• 0994 - Muhammad ibn Hazm, historian/jurist/author of Islamic Spain
• 1598 - Francisco de Zurbar n, Spain, Baroque painter (baptized)
• 1656 - Walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen
• 1692 - Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg)
• 1706 - Carlo Cecere, composer
• 1758 - Edouard viscount de Walckiers, South Netherland banker/politician
• 1786 - Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, composer
• 1797 - Silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1876
• 1806 - August Friedrich Pott, composer
• 1810 - Ferenc Erkel, Hungary, composer/conductor (Hunaydi L szl¢)
• 1810 - Fritz Reuter, writer
• 1811 - Karel J Erben, Czech poet (Bouquet)
• 1822 - Edouard Gregoir, composer
• 1828 - Ludwig Deppe, composer
• 1828 - Paul-Jacques-Aim‚ Baudry, French painter
• 1832 - Andrew Dickson White, educator/1st president of Cornell
• 1839 - Henry Holmes, composer
• 1846 - Ignaz Brull, composer
• 1852 - Bohdan Borkowski, composer
• 1855 - Edwin H Hall, US physicist (Hall effect)
• 1856 - Semyon Zonovyevich Alapin, Vilna, tied for chess 1st place (1878)
• 1859 - Hendrik G Kleyn, church historian (Facts of verzinsels?)
• 1866 - Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer
• 1866 - Paul Lincke, German composer/conductor/publisher (Frau Luna)
• 1867 - Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie, discovered radium (Nobel 1903, 1911)
• 1874 - Joseph Willoughby, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96)
• 1876 - Culbert Olson, Fillmore Utah, (Gov-D-Cal)
• 1876 - Ted Arnold, cricketer (England all-rounder in 10 Tests 1903-05)
• 1877 - Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer
• 1878 - Lise Meitner, Austrian/Swedish physicist (Protactinium)
• 1879 - Eugeen Yoors, Flemish etcher/glass painter
• 1879 - Leon Davidovitsj Trotsky, [Leib Bronstein], Russ revolutionary [NS]
• 1883 - Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, Newport New Va, TV preacher
• 1886 - Aaron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player (openings theorist)
• 1886 - Mark Aldanov, [Landau], Russian/French chemist/writer [OS=Oct 26]
• 1888 - Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist (Nobel 1930)
• 1889 - George Davis, Netherlands, actor (Devil May Care)
• 1889 - Lord Tennyson III, cricketer (England batsman & captain)
• 1895 - Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81)
• 1896 - Herbert R O'Connor, Balt Md, (Sen-Md)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicate)
• 1897 - Ruth Pitter, British(?) poet
• 1900 - Efrem Kurtz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Houston Symph 1948-54)
• 1900 - Heinrich Himmler, Nazi SS leader
• 1902 - Jes£s Mar¡a Sanrom , Carolina PR, pianist (Boston Symphony)
• 1902 - Rob van der de Bas, [Barend Robberts], troubadour (Klucht of the Cow)
• 1903 - Albert Helman, [Lou Lichtveld], Suriname politician/novelist
• 1903 - Dean Jagger, Lima Ohio, actor (Albert Vane-Mr Novak, Elmer Gantry)
• 1903 - Konrad Lorenz, zoologist/ethologist (Man & His Ideas, Nobel 1973)
• 1903 - Lodewijk AM "Lou" Lichtveld, [Albert Helman], Suriname author
• 1905 - William Alwyn, composer
• 1906 - Eugene Carson Blake, US sec-gen of World council of Churches (1966-72)
• 1906 - Jan Vercammen, Flemish author/chief inspector LO (Primary Education)
• 1906 - Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar)
• 1907 - Maurits Mok, Dutch author/poet (Cheese & Bread Game)
• 1911 - Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist
• 1913 - Albert Camus, Algeria, novelist/director (The Just-Nobel 1957)
• 1914 - R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, US, sci-fi author (Devil is Dead)
• 1916 - Joe Bushkin, NYC, jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes)
• 1917 - Andras Mihaly, composer
• 1918 - Billy Graham, Charlotte NC, Baptist evangelist (Crusades)
• 1922 - Al Hirt, New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World)
• 1923 - Matthew Coady, journalist
• 1924 - Wolf Mankowitz, British(?) playwright
• 1926 - Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano (Met Opera)
• 1927 - Hiroshi Yamauchi, Kyoto Japan, owner (Seattle Mariners)
• 1929 - Ruggero Mastroianni, film editor
• 1930 - Peter Woods, newsreader
• 1930 - Rudy Boschwitz, (Sen-R-Mn, 1978- )
• 1931 - Gerald Humel, composer
