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===1601–1900===
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[António Manoel de Vilhena]], Grand Master of the Order of Saint John (d. 1736)
*[[1676]] &ndash; [[Jacopo Riccati]], Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1754)
*[[1692]] &ndash; [[Geminiano Giacomelli]], Italian composer (d. 1740)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Joseph-Ignace Guillotin]], French physician (d. 1814)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[William Pitt the Younger]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1806)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – History – Historic Figures: Pitt the Younger (1759–1806) |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/pitt_the_younger.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Manuel Alberti]], Argentinian priest and journalist (d. 1811)
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Edward Livingston]], American jurist and politician, 11th [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1836)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Thomas Moore]], Irish poet and composer (d. 1852)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Louis Agassiz]], Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist (d. 1873)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[P. G. T. Beauregard]], American general (d. 1893)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera]], Buddhist monk and scholar, founder of [[Vidyalankara Pirivena]] (d. 1885)<ref>{{cite web|title=Buddhist moks of Sri Lanka|url=https://garystockbridge617.getarchive.net/topics/buddhist+monks+of+sri+lanka/sri+lanka}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Baumfelder]], German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916)
*  1836   &ndash; [[Alexander Mitscherlich (chemist)|Alexander Mitscherlich]], German chemist and academic (d. 1918)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[George Ashlin]], Irish architect, co-designed [[St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh|St Colman's Cathedral]] (d. 1921)
*  1837   &ndash; [[Tony Pastor]], American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner (d. 1908)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Sakaigawa Namiemon]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 1887)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Carl Larsson]], Swedish painter and author (d. 1919)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Carl Richard Nyberg]], Swedish inventor and businessman, developed the [[blow torch]] (d. 1939)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Marian Smoluchowski]], Polish physicist and mountaineer (d. 1917)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Paul Pelliot]], French sinologist and explorer (d. 1945)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Milutin Milanković]], Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (d. 1958)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]], Indian poet and politician (d. 1966)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Clough Williams-Ellis]], English-Welsh architect, designed the [[Portmeirion|Portmeirion Village]] (d. 1978)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Edvard Beneš]], Czech academic and politician, 2nd and 4th [[List of Presidents of Czechoslovakia|President of Czechoslovakia]] (d. 1948)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Santo Trafficante, Sr.]], Italian-American mobster (d. 1954)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Kaarel Eenpalu]], Estonian journalist and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Estonia]] (d. 1942)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot]], English author and educator (d. 1947)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Jim Thorpe]], American decathlete, football player, and coach (d. 1953)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Richard Réti]], Slovak-Czech chess player and author (d. 1929)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Minna Gombell]], American actress (d. 1973)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Tommy Ladnier]], American trumpet player (d. 1939)