• 1165 - Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic/philosopher
• 1456 - Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (Arcadia)
• 1514 - Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland
• 1609 - Judith J Leyster, Dutch house painter, baptised
• 1719 - Jan Nepveu, governor-general of Suriname (1769-79) [or Aug 27]
• 1745 - Piotr A von der Pahlen, milt governor (St Petersburg)
• 1746 - Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Decl of Ind
• 1750 - Philippe Fabre d'glantine, France, poet/satirist/politician
• 1778 - Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1869
• 1804 - Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man is what he eats)
• 1808 - Charles Lucas, composer
• 1809 - Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, astronomer/Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1813 - Alberto Mazzucato, composer
• 1825 - William Duncan Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
• 1833 - James Henry Lane, Brig General (Confederate Army) [or Jun 22 1814]
• 1835 - Jose Garcia Robles, composer
• 1837 - Christian Barnekow, composer
• 1844 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, England, poet (Windhover)
• 1859 - Balington Booth, founder (Volunteers of America)
• 1866 - Beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit)
• 1868 - George Morren, Flemish painter/sculptor
• 1868 - Thomas P Krag, Norwegian writer (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran)
• 1870 - Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1927-31)
• 1872 - Albert P Sarraut, Fren gov-gen of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36)
• 1874 - Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator (Essay on Man)
• 1887 - Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Nude Descending a Staircase)
• 1890 - Marie Lohr, Sydney Australia, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel)
• 1891 - Ron Oxenham, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32)
• 1892 - Joe E Brown, Holgate Ohio, comedian (Buck Circus Hour)
• 1892 - Petro Petridis, Greek composer (Isotope Suite)
• 1893 - Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer
• 1897 - Emmy Arbous, [Emilia J Henke], Dutch actress (Little Rascal)
• 1900 - Maurice Johnstone, composer
• 1901 - Rudy Vallee, Vt, singer (Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time)
• 1901 - Sandor Vandor, composer
• 1902 - Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian/British philosopher (Logic of Forschung)
• 1902 - Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Dead Reckoning)
• 1903 - Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), Louisville KY
• 1904 - [John] Selwyn [Brooke] Lloyd, British statsman
• 1905 - Charles William Hutton, architect
• 1906 - Gottlob Frick, singer
• 1907 - Earl S Tupper, inventor (Tupperware)
• 1907 - Vivian Vance, Cherryvale Ks, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy)
• 1908 - Zbigniew Turski, composer
• 1909 - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (Under the Volcano)
• 1910 - Bill Goodwin, SF Calif, announcer (Jolson Story, Burns & Allen)
• 1910 - Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot
• 1911 - Ann Doran, Amarillo Tx, actress (Longstreet, Shirley)
• 1911 - Gerhard Stoeck, Germany, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1936)
• 1912 - Eleazar de Carvalho, Iguat£ Brazil, conductor/tuba (Tiradentes)
• 1916 - David Brown, NYC, director (Jaws, Planet of the Apes)
• 1916 - Laird Cregar, Phila, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square)
• 1922 - Jacques Piccard, Switzerland, undersea explorer (bathyscaph Trieste)
• 1923 - Kent L Lee, US vice-admiral (WW II-Marianas/Palau)
• 1923 - Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, secretary of state
• 1923 - Michio Watanabe, politician
• 1924 - Fred Fisher, cricketer (one Test for NZ v SA 1953)
• 1924 - Peter James Frederick Green, CEO (LLoyd's of London)
• 1925 - Bruce Matthews, newspaper executive
• 1925 - Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West
• 1925 - Larry Pruden, composer
• 1928 - Adrian Ratiu, composer
• 1929 - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, NY, 1st lady (1961-63)
• 1929 - Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch literary/poet/son of Jan Campert
• 1930 - Darryl Hickman, Hollywood Cal, actor (Human Comedy, Tea & Sympathy)
• 1931 - Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler (60's)
• 1934 - Jacques d'Amboise, Dedham Mass, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Company)
• 1934 - Norman D Shumway, (Rep-R-California, 1979- )
• 1937 - Anthony Ward, writer
• 1937 - Peter Duchin, NYC, pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orch)
• 1938 - Alberto Fujimoro, president of Peru (1990- )
