• 1495 - John Bale, England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)
• 1561 - Carolus Scribani, Italian/Flemish jesuit/author
• 1637 - Catharina Questiers, Dutch poetess (Friend of Abandoned Child)
• 1645 - Johann Lohner, composer
• 1683 - Johann Michael Muller, composer
• 1692 - Carlo Fragoni, Italy, poet
• 1694 - Voltaire, [Fran‡ois-Marie Arouet], France, thinker (Candide)
• 1724 - John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist
• 1729 - Josiah Bartlett, US physician/judge/signer (Decl of Independence)
• 1742 - Alessandro Felici, composer
• 1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher
• 1785 - William Beaumont, surgeon (studied digestion)
• 1787 - Barry Cornwall, [Bryan Waller Procter], British? poet
• 1787 - Samuel Cunard, founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)
• 1817 - Richard Brooke Garnett, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
• 1828 - William McComb, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1918
• 1829 - Peter A de Genestet, Dutch vicar/poet
• 1831 - John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886
• 1834 - Henrietta (Hetty) Green, financier (Witch of Wall Street)
• 1834 - Joseph Jackson Bartlett, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1893
• 1840 - Victoria, Empress of Germany/Queen of Prussia
• 1851 - D‚sir‚ J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal
• 1852 - Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer
• 1853 - Hussain Kamil, sultan of Egypt (1914-17)
• 1854 - Benedict XV, [Giacomo PGB marques della Chiessa], 258th Pope (1914-22)
• 1861 - Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet
• 1863 - Arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor (Oxford Book of English Verse)
• 1863 - Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis (Poppenhuis)
• 1867 - Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian chemist
• 1870 - Joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century)
• 1870 - Stanley Jackson, cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal)
• 1871 - Panayot Pipkov, composer
• 1877 - Louis Campbell-Tipton, composer
• 1877 - Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer
• 1878 - Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer/minister of Justice
• 1880 - Franz Hessel, writer
• 1886 - Harold G Nicolson, English diplomat/author (Good Behaviour)
• 1894 - Corinne Griffith, Texarkana TX, actress (3 Hours, Lilies of Field)
• 1898 - Ren‚ Magritte, Belgian surrealistic painter (This is Not a Pipe)
• 1900 - Alice Calhoun, Cleveland OH, Silent film actress (Flowing Gold)
• 1900 - Jobyna Ralston, South Pittsburgh TN, actress (For Heaven's Sake)
• 1902 - Michail A Suslov, Russian party ideologist [OS=Nov 8]
• 1904 - Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz
• 1905 - David Moule-Evans, composer
• 1907 - Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools)
• 1907 - Jim Bishop, author (The Day Lincoln was Shot)
• 1907 - M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor
• 1908 - Franz Pfnr, Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)
• 1912 - Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist
• 1912 - Eleanor Powell, Springfield Mass, actress/tap dancer (Bdwy Melody)
• 1916 - Cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress (In Pyama)
• 1916 - Esmond Kentish, cricketer (WI fast bowler in 2 Tests 1948 & 1954)
• 1916 - Sid Luckman, NFL QB (Chicago Bears)
• 1917 - Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer
• 1920 - Ralph Meeker, Minneapolis MN, actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker)
• 1920 - Stan Musial, outfielder (St Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ)
• 1921 - Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist (Mozart/Bart¢k)
• 1921 - Vivian Blaine, Newark NJ, actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy)
• 1922 - Maria Casares, La Coruna Spain, French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice)
• 1925 - Johan "Poncke" Princen, KNIL-defector/civil rights in Djakarta
• 1927 - Joseph Campanella, NYC, actor (Dr Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix)
• 1929 - Marilyn French, US author (The Women's Room)
• 1931 - Malcolm Williamson, composer
• 1932 - Jim Ringo, NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)
• 1932 - Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, composer
• 1933 - Frank Brake, English multi-millionaire
• 1933 - Henry Hartsfield Jr, Birmingham Ala, astro (STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A)
• 1933 - Jean Shepard, Pauls Valley Okla, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
• 1934 - Laurence Luckinbill, Ft Smith Ark, actor (Delphi Bureau, Ike)
• 1934 - Peter Philpott, cricketer (NSW & Australian leg spinner 1965-66)
• 1936 - James De Preist, Philadelphia Penn, conductor (Mitropolos 1964)
• 1937 - Marlo Thomas, [Mrs Phil Donahue], Detroit Mich (That Girl!, Jenny)
• 1938 - Robert Drivas, [Choromokos], Chicago, actor (Our Private World)
• 1939 - Rick Lenz, Springfield Ill, actor (Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John)
• 1940 - Dr John, [Rebennack], New Orleans La, vocalist (I Was in Right Place)
• 1940 - Javed Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in 1962 Test)
• 1940 - Natalia Makarova, Leningrad, ballerina (Kirov)/defected 1970
• 1941 - David Porter, US songwriter (Soul Man)
• 1941 - George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor
• 1941 - Juliet Mills, London England, actress (Nanny & the Professor, QB VII)
• 1942 - Tweety Bird, cartoon character
• 1943 - Larry Mahan, Oregon, rodeo champ (1967-70)
• 1944 - Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, Phila Pa, NBA Guard (NY Knicks, Balt Bullets)
• 1944 - Harold Ramis, Chicago IL, actor/director (SCTV, Stripes)
• 1944 - Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, TV executive/producer
• 1944 - Richard J Durbin, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
• 1945 - Goldie Hawn, Takoma Park Md, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin)
• 1946 - Jonas Tomasson, composer
• 1947 - Dick W de Cloe, Dutch MP (PvdA)
• 1948 - Alphonse Mouson, rocker
• 1948 - Rob Leonard, Co-Founder Sha Na Na
• 1948 - Lonnie Jordan, San Diego Ca, rock keyboardist/vocalist (War)
• 1949 - Basil Williams, cricketer (century on debut for West Indies 1978)
• 1949 - Nickolas Grace, Cheshire England, actor (Diamond's Edge)
• 1950 - Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 400m dash (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1950 - Bruce Laird, cricketer (tough Australian opener 1979-82)
• 1950 - Livingston Taylor, Boston, rocker (I Will be in Love With You)
• 1952 - Deborah Shelton, Wash DC, actress (Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double)
• 1952 - Eamonn Coghlan, Ireland, 1500m runner (Oly-4th-76)
• 1952 - Lorna Luft, Scarsdale NY, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are-1980)
• 1953 - Tina Brown, journalist publisher (New Yorker, Tattler)
• 1956 - Mariana Simionescu, Tirgu Neamt Romania, 1st wife of Bjorn Borg
• 1956 - Terri Welles, [Knepper], Calif, playmate of the year (Dec, 1980)
• 1957 - Jim Brown, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine)
• 1958 - Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater (11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86)
• 1958 - Frank Edmonds, Thunder Bay Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Alberta)
• 1958 - Tim Robinson, cricketer (solid England opener in 29 Tests 1984-89)
• 1959 - Colin Beashel, Australian star yachter (Olympics-96)
• 1959 - Tim Wilkison, Shelby NC, tennis player (WCT Atlanta finals-1986)
• 1963 - Nicollette Sheridan, Worthing England, actress (Paige-Knots Landing)
• 1963 - Peter Bosz, Dutch soccer star (Toulon/Feyenoord)
• 1964 - Marjorie Judith Vincent, Oak Park Ill, Miss America (1991)
• 1964 - Olden Polynice, NBA forward/center (Sacramento Kings)
• 1964 - Thomas Everett, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1965 - Bjork, Iceland, singer (Like Someone in Love)
• 1966 - Jerry Fontenot, NFL center/guard (Chic Bears, New Orleans Saints)
• 1966 - Troy Aikman, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys - Superbowl 1992)
• 1967 - Dominic Lavoie, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
• 1967 - Kelly Gallagher, Myrtle Beach SC, playmate (Sep, 1994)
• 1968 - Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler (NZ 1993)
• 1968 - Antonio Tarver, Orlando Fla, light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-br-96)
• 1969 - Dahlia Salem, Boston Mass, actress (Sofia Carlino-Another World)
• 1969 - Ken Griffy Jr, centerfielder (Seattle Mariners, MVP 1997)
• 1970 - Dahlia Salem, actress (Sofia Carlino-Another World) [approx 1970]
• 1970 - Jorgen Gustafsson, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1970 - Justin Langer, cricketer (gutsy Australian lefty bat 1993- )
• 1970 - Keith Crawford, wide receiver (St Louis Rams)
• 1971 - Michael Strahan, NFL defensive end (NY Giants)
• 1971 - Ramondo Stallings, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
• 1971 - Robert Flickinger, WLAF defensive end (Scottish Claymores)
• 1973 - Brent Smith, tackle (Miami Dolphins)
• 1973 - Danny Kanell, quarterback (NY Giants)
• 1974 - Casey Patton, London Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Tremain Mack, strong safety (Cincinnati Bengals)
• 1975 - Chad Levitt, running back (Oakland Raiders)
• 1975 - Cherie Johnson, Pitts Pa, actress (Cherie-Punky Brewster)
• 1976 - Saleem Elahi, cricketer (bro of Manzoor Pak, Test opener v Aust 1995)
