- 1485 Beatus Rhenanus [Beatus Birt], German humanist, classical scholar and friend of Erasmus (Beatus Rhenanus Library), born in Sélestat, Alsace (d. 1547)
- 1530 Bartolomeo Spontone, Italian composer and singer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1592)
- 1601 Georges de Scudéry, French writer and dramatist (L’Amour tyrannique), born in Le Havre, France (d. 1667)
- 1615 Christopher Gibbons, English composer, born in London (d. 1676)
- 1624 Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer and poet, born in Caen, France (d. 1701)
- 1647 Denis Papin, French physicist, and inventor (steam piston engine; Papinian pot (pressure cooker), born in Blois, France (d. 1713)
- 1679 Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal, born in Grenoble, France (d. 1758)
- 1681 Pierre Danican Philidor, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1731)
- 1753 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, German-Dutch composer, brother of Friedrich Christian Ruppe, born in Salzungen, Imperial County of Reuss, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1826)
- 1764 Charles Percier, French architect, born in Paris (d. 1838)
- 1766 Joseph-Denis Doche, French otganist, composer, and conductor, born in Paris (d. 1825)
- 1771 Henry Maudslay, English inventor of the metal lathe, born in Woolwich, London (d. 1831)
- 1771 Ján Josef Rösler, Bohemian pianist, conductor, and composer, born in Banská Štiavnica, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1813)
- 1779 James Kirke Paulding, American author (The Dutchman’s Fireside), born in Pleasant Valley, NY (d. 1860)
- 1788 Thomas Tredgold, British civil engineer (railway design), carpenter, and writer (Elementary Principles of Carpentry), born in Brandon, Durham, England (d. 1829)
- 1795 Abraham Capadose, Dutch physician and missionary, born in Amsterdam, Batatvian Republic (d. 1874)
- 1800 Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar, born in Trieste, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1865)
- 1800 William S. Harney, U.S. general, born in Madison, Tennessee (d. 1889)
- 1822 George Stoneman, US Union general-major and Governor of California (1883-87), born in Busti, NY (d. 1894)
- 1827 Edouard Silas, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1909)
- 1827 Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician, born in Vermont (d. 1906)
- 1827 Joseph Anthony Mower, American Major General (Union Army), born in Woodstock, Vermont (d. 1870)
- 1834 Nathaniel Harrison Harris, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Natchez, Mississippi (d. 1900)
- 1834 Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer and pioneer aviator, born in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1906)
- 1836 Archibald M Willard, American artist (Spirit of ’76), born in Bedford, Ohio (d. 1918)
- 1844 George Washington De Long, American Arctic Explorer whose disastrous expedition provided evidence to support the theory of trans-Arctic oceanic drift, born in New York City (d. 1881)
- 1845 William Lewis Douglas, 42nd Governor of Massachusetts, born in Plymouth, Massachusetts (d. 1924)
- 1846 Amalie Skram, Norwegian author (Hellemyrsfolket), born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1905)
- 1847 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1935)
- 1848 Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (Founder of Chicago Daily News), born in Hudson, Illinois (d. 1929)
- 1852 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy), born in Faenza, Italy (d. 1909)
- 1854 Milan I, King of Serbia (1882-89) who unexpectedly abdicated in favor of his 12-year-old son Alexander I, born in Mărășești, Romania (d. 1901)
- 1857 Ned Hanlon, American Baseball HOF center fielder (NL pennant 1887 Detroit Wolverines) and manager (5 × NL pennant Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Superbas), born in Montville, Connecticut (d. 1937)
- 1860 Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist, born in Swinemünde, Prussia (d. 1940)
- 1860 Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria, born in Trzebiechów, Zielona Góra County, Poland (d. 1917)
- 1860 Paul G. Nipkow, German inventor, television technology pioneer (Nipkow disk), and namesake of the Nipkow Programm, born in Lauenburg, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1940)
French composer (La Mer; Clair de lune; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
- 1865 Pieter Hopmans Dutch Bishop of Breda (Eucharistic Crusade), born in Standdaarbuiten, Netherlands (d. 1951)
- 1867 Charles Francis Jenkins, American Inventor (altimeter, automobile self-starter, and early television pioneer), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1934)
- 1867 Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist, born in Aarau, Switzerland (d. 1939)
- 1868 Willis Rodney Whitney, American Chemist, founder of the General Electric research laboratory, and pioneer of industrial scientific research, born in Jamestown, NY (d. 1958)
- 1871 James Foulis, Scottish golfer (US Open 1896), born in St. Andrews, Scotland (d. 1928)
- 1873 Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher, born in Sokółka, Poland (d. 1928)
- 1873 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 1935)
- 1874 Edward Bairstow, English composer, born in Trinity Street, Huddersfield, England (d. 1946)
- 1874 Max Scheler, German philosopher (Vom Umsturz der Werte), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1928)
- 1876 Cornelis “Kees” Maks, Dutch figurative painter, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1967)
- 1880 George Herriman, American cartoonist (Krazy Kat), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1944)
- 1880 Gorch Fock [Johann Wilhelm Kinau], German author and poet, born in Finkenwerder, Hamburg, Germany (d. 1916)
- 1882 Harry Makepeace, English cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 117; Lancashire CCC) and soccer midfielder (4 caps; FA Cup 1906 Everton), born in Middlesbrough, England (d. 1952)
- 1888 Du Yuesheng, Chinese mob boss, born in Gaoqiao, Shanghai (d. 1951)
- 1888 Violet Farebrother, English actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1969)
- 1890 Cecil Kellaway, South African-American stage and screen character actor (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; The Luck of the Irish), born in Cape Town, Cape Colony (now South Africa) (d. 1973)
- 1890 Floyd Henri Allport, American psychologist and sociologist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1979)
- 1891 Francis McDonald, American actor (Will-Adv of Champion), born in Bowling Green, Kentucky (d. 1968)
- 1891 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish-French-American painter and cubist sculptor, born in Druskininkai, Lithuania (d. 1973)
- 1892 Percy Fender, English cricket all-rounder (13 Tests, 29 wickets, BB 5/90, HS 60; Sussex CCC, Surrey CCC, MCC), born in London, England (d. 1985)
- 1893 Ernest H. Volwiler, American scientist and co-inventor of Pentothal – world’s most widely used anesthetic, born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 1992) [1]
- 1893 George Wood, England cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 6 dismissals; Cambridge University CC, Kent CCC), born in Blackheath, England (d. 1971)
- 1894 Ivan Isakov [Hovhannes Ter-Isahakyan], Russian-Armenian military commander (Commander in Chief of the Soviet Navy during WW II), born in Hadjikend, Russian Empire (now Armenia) (d. 1967)
- 1895 Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician, born in Pierreville, Quebec (d. 1966)
- 1895 Paul Taylor White, American composer (Adante & Rondo for Cello), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 1973)
- 1896 Laurence McKinley Gould, American Geologist and Polar Explorer who was chief scientist and second-in-command on the first expedition to the interior of Antarctica in 1929, born in Lacota, Michigan (d. 1995)
- 1897 Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer (Australian captain in the Bodyline series), born in Maldon, Australia (d. 1965)
- 1897 Elizabeth Bergner, Austrian actress (Catherine the Great), born in Drohobycz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1986)
- 1897 Nick Lucas [Dominic Lucanese], American jazz guitarist and singer (“Tiptoe Through the Tulips”; “Painting the Clouds With Sunshine”), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1982)
- 1898 Francine Larrimore, French actress (John Meade’s Woman), born in Verdun, France (d. 1975)
- 1900 Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (Russian Language Dictionary), born in Kuvshinovo, Tver Oblast, Russia (d. 1964)
- 1902 Jack Roy Armstrong, English historian (History of Sussex), born in Broadstairs, Kent (d. 1993)
German film director (Triumph of the Will) and actress (Tiefland), born in Berlin, Germany
- 1902 Thomas Pelly, American politician, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1973)
- 1903 René Wellek, Czech-American writer (Concepts of Criticism), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1995)
- 1904 Jay Novello, American radio and screen character actor (Harum Scarum; Rebel Breed), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1982)
