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- 1664 - Henry Wharton, English writer born
- 1832 - Émile Gaboriau, French writer, novelist and journalist born
- 1877 - Muhammad Iqbal, Indian National poet of Pakistan born
- 1905 - Erika Mann, German writer born
- 1911 - Tabish Dehlvi, Pakistani poet born
- 1911 - Howard Pyle, American author died
- 1918 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet died
- 1928 - Anne Sexton, American poet born
- 1929 - Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer born
- 1934 - Carl Sagan, American astronomer and writer born
- 1937 - Roger McGough, English poet born
- 1953 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author died
- 2004 - Iris Chang, American author died
