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===1601–1900===
*[[1664]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina]], Italian lawyer and jurist (d. 1718)
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Joseph-Hector Fiocco]], Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1741)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Baratz |first1=Lewis Reece |title=Fiocco, Joseph Hector |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.90000380828}}</ref>
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Barthélemy]], French archaeologist and numismatist (d. 1795)
*1716 &ndash; [[Charles III of Spain]] (d. 1788)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Richard Henry Lee]], American lawyer and politician, [[President of the Continental Congress]] (d. 1794)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Carl Linnaeus the Younger]], Swedish botanist and author (d. 1783)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet]], English admiral (d. 1824)
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny]], Belgian-French composer and theorist (d. 1842)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Mongrédien |first1=Jean |title=Momigny, Jérôme-Joseph de |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18922}}</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[André-Marie Ampère]], French physicist and mathematician (d. 1836)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg]], Austrian-German historian and politician (d. 1848)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Dotzauer]], German cellist and composer (d. 1860)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Straeten |first1=E. Van Der |last2=MacGregor |first2=Lynda |title=Dotzauer, (Justus Johann) Friedrich |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.08057}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Anson Jones]], American physician and politician, 5th [[President of the Republic of Texas]] (d. 1858)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[William Fox (politician)|William Fox]], English-New Zealand politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1893)<ref name="Britannica">{{cite web |title=Sir William Fox {{!}} prime minister of New Zealand |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Fox-prime-minister-of-New-Zealand |website=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |access-date=5 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*1812 &ndash; [[Thomas Meik]], Scottish engineer (d. 1896)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[David Wilmot (politician)|David Wilmot]], American politician, sponsor of [[Wilmot Proviso]] (d. 1868)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Göran Fredrik Göransson]], Swedish merchant, ironmaster and industrialist (d. 1900)<ref>{{cite web|title=Göran Fredrik Göransson|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=13449|website=Riksarkivet|access-date=2 November 2016|language=Swedish}}</ref>
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[George D. Robinson]], American lawyer and politician, 34th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1896)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Ernest Chausson]], French composer (d. 1899)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Gallois |first1=Jean |title=Chausson, (Amédée-)Ernest |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05490}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Harriot Stanton Blatch]], American suffragist and organizer (d. 1940) 
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Yvette Guilbert]], French singer and actress (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite book|first=Jill Berk|last=Jiminez|title=Dictionary of Artists' Models|location=London|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57958-233-3|page=254}}</ref>
*1865 &ndash; [[Wilhelm Ramsay]], Finnish geologist and professor (d. 1928)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=7118|title=Ramsay, Wilhelm (1865–1928)|website=Biografiskt lexikon för Finland| access-date=January 30, 2022|language=sv}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Lekeu]], Belgian pianist and composer (d. 1894)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Palmer |first1=Christopher |last2=Verdebout |first2=Luc |title=Lekeu, Guillaume |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.16366}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Johannes V. Jensen]], Danish author, poet, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1950)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Steve Bloomer]], English footballer and coach (d. 1938)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Josef Hofmann]], Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Benko |first1=Gregor |title=Hofmann, Josef |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.13172}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Finlay Currie]], Scottish-English actor (d. 1968)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Ruth St. Denis]], American dancer and educator (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kirstin|last=Olsen|title=Chronology of Women's History|location=Westport|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1994|page=179|isbn=978-0-31328-803-6}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Walter W. Bacon]], American accountant and politician, 60th [[Governor of Delaware]] (d. 1962)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Johnny Torrio]], Italian-American mob boss (d. 1957)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Enoch L. Johnson]], American mob boss (d. 1968)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Forrest Wilson]], American journalist and author (d. 1942)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Lead Belly]], American folk/blues musician and songwriter (d. 1949) 
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Allan Haines Loughead]], American engineer and businessman, founded the [[Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company]] (d. 1969)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Mischa Elman]], Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Schwarz |first1=Boris |last2=Campbell |first2=Margaret |title=Elman, Mischa |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.08739}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Georg Åberg]], Swedish triple jumper (d. 1946)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Harold Gray]], American cartoonist, created ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]'' (d. 1968)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Walter Piston]], American composer, theorist, and academic (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Pollack |first1=Howard |title=Piston, Walter |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.21851}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Gábor Szegő]], Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1985)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[George Burns]], American actor, comedian, and producer (d. 1996)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[U Razak]], Burmese educator and politician (d. 1947)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Clarice Cliff]], English potter (d. 1972)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Kenjiro Takayanagi]], Japanese engineer (d. 1990)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Annan]], English painter, potter, and muralist (d. 1983)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Colin Clive]], English actor (d. 1937)