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===1601–1900=== *[[1661]] – [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer]], English lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]] (died 1724) *[[1666]] – [[Francesco Scarlatti]], Italian violinist and composer (died 1741) *[[1687]] – [[Francesco Geminiani]], Italian violinist and composer (died 1762) *[[1697]] – [[Giuseppe de Majo]], Italian organist and composer (died 1771) *[[1782]] – [[Martin Van Buren]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[President of the United States]] (died 1862) *[[1784]] – [[George Shepherd (artist)|George Shepherd]], English illustrator and painter (died 1862) *[[1803]] – [[Fyodor Tyutchev]], Russian poet and diplomat (died 1873) *[[1820]] – [[Afanasy Fet]], Russian poet and author (died 1892) *[[1822]] – [[Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz]], American philosopher and academic, co-founded [[Radcliffe College]] (died 1907) *[[1829]] – [[Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière]], French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th [[Premier of Quebec]] (died 1908) *[[1830]] – [[Christina Rossetti]], English poet and author (died 1894) *[[1839]] – [[George Armstrong Custer]], American general (died 1876) *[[1841]] – [[Marcus Daly]], Irish-American businessman (died 1900) *[[1849]] – [[Eduard Seler]], German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic (died 1922) *[[1855]] – [[Clinton Hart Merriam]], American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (died 1942) *[[1859]] – [[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe]], English admiral and politician, 2nd [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (died 1935) *[[1861]] – [[Konstantin Korovin]], Russian-French painter and set designer (died 1939) *[[1862]] – [[John Henry Leech]], English entomologist (died 1900) *[[1863]] – [[Paul Painlevé]], French mathematician and politician, 84th [[Prime Minister of France]] (died 1933) *[[1866]] – [[John Beresford (polo player)|John Beresford]], Irish polo player (died 1944) * 1866 – [[Traian Demetrescu]], Romanian poet and author (died 1896) *[[1867]] – [[Antti Aarne]], Finnish author and academic (died 1925) * 1867 – [[Józef Piłsudski]], Polish field marshal and politician, 15th [[List of Prime Ministers of Poland|Prime Minister of Poland]] (died 1935) *[[1868]] – [[Arnold Sommerfeld]], German physicist and academic (died 1951) *[[1869]] – [[Ellis Parker Butler]], American author and poet (died 1937) *[[1870]] – [[Vítězslav Novák]], Czech composer and educator (died 1949) *[[1872]] – [[Harry Nelson Pillsbury]], American chess player (died 1906) *[[1875]] – [[Arthur Currie]], Canadian general (died 1933) *[[1879]] – [[Clyde Vernon Cessna]], American pilot and businessman, founded the [[Cessna|Cessna Aircraft Corporation]] (died 1954) *[[1881]] – [[René Cresté]], French actor and director (died 1922) *[[1886]] – [[Rose Wilder Lane]], American journalist and author (died 1968) * 1886 – [[Pieter Oud]], Dutch historian, academic, and politician, [[Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)|Minister of Finance of the Netherlands]] (died 1968) * 1886 – [[Nikolai Uglanov]], Soviet politician (died 1937) *[[1890]] – [[David Bomberg]], English painter, illustrator, and academic (died 1957) * 1890 – [[Fritz Lang]], Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1976) *[[1891]] – [[Paul Kogerman]], Estonian chemist and academic (died 1951) *[[1894]] – [[Charles Robberts Swart]], South African lawyer and politician, 1st [[State President of South Africa]] (died 1982) *[[1895]] – [[Elbert Frank Cox]], American mathematician and academic (died 1969) *[[1896]] – [[Ann Nolan Clark]], American historian, author, and educator (died 1995) * 1896 – [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1984) *[[1897]] – [[Nunnally Johnson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977) * 1897 – [[Gershom Scholem]], German-Israeli philosopher and historian (died 1982) *[[1898]] – [[Josh Malihabadi]], Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (died 1982) * 1898 – [[Grace Moore]], American soprano and actress (died 1947) *[[1900]] – [[Jimmy Dimmock]], English footballer (died 1972)
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