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===1601–1900=== *[[1622]] – [[Claes Rålamb]], Swedish politician (died 1698) *[[1628]] – [[Angelo Italia]], Sicilian Jesuit and architect (died 1700) *[[1629]] – [[Niels Juel]], Norwegian-Danish admiral (died 1697) *[[1632]] – [[Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming]], German field marshal and politician (died 1706) *[[1639]] – [[Giovanni Battista Gaulli]], Italian artist (died 1709) *[[1641]] – [[Nicolaes Witsen]], Mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands (died 1717) *[[1653]] – [[Claude Louis Hector de Villars]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of Defence]] (died 1734) *[[1670]] – [[Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire]] (died 1726) *[[1698]] – [[Henry Baker (naturalist)|Henry Baker]], English naturalist (died 1774) *[[1720]] – [[William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (died 1764) *[[1735]] – [[Nathaniel Dance-Holland]], English painter and politician (died 1811) *[[1737]] – [[Edward Gibbon]], English historian and politician (died 1794) *[[1745]] – [[Carl Stamitz]], German violinist and composer (died 1801) *[[1753]] – [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla]], Mexican priest and rebel leader (died 1811) *[[1786]] – [[John Vianney]], French priest and saint (died 1859) *[[1815]] – [[Edward Tompkins]], American lawyer and politician (died 1872) *[[1818]] – [[Samuel Leonard Tilley]], Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd [[List of premiers of New Brunswick|Premier of New Brunswick]] (died 1896) *[[1821]] – [[William Henry Vanderbilt]], American businessman and philanthropist (died 1885) *[[1824]] – [[William Walker (filibuster)|William Walker]], American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary (died 1860) *[[1825]] – [[George Bruce Malleson]], English-Indian colonel and author (died 1898) *[[1828]] – [[Henry Dunant]], Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the [[Red Cross]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1910) * 1828 – [[Charbel Makhluf]], Lebanese monk and saint (died 1898) *[[1829]] – [[Louis Moreau Gottschalk]], American pianist and composer (died 1869) *[[1835]] – [[Bertalan Székely]], Hungarian painter and academic (died 1910) *[[1839]] – [[Adolphe-Basile Routhier]], Canadian judge, author, and songwriter (died 1920) *[[1842]] – [[Emil Christian Hansen]], Danish physiologist and mycologist (died 1909) *[[1846]] – [[Oscar Hammerstein I]], American businessman and composer (died 1919) *[[1850]] – [[Ross Barnes]], American baseball player and manager (died 1915) *[[1853]] – [[Dan Brouthers]], American baseball player and manager (died 1932) *[[1856]] – [[Pedro Lascuráin]], Mexican politician (died 1952)<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.milenio.com/cultura/presidente-mexico-duro-45-minutos-cargo|newspaper=Milenio|location=Mexico City|date=February 19, 2018|access-date=May 28, 2019|title=El presidente de México que duró 45 minutos en el cargo|language=es|trans-title=The President of Mexico who lasted 45 minutes}}</ref> *[[1858]] – [[Heinrich Berté]], Slovak-Austrian composer (died 1924) * 1858 – [[J. Meade Falkner]], English author and poet (died 1932) *[[1859]] – [[Johan Jensen (mathematician)|Johan Jensen]], Danish mathematician and engineer (died 1925) *[[1867]] – [[Margarete Böhme]], German novelist (died 1939) *[[1876]] – [[Ludvig Karsten]], Norwegian painter (died 1926)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ludvig Karsten |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ludvig_Karsten |language=no|access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1879]] – [[Wesley Coe]], American shot putter, discus thrower, and [[tug of war]] competitor (died 1926) *[[1884]] – [[Harry S. Truman]], American colonel and politician, 33rd [[President of the United States]] (died 1972) *[[1885]] – [[Thomas B. Costain]], Canadian journalist and author (died 1965) *[[1892]] – [[Adriaan Pelt]], Dutch journalist and diplomat (died 1981) *[[1893]] – [[Francis Ouimet]], American golfer (died 1967) * 1893 – [[Edd Roush]], American baseball player and coach (died 1988) * 1893 – [[Teddy Wakelam]], English rugby player and sportscaster (died 1963) *[[1895]] – [[James H. Kindelberger]], American businessman (died 1962) * 1895 – [[Fulton J. Sheen]], American archbishop (died 1979) * 1895 – [[Edmund Wilson]], American critic, essayist, and editor (died 1972) *[[1898]] – [[Aloysius Stepinac]], Croatian cardinal (died 1960) *[[1899]] – [[Arthur Q. Bryan]], American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality (died 1959) * 1899 – [[Friedrich Hayek]], Austrian economist and philosopher, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1992) * 1899 – [[Jacques Heim]], French fashion designer (died 1967)
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