October 6
- 1289 – King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
- 1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
- 1510 – Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)
- 1510 – John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)
- 1552 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1610)
- 1573 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)
- 1610 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)
- 1716 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)
- 1738 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
- 1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)
- 1767 – Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)
- 1769 – Sir Isaac Brock, British soldier (d. 1812)
- 1773 – King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)
- 1801 – Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)
- 1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)
- 1820 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
- 1831 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)
- 1838 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)
- 1846 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
- 1866 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)
- 1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)
- 1874 – Frank G. Allen, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
- 1876 – Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (d. 1941)
- 1882 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937)
- 1886 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
- 1887 – Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)
- 1888 – Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918)
- 1892 – Jackie Saunders, American silent film actress (d. 1954)
- 1895 – Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. 1981)
- 1897 – Florence Siebert, American medical researcher (d. 1991)
- 1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
- 1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1905 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
- 1906 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)
- 1908 – Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)
- 1908 – Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)
- 1910 – Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)
- 1912 – Perkins Bass, American politician and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire
- 1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)
- 1914 – Joan Littlewood, British theatre director (d. 2002)
- 1915 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)
- 1916– Chiang Wei-kuo, adopted son of Chiang Kai Shek and Chinese Kuomintang military commander. (d. 1997)
- 1915 – Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007)
- 1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
- 1918 – Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)
- 1918 – André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)
- 1920 – Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)
- 1920 – Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
- 1921 – Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)
- 1921 – Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader
- 1922 – Joe Frazier, American baseball player
- 1925 – Shana Alexander, American columnist (d. 2005)
- 1927 – Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)
- 1930 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
- 1930 – Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer
- 1931 – Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
- 1931 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1935 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler
- 1935 – Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
- 1938 – Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder (d. 2011)
- 1939 – John LaFalce, American politician, and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- 1939 – Jack Cullen, American baseball player
- 1940 – Ellen Travolta, American actress
- 1942 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress
- 1943 – Michael Durrell, American actor
- 1943 – Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
- 1944 – Boris Mikhailov, Soviet ice hockey player
- 1944 – José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)
- 1945 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)
- 1946 – Eddie Villanueva, JIL Spiritual Director, Owner of ZOE Broadcasting Network
- 1946 – Lloyd Doggett, American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
- 1946 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
- 1946 – Tony Greig, South African–born English cricketer
- 1946 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer
- 1947 – Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter
- 1948 – Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician
- 1949 – Leslie Moonves, American businessman
- 1949 – Nicolas Peyrac, French composer, lyricist and singer
- 1950 – David Brin, American author
- 1951 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
- 1951 – Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon)
- 1952 – Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer
- 1952 – Jürgen Schulz, German footballer
- 1953 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
- 1954 – David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)
- 1954 – Darrell M. West, American political scientist
- 1955 – Tony Dungy, American football coach
- 1956 – Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist
- 1958 – Joseph Finder, American novelist
- 1959 – Brian Higgins, American politician, and Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- 1959 – Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player
- 1959 – Walter Ray Williams Jr., American bowler and horseshoes champion
- 1962 – Rich Yett, baseball player
- 1963 – Elisabeth Shue, American film actress
- 1963 – Jsu Garcia, American actor
- 1964 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
