- 1434 Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, 7th Japanese shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (1441-3), born in Japan (d. 1443)
- 1488 Johannes Magnus, last functioning Catholic Archbishop of Sweden, born in Linköping, Sweden (d. 1544)
- 1503 Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist and historian (Storia Fiorentina), born in Florence (d. 1565)
English separatist, Governor of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized), born in Austerfield, England
- 1593 Georges de la Tour, French painter of candlelit scenes, born in Vic-sur-Seille, Duchy of Lorraine (d. 1652)
- 1601 Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter and sculptor (Cathedral Granada), born in Granada, Spain (d. 1667)
- 1604 John IV (also known as João, o Restaurador), King of Portugal (1640-56), composer, and musicologist, born at Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa, Vila Viçosa, Portugal (d. 1656)
- 1629 Alexis of Russia [Alexei Mikhailovich], Romanov noble (Tsar of All Russia, 1645-76), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1676) [9 Mar OS]
- 1668 Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), born in Camaiore, Republic of Lucca (d. 1727)
- 1673 Pedro Vaz Rego, Portuguese composer and poet, born in Campo Maior, Portugal (d. 1736)
- 1684 Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar who was the first to apply textual analysis to study Genesis, born in Sauve, France (d. 1766) [1]
- 1715 Charles-Joseph van Helmont, South Netherlands organist and composer, born in Brussels, Austrian Netherlands (d. 1790)
- 1721 Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, surgeon and critic (The Expedition of Humphry Clinker), born in Dalquhurn, Scotland (d. 1771) [date baptized]
- 1728 Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish court painter, born in Aarschot (d. 1811)
- 1734 Thomas McKean, American attorney and politician (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in New London, Pennsylvania (d. 1817)
- 1739 Charles-François Lebrun, French statesman and Third Consul of the French Republic, born in Normandy, Kingdom of France (d. 1824)
- 1740 Johann Georg Roser, Austrian composer and kapellmeister, born in Naarn im Machland, Upper Austria (d. 1797)
- 1742 Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler Túpac Amaru, born in Surimana, Province of Cusco, Viceroyalty of Peru (d. 1781)
- 1749 Princess Louisa Anne of Wales, born at Leicester House, London (d. 1768)
- 1752 José Maurício, Portuguese organist, and sacred music and modinha (love song) composer, born in Coimbra, Portugal (d. 1815)
- 1767 Leonhard von Call, Austrian guitarist, mandolin virtuoso, and composer, born in Eppan an der Weinstraße, South Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1815)
- 1777 Anton Reinhard Falck, Dutch statesman and diplomat (advisor to King William I), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1843)
- 1778 Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish politician and British army general, born in Pakenham Hall, County Westmeath, Ireland (d. 1815)
- 1785 Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, French pianist, music teacher, and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1853)
- 1809 Fredrik Pacius, German-Finnish composer (Finnish and Estonian national anthems), conductor, and music educator, known as "the Father of Finnish music", born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1891)
Scottish explorer who was famously found by Henry Morton Stanley in Africa, born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
- 1816 Johannes Verhulst, Dutch composer and conductor, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1891)
- 1817 Lewis Henry Little, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1862)
- 1819 David Henry Williams, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (d. 1891)
- 1821 Francis Barretto Spinola, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Old Field, New York (d. 1891)
English explorer and translator (Arabian Nights), born in Torquay, Devon
- 1821 William Allingham, Irish poet (The Fairies, Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland), born in Ballyshannon, Ireland (d. 1889)
- 1823 Adelgunde of Bavaria, German princess and wife of Duke of Modena, born in Würzburg, Bavaria (d. 1914)
- 1827 Alexander Shaler, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Haddam, Connecticut (d. 1911)
