- 1348 Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor, born in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (d. 1385)
King of Portugal (1383-1433), born in Lisbon, Portugal
- 1370 Frederick I the Warlike, Elector of Saxony, born in Dresden, Margravate of Meissen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1428)
- 1374 Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England, born in Usk, Monmouthshire (d. 1398)
- 1492 Marguerite of Navarre, Queen of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre, born in Angoulême, France (d. 1549)
- 1586 Pietro Della Valle, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1652)
- 1592 John Eliot, English parliament leader, born in Port Eliot, Cornwall, England (d. 1632)
- 1661 Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet, born in Paris (d. 1722)
- 1681 Anne Danican Philidor, French composer (Concert Spirituel), born in Paris (d. 1728)
- 1682 Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer, born in Avignon, France (d. 1738)
- 1715 John Alcock, English composer and organist, born in London (d. 1806)
- 1721 David Zeisberger, Moravian clergyman and missionary, born in Zauchtenthal, Moravia (d. 1808)
- 1722 Christopher Smart, English poet and journalist (Ceremony of Carols), born in Shipbourne, England (d. 1771)
- 1735 Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, French violinist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1818)
- 1746 Wentworth Cheswell, American auditor and teacher, 1st African American elected to public office in the US, born in Newmarket, New Hampshire (d. 1817)
- 1755 James Parkinson, English physician (First description of Parkinson's disease) and political activist, born in Shoreditch, London (d. 1824)
- 1769 Johann Georg Lickl, Austrian organist, kapellmeister, and composer, born in Korneuburg, Lower Austria (d. 1843)
British Tory party politician (Prime Minister, 1827; Foreign Secretary, 1807-09 and 1822-27), born in London, England
- 1772 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet (El Duque de Viseo), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1857)
- 1775 Charles-Francois Dumonchau, French pianist and composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1820)
- 1779 Louise Reichardt, German composer of lieder and scared songs, educator, and choral conductor, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1826)
- 1793 Nicolaas Christiaan Kist, Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian, born in Woerden, Netherlands (d. 1859)
- 1794 Edward Everett, American statesman and orator, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1865)
- 1798 Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (radiant light), born in Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1854)
- 1801 Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin), born in Clamecy, Nièvre, France (d. 1844)
- 1810 Henry Rawlinson, British army officer and oriental scholar (major role in deciphering cuneiform), born in Chadlington, England (d. 1895)
- 1815 Clara Fey, German Roman Catholic Nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, born in Aachen, Prussia (d. 1894)
- 1825 Ferdinand Lassalle, French socialist and political activist (Allgemeiner), born in Breslau, Prussia (d. 1864)
- 1837 Elmer E. Ellsworth, American soldier who was the 1st Union officer killed in the American Civil War, born in Malta, New York (d. 1861)
- 1838 Joseph Leopold Röckel, German-British composer, music publisher, and teacher, born in London, England (d. 1908)
- 1840 John Conrad Nordqvist, Swedish composer, born in Vänersborg, Älvsborg County, Sweden (d. 1920)
- 1854 Hugh Massie, Australian cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests; NSW), born in Port Fairy, Australia (d. 1938)
- 1856 Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricket batsman (23 Tests [7 captain]; 1277 runs @ 35 47; Nottinghamshire), born in New Lenton, England (d. 1903)
- 1856 Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India, born in Moorslede, Belgium (d. 1893)
- 1859 Basil Harwood, English organist and composer, born in Woodhouse, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1949)
- 1862 Charles Evans Hughes, American statesman, Republican politician and 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41), born in Glens Falls, New York (d. 1948)
- 1862 William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and Director of Lick Observatory, born in Hancock County, Ohio (d. 1938)
- 1864 Otto Grotewohl, German politician (Prime Minister of East Germany, 1949-64), born in Braunschweig, German Empire (d. 1964)
- 1865 Mary White Ovington, American journalist, suffragist, and co-founder of the NAACP, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1951)
- 1866 Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet, born in Beaufort, Australia (d. 1953)
- 1866 Clara Ford, American suffragette supporter and wife of industrialist Henry Ford, born in Wayne County, Michigan (d. 1950)
