• 1452 - King Richard III, of England (1483-85)
• 1595 - Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver
• 1616 - A Gryphius, writer
• 1619 - G‚d‚on Tallemant des R‚aux, French author (Historiettes)
• 1646 - Guillaume Poitevin, composer
• 1704 - Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer
• 1715 - Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30)
• 1737 - Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (design Stars & Stripes)
• 1737 - Franz Schneider, composer
• 1752 - Samuel Story, Dutch admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
• 1756 - Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist
• 1756 - Josef Jawurek, composer
• 1792 - Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer
• 1800 - Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion (1831)
• 1809 - Anton Emil Titl, composer
• 1817 - Gunnar Wennerberg, composer
• 1819 - George Washington Getty, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1901
• 1821 - Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lt Gen (Confederate Army)
• 1822 - Joannes Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Internal minister (1877-79)
• 1827 - Edmund Jackson Davis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
• 1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist
• 1832 - Julius von Sachs, botanist/naturalist
• 1835 - Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian
• 1839 - Hans Thoma, painter
• 1847 - Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg, German president
• 1851 - Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I
• 1852 - William Ramsay, chemist
• 1857 - Marthinus T Steyn, pres of Orange-Free state (1896-1902)
• 1866 - Charles de Souzy Ricketts, artist
• 1869 - Mahatma Karamchand Ghandi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist
• 1871 - Cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945)
• 1873 - Pelham Warner, cricketer (England 1898-1912, later notable official)
• 1875 - Henry Fevrier, composer
• 1878 - Fran‡ois C Schlumberger, French physicist
• 1879 - Wallace Stevens, Reading Pa, poet (Ideas of Order)
• 1880 - George Alexander Russell, composer
• 1881 - Fred Barlow, composer
• 1885 - Ruth Bryan Rohde, US, (Rep), minister to Denmark
• 1886 - Pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter
• 1890 - Groucho Marx, [Julius], NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life)
• 1891 - H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard
• 1893 - Leroy B Shield, US pianist/producer/composer (Laurel & Hardy)
• 1895 - Bud Abbott, Asbury Pk NJ, comedian (Abbott & Costello)
• 1895 - Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian
• 1896 - Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20]
• 1896 - Fritz Eberhard, [Hellmut Rauschenplat], W-German lawyer/resistor (Law)
• 1901 - Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot
• 1901 - [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet (Flowering Rifle)
• 1902 - Dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist
• 1902 - Leopold Figl, premier of Austria
• 1904 - Dermot Boyle, marshal (RAF)
• 1904 - Godfrey Baseley, radio executive
• 1904 - Graham Greene, English journalist (3rd Man)
• 1904 - Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier (1964-66)
• 1904 - [Henry] Graham Greene, England, prolific novelist (Brighton Rock)
• 1906 - John Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language & literature
• 1907 - Alexander Robertus, organic chemist
• 1907 - Lord Todd, chemist
• 1907 - William Marshall, producer/director/actor/singer (Blackmail)
• 1911 - Stuart Rose, designer (British Post Office)
• 1912 - Eric Wilson, VC/British Lt Col
• 1913 - Vivian Ridler, printer (Oxford University)
• 1914 - Albe Vidakovic, composer
• 1914 - Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer
• 1914 - Charles Drake, Bayside NYC, actor (Air Force, Glenn Miller Story)
• 1915 - Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician
• 1917 - Francis Jackson, organist & master of Music/York minister
• 1917 - William Marshall III, Chicago IL, actor (Blacula, Honky)
• 1919 - Geoffrey Luttrell, Lord-Lt of Somerset
• 1919 - Shirley Clarke, film director
• 1920 - William Cramond, psychiatrist/vice-chancellor (Stirling University)
• 1921 - A Scott Crossfield, US Test pilot (XS-1)
• 1921 - Robert Runcie, [Kennedy], Liverpool England, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1922 - Otmar Macha, composer
• 1922 - Thomas T Nkobi, S Afr ANC-leader (Alexandra-bus boycott 1957)
• 1922 - Wolfhart U Pannenberg, German theologist (Gingham Girl)
• 1923 - Jack Dellal, English immovables-goedbezitter/multi-millionaire
• 1924 - Sam Wainwright, deputy chairman (British Post Office)
• 1925 - Alois Pinos, composer
• 1925 - Brian Dilton, British lord justice of appeal
• 1926 - Jan Morris, travel writer (Among the Cities, Hong Kong, Journeys)
• 1928 - Anthony Tippett, British chief of Fleet Support
• 1928 - Clay Felker, St Louis, journalist (NY Herald Tribune, Esquire)
• 1928 - George Emmett McFarland, Dallas, act (Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals)
• 1928 - James Porter, CEO (Commonwealth Institute)
• 1928 - Robin Duthie, CEO (Britoil)
• 1929 - John Zochonis, British multi-millionaire soap magnate
• 1929 - Kenneth Leighton, composer
• 1929 - Moses Gunn, St Louis Mo, actor (Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft)
