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===1601–1900=== *[[1611]] – [[Ulrik of Denmark (1611–1633)|Ulrik of Denmark]], Danish prince-bishop (died 1633) *[[1613]] – [[Noël Chabanel]], French missionary and saint (died 1649) *[[1621]] – [[Johannes Schefferus]], Swedish author and hymn-writer (died 1679) *[[1650]] – [[Pope Benedict XIII]] (died 1730) * 1650 – [[Nell Gwyn]], English actress, mistress of [[King Charles II of England]] (died 1687) *[[1651]] – [[William Phips]], Royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (died 1695) *[[1669]] – [[Louis Marchand]], French organist and composer (died 1732) *[[1677]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Morin (composer)|Jean-Baptiste Morin]], French composer (died 1745)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14785276k|title=Morin, Jean-Baptiste (1677-1745)|via=[[Bnf.fr]]|language=fr|access-date=Mar 4, 2020}}</ref> *[[1695]] – [[William Borlase]], English geologist and archaeologist (died 1772) * 1695 – [[François de Chevert]], French general (died 1769)<ref>{{cite book|year=1830|chapter=CHEVERT|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boFSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA241|title=BIOGRAPHIE ARDENNAISE|language=fr|volume=1|location= Paris|page=241|access-date=Mar 6, 2020|last1=Boulliot|first1=Jean B.}}</ref> *[[1700]] – [[Johann Christoph Gottsched]], German author and critic (died 1766) *[[1711]] – [[Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg]] (died 1794) *[[1714]] – [[Gottfried August Homilius]], German organist and composer (died 1785) *[[1717]] – [[Ernst Gideon von Laudon]], Austrian field marshal (died 1790) *[[1754]] – [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord]], French politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (died 1838)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand summary | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/summary/Charles-Maurice-de-Talleyrand-prince-de-Benevent |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1782]] – [[Henri de Rigny]], French admiral and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of War]] (died 1835) *[[1786]] – [[Jacques Philippe Marie Binet]], French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (died 1856) *[[1802]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Boussingault]], French chemist and academic (died 1887) *[[1803]] – [[Albert Sidney Johnston]], American general (died 1862) *[[1829]] – [[Alfred Brehm]], German zoologist and illustrator (died 1884) * 1829 – [[William Stanley (inventor)|William Stanley]], English engineer and philanthropist (died 1909) *[[1841]] – [[François-Alphonse Forel]], Swiss limnologist and hydrologist (died 1912) *[[1842]] – [[Julian Sochocki]], Polish-Russian mathematician and academic (died 1927) *[[1849]] – [[Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav]], Slovak poet and playwright (died 1921) *[[1851]] – [[José Guadalupe Posada]], Mexican illustrator and engraver (died 1913) *[[1856]] – [[Frederick William Vanderbilt]], American railway magnate (died 1938) * 1856 – [[Makar Yekmalyan]], Armenian composer (died 1905) *[[1857]] – [[Jan Drozdowski]], Polish pianist and music teacher (died 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psm.nysa.com.pl/artykul_04_boguslawakos.htm|title=Jan Drozdowski|language=pl|access-date=February 5, 2020}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Curtis Guild, Jr.]], American journalist and politician, 43rd [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1915) *[[1861]] – [[Solomon R. Guggenheim]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] (died 1949) *[[1862]] – [[Émile Coste]], French fencer (died 1927)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/emile-coste-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200706/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/emile-coste-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Émile Coste|website=[[Sports-Reference.com]]|access-date=March 4, 2020}}</ref> * 1862 – [[Cornelius McKane]], American physician, educator, and hospital founder (died 1912)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Elmore |first=Charles |date=Summer 2004 |title=Black Medical Pioneers in Savannah, 1892-1909: Cornelius McKane and Alice Woodby McKane |journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly |volume=88 |issue=2 |pages=179–196 |jstor=40584737 }}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[Enrique Simonet]], Spanish painter and academic (died 1927) *[[1869]] – [[Alexander Atabekian]], Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (died 1933)<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Biryukova|editor-first=Andreya|year=2013|chapter=Предисловие|trans-chapter=Preface|title=Против