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===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Jean Mairet]], French author and playwright (d. 1686)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank Northen Magill|title=Critical Survey of Drama: Authors|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalsurveyof02fran|url-access=registration|year=1986|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-0-89356-386-8}}</ref> *[[1697]] – [[Jean-Marie Leclair]], French violinist and composer (d. 1764)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean-Marie LeClair|title=Sonatas for Violin and Basso continuo, Opus 5: Part 1: Opus 5, Sonatas I-V|url=https://archive.org/details/sonatasforviolin0005lecl|url-access=registration|date=1 June 1968|publisher=A-R Editions, Inc.|isbn=978-0-89579-008-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sonatasforviolin0005lecl/page/9 9]}}</ref> *[[1727]] – [[Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune]], French economist and politician (d. 1781)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer C. |title=American Revolution: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes] |date=2018 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-744-9 |page=1497 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CyJrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1497 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1755]] – [[Robert Gray (sea captain)|Robert Gray]], American captain and explorer (d. 1806)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=George W. |last2=Halpenny |first2=Francess G. |title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography |date=1966 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-0-8020-3398-7 |page=387 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=evippMryHjsC&pg=PA387 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1760]] – [[Johann Peter Hebel]], German author and poet (d. 1826)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Konzett |first1=Matthias |title=Encyclopedia of German Literature |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94129-1 |page=904 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-I4CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT904 |language=en}}</ref> *1760 – [[Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle]], French captain, engineer, and composer (d. 1836)<ref>{{cite web |title=Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle {{!}} French author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-Joseph-Rouget-de-Lisle |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=8 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608170613/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-Joseph-Rouget-de-Lisle |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1770]] – [[Louis-Nicolas Davout]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of War]] (d. 1823)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis-Nicolas Davout, duke of Auerstedt {{!}} French general |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Nicolas-Davout-duc-dAuerstedt-prince-dEckmuhl |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804050953/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Nicolas-Davout-duc-dAuerstedt-prince-dEckmuhl |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1788]] – [[Augustin-Jean Fresnel]], French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)<ref>{{cite web |title=Augustin-Jean Fresnel {{!}} French physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augustin-Jean-Fresnel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520142147/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Augustin-Jean-Fresnel |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1793]] – [[R. E. B. Baylor]], American politician and jurist (d. 1873)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://alabamanewscenter.com/2017/05/10/day-alabama-history-future-alabama-politician-r-e-b-baylor-born/|title=On this day in Alabama history: Future Alabama politician R.E.B. Baylor was born|website=Alabama News Center|date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> *[[1812]] – [[William Henry Barlow]], English engineer (d. 1902)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Barlow, William Henry (1812–1902), civil engineer |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30598 |year=2004 |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30598}}</ref> *[[1813]] – [[Montgomery Blair]], American lieutenant and politician, 20th [[United States Postmaster General]] (d. 1883)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer C. |title=American Civil War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [6 volumes]: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection |date=2013 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-682-4 |page=182 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dvYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA182 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1838]] – [[John Wilkes Booth]], American actor, assassin of [[Abraham Lincoln]] (d. 1865)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Wilkes Booth {{!}} Biography, Conspiracy, Death, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wilkes-Booth |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=10 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110184734/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Wilkes-Booth |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1841]] – [[James Gordon Bennett Jr.]], American publisher and broadcaster (d. 1918)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thornley |first1=Stew |title=The Polo Grounds: Essays and Memories of New York City's Historic Ballpark, 1880-1963 |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3358-9 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0CIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT52 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1843]] – [[Benito Pérez Galdós]], Spanish author and playwright (d. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Benito Pérez Galdós {{!}} Spanish author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benito-Perez-Galdos |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520043945/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benito-Perez-Galdos |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1847]] – [[Wilhelm Killing]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1923)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Sooyoung |title=Academic Genealogy of Mathematicians |date=2011 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4282-29-1 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4siw31DPONUC&pg=PA74 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[Yukteswar Giri]], Indian guru and educator (d. 1936)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bassuk |first1=Daniel E. |title=Incarnation in Hinduism and Christianity: The Myth of the God-Man |date=1987 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-08642-9 |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3iwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[Marcel Mauss]], French sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcel Mauss {{!}} French sociologist and anthropologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcel-Mauss |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628052513/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcel-Mauss |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Ivan Cankar]], Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ivan Cankar {{!}} Slovene author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-Cankar |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=6 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406162931/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-Cankar |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[Konstantinos Parthenis]], Greek painter (d. 1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=Parthenis, Konstantinos |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/abstract/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000065608 |website=Grove Art Online |year=2003 |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T065608 |last1=Tsigakou |first1=Fani-Maria |isbn=978-1-884446-05-4 |archive-date=2021-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206173635/https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/abstract/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000065608 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1878 – [[Gustav Stresemann]], German journalist and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gustav Stresemann {{!}} chancellor of Germany |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-Stresemann |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602165640/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gustav-Stresemann |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Symon Petliura]], Ukrainian journalist and politician (d. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |title=Symon Petlyura {{!}} Ukrainian social leader |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Symon-Petlyura |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526195132/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Symon-Petlyura |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Karl Barth]], Swiss theologian and author (d. 1968)<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography {{!}} Center for Barth Studies |url=http://barth.ptsem.edu/karl-barth/biography |website=barth.ptsem.edu |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=16 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416204135/http://barth.ptsem.edu/karl-barth/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1888]] – [[Max Steiner]], Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1971)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Musiker |first1=Naomi |last2=Musiker |first2=Reuben |title=Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-91770-8 |page=273 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipnrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT273 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Alfred Jodl]], German general (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alfred Jodl {{!}} German general |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Jodl |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230324143329/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-Jodl |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1891]] – [[Mahmoud Mokhtar]], Egyptian sculptor and academic (d. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahmoud Mukhtar |url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/1320/Mahmoud-Mukhtar |website=www.sis.gov.eg |access-date=18 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803193321/https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/1320/Mahmoud-Mukhtar |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1893]] – [[Tonita Peña]], [[San Ildefonso Pueblo]] (Native American) artist (d. 1949)<ref>{{cite web |title=On this day… was born Tonita Peña |url=https://womennart.com/2017/05/10/on-this-day-was-born-tonita-pena/ |website=Women'n Art |access-date=18 May 2020 |date=10 May 2017 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803194939/https://womennart.com/2017/05/10/on-this-day-was-born-tonita-pena/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[Dimitri Tiomkin]], Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite web |title=DIMITRI TIOMKIN DIES WROTE FILM SCORES Russian•Born Composer Won Four Oscars, Including 'High Noon' and 'High and Mighty' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/14/archives/dimitri-tiomkin-dies-wrote-film-scores-russianborn-composer-won.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=18 May 2020 |date=14 November 1979 |archive-date=20 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820225155/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/14/archives/dimitri-tiomkin-dies-wrote-film-scores-russianborn-composer-won.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[Joe Murphy (Irish republican)|Joe Murphy]], ([[Irish Americans|Irish-American]]), died during the [[1920 Cork hunger strike]] (d. 1920)<ref>Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915. FamilySearch. Retrieved 26 October 2020</ref> *[[1897]] – [[Einar Gerhardsen]], Norwegian politician, [[Prime Minister of Norway]] (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=Einar Gerhardsen {{!}} prime minister of Norway |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Einar-Gerhardsen |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726070721/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Einar-Gerhardsen |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Ariel Durant]], American historian and author (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Durant | first1=Will | last2=Durant | first2=Ariel | title=Dual Biography | location=New York | publisher=Simon and Schuster | year=1977 | isbn=978-0-67122-925-2 | page=14}}</ref> *[[1899]] – [[Fred Astaire]], American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Astaire {{!}} Biography, Movies, Ginger Rogers, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fred-Astaire |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918123713/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fred-Astaire |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin]], English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The biographical encyclopedia of astronomers|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00hock_878|url-access=limited|date=2007|publisher=Springer|others=Bracher, Katherine.|isbn=9780387304007|location=New York, NY|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicalency00hock_878/page/n907 876]|oclc=184930573}}</ref>
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