July 31
- 143 – Emperor Nijo of Japan (d. 1165)
- 1396 – Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1467)
- 1527 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)
- 1598 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (d. 1654)
- 1702 – Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. 1768)
- 1704 – Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (d. 1752)
- 1718 – John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772)
- 1724 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
- 1737 – Princess Augusta of Great Britain (d. 1813)
- 1777 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentine statesman and priest (d. 1849)
- 1800 – Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and founder of organic chemistry (d. 1882)
- 1803 – John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (d. 1889)
- 1816 – George Henry Thomas, American general (d. 1870)
- 1825 – William S. Clark, American senator and scholar (d. 1886)
- 1835 – Henri Brisson, French statesman (d. 1912)
- 1835 – Paul du Chaillu, French explorer (d. 1903)
- 1837 – William Quantrill, American Civil War rebel guerrilla leader (d. 1865)
- 1843 – Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. 1918)
- 1847 – Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1905)
- 1858 – Richard Dixon Oldham, British geologist (d. 1936)
- 1860 – Mary Vaux Walcott, American artist and naturalist (d. 1940)
- 1867 – Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant and philanthropist (d. 1966)
- 1880 – Munshi Premchand, Indian Author (d. 1936)
- 1884 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German politician (d. 1945)
- 1886 – Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American organized crime figure (d. 1931)
- 1886 – Fred Quimby, American film producer (d. 1965)
- 1887 – Hans Freyer, German sociologist (d. 1969)
- 1892 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author and publisher (d. 1986)
- 1892 – Joseph Charbonneau, French-Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1959)
- 1894 – Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer (d. 1972)
- 1901 – Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (d. 1985)
- 1904 – Brett Halliday, American writer (d. 1977)
- 1909 – Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian writer and polyglot (d. 1999)
- 1911 – George Liberace, American musician (d. 1983)
- 1912 – Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008)
- 1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2006)
- 1912 – Irv Kupcinet, American newspaper columnist (d. 2003)
- 1913 – Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
- 1914 – Louis de Funès, French actor and comedian (d. 1983)
- 1916 – Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player and official (d. 2006)
- 1916 – Bill Todman, American game show producer (d. 1979)
- 1916 – Sibte Hassan, Pakistani activist (d. 1986)
- 1918 – Paul D. Boyer, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1918 – Hank Jones, American pianist (d. 2010)
- 1918 – Frank Renouf, New Zealand business tycoon (d. 1998)
- 1919 – Curt Gowdy, American sports announcer (d. 2006)
- 1919 – Primo Levi, Italian author and chemist (d. 1987)
- 1920 – James Esdras Faust, American religious leader (d. 2007)
- 1921 – Peter Benenson, British founder of Amnesty International (d. 2005)
- 1921 – Donald Malarkey, American World War II hero
- 1921 – Whitney Young, American civil rights activist (d. 1971)
- 1922 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Ahmet Ertegün, Turkish-born record company executive (d. 2006)
- 1923 – Jimmy Evert, American tennis coach and father of Chris Evert
- 1926 – Bernard Nathanson, American abortionist turned pro-life activist (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Hilary Putnam, American philosopher
- 1929 – Gilles Carle, Canadian film director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1929 – Don Murray, American actor
- 1929 – Lynne Reid Banks, British author
- 1929 – José Santamaria, Uruguayan footballer
- 1930 – Oleg Popov, Russian clown
- 1931 – Nick Bollettieri, American tennis coach
- 1931 – Kenny Burrell, American guitarist
- 1931 – Ivan Rebroff, German singer (d. 2008)
- 1932 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1932 – John Searle, American philosopher
- 1933 – Cees Nooteboom, Dutch writer
- 1935 – Yvon Deschamps, French-Canadian author and humorist
- 1935 – Geoffrey Lewis, American actor
- 1936 – Vic Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1939 – France Nuyen, French actress
- 1940 – Carol J. Clover, American academic
- 1940 – Roy Walker, Irish comedian and gameshow host
- 1941 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (d. 2004)
- 1943 – William Bennett, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
- 1943 – Susan Flannery, American actress
- 1943 – Lobo, American singer and songwriter
- 1943 – Sab Shimono, Japanese-American actor
- 1944 – Geraldine Chaplin, American actress
- 1944 – Jonathan Dimbleby, British journalist and television presenter
- 1944 – Robert C. Merton, American mathematician
- 1945 – Gary Lewis, American vocalist (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
- 1945 – William Weld, 68th Governor of Massachusetts
- 1946 – Bob Welch, American musician
- 1946 – Karen Zerby, American religious leader
- 1950 – Lane Davies, American actor
- 1950 – Steve Miller, American writer
- 1951 – Evonne Goolagong, Australian tennis player
- 1951 – Werner Novak, German footballer
- 1951 – Barry Van Dyke, American actor
- 1952 – Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
- 1952 – Alan Autry, American football player and politician
- 1952 – Helmuts Balderis, Latvian hockey player
- 1952 – João Barreiros, Portuguese writer
- 1953 – Ted Baillieu, Australian politician
- 1953 – James Read, American actor
- 1953 – Jimmy Cook, South African cricketer
- 1954 – Derek Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 – Jakie Quartz, French singer
- 1956 – Michael Biehn, American actor
- 1956 – Bill Callahan, American football coach
- 1956 – Deval Patrick, American politician, 71st governor of Massachusetts
- 1957 – Daniel Ash, British musician (Bauhaus)
- 1957 – Dirk Blocker, American actor
- 1957 – Leon Durham, American baseball player
- 1958 – Bill Berry, American musician (R.E.M.)
- 1958 – Mark Cuban, American businessman and basketball team owner
- 1959 – Stanley Jordan, American jazz guitarist
- 1959 – Andrew Marr, British journalist and political commentator
- 1960 – Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 – John Chiang, American politician
- 1962 – Kevin Greene, American football player
- 1962 – Wesley Snipes, American actor
- 1963 – Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 – Norman Cook, British musician (The Housemartins, Freak Power, Beats International, Fatboy Slim)
- 1964 – Jim Corr, Irish singer and musician (The Corrs)
- 1965 – Scott Brooks, American basketball player
- 1965 – John Laurinaitis, American professional wrestler
- 1965 – Julian Richards, British film director
- 1965 – J. K. Rowling, British writer
- 1966 – Dean Cain, American actor
- 1966 – Kevin Martin, Canadian Curler
- 1967 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (d. 2005)
- 1967 – Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese seiyū
- 1967 – Tony Massenburg, American basketball player
- 1967 – Tim Wright, Welsh composer
- 1968 – Saeed-Al-Saffar, Former UAE cricketer
- 1969 – David Cash, American professional wrestler
- 1969 – Loren Dean, American actor
- 1969 – Kenneth D. Schisler, American politician
- 1970 – Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian writer
- 1970 – Ben Chaplin, English actor
- 1970 – Giorgos Sigalas, Greek basketball player
- 1970 – Amanda Stepto, Canadian actress
- 1970 – Dave Wedge, American journalist
- 1971 – Gus Frerotte, American football player
- 1971 – John Lowery, American guitarist
- 1972 – Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Greek screenwriter and actor
- 1973 – Nathan Brown, Australian rugby league player
- 1973 – Fabulous Flournoy American basketball player and coach Newcastle Eagles
- 1974 – Emilia Fox, English actress
- 1974 – Jonathan Ogden, American football player
- 1975 – Randy Flores, American baseball player
- 1975 – Andrew Hall, Former South African cricketer
- 1975 – Simon Hirst, British radio DJ
- 1975 – Gabe Kapler, American baseball player and manager
- 1975 – Poesy Liang, Founder of Helping Angels
- 1975 – Mike Lincoln, American baseball player
- 1975 – Ruben Patterson, American basketball player
- 1975 – Allan von Schenkel, American musician
- 1976 – Joshua Cain, American musician (Motion City Soundtrack)
- 1976 – Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer
- 1977 – Tim Couch, American football player
- 1978 – Will Champion, English musician (Coldplay)
- 1978 – Zeta Makripoulia, Greek actress, model and TV presenter
- 1978 – Nick Sorensen, American football player
- 1978 – Justin Wilson, English racing driver
- 1979 – Jaco Erasmus, South African-born Italian rugby player
- 1979 – J. J. Furmaniak, American baseball player
- 1979 – Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer
- 1979 – Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer
- 1979 – Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer
- 1979 – B. J. Novak, American actor
- 1980 – Mikko Hirvonen, Finnish Rally driver
- 1980 – Mils Muliaina, New Zealand rugby union player
- 1980 – Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived
- 1981 – Eric Lively, American actor
- 1981 – Titus Bramble, English footballer
- 1981 – J.Son Dinant, American comedian
- 1981 – Ira Losco, Maltese singer
- 1981 – Matthew Sanders, American singer (Avenged Sevenfold)
- 1982 – Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1982 – DeMarcus Ware, American football player
- 1985 – Daniel Ciofani, Italian footballer
- 1985 – Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist
- 1986 – Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Michael Bradley, American soccer player
- 1987 – Brittany Byrnes, Australian Actress
- 1988 – Krystal Meyers, American Christian singer/songwriter/musician
- 1989 – Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player
- 1989 – Joey Richter, American actor/singer (member of Team StarKid)
- 1990 – Besart Abdurahimi, Croatian football player of Albanian origin.
