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===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Philippe de Champaigne]], Dutch-French painter (d. 1674)
*[[1623]] &ndash; [[William Petty]], English economist and philosopher (d. 1687)<ref>{{cite web |title=Petty, Sir William {{!}} Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/petty-sir-william-a7303 |website=www.dib.ie |access-date=27 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1650]] &ndash; [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire]] (d. 1722)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Abraham de Moivre]], French-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1754)
*[[1669]] &ndash; [[Sébastien Vaillant]], French botanist and mycologist (d. 1722)
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[Nicolaus Zinzendorf]], German bishop and saint (d. 1760)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[William Morgan (actuary)|William Morgan]], British actuary (d. 1833)<ref>{{cite web|title=William Morgan|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Morgan_William/|publisher=MacTutor|access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[August Kopisch]], German poet and painter (d. 1853)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Edmond de Goncourt]], French author and critic, founded the [[Académie Goncourt]] (d. 1896)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Bob Fitzsimmons]], English-New Zealand boxer (d. 1917)<ref>{{DNZB|McMillan|N.A.C.|2f12|Fitzsimmons, Robert|15 January 2017}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Robert W. Chambers]], American author and illustrator (d. 1933)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Mary of Teck]], English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Pope-Hennessy|title=Queen Mary, 1867-1953|location=London|publisher=Allen and Unwin|year=1959|oclc=872986639|page=24}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Olaf Gulbransson]], Norwegian painter and illustrator (d. 1958)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Percy Perrin]], English cricketer (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Perrin |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18506.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[W. Otto Miessner]], American composer and educator (d. 1967)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Adolfo de la Huerta]], Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (d. 1955)<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/h/huerta_adolfo.htm|title=Adolfo de la Huerta|access-date=May 28, 2019|publisher=Biografias y Vidas|language=es}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Mamie Smith]], American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist (d. 1946)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Al Jolson]], American singer and actor (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Freedland |first1=Michael |title=Al Jolson |publisher=W.H. Allen |pages=17–18}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Ba U]], 2nd [[President of Burma]] (d. 1963)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Eugene Aynsley Goossens]], English conductor and composer (d. 1962)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Dorothea Lange]], American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Paul Lukas]], Hungarian-American actor and singer (d. 1971)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Ernst Bacon]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Christfried Burmeister]], Estonian speed skater (d. 1965)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Antonio Barrette]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1968)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Muriel McQueen Fergusson]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the Senate (Canada)|Canadian Speaker of the Senate]] (d. 1997)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Karin Juel]], Swedish singer, actress, and writer (d. 1976)