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===1601–1900=== *[[1712]] – [[John Fothergill (physician)|John Fothergill]], English physician and botanist (died 1780)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Fothergill {{!}} RCP Museum |url=https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/john-fothergill |website=history.rcplondon.ac.uk |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415173034/https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/john-fothergill |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1714]] – [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]], German pianist and composer (died 1788)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach {{!}} German composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=10 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310033724/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1726]] – [[Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe]], English admiral and politician, [[Treasurer of the Navy]] (died 1799)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Howe, Earl Howe {{!}} British admiral |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Howe-Earl-Howe-Baron-Howe-of-Langar |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=25 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525204535/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Howe-Earl-Howe-Baron-Howe-of-Langar |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1746]] – [[André Michaux]], French botanist and explorer (died 1802)<ref>{{cite web |title=André Michaux |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/andre-michaux |orig-date= May 27, 2008 |date= May 6, 2015 |first1= Judith F.m. |last1=Hoeniger |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=15 December 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126110113/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/andre-michaux |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1748]] – [[William V, Prince of Orange]] (died 1806)<ref>{{cite web |title=William V {{!}} prince of Orange and Nassau |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-V-prince-of-Orange-and-Nassau |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806230401/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-V-prince-of-Orange-and-Nassau |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1761]] – [[Jan Potocki]], Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author (died 1815)<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors : Potocki, Jan : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/potocki_jan |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127234715/http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/potocki_jan |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[Simon Cameron]], American journalist and politician, [[United States Secretary of War]] (died 1889)<ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Cameron {{!}} United States secretary of war |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-Cameron |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026065709/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Simon-Cameron |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1804]] – [[Alvan Clark]], American astronomer and optician (died 1887)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clark Family {{!}} American astronomers and telescope makers |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clark-family |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201001337/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Clark-family |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1822]] – [[Ignacy Łukasiewicz]], Polish inventor and businessman, invented the [[Kerosene lamp]] (died 1882)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pabis-Braunstein |first1=Mirosława |title=Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822-1882) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41111254 |journal=Pharmacy in History |access-date=16 December 2020 |pages=174–176 |date=1989 |volume=31 |issue=4 |jstor=41111254 |pmid=11622038 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141942/https://www.jstor.org/stable/41111254 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1827]] – [[Wilhelm Bleek]], German linguist and anthropologist (died 1875)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilhelm Bleek {{!}} German linguist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Bleek |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127021515/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Bleek |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1830]] – [[João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos|João de Deus]], Portuguese poet and educator (died 1896)<ref>{{cite web |title=João de Deus {{!}} Portuguese poet |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joao-de-Deus-Nogueira-Ramos |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028232930/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joao-de-Deus-Nogueira-Ramos |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1836]] – [[Harriet Samuel]], English businesswoman and founder the jewellery retailer [[H. Samuel]] (died 1908)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rubinstein |first1=William D. |last2=Jolles |first2=Michael |last3=Rubinstein |first3=Hilary L. |author-link1=William Rubinstein |author-link3=Hilary L. Rubinstein |title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |date=22 February 2011 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-4039-3910-4 |page=852 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&pg=PA852 |language=en |access-date=25 September 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141959/https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&pg=PA852 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1841]] – [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.]], American lawyer and jurist (died 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. {{!}} Biography, Jurisprudence, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Wendell-Holmes-Jr |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126224043/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Wendell-Holmes-Jr |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1851]] – [[Frank Avery Hutchins]], American librarian and educator (died 1914)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lyman |first1=Helen Huguenor |editor1-last=Wynas |editor1-first=Bohdan S. |title=Dictionary of American Library Biography |date=1978 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=9780872871809 |page=257 |chapter=HUTCHINS, FRANK AVERY (1851-1914)}}</ref> *[[1856]] – [[Bramwell Booth]], English 2nd [[General of The Salvation Army]] (died 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Bramwell Booth {{!}} British minister |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Bramwell-Booth |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127082946/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Bramwell-Booth |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1856 – [[Colin Campbell Cooper]], American painter and academic (died 1937)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pennington |first1=Estill Curtis |last2=Severens |first2=Martha R. |title=Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from The Johnson Collection |date=16 December 2015 |publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-61117-717-6 |page=209 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8g0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT209 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141951/https://books.google.com/books?id=q8g0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT209 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1858]] – [[Ida Hunt Udall]], American diarist and homesteader (died 1915)<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Pauline U. |url=https://rsc.byu.edu/book/pioneer-women-arizona |title=Pioneer Women of Arizona |publisher=[[Religious Studies Center]] and [[Deseret Book]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-9443-9409-7 |editor-last=Clayton |editor-first=Roberta Flake |edition=2nd |location=Provo and Salt Lake City |pages=741–747 |chapter=Ida Frances Hunt Udall |editor-last2=Ellis |editor-first2=Catherine H. |editor-last3=Boone |editor-first3=David F. |chapter-url=https://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/pub_content/pdf/U.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007023022/https://rsc.byu.edu/sites/default/files/pub_content/pdf/U.pdf |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1859]] – [[Kenneth Grahame]], British author (died 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenneth Grahame {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Grahame |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105063836/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Grahame |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Frederic Goudy]], American type designer (died 1947)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederic W. Goudy {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-W-Goudy |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415003139/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-W-Goudy |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Otto Hahn]], German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1968)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1944 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1944/hahn/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117065125/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1944/hahn/facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[Edward Calvin Kendall]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1972)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1950/kendall/biographical/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=17 December 2020 |archive-date=16 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216052149/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1950/kendall/biographical/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1892]] – [[Juana de Ibarbourou]], Uruguayan poet and author (died 1979)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Verity |title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature |date=26 March 1997 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-31425-5 |page=800 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TB2PAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA800 |language=en |access-date=25 December 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141943/https://books.google.com/books?id=TB2PAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA800 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[Charlotte Whitton]], Canadian journalist and politician, 46th [[Mayor of Ottawa]] (died 1975)<ref>{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Comrie|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=16|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale Group|year=2002|page=497|isbn=978-0-78764-075-0}}</ref>
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