Editing August 3 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein]], German field marshal (d. 1698)
*[[1692]] &ndash; [[John Henley (priest)|John Henley]], English minister and poet (d. 1759)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Midgley |first1=Graham |title=Henley, John [known as Orator Henley] (1692–1756), dissenting minister and eccentric |date=23 September 2010 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/12928}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Alvise Foscari]], Venetian admiral (d. 1790)<ref>{{DBI | last = Gullino | first = Giuseppe | title = FOSCARI, Alvise | volume = 49 | url = https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/alvise-foscari_res-5c3d91a5-87ed-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref>
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Aaron Chorin]], Hungarian rabbi and author (d. 1844)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Frederick William III of Prussia]] (d. 1840)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Joseph Paxton]], English gardener and architect, designed [[The Crystal Palace]] (d. 1865)<ref>{{cite ODNB|last1=Kenworthy-Browne |first1=John |title=Paxton, Sir Joseph (1803–1865), landscape gardener and architect |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/21634}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Hamilton Fish]], American lawyer and politician, 26th [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1893)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Simpson |first1=Brooks D. |title=Fish, Hamilton (1808-1893), lawyer and secretary of state |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0400375}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Elisha Otis]], American businessman, founded the [[Otis Elevator Company]] (d. 1861)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Wepman |first1=Dennis |title=Otis, Elisha Graves (1811-1861), inventor and manufacturer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1001256}}</ref>
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen]] (d. 1895)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Thomas Francis Meagher]], Irish-American revolutionary and military leader, territorial governor of Montana (d. 1867)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Cornish |first1=Rory T. |title=Meagher, Thomas Francis (1823–1867), Irish nationalist and soldier |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18483}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Ivan Zajc]], Croatian composer, conductor, and director (d. 1914)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Županović |first1=Lovro |title=Zajc, Ivan |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.30795}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Julien Reverchon]], French botanist (d. 1905)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reverchon, Julien |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/reverchon-julien |last=Perez |first=Joan J.|access-date=4 August 2024 |website=Texas State Historical Association}}</ref>
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey]], English jurist and politician (d. 1929)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Mooney |first1=Hugh |title=Bigham, John Charles, first Viscount Mersey (1840–1929), judge |date=4 October 2012 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31884}}</ref>
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Reginald Heber Roe]], English-Australian swimmer, tennis player, and academic (d. 1926)<ref>{{Cite AuDB |first=E. |last=Clarke |title=Reginald Heber Roe (1850–1926) |volume=11 |year=1988 |id2=roe-reginald-heber-8253 |access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Alfred Deakin]], Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1919)<ref>{{Cite AuDB |first=R. |last=Norris |title=
Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) |volume=8 |year=1981 |id2=deakin-alfred-5927 |access-date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[William Kennedy Dickson]], French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 1935)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Géza Gárdonyi]], Hungarian author and journalist (d. 1922)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Stanley Baldwin]], English businessman and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1947)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ball |first1=Stuart |title=Baldwin, Stanley, first Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867–1947), prime minister |date=20 January 2019 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30550}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Vernon Louis Parrington]], American historian and scholar (d. 1929)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Hall |first1=H. Lark |title=Parrington, V. L. (1871-1929), intellectual historian |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1400464}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Haakon VII of Norway]] (d. 1957)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Maithili Sharan Gupt]], Indian poet and playwright (d. 1964)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Rupert Brooke]],  English poet (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite ODNB|last1=Caesar |first1=Adrian |title=Brooke, Rupert Chawner (1887–1915), poet |date=1 September 2017 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32093}}</ref> 
*  1887   &ndash; [[August Wesley]], Finnish journalist, trade unionist, and revolutionary (d. ?){{cn|date=August 2024}}
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Melnikov]], Russian architect, designed the [[Rusakov Workers' Club]] (d. 1974)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Harry Heilmann]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite ANB|last1=Alexander |first1=Charles C. |title=Heilmann, Harry Edwin (1894-1951), baseball player and announcer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900079}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley]], English politician (d. 1942)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Ralph Horween]], American football player and coach (d. 1997)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Louis Chiron]], Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ernie Pyle]], American soldier and journalist (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Gale |first1=Robert L. |title=Pyle, Ernie (1900-1945), newspaper reporter |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601336}}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[John T. Scopes]], American educator (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Brown |first1=Kathleen S. |title=Scopes, John Thomas (1900-1970), high school science teacher |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0900665}}</ref>