Editing September 27 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1601]] &ndash; [[Louis XIII of France]] (d. 1643)
*[[1627]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet]], French bishop and theologian (d. 1704)
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[Solomon Stoddard]], American pastor and librarian (d. 1729)
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia]] (d. 1704)
*[[1677]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1754)
*[[1696]] &ndash; [[Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori]], Italian bishop and saint (d. 1787)
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[Abraham Gotthelf Kästner]], German mathematician and epigrammatist (d. 1800)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Samuel Adams]], American philosopher and politician, fourth [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1803)
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[Michael Denis]], Austrian lepidopterist, author, and poet (d. 1800)
*[[1739]] &ndash; [[Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock]], Irish politician (d. 1767)
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille]], French general (d. 1794)
*[[1772]] &ndash; [[Martha Jefferson Randolph]], daughter of [[Thomas Jefferson]] who had twelve children (d. 1836)
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Agustín de Iturbide]], Mexican royalist turned insurgent; first emperor of Mexico (d. 1824)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Samuel Francis Du Pont]], American admiral (d. 1865)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[George Müller]], German-English evangelist and missionary, founded the [[New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol|Ashley Down Orphanage]] (d. 1898)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Hermann Kolbe]], German chemist and academic (d. 1884)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Henri-Frédéric Amiel]], Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[William "Bull" Nelson]], American general (d. 1862)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[William Babcock Hazen]], American general (d. 1887)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Sullivan Ross]], American general and politician, 19th [[Governor of Texas]] (d. 1898)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Alfred Thayer Mahan]], American captain and historian (d. 1914)
*  1840   &ndash; [[Thomas Nast]], German-American cartoonist (d. 1902)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Alphonse François Renard]], Belgian geologist and petrographer (d. 1903)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Gaston Tarry]], French mathematician and academic (d. 1913)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Corinne Roosevelt Robinson]], American poet and author (d. 1933)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Andrej Hlinka]], Slovak priest and politician (d. 1938)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Eurosia Fabris]], Italian saint (d. 1932)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Grazia Deledda]], Italian novelist and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1936)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Vithalbhai Patel]],  Indian legislator and political leader (d. 1933)<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283981|title=Vithalbhai Patel Life And Times Book Two|last=Gordhanbhai I. Patel}}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Hans Hahn (mathematician)|Hans Hahn]], Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934)
*  1879   &ndash; [[Frederick Schule]], American hurdler and coach (d. 1962)
*  1879   &ndash; [[Cyril Scott]], English poet and composer (d. 1970)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Greenhough-Smith]], English figure skater and tennis player (d. 1965)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Harry Blackstone, Sr.]], American magician (d. 1965)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Charles Benjamin Howard]], Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1964)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[George Bambridge]], English diplomat (d. 1943)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Lothar von Richthofen]], German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1922)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Ashton]], English cricketer (d. 1981)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Sam Ervin]], American soldier and politician (d. 1985)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Vincent Youmans]], American composer and producer (d. 1946)