- 1867 John Paulus Lotsy, Dutch botanist and geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1931)
- 1867 Mark Keppel, Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools (1902-2)8, born in Butte County, California (d. 1928)
- 1869 Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, born in Mandal, Norway (d. 1943)
- 1869 Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mahatma Gandhi, born in Gujarat, India (d. 1944)
- 1873 Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1955)
- 1876 Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist, born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1958)
- 1881 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, American composer, born in New York City (d. 1945)
- 1883 Leonard Mudie, British actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence), born in Cheetham, England (d. 1965)
- 1888 Donald Calthrop, British actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express), born in London, England (d. 1940)
- 1889 Nick LaRocca, American jazz coronetist and composer ("Tiger Rag"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1961)
- 1890 Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, born in Predappio, Romagna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1979)
- 1893 Dean Acheson, American statesman and U.S. Secretary of State (1949-53), born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1971)
- 1893 Johannes Theodoor Thijsse, Dutch director of Delft Hydraulics Laboratory, born in Amsterdam (d. 1984)
- 1896 Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Quebec novelist (Les Engagés du Grand Portage), born in Berthier, Canada (d. 1967)
- 1897 Caspar Neher, Austrian-German set designer and librettist, born in Augsburg, Germany (d. 1962)
African American chemist who received 130 patents, pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants, born in Montgomery, Alabama
- 1900 Sándor Márai, Hungarian writer (A gyertyák csonkig égnek), born in Kassa, Hungary (d. 1989)
- 1901 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer and manufacturer (typewriter), born in Ivrea, Italy (d. 1960)
- 1901 Glenway Wescott, American writer (Apartment in Athens), born in Kewaskum, Wisconsin (d. 1987)
- 1901 Theodor Rogalski, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1954)
- 1902 Quentin Reynolds, American newscaster (Its News to Me) and author (FBI), born in New York City (d. 1965)
- 1904 Arthur Ernest Mourant, British hematologist, born in La Hougue Bie, Jersey (d. 1994)
- 1904 Paul McGrath, American actor (Witness, No Time for Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1978)
- 1905 József Attila, Hungarian poet, born in Ferencváros, Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1937)
- 1906 Dalia "Dale" Messick, American cartoonist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2005)
- 1907 Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor, born in Llanymynech, Powys (d. 2001)
- 1907 Paul Douglas, American actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1959)
- 1908 Jane Bolin, first African American female judge, born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 2007)
- 1908 Karel Ančerl, Czechoslovak conductor (Czech Philharmonic, 1950-68; Toronto Symphony, 1968-73), composer, and Auschwitz survivor, born in Tučapy, Czech Republic (d. 1973)
- 1908 Leo Rosten, American writer and humourist (Joys of Yiddish), born in Łódź, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
Japanese electronics industrialist (Sony Corp), born in Nikkō City, Japan
- 1910 António de Spínola, Portuguese general and conservative President of Portugal (1974), born in Estremoz, Portugal (d. 1996)
- 1910 Henry William Collins, English artist, born in Colchester, Essex (d. 1994)
- 1912 John Larkin, American actor (Saints & Sinners; The Satan Bug; 12 O'Clock High), born in Oakland, California (d. 1965)
- 1912 John Levy, American jazz double-bassist (George Shearing Quintet), and artist manager, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2012)
- 1913 John Lee Granderson, American Chicago-style blues guitarist, born in Ellendale, Tennessee (d. 1979)
- 1913 Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), born in Paris, France (d. 2006)
- 1914 Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian film animator and director, born in Stirling, Scotland (d. 1987)
- 1916 Alberto E Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1983)
- 1916 Dan Fortmann, American College/Pro Football HOF guard (3 × NFL C'ship 1940, 41, 43 Chicago Bears; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × Pro Bowl), born in Pearl River, New York (d. 1995)
- 1916 Howard W. Koch, American producer and director (Frankenstein, Airplane II), born in New York City (d. 2001)
- 1917 Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (Hockey Night in Canada), born in Sydney, Nova Scotia (d. 1993)
