• 1573 - Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer
• 1593 - Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)
• 1611 - Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
• 1661 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)
• 1671 - Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)
• 1738 - Arthur Phillip, admiral/1st governor New-South Wales
• 1747 - Marian Paradeiser, composer
• 1758 - Wilhelm Olbers, discovered asteroids (Pallas & Vesta)
• 1768 - Adriaan van den Ende, Dutch vicar/educationalist
• 1782 - Steen Steensen Blicher, Denmk, poet/short-story writer (E Binddstouw)
• 1788 - Simon Sechter, composer
• 1803 - Albartus Telting, Frisian poet (Frisianch Jierboeckjen)
• 1806 - Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58)
• 1815 - Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican representative of the people
• 1820 - Alfred Washington Ellet, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
• 1821 - Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani, composer
• 1821 - George Williams, England, founder YMCA
• 1825 - C F Meyer, writer
• 1825 - Elkanah Brackin Greer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
• 1835 - Hunter Holmes McGuire, Med Director (Confederate Army), died in 1900
• 1841 - Freidrich Hegar, composer
• 1844 - Henry John Heinz, founded prepared-foods company (57 varieties)
• 1863 - Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer
• 1865 - Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Mot Karnaval)
• 1869 - Gordon Frederic Norton, composer
• 1872 - Harlan Fiske Stone, NH, Supreme Court (1925-41) Chief Justice (41-46)
• 1875 - Stefan O Iosif, Romania, poet (Beautiful Irine)
• 1876 - G von Le Fort, writer
• 1877 - John Parsons Beach, composer
• 1881 - Stark Young, US critic/writer (So Red the Rose)
• 1882 - Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer
• 1882 - Will Vesper, German author (Vom grossen Krieg)
• 1883 - Archibald T Davison, composer
• 1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, [Anna], 1st lady (1933-1945)/crusader (Nobel 1931)
• 1884 - Friedrich C R Bergius, German chemist (benzine from brown coal, Nobel)
• 1884 - Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer
• 1884 - Sig Ruman, [Siegfried Rumann], Hamburg Germany
• 1885 - Alfred Haar, Hungary, mathematician
• 1885 - Fran‡ois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright (Nobel 1952)
• 1888 - Piero Coppola, composer
• 1891 - Antonius [Jacob LT] van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, Antillian Bishop
• 1894 - Albert Stoessel, composer
• 1895 - H Schiebelhuth, writer
• 1896 - Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language)
• 1897 - Arvo Hannikainen, composer
• 1897 - George Preston Marshall, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins)
• 1897 - Nathan F Twining, USAF general (Neither Liberty nor Safety)
• 1897 - Russell Collins, New Orleans LA
• 1899 - A L "Oosh" Ochse, cricketer (no relation to A E S African fast bowler)
• 1900 - Cal Hubbard, NFL tackle (Giants, Packers, Pittsburgh Pirates)
• 1901 - Emil Hlobil, composer
• 1901 - Gerard Roms‚e, Flemish nationalist
• 1902 - Leon Belasco, Odessa Russia, actor (Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen)
• 1906 - Earl "Dutch" Clark, Colo, NFL hall of fame QB (Spartans, Detroit)
• 1908 - Armen Carapetyan, composer
• 1910 - Eugene John Weigel, composer
• 1910 - Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier
• 1910 - Joseph Alsop, political newspaper columnist (Men Around the President)
• 1913 - J J Pickle, (Rep-D-TX, 1963- )
• 1914 - Edward J Day, US Postmaster General (1961)
• 1917 - Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer
• 1917 - Thelonious Monk, jazz great, stroke
• 1918 - Jerome Robbins, [Rabinowitz], NY, choreographer (Tony-West Side Story)
• 1919 - Art Blakey, Pitts PA, drummer (Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers)
• 1925 - Elmore Leonard, US writer (Glitz, Mr Majestyk, Touch, 52 Pick-Up)
• 1925 - Nancy Guild, LA Calif, actress (Where Was I?)
