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- 1513 - Jacques Amyot, French writer born
- 1602 - Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet died
- 1624 - Paul Pellisson, French writer born
- 1751 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright born
- 1762 - André Chénier, French writer born
- 1786 - Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer born
- 1821 (O.S.) - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer born
- 1842 - Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and author died
- 1871 - Paul Valéry, French poet born
- 1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet born
- 1886 - Zoe Akins, American playwright born
- 1935 - Ágota Kristóf, Hungarian writer born
- 1935 - Robert Caro, American biographer born
- 1968 - Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author died
- 1968 - Conrad Richter, American novelist and short story writer died
