1388 – Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (d. 1438) 1401 – Maria of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (d. 1458) 1485 – Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (d. 1525) 1486 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (d. 1535) 1543 – Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1615) 1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (d. 1619) 1580 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1645) 1601–1900 1618 – Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (d. 1680) 1643 – Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (d. 1718) 1656 – Thomas Baker, English historian and author (d. 1746) 1713 – Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1781) 1721 – Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1807) 1736 – Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (d. 1811) 1737 – Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (d. 1806) 1769 – Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (d. 1859) 1774 – Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (d. 1839) 1791 – Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (d. 1867) 1804 – John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (d. 1881) 1804 – Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (d. 1882) 1816 – Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (d. 1860) 1837 – Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1903) 1843 – Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (d. 1924) 1847 – Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (d. 1931) 1850 – Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1920) 1853 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (d. 1924) 1857 – Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (d. 1935) 1860 – Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (d. 1940) 1864 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958) 1867 – Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (d. 1944) 1868 – Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (d. 1925) 1869 – Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953) 1872 – John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1963) 1879 – Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (d. 1966) 1880 – Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (d. 1961) 1880 – Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (d. 1955)