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===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore]], English lawyer and politician, [[List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador|Governor of Newfoundland]] (d. 1675) *[[1640]] – [[Amalia Catharina]], German poet and composer (d. 1697) *[[1646]] – [[Godfrey Kneller]], German-English painter (d. 1723) *[[1673]] – [[John Ker]], Scottish spy (d. 1726) *[[1693]] – [[Laurent Belissen]], French composer (d. 1762) *[[1694]] – [[Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)|Francis Hutcheson]], Irish philosopher and academic (d. 1746) *[[1706]] – [[Johan Augustin Mannerheim]], Swedish nobleman and military leader (d. 1778)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gotlandsforsvarshistoria.se/biografica/akter-2/3428.htm|title=Johan Augustin Mannerheim|publisher=Gotlands Försvarshistoria och Gotlands Trupper|access-date=23 October 2024|language=sv|archive-date=15 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115152411/https://www.gotlandsforsvarshistoria.se/biografica/akter-2/3428.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1709]] – [[Hermann Anton Gelinek]], German-Italian monk and violinist (d. 1779) *[[1720]] – [[Carl Fredrik Pechlin]], Swedish general and politician (d. 1796) *[[1754]] – [[Hipólito Ruiz López]], Spanish botanist (d. 1816) *[[1758]] – [[Friedrich Georg Weitsch]], German painter (d. 1828) *[[1790]] – [[Ferenc Kölcsey]], Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (d. 1838) *[[1807]] – [[Emilie Flygare-Carlén]], Swedish author (d. 1892) *[[1814]] – [[Esther Hobart Morris]], American suffragette and judge (d. 1902)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Jessica |title=Overlooked No More: She Followed a Trail to Wyoming. Then She Blazed One. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/obituaries/overlooked-esther-morris.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524050115/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/obituaries/overlooked-esther-morris.html |archive-date=2018-05-24 |url-access=limited |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=23 May 2018}}</ref> *[[1822]] – [[George Stoneman, Jr.]], United States Army cavalry officer (d. 1894) *[[1839]] – [[Nelson A. Miles]], American general (d. 1925) *[[1851]] – [[George Turner (Australian politician)|George Turner]], Australian politician, 18th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1916) *[[1856]] – [[Thomas Anstey Guthrie]], English journalist and author (d. 1934) *[[1857]] – [[Cécile Chaminade]], French pianist and composer (d. 1944) *[[1863]] – [[Jean Leon Gerome Ferris]], American painter (d. 1930)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sgipt.org/politpsy/usa/kuk/paint/ferris.htm | title=J.L.G. Ferris (1863–1930) | publisher=Allgemeine und Integrative Psychotherapie | first=Rudolf | last=Sponsel | access-date=2010-08-01|language=de}}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[Matthew Henson]], American explorer (d. 1955) *[[1874]] – [[Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield]], English businessman and politician, [[President of the Board of Trade]] (d. 1948) *[[1875]] – [[Artur Bernardes]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th [[President of Brazil]] (d. 1955) *[[1876]] – [[Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly]], Indian-Syrian priest, founded the [[Sisters of the Destitute]] (d. 1929) *[[1879]] – [[Bob Smith (doctor)|Bob Smith]], American physician and surgeon, co-founded [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (d. 1950) * 1879 – [[Emiliano Zapata]], Mexican general and politician (d. 1919) *[[1880]] – [[Earle Page]], Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite web |title=Earle Page |url=https://www.nma.gov.au/explore/features/prime-ministers/earle-page |website=www.nma.gov.au |publisher=National Museum of Australia |access-date=3 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Earle Page – Prime Ministers |url=https://primeministers.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/earle-page |website=Australian Prime Ministers |publisher=Museum of Australian Democracy |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist]], German field marshal (d. 1954) *[[1882]] – [[Ladislas Starevich]], Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1965) *[[1884]] – [[Sara Teasdale]], American poet and educator (d. 1933) *[[1889]] – [[Hans Egede Budtz]], Danish actor (d. 1968) * 1889 – [[Jack Ryder (cricketer)|Jack Ryder]], Australian cricketer (d. 1977) *[[1891]] – [[Adolf Busch]], German violinist and composer (d. 1952) *[[1896]] – [[Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings]], American author and academic (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite web |title= Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/august-08/#marjorie-kinnan-rawlings |website=Today in History - August 8 |publisher=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Marguerite Bise]], French chef (d. 1965)
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