Editing July 16 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Cecilia Renata of Austria]] (d. 1644)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]], Canadian captain, explorer, and politician (d. 1706)
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Marc René, marquis de Montalembert]], French engineer and author (d. 1800)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Joseph Wilton]], English sculptor and academic (d. 1803)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Coutu |first1=Joan |title=Wilton, Joseph (1722–1803), sculptor |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/29706}}</ref>
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Joshua Reynolds]], English painter and academic (d. 1792)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Postle |first1=Martin |title=Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/23429}}</ref>
*[[1731]] &ndash; [[Samuel Huntington (statesman)|Samuel Huntington]], American jurist and politician, 18th [[List of Governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]] (d. 1796)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Cyrus Griffin]], American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th [[President of the Continental Congress]] (d. 1810)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Saladino |first1=Gaspare J. |title=Griffin, Cyrus (1748-1810), lawyer and judge |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0200151}}</ref>
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]], French painter and etcher (d. 1875)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Mary Baker Eddy]], American religious leader and author, founded [[Christian Science]] (d. 1910)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Bednarowski |first1=Mary Farrell |title=Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910), founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist, and of Christian Science as a method of healing |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0800425}}</ref>
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Nikolai von Glehn]], Estonian-German architect and activist (d. 1923)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Eugène Ysaÿe]], Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1931)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Stockhem |first1=Michel |title=Ysaÿe, Eugène(-Auguste) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.30732}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Ida B. Wells]], American journalist and activist (d. 1931)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=McMurry |first1=Linda O. |title=Wells-Barnett, Ida Bell (1862-1931), editor and antilynching activist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500924}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Anderson Dawson]], Australian politician, 14th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1910)<ref>{{Cite AuDB |first=D. J.|last=Murphy |title=Andrew Dawson (1863–1910) |volume=8 |year=1981 |id2=dawson-andrew-5921 |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Lambert McKenna]], Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar (d. 1956)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Ellen Oliver (suffragette)]], British suffragette (d. 1921)<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|title=Barltrop, Mabel [name in religion Octavia] (1866–1934), prophet and founder of the Panacea Society|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-93402|access-date=20 April 2024|date=2012|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/93402|last1=Shaw|first1=Jane}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[John Maxwell (golfer)|John Maxwell]], American golfer (d. 1906)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Roald Amundsen]], Norwegian pilot and explorer (d. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Roald Amundsen {{!}} Biography, Facts, Expeditions, South Pole, Northwest Passage, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roald-Amundsen |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1872   &ndash; [[Frank Cooper (politician)|Frank Cooper]], Australian politician, 25th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1949)<ref>{{Cite AuDB |first=Manfred |last=Cross |title=
Frank Arthur Cooper (1872–1949) |volume=13 |year=1993 |id2=cooper-frank-arthur-9820 |access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Kathleen Norris]], American journalist and author (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Gale |first1=Robert L. |title=Norris, Kathleen Thompson (1880-1966), novelist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601210}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Violette Neatley Anderson]], American judge (d. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://aaregistry.org/story/violette-anderson-an-early-legal-representative/|title=Violette Anderson, an early legal representative – African American Registry|work=African American Registry|access-date=9 November 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Charles Sheeler]], American photographer and painter (d. 1965)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Troyen |first1=Carol |title=Sheeler, Charles (1883-1965), painter and photographer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700795}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Anna Vyrubova]], Russian author (d. 1964)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1951)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Percy Kilbride]], American actor (d. 1964)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Frits Zernike]], Dutch physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1966)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ferwerda |first1=Hedzer A. |title=Frits Zernike--life and achievements |journal=Optical Engineering |date=1993 |volume=32 |issue=12 |page=3177 |doi=10.1117/12.142941|bibcode=1993OptEn..32.3176F |url=https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/76096528/3176_1.pdf }}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Arthur Bowie Chrisman]], American author (d. 1953)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Wilfrid Hamel]], Canadian businessman and politician, 35th [[List of mayors of Quebec City|Mayor of Quebec City]] (d. 1968)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer]], German biologist and eugenicist (d. 1969)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Trygve Lie]], Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] (d. 1968)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Lady Eve Balfour]], British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement (d. 1990)<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=16}}</ref>