1862) 1830 – William Babcock Hazen, American general (d. 1887) 1838 – Lawrence Sullivan Ross, American general and politician, 19th Governor of Texas (d. 1898) 1840 – Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (d. 1914) 1840 – Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (d. 1902) 1842 – Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903) 1843 – Gaston Tarry, French mathematician and academic (d. 1913) 1861 – Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, American poet and author (d. 1933) 1864 – Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician (d. 1938) 1866 – Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint (d. 1932) 1871 – Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936) 1873 – Vithalbhai Patel, Indian legislator and political leader (d. 1933) 1879 – Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934) 1879 – Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach (d. 1962) 1879 – Cyril Scott, English poet and composer (d. 1970) 1882 – Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, English figure skater and tennis player (d. 1965) 1885 – Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965) 1885 – Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1964) 1892 – George Bambridge, English diplomat (d. 1943) 1894 – Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1922) 1896 – Gilbert Ashton, English cricketer (d. 1981) 1896 – Sam Ervin, American soldier and politician (d. 1985) 1898 – Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946) 1901–present 1904 – Edvard Kocbek, Slovenian poet and politician (d. 1981) 1905 – Conrad Heidkamp, German footballer and manager (d. 1994) 1906 – William Empson, English poet and critic (d. 1984) 1906 – Jim Thompson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1977) 1906 – Sergei Varshavsky, Russian art collector and author (d. 1980) 1907 – Bernard Miles, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991) 1907 – Bhagat Singh, Indian socialist revolutionary (disputed with 28 September) (d. 1931) 1911 – Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer (d. 2009) 1913 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (d. 2007) 1916 – S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician (d. 2006) 1917 – Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (d. 2010) 1917 – Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (d. 2009) 1917 – William T. Orr, American actor and producer (d. 2002) 1917 – Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist (d. 2010) 1918 – Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) 1918 – Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (d. 2001) 1918 – Konstantin Gerchik, Soviet military leader