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===1601–1900===
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[William Wake]], Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1737)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Wake, William |volume=28 |pages=247-248}}</ref>
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Pigalle]], French sculptor and educator (d. 1785)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Pigalle, Jean Baptiste |volume=21}}</ref>
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Claude Adrien Helvétius]], French philosopher (d. 1771)<ref>{{cite book |last=Cumming |first=Ian |title=Helvetius: His Life and Place in the History of Educational Thought |location=London, United Kingdom |publisher=Routledge |year=2013 |orig-year=1955 |isbn=978-0-415-17765-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HQ9S-xWkIBcC |page=7}}</ref>
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville]], English general and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] (d. 1785)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Sackville, George, 1st Viscount |volume=23 |pages=975–976}}</ref>
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Alexander Carlyle]], Scottish minister and author (d. 1805)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Carlyle, Alexander |volume=5 |pages=349}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Charles XIV John of Sweden]] (d. 1844)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Charles XIV. |volume=5 |pages=931–932}}</ref>
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Achim von Arnim]], German poet and author (d. 1831)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Arnim, Ludwig Achim (Joachim) von |volume=2 |pages=630–631}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Juan Pablo Duarte]], Dominican philosopher and poet, founding father of the [[Dominican Republic]] (d. 1876)<ref>{{cite web |title=Biografia de Juan Pablo Duarte |url=http://institutoduartiano.com.do/biografia-de-juan-pablo-duarte/ |website=Instituto Duartiano |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121234624/http://institutoduartiano.com.do/biografia-de-juan-pablo-duarte/ |archive-date=21 January 2019 |language=es |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Emil Czyrniański]], Polish chemist (d. 1888)<ref>{{cite book |title=Leopoldina |year=1888 |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/leopoldina24kais#page/110/mode/2up/search/111 |language=de |page=111 |access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[George Shiras, Jr.]], American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (d. 1924)<ref>{{cite web |title=Shiras, George, Jr. |url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/shiras-george-jr |publisher=Federal Judicial Center |access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[François Coppée]], French poet and author (d. 1908)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Druilhet |first1=Georges |title=Un poète français : François Coppée |date=1902 |publisher=Paris : A. Lemerre |url=https://archive.org/details/unpotefranai00drui/page/n13/mode/2up}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza]], Italian-French explorer (d. 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre de Brazza |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-de-Brazza |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2024 |date=22 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Louis Anquetin]], French painter (d. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis Anquetin |url=https://research.rkd.nl/en/detail/https%3A%2F%2Fdata.rkd.nl%2Fartists%2F1986 |website=RKD Research – Netherlands Institute for Art History |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Charles Wade]], Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1922)<ref name=dab>{{cite web |first=Percival |last=Serle |title=Wade, Sir Charles Gregory (1863–1922) |via=Project Gutenberg Australia |work=[[Dictionary of Australian Biography]] |url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogWa.html#wade1 |access-date=1 May 2007}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[József Pusztai]], Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (d. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pusztai, Jožef (1864–1934) |url=https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi476435/ |website=Slovenska biografija |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[John Cady (golfer)|John Cady]], American golfer (d. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |work=[[Olympedia]] |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18150 |title=Jack Cady}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Kees van Dongen]], Dutch painter (d. 1968)<ref name="Léonore">{{Cite web |url=http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=NOM&VALUE_98=%27VAN-DONGEN%27&DOM=All |title=Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Base Léonore, Archives Nationales, Culture.gouv.fr |access-date=2020-01-26 |archive-date=2017-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820020418/http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/leonore_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=NOM&VALUE_98=%27VAN-DONGEN%27&DOM=All |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Douglas MacArthur]], American general, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite book |last1=MacArthur |first1=Douglas |title=Reminiscences (of) General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur |date=1 January 1964 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Book Co |pages=14 |url=https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofg0000doug/page/14/mode/2up}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Harry Ricardo]], English engineer and academic (d. 1974)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hawthorne |first1=W. |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1976.0016 |title=Harry Ralph Ricardo 26 January 1885 -- 18 May 1974 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=22 |pages=358–380 |year=1976 |s2cid=72679446}}</ref>
*  1885   &ndash; [[Per Thorén]], Swedish figure skater (d. 1962)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/98248 |title=Per Thorén |work=Olympedia |access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[François Faber]], French-Luxembourgish cyclist (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite book |date=2006 |first1=Pascal |isbn=2-296-00847-X |language=fr |last1=Leroy |location=Paris |publisher=[[Éditions L'Harmattan|L'Harmattan]] |series=Espaces et Temps du sport |title=François Faber, du Tour de France au champ d'honneur}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
*  1887   &ndash; [[Marc Mitscher]], American admiral and pilot (d. 1947)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=March Mitscher |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marc-A-Mitscher |access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Frank Costello]], Italian-American mob boss (d. 1973)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Katz |first=Leonard |title=Uncle Frank: The Biography of Frank Costello |location=New York |publisher=Drake Publishers |year=1973 |isbn=0-87749-549-1 |lccn=73-5943 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/unclefrankbiogra0000katz |page=31}}</ref>
*  1891   &ndash; [[August Froehlich]], German priest and martyr (d. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |publisher=German Resistance Memorial Center |title=Biographie |url=https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/august-froehlich/}}</ref>
*  1891   &ndash; [[Wilder Penfield]], American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic (d. 1976)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Eccles |first1=John |author-link1=John Eccles (neurophysiologist) |last2=Feindel |first2=William |author-link2=William Feindel |year=1978 |title=Wilder Graves Penfield 26 January 1891-5 April 1976 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=24 |pages=472–513 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1978.0015 |pmid=11615742 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Bessie Coleman]], American pilot (d. 1926)<ref>{{cite book |first=Linda |last=Barr |title=Bessie Coleman: Pioneer Pilot |location=Columbus, Ohio |publisher=Zaner-Bloser |year=2004 |page=6 |isbn=978-0-73672-039-7}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Genco Russo]], Italian mob boss (d. 1976)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Günther Reindorff]], Russian-Estonian graphic designer and illustrator (d. 1974)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Karl Ristenpart]], German conductor (d. 1967)