- 554 Suiko, 33rd Empress of Japan (593-628), 1st woman to rule Japan, and the longest-reigning empress regent, born in Japan (d. 628)
- 1196 Tsuchimikado, 83rd Emperor of Japan (1198-1210), born in Japan (d. 1231)
- 1624 William Tucker, 1st known African American child born in America, born in Jamestown, Virginia [1]
- 1680 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco worker, born in Gaispoint, Wessobrunn (d. 1758)
- 1690 Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian who left a book and manuscript collection to the Bodleian Library, born in England (d. 1755)
- 1698 Pietro Metastasio [Trepassi], Italian poet, and librettist (Adriano in Siria), born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1782)
- 1710 Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (British Army; French Indian Wars, Continental Army; American Revolutionary War), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1796)
- 1719 Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist, born in Lisbon (d. 1773)
- 1722 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish traveller and naturalist (Iter Palæstinum), born in Törnevalla, Sweden (d. 1752)
- 1730 Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French playwright (Les Tuteurs) satirist and politician, born in Nancy, France (d. 1814)
- 1757 Johann Abraham Sixt, German organist, harpsichord player, and composer, born in Grafenhausen, Baden-Wurttemberg (d. 1797)
- 1763 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal (Archbishop of Lyon, 1802-39), diplomat, art collector (Musée Fesch), and uncle of Napoleon, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, Republic of Genoa (d. 1839)
- 1777 Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican sister of Napoleon who appointed her Princess of Lucca and Piombino and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, born in Ajaccio, Corsica (d. 1820)
- 1777 Louis Poinsot, French mathematician and physicist (invented geometrical mechanics), born in Paris, France (d. 1859)
- 1778 Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Warsaw (1856-61), born in Pszczew, Poland (d. 1861)
- 1786 Friedrich Schneider, German keyboardist, composer, and conductor, born in Alt-Waltersdorf, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1853)
- 1789 Carl Gustav Carus, German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1869)
American Quaker, abolitionist and women's right activist (1st Woman's Rights Convention), born in Nantucket, Massachusetts
- 1802 Charles Pelham Villiers, British longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons, born in London (d. 1898)
- 1802 Feliks Ostrowski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Kraśnik, Russian Empire (d. 1860)
- 1803 Douglas William Jerrold, English writer, playwright and wit (Punch Mag), born in London, England (d. 1857)
- 1806 (Gertrude) "Henriette" Sontag, later Countess Rossi, German operatic soprano (Carl Maria von Weber's "Euryanthe"), born in Koblenz, Rhin-et-Moselle, First French Republic (d. 1854)
- 1810 Antoine T. d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1897)
- 1819 Charles Piazzi Smyth, British-Italian Astronomer Royal for Scotland (1846-88), born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1900)
- 1823 Jaak-Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, born in Zoerle-Parwijs, Belgium (d. 1881)
- 1828 Karl Collan, Finnish composer, born in Iisalmi, Finland (d. 1871)
- 1829 Konrad Duden, German linguist (the Duden dictionary), born in Lackhausen, Rhineland (d. 1911)
- 1830 Alexander Ewing, Scottish composer (Jerusalem the Golden), born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1895)
- 1835 Larkin Goldsmith Mead, American sculptor who worked in Florence, born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire (d. 1910)
- 1836 Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and anti shogunate revolutionary, born in Kōchi, Shikoku, Japan (d. 1867)
- 1840 Saint Damien, [Joseph de Veuster], Belgian priest and missionary who helped lepers in Hawaii, born in Tremelo, Belgium (d. 1889)
- 1845 Annibal Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, composer, and pedagogue, born in Porto, Portugal (d. 1880)
- 1853 Iwan Knorr, German composer, born in Mewe, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1916)
- 1855 Hubert Bland, English author and socialist (co-founder of the Fabian Society), born in Woolwich, England (d. 1914)
British tennis player (Wimbledon singles 1888; Wimbledon doubles 1884-86, 1888-89), born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
- 1861 William Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon singles 1881-86, 1889; Wimbledon doubles 1884-86, 1888-89), born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (d. 1904)
