• 0967 - Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic
• 1542 - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)
• 1557 - Girolamo Trombeti, composer
• 1598 - Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)
• 1604 - Ambrosius Reiner, composer
• 1637 - Barnardo Pasquini, composer
• 1648 - Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer
• 1731 - Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter
• 1751 - Jurrian F de Frederici, governor-General (Suriname)
• 1754 - Jack Jouett, American patriot
• 1761 - Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, created wax museum
• 1772 - Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, composer
• 1801 - Johann Nepomuk Nestroy, Austrian actor (Judith und Holofernes)
• 1808 - Hugh McCulloch, US Secy of Treasury
• 1810 - Theodor Schwann, German co-originator of cell theory
• 1823 - Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker)
• 1830 - Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician/minister of Education
• 1835 - Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist
• 1839 - Redvers H Buller, English general/large landowner: Natal
• 1840 - Hermann Goetz, composer
• 1842 - Otto Ammon, German anthropologist/sociologist (schedelmetingen)
• 1847 - James Deacon White, Canton NY, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi)
• 1847 - Solomon Schechter, US Talmudic scholar/Jewish leader
• 1857 - Nicola van Westerhout, composer
• 1862 - Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde)
• 1863 - John Ebenezer West, composer
• 1863 - Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer/fascist (Cavalleria Rusticana)
• 1863 - Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Forest King)
• 1872 - Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens)
• 1873 - Willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia)
• 1876 - Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv)
• 1878 - Akiko Yosano, Japan, poet (Tangled Hair)
• 1879 - Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite)
• 1882 - Warren Bardsley, cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26)
• 1887 - Ernst Toch, Vienna Austria, composer (Melodie Lehre)
• 1888 - Hamilton Fish, US congress leader/isolationist
• 1888 - Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish (male) writer (House of Children)
• 1888 - Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun, 1st pres of Amer Newspaper Guild
• 1889 - Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer
• 1889 - Honor‚-Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher/playwright
• 1891 - Fay Bainter, LA Calif, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair)
• 1892 - Nora Nicholson, Leamington England, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow)
• 1894 - Stuart Davis, US painter
• 1895 - Jack Pennick, Portland OR, actor (Lady From Louisiana)
• 1896 - Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer
• 1901 - A F [Tony] Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944))
• 1902 - J G Navle, cricketer (India's 1st Test wicket-keeper)
• 1905 - Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer (moons of Uranus, Neptune)
• 1906 - George Richard James, saxophonist
• 1908 - Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist
• 1908 - John H Doeg, tennis champ (US Open-1930)
• 1909 - Jacob Kainen, artist/curator
• 1910 - Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader
• 1910 - Richard Franko Goldman, composer
• 1910 - Rod Cameron, Calgary Alberta, actor (City Detective, State Trooper)
• 1912 - Daniel Jones, composer
• 1912 - Louis Prima, New Orleans La, singer (That Old Black Magic)
• 1914 - Winston Place, cricketer (England opener in West Indies 1948)
• 1915 - Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], US, sci-fi author (Ginger Star)
• 1915 - Eli Wallach, Bkln NY, actor (Magnificent 7, Misfits, People Next Door)
• 1917 - Helen Gurley Brown, editor-in-chief (Cosmopolitan)
• 1918 - Jorunn Vidar, composer
• 1919 - Ellen Stewart, actress/founder (La Mama Theatre Group)
• 1921 - Arne Dorumsgaard, composer
• 1923 - Ted Knight, Terryville Ct, (Mary Tyler Moore, Too Close for Comfort)
• 1924 - M rio Soares, (Socialist), premier of Portugal (1976-78, 1983- )
• 1926 - Victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO (Remington shavers)/NFL owner (Patriots)
• 1926 - Wolfgang Ludewig, composer
• 1927 - Vlastimir Pericic, composer
• 1928 - Noam Chomsky, linguist (founded transformational grammar)
• 1928 - Raymond Henry Charles Warren, composer
• 1930 - Richard Felciano, composer
• 1932 - Ellen Burstyn, Detroit, actress (Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here)
• 1932 - Geoff Lawson, Australian cricket player
• 1932 - Gerard van den Berg, Dutch TV host (Like Father, Like Son)
• 1935 - Jean-Claude Casadesus, composer
• 1936 - Martha Layne Collins, Baghdad Ky, (Gov-D-Ky)
• 1937 - Thad Cochran, (Sen-R-Miss)
• 1940 - Kumar Shahani, writer/director (Kasbam Tarang, Maya Darpan)
• 1942 - Harry Chapin, NYC, rock vocalist (Taxi, Cat's in the Craddle)
• 1942 - Jonathan D Kramer, composer
• 1947 - Johnny Bench, baseball catcher (Reds)
• 1947 - Mino Reitano, Italian entertainer
• 1947 - Peter de Jong, Dutch actor (Maxi-Mini & Maxi)
• 1947 - Vincent Baggetta, Paterson NJ, actor (Lou-Chicago Story)
• 1948 - Gary Morris, Ft Worth Tx, country singer/actor (Colbys)
• 1948 - Yoko Morishita, prima ballerina (Baterina No Habataki)
• 1949 - Tom Waits, Calif, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine)
• 1951 - Henk Temming, Dutch vocalist/keyboardist (Good Cause)
• 1953 - Bertin Osborne, Italian entertainer
• 1954 - Gianfranco Jannuzzo, Italian entertainer
• 1954 - Julie Halston, actress (Juror, Drunks, Addams Family Values)
• 1954 - Mike Nolan, rocker
• 1955 - Priscilla Barnes, Ft Dix NJ, actress (License to Kill, 3s Company)
• 1956 - Larry Bird, hoop star (Boston Celtics)
• 1957 - Geoff "Henry" Lawson, cricketer (Australian fast bowler 1980-89)
• 1957 - Rohan Jayasekera, cricketer (one Test Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1982)
• 1958 - Edd Hall, TV announcer (Jay Leno's Tonight Show)
• 1959 - Salim Yousuf, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper in 32 Tests 1986-90)
• 1961 - Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena CA, actress (Katherine Ashton-Gen Hospital)
• 1962 - Grecia Colmenares, Italian entertainer
