- 1201 Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne College, born in Sorbon, France (d. 1274)
- 1221 Salimbene di Adam, Italian chronicler, born in Parma, Italy (d. 1288)
- 1261 Denis of Portugal, King of Portugal (1279-1325), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1325)
- 1328 Peter I of Cyprus, King of Cyprus (1358-69), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 1369)
- 1581 Claude Gaspard Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician and poet, born in Bourg-en-Bresse, France (d. 1638)
- 1586 Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer, poet and mayor of Hoorn, born in Alkmaar, Netherlands (d. 1651)
- 1586 Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1632)
- 1663 Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni, Italian literary and critic (Arcadia), born in Macerata, Italy (d. 1728)
- 1704 Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 1777)
- 1757 Charles X, King of France (1824-30), born in Palace of Versailles, France (d. 1836)
- 1771 Frederik Willem, Duke of Brunswick (1813-15), born in Brunswick, Germany (d. 1815)
- 1782 Lewis Cass, American military officer and politician (U.S. Senator-Michigan), born in Exeter, New Hampshire (d. 1866)
- 1796 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English artist and Egyptologist, born in London (d. 1878)
- 1813 John J. Pettus, American politician, Confederate governor (D-Miss, 1859-63), born in Wilson County, Tennessee (d. 1867)
- 1822 George Sykes, American Major General (Union Army), born in Dover, Delaware (d. 1880)
- 1823 Mary Ann Shadd, American-Canadian publisher and anti-slavery campaigner, 1st African American newspaper publisher ('Provincial Freeman'), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1893)
- 1830 Harriet Hosmer, American neoclassical sculptor, born in Watertown, Massachusetts (d. 1908)
- 1840 Simeon Solomon, English Pre-Raphaelite painter, born in London (d. 1905)
- 1847 Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburg's coal basin), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1920)
- 1847 Stephanus Jacobus du Toit, South African theologist and journalist (Afrikaner Bond), born in Paarl, South Africa (d. 1911)
Emil Fischer
1852 [Hermann] Emil Fischer, German chemist, discovered Fischer esterification (Nobel Prize 1902), born in Euskirchen, Rhine Province (d. 1919)
Emil Fischer
- 1858 Gerard Philips, Dutch industrialist and manufacturer (Philips), born in Zaltbommel, Netherlands (d. 1942)
- 1859 Alfred Dreyfus, French Jewish artillery officer (Dreyfus Affair), born in Mulhouse, France (d. 1935)
- 1871 Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-45), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1956)
- 1871 George Gauthier, Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1940)
- 1871 Didak Buntić, Croatian monk and scholar, born in Paoča, Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 1922)
- 1873 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (Schwarzschild effect), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1916)
- 1874 Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1947)
- 1879 Max von Laue, German physicist who discovered the diffraction of X-rays by crystals, born in Pfaffendorf, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1960)
- 1884 Helene Deutsch [Rosenbach], Polish-American psychoanalyst, born in Przemyśl, Poland (d. 1982)
- 1888 Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician and intellectual, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1938)
- 1890 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist (Pentecostal), born in South-West Oxford, Canada (d. 1944)
- 1892 Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961), born in Dolac, Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 1975)
- 1892 Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (The Train of Life), born in Moscow (d. 1941)
- 1893 Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer, photographer and modernist, born in São Paulo (d. 1947)
- 1899 Bruce Catton, American historian and writer (Civil War), born in Petoskey, Michigan (d. 1978)
- 1902 Freddie Young, British cinematographer (Lawrence of Arabia), born in London (d. 1998)
- 1904 J Dito, Dutch dominican/broadcast chairman (KRO, 1938-45)
- 1906 John Dalrymple, 13th earl of Stair, Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtownshire (1961-83)
- 1906 Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and 1st President of Senegal (1960-80), born in Joal-Fadiouth, Senegal (d. 2001)
- 1907 Jacques Tati, French director (Traffic, Playtime), born in La Pecq, France (d. 1982)
- 1907 Quintin Hogg, British politician, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, born in London (d. 2001)
- 1908 Jim Folsom, American politician (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), born in Coffee County, Alabama (d. 1987)
- 1908 Harry Hooton, Australian poet, born in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England (d. 1961)
- 1910 Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (1974-80), born in Highgate, London (d. 2000)
- 1911 Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006)
- 1915 Clifford M. Hardin, United States Secretary of Agriculture
- 1918 E Howard Hunt, Hamburg NY, involved in Watergate break-in
- 1920 Jens Bjorneboe, Norwegian poet/writer (Dikt, Jonas)
- 1920 Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (d. 1976)
- 1924 Robert A Rushworth, Madison Maine, test pilot (X-15)
- 1927 Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russion Orthodox Priest
- 1933 Bill Tidy, English cartoonist (Fosdyke Saga)
- 1933 Peter Mansfield, British Physician whose discoveries led to MRI (2003 Nobel Prize), born in London (d. 2017)
- 1934 Jacobo Majluta Azar, politician
- 1934 Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American author
- 1935 Don[ald] McCullin, British photographer
- 1935 Edward GNPP, English prince/duke of Kent
- 1938 Heinz Fischer, Austrian politician
- 1939 Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer (Lettres Clandestines)
- 1940 Gordon J. Humphrey, US Senator (R) New Hampshire (1979-90), born in Bristol, Connecticut
- 1941 Trent Lott, American politician (Rep-R-MS, 1973-1989, Senator-R-MS 1989-2007), born in Grenada, Mississippi
- 1941 Brian Lamb, American Founder of c-span, born in Lafayette, Indiana
- 1942 Shukri Ghanem, Libyan Prime Minister (2003-2006), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2012)
- 1943 Mike Peters, American cartoonist
- 1947 William E. McAnulty, Jr., American lawyer (d. 2007)
- 1950 Jody Williams, American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1957 Yuri Vladimirovich Usachyov, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-18, TM-23)
- 1959 Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician, born in Sochi, Soviet Union (assassinated 2015)
- 1966 Christopher Östlund, Swedish publisher and entrepreneur
David Cameron
1966 David Cameron, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 2010-16), born in London
David Cameron