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===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[Evangelista Torricelli]], Italian physicist and mathematician (d. 1647)
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie]], Swedish statesman and military man (d. 1686)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[Allan Ramsay (poet)|Allan Ramsay]], Scottish poet and playwright (d. 1758)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Marie-Marguerite d'Youville]], Canadian nun and saint, founded [[Grey Nuns]] (d. 1771)
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine]] (d. 1741)
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Samuel Adams Holyoke]], American composer and educator (d. 1820)
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Richard]], French-born American [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] priest, missionary, educator, and politician (d. 1832)
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Bernhard Crusell]], Finnish composer (d. 1838)<ref>{{BLF|2356|Bernhard Crusell}}</ref>
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Thomas Robert Bugeaud]], French general and politician, [[List of rulers of Algeria before independence|Governor-General of Algeria]] (d. 1849)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[José Miguel Carrera]], Chilean general and politician (d. 1821)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[William Christopher Zeise]], Danish chemist who prepared [[Zeise's salt]], one of the first organometallic compounds (d. 1847)
*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Louis-Eugène Cavaignac]], French general and politician, [[List of heads of state of France#French Second Republic (1848–1852)|head of state of France]] in 1848 (d. 1857)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionnaire des parlementaires français|volume=1|last1=Robert|first1=Adolphe|last2=Cougny|first2=Gaston|location=Paris|language=fr|year=1889|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k83707p|page=616}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Lermontov]], Russian author, poet, and painter (d. 1841)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[John Robertson (premier)|John Robertson]], English-Australian politician, 5th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1891)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Alexander Dreyschock]], Czech pianist and composer (d. 1869)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Marie of Prussia]] (d. 1889)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Asaph Hall]], American astronomer and academic (d. 1907)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[John Alexander MacPherson]], Australian politician, 7th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1894)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[James Tissot]], French painter and illustrator (d. 1902)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Honoré Mercier]], Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 9th [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1894)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], German composer, poet, and philosopher (d. 1900)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[John L. Sullivan]], American boxer, actor, and journalist (d. 1918)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Charles W. Clark]], American singer and educator (d. 1925)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Miklas]], Austrian educator and politician, 3rd [[President of Austria]] (d. 1956)
*  1872   &ndash; [[August Nilsson]], Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and [[tug of war]] competitor (d. 1921)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (d. 1899)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Paul Reynaud]], French lawyer and politician, 118th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1966)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Jane Darwell]], American actress (d. 1967)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[P. G. Wodehouse]], English novelist and playwright (d. 1975)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Charley O'Leary]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1941)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Archibald Hoxsey]], American pilot (d. 1910)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Frederick Fleet]], English sailor (d. 1965)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[S. S. Van Dine]], American author and critic (d. 1939)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Álvaro de Campos]], Portuguese poet and engineer (d. 1935)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Carol II of Romania]] (d. 1953)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Moshe Sharett]], Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (d. 1965)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Johannes Sikkar]], Estonian soldier and politician, [[Prime Minister of Estonia in exile]] (d. 1960)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Adolf Brudes]], Polish-German racing driver (d. 1986)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Mervyn LeRoy]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 1987)