Editing February 3 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1677]] &ndash; [[Jan Santini Aichel]], Czech architect, designed the [[Karlova Koruna Chateau]] (d. 1723)
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Blas de Lezo]], Spanish admiral (d. 1741)<ref>{{cite journal|author=García Rivas, Manuel|title=En torno a la biografía de Blas de Lezo|year=2012|journal=Itsas Memoria. Revista de Estudios Marítimos del País Vasco|number=7|page=491|url=http://untzimuseoa.eus/images/itsas_memoria_07/28_manuelgracia_rivas.pdf|access-date=2 April 2016|archive-date=April 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415041709/http://untzimuseoa.eus/images/itsas_memoria_07/28_manuelgracia_rivas.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz]], Prussian general (d. 1773)
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Johann Georg Albrechtsberger]], Austrian composer and theorist (d. 1809)<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Mason Greene|author2=Constance Green|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA356|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|page=356}}</ref>
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[Samuel Osgood]], American soldier and politician, 1st [[United States Postmaster General]] (d. 1813)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Joseph Forlenze]], Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon (d. 1833)<ref>{{Cite web| author = Gerardo Salinardi| url = http://www.basilicatanet.it/basilicatanet/site/Basilicatanet/detail.jsp?sec=1005&otype=1012&id=262504&value=consiglioInforma| title = (RegioneInforma) "Da Picerno a Parigi"|date=18 August 2005|language=it}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Caroline von Wolzogen]], German author (d. 1847)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gabriele von Humboldt Freifrau von Bülow|title=Gabriele Von Bülow, Daughter of Wilhelm Von Humboldt: A Memoir Compiled from the Family Papers of Wilhelm Von Humboldt and His Children, 1791-1887|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gtkxAQAAMAAJ|year=1897|publisher=Smith, Elder|page=36}}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[John Cheyne (physician)|John Cheyne]], Scottish physician and author (d. 1836)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Mihail G. Boiagi]], Aromanian grammarian and professor (d. uncertain)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rri.ro/ro_ar/mihail_g_boiagi_03021780_1828-2654043|title=Mihail G. Boiagi (03.02.1780 - 1828)|first=Tașcu|last=Lala|publisher=[[Radio Romania International]]|date=2 February 2022|language=rup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329155306/https://www.rri.ro/ro_ar/mihail_g_boiagi_03021780_1828-2654043|archive-date=29 March 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Gideon Mantell]], English scientist (d. 1852)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Antonio José de Sucre]], Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd [[President of Bolivia]] (d. 1830)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Joseph E. Johnston]], American general and politician (d. 1891)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Felix Mendelssohn]], German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1847)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Horace Greeley]], American journalist and politician (d. 1872)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Ram Singh Kuka]], Indian credited with starting the [[Non-cooperation movement (1909–22)|Non-cooperation movement]]
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Edward James Roye]], 5th President of Liberia (d. 1872)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunn|first1= Elwood D.|last2=Beyan|first2=Amos J.|last3=Burrowes|first3=Carl Patrick|date=2000|title=Historical Dictionary of Liberia |trans-title=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC|language=English |location= |isbn=9781461659310|page=284|publisher= Scarecrow Press}}</ref>
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse]], French geologist and mineralogist (d. 1881)
*  1817   &ndash; [[Émile Prudent]], French pianist and composer (d. 1864)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Blackwell]], American physician and educator (d. 1910)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Ranald MacDonald]], American explorer and educator (d. 1894)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Walter Bagehot]], English journalist and businessman (d. 1877)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1903)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Allan McLean (Australian politician)|Allan McLean]], Scottish-Australian politician, 19th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1911)<ref name=parl>{{cite re-member |num2=687 |name=Allan McLean |access-date=27 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Sidney Lanier]], American composer and poet (d. 1881)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[William Cornelius Van Horne]], American-Canadian businessman (d. 1915)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Moretti]], Italian sculptor, designed the [[Vulcan statue]] (d. 1935)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Hugo Junkers]], German engineer, designed the [[Junkers J 1]] (d. 1935)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[James Clark McReynolds]], American lawyer and judge (d. 1946)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Charles Henry Turner (zoologist)|Charles Henry Turner]], American biologist, educator and zoologist (d. 1923)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Lou Criger]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Gertrude Stein]], American novelist, poet, playwright, (d. 1946)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Gordon Coates]], New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1943)
*  1878   &ndash; [[Grigory Petrovsky]], Ukrainian Soviet revolutionary and politician (d. 1958)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-22 |title=ПЕТРОВСЬКИЙ ГРИГОРІЙ ІВАНОВИЧ (1878-1958) - ВИДАТНІ ІСТОРИЧНІ ПОСТАТІ - Хто є хто на Дніпропетровщині. Наші земляки 2005 |url=http://who-is-who.com.ua/bookmaket/dnepropetrovsk/9/109.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022043737/http://who-is-who.com.ua/bookmaket/dnepropetrovsk/9/109.html |archive-date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2023-08-04 }}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Georg Trakl]], Austrian pharmacist and poet (d. 1914)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Artur Adson]], Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1977)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Carl Theodor Dreyer]], Danish director and screenwriter (d. 1968)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Risto Ryti]], Finnish lawyer, politician and the Governor of the [[Bank of Finland]]; 5th [[President of Finland]] (d. 1956)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000002623963.html|title=Muistot: Risto Ryti|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|date=October 25, 1956|access-date=December 28, 2021|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huittinen.fi/tietoa_huittisista/presidentti_risto_ryti|title=Tietoa Huittisista: Presidentti Risto Ryti 1889-1956|publisher=Town of Huittinen|access-date=December 28, 2021|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Juan Negrín]], Spanish physician and politician, 67th [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (d. 1956)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Gaston Julia]], Algerian-French mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Norman Rockwell]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1978)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Alvar Aalto]], Finnish architect, designed the [[Finlandia Hall]] and [[Aalto Theatre]] (d. 1976)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Café Filho]], Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th [[President of Brazil]] (d. 1970)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Mabel Mercer]], English-American singer (d. 1984)