- 1862 Sir Matthew Nathan, British Lieutenant-Colonel and Governor of Queensland, Natal, Hong Kong, and the Gold Coast, born in London (d. 1939)
- 1865 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), born in London, England (d. 1936)
- 1868 Franz Cumont, Belgian religious historian and archaeologist (cult of Mithra), born in Aalst, Belgium (d. 1947)
- 1869 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, French musicologist, music critic, and composer, born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France (d. 1943)
- 1870 Henry Eichheim, American composer (Bali -Symphonic Variations), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1942)
- 1870 Henry Handel Richardson [Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson], Australian novelist (Richard Mahoney), born in East Melbourne, Australia (d. 1946)
- 1873 Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese industrialist and 20th Minister of Commerce and Industry, born in Nirasaki, Japan (d. 1957)
- 1876 Wilhelm Pieck, German politician (co-founder German Communist Party, President of German DR 1949-60), born in Guben, German Empire (d. 1960)
- 1877 Josephine Hull (née Sherwood), American stage and screen Academy Award-winning actress (Harvey; Arsenic and Old Lace), and stage director, born in Newtonville, Massachusetts (d. 1957)
- 1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, American First Lady (1923-29) wife of Calvin Coolidge, born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 1957)
- 1880 Donat Raymond, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame builder (head Canadian Arena Company, Montreal Forum rebuilt in 1968) and politician, born in St. Stanislas de Kostka, Quebec (d. 1963)
- 1882 Willem Benoy, Flemish actor and director (Pygmalion), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1939)
- 1884 E. Stanley Jones, American evangelist (Christ of Indian road), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1973)
- 1884 Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1948)
- 1886 Arthur Mailey, Australian cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 99 wickets; 10/66 v Gloucestershire 1921), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1967)
- 1886 John Gould Fletcher, American poet (Epic of Arkansas; Burning Mountain), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1950) [1]
- 1887 August Macke, German expressionist painter and member of the art group Der Blaue Reiter, born in Meschede, Germany (d. 1914)
- 1887 Helen Parkhurst, American educator (The Dalton Plan), born in Durand, Wisconsin (d. 1973)
- 1889 Nicholas Soussanin, Russian-American actor (Last Command, Captain Fury), born in Yalta part of modern day Crimea, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1975)
- 1891 Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and author (Kamen), born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1938) [NS=Jan 15]
- 1892 Kathryn Minner (née White), American character actress (Little Old Lady from Pasadena), born in New York City (d. 1969)
- 1893 Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist and essayist (Gilles), born in Paris, France (d. 1945)
- 1894 ZaSu Pitts, American actress (Life With Father; Dames; Wedding March), born in Parsons, Kansas (d. 1963)
- 1895 Borys Lyatoshynsky, Ukrainian composer, conductor, teacher, known as the father of modern Ukrainian music, born in Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1968)
- 1896 Joe Falcaro, American bowler (National Match Game champion 1929-33), born in Lawrence, New York (d. 1951)
- 1897 Dorothy Arzner, American director (The Wild Party; Dance, Girl, Dance), and pioneering female filmmaker (1st woman to direct a sound film), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1979)
- 1897 Marion Davies [Douras], American silent and sound film actress, producer (Little Old New York; Not So Dumb; Five and Ten), and mistress of William Randolph Hearst, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1961)
- 1897 Pola Negri [Apolonia Chalupec], Polish-American stage and silent and sound screen actress (Forbidden Paradise; Madame Bovary), and singer, born in Lipno, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1987)
- 1899 Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12' Dinghy 1920), born in Harlem, Netherlands (d. 1957)
- 1900 Dorothy Arnzer, American pioneering Hollywood film director (1st woman to direct a sound film), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1979)
- 1900 Maurice Jaubert, French composer, born in Nice, France (d. 1940)
- 1901 Eric Voegelin, German American philosopher (Order & History), born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1985)
President and authoritarian leader of South Vietnam (1954-63), born in Quảng Bình, French Indochina
- 1902 Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton, British diplomat and Conservative politician, born in England (d. 1996)
