Editing December 27 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Teofil Rutka]], Polish philosopher (d. 1700)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021110936.html|title=Rutka, Teofil, 1622-1700 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies|accessdate=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926181139/https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021110936.html |archive-date=September 26, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1633]] &ndash; [[Jean de Lamberville]], French missionary (d. 1714)<ref>[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/lamberville_jean_de_2E.html Jaenen, C. J., "Lamberville, Jean de", ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'', vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003]</ref>
*[[1636]] &ndash; [[William Whitelock]], English gentleman, Member of Parliament (d. 1717)<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/whitlock-%28whitelocke%29-sir-william-1636-1717 | title= Whitlock, (Whitelocke), Sir William (1636-1717), of Phyllis Court, Henley, Oxon.| publisher= History of Parliament Online (1660-1690)| accessdate = 25 July 2019 }}</ref>
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Petar Kanavelić]], Venetian writer (d. 1719)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=176|work=Hrvatski Biografski Leksikon|title=Kanavelić, Petar |language=hr|accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Antonio Viscardi]], Swiss architect (d. 1713)<ref name="Penguin Dictionary p. 301">Fleming, John, et al. (1972) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture''; 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 301</ref>
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Abstrupus Danby]], English politician (d. 1727)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Abstrupus Danby, Of an Ancient Yorkshire Family - Twickenham Museum |url=http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.php?aid=170&cid=15 |website=www.twickenham-museum.org.uk |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Veronica Giuliani]], Italian Capuchin mystic (d. 1727)<ref name=pope>[https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20101215.html Pope Benedict XVI, "Saint Veronica Giuliani", General audience, December 15, 2010] ''w2.vatican.va'', accessed 17 November 2019</ref>
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[Johann Melchior Roos]], German painter (d. 1731)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liechtensteincollections.at/en/artists/johann-melchior-roos|title=JOHANN MELCHIOR ROOS 1663–1731|publisher=Liechtenstein The Princely Collections|accessdate=September 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926022804/https://www.liechtensteincollections.at/en/artists/johann-melchior-roos|archive-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Conyers Middleton]], English priest and theologian (d. 1750)<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Middleton, Conyers}}</ref>
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Jacob August Franckenstein]], Encyclopedia editor, professor (d. 1733)<ref name=Nowosadtko>{{cite web|url= http://www.zedleriana.de/zredfranckenstein.htm |title=Jacob August Franckenstein|author=Jutta Nowosadtko|work=Zedleriana|access-date=2011-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926030113/https://www.zedleriana.de/zredfranckenstein.htm |archive-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>
*(baptised) [[1692]] &ndash; [[Francis Blake Delaval (Royal Navy officer)|Francis Blake Delaval]], British Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament (d. 1752)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/delaval-francis-1692-1752 |title=DELAVAL, Francis (1692-1752), of Ford Castle, Seaton Delaval and Dissington, Northumb., and Doddington, Lincs.|publisher=History of Parliament Online|accessdate=24 January 2018}}</ref>
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[Sollom Emlyn]], Irish legal writer (d. 1754)<ref>{{DNB|wstitle=Emlyn, Sollom}}</ref>
*[[1705]] &ndash; [[Prince Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau]], German prince of the House of Ascania (d. 1781)<ref>{{cite book|author=Eduard Lange|title=Die soldaten Friedrich's des Grossen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqNDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA139|year=1853|publisher=H. Mendelssohn|page=139}}</ref>
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Borra]], Italian architect and engineer (d. 1770)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.italianartsociety.org/2015/12/giovanni-battista-borra-was-born-on-27-december-1713-in-the-piedmont-town-of-dogliani-about-37-miles-from-turin-where-he-would-spend-much-of-his-career/ |title=This Day in History: December 27|author=Anne Leader|accessdate=September 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928203325/https://www.italianartsociety.org/2015/12/giovanni-battista-borra-was-born-on-27-december-1713-in-the-piedmont-town-of-dogliani-about-37-miles-from-turin-where-he-would-spend-much-of-his-career/|archive-date=September 28, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[George Whitefield]], English preacher and saint (d. 1770)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Whitefield|title=George Whitefield |publisher=Encyclopedia Brittanica|accessdate=September 29, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Philippe de Noailles]], French general (d. 1794)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[François Hemsterhuis]], Dutch philosopher and author (d. 1790){{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=264}}
*(baptised) [[1761]] &ndash; [[Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly]], Russian field marshal and politician, [[Governor-General of Finland]] (d. 1818)<ref>
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*[[1773]] &ndash; [[George Cayley]], English engineer and politician (d. 1857)<ref>{{cite web|title= Sir George Cayley (British Inventor and Scientist)|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/100795/Sir-George-Cayley-6th-Baronet|publisher=Britannica|access-date=26 July 2009}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Nikolay Kamensky]], Russian general (d. 1811)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%91%D0%A1/%D0%92%D0%A2/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_2-%D0%B9,_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87|title=Каменский 2-й, Николай Михайлович|language=Russian|year=1897|accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Ghalib]], Indian poet (d. 1869)<ref>{{cite web|title=Mīrzā Asadullāh Khān Ghālib |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mirza-Asadullah-Khan-Ghalib |access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
