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| 1828: Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (War and Peace, Anna Karenina). |
| 1887: Alfred M. Landon, Republican governor of Kansas who carried only two states in his overwhelming defeat for the presidency by Franklin Roosevelt in 1936. |
| 1890: Colonel Harland Sanders, originator of Kentucky Fried Chicken fast-food restaurants. |
| 1900: James Hilton, British novelist who authored Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr. Chips and created the imaginary world of Shangri-La. |
| 1934: Sonia Sanchez, poet. |
