<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1902" title="1902">1902</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky"... by @wikipedia | Factiii- 1902 – Meyer Lansky, American gangster (died 1983)
- 1902 – George Murphy, American actor and politician (died 1992)
- 1903 – Flor Peeters, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (died 1986)
- 1904 – Angela Baddeley, English actress (died 1976)
- 1905 – Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (died 1991)
- 1905 – Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, British diplomat and public servant (died 1996)
- 1905 – Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (died 1975)
- 1906 – Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist (died 1993)
- 1907 – John Anderson, American discus thrower (died 1948)
- 1907 – Howard Taubman, American author and critic (died 1996)
- 1909 – Alec Templeton, Welsh composer, pianist and satirist (died 1963)
- 1910 – Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and scholar (died 2003)
- 1910 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (died 2010)
- 1911 – Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant (died 1989)
- 1911 – Mitch Miller, American singer and producer (died 2010)
- 1911 – Elizabeth Peratrovich, Alaskan-American civil rights activist (died 1958)21
- 1914 – Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer (died 1997)
- 1915 – Timmie Rogers, American actor and singer-songwriter (died 2006)
- 1916 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster (died 2006)
- 1918 – Eppie Lederer, American journalist and radio host (died 2002)
- 1918 – Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (died 1984)
- 1918 – King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, (died 2006)
- 1918 – Alec Bedser, English cricketer (died 2010)
- 1918 – Eric Bedser, English cricketer (died 2006)
- 1918 – Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby (died 2013)
- 1920 – Norm Drucker, American basketball player and referee (died 2015)
- 1920 – Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (died 2007)
- 1920 – Fritz Wilde, German footballer and manager (died 1977)
- 1920 – Paul Bannai, American politician (died 2019)
- 1921 – Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2004)
- 1921 – Nasser Sharifi, Iranian sports shooter
- 1921 – Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut (died 2014)
- 1921 – Philip Rose, American actor, playwright, and producer (died 2011)
- 1921 – Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (died 2003)
- 1922 – R. James Harvey, American politician (died 2019)
- 1923 – Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2013)
- 1924 – Eva Marie Saint, American actress
- 1924 – Delia Fiallo, Cuban author and screenwriter (died 2021)
- 1924 – Harry Stewart Jr., American military officer and fighter pilot (died 2025)
- 1925 – Ciril Zlobec, Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and politician (died 201822)
- 1925 – Dorothy Head Knode, American tennis player23 (died 2015)
- 1926 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014)
- 1926 – Lake Underwood, American race car driver and businessman (died 2008)
- 1927 – Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress and photographer (died 2023)24
- 1927 – Neil Simon, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2018)25
- 1928 – Giampiero Boniperti, Italian footballer and politician (died 2021)
- 1928 – Teofisto Guingona Jr., Filipino politician; 11th Vice President of the Philippines
- 1928 – Jassem Alwan, Syrian Army Officer (died 2018)
- 1928 – Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (died 2001)
- 1928 – Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
- 1929 – Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (died 2011)
- 1929 – Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (died 1998)
- 1930 – George Steinbrenner, American businessman (died 2010)
- 1931 – Stephen Boyd, Northern Ireland-born American actor (died 1977)
- 1931 – Rick Casares, American football player and soldier (died 2013)
- 1931 – Sébastien Japrisot, French author, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)
- 1931 – Peter Richardson, English cricketer (died 2017)
- 1932 – Aurèle Vandendriessche, Belgian runner (died 2023)
- 1934 – Yvonne B. Miller, American academic and politician (died 2012)
- 1934 – Colin Welland, English actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
- 1935 – Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (died 2013)
- 1936 – Zdzisława Donat, Polish soprano and actress
- 1937 – Thomas Nagel, American philosopher and academic
- 1937 – Queen Sonja of Norway
- 1937 – Richard Rhodes, American journalist and historian
- 1937 – Eric Walters, Australian journalist (died 2010)
- 1938 – Steven Rose, English biologist and academic
- 1938 – Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2020)
- 1940 – Pat Stapleton, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)
- 1941 – Sam Farr, American politician
- 1941 – Tomaž Šalamun, Croatian-Slovenian poet and academic (died 2014)
- 1941 – Pavel Sedláček, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1941 – Brian Willson, American soldier, lawyer, and activist
- 1942 – Hal Lanier, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1942 – Floyd Little, American football player and coach (died 2021)26
- 1942 – Stefan Meller, French-Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2008)
- 1942 – Prince Michael of Kent
- 1942 – Peter Rowan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1943 – Conny Bauer, German trombonist
