In 1564 Poet/playwright/dramatist, William Shakespeare In 1728 Explorer/navigator, Samuel Wallis (Easter Island) In 1731 Merchant, William Williams (signed Declaration of Independence) In 1791 James Buchanan, 15th U.S. president (1857-61) In 1813 Politician, Stephen Douglas (the "Little Giant," debated Lincoln) In 1844 Attorney, Sanford Dole (first president of the Republic of Hawaii) In 1854 Poet, Edwin Markham (American Academy of Poets Award, 1937) In 1856 Inventor, Granville T. Woods (induction Telegraph) In 1858 German physicist, Max Planck (Quantum theory) (Nobel, 1918) In 1891 Russian composer, Sergei Prokofiev (Peter & the Wolf) In 1894 Singer/pianist, Cow Cow Davenport (pioneered Boogie-Woogie) In 1894 English actor, Basil Sydney (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife) In 1895 Bandleader/clarinetist, Jimmie Noone Sr. In 1897 General, Lucius D. Clay (director of civilian affairs after WWII) In 1897 Canadian prime minister, Lester Bowles Pearson (Nobel, 1956) In