Editing October 23 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp]], Swedish queen (d. 1715)
*[[1654]] &ndash; [[Johann Bernhard Staudt]], Austrian composer (d. 1712)
*[[1698]] &ndash; [[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]], French architect, designed the [[École Militaire]] (d. 1782)
*[[1705]] &ndash; [[Maximilian Ulysses Browne]], Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Pieter Burman the Younger]], Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (d. 1778)
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Samuel Morey]], American engineer (d. 1843)
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy]], French general (d. 1847)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Chauncey Allen Goodrich]], American minister, lexicographer, and educator (d. 1860)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Stefano Franscini]], Swiss statistician and politician (d. 1857)<ref>{{cite book|title=The New Encyclopaedia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9gqAAAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|isbn=978-0-85229-290-7|page=285}}</ref>
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[Albert Lortzing]], German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1851)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[John Russell Bartlett]], American linguist and historian (d. 1886)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Leichhardt]], German-Australian explorer (d. 1848)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe]], Brazilian politician (d. 1889)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Pierre Larousse]], French lexicographer and author (d. 1875)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Gustav Spörer]], German astronomer (d. 1895)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg]], Finnish priest and father of [[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg|K. J. Ståhlberg]], the first [[President of Finland]] (d. 1873)<ref>[http://www.kirjastovirma.fi/henkilogalleria/St%C3%A5hlberg_Johan_Gabriel Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg – KirjastoVirma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624160714/https://www.kirjastovirma.fi/henkilogalleria/St%C3%A5hlberg_Johan_Gabriel |date=24 June 2021 }} (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Adlai Stevenson I]], American lawyer and politician, 23rd [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. 1914)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Moritz Kaposi]], Hungarian dermatologist (d. 1902)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Sarah Bernhardt]], French actress (d. 1923)
*  1844   &ndash; [[Robert Bridges]], English poet and playwright (d. 1930)<ref name=Trawicky>{{cite book |last1=Trawicky |first1=Bernard |title=Anniversaries and Holidays |date=16 April 2009 |publisher=American Library Association |isbn=978-0-8389-1004-7 |page=176 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Anniversaries_and_Holidays/dp2TAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA176&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Juan Luna]], Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 1899)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Mirko Breyer]], Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the [[Stara Gradiška concentration camp]] (d. 1946)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Neltje Blanchan]], American historian and author (d. 1918)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[John Heisman]], American football player and coach (d. 1936)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Francis Kelley]], Canadian-American bishop (d. 1948)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[William D. Coolidge]], American physicist and engineer (d. 1975)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Charles Kilpatrick (athlete)|Charles Kilpatrick]], American runner and educator (d. 1921)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Gilbert N. Lewis]], American chemist and academic (d. 1946)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Franz Schlegelberger]], German judge and politician, [[Reich Ministry of Justice]] (d. 1970)
*[[1878]] – [[Jaan Lattik]], Estonian pastor and politician, 9th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (d. 1967)<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2019 |title=Lattik, Jaan, 1878-1967 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90708761.html |access-date=13 February 2025 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Dominikus Böhm]], German architect (d. 1955)
*  1880   &ndash; [[Una O'Connor (actress)|Una O'Connor]], Irish-American actress and singer (d. 1959)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Hugo Wast]], Argentine writer (d. 1962)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Lawren Harris]], Canadian painter and educator (d. 1970)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Onésime Gagnon]], Canadian scholar and politician, 20th [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] (d. 1961)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Speckled Red]], American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Rube Bressler]], American baseball player (d. 1966)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Emma Vyssotsky]], American astronomer and academic (d. 1975)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Hilario Abellana]], Filipino politician (d. 1945)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Quirino |first1=Carlos |title=New Philippines : a book on the building up of a new nation |date=1934 |publisher=Carmelo & Bauermann |page=404 }}</ref>
*  1896   &ndash; [[Lilyan Tashman]], American actress (d. 1934)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[John Baker (RAF officer)|John Baker]], English air marshal (d. 1978)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena, 2nd Marquis of Luca de Tena|Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena]], Spanish writer (d. 1975)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Bernt Balchen]], Norwegian aviator (d. 1973)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Douglas Jardine]], Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)