• 1473 - James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)
• 1578 - Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)
• 1628 - Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian
• 1664 - Georg Osterreich, composer
• 1675 - Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer
• 1685 - Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter
• 1746 - Jan David Holland, composer
• 1777 - Roger Brooke Taney, Calvert Md, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott dec)
• 1780 - Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator (Free Church of Scotland 1843-47)
• 1781 - Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Neth Indies
• 1787 - George Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
• 1789 - Edmund Kean, London England, tragic actor (Shylock)
• 1804 - James Bridger, scout/fur trader/mountain man par excellance
• 1820 - Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1825 - Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain)
• 1826 - Oskar Peschel, German journalist/geography (V”lkerkunder)
• 1828 - Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, Major General (Confederate Army)
• 1832 - Moncure Daniel Conway, US, abolitionist (Life of Thomas Paine)
• 1832 - Walter Quintin Gresham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1834 - Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle
• 1839 - Josef Rheinberger, Vaduz Liechtenstein, opera composer (Munich Conser)
• 1846 - Kate Greenaway, England, artist/book illustrator (Under the Window)
• 1848 - Horace Wadham Nicholl, composer
• 1872 - Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)
• 1873 - Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister (1929-31)
• 1873 - Margaret Bondfield, Brit Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member
• 1874 - Kincsem, horse that never lost a race
• 1874 - Stephen Samuel Wise, US, pres of Zionist Org of America
• 1876 - Frederic Ayers, composer
• 1877 - Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (People/Nutcracker)
• 1880 - Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer
• 1881 - Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Less bror Harris)
• 1887 - Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician
• 1888 - Frank Buck, actor (Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs)
• 1890 - Harold Morris, composer
• 1892 - Sayed Darwish, composer
• 1894 - Paul Green, US, novelist/playwright (In Abraham's Bosom)
• 1895 - Shemp Howard, Bkln, comedian (3 Stooges, Bank Dick) [or 1891]
• 1899 - Gloria Swanson, Chicago IL, actress (Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees) [OS]
• 1900 - Alfred Newman, New Haven, composer (Love is a Many Splendored Thing)
• 1901 - Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (Nobel 1974)
• 1902 - Bobby Jones Jr, Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930)
• 1906 - Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], Berlin, actr (Gloria, Gold)
• 1906 - Michael O'Shea, Hartford Ct, actor (Denny-It's a Great Life)
• 1906 - Tamara Geva, dancer
• 1907 - Jan M J van Houtte, premier Belgium (1952-54)
• 1908 - Boris N Poveloi, [Kampov], Russian journalist/writer [OS=Mar 4]
• 1908 - Radie Britain, composer
• 1909 - Patrick Reilly, British diplomat
• 1910 - Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader
• 1911 - Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer
• 1914 - Sammy Baugh, Texas, NFL hall of famer QB (Wash Redskins)
• 1915 - Hans Namuth, German/US photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala)
• 1915 - William Roycroft, Austria, equestrian 3 day (Olympic-bronze-1976)
• 1917 - Arthur Basil Cotle, medievalist
• 1917 - Brian Boydell, composer
• 1918 - D Arendo, [Arend Honhoff], Dutch pianist/composer (Eleonora)
• 1918 - Mercedes McCambridge, Joliet Ill, actress (All the King's Men)
• 1918 - Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch attorney/Member of 1st chamber (KVP/CDA)
• 1919 - Hank Sauer, baseball player (NL MVP 1952)
• 1919 - Nat "King" Cole, Montgomery Ala, singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa)
• 1920 - John La Montaine, Oak Park Ill, composer (Pulitzer 1959)
• 1921 - Mick Harvey, cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire)
• 1922 - Megan Bull, British head mistress (Holloway Jail)
• 1923 - Margaret Bondfield, 1st woman chairman (Trades Union Congress)
• 1924 - Stephen Dodgson, composer
• 1925 - G M Hughes, British zoologist
• 1925 - Jerome Lejeune, physiologist
• 1926 - Siegfried Lenz, German writer (Ein Kriegsende)
• 1927 - Kenneth S Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist
• 1927 - Maurice Ingvar Karkoff, composer
• 1927 - Nancy Sheehan, writer
• 1927 - Patrick Allen, Malawi, actor (Roman Holiday, Dial "M" for Murder)
• 1927 - Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze, composer
• 1928 - Edino Krieger, composer
• 1930 - James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh Penn, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15)
• 1931 - Eunice Gayson, London England, actress (Dr No, From Russia With Love)
• 1932 - Dick Curless, singer/songwriter
• 1934 - Erhard Grosskopf, composer
• 1934 - Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar
• 1935 - Adam Wade, Pitts Pa, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn)
• 1935 - H Wollschl„ger, writer
• 1936 - Ladislaw Kupkovic, composer
• 1936 - Thomas K Mattingly II, Chic, Capt USN/astro (Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C)
• 1937 - Adam Wade, actor (Kiss Me Goodbye, Crazy Joe)
• 1937 - Galina Samsova, ballerina
• 1938 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russia, ballet dancer/choreographer (Kirov)
• 1939 - Shahid Mahmoud, cricketer (opener scored 16 & 9 in only Pak Test)
• 1940 - Vito Picone, rocker (Elegants)
• 1941 - Clarence Collins, US singer (Imperials-Tears on my pillow)
• 1941 - Edward Harper, composer
• 1942 - John Wayne Gacy, Chicago Ill, serial killer (32 boys)
• 1942 - Sidney K Barthelmy, US politician(?)
