• 1440 - Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian
• 1480 - Hieronymus Aleander, [Gir¢lamo Aleandro], Italian diplomat/cardinal
• 1599 - Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67)
• 1610 - Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists
• 1622 - Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized
• 1658 - Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter
• 1660 - Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer
• 1682 - Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venice, painter (Fortune Teller)
• 1713 - Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer
• 1721 - John Reid, composer
• 1754 - Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-P‚rigord, Fr bishop/premier (1815)
• 1755 - Fran‡ois Alexander Sallantin, composer
• 1756 - Joannes van der Linden, lawyer/judge (Ware Pleiter)
• 1757 - John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician
• 1764 - Talleyrand, France/Napolean's foreign minster
• 1768 - douard Mortier, French general, duke, prime minister (1834-35)
• 1778 - Fernando Sor, composer
• 1787 - James P Carrell, composer
• 1805 - David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier
• 1805 - Peter G L Dirichlet, Germany, number theorist/analysist
• 1807 - Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder (Liefdezusters)
• 1813 - Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname (1855-59)
• 1820 - Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer
• 1822 - Lev A Mej, Russian nobleman/poet
• 1829 - Gerard Keller, writer (Netherlands Spectator)
• 1831 - John Aaron Rawlins, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1869
• 1833 - William Whedbee Kirkland, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1915
• 1837 - Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer
• 1840 - Georg Jacobi, composer
• 1849 - Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father
• 1852 - Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer (New gen catalogue of nebulae)
• 1859 - Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist
• 1859 - William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver
• 1861 - Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)
• 1862 - Karel Weis, composer
• 1870 - Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer
• 1874 - Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)
• 1875 - ? Kanouse, Watertown Wisc, 1st quintuplets in US, born to Edna Kanouse
• 1877 - Jazeps Medins, composer
• 1881 - Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin)
• 1883 - Bainbridge Crist, composer
• 1883 - Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager
• 1885 - Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady (1945-52)
• 1886 - Ricardo Giraldes, Argentina, novelist/poet (Don Segundo Sombra)
• 1887 - Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I
• 1888 - Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier
• 1888 - Heintje Davids, [Hendrika], Dutch revue star
• 1892 - Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic)
• 1892 - Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice (1941-54)
• 1893 - Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romania, communist/foreign minister (1945-52)
• 1895 - Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)
• 1898 - Neville Pearson, English publisher
• 1902 - Blair Moody, New Haven Ct, (Sen-Mich)
• 1902 - Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician (theory of dimension)
• 1903 - Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer (Snow Was Black)
• 1908 - Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer
• 1908 - Pauline Frederick, journalist/correspondent (UN, NBC TV)
• 1908 - Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 X 100K relay skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
• 1910 - William B Shockley, London, US physicist (Nobel 1956), racist
• 1911 - Jean Muir Fullarton, actress
• 1912 - French J Van den Brande, Flemish actor
• 1912 - Jose de Capriles, US, fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52)
• 1912 - Margaretta Scott, actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast)
• 1913 - Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant
• 1913 - Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest
• 1914 - Earl Cadogan, British large landowner (Military Cross)
• 1914 - George Kleinsinger, San Bernardino CA, composer (Tubby the Tuba)
• 1915 - Lyle Betther, Phila, actor (Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger)
• 1916 - James Griffith, LA Calif, actor (Sheriff of Cochise)
• 1917 - Polly Rose, actress (Myrtle-Love That Jill)
• 1918 - Helen Stephens, Fulton Mo, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
• 1918 - Patty Berg, Minneapolis MN, LPGA golfer (1938 US Amateur)
• 1919 - Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach (Grambling)
• 1919 - Joan Edwards, NYC, vocalist (Joan Edwards Show)
• 1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol Tn, country vocalist/actor (pea picker)
• 1920 - Bryant Boudleaux, Shellman Ga, rock writer (Bye Bye Love)
• 1920 - Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody)
• 1921 - Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist
• 1921 - Zao-Wou-Ki, Chinese/French painter/graphic artist
• 1922 - Lord Pym of Sandy, British minister of foreign affairs
• 1923 - Chuck Yeagar, US test pilot (1st man to break sound barrier)
• 1924 - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French economist/politician
