Pre-1600 •
1448 –
Alfonso II of Naples (died 1495) •
1512 –
Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (died 1565) •
1553 –
Roger Wilbraham, Solicitor-General for Ireland (died 1616) •
1575 –
Guido Reni, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1642) •
1592 –
Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter (died 1656)
1601–1900 •
1631 –
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (died 1660) •
1640 –
Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist and composer (died 1697) •
1649 –
Samuel Carpenter, Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania (died 1714) •
1661 –
Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine, German son of
Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1742) •
1740 –
Augustus Toplady, English cleric and hymn writer (died 1778) •
1765 –
Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (died 1836) •
1787 –
Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean stage actor (died 1833) •
1809 –
Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American lawyer and jurist (died 1874) •
1816 –
Stephen Johnson Field, American lawyer and jurist, 5th
Chief Justice of California (died 1899) •
1821 –
Thomas Keefer, Canadian engineer and businessman (died 1915) •
1836 –
Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (died 1912) •
1840 –
William Giblin, Australian politician, 13th
Premier of Tasmania (died 1887) •
1853 –
Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (died 1924) •
1861 –
Alice Gossage, American journalist (died 1929) •
1862 –
Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and director (died 1932) •
1868 –
La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer, and dancer (died 1965) •
1873 –
Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1939) •
1874 –
Charles Despiau, French sculptor (died 1946) •
1879 –
Will Rogers, American actor and screenwriter (died 1935) •
1883 –
Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician 135th
Prime Minister of Greece (died 1953) •
1884 –
Harry Ferguson, Irish engineer, invented the
tractor (died 1960) •
1887 –
Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975) •
1889 –
Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader (died 1987) •
1890 –
Klabund, German author and poet (died 1928) •
1896 –
Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th
President of the Philippines (died 1971) •
1897 –
Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire (died 1968) •
1900 –
Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist (died 1954)
1901–present •
1901 –
Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic (died 1974) •
1904 –
Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic (died 1967) •
1905 –
Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator (died 2007) •
1906 –
Sterling North, American author and critic (died 1974) •
1908 –
Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer (died 1997) • 1908 –
Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005) •
1909 –
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American colonel and pilot (died 2012) • 1909 –
Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (died 1974) • 1909 –
Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (died 1986) •
1911 –
Dixie Lee, American actress and singer (died 1952) •
1912 –
Botong Francisco, Filipino painter (died 1969) • 1912 –
Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer (died 1978) • 1912 –
Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer (died 1983) •
1913 –
Gig Young, American actor (died 1978) •
1914 –
Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (died 1957) •
1915 –
Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (died 2015) • 1915 –
Ismail Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician (died 1973) •
1916 –
John Basilone, American sergeant,
Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945) • 1916 –
Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer (died 2009) • 1916 –
Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created
Barbie (died 2002) •
1918 –
Art Carney, American actor (died 2003) • 1918 –
Cameron Mitchell, American actor (died 1994) •
1919 –
Martin Balsam, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1996) • 1919 –
Eric Thompson, English race car driver and businessman (died 2015) •
1921 –
Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist and engineer (died 2004) •
1922 –
Benno Besson, Swiss-German actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006) •
1923 –
Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (died 2002) • 1923 –
Howie Meeker, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2020) • 1923 –
Eugene Sledge, American soldier, author, and academic (died 2001) •
1925 –
Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (died 2013) • 1925 –
Doris Roberts, American actress (died 2016) •
1926 –
Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American
conga player and composer (died 2007) •
1928 –
Larry Bunker, American drummer and
vibraphone player (died 2005) • 1928 –
Eugenio Lopez Jr., Filipino businessman and chairman of the
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (died 1999) • 1928 –
Hannah Weiner, American poet and author (died 1997) •
1929 –
Anastasios of Albania, Greek-Albanian archbishop (died 2025) • 1929 –
Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (died 2013) •
1930 –
James E. Brewton, American painter (died 1967) • 1930 –
Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (died 2015) • 1930 –
Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2023) • 1930 –
Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (died 2012) •
1931 –
Bernard Francis Law, Mexican-American cardinal (died 2017) •
1932 –
Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th
President of Austria (died 2004) • 1932 –
Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter (died 2007) •
1933 –
Tito Francona, American baseball player (died 2018) • 1933 –
Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer,
Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018) • 1933 –
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Nigerian colonel and politician,
President of Biafra (died 2011) •
1935 –
Barry Crocker, Australian singer, actor, and television host • 1935 –
Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer (died 2025) •
1936 –
C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and translator (died 2015) •
1937 –
Loretta Swit, American actress and singer (died 2025) • 1940 –
Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author • 1940 –
Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter • 1960 –
Igor Liba, Slovak ice hockey player •
1961 –
Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor • 1961 –
Edward Knight, American composer and academic • 1961 –
Ralph Macchio, American actor • 1967 –
Eric Karros, American baseball player and sportscaster • 1967 –
Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer •
1968 –
Matthew Tobin Anderson, American author, critic, and educator • 1968 –
Carlos Baerga, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach • 1991 –
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove, Dutch tennis player •
1992 –
Yurii Bieliaiev, Belarusian ice dancer • 1992 –
Hiroki Nakada, Japanese footballer • 1992 –
Julian Wießmeier, German footballer •
1993 –
Ce'Aira Brown, American middle-distance runner • 1993 –
Elisabeth Seitz, German gymnast • 1993 –
Taylor Tomlinson, American stand-up comedian •
1994 –
Billy Stanlake, Australian cricketer •
1996 –
Kaitlin Hawayek, American ice dancer • 1996 –
Michael Christian Martinez, Filipino figure skater • 1996 –
John Olive, Australian rugby league player • 1996 –
Eric Paschall, American basketball player •
1998 –
Achraf Hakimi, Moroccan footballer •
2000 –
Tyrese Maxey, American basketball player • 2000 –
Sun Yingsha, Chinese table tennis player •
2006 –
Darja Varfolomeev, Russian-German rhythmic gymnast ==Deaths==