- 1273 Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England, born in Bayonne, Gascony (d. 1284)
- 1394 Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet and noble who spent 25 years as a prisoner of war, born in Paris (d. 1465)
- 1427 John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English nobleman who fought for the Yorkists, born in England (d. 1473)
- 1583 Juan de Jáuregui, Spanish poet, scholar and painter of the Spanish Golden Age, born in Seville, Andalusia, Spain (d. 1641)
- 1615 Philipp Wilhelm, German Elector of Palatine, born in Giessen (d. 1690)
- 1630 Etienne Baluze, French scholar and historian, born in Tulle, France (d. 1718)
- 1632 Baruch Spinoza, Dutch rationalist philosopher, born in Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (d. 1677)
- 1642 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, French naval commander and national hero under Louis XIV, Marshal of France, born in Paris, France (d. 1701)
- 1655 Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), born in Tre Kronor, Sweden (d. 1697)
- 1690 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer (son of Johann Pachelbel), one of the first European composers to emigrate to America, born in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1750)
- 1712 Willem Albert Bachiene, Dutch clergyman, geographer, astronomer, and cartographer (Heilige Geographie / Holy Geography), born in Leerdam, Dutch Republic (d. 1783) [1]
Spanish missionary priest who founded the 1st missions in California, born in Petra, Majorca
- 1713 Laurence Sterne, Anglo-Irish novelist and satirist (Tristram Shandy), born in Clonmel, Ireland (d. 1768)
- 1724 Maria Amalia of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain (1759-60) and Naples and Italy (1738-59) as wife of Charles III, born at Dresden Castle, Dresden (d. 1760)
- 1729 Alexander Suvorov, Russian general during the Russo-Turkish War and French Revolutionary Wars, born in Moscow (d. 1800)
- 1740 John Bacon, English sculptor – most successful public sculptor of his time, born in London, England (d. 1799)
- 1745 Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire, born in Palace of San Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain (d. 1792)
- 1747 Felice Alessandri, Italian organist, harpsichordist, pianist, and opera composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1798)
- 1766 Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect, born in Karlsruhe (d. 1826)
- 1773 Shadrach Bond, American politician (1st Governor of Illinois, 1818 to 1822), born in Frederick, Maryland (d. 1832)
- 1774 Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer, born in Dundee, Scotland (d. 1857)
- 1784 Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Swiss traveller and orientalist, 1st European to discover Petra and Abu Simbel, born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 1817)
12th US President (1849-50) and major general in the Mexican–American War, born in Barboursville, Virginia
- 1795 Josif Josifovich Genishta, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1853)
- 1801 Ludwig Bechstein, German poet who collected folk fairy tales, born in Weimar (d. 1860)
- 1806 Omar Pasha [Mihajlo Latas], Serbian-Ottoman field marshal (Crimean War) and Governor (Bosnia, Iraq), born in Janja Gora, Military Frontier, Austrian Empire (d. 1871)
- 1806 William Webb Ellis, English clergyman and inventor of rugby football who according to legend picked up the ball and ran with it while a student at Rugby School, born in Salford, Lancashire, England (d. 1872)
- 1811 Ditler Monrad, Danish politician and bishop (Council President of Denmark 1863-65), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1887)
- 1811 Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor and soldier, born in Thun, Switzerland (d. 1890)
- 1815 Grace Darling, English lighthouse keeper’s daughter and heroine who saved shipwreck survivors, born in Bamburgh, England (d. 1842)
- 1815 James Trapier, American soldier during American-Mexican War and general for the Confederate Army, born in Georgetown, South Carolina (d. 1865)
- 1817 Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisonave, Guatemalan-Spanish Cardinal (Archbishop of Toledo, first Cardinal born in America and of Creole parents), born in Guatemala (d. 1884)
- 1824 Charles Verlat, Flemish painter, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1890)
Italian author (The Adventures of Pinocchio), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy)
- 1829 William Passmore Carlin, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Greene County, Illinois (d. 1903)