• 1932 - Harry Lammertink, [Yrrah], Dutch cartoonist (Vrij Netherland)
• 1933 - George Tibbits, composer
• 1934 - Stephen L Neal, (Rep-D-NC, 1975- )
• 1935 - Willibrordus S Rendra, Indonesia, poet (Ballad orang-orang tertjina)
• 1936 - Barry Newman, Boston Mass, actor (Amy, Deadline, Petrocelli)
• 1936 - Gwyneth Jones, Pontnewyndd Wales, soprano (Die Walk�re)
• 1936 - Jaap Stobbe, Dutch actor (Dageraad)
• 1938 - Dee Clark, Arkansas, singer (Hambone, Nobody But You)
• 1938 - James Katt, pitcher/sportscaster (NY Yankees, Minn Twins)
• 1939 - Daniel Manneke, composer
• 1940 - Antonio Sk…rmeta, writer
• 1940 - Guido Provoost, Belgian historian
• 1942 - Jean Shrimpton, British model/actress (Privilege)
• 1942 - Johnny Rivers, [Ramistella], NYC, singer (Secret Agent Man)
• 1943 - Joni Mitchell, [Roberta J Anderson], Alberta Canada, singer (Clouds)
• 1943 - Judith Frost, British Columbia, artist (To Red, Dust Drawings)
• 1943 - Wensley Haydon-Baillie, English pharmaceutical manufacturer
• 1944 - James Hashow, composer
• 1944 - Jim Watkins, Phila, actor (Jerry-Magician)
• 1944 - Joe Niekro, baseball knuckler (NY Yankees)
• 1949 - Judy Tenuda, comedienne (Spotlight Cafe)
• 1950 - Alexa Canady, 1st black woman neuro-surgeon/educator
• 1950 - Augusto Gen'un Alcalde, Buenos Aires, 1st S Amer Zen teacher
• 1951 - Dan Duva, boxing promoter/producer (Howard Stern New Years Party)
• 1951 - Nick Gilder, London England, singer (Hot Child in the City)
• 1953 - Lucinda Green, English equestrian
• 1956 - Denise Jannah, [Zeefuik], Suriname jazz singer (Farmer's Market)
• 1957 - Christopher Knight, NYC, actor (Peter-Brady Bunch)
• 1957 - Jonathan Palmer, formula-1 racer
• 1957 - Kathy McMillan, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1976)
• 1958 - Jack Wyngaard, dancer
• 1961 - Mintcho Pachov, Bulgaria, 67.5kg weightlifer (Olympic-bronze-1980)
• 1962 - Arend Bouwmeester, Dutch saxophonist (Bob Color)
• 1962 - Wayne Norman Phillips, Vic opener cricketer (Test for Aust v Ind 1992)
• 1963 - John Barnes, British soccer player
• 1963 - Michael Heidt, Calgary Alberta, hockey defenseman (Team Germany)
• 1963 - Shelly Miller, Youngstown Oh, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25th-1994)
• 1963 - Todd McKee, actor (Ted-Santa Barbara, Bold & Beautiful)
• 1964 - Dana Plato, Maywood Calif, actress (Kimberly-Diff'rent Strokes)
• 1964 - Liam O'Maonlai, Irish vocalist/pianist (Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry)
• 1966 - Andy Tomberlin, Monroe NC, outfielder (NY Mets)
• 1966 - Lisa Canning, Virgin Islands, hostess (Entertainment Tonight)
• 1966 - Murphy Logo Su'a, cricket pace bowler (NZ left-arm of Samoan parents)
• 1968 - Russ Springer, Alexandria VA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
• 1969 - Michelle Morse, Ft Rucker Ala, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1995)
• 1969 - Tanya Dubnicoff, Winnipeg Manitoba, cyclist (Olympics-6th-92, 96)
• 1970 - Andre Hastings, NFL wide receiver (Pitts Steelers, NO Saints)
• 1970 - Kris[ten] Fillat, San Diego Calif, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Marc Rosset, Geneva Switz, tennis star (1992 French Doubles)
• 1972 - Christopher Daniel Barnes, ME, actor (Ross-Day by Day, As World Turns)
• 1972 - Clive B Barnes, Portland Me, actor (Scott Hayden-Starman)
• 1972 - Emily Porter Lesueur, Glendale Calif, synchro swimmer (Oly-gold-96)
• 1972 - Jane Taylor, Maitland NSW Aust, tennis star (1995 Futures-Wagga Waga)
• 1972 - Jeremy London, actor (I'll Fly Away, Party of Five)
• 1972 - Jimmy Gary, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1974 - Kris Benson, Konnesaw TX, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1974 - Tarek Saleh, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
• 1975 - Suesan Rajabi, Miss Colorado USA (1996)
• 1976 - Mark Philippoussis, Australia, tennis star (140 MPH serve)
• 1976 - Zahir Raheem, Phila, bantamweight boxer (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0739 - Willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81
• 1225 - Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40
• 1560 - Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies
• 1573 - Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies
• 1600 - Baki, Turkish royal poet (DŒvƒn, Ghazalijjƒt), dies at about 74
