Editing April 17 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Marguerite Bourgeoys]], French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the [[Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal]] (d. 1700)
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Edward Stillingfleet]], British theologian and scholar (d. 1699)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Johann David Heinichen]], German composer and theorist (d. 1729)
*[[1710]] &ndash; [[Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan]], Scottish politician (d. 1767)
*[[1734]] &ndash; [[Taksin]], King of Thailand (d. 1782)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Samuel Chase]], American lawyer and jurist (d. 1811)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[François de Neufchâteau]], French academic and politician, [[List of Interior Ministers of France|French Minister of the Interior]] (d. 1828)
*[[1756]] &ndash; [[Dheeran Chinnamalai]], Indian commander (d. 1805)
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Collin McKinney]], American surveyor, merchant, and politician (d. 1861)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius]], German botanist and explorer (d. 1868)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Étienne Bobillier]], French mathematician and academic (d. 1840)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Eliza Acton]], English food writer and poet (d. 1859)<ref>{{cite book |title=An encyclopedia of British women writers |date=1998 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |location=New Brunswick, N.J. |isbn=0813525438 |page=1 |edition=Rev. and expanded}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Josif Pančić]], Serbian botanist and academic (d. 1888)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hazlehurst (chapel builder)|Thomas Hazlehurst]], English architect and philanthropist (d. 1876)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Alexander Cartwright]], American firefighter and (disputed) inventor of [[baseball]] (d. 1892)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Accolay]], Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1900)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[J. P. Morgan]], American banker and financier, founded [[J.P. Morgan & Co.]] (d. 1913)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Maurice Rouvier]], French businessman and politician, 53rd [[List of Prime Ministers of France|Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1911)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[William R. Day]], American jurist and politician, 36th [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1923)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Cap Anson]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1922)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Augustus Edward Hough Love]], English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Ursula Ledóchowska]], Polish-Austrian nun and saint, founded the [[Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus]] (d. 1939)<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Burns|title=Butler's Saints of the Third Millennium|location=London|publisher=Burns & Oates|year=2005|isbn=0-86012-383-9|page=131}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Ernest Starling]], English physiologist and academic (d. 1927)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Aleksander Tõnisson]], Estonian general and politician, 5th [[Estonian Minister of War]] (d. 1941)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Matsudaira Tsuneo]], Japanese diplomat (d. 1949)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Emil Fuchs (baseball)|Emil Fuchs]], German-American lawyer and businessman (d. 1961)
*  1878 &ndash; [[Demetrios Petrokokkinos]], Greek tennis player (d. 1942)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Henri Tauzin]], French hurdler (d. 1918)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Artur Schnabel]], Polish pianist and composer (d. 1951)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Herms Niel]], German soldier, trombonist, and composer (d. 1954)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[George Adamski]], Polish-American ufologist and author (d. 1965)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Robert Dean Frisbie]], American soldier and author (d. 1948)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Señor Wences]], Spanish-American ventriloquist (d. 1999)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Nisargadatta Maharaj]], Indian philosopher and educator (d. 1981)
*  1897 &ndash; [[Thornton Wilder]], American novelist and playwright (d. 1975)
*  1897 &ndash; [[Edouard Wyss-Dunant]], Swiss physician and mountaineer (d. 1983)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Aleksander Klumberg]], Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1958)