1556 - Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)
1583 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (d. 1643)
1601 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)
1628 - François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695)
1632 - Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist (d. 1694)
1635 - Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop of Toledo (d. 1709)
1735 - John Carroll, first American Catholic archbishop (d. 1815)
1763 - Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States (d. 1834)
1786 - Nicholas Biddle, President of the Second Bank of the United States (d. 1844)
1792 - Lowell Mason American composer (d. 1872)
1805 - John Bigler, Governor of California (d. 1871)
1805 - Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. 1878)
1817 - Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893)
1821 - James Longstreet, American Confederate general (d. 1904)
1821 - W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general {d. 1862)
1823 - Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (d. 1913)
1824 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (d. 1861)
1824 - Wilkie Collins, British novelist (d. 1889)
1836 - Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (d. 1912)
1867 - Emily Greene Balch, American writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1961)
1870 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain (d. 1930)
1871 - James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1940)
1881 - Henrik Shipstead, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (d. 1960)
1883 - Patrick J. Hurley, U.S. Secretary of War (d. 1963)
1885 - John Curtin, fourteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1945)
1885 - A. J. Muste, Dutch-born civil rights activist and pacifist (d. 1967)
1888 - Matthew Moore, Irish actor (d. 1960)
1891 - Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
1891 - Bronislava Nijinska, Russian choreographer (d. 1972)
1897 - Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977)
1902 - Carl Rogers, American psychologist (1883)
1903 - Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960)
1904 - Karl Brandt, Nazi war ciminal (d. 1948)
1905 - Franjo Cardinal Seper, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1981)
1908 - William Hartnell, British actor (d. 1975)
1909 - Willy Millowitsch, German actor (d. 1999)
1909 - Evelyn Wood, American educator (d. 1995)
1910 - Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Russian ballerina (d. 1988)
1912 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992)
1923 - Larry Storch, American actor
1923 - Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. 1985)
1923 - Joseph Weizenbaum, German-born computer scientist
1924 - Ron Moody, English actor
1926 - Evelyn Lear, American soprano
1926 - Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
1926 - Soupy Sales, American comedian
1931 - Bill Graham, German music promoter (d. 1991)
1933 - Charles Osgood, American journalist and commentator
1934 - Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. 1987)
1934 - Roy Kinnear, English actor (1988)
1934 - Alexandra Ripley, American writer (d. 2004)
1935 - Elvis Presley, American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
1937 - Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
1937 - John Hume, Irish politician
1938 - Bob Eubanks, American game show host
1941 - Graham Chapman, British comedian (d. 1989)
1941 - Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator
1942 - Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author
1942 - Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan
1942 - Yvette Mimieux, American actress
1944 - Terry Brooks American writer
1946 - Robby Krieger, American musician (The Doors)
1947 - David Bowie, English musician
1947 - Samuel Schmid, Swi