan, born in Valga, Galicia, Spain (d. 1965)
- 1872 Herman Finck, composer
- 1873 G E Moore, English philosopher (Ethics)
- 1874 Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (d. 1920)
- 1876 James Fraser, designed buffalo nickel
Will Rogers
1879 Will Rogers, American humorist and actor (Judge Priest), born in Oologah, Oklahoma (d. 1935)

Will Rogers
- 1881 Gena Branscombe, composer
- 1881 Milton Rosmer, Southport England, director (Murder in the Red Barn)
- 1884 Henry George "Harry" Ferguson, Irish aviator, engineer and inventor (Modern tractor), born in County Down, Ireland, United Kingdom (d. 1960)
- 1887 Knut Algot Hakanson, composer
- 1889 Alton Augustus Adams, composer
- 1890 Klabund, [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Bracke, Borgia)
- 1891 Miroslav Krejci, Czech composer
- 1896 Ian Wolfe, American actor (Diary of a Madman, Wizards & Warriors, Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), born in Canton, Illinois (d. 1992)
- 1896 Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Philippines (d. 1971)
- 1897 Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, Brazilian conductor/composer (Imbapara)
- 1899 Carlos Pellicer, Mexican museum director/poet (Teotihuacan)
- 1899 Mimi Boesnach, Dutch actress (Wedding of Kloris & Roosje), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1982)
- 1899 Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist (d. 1985)
- 1900 Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars)
- 1900 Don Alvarado [Jose Page], American actor (Captain Thunder, Morning Glory, Big Steal), born in Albuquerque, New Mexico (d. 1967)
- 1900 Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist and sociologist (d. 1954)
- 1901 Princess Bang-ja of Korea (d. 1989)
- 1901 Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (d. 1974)
- 1902 Frank Jenks, American actor (Colonel Flack, Zombies on Broadway), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1962)
- 1903 Ion Vasilescu, composer
- 1904 Walter Bauer, German Canadian writer, born in Merseburg (d. 1976)
- 1904 Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (d. 1967)
- 1905 Martin Raschke, German author/publisher/war correspondent
- 1906 Arnold Atkinson Cooke, composer
- 1906 Bob Considine, sports columnist (Bob Feller Story)
- 1906 Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat
- 1906 Siegfried Borris, composer
- 1908 Anthony Warde, American actor (Dangers of the Canadian Mounted, Buck Rogers, Black Widow), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1975)
- 1908 Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer, born in New York City
- 1908 Joseph Rotblat, Polish Physicist, Nobel Peace Prize 1995, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2005)
- 1909 Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (d. 1986)
- 1909 Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (d. 1974)
- 1909 Evelyn Johnson, Corbin Kentucky, female pilot (most flying hours - 57,685), (d. 2012)
- 1911 Jack Rose, screenwriter
- 1911 Ssamu Shimizu, composer
- 1912 H "Giff" Vivian, cricketer (father of Graham 1st Test for NZ at 18)
- 1912 Pauline Trigere, fashion designer (Bell Bottoms)
- 1912 Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, composer
- 1913 Gig Young [Byron Elsworth Barr], American actor (They Shoot Horses Don't They), born in St. Cloud, Minnesota (d. 1978)
- 1914 Carlos Castillo Armas, Dictator and President of Guatemala (1954-57), born in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala (d. 1957)
- 1915 Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science
- 1915 Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster
- 1915 Lloyd James Austin, French Scholar
Walter Cronkite
1916 Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist and news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81), born in St Joseph, Missouri (d. 2009)

Walter Cronkite
- 1916 Ruth Handler [née Mosko], American toy manufacturer (invented the Barbie doll), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2002)
- 1916 John Basilone, US Marine (Medal of Honor at the Battle for Henderson Field), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1945)
- 1917 Leonardo Cimino, Italian-American actor (The Monster Squad, V, Dune, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2012)
Art Carney
1918 Art Carney, American actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 2003)

