1876 – Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1941) 1877 – Wilhelm Filchner, German-Swiss explorer (d. 1957) 1877 – Stanley Lord, English captain (d. 1962) 1880 – Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Famous Players-Lasky (d. 1958) 1882 – Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (d. 1969) 1883 – LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (d. 1956) 1883 – Petros Voulgaris, Greek admiral and politician, 136th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1957) 1885 – Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1962) 1886 – Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor (d. 1925) 1886 – Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975) 1887 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976) 1890 – Antony Noghès, French-Monegasque businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (d. 1978) 1891 – Max Pruss, German captain and pilot (d. 1960) 1893 – Larry Shields, American clarinet player (d. 1953) 1894 – J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (d. 1984) 1894 – Julian Tuwim, Polish poet, playwright, and director (d. 1953) 1895 – Morris Kirksey, American rugby player and sprinter (d. 1981) 1898 – Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (d. 1963) 1898 – C. Sittampalam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1964) 1899 – Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (d. 1938) 1901–present 1903 – Claudette Colbert, American actress (d. 1996) 1904 – Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1974) 1904 – Gladys George, American actress (d. 1954) 1908 – Chu Berry, American saxophonist (d. 1941) 1908 – Karolos Koun, Greek director and playwright (d. 1987) 1908 – Sicco Mansholt, Dutch farmer and politician, 4th President of the European Commission (d. 1995) 1908 – Mae Questel, American actress and vocal artist (d. 1998) 1909 – Ray Bowden, English footballer (d. 1998) 1909 – Frits Thors, Dutch journalist and radio host (d. 2014) 1911 – Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1996) 1912 – Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (d. 1995) 1912 – Reta Shaw, American actress (d. 1982) 1914 – Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (d. 1994) 1916 – Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter (d. 1990) 1917 – Carol Kendall, American historian and author (d. 2012) 1917 – Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (d. 2013) 1918 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor