- 1158 Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
- 1161 Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) [some sources cite date as September 20th]
Mongol Emperor (1260-94) and founder of the Yuan dynasty in China (1271-94), born in Mongolia
- 1434 Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478)
- 1555 Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of William of Orange, born in Châtillon-sur-Loing, France (d. 1620)
- 1596 Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer and publisher ( 1st to use heliocentric theories of Nicolaus Copernicus, Atlas Major), born in Alkmaar (d. 1673)
- 1598 Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
- 1605 Daniel von Czepko, German poet, born in Koszowice, Silesia, (d. 1660)
- 1641 Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (against jansenisme) (d. 1719)
- 1647 Joseph Dudley, American statesman (d. 1720)
- 1650 Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
- 1712 Ferdinand VI, the wise, King of Spain (1746-59), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1759)
- 1740 Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
- 1745 John Sevier, American soldier, Governor of Tennessee (1796-1801, 1803-09), Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1815)
- 1768 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (Rights of Wallace, invented the eidograph), born at Dysart, Scotland (d. 1843)
- 1771 Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840)
- 1781 Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later also known as Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia, born in Coburg, Electorate of Bavaria (d. 1860)
- 1791 Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (Encke Comet), born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1865)
- 1791 Theodor Körner, German soldier and poet (Zriny, Leyer und Schwerdt), born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1813)
- 1795 Alexander Twilight, minister and politician, first African American to graduate and to hold public office, born in Corinth Vermont (d. 1857)
- 1800 William Holmes McGuffey, American professor (wrote elementary school McGuffey Readers - 120 million copies sold), born in Claysville, Pennsylvania (d. 1873)
- 1804 David Van de Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1879)
- 1816 Elihu Benjamin Washburne, MC (Union), (d. 1887)
- 1816 Julius White, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Cazenovia, New York (d. 1890)
- 1819 Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896)
- 1820 Thomas Kilby Smith, American lawyer, diplomat and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1887)
American civil rights activist (1872 presidential candidate, woman's suffrage movement), born in Homer, Ohio
- 1852 William Stewart Halsted, American pioneering surgeon (introduced anesthesia and antisepsis while addicted to cocaine and opium), born in New York City (d. 1922) [1]
- 1853 Marcel Planiol, French law scholar, born in Nantes, France (d. 1931)
- 1854 Cornelis Lely, Dutch civil engineer (Zuiderzee dam and dyke works), and politician (Governor of Suriname, 1902-05; Senator, 1910-13), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1929)
- 1856 William Archer, Scottish critic and playwright (Green Goddess, translated and popularised Ibsen), born in Perth, Scotland (d. 1924)
- 1861 Robert Bosch, German engineer, inventor (automotive ignition device), and industrialist, born in Albeck, Kingdom of Württemberg (now Germany) (d. 1942)
- 1863 Alexandre Yersin, Swiss French bacteriologist (discovered bubonic plague bacillus), born in Aubonne, Switzerland (d. 1943)
- 1863 Mary Church Terrell, American educator and civil rights activist (co-founder and President National Association of Colored Women), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1954)
- 1864 Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (d. 1903)
- 1865 Emmuska Orczy, Hungarian-born British Baroness and writer (The Scarlet Pimpernel), born in Tarnaörs Hungary (d. 1947)
Irish-American patient ('Typhoid Mary') 1st person in the US known to be immune to typhoid, and carrier of the disease (infected at least 51 people in New York City), born in Cookstown, Ireland
- 1871 Frantisek Kupka, Czech pioneering abstract artist, born in Opočno, Austria-Hungary (d. 1957)
- 1880 John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician (Nobel Peace Prize 1949 - Father of the Food and Agriculture Organization), born in Kilmaurs, Scotland (d. 1971) [1]
- 1888 Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semitic theologist (Die Oden Salomons), born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1948)
American journalist and political writer (Public Opinion), born in New York City
German field marshal who commanded the 6th Army at Stalingrad and was the highest-ranking German officer to surrender, born in Guxhagen, Germany
- 1894 Kornelis Heiko Miskotte, Dutch theologist (Edda & Thora), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1976)
- 1895 Miron Merzhanov, Soviet architect (d. 1975)