- 1917 David Westheimer, American novelist (Von Ryan's Express), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2005)
- 1918 Jimmy Lewis, American jazz double bassist and soul electric bassist, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2000)
- 1918 Richard Wainwright, English politician, Liberal MP for Colne Valley (1966–70), born in Leeds (d. 2003)
- 1919 Hugh Carey, American attorney and Democratic party politician (Governor of New York, 1975-82; US Representative from New York, 1961-74), born in Brooklyn, New York, City (d. 2011)
- 1919 Raymond Carr, English historian and warden (St Antony's College Oxford), born in Bath, Somerset, England (d. 2015)
- 1920 Emilio Colombo, Italian Prime Minister (1970-72), born in Potenza, Basilicata (d. 2013)
- 1920 Marlen Haushofer, Austrian writer (The Wall), born in Frauenstein, Austria (d. 1970)
- 1921 Jeff Stollmeyer, West Indian cricket batsman (32 Tests 4 x 100, HS 160; Trinidad & Tobago) and executive (President WI Board of Control 1974-81), born in Santa Cruz, Trinidad (d. 1989)
- 1921 Jim Hearn, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1954 NY Giants; MLB All Star 1952), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1998)
- 1921 Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster, British barrister and diplomat, born in Paddington, London, England (d. 2007)
- 1922 Alexander Raichev, Bulgarian composer, born in Lom, Bulgaria (d. 2003)
- 1922 Antoine Blondin, French writer (L'Europe buissonnière), born in Paris (d. 1991)
- 1923 David H. Murdock, American real estate mogul, investor and philanthropist, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2025) [1]
- 1923 Theodore Isaac Rubin, American psychiatrist and author credited with popularising psychotherapy, born in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2019)
- 1925 Johan van Zonderen, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1996)
- 1925 Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman and founder of Quebecor, born in Montreal (d. 1997)
- 1925 Rik Kuypers, Belgian director (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor), born in Mortsel, Belgium (d. 2019)
- 1925 Viola Liuzzo (née Gregg), American civil rights activist, murdered by Ku Klux Klan, born in California, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
- 1926 Gervase de Peyer, British clarinetist, born in London (d. 2017)
- 1926 Robert Hall Lewis, American composer, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1996)
- 1926 Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer, born in Quebec City, Canada (d. 2011)
- 1927 Domenico Guaccero, Italian composer, born in Palo de Colle, Italy (d. 1984)
- 1928 Dorothy Schroeder, American baseball shortstop in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943-54), pictured in the Women in Baseball exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, New York, born in Sadorus, Illinois (d. 1996)
American human-rights activist, and wife of Bobby Kennedy, born in Chicago, Illinois [1] [2]
- 1929 Jack Betts, American character actor (spaghetti Westerns; Gods and Monsters; Spider-Man), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2025)
- 1929 Lawrence Coughlin, American lawyer and politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
- 1930 Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1997)
- 1930 Bill Hefner, American politician, Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, born in Elora, Tennessee (d. 2009)
- 1930 Clive Exton, British scriptwriter (Poirot; Jeeves and Wooster), and playwright, born in Islington, London (d. 2007)
- 1930 James Ferman, American director and secretary (British Board of Film Classification), born in New York (d. 2002)
- 1930 Joseph Burnett-Stuart, British CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings), born in the UK (d. 2010)
- 1930 Kazuo Fukushima, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2023)
- 1930 Nicholas F. Brady, American politician and U.S. Secretary of Treasury (1988-93), born in New York City
- 1931 Frank Vicari, American jazz, session, and touring saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman; Tom Waits; Saturday Night Live), born in New Jersey (d. 2006)
- 1931 Johnny Sheffield, American actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2010)
- 1931 Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese television and video game composer (Dragon Quest), and Nanjing Massacre denialist, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2021)
- 1931 Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby union outside back (10 Tests Wales, 3 British Lions; Neath, Llanelli) and rugby league utility (2 Tests Wales, 17 Great Britain; Leeds, Wentworthville), born in Gorseinon, Wales (d. 2024)
- 1931 Nelly Kaplan, Argentine-French screenwriter and director (A Very Curious Girl, Néa), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2020)
- 1932 Francis G. Neubeck, USAF pilot and astronaut, born in Washington, D.C.
