• 1165 - Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)
• 1567 - Fran�ois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
• 1579 - Henri II, Duke de Rohan-Gi�, French Huguenot leader
• 1642 - Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer
• 1643 - Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)
• 1660 - Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
• 1689 - Jose Pradas Gallen, composer
• 1721 - Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet
• 1725 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
• 1751 - Johann Georg Witthauer, composer
• 1765 - William IV, king of England (1830-37)
• 1780 - Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)
• 1789 - Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician
• 1798 - Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)
• 1801 - Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian
• 1806 - Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
• 1809 - Francesco Schira, composer
• 1810 - Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1821 - William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
• 1824 - John Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
• 1825 - Kate Fanny Loder, composer
• 1829 - Otto Goldschmidt, composer
• 1847 - Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader
• 1852 - Benedetto Junck, composer
• 1871 - Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist/writer (Red Laugh)
• 1872 - Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)
• 1874 - Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27)
• 1875 - Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo
• 1879 - Henry Ainley, Leeds England, actor (As You Like It)
• 1880 - Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader (OD)
• 1890 - Bill Henry, SF Calif, newscaster (Who Said That?)
• 1892 - Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor (Wages of Fear)
• 1893 - Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer
• 1893 - Lili Boulanger, composer
• 1896 - Blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family)
• 1896 - Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Rose of Jericho)
• 1896 - Roark Bradford, writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun)
• 1900 - Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress (Let's Go)
• 1902 - Renato Fasano, composer
• 1903 - Yannis Constantinidis, composer
• 1904 - [William] Count Basie, Red Bank NJ, jazz musician (Blazing Saddles)
• 1905 - Isadore I Friz Freleng, KC MO, animator (Warner Bros cartoons)
• 1906 - Joachim Homs, composer
• 1906 - Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate
• 1907 - Miguel Torga, [Adolfo Correia da Rocha], Portuguese author
• 1907 - Roy K Marshall, Glen Carbon Ill, TV scientist (Nature of Things)
• 1908 - David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse)
• 1909 - C Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65)
• 1909 - Jon William Jr Haussermann, composer
• 1912 - Bruce Trent, singer
• 1913 - Cornelius Johnson, LA Calif, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1936)
• 1913 - Diana Churchill, actress (Spider, Sally Bishop, Housemaster)
• 1913 - Victor Rosow, writer
• 1914 - Dallas Pratt, collector
• 1914 - Doug Wright, cricketer (England's leg-spinning genius of 30's & 40's)
• 1915 - Jack Weston, [Morris Weinstein], Cleveland, actor (4 Seasons, Rad)
• 1916 - William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist
• 1920 - Christopher R Milne, son of Alan A Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
• 1923 - Chris Schenkel, Biuppus Ind, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights)
• 1924 - Gerald D Lascelles, son of English princess Mary
• 1926 - Ben-Zion Orgad, composer
• 1927 - Wilhelm Jr Killmayer, composer
• 1928 - Gillian Sheen, England, foils (Olympic-gold-1956)
• 1928 - Zdenek Lukas, composer
• 1929 - Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of S Afr Communist Party
• 1930 - Frank Perry, film director
• 1930 - Margaret Rose, princess of Engl (Sister of Queen Elizabeth) [or 4/21]
• 1931 - Gregg Smith, composer
• 1931 - Nancy Hadley, LA Calif, actress (Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show)
• 1932 - Melvin Van Peebles, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sophisticated Gent)
• 1933 - Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave)
• 1935 - Ken Taylor, cricketer (England opening batsman three times 1959-64)
• 1936 - Mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)
• 1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, NBA great center (LA Laker, 5 time MVP)
• 1937 - Robert Stone, US writer (Who'll Stop the Rain, WUSA)
• 1938 - Kenny Rogers, singer (Through the Years)/actor (Coward of the County)
• 1939 - Clarence Williams III, NYC, actor (Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain)
• 1939 - Harold W Reid, Augusta County Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57)
• 1940 - Ana Isabel Anderson-Imbert, physician, rheumatologist
• 1940 - Robert Camac, horse trainer
• 1944 - Jackie DeShannon, Hazel Kentucky, singer (What the World Needs Now)
• 1944 - Peter Weir, Sydney Aust, director/writer (Witness, Dead Poets Society)
• 1945 - Patty McCormack, Bkln NY, actress (Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers)
• 1946 - Lev Alburt, USSR, International Chess Master (1976)
• 1947 - Carl Giammarese, Chicago Ill, rock guitarist (Buckinghams)
• 1948 - Taurean Blacque, actor (Hill Street Blues)
• 1951 - Bernhard Germeshausen, German DR, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
• 1951 - Harry Smith, Hammond Ind, TV co-anchor (CBS Morning Show)
• 1953 - Joe Strummer, vocals/guitarist (Clash-Rock the Casbah) [or 1/25/1955]
• 1954 - Archie Griffin, NFL runningback (won 2 Heisman Trophies, Ohio State)
• 1954 - Steve Smith, LA Calif, rock drummer (Journey)
• 1956 - Carol Charbonnier, LPGA golfer
• 1956 - Kim Cattrall, Liverpool England, actress (Mannequin, Star Trek VI)
• 1957 - Budgie, rock drummer (Slits, Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing)
• 1957 - Janice Thomas, WBL guard (NY Stars)
• 1957 - Kim Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
• 1958 - Dom Mamzi, horse trainer
• 1959 - Anne Hobbs, England, tennis star
• 1959 - Bud Schultz, Meriden Conn, tennis star
• 1959 - Jim McMahon, NFL QB (Chicago Bears, SD Chargers, Phila Eagles)
• 1959 - Richard Zokol, Kitimat BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1982 BC Open)
• 1961 - Danny Sheaffer, Jacksonville FL, catcher (St Louis Cardinals)
• 1961 - Lance Earl Deal, Riverton Wyoming, hammer thrower (Olympics-silver-96)
• 1963 - Melvin Douglas, Topeka KS, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96)
• 1965 - Jim Bullinger, New Orleans LA, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
• 1966 - John Wetteland, San Mateo CA, pitcher (NY Yanks, Rangers, Expos)
• 1967 - Michael Bendetti, actor (Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street)
• 1967 - Tuineau Alipate, NLF/WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, Minn Vikings)
• 1968 - Barbara Ann Moore, Spokane WA, playmate (Dec, 1992)
• 1968 - Shinichi Iwasaki, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
• 1969 - Andujar Cedeno, La Romana Dom Rep, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
• 1969 - Josee Chouinard, Rosemont Quebec, figure skater (Olymp-9th-1994)
• 1970 - Bill Roth, Yonkers NY, gymnast (Pan Am-gold-1995, Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Mark Hatfield, CFL guard (BC Lions)
• 1970 - Paulo Barrancos Guerra, Portugal, 10k runner
• 1970 - Steve Everitt, NFL center (Cleve Browns, Phila Eagles)
• 1971 - Shayne Edge, NFL/WLAF punter (Steelers, Barcelona Dragons)
• 1972 - Johnnie Harris, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1973 - Ben Mann, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
• 1973 - Ismael Valdes, Ciudad Victoria Mexico, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
• 1974 - Amy Fisher, Long Island NY, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco
• 1974 - Pietra Gay, WNBA guard/forward (Houston Comets)
• 1976 - Alicia Witt, actress (Cybill)
• 1979 - Aiesha Lee Hendrick, Miss New York Teen USA (1996)
• 1979 - Ashley Whitney, Nashville TN, 800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
• 1989 - Hayden Panettiere, actress (One Life to Live)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1131 - Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies
• 1190 - Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies
• 1245 - Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies
• 1516 - John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78
• 1627 - Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69
• 1629 - Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies
• 1673 - Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51
• 1673 - John de Love I, vice-admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54
• 1723 - Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49
• 1772 - Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29
• 1772 - Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer, dies at 48
• 1785 - Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies
• 1798 - Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62
• 1812 - Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67
• 1824 - John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70
• 1824 - Santiago Ferrer, composer, dies at 62
• 1838 - A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57
• 1856 - Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64
• 1864 - John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24
• 1888 - Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70
• 1898 - Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40
• 1905 - Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80
• 1911 - W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies
• 1932 - Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80
• 1935 - Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76
• 1940 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62
• 1940 - Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer, dies at 68
• 1942 - Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies
• 1943 - Henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86
• 1947 - Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies
• 1949 - Gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75
• 1951 - (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45
• 1952 - Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies
• 1958 - Stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73
• 1958 - Walter Schumann, choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44
• 1963 - John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies
• 1964 - Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, dies
• 1968 - Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45
• 1970 - Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79
• 1971 - George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29
• 1974 - Mascha Kal�ko, writer, dies at 48
• 1976 - Ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies
• 1977 - Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87
• 1978 - Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71
• 1978 - Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (44 Tests for India, 2,109 runs), dies
• 1980 - Jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies
• 1981 - Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer, dies at 85
• 1982 - Sobhuza II, king of Swaziland/Ngwane (1921-82), dies
• 1983 - Benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50
• 1987 - Karl Bruck, entertainer, dies
• 1988 - Hans G�nther Adler, German writer, dies at 78
• 1990 - George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya
• 1991 - Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101
• 1991 - Richard Wilson, producer/writer/actor (Pay or Die), dies at 75
• 1991 - Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies
• 1992 - Lucille Brown, actress (Farina-Our Gang), dies after illness at 74
• 1992 - Theo van Tijn, Marxist/social-historian, dies at 65
• 1994 - Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL), dies of breast cancer at 35
• 1994 - Hein Fentener van Vlissingen, eccentric millionaire, dies at 73
• 1995 - Anatole Fistoulari, conductor, dies at 88
• 1995 - Hilda Beatritz Guevara, daughter of Che Guevara, dies at 39
• 1995 - James Truitte, dancer, dies at 72
• 1995 - Ken Rickards, cricketer (104 runs at 34 66 for WI 1948-52), dies
• 1995 - Len Martin, sports broadcaster, dies at 76
• 1995 - Manfred Donike, chemist Drug Test pioneer, dies at 61
• 1995 - Nanni Loy, film Director, dies at 69
• 1995 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, physicist (Nobel-1983), dies at 84
• 1996 - Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie, conservation scientist, dies at 69
• 1996 - Sidney George Gray, company secretary, dies at 82
• 1997 - Misael Pastrana Borrero, Pres of Colombia (1970-74), dies