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===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn]], Dutch linguist and scholar (d. 1653)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow]], queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], Holy Roman Empress (d. 1750)
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick|Anthony Ulrich]], duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)
*[[1728]] &ndash; [[John Stark]], American general (d. 1822)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Stark &#124; American general |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Stark |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=23 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1739]] &ndash; [[Agostino Accorimboni]], Italian composer (d. 1818)
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (d. 1832)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Ann Seton]], American nun and saint, co-founded the [[Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition]] (d. 1821)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Antoine Augustin Cournot]], French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1877)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Sheridan Le Fanu]], Irish author (d. 1873)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Charles Sladen]], English-Australian politician, 6th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1884)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Graham Berry]], English-Australian politician, 11th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1904)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia|Catherine Mikhailovna]], Russian grand duchess (d. 1894)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Edward Burne-Jones]], English artist of the [[Pre-Raphaelite movement]] (d. 1898)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Francis, Duke of Teck|Francis von Hohenstein]], duke of Teck (d. 1900)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Alexander Cameron Sim]], Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, founded [[Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club]] (d. 1900)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Shukhov]], Russian architect and engineer, designed the [[Adziogol Lighthouse]] (d. 1939)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Matilda Howell]], American archer (d. 1938)
*  1859   &ndash; [[Vittorio Sella]], Italian mountaineer and photographer (d. 1943)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Umberto Giordano]], Italian composer and academic (d. 1948)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[George Whipple]], American physician and pathologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1976)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Peter Fraser]], Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1950)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Vance Palmer]], Australian author, playwright, and critic (d. 1959)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[August Kippasto]], Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (d. 1973)
*  1887   &ndash; [[István Kühár]], Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Evadne Price]], Australian actress, astrologer, and author (d. 1985)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Benno Schotz]], Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Karl Böhm]], Austrian conductor and director (d. 1981)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Firaq Gorakhpuri]], Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 1982)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Charlie Grimm]], American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1983)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Charles Boyer]], French-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1978)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Andrei Platonov]], Russian author and poet (d. 1951)
*  1899   &ndash; [[James Wong Howe]], Chinese American cinematographer (d. 1976)