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===1601–1900===
*[[1631]] &ndash; [[Philip Henry]], English minister (d. 1696)
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Peder Griffenfeld]], Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1699)
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet]], British politician (d. 1746)
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Alaungpaya]], Burmese king (d. 1760)
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] (d. 1794)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[William Wilberforce]], English philanthropist and politician (d. 1833)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[William I of the Netherlands]] (d. 1840)
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[James Weddell]], Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer (d. 1834)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Antonio Stoppani]], Italian geologist and scholar (d. 1891)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Théodore Dubois]], French organist, composer, and educator (d. 1924)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Boyd Dunlop Morehead]], Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1905)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[James Calhoun (soldier)|James Calhoun]], American lieutenant (d. 1876)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Tom Kendall]], Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1924)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Agnes Marshall]], English culinary entrepreneur, inventor, and celebrity chef (d. 1905)<ref>Jenkins, Terry: "The Truth about Mrs Marshall", ''Petits Propos Culinaires 112'', November 2018, pp. 100–112.</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[David Bowman (politician)|David Bowman]], Australian lawyer and politician (d. 1916)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Zonia Baber]], American geographer and geologist (d. 1956)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iz8qAAAAYAAJ&q=Zonia+Baber+1862|title=Women Building Chicago 1790–1990: A Biographical Dictionary|last1=Schultz|first1=Rima Lunin|last2=Hast|first2=Adele|date=2001|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253338525|page=55}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Dragutin Lerman]], Croatian explorer (d. 1918)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand I of Romania]] (d. 1927)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Max Beerbohm]], English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (d. 1956)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Earl Derr Biggers]], American author and playwright (d. 1933)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Harry Hooper]], American baseball player (d. 1974)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Valentine Baker (pilot)|Valentine Baker]], Welsh co-founder of the [[Martin-Baker|Martin-Baker Aircraft Company]] (d. 1942)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Duke Kahanamoku]], American swimmer, actor, and surfer (d. 1968)<ref name="Chase2020"/>
*  1890 &ndash; [[Jean Rhys]], Dominican-British novelist (d. 1979)<ref>{{Britannica URL | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Rhys|title=Jean Rhys}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Haim Ernst Wertheimer]], German-Israeli biochemist and academic (d. 1978)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Richard Cushing]], American cardinal (d. 1970)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]], American pianist, songwriter, and publisher (d. 1954)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Malcolm Cowley]], American novelist, poet, literary critic (d. 1989)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Jorge Luis Borges]], Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (d. 1986)<ref name="Chase2020">{{cite book | last = LastName | first = FirstName | title = Chase's calendar of events 2021 : the ultimate go-to guide for special days, weeks and months | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield | location = Lanham, MD | year = 2020 | isbn = 9781641434249 | page=424}}</ref>
*  1899 &ndash; [[Albert Claude]], Belgian biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1983)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Preston Foster]], American actor (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sue Matheson|title=The John Ford Encyclopedia|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|year=2019|isbn=9781538103821|page=102}}</ref>