- 1218 John I, Count of Hainaut (1246-57), born in Houffalize, Luxembourg (d. 1257)
- 1218 Rudolph I of Germany, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1273-91), born in Limburgh Castle, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Germany (d. 1291)
- 1238 Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80), born in Tønsberg, Norway (d. 1280)
- 1285 Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel, English politician, born in Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, England (d. 1326)
- 1545 Franciscus Junius, French-Dutch calvinist theologist and vicar, born in Bourges, France (d. 1602)
- 1567 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1641)
- 1577 François de Kinschot, Dutch jurist and chancellor of Brabant, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1654)
- 1592 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1666)
- 1594 John Haynes, 5th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, born in Essex, England (d. 1653)
- 1672 Joseph Addison, English essayist and poet (co-founder of The Spectator), born in Milston, Wiltshire, England (d. 1719)
- 1692 James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (Formula of Stirling), born in this month in Stirlingshire, Scotland (d. 1770)
- 1735 Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch naval officer and founder of Dutch Marines Corp, born in Doesburg, Netherlands (d. 1819)
Kamehameha I
1738 Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (1782-1819), born in Kohala, Hawaii (d. 1819)
Kamehameha I
Arthur Wellesley
1769 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and British Prime Minister (Tory: 1828-30), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1852)
Arthur Wellesley
- 1800 Thomas Aloysius Dornin, American naval officer, born in Ireland (d. 1874)
- 1804 Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov, Russian poet, born in Moscow (d. 1860) [NS 13/05]
- 1807 John B. Magruder, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Port Royal, Virginia (d. 1871)
- 1818 José Amador de los Ríos, Spanish historian and poet, born in Baena, Spain (d. 1878)
- 1819 William Steele, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1885)
- 1825 George Inness, US landscape painter (Delaware Water Gap)
- 1829 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice
- 1830 Mother (Mary Harris) Jones, US reformer and labor organizer
- 1831 Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (d. 1903)
- 1835 Alfred Napoleon Alexander "Natti" Duffié, French-American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Paris, France (d. 1880)
- 1839 Chardonnet, inventor (rayon)
- 1845 [Robert] Lawson Tait, Scottish-born pioneering surgeon performed first salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1899)
- 1850 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (d. 1942)
- 1851 Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer and psychiatrist (d. 1891)
- 1852 Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1934)
Calamity Jane
1852 Calamity Jane [Martha Jane Canary], American frontierswoman, born in Princeton, Missouri (d. 1903)
Calamity Jane
- 1855 Cecilia Beaux, American portrait painter , born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1859 Willem J Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat
- 1872 Sidónio Pais, Portuguese military and politician (d. 1918)
- 1874 Romaine Brooks (born Beatrice Romaine Goddard), American painter , born in Rome, Italy
- 1880 Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tantum dic verbo)
- 1881 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French philosopher/paleontologist
- 1887 Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/British gen/director of Palestine (1945-48)
- 1889 John Evans, England Test batsman (author 'The Escaping Club'), born in Newtown, Hampshire (d. 1960)
- 1896 Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (d. 1947)
- 1896 Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984)
- 1896 J. Lawton Collins, American general (d. 1987)
- 1898 Eugene R Black, American President of World Bank (1953-62)
- 1900 Ignazio Silone, Italian novelist/politician (Bread & Wine)
- 1901 Antal Szerb, Hungarian author and historian (d. 1945)
- 1905 Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet PM (1980-85)
- 1905 Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (d. 1982)
- 1906 Horst Schumann, Nazi physician (d. 1983)
- 1907 Jan Pauw, CEO (Aruban Theater Group)
- 1907 Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney (d. 2007)
- 1908 Giovanni Guareschi, Italian writer (Don Camillo, Peppone)
- 1909 Ethel Jane Cain, British telephonist and original UK Speaking Clock voice, born in England (d. 1996)
- 1909 Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and political activist, born in Monemvasia (d. 1990)
- 1912 Otto Kretschmer, German U-Boat commander (d. 1998)
- 1917 Ahron Soloveichik, Orthodox Jewish rabbi, born in Khislavichi, Russia (d. 2001)
- 1918 Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (d. 1977)
- 1919 Alwyn Farquharson, Scottish clan-captain/large landowner
- 1921 12th Lord Middleton, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
- 1921 Paul Daels, president (Flemish Iron Pilgrimage committee)
- 1923 Joseph Heller, American novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts & Letters Award), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1999)
- 1924 Terry Southern, writer
- 1924 Dennis Main-Wilson, British TV and radio producer (Marty, Till Death Us Do Part), born in Dulwich, London (d. 1997)
- 1925 Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7), born in Boulder, Colorado (d. 2013)
- 1926 Peter Lax, Hungarian Mathematician
- 1927 Lord Bathurst, English earl/large landowner/multi-millionaire
- 1928 Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist/pres (l'ASIFA)
- 1928 Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racer (d. 2002)
- 1930 Richard Riordan, mayor of Los Angeles (R, 1993-2001), born in NYC, New York
- 1934 Alette Beaujon, Curacaos poet (Gedichten on the Bay & Elsewhere)
- 1934 Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
- 1940 Elsa Peretti, Italian jewelry designer
- 1944 Suresh Kalmadi, Indian politician
- 1946 Jerry Weiss, American rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears), born in NYC, New York
- 1946 John Woo, Hong Kong director
- 1947 Carlos Ward, rocker (B T Express)
- 1947 Sergio Infante, Chilean poet and writer
- 1947 Jacob Bekenstein, American-Israeli theoretical physicist (Bekenstein-Hawking radiation), born in Mexico City (d. 2015)
- 1949 Paul Teutul, Sr., founder of Orange County Choppers
- 1951 Antony Worrall Thompson, English celebrity chef
- 1954 Joel Rosenberg, sci-fi author
- 1957 Dick Swett, (Rep-D-New Hampshire)
- 1957 Paul D Ronney, ScD/astronaut (STS 83 alt), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1961 Marilyn Milian, current judge on The People's Court
- 1964 Ruth Picardie, journalist
- 1964 Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter of princess Margaret & Lord Snowdon
- 1968 Denise Masino, American Female Bodybuilder
- 1969 Wes Anderson, American director and writer