- 1118 Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
- 1489 Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)
- 1570 James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)
- 1598 Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)
- 1607 Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento
- 1628 John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress)
- 1640 Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)
- 1650 John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25]
- 1661 Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
- 1681 Jean Cavalier, French Protestant rebel leader (d. 1740)
- 1700 Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764)
- 1700 Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1770)
- 1704 Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies)
William Blake
1757 William Blake, English poet and artist (Songs of Innocence & Experience), born in London, England (d. 1827)
William Blake
- 1770 F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V & Wilhelmina of Prussia
- 1772 Luke Howard, British meteorologist (d. 1864)
- 1777 Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat
- 1785 Achille-Charles, duc de Broglie, French PM (1835-36)
- 1792 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education
- 1805 John Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America
- 1810 William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect
- 1811 Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)
- 1820 Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher (Communism), born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1895)
- 1820 Friedrich Engels, German social philosopher; Marx's collaborator
- 1820 Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1862)
- 1837 John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor who simplified the production of celluloid, born in Starkey, New York (d. 1920)
- 1853 Helen Magill White, first American woman to earn a Ph.D. (d. 1944)
- 1854 Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarians/German botanist
- 1857 Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85)
- 1864 Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver
- 1864 James Allen English writer (d. 1912)
- 1864 Lindley M. Garrison, American Secretary of War (d. 1932)
Henry Bacon
1866 Henry Bacon, American architect (Lincoln Memorial), born in Watseka, Illinois (d. 1924)
Henry Bacon
- 1878 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)
- 1880 Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [OS=11/16]
- 1880 Marinus van Meel, 1st Dutch aviator
- 1881 Stefan Zweig, Austrian poet, essayist and dramatist (Beware of Pity), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1942)
- 1887 Ernst Rohm, German staff member/Bolivian leader/SA
- 1891 Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician (d. 1949)
- 1894 Brooks Atkinson, drama critic (Broadway theater namesake)
- 1896 Dawn Powell, American writer (d. 1965)
- 1897 Uno Chiyo, Japanese writer (Confessions of Love), born in Iwakuni (d. 1996)
- 1898 Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero) [OS]
- 1904 James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss)
- 1904 Nancy Mitford, English author (Love in a Cold Climate), one of the Mitford sisters, born in London (d. 1973)
- 1907 Alberto Moravia, [Pincherle], Italian author (Indifferent Ones)
- 1908 Arturo Frondizi, president Argentina (1958-62)
- 1908 Claude Lévi-Strauss, French social anthropologist and ethnologist (structuralism), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2009)
- 1909 Aleksandar Rankovic, Yugoslavic partisan/vice-premier
- 1911 Václav Renč, Czech poet (d. 1973)
- 1912 Heinz Galinski, President (Central council for Jews in Germany)
- 1912 Morris Louis, US painter (post abstract)
- 1913 Hugo Pos, Suriname/Neth WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo
- 1915 Evald Okas, Estonian painter
- 1916 Lilian Baels, English 2nd wife of Belgian king Leopold III
- 1922 Helen Kinney Copley, newspaper publisher
- 1923 Helen Delich Bentley, American politician (Rep-R-MD, 1985-95 ), born in Ruth, Nevada (d. 2016)
- 1923 Phyllis Jenkins, literary & theatrical agent community activist
- 1923 Ted Stevens, (Sen-R-AK, 1968- )
- 1928 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng
- 1928 Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (d. 1980)
Berry Gordy
1929 Berry Gordy, record company owner (Motown), born in Detroit, Michigan
Berry Gordy
- 1931 Dervla Murphy, travel author (Full Tilt, In Ethiopia with a Mule)
- 1931 Ian Skipper, English businessman/multi-millionaire (Heritage Projects)
- 1931 Rinus Ferdinandusse, editor/author (Nude on Fence)
- 1931 Thomas Enders, diplomat
- 1933 Joe Knollenberg, (Rep-R-Michigan)
- 1935 Randolph Stow, author/poet (Suburbs of Hell)
- 1935 Prince Hitachi, Japanese royalty
- 1936 Gary Hart, (Sen-D-Co, 1975-86)
- 1942 Manolo Blahnik, Santa Cruz de La Palma Spain, shoe designer
- 1944 Timothy Krajcir, American serial killer
- 1946 Joe Dante, director (Matinee, Twilight Zone, Police Squad, Gremlins)
- 1946 Susan Spencer, American correspondent (48 Hours) [1946 approx], born in Memphis Tennessee
- 1949 Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent (By Way of Deception)
- 1955 Adem Jashari, Albanian freedom fighter
- 1958 Georges Rutaganda, Rwandan war criminal
- 1959 R Glynn Holt, Plainveiw Texas, PhD/astronaut (STS 73 alt)
- 1959 Stephen Roche, bicylist
- 1960 John Galliano, Gibraltar, British fashion designer
- 1964 Cornelia Guest, debutante (Debutante's Guide to Life)
- 1965 Erwin Mortier, Belgian author
- 1975 Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian writer
- 1978 Ryan Leslie, American producer
- 1981 Sharon Needles [Aaron Coady], American drag queen, recording artist and TV performer (RuPaul's Drag Race season 4 winner), born in Newton, Iowa