Editing October 19 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[Thomas Browne]], English physician and author (d. 1682)
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Gerrard Winstanley]], English Protestant religious reformer (d. 1676)
*[[1610]] &ndash; [[James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde]], English-Irish general, academic, and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1688)
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[Charles of Sezze]], Italian Franciscan friar and saint (d. 1670)
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (d. 1704)
*[[1676]] &ndash; [[Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes]], Portuguese diplomat (d. 1733)<ref name="Sousa1755">{{Cite book |title=Memórias Históricas e Genealógicas dos Grandes de Portugal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h2aHDJ7h-r4C |last=Sousa |first=António Caetano de |publisher=Regia Officina Sylviana, e da Academia Real |year=1755 |location=Lisbon |pages=47–58}}</ref>
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[John Abernethy (minister)|John Abernethy]], Irish minister (d. 1740)
*[[1688]] &ndash; [[William Cheselden]], English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752)
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie]], French general and politician, [[Secretary of State for War (France)|French Secretary of State for War]] (d. 1804)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[John Woolman]], American-English preacher, journalist, and activist (d. 1772)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Joseph de Guignes]], French orientalist and sinologist (d. 1800)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Leigh Hunt]], English poet and critic (d. 1859)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Theophilos Kairis]], Greek priest and philosopher (d. 1853)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Cassius Marcellus Clay (politician)|Cassius Marcellus Clay]], American journalist, lawyer, and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Russia]] (d. 1903)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Theodoros Vryzakis]], Greek painter (d. 1878)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Ralph Tollemache]], English priest (d. 1895)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Annie Smith Peck]], American mountaineer and academic (d. 1935)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[George Albert Boulenger]], Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (d. 1937)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Auguste Lumière]], French director and producer (d. 1954)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Bertha Knight Landes]], American academic and politician, [[Mayor of Seattle]] (d. 1943)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Jaap Eden]], Dutch speed skater and cyclist (d. 1925)
*  1873   &ndash; [[Bart King]], American cricketer (d. 1965)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Mordecai Brown]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1945)
*  1876   &ndash; [[Mihkel Pung]], Estonian lawyer and politician, 11th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (d. 1941)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Emma Bell Miles]], American writer, poet, and artist (d. 1919)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Umberto Boccioni]], Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1916)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Charles E. Merrill]], American banker and philanthropist, co-founded [[Merrill Lynch|Merrill Lynch Wealth Management]] (d. 1956)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Frank Durbin]], American soldier (d. 1999)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Lewis Mumford]], American historian, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1990)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Bob O'Farrell]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1988)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Salimuzzaman Siddiqui]], Pakistani chemist and scholar (d. 1994)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Miguel Ángel Asturias]], Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1974)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Erna Berger]], German soprano and actress (d. 1990)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Bill Ponsford]], Australian cricketer and baseball player (d. 1991)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Roy Worters]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)