Editing May 20 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1664]] &ndash; [[Andreas Schlüter]], German sculptor and architect (d. 1714)
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[Francis Cotes]], English painter and academic (d. 1770)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[William Thornton]], Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the [[United States Capitol]] (d. 1828)
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Andreas Vokos Miaoulis]], Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet]], English inventor and politician, developed [[Congreve rockets]] (d. 1828)
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Simon Fraser (explorer)|Simon Fraser]], American-Canadian fur trader and explorer (d. 1862)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Pedro María de Anaya]], Mexican soldier. President (1847–1848) (d. 1854)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10068/Pedro%20Maria%20Anaya|title=Pedro María Anaya|publisher=Busca Biografias|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Honoré de Balzac]], French novelist and playwright (d. 1850)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[John Stuart Mill]], English economist, civil servant, and philosopher (d. 1873)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Alfred Domett]], English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. 1887)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[William Fargo]], American businessman and politician, co-founded [[Wells Fargo]] and [[American Express]] (d. 1881)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Passy]], French economist and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1912)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Cadmus M. Wilcox]], [[Confederate States Army]] general (d. 1890)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Antoinette Brown Blackwell]], the first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the U.S. (d. 1921)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Hector Malot]], French author (d. 1907)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Jules Méline]], French lawyer and politician, 65th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1925)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Emile Berliner]], German-American inventor, invented the [[Gramophone record]] (d. 1929)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[George Prendergast]], Australian politician, 28th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1937)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Henri-Edmond Cross]], French Neo-Impressionist painter (d. 1910)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Eduard Buchner]], German chemist, zymologist, and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1917)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Hendrik Offerhaus]], Dutch rower (d. 1953)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Patrick Leahy (athlete)|Pat Leahy]], Irish-American jumper (d. 1927)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Hans Meerwein]], German chemist (d. 1965)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Sigrid Undset]], Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1949)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Faisal I of Iraq]] (d. 1933)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Ali Sami Yen]], Turkish footballer and manager, founded the [[Galatasaray S.K.|Galatasaray Sports Club]] (d. 1951)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Chandrashekarendra Saraswati]], Indian guru and scholar (d. 1994)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[R. J. Mitchell]], English engineer, designed the [[Supermarine Spitfire]] and [[Supermarine S.6B]] (d. 1937)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Diego Abad de Santillán]], Spanish economist and author (d. 1983)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Malcolm Nokes]], English hammer and discus thrower (d. 1986)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Eduard Ole]], Estonian painter (d. 1995)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Deyneka]], Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1969)
*  1899   &ndash; [[John Marshall Harlan II]], American lawyer and jurist (d. 1971)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Sumitranandan Pant]], Indian poet and author (d. 1977)