- 1964 – Matthew Sweet, American musician
- 1964 – Tom Jager, American swimmer
- 1965 – Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1965 – Steve Scalise, American politician
- 1966 – Niall Quinn, Irish footballer
- 1966 – Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
- 1967 – Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer
- 1967 – Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman
- 1968 – Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer
- 1969 – Troy Shaw, English snooker player
- 1970 – Darren Oliver, American baseball player
- 1970 – Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
- 1970 – Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress
- 1971 – Phil Bennett, British racing driver
- 1971 – Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
- 1971 – Takis Gonias, Greek footballer
- 1971 – Alan Stubbs, English footballer
- 1972 – Ko So-young, South Korean actress
- 1972 – Anders Iwers, Swedish musician
- 1972 – Ryu Shi-won, South Korean actor and singer
- 1972 – Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
- 1973 – Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer
- 1973 – Jeff Davis, American comedian
- 1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
- 1973 – Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player
- 1974 – Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
- 1974 – Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor
- 1974 – Kenny Jönsson, Swedish hockey player
- 1974 – Jeremy Sisto, American actor
- 1975 – Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
- 1976 – Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
- 1977 – Danny Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer and recording artist
- 1977 – Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer
- 1977 – Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1977 – Wes Ramsey, American actor
- 1978 – Ricky Hatton, English boxer
- 1979 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
- 1979 – Richard Seymour, American football player
- 1979 – Lex Shrapnel, English actor
- 1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
- 1981 – Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
- 1981 – José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1982 – Michael Arden, American actor
- 1982 – Levon Aronian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
- 1982 – William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire
- 1982 – Meiyang Chаng, Indian actor, singer, anchor and dancer
- 1982 – MC Lars, American hip-hop artist
- 1982 – Paul Smith, English boxer
- 1984 – Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer
- 1984 – Morne Morkel, South African cricketer
- 1985 – Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
- 1986 – Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
- 1986 – Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
- 1986 – Olivia Thirlby, American actress
- 1988 – Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress
- 1989 – Pizzi, Portuguese footballer
- 1991 – Roshon Fegan, American actor
- 1995 – Jessica Lunsford, American kidnapping victim (d. 2005)
- 1998 – Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer
October 5
- 1338 – Alexios III, Emperor of Trebizond (d. 1390)
- 1520 – Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (d. 1589)
- 1641 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
- 1658 – Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (d. 1718)
- 1695 – John Glas, Scottish minister (d. 1773)
- 1703 – Jonathan Edwards, American minister (d. 1758)
- 1712 – Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)
- 1713 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher and encylopedist (d. 1784)
- 1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
- 1717 – Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744)
- 1781 – Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
- 1792 – Joseph Crosfield, English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1844)
- 1795 – Alexander Keith, Scottish-born Canadian brewer (d. 1873)
- 1820 – David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890)
- 1824 – Henry Chadwick, English-born American baseball writer and statistician (d. 1908)
- 1829 – Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
- 1844 – Francis William Reitz, State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
- 1848 – Guido von List, German writer (d. 1919)
- 1850 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (d. 1910)
- 1857 – Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish Language writer (d. 1942)
- 1864 – Louis Lumière, French film pioneer (d. 1948)
- 1878 – Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1879 – Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1970)
- 1882 – Robert Goddard, American rocket scientist (d. 1945)
- 1887 – René Cassin, French jurist and Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
- 1889 – Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (d. 1936)
- 1892 – Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (d. 1969)
- 1894 – Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)
- 1898 – Nachum Gutman, Israeli painter (d. 1980)
- 1899 – Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1963)
- 1901 – John Alton, American cinematographer (d. 1996)
- 1902 – Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (d. 1975)
- 1902 – Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (d. 1984)
- 1903 – M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (d. 1989)
- 1905 – John Hoyt, American film and television actor (d. 1991)
- 1905 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
- 1907 – Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Joshua Logan, American film director and writer (d. 1988)
- 1909 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player
- 1911 – Flann O'Brien, Irish humorist (d. 1966)
- 1911 – Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist (d. 2011)
