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===1601–1900=== *[[1602]] – [[Francesco Cavalli]], Italian composer (d. 1676)<ref>{{cite book | last = Greene | first = David | title = Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers | publisher = Doubleday | location = Garden City, N.Y | year = 1985 | isbn = 9780385142786 | page=124}}</ref> *[[1614]] – [[John Wilkins]], English bishop, academic and natural philosopher (d. 1672)<ref>{{Cite ODNB|last=Henry|first=John|title=Wilkins, John|id=29421}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Geoffrey Russell Richards Treasure|title=Who's who in British History: A-H|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fLeeV-mqlJMC&pg=PA1309|date=January 1998|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-90-9|pages=1309–|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080417/https://books.google.com/books?id=fLeeV-mqlJMC&pg=PA1309|archive-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> *[[1625]] – Countess Palatine [[Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken]], Swedish princess (d. 1687)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=9105 |encyclopedia=[[Svenskt biografiskt lexikon]] |title=Maria |volume=25 |year=1987 |pages=150 |first=Lars-Olof |last=Skoglund |language=sv |access-date=2022-02-14 |archive-date=2022-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201035147/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=9105 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1628]] – [[Valentine Greatrakes]], Irish faith healer (d. 1683)<ref>{{cite book | last = Power | first = Patrick | title = History of Waterford: city and county | publisher = Mercier Press | location = Dublin | year = 1990 | isbn = 9780853429456 | page=309}}</ref> *[[1640]] – [[Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler]] (d. 1693)<ref>{{cite web |title=Anna Magdalena von Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1640–1693) |url=https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/2CY9-TYW/anna-magdalena-von-pfalz-birkenfeld-bischweiler-1640-1693 |website=FamilySearch |access-date=April 6, 2025}}</ref> *[[1670]] – [[Rajaram I|Rajaram Raj Bhonsle]], third Chhatrapati of the [[Maratha Confederacy]] (d. 1700)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mehta |first=Jaswant Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC&pg=PA47 |title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813 |date=2005-01-01 |publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-1-932705-54-6 |pages=47 |access-date=2020-02-21 |archive-date=2018-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225163836/https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC&pg=PA47 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1679]] – [[Georg Friedrich Kauffmann]], German organist and composer (d. 1735) *[[1692]] – [[Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée]], French author and playwright (d. 1754) *[[1701]] – [[Enrique Flórez]], Spanish historian and author (d. 1773) *[[1763]] – [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau]], French general (d. 1813) *[[1782]] – [[Eleanora Atherton]], English philanthropist (d. 1870)<ref>{{cite web |title=Summary of Individual {{!}} Legacies of British Slave-ownership |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43274 |website=www.ucl.ac.uk |access-date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819222209/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/43274 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1784]] – [[Heinrich Baermann]], German clarinetist (d. 1847) *[[1799]] – [[Walenty Wańkowicz]], Polish painter and illustrator (d. 1842) *[[1800]] – [[Emory Washburn]], American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1877) *[[1808]] – [[Michael Costa (conductor)|Michael Costa]], Italian-English conductor and composer (d. 1884) *[[1812]] – [[Fernando Wood]], American merchant and politician, 73rd [[Mayor of New York City]] (d. 1881)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mushkat |first=Jerome |url=http://archive.org/details/fernandowoodpoli0000mush |title=Fernando Wood : a political biography |date=1990 |publisher=Kent State University Press |isbn=978-0-87338-413-1 |pages=2}}</ref> *[[1813]] – [[Lydia Hamilton Smith]], African-American businesswoman (d. 1884)<ref name=lhs>{{cite book|first1=Henry Louis|last1=Gates|first2=Evelyn Brooks|last2=Higginbotham|title=The African American National Biography: Roman-Tzomes|volume=7|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|page=284|isbn=978-0-19516-019-2}}</ref> *[[1819]] – [[Christopher Latham Sholes]], American journalist and politician, invented the [[typewriter]] (d. 1890) *[[1824]] – [[Winfield Scott Hancock]], American general and politician (d. 1886) *[[1828]] – [[Edmond François Valentin About]], French journalist and author (d. 1885) *[[1829]] – [[Alfred Iverson Jr.]], American Confederate Army officer (d. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ford-Williamson |first1=Estelle |title=Alfred Iverson Jr. |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/alfred-iverson-jr-1829-1911/ |website=New Georgia Encyclopedia |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> *[[1835]] – [[Piet Paaltjens]], Dutch minister and poet (d. 1894) *[[1838]] – [[Margaret E. Knight]], American inventor (d. 1914) *[[1846]] – [[Julian Scott]], American soldier and drummer, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1901) *[[1847]] – [[Anna Howard Shaw]], American physician, minister, and activist (d. 1919) *[[1848]] – [[Benjamin Baillaud]], French astronomer and academic (d. 1934) *[[1855]] – [[Frank Harris]], Irish author and journalist (d. 1931) *[[1859]] – [[George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.]], American engineer, inventor of the [[Ferris wheel]] (d. 1896) *[[1860]] – [[Eugen Schiffer]], German lawyer and politician, [[Vice-Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1954) *[[1869]] – [[Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]], Scottish physicist and meteorologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1959) *[[1878]] – [[Julius Nieuwland]], Belgian priest, chemist and academic (d. 1936) *[[1882]] – [[John Barrymore]], American actor (d. 1942) *[[1884]] – [[Nils Olaf Chrisander]], Swedish actor and director (d. 1947) * 1884 – [[Kostas Varnalis]], Greek poet and playwright (d. 1974) *[[1888]] – [[Chandrashekhar Agashe]], Indian industrialist (d. 1956)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Agashe|first1=Trupti|last2=Agashe|first2=Gopal|editor1-last=Wad|editor1-first=Mugdha|title=Agashe Kulvrutant|trans-title=The [[Agashe]] Family Genealogy|chapter=Mangdari Gharana|chapter-url=http://chitpavanagashepariwar.org.in/all_in_a_gharane2_06.php|trans-chapter=The House of Mangdari|date=2006|publisher=Surbhi Graphics|location=[[Hyderabad]]|edition=2nd|url=http://chitpavanagashepariwar.org.in|language=mr|isbn=978-1-5323-4500-5|pages=61|access-date=2021-08-16|archive-date=2018-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915001725/http://chitpavanagashepariwar.org.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Nina Hamnett]], Welsh-English painter and author (d. 1956) * 1890 – [[Dick Richards (footballer)|Dick Richards]], Welsh international footballer (d. 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=551&united=Dick_Richards|title=Dick Richards|website=westhamstats.info|access-date=9 February 2020|archive-date=20 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820051955/http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=551&united=Dick_Richards|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1891]] – [[Katherine Stinson]], American aviator (d. 1977) *[[1892]] – [[Radola Gajda]], Czech commander and politician (d. 1948) *[[1894]] – [[Jack Benny]], American actor and producer (d. 1974)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-jack-benny-plaque-st-0216-20150215-story.html|title=Historical marker on Waukegan home honors Jack Benny on his birthday|last=Olson|first=Yadira Sanchez|website=Chicago Tribune|date=16 February 2015 |access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410205718/https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-jack-benny-plaque-st-0216-20150215-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[Wilhelm Burgdorf]], German general (d. 1945) * 1895 – [[Max Horkheimer]], German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1973) *[[1898]] – [[Bill Tilman]], English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977) * 1898 – [[Fritz Zwicky]], Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (d. 1974) *[[1900]] – [[Jessica Dragonette]], American singer (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fraser |first1=C. Gerald |title=Jessica Dragonette, Singer, Dies; Popular Early-Radio Performer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/20/archives/jessica-dragonette-singer-dies-popular-earlyradio-performer-began.html |access-date=May 9, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=March 20, 1980 |page=B 15 |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509030901/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/20/archives/jessica-dragonette-singer-dies-popular-earlyradio-performer-began.html?searchResultPosition=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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