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===1601–1900===
*[[1615]] &ndash; [[Govert Flinck]], Dutch painter (d. 1660)
*[[1627]] &ndash; [[Robert Boyle]], Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist (d. 1691)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Boyle {{!}} Biography, Contributions, Works, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robert-Boyle |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[Gaspar Fagel]], Dutch politician and diplomat (d. 1688)
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Daniel Casper von Lohenstein]], German writer, diplomat and lawyer (d. 1683)
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Steward|Lord Steward of the Household]] (d. 1707)
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Joseph-Louis Lagrange]], Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1813)
*[[1739]] &ndash; [[Charles François Dumouriez]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of Defence]] (d. 1823)
*[[1743]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi]], German philosopher and author (d. 1819)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottfried Vierling]], German organist and composer (d. 1813)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Paolo Mascagni]], Italian physician and anatomist (probable;<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=MASCAGNI, Paolo |first=Stefano |last=Arieti |encyclopaedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani |volume=71 |year=2008 |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/paolo-mascagni_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ |language=it}}</ref> d. 1815)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Robert Burns]], Scottish poet and songwriter (d. 1796)<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Burns (1759-1796) |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/burns-robert |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=27 January 2023 |language=English |date=31 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[William Colgate]], English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Colgate-Palmolive]] (d. 1857)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[François-Vincent Raspail]], French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer (d. 1878)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[William MacGillivray]], Scottish ornithologist and biologist (d. 1852)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[J. Marion Sims]], American gynecologist and physician (d. 1883)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Anna Gardner]], American abolitionist and teacher (d. 1901)<ref>{{cite book|author=D. Appleton|title=Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry. V.&#91;1&#93;-15, 1861–75; V.16-35 (new Ser., V.1-20) 1876–95; V.36-42 (3d. Ser., V.1-7) 1896–1902|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvBMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA427|edition=Public domain|volume=41|year=1902|publisher=D. Appleton|page=427}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Charles Reed Bishop]], American businessman, philanthropist, and politician, founded the [[Bishop Museum]] (d. 1915)
*  1822   &ndash; [[William McDougall (politician, born 1822)|William McDougall]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[List of lieutenant governors of the Northwest Territories|Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories]] (d. 1905)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[José María Iglesias]], Mexican politician and interim President (d. 1891)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://presidentes.mx/jose-maria-iglesias|publisher=Presidentes.mx|language=es|title=José María Iglesias|access-date=May 29, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Michael Madhusudan Dutt]], Indian poet and playwright (d. 1873)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher]], English admiral (d. 1920)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Mikimoto Kōkichi]], Japanese businessman (d. 1954)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Charles Curtis]], American lawyer and politician, 31st [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. 1936)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Julije Kempf]], Croatian historian and author (d. 1934)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Juventino Rosas]], Mexican violinist and composer (d. 1894)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[W. Somerset Maugham]], British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1965)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Ernst Alexanderson]], Swedish-American engineer (d. 1975)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Virginia Woolf]], English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1941)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Kitahara Hakushū]], Japanese poet and author (d. 1942)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], German conductor and composer (d. 1954)
*1886 – [[Dean Ivan Lamb]], American pioneer pilot and [[mercenary]] (d. 1955)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dean Lamb |url=https://earlyaviators.com/elambde1.htm |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=earlyaviators.com}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Aino Aalto]], Finnish architect and designer (d. 1949)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG224348 |title=Aino Aalto |website=[[British Museum]] |access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Florence Mills]], American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1927)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Sleepy John Estes]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Paul-Henri Spaak]], Belgian lawyer and politician, 46th [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (d. 1972)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[István Fekete]], Hungarian author (d. 1970)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Yōjirō Ishizaka]], Japanese author and educator (d. 1986)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]], Russian-American geneticist and pioneer of evolutionary biology (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark B. Adams|title=The Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky: Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kUABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|date=14 July 2014|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-6380-8|pages=13}}</ref>