* 40 - Martial, Latin poet (d. 102)
* 1432 - Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (d. 1455)
* 1445 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (d. 1510)
* 1456 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary (d. 1516)
* 1474 - Angela Merici, Italian nun (d. 1540)
* 1547 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (d. 1628)
* 1597 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)
* 1610 - John Pell, English mathematician (d. 1685)
* 1657 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740)
* 1683 - Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II of Great Britain (d. 1737)
* 1732 - William Cushing, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States. (d. 1810)
* 1760 - François Nicolas Leonard Buzot, French revolutionary (d. 1794)
* 1769 - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)
* 1807 - Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1898)
* 1810 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-born composer (d. 1849)
* 1812 - Augustus Pugin, English-born architect (d. 1852)
* 1817 - Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (d. 1882)
* 1821 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Catholic bishop (d. 1896)
* 1837 - William Dean Howells, American writer, historian, and politician (d. 1920)
* 1842 - Nicholaos Gysis, Greek painter (d. 1901)
* 1848 - Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-born American sculptor (d. 1907)
* 1852 - Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (d. 1923)
* 1858 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1918)
* 1863 - Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (d. 1930)
* 1865 - Abe Iso, Japanese politician (d. 1949)
* 1871 - Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)
* 1876 - Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian IOC president (d. 1942)
* 1880 - Giles Lytton Strachey British writer (d. 1932)
* 1886 - Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian painter and poet (d. 1980)
* 1888 - Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948)
* 1889 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (d. 1960)
* 1892 - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (d. 1927)
* 1893 - Mercedes de Acosta, American socialite (d. 1968)
* 1896 - Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (d. 1960)
* 1896 - Moriz Seeler, German writer and producer (d. 1942)
* 1899 - Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (d. 1972)
* 1904 - Paul Hartman, American actor (d. 1973)
* 1904 - Glenn Miller, American bandleader (d. 1944)
* 1905 - Doris Hare, Welsh actress (d. 2000)
* 1910 - Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
* 1910 - David Niven, English actor (d. 1983)
* 1912 - Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, archbishop of Toronto (d. 2003)
* 1913 - Ralph Ellison, American writer (d. 1994)
* 1914 - Harry Caray, American sportscaster (d. 1998)
* 1917 - Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977)
* 1918 - Roger Delgado, English actor (d. 1973)
* 1918 - João Goulart, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
* 1918 - Gladys Noon Spellman, American politician (d. 1988)
* 1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet (d. 1991)
* 1920 - Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
* 1921 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (d. 1983)
* 1921 - Richard Wilbur, American poet
* 1922 - William Gaines, American publisher (d. 1992)
* 1922 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1995)
* 1923 - Kuczka Péter, Hungarian writer and editor (d. 1999)
* 1924 - Deke Slayton, American astronaut (d. 1993)
* 1926 - Robert Clary, French-born actor
* 1926 - Pete Rozelle, American commissioner of the NFL (d. 1996)
* 1926 - Cesare Danova, Italian-born American actor (d. 1992)
* 1927 - Harry Belafonte, American musician and activist
* 1927 - Robert Bork, American legal scholar
* 1928 - Seymour Papert, South African mathematician
* 1928 - Jacques Rivette, French film director
* 1929 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (d. 1978)
* 1930 - Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (d. 1980)
* 1935 - Robert Conrad, American actor
* 1936 - Monique Bégin, French-Canadian politician
* 1936 - Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (d. 1997)
* 1937 - Jed Allan, American actor
* 1939 - Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer and guitarist
* 1940 - Robert Grossman, American illustrator
* 1941 - Joo Hyun, South Korean actor
* 1942 - Richard Bowman Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
* 1943 - Gil Amelio, American venture capitalist
* 1943 - Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast
* 1943 - Richard H. Price, American physicist
* 1943 - Rashid Sunyaev, Russian physicist
* 1943 - José Ángel Iribar, Spanish footballer
* 1944 - John Breaux, U.S. Senator from Louisiana
* 1944 - Mike d'Abo, English singer (Manfred Mann)
* 1944 - Roger Daltrey, English musician (The Who)
* 1945 - Dirk Benedict, American actor
* 1946 - Lana Wood, American actress
* 1946 - Gerry Boulet, French-Canadian singer (d. 1990)
* 1946 - Elvin Bethea, American football player
* 1947 - Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and songwriter
* 1948 - Burning Spear, Jamaican singer and musician
* 1952 - Steven Barnes, American writer
* 1952 - Leigh Matthews, Australian rules footballer
* 1952 - Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager
* 1953 - Richard Bruton, Irish politician and economist
* 1954 - Catherine Bach, American actress
* 1954 - Ron Howard, American actor and director
* 1956 - Timothy Daly, American actor
* 1958 - Bertrand Piccard, Swiss balloonist and psychiatrist
* 1958 - Nik Kershaw, English musician
* 1958 - Chosei Komatsu, Japanese conductor
* 1960 - William Bennett, English musician (Whitehouse)
* 1963 - Rob Affuso, American drummer
* 1963 - Thomas Anders, German singer (Modern Talking)
* 1963 - Ron Francis, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1963 - Dan Michaels, American musician and record producer
* 1964 - Paul Le Guen, French football manager
* 1964 - Clinton Gregory, American musician
* 1965 - Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
* 1965 - Booker Huffman, American professional wrestler
* 1965 - Mary Lou Lord, American singer/songwriter
* 1966 - Susan Auch, Canadian speed-skater
* 1967 - Yelena Afanasyeva, Russian athlete
* 1967 - George Eads, American actor
* 1967 - Aron Winter, Dutch footballer
* 1969 - Javier Bardem, Spanish actor
* 1969 - Doug Creek, American baseball player
* 1969 - Dafydd Ieuan, Welsh drummer (Super Furry Animals)
* 1971 - Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist
* 1973 - Jack Davenport, English actor
* 1973 - Ryan Peake, Canadian guitarist (Nickelback)
* 1973 - Carlo Resoort, Dutch DJ
* 1973 - Chris Webber, American basketball player
* 1974 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
* 1974 - Stephen Davis, American football player
* 1976 - Peter F. Bell, Australian rules footballer
* 1976 - Dave Malkoff, American TV News Reporter
* 1977 - Rens Blom, Dutch athlete
* 1977 - Esther Cañadas, Spanish actress and supermodel
* 1978 - Jensen Ackles, American actor
* 1978 - Donovan Patton, Guamanian television star
* 1978 - Alicia Leigh Willis, American actress
* 1980 - Shahid Afridi, Pakistani cricketer
* 1980 - Abdur Rehman, Pakistani cricketer
* 1980 - Djimi Traoré, Malian footballer
* 1981 - Ana Hickmann, Brazilian supermodel
* 1981 - Adam LaVorgna, American actor
* 1981 - Will Power, Australian racing driver
* 1981 - Brad Winchester, American ice hockey player
* 1983 - Daniel Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
* 1983 - Elan Sara DeFan, Mexican singer-songwriter
* 1983 - Chris Hackett, English footballer
* 1983 - Blake Hawksworth, Canadian baseball player
* 1984 - Naima Mora, American model
* 1984 - Alexander Steen, Canadian-born Swedish ice hockey player
* 1985 - Andreas Ottl, German footballer
* 1985 - J Leman, American Football Player
* 1986 - Jonathan Spector, American soccer player
* 1987 - Sammie, American singer
* 1988 - Katija Pevec, American actress
* 1989 - Sonya Kitchell, American singer
* 1989 - Carlos Vela, Mexican footballer
* 1990 - Harry Eden, English actor
* 1990 - Nikolas Tsattalios, Australian soccer player
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