* 1867 – Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer ( d. 1912 )

* 1871 – Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer ( d. 1948 )

* 1875 – Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer ( d. 1940 )

* Johnny Appleseed John Chapman ( September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845 ), also known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

* Daniel Boone ( November 2, 1734 October 22 – September 26, 1820 ) was an American pioneer, explorer, and frontiersman whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.

Charles Hardin Holley ( September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959 ), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll.

The town is named for famous American pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone, and every summer since 1952 has hosted an outdoor amphitheatre portrayal of the life and times of its namesake.

Ellas Otha Bates ( December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008 ), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter ( usually as Ellas McDaniel ), and rock and roll pioneer.

Douglas Carl Engelbart ( born January 30, 1925 ) is an American inventor, and an early computer and internet pioneer.

* 1861 – Charles Duryea, American automobile pioneer ( d. 1938 )

* 1868 – Harvey Firestone, American automobile pioneer ( d. 1938 )

* Jaak Panksepp ( born 1943 ) – Estonian-born American psychologist, psychobiologist and neuroscientist ; pioneer in affective neuroscience.

* 1936 – Billy Mitchell, American general and military aviation pioneer ( b. 1879 )

* 1955 – Steve Jobs, American computer pioneer ( d. 2011 )

* 1734 – William Stacy, American Army officer and pioneer ( d. 1802 )

* 1943 – Nolan Bushnell, American video game pioneer

A March 1906 Scientific American article by American hydrofoil pioneer William E. Meacham explained the basic principle of hydrofoils.

* John Young ( pioneer ) ( 1763 – 1825 ), American surveyor

* 1860 – Dugald Campbell Patterson, American pioneer ( d. 1931 )

* 1892 – Bessie Coleman, American pioneer aviator ( d. 1926 )

* 1886 – Glenn L. Martin, American aviation pioneer ( d. 1955 )

Shortly after moving to Washington State, Lawrence did a series of five paintings on the westward journey of African American pioneer George Washington Bush.

* 1969 – Allan Haines Loughead, American aviation pioneer and engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation ( b. 1889 )

* 1900 – Howard Aiken, American computing pioneer ( d. 1973 )

* 1927 – Daniel Keyes, American author

* 1963 – Daniel Pelosi, American convicted murderer

* 1961 – Daniel House, American bass player and producer ( 10 Minute Warning and Skin Yard )

* New tribalist American author Daniel Quinn identifies himself as an animist and defines animism not as a religious belief but a religion itself, though with no holy scripture, organized institutions, or established dogma.

* 1986 – Daniel Dickey, American comedian and writer

* 1948 – Daniel Okrent, American writer and editor

* 1957 – Daniel Stern, American actor

* 1961 – Daniel Clowes, American cartoonist and screenwriter

* 1952 – Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor

In the company of Edwin and his loves are a dramatic array of thinly veiled representations of theatrical personages of the time, amongst them Daniel Mendoza, an exacting and powerful impresario, who controls the lives of his leading ladies ; the goatish, démodé manager, Matthew Lewis, who promotes Julia Scarlet as “ the American Sarah Bernhardt ”; the worldly-wise veteran of the stage, Ottilie Potter, who has gotten where she is because, “ Men had what I wanted, and I had what they wanted ”; and the huge, manlike Helen Sampson, chief among theatrical agents.

* 1968 – Daniel Dae Kim, American actor

* 1784 – Peter Vivian Daniel, American jurist, Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court ( d. 1860 )

* 1931 – Daniel Ellsberg, American military analyst

Designed by Daniel Asher Alexander and constructed originally between 1806 and 1809 by local labour, to hold prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars, it was also used to hold American prisoners from the War of 1812.

* 1970 – Daniel Cosgrove, American actor

Daniel Robert " Danny " Elfman ( born May 29, 1953 ) is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme.

* 1953 – Daniel Barry, American astronaut

* 1971 – Daniel Sunjata, American actor

Daniel Clement Dennett ( born March 28, 1942 ) is an American philosopher, writer and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.

* Scientific American Frontiers Profile: Daniel Dennett 2000-12-19

* 1852 – Daniel De Leon, South American socialist ( d. 1914 )

Danny Kaye ( born David Daniel Kaminsky ; 18 January 1913 – 3 March 1987 ) was a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian.

One professor playing the game was Bob Sklar, who taught an American Studies seminar which included Daniel Okrent, who learned of the game his professor played.