1932 American Tony, Grammy, and Academy Award-winning actor and singer (Cabaret; Remo Williams; 7% Solution), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1932 Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), born in New York (d. 2010)
- 1933 Denis Goldberg, South African anti-apartheid activist (convicted alongside Mandela), born in Cape Town (d. 2020)
- 1933 Derek Martin [Rapp], British actor (Charlie Slater in "EastEnders", 2000-11; Law & Order), born in Bow, England (d. 2026)
- 1933 Don Monson, American college basketball coach (NABC Coach of the Year 1982; Idaho 1978–83, Oregon 1983–92), born in Menahga, Minnesota (d. 2025)
- 1933 Futoshi Nakanishi, Japanese Baseball HOF infielder (Nishitetsu Lions; Pacific League MVP 1956; 7×Best Nine Award) and manager (Nishitetsu Lions), born in Takamatsu, Japan (d. 2023)
- 1933 Tony Brown, American journalist (Tony Brown's Journal), born in Charleston, West Virginia
- 1934 Anne Poole, British chief nursing officer at the Department of Health (1982-92), birthplace unknown [1]
- 1934 Mark Strand, American poet, editor and translator (Another Republic), born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada (d. 2014)
- 1935 Father Abraham [Pierre Kartner], Dutch singer and songwriter (The Smurf Song), born in Elst, Netherlands (d. 2022)
- 1935 Richard Berry, American doo-wop bass vocalist and songwriter ("Louie, Louie"), born in Extension, Louisiana (d. 1997)
American mafia hit man, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
- 1937 Adam Greenberg, Israeli-American cinematographer (Ghost, Terminator 2: Judgment Day), born in Kraków, Poland (d. 2025)
- 1937 Jill Gascoine, British stage and pioneering TV actress (The Gentle Touch - "Maggie Forbes"), and novelist, born in Lambeth, London, England (d. 2020)
- 1938 Kurt Moll, German bass opera singer, born near Cologne, Germany (d. 2017)
- 1938 Lamberto Puggelli, Italian stage and opera director (Spoleto Festival), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2013)
- 1938 Michael Deaver, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff, born in Bakersfield, California (d. 2007)
- 1939 Louise Lasser, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Mary Hartman"), born in New York City
- 1939 Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, American blues singer and guitarist ("Walkin' the Dog"; "Talkin' About Soul"), born in Itta Bena, Mississippi (d. 2022)
- 1940 Wladyslaw Komar, Polish athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1972) and actor, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 1998)
- 1941 Ellen Goodman, American political columnist (Pulitzer 1980), born in Newton, Massachusetts
- 1941 Frederick "Rick" Hauck, American astronaut (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26), born in Long Beach, California
- 1942 Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5), born in Enem, Russia (d. 2014)
- 1942 Branko Rašović, Montenegrin soccer defender (10 caps Yugoslavia; Partizan Belgrade, Borussia Dortmund), born in Podgorica, Montenegro (d. 2024)
- 1942 Damien Thomas, Egyptian-British actor (Twins of Evil, Shogun), born in Ismailia, Egypt (d. 2025)
- 1943 Harley Race, American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer (NWA, AWA, WWE; 9x world champion), born in Quitman, Missouri (d. 2019)
- 1943 John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, British humanitarian known for his work with the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Sudan, born in London (d. 2025)
- 1944 John Milius, American screenwriter (Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- 1944 Lee Sheriden [Roger Pritchard], British pop singer-songwriter (Brotherhood of Man - "Save Your Kisses For Me"), born in Horfield, Bristol, England
- 1944 Roger Knight, British historian and former deputy director of the National Maritime Museum, born in England
- 1946 Bob Harris, English radio presenter (The Old Grey Whistle Test, Time Out), born in Northampton, England
- 1947 Lev Bulat, Russian physicist, born in Chernovtsy, Ukraine
- 1947 Meshach Taylor, American actor, born in Altadena, CA, (d. 2014)
- 1947 Michael Hindley, British politician, Member of the European Parliament, born in Blackburn, England
- 1947 Michael Wright, British academic and Vice-Chancellor of Aston University (1996-2006), born in England (d. 2015)
