• 1599 - Thomas Selle, composer
• 1638 - Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist
• 1699 - John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany
• 1736 - Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)
• 1749 - Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer
• 1749 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician/astronomer/physicist
• 1750 - Johannes Matthias Sperger, composer
• 1761 - John W de Winter, Dutch vice-admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
• 1769 - William Smith, geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils)
• 1795 - Leopold Jansa, composer
• 1801 - Peterus D Regout, Dutch industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht)
• 1808 - Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook)
• 1811 - Camille Marie Stamaty, composer
• 1811 - Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer
• 1818 - Don Carlos Buell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898
• 1821 - Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper)
• 1823 - Schuyler Colfax, (R) 17th VP (1869-73)
• 1825 - Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1898
• 1826 - Leon Minkus, composer
• 1834 - Julius Reubke, composer
• 1837 - Joseph Wieniawski, composer
• 1844 - Eugene Gigout, composer
• 1847 - Alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian
• 1854 - Alfred Milner, Giessen Germany, British governor (Cape colony)
• 1857 - Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)
• 1858 - Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)
• 1860 - Horatio W Bottomley, British? journalist/swindler
• 1863 - Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh
• 1864 - Hjalmar Borgstrom, composer
• 1876 - Muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture
• 1878 - Franz Schrecker, composer
• 1881 - Hermann Staudinger, Germany, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)
• 1881 - Roger Martin du Guard, France, novelist (Les Thibault-Nobel 1937)
• 1882 - C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia
• 1883 - Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria
• 1884 - Glauco Velasquez, composer
• 1887 - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)
• 1887 - Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch
• 1887 - Juan Gris, Spain, cubist painter (Still Life Before an Open Window)
• 1887 - Sidney Hillman, union leader (Sidney Hillman Foundation)
• 1891 - Catherine Murphy Urner, composer
• 1895 - Dane Rudhyar, composer
• 1898 - Georgios Grivas, Greek general/opposition leader on Cyprus
• 1898 - Hazel Dawn, [LaTout], Utah, actress (Niobe, Under Cover, Feud Girl)
• 1900 - Erich Fromm, Frankfurt Germany, psychologist (Sane Society)
• 1900 - Jose Antonio Calcano, composer
• 1901 - Edmund Rubbra, composer [or May 23]
• 1901 - Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder (Free Netherlands)
• 1902 - Philip Ober, Fort Payne Ala, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie)
• 1905 - Paul Grimault, animator
• 1905 - Ralph Perring, Lord Mayor (London)
• 1906 - George Posford, composer
• 1907 - Daniel Bovet, Switzerland, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957)
• 1907 - Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, politician
• 1908 - Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate
• 1908 - Joan Crawford, [Lucille Le Sueur], Texas, actress (Mildred Pierce)
• 1910 - Akira Kurosawa, Tokyo Japan, director (7 Samurai, Living)
• 1910 - Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, German singer/actress (Der Pott)
• 1911 - Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby league player
• 1911 - Charles Joseph A Russhon, USAF lt col/liaison (James Bond films)
• 1911 - Denis Wright, diplomat
• 1911 - Edward Warner, diplomat
• 1911 - Richard Chapman, golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur)
• 1912 - Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1936)
• 1912 - John Payne, Roanoke Va, actor (Dodsworth, Razor's Edge)
• 1912 - Werner von Braun, Wirsitz Germany, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars)
• 1914 - Robert Gross, composer
• 1915 - Francis Berry, poet/Shakespearean scholar
• 1917 - H C Allen, American historian
• 1917 - Johnny Guarnieri, NYC, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show)
• 1917 - Kenneth Tobey, actor (The Thing, Strange Invaders) [or Feb 23]
• 1917 - Patricia Burke, Milan Italy, actress (Forbidden)
• 1919 - Michael Lyne, British air Vice-marshal
• 1920 - Alexander Grigori Harut'unyan, composer
• 1920 - Geoffrey Bush, composer
• 1920 - James Brown, Desdemona Tx, actor (Lt Rip Masters-Rin Tin Tin)
• 1920 - Jimmy Edwards, comedy actor (Barnes)
• 1920 - Neal Smith, (Rep-D-IA, 1959- )
• 1921 - Donald Malcome Campbell, Surrey UK, boat racer (1955 speed records)
• 1921 - Ian Todd, pres (Royal College of Surgeons)
• 1921 - Wolfgang Altendorfer, writer
• 1922 - Marty Allen, Pitts, comedian (Allen & Rossi), "Hello Dere"
• 1922 - Ugo Tognazzi, Cremona Italy, actor/director (La Cage Aux Folles)
• 1923 - Arnie Weinmeister, AAFC, NFL def tackle (NY Yankees, Giants)
• 1924 - Peter Godfrey, chartered accountant
• 1925 - Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player
• 1925 - David McNee, commissioner (Metropolitan Police)
• 1926 - Martha Wright, Seattle, singer (Let's Dance, Martha Wright Show)
• 1927 - Osvaldo Lacerda, composer
• 1928 - 11th duke of Beaufort, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
• 1928 - Alfred Morris, British MP
• 1929 - Albert H Crews, astronaut
• 1929 - Gerrit den Braber, Dutch composer/producer
• 1929 - James Ackley Maxwell, actor/director (Traitors, Pyt Potter, Otley)
• 1929 - Michael Manser, architect
• 1929 - Roger Bannister, England, 1st to run a 4 minute mile (May 6, 1954)
• 1931 - Norman F Lent, (Rep-R-NY, 1971- )
• 1933 - Geoffrey Leigh, CEO (Allied London Properties)
• 1933 - Monique van Vooren, Belgium, actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein)