- 1912 – Fritz Fischer, Nazi war criminal (d. 2003)
- 1913 – Eugene Bennett Fluckey American Navy Submariner (d. 2007)
- 1916 – Stetson Kennedy, American writer (d. 2011)
- 1917 – Allen Ludden, American television game show host (d. 1981)
- 1919 – Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1919 – Robin Bailey, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1921 – Bill Willis, American football player (d. 2007)
- 1922 – José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver
- 1922 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist
- 1922 – Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
- 1923 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer (d. 1994)
- 1923 – Philip Berrigan, American peace activist (d. 2002)
- 1923 – Glynis Johns, British actress
- 1923 – Stig Dagerman, Swedish writer (d. 1954)
- 1924 – Bill Dana, American actor
- 1924 – José Donoso, Chilean writer (d. 1996)
- 1924 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
- 1924 – Bob Thaves, American cartoonist Frank and Ernest (comic strip) (d. 2006)
- 1925 – Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1926 – Willi Unsoeld, American climber (d. 1979)
- 1928 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author (d. 1974)
- 1929 – Fred Feast, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1929 – Richard F. Gordon, Jr., American astronaut
- 1929 – Bill Wirtz, American ice hockey executive (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Anne Haddy, Australian actress (d. 1999)
- 1930 – Pavel Popovich, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2009)
- 1930 – Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel laureate
- 1932 – Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1932 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (d. 2006)
- 1933 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress
- 1934 – Angelo Buono, Jr., American serial killer (d. 2002)
- 1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian ambassador to Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis
- 1935 – Arlene Saunders, American soprano
- 1936 – Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic
- 1937 – Barry Switzer, American football coach
- 1938 – Teresa Heinz Kerry, American philanthropist
- 1939 – Marie Laforêt, French singer and actress
- 1939 – Marie-Claire Blais, French Canadian author and playwright
- 1939 – Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
- 1939 – Walter Wolf, Slovenian-born Canadian industrialist
- 1940 – Milena Dravić, Serbian actress
- 1940 – John Byrne Cooke, American novelist and photographer; son of Alistair Cooke
- 1940 – Thom Christopher, American actor
- 1941 – Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
- 1942 – Richard Street, American singer (The Temptations)
- 1943 – Steve Miller, American musician (Steve Miller Band)
- 1943 – Ben Cardin, American politician, junior senator of Maryland
- 1945 – Brian Connolly, Scottish singer (Sweet) (d. 1997)
- 1945 – Geoff Leigh, English musician (Henry Cow)
- 1946 – Zahida Hina, Pakistani columnist
- 1946 – Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1947 – Brian Johnson, English singer (AC/DC)
- 1948 – Carter Cornelius, American musician (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) (d. 1991)
- 1948 – Tawl Ross, American musician (P Funk)
- 1948 – Zoran Živković, Serbian writer
- 1949 – Ralph Goodale, Canadian politician
- 1949 – Bill James, American baseball writer
- 1949 – B. W. Stevenson, American singer (d. 1988)
- 1950 – Eddie Clarke, English guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway)
- 1950 – Jeff Conaway, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1950 – Edward P. Jones, American writer
- 1951 – Karen Allen, American actress
- 1951 – Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist
- 1952 – Clive Barker, English writer
- 1952 – Duncan Regehr, Canadian actor
- 1952 – Gigi Sabani, Italian TV host (d. 2007)
- 1955 – John Alexander, English former footballer
- 1955 – Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
- 1955 – Caroline Loeb, French singer and actress
- 1955 – Ángela Molina, Spanish actress
- 1957 – Mark Geragos, American attorney
- 1957 – Lee Thompson, English saxophonist (Madness), vocalist
- 1957 – Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
- 1958 – André Kuipers, Dutch astronaut
- 1958 – Neil DeGrasse Tyson, American Astrophysicist
- 1959 – Maya Lin, American sculptor/architect
- 1960 – Daniel Baldwin, American actor
- 1960 – Careca, Brazilian footballer
- 1960 – David Kirk, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1960 – Evangelia Tzampazi, Greek politician
- 1961 – Sharon Cheslow, American musician, composer and artist
- 1961 – Matthew Kauffman, American journalist and George Polk Award winner
- 1962 – Michael Andretti, American race car driver
- 1962 – Thomas Herbst, German footballer
- 1962 – Caron Keating, British television personality (d. 2004)
- 1963 – Laura Davies, English golfer
- 1964 – Keiji Fujiwara, Japanese voice actor
- 1964 – Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman
- 1964 – Warren E. Miller, Maryland politician
- 1965 – Trace Armstrong, American football player
- 1965 – Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 – Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966 – Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker referee
- 1966 – Dennis Byrd, American football player
- 1966 – Terri Runnels, Former Wrestling manager and valet
- 1967 – Rex Chapman, American basketball player
- 1967 – Guy Pearce, Anglo-Australian actor
- 1970 – Josie Bissett, American actress
- 1970 – Audie Pitre, bass guitarist (d. 1996)
- 1971 – South Park Mexican, American rapper
- 1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer
- 1971 – Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor
- 1972 – Grant Hill, American basketball player
- 1972 – Thomas Roberts, American news anchor
- 1972 – Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball outfielder
