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*[[1958]] – [[Roddy Doyle]], Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter

* 1958 – [[Brooks Newmark]], American-English businessman and politician, [[Lord of the Treasury]]

* 1958 – [[Lovie Smith]], American football player and coach

*[[1959]] – [[Ronnie Lott]], American football player and sportscaster

*[[1960]] – [[Franco Baresi]], Italian footballer and coach

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*[[1963]] – [[Anthony Field]], Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer, and actor

* 1963 – [[Michel Gondry]], French director and screenwriter

* 1963 – [[Rick Zombo]], American ice hockey player and coach

*[[1964]] – [[Melissa Gilbert]], American actress and director

* 1964 – [[Bobby Labonte]], American race car driver

* 1964 – [[Dave Rowntree]], English drummer and politician

*[[1966]] – [[Cláudio Taffarel]], Brazilian footballer and coach

*[[1967]] – [[Viviana Durante]], Italian ballerina and actress

*[[1969]] – [[Akebono Tarō]], American-Japanese sumo wrestler, the 64th [[Yokozuna]] (d. 2024)

*[[1969]] – [[Akebono Tarō]], American-Japanese sumo wrestler, the 64th [[Yokozuna]] (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=元横綱曙の亡くなられた日付について (''Moto-yokozuna Akebono no naku narareta hizuke ni tsuite'') |language=Japanese |magazine=相撲 (Sumō) |publisher=BBM Sports |publication-date=4 July 2024 |volume=73 |issue=10 |page=62}}</ref>

*[[1970]] – [[Michael Bevan]], Australian cricketer and coach

* 1970 – [[Naomi Klein]], Canadian author and activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Naomi Klein |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/naomi-klein |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 March 2020}}</ref>

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* 1982 – [[Adrián González]], American baseball player

*[[1983]] – [[Vicky McClure]], English actress

*[[1984]] – [[David King (figure skater)|David King]], English figure skater

*[[1985]] – [[Tommaso Ciampa]], American wrestler

*[[1986]] – [[Galen Rupp]], American runner

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* 1987 – [[Mark Noble]], English footballer

* 1987 – [[Kurt Tippett]], Australian footballer

* [[1989]] – [[Lars Eller]], Danish ice hockey player

*[[1989]] – [[Lars Eller]], Danish ice hockey player

*[[1990]] – [[Iyo Sky]], Japanese wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Iyo Sky |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/34585722/wwe-superstar-profile-iyo-sky |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=2 May 2023 |date=13 September 2022}}</ref>

* 1990 – [[Kemba Walker]], American basketball player

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*[[1996]] – [[6ix9ine]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nguyen |first1=Jimmy |title=Tekashi 6ix9ine Before He Was Famous |url=https://channel933.iheart.com/content/tekashi-6ix9ine-before-he-was-famous/ |access-date=8 May 2019 |archive-date=18 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918214313/https://channel933.iheart.com/content/tekashi-6ix9ine-before-he-was-famous/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

*[[2001]] – [[Jordyn Huitema]], Canadian soccer player

*[[2003]] – [[Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 May 2003 |title=The Royal Family and the Moroccan people celebrate the birth of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Moulay Hassan |language=fr |work=Le Matin |location=Rabat |url=http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?origine=jrn&idr=110&id=28827 |url-status=dead |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055154/http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?origine=jrn&idr=110&id=28827 |archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>

*[[2003]] – [[Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco]]

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