• 1926 - Earle Hyman, NC, actor (Russell-Cosby, Coriolanus)
• 1926 - John Dewes, cricketer (England opener late 40's early 50's)
• 1928 - Thomas Burnett Swann, US, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur)
• 1930 - Bill Fischer, baseball player
• 1930 - Harry Glass, German DR, 1st E German Olympic medalist (bronze-1956)
• 1930 - Sam Johnson, (Rep-R-Texas)
• 1932 - Dottie West, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Here Comes My Baby)
• 1933 - Dawn French, actress/com‚dienne (Supergrass)
• 1935 - Jan van Vlijmen, composer
• 1935 - Roy Scheider, actor (Jaws, Fren Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion)
• 1937 - Bobby Charlton, English soccer player
• 1937 - Georgi Vladimirovich Machinski, cosmonaut
• 1937 - Ron Leibman, NYC, actor (Norma Rae, Where's Poppa?, Beauty & Beast)
• 1939 - Franklin A Sonn, union leader (South African workers)
• 1939 - Maria Bueno, Sao Paulo Brazil, tennis player (Wimbledon 1959)
• 1939 - Woiciech Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer
• 1942 - Amitabh Bachan, actress (Deewar)
• 1942 - Malvin Whitfield, Bay City Tx, track star (Oly-3 gold/silv/br-48, 52)
• 1942 - Victor H Fazio, (Rep-D-California, 1979- )
• 1943 - Frank Muyser, Dutch guitarist/saxophonist (Les Baroques)
• 1943 - Gene Watson, Palestine Tx, country singer (Heartaches, Love & Stuff)
• 1943 - Keith Boyce, cricketer (big-hitting WI all-rounder of 70's)
• 1943 - Ken Boyce, cricketer
• 1943 - Per-Gunnar Alldahl, composer
• 1944 - Rodney Marsh, athlete
• 1946 - Felton Perry, actor (Magnum Force, Sudden Death)
• 1946 - Gary Mallaber, Buffalo NY, rocker (Steve Miller Band-Abracadbra)
• 1946 - Sawao Kato, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1968, 72, 76)
• 1948 - Daryl Hall, [Hohl], Penn, rocker/songwriter (Hall & Oates-Sara Smile)
• 1949 - Bobby Jones, baseball player
• 1949 - Greg Douglas, rock guitarist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra)
• 1950 - Amos Gitai, actor (Neo-Fascist Trilogy, Golem, Arena of Murder)
• 1950 - Andrew Woolfolk, US pop musician (Earth, Wind & Fire-Shining Star)
• 1950 - Catlin Adams, LA Calif, actress (Ms Loomis-Square Pegs)
• 1950 - Patty Murry, (Sen-D Washington)
• 1950 - Thomas J Tauke, (Rep-R-IA, 1979- )
• 1951 - Wesley Magoogan, rocker
• 1953 - David Morse, Beverly Mass, actor (St Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves)
• 1957 - Blair Cunningham, Memphis Tn, rock drummer (Haircut 100)
• 1957 - Jon Moss, rock drummer (Culture Club)
• 1959 - Bob Inglis, (Rep-R-South Carolina)
• 1959 - Michiel Schapers, Netherlands, tennis star
• 1960 - Curt Ford, baseball player
• 1960 - Joe Nash, NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1961 - Bryant Young, defensive tackle (San Francisco 49ers)
• 1961 - Steve Young, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers, NFL Player of Year '92)
• 1962 - Eric Johnson, Seaside OR, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Louisiana Open-3rd)
• 1962 - Joan Cusack, Evanston Illinois, actress (SNL, Addams Family Values)
• 1962 - Leslie Landon, LA Calif, actress (Etta Plum-Little House on Prairie)
• 1962 - Martin Bayless, NFL safety (KC Chiefs)
• 1962 - Philip Newport, cricketer (England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1988-91)
• 1965 - Chris Spielman, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills)
• 1965 - Sean Patrick Flanery, actor (Young Indiana Jones, Powder)
• 1966 - Gregg Olson, Omaha NE, pitcher (Balt Orioles, Detroit Tigers)
• 1966 - Luke Perry, Mansfield Ohio, actor (Dillon-Beverly Hill 90210)
• 1966 - Shawn Chambers, Royal Oaks MI, NHL defenseman (Team USA, NJ Devils)
• 1967 - Bruce Dickson, CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1967 - Charles Ogletree, Greenville NC, tornado yachter (Olympics-8th-1996)
• 1967 - Dennis Vaske, Rockford, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
• 1967 - John Lovell, Baton Rouge LA, tornado yachter (Olympics-8th-1996)
• 1967 - Rob Selby, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1967 - Sean Moynihan, Burlington Vt, actor (Powell-One Life to Live)
• 1968 - Amy Louise Taylor, [Kallested], actress (Silent Night Deadly Night 5)
• 1968 - Claude Lapointe, Lachine, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
• 1968 - Cynthia Johnston, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Cal Dixon, NFL center/guard (NY Jets)
• 1969 - Mike Kerr, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1969 - Prince Constantijn, CF Aschwin, of Netherlands
• 1969 - Ty Murray, rodeo cowboy(5-time all-around world champion)
• 1970 - Chidi Ahanotu, NFL defensive end/defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1970 - Kelly Sims, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1970 - Nicole Jeray, Cook County IL, LPGA golfer (1995 Sprint Champ-22nd)