- 1974 – Heather Headley, Trinidadian singer
- 1974 – Rich Franklin, American Mixed Martial Artist
- 1974 – Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists)
- 1974 – Alex Walkinshaw, English actor
- 1975 – Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer
- 1975 – Parminder Nagra, English actress
- 1975 – Kate Winslet, English actress
- 1975 – Carson Ellis, American artist
- 1975 – Scott Weinger American actor
- 1976 – Song Seung-hun, South Korean actor
- 1976 – Royston Tan, Singaporean screenwriter & director
- 1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechen President
- 1976 – J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
- 1978 – Shane Ryan, Irish Gaelic footballer
- 1978 – Jesse Palmer, Canadian-born American football player
- 1978 – Morgan Webb, Canadian-born television presenter
- 1978 – James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5)
- 1979 – Jaime Chambers, American television reporter
- 1979 – Joe Lipari, American writer, comedian & filmmaker
- 1979 – Vincenzo Grella, Australian footballer
- 1979 – Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – James Toseland, British motorcycle racer
- 1981 – Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer
- 1982 – Steve Williams, Australian-born German rugby player
- 1983 – Jesse Eisenberg, American actor
- 1983 – Nicky Hilton, American heiress
- 1983 – Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1983 – Noot Seear, Canadian fashion model and actress
- 1984 – Naima Adedapo, American Idol season 10 finalist
- 1984 – Tiana Benjamin, British actress
- 1984 – Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
- 1985 – Nicola Roberts, English singer (Girls Aloud)
- 1986 – Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer
- 1987 – Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
- 1987 – Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver
- 1988 – Bahar Kızıl, German Singer (Monrose)
- 1988 – Benny Howell, English cricketer
October 4
- 1160 – Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1220)
- 1276 – Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)
- 1289 – King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
- 1331 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (d. 1382)
- 1379 – King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
- 1515 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)
- 1542 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (d. 1621)
- 1550 – King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
- 1562 – Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (d. 1647)
- 1570 – Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1637)
- 1585 – Anna of Tyrol, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1618)
- 1625 – Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (d. 1661)
- 1626 – Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1712)
- 1657 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (d. 1747)
- 1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (d. 1778)
- 1723 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (d. 1798)
- 1759 – Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (d. 1803)
- 1787 – François Guizot, French statesman (d. 1874)
- 1807 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (d. 1864)
- 1814 – Jean-François Millet, French painter (d. 1875)
- 1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
- 1836 – Juliette Adam, French writer (d. 1936)
- 1841 – Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (d. 1912)
- 1841 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1925)
- 1858 – Michael I. Pupin, Serbian-born telephone pioneer (d. 1935)
- 1861 – Walter Rauschenbusch, Christian Theologian and Baptist Minister (d. 1918)
- 1861 – Frederic Remington, American painter (d. 1909)
- 1862 – Edward Stratemeyer, American author (d. 1930)
- 1868 – Marcelo T. de Alvear, Argentine politician (d. 1942)
- 1876 – Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (d. 1958)
- 1877 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
- 1880 – Damon Runyon, American writer (d. 1946)
- 1881 – Walther von Brauchitsch, German statesman (d. 1948)
- 1884 – Subramaniya Siva, Indian revolutionary figure (d. 1925)
- 1886 – Luis Alberni, Spanish actor (d. 1962)
- 1888 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
- 1890 – Dr. Alan L. Hart, American transsexual, radiologist, and novelist (d. 1962)
- 1892 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician (d. 1934)
- 1892 – Hermann Glauert, British aerodynamicist (d. 1934)
- 1895 – Buster Keaton, American comedian (d. 1966)
- 1903 – Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist (d. 1993)
- 1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)
- 1903 – Pierre Garbay, French army general and military governor of Paris (d. 1980)
- 1903 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German military officer and senior Nazi (d. 1946)
- 1910 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1911 – Sir Michael Hordern, British actor (d. 1995)
- 1914 – Jim Cairns, Australian politician (d. 2003)
- 1914 – Brendan Gill, American writer (d. 1997)
- 1916 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2009)
- 1916 – Jan Murray, American comedian (d. 2006)
- 1916 – George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
- 1917 – Violeta Parra, Chilean folklorist and visual artist (d. 1967)
- 1918 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
- 1922 – Malcolm Baldrige, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)
- 1922 – Shin Kyuk-Ho, Japanese businessman
- 1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1928 – Alvin Toffler, American writer
- 1928 – Torben Ulrich, Danish musician and filmmaker
- 1929 – Scotty Beckett, American child actor (d. 1968)
- 1929 – Leroy Van Dyke, American singer
- 1931 – Sir Terence Conran, English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer
- 1931 – Basil D'Oliveira CBE, South African born cricketer
