- 1222 Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, 5th Earl of Hertford, 2nd Lord of Glamorgan, and 8th Lord of Clare, born in Suffolk, Kingdom of England (d. 1262)
- 1281 Külüg Khan, Chinese Prince of Huaining, 3rd Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, born in Khanbaliq, Yuan China (d. 1311)
- 1290 Leopold I, “The Glorious”, Duke of Austria and Styria, member of the House of Habsburg, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1326)
- 1502 Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish artist, architect and designer of tapestries and stained glass (court painter to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V), born in Aelst (d. 1550)
- 1521 Pope Urban VII, Roman head of the Catholic Church and shortest recognized ruler of the Papal States, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1590)
- 1604 François Hédelin, abbé d’Aubignac, French writer, born in Paris (d. 1676)
- 1664 Louis Lully, French musician and son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, born in Paris, France (d. 1734)
- 1701 Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1757)
- 1705 Václav Matyáš Gurecký, Bohemian composer, born in Přerov, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1743)
- 1719 Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist, born in Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel, Germany (d. 1767)
- 1721 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, Viscount Trentham, English politician in the House of Lords, born in England (d. 1803)
- 1731 Giuseppe Colla, Italian composer, born in Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (d. 1806)
- 1748 Maximilian Stadler, Austrian pianist and composer and Benedictine monk, born in Melk, Austria (d. 1833)
- 1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, French painter and inventor (modern pencil), born in Aunou-sur-Orne, France (d. 1805)
- 1776 Wenzel Sedlak, Bohemian clarinetist and composer, born in Jezbořice, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1851)
English romantic poet (Adonais; Prometheus Unbound), born in Horsham, Sussex, England
- 1799 Olof Wilhelm Uddén, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1868)
- 1805 William Rowan Hamilton, Irish astronomer and mathematician, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1865)
- 1815 Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich, German physician (established normal temperature as 37 °C (98.6 °F)), born in Sulz am Neckar (d. 1877)
- 1816 Israel Vogdes, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Chester County, Pennsylvania (d. 1889)
- 1818 Lovell Harrison Rosseau, American lawyer politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Stanford, Kentucky (d. 1869)
- 1821 James Springer White, American theologian (co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church), born in Palmyra, Maine (d. 1881)
French founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH, born in Anchay, France
- 1823 Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, American politician (Governor of Indiana), born in Salisbury, Indiana (d. 1877)
- 1825 Arthur Haygarth, English cricket batsman (Middlesex & Surrey, cricket historian), born in Hastings, Sussex, England (d. 1903)
- 1834 John Venn, English mathematician (Venn Diagram), born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England (d. 1923)
- 1839 Walter Pater, English aesthete and writer (Plato & Platonism), born in London (d. 1894)
- 1843 Florimond Van Duyse, Belgian composer and musicologist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1910)
- 1846 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, American composer (The Tragedy of the Deep), born in Addison, Vermont (d. 1916)
- 1859 Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Nobel Prize in Literature 1920), born in Lom, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway (d. 1952)
- 1865 Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (South Africa’s 1st Test), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1890)
- 1867 Jake Beckley, American Baseball HOF first baseman (23,767 putouts MLB record; career .308 hitter; Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates; NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds; St. Louis Cardinals), born in Hannibal, Missouri (d. 1918)
- 1870 Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (Roamin’ in the Gloamin), born in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1950)
- 1873 Damaso Berenguer, Spanish soldier and politician (122nd Prime Minister of Spain), born in San Juan de los Remedios, Cuba (d. 1953)
