- 1644 Gillis Schey, Dutch admiral (battle at Lowestoft) (D. 1703)
- 1667 Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician, born in Sanremo, Italy (d. 1733)
- 1688 Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Fight of Kings & Mice)
- 1695 Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1770)
- 1722 Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, born in Dresden Castle, Dresden, Germany (d. 1763)
- 1725 Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician, born in Lyon, France (d. 1799)
- 1750 Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scottish poems), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1774)
- 1771 Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1847)
- 1775 Juan Martín Díez, El Empecinado (The Undaunted), Spanish guerrillero, born in Valladolid, Spain (d. 1825)
- 1787 François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist, born in Paris (d. 1850)
- 1792 Pierre-Armand Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist, born in Sevran, France (d. 1857)
- 1806 Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general, born in Nantes, France (d. 1865)
- 1809 Manuel Montt Torres, President of Chile (851-61), born in Petorca, Chile (d. 1880)
- 1815 Tyree Harris Bell, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Covington, Kentucky (d. 1902)
- 1817 Aleksei K. Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1875) [NS]
- 1827 Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer, born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1849)
- 1836 Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (1894), born in Trujillo, Peru (d. 1921)
- 1846 John W Cromwell, American lawyer and civil right activist (American Negro Academy), born in Portsmouth, Virginia (d. 1927)
Jesse James
1847 Jesse James, American outlaw and son of a clergyman, born in Kearney, Missouri (d. 1882)
Jesse James
- 1876 Abdelaziz Thâalbi, Tunisian politician, born in Tunis, Tunisia (d. 1944)
- 1876 Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal, born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany (d. 1956)
- 1877 Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter and etcher, born in Schaarbeek, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1920)
- 1881 Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democrat, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1938)
- 1885 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (National monument on the Dam), born in Amsterdam (d. 1956)
- 1888 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and leader, Second President of India (1962-67), born in Thiruttani, British India (d. 1975)
- 1905 Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-British writer (Arrow in Blue), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1983)
- 1905 Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician, born in Tanza, Cavite, Philippines (d. 2005)
- 1906 Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Semj Dnej Nedeli), born in Odessa, Ukraine [NS=Sept 18]
- 1913 Connie Stuart [Cornelia van Meygard], Dutch cabaret performer, born in Wijhe, Netherlands (d. 2010)
- 1914 Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet, mathematician, and physicist (Defense of Violeta Parra), born in San Fabián de Alico, Chile (d. 2018)
- 1916 Frank Yerby, American novelist (The Foxes of Harrow), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1991)
- 1920 Margaretha D. Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author (Anna & her Father), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1992)
- 1923 Arthur C. Nielsen, American businessman and market researcher (TV's Nielsen's Ratings), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1980)
- 1925 Jos Vandeloo, Flemish journalist and playwright (Cola Drinkers), born in Zonhoven, Belgium (d. 2015)
- 1925 Justin Kaplan, American editor and biographer (Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain - Pulitzer Prize 1967), born in New York City, New York (d. 2014)
Paul Volcker
1927 Paul Volcker, American economist and Chairman of the US Federal Reserve (1979-87), born in Cape May, New Jersey (d. 2019)
Paul Volcker
- 1929 Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok III, Soyuz 9), born in Shorshely, Russia (d. 2004)
- 1933 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean catholic archbishop, born in Santiago, Chile
- 1935 Mikhail Ivanovich Lisun, Russian cosmonaut, born in Gruzkoye, Ukraine (d. 2012)
- 1935 Werner Erhard, American author and lecturer (founded EST), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1936 Alcee Hastings, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida), born in Altamonte Springs, Florida
- 1936 John C. Danforth, American politician (Sen-R-Missouri, 1976-95), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- 1936 Jonathan Kozol, American writer and sociologist, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1942 Werner Herzog, German director (Burden of Dreams, Stroszek, Woyzeck), born in Munich, Germany
- 1943 Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary (d. 2007)
- 1944 Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, born in Rome (d. 1996)
- 1948 Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician, born in Salzburg, Austria
- 1950 Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist (Cathy), born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1950 Paul William Roberts, Canadian writer, born in Wales
- 1954 Frederick Kempe, American author, journalist, and executive, born in Utah
- 1965 Christopher Nolan, Irish handicapped writer (Under Eye of Clock), born in Mullingar, Ireland (d. 2009)
- 1965 César Rincón, Colombian matador, born in Bogotá, Colombia
- 1977 Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish football winger, born in Elgoibar, Spain
- 1985 Tatia Jayne Starkey, Ringo Starr's 1st grandchild, born in London, England
- 1987 Pierre Casiraghi, son of Princess Caroline of Monaco, born in Princess Grace Hospital Centre, Monaco