Editing November 18 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1630]] &ndash; [[Eleonora Gonzaga (1630–1686)|Eleonora Gonzaga]], Italian wife of [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. 1686)
*[[1647]] &ndash; [[Pierre Bayle]], French philosopher and author (d. 1706)<ref>{{cite book|title=¬The Encyclopaedia Britannica a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTPNjHbK_CMC&pg=PA194|year=1878|publisher=Ad. and Charles Black|page=194}}</ref>
*[[1727]] &ndash; [[Philibert Commerson]], French physician and explorer (d. 1773)
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch]], German [[harpsichord]] player and composer (d. 1800)
*[[1756]] &ndash; [[Thomas Burgess (bishop, born 1756)|Thomas Burgess]], English bishop and philosopher (d. 1837)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806)|Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia]] (d. 1806)<ref>{{cite book|author=Louis Ferdinand (Prince of Prussia)|title=The Rebel Prince: Memoirs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kbJGAAAAMAAJ|year=1952|publisher=H. Regnery|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands]] (d. 1837)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[David Wilkie (artist)|David Wilkie]], Scottish painter and academic (d. 1841)
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Carl Maria von Weber]], German composer and conductor (d. 1826)
*[[1787]] &ndash; [[Louis Daguerre]], French artist, photographer and inventor (d. 1851)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's: The Day-by-Day Directory to Special Days, Weeks and Month: Calendar of Events|publisher=Contemporary Publishing Group, Incorporated|year=2000|page=576}}</ref>
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora]], Italian general and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. 1878)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Asa Gray]], American botanist and academic (d. 1888)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld]], Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer (d. 1901)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[James Patterson (Australian politician)|James Patterson]], English-Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1895)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[W. S. Gilbert]], English playwright, poet, and illustrator (d. 1911)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jane W. Stedman|author2=Professor of English Emeritus Jane W Stedman|title=W.S. Gilbert: A Classic Victorian and His Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMTyyClJBsgC&pg=PA3|year=1996|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-816174-5|pages=3}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[August Kundt]], German physicist and educator (d. 1894)
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929)|Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia]] (d. 1929)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]], Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland]] (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite book|author=Marian Marek Drozdowski|title=Ignacy Jan Paderewski: A Political Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92sIAQAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Interpress|isbn=978-83-223-1771-6|page=15}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[John Matthew Moore]], American politician (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hardy|last2=Roberts|first1=Dermot H.|first2=Ingham S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1uYxAQAAMAAJ|title=Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders Leaders and Representative Men of its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs|pages=606, 607|volume=II|publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company|publication-place=Chicago|date=1910|via=Google Books|isbn=1-58103-432-6}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Henry Daglish]], Australian politician, [[Premier of Western Australia]] (d. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gibbney |first1=H. J. |title=Henry Daglish (1866–1920) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/daglish-henry-5862 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=27 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Robert Hugh Benson]], English Catholic priest and novelist (d. 1914)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martindale |first1=C. C. |author1-link=C. C. Martindale |title=The Life of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson |volume=1 |date=1916 |publisher=Longmans, Green and Co. |location=London |page=8 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.179885/page/n31/mode/2up}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Clarence Day]], American author and poet (d. 1935)<ref>{{cite web|date=29 December 1935|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/12/29/archives/0lar3e-day-6i-author-is-dead-his-latest-best-seller-life-with.html|title=Clarence Day, 61, Author, Is Dead|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Victor Hémery]], French racing driver (d. 1950)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Naum Torbov]], Bulgarian architect, designed the [[Central Sofia Market Hall]] (d. 1952)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Amelita Galli-Curci]], Italian-American soprano (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite book|author=Clarence Edward Le Massena|title=Galli-Curci's Life of Song|publisher=Paebar Company|year=1945|page=117}}</ref>
*  1882   &ndash; [[Wyndham Lewis]], English painter and critic (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wyndham Lewis {{!}} British Artist, Writer & Critic {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wyndham-Lewis |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1882   &ndash; [[Jacques Maritain]], French philosopher and author (d. 1973)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Frances Gertrude McGill]], pioneering Canadian [[forensic pathologist]] (d. 1959)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.|date=2005|publisher=University of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Center|others=University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center.|isbn=0889771758|location=Regina|page=584|oclc=57639332}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Carl Vinson]], American judge and politician (d. 1981)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Münnich]], Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th [[List of Prime Ministers of Hungary|Prime Minister of Hungary]] (d. 1967)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Frances Marion]], American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (d. 1973)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Without Lying Down|last=Beauchamp|first=Cari|publisher=University of California Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-520-21492-7|pages=22–37}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Stanislav Kosior]], Polish-Russian politician (d. 1939)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Gio Ponti]], Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher.(d. 1979)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett]], English physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1974)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Eugene Ormandy]], Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1985)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Howard Thurman]], American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (d. 1981)