Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
Macedonian king and military leader, born in Pella, Macedonia (modern Greece)
- 1304 Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), born in Arezzo, Tuscany (d. 1374)
- 1513 Gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general, born in Antwerp (d. 1580)
- 1519 Pope Innocent IX [Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591), born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1591)
- 1537 Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer, born in Larroque-Magnoac, France (d. 1604)
- 1659 Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter, born in Perpignan, France (d. 1743)
- 1663 Pierre Drevet, French engraver, born in Loire-sur-Rhône, Lyon (d. 1738)
- 1709 James Harris, English philosopher, born in Salisbury, Wiltshire (d. 1780)
- 1754 Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French Enlightenment philosopher, born in Paris (d. 1836)
- 1757 Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician, born in Georgia (d. 1811)
- 1766 Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat, born in Broomhall, Fife, Scotland (d. 1841)
- 1774 Auguste Marmont, French marshal, born in Châtillon-sur-Seine, France (d. 1852)
Mahmud II (1785-1839)
30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-39), born in Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
- 1797 Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist, born in Glausche, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1873)
- 1804 Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosauria), born in Lancaster, England (d. 1892)
- 1806 John Sterling, Scottish writer, born in Isle of Bute, United Kingdom (d. 1844)
- 1811 James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin & Kincardine and Governor (Jamaica), born in London (d. 1863)
- 1816 William Bowman, English anatomist, born in Nantwich, Cheshire (d. 1892)
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)
Austrian monk and geneticist (discoverer of laws of heredity), born in Heinzendorf, Austria
- 1824 Alexander Schimmelfennig, Prussian-American political revolutionary and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Bromberg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1865)
- 1836 Thomas Allbutt, English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart), born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire (d. 1925)
- 1838 Augustin Daly, American playwright and theatrical manager, born in Plymouth, North Carolina (d. 1899)
- 1838 George Otto Trevelyan, British statesman and biographer (d. 1928)
- 1847 Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter
- 1849 Robert Anderson Van Wyck, Mayor of New York City (d. 1918)
- 1852 Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister), born in Amsterdam (d. 1932)
- 1853 Geo[rge] Poggenbeek, Dutch water colors painter
- 1858 Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (d. 1925)
- 1860 Johannes Walter, German geologist (Denudation of the Wilderness)
- 1864 Erik Karlfeldt, Swedish poet (Nobel 1918-refused; 1931-posthumous)
- 1868 Miron Cristea, 1st Patriarch of All Romania (d. 1939)
- 1870 Vladimir D Nabokov, Russian jurist/minister of Justice (1918-19)
- 1873 Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator (d. 1932)
- 1876 Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (d. 1944)
- 1877 Percy Dean, British naval lieutenant and politician who received the Victoria Cross for saving men during the raid of Zeebrugge, born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England (d. 1939)
- 1880 Hermann earl Keyserling, German philosopher/writer
- 1881 Leon de Smet, Flemish painter
- 1885 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian/critic
- 1887 Willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer
- 1890 George II, King of Greece (1922-1924, and 1935-1947), born in Tatoi, Greece (d. 1947)
- 1893 Alexander, King of Greece (1917-20), born at Tatoi Palace, Greece (d. 1920)
- 1893 Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (From Where I Came)
- 1895 László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1946)
- 1897 Tadeusz Reichstein, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950)
- 1900 Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian economist
- 1900 Maurice Gilliams, Flemish writer/poet/essayist (Maria's Life)
- 1901 Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist
- 1902 Dilys Powell, English writer (Descent from Parnassus)
- 1903 Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician
- 1905 Molly Mary Nesta Keane, writer
Mad Dog Coll (1908-1932)
Irish-American mob hitman, born in Gweedore, Ireland
- 1909 Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (d. 1969)
- 1910 Cicely Veronica Wedgwood, British historian (William the Silent)
- 1912 Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member
- 1912 George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (d. 1970)
- 1912 John Dacie, hematologist
- 1912 Thijmen Kuijt, resistance fighter/co-found newspaper (The Typhoon)
Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)
New Zealand explorer and mountaineer who was 1st to scale Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay, born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1920 Elliot L Richardson, Attorney General (1973)/Sec of Defense (1973)
- 1920 Jack Harman, British general
- 1920 Jeffrey Petersen, British diplomat
- 1922 Alan Stephenson Boyd, American politician
- 1923 Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (d. 2005)
- 1924 Hans Lodeizen [Johannes A Frederik], Dutch poet (Inner Self)
- 1924 Thomas Berger, American novelist (Vital Parts, Little Big Man), born in Cincinnati, Ohio, (d. 2014)
- 1925 Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (The Wretched of the Earth), born in Martinique, France (d. 1961)
- 1925 Jacques Delors, French economist, and chairman European Committee (1985-95), born in Paris, France
- 1927 Anthony Cavendish, British MI 6 agent/banker
- 1927 Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Russian 'Grandmother of Russian Human Rights', born in Crimea, Russia (d. 2018)
- 1928 Charles David Ganao, Djambala, French Equatorial Africa, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (1996-1997), (d. 2012)
- 1928 Jan Meyers, American politician (Rep-R-Kansas, 1985-97), born in Lincoln, Nebraska (d. 2019)
- 1928 Pavel Kohout, Czech and Austrian writer (Poor Murderer) and dissident, born in Prague
- 1930 Yuri Petrovich Artyukin, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 14)
Marina Popovich (1931-2017)
Soviet Air Force colonel, engineer and test pilot (102 world records), born in Leonenki, Smolensk Oblast, USSR, birth date uncertain
- 1932 Otto Schily, German politician
- 1933 Cormac McCarthy, American author
- 1934 Ralph C RInzler, folklorist (Greenbriar Boys)
- 1934 Uwe Johnson, German writer
- 1935 Lord Peter Palumbo, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
- 1936 Barbara Mikulski, American politician (Rep-D-MD, 1977-87, Senator-D-MD, 1986-2017), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1939 Jeanne Bice, American entrepreneur (Quacker Factory clothes), born in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
- 1939 Judy Chicago [Judith Cohen], American artist (Dinner Party), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1941 Vladimir Afanasiyevich Lyakhov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 32/34, T-9, TM-6)
- 1942 Ron Bowden, Australian politician
- 1944 Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy
- 1945 Larry Craig, American politician (Senator-R-Idaho 1991-2009, Rep-R-Idaho, 1981-91), born in Council, Idaho
- 1945 Paul Valéry [Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry], French author, philosopher and poet (La Jeune Parque), born in Sète, Hérault (d. 1945)
- 1947 Gerd Binnig, Frankfurt, physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986)
- 1948 Richard H. Lehman, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1983-95), born in Fresno, California
- 1950 William Schroeder, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1970)
- 1953 Thomas Friedman, American journalist
- 1956 Jim Prentice, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (2014-15), born in South Porcupine, Ontario (d. 2016)
- 1960 Katie Rabbet, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend, born in London, England
- 1964 Terri Irwin, American naturalist; widow of Steve Irwin
- 1965 Anthony Shriver, American activist for people with intellectual disabilities (founder of Best Buddies International), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Enrique Peña Nieto (56 years old)
1966 President of Mexico (2012-18), born in Atlacomulco, State of Mexico, Mexico
- 1972 Erik Ullenhag, Swedish jurist and politician
- 1973 Haakon Magnus, Crown Prince of Norway
- 1974 Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist
- 1975 Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish politician
- 1976 Erica Hill, American news anchor
- 1981 Thorsten Engelmann, German rower
- 1999 Princess Alexandra of Hanover, daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco