January 2

1642 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1693)

1647 – Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)

1699 – Osman III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)

1713 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)

1719 – Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)

1727 – James Wolfe, English general (d. 1759)

1732 – František Brixi, Czech composer (d. 1771)

1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (d. 1857)

1822 – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist (d. 1888)

1827 – Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (d. 1914)

1833 – Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (d. 1893)

1836 – Queen Emma of Hawaii (d. 1885)

1836 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (d. 1917)

1837 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1910)

1857 – M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)

1860 – William Corless Mills, American historian (d. 1928)

1860 – Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (d. 1931)

1866 – Gilbert Murray, Australian scholar (d. 1957)

1870 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (d. 1938)

1873 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (d. 1897)

1873 – Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 1960)

1877 – Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (d. 1906)

1878 – Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist (d. 1970)

1879 – Rudolf Bauer, Hungarian discus thrower (d. 1932)

1882 – Herbert von Petersdorff, German swimmer (d. 1917)

1884 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator, historian and politician (d. 1973)

1885 – Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)

1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer (d. 1959)

1886 – Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938)

1889 – Bertram Stevens, Australian politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1973)

1890 – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and dramatist (d. 1951)

1891 – Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (d. 1990)

1892 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)

1893 – Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)

1893 – Elmar Reimann, Estonian runner (d. 1963)

1895 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (d. 1948)

1896 – Dziga Vertov, Russian director (d. 1954)

1896 – Lawrence Wackett, Australian engineer (d. 1982)

1897 – Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)

1898 – Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, American economist, attorney and the first national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (d. 1989)

1900 – William Haines, American actor and interior designer (d. 1973)

1901 – Bob Marshall, American activist (d. 1939)

1902 – Dan Keating, Irish soldier (d. 2007)

1904 – Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and swimmer (d. 1991)

1905 – Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (d. 1988)

1905 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (d. 1938)

1905 – Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998)

1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)

1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)

1909 – Barry Goldwater, American general and politician (d. 1998)

1913 – Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004)

1913 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer (d. 1992)

1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, Russian-English SOE agent (d. 1944)

1914 – Vivian Stuart, Burmese author (d. 1986)

1916 – Zypora Spaisman, Polish-American actress and producer (d. 2002)

1917 – Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)

1918 – Willi Graf, German activist (d. 1943)

1920 – Isaac Asimov, American chemist and author (d. 1992)

1921 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)

1921 – Jan Slepian, American author

1923 – Rachel Waterhouse, English historian and author

1924 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer (d. 2009)

1925 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat (d. 2007)

1925 – Larry Harmon, American clown (d. 2008)

1926 – Howard Caine, American director (d. 1993)

1927 – Grigoris Varfis, Greek politician

1928 – Avie Bennett, Canadian businessman and philanthropist

1928 – Robert Goralski, American journalist (d. 1988)

1928 – Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese spiritual leader

1929 – Lehri, Pakistani actor and comedian (d. 2012)

1930 – Julius La Rosa, American singer

1931 – Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan

1932 – Peter Redgrove, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2003)

1932 – Richard Thorp, English actor (d. 2013)

1933 – Ed Casey, Australian politician (d. 2006)

1933 – On Kawara, Japanese painter

1933 – Seiichi Morimura, Japanese author

1933 – Richard Riley, American politician, 111th Governor of South Carolina

1933 – Keith Thomas, Welsh historian

1935 – David McKee, English author and illustrator

1935 – K. Navaratnam, Sri Lankan politician

1935 – Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer (d. 1987)

1936 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1992)

1937 – David Bailey, English photographer

1938 – Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author

1938 – Goh Kun, South Korean politician, 31st Prime Minister of South Korea

1938 – Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (d. 1973)

1940 – Susan Wittig Albert, American author

1940 – Jim Bakker, American minister and television host

1940 – S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician

1942 – Dennis Hastert, American politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

1942 – Ray Moore, English radio host (d. 1989)

1942 – Hugh Shelton, American general

1943 – Barış Manço, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)

1944 – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor

1944 – Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician

1946 – Richard Cole, English talent manager

1946 – Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)

1947 – Jack Hanna, American zoologist

1947 – Calvin Hill, American football player

1947 – David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic

1947 – Valery Shary, Belarusian weightlifter

1948 – Judith Miller, American journalist

1948 – Tony Woodley, English union leader

1949 – Christopher Durang, American playwright

1949 – Jean Krier, Luxembourger poet (d. 2013)

1949 – Leijn Loevesijn, Dutch cyclist

1949 – John Turner, English cricketer (d. 2012)

1950 – Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress

1950 – David Shifrin, American clarinet player

1950 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach

1950 – Leo van der Goot, Dutch singer and radio host

1951 – Stipe Božić, Croatian mountaineer

1951 – Jim Essian, American baseball player

1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian painter

1952 – Jimmy Santiago Baca, American poet and author

1952 – Robbie Ftorek, American ice hockey player

1952 – Christine Lavin, American singer-songwriter (Four Bitchin' Babes)

1952 – Wendy Phillips, American actress

1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (Skyhooks) (d. 2001)

1953 – Vincent Racaniello American virologist, author, and academic

1953 – Jacques Tichelaar, Dutch politician and union leader

1953 – Manfred Wittke, German footballer

1954 – Henry Bonilla, American politician

1954 – Dawn Silva, American singer

1955 – Tex Brashear, American voice actor

1955 – Agathonas Iakovidis, Greek singer

1955 – Vivien Savage, French singer-songwriter

1956 – Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author

1956 – John Bedford Lloyd, American actor

1956 – Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)

1958 – Helen Goodman, English politician

1958 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist

1959 – Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician

1959 – Kim Coates, Canadian-American actor

1960 – Raman Lamba, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)

1960 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese illustrator

1961 – Gabrielle Carteris, American actress

1961 – IJsbrand Chardon, Dutch horse rider

1961 – Todd Haynes, American director

1961 – Craig James, American football player

1961 – Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician

1963 – David Cone, American baseball player

1963 – Edgar Martínez, American baseball player

1964 – Luis d'Antin, Spanish motorcycle racer

1964 – Michael McCann, Scottish politician

1964 – Luis Moro, Cuban-American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer

1965 – Greg Swindell, American baseball player

1966 – Kate Hodge, American actress and producer

1967 – Tia Carrere, American actress and singer

1967 – Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician

1967 – Robert Liberace, American painter

1967 – Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player

1968 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor

1968 – Evan Parke, Jamaican-American actor

1968 – Goichi Suda, Japanese video game designer

1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch horse rider

1969 – William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider

1969 – Robby Gordon, American race car driver

1969 – Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician

1969 – Patrick Huard, Canadian actor and comedian

1969 – Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer

1969 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer and actor (d. 2013)

1969 – Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player

1969 – Christy Turlington, American model

1970 – Royce Clayton, American baseball player

1970 – Sanda Ladoși, Romanian singer

1970 – Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor

1971 – Taye Diggs, American actor, singer, and producer

1971 – Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer

1971 – Lisa Harrison, American basketball player

1971 – Markus Hoffmann, German actor (d. 1997)

1971 – Yutaka Takenouchi, Japanese actor

1972 – Adam Elliot, Australian animator and screenwriter

1972 – Rodney MacDonald, Canadian politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia

1972 – Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper

1972 – Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player

1973 – Lucy Davis, English actress

1974 – Jason de Vos, Canadian soccer player

1974 – Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer

1974 – Deborah Sengl, Austrian painter and artist

1975 – Chris Cheney, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (The Living End and The Wrights)

1975 – David Sandström, Swedish singer-songwriter and drummer (Refused, AC4 and Final Exit)

1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor and director

1975 – Jeff Suppan, American baseball player

1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player

1976 – Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper

1976 – Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist

1976 – Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress

1976 – Phil Radford, American ecologist and environmentalist

1976 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress

1977 – Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player

1977 – Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player

1977 – Aleš Píša, Czech ice hockey player

1977 – Nikos Soultanidis, Greek footballer

1978 – Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer

1978 – Kjartan Sveinsson, Icelandic keyboard player (Sigur Rós)

1978 – Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress

1979 – Tim Cruz, American singer (B3 and React)

1979 – Jonathan Greening, English footballer

1980 – Annie Bellemare, Canadian figure skater

1980 – Mac Danzig, American mixed martial artist

1980 – Georgios Dedas, Greek basketball player

1980 – Melvin Holwijn, Dutch footballer

1980 – Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist

1981 – Hanno Balitsch, German footballer

1981 – Ryan Garko, American baseball player

1981 – Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player

1981 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer

1982 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker

1983 – Kate Bosworth, American actress

1984 – Otacilio Jales, Brazilian footballer

1985 – Ivan Dodig, Croatian tennis player

1985 – Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player

1986 – Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012)

1986 – Nicolás Bertolo, Argentine footballer

1986 – Nathan Cohen, New Zealand rower

1986 – Trombone Shorty, American trumpet player

1988 – Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player

1989 – Maksims Bogdanovs, Latvian motorcycle racer

1989 – Romain Dedola, French footballer

1990 – Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer

1990 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (d. 2014)

1991 – Katrin Loo, Estonian footballer

1991 – Davide Santon, Italian footballer

1991 – Steele Sidebottom, Australian footballer

1992 – Anna Arina Marenko, Russian tennis player

2001 – Christopher Barrios, Jr., American murder victim (d. 2007)