- 1990 – Olga Galchenko, Russian juggler
- 1997 – Barbie Forteza, Filipina child actress
- 1998 – Rico Rodriguez II, American child actor
July 30
- 1511 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, biographer, art historian and architect (d. 1574)
- 1549 – Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
- 1641 – Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673)
- 1751 – Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian musician (d. 1829)
- 1763 – Samuel Rogers, English poet (d. 1855)
- 1809 – Charles Chiniquy, Quebec excommunicated Catholic priest (d. 1899)
- 1818 – Emily Brontë, English novelist (d. 1848)
- 1818 – Jan Heemskerk, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1897)
- 1825 – Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor, academic and memoirs writer (d. 1893)
- 1855 – Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1919)
- 1857 – Thorstein Veblen, American economist (d. 1929)
- 1859 – Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian (d. 1939)
- 1863 – Henry Ford, American industrialist (d. 1947)
- 1872 – Princess Clémentine of Belgium (d. 1955)
- 1881 – Smedley Butler, American Marine general (d. 1940)
- 1889 – Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist (d. 1982)
- 1890 – Casey Stengel, American baseball manager (d. 1975)
- 1893 – Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political activist, sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and "Mother of the Nation" (d. 1967)
- 1895 – Wanda Hawley, American actress (d. 1963)
- 1898 – Henry Moore, English sculptor (d. 1986)
- 1899 – Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987)
- 1901 – Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)
- 1904 – Salvador Novo, Mexican writer (d. 1974)
- 1909 – C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (d. 1993)
- 1909 – Magda Schneider German actress (d. 1996).
- 1910 – Edgar de Evia, American photographer (d. 2003)
- 1914 – Lord Killanin, Irish IOC president (d. 1999)
- 1916 – Dick Wilson, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Berniece Baker Miracle, half-sister of Marilyn Monroe
- 1921 – Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005)
- 1922 – Henry W. Bloch, American co-founder of H&R Block
- 1925 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (d. 1984)
- 1925 – Jacques Sernas, French actor
- 1926 – Christine McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters)
- 1927 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Victor Wong, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1928 – Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress
- 1928 – Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
- 1929 – Sid Krofft, Canadian children's television producer
- 1933 – Edd Byrnes, American actor
- 1934 – Bud Selig, American Commissioner of Baseball
- 1936 – Buddy Guy, American blues guitarist and singer
- 1936 – Infanta Pilar of Spain
- 1936 – Ralph Taeger, American actor
- 1938 – Hervé de Charette, French politician
- 1939 – Peter Bogdanovich, American film director
- 1939 – Eleanor Smeal, American feminist
- 1940 – Pat Schroeder, American politician
- 1940 – Sir Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor
- 1941 – Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer
- 1943 – Henri-François Gautrin, Quebec politician
- 1945 – Patrick Modiano, French novelist
- 1945 – David Sanborn, American saxophonist
- 1946 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)
- 1947 – William Atherton, American actor
- 1947 – Jonathan Mann, American AIDS activist (d. 1998)
- 1947 – Anna Panayiotopoulou, Greek actress and theatrical writer
- 1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder and politician, 38th Governor of California
- 1948 – Jean Reno, Moroccan-born French actor
- 1948 – Otis Taylor, American musician
- 1948 – Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer and pianist (d. 2010)
- 1949 – Duck Baker, American guitarist
- 1950 – Frank Stallone, American singer and actor
- 1951 – Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
- 1954 – Ken Olin, American actor
- 1956 – Delta Burke, American actress
- 1956 – Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956 – Anita Hill, American academic, witness at the sexual harassment trial against Clarence Thomas
- 1956 – Soraida Martinez, American painter, creator of Verdadism
- 1957 – Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
- 1957 – Bill Cartwright, American basketball player
- 1957 – Nery Pumpido, Argentine footballer
- 1957 – Rat Scabies, English drummer (The Damned)
- 1958 – Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter
- 1958 – Neal McCoy, American singer-songwriter and humanitarian
- 1958 – Daley Thompson, English decathlete
- 1960 – Richard Linklater, American filmmaker
- 1961 – Laurence Fishburne, American actor
- 1962 – Alton Brown, American television host and chef
- 1962 – Jay Feaster, American National Hockey League executive
- 1963 – Lisa Kudrow, American actress
- 1963 – Chris Mullin, American basketball player
- 1964 – Vivica A. Fox, American actress
- 1964 – Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager
- 1964 – Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-born American film director
- 1965 – Tim Munton, England cricketer
- 1966 – Allan Langer, Australian Rugby League Player
- 1968 – Terry Crews, American football player and actor
- 1968 – Robert Korzeniowski, Polish racewalker
- 1968 – Sean Moore, Welsh drummer (Manic Street Preachers)
- 1969 – Simon Baker, Australian actor
- 1969 – Errol Stewart, South African cricketer and lawyer
- 1970 – Dean Edwards, American comedian
- 1970 – Christopher Nolan, English film director
- 1971 – Elvis Crespo, Puerto Rican singer
- 1971 – Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1971 – Sagi Kalev, Israeli-born American bodybuilder
- 1971 – Christine Taylor, American actress
- 1973 – Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer
- 1973 – Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1973 – Sonu Nigam, Indian singer and actor
- 1974 – Sandra Diaz-Twine, American winner of Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villians
- 1974 – Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1974 – Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player
- 1974 – Hilary Swank, American actress
- 1975 – Graham Nicholls, English author and artist
- 1975 – Cherie Priest, American writer
- 1977 – Diana Bolocco, Chilean television presenter
- 1977 – James Branaman, American model and reality show contestant (The Amazing Race)
- 1977 – Jaime Pressly, American actress
- 1977 – Ian Watkins, Welsh singer (Lostprophets)
- 1979 – Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player
- 1979 – Show Luo, Taiwanese singer, television host, dancer and actor
- 1979 – Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer
- 1980 – Sara Anzanello, Italian volleyball player
- 1980 – Justin Rose, British golfer
- 1980 – Chuck Thomas, British TV producer and presenter
- 1981 – Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer
- 1981 – Juan Smith, South African rugby player
- 1982 – James Anderson, English cricketer
- 1982 – Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer
- 1982 – Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
- 1983 – Sean Dillon, Irish footballer
- 1984 – Gabrielle Christian, American actress
- 1984 – Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
- 1985 – Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
- 1986 – Tiago, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 – Coco Sumner, Italy-born English singer-songwriter and guitarist, daughter of Sting
- 1991 – Diana Vickers, English singer and stage actress
- 1999 – Joey King, American actress
- 2002 – Prince Hridayendra of Nepal, Nepalese royal
July 29
- 1166 – Henry II, Count of Champagne and King of Jerusalem (d. 1197)
- 1605 – Simon Dach, German poet (d. 1659)
- 1763 – Philip Charles Durham, Scottish Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1845)
- 1797 – Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879)
- 1801 – George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
- 1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
- 1806 – Horace Abbott, American iron manufacturer (d. 1887)
- 1817 – Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter (d. 1900)
- 1846 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921)
- 1843 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
- 1849 – Max Nordau, Austrian-Hungarian writer and Zionist leader (d. 1923)
- 1860 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, Governor of Queensland, Governor of Bombay (d. 1940)
- 1869 – Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (d. 1946)
- 1872 – Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (d. 1957)
- 1874 – James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942)
- 1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born American actress (d. 1949)
- 1878 – Don Marquis, American author (d. 1937)
- 1883 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)
- 1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (d. 1945)
- 1884 – Ralph A. Bard, U.S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975)
- 1885 – Theda Bara, American film actress (d. 1955)
- 1890 – Daniel J. Callaghan, United States Navy officer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942)
- 1887 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born American composer (d. 1951)
- 1891 – Bernhard Zondek German-born Israeli gynecologist, developer of first reliable pregnancy test (d. 1966)
- 1892 – William Powell, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1897 – Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (d. 1983)
- 1898 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
- 1899 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1900 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976)
- 1900 – Don Redman, American jazz trumpeter, oboist and pianist (d. 1964)
- 1904 – J. R. D. Tata, France-born Indian aviation pioneer and industrialist (d. 1993)
- 1905 – Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1905 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish 2nd UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
