- 1264 Prince Koreyasu, 7th Japanese shogun, born in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan (d. 1326)
- 1478 Pope Clement VII [Giulio de' Medici], Italian Pope (1523-34), born in Florence (d. 1534)
- 1566 Mehmed III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1595-1603), born in Manisa, Ottoman Empire (d. 1603)
- 1602 Philippe de Champaigne, French painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1674)
- 1623 William Petty, English political economist and statistician (Treatise of Taxes and Contributions), born in Romsey, England (d. 1687)
- 1650 John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist, born in Ashe, England (d. 1722)
- 1667 Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem), born in Vitry-sur-Seine, France (d. 1754)
- 1669 Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist, born in Vigny, Île-de-France, France (d. 1722)
- 1700 Nicolaus Ludwig, Imperial Count von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German religious and social reformer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1760)
- 1806 Henry Thatcher, American rear admiral (U.S. Navy), born in Thomaston, Maine (d. 1880)
- 1822 Edmond de Goncourt, French writer, wrote with his brother Jules de Goncourt, born in Nancy (d. 1896)
- 1835 Edward Porter Alexander, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and military engineer, born in Washington, Georgia (d. 1910)
- 1865 Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter, born in Pori, Finland (d. 1931)
- 1865 Robert W. Chambers, American artist and fiction writer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1933)
- 1866 John Eigenhuis, Dutch writer (Tough Workers), born in Aalsmeer, Netherlands (d. 1944)
- 1867 Mary of Teck, Queen of Great Britain and consort of George V, born in Kensington Palace, London (d. 1953)
- 1871 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), born in Bilzen, Belgium (d. 1968)
- 1873 C.G.N. de Vooys, Dutch translator and founder (New Taalgids), born in Gouda, Netherlands (d. 1955)
- 1873 Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian artist, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1958)
Henri Farman
1874 Henri Farman, British-French aviator who broke several aviation records, born in Paris (d. 1958)
Henri Farman
- 1877 Jean Schlumberger, French writer (La Mort de Sparte), born in Guebwiller, Alsace-Lorraine (d. 1968)
- 1877 Sadao Araki, Japanese general, Minister of War (1931-34), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1966)
- 1890 Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudes/portraits), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1972)
- 1895 Dorothea Lange, American documentary photographer, born in Hoboken, New Jersey (d. 1965)
- 1899 Otto E. Neugebauer, Austrian-American mathematician and historian, born in Innsbruck, Austria-Hungary (d. 1990)
- 1899 Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, born in Rotterfam, Netherlands (d. 1987)
- 1899 Antonio J. Barrette, French Canadian politician, premier of Quebec, born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada (d. 1968)
- 1903 Estes Kefauver, American politician (Sen-D-Tn), born in Madisonville, Tennessee (d. 1963)
- 1907 Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist, born in Paris (d. 2006)
- 1908 Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, Prime Minister of South Vietnam, born in Long Xuyên, Annam, French Indochina (d. 1976)
- 1910 Adolfo López Mateos, 48th President of Mexico, born in Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico, Mexico (d. 1969)
- 1910 Laurance Rockefeller, American CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank) and philanthropist, born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)
- 1912 Janos Kádár, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary 5th Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary (1956-58), born in Fiume, Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
- 1913 Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician, born in Bilzen, Belgium (d. 1986)
- 1915 Antonia Forest [Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein], British children's author (The Marlows), born in Hampstead, London (d. 2003)
- 1916 Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch political prisoner and journalist (The Walls Came Tumbling Down) (d. 1972)
- 1919 Peter Raleigh, English foreign correspondent and television executive, born in Barnstaple (d. 1996)
- 1923 Oren Lee Staley, 1st President of the National Farmers Organization (1955-79), born in Whitesville, Missouri (d. 1988)
- 1924 T. Cooper Evans, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 2005)
- 1926 Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian sci-fi novelist (Sunburst), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2009)
- 1927 David Edgerton, American entrepreneur and founder of Burger King, born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
- 1928 Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist and right-to-die activist, born in Pontiac, Michigan (d. 2011)
- 1929 Hugo Raes, Flemish writer (Horses Jump & Fresh Sea), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 2013)
- 1934 Dullah Omar, South African attorney and UDF-leader, born in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2004)
- 1938 Pauline Parker, New Zealand murderess (Parker–Hulme murder case), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- 1938 Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian playwright and novelist
- 1939 Gerald Ronson, English multi-millionaire
- 1939 Merab Kostava, Georgian anti-Soviet leader
- 1940 Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, French Canadian politician
- 1941 Reg Bundy, British performer (d. 2003)
- 1941 John Kaufman, sculptor
- 1947 Piers Gray, critic/writer
- 1949 Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer and inventor
- 1949 Jeremy Corbyn, British politician (Labour Party leader 2015-), born in Chippenham, England
- 1951 Muhammed Ahmad Faris, Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3)
- 1951 Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician
Sally Ride
1951 Sally Ride, American astronaut (first American woman to go to space), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
Sally Ride
- 1953 Michael Portillo, British politician
- 1954 Alan Hollinghurst, British novelist
- 1954 Danny Rolling, American murderer (d. 2006)
- 1955 Masaharu Morimoto, Japanese chef
- 1956 Frédéric Dutoit, French politician
- 1957 François Legault, French Canadian politician
- 1957 Pontso S.M. Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
- 1967 Phil Doyle, Australian writer
- 1968 Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1969 John Baird, Canadian politician, born in Nepean, Ontario
- 1970 Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese manga artist (Rurouni Kenshin), born in Tokyo, Japan
- 1977 Raina Telgemeier, American cartoonist (Smile), born in San Francisco, California
- 1982 Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
- 1990 Zenouska Mowatt, granddaughter of English princess Alexandra