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===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Per Brahe the Younger]], Swedish soldier and politician, [[Governor-General of Finland]] (d. 1680)
*  1602   &ndash; [[Michelangelo Cerquozzi]], Italian painter (d. 1660)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/michelangelo-cerquozzi_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/|title=CERQUOZZI, Michelangelo|first=Nello|last=Tarchiani|encyclopedia=Enciclopedia Italiana|language=it|year=1931|access-date=2021-02-10|archive-date=2021-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502044012/https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/michelangelo-cerquozzi_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon]], English historian and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (d. 1674)
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[Francesco Redi]], Italian physician (d. 1697)
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Vitali]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1692)
*[[1642]] &ndash; [[Marie Champmeslé]], French actress (d. 1698)
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre]], French philosopher and author (d. 1743)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Johann Christian Kittel]], German organist and composer (d. 1809)
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Volta]], Italian physicist, invented the [[Battery (electricity)|battery]] (d. 1827)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Emanuel Granberg]], Finnish church painter (d. 1797)<ref>{{cite book|title=Herran huoneiden kuvamaailma - Muhoksen ekumeeninen kuva- ja ikonikirja|publisher=Maahenki Oy|year=2015|author=Paula Mäkelä|chapter=Muhoksen kirkon kuvamaalari Emanuel Granberg (1754-1797)|pages=28, 40|isbn=978-952-301-036-9|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Samuel Fenton Cary]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1900)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Lewis Armistead]], American general (d. 1863)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[John O'Shanassy]], Irish-Australian politician, 2nd [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1883)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/oshanassy-sir-john-4347|title=Cultural Advice|first=S. M.|last=Ingham|chapter=O'Shanassy, Sir John (1818–1883)|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|via=Australian Dictionary of Biography|access-date=2021-04-13|archive-date=2021-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413075307/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/oshanassy-sir-john-4347|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Konstanty Schmidt-Ciążyński]], Polish collector and art connoisseur who donated a large collection to the [[National Museum in Kraków]] (d. 1889)<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Metryka chrztu z parafii rzymskokatolickiej pw. Św. Krzyża w Warszawie z dnia 3 października 1818 |url=http://metryki.genealodzy.pl/metryka.php?ar=9&zs=9243d&sy=130&kt=4&plik=246.jpg |access-date=2012-09-16 |language=la}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Ramakrishna Paramahamsa]], Indian mystic and yogi (d. 1886)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Ernst Mach]], Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. 1916)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Wilson Barrett]], English actor, playwright, and manager (d. 1904)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Louis Comfort Tiffany]], American [[stained glass]] artist (d. 1933)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Alexander Kielland]], Norwegian author, playwright, and politician (d. 1906)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[George Henschel]], German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (d. 1934)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Jean Jules Jusserand]], French historian, author, and diplomat, [[List of French ambassadors to the United States|French Ambassador to the United States]] (d. 1932)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Anders Zorn]], Swedish artist (d. 1920) 
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Charles M. Schwab]], American businessman, co-founded [[Bethlehem Steel]] (d. 1939)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Hedwig Courths-Mahler]], German writer (d. 1950)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[William Laurel Harris]], American painter and author (d. 1924)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Harry Brearley]], English inventor (d. 1948)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Nikos Kazantzakis]], Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (d. 1957)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Henri Laurens]], French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1954)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Maksim Haretski]], Belarusian prose writer, journalist and activist (d. 1938)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]], American actor (d. 1956)
*  1890   &ndash; [[Adolphe Menjou]], American actor (d. 1963)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Wendell Willkie]], American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1944)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Li Linsi]], Chinese educator and diplomat (d. 1970) 
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Luis Muñoz Marín]], Puerto Rican poet and politician, 1st [[Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico]] (d. 1980)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Arthur Bryant]], English historian and journalist (d. 1985)