Editing August 17 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Lennart Torstensson]], Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. 1651)
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[John III Sobieski]], Polish–Lithuanian king (d. 1696)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[Nicola Porpora]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1768)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Markstrom |first1=Kurt |last2=Robinson |first2=Michael F. |title=Porpora, Nicola |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.22126}}</ref>
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[Josef Dobrovský]], Bohemian philologist and historian (d. 1828)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Louis Desaix]], French general (d. 1800)
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Davy Crockett]], American soldier and politician (d. 1836)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Lofaro |first1=Michael A. |title=Crockett, Davy (1786-1836), frontiersman, Tennessee and U.S. congressman, and folk hero |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.2000231}}</ref>
*  1786   &ndash; [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (d. 1861)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Fredrika Bremer]], Swedish writer and feminist (d. 1865)<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bremer, Fredrika |volume=4 |pages=494–495}}</ref> 
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Jules Bernard Luys]], French neurologist and physician (d. 1897)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Wilfrid Scawen Blunt]], English poet and activist (d. 1922)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Longford |first1=Elizabeth |title=Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen (1840–1922), hedonist, poet, and breeder of Arab horses |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31938}}</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Henry Cadwalader Chapman]], American physician and naturalist (d. 1909)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[William Kidston]], Scottish-Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1919)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Gene Stratton-Porter]], American author and photographer (d. 1924)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Julia Marlowe]], English-American actress (d. 1950)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]], Indian 6th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] (d. 1911)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[John A. Sampson]], American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Ralph McKittrick]], American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Reggie Duff]], Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Percy Sherwell]], South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Charles I of Austria]] (d. 1922)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Marcus Garvey]], Jamaican journalist and activist, founded [[Black Star Line]] (d. 1940)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Monty Woolley]], American actor, raconteur, and pundit (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Fisher |first1=James |title=Woolley, Monty (1888-1963), stage and screen actor and director |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1801268}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Lalla Carlsen]], Norwegian singer and actress (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lalla Carlsen  |first1=Lillian |last1=Bikset |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 August 2023 |editor1-last=Bolstad | editor1-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Lalla_Carlsen |language=no|access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Stefan Bastyr]], Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920)
*  1890   &ndash; [[Harry Hopkins]], American politician and diplomat, 8th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=McJimsey |first1=George |title=Hopkins, Harry Lloyd (1890-1946), New Deal administrator and presidential adviser |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0600288}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[John Brahm]], German-American director and production manager (d. 1982)
*  1893   &ndash; [[Mae West]], American stage and film actress (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mae West {{!}} Biography, Plays, Movies, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mae-West |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes]], English businessman, founded [[Rootes Group]] (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Butterworth |first1=J. B. |last2=Bloomfield |first2=G. T. |title=Rootes, William Edward, first Baron Rootes (1894–1964), motor vehicle manufacturer |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/35825}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Leslie Groves]], American general and engineer (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Fredriksen |first1=John C. |title=Groves, Leslie Richard, Jr. (1896-1970), army officer and engineer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0700115}}</ref>
*  1896   &ndash; [[Tõnis Kint]], Estonian lieutenant and politician, [[Prime Minister of Estonia in exile]] (d. 1991)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Oliver Waterman Larkin]], American historian and author (d. 1970)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Janet Lewis]], American poet and novelist (d. 1998)<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Janet Lewis, 99, Poet of Spirit and Keeper of the Hearth, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/05/arts/janet-lewis-99-poet-of-spirit-and-keeper-of-the-hearth-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 December 1998 |page=C 16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Obituary: Janet Lewis |author= Davis, Dick|newspaper= The Independent|date= December 15, 1998|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-janet-lewis-1191516.html|accessdate=July 11, 2010}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Vivienne de Watteville]], British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Pauline A. Young]], American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (d. 1991)