Editing September 16 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1615]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Bach]], German organist and composer (d. 1692)
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Gregorio Barbarigo]], Roman Catholic saint (d. 1697)
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Engelbert Kaempfer]], German physician and botanist (d. 1716)
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Antoine Parent]], French mathematician and theorist (d. 1716)
*[[1678]] &ndash; [[Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke]], English philosopher and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Southern Department]] (d. 1751)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Angelo Maria Amorevoli]], Italian tenor and actor (d. 1798)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Christie (British Army officer)|Gabriel Christie]], Scottish-Canadian general (d. 1799)
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Desmarest]], French geologist, zoologist, and author (d. 1815)
*[[1745]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Kutuzov]], Russian field marshal (d. 1813)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grossman |first1=Mark |title=World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary |date=2007 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-0-8160-7477-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSJoaugn2h8C&q=Mikhail+Kutuzov+Saint+Petersburg+16+September+1745&pg=PA187 |access-date=September 5, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[Nathan Mayer Rothschild]], German-English banker and financier (d. 1836)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Daoguang Emperor]] of China (d. 1850)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint]], Dutch novelist (d. 1886)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lia|last=Van Gemert|title=Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200–1875: A Bilingual Anthology|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|year=2011|page=528|isbn=978-9-08964-129-8}}</ref>
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Charles Crocker]], American businessman (d. 1888)<ref name="CCObit1888">{{cite news|title=Obituary. Charles Crocker|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1888/08/15/archives/obituary-1-no-title.html|access-date=4 April 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=15 August 1888}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Francis Parkman]], American historian and author (d. 1893)
*  1823   &ndash; [[Ludwik Teichmann]], Polish anatomist (d. 1895)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khm.cm-uj.krakow.pl/historia-wydzialow-lekarskich-w-polsce/#|title=Ludwik Karol Teichmann|website=khm.cm-uj.krakow.pl|language=pl|access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Jean Albert Gaudry]], French geologist and paleontologist (d. 1908)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Per Pålsson]], Swedish murderer (d. 1914)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Patrick Francis Moran]], Irish-Australian cardinal (d. 1911)
*[[1837]] &ndash; [[Pedro V of Portugal]] (d. 1861)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[James J. Hill]], Canadian-American railroad executive (d. 1916)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Paul Taffanel]], French flute player and conductor (d. 1908)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Anna Kingsford]], English author, poet, and activist (d. 1888)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Albrecht Kossel]], German physician and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1927)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Edward Marshall Hall]], English lawyer and politician (d. 1927)
*  1858   &ndash; [[Bonar Law]], Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1923)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Yuan Shikai]], Chinese general and politician, [[President of the Republic of China]] (d. 1916)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Miriam Benjamin]], African-American educator and inventor (d. 1947)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Georg Voigt (politician)|Georg Voigt]], German lawyer and politician, [[List of mayors of Marburg|Mayor of Marburg]] (d. 1927)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[John Pius Boland]], Irish tennis player and politician (d. 1958)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[James Cash Penney]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[J. C. Penney]] (d. 1971)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Marvin Hart]], American boxer (d. 1931)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Jacob Schick]], American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded [[Schick (razors)|Schick Razors]] (d. 1937)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Karl Albiker]], German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (d. 1961)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Clara Ayres]], American nurse (d. 1917)
*  1880   &ndash; [[Alfred Noyes]], English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1958)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Clive Bell]], English philosopher and critic (d. 1964)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[T. E. Hulme]], English poet and critic (d. 1917)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Jean Arp]], Alsatian sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Nadia Boulanger]], French composer and educator (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite book|first=Peter|last=Lavezzoli|title=The Dawn of Indian Music in the West|location=London|publisher=Continuum|year=2007|isbn=978-0-82642-819-6|page=126}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[W. O. Bentley]], English race car driver and engineer, founded [[Bentley|Bentley Motors Limited]] (d. 1971)
*  1888   &ndash; [[Frans Eemil Sillanpää]], Finnish author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1964)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Avigdor Hameiri]], Israeli author (d. 1970)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Karl Dönitz]], German admiral and politician, [[List of German presidents|President of Germany]] (d. 1980)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Stephanie von Hohenlohe]], Austrian-German spy (d. 1972)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Alexander Korda]], Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1956)
*  1893   &ndash; [[Albert Szent-Györgyi]], Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1986)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Albert Szent-Györgyi: Facts |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1937/szent-gyorgyi/facts/ |access-date=January 5, 2025 |website=The Nobel Prize}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Zainal Abidin Ahmad (writer)|Zainal Abidin Ahmad]], Malaysian author and scholar (d. 1973)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Milt Franklyn]], American composer (d. 1962)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[H. A. Rey]], American author and illustrator, co-created ''[[Curious George]]'' (d. 1977)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Hans Swarowsky]], Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (d. 1975)