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===1601–1900=== *[[1601]] – [[Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha]] (d. 1675) *[[1628]] – [[Noël Coypel]], French painter and educator (d. 1707)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Klingsöhr-Leroy |first1=Cathrin |title=Coypel, Noël |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/oao/9781884446054.013.90000369637|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 }}</ref> *[[1642]] – [[Isaac Newton]], English physicist and mathematician (d. 1727)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kollerstrom |first1=Nicholas |chapter=Newton, Isaac |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |pages=830–832 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1008|isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 }}</ref> *[[1652]] – [[Archibald Pitcairne]], Scottish physician, anatomist, and scholar (d. 1713) *[[1665]] – [[Lady Grizel Baillie]], Scottish-English poet and songwriter (d. 1746) *[[1674]] – [[Thomas Halyburton]], Scottish minister and theologian (d. 1712) *[[1686]] – [[Giovanni Battista Somis]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1763)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Basso |first1=Alberto |title=Somis, Giovanni Battista |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.26178}}</ref> *[[1700]] – [[Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]] (d. 1758) *[[1711]] – [[Jean-Joseph de Mondonville]], French violinist and composer (d. 1772)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Signorile |first1=Marc |title=Mondonville, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18945}}</ref> *[[1716]] – [[Johann Jakob Reiske]], German physician and scholar (d. 1774) *[[1717]] – [[Pope Pius VI]] (d. 1799)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pius VI {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-VI |access-date=10 December 2020 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> *[[1728]] – [[Johann Adam Hiller]], German composer and conductor (d. 1804)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Abert |first1=Anna Amalie |last2=Bauman |first2=Thomas |title=Hiller, Johann Adam |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.13043}}</ref> *[[1730]] – [[Filippo Mazzei]], Italian-American physician and philosopher (d. 1816)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Idzerda |first1=Stanley J. |title=Mazzei, Philip (1730-1816), physician, merchant, and agent of Virginia during the American Revolution |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0300595}}</ref> *[[1745]] – [[Chevalier de Saint-Georges]], Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1799)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Banat |first1=Gabriel |title=Saint-Georges [Saint-George], Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24316}}</ref> *[[1757]] – [[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]], American general and politician, 17th [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (d. 1839)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Lowery |first1=Charles D. |title=Pierce, Benjamin (1757-1839), governor of New Hampshire |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0300382}}</ref> *[[1766]] – [[Christmas Evans]], Welsh Nonconformist preacher (d. 1838) *[[1771]] – [[Dorothy Wordsworth]], English diarist and poet (d. 1855) *[[1776]] – [[Sydney, Lady Morgan]], Irish author and poet (d. 1859) *[[1810]] – [[L. L. Langstroth]], American apiarist, clergyman and teacher (d. 1895)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Lach, Jr. |first1=Edward L. |title=Langstroth, Lorenzo Lorraine (1810-1895), minister and apiarist |date=January 2001 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1300948}}</ref> *[[1821]] – [[Clara Barton]], American nurse and humanitarian, founder of the [[American Red Cross]] (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Pryor |first1=Elizabeth B. |title=Barton, Clara (1821-1912), philanthropist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1200054}}</ref> *[[1825]] – [[Stephen F. Chadwick]], American lawyer and politician, 5th [[Governor of Oregon]] (d. 1895) *[[1829]] – [[Patrick Gilmore]], Irish-American composer and bandleader (d. 1892)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Cipolla |first1=Frank J. |title=Gilmore, Patrick S(arsfield) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.11152}}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[Pud Galvin]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1902) *[[1861]] – [[Francis Henry Buzzacott]], American hunter, explorer and army scout famous for writing [[Buzzacott's Masterpiece]] (d. 1947)<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t04x5xg0p&seq=8 Buzzacott's Masterpiece]</ref> *[[1861]] – [[Madan Mohan Malaviya]], Indian educator, lawyer, and politician, [[President of the Indian National Congress]] (d. 1946) *[[1865]] – [[Evangeline Booth]], English 4th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (d. 1950) *[[1869]] – [[Charles Finger]], English-American journalist and author (d. 1941) *[[1872]] – [[Helena Rubinstein]], Polish-American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1965) *[[1873]] – [[Otto Frederick Hunziker]], Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator (d. 1959) *[[1874]] – [[Lina Cavalieri]], Italian soprano and actress (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Celletti |first1=Rodolfo |last2=Gualerzi |first2=Valeria Pregliasco |title=Cavalieri, Lina |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05203}}</ref> *[[1875]] – [[Francis Aveling]], Canadian psychologist and priest (d. 1941) * 1875 – [[Theodor Innitzer]], Austrian cardinal (d. 1955) *[[1876]] – [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st [[Governor-General of Pakistan]] (d. 1948) * 1876 – [[Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1959) *[[1878]] – [[Louis Chevrolet]], American race car driver and businessman, co-founded [[Chevrolet]] (d. 1941) * 1878 – [[Noël, Countess of Rothes]], British philanthropist, social leader and heroine of Titanic disaster (d. 1956) * 1878 – [[Joseph M. Schenck]], Russian-American film producer (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Gomery |first1=Douglas |title=Schenck, Joseph M. (1877-1961), motion picture executive |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1801925}}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[Hugo Bergmann]], Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic (d. 1975) * 1883 – [[Hana Meisel]], Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and politician (d. 1972) *[[1884]] – [[Samuel Berger (boxer)|Samuel Berger]], American boxer (d. 1925) * 1884 – [[Evelyn Nesbit]], American model and actress (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Cardyn |first1=Lisa |title=Nesbit, Evelyn Florence (1884-1967), model and showgirl |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1803290}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Malak Hifni Nasif]], Egyptian poet and activist (d. 1918) * 1886 – [[Kid Ory]], American trombonist and bandleader (d. 1973) *[[1887]] – [[Conrad Hilton]], American entrepreneur (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Lach, Jr. |first1=Edward L. |title=Hilton, Conrad (25 December 1887–03 January 1979), businessman |date=1999 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1001964}}</ref> *[[1889]] – [[Lila Bell Wallace]], American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded ''[[Reader's Digest]]'' (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Reuss |first1=Carol |title=Wallace, Lila Bell Acheson (25 December 1889–08 May 1984), cofounder and co-owner of the Reader's Digest and philanthropist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1602750}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Noel Odell]], English geologist and mountaineer (d. 1987) *[[1891]] – [[Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)|Kenneth Anderson]], Indian-English general and politician, [[Governor of Gibraltar]] (d. 1959) * 1891 – [[Clarrie Grimmett]], New Zealand-Australian cricketer (d. 1980) *[[1899]] – [[Humphrey Bogart]], American actor (d. 1957)
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