• 1396 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
• 1527 - John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician
• 1590 - Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope (1670-76)
• 1608 - Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57)
• 1773 - Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art)
• 1793 - John Clare, Northamptonshire peasant poet (Shepard's Calendar)
• 1815 - James Alexander Seddon, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1880
• 1816 - Gustav Freytag, writer
• 1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader/Confed lt-gen/KKK Grand Wizard
• 1826 - Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist (Reaction of Cannizzaro)
• 1847 - Corn‚lie Huygens, feminist/author (Barthold Meryan)
• 1850 - Hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30)
• 1853 - Albert U B††th, Swedish poet (Vid Allfarw„g)
• 1859 - Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter
• 1863 - Emma Mary Wooley, educator (Mary Anna Wells)
• 1872 - Alfons van de Perre, Flemish physician/MP
• 1877 - Karl Erb, German tenor
• 1883 - [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Potasch & Perlemoer)
• 1884 - Francis B Young, British physician/writer (White Ladies)
• 1884 - John Francis Larchet, composer
• 1888 - Fernando A N de Seabra Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Mensagem)
• 1888 - Jean Murat, Pergneux France, actor (Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders)
• 1891 - Franco Casavola, composer
• 1894 - Isaak Babel, Rus short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary) [or 6/13]
• 1895 - Sidney Blackmer, Salisbury NC, actor (Ted Roosevelt in 12 movies)
• 1898 - Martin David, German/Neth law historian
• 1900 - JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament (social democratic)
• 1901 - Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight boxing champ (1922-26)
• 1901 - Tillie Ehrlich Lewin, leading industrialist (tomato queen)
• 1903 - Eric Portman, Yorkshire England, actor (Naked Edge, Canterbury Tale)
• 1906 - Harry Sosnik, Chicago, orch leader (Jack Carter Show, Your Hit Parade)
• 1909 - David Branson, composer
• 1909 - Paul Constantinescu, composer
• 1909 - Washington Castro, composer
• 1913 - Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper (Olympic-silver-1928)
• 1913 - Dave Garroway, Schnectady NY, TV host (Today Show)
• 1913 - Ladislav Holoubek, composer
• 1913 - Walter Landor, designer
• 1920 - Hans Blumenberg, philosopher
• 1921 - Charles Scribner Jr, music publisher (Scribner)
• 1921 - Ernest Gold, composer
• 1922 - Anchor Jírgenson, premier of Denmark (1972-82)
• 1922 - Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night)
• 1923 - Susie Bond, Louisville Ky, actress (Flo, Temperature Rising)
• 1924 - George Handy, horse trainer
• 1925 - Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, conservationist
• 1926 - Meyer Kupferman, NYC, composer (In Fimi Tres)
• 1927 - Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor
• 1927 - Simone Veil, Pres European parliament (France)
• 1928 - Bob Crane, Waterbury Ct, actor (Col Hogan-Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed)
• 1928 - Donal Michalsky, composer
• 1929 - Red Terrill Jr, horse trainer
• 1931 - Bill Moor, Toledo Oh, actor (Hanky Panky)
• 1932 - Per Norgard, composer
• 1933 - David M Storey, British rugby player/playwright (Home)
• 1933 - Patsy Byrne, Ashford England, actress (Stealing Heaven)
• 1934 - Aleksei Stanislavovich Yeliseyev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 8, 10)
• 1934 - Ivor Mendonca, WI cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests 1962)
• 1934 - Roger Reynolds, composer
• 1934 - Wole Soyinka, Nigeria, dramatist (Road, Kongi's Harvest-Nobel 1986)
• 1935 - Jack F Kemp, (Rep-R-NY)/right-wing/US Secretary of Housing (1989-93)
• 1937 - Charles Coody, Stamford TX, PGA golfer (1971 Masters)
• 1940 - Patrick Stewart, England, actor (Picard-Star Trek Next Generation)
• 1940 - Paul Prudhomme, cajun chef (K-Paul)
• 1941 - Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)
• 1941 - Jacques Perrin, Paris France, actress (Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon)
• 1941 - Lut[guard] Tomsin, actress/director (Knock on the Door)
• 1941 - Robert Forster, Rochester NY, actor (Lady in Red, Alligator)
• 1942 - Giancarlo Giannini, Spezia Italy,actor (NY Stories, Sensual Man)
• 1942 - Harrison Ford, Chic Ill, actor (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic)
• 1942 - Jay Uzzell, rocker (Corsairs)
• 1942 - Jim McGuinn, rocker
• 1942 - Rod Chandler, (Rep-R-WA, 1983- )
• 1942 - Roger McGuinn, guitarist (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn, Mr Tambourine Man)
• 1942 - Stephen Jo Bladd, Boston Ma, rocker (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
• 1944 - Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler (late 60's)
• 1944 - Erno Rubik, Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube)
• 1945 - Ashley "Rowdy" Mallett, Australian cricket off-spinner (1968-80)
• 1945 - Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Duvelsmoer)
• 1946 - Cheech Marin, [Richard], comedian (Cheech & Chong-Up in Smoke)
• 1946 - Michael Shea, US, sci-fi author (Fat Face, Polyphemus)
• 1948 - Alf Hansen, Norway, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1948 - Daphne Maxwell Reid, actress (Frank's Place)
• 1948 - Don Sweet, Vancouver, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montr‚al, Green Bay)
• 1948 - Linda Ann Simon, airline capt
• 1948 - Robert Underwood, (Rep-D-Guam)
• 1948 - Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island)
• 1949 - Helena Fibingerova, Czech, shot putter (Olympic-bronze-1976)
• 1950 - George D "Pinky" Nelson, Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)
• 1951 - Didi Conn, [Bernstein], Bkln NY, actress (Denise-Benson, Grease)
• 1953 - Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman (1976-87)
• 1954 - David Thompson, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Seattle Supersonics)
• 1954 - Louise Mandrell, Corpus Christi Tx, country singer (Mandrell Sisters)
• 1954 - Ray "Candles" Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer (1977-86)
• 1956 - Mark "Animal" Mendoza, rocker (Twisted Sister-We're Not Gonna Take It)
• 1956 - Mark Mendoza, rocker
• 1957 - Cameron Crowe, director (Jerry Maguire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
• 1958 - Joy Scott, jockey
• 1959 - Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up)
• 1961 - Anders Jarryd, Lidkoping Sweden, tennis star
• 1961 - Lawrence Donegan, rock bassist
• 1963 - Anthony Webb, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
• 1963 - Bob Carpenter, Beverly, NHL left wing (NJ Devils)
• 1963 - Bobby Rock, Houston Tx, rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection)
• 1963 - Martin Meza, jockey
• 1963 - Spud Webb, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
• 1964 - Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler)
• 1966 - Myong Hui Choe, North Korea, gymnist (Olympic-1980)
• 1967 - Pat Rapp, Jennings LA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
• 1967 - Tony Massenburg, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
• 1968 - Kai Bjorn, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1968 - Silke Meier, Wiesbaden Germany, tennis star (1994 Futures-Bad Gogging)
• 1969 - Ewan Beaton, Winnipeg Manitoba, 60 kg judoka (Olympics-9-92, 96)
• 1969 - Jamie Walter, actor (Pirate Island)
• 1969 - Kim Braatz, Santa Ana Calif, female outfielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
• 1969 - Richard Roelofsen, soccer player (Vitesse/MVV)
• 1970 - Lou Rosselli, NYC, 114« lbs/52 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics-1996)
• 1970 - Steven J Brown, Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
• 1971 - Scott Brodie, St Catharines Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Clint Sodowsky, Ponca City OK, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
• 1973 - Gavin Hassett, Saint John New Brunswick, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Jean ..., Miss Suriname 1993
• 1975 - Danielle Boatwright, Kansas, Miss USA (Kansas-2nd-1996)
• 1980 - Lori Fredrickson, Aurora Ill, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)
• 2305 - Jean Loc Picard, fictional capt on Star Trek Next Generation

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0574 - John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies
• 0939 - Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies
• 1024 - Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies
• 1105 - Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies
• 1309 - Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies
• 1380 - Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60
• 1621 - Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria, dies at 61
• 1755 - Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh
• 1762 - James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies
• 1777 - Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61
• 1785 - Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78
• 1793 - Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday
• 1813 - Johann Friedrich Peter, composer, dies at 67
• 1844 - Johann Gansbacher, composer, dies at 66
• 1860 - John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
• 1861 - Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41
• 1863 - John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32
• 1877 - Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
• 1889 - Carli Zoeller, composer, dies at 49
• 1890 - John C "Pathfinder" Fr‚mont, US explorer/governor (Ariz), dies at 76
• 1894 - Juventino Rosas, composer, dies at 26
• 1903 - August Reissmann, composer, dies at 77
• 1923 - Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], German(?) composer, dies at 80
• 1925 - Gerben Postma [Ids], Fries writer (Lytse Fryske Spraekleare), dies
• 1927 - James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies
• 1936 - Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91
• 1936 - Jos‚ Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance, murdered at 43
• 1943 - Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter, dies at 50
• 1946 - Alfred Stieglitz, US photographer/art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82
• 1947 - Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies
• 1951 - Arnold Sch”nberg, Austria/US composer (Verkl„rte Nacht), dies at 76
• 1954 - Irving Pichel, dies at 63
• 1954 - M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera, dies at 47
• 1955 - Beulah Ecton Woodard, US sculptor, dies at 59
• 1955 - Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
• 1956 - Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, composer, dies at 54
• 1958 - Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday
• 1960 - Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life & Death), dies at 55
• 1967 - Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51
• 1973 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 67
• 1973 - Martian Negrea, composer, dies at 80
• 1973 - Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies at 72
• 1974 - Patrick MS Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies at 76
• 1975 - Owen Wynne, cricketer (6 Tests for S Africa 1948-50), lost at sea
• 1976 - Max Butting, composer, dies at 87
• 1978 - Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78
• 1979 - Corine Griffith, dies at 84
• 1980 - Seretse Khama, 1st president of Botswana, dies
• 1982 - Edith Heerdegen, dies at 69
• 1982 - John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85
• 1987 - Patience Collier, dies
• 1988 - Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
• 1988 - Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
• 1989 - Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered
• 1989 - Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
• 1990 - Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81
• 1991 - Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies
• 1992 - Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76
• 1992 - Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist, dies at 78
• 1993 - Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32
• 1993 - Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31
• 1994 - Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79
• 1994 - Robert Michael Payton, pizza magnate, dies at 50
• 1996 - Joyce Buck, actress/interior designer, dies at 71
• 1996 - Pandro S Berman, film producer, dies at 91
• 1996 - Walter Hassan, engineer, dies at 91
• 1997 - Alexandra Danilova, ballet great, dies at 92