- 1947 Peter Riegert, American actor (Animal House, Crossing Delancey), born in New York City
- 1947 Uli Edel, German film director (Last Exit to Brooklyn), born in Neuenburg am Rhein, South Baden, Germany
- 1948 Georgi Yartsev, Russian soccer forward (5 caps USSR; FC Spartak Moscow) and manager (Russia; Spartak, Dynamo, Torpedo Moscow), born in Nikolskoye, Russia (d. 2022)
- 1948 Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach, born in Viareggio, Italy
- 1949 Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director, born in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany (d. 2011)
- 1949 Carl Franklin, American actor (Devil in a Blue Dress), born in Richmond, California
- 1949 Dorothy Allison, American novelist and poet (Bastard Out of Carolina, The Women Who Hate Me), born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 2024)
- 1949 Jean-Pierre Bastiat, French rugby union lock (32 Tests; US Dax), born in Pouillon, France (d. 2021)
- 1950 Bill Irwin, American actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall), born in Santa Monica, California
- 1950 Ferenc Mészáros, Hungarian soccer goalkeeper (29 caps; Vasas SC 252 games), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2023)
- 1951 Doris Angleton, American socialite and murder victim, born near Houston, Texas (d. 1997) [1]
- 1951 Françoise Hampson, British academic and human rights lawyer, born in Bolton, England (d. 2025)
- 1951 Glyn Shaw, Welsh rugby union prop (12 caps; Neath RFC), and rugby league prop (7 caps Wales, 1 GB; Widnes RLFC, Wigan RLFC), born in Rhigos, Wales (d. 2022)
- 1951 James Patrick Kelly, American sci-fi author (Think Like a Dinosaur), born in Mineola, New York
- 1951 Jim Holton, Scottish soccer defender (15 caps; Manchester United, Coventry City), born in Lesmahagow, Scotland (d. 1993)
- 1951 Paul Fox, English musician and singer (The Ruts), born in United Kingdom (d. 2007)
- 1951 Robbie House, American country-rockabilly guitarist (Snuff - "Bad, Bad, Billy"), born in the USA
- 1952 Michael Shea, American director and actor (The Fugitive, The Wild Wild West, Mission: Impossible), born in Queens, New York
- 1952 Peter Windsor, English motor racing journalist and reporter, born in Reigate, Surrey, England
- 1953 Andrew Wiles, British mathematician (number theory, proved Fermat's last theorem), born in Cambridge, England
- 1953 Branimir "Johnny" Štulić, Croatian rock singer (Azra), born in Skopje, Yugoslavia
- 1953 Guy Verhofstadt, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (1999-2008), born in Dendermonde, Belgium
- 1954 Francis Lickerish, English progressive rock guitarist, lutenist, and composer (The Enid, 1974-80), born in Cambridge, England
- 1955 Kevin Brady, American politician (Rep Texas (R) 1997-), born in Vermillion, South Dakota
- 1955 Michael Callen, American AIDS activist, singer-songwriter, and author, born in Rising Sun, Indiana (d. 1993)
- 1955 Michael Ray Richardson, American basketball guard (4 x NBA All Star; 3 × NBA steals leader; NY Knicks, GS Warriors, NJ Nets), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 2025)
- 1955 Michele Scarabelli, Canadian actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas), born in Montreal, Quebec
- 1955 Neville Staple, English ska singer (The Specials - "Ghost Town"; Fun Boy Three), born in Manchester, Jamaica
- 1955 Piers J Sellers, English astronaut and climate scientist, born in Sussex (d. 2016)
- 1956 William Burns, American diplomat, CIA director (2021-), US Ambassador to Russia, born in Fort Liberty, North Carolina [1]
- 1957 Everton Mattis, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- 1957 John Castellanos, American actor (John Silva in "The Young and the Restless"), born in Mesa, California
- 1958 Brynn Hartman, American actress and murderer, born in Thief River Falls, Minnesota (d. 1998)
- 1958 Hanna Havrylets, Ukrainian composer (David's Psalms; Ėlegiya), and educator, born in Vydyniv, Ukrainian SSR (d. 2022)
- 1958 Sally Clark, New Zealand equestrian (World C'ship gold team eventing 1998; Olympic silver individual 1996), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
- 1958 Stuart Adamson, Scottish rock vocalist and guitarist (Big Country - "Wonderland"; "In A Big Country"), born in Manchester, England (d. 2001)
- 1960 Marko Elsner, Slovenian soccer defender (14 caps Yugoslavia, 2 Slovenia; Red Star Belgrade), born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 2020)
- 1961 Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms - "Til I Hear It From You"), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1993)
- 1961 Lucky Vanous, American model (GQ, Diet Coke), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
- 1961 Nigel Pulsford, British rock guitarist (Bush - Sixteen Stone), born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
- 1961 Vincent Gallo, American actor, director, writer (Buffalo '66, The Brown Bunny), born in Buffalo, New York
- 1962 Terry Hoage, American College Football HOF wide receiver (NCAA C'ship 1980 Uni of Georgia; New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals), born in Ames, Iowa
- 1963 Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricket umpire (84 Tests, 200 ODIs, 24 T20Is), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1963 Chris Ferguson, American professional poker player (winner 6 x World Series of Poker events), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1963 Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Greek folk-pop singer, born in Naousa, Greece
- 1963 Elizabeth Smylie, Australian tennis player (Wimbledon doubles [Kathy Jordan] 1985; Wimbledon mixed doubles 1991; US Open mixed doubles 1983, 90) and broadcaster (7 Network), born in Perth, Australia
1964 American baseball pitcher (World Series MVP 1985 Kansas City Royals; Cy Young Award 1985, 89; 3 x MLB All Star), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois
- 1964 Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist and musician, born in Colorado Springs
- 1964 Steve Azar, American country singer and songwriter ("I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)"), born in Greenville, Mississippi
- 1966 Dustin Patrick Runnels, American professional wrestler (Goldust), born in Austin, Texas
- 1966 Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer ("Around the World"), born in Manchester, England
- 1966 Mason Reese, American actor (Underwood Deviled Ham), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1966 Steve Bullock, American politician (Governor of Montana 2013-), born in Missoula, Montana
- 1966 Tomas Leandersson, Swedish ten-pin bowler (FIQ World C'ships 1999; World Tenpin Team Cup 1994; World Games 1993), born in Degerfors, Sweden (d. 2021)
- 1967 Jimmy Kim, American taekwondo practitioner (Olympic gold heavyweight 1988; World Cup gold 1987), born in Cerritos, California (d. 2023)
- 1967 Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Champions Trophy gold 1999; Olympic silver 1992, bronze 2000), born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1967 Stefan Johansson, Swedish race walker (bronze European indoor championships 1992), born in Falkenberg, Sweden [1]
- 1967 Wendel Suckow, American luger (World C'ship gold men's singles 1993), born in Marquette, Michigan
- 1968 Sergei Lukyanenko, Russian sci-fi author (Labyrinth of Reflections), born in Karatau, Kazakhstan
- 1969 Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer and songwriter (Catatonia), born in Cardiff, Wales
- 1969 Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer, born in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
- 1969 Gavin Briant, Zimbabwean cricket wicketkeeper (1 Test, 5 ODIs; Mashonaland), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
- 1969 Janeth Arcain, Brazilian basketball guard (WNBA C'ship 1997–2000; WNBA All-Star & All-WNBA First Team 2001 Houston Comets; Olympic silver 1996, bronze 2000), born in São Paulo, Brazil
- 1970 Delroy Pearson, English rock vocalist (Five Star - "Between The Lines"), born in Islington, London
- 1970 Johnny Messner, American actor (Tears of the Sun), born in Syracuse, New York
- 1970 Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Vancouver Canucks, NY Islanders) and executive (President NHLPA 1998-2005; president hockey operations Vancouver Canucks 2014-18), born in Medicine Hat, Alberta
- 1971 Vicellous Reon Shannon, American actor (The Hurricane), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- 1972 Balls Mahoney [Jonathan Rechner], American professional wrestler, born in Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey (d. 2016)
- 1972 Jason Varitek, "Tek", American Major League Baseball catcher and coach (Boston Red Sox; 3x All-Star, 2x World Series champion, 2005 Gold Glove Award, Red Sox Hall of Fame), born in Rochester, Michigan
