Editing January 16 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1616]] &ndash; [[François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort|François de Vendôme]], duke of Beaufort (d. 1669)
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[Lucas Achtschellinck]], Belgian painter and educator (d. 1699)
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[Guru Har Rai]], Sikh Guru (d. 1661)
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[Dorothe Engelbretsdatter]], Norwegian author and poet (d. 1716)<ref>{{cite book|first=Katharina M.|last=Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Volume 1|location=London|publisher=Garland|year=1991|isbn=978-0-82408-547-6|page=376}}</ref>
*[[1653]] &ndash; [[Johann Conrad Brunner]], Swiss anatomist (d. 1727)<ref name="CCofN">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Brunner, Johann Conrad|year=1918|editor=Smith, Benjamin Eli|encyclopedia=The Century Cyclopedia of Names|location=New York|publisher=The Century Company|series=(The Century Dictionary Volume IX)|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=aYIhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA189 189]}}</ref>
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon]], French soldier and diplomat (d. 1755)
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[Peter Scheemakers]], Belgian sculptor and educator (d. 1781)
*[[1728]] &ndash; [[Niccolò Piccinni]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1800)
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Vittorio Alfieri]], Italian poet and playwright (d. 1803)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Richard Goodwin Keats]], English admiral and politician, third [[List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador|Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland]] (d. 1834)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Charles Henry Davis]], American admiral (d. 1877)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Henry Halleck]], American lawyer, general, and scholar (d. 1872)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[John C. Breckinridge]], American general and politician, 14th [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. 1875)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Robert R. Hitt]], American lawyer and politician, 13th [[United States Assistant Secretary of State]] (d. 1906)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Francis II of the Two Sicilies]] (d. 1894)<ref>{{cite book|author=Benjamin Vincent|title=Haydn's Dictionary of Dates: Relating to All Ages and Nations, for Universal Reference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5GUPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA459|year=1874|publisher=Putnam|pages=459}}</ref>
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Franz Brentano]], German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Ismail Qemali|Ismail Kemal]], Albanian politician and statesman, first prime minister of Albania (d. 1919)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Robert Elsie |author-link1=Robert Elsie |title=Historical Dictionary of Albania |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield, 2010 |isbn=9780810861886 |pages=475–476 |language=en|year=2010 }}</ref> 
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[William Hall-Jones]], English-New Zealand politician, 16th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1936)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Johnston Forbes-Robertson]], English actor and manager (d. 1937)
*  1853   &ndash; [[Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton]], Greek-English general (d. 1947)
*  1853   &ndash; [[André Michelin]], French businessman, co-founded the [[Michelin|Michelin Tyre Company]] (d. 1931)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Jüri Jaakson]], Estonian businessman and politician, [[State Elder of Estonia]] (d. 1942)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Henri Büsser]], French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1973)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Robert W. Service]], English-Canadian poet and author (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite book|author=G. W. Lockhart|title=On the Trail of Robert Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNJqjffQjYQC&pg=PA2|year=1991|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-0-946487-24-0|pages=2}}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Leonor Michaelis]], German biochemist and physician (d. 1949)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Claude Buckenham]], English cricketer and footballer (d. 1937)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1947)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Samuel Jones (athlete)|Samuel Jones]], American high jumper (d. 1954)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Margaret Wilson (novelist)|Margaret Wilson]], American author (d. 1973)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Zhou Zuoren]], Chinese author and translator (d. 1967)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Osip Brik]], Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (d. 1945)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Homer Burton Adkins]], American chemist (d. 1949)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Daisy Kennedy]], Australian-English violinist (d. 1981)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Irving Mills]], American publisher (d. 1985)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Evripidis Bakirtzis]], Greek soldier and politician (d. 1947)
*  1895   &ndash; [[T. M. Sabaratnam]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Nat Schachner]], American lawyer, chemist, and author (d. 1955)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Carlos Pellicer]], Mexican poet and academic (d. 1977)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Margaret Booth]], American producer and editor (d. 2002)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Irving Rapper]], American film director and producer (d. 1999)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Kiku Amino]], Japanese author and translator (d. 1978)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Japanese women novelists in the 20th century : 104 biographies, 1900-1993|last=Shibata.|first=Schierbeck, Sachiko|date=1994|publisher=Museum Tusculanum Press|others=Edelstein, Marlene R.|isbn=9788772892689|location=[Copenhagen]|pages=73–76|oclc=32348453}}</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Edith Frank]], German-Dutch mother of [[Anne Frank]] (d. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/main-characters/edith-frank/|title=Edith Frank|website=[[Anne Frank House|annefrank.org]]|access-date=January 16, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708235914/https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/main-characters/edith-frank/|archive-date=8 July 2019}}</ref>