- 1340 John of Gaunt, English son of King Edward III, 1st Duke of Lancaster, founder of the English royal House of Lancaster, born in Ghent (d. 1399)
- 1405 King John II of Castile (d. 1454)
- 1459 Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant
Michelangelo
1475 Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance (David, Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel), born in Caprese, Tuscany (d. 1564)
Michelangelo
- 1483 Francesco Guicciardini, Italian attorney/president of Romagna
- 1492 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer
- 1495 Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Opere Toscane, La Coltivazione)
- 1619 Cyrano de Bergerac, French playwright (Voyage to the Moon), known for his large nose
- 1663 Francis Atterbury, English man of letters and priest, born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (d. 1732)
- 1698 John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist
- 1706 George Pocock, British admiral (d. 1792)
- 1716 Pehr Kalm, Swedish explorer and naturalist (d. 1779)
- 1740 Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica)
Casimir Pulaski
1747 Casimir Pulaski, Polish Military Leader (called the father of American cavalry), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1779)
Casimir Pulaski
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet ("Sonnets from the Portuguese"), born in Kelloe, Durham (d. 1861)
- 1812 Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking
- 1817 Princess Clémentine of Orléans (d. 1907)
- 1818 William Claflin, 27th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1905)
- 1820 Horatio Gouverneur Wright, American Major General (Union Army), born in Clinton, Connecticut (d. 1899)
- 1831 Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission)
- 1831 Philip Henry Sheridan, Major General (Union Army), born in Albany, New York
- 1834 George du Maurier, Franco-British illustrator and writer (Trilby), born in Paris, France (d. 1896)
- 1835 Charles Ewing, American attorney and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Lancaster, Ohio (d. 1883)
George Dayton
1857 George Dayton, American businessman (founder of Target Corporation), born in Clifton Springs, New York (d. 1938)
George Dayton
- 1882 F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (d. 1980)
- 1882 Geoffrey Mander, English industrialist (Mander Brothers Ltd.), born in Wolverhampton, England (d. 1962)
- 1890 Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator/theory (Orfeo)
- 1893 Kathleen Smoothy, housewife (last link to Siege of SIdney Street)
- 1900 John Henry Pyle Pafford, British librarian (University of London), born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire (d. 1996)
- 1901 Mark Donskoy, Odessa Russia, director (Heart of a Mother)
- 1903 Empress Kōjun of Japan (d. 2000)
- 1904 José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (d. 1960)
- 1909 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian statesman and nationalist, born in Ikenne, British Nigeria (d. 1987)
- 1911 Charles Frank, physicist
- 1912 Madge Adam, astronomer
- 1913 David Bowman, trade unionist
- 1915 Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, 52nd Da'i al Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras
- 1917 J A Mommersteeg, Dutch asst sect of Defense (KVP)
- 1917 Will Eisner, American illustrator and cartoonist (d. 2005)
- 1919 Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (d. 2006)
- 1921 Oliver Wright, British Ambassador (To US)
- 1922 Ruben Ayala, Chino, California, politician (California State Senator 1974-1998) (d. 2012)
- 1923 Raymond "Bill" Hoffenberg, college president (Wolfson at Oxford)
- 1924 William H. Webster, American judge, Director of the FBI (1978-87) and Director of the CIA (1987-91), born in St. Louis, Missouri
Alan Greenspan
1926 Alan Greenspan, American economist, presidential advisor and Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States (1987-2006), born in NYC, New York
Alan Greenspan
- 1926 Elwood H [Bud] Hillis, (Rep-R-IN, 1971- )
- 1927 John Fairchild, CEO (Fairchild publishing), born in Newark, New Jersey
- 1927 Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr, Shawnee Oklahoma, USAF/astronaut (Mer 9, Gem 5)
- 1929 Hal Miller, British MP
- 1929 Ho Dam, North Korean secretary of State (1970-83)
- 1929 Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D, 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2013)
- 1931 David Haddon Whitaker, British publisher (Whitaker's Almanack)
- 1931 Hal Needham, American stuntman, (d. 2013)
- 1933 Heiko Wierenga, Dutch soc-dem mayor of Enschede (1977-94)
- 1936 A "Bram" Stemerdink, Dutch minister of Defense (PvdA)
- 1936 Marion S Barry, (Mayor-D-Washington, D.C., 1979-90, 95- ), drug indictment
- 1937 Ivan Boesky, stockbroker inside trading, born in Detroit, Michigan
Valentina Tereshkova
1937 Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonaut and 1st woman in space (Vostok 6), born in Maslennikovo, Russia
Valentina Tereshkova
- 1938 Pauline Boty, English artist, born in London (d. 1966)
- 1939 Christopher Bond, (Sen-R Missouri)
- 1939 Infanta Margarita of Spain, duchess of Soria
- 1941 Ann Winterton, British MP
- 1946 Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, Cameroon, astronaut (STS 18)
- 1946 Tony Klatka, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
- 1946 Richard Noble, Scottish businessman (land speed record 1983-97), born in Edinburgh
- 1947 Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author
- 1948 James FCS "Jim" Woude, cartoonist
- 1952 Lyn Perrin, executive administrator (WIC)
- 1953 Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
- 1955 Cyprien Ntaryamira, 5th President of Burundi (1994) who was assassinated at the start of the Rwandan genocide, born in Mubimbi, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi (d. 1994)
- 1959 Saul Anuzis, American politician
- 1962 Valerie French, American animatronics art director
- 1966 Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian militant (chief bombmaker for Hamas), born in Rafat, West Bank (d. 1996)
- 1967 Mihai Tudose, Romanian politician, Prime Minister (2017-), born in Brăila, Romania
- 1984 Becky, Japanese-British entertainer
- 1985 Alaska Thunderf**k [Justin Andrew Honard], American drag queen and TV performer (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in Erie, Pennsylvania