- 1943 – Emerson Boozer, American football player and sportscaster
- 1943 – Adam Hart-Davis, English historian, author, and photographer
- 1943 – Geraldo Rivera, American lawyer, journalist, and author27
- 1943 – Fred Wesley, American jazz and funk trombonist28
- 1943 – Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1970)
- 1945 – Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (died 1972)
- 1946 – Ron Kovic, American author and activist
- 1946 – Michael Milken, American businessman and philanthropist
- 1947 – Lembit Ulfsak, Estonian actor and director (died 2017)
- 1948 – René Arnoux, French race car driver
- 1948 – Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor
- 1948 – Jeremy Spencer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1950 – Philip Craven, English basketball player and swimmer
- 1950 – David Jensen, Canadian-English radio and television host
- 1951 – John Alexander, Australian tennis player and politician
- 1951 – Ralph Johnson, American R&B drummer and percussionist
- 1951 – Vladimir Tismăneanu, Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
- 1951 – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
- 1952 – Álvaro Uribe, Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia
- 1952 – Carol MacReady, English actress
- 1952 – John Waite, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 – Paul Rogat Loeb, American author and activist
- 1953 – Francis Maude, English lawyer and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
- 1954 – Jim Beattie, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1954 – Morganna, American model, actress, and dancer
- 1954 – Devendra Kumar Joshi, 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
- 1955 – Eero Heinäluoma, Finnish politician29
- 1955 – Kevin Nichols, Australian cyclist
- 1956 – Robert Sinclair MacKay, British academic and educator
- 1957 – Rein Lang, Estonian politician and diplomat, 25th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1958 – Vera Leth, Greenlandic Ombudsman
- 1958 – Kirk Pengilly, Australian guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter
- 1958 – Carl Valentine, Canadian soccer player, coach, and manager
- 1959 – Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer
- 1960 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (died 1994)
- 1961 – Richard Garriott, English-American video game designer, created the Ultima series
- 1962 – Pam Shriver, American tennis player and sportscaster
- 1963 – Henri Leconte, French tennis player and sportscaster
- 1963 – Laureano Márquez, Spanish-Venezuelan political scientist and journalist
- 1963 – José Oquendo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
- 1963 – Sonia Pierre, Haitian-Dominican human rights activist (died 2011)30
- 1964 – Cle Kooiman, American soccer player and manager
- 1964 – Elie Saab, Lebanese fashion designer
- 1964 – Edi Rama, Albanian politician
- 1964 – Mark Slaughter, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1964 – Mark Whiting, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1965 – Harvey Grant, American basketball player and coach
- 1965 – Horace Grant, American basketball player and coach
- 1965 – Kiriakos Karataidis, Greek footballer and manager
- 1965 – Gérard Watkins, English actor and playwright
- 1966 – Ronni Ancona, Scottish actress and screenwriter
- 1966 – Minas Hantzidis, German-Greek footballer
- 1966 – Lee Reherman, American actor (died 2016)
- 1967 – Vinny Castilla, Mexican baseball player and manager
- 1967 – Sébastien Deleigne, French athlete
- 1969 – Al Golden, American football player and coach
- 1969 – Todd Marinovich, American football player and coach
- 1969 – Wilfred Mugeyi, Zimbabwean footballer and coach
- 1972 – Stephen Giles, Canadian canoe racer and engineer
- 1972 – Mike Knuble, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1973 – Keiko Ihara, Japanese race car driver
- 1973 – Gackt, Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
- 1973 – Michael Johnson, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
- 1973 – Anjelika Krylova, Russian ice dancer and coach
- 1973 – Jan Magnussen, Danish race car driver
- 1973 – Tony Popovic, Australian footballer and manager
- 1974 – Jill Craybas, American tennis player
- 1974 – La'Roi Glover, American football player and sportscaster
- 1974 – Adrian Griffin, American basketball player and coach
- 1976 – Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2003)
- 1976 – Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Russian skier
- 1978 – Marcos Daniel, Brazilian tennis player
- 1978 – Émile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
- 1979 – Siim Kabrits, Estonian politician31
- 1979 – Josh McCown, American football player
- 1979 – Renny Vega, Venezuelan footballer
- 1980 – Kwame Steede, Bermudan footballer
- 1981 – Dedé, Angolan footballer
- 1981 – Brock Berlin, American football player
- 1981 – Christoph Preuß, German footballer
- 1981 – Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 – Will Smith, American football player (died 2016)
- 1982 – Vladimir Boisa, Georgian basketball player
- 1982 – Vladimir Gusev, Russian cyclist
- 1982 – Jeff Lima, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1982 – Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, American model, author and television personality32
- 1983 – Melanie Fiona, Canadian singer-songwriter33
- 1983 – Amantle Montsho, Botswanan sprinter
- 1983 – Miguel Pinto, Chilean footballer
- 1983 – Amol Rajan, Indian-English journalist
- 1983 – Mattia Serafini, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Jin Akanishi, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1985 – Kane Tenace, Australian footballer
- 1985 – Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Greek basketball player
- 1985 – Wason Rentería, Colombian footballer
- 1986 – Ömer Aşık, Turkish basketball player
- 1986 – Nguyen Ngoc Duy, Vietnamese footballer
- 1986 – Rafael Arévalo, Salvadoran tennis player
- 1986 – Willem Janssen, Dutch footballer
- 1986 – Terrance Knighton, American football player
- 1986 – Marte Elden, Norwegian skier
- 1987 – Wude Ayalew, Ethiopian runner
- 1987 – Guram Kashia, Georgian footballer
- 1988 – Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress
- 1989 – Benjamin Büchel, Liechtensteiner footballer
- 1990 – Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player
- 1990 – Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer
- 1990 – Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
- 1990 – Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer
- 1992 – Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- 1992 – Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer
- 1993 – Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer
- 1995 – Post Malone, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer 34
- 1999 – Moa Kikuchi, Japanese musician 35
- 2003 – Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer36
- 673 – Ecgberht, king of Kent37
- 907 – Luitpold, margrave of Bavaria
- 907 – Dietmar I, archbishop of Salzburg
- 910 – Luo Shaowei, Chinese warlord (born 877)
- 940 – Wang Jianli, Chinese general (born 871)
- 943 – Taejo of Goryeo, Korean king (born 877)
- 945 – Zhuo Yanming, Chinese Buddhist monk and emperor
- 965 – Benedict V, pope of the Catholic Church
- 973 – Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop and saint (born 890)
- 975 – Gwangjong of Goryeo, Korean king (born 925)
- 1187 – Raynald of Châtillon, French knight (born 1125)
- 1307 – Rudolf I of Bohemia (born 1281)
- 1336 – Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (born 1271)
- 1429 – Carlo I Tocco, ruler of Epirus (born 1372)
- 1533 – John Frith, English priest, writer, and martyr (born 1503)
- 1541 – Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish general and explorer (born 1495)
- 1546 – Hayreddin Barbarossa, Ottoman admiral (born 1478)
- 1551 – Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, English politician (born 1514)
- 1603 – Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer and educator (born 1521)
- 1623 – William Byrd, English composer (born c. 1540)
- 1644 – Brian Twyne, English academic, antiquarian and archivist (born 1581)
- 1648 – Antoine Daniel, French missionary and saint, one of the eight Canadian Martyrs (born 1601)
- 1742 – Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (born 1671)
- 1754 – Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (born 1680)
- 1761 – Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (born 1689)
- 1780 – Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (born 1712)
- 1787 – Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (born 1715)
- 1821 – Richard Cosway, English painter and academic (born 1742)
- 1826 – John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (born 1735)38
- 1826 – Thomas Jefferson, American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of the United States (born 1743)
- 1831 – James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (born 1758)
- 1848 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (born 1768)
- 1850 – William Kirby, English entomologist and author (born 1759)
- 1854 – Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (born 1781)
- 1857 – William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (born 1786)
- 1881 – Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (born 1806)
- 1882 – Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (born 1797)
- 1886 – Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (born 1797)
- 1891 – Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (born 1809)
- 1901 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (born 1843)
- 1902 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (born 1863)
- 1905 – Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (born 1830)
- 1910 – Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (born 1833)39
- 1910 – Kabua the Great, Marshallese iroijlaplap (born c. 1820)40
- 1910 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (born 1835)
- 1916 – Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (born 1888)
- 1922 – Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (born 1894)
- 1926 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint (born 1901)
- 1934 – Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)41
- 1935 – Anna Paaske, Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (born 1856)42
- 1938 – Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1881)
- 1938 – Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (born 1899)
- 1941 – Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (born 1881)
- 1943 – Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (born 1881)
- 1946 – Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (born 1906)
- 1948 – Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (born 1882)
- 1949 – François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (born 1874)
- 1963 – Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1889)
- 1963 – Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (born 1927)
- 1963 – Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (born 1876)
