- 1856 - Toru Dutt, English and French poet and author born
- 1870 - Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet born
- 1876 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet born
- 1878 - Arishima Takeo, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist born
- 1921 - Wilson Harris, Guyanese writer born
- 2005 - Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-born writer died