- 1417 Louis IX, Duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt)
- 1484 Joachim I Nestor, elector (Brandenburg, Constitution)
- 1675 Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)
- 1684 Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator)
- 1705 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer (d. 1781)
- 1710 Willem van Haren, Frisian nobleman/poet (Human Life)
- 1723 Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (d. 1808)
- 1728 Peter III, Kiel Germany, Russian Tsar (1762) and husband of Catherine the Great
- 1730 Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter
- 1744 Eise J Eisinga, Frisia, built planetarium Franeker
- 1779 Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer
- 1783 Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (VP: Imperial Academy of Arts 1828-68), born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1873)
- 1783 Princess Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia (d. 1835)
- 1785 Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author (Die Sterner)
- 1794 Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico who dominated Mexican history in the first half of the 19th century, born in Xalapa, Veracruz (d. 1876)
- 1800 John Henry Winder, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1865)
- 1801 John Henry Newman, England, cardinal/author (Dream of Gerontius)
- 1802 George Douglas Ramsay, Brevet Major general (Union Army), born in Dumfries, Virginia (d. 1882)
- 1805 David Tod, US diplomat/(Gov-R-Ohio, 1861-63)
- 1815 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/sculptor
- 1817 Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Vallodolid Spain, poet/dramatist (El rey Loco)
- 1829 Johnson Hagood, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1898)
- 1852 [James] Burner Matthews, US playwright/critic (NY Times)
- 1855 Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)
- 1856 Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam)
- 1857 Jules de Trooz, baron/premier of Belgium (1907)
- 1860 Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist (d. 1927)
- 1860 Goscombe John, Welsh sculptor (d. 1952)
- 1865 John Haden Badley, English school founder (d. 1967)
- 1875 Jeanne Louise Calment, French world's oldest woman (d. 1997 at 122)
- 1876 Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (d. 1956)
- 1877 Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist
- 1878 Mirra Richard [The Mother], French-born Indian spiritual leader (Sri Aurobindo), born in Paris, France (d. 1973)
- 1880 Waldemar Bonsels, German writer (d. 1952)
- 1881 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player
- 1887 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player
- 1888 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Religious Build Up)
- 1888 Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (d. 1965)
- 1895 Carl Peter Henrik Dam Danish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
- 1896 Sylvain Poons, Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets)
- 1902 Arthur D Nock, English/US historian (St Paul)
- 1902 John Smallenbroek, Dutch minister of Internal Affairs [or 1909]
- 1903 Raymond Queneau, [M Presle], French author (Un Enfant a Dit)
- 1903 Fairfax M. Cone, American advertising executive (d. 1977)
- 1903 Anaïs Nin, French writer (d. 1977)
- 1907 Wystan Hugh Auden, American poet (Age of Anxiety-Pulitzer 1948)
- 1909 Hans Erni, Swiss painter and sculptor, born in Lucerne, Switzerland (d. 2015)
- 1909 Helen O Dickens, [Henderson], US physician/gynaecologist
- 1910 Douglas R S Bader, British pilot (WWII)
- 1910 Carmine Galante, Italian-born gangster (d. 1979)
- 1912 Patrick Murphy, English multi-millionaire
- 1913 Glenn M Anderson, (Rep-D-CA, 1969- )
- 1914 Arnold S Denker, NY, US chess champion (1944-46)
- 1914 Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Parool/VARA)
- 1917 Victor G M Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65)
Robert Mugabe
1924 Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean revolutionary, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-87) and 1st black President of Zimbabwe (1988-2017), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
- 1926 Hans Andreus, [Johan W van der Zant], Dutch poet (Animal Language)
- 1927 Count Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (Audrey Hepburn's LBD) and founder of Givenchy (1952), born in Beauvais, France (d. 2018)
- 1929 Henry Kloss, American audio engineer (acoustic loudspeaker), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
- 1930 Elizabeth Adams, madame
- 1935 Jean Pelletier, French Canadian political operative
- 1936 Barbara Jordan, (Rep-D-Tx, 1972-78), born in Houston, Texas
- 1938 Beryl F Anthony Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1979- )
- 1940 John Lewis, American politician (Rep-D-Georgia) and prominent civil rights leader (Big Six), born in Troy, Alabama
- 1941 Charlie Shelburne, English earl/large landowner
- 1943 Roberto Faenza, director (Cop Killers, Corrupt)
- 1944 Herman de Coninck, Flemish writer/poet (Impossible Work)
- 1946 Tricia Nixon Cox, Richard Milhaus' daughter (or 0202)
- 1946 Vito Rizzuto, Sicilian-born alleged mafia boss
- 1947 Olympia J Snowe, (Rep-R-ME, 1979- )
- 1947 Victor Sokolov, Russian journalist (d. 2006)
- 1958 Jake Steinfeld, exercise expert (Body by Jake)
- 1962 Chuck Palahniuk, American writer
- 1962 David Foster Wallace, American writer
- 1964 Mark E Kelly, Lt USN/astronaut, born in Orange, New Jersey
- 1964 Jane Tomlinson, British cancer campaigner (d. 2007)
Scott Kelly
1964 Scott Kelly, American astronaut, born in Orange, New Jersey
Scott Kelly