- 1931 – Richard Rorty, American academic (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Milan Chvostek, Canadian television director
- 1934 – Sam Huff, American football player
- 1934 – Dimosthenis Sofianos, Greek journalist
- 1937 – Jackie Collins, British author
- 1937 – Jim Sillars, Scottish politician
- 1938 – Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1940 – Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1940 – Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
- 1940 – Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
- 1941 – Roy Blount, Jr., American writer
- 1941 – Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian racing driver
- 1941 – Anne Rice, American writer
- 1941 – Robert Wilson, American theatre director
- 1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, American musician (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
- 1942 – Karl W. Richter, American aviator (d. 1967)
- 1942 – Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland
- 1942 – Christopher Stone, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1943 – H. Rap Brown, American civil rights activist
- 1943 – Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer
- 1943 – Florian Pittiş, Romanian artist (d. 2007)
- 1943 – Jimy Williams, American baseball manager
- 1944 – Tony La Russa, American baseball manager
- 1944 – Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
- 1945 – Clifton Davis, American actor
- 1946 – Chuck Hagel, American politician
- 1946 – Michael Mullen, American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
- 1946 – Bridget St John, English singer/songwriter and guitarist
- 1947 – Julien Clerc, French singer
- 1947 – Jim Fielder, American bassist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
- 1947 – Ann Widdecombe, British politician
- 1948 – Linda McMahon, CEO of WWE
- 1949 – Armand Assante, American actor
- 1949 – Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director
- 1949 – Marion Pruett, American spree killer (d. 1999)
- 1950 – Meg Bennett, American writer and actress
- 1951 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet
- 1953 – Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-French actor
- 1955 – Jorge Valdano, Argentine footballer
- 1956 – Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor
- 1957 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
- 1957 – Russell Simmons, American entrepreneur
- 1957 – Kyra Schon, American actress
- 1957 – Alexander Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast
- 1959 – Chris Lowe, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
- 1959 – Tony Meo, English snooker player
- 1960 – Joe Boever, American baseball player
- 1961 – Philippe Russo, French singer
- 1961 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author
- 1962 – Carlos Carsolio, Mexican alpinist
- 1962 – Jon Secada, Cuban singer and songwriter
- 1963 – A. C. Green, American basketball player
- 1963 – Koji Ishikawa, Japanese children's author
- 1965 – Olaf Backasch, German footballer
- 1965 – Skip Heller, American musician
- 1965 – Micky Ward, American boxer
- 1967 – Marcus Bentley, British voice actor
- 1967 – Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer
- 1967 – Liev Schreiber, American actor
- 1968 – Richard Hancox, English footballer
- 1968 – Tim Wise, American writer and activist
- 1971 – Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
- 1971 – Darren Middleton, Australian guitarist
- 1972 – Kurt Thomas, American basketball player
- 1973 – Chris Parks, American wrestler
- 1974 – Paco León, Spanish actor
- 1975 – Daniella Deutscher, American actress
- 1975 – Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian football player
- 1976 – Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer
- 1976 – Santiago, Brazilian footballer
- 1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress
- 1977 – Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor and television presenter
- 1977 – Richard Parry, Canadian musician and composer (Arcade Fire)
- 1978 – Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
- 1978 – Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
- 1978 – Ko Soo, South Korean television and movie actor
- 1979 – Stefan Booth, British actor
- 1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress
- 1979 – Bjorn Phau, German tennis player
- 1979 – Adam Voges, Australian cricketer
- 1980 – Me'Lisa Barber, American athlete
- 1980 – Sarah Fisher, American IndyCar driver and team owner
- 1980 – Mellisa Hollingsworth, Canadian skeleton racer
- 1980 – James Jones, American basketball player
- 1980 – Kristina Lenko, Canadian ice skater
- 1980 – Tim Peper, American actor
- 1980 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
- 1981 – Scott Hammond, American photographer
- 1981 – Juka, Japanese singer
- 1981 – Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 – Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player
- 1982 – Jered Weaver, American baseball player
- 1983 – Dan Clarke, British racing driver
- 1983 – Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol
- 1983 – Marios Nicolaou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1983 – Chansi Stuckey, American football player
- 1983 – Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
- 1983 – Ueda Tatsuya, Japanese boy band singer (KAT-TUN)
- 1984 – Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
- 1984 – Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racing driver
- 1985 – Shontelle, Barbadian singer
- 1985 – Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player
- 1986 – Yuridia, Mexican singer
- 1987 – Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
- 1987 – Will Puddy, English footballer
- 1988 – Derrick Rose, American basketball player
- 1989 – Dakota Johnson, American actress
- 1989 – Lil Mama, American rapper
- 1989 – Kimmie Meissner, American figure skater
- 1989 – Stacey Solomon, English singer
- 2005 – Prince Emmanuel of Belgium