| 1632 | Baruch de Spinoza, philosopher (Amsterdam, Netherlands; died 1677) |
| 1713 | Laurence Sterne, novelist (Clonmel, Ireland; died 1768) |
| 1784 | Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States (Orange County, VA; died 1850) |
| 1849 | Frances Hodgson Burnett, children's author (England; died 1924) |
| 1864 | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter (Albi, France; died 1901) |
| 1868 | Scott Joplin, composer/musician (Texarkana, TX; died 1917) |
| 1877 | Alben Barkley, 35th vice president of the United States (Graves County, KY; died 1956) |
| 1888 | Dale Carnegie, inspirational lecturer/author (Maryville, MO; died 1955) |
| 1913 | Geraldine Fitzgerald, actress (Dublin, Ireland; died 2005) |
| 1925 | William F. Buckley Jr., columnist/author (New York, NY) |
| 1938 | Oscar Robertson, basketball player (Charlotte, TN) |
| 1940 | Paul Tagliabue, commissioner of the NFL (Jersey City, NJ) |
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