| 1734: Friedrich Anton Mesmer, physician and hypnotist. |
| 1810: Margaret Fuller, writer and critic. |
| 1820: James Buchanan Eads, engineer of the Eads Bridge in St. Louis |
| 1875: Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president and chairman of the board for General Motors. |
| 1891: Par Lagerkvist, Swedish writer (The Dwarf, Barabbas). |