- 1377 King Ladislas of Naples (d. 1414)
- 1380 Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist
- 1466 Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England and wife of King Henry VII, born in Westminster Palace, London (d. 1503)
- 1506 Juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau
- 1535 Gregory XIV, [Niccolo Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91)
- 1557 John Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist
- 1568 Honoré d'Urfé, French writer (d. 1625)
- 1649 William Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715)
- 1657 Bernard Fontenelle, French scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)
- 1764 Marie-Joseph de Chénier, French poet (Cajus Graechus)
- 1774 Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)
- 1776 Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)
- 1783 Jarena Lee, African American travelling minister
- 1799 Basil Moreau, French Founder priest (d. 1873)
William Henry Fox Talbot
1800 William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer, born in Dorset, England (d. 1877)
William Henry Fox Talbot
- 1802 Lydia Maria Child, American author, journalist and abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany), born in Medford, Massachusetts (d. 1880)
Alexander H. Stephens
1812 Alexander H. Stephens, US Confederate Vice President, born in Crawfordville, Georgia (d. 1883)
Alexander H. Stephens
- 1812 Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1883)
- 1813 Otto Ludwig, German writer and critic (d. 1865)
- 1821 Hermann Allmers, writer
- 1821 Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881)
- 1829 William Anderson Pile, American politician, minister, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1889)
- 1833 Melville Fuller, American 8th chief justice, born in Augusta, Maine (d. 1910)
- 1839 Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist
- 1840 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), (d. 1884)
Thomas Edison
1847 Thomas Edison, American inventor (lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture camera), born in Milan, Ohio (d. 1931)
Thomas Edison
- 1860 Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus)
- 1867 August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist
- 1869 Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder (d. 1939)
- 1869 Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer (d. 1945)
- 1872 Edward Johnston, British craftsman and calligrapher - "the father of modern calligraphy" (d 1944)
- 1873 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)
- 1874 Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author
- 1887 John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)
- 1890 Jan de Vries, Dutch scholar of Germanic linguistics and Germanic mythology, born in Amsterdam (d. 1964)
- 1890 David Drummond, Australian politician (d. 1965)
- 1893 Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary (Festival)
- 1894 Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist (Massenanalyse)
- 1898 Leo Szilard, Hungarian physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist
- 1900 Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher
- 1900 Thomas Hitchcock Jr, great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)
- 1900 Josei Toda, Japanese educator (d. 1958)
- 1901 Roddy Connolly, Irish politician, son of James Connolly (d. 1980)
- 1902 Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect (d. 1971)
- 1904 Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79)
Keith Holyoake
1904 Keith Holyoake, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (National: 1960-72), born in Pahiatua, New Zealand (d. 1983)
Keith Holyoake
- 1905 Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Dutch/Indonesian writer (Camp diary)
- 1906 Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal
- 1908 Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist
- 1908 Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer (British Antarctic Survey)
- 1909 Joseph L Mankiewicz, Wilkes-Barre PA, film writer/director (Sleuth)
- 1911 Alec Cairncross, chancellor (Glasgow U)
- 1912 Roy Fuller, Failsworth, Lancashire, English poet/novelist (Lost Season)
- 1914 French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer
- 1914 Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam
- 1915 Mervyn Levy, artist/critic
- 1915 Patrick Leigh Fermor, author
- 1915 Richard Hamming, American Mathematician and Computer Scientist (Hamming code), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1916 Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist/gerontologist
- 1917 Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer
Sidney Sheldon
1917 Sidney Sheldon, American novelist and playwright (Master of the Game, Bloodline, The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
Sidney Sheldon
- 1917 T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976)
- 1918 Margaret Heldt, American hairdresser who created the Beehive, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1920 Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, American sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap)
- 1920 Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)
- 1920 Paul Peter Piech, artist
- 1921 Lloyd Bentsen, (Sen-D-TX, 1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee)
- 1921 Edward Seidensticker, American scholar (d. 2007)
- 1923 Baroness Sharples, made a life peer after the assassination of her husband (Sir Richard Sharples)
- 1923 Ronald Arculus, British diplomat
- 1924 Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian
- 1925 Peter Berger, British vice-admiral
- 1925 Virginia E Johnson, doctor and sexologist (Masters & Johnson)
- 1926 Paul Bocuse, French great chef (Legion of Honor), born in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, France (d. 2018)
- 1928 Archibald Forster, CEO (Esso UK)
- 1930 Roy De Forest, American Painter (d. 2007)
- 1932 Dennis Skinner, British politician (L), Chairman of the Labour Party (1988-89), born in Clay Cross, Derbyshire
- 1934 Mary Quant, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look), born in Kent, England
- 1934 Patrick Holmes Sellors, ophthalmologist
Manuel Noriega
1934 Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator (1983-89), born in a Panama City slum, Panama (d. 2017)
Manuel Noriega
- 1934 Mel Carnahan, American politician (d. 2000)
- 1937 Marilyn Butler, Rector (Exeter College-Oxford)
- 1939 Bryan Gould, New Zealand and British politician (L), born in Hawera, New Zealand
- 1939 Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, American sci-fi author (Spider Jane, Heart's Blood)
- 1941 Glenn Randall Jr, stuntman (Species, Mrs Soffel, Return of the Jedi)
- 1941 Jeremy Mackenzie, general
- 1942 Archie Andrews, comic book character (Archie)
- 1943 Iain Cameron, British brigadier
- 1944 Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha)
- 1944 Michael G. Oxley, Politician (Rep-R-OH, 1981-2007), born in Findlay, Ohio (d. 2016)
- 1946 M C Walker, CEO (Iceland Frozen Foods)
- 1946 Timothy Chambers, pediatrician
- 1950 Earnest Jim Istook, (Rep-R-Oklahoma)
- 1953 Stephen D Thorne, Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
- 1960 Richard A Mastracchio, astronaut, born in Waterbury, Connecticut
- 1962 Tammy Baldwin, American politician
- 1964 Ken Shamrock, American martial artist
- 1964 Sarah Palin, American politician
- 1967 Scott Shay, American linguist
- 1969 Mary Stoker Smith, Miss Wisconsin and TV news reporter, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin
- 1974 Alex Jones, US radio host, born in Dallas, Texas
- 1974 Zain Verjee, Kenyan-born journalist, born in Nairobi, Kenya
- 1982 Kate Mulleavy, US fashion designer (Rodarte), born in Pasadena, California
- 1990 Princess Ayah of Jordan, niece of King Abdullah II of Jordan, born in Amman, Jordan