• 1283 - Ludwig IV of Baveria, Roman Catholic Bavarian emperor (1314-47)
• 1578 - William Harvey, England, physician (discovered blood circulation)
• 1582 - Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter
• 1582 - Thomas Simpson, composer
• 1643 - Christian Demelius, composer
• 1697 - Abb‚ Pr‚vost, French novelist/journalist (Manon Lescaut)
• 1721 - Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees)
• 1725 - Fran‡ois Bainville, composer
• 1732 - Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer (Die Sch”pfung)
• 1755 - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer (Fisiologia del Gusto)
• 1772 - Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer
• 1785 - J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
• 1793 - Edouard CorbiŠre, French captain/writer (Le negrier)
• 1802 - Hubert Reis, composer
• 1807 - Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic
• 1809 - Nikolai Gogol, writer
• 1809 - Willem Ruys J Dz, Dutch ship owner
• 1815 - Otto Von Bismarck, Germany, chancellor (1866-90)
• 1817 - Johannes J van Oosterzee, Dutch theologist
• 1823 - Simon Bolivar Buckner, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1914
• 1834 - Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer
• 1843 - Ludwig Enneccerus, German jurist
• 1847 - Gavriil Musicescu, composer
• 1847 - Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer (South America)
• 1852 - Edward Austin Abbey, US, painter (Quest of the Holy Grail)
• 1858 - Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician-criminologist/author (From Life)
• 1858 - Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Circulation of Elite)
• 1864 - Marie Jungius, Dutch fairy tale writer
• 1865 - Richard Zsigmondy, Germany, chemist (Nobel-1925)
• 1866 - Ferruccio D M B Busoni, Italy, pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino)
• 1866 - Johannes C H de Me˜ere, Dutch zoologist
• 1866 - Sophonisba Breckenridge, scholar/teacher/social activist
• 1868 - Edmond Rostand, France, poet/playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac)
• 1869 - Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (De Droom)
• 1871 - F Melius Christiansen, composer
• 1872 - Tadeusz Joteyko, composer
• 1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Novgorod Russia, composer (Prelude in C# Minor)
• 1875 - Edgar Wallace, England, novelist/playwright/journalist (Terror)
• 1878 - Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Hyperion/Tabula Rasa)
• 1883 - Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor
• 1883 - Lon Chaney, CO, man of 1000 faces, actor (High Noon, Phantom of Opera)
• 1884 - Laurette Taylor, [Helen LM Cooney], US actress (Broadway)
• 1885 - Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones
• 1886 - Casimir von Paszthory, composer
• 1886 - Wallace Beery, KC MO, actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8)
• 1887 - Leonard Bloomfield, US linguist
• 1893 - Cicely Courtneidge, Sydney Australia, actress (Double Exposure)
• 1895 - Alberta Hunter, blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues)
• 1897 - Willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma)
• 1898 - Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley], NYC, actress (Blood & Sand)
• 1898 - Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish writer (Stolica)
• 1898 - Roger Bastide, French sociologist
• 1901 - Boris Koutzen, composer
• 1902 - L P Jai, cricketer (one Test India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0)
• 1904 - Juan Gil-Albert, poet
• 1905 - Clara "Mother" Hale, US social worker (Hale House)
• 1905 - Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72)
• 1905 - Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica)
• 1906 - Ned Glass, Poland, actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie)
• 1906 - Sigve Lie, Norway, yachtsmans (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
• 1907 - Walter Kaufmann, composer
• 1908 - Abraham H Maslow, US psychologist (humanistic psychology)
• 1909 - Abner Biberman, Milwaukee Wisc, director/actor (Imhook-Kodiak)
• 1909 - Eddie Duchin, Mass, society pianist/bandleader (Eddie Duchin Orch)
• 1911 - Evert H "Bep" Bakhuys, Dutch soccer star/writer
• 1911 - Ferdinand J Kranenburg, Dutch Secretary of Defense (soc dem)
• 1911 - Gnther Rennert, Essen Germany, opera director/producer
• 1914 - Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist
• 1915 - Art Lund, Salt Lake City Utah, singer (Ken Murray Show)
• 1915 - Willy Dixon, blues artist (Mellow Down Easy)
• 1917 - Johnny Andrews, Boston, singer/host (Songs at Twilight)
• 1917 - Leon Janney, Ogden Ut, actor (Hawk)
• 1920 - Joan Frances Will, actress
• 1920 - Toshiro Mifune, Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun)
• 1921 - Douglas Allenbrook, composer
• 1921 - William L Bergsma, Oakland California, composer (Fortunate Island)
• 1922 - William Manchester, Attleboro Mass, historian (Death of a President)
• 1923 - Bobby Jordan, NY, actor (Bowery Champs, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild)
• 1924 - Gunther Becker, composer
• 1925 - Sala Burton, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
• 1926 - Anne [Inez] McCaffrey, US, sci-fi author (Dragonflight, Dragondrums)
• 1926 - Lyndon Brook, actor (Invasion, Reach for the Sky)
• 1927 - Amos Milburn, rocker
• 1928 - Dimitri Frenkel Frank, Dutch writer/director (Hadimassa)
• 1928 - George Grizzard, NC, actor (Wrong is Right, Bachelor Party, Attica)
• 1928 - Herbert Klein, newscaster/press secretary
• 1928 - Jane Powell, Portland Oregon, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
• 1929 - Milan Kundera, Czech poet/writer (Joke, Unbearable Lightness of Being)
