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===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; [[Stefano della Bella]], Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1664)<ref>[[Dearborn-Massar|Massar, Phyllis Dearborn]] (1996). "Bella, Stefano della", vol. 3, pp. 631–634, in ''[[The Dictionary of Art]]'' (34 vols.), edited by Jane Turner. New York: Grove. {{ISBN|9781884446009}}. Also at [[Oxford Art Online]], [http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T007589 subscription required] (accessed 22 November 2010)</ref>
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria]] (d. 1662)
*[[1636]] &ndash; [[Edward Colman (martyr)|Edward Colman]], English Catholic courtier under Charles II (d. 1678)
*[[1682]] &ndash; [[Bartholomew Roberts]], Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
*[[1698]] &ndash; [[Gio Nicola Buhagiar]], Maltese painter (d. 1752)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schiavone|first1=Michael J.|title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A–F|date=2009|publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza|location=[[Pietà, Malta|Pietà]]|isbn=9789993291329|pages=339–340}}</ref>
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[Andreas Felix von Oefele]], German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness]], English politician and diplomat, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (d. 1778)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Francesco Pasquale Ricci]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1817)
*[[1743]] &ndash; [[Seth Warner]], American colonel (d. 1784)
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Edward Jenner]], English physician and microbiologist (d. 1823)<ref name="Chase's279"/>
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet]], English politician (d. 1839)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Caroline of Brunswick]] (d. 1821)
*  1768   &ndash; [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1854)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Anna Brownell Jameson]], Irish-English author (d. 1860)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Ezra Otis Kendall]], American professor, astronomer and mathematician (d. 1899)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Sebastian Kneipp]], German priest and therapist (d. 1897)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Thomas McIlwraith]], Scottish-Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1900)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Virginie Loveling]], Belgian author and poet (d. 1923)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lia|last=Van Gemert|title=Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875: A Bilingual Anthology|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|year=2011|page=559|isbn=978-9-08964-129-8}}</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Jacint Verdaguer]], Catalan priest and poet (d. 1902)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Martin Kukučín]], Slovak author and playwright (d. 1928)
*  1860   &ndash; [[Charlotte Barnum]], American mathematician and social activist (d. 1934)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Léon Gérin]], Canadian lawyer, sociologist, and civil servant (d. 1951)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Louis Richardet]], Swiss target shooter (d. 1923)
*  1864   &ndash; [[Ante Trumbić]], Croatian lawyer and politician, 27th [[Mayor of Split]] (d. 1938)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Erik Satie]], French pianist and composer (d. 1925)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Horace Elgin Dodge]], American businessman, co-founded [[Dodge]] (d. 1920)
*  1868   &ndash; [[Panagis Tsaldaris]], Greek politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1936)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Newton Moore]], Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (d. 1936)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Henri Barbusse]], French author and journalist (d. 1935)
*  1873   &ndash; [[Dorothy Richardson]], English author and journalist (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McCracken |first1=Scott |title=Richardson, Dorothy (1873–1957) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM122-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[George Sheldon (diver)|George Sheldon]], American diver (d. 1907)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Karl Burman]], Estonian architect and painter (d. 1965)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]], Spanish monarch (d. 1941)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Tich Freeman]], English cricketer (d. 1965)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Gibson]], American actress and singer (d. 1946)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Alfonso Reyes]], Mexican author (d. 1959)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Napoleon Zervas]], Greek general and politician (d. 1957)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Frederick McKinley Jones]], American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1961)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Saul Adler]], Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist (d. 1966)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Reinhold Saulmann]], Estonian sprinter and bandy player (d. 1936)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1981)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[A. J. Casson]], Canadian painter (d. 1992)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Carmen de Icaza]], Spanish writer (d. 1979)