Editing June 2 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Christian, Count of East Frisia]], Ruler of East Frisia (d. 1628)
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Rutger von Ascheberg]], Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (d. 1693)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gustaf Bondeson|title=Göteborg today and yesterday|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1xZpAAAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Wezäta Förlag|page=18|isbn=9789185074013}}</ref>
*  1621   &ndash; (baptized) [[Isaac van Ostade]], Dutch painter (d. 1649)<ref>{{cite book|author=Herwig Guratzsch|title=Dutch and Flemish Painting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrvqAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1981|publisher=Vilo|isbn=978-0-86710-003-7|page=281}}</ref>
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon]] (d. 1709)
*[[1644]] &ndash; [[William Salmon]], English medical writer (d. 1713)
*[[1731]] &ndash; [[Martha Washington]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. 1802)<ref>{{cite web |title=Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802), first lady |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0200333 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |access-date=22 January 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0200333|isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |last1=Crompton |first1=Samuel Willard }}</ref>
*[[1739]] &ndash; [[Jabez Bowen]], American colonel and politician, 45th [[Deputy Governor of Rhode Island]] (d. 1815)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Marquis de Sade]], French philosopher and politician (d. 1814)
*[[1743]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Cagliostro]], Italian occultist and explorer (d. 1795)
*[[1773]] &ndash; [[John Randolph of Roanoke]], American planter and politician, 8th [[United States Ambassador to Russia]] (d. 1833)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[William Lawson (explorer)|William Lawson]], English-Australian explorer and politician (d. 1850)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Daniel Pollen]], Irish-New Zealand politician, 9th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1896)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Gédéon Ouimet]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1905)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius X]] (d. 1914)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg]] (d. 1900)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hardy]], English novelist and poet (d. 1928)
*  1840   &ndash; [[Émile Munier]], French artist (d. 1895)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Edward Elgar]], English composer and educator (d. 1934)
*  1857   &ndash; [[Karl Adolph Gjellerup]], Danish author and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1919)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Concordia Selander]], Swedish actress and manager (d. 1935)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Felix Weingartner]], Croatian-Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1942)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[George Lohmann]], English cricketer (d. 1901)
*  1865   &ndash; [[Adelaide Casely-Hayford]], [[Sierra Leone Creole people|Sierra Leone Creole]] [[advocate]] and activist for cultural [[nationalism]] (d. 1960)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/casely-hayford-adelaide-1868-1960|title=Casely-Hayford, Adelaide (1868–1960) |website= Encyclopedia.com |language=en|access-date=2018-02-08}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Jack O'Connor (catcher)|Jack O'Connor]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1937)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack O'Connor |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jack-oconnor-2/ |first1=Brian |last1=Flaspohler |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Charles Stewart Mott]], American businessman and politician, 50th [[List of mayors of Flint, Michigan|Mayor of Flint, Michigan]] (d. 1973)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Wallace Hartley]], English violinist and bandleader (d. 1912)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Walter Egan (golfer)|Walter Egan]], American golfer (d. 1971)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Thurman Arnold]], American lawyer and judge (d. 1969)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Takijirō Ōnishi]], Japanese admiral and pilot (d. 1945)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Lotte Reiniger]], German animator and director (d. 1981)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Edwin Way Teale]], American environmentalist and photographer (d. 1980)