• 1933 - Norman Bailey, British bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman)
• 1934 - Bryan Bass, headmaster (City of London School)
• 1934 - Mark Rydell, NYC, actor (Havana, Punchline, Long Goodbye)
• 1935 - Barry Cryer, comedian/writer (Goodies Rule-OK, All You Need is Cash)
• 1935 - Desmond Pitcher, CEO (Merseyside Development Corporation)
• 1935 - Szil rd Kun, Hungary, rapid fire pistol (Olympic-silver-1952)
• 1937 - Craig Breedlove, LA, auto-racing champion (613 MPH-Spirit of America)
• 1937 - Heinz Martin Lonquich, composer
• 1938 - Christopher Glenn, NYC, news anchor (CBS Nightwatch)
• 1938 - Kenneth J Gregory, warden (Goldsmiths' College)
• 1939 - Bert Berdis, Pitts, comedian (Tim Conway Show)
• 1939 - Boris Ivanovich Tischenko, composer
• 1940 - Brian Hastings, cricketer (NZ batsman in 70's)
• 1940 - Luis Gasca, rocker
• 1940 - Tariq Yunus, actor (Bollywood, Ashanti, Deceivers)
• 1942 - Jimmy Miller, US pop drummer (Rolling Stones, Mot”rhead)
• 1943 - Gail Goodrich, NBA star (Lakers, Suns)
• 1943 - Peter Graves, supt minister (Westminster Central Hall)
• 1944 - Michael Nyman, composer (Mesmer, Carrington)
• 1944 - Salim Altaf, cricketer (Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78)
• 1947 - Barbara Rhodes, Poughkeepsie NY, actress (Don't Just Stand There)
• 1948 - Michael Gleeson, otolaryngologist
• 1948 - R J Bennett, FBA/geographer
• 1948 - Wasim Bari, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistan's most successful)
• 1949 - Karen English, (Rep-D-Arizona)
• 1949 - Ric Ocasek, Balt, rock vocalist (Cars-Double Life, Bye Bye Love)
• 1950 - Corrine Clery, Paris France, actress (Moonraker, Yor)
• 1950 - P R Scott, Headmaster (Bancroft's School, Woodford Green)
• 1951 - Dick Mast, Bluffton OH, Nike golfer (1990 Mississippi Gulf Coast)
• 1951 - Lis Howell, director of programs (GMTV)
• 1952 - Patricia Richardson, Bethesda MD, actress (Jill-Home Improvement)
• 1953 - Chaka Khan, [Stevens], Great Lakes Il, rocker (Rufus-I am Every Woman)
• 1953 - Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, British MP
• 1953 - Louie Anderson, Minn, comedian (Ratboy, Wrong Guys)
• 1954 - Moses Malone, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks, Milw Bucks, Phila '76ers)
• 1955 - Cindy Olavarri, Pleasant Hills Calif, cyclist (7-Eleven team)
• 1956 - Andrew Mitchell, British MP
• 1956 - Laura Thorne, chef (named one of 10 best American chefs)
• 1957 - Amanda Plummer, NYC, actress (Hotel New Hampshire, Dollmaker)
• 1957 - Sheila Rena Ingram, Wash DC, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976)
• 1957 - Teresa Ganzel, Toledo Ohio, actress (Teachers Only, Duck Factory)
• 1958 - Serena Grandi, [Fagioli], Bologna Itay, actress (Miranda)
• 1960 - Oscar Michael Moore, journalist
• 1960 - Terry Sweeney, St Albans NY, writer/comedian (SNL)
• 1962 - Johan Steur, soccer player (FC Volendam)
• 1963 - Ana Quirot, Cuba, 800m runner (Olympics-bronze/silver-92, 96)
• 1963 - Kim Williams, Bethesda MD, LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland-26th)
• 1965 - Dante Jones, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
• 1965 - Daren Puppa, Kirkland Lake, NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• 1965 - Richard Grieco, Waterton NY, actor (21 Jump Street, Booker)
• 1965 - Wayne Presley, Detroit, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
• 1966 - James Saxon, NFL fullback (Phila Eagles)
• 1966 - Marti Pellow, rocker (Wet, Wet, Wet-Wishing I Was)
• 1966 - Mike Remlinger, Middletown NY, pitcher (Cin Reds)
• 1967 - David Ford, Edmonton Alberta, kayaker (Olympics-15-92, 96)
• 1967 - Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61
• 1967 - Sandra Reinhardt, Pitts, actress (Another World, Illegal in Blue)
• 1968 - Atul Wassan, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1989-90)
• 1968 - Curtis Mayfield, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• 1968 - David Maeva, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
• 1968 - Mark Maddox, linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
• 1968 - Mike Atherton, cricketer (Lancashire batsman & England captain)
• 1970 - Carl Pickens, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals)
• 1970 - Turhon O'Bannon, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• 1971 - Alexander Selivanov, Moscow Rus, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• 1971 - Chris Lipuma, Oak Lawn, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• 1971 - Demetrius DuBose, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1971 - Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, wrestler (NJPW)
• 1971 - Karen McDougal, Gary IN, playmate (Dec, 1997)
• 1971 - Renette Cruz, Miss Universe-Canada (1996)
• 1971 - Yasmeen Ghauri, Montrael Canada, model (Valentino Perfume)
• 1972 - Jennifer K Chapman, Miss USA-Massachusetts (1997)
• 1972 - Jonas Bjorkman, Vaxjo Sweden, tennis star (Davis Cup 1994)
• 1972 - Ryan Kuwabara, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
• 1973 - David Vaughn, NBA forward (Orlando Magic, SF Warriors)
• 1973 - Igor Nikitin, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
• 1973 - Jason Kidd, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks)
• 1973 - Kathy Carboy, Cincinnati, Ohio, diver (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Naoko Sawamatsu, Nishinomiya Japan, tennis star (1994 Singapore)
• 1973 - Ninya Perna, Miss USA-Nevada (1997)
• 1973 - Rob Lazeo, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• 1974 - Eric Washington, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
• 1974 - Scott Galyon, linebacker (NY Giants)
• 1974 - Tony Alberda, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Emmen)
• 1975 - Rita Grande, Napoli Italy, tennis star (3rd round 1996 Aust Open)
• 1976 - Keri Russell, actress (Mickey Mouse Club, Lottery, Daddy Girls)
