1873 – John W. Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General (d. 1955) 1875 – Ray Lyman Wilbur, American physician, academic, and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1949) 1879 – Edward Bruce, American lawyer and painter (d. 1943) 1879 – Oswald Bruce Cooper, American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and educator (d. 1940) 1880 – Charles Christie, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company (d. 1955) 1885 – Vean Gregg, American baseball player (d. 1964) 1885 – Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1942) 1885 – György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic (d. 1971) 1885 – Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch politician (d. 1961) 1887 – Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and golfer (d. 1995) 1889 – Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist and author (d. 1958) 1890 – Frank Murphy, American jurist and politician, 56th United States Attorney General (d. 1949) 1890 – Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer (d. 1960) 1891 – Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1921) 1891 – Nella Larsen, Danish/African-American nurse, librarian, and author (d. 1964) 1891 – Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (d. 1973) 1892 – Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, English air marshal (d. 1984) 1892 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented Radar (d. 1973) 1894 – Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973) 1894 – Joie Ray, American runner (d. 1978) 1896 – Fred Barnett, English footballer (d. 1982) 1897 – Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917) 1899 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (d. 1993) 1899 – Harold Osborn, American high jumper and decathlete (d. 1975) 1900 – Sorcha Boru, American potter and ceramic sculptor (d. 2006) 1900 – Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976) 1901–present 1901 – Jacques Lacan, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1981) 1901 – Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (d. 1988) 1902 – Philippe de Rothschild, French Grand Prix driver, playwright, and producer (d. 1988) 1902 – Marguerite Henry, American author (d. 1997) 1904 – David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1987) 1905 – Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (d. 1964) 1906 – Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989) 1906 – Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991) 1907 – Harold Stassen, American lawyer and