Editing August 16 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen]] (d. 1706)
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Jean de La Bruyère]], French philosopher and author (d. 1696)
*[[1650]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Coronelli]], Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (d. 1718)
*[[1682]] &ndash; [[Louis, Dauphin of France (1682-1712)|Louis, Duke of Burgundy]] (d. 1712)
*[[1744]] &ndash; [[Pierre Méchain]], French astronomer and surveyor (d. 1804)
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Yevstigney Fomin]], Russian pianist and composer (d. 1800)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[John Bosco]], Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Octavia Taylor]], daughter of [[Zachary Taylor]] (d. 1820)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Sara Prinsep]], British salon organiser (d. 1959)<ref name=sadrb>{{Citation |last=Dakers |first=Caroline |title=Prinsep [née Pattle], Sara Monckton (1816–1887), creator and host of the Little Holland House salon |date=2024-05-09 |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-90000382464 |access-date=2024-11-06 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000382464 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref>
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Andrew Rainsford Wetmore]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Premier of New Brunswick]] (d. 1892)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Arthur Cayley]], English mathematician and academic (d. 1895)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[John Chisum]], American cattle baron (d. 1884)<ref>{{cite web |title=Texas State Historical Society: Chisum, John Simpson (1824–1884) |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/chisum-john-simpsom |website=www.tshaonline.org |access-date=11 May 2024}}https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/chisum-john-simpson</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[John Jones Ross]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Premier of Quebec]] (d. 1901)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Wundt]], German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (d. 1920)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Jakob Rosanes]], Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic (d. 1922)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Lippmann]], Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1921)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Sukhomlinov]], Russian general (d. 1926)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[James McGowen]], Australian politician, 18th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1922)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Aparicio Saravia]], Uruguayan general and politician (d. 1904)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Arthur Achleitner]], German author (d. 1927)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke]], English-Scottish cricketer (d. 1938)
*  1860   &ndash; [[Jules Laforgue]], Uruguayan-French poet and author (d. 1887)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Amos Alonzo Stagg]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Elsie Inglis]], Scottish surgeon and suffragette (d. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elsie Inglis: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/i/elsieinglis.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Mary Gilmore]], Australian socialist, poet and journalist (d. 1962)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Bernarr Macfadden]], American bodybuilder and publisher, founded [[Macfadden Publications]] (d. 1955)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Ivan Bilibin]], Russian illustrator and stage designer (d. 1942)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Roque Ruaño]], Spanish priest and engineer (d. 1935)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Désiré Mérchez]], French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Hugo Gernsback]], Luxembourger-American author and publisher (d. 1967)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[T. E. Lawrence]], British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist (d. 1935)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Armand J. Piron]], American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1943)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Hal Foster]], Canadian-American author and illustrator (d. 1982)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Otto Messmer]], American cartoonist and animator, co-created ''[[Felix the Cat]]'' (d. 1983)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[George Meany]], American plumber and labor leader (d. 1980)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Albert Cohen (novelist)|Albert Cohen]], Greek-Swiss author and playwright (d. 1981)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Liane Haid]], Austrian-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2000)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Arthur Rose Eldred]], First Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eaglescout.org/history/first_eagle.html |title=The BSA's First Eagle Scout Arthur Rose Eldred |last=Twite |first=Greg |date=February 2005 |website=BSA's First Eagle Scout |publisher=EagleScout.org |access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ida Browne]], Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bailey Ogilvie |first1=Marilyn |last2=Harvey| first2=Joy |title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century, Volume 1 |year=2000 | location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-41592-039-1 |page=191}}</ref>