German philosopher and theologian (d. 1786) 1732 – Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1796) 1757 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (d. 1834) 1766 – John Dalton, English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (d. 1844) 1781 – Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (d. 1861) 1795 – Frances Wright, Scottish-American author and activist (d. 1852) 1800 – Catharine Beecher, American educator and activist (d. 1878) 1802 – Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist, palaeontologist, and geologist (d. 1857) 1814 – George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (d. 1873) 1815 – St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (d. 1870) 1817 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 1893) 1819 – William Rosecrans, American general, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico (d. 1898) 1838 – Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (d. 1906) 1852 – Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (d. 1918) 1855 – Ferdinand Hummel, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1928) 1857 – Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (d. 1933) 1859 – Macpherson Robertson, Australian businessman and philanthropist, founded MacRobertson's (d. 1945) 1860 – Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935) 1860 – May Jordan McConnel, Australian trade unionist and suffragist (d. 1929) 1861 – William Lane, English-Australian journalist, founded New Australia (d. 1917) 1863 – Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (d. 1935) 1868 – Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1947) 1869 – Walford Davies, English organist and composer (d. 1941) 1869 – Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic (d. 1945) 1876 – John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935) 1879 – Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936) 1879 – Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956) 1885 – Otto Kruger, American actor (d. 1974) 1888 – Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 1969) 1889 – Louis Silvers, American composer (d. 1954) 1890 – Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (d. 1960) 1892 – Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) 1893 – Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (d. 1958) 1899 – Billy Rose, American composer and manager (d. 1966) 1900 – W. A. C.