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===1601–1900=== *[[1616]] – [[John Wallis]], English mathematician and cryptographer (died 1703) *[[1684]] – [[Ludvig Holberg]], Norwegian historian and writer (died 1754) *[[1722]] – [[Hryhorii Skovoroda]], Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher (died 1794) *[[1729]] – [[Antonio Soler (composer)|Antonio Soler]], Spanish composer and theorist (died 1783) *[[1730]] – [[Mahadaji Shinde]], [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha]] ruler of [[Gwalior]] (died 1794) *[[1755]] – [[Gilbert Stuart]], American painter (died 1828) *[[1793]] – [[Clarkson Frederick Stanfield]], English painter and academic (died 1867) *[[1798]] – [[Alfred Iverson Sr.]], American politician (died 1873)<ref>{{Cite web |title=IVERSON, Alfred, Sr. |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/I000049 |access-date=2 January 2025 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref> *[[1800]] – [[France Prešeren]], Slovenian poet and lawyer (died 1849) *[[1810]] – [[Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord]], American author and political essayist (died 1879)<ref name="Frank2008">{{cite book |last=Frank |first=Lisa Tendrich |title=Women in the American Civil War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2GeBUmW_MgC&pg=PA384 |year=2008 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-600-8 |pages=384–}}</ref> *[[1826]] – [[George B. McClellan]], American general and politician, 24th [[Governor of New Jersey]] (died 1885) *[[1827]] – [[Lombe Atthill]], Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (died 1910)<ref>{{cite book |title=British Medical Journal |publisher=British Medical Association |year=1910 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GwJHAQAAMAAJ |access-date=24 May 2021 |page=917}}</ref> *[[1833]] – [[Carlos Finlay]], Cuban epidemiologist and physician (died 1915) *[[1838]] – [[Cleveland Abbe]], American meteorologist and academic (died 1916) * 1838 – [[Octavia Hill]], English activist and author (died 1912)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Octavia Hill's life and work {{!}} History |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/history/people/octavia-hill-her-life-and-legacy |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=National Trust |language=en}}</ref> * 1838 – [[Princess Louise of Prussia]] (died 1923) *[[1842]] – [[Phoebe Hearst]], American philanthropist and activist (died 1919) * 1842 – [[Charles Alfred Pillsbury]], American businessman, founded the [[Pillsbury Company]] (died 1899) * 1842 – [[Ellen Swallow Richards]], American chemist, ecologist, and educator (died 1911) *[[1848]] – [[William Shiels]], Irish-Australian politician, 16th [[Premier of Victoria]] (died 1904) *[[1850]] – [[Richard Butler (Australian politician)|Richard Butler]], English-Australian politician, 23rd [[Premier of South Australia]] (died 1925) *[[1856]] – [[George Leake]], Australian politician, 3rd [[Premier of Western Australia]] (died 1902) *[[1857]] – [[Joseph Conrad]], Polish-born British novelist (died 1924) * 1857 – [[Mathilde Kralik]], Austrian pianist and composer (died 1944) *[[1863]] – [[Gussie Davis]], African-American songwriter (died 1899) *[[1864]] – [[Herman Heijermans]], Dutch author and playwright (died 1924) *[[1867]] – [[William John Bowser]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th [[List of premiers of British Columbia|Premier of British Columbia]] (died 1933) *[[1872]] – [[Arthur Charles Hardy]], Canadian lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the Senate (Canada)|Canadian Speaker of the Senate]] (died 1962) * 1872 – [[William Haselden]], English cartoonist (died 1953) *[[1875]] – [[Max Meldrum]], Scottish-Australian painter and educator (died 1955) *[[1878]] – [[Francis A. Nixon]], American businessman (died 1956) *[[1879]] – [[Albert Asher]], New Zealand rugby player (died 1965) * 1879 – [[Charles Hutchison]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1949) * 1879 – [[Kafū Nagai]], Japanese author and playwright (died 1959) * 1879 – [[Donald Matheson Sutherland]], Canadian physician and politician, 5th [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Canadian Minister of National Defence]] (died 1970) *[[1880]] – [[Fedor von Bock]], German field marshal (died 1945) *[[1883]] – [[Anton Webern]], Austrian composer and conductor (died 1945) *[[1884]] – [[Rajendra Prasad]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of India]] (died 1963) * 1884 – [[Walther Stampfli]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]] (died 1965) *[[1886]] – [[Manne Siegbahn]], Swedish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1978) *[[1887]] – [[Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni]], Japanese general and politician, 43rd [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (died 1990) *[[1891]] – [[Thomas Farrell (general)|Thomas Farrell]], American general (died 1967) *[[1894]] – [[Deiva Zivarattinam]], Indian lawyer and politician (died 1975) *[[1895]] – [[Anna Freud]], Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst (died 1982) * 1895 – [[Sheng Shicai]], Chinese warlord (died 1970) *[[1897]] – [[William Gropper]], American cartoonist and painter (died 1977) *[[1899]] – [[Hayato Ikeda]], Japanese politician, 58th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (died 1965) * 1899 – [[Howard Kinsey]], American tennis player (died 1966) *[[1900]] – [[Bert Hawke]], Australian politician, 18th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (died 1986) * 1900 – [[Ulrich Inderbinen]], Swiss mountaineer (died 2004) * 1900 – [[Richard Kuhn]], Austrian-German biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1967)
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