Pre-1600 •
359 –
Gratian, Roman emperor (died 383) •
588 –
K'an II, Mayan ruler (died 658) •
812 –
Al-Wathiq, Abbasid caliph (died 847) •
1446 –
Ippolita Maria Sforza, Italian noble (died 1484) •
1480 –
Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI (died 1519) •
1503 –
Henry II of Navarre (died 1555) •
1534 –
William Harrison, English clergyman (died 1593) •
1580 –
Thomas Middleton, English Jacobean playwright and poet (died 1627) •
1590 –
Ahmed I,
Ottoman Emperor (died 1617)
1601–1900 •
1605 –
Giacomo Carissimi, Italian priest and composer (died 1674) •
1666 –
Jean-Féry Rebel, French violinist and composer (died 1747) •
1740 –
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (died 1810) •
1759 –
Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer (died 1823) •
1771 –
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (died 1820) •
1772 –
David Ricardo, British economist and politician (died 1823) •
1794 –
William Debenham, English founder of
Debenhams (died 1863) •
1813 –
James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author (died 1865) •
1819 –
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban lawyer and activist (died 1874) • 1819 –
Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1895) •
1838 –
Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist and academic (died 1912) •
1854 –
Ludwig Levy, German architect (died 1907) •
1857 –
Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (died 1938) •
1858 –
Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian educator and activist,
Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1962) • 1858 –
Alexander Shirvanzade, Armenian playwright and author (died 1935) •
1863 –
Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician and diplomat,
Joint Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (died 1942) • 1863 –
Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (died 1920) • 1863 –
Siegfried Bettmann, founder of the Triumph Motorcycle Company and Mayor of Coventry (died 1955) •
1864 –
Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (died 1916) •
1874 –
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (died 1938) •
1877 –
Vicente Sotto, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1950) •
1879 –
Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist and scholar (died 1962) •
1880 –
Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (died 1968) •
1882 –
Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler (died 1964) • 1882 –
Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (died 1977) •
1883 –
Aleksanteri Aava, Finnish poet (died 1956) •
1884 –
Jaan Anvelt, Estonian educator and politician (died 1937) •
1889 –
Jessie Street, Australian activist (died 1970) •
1892 –
Eugene Houdry, French-American mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1962) •
1897 –
Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and cartographer (died 2001) •
1898 –
Patrick Hennessy, Irish soldier and businessman (died 1981) •
1900 –
Bertha Isaacs, Bahamian teacher, tennis player, politician and women's rights activist (died 1997)
1901–present •
1901 –
Al Lewis, American songwriter (died 1967) • 1901 –
László Németh, Hungarian dentist, author, and playwright (died 1975) •
1902 –
Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (died 1972) • 1902 –
Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd
Prime Minister of Italy (died 1981) •
1904 –
Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer (died 1981) •
1905 –
Sydney Halter, Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 1990) • 1905 –
George H. Hitchings, American physician and pharmacologist,
Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998) •
1907 –
Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American composer and conductor (died 1995) •
1911 –
Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (died 2011) •
1914 –
Claire Martin, Canadian author (died 2014) •
1915 –
Joy Davidman, Polish-Ukrainian American poet and author (died 1960) •
1916 –
Carl Burgos, American illustrator (died 1984) •
1918 –
Gabriel Axel, Danish-French actor, director, and producer (died 2014) • 1918 –
André Bazin, French critic and theorist (died 1958) • 1918 –
Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018) • 1918 –
Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, founded
CliffsNotes (died 2001) • 1918 –
Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (died 2004) •
1919 –
Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (died 2001) • 1919 –
Esther Afua Ocloo, Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending (died 2002) •
1920 –
John F. Wiley, American football player and coach (died 2013) •
1921 –
Jean Richard, French actor and singer (died 2001) •
1922 –
Barbara Hale, American actress (died 2017) •
1924 –
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005) •
1925 –
Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer and author (died 2005) •
1926 –
Doug Insole, English cricketer (died 2017) •
1927 –
Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist, author, and academic (died 2008) • 1927 –
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician,
Prime Minister of Poland (died 2013) •
1928 –
Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian (died 2015) • 1928 –
Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (died 2014) •
1929 –
Peter Hordern, English soldier and politician (died 2024) •
1930 –
Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer (died 2025) • 1930 –
Jean Guillou, French organist (died 2019) •
1931 –
Bill Miles, American director and producer (died 2013) •
1934 –
James Drury, American actor (died 2020) • 1934 –
George Shirley, African-American tenor and educator •
1935 –
Costas Ferris, Egyptian-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter •
1936 –
Roger Graef, American-English criminologist, director, and producer (died 2022) • 1936 –
Vladimir Hütt, Estonian physicist and philosopher (died 1997) •
1937 –
Keiko Abe, Japanese marimba player and composer • 1937 –
Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the
Selfridges Building (died 2009) •
1939 –
Glen Hardin, American pianist and arranger • 1939 –
Thomas J. Moyer, American lawyer and judge (died 2010) •
1940 –
Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist and geneticist,
Nobel Prize laureate • 1940 –
Mike Vickers, English guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter •
1941 –
Michael D. Higgins, Irish sociologist and politician, 9th
President of Ireland •
1942 –
Michael Beloff, English lawyer and academic • 1942 –
Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic • 1942 –
Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian racing driver (died 1970) •
1944 –
Kathy Acker, American author and poet (died 1997) • 1944 –
Philip Jackson, Scottish sculptor and photographer •
1945 –
Bernard Arcand, Canadian anthropologist and author (died 2009) •
1946 –
Hayley Mills, English actress •
1947 –
Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd
President of Liberia (died 2013) • 1947 –
Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2024) • 1947 –
James Woods, American actor and producer •
1948 –
Régis Wargnier, French director, producer, and screenwriter •
1950 –
Grigory Sokolov, Russian pianist and composer •
1953 –
Rick Moranis, Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter • 1953 –
Sk. Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician •
1954 –
Robert Greenberg, American pianist and composer •
1958 –
Gabi Delgado-López, Spanish-German singer, co-founder of
D.A.F. (died 2020) • 1958 –
Malcolm Marshall, Barbadian cricketer and coach (died 1999) •
1959 –
Susan Faludi, American journalist, author and feminist •
1960 –
Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Ukrainian runner •
1961 –
Jane Leeves, English actress and dancer • 1961 –
John Podhoretz, American journalist and author •
1962 –
Jeff Dunham, American ventriloquist and comedian •
1963 –
Conan O'Brien, American television host, comedian, and writer •
1964 –
Niall Ferguson, Scottish historian and academic •
1969 –
Keith DeCandido, American author •
1970 –
Saad Hariri, Saudi Arabian-Lebanese businessman and politician, 33rd
Prime Minister of Lebanon • 1970 –
Willie Roaf, American football player •
1971 –
David Tennant, Scottish actor •
1972 –
Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist • 1972 –
Eli Roth, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter •
1973 –
Derrick Brooks, American football player • 1973 –
Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner •
1974 –
Edgar Wright, English filmmaker •
1976 –
Melissa Joan Hart, American actress • 1976 –
Andrew Ng, British-born American artificial intelligence researcher •
1979 –
Matt Cooper, Australian rugby league player • 1979 –
Kourtney Kardashian, American television personality •
1981 –
Audrey Tang, Taiwanese Minister of Digital Affairs and programmer •
1983 –
Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player •
1984 –
America Ferrera, American actress •
1985 –
Łukasz Fabiański, Polish footballer •
1986 –
Tina Bru, Norwegian politician •
1988 –
Vanessa Kirby, English actress •
1989 –
Alia Shawkat, American actress •
1990 –
Wojciech Szczęsny, Polish footballer •
1992 –
Chloe Bennet, American actress •
1993 –
Mika Zibanejad, Swedish ice hockey player •
1994 –
Aminé, American singer-songwriter •
1995 –
Divock Origi, Belgian footballer •
1996 –
Ski Mask the Slump God, American rapper ==Deaths==