Editing November 17 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Agnes of Jesus]], French Catholic nun (d. 1634)
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Dorgon]], Chinese prince and regent (d. 1650)
*[[1681]] &ndash; [[Pierre François le Courayer]], French theologian and author (d. 1776)
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye|Pierre Gaultier de Varennes]], Canadian commander and explorer (d. 1749)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain|Maria Antonia Ferdinanda]], Sardinian queen consort (d. 1785)<ref>{{cite book | last=Commire | first=Anne | title=Women in World History | volume=10 | place=Detroit | publisher=Gale | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-81030-068-2 | page=[https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau10anne/page/313 313] | url=https://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau10anne/page/313 }}</ref>
*[[1749]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Appert]], French chef, invented [[canning]] (d. 1841)<ref>{{cite book | last=Featherstone | first=Susan | title=Complete Course in Canning and Related Processes. Volume 3: Processing Procedures for Canned Food Products | place=Amsterdam | publisher=Elsevier | year=2016 | isbn=978-0-8570-9679-1 | page=xxx}}</ref>
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg]], American pastor and botanist (d. 1815)<ref>{{cite book | last=Kail | first=Jerry | title=Who was who during the American Revolution | place=Philadelphia | publisher=Bobbs-Merrill | year=1976 | isbn=978-0-6725-2216-1 | page=[https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoduringa00kail/page/357 357] | url=https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoduringa00kail/page/357 }}</ref>
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Louis XVIII of France|Louis XVIII]], king of France (d. 1824)
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Jacques MacDonald]], French general (d. 1840)
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Charlotte Georgine]], duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[August Ferdinand Möbius]], German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1868)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Charles Lock Eastlake]], English painter, historian, and academic (d. 1865)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[August Wilhelm Ambros]], Austrian composer and historian (d. 1876)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Petko Slaveykov]], Bulgarian journalist and poet (d. 1895)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Andrew L. Harris]], American general and politician, 44th [[Governor of Ohio]] (d. 1915)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Hubert Lyautey]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of War]] (d. 1934)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Joseph Babinski]], French neurologist and academic (d. 1932)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Voltairine de Cleyre]], American author and activist (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite book | last=Brigati | first=A.J. | title=The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader | place=Oakland | publisher=A.K. Press | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-9025-9387-6| page=iv}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Korbinian Brodmann]], German neurologist and academic (d. 1918)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Frank Calder]], English-Canadian journalist and businessman (d. 1943)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Grace Abbott]], American social worker (d. 1939)<ref>{{cite book | last=Ford | first=Lynne E. | title=Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics | place=New York | publisher=Facts of File | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-8160-5491-6 | page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000unse_i1x8/page/1 1] | url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000unse_i1x8/page/1 }}</ref>
*  1878   &ndash; [[Augustus Goessling]], American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1963)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Walter Terence Stace]], English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant (d. 1967)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein]], English field marshal (d. 1976)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Lester Allen]], American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director (d. 1949)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Gregorio López (writer)|Gregorio López]], Mexican journalist, author, and poet (d. 1966)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Lev Vygotsky]], Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher (d. 1934)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Frank Fay (American actor)|Frank Fay]], American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1961)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Douglas Shearer]], Canadian-American engineer (d. 1971)