- 270 Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)
- 1327 Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)
- 1606 Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian
- 1620 Peregrine White, First English child born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, born aboard the Mayflower (d. 1704)
- 1621 Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)
- 1625 Artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised
- 1625 Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
- 1660 Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (d. 1741)
- 1726 Oliver Wolcott, US judge, signed US Declaration of Independence, born in Windsor, Connecticut (d. 1797) [NS=Dec 1]
- 1750 Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
- 1752 Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Christabel)
- 1761 Pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Italian 253rd Pope (1829-30)
- 1762 Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (d. 1833)
- 1765 Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval captain (d. 1819)
- 1781 Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian
- 1802 James Lawrence Lardner, Comm (Union Navy), (d. 1881)
- 1830 Patrick Henry Jones, Irish-American lawyer, Postmaster of New York City, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland (d. 1900)
- 1836 John Thomas Croxton, American attorney, diplomat, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Paris, Kentucky, (d. 1874)
- 1838 William Painter, American inventor (crown cork bottle cap and opener), born in Ireland (d. 1906)
- 1839 Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. 1882)
Wilfrid Laurier
1841 Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal: 1896-1911), born in Saint-Lin, Quebec (d. 1918)
Wilfrid Laurier
Selma Lagerlöf
1858 Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and Nobel laureate (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils), born in Mårbacka, Värmland (d. 1940)
Selma Lagerlöf
- 1862 Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman (SDAP)
- 1864 Gerard W Kernkamp, Dutch historian/editor (Groene Amsterdammer)
- 1871 William H Kilpatrick, American mathematician/philosopher/educator
- 1874 James Michael Curley, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
- 1879 Franz Pfemfert, writer
- 1884 Norman Thomas, American socialist, pacifist and presidential candidate (1928-48), born in Marion Ohio (d. 1968)
- 1886 Karl von Frisch, zoologist/bee expert (Nobel 1973)
Edwin Hubble
1889 Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift), born in Marshfield, Missouri (d. 1953)
Edwin Hubble
- 1890 Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter
- 1892 James B Collip, Canadian biochemist/physiologist (insulin)
- 1896 Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (d. 1977)
- 1897 Lores Bonney, Australian aviator, 1st female solo flight Australia to UK, born in Pretoria, South Africa (d. 1994)
- 1900 Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy)
- 1902 Wolfgang Kunkel, German law historian
- 1903 Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (d. 1981)
- 1904 Alexandra Danilova, ballet great
- 1907 Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director (Le salaire de la peur)
- 1909 Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74)
- 1910 Pauli Murray, famous African
- 1910 Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (d. 1944)
- 1912 Otto von Habsburg, Austrian-German nobleman, head of the Habsburg house
- 1914 Emilio Pucci, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954), born in Naples, Italy
- 1915 Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks)
- 1916 Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter
- 1916 Robert A Bruce, MD, pioneer (exercise cardiology)
- 1916 William John Elwyn Davies, painter
- 1917 Robert Byrd, US Senator (Democrat-WV, 1959-2010), majority leader and once the longest-serving Senator in history, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina (d. 2010)
- 1919 Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician
- 1921 Jim Garrison, American district attorney, politician and judge, born in Denison, Iowa (d. 1992)
- 1923 Beryl Sprinkel, Missouri, economist (Council of Economic Advisers)
- 1923 Nadine Gordimer, South African author (July's people, Nobel 1991), born in Springs, Transvaal, (d. 2014)
- 1924 Benoit Mandelbrot, mathematician (proved Zipf's law), born in Warsaw, Poland
Robert F. Kennedy
1925 Robert F. Kennedy, American politician (D-Sen-NY, US Attorney General), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
Robert F. Kennedy
- 1926 Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-born endocrinologist, Nobel laureate
- 1934 Valentine J Peter, priest (Boy's Town 1985- ), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- 1936 Don DeLillo, American author
- 1937 Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian playwright
- 1940 Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director and writer (Apple Trees, Manoever), born in Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany
- 1942 Paulos Faraj Rahho, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic bishop (d. 2008)
- 1943 Lindsay Thomas, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
- 1945 Rachid Mimouni, author
- 1946 Patriarch Kirill [Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev] Russian Orthodox church leader (2009-), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union
- 1948 John R. Bolton, American ambassador
- 1948 John Bolton, American security advisor and diplomat (US Ambassador to UN), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1949 Thelma Drake, American politician
- 1951 David Walters, American politician
- 1952 John Van Boxmeer, National Hockey League player
- 1954 Steve Dahl, California, Chicago's anti-disco DJ (WLS-FM)
- 1954 Berit Andnor, Swedish politician
- 1955 Timothy Kristian Charles Mace, British cosmonaut
- 1956 Sergei Gayevich Severin, Russian cosmonaut
- 1958 Rickson Gracie, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
- 1959 James P. McGovern, American politician
- 1963 Timothy Gowers, British mathematician
- 1966 Jill Thompson, American comic book writer and artist
- 1970 Matt Blunt, American politician, Governor of Missouri (2005-2009), born in Greene County, Missouri
- 1972 Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian born poet
- 1992 Ishimura Maiha, graduated Berryz Kobo member
- 1999 Princess Sofia of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
- 1999 Prince Umberto of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family