| 1871: James Weldon Johnson, African-American poet and novelist (The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man). |
| 1880: Carl Van Vechten, writer. |
| 1882: Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born U.S. composer (The Rite of Spring, The Firebird). |
| 1914: John Hersey, novelist and journalist (Men of Bataan, Hiroshima). |
| 1942: Rod Padgett, poet. |