• 1938 - George Cummings, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show)
• 1938 - Robert Hughes, [Studley Forrest], Australia, writer/critic (Barcelona)
• 1939 - Clem Cattini, rock drummer (Tornados London)
• 1940 - Phil Proctor, comedian (Firesign Theater)
• 1941 - Riccardo Muti, Napoli Italy, conductor (Philadelphia Orch)
• 1943 - Bill Bradley, Crystal Ms, NBA forward (Knicks, Oly-gold-64/Sen-D-NJ)
• 1943 - Lawrence Elkins, football player FL (Houston Oilers)
• 1943 - Mike Bloomfield, Chicago Ill, blues guitarist/singer (Analine)
• 1944 - Daniel Morelon, France, 1K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
• 1944 - Mike Bloomfield, rocker
• 1945 - Jim Davis, cartoonist (Garfield)
• 1945 - Richard William Wright, rock guitarist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
• 1945 - Rick Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd
• 1946 - Douglas H Bosco, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
• 1946 - Jonathan Edwards, rocker
• 1946 - Linda Kelsey, Minneapolis, actress (Billie-Lou Grant, Kate-Day by Day)
• 1947 - Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
• 1947 - Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, Miss, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
• 1947 - Elena Novikova-Belova, USSR, foils (Olympic-gold-1968)
• 1947 - Miguelina Cobian, Santiago Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
• 1947 - Sally Struther, Portland Oregon, actress (Gloria-All in the Family)
• 1948 - Andy Fraser, rocker
• 1948 - Georgia Engel, Wash DC, actress (Georgette-Mary Tyler Moore Show)
• 1948 - Sergei Bodrov, Khabarovsk Russia, director (Katala, Somebody to Love)
• 1949 - Marilyn Quayle, wife of vice president Dan Quayle (1989-93)
• 1949 - Simon Kirke, rock drummer (Bad Company)
• 1949 - Steven Peregrine Took, rocker (T-Rex)
• 1949 - Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971)
• 1951 - Greg Gluffria, Wash DC, rock keyboardist (House of Lords-Sahara)
• 1952 - Monique Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince/Heir Apparent to Thailand throne
• 1952 - Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)
• 1953 - Steve Duncan, Knoxville Tn, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
• 1954 - Ken Margolis, rocker (Mink DeVille)
• 1954 - Steve Morse, rocker
• 1958 - Terry Fox, Canadain one-legged marathoner (1980 Marathon of Hope)
• 1961 - David Huff, rocker (Giant)
• 1961 - Scott E Parazynski, Little Rock Ark, MD/astronaut (STS 66, 86, sk:95)
• 1962 - Rachel Sweet, rocker
• 1963 - Patrizia Pellegrino, Naples Italy, (Italy's Miss Teenager 1980)
• 1964 - Bruce Wilkerson, NFL tackle (Jaguars, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1964 - Dave Alexander, NFL center (NY Jets)
• 1967 - Alex Galtcheniouk, hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-1998)
• 1967 - Lori Loughlin, Queens, actress (Edge of Night, New Kids, Full House)
• 1969 - Corey Raymond, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
• 1969 - Frank Lickliter, Middletown OH, Nike golfer (1993 White Rose-24th)
• 1969 - Garth Snow, Wrentham Mass, US hockey goalie (Olympics-1994, Flyers)
• 1969 - Jaimie Dawson, Geneva Switz, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Jarrod Hanks, Lafayette LA, US gymnist (Olympic-92, 96)
• 1969 - Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa Calif, heptathlete
• 1970 - Paul Strang, cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994-)
• 1971 - Larry Kennedy, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
• 1972 - Brenda Schultz, Netherlands, tennis star
• 1972 - Elizabeth Berkley, Mich, actress (Jessie-Saved by the Bell, Showgirl)
• 1972 - Manley Woods, NFL/WLAF receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Rhein Fire)
• 1972 - Stacy Evans, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
• 1973 - Nixon A McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler (ODI 1996)
• 1973 - Scott Bloom, Manhasset NY, actor (Keys, Stuff)
• 1977 - Aki Berg, Turku Fin, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
• 1979 - Kimberly Whiting, Miss Idaho Teen USA (1997)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0450 - Theodosius II de Jongere, emperor Austrian Empire, dies
• 1057 - Victor II, [Gebhard], Pope (1055-57), dies
• 1101 - Su Tung-p'o, Chinese poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher, dies at 64
• 1330 - Michael III, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies in battle
• 1540 - Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed
• 1641 - John Amner, composer, dies at 61
• 1655 - Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris
• 1655 - Savinien Cyrano seigneur de Bergerac, French author, dies at 36
• 1655 - Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76
