Editing February 11 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1649]] &ndash; [[William Carstares]], Scottish minister and academic (d. 1715)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Carstares {{!}} Scottish minister |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Carstares |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle]], French poet and playwright (d. 1757)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernard Le Bovier, sieur de Fontenelle {{!}} French author and scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernard-Le-Bovier-sieur-de-Fontenelle |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1708]] &ndash; [[Egidio Duni]], Italian composer (d. 1775)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boer |first1=Bertil van |title=Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period |date=2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7386-5 |page=169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GchjwmUnmoC&pg=PA169 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], French poet and playwright (d. 1811)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nafziger |first1=George F. |title=Historical Dictionary of the Napoleonic Era |date=2001 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6617-1 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dcr7Zt2FEPoC&pg=PA82 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]], Greek politician, 1st [[List of heads of state of Greece|Governor of Greece]] (d. 1831)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newton |first1=Michael |title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes] |date=2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61069-286-1 |page=252 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA252 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Henry Fox Talbot]], English photographer and politician, invented the [[calotype]] (d. 1877)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - William Henry Fox Talbot |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/fox_talbot_william_henry.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=13 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Lydia Maria Child]], American journalist, author, and activist (d. 1880)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lydia Maria Child {{!}} American author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lydia-Maria-Child |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Jean Baptiste Charbonneau]], Native American-French Canadian explorer (d. 1866)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Larry E. |title=The Fate of the Corps: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers After the Expedition |date=2004 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-13024-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/fateofcorps00larr/page/187 187] |url=https://archive.org/details/fateofcorps00larr |url-access=registration |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Alexander H. Stephens]], American lawyer and politician, [[Vice President of the Confederate States of America]] (d. 1883)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander H. Stephens {{!}} vice president of Confederate States of America |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-H-Stephens |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Otto Ludwig (writer)|Otto Ludwig]], German author, playwright, and critic (d. 1865)<ref>{{cite web |title=Otto Ludwig {{!}} German writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Otto-Ludwig |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Auguste Mariette]], French archaeologist and scholar (d. 1881)<ref>{{cite web |title=Auguste Mariette {{!}} French archaeologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Auguste-Mariette |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff]], Prussian pianist and composer (d. 1913)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Giraudet |first1=Jean-Paul |title=Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf |url=https://musicalics.com/en/composer/Hans-Bronsart-von-Schellendorf |website=musicalics.com |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=fr |date=1 March 2014}}</ref>
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Melville Fuller]], American lawyer and jurist, 8th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (d. 1910)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Orth |first1=John V. |title=Fuller, Melville Weston |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195176612.001.0001/acref-9780195176612-e-0459 |website=The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195176612.001.0001 |date=2005|isbn=9780195176612 }}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Josiah Willard Gibbs]], American physicist (d. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=J. Willard Gibbs {{!}} American scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-Willard-Gibbs |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Ahmet Tevfik Pasha]], Ottoman soldier and politician, [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (d. 1936)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ahmed Tevfik Paşa {{!}} Ottoman vizier |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmed-Tevfik-Pasa |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]], American engineer and businessman, developed the [[light bulb]] and [[phonograph]] (d. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Edison {{!}} Biography, Inventions, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Edison |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Ellen Day Hale]], American painter and author (d. 1940)<ref name=Hale>{{cite web |title=Ellen Day Hale {{!}} Smithsonian American Art Museum |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/ellen-day-hale-2022 |website=americanart.si.edu |access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Rachilde]], French author and playwright (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawthorne |first1=Melanie |title=Rachilde and French Women's Authorship: From Decadence to Modernism |date=2001 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-2402-5 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcjSMZ3Z5Q0C&pg=PA12 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[John F. Fitzgerald]], American politician; [[Mayor of Boston]] (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fitzgerald, John Francis (1863-1950) |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0600188 |website=www.anb.org |year=2000 |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0600188|last1=Burns |first1=Constance K. |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 }}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Louis Bouveault]], French chemist (d. 1909)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Partington |first1=James Riddick |title=History of Chemistry |date=1964 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-1-349-00554-3 |page=860 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-1JdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA860 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Helene Kröller-Müller]], German-Dutch art collector and philanthropist, founded the [[Kröller-Müller Museum]] (d. 1939)<ref>{{cite web |title=From a merchant family |url=https://krollermuller.nl/en/timeline/from-a-merchant-family |website=krollermuller.nl |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller |url=https://krollermuller.nl/en/timeline/rijksmuseum-kroller-muller#item2568 |website=krollermuller.nl |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1869   &ndash; [[Else Lasker-Schüler]], German poet and author (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite web |title=Who was Jewish German poet and artist Else Lasker-Schüler, celebrated in today's Google Doodle? |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/read-this/who-was-jewish-german-poet-and-artist-else-lasker-schuler-celebrated-todays-google-doodle-1392742 |website=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com |date=7 February 2020 |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Elsa Beskow]], Swedish author and illustrator (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gaze |first1=Delia |last2=Mihajlovic |first2=Maja |last3=Shrimpton |first3=Leanda |title=Dictionary of Women Artists: Introductory surveys; Artists, A-I |date=1997 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-884964-21-3 |page=254 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_0Y0PALzQMC&pg=PA254 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Aasa Helgesen]], Norwegian midwife (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Aasa Helgesen |first=Ånund |last=Haugland |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=4 January 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Aasa_Helgesen |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Carlo Carrà]], Italian painter (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carrà, Carlo, 1881–1966 |url=https://artuk.org/discover/artists/carra-carlo-18811966 |website=artuk.org |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[John Warren Davis (college president)|John Warren Davis]], American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (d. 1980)<ref name="WVAH 1">{{cite web |url= http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/blacks/jwdavis.html |title= John Warren Davis  |author= West Virginia Archives and History |year= 2019 |publisher= West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History |access-date= February 29, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200229171815/http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/blacks/jwdavis.html |archive-date= February 29, 2020}}</ref><ref name="The Record 1">{{cite news | last = Anderson | first = Gene | title = Dr. John Warren Davis, adviser to five presidents | newspaper = [[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]] | location = [[Hackensack, New Jersey]] | date = July 13, 1980 | page = 22 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46009114/dr-john-warren-davis-adviser-to-five/ | access-date = March 2, 2020 | via = [[Newspapers.com]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200302233738/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46009114/dr-john-warren-davis-adviser-to-five/ | archive-date = March 2, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Emil Leon Post]], Polish-American mathematician and logician (d. 1954)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shook |first1=John R. |title=Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers |date=2005 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-84371-037-0 |page=1951 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ijpj1tB3Qr0C&pg=PA1951 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Leo Szilard]], Hungarian-American physicist and academic (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite web |title=Leo Szilard {{!}} American physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leo-Szilard |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ellen Broe]], Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (d. 1994)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/313/origin/170/|title=Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Ellen Broe|date=2007-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708132625/http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/313/origin/170/|archive-date=July 8, 2007|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Hans-Georg Gadamer]], German philosopher and scholar (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hans-Georg Gadamer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hans-georg-gadamer-9148259.html |website=The Independent |access-date=5 March 2020 |language=en |date=26 March 2002}}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Jōsei Toda]], Japanese educator and activist (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prohl |first1=Inken |last2=Nelson |first2=John K. |title=Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions |date=2012 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-23435-2 |pages=283–290 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiZi2mgC5a4C&pg=PA283 |language=en}}</ref>