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===1601–1900===
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Charles-Jean-François Hénault]], French historian and author (died 1770)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hénault, Charles Jean François |url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/henault-charles-jean-francois |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=[[Croatian Encyclopedia]] |publisher=[[Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography]] |archive-date=2024-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106203051/https://www.enciklopedija.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=24974 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[Daniel Bernoulli]], Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1782)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Daniel Bernoulli {{!}} Swiss Mathematician & Physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Daniel-Bernoulli |access-date=2023-11-09 |newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2015-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517003116/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/62591/Daniel-Bernoulli |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Emperor Sakuramachi]], Japanese emperor (died 1750)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Klaproth |first=Julius von |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cg8oAAAAMAAJ&q=editions:OCLC63259938 |title=Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon |date=1834 |publisher=[[Oriental Translation Fund]] |language=fr |access-date=2023-10-05 |archive-date=2023-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109233509/https://books.google.com/books?id=Cg8oAAAAMAAJ&q=editions:OCLC63259938 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 May 2006 |title=桜町天皇, 1720-1750 |url=https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/01043876 |website=[[National Diet Library]] |language=ja |access-date=7 October 2023 |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411114502/https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/01043876 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=桜町天皇他奉納和歌五十首 |url=https://www.nara-wu.ac.jp/aic/gdb/mahoroba/y16/25/225.html |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[Nara Women's University]] |archive-date=2022-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701082215/https://www.nara-wu.ac.jp/aic/gdb/mahoroba/y16/25/225.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[André Grétry]], Belgian-French organist and composer (died 1813)<ref>{{cite book|last=Don|first=Randel|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA332|year=1996|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|page=332|access-date=2018-10-12|archive-date=2023-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109233510/https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA332#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Gia Long]], Vietnamese emperor (died 1820)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gia Long {{!}} Vietnamese History, Nguyen Dynasty, Unification |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gia-Long |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728134030/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gia-Long |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Joseph Leopold Eybler]], Austrian composer and conductor (died 1846)<ref>{{cite book|last=Latham|first=Alison|title=The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8q3gOcsO9hoC&pg=PA195|year=2004|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-861020-5|page=195|access-date=2018-10-12|archive-date=2023-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109233510/https://books.google.com/books?id=8q3gOcsO9hoC&pg=PA195#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Caroline Augusta of Bavaria]], German princess (died 1873)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portrait of Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792–1875), Fourth Wife of Emperor Franz II (I) |url=https://www.liechtensteincollections.at/en/collections-online/portrait-of-caroline-augusta-of-bavaria-1792-1875-fourth-wife-of-emperor-franz-ii-i |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[Liechtenstein Museum]] |language=en-gb |archive-date=2023-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050145/https://www.liechtensteincollections.at/en/collections-online/portrait-of-caroline-augusta-of-bavaria-1792-1875-fourth-wife-of-emperor-franz-ii-i |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaiserin Karoline Auguste von Bayern (1792-1873), Gemahlin von Franz II. (I.) ? |url=https://www.khm.at/de/objektdb/detail/8639/?lv=detail |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=[[Kunsthistorisches Museum]] |language=de |archive-date=2023-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007114456/https://www.khm.at/de/objektdb/detail/8639/?lv=detail |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1873 |title=Carolina Augusta |url=https://sammlung-online.salzburgmuseum.at/detail/collection/6d59b2e9-93c1-4f11-b988-7ca9011a3804 |website=[[Salzburg Museum]] |publisher=Zaunrith'sche Buchdruckerei |place=Salzburg |language=de |access-date=2023-10-06 |archive-date=2023-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007114458/https://sammlung-online.salzburgmuseum.at/detail/collection/6d59b2e9-93c1-4f11-b988-7ca9011a3804 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia]], Russian grand duke (died 1849)<ref>{{cite book|last=McNaughton|first=Arnold|title=The book of kings: a royal genealogy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F11mAAAAMAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Garnstone Press|isbn=978-0-900391-19-4|access-date=2018-10-12|archive-date=2023-11-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109233511/https://books.google.com/books?id=F11mAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins]], English sculptor and zoologist (died 1889)<ref>{{cite book |last=Haydn |first=Joseph |title=Haydn's Universal Index of Biography from the Creation to the Present Time: For the Use of the Statesman, the Historian, and the Journalist|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924029776238|year=1869|publisher=[[Edward Moxon|E. Moxon, son, & Co.]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924029776238/page/n331 242]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Collection: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Album |url=https://archivalcollections.drexel.edu/repositories/3/resources/1242 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=archivalcollections.drexel.edu |publisher=[[Drexel University]] |archive-date=2024-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107022344/https://archivalcollections.drexel.edu/repositories/3/resources/1242 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Richard S. Ewell]], American general (died 1872)<ref>{{cite book|last=Pfanz|first=Donald C.|title=Richard S. Ewell: A Soldier's Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MV1gBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|date=9 November 2000|publisher=[[University of North Carolina Press]]|isbn=978-0-8078-8852-0|page=5|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109233511/https://books.google.com/books?id=MV1gBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[John Ruskin]], English author, critic, and academic (died 1900)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=John Ruskin {{!}} Biography, Criticism, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Ruskin |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913024348/https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Ruskin |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], American general (died 1891)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-19 |title=William Tecumseh Sherman {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Tecumseh-Sherman |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012145545/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Tecumseh-Sherman |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Maxime Du Camp]], French photographer and journalist (died 1894)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maxime Du Camp {{!}} Traveler, Explorer, Photographer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maxime-Du-Camp |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509001054/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maxime-Du-Camp |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Henry Walter Bates]], English geographer, biologist, and explorer (died 1892)<ref>{{Cite web |title=H.W. Bates {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-W-Bates |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718051808/https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-W-Bates |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Jules Verne]], French author, poet, and playwright (died 1905)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-02 |title=Jules Verne {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Verne |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2020-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920065922/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Verne |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Vital-Justin Grandin]], French-Canadian bishop and missionary (died 1902)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-11 |title=Biography {{!