- 1964 – Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (born 1893)
- 1969 – Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (born 1890)
- 1970 – Barnett Newman, American painter and illustrator (born 1905)
- 1970 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (born 1884)
- 1971 – August Derleth, American anthologist and author (born 1909)
- 1971 – Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (born 1877)
- 1974 – Georgette Heyer, English author (born 1902)
- 1974 – André Randall, French actor (born 1892)
- 1976 – Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli colonel (born 1946)
- 1976 – Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1895)
- 1977 – Gersh Budker, Ukrainian physicist and academic (born 1918)
- 1979 – Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer and manager (born 1905)
- 1980 – Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (born 1895)
- 1984 – Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (born 1949)
- 1986 – Paul-Gilbert Langevin, French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (born 1933)
- 1986 – Flor Peeters, Belgian organist and composer (born 1903)
- 1986 – Oscar Zariski, Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (born 1899)
- 1988 – Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (born 1954)
- 1990 – Olive Ann Burns, American journalist and author (born 1924)
- 1991 – Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (born 1936)
- 1991 – Art Sansom, American cartoonist (born 1920)
- 1992 – Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian bandoneon player and composer (born 1921)
- 1993 – Bona Arsenault, Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (born 1903)
- 1994 – Joey Marella, American wrestling referee (born 1964)
- 1995 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and singer (born 1919)
- 1995 – Bob Ross, American painter and television host (born 1942)
- 1997 – Charles Kuralt, American journalist (born 1934)
- 1997 – John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (born 1907)
- 1999 – Leo Garel, American illustrator and educator (born 1917)
- 2000 – Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Polish journalist and author (born 1919)
- 2002 – Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (born 1919)
- 2002 – Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general (born 1912)
- 2003 – Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (born 1939)
- 2003 – André Claveau, French singer (born 1915)
- 2003 – Barry White, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1944)
- 2004 – Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1920)
- 2005 – Cliff Goupille, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1915)
- 2005 – Hank Stram, American football player and coach (born 1923)
- 2007 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (born 1925)
- 2008 – Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (born 1940)
- 2008 – Jesse Helms, American politician (born 1921)
- 2008 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress (born 1916)
- 2008 – Terrence Kiel, American football player (born 1980)
- 2008 – Charles Wheeler, German-English soldier and journalist (born 1923)
- 2009 – Brenda Joyce, American actress (born 1917)
- 2009 – Allen Klein, American businessman and talent agent, founded ABKCO Records (born 1931)
- 2009 – Drake Levin, American guitarist (born 1946)
- 2009 – Steve McNair, American football player (born 1973)
- 2009 – Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author and actor (born 1935)
- 2009 – Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese poet and politician (born 1938)
- 2010 – Robert Neil Butler, American physician and author (born 1927)
- 2012 – Hiren Bhattacharyya, Indian poet and author (born 1932)
- 2012 – Jimmy Bivins, American boxer (born 1919)
- 2012 – Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer (born 1987)
- 2012 – Eric Sykes, English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923)
- 2013 – Onllwyn Brace, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (born 1932)
- 2013 – Jack Crompton, English footballer and manager (born 1921)
- 2013 – James Fulton, American dermatologist and academic (born 1940)
- 2013 – Charles A. Hines, American general (born 1935)
- 2013 – Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (born 1960)
- 2014 – Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (born 1950)
- 2014 – C. J. Henderson, American author and critic (born 1951)
- 2014 – Earl Robinson, American baseball player (born 1936)
- 2014 – Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (born 1932)
- 2015 – Nedelcho Beronov, Bulgarian judge and politician (born 1928)
- 2015 – William Conrad Gibbons, American historian, author, and academic (born 1926)
- 2016 – Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (born 1940)
- 2017 – John Blackwell, American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (born 1973)
- 2017 – Daniil Granin, Soviet and Russian author (born 1919)
- 2017 – Gene Conley, American MLB player and NBA player (born 1930)43
- 2018 – Henri Dirickx, Belgian footballer (born 1927)
- 2018 – Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (born 1940)
- 2021 – Harmoko, Indonesian politician, former parliament speaker and government minister (born 1939)44
- 2021 – Matīss Kivlenieks, Latvian ice hockey goaltender (born 1996)45
- 2022 – Cláudio Hummes, Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1934)46
- 2022 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (born 1961)47
