politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1978) 1887 – Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (d. 1976) 1887 – Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (d. 1961) 1888 – Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (d. 1976) 1889 – Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (d. 1929) 1890 – Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1978) 1890 – Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1973) 1890 – Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1945) 1892 – Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962) 1894 – Alexander Dovzhenko, Soviet screenwriter/producer/director of Ukrainian origin (d. 1956) 1895 – Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (d. 1976) 1896 – Adele Astaire, American actress and dancer (d. 1981) 1896 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1970) 1896 – Ye Ting, Chinese general (d. 1946) 1897 – Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1962) 1897 – Hilde Hildebrand, German actress and singer (d. 1976) 1898 – Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986) 1898 – Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (d. 1999) 1901–present 1903 – Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (d. 1974) 1904 – Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (d. 2003) 1904 – Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (d. 1972) 1906 – Karl Wien, German geographer, academic, and mountaineer (d. 1937) 1907 – Alva R. Fitch, American general (d. 1989) 1907 – Dorothy Hill, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1997) 1908 – Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004) 1908 – Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1994) 1908 – Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (d. 1996) 1912 – Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (d. 2002) 1913 – Lincoln Gordon, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Brazil (d. 2009) 1914 – Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, Anglo-Irish captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1990) 1914 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (d. 2005) 1915 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985) 1917 – Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 2009) 1919 – Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (d. 1988) 1920 – Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (d. 2001) 1921 – Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach