• 1167 - John "without a land", king of England (1199-1216)
• 1564 - Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver
• 1653 - Georg Motz, composer
• 1679 - Domenico Natale Sarro, composer
• 1689 - French van Mieris "the Young", Dutch painter/historian
• 1714 - Rainieri De Calzabigi, Italian's literary (1st European Lottery)
• 1716 - Patrice F earl De N‚ny, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council
• 1719 - Johann Christoph Altnikol, composer
• 1726 - Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer
• 1745 - Benjamin Rush, Byberry Pa, physician/general/signer (Decl of Indep)
• 1754 - George Crabbe, Aldeburgh England, poet (Everlasting Mercy)
• 1761 - SelŒm III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808)
• 1773 - Joseph Wolfl, composer
• 1791 - A EugŠne Scribe, French dramatist (Bertrand et Raton)
• 1798 - Adam B Mickiewicz, Poland, national poet (Pan Tadeusz)
• 1809 - Christopher "Kit" Carson, KY, Union brig-general/indian fighter
• 1812 - Henry Russell, composer
• 1813 - Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer
• 1818 - James Prescott Joule, physicist (discovered conservation of energy)
• 1822 - Charles Hermite, French mathematician (E is Transcendent)
• 1822 - Matthew Arnold, England, poet/critic (Dover Beach)
• 1824 - Peter Cornelius, composer
• 1826 - Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer
• 1829 - Benjamin Ipavec, composer
• 1829 - Jose Rogel, composer
• 1837 - Sissi, Emperor of Austria
• 1859 - Roman Statkowski, composer
• 1867 - Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat
• 1867 - Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet (Servet-i F�nun, Sis)
• 1868 - Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21)
• 1869 - Henri‰tte GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)
• 1870 - Rosario Scalero, composer
• 1871 - Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy)
• 1879 - Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer
• 1881 - Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer
• 1881 - Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer
• 1881 - Juan Ram¢n Jim‚nez, Spain, poet (Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956)
• 1885 - Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump)
• 1887 - Louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise)
• 1889 - Vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco)
• 1893 - Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities)
• 1893 - Ruth Chatterton, US actress (Madame X, Sarah & Son)
• 1894 - Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot
• 1904 - Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist
• 1904 - Herbert D Riley, US vice-admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa)
• 1905 - Anna "Ans" van Dike ("the Young"), Jewish nazi collaborator
• 1905 - Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire (Hughes Aircraft)/inventor
• 1906 - Franz Waxman, K”nigsh�tte, Germany, composer (Day at the Races)
• 1906 - John Walker, museum director
• 1907 - I[sidore] F[einstein] Stone, US journalist (IF Stone's Weekly)
• 1909 - Adam Popovich, composer
• 1909 - Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Foreign Affairs (1956-68)
• 1910 - Betty Ann Davies, London England, actress (Tough Guy)
• 1910 - Fritz [Reuter] Leiber Jr, US, sci-fi author (Bazaar of the Bizarre)
• 1910 - Mitchell Ayres, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Hollywood Palace)
• 1911 - Eric Briault, educationalist
• 1911 - Malcolm MacEwen, writer
• 1913 - Karl Michael Komma, composer
• 1914 - Dorothy Hyson, actress (Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go)
• 1914 - Guus Verstraete Sr, [August de Graef], Dutch actor/dir (Black Magic)
• 1920 - Dave Bartholomew, La, jazz artist/songwriter (Blueberry Hill)
• 1921 - Bill Dudley, NFL halfback (Pittsburgh, Detroit, Washington)
• 1921 - Gerard Thomas Victory, composer
• 1921 - Gerard Victory, composer
• 1922 - Ava Gardner, Grabtown NC, actress (On the Beach, Night of the Iguana)
• 1923 - Wilton S Mkwayi, South African ANC leader
• 1924 - Roy Miller, cricketer (WI all-rounder in one Test 1953, 23 & 0-28)
• 1924 - Willem Drees, economist/Dutch politician (DS'70)
• 1924 - [Irving] Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist (Working in the Coal Mines)
• 1926 - Ronald Draper, cricketer (South African batsman v Australia 1949-50)
• 1927 - Mary Higgins Clark, suspense novelist
• 1927 - Teresa Stich-Randall, US soprano (Vienna State Opera)
• 1929 - Mary Higgins Clark, Bronx NY, author (Cry in the Night, Stillwatch)
• 1929 - Noel Da Costa, composer
• 1930 - Robert Joffrey, [Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan], US, dancer
• 1931 - Jill Bennett, Penang Malay, actress (Lady Jane, Concrete Jungle)
• 1931 - Mauricio Kagel, Argentina/German composer
• 1932 - Colin Cowdrey, cricketer (in India England batsman, 1st to 100 Tests)
• 1932 - [Michael] Colin Cowdrey, English cricket player
• 1938 - Ralp Inbar, Dutch TV host (Banana Split)
• 1940 - Anthony Fauci, US health official
• 1940 - Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner (1989- )
• 1943 - Christiane Schmidtmer, Heidelberg Germany, actress (Ship of Fools)
• 1943 - Tatton Sykes, English baron/large landowner
• 1944 - Erhard Keller, German FR, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
• 1944 - Mike Curb, Savannah Ga, singer (Mike Curb Congregation)
• 1945 - Lemmy, [Ian Kilminster], rocker (Hawkwind, Motorhead-Built for Speed)
• 1945 - Nicholas Meyer, director (Star Trek II Wrath of Khan)
• 1946 - John Akkerman, Dutch guitarist/composer (Focus-Can't Stand Noise)
• 1946 - Judy Tyler, LA CA, playmate (Jan 1966)
• 1946 - Sharon Farrell, Sioux City Iowa, (Lori-Hawaii 5-0, Young & Restless)
• 1949 - Cameron Seward, LPGA golfer
• 1950 - Libbi Larsen, composer
• 1950 - Peter te Bos, Dutch singer (Claw Boys Claw)
• 1951 - Johnny Contardo, rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
• 1955 - Anwar Khan, cricketer (bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979)
• 1955 - Clarence Gilyard Jr, Moses Lake Wash, actor (Chips, Duck Factory)
• 1956 - Stephanie Hodge, comedian/actress (I Madman, Happily Ever After)
• 1957 - Ian Burden, S Yorks England, rock bassist (Human League-Only Human)
• 1962 - Michael Ray, rocker
• 1963 - Mary Ramsey, singer (10,000 Maniacs)