- 1829 Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist, born in Odense, Denmark (d. 1901)
- 1837 Robert Daniel Johnston, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Lincoln County, North Carolina (d. 1919)
- 1844 Minna Canth, Finnish playwright (The Pastor's Family) and social activist, born in Tampere, Finland (d. 1897)
- 1845 Moorfield Storey, American lawyer, pacifist, civil rights leader (co-founder of NAACP & president, 1909-29), born in Roxbury, Massachusetts (d. 1929)
- 1845 Willem Hendrik de Beaufort, Dutch historian, politician and chair of the first Hague Peace Conference in 1899, born in Leusden, Netherlands (d. 1918) [1]
- 1847 Constantin Dimitrescu, Romanian composer (Dans ţănănesc), born in Blejoi, Romania (d. 1928)
American frontiersman and marshal who participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral, born in Monmouth, Illinois
- 1849 Alfred von Tirpitz, German architect of the Imperial Navy (Tirpitz Plan, Unrestricted U-boat Warfare) and World War I Grand Admiral, born in Küstrin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1930)
- 1851 Roque Saenz Pena, Argentine politician and lawyer (President of Argentina 1910-14), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1914)
- 1851 William Henry Stark, American business leader, born in St. Augustine, Texas (d. 1936)
- 1859 Edward J. McKeever, American baseball executive (co-owner Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1925)
American orator and statesman known as "The Great Commoner", born in Salem, Illinois
- 1861 Lomer Gouin, Canadian politician (Premier of Quebec, 1905-20), born in Saint-Charles-des-Grondines, Canada East (d. 1929)
- 1864 Charles Marion Russell, American artist, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1926)
- 1865 William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist, myrmecologist, and professor at Harvard University, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1937)
- 1871 Schofield Haigh, English cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 24 wickets, BB 6/11; Yorkshire CCC), born in Berry Brow, Yorkshire, England (d. 1921)
- 1872 Anna Held, Polish-born French actress and singer (A Parisian Model), born in Warsaw (d. 1918)
- 1873 Arthur Hoyt, American actor and director (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along), born in Georgetown, Colorado (d. 1953)
- 1873 Max Reger, German concert pianist, organist, composer (Hebbel Requiem), and professor (Royal Conservatory - Leipzig, 1907-16), born in Brand, Kingdom of Bavarian, German Empire (d. 1916)
- 1879 Joseph Haas, German late romantic opera composer (Tobias Wunderlich, Totenmesse), born in Maihingen, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire (d. 1960)
- 1882 Gaston Lachaise, American sculptor (Standing Woman), born in Paris, France (d. 1935)
- 1883 Josef Matthias Hauer, Austrian composer and music theorist, born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1959)
- 1883 Joseph W. Stilwell, American general (commanded U.S. forces in China, Burma, and India in WWII), born in Palatka, Florida (d. 1946)
- 1883 Norman Haworth, British chemist (Nobel Prize, 1937), born at Chorley, Lancashire, England (d. 1950)
- 1885 Attik [Kleon Triantafyllou], Greek composer and lyricist, born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1944)
- 1888 Josef Albers, German-American artist, writer and teacher (Bauhaus professor, Homage to the Square), born in Bottrop, Germany (d. 1976)
- 1892 James Van Fleet, American US Army General (served during WWI, WWII, and Korean War), born in Fort Lee, New Jersey (d. 1992)
- 1892 Robert Denzler, Swiss concert pianist, conductor, champion of contemporary music, and composer, born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1972)
- 1892 Siegfried T. Bok, Dutch neurobiologist and anatomist, known for the equi-volume principle, born in Wormer, Netherlands (d. 1964)
- 1893 José María Velasco Ibarra, Ecuadorian politician, who served as president 5 times (1934-72), born in Quito, Ecuador (d. 1979)
- 1894 Jackie Moms Mabley, American comedian and actress (The Merv Griffin Show), born in Brevard, South Carolina (d. 1975)
- 1897 Betty Compson, American actress (Big City, Docks Of New York), born in Beaver, Utah (d. 1974)
- 1897 Liam O'Flaherty, Irish writer, born in Inishmore, Aran Islands (d. 1984)
French physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1935 for discovery of artificial radioactivity), born in Paris, France
- 1901 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch politician (1954 Nobel Peace Prize as High Commissioner for Refugees of the UN), born in Bussum, Netherlands (d. 1956)
- 1901 Jo Mielziner, American set designer on Broadway (Carousel, Death of a Salesman), born in Paris, France (d. 1976)
- 1903 Benjamin Marius Telders, Dutch lawyer who resisted German occupation in WWII, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1945)
- 1903 Jim Bullock, English colliery manager, unionist and mine pit reformist, born in Bower's Row, England (d. 1995) [1]
American federal judge (Watergate hearings), born in Waterbury, Connecticut
- 1904 Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, Polish composer and cultural attache, born in Lviv, Poland (d. 1957)
German architect and Nazi leader (Reich Minister for Armaments and War Production), born in Mannheim, German Empire
German Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmbannführer, Holocaust organizer), born in Solingen, German Empire
- 1906 Normand Lockwood, American composer (The Closing Doxology; The Hanging Judge), and educator, born in New York City (d. 2002)
- 1906 Roy Roberts, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)
Irish-English composer, notably of string quartets, and contemporary music promoter, born in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
- 1907 Kent Smith, American actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), born in New York City (d. 1985)
- 1907 Marc Vaubourgoin, French composer, conductor, and musicologist, born in Caudéran, France (d. 1983)
- 1907 Nakagawa Soen, Taiwanese-born Japanese Zen master and teacher (Rinzai line), born in Formosa (d. 1984)
- 1909 Louis Hayward, British-American actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1985)
- 1910 Joseph F. Carroll, American US Air Force Lt. Gen. and Founding Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991)
- 1910 Sergei Anokhin, Soviet test pilot who set world records for gliding flights, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1986)
- 1911 Kenneth Robinson, British politician (influential Minister of Health under Harold Wilson, reformed Health Service), born in Warrington, England (d. 1996)
- 1912 Adolf Galland, German WWII flying ace and general (104 aerial victories, for the Luftwaffe), born in Westerholt, Germany (d. 1996)
- 1912 Lavere "Buster" Harding, Canadian-American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (Count Basie; Dizzy Gillespie; Billie Holiday), born in North Buxton, Ontario (d. 1965)
- 1912 Russ Case, American orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), born in Hamburg, Iowa (d. 1964)
- 1912 William Frankland, British immunologist known as the "grandfather of allergy" due to his work on the pollen count, born in Sussex, England (d. 2020)
- 1914 Fred Clark, American actor (Burns & Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard), born in Lincoln, California (d. 1968)
- 1914 James "Buster" Bennett, American blues saxophonist and blues shouter, born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 1980)
- 1914 Jay Berwanger, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (1st Heisman Trophy winner 1935, Chicago), born in Dubuque, Iowa (d. 2002)
Chinese communist and wife of Mao Zedong, born in Zhucheng, Shandong, China
- 1914 Leonidas Alaoglu, Greek-Canadian mathematician known for his work in functional analysis (Banach–Alaoglu theorem), born in Red Deer, Alberta (d. 1981)
- 1915 Norman Yardley, English cricket batsman and captain (20 Tests; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1948), born in Barnsley, Yorkshire (d. 1989)
- 1915 Patricia Morison, American actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill, Kiss Me, Kate The King and I), born in New York City (d. 2018)
- 1915 Robert G. Cole, American Paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division who took part in Operation Overlord, born in Fort Sam Houston, Texas (d. 1944)
- 1916 Eric Christmas, British-Canadian character actor (Porky's film), born in London, England (d. 2000)
- 1916 Irving Wallace, American author (People's Almanac, The Man), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1990)
- 1917 Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti, Romanian classical pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (d. 1950)
