1554 - Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
1571 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)
1589 - Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet (d. 1638)
1624 - Empress Meisho of Japan (d. 1696)
1685 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (d. 1766)
1728 - Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
1790 - Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet (d. 1855)
1811 - Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
1823 - Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (d. 1908)
1829 - Thomas William Robertson, English playwright (d. 1871)
1829 - Adolf von Schlagintweit, German explorer (d. 1857)
1854 - Jennie Jerome, American society beauty (d. 1921)
1856 - Anton Akerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)
1864 - Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician (d. 1926)
1868 - S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
1870 - Joseph B Strauss, American civil engineer (d. 1938)
1873 - Hayyim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian poet (d. 1934)
1875 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socalite (d. 1942)
1879 - John Broadus Watson, American psychologist (d. 1958)
1881 - Lascelles Abercrombie, British poet and critic (d. 1938)
1881 - Edouard Beaupré, horse lifter (d. 1904)
1881 - Giovanni Papini, Italian writer (d. 1956)
1890 - Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1938)
1890 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist (d. 1935)
1892 - Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
1897 - Karl Löwith, German philosopher (d. 1973)
1898 - Vilma Bánky, Hungarian actress (d. 1991)
1898 - Gracie Fields, English vaudeville performer (d. 1979)
1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian composer (d. 1977)
1900 - Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (d. 1961)
1901 - Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
1902 - Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (d. 1997)
1902 - Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish religious author (d. 1975)
1904 - George Balanchine, Russian dancer/choreographer (d. 1983)
1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
1912 - Ralph Tubbs, British architect (d. 1996)
1913 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
1914 - Kenny (Klook) Clarke, American jazz drummer and composer (d. 1985)
1915 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)
1916 - Vic Mizzy, American orchestra leader
1916 - Peter Twinn, English World War II code-breaker (d. 2004)
1917 - Herbert Lom, Czech actor
1920 - Clive Dunn, British actor
1920 - Hakim Mohammed Said, Pakistani scholar
1921 - Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
1922 - Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate
1922 - Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (d. 1984)
1924 - Sergei Parajanov, Soviet film director (d. 1990)
1925 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)
1928 - Judith Krantz, American author
1928 - Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter
1929 - Heiner Muller, German dramatist (d. 1995)
1929 - Brian Friel, Irish dramatist
1929 - Dorothea Puente, American serial killer
1931 - Algis Budrys, American author
1932 - Robert P. Casey, American politician (d. 2000)
1934 - Bart Starr, American football player
1935 - Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)
1935 - Dick Enberg, American sportscaster
1936 - Anne Rivers Siddons, American writer
1940 - Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer
1940 - Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)
1940 - Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss politician
1941 - Joan Baez, American singer and activist
1942 - K Callan, American actress
1942 - Susannah York, British actress
1943 - Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer
1944 - Jimmy Page, English guitarist
1947 - Ronnie Landfield, American artist
1950 - David Johansen American singer
1950 - Rio Reiser, German singer (d. 1996)
1951 - Crystal Gayle, American singer
1951 - M.L. Carr, basketball player and coach
1952 - Hugh Bayley, British politician
1955 - J. K. Simmons, American actor
1956 - Kimberly Beck, American actress
1956 - Imelda Staunton, British actress
1958 - Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish attempted assassin of Pope John Paul II
1959 - Mark Martin, American race car driver
1959 - Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1959 - Cristi Minculescu, Romanian musician
1959 - Otis Nixon, baseball player
1963 - Michael Everson, expert in writing systems and Unicode
1965 - Eric Erlandson, American musician
1965 - Joely Richardson, British actress
1965 - Darren Bennett, Australian-born American football player
1967 - Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
1967 - Steven Harwell, American singer and musician
1967 - Dave Matthews, South African singer and musician
1967 - Carl Bell, American musician
1968 - Jimmy Adams, West Indian cricketer
1968 - Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
1970 - Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboardist
1970 - Lara Fabian, Belgian singer
1972 - Mat Hoffman, American BMX Biker
1972 - Jay Powell, baseball player
1975 - Angela Bettis, American actress
1975 - Kim Mathers, former wife of Eminem
1975 - Kiko Calero, Baseball player
1976 - Todd Grisham, American professional wrestling interviewer
1978 - Chad Johnson, American football player
1978 - Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer
1978 - AJ McLean, American singer
1978 - Maggie Rizer, American model and AIDS activist
1979 - Tomiko Van, Japanese singer
1980 - Sergio García, Spanish golfer
1981 - Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
1987 - Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006)
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