- 1905 Wade Crosby, American actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 1975)
- 1907 Colin Buchanan, British town planner (Traffic in Towns), born in Simla, India (d. 2001)
- 1907 Cyril Astley Clarke, British physician and geneticist, born in Leicester, England (d. 2000)
- 1907 Oliver McGowan, American actor (Banning, Stagecoach), born in Kipling, Alabama (d. 1971)
French photographer famous for ‘The Decisive Moment’, born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, France
- 1909 Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (Casablanca), born in New York City (d. 2000)
American NFL center (NY Giants), born in Redding, California
- 1909 Sergius Kagen, American pianist and composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1964)
- 1909 Stojan Daskalov, Bulgarian writer (A Farm), born in Liljac, Vraca, Bulgaria (d. 1985)
- 1909 Vitya Vronsky, Russian-American concert pianist (Vronsky & Babin), and educator (Cleveland Institute), born in Yevpatoria, Russia (d. 1992)
- 1911 Edith Atwater, American actress (Phyllis-Love on a Rooftop), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)
- 1911 Somerset de Chair, British writer, MP and poet, born in Somerset (d. 1995)
- 1912 Edith Porada, Austrian art historian and archaeologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1994)
- 1912 Richard Catling, British commissioner of police (Kenya), born in Leiston, Suffolk (d. 2005)
- 1913 Arthur Sackler, American philanthropist, psychiatrist and patron of the arts, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1987)
- 1913 Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian nuclear physicist, born in Marina di Pisa, Italy (d. 1993)
- 1913 Robert Schollum, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1987)
- 1915 David Dellinger, American social rights and peace movement leader, born in Wakefield, Massachusetts (d. 2004)
- 1915 Hugh Paddick, English actor (Round the Horne), born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England (d. 2000)
- 1915 James Hillier, Canadian-American inventor (co-created the electron microscope), born in Brantford, Canada (d. 2007)
- 1916 John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil’s Pass), born in London, England (d. 1975)
- 1917 John Lee Hooker, American blues guitarist (“Boogie Chillen”‘; “Boom Boom”), born in Clarksdale, Mississippi (d. 2001)
- 1918 Mary McGrory, American journalist and columnist, born in Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2004)
- 1919 Leo Pliatzky, British senior civil servant, born in Manchester (d. 1999)
- 1920 Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon (1st artificial heart transplant), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
- 1920 Pierre A. Lauffer, Antillian poet (Patria), born in Curacao, Venezuela (d. 1981)
- 1920 Ray Bradbury, American sci-fi author (Fahrenheit 451), born in Waukegan, Illinois (d. 2012)
- 1920 Sir Anthony Tuke, British controversial chairman of Barclays Bank (1973–81) and Rio Tinto Zinc, born in Hertfordshire (d. 2001)
- 1920 Wolfdietrich Schnurre, German writer, born in Frankfurt (d. 1989)
- 1921 James Menter, British physicist and principal (Queen Mary College), born in Teynham, Kent (d. 2006)
- 1922 Micheline Presle [Chassagne], French actress (Donkey Skin; Devil in the Flesh; I Want to Go Home), born in Paris (d. 2024)
- 1923 Gerald Long, English journalist and CEO of Reuters, born in York, England (d. 1998)
- 1924 Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer, born in Lblin, Poland (d. 1986)
- 1924 James Kirkwood, American actor, author and playwright (A Chorus Line, P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1989)
- 1925 Honor Blackman, English actress (Goldfinger, The Avengers), born in Plaistow, London (d. 2020)
- 1926 Bob Flannigan, American barbershop-pop-jazz singer (The Four Freshmen), born in Greencastle, Indiana (d. 2011)
- 1926 Marc Bohan, French fashion designer, born in Paris (d. 2023)
- 1927 Aleksandar Obradovic, Serbian composer, born in Bled, Slovenia (d. 2001)
- 1928 John Lupton, American actor (Tom-Broken Arrow), born in Highland Park, Illinois (d. 1993)
- 1928 Karlheinz Stockhausen, German classical and electronic music composer (Stimmung; Helikopter-Streichquartett; Hymnen), born in Mödrath, Kerpen, Germany (d. 2007)
- 1928 Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy advocate, born in Moyamba, Sierra Leone (d. 2015)
- 1929 Harry McPherson, presidential counsel (Lyndon Johnson) and lobbyist, born in Tyler, Texas (d. 2012)