• 1667 - Abraham Cowley, English poet (Mistress/Sex libri plantarum), dies
• 1711 - Gerard Lairesse, painter, buried
• 1723 - Mariana Alcoforado, nun (schreef no Lettres Portuguese), dies at 63
• 1741 - Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer, dies at 63
• 1746 - John Peter Zenger, journalist, involved in 1st amendment fight, dies
• 1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies at 65
• 1778 - Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer, dies at 68
• 1794 - Georges Couthon, French politician, beheaded at 39
• 1794 - Maximilien Robespierre, Fr revolutionary/avocat (1781), guillotined
• 1794 - Robespierre, & 22 other terrorists executed to thunderous cheers
• 1802 - Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer (Il er pastore, Ifigenia), dies at 72
• 1811 - Heinrich J von Collin, Austria dramatist/poet (Coriolan), dies
• 1837 - John Ross, composer, dies at 73
• 1838 - Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62
• 1842 - C Brentano, writer, dies at 63
• 1849 - Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831-49), dies
• 1850 - Stefano Pavesi, composer, dies at 71
• 1863 - James Deshler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 30
• 1864 - Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer, dies at 67
• 1864 - Samuel Benton, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 44
• 1869 - Carl G Carus, German arts/psychologist/philosopher, dies
• 1872 - Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies
• 1895 - Joannes Kappeyne van Coppello, Internal minister (1877-89), dies at 72
• 1904 - Plehve, Russian foreign minister (bomb under carriage), dies
• 1915 - Vilbrun G Sam, rebellion leader/president of Haiti, lynched
• 1934 - Louis Tancred, cricketer (fourteen Tests batting for S Africa 1905-14), dies
• 1934 - Marie Dressler, actress (Dinner at 8, Anna Christie), dies at 64
• 1937 - Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer, dies at 51
• 1937 - Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies
• 1939 - William J Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78
• 1940 - Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66
• 1956 - Ludwig Klages, German philosopher/graphologist, dies at 83
• 1965 - Maurice Yvain, composer, dies at 74
• 1965 - Minor Watson, actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid), dies at 75
• 1968 - Charles W Mayo, US surgeon, dies at 70
• 1968 - Otto Hahn, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1944), dies at 89
• 1969 - Ernst Tittel, composer, dies at 59
• 1969 - Frank H Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 59
• 1969 - Gabriel von Wayditch, composer, dies at 80
• 1970 - John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orch), dies at 70
• 1971 - Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], photographer (Vogue), commits suicide at 48
• 1972 - Heal Traubel, US singer (Sieglinde in Walkre, Nightclubs), dies
• 1973 - Royal Butler, actor, dies at 80
• 1974 - Jack Ellis, cricketer (Victorian WK, Ashes tourist 1926), dies
• 1974 - Truman Bradley, TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69
• 1976 - Jacob Soetendorp, rabbi, dies at 62
• 1976 - Lucie Mannheim, actress (39 Steps), dies at 77
• 1978 - Jan Willem van Otterloo, composer, dies at 70
• 1980 - Cecil Burleigh, composer, dies at 95
• 1982 - George Kleinsinger, US composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68
• 1983 - Alec Marks, cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies
• 1984 - Bess Flowers, actress (View from Pompey's Head), dies at 85
• 1985 - Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54
• 1986 - Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower), dies at 91
• 1986 - Syd Curnow, S African cricketer (168 runs in 7 Tests), dies
• 1987 - James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81
• 1989 - Jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66
• 1990 - Armando Frid, of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124
• 1990 - Jill Esmond, actress (13 Women, My Pal Wolfe, FP 1), dies at 82
• 1990 - Maurice Braddell, actor (Things to Come), dies
• 1991 - Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45
• 1993 - Herbert Joeks, [van Hugten], Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), dies at 77
• 1994 - Bernard Delfont, Rus/Brit impresario (Thorn EMI), dies at 84
• 1994 - Colin Turnbull, anthropologist, dies at 69
• 1994 - Conrad W M”nnich, theologist (The Away), dies at 79
• 1994 - Selwyn Powell, art Editor, dies at 82
• 1996 - Harold C Fox, Fashion designer/musician, dies at 86
• 1996 - Mickey Fenn, docker/socialist, dies at 58
• 1996 - Roger Tory Peterson, ornithologist/artist, dies at 87
• 1997 - Louis Cohen, physicist, dies at 71
• 1997 - Seni Pramoj, PM of Thailand (1945-46, 75, 76), dies