• 1963 - Barbara Weathers, vocalist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
• 1963 - Kristi Albers, El Paso TX, LPGA golfer (1993 Sprint Classic)
• 1964 - Duncan Miller, rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous)
• 1964 - Mike Nolan, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies)
• 1964 - Peter Laviolette, Norwood Mass, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
• 1965 - Peter Draisaitl, Karvina CZE, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
• 1966 - C Thomas Howell, LA Calif, actor (Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man)
• 1967 - Tino Martinez, Tampa FL, 1st baseman (Seattle Mariner, NY Yankees)
• 1967 - Vaclav Chalupa, Czechoslovakia, rower (Henley Royal Regatta 1989)
• 1968 - Cammy Myler, Plattsburgh NY, luger (Olympics-1994)
• 1968 - Keith Goganious, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1968 - Melissa Iverson, Anoka Minn, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1968 - Ricky Ervins, NFL running back (SF 49ers)
• 1968 - Tom Myslinski, NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Pitts Steelers)
• 1969 - Sabine Hack, West Germany, tennis star
• 1970 - Courtney Browne, cricketer (West Indies Test wicket-keeper 1995)
• 1970 - Ed Robinson, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1970 - Rob Olson, Victoria BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Newlands Open)
• 1971 - Ben Atkins, NYC, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Mauricio Hadad, Cali Colombia, tennis star (1995 Bermuda)
• 1972 - Bobby Schoonens, soccer player (RKC)
• 1972 - Clay Shiver, corner (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1972 - Jordi Buritlo, Spain, tennis star
• 1972 - Kevin Dogins, corner (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• 1972 - Sunny, [Tamara Fytch], WWF model
• 1973 - Mark Hartsell, WLAF QB (Scotland Claymores)
• 1973 - Rea Marie Bavilla, Miss USA-Alaska (1997)
• 1973 - Terrell Owens, wide reciever (San Francisco 49ers)
• 1974 - Alex Radutescu, Romania, tennis star
• 1974 - Annette Salmeen, 200m butterfly/800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
• 1975 - Nikola Wapzarow, writer
• 1977 - Fernando Vargas, Oxnard Ca, welterweight boxer (Olympics-96)
• 1977 - Francesca Lubiani, Bologna Italy, tennis star (Futures-Amadora-POR)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0983 - Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28
• 1254 - Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies
• 1383 - Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies
• 1811 - Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54
• 1815 - Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46
• 1817 - William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63
• 1823 - Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79
• 1826 - John Flaxman, Engl sculptor (tombs at St Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71
• 1829 - Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer, dies at 45
• 1834 - Ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23
• 1839 - Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69
• 1841 - Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83
• 1860 - Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43
• 1862 - Sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies
• 1867 - Rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42
• 1881 - Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51
• 1894 - Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89
• 1899 - Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82
• 1902 - Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies
• 1912 - George Darwin, theorized Moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean, dies
• 1917 - Leon Minkus, composer, dies at 91
• 1938 - Harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies
• 1941 - Cecil Forsyth, composer, dies at 71
• 1941 - Iida, Japanese pilot/lt, dies in battle at 28
• 1943 - John Bouber, [Blom], actor/author (Bluejackets), dies at 22
• 1948 - Godfrey Turner, composer, dies at 35
• 1962 - Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67
• 1967 - House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87
• 1969 - Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66
• 1969 - Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at 65
• 1970 - Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87
• 1971 - Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90
• 1972 - Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91
• 1975 - Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71
• 1975 - Thornton N Wilder, US writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 78
• 1977 - Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies
• 1979 - Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies
• 1979 - Mari Andriessen, sculptor (Docker), Amsterdam, dies at 82
• 1979 - Nicolas Born, writer, dies at 41
• 1979 - Prince Chahryar Shafik, Shah of Iran's nephew, murdered in Paris
• 1980 - Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22
• 1982 - Charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas
• 1983 - Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA
• 1984 - Jeanne Cagney, actress (Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies at 65
• 1985 - Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70
• 1985 - Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at 90
• 1988 - Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies
• 1988 - Christopher Connelly, actor (Liar's Moon, Hawmps), dies at 47
• 1988 - Peter Langan, Irish restaurateur (Langans London), dies in fire
• 1990 - Delecta "Dee" Clark, US singer (Raindrops), dies at 52
• 1990 - Horst Bienek, writer, dies at 60
• 1990 - Joan Bennett, US actress (House Across the Bay), dies at 80
• 1992 - Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at 79
• 1992 - Ruth Corbett Thom, dies after long illness at 78
• 1992 - Vincent Gardenia, actor (Moonstruck, LA Law), dies at 71
• 1993 - F‚lix Houphouet-Boigny, pres of Ivory Coast (1960-93), dies at 88
• 1993 - Janet Margolin, actress (David & Lisa), dies of ovarian cancer at 50
• 1994 - Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58
• 1995 - Larry Bartlett, photographer, dies at 42
• 1995 - Tom Burns, editor, dies at 89
• 1996 - Eugene Izzi, mystery writer, hangs himself at 43
• 1996 - Jose Donoso, writer, dies at 72