- 1929 Jane Ewart-Boggs, Baroness Ewart-Biggs, British (Labour) spokesperson on Home Affairs, and peace activist, born in British India (d. 1992)
- 1930 Gilmar, Brazilian soccer goalkeeper (94 caps; Corinthians 486 games, Santos 266 games), born in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2013)
- 1931 Maurice Gee, New Zealand novelist (Plumb, In My Father’s Den), born in Whakatāne, New Zealand (d. 2025) [1]
- 1931 Roscoe Shelton, American blues and R&B singer (“Strain on My Heart”; “Say You Really Care”), born in Lynchburg, Tennessee (d. 2002)
- 1932 Gerald P Carr, American USMC colonel and NASA astronaut (Skylab 4), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1932 Theoni Vachliotis Aldredge, Greek-American award-winning costume designer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece (d. 2011)
- 1933 Irmtraud Morgner, German writer, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 1990)
- 1933 Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (Jessica, Hercules), born in Split, Dalmatia, Yugoslavia (d. 1994)
- 1934 Diana Sands, American stage and screen actress (A Raisin in the Sun; Doctors’ Wives; The Landlord), born in New York City (d. 1973)
- 1934 John Chowning, American composer (Turenas), born in Salem, New Jersey
- 1934 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser (BBC), born in London (d. 2008)
US Army General and commander of coalition forces in the Gulf War, born in Trenton, New Jersey
- 1934 Ralph Mellanby, Canadian sportscaster / television producer (EP Hockey Night in Canada 1966-85; 5 x Emmy Awards various Olympic Games), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 2022)
- 1935 (Edna) Annie Proulx, American Pulitizer Prize-winning author (Postcards; The Shipping News; Brokeback Mountain), born in Norwich, Connecticut
- 1935 Morton Dean [Dubitsky], American TV news correspondent, anchor (CBS, ABC), and author, born in Fall River, Massachusetts
- 1936 Lex Humphries, American jazz drummer (Sun Ra Arkestra), born in New York City (d. 1994)
- 1937 Donald MacLeary, Scottish ballet dancer, répétiteur, and ballet master (Royal Ballet, 1954-2002), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1937 Max Hebditch, British director (Museum of London), born in Yeovil, England
- 1937 Pat Gillick, American Baseball HOF executive (GM Toronto Blue Jays World Series 1992, 93, Philadelphia Phillies 2008), born in Chico, California
- 1937 Phyllis O’Donnell, Australian surfer (first Women’s World Surfing Champion 1964), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2024)
- 1938 Dale Hawkins, American rock singer and songwriter (Susie Q), born in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana (d. 2010)
- 1938 Paul Maguire, American football commentator, born in Youngstown, Ohio
- 1939 Candido Lima, Portuguese composer, born in Viana do Castelo, Portugal
- 1939 Valerie Harper, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Rhoda), born in Suffern, New York (d. 2019)
- 1940 Bill McCartney, American College Football HOF coach (Colorado Buffaloes 1982–94; NCAA C’ship 1990), born in Riverview, Michigan (d. 2025)
- 1940 David R. Vance, American horse trainer, born in Logansport, Indiana
- 1940 George Reinholt, American actor (Steve-Another World, One Life to Live), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
- 1940 John Banham, British businessman, director-general CBI, born in Cornwall (d. 2022)
- 1941 Hannspeter Winter, Austrian plasma physicist, born in Wels (d. 2006)
- 1941 Howard Grimes, American soul music session drummer (Al Green; Ann Peeples), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2022)
- 1941 Michael Aldrich, British inventor (online shopping), born in Brocket Hall, England (d. 2014)
- 1941 Thomas Lovejoy, American conservation biologist who coined the term “biodiversity”, born in New York City (d. 2021)
- 1942 Bob Harris, American sportscaster (announcer Duke University men’s basketball & football 1976-2017), born in Albemarle, North Carolina (d. 2024)
- 1942 Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (Cumhuriyet Murder), born in Kırşehir, Turkey (d. 1993)
- 1943 Alun Michael, British Labour and Co-operative politician, born in Bryngwran, Anglesey
- 1943 Masatoshi Shima, Japanese computer scientist, born in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- 1944 Peter Hofmann, German operatic tenor, who also performed pop songs and starred in musical theater, born in Marienbad, German Sudetenland (d. 2010)
- 1945 David Chase, American television writer and creator of “The Sopranos”, born in Mount Vernon, New York
