Editing December 26 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1618]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of the Palatinate]], German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist (d. 1680)
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[John Page (Middle Plantation)|John Page]], English Colonial<!-- He was not American, as America was not a country until decades after his death, as shown by the reference. --><ref name="YoungNash2011">{{cite book |author1=Fabian Young, Alfred |author2=Nash, Gary B. |author3=Raphael, Ray |title=Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEzaLJ4u_MEC&pg=PA4 |year=2011 |publisher=Random House Digital |isbn=978-0-307-27110-5 |pages=4–7}}</ref> politician (d. 1692)
*[[1646]] &ndash; [[Robert Bolling]], English/English Colonial<ref name="YoungNash2011"/> merchant and planter (d. 1709)
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[Johann Georg Pisendel]], German violinist and composer (d. 1755)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Thomas Gray]], English poet and scholar (d. 1771)
*  1716   &ndash; [[Jean François de Saint-Lambert]], French soldier and philosopher (d. 1803)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm]], German-French author and playwright (d. 1807)
*[[1737]] &ndash; [[Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (d. 1815)
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Lord George Gordon]], English lieutenant and politician (d. 1793)
*  1751   &ndash; [[Clemens Maria Hofbauer]], Austrian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1820)
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Ernst Moritz Arndt]], German writer and poet (d. 1860)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Mary Somerville]], Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author (d. 1872)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Somerville: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/marysomerville.html |website=undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Étienne Constantin de Gerlache]], Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] (d. 1871)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Philaret Drozdov]], Russian metropolitan and saint (d. 1867)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Charles Babbage]], English mathematician and engineer, invented the [[Difference engine]] (d. 1871)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald]], Estonian physician and author (d. 1882)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[E. D. E. N. Southworth]], American author and educator (d. 1899)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Dion Boucicault]], Irish actor and playwright (d. 1890)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Morgan Bulkeley]], American soldier and politician, 54th [[List of Governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]] (d. 1922)
*  1837   &ndash; [[George Dewey]], American admiral (d. 1917)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Johannes François Snelleman]], Dutch zoologist, orientalist, and ethnographer (d. 1938)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[René Bazin]], French author and academic (d. 1932)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[José Yves Limantour]], Mexican financier and politician, [[Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Mexico)|Mexican Secretary of Finance]] (d. 1935)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[William Stephens (American politician)|William Stephens]], American lawyer and politician, 24th [[Governor of California]] (d. 1944)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Charles Pathé]], French record producer, co-founded [[Pathé Records]] (d. 1957)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Yun Chi-ho]], Korean activist and politician (d. 1945)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Phan Bội Châu]], Vietnamese activist (d. 1940)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Mathieu Cordang]], Dutch cyclist (d. 1942)
*[[1870]] – [[Virginia Bolten]], Argentine feminist and trade unionist (d. 1960)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bolten, Virginia 1870-1960? {{!}} libcom.org |url=https://libcom.org/article/bolten-virginia-1870-1960 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=libcom.org}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Norman Angell]], English journalist, academic, and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1967)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Thomas Wass]], English cricketer (d. 1953)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah]], Bangladeshi theologian and academic (d. 1965)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Maurice Utrillo]], French painter (d. 1955)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Bazoline Estelle Usher]], African-American educator (d. 1992)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://georgiawomen.org/2014/04/usher-bazoline|title=Usher, Bazoline {{!}} Georgia Women|date=2016-03-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311165214/http://georgiawomen.org/2014/04/usher-bazoline|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2016|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Arthur Percival]], English general (d. 1966)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Marius Canard]], French orientalist and historian (d. 1982)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Ragnhild Kaarbø]], Norwegian painter (d. 1949)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ragnhild Kaarbø |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ragnhild_Kaarbø |language=no|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Konstantinos Georgakopoulos]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1973)
*  1890   &ndash; [[Percy Hodge]], English runner (d. 1967)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Henry Miller]], American author and painter (d. 1980)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Don Barclay (actor)|Don Barclay]], American actor and illustrator (d. 1975)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Mao Zedong]], Chinese politician, [[Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party]] (d. 1976)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Jean Toomer]], American author and poet (d. 1967)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Evelyn Bark]], leading member of the [[British Red Cross]], first female recipient of the [[Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George|CMG]] (d. 1993)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-evelyn-bark-1493450.html|title=Obituary: Evelyn Bark|date=1993-06-24|work=The Independent|access-date=2017-10-20}}</ref>