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===1601–1900=== *[[1627]] – [[John Ray]], English biologist and botanist (d. 1705)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Mandelbrote |first1=Scott |title=Ray [formerly Wray], John |date=22 September 2005 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/23203}}</ref> *[[1690]] – [[Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst]] (d. 1747)<ref>{{Cite ADB|4|157|159|Christian August|Ferdinand Siebigk|ADB:Christian August (Fürst von Anhalt-Zerbst)}}</ref> *[[1705]] – [[Michael Christian Festing]], English violinist and composer (d. 1752)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Johnstone |first1=H. Diack |title=Festing, Michael Christian |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9373}}</ref> *[[1752]] – The [[Public Universal Friend]], American evangelist (d. 1819)<ref>{{cite book|last=Wisbey|first=Herbert A. Jr|orig-year=1965|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nu_Kk0mwm00C&pg=PA3|title=Pioneer Prophetess: Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=9780801475511|year=2009 |page=3}}</ref> *[[1762]] – [[Pierre André Latreille]], French zoologist (d. 1833)<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Claude |last1=Dupuis |year=1974 |title=Pierre André Latreille (1762–1833): the foremost entomologist of his time |journal=[[Annual Review of Entomology]] |volume=19 |page=2 |doi=10.1146/annurev.en.19.010174.000245}}</ref> *[[1781]] – [[Andrés Bello]], Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Leonard |first1=Irving A. |title=Andrés Bello (1781-1865), National Hero |journal=The Hispanic American Historical Review |date=1954 |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=502–505 |doi=10.2307/2509082|jstor=2509082 }}</ref> *[[1797]] – [[Gaetano Donizetti]], Italian composer (d. 1848)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=28 December 2012 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631001853/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=416c61f4 |access-date=24 October 2021 |format=Collection |title=Gaetano Donizetti |volume=32}}</ref> *[[1798]] – [[Alexander Brullov]], Russian painter and architect, designed the [[Pulkovo Observatory]] (d. 1877)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Brullov Archives |url=https://www.ruzhnikov.com/artists/alexander-brullov/ |website=Ruzhnikov |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> * 1798 – [[Hamilton Rowan Gamble]], American jurist and politician (d. 1864)<ref>{{cite ANB|title=Gamble, Hamilton Rowan |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0400401 |first1=William E. |last1=Parrish}}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[Amos Bronson Alcott]], American philosopher and academic (d. 1888)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dahlstrand |first1=Frederick C. |title=Amos Bronson Alcott: An Intellectual Biography |date=1982 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |isbn=0838630162 |page=17}}</ref> *[[1802]] – [[Wilhelm Hauff]], German poet and author (d. 1827)<ref>{{EB1911|noprescript=1|inline=1|wstitle=Hauff, Wilhelm}}</ref> *[[1803]] – [[Christian Doppler]], Austrian mathematician and physicist (d. 1853)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hollar |editor1-first=Sherman |title=Pioneers in the World of Weather and Climatology |date=2013 |publisher=Britannica Educational Publishing |isbn=9781615307029 |page=46}}</ref> * 1803 – [[Gottfried Semper]], German architect and academic, designed the [[Semper Opera House]] (d. 1879)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herrmann |first1=Wolfgang |title=Semper, Gottfried |journal=Grove Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T077537|isbn=9781884446054 }}</ref> *[[1816]] – [[Morrison Waite]], American jurist and politician, 7th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (d. 1888)<ref>{{cite ANB |id=1100880 |title=Waite, Morrison Remick |first=Robert M. |last=Goldman}}</ref> *[[1817]] – [[William Ellery Channing (poet)|William Ellery Channing]], American poet and author (d. 1901)<ref>{{cite ANB |id=1600279 |title=Channing, William Ellery, II |first=Frederick T. |last=McGill}}</ref> *[[1818]] – [[George Brown (Canadian politician)|George Brown]], Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th [[List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada|Premier of West Canada]] (d. 1880)<ref>{{Cite DCB|last=English |first=John |year=1972 |title=BROWN, GEORGE |volume=X |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/brown_george_10E.html |access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref> *[[1823]] – [[La Fayette Grover]], American lawyer and politician, 4th [[Governor of Oregon]] (d. 1911)<ref>{{cite ANB |id=0400443 |title=Grover, La Fayette |first=R. Rudy |last=Higgens-Evenson}}</ref> *[[1825]] – [[Jean-Martin Charcot]], French neurologist and psychologist (d. 1893)<ref>{{EB1911|noprescript=1|inline=1|wstitle=Charcot, Jean Martin}}</ref> *[[1827]] – [[William Crichton (engineer)|William Crichton]], Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (d. 1889)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Crichton|title=William Crichton|website=Grace's Guide|access-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first1=Timo |last1=Herranen |url=https://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=4253|title=CRICHTON, William (1827–1889)|work=Biogradiskt lexikon för Finland |access-date=January 15, 2022 |language=sv}}</ref> *[[1831]] – [[Frederick Townsend Ward]], American sailor and soldier (d. 1862)<ref>{{cite ANB |id=2001075 |title=Ward, Frederick Townsend |first=Samuel Willard |last=Crompton}}</ref> *[[1832]] – [[Louisa May Alcott]], American novelist and poet (d. 1888)<ref>{{cite ANB |id=1600022 |title=Alcott, Louisa May |first=Katharine M. |last=Rogers}}</ref> *[[1835]] – [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] of China (d. 1908)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=1998 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631006628/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a666373f |access-date=24 October 2021 |format=Collection |title=Tz'u-hsi |volume=18}}</ref> *[[1843]] – [[Gertrude Jekyll]], British horticulturist and writer (d. 1932)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Jekyll, Gertrude (1843–1932), artist and garden designer |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/37597|last1 = Tooley |first1 = Michael |freearticle=y}}</ref> *[[1849]] – [[John Ambrose Fleming]], English physicist and engineer (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=MacGregor-Morris |first1=J. T. |last2=Gooday |first2=Graeme J. N. |title=Fleming, Sir (John) Ambrose |date=22 