- 1919 Lennie Tristano, American jazz pianist (The New Tristano), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1978)
- 1920 Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author, illustrator, and humorist (Flåklypa, Flåklypa Tidende), born in Alvdal, Norway (d. 2002) [1] [2]
- 1920 Tige Andrews, American character actor (The Mod Squad, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
- 1921 Harry Babasin, American jazz bassist and cellist (Dodo Marmarosa Trio), and archivist (Los Angeles Theaseum), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1988)
- 1921 Robert McFerrin, Sr., American operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1955-58; singing voice for Sidney Poitier in film "Porgy and Bess"), born in Marianna, Arkansas (d. 2006) [1]
- 1922 Hiroo Onoda, Japanese Army soldier who continued fighting WWII through guerrilla warfare in the Philippines until standing down in 1974, memoirist (No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War) and cattle rancher, born in Kamekawa, Empire of Japan (d. 2014)
- 1923 Bobby Brown, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (5 caps; Rangers, Falkirk) and manager (St Johnstone; Scottish national team 1967-71), born in Dunipace, Scotland (d. 2020)
- 1923 Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian gynecologist, abortion rights advocate, and Holocaust survivor, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 2013)
- 1923 Janine Dacosta, French classical pianist, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 2021)
- 1923 Pamela Britton, American stage and screen actress (D.O.A.; Blondie; My Favorite Martian - "Mrs. Brown"), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1974)
- 1924 Mary Wimbush, British actress (Oh! What a Lovely War, The Archers), born in Kenton, Middlesex, England (d. 2005)
- 1925 Brent Scowcroft, American Air Force officer and National Security advisor, born in Ogden, Utah (d. 2020)
American computer scientist (Logic Theory Machine, General Problem Solver, Turing Award), born in San Francisco, California
American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder (6 × MLB All-Star; NL batting champion 1955, 58; Philadelphia Phillies) and sportscaster (Phillies TV 1963-71), born in Tilden, Nebraska
- 1928 (Allan Thomas) "Tom" Paley, American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers), born in New York City (d. 2017)
- 1928 Clarence Paul [Pauling], American songwriter, and record producer (Motown; Stevie Wonder - "Fingertips"), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (d. 1995)
- 1928 Clive Van Ryneveld, South African cricket all-rounder (1951-58), born in Cape Town, Union of South Africa (d. 2018)
- 1928 Hans Küng, Swiss theologian, and critic of the Vatican, born in Sirsee, Switzerland (d. 2021) [1]
- 1928 Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), born in Queens, New York (d. 2009)
- 1929 Herman van San, Belgian classical and electro-acoustic composer, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1975)
- 1929 Jim Phelan, American college basketball coach (Mount Saint Mary's University 1954–2003), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
- 1929 Robert Muczynski, American classical pianist, composer (Time Pieces), and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
- 1929 Tina Onassis Niarchos, Greek-French socialite and shipping heiress as the daughter of Stavros Livanos, wife of Aristotle Onassis and later Stavros Niarchos, born in London (d. 1974)
- 1930 Bill Henderson, American jazz singer ("Señor Blues"), and actor (Dreams - "Torpedo"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
- 1932 Gay Brewer, American golfer (US Masters 1967), born in Middletown, Ohio (d. 2007)
- 1933 Leonard A. Lauder, American philanthropist and CEO of Estée Lauder cosmetics (1982-99), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2025) [1]
- 1933 Philip Roth, American novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2018) [1]
- 1933 Renee Taylor [Wexler], American actress (Jack Paar Show; The Nanny - "Sylvia"), born in New York City
- 1933 Richard Williams, Canadian animator (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Thief and the Cobbler), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2019)
- 1935 Burt Metcalfe, Canadian-American television actor (Father of the Bride), screenwriter and producer (M*A*S*H), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (d. 2022)
