Editing October 24 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek]], Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723)
*[[1637]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Magalotti]], Italian philosopher (died 1712)
*[[1650]] &ndash; [[Steven Blankaart]], Dutch entomologist (died 1704)
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham]], English field marshal and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire]] (died 1749)
*[[1713]] &ndash; [[Marie Fel]], French soprano and actress (died 1794)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Musical Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBKTiY-V1vcC|year=1923|publisher=G. Schirmer|page=483|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820020215/https://books.google.com/books?id=xBKTiY-V1vcC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Dorothea von Schlegel]], German author and translator (died 1839)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Moses Montefiore]], British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (died 1885)<ref>{{cite book|author=Shlomoh Umberto Nahon|title=Sir Moses Montefiore, Leghorn 1784 – Ramsgate 1885: A Life in the Service of Jewry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QMVtAAAAMAAJ|year=1965|publisher=Bureau for Jewish Communities and Organizations of the Jewish Agency|page=12|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819202609/https://books.google.com/books?id=QMVtAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Sarah Josepha Hale]], American author and poet (died 1879) 
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Massimo d'Azeglio]], Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (died 1866)<ref>{{cite book|author=Massimo d' Azeglio|title=Recollections of Massimo D'Azeglio; Translated, with Notes and an Introduction, by Count Maffei|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ff8QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61|year=1868|publisher=Chapman and Hall|page=61|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819064054/https://books.google.com/books?id=ff8QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Eduard Weber]], German physicist and academic (died 1891)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Hiller]], German composer and conductor (died 1885)
*  1811   &ndash; [[Georg August Wallin]], Finnish explorer, [[Orientalism|orientalist]], and professor (died 1852)<ref>[https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/georg-august-wallin-var-var-forsta-wallraffare/ Georg August Wallin var vår första wallraffare] - ''[[Hufvudstadsbladet]]'' (in Swedish)</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Marianne North]], English biologist and painter (died 1890)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Annie Edson Taylor]], American stuntwoman and educator (died 1921)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom]], Dutch chemist and academic (died 1907)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ira Remsen|author2=Charles August Rouiller|title=American Chemical Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbI_AAAAYAAJ|year=1907|publisher=American Chemical Society|page=415|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807010109/https://books.google.com/books?id=TbI_AAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[James S. Sherman]], American lawyer and politician, 27th [[Vice President of the United States]] (died 1912)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Ned Williamson]], American baseball player (died 1894)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Alexandra David-Néel]], Belgian-French explorer and author (died 1969)<ref>{{cite book|editor=Jennifer Speake|editor-link=Jennifer Speake|title=Literature of Travel and Exploration: A to F|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=on2ShbwVzp4C&pg=PA320|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-425-2|page=320|access-date=2020-01-17|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819170331/https://books.google.com/books?id=on2ShbwVzp4C&pg=PA320|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Peter O'Connor (athlete)|Peter O'Connor]], Irish long jumper (died 1957)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[E. T. Whittaker]], British mathematician and physicist (died 1956)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Temple|first=G. F. J.|author-link=George Frederick James Temple|date=1 November 1956|title=Edmund Taylor Whittaker, 1873–1956|journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]]|volume=2|pages=299–325|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1956.0021|s2cid=121968984 | doi-access = free}}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Yuon]], Russian painter and set designer (died 1958)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Saya San]], Burmese monk and activist (died 1931)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[B. A. Rolfe]], American bandleader and producer (died 1956)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Sybil Thorndike]], English actress (died 1976)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Emil Fjellström]], Swedish actor (died 1944)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Alice Perry]], Irish engineer and poet (died 1969)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg]] (died 1969)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Octave Lapize]], French cyclist and pilot (died 1917)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Rafael Trujillo]], Dominican soldier and politician, 36th [[President of the Dominican Republic]] (died 1961)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Brenda Ueland]], American journalist, author, and educator (died 1985)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay]], Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1987)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]], English actor and singer (died 1981)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Joyner]], American make-up artist and businesswoman (died 1994)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Peng Dehuai]], Chinese general, 1st [[Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China]] (died 1974)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Teikō Shiotani]], Japanese photographer (died 1988)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://teiko.jp/profile.php | title=Purofīru | script-title=ja:プロフィール | trans-title=Profile | work=Teiko Shiotani Memorial Photo Gallery | access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref>