Thomas Selle German baroque composer born in Zrbig (d. 1663)

John Bartram naturalist and explorer father of American botany born near Darby Pennsylvania (d. 1777)

Agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar King of Iran (d. 1771)

Marie Adlade of France daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)

Iman Willem Falck Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83) born in Colombo Sri Lanka (d. 1785)

Arthur St. Clair American soldier and politician (President of the Continental Congress 1787) born in Thurso Scotland (d. 1818)

Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen composer

Pierre-Simon marquis de Laplace French mathematician astronomer and physicist (stability of the solar system) born in Beaumount-en-Auge Normandy France (d. 1827)

Baron Jurij Vega Slovenian mathematician physicist and artillery officer (d. 1802)

John W de Winter Dutch vice-admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)

William Smith British geologist who is credited with creating the first nationwide geological map (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils) born in Churchill Oxfordshire (d. 1839)

Augustin Daniel Belliard French general (d. 1832)

Peterus D Regout Dutch industrialist (Sphinx Maastricht)

Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper sociologisthistorian (Statistic yearbook)

Don Carlos Buell American Major General (Union Army) born in Lowell Ohio (d. 1898)

Aleksej F Pisemski Russian writer (Clodhopper)

Edward Lloyd Thomas Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1898)

Ludwig Minkus Austrian ballet composer born in Vienna (d. 1917)

Alfred Milner Giessen Germany British governor (Cape colony)

Fannie Farmer American culinary pioneer who revolutionised modern cooking through the introduction of precise measurements (Boston Cooking-School Cook Book) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1915)

Ludwig Quidde German historianpolitician (Nobel prize 1927)

Nathaniel Reed American outlaw turned evangelist (d. 1950)

Godfried CE van Daalen Dutch generalgovernor of Atjeh

Louis Glass Danish composer born in Copenhagen (d. 1936)

Dietrich Eckart early supporter of Adolf Hitlers Nazi Party and member of Thule Society (d. 1923)

Muirhead Bone etcherengraver of architecture born in Glasgow Scotland

Franz Schrecker Austrian composer (Der ferne Klang Der Schatzgrber)

Heikki Ritavuori Finnish politician (d. 1922)

Hermann Staudinger German chemistplastics researcher (Nobel 53)

Roger Martin du Guard French novelist (Les Thibault-Nobel 1937)

Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali 1st king of IraqSyria

Anthony van Hoboken Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)

Felix Yussupov Russian aristocrat best known for participating in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin born in Moika Palace Saint Petersburg Russian Empire (d. 1967)