- 1935 Phyllis Newman, American Tony Award-winning actress (Subways Are for Sleeping: Coming of Age), and singer, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2019)
- 1936 Amancio D'Silva, Goan-Indian jazz guitarist and composer, born in Bombay, British India (d. 1996)
- 1936 Ben Lexcen, Australian yacht designer (Australia II 1983 America's Cup), born in Boggabri, Australia (d. 1988)
- 1936 Birthe Wilke, Danish pop singer (Eurovision Song Contest, 1957 & 1959), born in Vesterbro, Denmark
- 1936 Ursula Andress, Swiss model, actress and sex symbol (Dr. No, Casino Royale, She, Sensuous Nurse), born in Ostermundigen, Switzerland
- 1937 Carlo Mazzone, Italian soccer manager (Ascoli, Fiorentina, Roma, Napoli, Bologna, Cagliari) and centre-back (AS Roma, SPAL, Ascoli), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2023)
- 1937 Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B pianist and singer ("Ain't Got No Home"; "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2024) [1]
- 1937 Egon Krenz, former East German folitician and last communist leader of East Germany (1989), born in Kolberg, Nazi Germany
- 1939 Joe Kapp, American College / Canadian Football HOF quarterback (UC Berkeley; NFL C'ship & Pro Bowl 1969 Minnesota Vikings; CFL Grey Cup 1964 BC Lions; CFL All-Star 1963, 64), born in Santa Fe, New Mexico (d. 2023)
- 1939 Peter Thorburn MNZM, New Zealand rugby union coach (North Harbour, NZ sevens, Bristol RFC, United States), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2021)
- 1941 Lord Samuel Vestey, British food magnate (Vestey Holdings) and Master of the Horse to the Royal Household (1999-2018), born in England (d. 2021)
- 1942 (Wilfred) "Wilf" Lunn, British inventor, TV personality (Vision On), and author, born in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England
- 1942 David Minge, American judge and politician (Rep-D-Minnesota 1993-2001), born in Clarkfield, Minnesota
- 1942 Jeff Neighbour, American rock bassist, and ukulele player (Joy of Cooking), born in Mason City, Washington
- 1942 Rinus Israël, Dutch soccer defender (47 caps; Feyenoord, PEC Zwolle) and manager (FC Den Bosch, Feyenoord, PAOK, Ghana), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2025)
- 1942 Robin Luke, American rockabilly singer ("Susie Darlin'"), and later college professor, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1943 James Wynne, American physicist and co-inventor of excimer laser surgery at IBM, born in Brooklyn, New York [1]
- 1943 Mario Molina, Mexican chemist, 1995 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (CFC's effect on the ozone layer), born in Mexico City (d. 2020)
- 1943 Mario Monti, Italian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (2011-13), born in Varese, Italy
- 1943 Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver who won 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1983, born in Booleroo Centre, South Australia
- 1944 Joseph Celli, American experimental composer, oboist, and international reed player (Korean hojok and piri; Indian mukha vina; Japanese hickirick), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
- 1944 Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, American child literacy advocate and eldest daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, born in Washington, D.C.
- 1944 Myung-Wha Chung, Korean concert cellist (Chung Trio), and educator, born in Seoul, Japanese Korea
- 1944 Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize (People's United Party: 1998-2008), born in San Ignacio, British Honduras
1944 Palestinian-born assassin of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
- 1944 Tom Constanten, American rock keyboardist (Grateful Dead, 1968-70 - Aoxomoxoa), born in Long Branch, New Jersey
- 1945 Lisa Nicole Baker, American Playboy playmate (Nov 1966, Playmate of the Year 1967), born in Detroit, Texas
- 1946 Donny Gerrard, Canadian pop and session singer (Skylark -"Wildflower"), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2022)
- 1946 Paul Atkinson, British rock guitarist (The Zombies - "She's Not There"; "Time Of The Season"), and record company executive, born in Cuffley, Hertfordshire (d. 2004)
- 1946 Ruth Pointer, American pop and R&B singer-songwriter (The Pointer Sisters - "I'm So Excited"), born in Oakland, California
- 1946 Steve Halliwell, British actor (Zak Dingle in "Emmerdale"), born in Bury, England (d. 2023)
