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===1601–1900=== *[[1642]] – [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (d. 1723)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cosimo III {{!}} grand duke of Tuscany |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cosimo-III |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1653]] – [[Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle]], English colonel and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica]] (d. 1688)<ref>{{cite book |title=The House of Commons, 1660–1690 |year=1983 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-0-436-19274-6 |page=73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HW1_upECKUwC&pg=RA2-PA73 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1688]] – [[Frederick William I of Prussia]] (d. 1740)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederick William I {{!}} king of Prussia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-William-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1714]] – [[Claude Joseph Vernet]], French painter (d. 1789)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Vernet {{!}} French painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Vernet |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1738]] – [[Leopold Hofmann]], Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1793)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boer |first1=Bertil van |title=Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period |date=2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7386-5 |page=278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GchjwmUnmoC&pg=PA278 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1742]] – [[Pope Pius VII]] (d. 1823)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius VII {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-VII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1758]] – [[Carle Vernet]], French painter and lithographer (d. 1836)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carle Vernet {{!}} French painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carle-Vernet |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1777]] – [[Hans Christian Ørsted]], Danish physicist and chemist (d. 1851)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hans Christian Ørsted {{!}} Danish physicist and chemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Christian-Orsted |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1802]] – [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]], English poet and novelist (d. 1838)<ref>{{cite web |title=Letitia Elizabeth Landon {{!}} British author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Letitia-Elizabeth-Landon |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1814]] – [[Charlotte Fowler Wells]], American phrenologist and publisher (d. 1901)<ref name="Logan1912">{{cite book|last=Logan|first=Mrs. John A.|title=The Part Taken by Women in American History|url=https://archive.org/details/parttakenbywome00logagoog|edition=Public domain|year=1912|publisher=Perry-Nalle publishing Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parttakenbywome00logagoog/page/n949 902]–}}</ref> *[[1817]] – [[Alexander H. Bailey]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1874)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lanman |first1=Charles |title=Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: From Original and Official Sources |year=1887 |publisher=J.M. Morrison |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pp9GAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA19 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1840]] – [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], German-Austrian psychologist and author (d. 1902)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard, baron von Krafft-Ebing {{!}} German psychologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Freiherr-von-Krafft-Ebing |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1847]] – [[Robert Comtesse]], Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1922)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Justice |first1=United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of |title=Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1987: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First and Second Sessions, H.R. 1623 ... June 17, July 23, September 16 and 30, 1987, February 9 and 10, 1988 |year=1988 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=1369 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0CKb55p3k0C&pg=PA1369 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1848]] – [[Margaret Lindsay Huggins]], Anglo-Irish astronomer and author (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Member: William Huggins |url=https://www.rasc.ca/honorary-member-william-huggins |website=Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1851]] – [[Doc Holliday]], American dentist and gambler (d. 1887)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Agnew |first1=Jeremy |title=The Old West in Fact and Film: History Versus Hollywood |date= 2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6888-1 |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_x6_Od3gVzoC&pg=PA113 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Ernest Thompson Seton]], American author, artist, and naturalist (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernest Thompson Seton {{!}} American writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Thompson-Seton |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[Ernest Thayer]], American poet and author (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite web |title=About Ernest Lawrence Thayer {{!}} Academy of American Poets |url=https://poets.org/poet/ernest-lawrence-thayer |website=Academy of American Poets |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Guido Castelnuovo]], Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1952)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Sooyoung |title=Academic Genealogy of Mathematicians |year=2011 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4282-29-1 |page=286 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4siw31DPONUC&pg=PA286 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin]], Belgian mathematician and academic (d. 1962)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Süli |first1=Endre |last2=Mayers |first2=David F. |title=An Introduction to Numerical Analysis |date=2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-00794-8 |page=232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hj9weaqJTbQC&pg=PA232 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1867]] – [[Cupid Childs]], American baseball player (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cupid Childs |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/cupid-childs/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1867 – [[John Galsworthy]], English novelist and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Galsworthy {{!}} British writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Galsworthy |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1871]] – [[Guangxu Emperor]] of China (d. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |title=Guangxu {{!}} emperor of Qing dynasty |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guangxu |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1875]] – [[Mstislav Dobuzhinsky]], Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leek |first1=Peter |title=Russian Painting |date= 2012 |publisher=Parkstone International |isbn=978-1-78042-975-5 |page=258 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ePYhUnX4vgUC&pg=PA258 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Alexander I of Serbia]] (d. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander {{!}} King of Serbia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-king-of-Serbia |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Francis Ford (actor)|Francis Ford]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mayer |first1=Geoff |title=Encyclopedia of American Film Serials |date= 2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7762-3 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CYSDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA127 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[Ernest Everett Just]], American biologist and academic (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernest Everett Just (1883–1941) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/just-ernest-everett-1883-1941/ |website=blackpast.org |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=30 January 2007}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Arthur Jeffrey Dempster]], Canadian-American physicist and academic (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Arthur Jeffrey Dempster {{!}} American physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Jeffrey-Dempster |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Otto Tief]], Estonian lawyer and politician, [[List of heads of government of Estonia|Prime Minister of Estonia]] (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roszkowski |first1=Wojciech |last2=Kofman |first2=Jan |title=Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century |date= 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-47593-4 |page=2682 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RnKlDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2682 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Bruno Tesch]], German chemist and businessman (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bartrop |first1=Paul R. |last2=Grimm |first2=Eve E. |title=Perpetrating the Holocaust: Leaders, Enablers, and Collaborators |date=2019 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-5897-0 |page=283 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SymBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA283 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]], English pianist, composer, and critic (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji {{!}} British composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kaikhosru-Shapurji-Sorabji |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[Frank Burge]], Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1958)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/frank-burge/summary.html|title=Frank Burge – Career Stats & Summary |website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[Jack Gregory (cricketer)|Jack Gregory]], Australian cricketer (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=B. G. |title=Jack Gregory |chapter=Gregory, Jack Morrison (1895–1973) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gregory-jack-morrison-6478 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1895 – [[Amaza Lee Meredith]], American architect (d. 1984){{cn|date=September 2024}} *[[1896]] – [[Albert Ball]], English fighter pilot (d. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Statue of Captain Albert Ball, Nottingham Castle, Non Civil Parish – 1246929 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246929 |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1896 – [[Theodor Luts]], Estonian director and cinematographer (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite web |title=Theodor Luts |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1841cf8 |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Margret Boveri]], German journalist (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fell |first1=Karolina Dorothea |title=Kalkuliertes Abenteuer: Reiseberichte deutschsprachiger Frauen 1920–1945 |date=2016 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-476-03752-7 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RW1DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA49 |language=de}}</ref>
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