- 1905 – Thelma Todd, American actress (d. 1935)
- 1905 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. 2006)
- 1906 – Diana Vreeland, French-born American fashion editor (d. 1989)
- 1907 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996)
- 1909 – Chester Himes, American novelist (d. 1984)
- 1911 – Foster Furcolo, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
- 1911 – Archbishop Iakovos of America, Turkish-born Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Erich Priebke, German Nazi war criminal
- 1914 – Irwin Corey, American stand-up comedian
- 1915 – Bruce R. McConkie, American Mormon apostle and writer (d. 1985)
- 1915 – Francis W. Sargent, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)
- 1916 – Charlie Christian, American jazz guitarist (d. 1942)
- 1916 – Budd Boetticher, American film director (d. 2001)
- 1917 – Rochus Misch, German courier, bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler, the last survivor of the Führerbunker
- 1918 – Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1968)
- 1920 – Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican actor (d. 1974)
- 1920 – Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. 2007)
- 1921 – Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1923 – Jim Marshall, English founder of Marshall Amplification
- 1923 – Gordon Mitchell, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1924 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Robert Horton, American actor
- 1924 – Elizabeth Short, American waitress, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)
- 1925 – Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
- 1925 – Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player
- 1927 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch novelist, playwright, essayist and poet (d. 2010)
- 1930 – Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
- 1932 – Nancy Kassebaum Baker, United States Senator from Kansas
- 1933 – Lou Albano, American pro wrestling manager (d. 2009)
- 1933 – Colin Davis, British racing driver
- 1933 – Robert Fuller, American actor
- 1935 – Peter Schreier, German tenor
- 1936 – Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
- 1937 – Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-born American journalist (d. 2005)
- 1938 – Jean Rochon, Quebec politician
- 1941 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007)
- 1941 – David Warner, English actor
- 1942 – Tony Sirico, American actor
- 1943 – David Taylor, English snooker player
- 1945 – Mircea Lucescu, Romanian football manager
- 1946 – Ximena Armas, Chilean painter
- 1946 – Neal Doughty, American keyboardist (REO Speedwagon)
- 1946 – Diane Keen, English actress
- 1947 – Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. 2006)
- 1949 – Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
- 1949 – Jamil Mahuad, 51st President of Ecuador
- 1950 – Mike Starr, American actor
- 1951 – Dan Driessen, American baseball player
- 1951 – Dean Pitchford, American songwriter, filmmaker and novelist
- 1952 – Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician
- 1953 – Ken Burns, American producer and director
- 1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian bassist and singer (Rush)
- 1953 – Patti Scialfa, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1953 – Tim Gunn, American television personality
- 1955 – Dave Stevens, American illustrator
- 1955 – Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor
- 1956 – Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
- 1956 – Ronnie Musgrove, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
- 1956 – Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist
- 1957 – Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
- 1957 – Alessandra Marc, American operatic soprano
- 1959 – Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
- 1959 – Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and Fluxus and mail artist
- 1959 – Dave LaPoint, American baseball player
- 1959 – John Sykes, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang)
- 1962 – Vincent Rousseau, Belgian long-distance runner
- 1962 – Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler
- 1963 – Graham Poll, English football referee
- 1963 – Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator
- 1963 – Alexandra Paul, American actress
- 1965 – Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born American novelist
- 1965 – Luis Alicea, Puerto Rico baseball player and coach
- 1965 – Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
- 1966 – Martina McBride, American country music singer
- 1966 – Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voice actor
- 1968 – Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
- 1970 – John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1970 – Andi Peters, British TV presenter
- 1971 – Monica Calhoun, American actress
- 1971 – Bryan Dattilo, American actor
- 1971 – Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer and songwriter
- 1972 – Wil Wheaton, American actor
- 1973 – Stephen Dorff, American actor
- 1973 – Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
