Editing April 2 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Mary of Jesus of Ágreda]], Franciscan abbess (d. 1665)
*[[1618]] &ndash; [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi]], Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
*[[1647]] &ndash; [[Maria Sibylla Merian]], German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (d. 1717)
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[Prince George of Denmark]] (d. 1708)
*[[1696]] &ndash; [[Francesca Cuzzoni]], Italian operatic soprano (d. 1778)
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim]], German poet (d. 1803)
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Casanova]], Italian explorer and author (d. 1798)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin]], French lawyer and politician (d. 1826)<ref>*{{cite book | last = MacDonogh| first = Giles| authorlink= Giles MacDonogh| title = Brillat-Savarin: The Judge and his Stomach| publisher = John Murray| date = 1992| location = London| isbn = 978-0-71-954711-9}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Francisco Balagtas]], Filipino poet and author (d. 1862)
*  1788   &ndash; [[Wilhelmine Reichard]], German balloonist (d. 1848)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Lucio Norberto Mansilla]], Argentinian general and politician (d. 1871)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Francisco de Paula Santander]], Colombian general and politician, 4th [[President of the Republic of the New Granada]] (d. 1840)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben]], German poet and academic (d. 1874)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Hans Christian Andersen]], Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1875)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Henry L. Benning]], American general and judge (d. 1875)
*  1814   &ndash; [[Erastus Brigham Bigelow]], American inventor (d. 1879)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[William Holman Hunt]], English soldier and painter (d. 1910)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Jacob Nash Victor]], American engineer (d. 1907)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Léon Gambetta]], French lawyer and politician, 45th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1882)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Émile Zola]], French novelist, playwright, journalist (d. 1902)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Clément Ader]], French engineer, designed the [[Ader Avion III]] (d. 1926)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Dominic Savio]], Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of [[Saint John Bosco]] (d. 1857)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Iván Persa]], Slovenian priest and author (d. 1935)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Murray Butler]], American philosopher and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1947)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Hughie Jennings]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Edmund Dwyer-Gray]], Irish-Australian politician, 29th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. 1945)<ref name="adb">R. P. Davis, [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080416b.htm 'Dwyer-Gray, Edmund John Chisholm (1870–1945)'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110003534/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080416b.htm |date=10 November 2007 }}, ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume 8, [[Melbourne University Press]], 1981, pp 390–391.</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Walter Chrysler]], American businessman, founded [[Chrysler]] (d. 1940)
*  1875   &ndash; [[William Donne (cricketer)|William Donne]], English cricketer and captain (d. 1942)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[J. C. Squire]], English poet, author, and historian (d. 1958)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/literaryrivalsfe0000brad/page/243|title=Literary rivals : feuds and antagonisms in the world of books|last=Bradford|first=Richard|year=2014|isbn=978-1-84954-602-7|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/literaryrivalsfe0000brad/page/243 243-244]|oclc=856200735}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Neville Cardus]],  English cricket and music writer (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite book | last= O'Brien| first= Christopher | year= 2018| title= Cardus Uncovered| location= Nottingham| publisher= Whitethorn Range Publishing | isbn= 978-1-9999105-0-1 |pages=23–25}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Jack Buchanan]], Scottish entertainer (d. 1957)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Max Ernst]], German painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 1976)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Tristão de Bragança Cunha]], Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from [[Goa]] (d. 1958)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Johnny Golden]], American golfer (d. 1936)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]], Indian poet, actor and politician (d. 1990)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Chiungtze C. Tsen]], Chinese mathematician (d. 1940)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Roberto Arlt]], Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Anis Fuleihan]], Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Alfred Strange]], English footballer (d. 1978)