Editing December 28 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Antoine Furetière]], French author and scholar (d. 1688)
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Stuart (daughter of Charles I)|Elizabeth Stuart]], second daughter of King Charles I of England (d. 1650)
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Johann Krieger]], German organist and composer (d. 1735)
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk]] (d. 1698)
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire]] (d. 1716)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Eliza Lucas]], Caribbean-American agriculturalist (d. 1793)
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Christoph Franz von Buseck]], Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (d. 1805)<ref>{{cite book |title=Schematismus des Erzbistums Bamberg (Schematism of the Archdiocese of Bamberg) |last= |first= |year=1876 |publisher= Archdiocese of Bamberg |location=Bamberg |page=28 |isbn= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_loAAAAcAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[John Molson]], English-Canadian brewer, founded the [[Molson Brewery]] (d. 1836)
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Jean-Gabriel Eynard]], Swiss banker and photographer (d. 1863)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Catharine Maria Sedgwick]], American novelist of "domestic fiction" (d. 1867)<ref name="Damon-BachClements2003">{{cite book|last1=Damon-Bach|first1=Lucinda L.|last2=Clements|first2=Victoria|title=Catharine Maria Sedgwick: Critical Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZlvgas5yWcC&pg=PR33|year=2003|publisher=University Press of New England|isbn=978-1-55553-548-3|pages=33–}}</ref>
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Thomas Henderson (astronomer)|Thomas Henderson]], Scottish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1844)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Trimble |first1=Virginia |last2=Williams |first2=Thomas |last3=Bracher |first3=Katherine |last4=Jarrell |first4=Richard |last5=Marché |first5=Jordan D. |last6=Ragep |first6=F. Jamil |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=18 September 2007 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-0-387-30400-7 |page=482 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-BF1CHkc50C&pg=PA482 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Carl Remigius Fresenius]], German chemist and academic (d. 1897)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Calixa Lavallée]], Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (d. 1891)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Woodrow Wilson]], American historian and politician, 28th [[President of the United States]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1924)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Félix Vallotton]], Swiss/French painter (d. 1925)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Charles Bennett (athlete)|Charles Bennett]], English runner (d. 1949)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Arthur Eddington]], English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |title=Studying the stars, testing relativity: Sir Arthur Eddington |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Studying_the_stars_testing_relativity_Sir_Arthur_Eddington |website=www.esa.int |access-date=20 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1882   &ndash; [[Lili Elbe]], Danish model and painter (d. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lili Elbe {{!}} Biography, Wife, Art, Surgeries, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lili-Elbe |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Werner Kolhörster]], German physicist and academic (d. 1946)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[F. W. Murnau]], German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1931)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Quincy Wright]], American political scientist, historian, and academic (d. 1970)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Carol Ryrie Brink]], American author and playwright (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Reginald|title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Vol 2|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale Research|year=1979|page=831|isbn=978-0-81031-051-3}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Carl-Gustaf Rossby]], Swedish-American meteorologist and academic (d. 1957)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Shigematsu Sakaibara]], Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ted Lyons]], American baseball player (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corbett |first1=Warren |title=Ted Lyons |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ted-lyons/ |publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref>