• 1538 - Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer
• 1576 - Sab Vicente de Pa£l
• 1594 - Benedikt Lechler, composer
• 1620 - John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography
• 1660 - Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver
• 1670 - Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer
• 1706 - Giovanni Battista Martini, composer
• 1721 - Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German composer, baptised
• 1742 - Roman Hoffstetter, composer
• 1743 - Edmund Cartwright, England, cleric, inventor (power loom)
• 1750 - Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician
• 1766 - Robert Bailey Thomas, founder (Farmer's Almanac)
• 1769 - Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington
• 1773 - Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/Dutch colonial director
• 1791 - Nikolaj A Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter (Account about Holland)
• 1796 - K L Immermann, writer
• 1804 - Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Comm (Union Navy)
• 1807 - Charles Ferguson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
• 1814 - Angela Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist extrordinaire
• 1814 - Vincente F L¢pez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje)
• 1815 - Anthony Trollope, England, novelist/poet (Barchester Towers)
• 1815 - James Edward Harrison, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
• 1822 - Erastus Barnard Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1824 - Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger
• 1828 - Robert Brank Vance, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
• 1829 - George Peabody Estey, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
• 1836 - Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist
• 1837 - Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)
• 1845 - Carl Spitteler, Switz, poet (Prometheus & Epimetheus; Nobel 1919)
• 1849 - Joseph S Galli‚ni, general (Battle of Marne)/milt governor (Paris)
• 1851 - Eduardo Acevedo D¡az, Uruguaian writer (Ismael, Grito de Gloria)
• 1856 - Henri POBJ P‚tain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime)
• 1864 - George AA Alting van Geusau, dir-gen (PTT)/Dutch Min of War (1918-20)
• 1867 - Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American (113 y 273 d at death)
• 1873 - Theodor K”rner von Siegringen, Austrian general/president
• 1874 - John Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)
• 1874 - Willem E Roelofs, Dutch painter/cartoonist
• 1875 - Jeno Huszka, composer
• 1877 - Charles Cuvillier, composer
• 1883 - Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Brave soldier Schweik) [or April 30]
• 1886 - Kurt Pinthus, writer
• 1886 - R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108)
• 1889 - [Richard] Stafford Cripps, Engl min of Plane-manufacturing (1942-45)
• 1892 - Jack Hulbert, Ely England, actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack)
• 1893 - Robert Harron, NYC, actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance)
• 1895 - S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner
• 1897 - Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)
• 1897 - Gyorgy Kosa, composer
• 1903 - Jos‚ A Primo de Rivera y Sa‚nz de Heredia, founder (Spanish Falange)
• 1903 - Mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers)
• 1903 - Siegfried F Nadel, Austrian/British anthropologist (Black Byzantium)
• 1904 - Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist (Siemens), dies
• 1904 - Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)
• 1905 - Robert Penn Warren, 1st US poet laureate (All the King's Men)
• 1907 - Vaclav Trojan, composer
• 1908 - Heddy Bouber, [Hermanus G Blom], actor (Bluejackets)
• 1909 - Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany)
• 1909 - Irven Spence, animator
• 1911 - Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian (Disorderly Orderly)
• 1911 - Karl O Schiller, German economist (Minister of Economics)
• 1911 - Robert Joseph Kane, Ithaca NY, Pres of US Olympic Comm (1976)
• 1911 - Sigursveinn David Kristinsson, composer
• 1914 - Bernard Caulfield, judge
• 1914 - Justin Wilson, cajun chef (Wise Potato Chips)
• 1914 - Ruth White, Perth Amboy NJ, actress (Up the Down Staircase)
• 1916 - Stanley Kauffmann, NYC, playwright (Red Handkerchief Man)
• 1917 - Len Creed, bookmaker
• 1921 - Laci Boldemann, composer
• 1922 - J D Cannon, Salmon Idaho, actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory)
• 1924 - Marilyn Erskine, Rochester NY, actor (Fran-Tom Ewell Show)
• 1924 - Yehoshua Lakner, composer
• 1927 - Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1927 - Pasqualino de Santis, cinematographer
• 1927 - Patrick Bowles, writer/translator
• 1928 - Gustav Krivinka, composer
• 1929 - Ferit Tuzun, composer
• 1930 - Conn Findlay, Stockton Calif, coxswain (Oly-2 gold/bronze-56, 64, 76)
• 1931 - Bridget Riley, British painter (op-art)
• 1932 - Coen[rad] Flink, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje)
• 1933 - Freddie Scott, US songwriter/singer (Cry to Me)
• 1934 - John Barbour, Toronto, TV host (Real People)
• 1934 - Shirley MacLaine, Richmond Va, actress/mystic (Irma la Douce)
• 1935 - Louis Keith, Chicago, physician (expert on multiple-births)
• 1936 - Jill Ireland, London, actress (Breakout, Assassination, Chino)
• 1940 - David Larter, cricketer (two-metre tall England pace bowler)
• 1941 - John Williams, Melbourne Australia, guitarist (Acad Award)
• 1942 - Barbra Streisand, Bkln NY, singer/actress/award winner (People)
• 1942 - Richard M Daley, (mayor-D-Chicago)
• 1942 - Valeri Abramovich Voloshin, Russian cosmonaut
• 1943 - Richard Sterban, Camden NJ, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
• 1944 - [Bernard] St Clair Lee [Calhoun], US singer (Rock the Boat)
• 1945 - Doug Clifford, rock drummer (Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary)
• 1945 - Eugene O'Brien, composer
• 1945 - Robert Knight, rocker
• 1945 - Stu Cook, rocker
• 1946 - Bruce Stuart Saylor, composer
• 1947 - Glenn Cornick, rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick)
• 1947 - Hubert Ann Kelly, US singer (Hues Corporation/Rock the boat)
• 1948 - Benzion Freshwater, English multi-millionaire
• 1948 - Eddie James Hart, Martinez Cal, 4x100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-72)
• 1951 - Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator
• 1953 - Eric Bogosian, Woburn MA, actor (Talk Radio)
• 1953 - John P Hiler, (Rep-R-IN, 1981- )
• 1953 - Porter Carroll Jr, drummer (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
• 1954 - Captain Sensible, [Ray Burns], UK, rock bassist (Women & Capts 1st)
• 1954 - Jack Blades, rock bassist (Damn Yankees-Coming of Age, Night Ranger)
• 1954 - Vince Ferragamo, NFL/CFL quarterback (LA Rams, Montr‚al Alouettes)
• 1955 - Jack Kingston, (Rep-R-Georgia)
• 1955 - Michael O'Keefe, NJ, actor (Caddyshack, Ironweed, Slugger's Wife)
• 1957 - Tricia Lange, Hollywood Calif, playmate (June, 1984)
• 1958 - Fernando Luna, Spain, tennis star
• 1959 - Yvonne D Cagle, West Point NY, MD/astronaut
• 1960 - ?, weatherman (WNYW TV NYC)
• 1960 - Paula Yates, London England, Mrs Bob Geldof/rocker/writer (Blondes)
• 1963 - Billy Gould, LA Calif, rock bassist (Faith No More)
• 1963 - Joey Vera, heavy metal rocker (Armored Saint-Aftermath)
• 1965 - Mike Blowers, Wurlzburg Germany, infielder (NY Yankees, LA Dodgers)
• 1966 - Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989)
• 1966 - Pascale Paradis-Mangon, France, tennis star
• 1966 - Theo Adams, WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1967 - Dino Radja, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
• 1967 - Leslie M Marx, Ft Belvoir Va, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - Pam[ela] Bustin, Somerset Mass, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
• 1968 - Aaron Comes, rocker (Spin Doctors)
• 1968 - Mark Vanderloo, Waddenveen Neth, model
• 1968 - Todd Jones, Marietta GA, pitcher (Houston Astros)
• 1968 - Tracy Gravely, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1970 - Damien Fleming, Aust cricket pace bowler (hat-trick on Test debut)
• 1970 - Emanuela Zardo, Switzerland, tennis star
• 1971 - Jeff Brohm, quarterback (San Francisco 49ers)
• 1971 - Ken Klee, Indianapolis, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
• 1971 - Kumara Dharmasena, cricketer (Sri Lankan off-spinner)
• 1971 - Phil Rogers, Adelaide SA Aust, 100m breaststroker (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
• 1972 - Chipper Jones, Deland FL, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
• 1972 - Jamie Brown, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1972 - Nicolas Gill, Montreal Quebec, 86kg judoka (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
• 1973 - Eric Snow, NBA guard (Phila 76ers, Seattle Supersonics)
• 1973 - Jamie Brown, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos)
• 1973 - Mark Babic, Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Melissa Short, Kaaawa Hawaii, Miss America (Hawaii-Top 10-1997)
• 1973 - Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer (prodigy at 16, Indian capt at 23)
• 1973 - Ville Peltonen, hockey forward (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998)
• 1974 - Jared Tomich, defensive end (New Orleans Saints)
• 1974 - Marc Collins, NFL punter (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1974 - Toine Rorije, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
• 1975 - Justin Boocock, Launceston Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
• 1975 - Michael Stewart, NBA center (Sacramento Kings)
