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===1601–1900===
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[Richard Towneley]], English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1707)
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné]], French noblewoman (d. 1705)
*[[1656]] &ndash; [[Nicolas de Largillière]], French painter and academic (d. 1746)
*[[1669]] &ndash; [[Johann Nicolaus Bach]], German organist and composer (d. 1753)
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll]], Scottish general and politician, [[Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland]] (d. 1743)
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[Jean-Antoine Watteau]], French painter (d. 1721)
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[Lambert-Sigisbert Adam]], French sculptor and illustrator (d. 1759)
*[[1731]] &ndash; [[Henry Cavendish]], French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Adam Johann von Krusenstern]] Imperial Russian Admiral and explorer (d. 1846) <ref>{{cite book |author=Adam Johann von Krusenstern |title=Voyage Round the World |date=1813 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kGxJAAAAYAAJ }}, [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QgTI9yOecisC vol. II], translated from German into English by Richard Belgrave Hoppner</ref>
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[John Abercrombie (physician)|John Abercrombie]], Scottish physician and philosopher (d. 1844)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[William Whiting Boardman]], American judge and politician (d. 1871)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Alfred Kennerley]], English-Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (d. 1897)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Verdi]], Italian composer and philanthropist (d. 1901)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger]], German theologian and author (d. 1883)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Paul Kruger]], South African soldier and politician, 5th [[President of the South African Republic]] (d. 1904)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Samuel J. Randall]], American captain, lawyer and politician, 33rd [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (d. 1890)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Isabella II of Spain]] (d. 1904)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Aleksis Kivi]], Finnish author and playwright (d. 1872)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Robert Gould Shaw]], American colonel (d. 1863)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Emily Dobson]], Australian philanthropist (d. 1934)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=I. A. |chapter=Emily Dobson (1842–1934) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dobson-emily-5985 |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Maurice Prendergast]], American painter and academic (d. 1924)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Fridtjof Nansen]], Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1930)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[T. Frank Appleby]], American businessman and politician (d. 1924)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Louise Mack]], Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1935)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Dionysios Kasdaglis]], Egyptian-Greek tennis player (d. 1931)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield]], English businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Morris Motors]] (d. 1963)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Klyuev]], Russian poet and author (d. 1937)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Ida Wüst]], German actress and screenwriter (d. 1958)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Walter Anderson (folklorist)|Walter Anderson]], Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic (d. 1962)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Jean Peyrière]], French actor (d. 1965)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Han van Meegeren]], Dutch painter and forger (d. 1947)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Alfred Neuland]], Estonian weightlifter (d. 1966)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Fridolf Rhudin]], Swedish actor (d. 1935)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen]], German field marshal (d. 1945)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Lilly Daché]], French-American fashion designer (d. 1989)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Helen Hayes]], American actress (d. 1993)