- 1902 Preston Jackson [James Preston McDonald], American jazz trombonist (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1983)
- 1903 Charles Foulkes, Canada general and honorary citizen of Wageningen who accepted WWII Germany's surrender in the Netherlands, born in Stockton-on-Tees, England, (d. 1969)
- 1904 Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte) and librettist, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1990)
- 1905 Anna May Wong [Wong Liu-tsong], Chinese-American actress, 1st Asian-American movie star (Shanghai Express; Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), and 1st Asian-American on US currency (American Women series quarter, 2022), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1961)
- 1905 Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer and automobile designer (Fiat), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1996)
Welsh actor (Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945), born in Neath, Wales
- 1906 Aleksey Stachanov, Russian model miner, born in Lugovaya, Russian Empire (d. 1977)
- 1906 Doc Hayes, American basketball coach (Southern Methodist University 1947-67), born in Krum, Texas (d. 1973)
- 1906 Gus Suhr, American baseball first baseman (1435 MLB games Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies; only player to be sued by a fan injured after struck by a foul ball), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2004)
- 1906 Roman Brandstaetter, Polish poet, playwright and journalist, born in Tarnów, Poland (d. 1987)
- 1910 Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball utility (World Series 1941; Brooklyn Dodgers), born in Coalinga, California (d. 2000)
- 1910 Thomas Stuart Willan, English economic historian, birthplace unknown (d. 1994)
- 1911 John Sturges, American film director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1992)
- 1912 Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish film director (Kohtalo tekee siirron; Pete & Runt, Master Painters), born in Astoria, Oregon (d. 2005)
- 1912 Cliff Melton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1942; NL saves leader 1937; NY Giants), born in Brevard, North Carolina (d. 1986)
- 1912 Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and first Francophone woman to become Speaker of the Senate (1974-79), born in Disraeli, Quebec (d. 2002) [1]
- 1912 Robert Flemyng, British actor (The Deadly Affair, Funny Face), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1995)
- 1915 Jack Levine, American social realist painter, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2010)
- 1915 Sid Hudson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1941, 42; Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox), born in Coalfield, Tennessee (d. 2008)
- 1916 Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), born in Calabozo, Guárico, Venezuela (d. 1988)
- 1916 Bernard Greenhouse, American cellist (Beaux Arts Trio), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2011)
- 1916 Elizabeth "Betty" Furness, American actress, journalist and consumer activist (Dangerous Corner, Studio 1), born in New York City (d. 1994)
- 1916 Fred Haas, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles; Ryder Cup 1953), born in Portland, Arkansas (d. 2004)
- 1916 Maxene Andrews, American pop and sing jazz singer (The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; "Rum and Coca-Cola"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1995)
- 1917 Jesse White [Weidenfeld], American character actor (Bedtime for Bonzo; Harvey; Maytag repairman, 1967-88), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1997)
- 1917 Roger W. Straus Jr., American publisher and co-founder of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, born in New York City (d. 2004) [1]
- 1917 Vernon A. Walters, American diplomat and US permanent rep to the UN (1989-91), born in New York City (d. 2002)
- 1919 Herbie Nichols, American jazz pianist and composer ("Lady Sings the Blues"), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1963)
- 1920 Renato Carosone, Italian canzone napoletana singer, pianist, songwriter ("Tu vuò fà l'americano" - "You Want to Be American"), and accordionist, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2001)
- 1920 Siegfried Buback, German Federal Prosecutor, born in Wilsdruff, Saxony, Germany (d. 1977)
- 1921 Bill Gold, American movie poster designer (Casablanca, A Streetcar Named Desire), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2018) [1]
- 1921 John Russell, American actor (Pale Rider, Rio Bravo), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1991)
- 1921 Musa Kaleem [Orlando Wright], American jazz saxophonist, born in Wheeling, West Virginia (d. 1988)