- 1973 Jennifer Esposito, American television actress (Summer of Sam; Crash; Spin City), and baker, born in New York City
- 1974 Alex Corretja, Spanish tennis player (Tour Finals 1998; Davis Cup 2000), born in Barcelona, Spain
- 1974 Anton Glanzelius, Danish actor (My Life as a Dog), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1974 Canadian model and actress (Battlestar Galactica, 2004-09), born in Donalda, Alberta
- 1974 Trot Nixon, "Dirt Dog", American Major League Baseball right fielder (Boston Red Sox; World Series champion, Red Sox Hall of Fame), born in Durham, North Carolina
- 1974 Zöe Lucker, British actress (Footballers' Wives, EastEnders), born in Huddersfield, England
- 1975 Chris Coghill, British actor (24 Hour Party People, EastEnders), born in Manchester, England
- 1975 Walid Soliman, Tunisian author, born in Tunis, Tunisia
- 1977 DJ Fresh [Daniel Stein], British musician, DJ and record producer ("Louder"; "Hot Right Now"), born in England
- 1978 Brett Claywell, American actor (One Tree Hill), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- 1978 Josh Hancock, American Major League baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals; World Series champion), born in Cleveland, Mississippi (d. 2007)
- 1978 Tom Thacker, Canadian musician (Gob), born in Langley, British Columbia, Canada
- 1978 Victor Sikora, Dutch soccer midfielder (6 caps; Go Ahead Eagles, Vitesse, Ajax), born in Deventer, Netherlands
- 1979 Chris Gaylor, American drummer (The All-American Rejects), born in Edmond, Oklahoma
- 1979 Josh Server, American actor (All That), born in Highland Park, Illinois
- 1979 Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Canadian human rights activist, Miss World Canada, born in Tehran, Iran
- 1979 Sebastien Grainger, Canadian musician (Death From Above), born in Mississauga, Canada
- 1980 Keiji Tamada, Japanese football forward (72 caps; Kashiwa Reysol, Nagoya Grampus 233 games), born in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- 1980 Mark Teixeira, American baseball first baseman (World Series 2009 NY Yankees; 3 × MLB All-Star; 5 × Gold Glove Award; Texas Rangers), born in Annapolis, Maryland
1981 Brazilian model (Victoria's Secret Angel) and actress, born in Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 1981 Alex Burrows, Canadian ice hockey left wing (Vancouver Canucks) and ball hockey player (International Player of the Year 2005; World C'ship gold 2003, 05), born in Pincourt, Quebec
- 1981 Teo Yoo, German-South Korean actor (Past Lives), born in Cologne, West Germany
- 1982 Ian Bell, English cricket batsman (118 Tests, 22 x 100, HS 235; Warwickshire CCC), born in Coventry, Warwickshire
- 1982 Oliver Laxe, French-Galician screenwriter and director (Sirāt, Fire Will Come), born in Paris, France
- 1983 Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch auto racer (Euro Formula 3000 champion 2004), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- 1983 Sarah Brown, New Zealand session and touring vocalist (Duran Duran, Bryan Ferry; Simple Minds), born in Marlborough, New Zealand
- 1984 Kelli Garner, American actress (Dreamland), born in Bakersfield, California
- 1985 Will Minson, Australian rules footballer (Western Bulldogs), born in South Australia
1987 English singer-songwriter (The Soul Sessions), born in Dover, Kent
- 1987 Michelle Phan, American Vietnamese make-up vlogger and entrepreneur, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1989 Scott Arceneaux, American rapper and record producer ($uicideboy$), born in Marrero, Louisiana
- 1989 Scott Boland, Australian cricket fast bowler (only second male Aboriginal player to play Test Cricket for Australia; BB 6/7), born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1994 Dakota Blue Richards, English actress (The Golden Compass), born in South Kensington, London
- 1996 Summer Walker, American R&B singer (Still Over It), born in Middlesborough, Georgia
- 2000 Karina [Yu Ji-min], South Korean singer and rapper in bands Aespa and Got the Beat, born in Suwon, South Korea
- 2000 Milly Alcock, Australian actress (House of the Dragon, Superman), born in Sydney, Australia
- 2002 Alexa Gerasimovich, American actress (World Trade Center), born in New York City
- 2013 Arrogate, American thoroughbred racehorse (Breeders' Cup Classic, World's Best Racehorse 2016; Pegasus World Cup, Dubai World Cup 2017), born in Clearsky Farms, Kentucky (d. 2020)
