Editing August 4 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac]], French cleric and author (d. 1676)
*[[1623]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (1641–1680) and Hanau-Münzenberg (1642–1680) (d. 1685)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Thomas Blackwell (scholar)|Thomas Blackwell]], Scottish historian and scholar (d. 1757)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703–1752)|Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans]] (d. 1752)
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottlob Lehmann (scientist)|Johann Gottlob Lehmann]], German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (d. 1803)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Nicolas-Jacques Conté]], French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor (d. 1805)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], English poet and playwright (d. 1822)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[William Rowan Hamilton]], Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1865)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Louis Vuitton (designer)|Louis Vuitton]], French fashion designer, founded [[Louis Vuitton]] (d. 1892)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[James Springer White]], American religious leader, co-founded the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] (d. 1881)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[John Venn]], English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Vilhelm Dahlerup|Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup]], Danish architect (d. 1907)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Walter Pater]], English author, critic, and academic (d. 1894)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Henri Berger]], German composer and bandleader (d. 1929)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[John Henry Twachtman]], American painter, etcher, and academic (d. 1902)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Knut Hamsun]], Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1952)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Daniel Edward Howard]], 16th president of Liberia (d. 1935)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunn|first1= Elwood D.|last2=Beyan|first2=Amos J.|last3=Burrowes|first3=Carl Patrick|author-link= |date=2000|title=Historical Dictionary of Liberia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC|location=Lanham, MD|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9781461659310|pages=167–168}}</ref>
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Jake Beckley]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1918)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Master C. V. V.]], Indian philosopher, yogi and guru (d. 1922)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Harry Lauder]], Scottish actor and singer (d. 1950)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[William Holman]], English-Australian politician, 19th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1934)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Giuriati]], Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1970)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[John Scaddan]], Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (d. 1934)
*[[1877]] &ndash; Dame [[Laura Knight]], English artist (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite ODNB |id=34349 |title=Knight [née Johnson], Dame Laura}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Béla Balázs]], Hungarian poet and critic (d. 1949)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Henri Cornet]], French cyclist (d. 1941)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Albert M. Greenfield]], Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1967)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Taher Saifuddin]], Indian religious leader, 51st [[Da'i al-Mutlaq]] (d. 1965)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Dolf Luque]], Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Fritz Gause]], German historian and curator (d. 1973)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Ernesto Maserati]], Italian race car driver and engineer (d. 1975)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Ezra Taft Benson]], American religious leader, 13th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (d. 1994)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)