1391 Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)

1479 Philip I, Margrave of Baden (d. 1533)

1494 Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)

1550 Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (d. 1612)

1604 George Ent, English scientist (d. 1689)

1661 Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (d. 1700)

1750 Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral (d. 1798)

1814 Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)

1841 Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)

1851 Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)

1854 John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (d. 1932)

1861 James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (d. 1939)

1880 Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (d. 1967)

1884 May Brahe, Australian composer (d. 1956)

1885 Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1935)

1887 Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)

1897 Jack O'Connor (English cricketer), English cricketer (d. 1977)

1900 Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941)

1908 Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (d. 1959)

1913 Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (d. 1951)

1921 Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)

1924 Harry Threadgold, English footballer (d. 1996)

1926 Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (d. 2012)

1926 Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)

1929 Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (d. 2017)

1929 June Squibb, American actress

1930 Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (d. 2011)

1931 Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

1932 François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1933 Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (d. 2019)

1937 Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (d. 2012)

1938 Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1938 P. J. Proby, American singer and songwriter

1939 Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2019)

1939 Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)

1940 Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager

1941 Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)

1941 Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1999)

1946 Sally Field, American actress

1946 George Young (rock musician), Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)

1948 Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2016)

1949 Ariel Henry, Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician

1949 Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American musician

1950 Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician

1950 Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 2000)

1952 Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter

1953 Frank Hanisch, German footballer

1953 Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player

1955 Mark Donaldson (rugby player), New Zealand rugby player

1955 Maria Shriver, American journalist and author

1956 Graeme Wood (cricketer), Australian cricketer and footballer

1957 Lori Singer, American actress and musician

1960 Lance Kerwin, American actor (d. 2023)

1962 Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut

1963 Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (d. 1998)

1964 Mike Brewer (rugby union), New Zealand rugby player

1966 Peter DeLuise, American actor, writer, director, and producer

1966 Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent

1967 Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster

1968 Kelly Rutherford, American actress

1968 Jerry Yang (entrepreneur), Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!

1969 Colson Whitehead, American author

1970 Ethan Hawke, American actor, author, and director

1971 Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician

1972 Thandiwe Newton, English actress

1972 Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress

1973 David Giffin, Australian rugby player

1974 Zoe McLellan, American actress

1974 Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist), Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)

1976 Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (d. 2004)

1976 Sal Vulcano, American comedian and actor

1978 Erik Cole, American ice hockey player

1978 Taryn Manning, American actress and singer

1978 Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver

1979 Adam LaRoche, American baseball player

1979 Lamar Odom, American basketball player

1979 Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player

1981 Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer

1981 Luke Jackson (basketball, born 1981), American basketball player and coach

1981 Andrew Murray (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player

1983 Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier

1984 Patina Miller, American actress and singer

1984 Ricky Romero, American baseball player

1984 Sebastian Schachten, German footballer

1985 Sun Yue (basketball), Chinese basketball player

1986 Katie Leclerc, American actress

1986 Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician

1986 Conor Sammon, Irish footballer

1987 Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player

1988 John Holland (basketball), Puerto Rican-American basketball player

1988 Erik Lund (footballer), Swedish footballer

1988 James Paxton (baseball), Canadian baseball player

1988 Emma Stone, American actress

1988 Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer

1989 Jozy Altidore, American soccer player

1989 Aaron Hernandez, American football player (d. 2017)

1990 André Schürrle, German footballer

1990 Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler

1990 Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer

1991 Pierson Fodé, American actor and model

1991 Doron Lamb, American basketball player

1992 Rebecca Allen (basketball), Australian basketball player

1992 Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player

1992 Paula Kania-Choduń, Polish tennis player

1992 Yura (South Korean singer), South Korean singer and actress

1993 Josh Wakefield, English footballer

1994 Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player

1995 Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

1995 Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player

1997 Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player

1997 Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model

1997 Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player

2001 Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player

1003 Pope John XVII

1312 Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (b. 1242)

1406 Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339)

1492 Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430)

1656 Jean-Baptiste Morin (mathematician), French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)

1672 Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)

1692 Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)

1752 Ralph Erskine (preacher), Scottish minister (b. 1685)

1816 Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1752)

1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)

1918 Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)

1942 Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)

1955 Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (b. 1882)

1964 Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)

1965 Clarence Williams (musician), American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)

1968 Chauncey Sparks, American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (b. 1884)

1978 Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)

1984 Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)

1985 Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)

1987 Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)

1991 Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)

1998 Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)

2000 L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)

2003 Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)

2003 Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)

2004 Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)

2005 Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1957)

2005 Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)

2006 Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950)

2006 Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)

2007 Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (b. 1929)

2007 George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1939)

2007 Hank Thompson (musician), American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)

2009 Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1932)

2010 Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921)

2012 Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973)

2012 Clive Dunn, English actor (b. 1920)

2012 Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (b. 1930)

2013 Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (b. 1936)

2013 Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (b. 1912)

2014 Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)

2014 Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)

2014 Rick Rosas, American bass player (b. 1949)

2015 Bobby Campbell (English footballer), English footballer and manager (b. 1937)

2015 Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (b. 1921)

2017 Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (b. 1929)

2018 Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1937)

2020 Ken Spears, American writer (b. 1938)

2020 King Von, American rapper (b. 1994)

Christian feast days:

- Barlaam of Khutyn

- Demetrian

- Illtud

- Leonard of Noblac

- Melaine

- Winnoc

- November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gustavus Adolphus Day (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)

Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (in Finland)

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

Obama Day (in Kenya)