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===1601–1900===
*[[1674]] &ndash; [[Isaac Watts]], English hymnwriter and theologian (d. 1748)
*[[1695]] &ndash; [[Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim]] (d. 1766)
*[[1698]] &ndash; [[Pierre Louis Maupertuis]], French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1759)
*[[1708]] &ndash; [[Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth]] (d. 1769)
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten]], German philosopher and academic (d. 1762)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Elbridge Gerry]], American merchant and politician, 5th [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. 1814)
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[John Jacob Astor]], German-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1848)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[John Wilbur (Quaker minister)|John Wilbur]], American minister and theologian (d. 1856)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Paul Delaroche]], French painter and academic (d. 1856)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Leander Clark]], American businessman, judge, and politician (d. 1910)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Xianfeng Emperor]] of China (d. 1861)
*[[1831]] - [[Naser al-Din Shah]] of [[Qajar Iran]] (a. 1896)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh {{!}} Qājār Shah of Iran, Assassination & Legacy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Naser-al-Din-Shah |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Joseph-Alfred Mousseau]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th [[Secretary of State for Canada]] (d. 1886)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Ephraim Shay]], American engineer, invented the [[Shay locomotive]] (d. 1916)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Alexius Meinong]], Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1920)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Henri Nathansen]], Danish director and playwright (d. 1944)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Charles Davidson Dunbar]], Scottish soldier and [[bagpipe]] player (d. 1939)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Lyonel Feininger]], German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1956)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Many Benner]], French painter (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oberlé |first1=Raymond |title=BENNER, Emmanuel Michel |url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/benner-emmanuel-michel/ |website=alsace-histoire.org |date=1983 |access-date=28 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Jack Laviolette]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1960)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[James Somerville]], English admiral and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Somerset]] (d. 1949)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Shmuel Yosef Agnon]], Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1970)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Erle Stanley Gardner]], American lawyer and author (d. 1970)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Georges Lemaître]], Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (d. 1966)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer)|Rupert Atkinson]], English RAF officer (d. 1919)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Berenice Abbott]], American photographer (d. 1991)<ref>{{cite book|first=George|last=Sullivan|title=Berenice Abbott, Photographer: An Independent Vision|location=New York|publisher=Clarion Books|year=2006|page=9|isbn=978-0-61844-026-9}}</ref>
*  1898   &ndash; [[Osmond Borradaile]], Canadian soldier and cinematographer (d. 1999)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[James Cagney]], American actor and dancer (d. 1986)