- 1024 Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)
- 1254 Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)
- 1314 Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint
- 1588 Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)
- 1592 John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist
- 1638 Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
- 1655 Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italian 244th Pope (1721-24)
- 1699 Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (1756-1777), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1782)
- 1712 Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (d. 1772)
- 1717 Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I)
- 1729 Henry William (Baron) Stiegel, early American glassmaker
Charles Watson-Wentworth
1730 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1765-66, 1782), born in Wentworth, Yorkshire, England (d. 1782)
Charles Watson-Wentworth
- 1742 Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
- 1753 Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer and mathematician known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, born in Nolay, Côte-d'Or (d. 1823)
- 1761 Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer (Mauritius Lijnslager)
- 1792 Pius IX "Pio Nono", [Giovanni-Maria Mastai-Ferretti], Pope (1846-78)
- 1794 Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
- 1795 Joshua Ratoon Sands, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1883)
- 1795 Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875)
- 1822 Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)
- 1828 Josephine Elizabeth Butler, social reformer
- 1830 Zebulon Baird Vance, Governor (Confederacy), (d. 1894)
- 1831 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies
- 1840 Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon), born in Nîmes, France (d. 1897)
- 1843 Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician
- 1856 Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art
- 1857 Ronald Ross, British pathologist (Nobel Prize 1902), born in Almora, North-Western Provinces, British India (d. 1932)
- 1867 Frank Brangwyn, Wales, painter/muralist/cartoonist (Willam Morris)
- 1882 Georges Braque, French cubist painter and sculptor (My bicycle) who helped develop Cubism with Pablo Picasso, born in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise (d. 1963)
- 1883 Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies)
- 1883 Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (d. 1962)
- 1894 Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
- 1898 Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (d. 2007)
- 1900 Jos Panhuysen, author (Pornographer)
Witold Pilecki
1901 Witold Pilecki, Polish WWII resistance fighter (volunteered to go to Auschwitz, Witold's Report), born in Olonets, Russian Empire
Witold Pilecki
- 1903 Alfred Pugsley, civil engineer
- 1904 Alfred Earle Birney, poet
- 1905 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian leader and 5th President of India (1974-77), born in Delhi, British India (d. 1977)
- 1906 Thomas Mitchell, architect and engineer, born (d. 1996)
- 1907 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist
- 1907 Daphne du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Parasites)
- 1907 Laurence Kirwan, archaeologist
- 1908 Michael Richardson, commandant (Home for Disabled Sailors)
- 1912 Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007)
- 1913 William R Tolbert, president Liberia (1971-80)
- 1915 John Habakkuk, principal (Jesus College in Oxford)
- 1917 Paul Osmond, British senior civil servant
- 1917 Wilhelmus C Wijen, [Broeder Pius], social worker (Curacao)
- 1918 John Johnston, British diplomat (Rhodesia, Malaysia)
- 1920 Ratu Kasmisere Mara, PM of Fiji (1960-70, 70- )/pres (1994- )
- 1920 Gareth Morris, British flautist (d. 2007)
- 1921 Syd[ney G] Vincent, British mine workers leader
- 1924 Harry Schwarz, South African MP and Ambassador to the US
- 1924 Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director
- 1926 Wallace Breem, British author
- 1926 Dewey Philip "Daddy-O", American pioneering DJ, born in Crump, Tennessee (d. 1968)
- 1927 Clive Barnes, drama critic (NY Times, NY Post)
- 1928 Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
- 1928 Jim Shoulders, Champion rodeo cowboy (d. 2007)
- 1930 Mike Gravel, (Sen-R-Alaska)
- 1930 Vernon Shaw, former president of Dominica
- 1931 Eileen Diss, theatrical designer (August, Secret Places, Betrayal)
- 1931 Sydney Lipworth, CEO (Monopolies & Mergers Commission)
- 1931 William Utting, chief inspector (British Social Services)
- 1933 Sid Morrison, (Rep-R-WA, 1981- )
- 1934 Adolf Muschg, Swiss writer (Gruppe Olten), born in Zollikon
- 1936 Alan Rayfield, governor (Long Latin Prison)
- 1937 John Cope, MP/Paymaster General
- 1937 Roger [Joseph] Zelazny, sci-fi author (6 Hugos, Chronicles of Amber)
Roch Carrier
1937 Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist (The Hockey Sweater), born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec
Roch Carrier
- 1937 Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio, born in Kilburn, London (d. 2018)
- 1938 Laurent Beaudoin, French Canadian businessman (Bombardier)
- 1938 Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
- 1939 William W Cobey Jr, (Rep-R-NC, 1985-87)
- 1940 Bruce Chatwin, England, writer (On the Black Hill)
- 1942 Vladimir A Dzhanibekov, USSR, cosmo (Soyuz 27, 39, T-6, T-12, T-13)
- 1944 Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer
- 1944 Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, British explorer/genealogist
- 1944 Armistead Maupin, American author
- 1947 Stephen R Donaldson, American sci-fi author (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Lord Foul's Bane), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1948 Jeffrey Evans, Lord Mayor of London (2015-16), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1951 Jim Douglas, American politician, governor of Vermont
- 1952 John Kasich, US politician (Governor of Ohio (R), 2011-), born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
- 1952 Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder
- 1956 Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kaleri, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14)
- 1956 Ravi Shankar [Sri Sri], Indian spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, born in Papanasam, India
- 1957 Claudie Andre-Deshays, French cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-24)
- 1957 Andrea Klump, German terrorist
- 1957 Carrie Lam, Chinese politician, Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2017-), born in Hong Kong
- 1962 Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet
- 1964 Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
- 1965 José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (d. 2006)
- 1965 Natalie Massenet, entrepreneur and founder of Net-a-Porter, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1966 Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
- 1966 Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
- 1968 Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997)
- 1968 Scott Morrison, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia (2018-), born in Waverley, Australia
- 1979 Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
- 1982 Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol
- 1982 Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer
- 1983 Anita Görbicz, Hungarian handball player