- 1877 Dame Laura Knight, English impressionist artist, born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England (d. 1970)
- 1883 René Schickele, German-French writer, sometimes under nom de plume ‘Sascha’ (Erbe am Rhein), poet, and magazine editor (Weissen Blätter), born in Obernai, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire (d. 1940)
- 1884 Henri Cornet, French cyclist who won the second Tour de France, born in Desvres, France (d. 1941)
- 1888 Philip Greeley Clapp, American composer and educator (University of Iowa, 1919-54), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1954)
- 1888 Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Bohra Spiritual Leader, born in Surat, India (d. 1965)
- 1890 Dolf Luque, Cuban Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1919, 33; MLB wins leader & MLB ERA leader 1923; Cincinnati Reds, NY Giants), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1957)
- 1890 Erich Weinert, German communist writer, born in Magdeburg (d. 1953)
- 1892 Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, Dutch composer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1971)
- 1897 Joseph Calleia, Maltese-American stage, screen, and radio actor (The Jungle Book; Gilda; Touch of Evil), born in Mdina, Malta (d. 1975)
- 1898 Ernesto Maserati, Italian auto racer and engineer (director, chief engineer Maserati of Modena), born in Bologna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1975)
- 1899 Ezra Taft Benson, 13th President of Latter-day Saints and US Secretary of Agriculture, born in Whitney, Idaho (d. 1994)
- 1900 Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina (1963-66), born in Pergamino, Argentina (d. 1983)
- 1900 Douglas L. Mays, English cartoonist (Punch), born in Kingston-upon-Thames, England (d. 1991)
British consort of King George VI and Queen Mother after his death, born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
- 1900 Nabi Tajima, 2nd oldest Japanese supercentenarian and the last living person certified to have been born in the 19th century, born in Kikaijima, Japan
- 1901 Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1972)
American jazz trumpeter and singer (“Hello, Dolly!”; “What A Wonderful World”), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1902 Clara Peller, Russian-American manicurist and commercial spokesperson (Wendy’s – “Where’s the beef?”), born in Imperial Russia (d. 1987)
- 1902 Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player, born in Binghamton, New York (d. 1981)
- 1903 Tony Gulotta, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1927 3rd), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1981)
- 1904 Helen Kane [Schroeder], American actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1966)
- 1904 Joe Tate, English footballer, born in Old Hill, Cradley Heath, England (d. 1973)
- 1904 Theodore Newton, American actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire), born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey (d. 1963)
- 1904 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Pornography), born in Małoszyce, Russian Empire (d. 1969)
- 1905 Boris Alexandrov, Soviet-Russian conductor (Alexandrov Ensemble, 1946-86), and composer, chiefly of patriotic and military music, born in Bologoye, Russian Empire (d. 1994)
- 1905 Michael Scott Montague Fordham, English child psychiatrist and Jungian analyst, born in Kensington, London (d. 1995)
- 1906 Marie-Jose von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess (last Queen of Italy), born in Ostend, Belgium (d. 2001)
- 1908 Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1994)
- 1908 Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist and author (Daily Express), born in London (d. 1986)
- 1909 Roberto Burle Marx, Brazilian landscape gardener, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1994)
- 1909 Saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician (co-founded category theory), born in Taftville, Connecticut (d. 2005)
- 1910 (Floyd) “Stumpy” Brady, American jazz trombonist (Andy Kirk, Teddy Wilson, Luckey Roberts), born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania (d. 1998)
- 1910 Anita Page, American silent screen actress (Our Dancing Daughters), born in Flushing, Queens (d. 2008)
- 1910 Hedda Sterne, Romanian born American artist, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2011)
- 1910 William Schuman, American composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1943), and administrator (Juilliard, 1945-61; Lincoln Center, 1961-68), born in New York City (d. 1992)
- 1912 Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and mountaineer, born in Volyn, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1999)
- 1912 David Raksin, American composer renown for his work in film and TV (Laura; Modern Times), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
- 1912 Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews), born in Lidingö Municipality, Sweden (d. 1947)
- 1913 Robert Hayden, African-American poet (Those Winter Sundays), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1980)
- 1913 Wesley Addy, American actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Bostonians, Loving), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1996)
- 1915 Irving Fields [Yitzhak Schwartz], American lounge pianist and composer (Ilona Massey Show; Bagels & Bongos), born in New York City (d. 2016)
- 1915 Warren Avis, American entrepreneur (Avis Rent a Car System), born in Bay City, Michigan (d. 2007)
- 1918 Iceberg Slim (a.k.a. Robert Beck), African-American author, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1992)
- 1920 Helen Thomas, American reporter and UPI journalist (starts press conferences), born in Winchester, Kentucky (d. 2013)
- 1921 Herb Ellis, American jazz guitarist (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Oscar Peterson Trio, Ella Fitzgerald, Verve Records), born in Farmersville, Texas (d. 2010)
Canadian NHL star (Montreal Canadiens, MVP-1947), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1922 Charley Harper, American modernist artist, born in Frenchton, West Virginia (d. 2007)
- 1922 Earl Swope, American jazz and big band trombonist (Woody Herman, Stan Getz, Jimmy Dorsey, Louie Bellson), born in Hagerstown, Maryland (d. 1968)
- 1923 Arthur Butterworth, British classical trumpet player and composer, born in New Moston, England (d. 2014)
- 1923 Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani satirical and humor writer, born in Jaipur, India (d. 2018)
- 1923 Reg Grundy, Australian media and television mogul (Neighbours, Prisoner), born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 2016)
- 1927 Jess Thomas, American tenor known for his singing in Richard Wagner operas, born in Hot Springs, South Dakota (d. 1993)
- 1928 Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic gold 1952, 56, 64), born in Sansarpur, India (d. 2000)
- 1929 Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor, born in Khandwa, Central Provinces, British India (d. 1987)
- 1930 Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iranian shia cleric, born in Mashhad, Iran
- 1930 John Gorman, printer and socialist historian, born in Stratford, East London (d. 1996)
- 1931 Narendra Tamhane, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950’s), born in Bombay, British India (d. 2002)
- 1932 (Calvin) “Scotty” Stoneman, American bluegrass fiddler (The Stoneman Family; The Kentucky Colonels), born in Galax, Virginia (d. 1973)
- 1933 Nate Brooks, American boxer (Olympic gold flyweight 1952), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2020)
- 1933 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (Painted Birds), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2012)
American business magnate (CEO of Las Vegas Sands casino company) and major political donor to the GOP and Israel, born in Boston, Massachusetts [1]
- 1934 Dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees), born in Newport, Delaware (d. 2017)
- 1934 Jonas Savimbi, Angolan revolutionary politician and military leader who founded the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), born in Munhango, Bié, Portuguese Angola (d. 2002)
- 1934 Rutger Kopland [Rutger van den Hoofdakker], Dutch poet (Memories of the Unknown; Among the Cattle), born in Goor, Netherlands (d. 2012)
- 1936 Elsbeary Hobbs, American bass doo-wop vocalist (The Drifters – “There Goes My Baby”; “Save The Last Dance For Me”), born in New York City (d. 1996)
- 1937 David Vickerman Bedford, British composer and educator, born in Hendon, Middlesex, England (d. 2011)
- 1937 Koos van Der Merwe, South African politician and longest serving member of Parliament at the time of his retirement, born in Koppies, Union of South Africa (d. 2024)
- 1938 Ellen Schrecker, American college professor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1938 Kenny Malone, American Nashville-based session drummer (Dolly Parton; Dobie Gray: Waylon Jennings), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2021)
- 1939 Frank Vincent, American actor (The Sopranos), born in North Adams, Massachusetts (d. 2017)
- 1939 Frankie Ford [Guzzo], American rock vocalist (“Sea Cruise”), born in Gretna, Louisiana, (d. 2015)
- 1940 (Rosemary Timothy) “Timi” Yuro, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (“Hurt”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
- 1940 Karel Vachek, Czech director (Moravska Hellas, Elective Affinities), born in Tišnov, Czech Republic
- 1940 Larry Knechtel, American session piano and bass player (Simon and Garfunkel; Johnny Rivers), born in Bell, California (d. 2009) [1]
- 1941 Cliff Nobles American soul singer (“The Horse”), born in Grove Hill, Alabama (d. 2008)
- 1941 Martin Jarvis, English actor, born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
- 1941 Quincey Daniels, American boxer (Olympic bronze 1960), born in San Diego, California
- 1941 Ted Strickland, American politician, Governor of Ohio (2007-2011), born in Lucasville, Ohio
- 1942 Cleon Jones, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star, World Series 1969; New York Mets), born in Mobile, Alabama
- 1943 Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper, born in Alta, Norway
- 1943 David Carr, British rock keyboardist (The Fortunes), born in Leyton, London (d. 2011)
- 1943 Michael J. McCulley, American naval officer, aviator and astronaut (STS-34), born in San Diego, California
- 1943 Milan Máčala, Czech football coach, born in Biskupice, Czech Republic
- 1943 Tina Cole, American singer (King Cousins) and actress (My Three Sons – “Katie”), born in Hollywood, California
- 1945 John Qace Hardbattle, Botswana political activist and co-founder of the First People of the Kalahari (1991), born in Ghanzi, Botswana (d. 1996) [1]
- 1946 Maureen Starkey [Mary Cox], British ex-wife of Beatle Ringo Starr, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1994)
- 1946 Max Middleton, British rock keyboard player (Jeff Beck Group), born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
- 1947 Klaus Schulze, German electronic music composer (Cyborg; Audentity; The Dark Side of the Moog), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2022)
- 1947 Paul Layton, English musician and rocker (The New Seekers – “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”), born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
- 1948 Giorgio Parisi, Italian theoretical physicist (2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for pioneering work on climate change), born in Rome, Italy
- 1948 Jim Slattery, American politician (Rep-D-Kansas, 1983-95), born in Good Intent, Kansas
- 1951 Lane Evans, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1983-2007), born in Rock Island, Illinois (d. 2014)
- 1952 Bobby Buntrock, actor (Harold Baxter-Hazel), born in Denver, Colorado
- 1952 Daniel Bautista, Mexican race walker (Olympic gold 20k 1976; 3 x 20k WR holder), born in El Salado, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- 1952 Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician (Mayor of Budapest, 1990-2010), born in Budapest, Hungary
- 1952 Kristoffer Tabori [Siegel], actor (Rappaccini’s Daughter), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1952 Moya Brennan [Máire Ní Bhraonáin], Irish folk singer and harpist (Clannad; Máire), born in Dublin, Ireland
- 1953 Michael Harris, American trumpet and flugelhorn player (The Phenix Horns – Earth, Wind & Fire; Phil Collins), born in the USA
- 1955 Alberto Gonzales, American lawyer and 80th U.S. Attorney General (2005-7), born in San Antonio, Texas
- 1955 Andrew M Allen, Captain USMC/astronaut (STS 46, 62, 75), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1955 Charles D. Gemar, American former NASA astronaut (STS-38, 48, 62) and lieutenant colonel (United States Army), born in Yankton, South Dakota
- 1956 Gerry Cooney, American boxer (5 x World Heavyweight title loser), born in Manhattan, New York
- 1957 Brooks D. Simpson, American historian and expert in American Civil War (Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity; Let Us Have Peace), born in Freeport, New York [1] [2]
- 1957 Robert E. Andrews, American politician (Rep-D-New Jersey 1990-2014), born in Camden, New Jersey
- 1958 Allison Hedge Coke, American poet and writer, born in Amarillo, Texas
- 1958 Greg Foster, American athlete (3 x World C’ship gold 110m hurdles; Olympic silver 1984), born in Maywood, Illinois (d. 2023)
- 1958 Kym Karath, American actress (The Sound of Music – “Gretl”), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1958 Mary Decker, American Olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71), born in Bunnvale, New Jersey