• 1976 - Shane McDermott, actor (Garrett Booth-Swan's Crossing)
• 1976 - Sonya Jeyaseelan, Newestminster BC, tennis star (1995 Futures Fla)
• 1977 - Ryan Mitchell, Port Augusta SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
• 1988 - Michael Tylo, son of US actor/actress Michael Tylo/Deborah Hunter
• 1992 - Sean Rademaker, actor (Kirkland Harrison-Another World)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0709 - Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76
• 0729 - Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89
• 1077 - Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies
• 1185 - Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns
• 1530 - Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies
• 1617 - Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered
• 1731 - Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies
• 1758 - Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41
• 1776 - Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84
• 1776 - Giuseppi Paolucci, composer, dies at 49
• 1824 - Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71
• 1827 - Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82
• 1848 - Fran‡ois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Braban‡onne), dies at 69
• 1850 - Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70
• 1855 - Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75
• 1875 - Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58
• 1891 - Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies
• 1900 - George J D Campbell, Brit min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76
• 1904 - Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77
• 1912 - Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81
• 1917 - Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies
• 1922 - Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53
• 1924 - George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies
• 1928 - Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72
• 1935 - Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80
• 1936 - Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73
• 1936 - Bernard van Dieren, composer, dies at 51
• 1939 - John Foulds, composer, dies at 58
• 1943 - Gerardus H de Hare, socialist vicar, dies at 63
• 1945 - Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47
• 1945 - Hubert Bath, composer, dies at 61
• 1948 - Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84
• 1948 - Manuel Marua Ponce, Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65
• 1948 - Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54
• 1952 - Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57
• 1952 - Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82
• 1955 - Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79
• 1956 - Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72
• 1956 - Henry Stephenson, actor (Conquest, Mr Lucky), dies at 85
• 1957 - Andries CD de Graeff, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1926-31), dies at 84
• 1959 - Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72
• 1960 - John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84
• 1961 - Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72
• 1965 - Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86
• 1967 - Frank Overton, actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48
• 1967 - Vladimir M Komarov, cosmonaut (Voshkod I), dies in Soyuz 1 at 40
• 1968 - Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62
• 1968 - Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at 45
• 1974 - Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 78
• 1975 - William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67
• 1976 - Mark Tobey, US abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at 85
• 1979 - John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72
• 1980 - Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/Fren writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75
• 1985 - Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80
• 1986 - Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89
• 1986 - Bill Edrich, cricketer (39 Tests for England), dies
• 1988 - E S "Bob" Newson, cricketer (S African fast bowler in 1930's), dies
• 1990 - Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies
• 1990 - Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies
• 1991 - J de Graaf, ethicus/president church & peace, dies
• 1993 - Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75
• 1995 - Douglas Gunsekera, banker, dies at 77
• 1996 - Donald Cammell, film director, dies at 62
• 1996 - Erma Bombeck, columnist (Septic Tank is Always Greener), dies
• 1996 - Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at 83
• 1997 - Pat Paulsen, comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69