Births
* 1239 - King Edward I of England (d. 1307)
* 1603 - Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)
* 1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
* 1691 - Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
* 1693 - Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
* 1703 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
* 1704 - John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780)
* 1714 - Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762)
* 1714 - César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (d. 1784)
* 1718 - George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796)
* 1742 - William Hooper, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790)
* 1808 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845)
* 1810 - Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (d. 1876)
* 1811 - Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879)
* 1818 - Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893)
* 1832 - Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (d. 1919)
* 1839 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted for ritualist activities (d. 1931)
* 1867 - John Robert Gregg, inventor of shorthand system (d. 1948)
* 1880 - Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (d. 1964)
* 1881 - Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955)
* 1882 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971)
* 1888 - Heinz Guderian, German General (d. 1954)
* 1898 - M.C. Escher, Dutch artist (d. 1972)
* 1898 - Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961)
* 1900 - Martin Bormann, Nazi official (d. 1945)
* 1902 - Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (d. 1989)
* 1904 - Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991)
* 1907 - Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978)
* 1909 - Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
* 1910 - Red Foley, American musician (d. 1968)
* 1910 - George Hees, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
* 1914 - John Hersey, American author (d. 1993)
* 1915 - Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996)
* 1915 - David "Stringbean" Akeman, American banjo player and actor (d. 1973)
* 1917 - Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician
* 1920 - François Jacob, French biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* 1923 - Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004)
* 1927 - Martin Böttcher, German conductor
* 1929 - Tigran Petrosian, Georgian chess player (d. 1984)
* 1930 - Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
* 1933 - Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982)
* 1933 - Harry Browne, American free-market libertarian writer, politician, and investment analyst (d. 2006)
* 1936 - Ken Loach, British director
* 1940 - George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1942 - Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian International Atomic Energy Agency director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
* 1943 - Newt Gingrich, American politician
* 1945 - Tommy Franks, American General
* 1945 - Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London
* 1945 - Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
* 1945 - Frank Ashmore, American actor
* 1946 - Peter Rosei, Austrian writer
* 1946 - Barry Manilow, American musician
* 1948 - Aurelio López, baseball player (d. 1992)
* 1957 - Jon Gries, American actor
* 1957 - Martin Dillon, American Opera Singer (d. 2005)
* 1958 - Jello Biafra, American musician and activist
* 1960 - Michael Monroe, Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks)
* 1963 - Greg Kinnear, American actor
* 1964 - Michael Gross, German swimmer
* 1964 - Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver
* 1965 - Dermontti Dawson, American football, center
* 1966 - Jason Patric, American actor
* 1969 - Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete
* 1970 - Jason Hanson, American football player
* 1970 - Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer and actress
* 1970 - Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian
* 1971 - Bif Naked, Canadian punk rock musician
* 1971 - Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
* 1975 - Joshua Leonard, American actor
* 1975 - Chloe Jones, American actor (d. 2005)
* 1977 - Mark Tauscher, National Football League player
* 1977 - Branko Tomovic, Serbian actor
* 1978 - Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress
* 1979 - Nick Rimando, American soccer player
* 1980 - Kimeru, Japanese singer
* 1980 - Venus Williams, American tennis player
* 1982 - Will Allen, American football player
* 1983 - Lee Ryan, singer - formally of British boyband Blue
* 1983 - Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor
* 1985 - Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot professional tennis player
* 1987 - Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer (W (Double You), Morning Musume, and MiniMoni)
* 1987 - Anžej Dežan, Slovene singer