• 1930 - Gunter Kochan, composer
• 1930 - J M Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact)
• 1932 - Maury Wills, baseball shortstop (LA Dodgers, NL MVP 1962)
• 1933 - Dimiter Khristov, composer
• 1933 - Phill Niblock, composer
• 1934 - Duncan Thompson, keeper (Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
• 1934 - Geoff Millman, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1961-62)
• 1934 - Richard Scott, British high court judge
• 1935 - Peter Frankl, pianist
• 1935 - Robert H Lawrence, Chicago Ill, USAF/astronaut
• 1936 - Ian McLachlan, cricketer (Cambridge & S Aust bat, later Liberal MP)
• 1936 - Johnnie Cochran, attorney (OJ Simpson defense attorney)
• 1936 - Roger Sainsbury, bishop of Barking
• 1937 - Helga Sch�tz, writer
• 1938 - Lloyd Turner, journalist
• 1938 - Rex Reed, Ft Worth Tx, movie critic/actor (Myra Breckinridge)
• 1939 - B K Kunderan, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's)
• 1939 - Yuri Nikolayevich Glazkov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 24)
• 1940 - Lord Davies, chairman (Welsh National Opera)
• 1941 - Ron Meagher, rocker
• 1943 - Anna Ford, British broadcaster/actress (Secret Policeman's Ball)
• 1943 - Henri SZEPS, Lausanne Switzerland, actor (Mother & Son)
• 1944 - Peter Hobson, headmaster (Giggleswick School)
• 1944 - Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, US, sci-fi author (Witling, True Names)
• 1945 - Don McLean, New Rochelle NY, singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent)
• 1945 - Frank Tejeda, (Rep-D-Texas)
• 1945 - Neil Frances Tennant, rocker (Pet Shop Boy-West End Girl)
• 1945 - Vladimir Ivanovich Kozlov, cosmonaut
• 1946 - Jo-el Sonnier, Rayne La, country singer (Louisiana)
• 1946 - Roger Jett, Cumberland Maryland, actor (Smithereens)
• 1948 - Avery Brooks, Evansville Ind, actor (Spenser for Hire, Deep Space 9)
• 1948 - Chris LeDoux, Biloxi Miss, country singer (Ridin' for a Fall)
• 1948 - Donna Karan, Forest Hills NY, fashion designer (Coty Award-1977)
• 1948 - Robert Anderson, cricketer (NZ batsman 1976-78)
• 1948 - Trevor Brooking, English soccer player
• 1949 - Lorraine Bracco, Bay Ridge Bkln NY, actress (Valentino
• 1949 - Richard Hell, [Richard Myers], Lexington Ky, rock bassist (Television)
• 1950 - Michael Rutherford, English pop bassist (Genesis-Silent Sun)
• 1950 - Persis Khambatta, Bombay India, actress (Star Trek, Megaforce)
• 1951 - Romina Power, LA CA, daughter of Tyrone Power/actress (Justine)
• 1951 - Sting, [Gordon Sumner], rock vocalist (Police-Roxanne)/actor (Dune)
• 1952 - Clive Barker, writer (Hellraiser, Lord of Illusions)
• 1952 - George Meegen, England, walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska
• 1952 - John Otway, rocker
• 1952 - Steve Penrod, race horse trainer
• 1954 - Greg Jennings, Okla City Okla, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
• 1954 - Lani O'Grady, Walnut Creek Calif, actress (Mary-8 is Enough)
• 1954 - Lorraine Bracco, Bkln, actress (Someone to Watch Over Me, Dream Team)
• 1955 - Gary Streeter, MP
• 1955 - Kathryn Morrison Long Beach CA, playmate (May, 1978)
• 1955 - Philip Oakey, Sheffield, rock vocalist (Human Leauge-Only Human)
• 1956 - Freddie Jackson, US R&B singer/songwriter (Rock Me Tonight)
• 1956 - Murphy Morobe, South Afr UDF leader (spent 3 yrs in Robbeneiland Jail)
• 1957 - John Neuman Cook, Toledo OH, PGA golfer (1981 Bing Crosby)
• 1957 - Kimberly Herrin, Santa Barbara Calif, playmate (March, 1981)
• 1959 - Joe Deegan, jockey
• 1960 - Django Bates, jazz musician
• 1960 - Glenn Anderson, Vancouver, NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers)
• 1961 - Alan Wells, cricketer (England Test batsman v WI in one Test 1995)
• 1961 - Pablo Arraya, Argentina, tennis star
• 1961 - Robbie Nevil, rocker (A Place Like This)
• 1962 - Esai Morales, Brooklyn NY, actor (Bad Boys, La Bamba)
• 1962 - Mark Rypien, quarterback (St Louis Rams)
• 1963 - Libby Wilson, Brisbane Qld, golfer (1988 - Singapore Open)
• 1964 - Michael Brooks, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
• 1964 - Sheila Echols, Memphis Tn, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
• 1964 - Sherry Arnett, St Louis Mo, playmate (Jan, 1986)
• 1965 - Darren Cahill, Australia, tennis star
• 1965 - Francesca Dellera, [Cervellera], Rome Italy, actress (Capriccio)
• 1965 - Jill Powell, Jacksonville Fla, actress (Marcy-As The World Turns)
• 1965 - Robert Goff, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints)
• 1965 - Roger Dube, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
• 1965 - Tom Moody, cricket batsman (Australian 1989-92 Ton in 26 mins)
• 1966 - Yokozuna, [Rodney Anoia], wrestler (WWF/NJPW/AWA, Wild Samoan Kokina)
• 1967 - Thomas Muster, Leibnitz Austria, tennis star (1995 French Open)
• 1968 - Craig Kanada, Portland OR, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE SC Classic-3rd)
• 1968 - Glen Wesley, Red Deer, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
• 1968 - Jana Novotna, Brno Czech, tennis star (1995 Aust/Wimbledon doubles)
• 1968 - Mark James Crear, SF, 110m hurdler (Olympics-silver-96)
• 1969 - Marcus Robertson, NFL safety/cornerback (Houston/Tenn Oilers)
• 1969 - Matthew Walbeck, Sacramento CA, catcher (Minn Twins)
• 1970 - Eddie Guardado, Stockton CA, pitcher (Minn Twins)
• 1970 - Kelly Ripa, actress (Hayley Vaughan-All My Children)
• 1971 - Jair Lynch, Amherst Mass, gymnast (Olympics-silver-96)
