- 1465 French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen
- 1494 Francois Rabelais, French satirist (Gargantua and Pantagruel), born in La Devinière, Touraine, Kingdom of France (d. 1553)
- 1524 Luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet (d. 1580)
- 1575 Pierre de Barulle, French cardinal
- 1620 Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)
- 1646 Hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet
- 1688 Pierre De Marivaux, writer (Marianne), born in Paris, France
- 1693 George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist (London Merchant)
- 1725 Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804)
- 1746 Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish, Lithuanian and American National hero and general (d. 1817)
- 1764 Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral/minister of Navy
- 1768 Maurits C van Hall, Dutch ruler of Heicop & Boeicop, lawyer/politician
- 1769 Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer
- 1778 A. P. de Candolle, Swiss botanist (d. 1841)
- 1799 Joao Batista da Silva Leitao de Almeida Garret, Portuguese playwright
- 1802 Mark Hopkins, American educator/philosopher (Williams College)
- 1805 William H Ainsworth, English writer (Old St Paul's, Rookwood)
- 1808 Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856)
Emperor Norton
1819 Emperor Norton [Joshua Abraham Norton], British born self proclaimed "Norton I, Emperor of the United States," born in London, England (d. 1880)
Emperor Norton
- 1826 Halbert Eleazer Paine, American lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Chardon, Ohio (d. 1905)
- 1831 Oliver Ames, 35th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)
- 1841 Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926)
- 1842 Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary historian and critic
- 1842 Vasili O Klyutshevski, Russian historian
- 1846 Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician known for discovering the Umov-Poynting vector and Umov effect, born in Simbirsk, Russian Empire (d. 1915)
- 1848 [Francois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, Fren playwright/poet (Jeune Croyances)
- 1849 Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux)
- 1859 Timofei Mikhailov, Russian revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya (d. 1881)
- 1865 Charles Bally, Swiss linguist (Le langage et la vie)
- 1868 Constance Gore-booth Markiewicy, Irish patriot/playwright/MP
- 1871 Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st Reichspräsident of the Weimar Republic (d. 1925)
- 1872 Gotse Delchev, a great Macedonian revolutionary, (d. 1903)
- 1875 Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (father of aerodynamics)
- 1881 Kliment J Woroshilov, marshal/president USSR (1953-60)
- 1881 Fernand Léger, French painter (d. 1955)
- 1884 Julius Callewaert, Flemish dominican/bringing up children
- 1885 Cairine Ray Wilson, 1st female Canadian senator (appointed), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1888 Paul Althaus, German theologist (The Christian Truth)
- 1889 Walter Catlett, American actor (Climax, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1960)
- 1891 Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar, Speaker of Lok Sabha (d: 1978).
- 1892 Ugo Betti, Italian playwright
- 1892 Andreu Nin, Catalan politician (d. 1937)
- 1892 E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet (d. 1964)
Raymond Dart
1893 Raymond Dart, Australian paleoanthropologist (Australopithecus africanus), born in Brisbane, Queensland (d. 1995)
Raymond Dart
Charles Lindbergh
1902 Charles A Lindbergh, pilot (1st to fly solo across Atlantic), born in Detroit, Michigan
Charles Lindbergh
- 1902 Hartley Shawcross, British lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
- 1903 Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician
- 1903 Frank Howley, Brigadier General (Answers for Americans), born in Hampton, New York
- 1904 Herman B. Wiardi Beckman, Dutch politician (SDAP)/resistance fighter
- 1904 MacKinlay Kantor, Webster City Iowa, novelist (Andersonville)
- 1906 Clyde William Tombaugh, American astronomer (discovered Pluto)
- 1906 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist (Confessing Church)
- 1909 Kenneth W Howell, English Anglican bishop (Chile/Bolivia/Peru)
- 1910 Uys Krige, South African playwright/novelist (Orphan of the Desert)
- 1912 Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian politician (d. 1999)
- 1912 Louis-Albert Cardinal Vachon, archbishop of Quebec (d. 2006)
Rosa Parks
1913 Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, born in Tuskegee, Alabama (d. 2005)
Rosa Parks
- 1914 Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head)
- 1916 Basil Hembry, farmer/campaigner
- 1916 Gavin Buchanan Ewart, English poet (Pleasures of the Flesh)
- 1916 Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha, 41st master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi Sufi Order (d. 1980)
- 1917 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician
- 1918 Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher (d. 1991)
- 1919 Frank van Klingeren, Dutch architect (De Meerpaal, Dronten)
- 1920 Derek Worlock, English Roman Catholic Archbishop Liverpool, born in London (d. 1996)
Betty Friedan
1921 Betty Friedan, American feminist and writer (Feminine Mystique), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 2006)
Betty Friedan
- 1922 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian classical singer (khayal form of singing, bhajans, abhangs), born in Ron, Karnataka, India (d. 1987)
- 1925 Russell Hoban, US children's book author (Riddley Walker/Pilgermann)
- 1926 John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer
- 1929 Mary Joan Nielubowicz, rear admiral/nurse
- 1931 Isabel Martínez de Perón, [Maria Martinez], wife of Juan Perón and President of Argentina (1974-76), born in La Rioja, Argentina
- 1935 Martti Talvela, Hiitola Karelia Finland, operatic basso
- 1936 Daan van Golden, Dutch sculptor
- 1938 Donald W Riegle Jr, (Sen-D-MI, 1976- )
- 1939 Jacques Charlier, Belgian sculptor
- 1939 Stan Lundine, (Rep-D-NY, 1976-86)
- 1940 George A. Romero, American-Canadian director (Night of the Living Dead), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2017)
- 1940 Theodore "Ted" Stanley, American anesthesiologist and medical entrepreneur (created the fentanyl lollipop), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
- 1943 Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese president of the regional government of Madeira
- 1943 Ken Thompson, American computer scientist
- 1944 Daniel A Mica, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- )
- 1947 James Danforth "Dan" Quayle, USA (Sen-R-Ind, 44th Vice President 1989-93), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
- 1947 Sanford Bishop, (Rep-D-Georgia)
- 1948 Robert Coover, novelist (Pricksongs & Descants)
- 1948 Rod Grams, (Rep-R-Minnesota), (d. 2013)
- 1952 Li Yinhe, Chinese sexologist
- 1953 Svetlana Ulmasova, USSR, 3K (world title 1978)
- 1955 Mikuláš Dzurinda, Slovak Prime minister
- 1957 Evan Wolfson, American attorney and activist
- 1958 Werner Schwab, Austrian playwright and artist, born in Graz (d. 1994)
- 1958 Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer
- 1959 Zenani Mandela, daughter of Nelson & Winnie Mandela
- 1960 Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish author (d. 2007)
- 1961 Stewart O'Nan, American author (Snow Angels, The Names of the Dead), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1962 Alfred Twardecki, Polish historian
- 1974 Mijntje Donners, Dutch hockey international
- 1979 Andrei Arlovski, Russian mixed martial artist
- 1990 Haruka Tomatsu, Japanese Seiyū