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===1601–1900=== *[[1601]] – [[Athanasius Kircher]], German priest and scholar (d. 1680) *[[1660]] – [[Alessandro Scarlatti]], Italian composer (d. 1725) *[[1695]] – [[Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni]], Italian-French painter and architect (d. 1766)<ref>{{cite web |title=Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni {{!}} French theatrical designer and architect {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Niccolo-Servandoni |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 May 2022 |language=en |archive-date=2 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502161711/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Niccolo-Servandoni |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1702]] – [[Friedrich Christoph Oetinger]], German theologian and theosopher (d. 1782) *[[1707]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Barrière]], French cellist and composer (d. 1747) *[[1729]] – [[Catherine the Great]] of Russia (d. 1796) *[[1737]] – [[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne]], Irish-English politician, [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (d. 1805)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne - GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-petty-2nd-earl-of-shelburne |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=8 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708145542/https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-petty-2nd-earl-of-shelburne |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1740]] – [[Elias Boudinot]], American lawyer and politician, 10th [[President of the Continental Congress]] (d. 1821) *[[1750]] – [[John André]], English soldier and spy (d. 1780) *[[1752]] – [[Ludwig August Lebrun]], German [[oboe]] player and composer (d. 1790) *[[1754]] – [[Vicente Martín y Soler]], Spanish composer (d. 1806) *[[1772]] – [[Novalis]], German author and poet (d. 1801) *[[1773]] – [[Henrik Steffens]], Norwegian philosopher and poet (d. 1845) *[[1797]] – [[Abraham Pineo Gesner]], Canadian physician and geologist (d. 1864) *[[1802]] – [[Heinrich Gustav Magnus]], German chemist and physicist (d. 1870) *[[1806]] – [[Catherine Labouré]], French nun and saint (d. 1876) *[[1810]] – [[Hans Christian Lumbye]], Danish composer and conductor (d. 1874) *[[1813]] – [[Caroline Leigh Gascoigne]], English novelist and poet (d. 1883)<ref name="Thomas1915">{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Joseph|title=Lippincott's Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RnwVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1080|edition=Public domain|year=1915|publisher=J. B. Lippincott Company|page=1080}}</ref> *[[1815]] – [[William Buell Richards]], Canadian lawyer and judge, 1st [[Chief Justice of Canada]] (d. 1889) *[[1822]] – [[Jane Miller Thengberg]], Scottish-Swedish governess and educator (d. 1902)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Mobil/Artikel/9352|title=Jane Miller Thengberg|website=sok.riksarkivet.se|access-date=2019-01-30|archive-date=2019-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040623/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Mobil/Artikel/9352|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1828]] – [[Désiré Charnay]], French archaeologist and photographer (d. 1915) *[[1830]] – [[Otto Staudinger]], German entomologist and author (d. 1900) *[[1844]] – [[Elijah McCoy]], Canadian-American engineer (d. 1929) *[[1859]] – [[Jerome K. Jerome]], English author and playwright (d. 1927) *[[1860]] – [[John Scott Haldane]], Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic (d. 1936) * 1860 – [[Theodor Herzl]], Austro-Hungarian Zionist philosopher, journalist and author (d. 1904) *[[1865]] – [[Clyde Fitch]], American playwright (d. 1909) *[[1867]] – [[Giuseppe Morello]], Italian-American mobster (d. 1930) *[[1872]] – [[Ichiyō Higuchi]], Japanese writer (d. 1896)<ref>{{cite book|first=Jay|last=Rubin|title=Modern Japanese Writers|location=New York|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|year=2001|page=122|isbn=978-0-68480-598-6}}</ref> *[[1873]] – [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (d. 1944) *[[1879]] – [[James F. Byrnes]], American stenographer and politician, 49th [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1972) *[[1880]] – [[Bill Horr]], American football player, discus thrower, and coach (d. 1955) *[[1881]] – [[Harry J. Capehart]], American lawyer, politician, and businessperson (d. 1955)<ref name="WVAH 1">{{cite web |url= http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1096605&Type=Death |title= Death Record Detail: Harry J. Capehart |year= 2020 |publisher= West Virginia Archives and History, West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History |access-date= October 25, 2020 |archive-date= October 27, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201027163540/http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1096605&Type=Death |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="Harris 1920 241">{{cite book | editor-last = Harris | editor-first = John T. | year = 1920 | title = West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register | publisher = The Tribune Printing Company | location = [[Charleston, West Virginia]] | oclc = 643874972 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tawGAQAAIAAJ | via = [[Google Books]] | archive-date = August 31, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200831124807/https://books.google.com/books?id=tawGAQAAIAAJ | url-status = live | page = 241}}</ref><ref name="Caldwell 1923 9">{{cite book | editor-last = Caldwell | editor-first = Arthur Bunyan | title = History of the American Negro | edition = West Virginia | volume = VII | publisher = A. B. Caldwell Publishing Company | location = Atlanta | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SmXXAAAAMAAJ | year = 1923 | oclc = 1039670577 | access-date = October 26, 2020 | via = [[Google Books]] | page = 9}}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[Isabel González]], Puerto Rican activist who helped pave the way for Puerto Ricans' American citizenship (d. 1971) *[[1884]] – [[John Boland (South Dakota politician)|John Boland]], American politician (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite news |title=John Boland, Local Pioneer, Dies At 74 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland-local-pi/149558133/ |access-date=June 19, 2024 |work=[[Rapid City Daily Journal]] |date=October 10, 1958 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland-local-pi/149558133/ 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal-john-boland/149558575/ 2] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Hedda Hopper]], American actress and gossip columnist (d. 1966) *[[1886]] – [[Gottfried Benn]], German author and poet (d. 1956) *[[1887]] – [[Vernon and Irene Castle|Vernon Castle]], English-American dancer (d. 1918) * 1887 – [[Eddie Collins]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1951) *[[1889]] – [[Ki Hajar Dewantara]], Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1959) *[[1890]] – [[E. E. Smith]], American engineer and author (d. 1965) *[[1892]] – [[Manfred von Richthofen]], German captain and pilot (d. 1918) *[[1894]] – [[Norma Talmadge]], American actress of the silent era (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Basinger |first1=Jeanine |title=Silent Stars |date=2000 |publisher=Wesleyan University Press. |isbn=0-8195-6451-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/silentstars00basi/page/181 181] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/silentstars00basi/page/181 }}</ref> * 1894 – [[Joseph Henry Woodger]], English biologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1981) *[[1895]] – [[Lorenz Hart]], American playwright and lyricist (d. 1943) *[[1897]] – [[John Frederick Coots]], American songwriter (d. 1985) *[[1898]] – [[Henry Hall (bandleader)|Henry Hall]], English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1989)
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