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===1601–1900===
*[[1617]] &ndash; [[Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege]] (d. 1655)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Paisiello]], Italian composer and educator (probable;<ref>{{cite book|author=Jno Leland Hunt|title=Giovanni Paisiello, his life as an opera composer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8AHAQAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=National Opera Association}}</ref> d. 1816)
*[[1746]] &ndash; [[Gaspard Monge]], French mathematician and engineer (d. 1818)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sooyoung Chang|title=Academic Genealogy of Mathematicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4siw31DPONUC&pg=PA90|year=2011|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-4282-29-1|pages=90–}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[János Batsányi]], Hungarian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1845)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]], American activist (d. 1859)<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Brown Biography, Harpers Ferry, & Pottawatomie Massacre |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Brown-American-abolitionist |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Britannica |language=en |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407060948/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Brown-American-abolitionist |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood]], English politician, founded the town of [[Fleetwood]] (d. 1866)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[John Brougham]], Irish-American actor and playwright (d. 1880)<ref>{{cite ODNB |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/3582|title=Brougham, John (1810–1880) |date=23 September 2004 |last1=Boase|first1=G. C. |last2= Wells|first2=John|access-date=22 May 2023|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-3582}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Frederick Weld]], English-New Zealand politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1891)<ref>{{DNZB|Graham|Jeanine|1w10|Weld, Frederick Aloysius|24 July 2013}}</ref>
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Jacob ben Moses Bachrach]], Polish apologist and author (d. 1896)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[James Collinson]], Victorian painter (d. 1881) 
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Monoyer]], French ophthalmologist, invented the [[Monoyer chart]] (d. 1912)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Adam Opel]], German engineer, founded the [[Opel|Opel Company]] (d. 1895)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Gustaf de Laval]], Swedish engineer and businessman (d. 1913)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Edward Weston (chemist)|Edward Weston]], English-American chemist (d. 1936)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Julius Röntgen]], German-Dutch composer (d. 1932)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[J. M. Barrie]], Scottish novelist and playwright (d. 1937)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]], Indian economist and politician (d. 1915)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Harry Vardon]], British golfer (d. 1937)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Anton Cermak]], Czech-American captain and politician, 44th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (d. 1933)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Howard Carter]], English archaeologist and historian (d. 1939)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[George Barker (painter)|George Barker]], American painter (d. 1965)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Henry J. Kaiser]], American shipbuilder and businessman, founded [[Kaiser Shipyards]] (d. 1967)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[José Ortega y Gasset]], Spanish philosopher, author, and critic (d. 1955)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Valdemar Psilander]], Danish actor (d. 1917)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Gianni Vella]], Maltese artist (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 2 G–Z|last1=Schiavone|first1=Michael J.|date=2009|publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza|isbn=9789993291329|location=[[Pietà, Malta|Pietà]]|pages=1594–1595}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Francesco Baracca]], Italian fighter pilot (d. 1918)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Rolf de Maré]], Swedish art collector (d. 1964)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Zita of Bourbon-Parma]], last Empress of the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] (d. 1989)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[William Moulton Marston]], American psychologist and author (d. 1947)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Graham]], British-American economist, professor, and investor (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/23/archives/benjamin-graham-securities-expert-author-and-financier-dead-at-82.html |title=Benjamin Graham, Securities Expert |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Cray |first=Douglas W. |date=September 23, 1976 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821090934/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/23/archives/benjamin-graham-securities-expert-author-and-financier-dead-at-82.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Richard Barthelmess]], American actor (d. 1963)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Lucian Blaga]], Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Frank Foss (athlete)|Frank Foss]], American pole vaulter (d. 1989)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Richard Day (art director)|Richard Day]], Canadian-American art director and set decorator (d. 1972)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Maria Malicka (actress)|Maria Malicka]], Polish stage and film actress (d. 1992)<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=21849 |title=Maria Malicka |work=FilmPolski |access-date=2017-10-25 |language=pl |archive-date=2017-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023011716/http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=21849 |url-status=live }}</ref>