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===1601–1900=== *[[1641]] – [[François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois]], French politician, [[Secretary of State for War (France)|Secretary of State for War]] (d. 1691) *[[1659]] – [[Damaris Cudworth Masham]], English philosopher and theologian (d. 1708) *[[1672]] – [[Antoine Houdar de la Motte]], French author (d. 1731) *[[1688]] – [[Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1765) *[[1689]] – [[Montesquieu]], French lawyer and philosopher (d. 1755) *[[1701]] – [[Johann Jakob Moser]], German jurist (d. 1785) *[[1734]] – [[Caspar Friedrich Wolff]], German physiologist and embryologist (d. 1794)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/wolff-caspar-friedrich |title=Brozović D., Ladan T. Caspar Friedrich Wolff // Hrvatska enciklopedijar}}</ref> *[[1743]] – [[Louis Claude de Saint-Martin]], French mystic and philosopher (d. 1803) *[[1751]] – [[Ferdinand Kauer]], Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1831) *[[1752]] – [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]], English architect (d. 1835)<ref>Tyack 2013, p. 2</ref> *[[1764]] – [[Samuel Whitbread (1764–1815)|Samuel Whitbread]], English politician (d. 1815)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thorne |first1=R. G. |title=The House of Commons |date=1986 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-0-436-52101-0 |page=528 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0AsmWc5zYwC&pg=RA4-PA528 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1779]] – [[Peter Mark Roget]], English physician, lexicographer, and theologian (d. 1869) *[[1782]] – [[Daniel Webster]], American lawyer and politician, 14th [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1852) *[[1793]] – [[Pratap Singh, Raja of Satara|Pratap Singh Bhosle]], [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] (d. 1847) *[[1815]] – [[Constantin von Tischendorf]], German theologian and scholar (d. 1874) *[[1835]] – [[César Cui]], Russian general, composer, and critic (d. 1918) *[[1840]] – [[Henry Austin Dobson]], English poet and author (d. 1921) *[[1841]] – [[Emmanuel Chabrier]], French pianist and composer (d. 1894) *[[1842]] – [[A. A. Ames]], American physician and politician, [[Mayor of Minneapolis]] (d. 1911) *[[1843]] – [[Marthinus Nikolaas Ras]], South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker (d. 1900)<ref>{{cite book |author1=L.S. Bothma |title=Ras-Geslagsregister |author2=C.M. Woest |author3=L. Groesbeek |publisher=L.S. Botma & C.M. Woest |year=2005 |isbn=0-620-32329-9 |pages=6}}</ref> *[[1848]] – [[Ioan Slavici]], Romanian journalist and author (d. 1925) *[[1849]] – [[Edmund Barton]], Australian judge and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1920) *[[1850]] – [[Seth Low]], American academic and politician, 92nd [[Mayor of New York City]] (d. 1916) *[[1854]] – [[Thomas A. Watson]], American assistant to [[Alexander Graham Bell]] (d. 1934) *[[1856]] – [[Daniel Hale Williams]], American surgeon and cardiologist (d. 1931) *[[1867]] – [[Rubén Darío]], Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1916) *[[1868]] – [[Kantarō Suzuki]], Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1948) *[[1877]] – [[Sam Zemurray]], Russian-American businessman, founded the [[Cuyamel Fruit Company]] (d. 1961) *[[1879]] – [[Henri Giraud]], French general and politician (d. 1949) *[[1880]] – [[Paul Ehrenfest]], Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1933) * 1880 – [[Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster]], Italian cardinal (d. 1954) *[[1881]] – [[Gaston Gallimard]], French publisher, founded ''[[Éditions Gallimard]]'' (d. 1975) *[[1882]] – [[A. A. Milne]], English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956) *[[1886]] – [[Clara Nordström]], Swedish-German author and translator (d. 1962) *[[1888]] – [[Thomas Sopwith]], English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot (d. 1989) *[[1892]] – [[Oliver Hardy]], American actor and comedian (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book |last=Everson |first=William K. |title=The Films of Laurel and Hardy |location=New York |publisher=Citadel Press |date=1967 |isbn=9780806501468 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PK9ZsmT9B5IC |page=11}}</ref> * 1892 – [[Bill Meanix]], American hurdler and coach (d. 1957) * 1892 – [[Paul Rostock]], German surgeon and academic (d. 1956) *[[1893]] – [[Jorge Guillén]], Spanish poet, critic, and academic (d. 1984) *[[1894]] – [[Toots Mondt]], American wrestler and promoter (d. 1976) *[[1896]] – [[C. M. Eddy Jr.]], American author (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite web |last=Abrams |first=Ken |title=This Day in RI History: January 18, 1896 – Author C.M. Eddy Jr. is born in Providence |website=WhatsUpNewp.com |date=January 18, 2024 |accessdate=January 18, 2024 |url=https://whatsupnewp.com/2024/01/this-day-in-ri-history-january-18-1896-author-c-m-eddy-jr-is-born-in-providence/}}</ref> * 1896 – [[Ville Ritola]], Finnish-American runner (d. 1982) *[[1898]] – [[Albert Kivikas]], Estonian journalist and author (d. 1978)
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