- 1757 - Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer (d. 1831)
- 1868 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and regent (d. 1957)
- 1907 - Frithjof Schuon, Swiss metaphysician, poet, and painter (d. 1998)
- 1924 - George Mikan, American basketball player (d. 2005)
- 1929 - Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher
- 1931 - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil from 1995 to 2002
- 1942 - Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
- 1942 - Sir Paul McCartney, (pictured) English singer and songwriter (Beatles)
- 1942 - Roger Ebert, American film reviewer (d. 2013)
- 1946 - Fabio Capello, Italian football coach
- 1964 - Uday Hussein, Iraqi leader (d. 2003)