*  1797   &ndash; [[Charles Hodge]], American theologian (d. 1878)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Hodge|title=Charles Hodge|publisher=Encyclopedia Brittanica|accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier]], Canadian activist (d. 1839)<ref>[http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=3507 Biography at ''the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'']</ref>
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Alexandros Rizos Rangavis]], Greek poet and politician, [[List of foreign ministers of Greece|Foreign Minister of Greece]] (d. 1892)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Louis Pasteur]], French chemist and microbiologist (d. 1895)<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Pasteur, Louis |volume= 20|last= Roscoe |first= Henry Enfield |author-link= Henry Roscoe (chemist) |pages=892-894 |short=1}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Mackenzie Bowell]], English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. 1917)<ref>{{Canadabio|ID=7231}}</ref>
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Mieroszewski]], Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (d. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_M/Mieroszewski_Stanislaw_1827_1900.xml|title='''Mieroszewski''' (Mieroszowski) Stanisław|work=[[Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950|Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon]]|language=de|access-date=Sep 12, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Pavel Tretyakov]], Russian businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Tretyakov Gallery]] (d. 1897)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tretyakovgallerymagazine.com/news/happy-birthday-pavel-tretyakov|title=HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PAVEL TRETYAKOV!|date=27 December 2014 |publisher=Tretyakov Gallery Magazine |accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Lars Oftedal (born 1838)|Lars Oftedal]], Norwegian priest, social reformer, politician, and newspaper editor (d. 1900)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title= Lars Oftedal (prest) |first=Magnus A. |last=Mardal |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=23 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Lars_Oftedal_-_prest |language=no|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Juan Luis Sanfuentes]], Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th [[President of Chile]] (d. 1930)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=Richard B. |first2=Frederick R. |last2=Kirwin |title=Presidential Succession in Chile: 1817-1966 |journal=Journal of Inter-American Studies |volume=11 |issue=1 |date=1969 |pages=144–159 |doi=10.2307/165408|jstor=165408 }}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Louis Lincoln Emmerson]], American lawyer and politician, 27th [[Governor of Illinois]] (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GE_iAAAAMAAJ&q=louis+lincoln+emmerson+politician|title=Annual Conclave|year=1941}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Hermann-Paul]], French painter and illustrator (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite book|title=L'Estampe Originale: A Catalogue Raisonné|author1=Donna Stein|author2=Donald H. Karshan|year=1970}}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Kalle Korhonen]], Finnish politician (d. 1938)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Kalle Korhonen |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910788.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=20 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318010448/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910788.aspx |archive-date=18 March 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Sydney Greenstreet]], English-American actor (d. 1954)<ref>{{cite book| last1=Donnelley| first1=Paul| title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries| year=2003| publisher=Omnibus| isbn=978-0-7119-9512-3| page=295| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAhtNiAl3YsC&q=%22Sydney+Hughes+Greenstreet%22&pg=PA295| access-date=November 24, 2021| language=en}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Mina Loy]], British modernist poet and artist (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mina-Loy|title=Mina Loy|date=23 December 2023 |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica|accessdate=December 23, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Cyrus S. Eaton]], Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite news|author=Alden Whitman|author-link=Alden Whitman|title=Cyrus Eaton, Industrialist, 95, Dies. Cyrus Eaton Dies at 95. Cleveland Industrialist Urged Links With Communists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/11/archives/cyrus-eaton-industrialist-95-dies-cyrus-eaton-dies-at-95-cleveland.html|quote=Cyrus S. Eaton Sr., a multimillionaire industrialist who strongly advocated friendly relations with the Communist world, died Wednesday night at his home, Acadia Farm, near Cleveland. He was 95 years old.|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 11, 1979|access-date=2014-12-15 }}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Thea von Harbou]], German actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 1954)<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sophsupp_gallery/50/|title=Thea von Harbou, 1888-1954 |journal=Author Gallery |date=27 June 2017 |accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Alfred Edwin McKay]], Canadian captain and pilot (d. 1917)<ref>Broad, G. (2017). One in a Thousand: The Life and Death of Captain Eddie McKay, Royal Flying Corps. Canada: University of Toronto Press.</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Louis Bromfield]], American author and theorist (d. 1956)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Bromfield|title=Louis Bromfield|publisher=Encyclopedia Brittanica|accessdate=September 30, 2023}}</ref>
*  1896   &ndash; [[Maurice De Waele]], Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8846 |title=Maurice De Waele |work=Cycling Archives |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref>
*  1896   &ndash; [[Carl Zuckmayer]], German author and playwright (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/carlzuckmayersge0000fink|url-access=registration|quote=Carl Zuckmayer Goldschmidt.|title=Carl Zuckmayer's Germany|publisher=Haag + Herchen|author=Margot Finke|isbn=978-3-89228-577-9|year=1990}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Inejiro Asanuma]], Japanese politician (d. 1960)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Hans Stuck]], German racing driver (d. 1978)<ref name=mem>{{Cite web |title=Motorsport Memorial - Hans Stuck |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/LWFWIW/focusLWFWIW.php?db2=LWF&db=ct&n=450 |access-date=22 March 2023 |website=Motorsport Memorial}}</ref>