- 1958 Phil Scott, American politician, Governor of Vermont (2017-), born in Barre, Vermont
- 1959 John Gormley, Irish politician, Leader of the Green Party, Mayor of Dublin (1994-95), born in Dublin, Ireland
- 1959 Kim Reynolds, American politician, 1st female Governor of Iowa (2017-), born in St. Charles, Iowa
- 1959 Laurence Anholt, British children’s author, born in London, England
- 1960 Bernard Rose, English director and pioneer of digital filmmaking (Candyman, Anna Karenina), born in London
- 1960 José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish Prime Minister (2004-11) and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, born in Valladolid, Spain
- 1960 Robbin Crosby, American heavy metal rock guitarist and vocalist (Ratt – “Round & Round”), born in La Jolla, California (d. 2002)
- 1960 Tim Winton, Australian writer of novels, short stories, Children’s books, and non-fiction (Cloudstreet, Breath, Dirt Music), born in Perth, Australia [1] [2]
1961 44th United States President (Democrat: 2009-17) and first African-American president, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- 1962 Joey Huffman, American rock keyboard and organ player (Soul Asylum), born in Pikeville, Kentucky
- 1962 Lori Lightfoot, American lawyer and politician, 1st female African American Mayor of Chicago (2019-), born in Massillon, Ohio
- 1962 Paul Reynolds, British rock guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls – “I Ran (So Far Away)”), born in Liverpool, England
1962 American baseball pitcher (7 x Cy Young Awards; AL MVP 1986 Boston Red Sox; Triple Crown 1997, 98 Toronto Blue Jays; 11 x MLB All Star), born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1964 Andrew Bartlett, Australian politician and Senator for Queensland (1997-2008), born in Brisbane, Australia [1]
- 1964 B J Surhoff, infielder (Baltimore Orioles), born in The Bronx, New York
- 1964 Gary King, British radio presenter (Atlantic 252, Radio 1), born in Stevenage, England [1]
- 1965 Crystal Chappell, American actress (Days of our Lives – “Carly”), born in Silver Spring, Maryland
- 1965 Dennis Lehane, American crime writer (Mystic River), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1965 Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (2006-14), born in Haninge, Sweden
- 1965 Terri Lyne Carrington, American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer, composer (The Mosaic Project; Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue), and educator (Berklee), born in Medford, Massachusetts
- 1965 Trena Trice, American WNBA forward/center (NY Liberty), born in Norfolk, Virginia
- 1967 Michael Lawrence Marsh, American sprinter (Olympic 200m gold 1992, silver 1996), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1968 Darcy Arreola, 1.5k runner, born in La Mesa, California
- 1968 James Francis, American linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals), born in Houston, Texas
- 1969 Max Cavalera, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist and singer (Sepultura), born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- 1969 Michael DeLuise, American actor (seaQuest DSV; Gilmore Girls), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1970 Bret Baier, American political correspondent (Fox News), born in Rumson, New Jersey
- 1970 Hakeem Jeffries, American attorney and politician (Rep-D-NY 2013, 1st Black House Minority Leader), born in Brooklyn, New York
1971 American auto racer (Winston Cup Series 1995, 97, 98, 2001; Daytona 500 1997, 99, 2005) and broadcaster (Fox NASCAR), born in Vallejo, California
- 1974 Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi politician and militia leader (Sadrist Movement), born in Najaf, Ba’athist Iraq
- 1976 Jock Zonfrillo, Scottish chef (Masterchef Australia judge), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2023) [1]
- 1981 Marques Houston, American R&B singer (Immature-IMx) and actor, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1992 Flavien Prat, French jockey (Kentucky Derby 2019; Preakness Stakes 2021; Prix Marcel Boussac 2013), born in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France
- 1992 Tiffany Evans, American pop and R&B singer, born in The Bronx, New York City
- 1995 Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress and model (Blue Beetle), born in Duque de Caxias, Brazil
- 2004 Pan Zhanle, Chinese swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle WR 46.40 2024; 4 x World C’ship gold 2024), born in Wenzhou, China
- 2004 Savanna Shaw, American pop singer (Mat and Savanna), born in Utah
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