• 1943 - Don Mitchell, Houston Tx, actor (Mark-Ironside)
• 1944 - Cito Gaston, MLB manager (Toronto Blue Jays)
• 1944 - Danny DeVito, Neptune NJ, actor (Louie-Taxi, Twins)
• 1944 - John Sebastian, NYC, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter)
• 1944 - Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer (Them)
• 1944 - Patti Boyd, Somerset England, (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton)
• 1945 - Paco Gonzalez, race horse trainer
• 1946 - Harold Brown, Long Beach Ca, rock drummer (War-Summer, Galaxy)
• 1946 - Michael Peter Finnissey, composer
• 1947 - Ian Gomm, rock guitarist
• 1948 - Fran Byrne, rocker
• 1948 - Pat Lloyd, rocker
• 1948 - Robert Braunwart, who added thousands of dates to this database
• 1948 - William [Ford] Gibson, Canada, sci-fi author (Neuromancer, Count Zero)
• 1949 - Patrick Duffy, Townsend Mont, actor (Bobby-Dallas, Man from Atlantis)
• 1951 - Kurt Russell, Springfeild Mass, actor (Thing, Overboard, Mean Seasons)
• 1951 - Scott Gorham, Irish hard rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns)
• 1954 - Lesley-Anne Down, London, actress (A Little Night Music, Moonraker)
• 1954 - Rena Jones, rock vocalist
• 1954 - Wally Stocker, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Babys-Missing You)
• 1955 - Bill Beyers, actor (Wally McCandless-Capitol)
• 1955 - Cynthia McKinney, (Rep-D-Georgia)
• 1955 - Gary Sinise, actor (Apollo 13, Forrest Gump)
• 1955 - Paul Overstreet, Van Cleave Miss, country singer (Daddy's Come Around)
• 1956 - Will Rigby, rock percussionist (Amy Rigby Diary of a Mad Housewife)
• 1957 - Robin Cousins, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1980)
• 1959 - Brian Douglas Jones, Auckland NZ, tornado class yachter (Olympics-96)
• 1959 - Danny Ainge, NBA coach (Phoenix Suns)
• 1959 - Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer (Level 42-Hot Water)
• 1959 - Terry Hall (Specials, Fun Boy 3)
• 1960 - Lee Ann Michelle, Surrey England, playmate (Feb, 1979)
• 1960 - Vicki Lewis, Cincinnati, actress (Beth-Newsradio)
• 1961 - Casey Siemaszko, Chicago IL, actor (Biloxi Blues, 3 O'Clock High)
• 1962 - Clare Grogan, rocker (Altered Images-Happy Birthday)
• 1962 - Janet Patricia Gardner, Juneau Alaska, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
• 1962 - Patrick Thomas Burke, Hollywood FL, PGA golfer (1992 BellSouth-6th)
• 1962 - Roxy Dora Petrucci, Rochester Minn, rock drummer (Vixen-Rev It Up)
• 1963 - Rebeca Arthur, actress (Mary Anne-Perf Strangers, Opposites Attract)
• 1963 - Roger Harper, cricketer (Guyana & WI off-spinner Extraordinary field)
• 1964 - Alex Shoumidoub, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Oly-98)
• 1964 - Don Griffin, NFL cornerback (Cleve Browns)
• 1964 - Rob Lowe, Charlottesville Va, actor (St Elmo's Fire, Hotel NH, Class)
• 1964 - Ron Warren Jr, jockey (Bay Meadows)
• 1965 - Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player
• 1965 - Caitlin Bilodeaux, Boston Mass, US fencer (Olympic-92)
• 1965 - John Smiley, Phoenixville PA, pitcher (Cin Reds)
• 1966 - Andrew Hudson, cricketer (South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992)
• 1967 - Chris Luongo, Detroit, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
• 1967 - Kim Cathrein, Salinas CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester Intl-24th)
• 1967 - Melissa Allen, Port OR, WPVA volleyballer (Reebok National-13th-1994)
• 1967 - Van Conner, rocker (Screaming Trees)
• 1968 - Judy Mosley McAfee, WNBA forward (Sacramento Monarchs)
• 1968 - Tyrone Hill, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 1969 - Andrew McMarlin, Vienna VA, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1969 - Domenic "Filane" Figliomeni, Terrace Bay Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Gilbert Schaller, Bruck Austria, tennis star
• 1970 - Shannan Mitchem, Decatur GA, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
• 1971 - Katrina Colleton, WNBA guard/forward (LA Sparks)
• 1971 - Tommy Thigpen, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
• 1972 - Mia Hamm, Selma Alabama, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Amelia Weatherly, actress (Stephanie Brewster-Loving/The City)
• 1973 - Jerome Woods, safety (KC Chiefs)
• 1974 - Eric Lane, running back (NY Giants)
• 1974 - John Hall, kicker (NY Jets)
• 1976 - Stephen Gately, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
• 1977 - Hadeel Abol-Naga, Miss Universe-Egypt (1996)
• 1977 - Iveta Jankularova, Miss Universe-Slovak Republic (1996)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0180 - Antonius Marcus Aurelius, [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at 58
• 0461 - St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)
• 0659 - Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32
• 1040 - Harold, British King (1035-40), dies
• 1516 - Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37
• 1565 - Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64
• 1588 - Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies
• 1605 - Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
• 1640 - Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies
• 1649 - Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71
• 1653 - Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48
• 1680 - Fran‡ois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies
• 1704 - Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63
• 1764 - George Parker, English astronomer, dies
