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===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Molière]], French actor and playwright (d. 1673)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley|title=Montaigne, Rabelais, Corneille, Rochefoucauld, Moliere, La Fontaine, Pascal, Madame De Sévigné, Boileau, Racine, Fénélon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qjoOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA114|year=1840|publisher=Lea and Blanchard|pages=114}}</ref>
*[[1623]] &ndash; [[Algernon Sidney]], British philosopher (probable)<ref>{{cite journal |first=Brigid |last=Haydon |title=Algernon Sidney, 1623-1683 |journal=Archaeologia Cantiana |volume=76 |url=https://kentarchaeology.org.uk/node/11344|year=1961|publisher=Kent Archaeological Society|page=111}} {{open access}}</ref> (d. 1683)
*[[1671]] &ndash; [[Abraham de la Pryme]], English archaeologist and historian (d. 1704)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Philip Livingston]], American merchant and politician (d. 1778)
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[John Aikin]], English surgeon and author (d. 1822)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Aikin|author2=Lucy Aikin|title=Memoir of John Aikin, M.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0bubc15MnEC&pg=PA274|year=1823|publisher=Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy|pages=274}}</ref>
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Richard Martin (Irish politician)|Richard Martin]], Irish activist and politician, co-founded the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] (d. 1834)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Franz Grillparzer]], Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1872)<ref>{{cite book|title=Austrian Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2kU7AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA20-PA2|year=1969|pages=20}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Alexander Griboyedov]], Russian playwright, composer, and poet (d. 1829)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Fleming]], Scottish poet and author (d. 1811)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]], French economist and politician (d. 1865)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Peter Christen Asbjørnsen]], Norwegian author and scholar (d. 1885)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[William Bickerton]], English-American religious leader, third [[List of presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)|President of the Church of Jesus Christ]] (d. 1905)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Samuel Arza Davenport]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1911)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Jo Abbott]], American judge, politician and Confederate army officer<ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46829/ ''A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas''], Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1892. pp. 225–227. Retrieved November 29, 2023. – via [[University of North Texas Libraries]].</ref>
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby]], English captain and politician, sixth [[Governor General of Canada]] (d. 1908)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Josef Breuer]], Austrian physician and psychiatrist (d. 1925)
*  1842   &ndash; [[Mary MacKillop]], Australian nun and saint, co-founded the [[Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart]] (d. 1909)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Leonard Darwin]], English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charles Darwin|author2=Frederick Burkhardt|title=The Correspondence of Charles Darwin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVs7eSvqMmcC&pg=PA22|year=1985|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-25591-2|pages=22}}</ref>
*  1850   &ndash; [[Mihai Eminescu]], Romanian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1889)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Mihai Eminescu|author2=Roy MacGregor-Hastie|title=The last Romantic: Mihail Eminescu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XY1iAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=University of Iowa Press|page=xxi|isbn=9780877450313}}</ref>
*  1850   &ndash; [[Sofia Kovalevskaya]], Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)<ref>{{cite book|author=Linda Keen|title=The Legacy of Sonya Kovalevskaya: Proceedings of a Symposium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-cbCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3|year=1987|publisher=American Mathematical Soc.|isbn=978-0-8218-5067-1|pages=3}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Jacques Damala]], Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Segantini]], Italian painter (d. 1899)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Archibald Peake]], English-Australian politician, 25th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1920)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Marx]], German lawyer and politician, 17th [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1946)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Nathan Söderblom]], Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1931)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Ruby Laffoon]], American lawyer and politician, 43rd [[Governor of Kentucky]] (d. 1941)
*  1869   &ndash; [[Stanisław Wyspiański]], Polish poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1907)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Pierre S. du Pont]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1954)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Arsen Kotsoyev]], Russian author and translator (d. 1944)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Thomas Burke (sprinter)|Thomas Burke]], American sprinter, coach, and journalist (d. 1929)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Lewis Terman]], American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1956)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Johanna Müller-Hermann]], Austrian composer (d. 1941)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Mazo de la Roche]], Canadian author and playwright (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite book|title=Profiles in Canadian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DHYfAQAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-55002-001-4|page=81}}</ref>
*  1879   &ndash; [[Ernest Thesiger]], English actor (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Stephen|title=The Frankenstein Scrapbook: The Complete Movie Guide to the World's Most Famous Monster|location=New York|publisher=Citadel Press|date=1995|isbn=9780806516769|page=45}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Henry Burr]], Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (d. 1941)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]] (d. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tornbjer |first1=Charlotte |title=Margareta, kronprinsessa |url=https://skbl.se/en/article/Margaretakronprinsessa0 |website=[[Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon]] |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Lorenz Böhler]], Austrian physician and author (d. 1973)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Grover Lowdermilk]], American baseball player (d. 1968)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Michiaki Kamada]], Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Ray Chapman]], American baseball player (d. 1920)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]], Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite book|last1=McCaffrey|first1=Donald W.|last2=Jacobs|first2=Christopher P.|title=Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1999|isbn=9780313303456|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SHvDEAAAQBAJ|page=154}}</ref>
*  1893   &ndash; [[Ivor Novello]], Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite book|title=An Almanack...: By Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A., Containing an Account of the Astronomical and Other Phenomena...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gA0wAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Whitaker's Almanack|page=14}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Artturi Ilmari Virtanen]], Finnish chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1973)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Bennett]], Australian-American actress (d. 1982)