Editing January 31 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; [[James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby]] (d. 1651)
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Arnold Geulincx]], Flemish philosopher and academic (d. 1669)
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[Louis de Montfort]], French priest and saint (d. 1716)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[Hans Egede]], Norwegian missionary and explorer (d. 1758)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Gouverneur Morris]], American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to France]] (d. 1816)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[François Devienne]], French flute player and composer (d. 1803) 
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[André-Jacques Garnerin]], French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (d. 1823)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová]], Czech cookbook author (d. 1845)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Franz Schubert]], Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1828)
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Rodolphe Töpffer]], Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (d. 1846)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[William B. Washburn]], American politician, 28th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1887)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Lunalilo]] of Hawaii (d. 1874)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[David Emmanuel (mathematician)|David Emmanuel]], Romanian mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Henri Desgrange]], French cyclist and journalist (d. 1940)
*  1865   &ndash; [[Shastriji Maharaj]], Indian spiritual leader, founded [[Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha|BAPS]] (d. 1951)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Theodore William Richards]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1928)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Zane Grey]], American author (d. 1939)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Irving Langmuir]], American chemist and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1957)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Theodor Heuss]], German journalist and politician, 1st [[President of the Federal Republic of Germany]] (d. 1963)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Mammad Amin Rasulzade]], Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st [[List of heads of government of Azerbaijan|President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan]] (d. 1955)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Frank Foster (cricketer)|Frank Foster]], English cricketer (d. 1958)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Eddie Cantor]], American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer (d. 1964)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Isham Jones]], American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1956)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Sofya Yanovskaya]], Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1966)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Betty Parsons]], American artist, art dealer and collector (d. 1982)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anb.org/articles/17/17-01999.html|title=American National Biography Online: Parsons, Betty|website=www.anb.org|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref>