Pre-1600 •
1345 –
Ferdinand I, king of
Portugal (died 1383) •
1391 –
Edward, King of Portugal (died 1438) •
1424 –
Władysław III, king of
Poland (died 1444) •
1445 –
Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (died 1511) •
1472 –
Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (died 1529) •
1542 –
Henriette of Cleves, Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (died 1601) •
1599 –
Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (died 1680)
1601–1900 •
1620 –
John Evelyn, English gardener and author (died 1706) •
1632 –
Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (died 1675) •
1636 –
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (died 1679) •
1638 –
Meindert Hobbema, Dutch painter (died 1709) •
1686 –
Senesino, Italian singer and actor (died 1758) •
1692 –
Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist and author (died 1765) •
1694 –
Yeongjo of Joseon (died 1776) •
1705 –
Pope Clement XIV (died 1774) •
1711 –
Laura Bassi, Italian physician, physicist, and academic (died 1778) •
1714 –
Hedvig Taube, Swedish courtier (died 1744) •
1724 –
Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (died 1805) •
1729 –
Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico,
Viceroy of New Spain (died 1800) •
1737 –
James Lovell, American educator and politician (died 1789) •
1760 –
Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese artist and printmaker (died 1849) •
1795 –
John Keats, English poet (died 1821) •
1809 –
Edmund Sharpe, English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer (died 1877) •
1815 –
Thomas Chapman, English-Australian politician, 5th
Premier of Tasmania (died 1884) • 1815 –
Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (died 1897) •
1825 –
Charles Lavigerie, French-Algerian cardinal and academic (died 1892) •
1831 –
Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (died 1910) •
1835 –
Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 27th
Governor of Mississippi (died 1933) • 1835 –
Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (died 1923) • 1835 –
Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917) •
1838 –
Luís I of Portugal (died 1889) •
1847 –
Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (died 1897) •
1848 –
Boston Custer, American soldier (died 1876) •
1849 –
Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (died 1891) •
1851 –
Louise of Sweden (died 1926) •
1856 –
Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (died 1889) •
1858 –
Saint Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril, Indian Orthodox Saint (died 1934) •
1860 –
Juliette Gordon Low, American scout leader, founded the
Girl Scouts of the United States of America (died 1927) • 1860 –
Andrew Volstead, American politician (died 1947) •
1868 –
John Weir Troy, American journalist, and politician, 5th
Governor of the
Territory of Alaska (died 1942) •
1875 –
Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (died 1954) • 1875 –
Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer, freedom fighter and politician, 1st
Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1950) •
1876 –
Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright (died 1972) •
1879 –
Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, and composer (died 1941) •
1880 –
Julia Peterkin, American author (died 1961) • 1880 –
Mikhail Tomsky, Soviet politician, member of the
Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (died 1936) •
1881 –
Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (died 1960) •
1883 –
Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator (died 1956) • 1883 –
Anthony Wilding, New Zealand tennis player, cricketer, and soldier (died 1915) •
1887 –
Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st
President of the Republic of China (died 1975) • 1887 –
Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (died 1970) •
1888 –
Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author (died 1944) •
1892 –
Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player and author (died 1946) •
1895 –
B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist (died 1970) •
1896 –
Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (died 1977) •
1897 –
Constance Savery, English author (died 1999) •
1900 –
Asbjørg Borgfelt, Norwegian sculptor (died 1976)
1901–present •
1902 –
Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (died 1987) • 1902 –
Julia Lee, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1958) • 1902 –
Abraham Wald, Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and economist (died 1950) •
1907 –
Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (died 1973) •
1908 –
Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (died 2009) •
1912 –
Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2001) • 1912 –
Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (died 2008) •
1914 –
John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer (died 1995) •
1915 –
Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer (died 2010) •
1916 –
Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (died 2012) •
1917 –
William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (died 2016) • 1917 –
Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot (died 2013) •
1918 –
Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic (died 2007) •
1919 –
Daphne Oxenford, English actress (died 2012) • 1919 –
Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author (died 2017) •
1920 –
Dick Francis, Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (died 2010) • 1920 –
Joseph Gelineau, French priest and composer (died 2008) • 1920 –
Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (died 2004) • 1920 –
Fritz Walter, German footballer (died 2002) •
1922 –
Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (died 2005) • 1922 –
Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (died 2004) • 1922 –
Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st
Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 2012) •
1925 –
Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (died 1990) • 1925 –
John Pople, English-American chemist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004) • 1925 –
Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (died 2013) •
1926 –
Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (died 2011) •
1928 –
Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator (died 2012) •
1929 –
William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (died 2014) • 1929 –
Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016) •
1930 –
Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2021) • 1930 –
Booker Ervin, American saxophonist (died 1970) •
1931 –
Dan Rather, American journalist •
1935 –
Dale Brown, American basketball player and coach • 1935 –
Ronald Graham, American mathematician and theorist (died 2020) • 1935 –
David Harvey, English-American geographer and academic •
1936 –
Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1991) •
1937 –
Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist • 1941 –
Sally Kirkland, American actress (died 2025) • 1947 –
Frank Shorter, American runner and sportscaster • 1950 –
Jane Pauley, American journalist • 1963 –
Dermot Mulroney, American actor • 1967 –
Adam Schlesinger, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2020) •
1968 –
Antonio Davis, American basketball player and sportscaster •
1970 –
Linn Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter • 1975 –
Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer and manager • 1975 –
Keith Jardine, American mixed martial artist and actor • 1975 –
Johnny Whitworth, American actor and producer •
1976 –
Guti, Spanish footballer • 1976 –
Piper Perabo, American actress and producer •
1986 –
Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver • 1986 –
Christie Hayes, Australian actress and producer •
1987 –
Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player • 1987 –
Jean-Karl Vernay, French race car driver •
1988 –
Cole Aldrich, American basketball player • 1988 –
Sébastien Buemi, Swiss race car driver • 1988 –
Jack Riewoldt, Australian footballer • 1988 –
Lizzy Yarnold, British skeleton racer •
1989 –
Scott McGough, American baseball player •
1990 –
JID, American rapper •
1992 –
Vanessa Marano, American actress • 1997 –
Sydney Park, American actress and comedian •
2005 –
Leonor, Princess of Asturias ==Deaths==