1417 - Pope Paul II (d. 1471) 
1583 - Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656) 
1633 - Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and man of letters, posthumously famous as a diarist (d. 1703) 
1646 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) 
1648 - Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730) 
1680 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (d. 1767) 
1685 - Georg Friedrich Handel, German/British Baroque composer (d. 1759) 
1688 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (d. 1741) 
1723 - Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (d. 1791) 
1729 - Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (d. 1809) 
1743 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812) 
1840 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist (d. 1921) 
1868 - W.E.B. DuBois, American civil rights leader (d. 1963) 
1873 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (d. 1929) 
1874 - Konstantin Päts, Estonian president (d. 1956) 
1878 - Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and art theorist (d. 1935) 
1883 - Victor Fleming, American director (d. 1949) 
1883 - Karl Jaspers, German philosopher (d. 1969) 
1889 - Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957) 
1899 - Erich Kästner, German writer (d. 1974) 
1904 - William L. Shirer, American historian (d. 1993) 
1904 - Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy (d. 1982) 
1908 - William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988) 
1914 - Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (d. 2005) 
1915 - Jon Hall, American actor (d. 1979) 
1915 - Paul Tibbets, American pilot 
1918 - Richard G. Butler, American fascist (d. 2004) 
1924 - Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998) 
1928 - Vasili Lazarev, cosmonaut (d. 1990) 
1932 - Majel Barrett, American actress 
1937 - Tom Osborne, American football coach and politician 
1938 - Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992) 
1940 - Peter Fonda, American actor 
1941 - Ron Hunt, baseball player 
1943 - Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach 
1944 - Johnny Winter, American musician 
1945 - Allan Boesak, South African activist 
1951 - Ed Jones, American football player 
1951 - Patricia Richardson, American actress 
1952 - Brad Whitford, American musician (Aerosmith) 
1954 - Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine 
1955 - Tom Bodett, American voice actor, radio personality, and writer 
1955 - Howard Jones, British pop singer 
1958 - Tony Barrell, English writer and journalist 
1958 - David Sylvian, English musician 
1959 - Richard Dodds, British field hockey player 
1960 - Alan Griffin, Australian politician and member for Bruce in the House of Representatives 
1963 - Bobby Bonilla, former baseball player 
1965 - Kristin Davis, American actress 
1965 - Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer 
1965 - Helena Suková, former Czech tennis player 
1965 - Veronica Webb, American supermodel and actress 
1969 - Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist 
1970 - Niecy Nash, American actress 
1972 - Steve Holy, American country singer 
1973 - André Tanneberger, German DJ 
1974 - Jaime Villarreal, Mexican musician 
1974 - Leko, American DJ 
1975 - Michael Cornacchia, American actor 
1977 - Kristina Šmigun, Estonian cross-country skier 
1978 - Dan Snyder, Canadian hockey player (d. 2003) 
1981 - Gareth Barry, English footballer 
1981 - Charles Tillman, American Football Player 
1982 - Austin Ryan Fuentes, American heir 
1983 - Mido, Egyptian footballer 
1986 - Holly Brook, American musician 
1994 - Dakota Fanning, American actress
I gots Handel, Howard Jones 
and David Sylvian, so stick that in your pipes and smoke 'em, sons. 
