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===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Johannes Bach]], German organist and composer (d. 1673)
*[[1607]] &ndash; [[John Harvard (clergyman)|John Harvard]], English minister and philanthropist (d. 1638)
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Henry Dunster]], English-American clergyman and academic (d. 1659)
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[William Derham]], English minister and philosopher (d. 1735)
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan]], French geophysicist and astronomer (d. 1771)
*[[1679]] &ndash; [[Isidro de Espinosa]],  Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (d. 1755)<ref name="HTIE">{{Cite news |last=Donald E. Chipman |title=Isidro de Espinosa |publisher=Handbook of Texas Online |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fes04 |access-date=May 8, 2010}}</ref>
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Theophilus Cibber]], English actor and playwright (d. 1758)
*[[1727]] &ndash; [[Artemas Ward]], American general and politician (d. 1800)
*[[1731]] &ndash; [[William Cowper]], English poet and hymnwriter (d. 1800)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Sarah Moore Grimké]], American author and activist (d. 1873)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Zeng Guofan]], Chinese general and politician, [[Viceroy of Liangjiang]] (d. 1872)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zeng-Guofan|title=Zeng Guofan|author=Shan-yüan Hsieh|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=21 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Charles Adolphe Wurtz]], Alsatian-French chemist (d. 1884) 
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Ellen G. White]], American religious leader and author, co-founded the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] (d. 1915)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Robert Battey]], American surgeon and academic (d. 1895)
*  1828   &ndash; [[René Goblet]], French journalist and politician, 52nd [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1905)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Rudolph Koenig]], German-French physicist and academic (d. 1901)
*  1832   &ndash; [[Mary Edwards Walker]], American surgeon and activist, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1919)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Thomas Playford II]], English-Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1915)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Bat Masterson]], American police officer and journalist (d. 1921)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], Swiss linguist and author (d. 1913)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Katharine Drexel]], American nun and saint (d. 1955)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Edward Higgins]], English 3rd [[General of the Salvation Army]] (d. 1947)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Maud of Wales]] (d. 1938)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Hari Singh Gour|Sir Hari Singh Gour]], founder and Vice-Chancellor of [[Dr. Hari Singh Gour University|the University of Sagar]] (d. 1949)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Fred Herd]], Scottish golfer (d. 1954)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Willis Carrier]], American engineer, invented [[air conditioning]] (d. 1950)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Major Taylor]], American cyclist (d. 1932)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Brüning]], German lieutenant, economist, and politician, [[List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1970)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Ford Beebe]], American director and screenwriter (d. 1978)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Albert Dieudonné]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Scott Bradley (composer)|Scott Bradley]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1977)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[James Charles McGuigan]], Canadian cardinal (d. 1974)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Norbert Wiener]], American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1964)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Bill W.]], American activist, co-founded [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (d. 1971)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Karl Ziegler]], German chemist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1973)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Richard Hauptmann]], German-American murderer (d. 1936)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Anna Maurizio]], Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees (d. 1993)