Vespasian (9-79 AD)
Roman Emperor (69-79 AD), born in Falacrina, Italy
- 331 Julian 'the Apostate', Roman Emperor (361-63) tried to re-instate paganism, born in Constantinople (d. 363)
- 1503 Il Bronzino, Italian Florentine painter in Mannerist style (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son), born in Florence (d. 1572)
- 1576 Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)
- 1594 Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician and writer (Treasure of Health) (d. 1647)
- 1612 Dorgon, Manchu prince, Prince-Regent for Shunzhi Emperor (introduced compulsory wearing of queues) (d. 1650)
- 1681 Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)
- 1685 Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, French Canadian trader and explorer of North Dakota and the upper Missouri River, born in Trois-Rivières, New France (d. 1749)
- 1690 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter and cartoonist (d. 1734)
- 1729 Maria Antonietta of Spain, queen of Sardinia (d. 1785)
- 1752 Nicolas Appert, French inventor of airtight food preservation (food canning, bouillon tablet), born in Châlons-en-Champagne, France (d. 1841)
Louis XVIII (1755-1824)
1st post-revolutionary King of France (1814-24), born in Versailles, France
- 1765 Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
- 1790 August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868)
- 1794 George Grote, British historian (History of Greece), born in Clay Hill, England (d. 1871)
- 1794 John Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1873)
- 1799 Titian Peale, American artist and naturalist (American Ornithology), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1885)
- 1814 Joseph Finegan, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1885)
- 1826 John McArthur, Scottish-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Erskine, Scotland (d. 1906)
- 1827 Petko Slavejkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 1895)
- 1834 Stephen Hinsdale Weed, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Potsdam, New York (d. 1863)
- 1835 Andrew L. Harris, governor of Ohio (d. 1915)
- 1837 David Capriles, Curacaos director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao (d. 1902)
- 1854 Louis Lyautey, French general and colonial administrator (Indochina, Morocco) Minister of Defense (1916-17), born in Nancy, France (d. 1934)
- 1865 John Stanley Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), born in Hickson, Ontario (d. 1941)
- 1866 Voltairine de Cleyre, American anarchist, writer and speaker, born in Leslie, Michigan (d. 1912)
- 1876 Baron Joseph van de Meulebroeck, Belgian politician, (mayor of Brussels, Belgium) (d. 1958)
- 1878 Grace Abbott, American social worker (US Children's Bureau), born in Grand Island, Nebraska (d. 1939)
- 1885 Henri de Man, Belgian sociologist and politician (chairman Belgian Workers Party), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1953)
- 1886 Crane Wilbur, American director and writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), born in Athens, New York (d. 1973)
Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976)
1st Viscount Alamein, British WWII Field Marshal (African campaign, D-Day) and WWI officer, born in London
- 1890 Jack Cusack, American pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1973)
- 1894 Eelco van Kleffens, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1939-46) and diplomat (d. 1983)
- 1894 Sophocles Venizelos, Greek politician, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), born in Chania, Crete (d. 1964)
- 1895 Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author (d. 1966)
- 1895 Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher, born in Oryol, Russian Empire (d. 1975)
- 1896 Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (d. 1934)
- 1899 Roger Vitrac, French poet and dramatist (Coup of Trafalgar), born in Pinsac, France (d. 1952)
- 1901 Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU) (Hallstein doctrine, 1st President of the EU 1958-67)), born in Mainz, German Empire (d. 1982)
- 1902 Eugene Wigner, Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1963 Nobel Prize for Physics), worked on the Manhattan Project, born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
- 1904 Isamu Noguchi, Japanese American sculptor (1963 Fine Arts Medal, Noguchi table), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1988)
- 1904 Salomėja Nėris [Salomėja Bačinskaitė - Bučienė], Lithuanian poet, born in Kiršai, Poland (d. 1945)
- 1905 Adam Ważyk [Adam Wagman], Polish poet and author (Eyes & Mouth), born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
- 1905 Astrid of Sweden, Queen of the Belgians, first wife of King Leopold III (1934-35), born in Arvfurstens palats, Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (d. 1935)
- 1906 Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer, founder and CEO of Honda Motor Co, born in Hamamatsu, Japan (d. 1991)
- 1907 Israel Regardie, English occultist, Aleister Crowley's secretary, born in London, England (d. 1985)
- 1911 Christian Fouchet, French diplomat (d. 1974)
- 1911 Nobutaka Shikanai, Japanese media CEO (Fujisankei Communications Group), born in Hokkaido, Japan (d. 1990) [1]
- 1916 Winson Hudson, American civil rights activist (rural Mississippi), born in Harmony, Mississippi (d. 2004)
- 1919 Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, German journalist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1996)
- 1921 Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter
- 1922 Emile Noel, international civil servant
- 1923 Robert Francis Vere Heuston, British professor of law
- 1925 Colin Campbell Mitchell, soldier
- 1925 Libby Newman, painter/printmaker/curator
- 1928 Ellis Hillman, British Labour party politician, lecturer, and writer (London Under London), born in London (d. 1996)
- 1929 Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba
- 1930 Brian Lenihan, snr, Irish politician and minister, born in Dundalk, County Louth (d. 1995)
- 1934 Jim Inhofe, (Senator-R-Oklahoma 1995-, Rep-R-Oklahoma 1987-94), born in Des Moines, Iowa
- 1936 Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005)
- 1936 Leni van Rijn-Vellekoop, Dutch politician (PvdA)
- 1938 Thomas Black, English industrial/auto collector
- 1939 Auberon Waugh, British author (d. 2001)
- 1941 Peter Hoagland, American politician (Rep-D-Nebraska 1989-95), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2007)
- 1942 Khang Khek Leu 'Comrade Dutch', Cambodian Khmer Rouge figure convicted of crimes against humanity, born in Choyaot village, Cambodia (d. 2020)
- 1944 Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect (Pritzker Prize 2000), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 1944 Sarolta Monspart, Hungarian orienteering competitor (first non-Scandinavian female to win World C'ship 1972; 14 x national titles), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2021)
- 1945 Jeremy Hanley, British Lower house member
- 1945 Roland Joffe, director (City of Joy, Mission, Killing Fields)
- 1946 Terry E. Branstad, Governor of Iowa
- 1947 Inky Mark, Canadian politician
- 1947 Rod Clements, English rocker (Lindisfarne), born in North Shields, Tyne and Wear
- 1947 Steven E. de Souza, American scriptwriter and producer (Die Hard, Commando), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1947 Stewkey [Robert Antoni], rocker
- 1948 Howard Dean, American politician, Governor of Vermont (1991-2003), born in East Hampton, New York
- 1948 Tom Wolf, American politician, Governor of Pennsylvania (2015-), born in Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania
- 1949 John Boehner, American politician (Rep-R-Ohio 1991-2015, Speaker of the House 2011-15), born in Reading, Ohio
- 1951 Jack Vettriano, Methil Scotland, Scottish painter (The Singing Butler)
Cyril Ramaphosa (70 years old)
1952 South African anti-apartheid activist, businessman and President of South Africa (2018-), born in Soweto, South Africa
Chanda Kochhar (61 years old)
1961 Indian business woman (CEO of ICICI Bank), born in Jodhpur, India
- 1961 Pat Toomey, American politician (Senator-R-Pennsylvania 2011-, Rep-R-PA 1999-2005), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- 1961 Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847 (d. 1985)
- 1963 Pedro Luis Estrada, American murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1967 Ronnie Devoe, vocals (New Edition, Bell Div Devoe-Candy Girl), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1968 Robin Li [Li Yanhong], Chinese founder of the Chinese search engine Baidu, born in Yangquan, Shanxi
- 1983 Christopher Paolini, American novelist
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