Editing December 31 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1668]] &ndash; [[Herman Boerhaave]], Dutch botanist and physician (d. 1738)
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Arima Yoriyuki]], Japanese mathematician and educator (d. 1783)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Charles Edward Stuart]], Scottish claimant to the throne of England (d. 1788)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis]], English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of India (d. 1805)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Gottfried August Bürger]], German poet and academic (d. 1794)
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Charles Villeneuve]], French admiral (d. 1806)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[James Bunbury White]], American politician (d. 1819)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wilcox|first=George W.|url=|title=Profile of an Irish Lady: Bridget Day Beatty|journal=Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, Inc. Bulletin|publication-place=Wilmington, North Carolina|date=May 1993|volume=XXXVIII|issue=3}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Johann Spurzheim]], German-American physician and phrenologist (d. 1832)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Robert Faehlmann]], Estonian physician, philologist, and academic (d. 1850)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Marie d'Agoult]], German-French historian and author (d. 1876)<ref>{{cite book|first=Marylnn J.|last=Smith|chapter=Marie (-Catherine-Sophie de Flavigne), Comtesse d'Agoult|editor-first=Katharina M.|editor-last=Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Volume 1|location=New York|publisher=Garland|year=1991|page=7|isbn=978-0-82408-547-6}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[George Meade]], American general and engineer (d. 1872)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Isma'il Pasha]], Egyptian ruler (d. 1895)
*  1830   &ndash; [[Alexander Smith (poet)|Alexander Smith]], Scottish poet and critic (d. 1867)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Hugh Nelson (Australian politician)|Hugh Nelson]] Scottish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (d. 1906)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Queen Kapiolani]] of Hawai{{okina}}i (d. 1899)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Émile Loubet]], French lawyer and politician, 7th President of France (d. 1929)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Boldini]], Italian painter (d. 1931)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Henry Carter Adams]], American economist and academic (d. 1921)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Pascoli]], Italian poet and scholar (d. 1912)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[King Kelly]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1894)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Joseph S. Cullinan]], American businessman, co-founder of Texaco (d. 1937)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Robert Grant Aitken]], American astronomer and academic (d. 1951)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Henri Matisse]], French painter and sculptor (d. 1954)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Fred Marriott]], American race car driver (d. 1956)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Konik]], Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1936)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Julius Meier]], American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (d. 1937)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Beesley]], English journalist and author (d. 1967)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Arden]], Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)
*  1878   &ndash; [[Horacio Quiroga]], Uruguayan-Argentinian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Fred Beebe]], American baseball player and coach (d. 1957)
*  1880   &ndash; [[George Marshall]], American general and politician, 50th United States Secretary of State (d. 1959)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Max Pechstein]], German painter and academic (d. 1955)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Bobby Byrne (baseball)|Bobby Byrne]], American baseball and soccer player (d. 1964)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Mihály Fekete]], Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director (d. 1960)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein]] (d. 1970)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Silvestre Revueltas]], Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1940)