- 1480 Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (d. 1530)
- 1502 Hendrik Niclaes, German/Dutch merchant/cult leader (Children of God)
- 1538 Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (d. 1574)
- 1573 Simon Marius, German astronomer (d. 1624)
- 1607 Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1646)
- 1628 Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)
- 1638 Nicolas Steno, Danish Scientist and Bishop (d. 1686)
- 1644 Louis Boufflers, marshall of France
- 1654 Joshua Barnes, English scholar (d. 1712)
- 1702 Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (d. 1762)
- 1715 Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
Ethan Allen
1738 Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green Mountain Boys), born in Litchfield, Connecticut (d. 1789)
Ethan Allen
- 1747 Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker
- 1750 Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
- 1768 James Varicick, 1st AME Zion Bishop
- 1769 Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo)
- 1780 M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist
- 1797 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)
- 1810 Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (d. 1883)
- 1812 Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect (d. 1881)
- 1814 Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)
- 1815 Alexander Brydie Dyer, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1874)
- 1815 Thomas Williams, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Albany, New York (d. 1862)
- 1825 Alexander Travis Hawthorn, American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), born in Conecuh County, Alabama (d. 1899)
- 1828 Herman Koeckemann, German Catholic prelate (d. 1892)
- 1834 John Dalberg, Baron Acton, English historian, MP, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, born in Naples, Two Sicilies
- 1836 Charles Ingalls, father of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
- 1840 Louis Nazaire Bégin, French Canadian archbishop and cardinal (d. 1925)
- 1841 George Melville, polar explorer and naval engineer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1912)
Frank James
1843 Frank James, American outlaw (member of the James-Younger gang), born in Clay County, Missouri (d. 1915)
Frank James
- 1850 John Wellborn Root, American architect (d. 1891)
- 1855 Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)
- 1858 Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
- 1864 George Washington Carver, African-American agricultural scientist (studied the peanut), born in Diamond Grove, Missouri [or Jul 12] (d. 1943)
- 1864 Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (d. 1931)
- 1865 Mary Ingalls, sister of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)
- 1871 Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)
- 1876 Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith
- 1877 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American inventor (electrostatic precipitator), born in Oakland, California (d. 1948)
- 1880 Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)
- 1880 Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
- 1880 Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown and circus director, born in Loveresse, Canton of Bern (d. 1959)
Manuel Azaña
1880 Manuel Azaña, Prime Minister of Spain (1931-33) and 2nd President of the Spanish Republic (1936-39), born in Alcalá de Henares, Spain (d. 1940)
Manuel Azaña
- 1883 Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj) [NS]
- 1887 Robinson Jeffers, American poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)
- 1890 Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (d. 1957)
- 1891 Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter
- 1892 Dumas Malone, Miss, historian (Jefferson & His Time)
- 1893 Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Australian World War I Victoria Cross winner (d. 1932)
- 1894 Reginald Denham, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed), born in London, England
- 1909 Grace Mitchell, educator
- 1910 Dorothy Stroud, garden historian
- 1911 Tjalie Robinson [Jan Boon], Dutch East Indies writer and journalist (Tong Tong), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1974)
- 1912 Maria Mandel, Camp leader at Auschwitz (d. 1948)
- 1913 Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslavakia (1975-89)
- 1913 Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician (d. 1981)
- 1914 Claude Gallimard, French publisher
- 1914 Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (d. 2000)
- 1916 Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
- 1918 Arthur Chung, President of Guyana (d. 2008)
- 1923 Ingeborg Drewitz, writer
- 1926 Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist, thinker, and politician
- 1927 Otto Stich, Swiss politician
- 1928 Donald Brooks, fashion designer (Emmy 1983)
- 1928 Philip Levine, American poet, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
- 1931 Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, South Africa vicar/MP
- 1931 Ron Galella, celebrity photographer (sued by Jackie O)
- 1931 Peter Barnes, English writer (d. 2004)
- 1934 Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician
Stephen E. Ambrose
1936 Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian (Band of Brothers), born in Lovington, Illinois (d. 2002)
Stephen E. Ambrose
- 1936 Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
- 1936 Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer
- 1937 Thomas Penfield Jackson, American judge
- 1938 Ivan Twigden, English contractor/multi-millionaire (Twigden PLC)
- 1938 Donald Knuth, American mathematician and computer scientist
- 1939 Jared Carter, American poet, born in Elwood, Indiana
- 1939 David Horowitz, American author and political commentator
- 1939 William Levy, Dutch writer
- 1940 Ntare VI of Ankole, Omugabe of Nkole
- 1940 Guy Chevrette, Quebec politician
- 1942 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russian cosmonaut
- 1942 Walter Hill, director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice)
- 1944 Rory Byrne, South African racing car designer
- 1944 Bernard Derome, Canadian news presenter (Le Téléjournal)
- 1946 Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship)
- 1947 George Alec Effinger, American sci-fi author (Nick of Time)
- 1947 Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac Shakur, Black Panther Party member, born in Lumberton, North Carolina (d. 2016)
- 1949 James Lapine, American stage director
- 1956 Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer (Royal Spanish Academy), born in Úbeda, Jaén, Spain
- 1957 Greg Walden, U.S. Congressman from Oregon
- 1960 Benoît Pelletier, Canadian politician
- 1962 Michael Fortier, Canadian politician
- 1963 Mark Pryor, American politician
- 1965 Butch Hartman, American animator
- 1966 Steve Kramer, American politician, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1967 Johan Laats, Belgian judoka
- 1968 Lyle Menendez, NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)
Jared Kushner
1981 Jared Kushner, American real estate developer and advisor to Donald Trump, born in Livingston, New Jersey
Jared Kushner
- 1983 Li Nina, Chinese aerial free-style skier