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*[[1591]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Spee]], German poet and author (d. 1635)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Spee-Friedrich.htm |title=Friedrich Spee (Hymn-Writer) |publisher=Bach Cantatas Website |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=17 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617100515/http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Spee-Friedrich.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
===1601–19591601–1900===
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[Ahmed II]], Ottoman sultan (d. 1695)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Naima |first=Mustafa |author-link=Mustafa Naima |title=Ahmad II |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition |volume=1 |year=1986 |page=268}}</ref>
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Peter Anthony Motteux]], French-English author, playwright and translator (d. 1718)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Hopkins |first=David |orig-year=23 September 2004 |date=25 May 2006 |title=Motteux, Peter Anthony [formerly Pierre-Antoine Le Motteux] |id=19423 }}</ref>
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*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Myra Hess]], English pianist and educator (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite book |last=Norris |first=Gerald |title=A Musical Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland |year=1981 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot, Devon |page=103 |isbn=978-07-15378-45-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KcMXAQAAIAAJ |access-date=2019-12-23 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801124834/https://books.google.com/books?id=KcMXAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Meher Baba]], Indian spiritual master (d. 1969)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meher-Baba |title=Meher Baba |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=14 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714122148/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meher-Baba |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Ida Noddack]], German chemist and physicist (d. 1978)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marshall |first1=James L. |title=Ida Noddack: Foreteller of Nuclear Fission |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=105–149 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch005|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[William Astbury]], physicist and molecular biologist (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/people/summary/Astbury |title=Professor William Astbury |publisher=What is biotechnology? |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731050636/https://www.whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/people/summary/Astbury |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Vince Gair]], Australian politician, 27th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1980)<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |id2=gair-vincent-clare-vince-10267 |last=Costar |first=B. J. |title=Vincent Clare (Vince) Gair (1901–1980) |year=1996 |volume=14 |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=14 February 2014 |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gair-vincent-clare-vince-10267 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214165132/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gair-vincent-clare-vince-10267 |url-status=livedead }}</ref>
* 1901 &ndash; [[Zeppo Marx]], American comedian and theatrical agent (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite book |last=Gehring |first=Wes D. |title=The Marx Brothers: A Bio-bibliography |year=1987 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |location=Westport, Connecticut |pages=229 |isbn=978-03-13245-47-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWfp8LsM8_gC&pg=PA229 |access-date=2019-12-23 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801130908/https://books.google.com/books?id=xWfp8LsM8_gC&pg=PA229 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[King Clancy]], Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and coach (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/king-clancy-8445471 |title=King Clancy |publisher=National Hockey League |location=New York City |access-date=6 June 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606050850/https://www.nhl.com/player/king-clancy-8445471 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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* 1928 &ndash; [[Larry Gelbart]], American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Larry-Simon-Gelbart |title=Larry Gelbart |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731081702/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Larry-Simon-Gelbart |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1928 &ndash; [[A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.]], American civil rights advocate, historian, and judge (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aloysius-Leon-Higginbotham-Jr |title=A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 June 2020 |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605143722/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aloysius-Leon-Higginbotham-Jr |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1928 &ndash; [[Richard G. Stern]], American author and academic (d. 2013)<ref> {{cite webnews|last=Weber|first=Bruce|title=Richard G. Stern, Writers' Writer, Dies at 84|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/books/richard-g-stern-a-writers-writer-is-dead-at-84.html?pagewanted=all|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 24, 2013|accessdate=August 7, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Wendy Beckett]], British nun and art critic (d. 2018)<ref> {{cite web news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46687275|work=[[BBC News]]|title=Sister Wendy Beckett, TV art historian, dies at 88|date=26 December 2018|accessdate=August 7, 2024}} </ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Tony Brooks (racing driver)|Tony Brooks]], English racing driver (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/tony-brooks |title=Tony Brooks |date=28 February 2020 |publisher=Motor Sport Magazine |location=London |access-date=5 June 2020 |archive-date=14 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614171903/https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/tony-brooks |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1932 &ndash; [[Faron Young]], American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Faron-Young |title=Faron Young |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 June 2020 |archive-date=13 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413065933/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Faron-Young |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Tony Lema]], American golfer (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theopen.com/latest/2019/02/tony-lema-profile |title=Tony Lema – 85th birthday profile |work=The Open |publisher=R&A Championships Limited |location=St Andrews, Fife |date=25 February 2019 |access-date=5 June 2020 |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605154317/https://www.theopen.com/latest/2019/02/tony-lema-profile |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Tony Campolo]], American sociologist and pastor (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gryboski |first=Michael |date=November 20, 2024 |title=Tony Campolo, bestselling author, teacher and evangelist, dies at 89 |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/tony-campolo-bestselling-author-and-evangelist-dies-at-89.html |access-date=November 23, 2024 |website=[[The Christian Post]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Oktay Sinanoglu]], Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yale.edu/2015/04/20/memoriam-oktay-sinano-lu-renowned-theoretical-chemist |title=Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda |work=Yale News |date=20 April 2015 |publisher=Yale University |location=New Haven, Connecticut |access-date=5 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731052748/https://news.yale.edu/2015/04/20/memoriam-oktay-sinano-lu-renowned-theoretical-chemist |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Tom Courtenay]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Tom-Courtenay |title=Tom Courtenay |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=4 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731050738/https://www.britannica.com/facts/Tom-Courtenay |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 1937 &ndash; [[Bob Schieffer]], American political author, journalist and TV interviewer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bob-schieffer-08-07-1998/ |title=Bob Schieffer |work=CBS News |date=8 July 1998 |location=Los Angeles |access-date=4 June 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731075856/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bob-schieffer-08-07-1998/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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* [[806]] &ndash; [[Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople|Tarasios]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14451b.htm |title=St. Tarasius |publisher=New Advent |access-date=17 June 2020 |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619214541/https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14451b.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[891]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Mototsune]], Japanese [[regent]] (b. 836)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fujiwara-Mototsune |title=Fujiwara Mototsune |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705110237/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fujiwara-Mototsune |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[1099]] &ndash; [[Anselm of Ribemont]], Frankish nobleman and participant of the [[First Crusade]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Riley-Smith |first1=Jonathan |title=The First Crusade and Idea of Crusading |date=1 April 2003 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-8264-6726-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RNP6MBmn-2EC |access-date=17 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1522]] &ndash; [[William Lily (grammarian)|William Lily]], English scholar and educator (b. 1468)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Lily |title=William Lily |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731054041/https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Lily |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1536]] &ndash; [[Berchtold Haller]], German-Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1492)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bertold Haller {{!}} Swiss religious reformer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bertold-Haller |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica |location=Edinburgh |access-date=28 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=31 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731040044/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bertold-Haller |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Haller, Berthold |volume=12 |page=856}}</ref>
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