- 1833 Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest, helped resettle French Canadians in northern Canada, born in Sainte-Rose, Lower Canada, (d. 1891)
- 1848 Lilli Lehmann, German opera singer (Tristan und Isolde), born in Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1929)
British-American playwright and children’s author (“The Secret Garden”; “Little Lord Fauntleroy”), born in Manchester
- 1859 Cass Gilbert, American architect who designed US Supreme Court and the Woolworth Building, born in Zanesville, Ohio (d. 1934)
- 1861 João da Cruz, Brazilian poet, born in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil (d. 1898)
- 1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and printmaker (At the Moulin Rouge), born in Albi, France (d. 1901)
- 1866 Edwin Binney, American inventor and businessman (carbon black, 1st dustless white chalk, Crayola crayon), born in Shrub Oak, New York (d. 1934) [1]
American ragtime entertainer and composer (“Maple Leaf Rag”; “The Entertainer”), born in Texarkana, Texas
- 1869 António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal, born in Lisbon (d. 1951)
- 1873 Herbert Roper Barrett, British tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1909, 12, 13; Wimbledon singles 1908, 11 runner-up; Olympic gold indoor doubles 1908), born in London, England (d. 1943)
- 1873 L. Martov [Yuly Osipovich Tsederbaum], Russian revolutionary (leader of the Mensheviks), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1923)
- 1874 Charles William Miller, Brazilian sportsman (founder São Paulo Athletic Club; father of soccer & rugby union in Brazil), born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1953)
- 1876 Walter Burley Griffin, American architect (L-shaped floor plan, Carport) who designed Australia’s capital Canberra and the NSW towns of Griffith and Leeton, born in Maywood, Illinois (d. 1937)
- 1877 Alben W. Barkley, American politician (US Representative, Senator and 35th Vice Pres-D-1949-53), born in Graves County, Kentucky (d. 1956)
- 1877 Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police, born in Surat, British Raj (d. 1941)
- 1881 Al Christie, Canadian-born pioneering film director and producer (Nestor Film Company), born in London, Ontario (d. 1951)
- 1884 Itzhak Ben-Zvi, longest-serving President of Israel (1952-63), born in Poltava, Russian Empire (d. 1963)
- 1884 Michel de Klerk, Dutch architect (Amsterdam School), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1823)
- 1886 Georges Vandertongerloo, Belgium sculptor and painter (De Stijl Group, L’art et Son Avenir), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1965)
- 1886 Margaret C. Anderson, American publisher, editor and founder of art and literary magazine ‘The Little Review’, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1973)
- 1887 Erich von Manstein, German Nazi-military commander convicted of war crimes, born in Berlin, German Empire (d. 1973)
- 1888 Cathleen Nesbitt, British actress (The Farmer’s Daughter), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1982)
- 1888 Dale Carnegie, American writer and public speaker (How to Win Friends & Influence People), born in Maryville, Missouri (d. 1955)
- 1888 Dr. Fredrick Arthur Willius, American cardiologist and medical historian, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1972)
- 1888 Rudolf Klein-Rogge, German actor and prototype for silent films master criminal (Metropolis, Spies), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1955)
- 1889 Cissy van Marxfield [Setske Beek-de Haan], Dutch author of children’s books, born in Oranjewoud, Netherlands (d. 1948)
- 1892 Isidor Achron, American composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1948)
- 1893 Charles F. Hurley, American 54th Governor of Massachusetts and one of its first Irish-American governors, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1946)
- 1893 Fern Andra [Vernal Edna Andrews], German-American actress (Eyes of the World), born in Watseka, Illinois (d. 1974)
- 1894 Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (all-time great opening batsman for England), born in Summerbridge, England (d. 1978)
Italian-American gangster of the New York mafia, born in Sicily, Italy
- 1898 Paul Faucher, French author and pioneering children’s publisher (Père Castor), born in Pougues-les-Eaux, France (d. 1967)
- 1899 Jan Maklakiewicz, Polish composer, chiefly of choral music (Kołysanka – Lullaby; Ave Maria), conductor, and educator, born in Chojnata, Poland (d. 1954)
- 1899 Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist, born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 1966)
- 1900 Cornelius Kee, Dutch organist and composer, born in Zaandam, Netherlands (d. 1997)
- 1900 Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, Ukrainian-Polish filmmaker and film educator (Polish Film School), born in Kharkov, Ukraine (d. 1995)
- 1901 Andre Victor Tchelistcheff “the dean of American winemaking”, Russian-born American winemaker (Beaulieu wines, Napa Valley), born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1994) [1]
- 1905 [Irene] Ireene Wicker, American singer and actress (Singing Lady), born in Quincy, Illinois (d. 1987)
- 1906 Andreina Pagnani, Italian actress (Il Commandante), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1981)
- 1906 Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Air Bridge monument Berlin), born in Mühlhausen, Germany (d. 1960)
- 1908 Harry Kemelman, American detective author (rabbi-omnibus), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
- 1908 Libertad Lamarque, Agentinan actress (Madreselva, Puerta Cerrada), born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina (d. 2000)
- 1908 Ray Carter, American orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1982)
- 1909 Hans Melchior Brugk, German composer, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1999)
- 1909 Hotze de Roos, Dutch children’s book author (Chameleon), born in Friesland, Netherlands (d. 1991)
- 1911 Joe Medwick, American Baseball HOF left fielder (World Series 1934, Triple Crown & NL MVP 1937 St. Louis Cardinals; 10 x MLB All Star), born in Carteret, New Jersey (d. 1975)
- 1911 Kirby Grant, American actor (Rustlers Round-Up, Yukon Gold, Sky King), born in Butte, Montana (d. 1985)
- 1911 Walter Goetz, German-British illustrator, cartoonist and painter (Colonel Up and Mr. Down), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1995)
- 1912 Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (Johnson murderer!), born in Amsterdam (d. 1993)
- 1912 Garson Kanin, American playwright, director, and producer (Double Life; Born Yesterday), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1993)
- 1912 Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money), born in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland (d. 2005)
- 1912 Joan Sanderson, English actress (Please Sir!), born in Bristol, England (d. 1992)
- 1912 Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist and arranger (Billie Holiday; Benny Goodman), born in Austin, Texas (d. 1986) [1]
- 1913 Gisela Mauermeyer, German discus thrower (Olympic gold 1936), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1995)
- 1913 Howard Duff, American actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing), born in Bremerton, Washington (d. 1990)
- 1914 Elise Hoomans, Dutch director and actress (Jane Eyre, Barocco), born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1991)
- 1916 Forrest J. Ackerman, American literary agent and writer who invented the term “sci-fi” (Famous Monsters of Filmland), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 208)
- 1917 Richard Hervig, American classical composer (Woman with a Torch; Epitaph), and teacher, born in Story City, Iowa (d. 2010)
- 1917 Rita Corita [Hendrika Sturm], Dutch pop singer (“Koffie, koffie, lekker bakkie koffie – Coffee, coffee, nice cup of coffee”), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1998)
- 1918 “Wild” Bill Davis, American jazz pianist, arranger, and electronic organ pioneer (Louis Jordan’s Tympani Five), born in Glasgow, Missouri (d. 1995)
- 1918 Captain Stubby [Tom Fouts], American author and comedian (Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers), born in Carroll County, Indiana (d. 2004)
- 1918 Roley Jenkins, English cricket spin bowler (9 Tests, 32 wickets), born in Worcester, England (d. 1995)
- 1919 David Kossoff, British actor and anti-drug campaigner (The Young Lovers, The Larkins), born in Hackney, London, England (d. 2005)
- 1919 John Silverlight, British author (The Victors’ Dilemma), and journalist (The Observer, 1959-85), born in England (d. 1995) [1] [2]
- 1920 Anthony Griffin, British Royal Navy admiral (Controller of the Navy, 1971–75; chairman of British Shipbuilders 1977–80), born in Peshawar, British India (d. 1996)
- 1921 John Lindsay, American politician (Mayor of New York 1966-73, Rep-D-NY 1959-65), born in New York City (d. 2000)
- 1922 Stanford Robert Ovshinsky, American inventor and scientist (nickel-metal hydride battery), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2012)
