Editing April 29 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1636]] &ndash; [[Esaias Reusner]], German [[lute]] player and composer (d. 1679)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Buelow |first1=George J. |title=Reusner [Reussner], Esaias (ii) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23273}}</ref>
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde]], Irish general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1745)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Handley |first1=Stuart |title=Butler, James, second duke of Ormond (1665–1745), army officer, politician, and Jacobite conspirator |date=25 May 2006 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/4193}}</ref>
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[John Arbuthnot]], Scottish-English physician and polymath (d. 1735)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ross |first1=Angus |title=Arbuthnot [Arbuthnott], John (bap. 1667, d. 1735), physician and satirist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/610}}</ref>
*[[1727]] &ndash; [[Jean-Georges Noverre]], French actor and dancer (d. 1810)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Hansell |first1=Kathleen Kuzmick |title=Noverre, Jean-Georges |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20148}}</ref>
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Oliver Ellsworth]], American lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (d. 1807)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Casto |first1=William R. |title=Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807), chief justice of the United States |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0200120}}</ref>
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Georg Carl von Döbeln]], Swedish general (d. 1820)<ref>{{cite book |last=Bohman |first=Nils |url=https://runeberg.org/smok/2/0332.html |title=Svenska män och kvinnor |date=1955 |publisher=Bonnier |pages=294 |language=sv |oclc=312499086 |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Jourdan]], French general and politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (d. 1833)<ref>{{cite book |title=Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc. |isbn=9780877797432 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1681155752/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=59e18b13 |access-date=20 April 2023 |chapter=Jean-Baptiste Jourdan |via=Gale}}</ref>
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Charles Nodier]], French librarian and author (d. 1844)<ref>{{cite book |title=Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc. |isbn=9780877797432 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1680098300/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a5076a57 |access-date=20 April 2023 |chapter=(Jean) Charles (Emmanuel) Nodier |via=Gale}}</ref>
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[David Cox (artist)|David Cox]], English landscape painter (d. 1859)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Wildman |first1=Stephen |title=Cox, David (1783–1859), landscape painter |date=3 October 2013 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/6520}}</ref>
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Samuel Turell Armstrong]], American publisher and politician, 14th [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1850)<ref>{{cite book |title=The New England Historical and Genealogical Register |date=1890 |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society |page=137 |volume=44}}</ref>
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Thomas Adolphus Trollope]], English journalist and author (d. 1892)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Neville-Sington |first1=Pamela |title=Trollope, Thomas Adolphus [Tom] (1810–1892), historian and writer |date=27 May 2010 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/27755}}</ref> 
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Alexander II of Russia]] (d. 1881)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newton |first1=Michael |title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia |date=2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=9781610692861 |pages=12–13 |volume=1}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Georges Ernest Boulanger]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of War]] (d. 1891)<ref>{{cite book |title=Les parlementaires de la Seine sous la Troisième République |language=fr |year=2001| volume=1 |publisher=[[University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne]] |first1=Jean-Marie |last1=Mayeur|first2=Arlette |last2=Schweitz |page=97 |isbn=9782859444327 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BR2MUSf6OhIC}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Carl Millöcker]], Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1899)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Lamb |first1=Andrew |title=Millöcker, Carl |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18701}}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Joachim Andersen (composer)|Joachim Andersen]], Danish flautist, composer and conductor (d. 1907)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Obituary: Joachim Andersen |journal=The Musical Times |date=1909 |volume=50 |issue=797 |page=456 |jstor=907558 |issn=0027-4666}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Raja Ravi Varma]], Indian painter and academic (d. 1906)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=R. Siva |title=Varma, (Raja) Ravi |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T087983|isbn=9781884446054 }}</ref>
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Henri Poincaré]], French mathematician, physicist and engineer (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jourdain |first1=Philip E. B. |title=HENRI POINCARÉ: OBITUARY |journal=The Monist |date=1912 |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=611–615 |doi=10.5840/monist191222422 |jstor=27900399 |issn=0026-9662}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Constantine P. Cavafy]], Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (d. 1933)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Liddell |first1=Robert |title=Cavafy: A Critical Biography |date=1974 |publisher=Duckworth |location=London |isbn=0715607294 |page=23}}</ref>