- 1922 Bill Travers [William Inge Lindon-Travers], British actor, director, officer and animal rights activist (Born Free, Gorgo), born in Sunderland, England (d. 1994)
- 1922 Jacques Wildberger, Swiss composer (In My End Is My Beginning), born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 2006)
- 1922 Morten Nielsen, Danish poet and resistance fighter, born in Ålborg, Denmark (d. 1944)
- 1923 Bud Adams Jr., American NFL team owner (Tennessee Titans), born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma (d. 2013)
- 1923 Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Australian actor, pilot and radio announcer, born in Coogee, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2009)
- 1923 Dragutin Gostuški, Serbian composer (Concerto Accelerato), musicologist, and educator, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (d. 1988)
- 1923 Hank Stram, American Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Super Bowl IV KC Chiefs; AP AFL Coach of the Year 1966, 68), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2005)
- 1924 Andre Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (Gaston), born in Etterbeek, Belgium (d. 1997)
- 1924 Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur (Chairman of Aston Villa), born in Hooton, England (d. 2018)
- 1924 Henry Fazzie, South African politician and activist (ANC), born in Stutterheim, Cape Province (d. 2011)
- 1924 Nell Rankin, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Carmen; Metropolitan Opera, 1951-76), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 2005)
- 1926 Danny Overbea, American rock singer and guitarist ("40 Cups of Coffee"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
British record producer (The Beatles; Jeff Beck; America; The Goon Squad), born in London, England
- 1929 Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer (O Garatuja), and conductor (Escola de Música de Piracicaba), born in Stuttgart, Germany
American businessman and engineer who co-founded Intel and proposed Moore's law, born in Pescadero, California
- 1929 Marilyn Lloyd, American politician (Rep-D-TN, 1975-95), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas (d. 2018)
Italian film director who invented spaghetti westerns (The "Dollars Trilogy"), born in Rome, Kingdom of Italy [1]
- 1930 Edward "Eddie" Egan, American actor (The French Connection, Joe Forrester), born in New York City (d. 1995)
- 1930 Mara Corday [Marilyn Joan Watts], American actress, model and Playboy Playmate (Foxfire, Black Scorpion), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2025) [1]
- 1930 Marcel Dubé, Canadian playwright (Zone), and French language advocate, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2016)
- 1930 Salvatore "Robert" Loggia, American actor (Jagged Edge, Big, Officer & a Gentleman, Scarface), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2015)
- 1932 Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russian-Soviet cosmonaut, born in Satka, Russia, USSR (d. 2006)
- 1932 Coo Coo Marlin, American auto racer (NASCAR nine top 5, 51 top 10 finishes in 165 Winston Cup starts), born in Columbia, Tennessee (d. 2005)
- 1932 Dabney Coleman, American Emmy Award-winning character actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Mayor Jeeter"; 9 to 5; Buffalo Bill; Boardwalk Empire), born in Austin, Texas (d. 2024) [1]
- 1932 Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 10 wickets; 5/109 in Test debut 1958; Trinidad & Tobago), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1999)
- 1933 Geoffrey Bindman, British human rights lawyer and legal advisor to the Race Relations Board (1966-76) and the Commission for Racial Equality (1976-83), born in Newcastle, England (d. 2025)
- 1934 Bryan Kelly, English pianist, composer (Brass Bagatelles) and conductor, born in Oxford, England
- 1934 Carla Hills, American lawyer and politician (Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1975-77), born in Los Angeles, California
- 1934 Marpessa Dawn, American-French actress (Black Orpheus), born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
- 1935 David Vine, British sports broadcaster (BBC Match of the Day, World Snooker C'ships, Olympics coverage), born in Newton Abbot, England (d. 2009)
- 1935 Jeremy Kemp, British actor (The Winds of War; The Blue Max), born in Chesterfield, England (d. 2019) [some sources give birth date as 3 Feb 1934]
- 1936 Betty Rollin, American broadcast journalist (NBC; PBS), and author (First, You Cry; Last Wish), born in New York City (d. 2023)
- 1936 Jos Kunst, Dutch composer, born in Roermond, Netherlands (d. 1996)
- 1937 Glen Larson, American television producer and writer (Battlestar Galactica, Magnum PI, & Knight Rider), born in Long Beach, CA, (d. 2014)
- 1939 (Arieh) "Arik" Einstein, Israeli pop-rock singer-songwriter (The High Windows), and actor (Sallah Shabati), born in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine (d. 2013)