• 1963 - Timo Jutila, Tampere FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
• 1964 - Elbert Shelley, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1964 - Gary Muller, South Africa, tennis star
• 1964 - Marcel van der Net, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
• 1964 - Mark Valley, Odgensvurg NY, actor (Days of Our Lives)
• 1965 - Erika von Heiland, Angeles City Phil, US badminton player (Oly-92,96)
• 1965 - Michael Haynes, NFL wide receiver (NO Saints, Atlanta Falcons)
• 1965 - Nancy Reno, Elmhurst Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Olympics-96)
• 1965 - Winston Moss, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1966 - Deidrich Bader, Wash DC, actor (Oswald-Drew Carey Show)
• 1968 - Joe Scuderi, cricketer (South Australian all-rounder)
• 1969 - Kenny "Damn" Kelly, Paterson NJ, rapper (Riff-Judy had a Boyfriend)
• 1970 - Filmel Johnson, NFL defensive back (Buffalo Bills)
• 1970 - Marian Smerciak, Martin CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
• 1970 - Michael Batiste, NFL/WLAF defensive tackle (Cowboys, Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1970 - Romeo Wouden, Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90, Heerenveen)
• 1971 - Ricky Martin, PR, singer (Menudo)/actor (General Hospital) [or Nov 2]
• 1971 - Tamir Bloom, NYC, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Eddie Pope, Greensboro NC, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1975 - Natalie Ward, Australian softball shortstop/2nd baseman (Oly-br-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1069 - Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies
• 1380 - John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies
• 1453 - John Dunstable, English composer, dies
• 1524 - Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55
• 1541 - Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61
• 1548 - Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies
• 1660 - Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29
• 1707 - No‰l Coypel, French painter, dies at 78
• 1823 - Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68
• 1862 - Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84
• 1863 - W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52
• 1869 - Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55
• 1885 - Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85
• 1898 - Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41
• 1904 - Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55
• 1907 - Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies
• 1908 - Fran‡ois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80
• 1909 - Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80
• 1930 - Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67
• 1930 - Oskar Nedbal, composer, dies at 56
• 1932 - Eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60
• 1935 - Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50
• 1942 - Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80
• 1942 - Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists
• 1942 - K Balmont, writer, dies at 75
• 1944 - Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66
• 1945 - Francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67
• 1952 - Henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58
• 1954 - Johnny Ace, ballad singer, dies at 25 of Russian Roulette
• 1955 - Nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67
• 1957 - Norma Talmadge, US actress (sign on bay), dies at 60
• 1961 - Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76
• 1966 - Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69
• 1972 - Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79
• 1972 - Ernst Kreuder, writer, dies at 69
• 1974 - Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70
• 1975 - Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64
• 1975 - Otto AP F�rst von Bismarck-Sch”nhausen, German diplomat, dies at 78
• 1976 - Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79
• 1977 - Harri‰t Freezer, Dutch journalist/author, dies at 66
• 1979 - Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82
• 1979 - Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, dies at 39
• 1980 - Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73
• 1980 - Karl D”nitz, German great admiral/F�hrer (1945), dies at 89
• 1982 - Louis Aragon, French poet (Pour un R‚alisme Socialiste), dies at 85
• 1984 - Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53
• 1984 - Peter Lawford, actor (Thin Man), dies of cardiac arrest at 61
• 1986 - Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75
• 1987 - John M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68
• 1991 - Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46
• 1992 - Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies
• 1992 - Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at 64
• 1993 - Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81
• 1993 - Norman Vincent Peale, rev (Power of Positive Thinking), dies at 95
• 1993 - Yen Chia-kan, PM/Pres of Taiwan (1963-72, 75-78), dies
• 1994 - Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57
• 1994 - John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist, dies at 47
• 1994 - John James Osborne, playwright, dies at 65
• 1994 - John Keith Wright, English Asst Sect of State (1971-84), dies at 66
• 1994 - John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Luther), dies at 65
• 1994 - Julie Haydon, [Donella Donaldson], US actress (Scoundrel), dies at 84
• 1994 - Louise H "Lous" Hensen, actress (Uncle Wanja, Charlotte), dies at 74
• 1994 - Nathan I. Daniel, inventor (Guitars), dies at 82
• 1994 - Rossano Brazzi, It resistance fight/actor (Final Justice), dies at 78
• 1995 - Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist, dies at 76
• 1995 - Harry McLevy, trade unionist, dies at 59
• 1996 - Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77
• 1996 - Nguyen Huu Tho, Pres of Vietnam (1980-81), dies
• 1996 - Peter Dormer, arts writer, dies at 47
• 1997 - Alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69
• 1997 - Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57
• 1997 - James Komack, producer (Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 67
• 1997 - Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (Shogun), dies at 77