*  1863   &ndash; [[William Randolph Hearst]], American publisher and politician, founded the [[Hearst Corporation]] (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Leonard |first1=Thomas C. |title=Hearst, William Randolph (1863-1951), publisher |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600738}}</ref>
*  1863   &ndash; [[Maria Teresia Ledóchowska]], Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=218}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Harry Payne Whitney]], American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Hamburger |first1=Susan |title=Whitney, Harry Payne (1872-1930), financier and sportsman |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900236}}</ref>
*  1872   &ndash; [[Forest Ray Moulton]], American astronomer and academic (d. 1952)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Osterbrock |first1=Donald E. |title=Moulton, Forest Ray (1872-1952), theoretical astronomer and mathematician |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1301191}}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Rafael Sabatini]], Italian-English novelist and short story writer (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=MacDonald Fraser |first1=George |title=Sabatini, Rafael (1875–1950), novelist |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/37926}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Thomas Beecham]], English conductor (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Crichton |first1=Ronald |last2=Lucas |first2=John |title=Beecham, Sir Thomas |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02507}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Adolf Chybiński]], Polish historian, musicologist and academic (d. 1952)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Szweykowski |first1=Zygmunt M. |title=Chybiński, Adolf (Eustachy) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05743}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Auguste Herbin]], French painter (d. 1960)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Costa |first1=Vanina |title=Herbin, Auguste |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T037714}}</ref>
*  1882   &ndash; [[Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman]], Dutch printer, typographer, and [[Dutch Resistance|Nazi resister]] (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Steen |first1=John |title=Werkman, Hendrik Nicolaas |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T091177}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Egon Erwin Kisch]], Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Slater |first1=Ken |title=Egon Kisch: A Biographical Outline |journal=Labour History |date=1979 |issue=36 |pages=94–103 |doi=10.2307/27508355 |jstor=27508355}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Robert Cushman Murphy]], American ornithologist (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Amadon |first1=Dean |title=In Memoriam: Robert Cushman Murphy April 29, 1887-March 20, 1973 |journal=The Auk |date=January 1974 |volume=91 |issue=1 |pages=1–9 |doi=10.2307/4084656 |jstor=4084656|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Michael Heidelberger]], American immunologist (d. 1991)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stacey |first1=Maurice |title=Michael Heidelberger, 29 April 1888 - 25 June 1991 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=February 1994 |volume=39 |pages=177–197 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1994.0011|pmid=11639904 |s2cid=46518538 }}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Edward Wilfred Taylor]], British businessman (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Payne |first1=B. O. |title=Edward Wilfred Taylor, 29 April 1891 - 1 November 1980 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1981 |volume=27 |pages=562–577 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1981.0022|s2cid=57734028 }}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Harold Urey]], American chemist and astronomer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Costa |first1=Albert B. |title=Urey, Harold Clayton (1893-1981), physical chemist and planetary scientist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302119}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Marietta Blau]], Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite book|first=Leopold E.|last=Halpen|chapter=Marietta Blau|editor-first1=Marelene F.|editor-last1=Rayner-Canham|editor-first2=Geoffrey|editor-last2=Rayner-Canham|title=A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity|location=Montréal|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=1997|isbn=9780773516427|page=196}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Propp]], Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Levin |first1=Isidor |title=Vladimir Propp: An Evaluation on His Seventieth Birthday |journal=Journal of the Folklore Institute |date=June 1967 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=32–49 |doi=10.2307/3813911 |jstor=3813911}}</ref>
*  1895   &ndash; [[Malcolm Sargent]], English organist, composer and conductor (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Crichton |first1=Ronald |title=Sargent, Sir (Harold) Malcolm |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24590}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[E. J. Bowen]], British physical chemist (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Ronald Percy |title=Edmund John Bowen, 29 April 1898 - 19 November 1980 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1981 |volume=27 |pages=83–101 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1981.0004|s2cid=72246851 }}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Duke Ellington]], American pianist, composer and bandleader (d. 1974)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Collier |first1=James Lincoln |title=Ellington, Duke (1899-1974), jazz musician and composer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800355}}</ref>
*  1899   &ndash; [[Mary Petty]], American illustrator (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Wepman |first1=Dennis |title=Petty, Mary (1899-1976), cartoonist and illustrator |date=April 2008 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1701972}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Amelia Best]], Australian politician (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite Tas Parliament |id=besta521 |title=Amelia Martha Best |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref>