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===1601–1900===
*[[1617]] &ndash; [[Christoffer Gabel]], Danish politician (died 1673)<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Robert Kruse|title=The Story of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1768-1943|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lUzAQAAMAAJ|year=1958|publisher=Department of Photoduplication, University of Chicago Library|page=378}}</ref>
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton]], Scottish peeress (died 1716)<ref>G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 264.</ref>
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg]] (died 1720)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Ead-Fur|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist13comm|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4064-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist13comm/page/106 106]}}</ref>
*[[1673]] &ndash; [[James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos]], English academic and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire]] (died 1744)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Philips|title=Cider: a poem in two books|url=https://archive.org/details/ciderapoemintwo00philgoog|year=1791|publisher=Printed by G. Stafford for T. Cadell|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ciderapoemintwo00philgoog/page/n86 66]}}</ref>
*[[1695]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Sammartini]], Italian [[oboe]] player and composer (died 1750)<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Mason Greene|author2=Constance Green|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA271|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|pages=271}}</ref>
*[[1702]] &ndash; [[José de Nebra]], Spanish composer (died 1768)<ref>{{cite journal|title=Nuevas datos para el estudio de los musicos Nebra en Aragon|language=es|author=Antonio Ezquerro Esteban|journal=Anuario Musical|volume=57|year=2002|page=113}}</ref>
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Percivall Pott]], English surgeon (died 1788)<ref>{{cite book|title=Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GdRAQAAIAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Royal College of Surgeons of England|page=54}}</ref>
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier]], French co-inventor of the hot air balloon (died 1799)<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Gietschier|title=Chase's sports calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|date=1 November 1999|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2600-9|page=6}}</ref>
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia]], Paraguayan lawyer and politician, first dictator of Paraguay (died 1840)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Gaspar-Rodriguez-de-Francia |title=José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia |publisher=Britannica.com |location=Edinburgh |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121144330/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Gaspar-Rodriguez-de-Francia |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Andreas Moustoxydis]], Greek historian and philologist (died 1860)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.bnf.fr/en/12889198/andreas_moustoxy_di_s/ |url-access= |title=Andréas Moustoxýdīs (1785-1860) |author=Bibliothèque nationale de France |author-link=Bibliothèque nationale de France |date=January 14, 2021 |language=French |access-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520194941/https://data.bnf.fr/en/12889198/andreas_moustoxy_di_s/ |archive-date=May 20, 2021 }}</ref>
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[James Madison Porter]], American lawyer and politician, 18th [[United States Secretary of War]] (died 1862)<ref>{{cite book|author=William Baxter Owen|title=Historical Sketches of Lafayette College: With an Account of Its Present Organization and Courses of Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3uDY63xxCQC&pg=PA4|year=1876|publisher=publisher not identified|pages=4}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Anselme Payen]], French chemist and academic (died 1871)<ref>{{cite book|title=American journal of pharmacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=khZTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA432|year=1871|pages=432}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Jedediah Smith]], American hunter, explorer, and author (died 1831)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lawrence O. Christensen|author2=William E. Foley|author3=Gary Kremer|title=Dictionary of Missouri Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gyxWHRLAWgC&pg=PA703|date=October 1999|publisher=University of Missouri Press|isbn=978-0-8262-6016-1|pages=703}}</ref>
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Henri Herz]], Austrian pianist and composer (died 1888)<ref>{{cite book|title=Etude: The Music Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kVFAQAAMAAJ|year=1888|publisher=Presser|page=13}}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Joseph Petzval]], German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist (died 1891)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Penrose Annual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=trYqAQAAIAAJ|year=1920|publisher=Hastings House|page=81}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Joseph Pitty Couthouy]], American conchologist and paleontologist (died 1864)<ref>{{cite book|title=Occasional Papers on Mollusks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oygcAQAAIAAJ|year=1945|publisher=Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University|page=33}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Charles Sumner]], American lawyer and politician (died 1874)<ref>{{cite book|author1=United States. 43d Cong. 1st sess. 1873-1874|author2=United States. Congress|title=Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Charles Sumner, (a Senator of Massachusetts)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GqYSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA53|year=1874|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=53}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Schliemann]], German archaeologist and businessman (died 1890)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated American|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ONg6AQAAMAAJ|year=1891|publisher=Illustrated American Publishing Company|page=337}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Gustave Doré]], French painter and sculptor (died 1883)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Muther|title=The History of Modern Painting|url=https://archive.org/details/historymodernpa03muthgoog|year=1896|publisher=Henry and Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historymodernpa03muthgoog/page/n825 808]}}</ref>
