Ambassador to Germany (d. 1951) 1869 – Tom Kiely, British-Irish decathlete (d. 1951) 1877 – Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (d. 1965) 1878 – Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (d. 1935) 1882 – Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (d. 1966) 1889 – Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1969) 1891 – David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956) 1893 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (d. 1962) 1898 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic (d. 1975) 1898 – Arthur Wood, English cricketer (d. 1973) 1899 – Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author (d. 1978) 1900 – Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (d. 1970) 1900 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) 1901–present 1902 – Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator (d. 1972) 1903 – Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (d. 1992) 1905 – Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (d. 1938) 1906 – Jim Smith, English cricketer (d. 1979) 1909 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993) 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (d. 1971) 1910 – George Cisar, American baseball player (d. 2010) 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 2012) 1911 – Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2013) 1912 – Erich Honecker, German politician (d. 1994) 1913 – Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993) 1913 – Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (d. 1973) 1916 – Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008) 1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) 1916 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 2000) 1917 – Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008) 1918 – Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990) 1918 – Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985) 1919 – William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (d. 2010) 1919 – George Wallace, American lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998) 1919 – Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist (d. 2017) 1921 – Monty Hall, Canadian television personality and game show host (d. 2017) 1921 – Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1999) 1921 – Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1999) 1923