- 1947 Earlie Fires, American jockey (Hialeah Park), born in Rivervale, Arkansas
- 1947 John Beckwith, English businessman and real estate developer, born in England
- 1947 Leo Gerard, Canadian labour activist and international president of United Steelworker (2001-19), born in Creighton Mine, Ontario (d. 2025) [1]
- 1947 Marinho Peres, Brazilian soccer defender & captain (15 caps; Portuguesa, Santos, FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Galícia) and manager (Botafogo, El Salvador, Belenenses, Sporting, Santos), born in Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2023)
- 1948 David Schnitter, American jazz saxophonist (Jazz Messengers, 1974-1979; Freddie Hubbard, 1979-1981) and educator, born in Newark, New Jersey
- 1948 Peep Lassmann, Estonian concert pianist, and educator (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, 1992-present), born in Tartu, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1949 Denny Albee, American actor (The Edge of Night, One Life to Live), born in Oklahoma City
- 1949 Valery Leontiev, Soviet-Russian pop singer-songwriter ("Wicked Way"), born in Ust-Usa, Russia, USSR
- 1950 Curtis Fowlkes, American jazz and session trombonist, singer, and band leader (The Jazz Passengers; Lounge Lizards), born in NYC (d. 2023)
- 1951 Derek Longmuir, Scottish rock drummer (Bay City Rollers - "Saturday Night"), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1951 Fred Berry, American actor (Rerun in "What's Happening!!" and "What's Happening Now!!") and Baptist minister, born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2003)
- 1951 Seasick Steve [Steven Gene Wold], American blues musician (Sonic Soul Surfer), born in Oakland, California
- 1952 Gerard Huerta, American graphic designer and album cover artist (CBS Records - AC/DC, Boston, Blue Oyster Cult, Rupert Holmes), born in Los Angeles, California
1952 American film producer (Miramax Films) and convicted sex offender whose actions helped spark the #MeToo movement, born in New York City
- 1953 Billy Sheehan, American rock bassist (Talas; Mr Big - "To Be With You"; David Lee Roth), born in Buffalo, New York
- 1953 Lord Blair of Boughton [Ian Blair], British police officer who was Metropolitan police commissioner during the 7/7 London terror attacks, born in Chester, England (d. 2025) [1]
- 1953 Ricky Wilson, American rock guitarist (B-52's - "Rock Lobster"; "Love Shack"), born in Athens, Georgia
- 1953 Robert Schenkkan, American playwright (The Kentucky Cycle, All the Way), born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- 1954 Indu Shahani, Indian educationist, Sheriff of Mumbai (2008-09), and Founding President of ATLAS SkillTech University (2021), born in India [1] [2]
1955 American actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard), born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany
- 1956 Alina Fernández Revuelta, daughter of Fidel Castro and anti-communist activist, born in Cuba [1] [2]
- 1956 Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician who launched the "shock therapy" program after the collapse of the Soviet Union, born in Moscow, Soviet Russia (d. 2009) [1]
- 1958 Andy Reid, American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles 1999–2012; Super Bowl 2020, 23 Kansas City Chiefs), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1959 Anthony Marinelli, American session keyboardist and synthesizer player (Michael Jackson; Sigue Sigue Sputnik), film, television, and advertising composer, born in Burbank, California
- 1959 Marcelo Gleiser, Brazilian-American theoretical physicist known for co-discovering oscillons, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 1959 Shelley Burch, American actress (One Life to Live, Identity Crisis), born in Tucson, Arizona
- 1959 Terry Hall, British rock-ska-pop singer (Specials; Fun Boy Three; Vegas), born in Coventry, England (d. 2022)
- 1960 Eliane Elias, Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, composer and arranger (Dreamer; Around The City), born in São Paulo, Brazil
- 1960 Michael Urbano, American session and touring drummer (Smash Mouth; John Hiatt; Linsey Buckingham), born in 5) Sacramento, California
- 1962 Ivan Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1991; Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos), born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico (d. 2003)