• 1971 - Chann McRae, Albany Ga, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Natalie Jay, Hendon England, actress (Baywatch)
• 1972 - Brigitte Soucy, Moncton New Brunswick,volleyballer (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Cherokee Parks, NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, Minn Timberwolves)
• 1972 - Kyoko Ina, Tokyo Japan, figure skater (1993 North Atlantic Sr champ)
• 1972 - Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler (Victorian lefty since 1994-95)
• 1973 - Sharon Dominguez, Miss Belize Universe (1997)
• 1974 - Jason Arnott, Collingwood Ontario, NHL center (Edmonton Oilers)
• 1975 - Kellie Martin, Riverside CA, actress (Life Goes On, Cristy)
• 1975 - Zach Conrad, Ft Collins Colo, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1992 - Sarah Cannon, daughter of singer Amy Grant

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0732 - Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies
• 0965 - Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
• 1303 - Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies
• 1347 - Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies
• 1424 - Jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
• 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies
• 1598 - Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies
• 1617 - Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62
• 1666 - Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies
• 1705 - Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42
• 1779 - Casimir Pulaski, General, dies
• 1809 - Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis & Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35
• 1812 - Jurriaan F de Frederici, Dutch governor-gen (Suriname), dies at 60
• 1837 - Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71
• 1839 - Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, dies at 88
• 1850 - Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38
• 1891 - Charles Stewart Parnells, remains buried in Ireland
• 1893 - Barth‚l‚my Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter, dies at 77
• 1896 - Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72
• 1897 - L‚on Bo‰lmann, French organist/composer (Suite Gothique), dies at 35
• 1907 - Adolf Furtw„ngler, Ger archaeologist (Die antiken Gemmen), dies at 53
• 1917 - Harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies
• 1925 - Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), dies at 71
• 1933 - Josef Hofmiller, writer, dies
• 1935 - Frank Mitchell, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng then 3 for S Africa), dies
• 1942 - Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64
• 1958 - J R Becher, writer, dies at 67
• 1958 - Max Jakob Friedl„nder, German/Dutch art historian, dies at 91
• 1959 - Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64
• 1960 - Richard Cromwell, actor (Jezebel, Riot Squad), dies of cancer at 50
• 1961 - Leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74
• 1963 - Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47
• 1963 - Jean Cocteau, French author (La Voie Humaine), dies at 73
• 1970 - Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69
• 1971 - Chester Conklin, actor (Greed, Modern Times), dies at 83
• 1971 - Ralph J Bunche, 1st black US diplomat (Nobel 1950), dies at 67
• 1976 - Connie Boswell, actress (Artists & Models), dies at 68
• 1977 - Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66
• 1978 - Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in NYC
• 1984 - Khanderao M Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5 50 for India), dies
• 1984 - Sid Carroll, cricketer (prolific NSW opener 1945-59 avg 39 59), dies
• 1985 - Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer
• 1986 - Norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at 51
• 1988 - Bonita Granville, actress (Lone Ranger, Hitler's Children), dies at 55
• 1988 - Morgan Farley, actor (Open Secret), dies of natural causes at 90
• 1988 - Wayland Flowers, ventriloquist (Madame), dies of AIDS at 48
• 1989 - Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53
• 1990 - Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73
• 1990 - Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56
• 1992 - Theo Wolvencamp, painter (Cobra), dies
• 1992 - Willem RJ Wittkampf, journalist/writer (Liner, Cannon), dies
• 1994 - Maja Bulgakova, Ukranian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62
• 1994 - Nic Jonk, sculptor/painter (Nereus on Zeepaard), dies at 66
• 1996 - Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80
• 1996 - Edith Tilton Penrose, economist, dies at 81
• 1996 - Johnny Costa, jazz pianist (Mr Rogers), dies at 74
• 1996 - Keith Boyce, cricketer (West Indian all-rounder 1969-76), dies
• 1996 - Ken Boyce, cricketer, dies at 23
• 1996 - Terry Patchett, politician, dies at 56
• 1996 - William Vickrey, economist, dies at 82