Editing December 11 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[Amar Singh Rathore]], Rajput nobleman (d. 1644)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Francesco Algarotti]], Italian poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1764)
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[George Mason]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1792)
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Carl Friedrich Zelter]], German composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1832)
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Gian Domenico Romagnosi]], Italian physicist, economist, and jurist (d. 1835)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[David Brewster]], Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1868)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Christian Dietrich Grabbe]], German poet and playwright (d. 1836)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Hector Berlioz]], French composer, conductor, and critic (d. 1869)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Alfred de Musset]], French dramatist, poet, and novelist (d. 1857)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Kamehameha V]] of Hawaii (d. 1872)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Webster Paulson]], English civil engineer (d. 1887)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[John Labatt]], Canadian brewer and businessman (d. 1915)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Robert Koch]], German microbiologist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1910)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Georgi Plekhanov]], Russian philosopher, theorist, and author (d. 1918)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko]], Russian director, producer, and playwright (d. 1943)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry]], British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer (d. 1923)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Annie Jump Cannon]], American astronomer and academic (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite book|first=Moira Davison|last=Reynolds|title=American Women Scientists: 23 Inspiring Biographies, 1900-2000|location=Jefferson NC|publisher=McFarland|year=2004|page=18|isbn=978-0-78642-161-9}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[René Bull]], British illustrator and photographer (d. 1942)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Josip Plemelj]], Slovenian mathematician and academic (d. 1967)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Yehuda Leib Maimon]], Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician (d. 1962)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Frank Tarrant]], Australian cricketer and umpire (d. 1951)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Subramania Bharati]], Indian journalist and poet (d. 1921)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Max Born]], German physicist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1970)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Fiorello H. La Guardia]], American lawyer and politician, 99th [[Mayor of New York City]] (d. 1947)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Piet Ooms]], Dutch swimmer and water polo player (d. 1961)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Walter Knott]], American farmer and businessman, founded [[Knott's Berry Farm]] (d. 1981)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Carlos Gardel]], French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1935)
*  1890   &ndash; [[Mark Tobey]], American-Swiss painter and educator (d. 1976)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Arnold Majewski]], Finnish military hero of Polish descent (d. 1942)<ref name="castrén">Castrén, Klaus: [https://www.genealogia.fi/genos-old/70/70_38.htm Majewski-suku Suomessa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202929/https://www.genealogia.fi/genos-old/70/70_38.htm |date=2021-06-24 }}, GENOS - journal of the Finnish genealogy society, issue #70/1999. Accessed on 24 June 2021.</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Leo Ornstein]], Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 2002)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Ronald Skirth]], English soldier (d. 1977)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Julio de Caro]], Argentinian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1980)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Hermína Týrlová]], Czechoslovakian animator, screenwriter, and film director (d. 1993)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Gerd Arntz]], German Modernist artist, co-creator of [[Isotype (picture language)|Isotype]] (d. 1988)<ref name="arntz">{{Cite web|url=https://monoskop.org/Gerd_Arntz|title=Gerd Arntz - Monoskop|language=en|access-date=2021-07-08}}</ref>