• 1528 - Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland
• 1545 - Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II
• 1574 - Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
• 1604 - Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer (Arien oder Melodien)
• 1621 - Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)
• 1637 - Johann Georg Ebeling, composer
• 1638 - Matteo Coferati, composer
• 1757 - Richard Wainwright, composer
• 1809 - Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
• 1819 - Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
• 1819 - Vatroslav Lisinski, composer
• 1821 - William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General (Union volunteers)
• 1824 - Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General (Union volunteers)
• 1826 - Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1826 - Robert Kingston Scott, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1829 - Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer
• 1836 - Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies
• 1838 - Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor (rigid dirigibles)
• 1839 - John D Rockefeller, US capitalist/founder (Standard Oil)
• 1844 - Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator (Boston Cooking School)
• 1851 - Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist (Crete)
• 1857 - Rudolf Dellinger, composer
• 1867 - K„the Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor (Bauernkrieg)
• 1869 - William V Moody, US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer)
• 1870 - Marie C of Zeggelen, Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje)
• 1871 - Clement Harris, composer
• 1871 - Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam)
• 1882 - Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs)
• 1882 - Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal
• 1885 - Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands
• 1885 - Emil Bloch, German philosopher
• 1889 - Eugene Pallette, Winfield KS, actor (Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro)
• 1890 - W Hasenvlever, writer
• 1891 - Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Poor Part, Bruidstijd)
• 1891 - Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Working Day)
• 1892 - Richard Aldington, writer
• 1893 - Fritz Perls, father of Gestalt therapy
• 1894 - Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist
• 1895 - Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (God & the Worms)
• 1898 - Alec Waugh, London, novelist (Island in the Sun); brother of Evelyn
• 1898 - Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor (Barton-City Hospital)
• 1899 - David Eli Lilienthal, US govt organizer (Wisconsin)
• 1900 - George Antheil, Trenton NJ, composer (Airplane Sonata)
• 1901 - Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist
• 1904 - Bill Challis, arranger/pianist
• 1906 - Philip Johnson, Cleveland Ohio, Cortalyou architect
• 1907 - George W Romney, (Gov-R-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD (1969-73)
• 1907 - Kishio Hirao, composer
• 1908 - Louis Jordan, Ark, alto saxman (Caldonia)
• 1908 - Nelson A Rockefeller, (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP (1974-77)
• 1909 - Petar Segedin, Croatian novelist (Holy Devil)
• 1910 - Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader (ANC/SACP)
• 1911 - Gertrude Niesen, NY, actress (Start Cheering)
• 1911 - Ken Farnes, cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years)
• 1912 - Jacques Stehman, composer
• 1913 - Walter Kerr, NY drama critic (Sad Clowns)
• 1914 - Billy Eckstine, Pittsburgh PA, jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love)
• 1915 - Charles Hard Townes, Greenville SC, physicist (developed lasers)
• 1917 - Faye Emerson, Elizabeth La, actress (I've Got a Secret)
• 1917 - Glenn Langan, Denver Colo, actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie)
• 1917 - Pamela Brown, London England, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett)
• 1918 - Craig Stevens, Liberty Mo, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn)
• 1919 - Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president
• 1920 - Dolph Sweet, NYC, actor (Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up)
• 1923 - Harrison Dillard, Cleve, 100m runner (Oly-4 gold-1948, 52)
• 1926 - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, author/physician/educator
• 1926 - John D Dingell, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1955- )
• 1927 - Carlo Franci, composer
• 1928 - Carol Henry, Newark NJ, choreographer (Garry Moore Show)
• 1928 - Norma Donaldson, singer/actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats)
• 1929 - Shirley Ann Grau, author (Keepers of the House)
• 1930 - Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky, Russian cosmonaut
• 1931 - Jerry Vale, [Genaro Louis Vitaliano], NYC, singer (Arriverderci Roma)
• 1931 - Louis Ballard, composer
• 1931 - Roone Arledge, Forest Hills NY, head of sports broadcasting (ABC)
• 1933 - Marty Feldman, London England, comedian (Young Frankenstein)
• 1935 - John David Crow, football player (Heisman Trophy 1957)
• 1935 - Steve Lawrence, Bkln, singer/actor (Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy)
• 1935 - Vitali Ivanovich Sevastiyanov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 9, 18B)
• 1936 - Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA (L)
• 1937 - Barbara Ann Loden, actress (Ernie Kovac's Show)
• 1938 - Marian Ackerman, women's rights advocacy administrator
• 1940 - Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)
• 1942 - Chuck Negron, Bronx NY, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
• 1942 - Janice Pennington, Kansas, playmate (May 1971)/model (Price is Right)
• 1942 - Phil Gramm, (Sen-R Texas, 1985- )
• 1943 - Faye Wattleton, St Louis Mo, sociologist/pres (Planned Parenthood)
• 1944 - Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, US rock drummer (Allman Brothers)
• 1944 - Jeffrey Tambor, SF Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Ropers, Larry Sanders)
• 1946 - Cynthia Gregory, LA, ballerina (NY Ballet Co)
• 1948 - Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actr (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man)
• 1948 - Raffi, children's singer (Baby Beluga)
• 1951 - Andy Fletcher, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough)
• 1951 - Anjelica Huston, LA Calif, actress (Prizzi's Honor, Alien)
• 1951 - Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot)
• 1951 - Pleas Ned Sublette, composer
• 1952 - Ulrich Wehling, German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
• 1953 - Jonathan Segal, NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase)
• 1956 - Millard Frank Hampton, Fresno Cal, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1956 - Russell Christian, rocker (Christians-Harvest the World)
• 1957 - Clyde Butts, cricketer (West Indies off-spinner late eighties)
• 1958 - Carlos Cavazo, rocker (Quiet Riot-We're Not Gonna Take It)
• 1958 - Fred Young, Glasgow Ky, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
• 1958 - Kevin Bacon, Phila Pa, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby)
• 1960 - Jeff Stork, Longview Wash, volleyball setter (Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96)
• 1960 - Valarie Pettiford, actress (Courtney Walker-Another World)
• 1960 - Valerie Pettiford, NYC, actress (Sheila Price-One Life to Live)
• 1961 - Graham Jones, rock guitarist (Haircut 100)
• 1962 - Martin Pavlu, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
• 1962 - Rob Burnett, North Caldwell NJ, head writer (David Letterman)
• 1963 - Bob Ctvrtlik, Long Beach Cal, volleyball outsider (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96)
• 1963 - Mike Ridley, Winnipeg, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
• 1963 - Pablo Magallon, jockey
• 1964 - Alexei Gusarov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
• 1964 - Maryalice Demler, N Tonawanda NY, Miss NY-America (1991)
• 1965 - Corey Parker, NYC, actor (How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd)
• 1967 - Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998)
• 1968 - C B Washington, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1968 - Glen Featherstone, Toronto, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
• 1968 - Michael Weatherly, NYC, actor (Cooper Alden-The City/Loving)
• 1968 - Michel Langerak, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
• 1969 - Bobby Ayala, Oxnard CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
• 1969 - Dana Hall, NFL safety (Cleve Browns)
• 1969 - Ernie Young, Chicago IL, outfielder (Oakland A's)
• 1969 - Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach CA, WPVA volleyballer (National-4th-1995)
• 1969 - Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress (Shannon-Santa Barbara)
• 1970 - Lisa Powell, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Marlies Askamp, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
• 1970 - Todd Martin, Hinsdale Ill, tennis star (1988 USTA Boys' 18)
• 1971 - Jeff Kopp, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
• 1971 - John Achterberg, soccer player (NAC)
• 1971 - Wendy Benson, NYC, actress (Meredith-As the World Turns)
• 1972 - Brandon Rock, Las Vegas Nevada, 800m runner
• 1972 - Jay Bellamy, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1972 - Karl Dykhuis, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
• 1972 - Saurav Ganguly, cricketer (centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996)
• 1972 - Tom Hutton, NFL punter/kicker (Phila Eagles)
• 1973 - Kathleen Robertson, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
• 1974 - Demetrius Allen, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1976 - Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
• 1976 - Staci Wilson, Livingston NJ, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
• 1992 - Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0810 - Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
• 0975 - Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
• 1115 - Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
• 1153 - Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
• 1249 - Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51
• 1253 - Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
• 1496 - Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies
• 1531 - Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71
• 1538 - Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
• 1623 - Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
• 1656 - Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
• 1679 - Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
• 1681 - Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60
• 1695 - Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66
• 1822 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
• 1859 - F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
• 1863 - Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65
• 1870 - John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79
• 1876 - Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78
• 1882 - Phiz [Habl“t Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies
• 1885 - Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39
• 1885 - Henry Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies
• 1894 - Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies
• 1909 - Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
• 1919 - Johan A DŠr Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56
• 1932 - Florenz Ziegfeld, US theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies
• 1939 - [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man & Woman), dies at 80
• 1941 - Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62
• 1942 - Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83
• 1942 - Louis FMF Franchet d'EspŠrey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90
• 1943 - Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered
• 1943 - Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed
• 1946 - Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63
• 1948 - Dave Nourse, cricketer (45 Tests for South Africa 1902-24), dies
• 1949 - Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
• 1949 - Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66
• 1950 - Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71
• 1956 - Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
• 1956 - Giovanni Papini, Italian author/poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75
• 1957 - Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78
• 1957 - Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81
• 1957 - William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89
• 1959 - Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
• 1961 - Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60
• 1969 - Gladys Swarthout, opera singer/actress (Ambush), dies at 64
• 1973 - Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (4187 1st-class wickets, most ever), dies
• 1979 - John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64
• 1979 - Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies
• 1981 - Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86
• 1982 - Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77
• 1984 - Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges), dies at 73
• 1984 - Franz Fhmann, writer, dies at 62
• 1985 - Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82
• 1985 - Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72
• 1985 - Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84
• 1990 - Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72
• 1990 - Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
• 1991 - James Franciscus, actor (Mr Novak), dies at of emphysema 57
• 1991 - Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies
• 1994 - Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies
• 1994 - Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64
• 1994 - Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
• 1994 - Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82
• 1994 - Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75
• 1995 - Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65
• 1996 - Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41
• 1996 - Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician, dies at 81
• 1996 - James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80
• 1996 - Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90
• 1997 - Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack at 92