Art Carney
- 1918 Cameron Mitchell, American actor (The High Chaparral), born in Dallastown, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
- 1919 Martin Balsam, American charaacter actor (Psycho, 12 Angry Men, Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22), born in NYC, New York (d. 1996)
- 1920 Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game)
- 1921 Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer
- 1922 Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer
- 1922 Benno Besson, Swiss actor and director (Der Arzt wider Willen), born in Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland (d. 2006)
- 1923 Alfred Heineken, beer brewer (Heineken)
- 1924 Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
Doris Roberts
1925 Doris Roberts, American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2016)

Doris Roberts
- 1927 Vittorio Fellegara, composer
- 1928 Hannah Weiner American experimental poet, born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1997)
- 1929 Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (Red Sox, Senators, Indians)
- 1929 Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor (d. 1987)
- 1930 Dick Groat, shortstop (NL MVP 1960)
- 1930 Kate Reid, actress (Heaven Help US), born in London, England
- 1931 Darla Hood, American child actress (Little Rascals, The Bat), born in Leedey, Oklahoma (d. 1979)
- 1931 Bernard Francis Law, disgraced American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1982-2002), born in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico (d. 2017
- 1932 David Shipman, film historian
- 1932 Noam Pitlik, actor and director (Sanford & Son, Bob Newhart), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1932 Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (d. 2004)
- 1933 Mildred McDaniel, US high jumper (Olympic gold 1956)
- 1933 Tito Francona, American baseball player
- 1934 Judith Herzberg, Dutch poetess/author (Charlotte Life or Theater)
- 1935 Elgar Howarth, composer
- 1936 Didier Ratsiraka, president of Madagascar
- 1936 Charles Kenneth "C K" Williams, American poet and translator (Pulitzer prize 2000), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2015)
- 1937 Loretta Swit, American actress (Hotlips Houlihan in M*A*S*H), born in Passaic, New Jersey
- 1938 Alan Jones, cricketer (England v ROW 1970 his only intl honour)
- 1938 Harry Elston, R&B singer (Friends of Distinction ), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1940 Delbert McClinton, singer (Gonna Find a Good Woman), born in Lubbock, Texas
- 1941 Martin Brozius, Dutch actor (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden)
- 1943 Marlene Jobert, novelist (Adventures of John Difool)
- 1943 Clark Graebner, American tennis player
- 1944 Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist/conductor (WB Collective)
- 1946 Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer
- 1946 Laura Bush, U.S. First Lady 2001-09
- 1946 Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer
- 1947 Aleksandr Tkachev, USSR, parallel bars gymnast (Olympic gold 1980)
- 1947 Alexei Ulanov, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic gold 1972, 76)
- 1947 Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester PA, PGA golfer (1995 Deposit Guaranty)
- 1947 Rodney Marsh, cricketer (AKA "Iron Gloves" AKA "Bacchus" Kept wickets)
- 1949 Berlinda Tolbert, actor (Jenny-Jeffersons), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
- 1949 Kathy McMullen, LPGA golfer
- 1950 Markie Post, [Marjorie], actress (Christine-Night Court), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1950 Charles Frazier, American author
- 1951 Traian Băsescu, President of Romania
- 1953 Carlos Gutierrez, American politician
- 1953 Jacques Villeneuve (elder), Canadian racing driver
- 1953 Dr. Marvel Williamson, American educator
- 1954 Chris Difford, British guitarist/vocalist (Squeeze), born in Greenwich, London
- 1955 Peter Boynton, Danaiscotta Maine, actor (Tonio-As the World Turns)
- 1955 Matti Vanhanen, Prime Minister of Finland
- 1956 James Honeyman-Scott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Pretenders)