• 1930 - Grace Lee Whitney, Ann Arbor Mich, actress (Yeoman Rand-Star Trek)
• 1930 - Joan Franks-Williams, composer
• 1931 - George Baker, Bulgaria, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Curse of the Fly)
• 1931 - Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Deputy)
• 1932 - Alexander Colleridge Vanderpuiye Baka Tetteh-Lartey, actor
• 1932 - Debbie Reynolds, El Paso Texas, actress (Singin' in the Rain)
• 1932 - Gordon Jump, Dayton Ohio, actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains)
• 1932 - Jiri Smutny, composer
• 1933 - Dan Flavin, US minimalist sculptor
• 1934 - Don Hastings, Bkln NY, actor (Capt Video, Bob-As the World Turns)
• 1935 - Hans H Boswinkel, actor/director (Surprise Attack, Tutorials in Love)
• 1935 - John Murray, cricketer (Eng 1961-67, 1st wk called Murray to play Tests)
• 1939 - Ali MacGraw, Pound Ridge NY, actress (Love Story, Goodbye Columbus)
• 1939 - Phil Niekro, knuckleball pitcher (NY Yankees, Atlanta Braves)
• 1939 - Rudolph Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, rocker (Isley Brothers-Shout)
• 1941 - Ajit Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt)
• 1942 - Alan Blakley, rocker (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
• 1942 - Danny Brooks, rocker (Dovells)
• 1942 - Phil Margo, Bkln, rock vocalist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)
• 1942 - Samuel R[ay] Delany Jr, US, sci-fi author (Towers of Toron, Neveryona)
• 1944 - Carol White, England, actress (Daddy's Gone a Hunting)
• 1945 - Heather Young, Bremerton Wash, actress (Betty-Land of Giants)
• 1946 - Arthur Conley, US soul singer (Sweet Soul Music)
• 1946 - John Barbata, drummer (Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
• 1946 - Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, London, rock bassist (Small Faces-Hey Girl)
• 1946 - William Frederick Fisher, Dallas Texas, MD/astronaut (STS 51-I)
• 1947 - David Eisenhower, grandson of Pres Dwight, married Julie Nixon
• 1948 - Jimmy Cliff, Reggae singer
• 1948 - Simon Crowe, rock drummer (Boomtown Rats-Maxinguaye)
• 1948 - Y Y Williams, Welsh rugby player
• 1949 - Gill Scott-Heron, US, writer/poet/singer (Whities on the Moon)
• 1950 - Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment (VVD)
• 1950 - Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit/food magnate
• 1952 - Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, Tripoli Libya, bomber (Pan Am 103)
• 1952 - Annette O'Toole, Houston Texas, actress (Cat People, Superman III)
• 1952 - Billy Currie, rock keyboardist/violinist (Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
• 1952 - Rey Robinson, US, 100m sprinter (Olympic-1972)
• 1953 - Aftab Baloch, cricketer (Pakistani in 2 Tests, scored 428 for Sind 74)
• 1953 - Barry Sonnenfeld, director (When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery)
• 1954 - Jeff Porcaro, LA Calif, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa)
• 1955 - Danny Joe Pohl, Mt Pleasant MI, PGA golfer (1986 Colonial)
• 1955 - Stan Ridway, rocker (Wall Of Voodoo)
• 1956 - Peter O'Toole, Irish pop bassist (Hothouse Flowers-People)
• 1957 - David Gower, cricketer (elegant England left-handed batsman 1978-92)
• 1957 - Donald William Hammond, Frederick MD, PGA golfer (1986 Bob Hope)
• 1957 - Peter Deutsch, (Rep-D-Florida)
• 1958 - Anton Innauer, Austria, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1980)
• 1961 - Jennifer Runyon, actress (Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas)
• 1961 - Jim Jeffcoat, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
• 1961 - Mark White, rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart)
• 1962 - Phillip Schofield, TV personality/designer (Nightfire)
• 1962 - Rich Amaral, Visalia CA, outfielder (Seattle Mariners)
• 1964 - John Morris, cricketer (England right-hand batsman v India 1990)
• 1964 - Kevin Duckworth, NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks)
• 1964 - Scott Stevens, Kitchener, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team Canada)
• 1965 - John "Jumbo" Elliot, NFL tackle (NY Giants, NY Jets)
• 1965 - Mark Jackson, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
• 1966 - Dave Vankoughnett, CFL corner (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• 1966 - Odie Harris, NFL safety/defensive back (Houston Oilers)
• 1968 - Joel Smeenge, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1969 - Andrew Vlahov, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-1988, 92, 96)
• 1969 - Arnaud Boetsch, Meulam France, tennis star (1985 European Junior)
• 1969 - Frank Castillo, El Paso TX, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
• 1969 - John Forest, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
• 1969 - Kevin Dean, Madison, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils)
• 1969 - Traci Lin-Tavi, NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, F/X, Fright Night 2)
• 1970 - Mark Wheeler, NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs, NE Patriots)
• 1970 - Wes Barnett, St Joseph MO, 238lb (108kg) weightlifter (Oly-6th-92, 96)
• 1970 - Wyatt Jones, Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Daniel Vacek, Prague Czech, tennis star
• 1971 - Ernest Jones, NFL defensive end (Saints, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1971 - Jessica Collins, [Capogna], actress (Dinah Lee Mayberry-Loving)
• 1972 - Kenny Gales, NFL/WLAF cornerback (Chicago Bears, Barcelona Dragons)
• 1972 - Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1973 - Ferdy Vierklau, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
• 1973 - Stephen Fleming, cricketer (NZ left-handed Test batsman 1994-)