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Max Bruch]], German composer and conductor (died 1920)<ref>{{cite book|author=Hugo Riemann|title=Catechism of Musical History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0j0AAAAMAAJ|year=1892|publisher=Augener|page=169}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Clarence King]], American geologist, mountaineer, and critic (died 1901)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thurman Wilkins|title=Clarence King: A Biography|url=https://archive.org/details/clarencekingbiog0000wilk|url-access=registration|year=1958|publisher=Macmillan|page=[https://archive.org/details/clarencekingbiog0000wilk/page/11 11]}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Martucci]], Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1909)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Musical Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5cPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA456|year=1909|publisher=Novello|pages=456}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Hugh Mahon]], Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)|Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (died 1931)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography | first=H. J. | last=Gibbney | title =Mahon, Hugh (1857–1931)|id=A100372b | access-date = 19 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1857 &ndash; [[William Russell (governor)|William Russell]], American lawyer and politician, 37th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1896)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Samuel Alexander]], Australian-English philosopher and academic (died 1938)<ref>{{cite book|author=Australian Jewish Historical Society|title=Journal and Proceedings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0eMTMBmT6gC|year=1939|page=172}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Morton Selten]], British actor (died 1939)<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Who's Who in the Theatre|location=London|publisher=Pitman|oclc=1604876|date=1936|page=1304}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Victor Horta]], Belgian architect, designed [[Hôtel van Eetvelde]] (died 1947)<ref>{{cite book|title=Memo from Belgium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-7gAAAAMAAJ|year=1971|page=6}}</ref>
*  1861 &ndash; [[George Lloyd (bishop of Saskatchewan)|George Lloyd]], English-Canadian bishop and theologian (died 1940)<ref>{{cite book|author1=D. F. Acton|author2=L. S. Crosson|title=Guidebook Tours: 11th Congress, International Society of Soil Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LnYmAQAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=ISSS|page=81}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Gustav Bauer]], German journalist and politician, 11th [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (died 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz2255.html|title=Biografie Gustav Bauer(German)|publisher=Bayerische Staatsbibliothek|access-date=11 January 2020|archive-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112130003/https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz2255.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Alexander Scriabin]], Russian pianist and composer (died 1915)<ref>{{cite book|author=Marion Elizabeth Cullen|title=Memorable days in music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2cs4AQAAIAAJ|date=May 1970|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=10|isbn=9780810802933}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Fred Niblo]], American actor, director, and producer (died 1948)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Donald W. McCaffrey|author2=Christopher P. Jacobs|title=Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetosilentyea00mcca|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30345-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/guidetosilentyea00mcca/page/209 209]}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Adeline Genée]], Danish-born British ballerina (died 1970)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Gab-Harp|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist13comm|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4065-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist13comm/page/143 143]}}</ref>
*  1878 &ndash; [[Carl Sandburg]], American poet and historian (died 1967)<ref>{{cite book|author=Vernon Loggins|title=I Hear America ...: Literature in the United States Since 1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hZWzrW_cqk8C&pg=PA272|year=1967|publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers|isbn=978-0-8196-0197-1|pages=272}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Tom Mix]], American cowboy and actor (died 1940)<ref>{{cite book|title=Westerner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXAvAQAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Behn-Miller Publishers|page=16}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Ion Minulescu]], Romanian author, poet, and critic (died 1944)<ref>[[Matei Călinescu]], "Prefaţă" ("Introduction"), "Tabel cronologic" ("Chronological Table"), in Ion Minulescu, ''Romanţe pentru mai târziu şi alte poezii'' ("Songs for Later On and Other Poems"), Editura pentru literatură, Bucharest, 1967, p.&nbsp;V-XLX. {{OCLC|6434366}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Fan S. Noli]], Albanian-American bishop and politician, 13th [[Prime Minister of Albania]] (died 1965)<ref>{{cite book|author=Constance J. Tarasar|title=Orthodox America, 1794-1976: Development of the Orthodox Church in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ftCAAAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Orthodox Church in America, Department of History and Archives|page=148}}</ref>
*  1882 &ndash; [[Sam Rayburn]], American lawyer and politician, 48th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (died 1961)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2epHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA273|year=1991|publisher=Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy|pages=273|isbn = 9780160020551}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Kahlil Gibran]], Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (died 1931)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stephen Phillips|author2=Galloway Kyle|title=Poetry Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEkrAQAAIAAJ|year=1931|publisher=Poetry Society|page=426}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Ted McDonald]], Australian cricketer (died 1937)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/ted-mcdonald-6555.html|title=Ted McDonald profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[James Fitzmaurice (pilot)|James Fitzmaurice]], Irish soldier and pilot (died 1965)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hermann Köhl|author2=James C. Fitzmaurice|author3=James Fitzmaurice (C.)|author4=Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld|title=The Three Musketeers of the Air: Their Conquest of the Atlantic from East to West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_EHAAAAMAAJ|year=1928|publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons|page=114}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Nordhoff]], German engineer (died 1968)<ref>{{cite book|author=H. R. Etzold|title=The Beetle: The Chronicles of the People's Car: Design and Evolution -- The Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfEoAQAAIAAJ|date=1 January 1990|publisher=Haynes|isbn=978-0-85429-845-7|page=132}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Maria of Yugoslavia]], Queen of Yugoslavia (died 1961)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.royalfamily.org/dynasty/hm-queen-maria-of-yugoslavia/|title=HM Queen Maria of Yugoslavia|work=Royal Family of Serbia|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413202412/http://www.royalfamily.org/dynasty/hm-queen-maria-of-yugoslavia/|archive-date=2014-04-13|url-status=live}}</ref>