1436 – Regiomontanus, astronom si matematician german (d. 1476).
1599 – Diego Velazquez, pictor spaniol (d. 1660).
1606 – Pierre Corneille, dramaturg francez (d. 1684).
1714 – Iosif I al Portugaliei (d. 1777).
1799 – Alexandr Puskin, poet rus (d. 1837).
1850 – Karl Ferdinand Braun, fizician si inventator german, laureat al Premiului Nobel (d. 1918).
1868 – Robert Falcon Scott, explorator englez (d. 1912).
1871 – Nicolae Iorga, istoric, critic literar, documentarist, dramaturg, poet, enciclopedist, memorialist, ministru, parlamentar, prim-ministru, profesor universitar si academician roman(d. 1940).
1875 – Thomas Mann, scriitor german, laureat al Premiului Nobel (d. 1955).
1897 – A. Martian Pop, actor si regizor roman (d. 1969).
1899 – Franz Liebhard, poet roman (d. 1989).
1903 – Aram Haciaturian, compozitor rus (d. 1978).
1917 – Ion Ratiu, politician roman (d. 2000).
1931 – Miron Georgescu, poet roman.
1933 – Heinrich Rohrer, fizician elvetian.
1934 – Regele Albert al II-lea al Belgiei.
1941 – Ilie Parvu, filosof roman.
1946 – Jeana Gheorghiu, jurnalista romanca (d. 2007).
1956 – Eugen Nicolicea, politician roman.
1956 – Bjorn Borg, jucator suedez de tenis.
1976 – Adrian-Miroslav Merka, politician roman.