| 1643 | Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, explorer in North America (Rouen, France; died 1687) |
| 1819 | George Eliot, novelist (Warwickshire, England; died 1880) |
| 1868 | John Nance Garner, 32nd vice president of the United States (Red River County, TX; died 1967) |
| 1869 | André Gide, writer (Paris, France; died 1951) |
| 1883 | José Clemente Orozco, muralist (Zapotlán del Rey, Jalisco State, Mexico; died 1949) |
| 1890 | Charles de Gaulle, French president and general (Lille, France; died 1970) |
| 1899 | Hoagy Carmichael, songwriter (Bloomington, IN; died 1981) |
| 1913 | Benjamin Britten, composer (Suffolk, England; died 1976) |
| 1921 | Rodney Dangerfield, comedian (Babylon, NY; died 2004) |
| 1932 | Robert Vaughn, actor (New York, NY) |
| 1940 | Terry Gilliam, director (Minneapolis, MN) |
| 1941 | Tom Conti, actor (Paisley, Scotland) |
| 1943 | Billie Jean King, champion tennis player (Long Beach, CA) |
| 1958 | Jamie Lee Curtis, actress (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 1967 | Boris Becker, champion tennis player (Leimen, Germany) |
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