Editing December 9 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[John Milton]], English poet and philosopher (d. 1674)
*[[1610]] &ndash; [[Baldassare Ferri]], Italian singer and actor (d. 1680)
*[[1617]] &ndash; [[Richard Lovelace (poet)|Richard Lovelace]], English poet (d. 1657)
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[Augustus Quirinus Rivinus]], German physician and botanist (d. 1723)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[William Whiston]], English mathematician, historian, and theologian (d. 1752)
*[[1717]] &ndash; [[Johann Joachim Winckelmann]], German archaeologist and historian (d. 1768)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Peter Pelham (composer)|Peter Pelham]], English-American organist and composer (d. 1805)
*[[1728]] &ndash; [[Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi]], Italian composer (d. 1804)
*[[1742]] &ndash; [[Carl Wilhelm Scheele]], Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist (d. 1786)
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Maddalena Laura Sirmen]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1818)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Claude Louis Berthollet]], French chemist and academic (d. 1822)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Antoine Étienne de Tousard]], French general and engineer (d. 1813)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Joseph Desha]], American politician (d. 1842)<ref>{{cite book |last=Harrison |first=Lowell H. |author-link=Lowell H. Harrison |editor=Kleber, John E |others=Associate editors: [[Thomas D. Clark]], Lowell H. Harrison, and [[James C. Klotter]] |title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia |year=1992 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington, Kentucky |isbn=0-8131-1772-0 |chapter=Desha, Joseph |url=http://www.kyenc.org/entry/d/DESHA01.html |access-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-date=April 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415074113/http://www.kyenc.org/entry/d/DESHA01.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[John Dobson (architect)|John Dobson]], English architect, designed [[Old Eldon Square|Eldon Square]] and [[Lilburn Tower]] (d. 1865)
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[Tabitha Babbitt]],  American tool maker and inventor (d. 1853)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Jean-Olivier Chénier]], Canadian physician (d. 1838)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Thomas Andrews (scientist)|Thomas Andrews]], Irish chemist and physicist (d. 1885)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Émile Waldteufel]], French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1915)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Peter Kropotkin]], Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher (d. 1921)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Joel Chandler Harris]], American journalist and author (d. 1908)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Emma Abbott]], American soprano and actress (d. 1891)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Hélène Smith]], French psychic and occultist (d. 1929)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Gregorios Xenopoulos]], Greek journalist and author (d. 1951)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Fritz Haber]], Polish-German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1934)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Witschi |first1=Hanspeter |title=Fritz Haber: December 9, 1868–January 29, 1934 |journal=Toxicology |date=August 2000 |volume=149 |issue=1 |pages=3–15 |doi=10.1016/S0300-483X(00)00227-4|pmid=11023428 |bibcode=2000Toxgy.149....3W }}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Ida S. Scudder]], Indian physician and missionary (d. 1960)
*  1870   &ndash; [[Francisco S. Carvajal]], Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (d. 1932)<ref>{{citation |url=https://presidentes.mx/francisco-s-carvajal|publisher=Presidentes.mx|title=Francisco S. Carvajal|language=es|access-date=May 28, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Joe Kelley]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1943)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[George Blewett]], Canadian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1912)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Harry Miller (auto racing)|Harry Miller]], American engineer (d. 1943)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Berton Churchill]], Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Elmer Booth]], American actor (d. 1915)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Joaquín Turina]], Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator (d. 1949)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Luzin]], Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic (d. 1950)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Alexander Papagos]], Greek general and politician, 152nd [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (d. 1955)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Joseph Pilates]], German-American fitness expert, developed [[Pilates]] (d. 1967)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Clarence Birdseye]], American businessman, founded [[Birds Eye]] (d. 1956)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Tim Moore (comedian)|Tim Moore]], American actor (d. 1958)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Hannes Kolehmainen]], Finnish-American runner (d. 1966)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Laura Salverson]], Canadian author (d. 1970)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Maksim Bahdanovič]], Belarusian poet and critic (d. 1917)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[André Randall]], French actor (d. 1974)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Dolores Ibárruri]], Spanish activist, journalist and politician (d. 1989)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Conchita Supervía]], Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1936)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Hermione Gingold]], English actress and singer (d. 1987)<!-- never became a US citizen -->
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Irene Greenwood]], Australian radio broadcaster and feminist and peace activist (d. 1992)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fisher |first1=Catherine Horne |title=Greenwood, Irene Adelaide (1898–1992) |chapter=Irene Adelaide Greenwood (1898–1992) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/greenwood-irene-adelaide-25528 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1898   &ndash; [[Emmett Kelly]], American clown and actor (d. 1979)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Jean de Brunhoff]], French author and illustrator (d. 1937)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Margaret Brundage]], American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine ''[[Weird Tales]]'' (d. 1976)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Albert Weisbord]], American activist, founded the [[Communist League of Struggle]] (d. 1977)