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===1601–1900===
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Robert Plot]], English chemist and academic (d. 1696)
*[[1662]] &ndash; [[Francesco Bianchini]], Italian astronomer and philosopher (d. 1729)
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[Yongzheng Emperor]] of China (d. 1735)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Carlo Gozzi]], Italian playwright (d. 1804)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Franz Aepinus]], German astronomer and philosopher (d. 1802)
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[James Scarlett Abinger]], English judge (d. 1844)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner]], German chemist, invented the [[Döbereiner's lamp]] (d. 1849)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Archduke Louis of Austria]] (d. 1864)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Heine]], German journalist, poet, and critic (d. 1856)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Joseph Howe]], Canadian journalist and politician, 5th [[Premier of Nova Scotia]] (d. 1873)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Ana Néri]], Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (d. 1880)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lola|last=de Oliveira|title=Minhas Viagens ao Norte do Brasil: Espirito Santo, Baía, Sergipe, Alagoas, Peruambuco, Paraíba, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norke|location=Rio de Janeiro|publisher=Grafica Laemmert|date=1941|page=64|oclc=1128688745|language=PT}}</ref>
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Werner von Siemens]], German engineer and businessman, founded [[Siemens]] (d. 1892)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Mary Todd Lincoln]], 16th [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. 1882)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Mathilde Fibiger]], Danish feminist, novelist and telegraphist (d. 1892)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Franz von Lenbach]], German painter and academic (d. 1904)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Herman Bavinck]], Dutch philosopher, theologian, and academic (d. 1921)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Svetozar Boroević]], Croatian-Austrian field marshal (d. 1920)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Lucien Guitry]], French actor (d. 1925)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Emil Seidel]], American woodcarver and politician, 36th [[Mayor of Milwaukee]] (d. 1947)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Kristian Birkeland]], Norwegian physicist and author (d. 1917)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Edward LeSaint]], American actor and director (d. 1940)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Emily Carr]], Canadian painter and author (d. 1945)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Josef Lhévinne]], Russian pianist and educator (d. 1944)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Jane Edna Hunter]], African-American social worker (d. 1971)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/h/hunter-jane-edna-harris|title=HUNTER, JANE EDNA (HARRIS)|date=2019-02-12|website=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History {{!}} Case Western Reserve University|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Belle da Costa Greene]], American librarian and bibliographer (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Belle da Costa Greene {{!}} American librarian and bibliographer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Belle-da-Costa-Greene |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Aimilios Veakis]], Greek actor, director, and playwright (d. 1951)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Annie Dale Biddle Andrews]], American mathematician (d. 1940)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[George Pólya]], Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1985)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Alvin C. York]], American colonel, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1964)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Lucía Sánchez Saornil]], Spanish anarchist feminist (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Graham|first=Helen|year=2009|title=Sánchez Saornil, Lucía (1895–1970)|editor-last=Ness|editor-first=Immanuel|encyclopedia=The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest|doi=10.1002/9781405198073.wbierp1301|isbn=9781405198073|pages=1–3}}</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Albert Aalbers]], Dutch architect, designed the [[Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel]] (d. 1961)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Drew Pearson (journalist)|Drew Pearson]], American journalist and author (d. 1969)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Jonel Perlea]], Romanian-American conductor and educator (d. 1970)