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===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Arcangela Tarabotti]], Venetian nun and feminist (d. 1652)
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Charles Le Brun]], French painter and theorist (d. 1690)
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Johannes Clauberg]], German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Jacques de Vaucanson]], French engineer (d. 1782)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[John McKinly]], Irish-American physician and politician, 1st [[List of Governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]] (d. 1796)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[John Burgoyne]], English general and politician (d. 1792)
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]] (d. 1806)
*[[1743]] &ndash; [[Joseph Banks]], English botanist and explorer (d. 1820)
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Charles Frederick Horn]], German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Rama II of Siam]] (d. 1824)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]] (d. 1850)
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Martin W. Bates]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
*  1786   &ndash; [[Wilhelm Grimm]], German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Johan Christian Dahl]], Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Samuel Lover]], Irish composer, writer and painter (d. 1868)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuel Lover &#124; Irish writer, poet, musician &#124; Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Lover |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Lydia Becker]], English-French activist (d. 1890)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Spielhagen]], German novelist, literary theorist and translator<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friedrich von Spielhagen &#124; Novelist, Critic, Poet &#124; Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Friedrich-von-Spielhagen |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
*[[1830]] – [[Karolina Světlá]], Czech female author<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Catalogue |url=https://katalog.ahmp.cz/pragapublica/permalink?xid=A42B37BF70DB473BA002CAF3EED5FA77&scan=222#scan222 |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=katalog.ahmp.cz}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Leo von Caprivi]], German general and politician, [[List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1899)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Julius Vogel]], English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1899)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Winslow Homer]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Rosalía de Castro]], Spanish poet (d. 1885)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Anna-Marie|last1=Aldaz|first2=Barbara N.|last2=Gantt|first3=Anne C.|last3=Bromley|title=Poems|location=Albany|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=1991|page=xix|isbn=978-0-79140-582-6}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Arrigo Boito]], Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Andrew Inglis Clark]], Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[George Moore (novelist)|George Moore]], Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Emma Ann Browne]],British-born Australian philanthropist (d. 1941)<ref>{{Citation |last=Richards |first=Paul A. C. |title=Emma Ann Browne (1857–1941) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/browne-emma-ann-13265 |access-date=2024-11-08 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild]], French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Zara DuPont]], American suffragist (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Troyer |first1=Andrew |last2=Heaphy |first2=Leslie |title=Biographical Sketch of Zara DuPont |url=https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009860177 |website=Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 |publisher=Alexander Street Documents |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-date=16 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016224634/https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009860177 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Honus Wagner]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Rudolph Ganz]], Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
*  1877   &ndash; [[Ettie Rout]], Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)
*  [[1881]] &ndash; [[Abdelaziz of Morocco|Moulay Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan]], Sultan of Morocco (d. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abd al-Aziz &#124; Reformer, Modernization, Protector &#124; Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abd-al-Aziz-sultan-of-Morocco |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Chester W. Nimitz]], American admiral (d. 1966)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz]], Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Main]], American actress (d. 1975)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Şehzade Osman Fuad]], Ottoman prince (d. 1973)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/burkesroyalfamil0002unse/mode/2up |title=Burke's royal families of the world |date=1977 |publisher=Burke's Peerage |isbn=9780850110234 |editor-last=Massingberd |editor-first=Hugh Montgomery |location=London |publication-date=1997-01-01 |pages=28, 173}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Richard Thorpe]], American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Kurt Tank]], German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Irmgard Bartenieff]], German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of [[dance therapy]] (d. 1981)