| 1895: Samuel I. Newhouse, American publisher. |
| 1903: Arthur Vineberg, Canadian heart surgeon. |
| 1905: Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist (And Quiet Flows the Don). |
| 1928: William Trevor, Irish short story writer and novelist (The Old Boys, The Boarding House). |
| 1941: Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman), singer and songwriter. |