September 2005 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33170}}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg]], German lawyer and politician, 5th [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1921)<ref>{{EB1911|noprescript=1|inline=1|wstitle=Bethmann Hollweg, Theobald von}}</ref> *[[1857]] – [[Theodor Escherich]], German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1911)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shulman |first1=S. T. |last2=Friedmann |first2=H. C. |last3=Sims |first3=R. H. |title=Theodor Escherich: The First Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician? |journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases |date=15 October 2007 |volume=45 |issue=8 |pages=1025–1029 |doi=10.1086/521946 |pmid=17879920 |doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[Spyridon Samaras]], Greek composer (d. 1917)<ref>{{cite Grove |title=Samaras [Samara], Spyridon [Spyros, Spiro] (Filiskos) |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24445 |last=Leotsakos |first=George |date=20 January 2001 }}</ref> *[[1873]] – [[Suzan Rose Benedict]], American mathematician and academic (d. 1942)<ref>{{cite book |title-link=Pioneering Women in American Mathematics |isbn=9780821843765 |first1=Judy |last1=Green |author1-link=Judy Green (mathematician) |first2=Jeanne |last2=LaDuke |author2-link=Jeanne LaDuke |title=Pioneering Women in American Mathematics — The Pre-1940 PhD's |publisher=[[American Mathematical Society]], The [[London Mathematical Society]] |series=History of Mathematics |volume=34 |year=2009 |page=141}}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[Francis Dodd (artist)|Francis Dodd]], Welsh-English painter and academic (d. 1949)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Reade |first1=Brian |last2=Lowe |first2=Ian |title=Dodd, Francis Edgar |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32847}}</ref> * 1874 – [[Egas Moniz]], Portuguese physician and neurologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1955)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Artico |first1=Marco |last2=Spoletini |first2=Marialuisa |last3=Fumagalli |first3=Lorenzo |last4=Biagioni |first4=Francesca |last5=Ryskalin |first5=Larisa |last6=Fornai |first6=Francesco |last7=Salvati |first7=Maurizio |last8=Frati |first8=Alessandro |last9=Pastore |first9=Francesco Saverio |last10=Taurone |first10=Samanta |date=2017|title=Egas Moniz: 90 Years (1927–2017) from Cerebral Angiography|journal=Frontiers in Neuroanatomy |volume=11 |page=81 |doi=10.3389/fnana.2017.00081 |pmid=28974927 |pmc=5610728 |issn=1662-5129 |doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Nellie Tayloe Ross]], American educator and politician, 14th [[Governor of Wyoming]] (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite ANB |id=0600767 |title=Ross, Nellie Tayloe |first=Maggi |last=Murdock}}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Jacob Gade]], Danish violinist and composer (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420003898/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b6f3cc75 |access-date=24 October 2021 |format=Dictionary |title=Jacob Gade}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Artur Phleps]], Romanian-German general (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite book |last1=von Horstenau |first1=Edmund Glaise |last2=Broucek |first2=Peter |title=Ein General im Zwielicht: K.u.K. Generalstabsoffizier und Historiker |date=1980 |publisher=Böhlaus Nachf |isbn=3205087402 |page=204 |language=German}}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[Henri Fabre]], French pilot and engineer (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Naughton |first1=Russell |title=Henri Fabre (1882-1984) |url=https://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/fabre.html |publisher=Monash University Centre for Telecommunications and Information Engineering |access-date=24 October 2021 |date=15 May 2002}}</ref> *[[1891]] – [[Julius Raab]], Austrian engineer and politician, 19th [[Chancellor of Austria]] (d. 1964)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Wilsford |editor1-first=David |title=Political Leaders of Contemporary Western Europe: A Biographical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=031328623X |page=377}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[Busby Berkeley]], American director and choreographer (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite Grove |title=Berkeley, Busby [Enos, William Berkeley ] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2248338 |last=Haramaki |first=Gordon |date=26 November 2013 }}</ref> * 1895 – [[William Tubman]], Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th [[President of Liberia]] (d. 1971)<ref>{{cite news|title=Key Figures - William Tubman (1895-1971)|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1400006/Key-figures.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1400006/Key-figures.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=1 January 2001 |access-date=19 November 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1898]] – [[C. S. Lewis]], British novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Bennett |first1=J. A. W. |last2=Plaskitt |first2=Emma |title=Lewis, Clive Staples |date=7 January 2016 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34512}}</ref> *[[1899]] – [[Andrija Artuković]], [[Government of the Independent State of Croatia|Croatian Minister of Interior]] (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite book |title=Almanac of Famous People |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=1040-127X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1601031290/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=3ed59074 |access-date=24 October 2021 |chapter=Andrija Artuković}}</ref> * 1899 – [[Emma Morano]], Italian [[supercentenarian]], oldest Italian person ever (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/emma-morano-worlds-oldest-living-person-celebrate-117th-birthday/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/29/emma-morano-worlds-oldest-living-person-celebrate-117th-birthday/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Emma Morano, world's oldest living person and last link to 19th Century, celebrates her 117th birthday |work=The Telegraph |first1=Nick |last1=Squires |access-date=15 April 2017 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[Mildred Gillars]], American broadcaster, employed by [[Nazi Germany]] to disseminate propaganda during WWII (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite ANB |id=0700518 |title=Gillars, Mildred Elizabeth |first=Anna |last=Macías}}</ref>
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