Editing December 2 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg]], Catholic cardinal (d. 1704)
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[William Shirley]], English-American lawyer and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Massachusetts|Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay]] (d. 1771)
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Konščak]], Croatian missionary and explorer (d. 1759)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Richard Montgomery]], Irish-American general (d. 1775)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[William Cooper (judge)|William Cooper]], American judge and politician, founded [[Cooperstown, New York]] (d. 1809)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[James Edward Smith (botanist)|James Edward Smith]], English botanist and mycologist, founded the [[Linnean Society]] (d. 1828) 
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)|John Breckinridge]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. 1806)
*  1760   &ndash; [[Joseph Graetz]], German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1826)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra]], Portuguese magistrate and politician (d. 1895)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Henry Yesler]], American businessman and politician, 7th [[Mayor of Seattle]] (d. 1892)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Jean-Charles Chapais]], Canadian farmer and politician, 1st [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Agriculture]] (d. 1885)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Heinrich von Sybel]], German historian, academic, and politician (d. 1895)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Pedro II of Brazil]] (d. 1891)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[William Burges]], English architect and designer (d. 1881)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Crook|first=J. Mordaunt|url=http://archive.org/details/williamburgeshig0085croo|title=William Burges and the High Victorian Dream|date=1981|publisher=Chicago|others=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226121178|pages=38|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau]], French lawyer and politician, 68th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1904)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Deacon White]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1939)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Kateryna Melnyk-Antonovych]], Ukrainian historian and archaeologist (d. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Сьомочкіна-Рижко |first=О. М. |title=Антонович-Мельник Катерина Миколаївна |url=https://esu.com.ua/article-43012 |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Енциклопедія Сучасної України |language=uk}}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Georges Seurat]], French painter (d. 1891)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Charles Studd]], England cricketer and missionary (d. 1931)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Charles Edward Ringling]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Ringling Brothers Circus]] (d. 1926)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Harry Burleigh]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1949)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Yusuf Akçura]], Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism (d. 1935)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Cahir Healy]], Northern Irish [[Partitionism|Anti Partitionist]], writer and politician (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite report |author-link= |author= |date=November 2007 |title=Cahir Healy Papers |url=https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/healy-cahir-d2991.pdf |publisher=Public Records Office of Northern Ireland |page=3 |docket= |access-date=26 January 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Erima Harvey Northcroft]], New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1953)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Yahya Kemal Beyatlı]], Turkish poet and author (d. 1958)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[George Minot]], American physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1950)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Otto Dix]], German painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Charles H. Wesley]], American historian and author (d. 1987)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Warren William]], American actor (d. 1948)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Harriet Cohen]], English pianist (d. 1967)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Ivan Bagramyan]], Russian general (d. 1982)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Rewi Alley]], New Zealand writer and political activist (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alley, Rewi |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4a10/alley-rewi |website=teara.govt.nz |publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage |access-date=26 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Indra Lal Roy]], Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (d. 1918)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[John Barbirolli]], English cellist and conductor (d. 1970)
*  1899   &ndash; [[John Cobb (racing driver)|John Cobb]], English race car driver and pilot (d. 1952)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Ray Morehart]], American baseball player (d. 1989)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista]], former First Lady of Cuba (d. 1993)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Herta Hammerbacher]], German landscape architect and professor (d. 1985)