- 1939 (Gwendolyn) Dianne Brooks, American R&B, jazz, session and touring vocalist (Three Playmates - "Sugah Wooga"; solo - "Walking On My Mind"; Anne Murray), born in New Jersey (d. 2005)
Canadian Hockey HOF left wing (Stanley Cup 1961 Chicago Black Hawks; 3 x Art Ross Trophy; 2 x Hart Memorial Trophy; Winnipeg Jets), born in Pointe Anne, Ontario
- 1939 Janice Crosio, Australian politician and first woman Cabinet Minister of New South Wales, born in Granville, Australia [1] [2]
- 1939 Nikos Alefantos, Greek soccer midfielder and manager (Olympiacos), born in Edessa, Greece (d. 2020)
- 1940 Bernard Blaut, Polish soccer midfielder (36 caps; KP Legia Warsaw, FC Metz) and manager (UAE), born in Krapkowice, Poland (d. 2007)
- 1940 Tsutomu Hanahara, Japanese freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold flyweight 1964), born in Shimonoseki, Japan (d. 2024)
- 1941 Franklin McCain, American civil rights activist (Greensboro Four lunch counter sit-in, 1960), chemical engineer, and education advocate, born in Union County, North Carolina (d. 2014)
- 1941 Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby union winger (15 caps) and administrator (New Zealand Rugby Union council 1986-92), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1941 Shima Iwashita, Japanese actress (Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide), born in Tokyo, Japan
- 1942 John Marsden, Australian lawyer, and gay rights activist, born in Lismore, Australia (d. 2006)
- 1942 John Thaw, British stage and screen actor (Inspector Morse), born in Gorton, Manchester, England (d. 2002)
- 1942 László Sólyom, Hungarian lawyer (Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Hungary, 1990-980) and politician (President of Hungary, 2005-10), born in Pécs, Hungary
- 1943 HK Gruber, Austrian double bassist, conductor, and composer (Frankenstein!!), born in Vienna, Austria
- 1943 Petras Bingelis, Lithuania conductor, founder and artistic director (Kaunas State Choir, 1969-2020), born in Mardasava, Lithuania (d. 2020)
- 1943 Van Dyke Parks, American songwriter, producer, arranger (Song Cycle; Orange Crate Art), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- 1944 Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian novelist, biographer, and second wife of Bob Hawke, born in Sydney, Australia
- 1944 David Atherton, British conductor (London Sinfonietta; Royal Opera; San Diego Symphony), born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England
- 1944 Ramiro Blacut, Bolivian soccer forward (23 caps; Club Bolívar, Ferro Carril Oeste, Bayern Munich) and manager (Bolivia 1979–81, 2004-05), born in La Paz, Bolivia (d. 2024)
- 1945 Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"), born in Dallas, Texas
- 1946 Cissy King, American singer and dancer (The Lawrence Welk Show, 1967-78), born in Trinidad, Colorado
- 1946 Gunnar Eggen, Norwegian harness racer (Oslo Grand Prix, Olympiatravet, March of Dimes Trot 1988), born in Sandefjord, Norway (d. 2024)
1946 English rock bassist and songwriter (Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven"), born in London, England
- 1946 Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek soccer striker (28 caps; Olympiacos), born in Kaisariani, Greece (d. 2002)
- 1946 Robert John [Pedrick], American pop singer ("Sad Eyes"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2025)
- 1947 Fran Cotton, English rugby union prop forward (31 caps England, 7 British Lions; Coventry R.F.C., Sale), born in Wigan, England
- 1947 James Mtume [Forman], American Grammy Award-winning jazz and R&B percussionist, songwriter, record producer (Miles Davis, 1971-75; "Juicy Fruit"), social activist, and radio personality, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
- 1947 Miroslav Bošković, Serbian soccer defender (6 caps Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split, FK Partizan, Angers SCO), born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2023)
- 1947 Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut, born in Senitsky, Bryansk, USSR
- 1947 Zulema [Cusseaux], American R&B and disco singer-songwriter ("Change"), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2013)
- 1948 Larry McNeeley, American bluegrass and session banjo player (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), born in Lafayette, Indiana
- 1948 Manfred Kokot, German athlete (world record 50m indoor sprint 5.61s 1973), born in Templin, Germany
- 1949 Gary Lavelle, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1977, 83; SF Giants), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
- 1949 Sylvia Likens, American torture and murder victim (tortured for three months), born in Lebanon, Indiana (d. 1965)
- 1950 Beth Anderson, American avant garde composer, born in Lexington, Kentucky
