Editing October 12 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[William Chillingworth]], English scholar and theologian (d. 1644)
*[[1614]] &ndash; [[Henry More]], English philosopher (d. 1687)
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[Sylvius Leopold Weiss]], German lute player and composer (d. 1750)
*[[1710]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Trumbull]], American colonel and politician, 16th [[Governor of Connecticut]] (d. 1785)
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Étienne Louis Geoffroy]], French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Christian Gmelin]], German chemist and pharmacist (d. 1860)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Pedro I of Brazil|Pedro I]], emperor of Brazil (d. 1834)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Frey-Herosé]], Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (d. 1873)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[William J. Hardee]], American general (d. 1873)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[George Thorn]], Australian politician, 6th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1905)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Helena Modjeska]], Polish-American actress (d. 1909)<ref>{{cite book | last=Dearinger | first=Kevin Lane | title=The Bard in the Bluegrass: Two Centuries of Shakespearean Performance in Lexington, Kentucky | place=Jefferson, North Carolina | publisher=McFarland & Co. | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-7864-2895-3 | page=179}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Arthur Nikisch]], Hungarian conductor and academic (d. 1922)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Elmer Ambrose Sperry]], American engineer and businessman, co-invented the [[gyrocompass]] (d. 1930)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Kamini Roy]], British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer (d. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.observerbd.com/2015/09/29/112606.php|title=Kamini Roy's 82nd death anniversary today|website=www.observerbd.com|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Arthur Harden]], English biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1940)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Ramsay MacDonald]], Scottish journalist and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1937)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[August Horch]], German engineer and businessman, founded [[Audi]] (d. 1951)
*  1868   &ndash; [[Mariano Trías]], Filipino general and politician, 1st [[Vice President of the Philippines]] (d. 1914)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], English composer and educator (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite book | last=Steinberg | first=Michael | title=Choral Masterworks:A Listener's Guide | place=Oxford | publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2008 | isbn=978-0-1953-4066-2 |page=288}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Burke (baseball)|Jimmy Burke]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1942)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Aleister Crowley]], English magician and author (d. 1947)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Truxtun Hare]], American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1956)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Louis Hémon]], French-Canadian author (d. 1913)
*  1880   &ndash; [[Kullervo Manner]], Finnish [[Speaker of the Parliament of Finland|Speaker of the Parliament]], the [[Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic|Prime Minister of the FSWR]] and the Supreme Commander of the [[Red Guard (Finland)|Red Guards]] (d. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://finland100.fi/persons/manner-kullervo/|title=Manner, Kullervo – Svinhufvud|website=Finland100.fi|access-date=October 26, 2020|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Dietrich von Hildebrand]], German Catholic philosopher and author (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Shook |editor1-first=John R. |editor2-last=Hull |editor2-first=Richard T. |title=Dictionary Of Modern American Philosophers |date=2005 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Academic]] |page=1114 |isbn=978-1-84371-037-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ijpj1tB3Qr0C&q=Dietrich%20von%20Hildebrand}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Edith Stein]], Polish nun and martyr; later canonized (d. 1942)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Fumimaro Konoe]], Japanese soldier and politician, 39th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. 1945)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Gilda dalla Rizza]], Italian soprano and actress (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite book | last=Macy | first=Laura | title=Grove Book of Opera Singers | place=Oxford | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-1953-3765-5 | page=107}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Velvalee Dickinson]], American spy (d. 1980)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Romania]], queen consort of Greece (d. 1956)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Eugenio Montale]], Italian poet and translator, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1975/montale/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>