• 1980 - Danielle Hartsell, Ann Arbor Mich, pairs skater (& Steve Hartsell)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1481 - Ikkyu Sojun, Zen head of Daitokuji temple, dies in Kyoto, Japan at 87
• 1555 - Georg Agricola, [Bauer], German mineralogist (zinc), dies at 61
• 1580 - Willem Van Hoorn, baron of Heze, governor of Brussels, executed
• 1610 - Benedict van Canfield, [William Fish], English missionary, dies
• 1624 - Jakob B”hme, German philosophical mystic, dies (birth date unknown)
• 1695 - Henry Purcell, English composer (Indian Queen), dies at 36
• 1710 - Barnardo Pasquini, composer, dies at 72
• 1728 - Fjodor M graaf Apraksin, Russian gen-admiral, dies at about 57
• 1811 - Heinrich W von Kleist, German playwright, dies at 34
• 1813 - William Russell, composer, dies at 36
• 1817 - Richard B Garnett, killed during Pickett's Charge, Brig Gen
• 1830 - K roly Kisfaludy, Hungarian literary (Ir‚ne, Moh cs), dies at 44
• 1863 - Joseph Mayseder, composer, dies at 74
• 1870 - Karel J Erben, Czech poet (Ruiker), dies at 69
• 1875 - Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67
• 1882 - Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist, dies at 35
• 1899 - Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th VP, dies
• 1900 - J J Ferris, cricketer (48 wickets for Aust in 8 Tests in 1880's), dies
• 1907 - Gaetano Braga, composer, dies at 78
• 1907 - Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust's early Tests), dies
• 1916 - Franz Jozef I, King of Austria/Hungary, dies
• 1920 - Caryl Florio, composer, dies at 77
• 1920 - William James Robjohn, composer, dies at 77
• 1928 - Hermann Sudermann, German author (Frau Sorge), dies
• 1932 - Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies
• 1938 - Leopold Godowsky, pianist/composer, dies at 68
• 1940 - Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
• 1941 - Juanita Spellini, first women executed in Calif
• 1942 - James Barry M Hertzog, South African premier (1914-39), dies at 76
• 1945 - Robert Benchley, US humorist (My 10 years in a quandary), dies at 56
• 1948 - Bokke RS Pollema journalist/author (Lock of hair & l˜en), dies at 65
• 1952 - Henri‰tte Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
• 1952 - William Green, union chairman (AFL 1924-52), dies at 79
• 1954 - Karol Rathaus, composer, dies at 59
• 1954 - Prof Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologist, dies at 69
• 1958 - Mel Ott, NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49
• 1959 - Max Baer, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49
• 1963 - Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (Perfil del Aire), dies at 61
• 1963 - Pierre Blanchar, actor (Man From Nowhere), dies at 71
• 1963 - Robert Stroud, "bird man of Alcatraz", dies
• 1967 - Florence Reed, actress (Black Panther Club), dies after illness at 84
• 1972 - Karel H ba, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 74
• 1974 - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax), dies at 84
• 1975 - G Gunnarsson, writer, dies at 86
• 1976 - Niles Welch, actor (Cornered), dies at 88
• 1980 - Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
• 1981 - Harry Von Zell, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 75
• 1982 - Lee Patrick, actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon), dies at 75
• 1985 - Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies
• 1986 - Jerry Colonna, actor (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 82
• 1987 - James E Folsom, (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79
• 1991 - Daniel Mann, US director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79
• 1991 - David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81
• 1991 - Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies
• 1991 - Sonny Werblin, NY sports impresario, dies at 81
• 1992 - Kaysone Phomvihane, PM of Laos (1975-91), dies
• 1992 - Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist, dies
• 1993 - Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies of prostate cancer at 59
• 1993 - Christopher Frank, director/actor (Annee Des Meduses), dies at 50
• 1993 - Emile Ardolino, director (Sister Act), dies of AIDS at 50
• 1993 - Jim McLaughlin, Buffalo radio newsman (WKBW), dies at 59
• 1994 - Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42
• 1995 - Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer, dies at 81
• 1995 - George Ivan Smith, diplomat, dies at 80
• 1995 - Peter Grant, rock band manager, dies at 60
• 1995 - Smilin' Jim Eames, singer/songwriter, dies at 71
• 1996 - Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80
• 1996 - Edward George Edwards, chenist, dies at 82
• 1996 - Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8), dies at 92
• 1997 - Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies