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===1601–1900===
*[[1682]] &ndash; [[Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix]], French historian, explorer, and author (d. 1761)<ref>{{cite book|title=Nebraska History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXYRAAAAIAAJ|year=1923|publisher=Nebraska State Historical Society|page=29}}</ref>
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[Martin Folkes]], English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1754)<ref>{{cite book|author=Hartley Coleridge|title=Biographia Borealis: Or, Lives of Distinguished Northerns|url=https://archive.org/details/biographiaborea01colegoog|year=1833|publisher=Whitaker, Treacher|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographiaborea01colegoog/page/n725 703]}}</ref>
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[John Byng]], English admiral and politician, 11th [[List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador|Commodore Governor of Newfoundland]] (d. 1757)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Dyer|title=Bedfordshire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZT_1vThsFoIC|year=1995|publisher=Shire|isbn=9780747802693|page=102}}</ref>
*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Laura Bassi]], Italian physicist and academic, first woman to have doctorate in science (d. 1778)<ref>{{cite book|first=Monique|last=Frize|title=Laura Bassi and Science in 18th Century Europe: The Extraordinary Life and Role of Italy's Pioneering Female Professor|location=Berlin, Heidelberg|publisher=Springer|year=2013|page=39|isbn=978-3-64238-685-5}}</ref>
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[James Boswell]], Scottish lawyer and author (d. 1795)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Turnbull |first1=Gordon |title=Boswell, James (1740–1795), lawyer, diarist, and biographer of Samuel Johnson |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/2950}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Caterina Scarpellini]], Italian astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1873)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Louise Granberg]], Swedish playwright (d. 1907)<ref>{{cite web |title=Litteraturbanken {{!}} Svenska klassiker som e-bok och epub |url=https://litteraturbanken.se/%C3%B6vers%C3%A4ttarlexikon/artiklar/Louise_Granberg_Stjernstr%C3%B6m |website=litteraturbanken.se |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Dan Emmett]], American composer (d. 1904)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Stevenson |first1=Robert |title=Emmett [Emmit], Dan(iel Decatur) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.08773}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski]], Russian-Polish cardinal (d. 1902)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[James Boucaut]], English-Australian politician, 11th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1916)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=P. L. |last=Edgar |title=Boucaut, Sir James Penn (1831–1916) |volume=3 |year=1969 |id2=boucaut-sir-james-penn-3028 |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Narcisa de Jesús]], Ecuadorian saint (d. 1869)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Harriet Powers]], American folk artist and quilter (d. 1910)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Booker |first1=Margaret Moore |title=Powers, Harriet |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=26 May 2010 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T2087095}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Paul Bruchési]], Canadian archbishop (d. 1939)
*  1855   &ndash; [[Paul-Jacques Curie]], French physicist and academic (d. 1941)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Andrei Ryabushkin]], Russian painter (d. 1904)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Antonio Luna]], Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
*  1866   &ndash; [[Carl Gustav Witt]], German astronomer (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marché |first1=Jordan D. |chapter=Witt, Carl Gustav |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |pages=1234 |doi=10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1492|isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 }}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Marie of Romania]] (d. 1938)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pakula |first1=Hannah |title=The Last Romantic |date=1985 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York |isbn=0671463640 |page=35}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Narcisa de Leon]], Filipino film producer (d. 1966)
*  1877   &ndash; [[Wilfred Rhodes]], English cricketer and coach (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Sutcliffe |first1=Peter |title=Rhodes, Wilfred (1877–1973), cricketer |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31598}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Alva B. Adams]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)<ref>{{CongBio |id=A000028 |name=ADAMS, Alva Blanchard |inline=YES}}</ref>
*  1879   &ndash; [[Franz von Papen]], German soldier and politician, [[List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1969)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Abram Ioffe]], Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[John DeWitt (athlete)|John DeWitt]], American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1930)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Jean Giraudoux]], French author and playwright (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Inskip |first1=Donald |title=Jean Giraudoux: The Making of a Dramatist |date=1958 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=London |page=1}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Victor Hochepied]], French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Fanny Brice]], American actress and singer (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Goldman |first1=Herbert G. |title=Brice, Fanny (1891-1951), comedienne and singer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800150}}</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Joseph Goebbels]], German lawyer and politician, [[List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor of Nazi Germany]] (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Jeremy |title=Joseph Goebbels: Nazi Propaganda Minister |date=2000 |publisher=Rosen |location=New York |isbn=0823933091 |page=12}}</ref>
*  1897   &ndash; [[Billy Walker (footballer, born 1897)|Billy Walker]], English footballer (d. 1964)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Alan Barker]], English soldier (d. 1984)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Akim Tamiroff]], Georgian-American actor (d. 1972)