- 1974 – Josh Radnor, American actor
- 1974 – Afroman, American rapper
- 1975 – Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
- 1975 – Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1977 – Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, American songwriter and record producer
- 1979 – Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
- 1979 – Ronald Murray, American basketball player
- 1980 – Ryan Braun, Canadian-born American baseball player
- 1980 – Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
- 1980 – Rachel Miner, American actress
- 1981 – Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula 1 Driver
- 1981 – Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer
- 1981 – Troy Perkins, American soccer player
- 1982 – Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
- 1982 – Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 – Allison Mack, American actress
- 1983 – Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian hockey player
- 1984 – Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
- 1985 – Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
- 1985 – Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
- 1990 – Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
- 1347 – Queen Margaret of Durazzo, consort of Charles III of Naples (d. 1412)
- 1659 – Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715)
- 1746 – Thomas Heyward, Jr., American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1809)
- 1750 – Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician (d. 1794)
- 1796 – Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian piano manufacturer (d. 1859)
- 1804 – Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (d. 1872)
- 1815 – Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)
- 1844 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (d. 1889)
- 1857 – Ballington Booth, English-born Salvation Army officer (d. 1940)
- 1860 – Elias M. Ammons, American politician (d. 1925)
- 1860 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922)
- 1863 – Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (d. 1919)
- 1866 – Beatrix Potter, English author (d. 1943)
- 1867 – Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born Argentine astronomer (d. 1951)
- 1872 – Albert Sarraut, French politician (d. 1962)
- 1874 – Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (d. 1945)
- 1879 – Lucy Burns, American suffragist (d. 1966)
- 1887 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter (d. 1968)
- 1891 – Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (d. 1939)
- 1896 – Barbara La Marr, American actress (d. 1926)
- 1898 – Lawrence Gray, American actor (d. 1970)
- 1900 – Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1901 – Rudy Vallee, American entertainer (d. 1986)
- 1901 – Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (d. 1979)
- 1902 – Karl Popper, Austrian-born British philosopher (d. 1994)
- 1907 – Earl Tupper, American inventor of Tupperware (d. 1983)
- 1909 – Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (d. 1957)
- 1909 – Aenne Burda German publisher (d. 2005)
- 1914 – Carmen Dragon, American composer (d. 1984)
- 1915 – Charles Townes, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1916 – David Brown, American film producer (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Jacques Piccard, Belgian-born Swiss undersea explorer (d. 2008)
- 1923 – Ray Ellis, American record producer and arranger (d. 2008)
- 1924 – C.T. Vivian, American Civil Rights Movement activist
- 1925 – Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003)
- 1927 – John Ashbery, American poet
- 1929 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States (d. 1994)
- 1930 – Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Junior Kimbrough, American blues guitarist and vocalist (d. 1998)
- 1930 – Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian military figure
- 1931 – Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (d. 1992)
- 1932 – Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator of children's books
- 1933 – Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1934 – Jacques d'Amboise, American choreographer
- 1935 – Simon Dee, British television broadcaster (d. 2009)
- 1936 – Russ Jackson, Canadian football player
- 1936 – Garfield Sobers, Barbadian cricketer
- 1937 – Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter
- 1938 – Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician
- 1938 – Chuan Leekpai, Thai politician
- 1938 – Ian McCaskill, Scottish weather forecaster
- 1938 – Luis Aragonés, Spanish football manager
- 1940 – Philip Proctor, American comedian
- 1941 – Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor
- 1941 – Susan Roces, Filipino actress
- 1942 – Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster
- 1942 – Tonia Marketaki, Greek film director and screenwriter (d. 1994)
- 1943 – Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist (d. 1981)
- 1943 – Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician
- 1943 – Richard Wright, English keyboardist (Pink Floyd) (d. 2008)
- 1945 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist (Garfield)
- 1946 – Jonathan Edwards, American singer and songwriter
- 1946 – Linda Kelsey, American actress
- 1946 – Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani writer and feminist
- 1948 – Gerald Casale, American vocalist, bassist (Devo) and director
- 1948 – Georgia Engel, American actress
- 1948 – Sally Struthers, American actress
- 1949 – Steve Peregrin Took, English singer (d. 1980)
- 1949 – Vida Blue, American baseball player
- 1949 – Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers) (d. 2001)
- 1949 – Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer
- 1950 – Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet
- 1951 – Anthony A. Williams, American politician
- 1951 – Doug Collins, American basketball player and coach
- 1951 – Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect
- 1952 – Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist
- 1952 – Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince of Thailand
- 1953 – Don Black, founder and current webmaster of Stormfront
- 1954 – Bruce Abbott, American actor
- 1954 – Hugo Chávez, 52nd President of Venezuela
- 1954 – Gerd Faltings, German mathematician
- 1954 – Steve Morse, American guitarist (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple)
- 1954 – Mikey Sheehy, Irish Gaelic footballer
- 1955 – Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian cross-country skier
- 1956 – John Feinstein, American sportswriter, author and sports commentator
- 1958 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and activist (d. 1981)
- 1958 – Michael Hitchcock, American actor
- 1959 – William T. Vollman, American novelist and essayist
- 1960 – Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director
- 1960 – Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka (Captain Tsubasa, Hungry Heart Wild Striker)
- 1961 – Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver
- 1961 – Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter
- 1961 – Harlem Yu, Taiwanese singer/songwriter
- 1962 – Rachel Sweet, American singer
- 1963 – Beverley Craven, British singer
- 1964 – Lori Loughlin, American actress
- 1965 – Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer
- 1965 – Delfeayo Marsalis, American jazz trombonist and record producer
- 1966 – Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1967 – Taka Hirose, Japanese bassist (Feeder)
- 1969 – Garth Snow, American ice hockey player
- 1969 – Alexis Arquette, American actor
- 1969 – Dana White, American professional sports executive
- 1970 – Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist (Arch Enemy)
- 1970 – Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater
- 1970 – Paul Strang, Zimbabwian cricketer
- 1971 – Stephen Lynch, American comedian and singer-songwriter
- 1971 – Annie Perreault, Canadian short-track speed skater
- 1972 – Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
- 1972 – Ed Templeton, American skateboarder
- 1972 – Yeom Jeong-ah, South Korean actress
- 1972 – Robert Chapman, English cricketer
- 1973 – Steve Staios, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Marc Dupré, Quebec humorist and singer
- 1974 – Justin Lee Collins, British comedian
- 1975 – Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer
- 1976 – Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach)
- 1977 – Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player
- 1977 – Aki Berg, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1977 – Rahman "Rock" Harper, American personality, Restauranteur
- 1978 – Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1978 – Jacob Oram, New Zealand cricketer
- 1979 – Lee Minwoo, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
- 1979 – Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer
- 1979 – Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer
- 1979 – Alena Popchanka, French swimmer
- 1979 – James Piotr Montague, British writer and journalist
- 1980 – Stephen Christian, American singer (Anberlin)
- 1980 – Noel Sullivan, Welsh reality television contestant
- 1981 – Nancy Alexiadi, Greek singer
- 1981 – Michael Carrick, English footballer
- 1981 – Jo In Sung, South Korean actor
- 1982 – Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress
- 1982 – Tom Pelphrey, American actor
- 1983 – Cody Hay, Canadian figure skater
- 1984 – DeMeco Ryans, American football player
- 1984 – Zach Parise, American ice hockey player
- 1984 – John David Washington, American actor and football player
- 1985 – Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor
- 1985 – Sharifah Sofia, Malaysian actress
- 1986 – Alexandra Chando, American actress
- 1987 – Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma, Spanish footballer
- 1987 – Sumire, Japanese fashion model (d. 2009)
- 1988 – Ayla Brown, American singer
- 1990 – Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer
- 1990 – Shana Swash, English actress
- 1990 – Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, American rapper
- 1992 – George Spencer-Churchill, Earl of Sunderland
- 1993 – Hannah Lochner, Canadian actress