- 1956 Jeff Watson, rock guitarist (Night Ranger)
- 1956 Jordan Rudess, American musician (Dream Theater)
- 1957 Najee [Jerome Najee Rasheed], American jazz musician, born in New York City
- 1957 Tony Abbott, Australian Prime Minister (2013-15), born in London, England
- 1958 Anne Sweeney, American television executive
- 1960 Kim Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
- 1960 Kathy Griffin, American comedienne (Suddenly Susan, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1960 Marc Awodey, American artist and writer
- 1960 Frl. Menke, German pop singer of the Neue Deutsche Welle
- 1961 Ralph Macchio, Huntington NY, actor (Karate Kid, 8 is Enough)
- 1961 Daron Hagen, American composer
- 1961 Edward Knight, American composer
- 1961 Les Sampou, American musician
- 1961 Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer
- 1961 Edward Knight, Ann Arbor, Michigan, composer
- 1962 Andre Wasiman, soccer player (FC Volendam), born in Paramibo, Suriname
- 1962 Jeff Probst, American television host
- 1963 David Williams, WI cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests 1992)
- 1963 Michael Heidt, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
- 1963 Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon)
- 1963 Rosario Flores, Spanish singer and actress
- 1963 Michel Therrien, Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1963 Wang Shu, Chinese Architect, born in Ürümqi, Xinjiang
- 1964 Fiona Pike, Adelaide Australia, golfer (S Aust State champ 1993/94)
- 1964 Kurt Krakowian, Berwyn, Illinios, child actor
- 1965 Erik Norgard, NFL center/guard (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
- 1965 Gregory Scott [Koenig], Dearborn Mich, guitarist (Signs of Life)
- 1965 Malandra Burrows, English actress and singer
- 1965 Tomoaki Ishizuka "Pata", Japanese musician
- 1965 Wayne Static [Wells], American musician (Static-X), born in Muskegon, Michigan (d. 2015)
- 1966 Bubba McDowell, NFL safety (Carolina Panthers)
- 1966 Kool Rock, [Damon Wimbley], rapper (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
- 1966 Petra Verkaik, playmate (Dec, 1989), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1966 H. John Heinz IV, American medieval armor craftsman; son of Teresa Heinz
- 1967 Alex Rousseau, US water polo 2m Offense (Olympic 4th 1992, 96), born in Paris, France
- 1967 Asif Mujtaba, cricketer (Pakistani lefty batsman)
- 1967 Eric Karros, Hackansack NJ, infielder (LA Dodgers)
- 1968 Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rico, infielder (Cleveland Indians)
- 1968 Domingo Cedeno, La Ramona Dom Rep, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
- 1968 Osvaldo Fernandez, Holguin Cuba, pitcher (SF Giants)
- 1969 Jan Apell, Swedish tennis star
- 1969 Katrin Borchert, Australian sprint canoeist (Olympics 1996), born in Waren (Müritz), Germany
Matthew McConaughey
1969 Matthew McConaughey, American actor (Contact, A Time to Kill), born in Uvalde, Texas

Matthew McConaughey
- 1969 Tommy Henry, CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
Puff Daddy
1969 Puff Daddy [Sean Combs], American rapper and record producer (Come to Me, I'll be Missing You), born in New York City

Puff Daddy
- 1970 Corey Schwab, North Battleford Canada, NHL goalie (NJ Devils)
- 1970 Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
- 1971 Russell Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
- 1972 Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer
- 1972 Tabassum Hashmi, Indian actress
- 1974 Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta), born in Redwood City. California
- 1975 Eric Fichaud, Anjou Canada, NHL goalie (NY Islanders)
- 1975 Heather Tom, actress (Victoria Howard-Young & Restless), born in Hinsdale, Illinois
- 1975 Lorenzen Wright, NBA forward (LA Clippers)
- 1975 Michael Osmond, Utah, singer (Osmond Boys)
- 1975 Orlando Pace, tackle (St Louis Rams)
- 1975 Eduard Kokcharov, Russian handball player
- 1975 Curtis Stone, Australian chef and television personality
- 1976 Bruno Junqueira, Brazilian racing driver
- 1976 Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer
- 1977 Larry Bigbie, American baseball player