Editing December 12 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Lodovico Giustini]], Italian pianist and composer (d. 1743)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.drakemabrypublishing.com/3Bio/i3_gius.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050830092635/http://www.drakemabrypublishing.com/3Bio/i3_gius.html|archive-date=August 30, 2005|title=Drake Mabry Publishing - Composers biographies -|date=August 30, 2005}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood]], English admiral and politician (d. 1816)<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount|volume=13|pages=665–666}}</ref>
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[William L. Marcy]], American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 1857)<ref>{{CongBio|M000127|inline=yes|name=Marcy, William Learned }}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Karl Bryullov]], Russian painter (d. 1852)<ref>{{Britannica|82592|Karl Pavlovich Bryullov}}</ref> 
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Henry Wells]], American businessman, co-founded [[Wells Fargo]] and [[American Express]] (d. 1878)<ref>{{cite web|last = Mathews|first = Barbara J.|title = Henry Wells, Founder of Wells Fargo and American Express|publisher = Welles Family Association|date = November 2003|url = http://www.gis.net/~bmathews/index_files/news03-11.pdf|access-date = 11 January 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606085110/http://www.gis.net/~bmathews/index_files/news03-11.pdf|archive-date = 6 June 2011}}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Stand Watie]], American general (d. 1871)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Franks |first1=Kenny A. |title=Watie, Stand |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=WA040 |website=The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |publisher=[[Oklahoma Historical Society]] |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[John Sandfield Macdonald]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Premier of Ontario]] (d. 1872)<ref>{{DictCanbio|ID=5113|volume=X}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Gustave Flaubert]], French novelist (d. 1880)<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Flaubert, Gustave |volume=10 |pages=483–484}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Joseph Orville Shelby]], Confederate general (d. 1897)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harper |first1=Kimberly |title=Joseph O. Shelby |url=https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/historicmissourians/name/s/shelby/ |website=Historic Missourians |publisher=[[State Historical Society of Missouri]] |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Adolf Bötticher]], German journalist and historian (d. 1901)<ref>[https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116226420.html#ndbcontent Bötticher, Adolf] at [[Neue Deutsche Biographie]]</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Bruce Price]], American architect, designed the [[American Surety Building]] and [[Bank of the Metropolis]] (d. 1903)<ref>{{cite web | title=Price, Bruce | work=Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online | url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7003 | access-date=December 17, 2005 }}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Edvard Munch]], Norwegian painter (d. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Edvard Munch Paintings, Bio, Ideas|url=https://www.theartstory.org/artist/munch-edvard/|access-date=2021-12-12|website=The Art Story}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Alfred Werner]], Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1919)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/639857/Alfred-Werner|title=Alfred Werner - Swiss chemist|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=14 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Walter Benona Sharp]], American businessman, co-founded [[Hughes Tool Company]] (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsh06|series=Handbook of Texas Online|title=SHARP, WALTER BENONA|access-date=19 August 2018|publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]]|last=Gano|first=R. C.|date=15 June 2010}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Alvin Kraenzlein]], American hurdler and runner (d. 1928)<ref>{{cite web|title=Alvin Kraenzlein|url=http://www.legacy.usatf.org/halloffame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=90|work=USA Track & Field Hall of Fame|publisher=usatf.org|access-date=2013-06-18|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819212052/http://legacy.usatf.org/halloffame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=90|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Louise Thuliez]], French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louise Thuliez (1881-1966) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/10378748/louise_thuliez/ |website=data.bnf.fr |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Edward G. Robinson]], American actor (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite news|title=Edward G. Robinson, 79, Dies; His 'Little Caesar' Set a Style; Man of Great Kindness Edward G. Robinson Is Dead at 79 Made Speeches to Friends Appeared in 100 Films|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/27/archives/edward-g-robinson-79-dies-his-little-caesar-set-a-style-man-of.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 27, 1973|access-date=July 21, 2007}}</ref>