Editing December 7 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Falda]], Italian architect and engraver (d. 1678)
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Bernardo Pasquini]], Italian organist and composer (d. 1710)
*[[1756]] &ndash; [[John Littlejohn (preacher)|John Littlejohn]], American sheriff and Methodist preacher (d. 1836)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Andrews |first=Dee E. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7ssfd |title=The Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760–1800: The Shaping of an Evangelical Culture |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |year=2000 |jstor=j.ctt7ssfd |isbn=9780691092980  |access-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120183703/https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7ssfd |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno|Claude Victor-Perrin]], French general and politician (d. 1841)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Allan Cunningham (author)|Allan Cunningham]], Scottish author and poet (d. 1842)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Novák (writer)|Ferenc Novák]], Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (d. 1836)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Abraham Jacob van der Aa]], Dutch author and academic (d. 1857)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Johann Nestroy]], Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1862)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Josef Hyrtl]], Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (d. 1894)
*  1810   &ndash; [[Theodor Schwann]], German physiologist and biologist (d. 1882)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Leopold Kronecker]], Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1891)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Thomas Bent]], Australian businessman and politician, 22nd [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1909)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Joseph Cook]], English-born Australian politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1947)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Henri Mathias Berthelot]], French general during World War I (d. 1931)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Paul Adam (French novelist)|Paul Adam]], French author (d. 1920)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Felix Calonder]], Swiss soldier and politician, 36th [[List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Swiss Confederation]] (d. 1952)
*  1863   &ndash; [[Pietro Mascagni]], Italian composer and conductor (d. 1945)
*  1863   &ndash; [[Richard Warren Sears]], American businessman, co-founded [[Sears]] (d. 1914)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Frank Laver]], Australian cricketer (d. 1919)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Willa Cather]], American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1947)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Akiko Yosano]],  Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer (d. 1942)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Friml]], Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic (d. 1972)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[John Carpenter (athlete)|John Carpenter]], American sprinter (d. 1933)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Mason Phelps]], American golfer (d. 1945)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Peter Sturholdt]], American boxer and painter (d. 1919)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Ernst Toch]], Austrian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Joyce Cary]], Irish novelist (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book | first=Robert William | last=Noble | title=Joyce Cary | location=Edinburgh | publisher=Oliver & Boyd | year=1973 | isbn=978-0-05002-580-2 | page=2}}</ref>
*  1888   &ndash; [[Hamilton Fish III]], American captain and politician (d. 1991)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Stuart Davis (painter)|Stuart Davis]], American painter and academic (d. 1964)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Fay Bainter]], American actress (d. 1968)
*  1893   &ndash; [[Hermann Balck]], German general (d. 1982)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Freddie Adkins]], English author and illustrator (d. 1986)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur]], Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961)