• 1925 - Gene Ames, singer
• 1925 - Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author
• 1926 - Barney Childs, composer
• 1927 - Harry Wich, Dutch set designer
• 1929 - Omar Torrijos Herrera, president Panama
• 1930 - Dotty McGuire, Middletown Oh, vocalist (McGuire Sisters)
• 1931 - Marjorie Jackson, Austria, 100m/200m dash (Oly-gold-1952) [or Sep 13]
• 1933 - Caroline Blakiston, actress (At Bertram's Hotel)
• 1933 - Emanuel Ungaro, France, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1969)
• 1933 - Kim Novak, [Marilyn], Chicago Ill, actress (Vertigo, Of Human Bondage)
• 1933 - Paul Biya, president of Cameroon (1982- )
• 1934 - George Segal, actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick & Jane)
• 1935 - Tommy Jacobs, golfer
• 1936 - John Harris, British(?) cricket player
• 1936 - Leamon King, Tulare Calif, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1956)
• 1937 - Sigmund Jaehn, German DR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 31/29)
• 1937 - Susan Oliver, NYC, actress (Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage)
• 1938 - Oliver Reed, London England, actor (Big Sleep)
• 1939 - Valery Illych Rozhdestvensky, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23)
• 1941 - Bo Svenson, Goteborg Sweden, actor (North Dallas 40, Walking Tall)
• 1942 - Carol Lynley, NYC, actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal)
• 1942 - Donald E Williams, Lafayette Ind, Capt USN/astro (STS 51D, STS 34)
• 1943 - F C Delius, writer
• 1943 - Leo Frankowski, US, sci-fi author (High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord)
• 1944 - Jerry Springer, London England, talk show host (Jerry Springer Show)
• 1944 - Peter Tork, Wash DC, singer/actor (Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville)
• 1944 - Sal Bando, baseball player (Oakland A's)
• 1944 - Stockard Channing, NYC, actress (Grease, Big Bus, Without a Trace)
• 1945 - Keith Nichols, jazz pianist
• 1945 - King Floyd, rocker
• 1945 - Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke)
• 1946 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director/actor (Ehe der Maria Braun)
• 1947 - Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach
• 1947 - Tony Butler, rock bassist (Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland)
• 1950 - Leonard Pascoe, cricketer (dynamic Aussie quick 1977-82)
• 1950 - Peter Gabriel, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Genesis, In Your Eyes)
• 1951 - David Naughton, Hartford Ct, actor (My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations)
• 1952 - David Puilum Choi, Hong Kong, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
• 1952 - Ed Gagliardi, NYC, rock bassist (Foreigner-Cold As Ice)
• 1953 - Sharon Wyatt, Lebanon Tenn, actress (Tiffany-General Hospital)
• 1953 - Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner (world record 5k indoor)
• 1955 - Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist (I've Got the Bullets)
• 1955 - Scott Smith, rock bassist (Loverboy-Get Lucky)
• 1956 - Liam Brady, British soccer player
• 1956 - Peter Hook, English rock bassist (New Order-Round & Round, Run)
• 1956 - Richard Eden, actor (Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop)
• 1957 - Doris King, Nashville Tenn, vocalist (Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel)
• 1957 - Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1986)
• 1958 - Mark Fox, congas/percussionist (Haircut 100-Nobody's Fool)
• 1960 - Kelly McCormick, Anaheim Calif, diver (Olympic-silver-1984)
• 1960 - Matt Salinger, Windsor VT, actor (Capt America, Deadly Deception)
• 1960 - Michael Craig, rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Want to Hurt Me)
• 1961 - Henry Rollins, US vocalist/poet (Big Ugly Mouth, Talking From the Box)
• 1961 - Kyi Hla Han, Yangon, Australasia golfer
• 1961 - Les Warner, rocker (Cult-Fire Woman)
• 1962 - Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer (Pan Am-Bronze)
• 1963 - Penelope Ann Miller, actress (Awakenings, Chaplin, Freshman) [or 1/13]
• 1963 - Roberta Vasquez, LA Calif, playmate (November, 1984)
• 1964 - Evi Strasser, Bavaria German, equestrian (Olympics-96)
• 1965 - Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee Wisc, triple jumper
• 1965 - Stephen Manley, LA Calif, actor (Donny-Married the 1st Year)
• 1966 - Freedom Williams, rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now)
• 1966 - Tally Chanel, Tel Aviv Israel, actress (Warrior Queen)
• 1967 - Bas Roorda, soccer player (FC Groningen) [or Feb 21]
• 1967 - Eddie Pye, US baseball infielder (LA Dodgers)
• 1967 - Melanie Denise Bridges, Derry NH, Miss NH-America (1991)
• 1968 - Matt Mieske, US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
• 1969 - Subroto Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee prot‚g‚)
• 1970 - Kevin Stocker, US baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)
• 1970 - Ruben Brown, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills)
• 1970 - Vernon Patao, 141 lbs (64 kg) US weightlifter (alt-Olympics-1996)
• 1971 - Jim Reid, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers)
• 1971 - Mats Sundin, Bromma SWE, NHL center (Team Sweden, Toronto Maple Leafs)
• 1971 - Shelly Hammonds, NFL safety (Minn Vikings)
• 1971 - Todd Williams, US baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers)
• 1972 - Charlie Garner, NFL running back (Phila Eagles)
• 1972 - Juha Ylonen, Helsinki FIN, NHL forward (Oly-Bronze-1998, Phoenix)
• 1973 - Willie Smith, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions)
• 1974 - Anthony Mortas, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
• 1975 - Mark Gerald Keddell, Christchurch NZ, 200m (Olympics-96)
• 1979 - Julie Nagle, Miss North Dakota Teen USA (1997)
• 1980 - Kristy Powell, Fla, gymnast (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1130 - Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies
• 1199 - Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies
• 1237 - Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns
• 1315 - Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchƒtel, dies
• 1332 - Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies
• 1542 - Catharine Howard, queen of England/5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded
• 1602 - Alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St Paul's, dies
• 1629 - Girolamo Giacobbi, composer, dies at 61
• 1635 - Georg R Weckerlin, German poet, dies at 50
• 1660 - Charles X Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
• 1662 - Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I, dies at 65
• 1693 - Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65
• 1724 - Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer, dies at 43
• 1741 - Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80
• 1784 - Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/min of For affairs, dies
• 1798 - Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
• 1814 - Augustin Holler, composer, dies at 69
• 1841 - Thomas Ainsworth, English/Dutch industrialist, dies at 45
• 1849 - Christian Rummel, composer, dies at 61
• 1873 - Petrus AS van Limburg Brouwer, [Abraham van Luik], literary, dies
• 1882 - Henry Highland Garnet, diplomat, dies in Monrovia Liberia at 66
• 1883 - Pavel Melnikov, [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64
• 1883 - Richard Wagner, German composer (Die Walkre), dies at 69 in Venice
• 1883 - Wilhelm Richard Wagner, composer, dies at 69
• 1891 - David Dixon Porter, US rear admiral (Union), dies at 77
• 1893 - Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
• 1894 - Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65
• 1896 - Karl Reinthaler, composer, dies at 73
• 1907 - Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies at 59
• 1917 - Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48
• 1921 - Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67
• 1927 - Brooks Adams, US philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78
• 1935 - Violet Paget, British author (Gospels of Anarchy), dies at 78
• 1937 - C A Bernoulli, writer, dies
• 1943 - William Walraven, journalist/writer (Neglected Grouser), dies at 55
• 1945 - George Studd, cricketer (4 Tests with brother v Aus 1882-83), dies
• 1952 - Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71
• 1958 - Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86
• 1959 - William L Axt, composer, dies at 70
• 1960 - Delmar G Roos, designer of jeep, dies at 79
• 1963 - Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies
• 1965 - Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies
• 1965 - William H Kilpatrick, US mathematician/philosopher, dies at 93
• 1966 - Elio Vittorini, writer, dies
• 1968 - Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87
• 1968 - Mae Marsh, actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at 72
• 1970 - Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for Engld, ct 60 stp 12), dies
• 1975 - Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78
• 1975 - Eric Harding Thiman, composer, dies at 74
• 1975 - Henry P Van Dusen, US protestant theologist, dies at 77
• 1976 - General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup
• 1976 - Lily Pons, French/US soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71
• 1977 - Jack Gardner, actor (Wild Bill Hickok, 3 Russian Girls), dies at 77
• 1979 - Jean Renoir, actor/director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84
• 1980 - David Janssen, [Meyer], actor (Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49
• 1982 - Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17
• 1983 - Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78
• 1987 - M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
• 1990 - Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79
• 1991 - Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of heart attack at 67
• 1991 - Eddie Bartell, actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at 83
• 1992 - Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist/writer (Restless Travel), dies at 61
• 1993 - Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91
• 1994 - Jack Kirby, cartoonist (Marvel Comics), dies at 76
• 1994 - Michael Francis Morris Lindsay, orientalist, dies at 84
• 1994 - Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer, dies at 79
• 1995 - Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered
• 1995 - Alberto Burri, Ital's physician/sculptor/painter), dies at 79
• 1995 - Azeddine Medjoubi, head Algerian nationally theater, murdered at 49
• 1995 - Joan A C Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at 84
• 1995 - Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, saxophonist, dies at 68
• 1996 - Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist, dies at 91
• 1996 - Martin Balsam, actor (Archie's Place), dies at 76
• 1998 - Jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58