- 1924 Eileen Barton, American singer (Broadway Open House; “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake”), born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2006)
- 1925 Alun Owen, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (The Rise Affair, A Hard Day’s Night), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1994)
- 1925 Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist who won the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics with Carlo Rubbia, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2011)
- 1925 William F. Buckley Jr, American conservative author and commentator (National Review, Firing Line), born in New York City (d. 2008)
- 1926 Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist (Nobel Prize – 1957, for work on parity laws), born in Shanghai, China (d. 2024) [1]
- 1927 Agustín Edwards, Chilean media tycoon (El Mercurio), born in Paris (d. 2017)
- 1927 Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer, born in 1927, Boundiali, Côte d’Ivoire (d. 2003)
- 1927 Alfredo Kraus, Spanish bel canto tenor (Massenet – “Werther”; La Scala; New York Metroplolitan Opera, 1966-94), born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands (d. 1999)
- 1927 Emma Lou Diemer, American classical composer (Songs for the Earth; Fantasy for Carillon), and educator (University of California. 1971-91), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2024) [1]
- 1930 Bob Friend, American baseball pitcher (4 x MLB All Star; World Series 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates; MLB wins leader 1958), born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 2019)
- 1930 Ken Barrington, English cricket batsman (82 Tests, 20 x 100, HS 256, batting average 58.67; Surrey CCC), born in Reading, England (d. 1981)
- 1930 Yale Lary, American NFL safety Hall of Famer (Detroit Lions), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2017)
- 1932 Bill Squires, American track & field coach (Greater Boston Track Club: Bill Rodgers, Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, Greg Meyer; Boston State College 1965-78), born in Arlington, Massachusetts (d. 2022)
- 1932 Fred Titmus, English cricket all-rounder (53 Tests, 153 wickets, 10 x 50s; Middlesex), born in London, England (d. 2011)
- 1933 René Enriquez, Nicaraguan-American actor (Hill Street Blues – “Ray Calletano”), born in Granada, Nicaragua (d. 1990)
- 1934 Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (St Florian; Life With An Idiot), born in Engels, Volga-German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (d. 1998)
- 1934 Claudio Prieto, Spanish composer (Solo a Solo; Cantata manriqueña), born in Muñeca de la Peña, Spain (d. 2015)
- 1934 Martin Charnin, American Broadway stage singer, dancer (West Side Story), director, and lyricist (Annie), born in New York City (d. 2019)
- 1935 Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahraini royal and politician, world’s longest serving Prime Minister of Bahrain (1970-2020), born in Bahrain (d. 2020)
- 1935 Ron Dellums, American politician (D-House representative from California, 1971-1998), born in Oakland, California (d. 2018)
- 1936 Frank Caprio, American municipal judge and social media personality (Caught in Providence), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2025) [1]
- 1936 Ken Kragen, American television producer (The Smothers Brothers), music artist manager (Lionel Richie; Kenny Rogers), and charity organizer (USA for Africa – “We Are The World”), born in
Alameda County, California (d. 2021) - 1937 Brian Kan, Chinese thoroughbred horse trainer (5 x Hong Kong champion trainer; 5 x HK Derby winners), born in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong (d. 2022)
- 1937 Jeremy Taylor, British teacher, folk singer, songwriter (“Ag Pleez Deddy”; “Piece of Ground”), born in Newbury, England
- 1938 Charles Starkweather, American spree killer (11 victims), born in Lincoln, Nebraska (d. 1959)
- 1938 David Newell, American (Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood – “Mr. McFeely”), born in O’Hara Township, Pennsylvania
- 1938 Spencer Johnson, American author (Who Moved My Cheese?), born in Watertown, South Dakota (d. 2017)
- 1938 Willy Claes, Belgian socialist politician and Secretary General of NATO (1994-95), born in Hasselt, Belgium [1] [2]
- 1939 Jim Yester, American rock vocalist and guitarist (The Association – “Cherish”; “Windy”; “Time For Living”), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- 1939 Yoshinobu Miyake, Japanese weightlifter (Olympic gold Featherweight 1964, 68; World C’ship gold x 6), born in Murata, Japan
- 1940 Arthur Tress, American surrealist photographer, born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1940 Eric Wilson, Canadian children’s author, born in Ottawa, Ontario
- 1940 Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and Pro Football HOF executive (NFL commissioner 1989-2006), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2025)
- 1940 Wendell Morris Logan, American composer (Oberlin Conservatory of Music), born in Thomson, Georgia (d. 2010)
- 1941 Donald “Duck” Dunn, American session bassist (Stax; Booker & The MG’s; The Blues Brothers), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2012)
- 1941 Gary Boyle, British rock and jazz-fusion guitarist (The Echoes; Isotope), born in Patna, British India
- 1941 John de Andrea, American sculptor, born in Denver, Colorado
- 1941 Wayne Lamar Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpeter (Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns), born in West Memphis, Arkansas (d. 2016)
- 1942 Bayani Mendoza de Leon, Filipino-American musician and composer (Batong-Buhay), born in Manilla, Philippines (d. 2013)
- 1942 Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor (Blue Money), born in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland
- 1942 Chinary Ung, Cambodian-American composer and music educator, born in Krong Doun Kaev, Cambodia
- 1942 Marlin Fitzwater, American journalist and press secretary to US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, born in Salina, Kansas
- 1943 Barry Milburn, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 8 dismissals; Otago CA), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
- 1943 Dave Bing, American Basketball Hall of Fame point guard (7-time NBA All Star), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1943 Joël Robert, Belgian motocross racer (Motocross World C’ships 250cc 1964, 68–72), born in Grandrieu, Belgium (d. 2021)
- 1943 Richard Tee [Ten Ryk], American jazz and session pianist and arranger (Paul Simon – “Slip’ Slidin’ Away”; Peter Gabriel – “In Your Eyes”; Grover Washington, Jr – “Just The Two Of Us”), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1993)
- 1943 Robin Williamson, Scottish folk-rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and storyteller (Incredible String Band), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1944 Candy Darling [James Slattery], American transgender actress (Flesh; Women in Revolt), born in Queens, New York City (d. 1974)
- 1944 Claudia Dreifus, American interviewer and author (7 Stories), born in New York City
- 1944 Dan Glickman, American politician (US Sec of Agriculture 1995-2001, Rep-D-KS, 1977-95), born in Wichita, Kansas
- 1944 Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar, diplomat and Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria (2020-23), born in Ilorin, British Nigeria
- 1944 Jules Deelder, Dutch poet (T of Vondel), born in Rottterdam, Netherlands (d. 2019)
- 1945 Lee Michaels [Olsen], American rock Hammond B-3 organist and singer (“Do You Know What I Mean”), and restaurateur (Killer Shrimp), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1946 Jane Stanton Hitchcock, American heiress and crime novelist (Trick of the Eye, Bluff), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2025) [1]
- 1946 Jimmy Collins, American basketball shooting guard (Chicago Bulls) and coach (University of Illinois, Chicago 1996-2010), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2020)
- 1946 Penny Halsall [Penelope Jones], British romance novelist under pen names of Caroline Courtney, Melinda Wright, Lydia Hitchcock, Penny Jordan, and Annie Groves, born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 2011)
- 1946 Roberto Chale, Peruvian soccer midfielder (48 caps; Universitario), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2024)
American serial killer of up to 100 women during the 1970s, born in Burlington, Vermont
- 1946 Tony Clarkin, British rock guitarist and songwriter (Magnum -“Soldier on the Line”), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2024)
- 1947 Dave Sinclair, British progressive rock keyboard player (Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink), born in Herne Bay, Kent, England
- 1947 Dwight Schultz, American actor (A-Team – “Murdock”; Star Trek: The Next Generation – “Barclay”), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1948 Rudy Tomjanovich, American NBA power forward (San Diego/Houston Rockets; 5x All-Star, No. 45 retired by Rockets) and coach (Houston Rockets; 2x championship, All-Star), born in Hamtramck, Michigan