- 1897 Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealist painter, born in Wanze, Belgium (d. 1994)
- 1899 Louise Nevelson, American sculptor who featured at the 31st Venice Biennale (Sky Cathedral), born in Pereiaslav, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1988)
- 1900 Bill Stone, British serviceman; one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, born in Ledstone, England (d. 2009)
- 1900 Fred Koch, American chemical engineer and entrepreneur (Koch Industries), born in Quanah, Texas (d. 1967)
- 1901 Adriaan Pitlo, Dutch lawyer, born in Antwerp (d. 1987)
- 1901 Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel Prize for Literature 1984), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1986) [1]
- 1902 Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (d. 2003)
- 1904 Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian, born in Šiauliai, Lithuania, Russian Empire (d. 1996)
- 1907 Dominique Aury, French novelist (d. 1998)
- 1907 Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, unfulfilled claimant to the throne of Portugal, born in Seebenstein, Austria (d. 1976)
- 1907 Herbert Kappler, German head of Nazi police and security services (SS) in Rome during WWII and war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine massacre, born in Stuttgart, German Empire (d. 1978)
- 1909 Marianne Straub, Swiss-born English textile designer and weaver (Festival of Britain, Piccadilly line seat pattern), born in Amriswil, Switzerland (d. 1994)
- 1909 Susan Travers, English-French Foreign Legion soldier, born in London, England (d. 2003)
- 1910 Elliot Roosevelt, American general, writer and son of FDR (Murder in the Oval Office), born in New York City (d. 1990)
- 1911 Frank Moss, United States Senator from Utah (d. 2003)
- 1912 Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist (d. 2005)
- 1912 Tony Smith, American sculptor (d. 1980)
- 1914 Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (d. 1986)
- 1915 Ian Dawson-Shepherd, British campaigner for cerebrally palsied people, born in Port Said, Egypt (d. 1996)
Italian Prime Minister (1963-68 and 1974-76), born in Maglie, Italy
- 1916 Anna Yegorova, Russian pilot (flew 277 sorties WWII in Soviet air force), born in Volodovo, Russia (d. 2009)
- 1920 Gerard W. Taylor, South African-British surgeon, born in Natal, South Africa (d. 1995)
- 1922 Philip Sherrard, English author and translator of modern Greek, born in Oxford, England (d. 1995)
- 1923 Samuel V. Wilson, American ex-director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former Army lieutenant general, born in Rice, Virginia (d. 2017)
- 1925 Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (d. 2006)
- 1930 Sehba Akhtar, poet of Pakistan (d. 1996)
- 1931 Charles Harrison, American industrial designer (view finder), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2018)
- 1931 Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator (d. 2004)
- 1934 Per Olov Enquist, Swedish writer (Hour of the Lynx, The Royal Physician’s Visit), born in Hjoggbole, Sweden (d. 2020)
- 1936 Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician
1940 Brazilian lawyer and 37th President of Brazil (2016-18), born in Tietê, Brazil
- 1941 George Jackson, American criminal, author, and Black Guerrilla Family gang founder, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1971)
- 1942 Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican politician
- 1943 Bob Clement, American politician (Rep-D-Tennessee), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1944 Loren J Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-C, STS 31, STS 46)
- 1945 Igor Ivanov, Russian politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1998-2004; Security Council of the Russian Federation, 2004-07), and academic (Russian International Affairs Council, 2011-present), born in Moscow, USSR
- 1946 Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
- 1948 Rob van Koningsbruggen, sculptor
- 1951 Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistani politician (Prime Minister of Pakistan 2022-), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- 1954 Cherie Blair [née Booth], English wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, born in Bury, England
- 1956 Peter David, American writer
- 1959 Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English writer known for his children's fiction, British Children's Laureate, born in Bootle, England [1]
- 1961 William C. McCool, American US Navy Lt Cmdr, and astronaut (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), born in San Diego, California (d. 2003)
- 1971 Sean Spicer, American political strategist, White House Press Secretary (2017), born in Barrington, Rhode Island
- 1972 Karl Pilkington, British radio personality
- 1975 Chris Hawkins, British radio personality
- 1984 Nathan Jendrick, American fitness trainer, health instructor, and author, born in Tacoma, Washington
- 1985 Jared High, American victim of bullying (d. 1998)
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