- 1950 Olivier Greif, French classical composer (Lettres de Westerbork), born in Paris (d. 2000)
- 1950 Rick MacLeish, Canadian ice hockey center, 1970-84 (Stanley Cup 1974, 1975; All Star 1977, 1978 - Philadelphia Flyers, and 3 other teams ), born in Lindsay, Ontario (d. 2016)
- 1950 Victoria Principal, American actress (Earthquake, Pamela-Dallas), born in Fukuoka, Japan
- 1951 Frank Chikane, South African civil servant and Secretary-General of South African Council of Churches, born in Bushbuckridge, South Africa
- 1951 Gary Nairn, Australian politician, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (2004-06), and Special Minister of State (2006-07), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2024) [1] [2]
- 1952 Jim Ross, American pro wrestling announcer (WWE), born in Fort Bragg, California
- 1953 Angelo Parisi, French judoka (Olympic gold heavyweight 1980), born in Arpino, Italy
- 1953 Peter Taylor, English soccer winger (4 caps; Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (Leicester City, Hull, Crystal Palace), born in Rochford, England
- 1954 Marc Ysaÿe, Belgian progressive rock drummer and vocalist (Machiavel), born in Ixelles, Belgium
- 1954 Ned Lamont, American businessman and politician, Governor of Connecticut (2019-), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1954 Ross The Boss [Ross Friedman], American guitarist (The Dictators), born in the Bronx, New York
1956 American actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon) and filmmaker, born in Peekskill, New York
- 1956 Willy T. Ribbs, American auto racer (first African-American to drive in Indianapolis 500), born in San Jose, California
- 1957 Dave Dobbyn, New Zealand pop-rock musician and singer-songwriter (Th' Dudes - "Be Mine Tonight"; DD Smash - "Outlook for Thursday"; solo - "Slice of Heaven"), and record producer, born in Auckland, New Zealand
- 1957 Frank Dicopoulos, American actor (Frank Cooper Jr in "Guiding Light"), born in Akron, Ohio
- 1959 Mohamed Bazoum, Nigerien politician (President of Niger 2021-), born in Bilabrin, French Niger
- 1959 Rusty Golden, American pop, country, and gospel singer-songwriter and musician (The Boys Band; The Goldens), born in Brewton, Alabama
- 1961 Erwin Blom, Dutch rock singer and guitarist (Eton Crop), born in Worner, Netherlands
- 1961 Lynn Hill, American rock climber (IFSC Climbing World Cup gold 1990), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1962 Darren Daulton, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1992, 93, 95; World Series 1997; Silver Slugger Award 1992; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Arkansas City, Kansas (d. 2017)
- 1962 Gavin Hastings, Scottish rugby union fullback and captain (61 caps Scotland, 6 caps British Lions; Watsonians, London Scottish, Cambridge University), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1962 Guy Pratt, English session and touring rock bassist (Icehouse; Pink Floyd, 1987-94), and soundtrack composer, born in London, England
- 1963 Aamer Malik, Pakistani cricket batsman (14 Tests, 2x100s 1989; 24 ODIs), born in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, Pakistan
- 1963 Alex Wheatle, British black novelist (Brixton Rock), born in London
- 1963 Jerome Young, American pro wrestler (New Jack), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- 1963 Jim Everett, American football quarterback (Pro Bowl 1990; NFL passing TD leader 1988, 89; LA Rams, New Orleans Saints), born in Emporia, Kansas
- 1964 Cheryl Miller, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward, coach and broadcaster (Olympic gold 1984; USC; TNT), born in Riverside, California
- 1966 Chetan Sharma, Indian cricket fast bowler (23 Tests, 61 wickets; 65 ODI), born in Ludhiana, Punjab, India
- 1966 Luis Sojo, Venezuelan baseball infielder (World Series 1996 Seattle Mariners, 1998–2000 NY Yankees), born in Petare, Edo Miranda, Venezuela
- 1966 Martin Galway, Northern Irish video game score composer, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 1967 Magnus Gustafsson, Swedish tennis player (Davis Cup 1998), born in Lund, Sweden
- 1969 Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian luger (Olympic gold women's singles 1994) and bobsleigh pilot (Olympic bronze Two woman 2006), born in Bolzano, Italy
- 1969 Jarmo Lehtinen, Finnish rally co-driver (15 WRC wins with Mikko Hirvonen), born in Helsinki, Finland
1969 German auto racer (World F1 champion 1994-95, 2000-05), born in Hürth, Germany
- 1969 Nikki Nelson, American country singer (Highway 101 - "Cry Cry Cry"; "Whose Lonely Now"), born in La Mesa, California
- 1971 Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist (Al Jazeera), born in Jerusalem (d. 2022)
- 1972 Kevin Puts, American composer ("Silent Night" - Pulitzer Prize for Music 2012), born in St. Louis, Missouri [1]
