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===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; [[George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen]], officer in the Dutch Army (d. 1674)<ref>{{aut|Menk, Friedhelm}} (2004). "Die Fürstengruft zu Siegen und die darin von 1669 bis 1781 erfolgten Beisetzungen". In: {{aut|Burwitz, Ludwig}} u.a. (Redaktion), ''Siegener Beiträge. Jahrbuch für regionale Geschichte'' (in German). Vol.&nbsp;9. Siegen: Geschichtswerkstatt Siegen – Arbeitskreis für Regionalgeschichte e.V. p.&nbsp;192; {{cite book |last1=Huberty |first1=Michel |last2=Giraud |first2=Alain |last3=Magdelaine |first3=F.&nbsp;&&nbsp;B. |title=l'Allemagne Dynastique |language=fr |location=Le Perreux |publisher=Alain Giraud |date=1981 |volume=Tome&nbsp;III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg |pages=234}}</ref>
*[[1633]] &ndash; [[Samuel Pepys]], English diarist and politician (d. 1703)<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Pepys {{!}} English diarist and naval administrator |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Pepys |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819181518/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Pepys |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], Japanese shōgun (d. 1709)
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville]], Canadian politician, 2nd [[List of colonial governors of Louisiana|Colonial Governor of Louisiana]] (d. 1767)
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[George Frideric Handel]], German-English organist and composer (d. 1759)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Richard Price]], Welsh-English minister and philosopher (d. 1791)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Mayer Amschel Rothschild]], German banker and businessman (d. 1812)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[José Joaquín de Herrera]], Mexican politician and general (d. 1854)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/jose-joaquin-de-herrera/ |title=JOSÉ JOAQUÍN DE HERRERA |publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico |language=es |access-date=May 27, 2019 |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825015405/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/jose-joaquin-de-herrera |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Johan Jakob Nervander]], Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (d. 1848)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://agricolaverkko.fi/vintti/julkaisut/historiakone/elamakerta.php?id=178|title=Nervander Johan Jacob|publisher=Agricola|access-date=February 23, 2022|language=fi|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223150602/https://agricolaverkko.fi/vintti/julkaisut/historiakone/elamakerta.php?id=178|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Hendrik Willem Mesdag]], Dutch painter (d. 1915)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann]], German philosopher and author (d. 1906)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[César Ritz]], Swiss businessman, founded [[The Ritz Hotel, London]] and [[Hôtel Ritz Paris]] (d. 1918)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[W. E. B. Du Bois]], American sociologist, historian, and activist (d. 1963)
*  1868   &ndash; [[Anna Hofman-Uddgren]], Swedish actress, singer, and director (d. 1947)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Liang Qichao]], Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1929)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Päts]], Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of Estonia]] (d. 1956)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Kazimir Malevich]], Ukrainian painter and theorist (d. 1935)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Karl Jaspers]], German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (d. 1969)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Guy C. Wiggins]], American painter (d. 1962)
*  [[1884]] &ndash; [[Casimir Funk]], Polish biochemist (d. 1967)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-19 |title=Kazimierz Funk and vitamins |url=https://polishhistory.pl/kazimierz-funk-and-vitamins/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Polish History |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Musidora]], French actress and director (d. 1957)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Cyril Delevanti]], English-American actor (d. 1975)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Victor Fleming]], American director, cinematographer, and producer (d. 1949)
*  1889   &ndash; [[John Gilbert Winant]], American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (d. 1947)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Harrison]], English actress (d. 1995)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Agnes Smedley]], American journalist and writer (d. 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agnes-Smedley |title=Agnes Smedley &#124; American journalist and writer |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2019-02-23 |archive-date=2019-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224002816/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agnes-Smedley |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Harold Horder]], Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1978)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Erich Kästner]], German author and poet (d. 1974)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Norman Taurog]], American director and screenwriter (d. 1981)