Editing August 23 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1623]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Lubieniecki]], Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Abraham Yates Jr.]], American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse]], French admiral and explorer (d. 1788)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Louis XVI]] of France (d. 1793)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC – History – King Louis XVI |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xvi.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Astley Cooper]], British surgeon and anatomist (d. 1841)<ref name=dnb>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Cooper, Astley Paston |volume=12 |first=George Thomas |last=Bettany |pages=137-139}}</ref>
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Georges Cuvier]], French biologist and academic (d. 1832)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[William Tierney Clark]], English engineer, designed the [[Hammersmith Bridge]] (d. 1852)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Oliver Hazard Perry]], American commander (d. 1819)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Evangelos Zappas]], Greek patriot, philanthropist, and businessman (d. 1865)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Young|first=David C.|year=2005|title=Evangelis Zappas: Olympian Sponsor of Modern Olympic Games|journal=Nikephoros: Zeitschrift für Sport und Kultur im Altertum|volume=18|pages=273–288|issn=0934-8913}}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Anton von Schmerling]], Austrian judge and politician (d. 1893)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[James Roosevelt Bayley]], American archbishop (d. 1877)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Moritz Cantor]], German mathematician and historian (d. 1920)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[William Southam]], Canadian publisher (d. 1932)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Alexander Milne Calder]], Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Sarah Frances Whiting]], American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[William Ernest Henley]], English poet and critic (d. 1903)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[John Cockburn (Australian politician)|John Cockburn]], Scottish-Australian politician, 18th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1929)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Radha Gobinda Kar]], Indian physician and philanthropist (d. 1918)
*  1852   &ndash; [[Clímaco Calderón]], Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th [[President of Colombia]] (d. 1913)
*  1852   &ndash; [[Arnold Toynbee (historian, born 1852)|Arnold Toynbee]], English economist and historian (d. 1883)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Arnold Toynbee|author2=Director of Studies Arnold J Toynbee|title=Acquaintances|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PEtmAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Oxford U.P.|isbn=978-0-19-500189-1|page=21}}</ref>
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Moritz Moszkowski]], Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1936)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Edgar de Wahl]], Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1948)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Edgar Lee Masters]], American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1950)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Tanguturi Prakasam]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister of Andhra]] (d. 1957)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[William Eccles (physicist)|William Eccles]], English physicist and engineer (d. 1966)
*  1875   &ndash; [[Eugene Lanceray]], Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[István Medgyaszay]], Hungarian architect and academic (d. 1959)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Alexander Grin]], Russian sailor and author (d. 1932)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Volin]], Russia anarchist intellectual (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Avrich |first1=Paul |author-link=Paul Avrich |chapter=V. M. Eikhenbaum (Volin): The Man and His Book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/anarchistportrai00avri/page/125 |title=Anarchist Portraits |title-link=Anarchist Portraits |page=126 |date=1988 |language=en |isbn=978-0-691-04753-9 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |oclc=17727270 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><!-- Cited source uses Old Style Date of August 11, 1882. -->
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)|Jonathan M. Wainwright]], American general, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1953)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Will Cuppy]], American author and critic (d. 1949)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Ogden L. Mills]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. 1937)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Harry Frank Guggenheim]], American businessman and publisher, co-founded ''[[Newsday]]'' (d. 1971)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Roy Agnew]], Australian pianist and composer (d. 1944)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Minna Craucher]], Finnish socialite and [[spy]] (d. 1932)<ref>Venla Sainio: ''[https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8452 Craucher, Minna (1891–1932)]'' – Kansallisbiografia (in Finnish)</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Minna Craucher|date=1932-03-21|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743386,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027061756/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743386,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2010|accessdate=2008-08-09}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[John Auden]], English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (d. 1959)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Henry F. Pringle]], American historian and journalist (d. 1958)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Frances Adaskin]], Canadian pianist (d. 2001)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Ernst Krenek]], Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Malvina Reynolds]], American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)