- 1945 Derek Fatchett, British Labour politician, born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1999)
- 1945 Erol Gelenbe, Turkish computer scientist and mathematician, born in Istanbul, Turkey
- 1945 James G Richardson, actor (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), born in Gainesville, Florida
- 1945 Ron Dante, American rock vocalist (Archies – “Sugar, Sugar”), and producer (Barry Manilow), born in Staten Island, New York
- 1945 Steve Kroft, American journalist and longtime correspondent for 60 Minutes, born in Kokomo Indiana
- 1946 Felix Meurders, Dutch radio host, born in Maastricht, Netherlands
- 1947 Bud Cramer, American politician (Rep-D-Alabama), born in Huntsville, Alabama
- 1947 Cindy Williams, American actress (Laverne & Shirley – “Shirley; American Graffiti), born in Van Nuys, California (d. 2023) [1]
- 1947 Donna Godchaux, American singer (Grateful Dead, 1972-79), born in Florence, Alabama
- 1948 Eleonora Brown, Italian actress (The Sailor from Gibraltar), born in Naples, Italy
- 1948 Rob Buckman, British broadcaster and actor (Pink Medicine Show), born in London
- 1949 Alfred Musema, Rwandan genocidaire, born in Byumba, Rwanda
- 1949 Diana Nyad, American journalist and long-distance swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979), born in New York City
- 1949 Doug Bair, American baseball player, born in Defiance, Ohio
- 1949 Þórarinn Eldjárn, Icelandic writer (The Blue Tower), born in Reykjavik, Iceland
- 1950 I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney and convicted felon, born in New Haven, Connecticut
- 1950 Ray Burris, American baseball player, born in Idabel, Oklahoma
- 1951 Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician, born in Chokpur, Taplejung District, Nepal
- 1951 Gordon Liu [Chia-Hui Liu or Jin-Hsi Shin], Chinese actor (Kill Bill, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), born in Guangdong, China
- 1951 Teresa Davis, American soul singer (The Emotions), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1952 Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu), born in Bay Village, Ohio (d. 1977)
- 1953 Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager best known for his work with The Road Warriors tag team, born in Melrose, Minnesota
- 1955 Chiranjeevi [Konidela Siva Sankara Vara Prasad], Telugu film actor, dancer and producer, born in Mogalthur, India
- 1955 Will Shetterly, American writer (Dogland), born in Columbia, South Carolina
- 1956 Jeffrey Lloyd, South African jockey based in Australia, born in Durban, South Africa
- 1956 Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer (Australian off-spinner 1987-92), born in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 1957 Holly Dunn, American country singer (“Daddy’s Hands”), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2016)
- 1957 Randy Romero, American jockey (Breeder’s Cup 1987-89; Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame 2010), born in Erath, Louisiana (d. 2019)
- 1957 Steve Davis, English snooker player (6 x World C’ship; 15 x Triple Crown titles, born in London, England
- 1958 Colm Feore, American actor (The Chronicles of Riddick), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1958 Ian Mitchell, Irish rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers – “Saturday Night”), born in Downpatrick, Ireland (d. 2020)
- 1958 Stevie Ray [Lane Huffman], American professional wrestler (WCW Monday Nitro, WCW Thunder), born in Houston, Texas
- 1958 Vernon Reid, American hard rock and funk-metal guitarist (Living Colour – Vivid; “Cult of Personality’; “Type”), born in London, England
- 1959 Denise Curry, American basketball forward (Olympic gold 1984; World C’ship gold 1979, 83), born in Fort Benton, Montana
- 1959 Juan Croucier, Cuban-American heavy metal bassist and songwriter (Ratt – “Round & Round”), born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- 1959 Pia Gjellerup, Danish Social Democrat politician, born in Frederiksberg, Denmark
- 1960 Collin Raye [Floyd Elliot Wray], American country music singer (“Love, Me”; “I Can Still Feel You”), born in De Queen, Arkansas
- 1961 Debbi Peterson, American rock drummer (Bangles – “Manic Monday”; “Walk Like An Egyptian”), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1961 Roland Orzabal, English musician and rock vocalist (Tears for Fears – “Shout”, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”), born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
- 1962 Gene Sauers, American golfer (US Senior Open 2016; PGA C’ship 1992 runner-up), born in Savannah, Georgia
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