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===1601–1900=== *[[1602]] – [[Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg]] (d. 1651)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |year=1843|publisher=Longman, Brown|page=395}}</ref> *[[1632]] – [[Johann Georg Graevius]], German scholar and critic (d. 1703)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Graevius, Johann Georg|volume=12|page=315|quote=...born at Naumburg, Saxony, on the 29th of January 1632}}</ref> *[[1688]] – [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1772)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crompton |first1=Samuel Willard |title=Emanuel Swedenborg |date=2005 |publisher=Chelsea House Publishers |isbn=0-7910-8102-8 |page=8}}</ref> *[[1711]] – [[Giuseppe Bonno]], Austrian composer (d. 1788)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Angermüller |first1=Rudolph |last2=Rabin |first2=Ron |title=Bonno, Giuseppe |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03538}}</ref> *[[1715]] – [[Georg Christoph Wagenseil]], Austrian organist and composer (d. 1777)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Kucaba |first1=John |last2=Boer |first2=Bertil H. van |title=Wagenseil, Georg Christoph |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.29767}}</ref> *[[1717]] – [[Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst]], English field marshal and politician, 19th [[List of Governors General of Canada|Governor General of Canada]] (d. 1797)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Lowe |first1=William C. |title=Amherst, Jeffrey, first Baron Amherst (1717–1797), army officer |date=23 September 2010 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/443}}</ref> *[[1718]] – [[Paul Rabaut]], French pastor (d. 1794)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Rabaut, Paul |volume=22 |pages=766}}</ref> *[[1737]] – [[Thomas Paine]], English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary (d. 1809)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Foner |first1=Eric |title=Paine, Thomas (1737-1809), author of political pamphlets of the Age of Revolution |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601251}}</ref> *[[1749]] – [[Christian VII of Denmark]] (d. 1808)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tvedt |first1=Knut Are |title=Norsk biografisk leksikon |date=30 November 2021 |url=https://snl.no/Christian_7. |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=no |chapter=Christian 7.}}</ref> *[[1754]] – [[Moses Cleaveland]], American general, lawyer, and politician, founded [[Cleveland, Ohio]] (d. 1806)<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Biography |date=1936 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |via=Gale |isbn=978-0-684-80611-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310015956/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=975fd805 |access-date=20 December 2022 |chapter=Moses Cleaveland}}</ref> *[[1756]] – [[Henry Lee III]], American general and politician, 9th [[Governor of Virginia]] (d. 1818)<ref>{{CongBio |id=L000195 |name=LEE, Henry |inline=YES}}</ref> *[[1761]] – [[Albert Gallatin]], Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1849)<ref>{{CongBio |id=G000020 |name=GALLATIN, Albert |inline=YES}}</ref> *[[1782]] – [[Daniel Auber]], French composer (d. 1871)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Schneider |first1=Herbert |title=Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.01489}}</ref> *[[1792]] – [[Lemuel H. Arnold]], American politician (d. 1852)<ref>{{CongBio |id=A000291 |name=ARNOLD, Lemuel Hastings |inline=YES}}</ref> *[[1801]] – [[Johannes Bernardus van Bree]], Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1857)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Bokum |first1=Jan ten |title=Bree, Johannes [Joannes] Bernardus van |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03910}}</ref> *[[1810]] – [[Ernst Kummer]], Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1893)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Bouganis |editor1-first=Thanasis |editor2-last=Venjakob |editor2-first=Otmar |title=Iwasawa Theory 2012: State of the Art and Recent Advances |date=2014 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-642-55245-8 |page=vii}}</ref> * 1810 – [[Mary Whitwell Hale]], American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter (d. 1862)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Julian |editor1-first=John |edition=3rd |title=A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations |year=1892 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |page=481}}</ref> *[[1843]] – [[William McKinley]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th [[President of the United States]] (d. 1901)<ref>{{CongBio |id=M000522 |name=MCKINLEY, William, Jr. |inline=YES}}</ref> *[[1846]] – [[Karol Olszewski]], Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rafalska-Łasocha |first1=Alicja |title=Obchody 100. rocznicy śmierci Karola Stanisława Olszewskiego (1846–1915) |journal=Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU |date=2015 |volume=14 |pages=335–345 |doi=10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.016.5272 |language=pl|doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1852]] – [[Frederic Hymen Cowen]], Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1935)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Dibble |first1=Jeremy |last2=Spencer |first2=Jennifer |title=Cowen, Sir Frederic Hymen |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.06744}}</ref> *[[1858]] – [[Henry Ward Ranger]], American painter and academic (d. 1916)<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Biography |date=1936 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |via=Gale |isbn=978-0-684-80611-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310005070/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=7c6c080e |access-date=20 December 2022 |chapter=Henry Ward Ranger}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Anton Chekhov]], Russian playwright and short story writer (d. 1904)<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000017459/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8e7f6cd7 |access-date=20 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Anton Chekhov }}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[Florida Ruffin Ridley]], American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Basinger Lane |first1=Rachel |title=Ridley, Florida Ruffin (29 Jan. 1861–25 Feb. 1943), civil rights activist |date=28 July 2022 |id=370056}}</ref> *[[1862]] – [[Frederick Delius]], English composer (d. 1934)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Anderson |first1=Robert |last2=Payne |first2=Anthony |last3=Carley |first3=Lionel |title=Delius, Frederick |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.49095}}</ref> *[[1864]] – [[Sir Richard Gregory, 1st Baronet|Richard Arman Gregory]], British astronomer (d. 1952)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stratton |first1=Frederick John Marrian |title=Richard Arman Gregory, 1864-1952 |journal=Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1953 |volume=8 |issue=22 |pages=410–417 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1953.0007|s2cid=153801596 |doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[Romain Rolland]], French historian, author, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Henderson |first1=Robert |title=Rolland, Romain |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23710}}</ref> *[[1867]] – [[Vicente Blasco Ibáñez]], Spanish journalist and author (d. 1928)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Ricardo |last1=Landeira|title=The modern Spanish novel, 1898–1936 |year=1985 |publisher=Twayne Publishers|isbn=978-0-8057-6603-5 |page=1}}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1960)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Wheatley |first1=Steven C. |title=Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (1874-1960), philanthropist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1001419}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Havergal Brian]], English composer (d. 1972)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=MacDonald |first1=Malcolm |title=Brian, [William] Havergal |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03970}}</ref> *[[1880]] – [[W. C. Fields]], American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Boskin |first1=Joseph |title=Fields, W. C. (1880-1946), comedian in vaudeville, film, and radio |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800389}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Alice Catherine Evans]], American microbiologist (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Peggy|last1=Saari|title=Prominent Women of the 20th Century |volume=2|location=New York|publisher=Gale Research|year=1996|page=332|isbn=978-0-7876-0646-6}}</ref> *[[1884]] – [[Juhan Aavik]], Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420000007/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=bb13c016 |access-date=20 December 2022 |chapter=Juhan Aavik}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Karl Freudenberg]], German chemist (d. 1983)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stevens |first1=Thomas S. |title=Karl Johann Freudenberg, 29 January 1886 - 3 April 1983 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1984 |volume=30 |pages=168–189 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1984.0006|s2cid=73067618 |doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1888]] – [[Sydney Chapman (mathematician)|Sydney Chapman]], English mathematician and geophysicist (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Cowling |first1=T. G. |title=Chapman, Sydney (1888–1970), mathematician and geophysicist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32367}}</ref> * 1888 – [[Wellington Koo]], Chinese statesman (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631009261/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c762edfd |access-date=20 December 2022 |format=Collection |title=Wellington Koo}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Ernst Lubitsch]], German American film director, producer, writer, and actor (d. 1947)<ref>{{cite book|author=Scott Eyman|title=Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise|year=1993|publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=22 |isbn=978-0-671-74936-1}}.</ref> *[[1895]] – [[Muna Lee (writer)|Muna Lee]], American poet and author (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Creighton |first1=Jane |title=Lee, Muna (1895-1965), poet, feminist, and specialist in international affairs |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600978}}</ref>
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