- 1613 Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)
- 1632 Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)
- 1651 André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)
- 1664 Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)
- 1671 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)
- 1773 James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian (History of British India), born in Angus, Scotland (d. 1836)
- 1810 Philip Gosse, intentor of institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos)
- 1812 Aaron Bernstein, writer
- 1812 Alexander Herzen, Russian writer (d. 1870)
- 1818 Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Norwegian poet (d. 1870)
- 1819 Johann A H Scheler, Belgian librarian
- 1823 Joseph Medill, St John NB Canada, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune)
- 1826 Gustave Moreau, French painter
- 1828 Charles William Field, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1892)
- 1830 James Augustine Healy, Macon Ga, 1st African American Roman Catholic bishop
- 1833 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskrit, Old Javan)
- 1841 Karl Binding, German jurist (d. 1920)
- 1849 John William Waterhouse, British painter (d. 1917)
- 1851 Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (d. 1932)
- 1860 René Lalique, French jewel designer
- 1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker/journalist (Shame of the Cities)
- 1869 Louis Raemakers, Dutch draftsman/painter
- 1871 Alexander, grandson of England's Queen Victoria
- 1878 Erich Mühsam, German author (d. 1934)
- 1883 Mien Labberton, Dutch poetress
- 1886 Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, The Last Nizam of Hyderabad state (d. 1967)
- 1888 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet/writer (Svarta Ballader)
- 1889 Gabriela Mistral [Lucila Godoy y Alcayaga], poet (Noebel Prize 1945) and diplomat, born in Vicuña, Chile (d. 1957)
- 1890 Andre L Danjon, French astronomer
- 1890 Anthony Fokker, Dutch aviation pioneer and an aircraft manufacturer (Eindecker monoplanes, Fokker Triplane)
- 1892 Donald Wills Douglas, American aircraft pioneer (McConnell Douglas)
- 1894 Gertrude Baines, American Supercentarian
- 1900 Leo Robin, American writer (Thanks For the Memory)
- 1901 Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Catholic (d. 1925)
- 1902 Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (d. 1989)
- 1903 Harold Edgerton, foremost high-speed photographer
- 1904 Kurt G Kiesinger, German chancellor (Wherever They May Be)
- 1906 Virginia Hall [Goillot], American spy with British Special Operations during WWII (1940-1966), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1982)
- 1909 William M. Branham, American evangelist (d. 1965)
- 1910 Desmond Dreyer, British admiral
- 1917 Julian Faber, CEO (Willis Faber)
- 1917 Shakey, [Walter Horton], Miss, harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin')
- 1917 Leonora Carrington, Clayton-le-Woods UK, British-Mexican Surrealist artist
- 1918 Joan Bernard, Principal (Trevelyan College, Durham)
- 1918 Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president (d. 1982)
- 1920 Bernard Carter, British painter and etcher
- 1921 Franta Belsky, British sculptor
- 1921 Lord Moore of Wolvercote [Philip Brian Cecil Moore], Private Secretary to the Sovereign (UK)
- 1925 John Knox, British supreme court justice
- 1925 Marcus Worsley, Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, (d. 2012)
- 1926 Ian Paisley, North Ireland, clergyman/MP
- 1926 Gil Kane, Latvian-born cartoonist (d. 2000)
- 1927 David Ingram, Vice-Chancellor (University of Kent at Canterbury)
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1928 James Watson, American molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist (co-discovered structure of DNA), born in Chicago, Illinois
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- 1929 Li Yuan-chia, Chinese artist (Ton Fan group), born in Guangxi, China (d. 1994)
- 1929 Willis Hall, British writer
- 1933 Roy Goode, British lawyer
- 1933 Eduardo Malapit, American Democratic politician (d. 2007)
- 1935 James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose, Southern Rhodesia-born hereditary peer of the Peerage of Scotland
- 1935 John Pepper Clark, Nigeria, writer (Horn, Song of a Goat)
- 1938 Paul Daniels, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), born in South Bank, Yorkshire (d. 2016)
- 1938 Frances Schreuder, American socialite convicted of murder, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2004)
- 1939 André Ouellet, French Canadian politician
- 1940 Homero Aridjis, Mexican poet (La Tumba de Filidor)
- 1941 Hans W Geissendorfer, Augsburg Germany, director (Sternsteinhof)
- 1942 Barry Levinson, director (Rainman), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1943 Harry Conroy, trade unionist
- 1944 John Stax, rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down)
- 1945 Rodney Bickerstaffe, trade unionist
- 1945 Neal Boortz, American talk radio personality
- 1947 Jan-Kees Wiebenga, Dutch politician (VVD), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
- 1949 Mary Maples Dunn, American college president (Smith College), born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (d. 2017)
- 1950 Dennis E Eckart, (Rep-D-OH, 1981- )
- 1955 Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian-born serial killer
- 1957 Maurizio Damilano, Italian speed walker (30K World Record)
- 1957 Paolo Nespoli, Italian astronaut
- 1959 Dianne Brill, Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night)
- 1961 Rory Bremner, impressionist
- 1963 Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian politician and 43rd President of Ecuador (2007-2017), born in Guayaquil, Ecuador
- 1964 Phil Gayle, British news presenter (DW News, The Big Breakfast), born in Birmingham, England
- 1969 Jack Canfora, American playwright
- 1979 Frederick MGDL Windsor, son of English prince Michael
- 1982 Ilan Hall, Israeli-American chef
- 2007 Princess Haalah bint Hashim, Princess of Jordan