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===1601–1900=== *[[1618]] – [[Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy]], French author (d. 1693) *[[1636]] – [[Hendrik van Rheede]], Dutch botanist (d. 1691) *[[1648]] – [[Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon]], French mystic (d. 1717)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Guyon |first=Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0glD9zZ8H2UC&dq=%22la+veille+de+P%C3%A2ques%2C+le+13.+d%27Avril%22&pg=PA8 |title=La vie de Madame J. M. B. de la Mothe Guion. Écrite par elle-même |date=1720 |publisher=Jean de la Pierre |language=fr}}</ref> *[[1713]] – [[Pierre Jélyotte]], French tenor (d. 1797) *[[1729]] – [[Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore)|Thomas Percy]], Irish bishop and poet (d. 1811) *[[1732]] – [[Frederick North, Lord North]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (d. 1792)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Lord Frederick North - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/frederick-north |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1735]] – [[Isaac Low]], American merchant and politician, founded the [[New York Chamber of Commerce]] (d. 1791) *[[1743]] – [[Thomas Jefferson]], American lawyer and politician, 3rd [[President of the United States]] (d. 1826) *[[1747]] – [[Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]] (d. 1793)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis-Philippe-Joseph, duc d'Orléans {{!}} French prince |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Philippe-Joseph-duc-dOrleans |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1764]] – [[Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of War]] (d. 1830) *[[1769]] – [[Thomas Lawrence]], English painter and educator (d. 1830) *[[1771]] – [[Richard Trevithick]], Cornish-English engineer and explorer (d. 1833) *[[1780]] – [[Alexander Mitchell (engineer)|Alexander Mitchell]], Irish engineer, invented the [[Screw-pile lighthouse]] (d. 1868) *[[1784]] – [[Friedrich Graf von Wrangel]], Prussian field marshal (d. 1877) *[[1787]] – [[John Robertson (congressman)|John Robertson]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1873) *[[1794]] – [[Jean Pierre Flourens]], French physiologist and academic (d. 1867) *[[1802]] – [[Leopold Fitzinger]], Austrian zoologist and herpetologist (d. 1884) *[[1808]] – [[Antonio Meucci]], Italian-American engineer (d. 1889) *[[1810]] – [[Félicien David]], French composer (d. 1876) *[[1824]] – [[William Alexander (bishop)|William Alexander]], Irish archbishop, poet, and theologian (d. 1911) *[[1825]] – [[Thomas D'Arcy McGee]], Irish-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868) *[[1828]] – [[Josephine Butler]], English [[Feminism|feminist]] and [[social reform]]er (d. 1906)<ref>{{Cite ODNB |title=Butler [née Grey], Josephine Elizabeth (1828–1906), social reformer and women's activist |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-32214 |access-date=2024-11-08 |date=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32214 |last1=Walkowitz |first1=Judith R. }}</ref> * 1828 – [[Joseph Lightfoot]], English bishop and theologian (d. 1889) *[[1832]] – [[Juan Montalvo]], Ecuadorian author and diplomat (d. 1889) *[[1841]] – [[Louis-Ernest Barrias]], French sculptor and academic (d. 1905) *[[1850]] – [[Arthur Matthew Weld Downing]], Irish astronomer (d. 1917) *[[1851]] – [[Robert Abbe]], American surgeon and radiologist (d. 1928) * 1851 – [[William Quan Judge]], Irish occultist and theosophist (d. 1896) *[[1852]] – [[Frank Winfield Woolworth]], American businessman, founded the [[F. W. Woolworth Company]] (d. 1919) *[[1854]] – [[Lucy Craft Laney]], American founder of the Haines Normal and Industrial School, Augusta, Georgia (d. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/lucy-craft-laney-1854-1933/|title=Lucy Craft Laney|website=New Georgia Encyclopedia}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[James Ensor]], English-Belgian painter, an important influence on [[expressionism]] and [[surrealism]] (d. 1949) *[[1866]] – [[Butch Cassidy]], American criminal (d. 1908) *[[1872]] – [[John Cameron (footballer, born 1872)|John Cameron]], Scottish international footballer and manager (d. 1935)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.mehstg.com/fact_cameron.htm|title=John Cameron|website=archive.mehstg.com|access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> * 1872 – [[Alexander Roda Roda]], Austrian-Croatian journalist and author (d. 1945) *[[1873]] – [[John W. Davis]], American lawyer and politician, 14th [[United States Solicitor General]] (d. 1955) *[[1875]] – [[Ray Lyman Wilbur]], American physician, academic, and politician, 31st [[United States Secretary of the Interior]] (d. 1949) *[[1879]] – [[Edward Bruce (New Deal)|Edward Bruce]], American lawyer and painter (d. 1943) * 1879 – [[Oswald Bruce Cooper]], American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and educator (d. 1940) *[[1880]] – [[Charles Christie]], Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the [[Christie Film Company]] (d. 1955) *[[1885]] – [[Vean Gregg]], American baseball player (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vean Gregg |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/vean-gregg/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> * 1885 – [[Juhan Kukk]], Estonian politician, [[Head of State of Estonia]] (d. 1942) * 1885 – [[György Lukács]], Hungarian philosopher and critic (d. 1971) * 1885 – [[Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy]], Dutch politician (d. 1961) *[[1887]] – [[Gordon S. Fahrni]], Canadian physician and golfer (d. 1995) *[[1889]] – [[Herbert Yardley]], American cryptologist and author (d. 1958) *[[1890]] – [[Frank Murphy]], American jurist and politician, 56th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. 1949) * 1890 – [[Dadasaheb Torne]], Indian director and producer (d. 1960) *[[1891]] – [[Maurice Buckley]], Australian sergeant, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (d. 1921) * 1891 – [[Nella Larsen]], Danish/African-American nurse, librarian, and author (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Stephens |first=Bria Stephens |date=2017 |title=Nella Larsen: An Untold Story of Race through Literature |url=https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1139&context=hon_thesis |page=16 |publisher=[[Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College]] |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref> * 1891 – [[Robert Scholl]], German accountant and politician (d. 1973) *[[1892]] – [[Arthur Harris|Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet]], English air marshal (d. 1984) * 1892 – [[Robert Watson-Watt]], Scottish engineer, invented [[Radar]] (d. 1973) *[[1894]] – [[Arthur Fadden]], Australian accountant and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1973) * [[1894]] – [[May Brodney]], Australian labour activist (d. 1973)<ref>{{Citation |last=Frances |first=Raelene |title=Maria May Brodney (1894–1973) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brodney-maria-may-9587 |access-date=2024-11-08 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[Fred Barnett (English footballer)|Fred Barnett]], English footballer (d. 1982) *[[1897]] – [[Werner Voss]], German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917) *[[1899]] – [[Alfred Mosher Butts]], American architect and game designer, created [[Scrabble]] (d. 1993) * 1899 – [[Harold Osborn]], American high jumper and decathlete (d. 1975) *[[1900]] – [[Sorcha Boru]], American potter and ceramic sculptor (d. 2006) * 1900 – [[Pierre Molinier]], French painter and photographer (d. 1976)
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