- 1972 Nichole Nordeman, American pop and contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, born in Colorado Springs
- 1973 Dan Harmon, American voice actor, producer and writer (Rick and Morty, Community), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1974 Alessandro Petacchi, Italian road cyclist (Tour de France 2010; Giro d'Italia 2004; Vuelta a España 2005), born in La Spezia, Italy
- 1975 Danica McKellar, American actress (The Wonder Years - "Winnie Cooper"), born in La Jolla, California
- 1975 Jason Marsden, American actor (General Hospital; Munsters Today; Step By Step), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- 1975 Thomas Bangalter, French DJ (Daft Punk - "Get Lucky"), born in Paris, France
- 1976 Angelos Basinas, Greek soccer defensive midfielder (100 caps, European Championship 2004; Panathinaikos, Mallorca), born in Chalkida, Greece
- 1976 Joko Anwar, Indonesian film director, screenwriter and actor (Siksa Kubur), born in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
- 1977 A.J. Burnett, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 2015; World Series 2009; AL strikeout leader 2008; no-hitter 2001), born in North Little Rock, Arkansas
- 1977 Lee Bowyer, English soccer midfielder (1 cap; Leeds United 203 games) and manager (Charlton Athletic, Birmingham City, Montserrat), born in London, England
- 1978 Kimberley Locke, American pop-dance singer-songwriter and television personality, born in Hartsville, Tennessee
- 1978 Ladj Ly, French screenwriter and director (Les Misérables, Les Indésirables), born in Mali
- 1979 Francesco Bellissimo, Italian celebrity chef, actor, and social media personality, born in Rome, Italy
- 1980 Angela Ruggiero, American Hockey HOF defenseman (Olympic gold 1998; silver 2002, 10; bronze 2006; World C'ship gold x 4; Chairperson IOC Athletes' Commission 2016-18), born in Panorama City, California
- 1980 Bryan Clay, American decathlete (Olympic gold 2008; World C'ship gold 2005), born in Austin, Texas
- 1980 David Tyree, American football wide receiver (Pro Bowl 2005; Super Bowl XLII NY Giants) and executive (NY Giants), born in Livingston, New Jersey
- 1980 Kurt Vile, American singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (Kurt Vile and The Violators; The War on Drugs), born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
- 1980 Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model and WHO goodwill ambassador for maternal, newborn, and child health, born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [1]
- 1980 Rob Arnold, American heavy metal guitarist (Chimaira, 2000-11; Six Feet Under, 2012-18), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1981 Chris Blais, American off-road racing rider (Motorcycle San Felipe 250 2005; Dakar Rally 2007 3rd overall), born in Apple Valley, California
1981 American football quarterback (MVP Super Bowls XLII, XLVI; Pro Bowl 2008, 11, 12, 15; NY Giants), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1983 Katie McGrath, Irish actress (Merlin, Supergirl, Jurassic World), born in Ashford, Ireland
- 1986 Liam Treadwell, English National Hunt jockey (Grand National 2009; 300+ race wins), born in Arundel, England (d. 2020)
- 1986 Lloyd [Polite], American R&B singer ("Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)"; "You"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1988 Ikechi Anya, Scottish soccer midfielder (29 caps; Watford, Derby County), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- 1988 Jonny Evans, Irish soccer defender (84 caps Northern Ireland; Manchester United, WBA, Leicester City), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- 1988 Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican bolero and ranchera singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and radio host, born in Mexico
- 1989 Alex D. Linz, American child actor (Max Keeble's Big Move, One Fine Day), born in Santa Barbara, California
- 1989 Anya Rozova [Anya Kop], Russian American model and America's Next Top Model contestant, born in Leningrad, USSR
- 1989 Ben Matulino, New Zealand rugby league forward (23 caps; NZ Warriors, Wests Tigers), born in Wellington, New Zealand
- 1989 Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese gymnast (Olympic gold all-round 2012; team, all-round 2016; World C'ships 10 x gold), born in Kitakyushu, Japan
- 1990 Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese soccer midfielder (18 caps; Cerezo Osaka), born in Osaka, Japan
- 1995 Jisoo [Kim Ji-soo] South Korean singer and dancer (Blackpink), born in Gunpo, South Korea
2003 Swedish climate change activist, born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 2020 Willow Biden, tabby cat belonging to Jill and US President Joe Biden, who joined them in the White House, born in Western Pennsylvania
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