1811
William Thackeray,
English author

1883
Lev Borisovich Kamenev,
revolutionary, Soviet party figure

1909
Andrey Andreevich Gromyko,
Soviet political and state figure

1918
Nelson Mandela,
anti-apartheid activist, President of South Africa (1994–1999)

1932
Evgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko,
Russian poet