general (d. 1824) 1765 – Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805) 1789 – James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (d. 1851) 1815 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian journalist and composer (d. 1868) 1819 – Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902) 1828 – Alexander Butlerov, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886) 1830 – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (d. 1915) 1846 – George Franklin Grant, African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (d. 1910) 1852 – Edward Bouchet, American physicist and educator (d. 1918) 1852 – Jan Ernst Matzeliger, Surinamese-American inventor (d. 1889) 1857 – William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930) 1857 – Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (d. 1904) 1858 – Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (d. 1916) 1858 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937) 1861 – M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and Bharat Ratna Laureate, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (d. 1962) 1863 – Horatio Parker, American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919) 1864 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866) 1867 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (d. 1920) 1876 – Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962) 1876 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali novelist (d. 1938) 1877 – Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian politician (d. 1938) 1877 – Yente Serdatzky, Lithuanian-American author and playwright (d. 1962) 1879 – Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939) 1881 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (d. 1947) 1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950) 1886 – Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971) 1887 – Carlos Dávila, Chilean journalist and politician, President of Chile (d. 1955) 1888 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925) 1889 – Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (d. 1945) 1889 – Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948) 1890 – Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979) 1890 – Sonja Branting-Westerståhl, Swedish lawyer (d. 1981) 1890 – Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1976) 1890 – Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1974) 1892 – Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1962) 1894 – Chic Harley, American football player (d. 1974) 1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (d.