- 1948 Spider Robinson, American-Canadian sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Callahan’s Secret), born in New York City
- 1948 Steve Yeager, American baseball catcher (World Series MVP 1981 LA Dodgers), born in Huntington, West Virginia
- 1949 Anita Louis, American R&B singer (The Soul Children – “I’ll Be the Other Woman”), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- 1949 Jim Warren, American artist whose work includes album cover art for Bob Seger and Prince, born in Long Beach, California
- 1949 Linda Tripp, American civil servant who secretly recorded Monica Lewinsky’s phone calls about President Bill Clinton, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2020)
- 1950 Bob Burns, American rock drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1964-74), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2015)
- 1950 Damon Evans, American actor (The Jeffersons), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- 1950 Stanley Livingston, American actor (My Three Sons – “Chip”), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1951 Chet Edwards, American politician (Rep-D-Texas 1991-2011), born in Corpus Christi, Texas
- 1951 Graham Price, British rugby union prop (41 Tests Wales, 12 British & Irish Lions; Pontypool RFC, Barbarians RFC), born in Moascar, Egypt
- 1952 Brijesh Patel, Indian cricket batsman (21 Tests, 1 x 100; Karnataka, Wellington CA), born in Baroda, India
- 1952 Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Vice President Mercedes-Benz Motorsport 1990-2012), born in Engelsbrand, Germany
- 1953 Tod Machover, American classical and electro-acoustic composer, conductor, and educator (MIT), born in Mount Vernon, NY
- 1954 Clem Burke [Clement Bozewski], American rock drummer (Blondie – “Heart Of Glass”; The Romantics, 1990-2004), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 2025)
- 1954 Elvis Ramone [Clement Bozewski], American drummer (The Ramones, August 1987), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 2025)
- 1954 Emir Kusturica, Serbian-French filmmaker (When Father Was Away on Business; Black Cat, White Cat), and punk rock bassist (No Smoking), born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
1955 England cricket captain, all-rounder (102 Tests, 5,200 runs, 383 wickets), born in Heswall, England
- 1955 Jerry Holland, Irish rugby union lock (3 Tests; Munster RUFC) and coach (Munster RUFC 1994-97), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 2022)
- 1955 Scott Hoch, American golfer (US Masters 1989 runner-up, Ryder Cup 1997, 2002), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1957 Chris Hayes, American rock guitarist (Huey Lewis & The News, 1980-2001 – “I Want A New Drug”), born in Sacramento, California
- 1957 Denise Crosby, American actress and model (Tasha Yar in “Star Trek: The Next Generation”), daughter of Dennis Crosby, born in Hollywood, California
- 1958 Alain Chabat, French actor and filmmaker (French Twist, Six Days Six Night), born in Oran, French Algeria
- 1958 Carmel [McCourt], British rock and soul-jazz singer (Storm, More More More), born in Wrawby, England
- 1958 Roy Aitken, Scottish soccer defender (57 caps; Celtic FC 484 games, Newcastle United, St Mirren, Aberdeen), born in Irvine, Scotland
- 1959 Alejandro Mayorkas, American lawyer, Secretary of Homeland Security (2021-), born in Havana, Cuba
- 1960 Edgar Meyer, American classical, jazz, and bluegrass bassist, and composer, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- 1961 Arundhati Roy, Indian activist and writer (The God of Small Things), born in Shillong, Meghalaya
- 1961 Carlos Carnero, Spanish Member of the European Parliament (1994-present), born in Madrid, Spain
- 1961 Matt Hayes, British TV angler (Discovery Real Time), born in Smethwick, England
- 1962 John Squire, British rock guitarist and songwriter (Stone Roses – “She Bangs the Drums”; The Seahorses), and painter, born in Altrincham, Cheshire, England
- 1963 Lisa Howard, Canadian actress (Days of Our Lives, Rolling Vengeance), born in London, Ontario
- 1964 Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack), born in Norwood, Massachusetts
- 1965 Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor (Memories of Murder), born in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
- 1965 Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress (Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter films), born in Forres, Scotland
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