}} OMI World |url=https://www.omiworld.org/our-charism/our-saints/oblate-causes/venerable-vital-grandin-1829-1902/biography/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=[[Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005053628/https://www.omiworld.org/our-charism/our-saints/oblate-causes/venerable-vital-grandin-1829-1902/biography/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography – Grandin, Vital-Justin – Volume XIII (1901-1910) |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/grandin_vital_justin_13E.html |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=[[Dictionary of Canadian Biography]] |archive-date=2023-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418235807/http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/grandin_vital_justin_13E.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Dmitri Mendeleev]], Russian chemist and academic (died 1907)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-14 |title=Dmitri Mendeleev {{!}} Biography, Periodic Table, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dmitri-Mendeleev |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505115618/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dmitri-Mendeleev |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Kate Chopin]], American author (died 1904)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title=Kate Chopin {{!}} Feminist Writer, Short Stories, Novels |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kate-Chopin |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102133820/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kate-Chopin |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Adella Brown Bailey]], American politician and suffragist (died 1937)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maiberger-Horner |first1=Jessica |title=Biographical Sketch of Adella Brown Bailey |url=https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009932312 |website=Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890–1920 |publisher=[[Alexander Street]] |access-date=27 December 2019 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103201817/https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009932312 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Moses Gomberg]], Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (died 1947)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moses Gomberg {{!}} Organic Chemistry, Free Radicals, Reactions |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moses-Gomberg |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005053633/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moses-Gomberg |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Paula Modersohn-Becker]], German painter (died 1907)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paula Modersohn-Becker {{!}} Impressionist, Expressionist, Modernist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paula-Modersohn-Becker |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402124558/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paula-Modersohn-Becker |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Martin Buber]], Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic (died 1965)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martin Buber {{!}} Jewish Existentialist, Dialogical Philosopher |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Buber-German-religious-philosopher |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013111346/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Buber-German-religious-philosopher |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Franz Marc]], German soldier and painter (died 1916)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franz Marc {{!}} German Expressionist Painter, Animal Artworks |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franz-Marc |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521042513/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franz-Marc |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1880   &ndash; [[Viktor Schwanneke]], German actor and director (died 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schwannecke, Viktor – Staatsminister, leitende Verwaltungsbeamte und (NS-) Funktionsträger in Bayern 1918 bis 1945 |url=https://verwaltungshandbuch.bavarikon.de/VWH/Schwannecke,_Viktor#lang-de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050147/https://verwaltungshandbuch.bavarikon.de/VWH/Schwannecke,_Viktor#lang-de |archive-date=2023-10-06 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Bavarikon.de}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Thomas Selfridge]], American lieutenant and pilot (died 1908)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-03-14 |title=Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge |url=http://www.macomb.lib.mi.us/mountclemens/selfridge.htm |access-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314023015/http://www.macomb.lib.mi.us/mountclemens/selfridge.htm |archive-date=2007-03-14 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Thomas Etholen Selfridge |url=https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/thomas-etholen-selfridge/ |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=[[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228181340/https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/thomas-etholen-selfridge/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Isak Penttala]], Finnish politician (died 1955)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Isak Penttala |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=911227&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611210402/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=911227&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |archive-date=11 June 2011 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
*  1883  &ndash; [[Joseph Schumpeter]], Czech-American economist and political scientist (died 1950)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Schumpeter {{!}} Austrian, Capitalism, Innovation |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Schumpeter |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2016-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113084858/http://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-A-Schumpeter |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Snowy Baker]], Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor (died 1953)<ref>{{Citation |last=Mandle |first=W. F. |title=Reginald Leslie (Snowy) Baker (1884–1953) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/baker-reginald-leslie-snowy-5106 |work=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] |access-date=2023-10-04 |place=Canberra |publisher=[[Australian National University]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005053627/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/baker-reginald-leslie-snowy-5106 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Charlie Ruggles]], American actor (died 1970)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Ruggles |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/charles-ruggles |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050145/https://www.emmys.com/bios/charles-ruggles |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-25 |title=Charles Ruggles |url=https://walkoffame.com/charles-ruggles/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109233601/https://walkoffame.com/charles-ruggles/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Edith Evans]], English actress (died 1976)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dame Edith Evans {{!}} Biography, Notable Roles & British Theatre |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edith-Evans |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108182014/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edith-Evans |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Claro M. Recto]], Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=Claro Mayo Recto {{!}} Philippine Nationalism, Political Reform & Education |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claro-Mayo-Recto |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005053627/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claro-Mayo-Recto |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Ba Maw]], Burmese lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of Burma]] (died 1977)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ba Maw {{!}} Burma Independence, World War II, Politics |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ba-Maw |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2015-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906140449/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ba-Maw |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[King Vidor]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982)<ref>{{Cite web |title=King Vidor {{!}} Biography, Movies, Assessment, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/King-Vidor |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106075635/https://www.britannica.com/biography/King-Vidor |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Zakir Husain]], Indian academic and politician, 3rd [[president of India]] (died 1969)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zakir Husain {{!}} Indian Politician, Educator, Economist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zakir-Husain |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2019-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526172005/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zakir-Husain |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Lonnie Johnson (musician)|Lonnie Johnson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1970)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lonnie Johnson {{!}} Biography, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lonnie-Johnson |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005053627/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lonnie-Johnson |url-status=live }}</ref>