- 1528 Anna of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590)
- 1586 Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646)
- 1656 Guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664)
- 1752 Joseph-Marie Jacquard, invented programmable loom
- 1806 Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education
- 1813 William Scott Ketchum, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1871)
- 1816 Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, American General (Union Army), born in Natick, Massachusetts on (d. 1889)
- 1824 Alfred Pleasonton, American Major General (Union Army), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1897)
- 1827 James Murrell Shackelford, American lawyer, judge, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Lincoln County, Kentucky (d. 1909)
- 1827 William Montague Browne, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
Camillo Golgi
1843 Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and medical researcher (Nobel Prize in Medicine-1906), born in Corteno, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire (d. 1926)
Camillo Golgi
Otto Frederick Rohwedder
1880 Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer (invented the bread-slicing machine), born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1960)
Otto Frederick Rohwedder
- 1884 Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist (d. 1958)
- 1887 Dirk Koster, literary (New Noises)
- 1893 Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (d. 1981)
- 1900 Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (d. 1990)
- 1904 Simone Beck, French chef (d. 1991)
- 1906 Harry Von Zell, sidekick (George Burns Show)
- 1906 William Feller, Croatian mathematician (d. 1970)
- 1907 Helene Johnson, American Harlem Renaissance poet, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
- 1907 Robert A[nson] Heinlein, American sci-fi author (4 Hugos, Red Planet)
- 1908 Evert W Beth, Dutch mathematician/philosopher
- 1908 Harriette Arnow, Wayne Co, Ky, novelist (Dollmaker)
- 1908 Revilo P. Oliver, American professor (d. 1994)
- 1915 Margaret Walker Alexander, poet/novelist (For My People)
- 1916 Luc Peire, Flemish painter and graphic artist
- 1917 Lawrence F O'Brien, (Watergate conspirators broke into his office)
- 1917 Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran politician (d. 2003)
- 1919 William Moses Kunstler, defense attorney (Chicago 8)
- 1921 Adolf von Thadden, German politician (d. 1996)
- 1923 Richard Lumley, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
- 1925 Yvonne Mitchell, writer (Johnny Nobody, Genghis Khan), born in London, England
- 1925 Wally Phillips, American radio personality (d. 2008)
- 1926 Nuon Chea [Lau Kim Korn], Cambodian revolutionary and Khmer Rouge leader 'Brother Number Two', born in Battambang, Cambodia (d. 2019)
- 1927 Alan J Dixon, (Sen-D-IL, 1981- )
- 1928 Ali Sadikin, Indonesian politician and governor of Jakarta (1966-77), born in Sumedang, West Java, Dutch East Indies (d. 2008)
- 1929 Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian
- 1929 Reinhard Baumgart, German writer and critic, born in Breslau, Silesia (d. 2003)
- 1929 Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (d. 2005)
- 1931 David Eddings, American sci-fi author (Belgariad, Malloreon)
- 1934 Robert McNeill Alexander, British zoologist (estimated speed of dinosaurs, born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
- 1937 Carroll Hubbard Jr, American politician (Rep-D-KY, 1975-93), born in Murray, Kentucky
- 1940 Richard K Armey, American economist and politician (US House of Representatives (R) - Texas, 1985-2003), born in Cando, North Dakota
- 1940 Samuel Little, American serial killer (confessed to 93 murders), born in Reynolds, Georgia (d. 2020) [1]
- 1941 Michael Howard, British politician
- 1945 Michael Ancram, British politician
- 1947 Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
- 1947 Howard Rheingold, American author
- 1947 Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal
- 1954 Steve Gilchrist, Canadian politician (Cabinet Minister and Member of Provincial Parliament, in Ontario), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1958 Michala Petri, Danish recorder player born in Hobro, Denmark
- 1959 Ben Linder, American engineer, born in California (d. 1987)
- 1960 Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut, born in Portland, Indiana
- 1962 Shawn Paddock, American rocker (Red Rockers)
- 1966 Neil Tobin, American magician, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1967 Jason R. Rich, American writer (Celebrity Teen Talk), born in Irvington, New York
- 1968 Jeff VanderMeer, American writer, born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
- 1971 Alistair Potts, British rower, born in Chertsey, United Kingdom
- 1973 Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga-ka, born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- 1975 Michael Voss, Australian rules footballer, born in Traralgon, Australia
- 1977 Felix Vasquez, New York City Housing Authority employee
- 1983 Justin Davies, Australian rules footballer