- 1964 Barbara Lynch, American restaurateur (The Barbara Lynch Gruppo), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1964 Sergey Dmitriyev, Russian soccer striker (6 caps USSR; Zenit Saint Petersburg, CSKA Moscow), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 2022)
- 1964 Yoko Kanno, Japanese keyboard and accordion player, arranger, jazz, pop music (Seatbelts), and soundtrack composer (Cowboy Bebop), born in Sendai, Japan
- 1966 James "Big Jim" Wright, American Grammy and Dove Award-winning keyboardist, composer, arranger, and record producer (Sound of Blackness; Mariah Carey), born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 2018)
- 1966 Michael Urbano, American session and touring drummer (John Hiatt; Smash Mouth; Ligabue), born in Sacramento, California
- 1968 Mots'eoa Senyane, Mosotho diplomat and High Commissioner to Canada (2006-09), born in Maseru, Lesotho
- 1969 Gary Jules, American singer and songwriter, born in Fresno, California
- 1971 Dalton James, American actor (My Father, The Hero; Beverly Hills 90201 - "Mark"), born in Sacramento, California
- 1971 Louie Debrusk, Canadian NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers, and three other teams), born in Cambridge, Ontario
- 1971 Nadja Auermann, German supermodel (Dolce & Gabbana AW09, Versace AW94), born in Berlin, Germany
- 1971 Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor (1996 Olympics- Silver), born in Antwerp, Belgium
- 1971 Taase Faumui, Samoan-American NFL defensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers, 1994-95; Oakland Raiders, 1997), born in Western Samoa
- 1971 Whitney Hedgepeth, American swimmer - 100m/200m backstroke (2 Olympic silver medals 1996), born in Charlottesville, Virgina
- 1972 Nate Quarry, American mixed martial arts fighter (The Ultimate Fighter; co-host MMA Uncensored Live), born in Arcata, California
- 1973 John Michels, American NFL tackle, 1996-99 (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl XXXI, Philadelphia Eagles), and radiologist, born in La Jolla, California
- 1973 Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actress (Baywatch, McLeod's Daughters), born in Mount Isa, Australia
- 1974 John Coppinger, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in El Paso, Texas
- 1975 Brann Dailor, American heavy metal drummer (Mastodon), born in Rochester, New York
- 1975 Matthew Richardson, Australian rules football forward (All-Australian 1996, 99, 2008; Richmond FC; Australian Football HOF) and broadcaster (7 Network), born in Devonport, Australia
- 1975 Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese pop singer-lyricist (Black Biscuit - "Timing"), actress (The Knot), and model, born in Fengyuan District, Taiwan
- 1976 Andre Miller, American NBA point guard, ranking 11th all-time in NBA career assists (Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1976 Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress (Clueless -"Cher Horowitz"), born in Toronto, Ontario
- 1976 Zach Lind, American drummer (Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"), born in Mesa, Arizona
- 1980 Don Sparrow, Canadian illustrator (Dateline NBC, NUVO, Computer Arts), born in Canada [1]
- 1980 Mikuni Shimokawa, Japanese pop singer-songwriter, born in Shinhidaka, Japan
- 1983 Ana Rezende, Brazilian rock guitarist and keyboard player (CSS), and film director, born in São Paulo, Brazil
- 1984 Bianca Balti, Italian model (Dolce and Gabbana's Light Blue campaign, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2005), born in Lodi, Italy
- 1984 Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress (Aashiq Banaya Aapne), born in Jamshedpur, India
- 1988 Clayton Kershaw, American Major League baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers; 11x All-Star, World Series champion, Golden Glove Award), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1990 Tanja Tzarovska, Macedonian singer (The Passion of the Christ; Troy), and songwriter, born in Resen, Yugoslavia
- 1992 Henry & Angus Bernsen, twin sons of Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays, born in Los Angeles, California
- 1993 Munro Chambers, Canadian actor (DeGrassi, 2010-15), born in Ajax, Ontario
- 1996 Yung Gravy [Matthew Hauri], American rapper ("Oops!", "Betty (Get Money)'), born in Rochester, Minnesota
- 1997 Noémie Fox, Australian slalom canoeist (Olympic gold Kayak cross 2024; 2 x World C'ship gold), born in Marseille, France
- 2007 Abdullah bin Ali, Prince of Jordan, born in Amman, Jordan
