1571 - Thomas Mun, English writer on economics who is often referred to as the last of the early mercantilists. He is best known for serving as the director of the East India Company.
1579 - Louis I, German writer and translator who was prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the unified principality of Anhalt and Anhalt-Köthen; he was also a founder of the first German Society, a literary organization known as the Fruitbearing Society.
1693 - Diego de Torres Villarroel, Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, doctor, mathematician, priest, and professor whose most famous work is his autobiography, Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventuras del Doctor Don Diego de Torres Villarroel (Life, Ancestry, Birth, Upbringing and Adventures of Doctor Don Diego de Torres Villarroel).
1759 - Helen Maria Williams, English novelist, poet, translator, religious dissenter, and abolitionist who promoted the ideals of the French Revolution; she was imprisoned in Paris during the Reign of Terror, but nonetheless spent much of the rest of her life in France. A controversial figure in her own time, she Williams was favorably portrayed in a poem by William Wordsworth, but was accused by some of being irresponsible, politically radical, and sexually wanton.
1769 - Matilda Tone (born Martha Witherington), bestselling Irish writer, memoirist, and editor, and literary conservator who was the wife of Irish revolutionary Theobald Wolfe Tone; she was instrumental in the preservation and publication of his papers, and also wrote a memoir of her own life after his death.
1797 - Alexandre Vinet, Swiss literary critic and theologian who advocated for religious freedom and the separation of church and state.
1808 - Everhardus Johannes Potgieter, Dutch writer, travel author, poet, and founder of a literary magazine, where he wrote under the initials W.Dg.
1808 - Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland, Norwegian poet, prolific playwright, historian, and linguist; he is often described as a leading pioneer in the development of a distinctly Norwegian literary heritage.
1863 - Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, prominent Iraqi poet, writer, and philosopher; he is regarded as one of the greatest contemporary poets of the Arab world, and was known for his defense of women's rights.
1867 - Henry Lawson, Australian poet and short-story writer.
1868 - Kazi Dawa Samdup, Indian writer, linguist, and translator who one of the first translators of important works of Tibetan Buddhism into the English language and who played a significant role in relations between British India and Tibet.
1871 - James Weldon Johnson, U.S. African-American author, poet, educator, civil-rights activist, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and NAACP leader.
1875 - Charles Moravia, Haitian poet, playwright, teacher, and diplomat.
1880 - Carl Van Vechten, U.S. music and dance critic, novelist, and nonfiction writer who was also a portrait photographer for some of the best-known writers, musicians, and intellectuals of his day, as well as a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor for Gertrude Stein.
1900 - Renata Viganò, Italian writer and World War II resistance fighter; much of her writing featured fictionalized accounts of her experiences as a partisan, especially her best known work, the neo-realist novel L'Agnese va a morire.
1911 - James Cameron, British journalist, author, broadcaster, and autobiographer who was a leading figure in post-WWII journalism.
1911 - Thomas Allen Munro Curnow, New Zealand poet and journalist.
1914 - John Hersey, Chinese-born U.S. journalist whose first novel, A Bell for Adano, won the Pulitzer Prize.
1921 - Mi. Pa. Somu, (full name Mi. Pa. Somasundaram), Indian Tamil journalist, poet, writer, and musicologist.
1922 - Lyuba Ognenova-Marinova, pioneering Bulgarian archaeologist, science writer, researcher, and professor; she was the first underwater archaeologist in the country and headed the investigations of the ancient Thracian city of Nesebar.
1922 - Lili Zografou, Greek journalist, novelist, playwright, essayist, and political activist.
1925 - Luce d'Eramo, Italian writer and literary critic who is best known for her autobiographical novel Deviazione, which recounts her experiences in Germany during World War II.
1934 - Futa Helu, Tongan philosopher, historian, and educator.
1935 - Nina Federova Averina, prolific, award-winning Russian and Australian writer, bibliographer, journalist, historian, and poet.
1943 - Chantal Mouffe, Belgian writer, political scientist, philosopher, university teacher, and feminist.
1944 - Zhanna Bichevskaya, award-winning Russian writer, poet, composer, singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
1947 - Linda Chavez, U.S. author, commentator, columnist, and talk-show host.
1949 - Celia Rees, English author of young-adult fiction; her novels include Witch Child, Sorceress, and Pirates!; they span genres including historical fiction, gothic fiction, thrillers, and fantasy.
1952 - Marie-Louise Gay, Canadian children's book writer and illustrator.
1954 - Kerry Greenwood, Australian author and solicitor who has written many plays and books, notably a string of historical detective novels centered on the character of Phryne Fisher.
1955 - Alan Taylor, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. historian, author, and professor who specializes in early U.S. history.
1968 - Deanna Raybourn, U.S. author of historical fiction and historical mysteries; her books include the Lady Julia Grey series.
1969 - Yoshiki Nakamura, Japanese manga artist and writer; she is best known for her series Skip Beat!
1971 - Herve Yamguen, Cameroonian writer, playwright, painter, sculptor, and teacher who often writes about art.
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