• 1796 - Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41
• 1801 - Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64
• 1803 - Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42
• 1806 - David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies
• 1846 - F W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies
• 1846 - Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61
• 1849 - Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56
• 1853 - Christian Doppler, physicist, dies
• 1855 - Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65
• 1857 - Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42
• 1861 - Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56
• 1862 - Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62
• 1863 - John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
• 1864 - Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53
• 1889 - Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet, dies at 68
• 1891 - Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68
• 1898 - Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington
• 1901 - Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69
• 1902 - George William Warren, composer, dies at 73
• 1906 - Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
• 1910 - Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64
• 1915 - Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69
• 1927 - James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83
• 1933 - Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48
• 1941 - Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46
• 1941 - Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46
• 1941 - Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
• 1949 - Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54
• 1953 - Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73
• 1954 - Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
• 1956 - Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61
• 1959 - Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday
• 1961 - Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101
• 1962 - Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82
• 1963 - William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91
• 1965 - Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in Calif at 102
• 1965 - Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62
• 1966 - Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69
• 1967 - Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
• 1967 - Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54
• 1970 - Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
• 1971 - Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies
• 1972 - Manny Martindale, cricketer (10 Tests for WI, 34 wickets), dies
• 1973 - Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81
• 1974 - Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72
• 1974 - Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73
• 1976 - Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69
• 1978 - George Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3 Tests for NZ), dies
• 1979 - Merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies
• 1980 - Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68
• 1982 - Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
• 1982 - Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
• 1982 - Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
• 1982 - Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
• 1985 - Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies
• 1986 - Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49
• 1988 - Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies
• 1989 - Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29
• 1990 - Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 55
• 1990 - Germaine Capucine, actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 57
• 1990 - Mar¡ Mej¡a, Guatemalian feminist, murdered
• 1990 - Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
• 1992 - Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69
• 1992 - George Lovi, US columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies
• 1992 - Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87
• 1992 - Jack Arnold, actor/dir (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967), dies at 75
• 1993 - Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
• 1993 - Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered
• 1993 - Skip Young, actor (Smokey & Hotwire Gang), dies at 62
• 1994 - Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57
• 1994 - Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81
• 1994 - Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at 68
• 1994 - Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
• 1995 - Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48
• 1995 - Donald Baverstock, television Producer, dies at 71
• 1995 - Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56
• 1995 - Rick Aviles, US comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS
• 1995 - Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61
• 1995 - Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
• 1996 - Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83
• 1996 - Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83
• 1996 - Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83
• 1996 - Thomas Enders, diplomat, dies at 64
• 1997 - Gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71