власти: сборник статей|trans-title=Against Power: a collection of articles|location=[[Moscow]]|publisher=Librocom|isbn=978-5-397-03166-0|oclc=840427393|page=5|language=ru}}</ref> * [[1872]] – [[Abul Kasem (politician, born 1872)|Abul Kasem]], Bengali politician (died [[1936]])<ref name="BP">{{cite Banglapedia|article=Kasem, Abul|author=[[Badruddin Umar|Umar, Badruddin]]}}</ref> *[[1873]] – [[Leo Fall]], Austrian composer (died 1925) * 1873 – [[Konstantin von Neurath]], German politician and diplomat, 13th [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|German Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (died 1956) *[[1875]] – [[Fritz Kreisler]], Austrian-American violinist and composer (died 1962) *[[1877]] – [[Frank L. Packard]], Canadian author (died 1942) *[[1878]] – [[Joe Lydon (boxer)|Joe Lydon]], American boxer (died 1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LYDONJOS01|title=Joseph Lydon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209013034/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LYDONJOS01|access-date=Feb 5, 2020|archive-date=February 9, 2007}}</ref> *[[1880]] – [[Frederick Lane]], Australian swimmer (died 1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/fred-lane-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/fred-lane-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2020|title=Fred Lane|website=[[Sports-Reference.com]]|access-date=Mar 5, 2020}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Orval Overall]], American baseball player and manager (died 1947) *[[1882]] – [[Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark]] (died 1944)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16674169p|title=André (1882-1944; prince de Grèce et de Danemark)|via=[[Bnf.fr]]|language=fr|access-date=Apr 14, 2020}}</ref> * 1882 – [[James Joyce]], Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1941) *[[1883]] – [[Johnston McCulley]], American author and screenwriter, created ''[[Zorro]]'' (died 1958) * 1883 – [[Julia Nava de Ruisánchez]], Mexican activist and writer (died 1964)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elem.mx/autor/datos/760|title=Julia Nava de Ruisánchez: Detalle del autor |website=[[Enciclopedia de la literatura en México]] |publisher=FLM–CONACULTA |language=es|access-date=2018-08-03}}</ref> * [[1885]] – [[Mikhail Frunze]], Soviet revolutionary, politician, army officer and military theorist (died 1925)<ref>{{Cite book |last=McCauley |first=Martin |title=Who's who in Russia since 1900 |date=1997 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-13897-0 |series=Who's who series |location=London |pages=87–88}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[William Rose Benét]], American poet and author (died 1950) *[[1887]] – [[Ernst Hanfstaengl]], German businessman (died 1975) *[[1889]] – [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]], French general (died 1952) *[[1890]] – [[Charles Correll]], American actor and screenwriter (died 1972)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Charles+J.+Correll-145354|title=Charles J. Correll|website=[[Filmweb.pl]]|language=pl|access-date=Feb 10, 2020}}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Tochigiyama Moriya]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (died 1959) *[[1893]] – [[Cornelius Lanczos]], Hungarian mathematician and physicist (died 1974) * 1893 – [[Raoul Riganti]], Argentinian race car driver (died 1970)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/raoul-riganti/|title=Raoul Riganti|access-date=Mar 6, 2020}}</ref> * 1893 – [[Damdin Sükhbaatar]], Mongolian soldier and politician (died 1924) *[[1895]] – [[George Halas]], American football player and coach (died 1983) * 1895 – [[Robert Philipp]], American painter (died 1981) * 1895 – [[George Sutcliffe]], Australian public servant (died 1964)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sutcliffe-george-gribbon-11805|title=Sutcliffe, George Gribbon (1895–1964)|author=Hilary Kent|chapter=George Gribbon Sutcliffe (1895–1964) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405012008/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sutcliffe-george-gribbon-11805|access-date=Mar 5, 2020|archive-date=April 5, 2015}}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[Kazimierz Kuratowski]], Polish mathematician and logician (died 1980) *[[1897]] – [[Howard Deering Johnson]], American businessman, founded [[Howard Johnson's]] (died 1972) * 1897 – [[Gertrude Blanch]], Russian-American mathematician (died 1996) * 1900 – [[Willie Kamm]], American baseball player and manager (died 1988)
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