• 1608 - Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen/cavalry commander, dies in battle
• 1633 - Cornelis Drebbel, physicist/chemist/inventor (submarine), dies
• 1639 - William Cobbold, composer, dies at 79
• 1678 - Erasmus Quellinus II [Quellien], Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 70
• 1708 - Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist, dies at 76
• 1723 - Godfrey Kneller, English painter (74-77), dies
• 1796 - Catharina II, "the Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
• 1802 - Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer, dies at 50
• 1817 - Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer, dies at 85
• 1827 - Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Ital violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 76
• 1837 - Elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34
• 1857 - Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer, dies at 62
• 1859 - Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61
• 1876 - Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65
• 1880 - Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72
• 1893 - Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, dies at 37
• 1901 - Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli, dies
• 1910 - Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War & Peace), dies at 82 [OS]
• 1913 - Alfred R Wallace, British zoologist (Is Mars habitable?), dies
• 1919 - Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56
• 1935 - Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia, dies at 39
• 1938 - Earnest von Rath, German antifascist/diplomat, murdered
• 1941 - Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
• 1943 - Dwight Frye, actor (Vampire Bat, Dracula), dies at 44
• 1944 - Richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo
• 1945 - Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies
• 1956 - Una Mae Carlisle, US pianist/singer, dies at 40
• 1959 - Victor McLaglen, actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72
• 1960 - Alvin Carter, vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69
• 1961 - Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64
• 1962 - Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC
• 1965 - Friedrich Wildgans, composer, dies at 52
• 1967 - John Nance Garner, (VP-D, 1933-41), dies at 98
• 1967 - Juan Tomas Perez, composer, dies at 71
• 1967 - Larry Kent, director (High Stakes), dies at 67
• 1968 - Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies
• 1972 - Tod Andrews, actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), dies at 51
• 1974 - Rodolfo Acosta, actor (Passion, Littlest Outlaw), dies at 54
• 1978 - Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80
• 1978 - Janet Flanner, writer, dies at 86
• 1979 - Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71
• 1979 - Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53
• 1980 - Steve McQueen, actor (Tom Horn, Bullitt), dies at 50
• 1981 - Will Durant, US author (story of civilization), dies at 96
• 1983 - David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer, dies at 61
• 1983 - Germaine Tailleferre, Fren composer (Le Marin du Bolivar), dies at 91
• 1984 - George Matthews, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73 of heart disease
• 1990 - Josephine Wilson, actress (We Dive at Dawn), dies at 86
• 1990 - Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78
• 1991 - Gene Tierney, US actress (Laura/Heaven can wait), dies at 70
• 1992 - Alexander Dubcek, premier Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies at 70
• 1992 - Jack Kelly, US actor (Maverick, Vega$), dies following a stroke at 65
• 1993 - Adelaide Hall, US jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92
• 1993 - Charles Aidman, actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68
• 1994 - Michael O'Donoghue, comedian (SNL), dies at about 54
• 1994 - Milton "Shorty" Rogers [Rajonsky], US jazz trumpeter, dies at 70
• 1995 - Jerry Daniels, singer/guitarist, dies at 79
• 1995 - John Patrick, screenwriter, dies at 90
• 1995 - Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74
• 1996 - Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist, dies at 84
• 1996 - Claude Ake, political scientist, dies at 57
• 1996 - Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer, dies at 81