• 1975 - Kristine Quance, 100m breaststroke/200m medley (Olympics-96)
• 1975 - Magdalena Maleeva, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star (1995 Chicago Moscow)
• 1976 - Clarence Seedorf, Surinam/Dutch soccer player (Ajax, Real Madrid)
• 1980 - Bryan Buffinton, Ridgewood NJ, actor (Bill Lewis Jr-Guiding Light)
• 1982 - Sam Huntington, actor (Jungle 2 Jungle)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81
• 1205 - Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies
• 1548 - Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81
• 1611 - Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72
• 1734 - Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69
• 1799 - Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52
• 1807 - Louis Fran‡ois Chambray, composer, dies at 69
• 1807 - Mikl¢s R‚vai, Hungarian linguistic/poet, dies at 57
• 1807 - Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer, dies at 61
• 1814 - Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87
• 1830 - Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51
• 1832 - Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies
• 1866 - Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98
• 1866 - Johannes C H de Meijere, Dutch zoologist, dies
• 1869 - Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69
• 1870 - Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98
• 1878 - Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56
• 1901 - Fran‡ois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70
• 1910 - Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94
• 1914 - Rube Waddell, baseballer, dies at 37 of TB
• 1915 - Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82
• 1916 - Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
• 1916 - Sjoerd van der Schaaf, Frisian journalist/writer (Abbingawƒld), dies
• 1917 - Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48
• 1918 - Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64
• 1922 - Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies
• 1925 - Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77
• 1930 - Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92
• 1930 - Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies
• 1933 - Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64
• 1936 - Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 61
• 1941 - Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81
• 1946 - Noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62
• 1947 - George II, king of Greece, dies at 56
• 1950 - Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45
• 1951 - Clement D'Hooghe, composer, dies at 51
• 1952 - Ferenc Moln r, Hungarian playwright (Farkas, Tester), dies at 76
• 1955 - Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68
• 1957 - Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies
• 1960 - Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62
• 1964 - Bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60
• 1965 - Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76
• 1966 - Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89
• 1968 - Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59
• 1969 - Helena Rubinstein, US cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89
• 1973 - Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies
• 1974 - Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86
• 1975 - Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95
• 1976 - Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63
• 1976 - Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85
• 1976 - Miroslav Ponc, composer, dies at 73
• 1976 - S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75
• 1979 - Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51
• 1981 - D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65
• 1984 - Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44
• 1988 - Jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91
• 1988 - Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85
• 1989 - Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57
• 1991 - Martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96
• 1991 - Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies
• 1991 - Richard Thorpe, director (MGM), dies at 95
• 1992 - Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash
• 1993 - Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38
• 1993 - Ihsan Mohamed Salem, [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed
• 1993 - Juan of Borbon y Battemberg, father of king Juan Carlos I, dies
• 1993 - Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68
• 1994 - Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies
• 1994 - Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81
• 1994 - Rosalind Laura Burke, aviatrix, dies at 86
• 1994 - Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot, dies at 72
• 1995 - Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50
• 1995 - Francisco Moncion, dancer, dies at 73
• 1995 - Johnny Nicholss, footballer, dies at 63
• 1995 - Lucie Rie, potter, dies at 93
• 1995 - Richard Pool, naval Officer, dies at 75
• 1995 - Sampson DeBrier, actor (Inauguration of Pleasure Dome), dies at 86
• 1996 - Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies
• 1996 - Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at 89
• 1996 - John Alwyne Kitching, zoologist, dies at 87
• 1996 - John McSheery, dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51
• 1996 - Mario Viegas, actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy), dies at 47
• 1997 - Jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97
• 1997 - Nancy Woodhull, news editor (USA Today), dies of cancer at 52