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===1601–1900===
*[[1647]] &ndash; [[Daniel Eberlin]], German composer (d. 1715)
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[André Campra]], French composer and conductor (d. 1744)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Michel Pignolet de Montéclair]], French composer and educator (d. 1737)
*[[1670]] &ndash; [[John Aislabie]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (d. 1742)
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Gasparo Gozzi]], Italian playwright and critic (d. 1786)
*[[1727]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottfried Zinn]], German anatomist and botanist (d. 1759)<ref name="автоссылка1">[http://www.bbaw.de/die-akademie/akademiegeschichte/mitglieder-historisch/alphabetische-sortierung?altmitglied_id=3098 И. Г. Цинн на сайте Берлинско-Бранденбургской академии наук]</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Juliette Récamier]], French businesswoman (d. 1849)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Thomas Carlyle]], Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1881)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Jules Armand Dufaure]], French lawyer and politician, 33rd [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1881)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Nikoloz Baratashvili]], Georgian poet and author (d. 1845)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Samuel Butler (novelist)|Samuel Butler]], English author and critic (d. 1902)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Franz Xavier Wernz]], German religious leader, 25th [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (d. 1914)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Hannes Hafstein]], Icelandic poet and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] (d. 1922)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Edith Cavell]], English nurse, humanitarian, and saint ([[Anglicanism]]) (d. 1915)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Stanley Argyle]], Australian politician, 32nd [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1940)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Jesse Burkett]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1953)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Agnes Forbes Blackadder]], Scottish medical doctor (d. 1964)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ww1-biography/?id=1458|title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Surgeon Agnes Forbes Blackadder|website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk|access-date=2019-12-30}}</ref>
*  1875   &ndash; [[Joe Corbett]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1945)
*  1875   &ndash; [[Rainer Maria Rilke]], Austrian-Swiss poet and author (d. 1926)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Morris Alexander]], South African politician (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Abrahams |first=Israel |author-link=Israel Abrahams |editor-last=De Kock |editor-first=W. J. |encyclopedia=Dictionary of South African Biography |title=Alexander, Morris |language=en |edition=1st |date=1968 |volume=1 |oclc=85921202 |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofsout0000unse_p0x9/page/10/mode/2up |page=10}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Erwin von Witzleben]], Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Constance Davey]], Australian psychologist (d. 1963)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Katharine Susannah Prichard]], Australian author and playwright (d. 1969)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[R. C. Majumdar]], Indian historian (d. 1980)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Winifred Carney]], Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (d. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/viewPerson/225|title = The Dictionary of Ulster Biography}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Francisco Franco]], Spanish general and dictator, [[List of Prime Ministers of Spain|Prime Minister of Spain]] (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite web |title=Francisco Franco {{!}} Biography, Nickname, Beliefs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Franco |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1892   &ndash; [[Liu Bocheng]], Chinese commander and politician (d. 1986)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Herbert Read]], English poet and critic (d. 1968)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Feng Youlan]], Chinese philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Robert Redfield]], American anthropologist of Mexico (d. 1958)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Karl-Günther Heimsoth]], German physician and politician (d. 1934)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Charlie Spencer]], English footballer and manager (d. 1953)