• 1976 - Nolan Baumgartner, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
• 1977 - Josh Ackerman, actor (Mickey Mouse Club)
• 1978 - Nicholle Tom, Hinsdale IL, actress (Beethoven, Maggie-Nanny, BH 90210)
• 1990 - Eugenie OF, Princess of York/daughter of prince Andrew/Sarah Ferguson

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1169 - Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies
• 1237 - Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies
• 1369 - Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered
• 1555 - Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67
• 1606 - Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58
• 1653 - Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48
• 1658 - Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79
• 1669 - Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54
• 1676 - Paulus Wirtz, [W�rtz], German/Neth army commander, dies at 63
• 1748 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63
• 1756 - Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57
• 1783 - Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67
• 1786 - Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)
• 1801 - Paul I, tsar of Russia (1796-1801), strangled at 46
• 1806 - George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20
• 1809 - Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60
• 1816 - Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95
• 1818 - Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42
• 1819 - August v Kotzebue, writer, dies
• 1821 - Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56
• 1832 - Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41
• 1842 - Stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59
• 1862 - Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81
• 1869 - Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60
• 1880 - Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67
• 1881 - Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45
• 1902 - K lm n Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90), dies at 71
• 1906 - Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies
• 1907 - Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79
• 1914 - Teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62
• 1918 - Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27
• 1919 - Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45
• 1925 - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76
• 1937 - Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66
• 1943 - Andr‚ Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72
• 1943 - Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47
• 1944 - O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash
• 1946 - Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62
• 1950 - Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies
• 1952 - Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61
• 1953 - Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France
• 1957 - L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77
• 1958 - Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76
• 1960 - Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78
• 1961 - A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies
• 1961 - James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61), dies
• 1961 - Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut, dies in accident at 24
• 1962 - Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80
• 1962 - Val Paul, producer (F-Man), dies at 73
• 1963 - Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship
• 1964 - Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59
• 1964 - Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66
• 1965 - Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75
• 1966 - Johannes W Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie), dies at 82
• 1967 - Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61
• 1968 - Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49
• 1969 - Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87
• 1971 - Armin Loos, composer, dies at 67
• 1971 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author/poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72
• 1973 - Ken Maynard, actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), dies at 77
• 1979 - Philip Bourneuf, actor (Big Night, Frankenstein), dies at 71
• 1982 - Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85
• 1983 - Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62
• 1985 - Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer, dies at 85
• 1985 - Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60
• 1985 - Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52
• 1987 - Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29
• 1991 - Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
• 1991 - Fons Jansen, Dutch night club performer, dies at 65
• 1991 - Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at 88
• 1992 - Friedrich A von Hayek, British economist (Road to Serfdom), dies at 92
• 1993 - Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84
• 1994 - Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80
• 1994 - Giulietta Masina, wife of Federico Felini/(La Strada), dies at 74
• 1994 - Jim Moloney, dies of Parkinson's disease
• 1994 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican pres candidate, assassinated at 44
• 1995 - Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash
• 1995 - Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter, dies at 61
• 1995 - Davie Cooper, soccer star, dies at 39
• 1995 - Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter, dies at 81
• 1995 - Ripley L. Ingram, singer, dies at 65
• 1995 - Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72
• 1995 - Russell Reading Braddon, author, dies at 74
• 1996 - Jay D. Miller, record producer, dies at 73
• 1996 - Peter Baer, artost/printmaker, dies at 72