Editing February 1 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Marquard Gude]], German archaeologist and scholar (d. 1689)
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Elkanah Settle]], English poet and playwright (d. 1724)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Philip H. Highfill|author2=Kalman A. Burnim|author3=Edward A. Langhans|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NfcTUoBuM9IC&pg=PA267|year=1991|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-1525-3|pages=267}}</ref>
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Jacob Roggeveen]], Dutch explorer (d. 1729)
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Ignacia del Espíritu Santo]], Filipino nun, founded the [[Religious of the Virgin Mary]] (d. 1748)
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Marie Thérèse de Bourbon]], Princess of Conti and titular queen of Poland (d. [[1732]])
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[Johann Adam Birkenstock]], German violinist and composer (d. 1733)
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[Francesco Maria Veracini]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1768)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Johan Agrell]], Swedish-German pianist and composer (d. 1765)
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Christiaan Hendrik Persoon]], South African-French mycologist and academic (d. 1836)
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Thomas Campbell (minister)|Thomas Campbell]], Irish minister and theologian (d. 1854)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich]], Swiss minister, poet, and educator (d. 1865)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Émile Littré]], French lexicographer and philosopher (d. 1881)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[George Hendric Houghton]], American clergyman and theologian (d. 1897)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Emil Hartmann]], Danish organist and composer (d. 1898)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[G. Stanley Hall]], American psychologist and academic (d. 1924)<ref>{{cite book|author=Lawrence Balter|title=Parenthood in America: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5TqV3A3xWwC&pg=PA301|year=2000|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-213-4|pages=301}}</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Durham Stevens]], American lawyer and diplomat (d. 1908)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Ignacio Bonillas]], Mexican diplomat (d. 1942)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Victor Herbert]], Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Agda Meyerson]], Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (d. 1924)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Ștefan Luchian]], Romanian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jacques Lassaigne|author2=Theodor Enescu|title=Ștefan Luchian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FsAuAQAAIAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Meridiane|isbn=978-973-33-0163-9|page=104}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Erik Adolf von Willebrand]], Finnish physician (d. 1949)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Clara Butt]], English opera singer (d. 1936)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Record Collector: A Magazine for Collectors of Recorded Vocal Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NWI5AQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=J. F. E. Dennis|page=92}}</ref>
*  1872   &ndash; [[Jerome F. Donovan]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1949)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[John Barry (VC recipient)|John Barry]], Irish soldier, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (d. 1901)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Hugo von Hofmannsthal]], Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1929)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Alfréd Hajós]], Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the [[Grand Hotel Aranybika]] (d. 1955)
*  1878   &ndash; [[Milan Hodža]], Slovak journalist and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia]] (d. 1944)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Tip Snooke]], South African cricketer (d. 1966) 
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Dimitrov]], Bulgarian artist (d. 1960)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Dimitrov-Maistora, Vladimir |encyclopedia=[[Grove Art Online]] |date=2003 |last=Katzarova |first=Mariana |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location= |id= |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/display/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000022809 |access-date=20 February 2024 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T022809}}</ref>
*  1882   &ndash; [[Louis St. Laurent]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 1973)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Bradbury Robinson]], American football player and physician (d. 1949)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Yevgeny Zamyatin]], Russian journalist and author (d. 1937)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Charles Nordhoff]], English-American lieutenant, pilot, and author (d. 1947)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Reek]], Estonian general and politician, 11th [[Estonian Minister of War]] (d. 1942)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[John Ford]], American director and producer (d. 1973)
*  1894   &ndash; [[James P. Johnson]], American pianist and composer (d. 1955)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Conn Smythe]], Canadian businessman (d. 1980)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Denise Robins]], English journalist and author (d. 1985)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Leila Denmark]], American pediatrician and author (d. 2012)