1171 ? King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)
1195 ? Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)
1432 ? Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
1575 ? Bartol Ka?ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)
1613 ? Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)
1717 ? Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
1740 ? Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
1769 ? Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France (d. 1821)
1771 ? Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet (d. 1832)
1785 ? Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859)
1813 ? Jules Grévy, 2nd President of the French Third Republic (d. 1891)
1844 ? Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908)
1856 ? Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (d. 1916)
1857 ? Albert Ballin, German shipping tycoon (d. 1918)
1858 ? E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924)
1859 ? Charles Comiskey, American baseball owner (d. 1931)
1860 ? Henrietta Vinton Davis, American elocutionist (d. 1941)
1860 ? Florence Harding, American First Lady (d. 1924)
1863 ? Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)
1865 ? Usui Mikao, Japanese founder of Reiki (d. 1926)
1872 ? Sri Aurobindo, Indian writer and philosopher (d. 1950)
1875 ? Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English composer (d. 1912)
1876 ? Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)
1877 ? Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
1878 ? Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1928)
1879 ? Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
1881 ? Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (d. 1956)
1883 ? Ivan Me?trović, Croatian sculptor (d. 1962)
1885 ? Edna Ferber, American novelist (d. 1968)
1886 ? Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
1890 ? Elizabeth Bolden, American Supercentenarian (d. 2006)
1890 ? Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
1892 ? Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1987)
1893 ? Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (d. 1950)
1896 ? Gerty Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1957)
1896 ? Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985)
1896 ? Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958)
1896 ? Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (d. 1993)
1898 ? Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
1901 ? Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
1904 ? George Klein, Canadian inventor (d. 1992)
1905 ? Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
1909 ? Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1910 ? Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002)
1912 ? Julia Child, American cook (d. 2004)
1912 ? Dame Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
1914 ? Paul Rand, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
1916 ? Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer (d. 1989)
1917 ? Jack Lynch, Irish politician (d. 1999)
1917 ? Oscar Romero, El Salvador Roman Catholic priest (d. 1980)
1919 ? Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
1919 ? Benedict Kiely, Irish author (d. 2007)
1922 ? Lukas Foss, German-born composer (d. 2009)
1922 ? Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek songwriter and musician (d. 2005)
1923 ? Rose Marie, American actress
1924 ? Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1925 ? Mike Connors, American actor
1925 ? Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist (d. 2007)
1925 ? Bill Pinkney, American baritone singer (d. 2007)
1926 ? Costis Stephanopoulos, Greek politician
1926 ? Sami Michael, Author and the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
1927 ? Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer
1928 ? Nicolas Roeg, English film director
1930 ? Ageeda Paavel, Estonian freedom fighter
1933 ? Bobby Helms, American pop singer (d. 1997)
1933 ? Jim Lange, American game show host
1934 ? Bobby Byrd, American soul/funk singer (d. 2007)
1934 ? Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer (d. 1998)
1934 ? Reginald Scarlett, West Indian cricketer
1935 ? Jim Dale, English actor
1935 ? Vernon Jordan Jr., American presidential advisor
1935 ? Lionel Taylor, American football player
1938 ? Maxine Waters, American politician
1938 ? Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer
1940 ? Gudrun Ensslin, German terrorist (d. 1977)
1940 ? Rita Shane, American soprano
1941 ? Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
1942 ? Larry Hartsell, American martial arts instructor (d. 2007)
1943 ? María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
1944 ? Linda Ellerbee, American journalist
1944 ? Tom Murphy, American politician
1944 ? Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician
1944 ? Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian pop singer
1945 ? Gene Upshaw, American football player and union leader (d. 2008)
1945 ? Begum Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician
1946 ? Tony Robinson, English actor and television presenter
1946 ? Jimmy Webb, American musician and composer
1947 ? Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress
1947 ? Jenny Hanley, British TV presenter
1948 ? Uschi Digard, American pornographic actress and model
1948 ? Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer
1948 ? George Ryton, British engineer
1949 ? Beverly Lynn Burns, American pilot
1949 ? Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
1949 ? Garry Disher, Australian author
1949 ? Mark B. Rosenberg, President of Florida International University
1950 ? Tommy Aldridge, American musician
1950 ? The Princess Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
1950 ? Tom Kelly, American baseball manager
1951 ? Ann Biderman, American film and television writer
1951 ? Bobby Caldwell, American singer and musician
1951 ? John Childs, England cricketer
1951 ? Daba Diawara, Malian politician
1951 ? Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
1954 ? Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (d. 2004)
1954 ? Mary Jo Salter, American poet
1956 ? Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
1957 ? ?eljko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
1958 ? Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player/coach
1958 ? Victor Shenderovich, Russian satirist
1958 ? Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian
1961 ? Ed Gillespie, American White House counsel to George W. Bush
1961 ? Gary Kubiak, American football coach
1962 ? Tom Colicchio, American chef
1963 ? Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican film director
1963 ? Jack Russell, England cricketer
1963 ? Valery Levaneuski, entrepreneur, politician, former political prisoner
1964 ? Melinda French Gates, American wife of Bill Gates
1964 ? Debi Mazar, American actress
1965 ? Rob Thomas, American writer
1966 ? Scott Brosius, American baseball player
1966 ? Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer
1966 ? Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player
1967 ? Peter Hermann American actor
1968 ? Debra Messing, American actress
1969 ? Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
1969 ? Cris Judd, American actor/choreographer
1969 ? Bernard Fanning, Australian singer/songwriter, lead singer of multi-award winning Australian rock bandPowderfinger
1970 ? Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
1970 ? Maddie Corman, American actress
1970 ? Ben Silverman, American TV executive
1972 ? Ben Affleck, American actor
1972 ? Chris Morrissey, American film director/actor
1972 ? Matthew Wood, American actor and sound editor
1972 ? Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
1973 ? Adnan Sami, music composer, singer
1974 ? Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
1975 ? Bertrand Berry, American football player
1975 ? Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer
1975 ? Brendan Morrison, Canadian hockey player
1975 ? Kara Wolters, American basketball player
1976 ? Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch football player
1977 ? Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1977 ? Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
1977 ? Nicole Paggi, American actress
1978 ? Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot)
1978 ? Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
1978 ? Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
1978 ? Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player
1979 ? Carl Edwards, American NASCAR driver
1980 ? Nathalie Press, English actress
1981 ? Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
1981 ? Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress
1981 ? Oliver Perez, American baseball player
1982 ? Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
1988 ? Tiffanie Anderson, American performer (Girlicious)
1989 ? Belinda, Mexican singer
1989 ? Carlos Pena Jr., American actor and singer
1989 ? Joe Jonas, American actor and singer, and queer