1553: Michel de Montaigne, scriitor si filosof francez (d. 1592)
1573: Elias Holl, arhitect german (d. 1646)
1754: Gheorghe Sincai, istoric, filolog si poet roman, reprezentant al Scolii Ardelene (d. 1816)
1863: Gheorghe Marinescu, medic roman, fondator al scolii romanesti de neurologie (d. 1938)
1901: Linus Pauling, chimist american, laureat Nobel (d. 1994)
1903: Vincente Minnelli, regizor american (d. 1986)
1906: Bugsy Siegel, gangster american (d. 1947)
1907: (stil vechi) Mircea Eliade, scriitor, filosof si istoric roman al religiilor (d. 1986)
1913: Geza Vida, sculptor roman de origine maghiara (d. 1980)
1942: Brian Jones, muzician englez (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
1948: Steven Chu, fizician american de origine chineza, laureat Nobel
1968: Marian Vanghelie, politician roman
1979: Ivo Karlovic, tenisman croat
1980: Lucian Bute, boxer roman
1981: Florent Serra, tenisman francez
1984: Karolina Kurkova, fotomodel ceh