• 1971 - Steve McLaughlin, NFL kicker (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1971 - Tiffany [Renee Darwich], Norwalk Cal, singer (I Think We're Alone Now)
• 1972 - Aaron McKie, NBA guard (Portland Trail Blazers, Phila 76ers)
• 1972 - Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler (Somerset & Holland)
• 1972 - Patricia Gauani, Miss USA-Delaware (1997)
• 1972 - Rafael Carmona, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
• 1972 - Tara Dawn Holland, Overland Park Kansas, Miss America (1997)
• 1972 - Torey Hunter, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1973 - Bret Hudson, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Dalida Chammai, Miss Lebanon Universe (1997)
• 1974 - Anthony Johnson, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings)
• 1974 - Ricky Bell, cornerback (Chicago Bears)
• 1991 - Beau Grayson, son of country singer Tanya Tucker

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0472 - Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies
• 0939 - Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49
• 1113 - Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies
• 1264 - Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantal‚on], French Pope (1261-64), dies
• 1517 - John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37
• 1564 - Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49
• 1588 - Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies
• 1617 - Isaac Oliver, miniature painter, dies
• 1629 - Pierre the B‚rulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies
• 1656 - Stephan Otto, composer, dies at 53
• 1678 - Wu San-kuei, gen, invited Manchus to China, dies trying to expel them
• 1707 - Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
• 1721 - Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies
• 1729 - Arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60
• 1780 - John Andr‚, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)
• 1786 - August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies
• 1803 - Samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81
• 1809 - Wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59
• 1823 - Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57 [OS=Sept 20]
• 1842 - Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56
• 1842 - William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies
• 1850 - Sarah Biffin/Beffin, limbless miniature painter, dies
• 1853 - D Fran‡ois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies
• 1860 - Louis Hersent, painter, dies
• 1863 - Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies
• 1872 - Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies
• 1873 - Cornelius Varley, water-color painter, dies
• 1905 - Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62
• 1915 - Russell Alexander, composer, dies at 38
• 1916 - Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58
• 1919 - Ernest Halliwell, cricketer (S African wicketkeeper 1892-1904), dies
• 1920 - Max Bruch, composer, dies at 82
• 1927 - Svante August Arrhenius, chemist, dies
• 1931 - Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies
• 1936 - G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies
• 1943 - Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60
• 1944 - Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries
• 1955 - James Dean, US actor (East of Eden, Giant), dies
• 1955 - O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies
• 1956 - George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74
• 1956 - Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist, dies at 73
• 1957 - Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26
• 1958 - Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies
• 1958 - Wilhelmus L Re˜ers, sculptor, dies at 48
• 1960 - Jaroslav Doubrava, composer, dies at 51
• 1961 - Reggie Spooner, cricketer (England centurion v S Africa 1912), dies
• 1962 - Frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48
• 1965 - [John] Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd, British statesman, dies
• 1967 - Albertina Rasch, ballerina/choreographer, dies at 76
• 1969 - Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85
• 1970 - Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79
• 1970 - Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer, dies at 37
• 1973 - Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76
• 1973 - Paul Hartman, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction), dies at 84
• 1974 - Ina Seidel, writer, dies at 89
• 1975 - Wade Crosby, actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70
• 1980 - Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
• 1981 - Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer/pianist, dies at 63
• 1982 - William Bernbach, advertising magnate, dies at 71
• 1983 - Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75
• 1985 - George Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies at 58
• 1985 - Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies of AIDS at 59
• 1985 - Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69
• 1987 - Madeleine Carroll, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), dies at 81
• 1987 - Peter Brian Medawar, medical scientist, dies
• 1989 - Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth's 1st female advisor of State, dies
• 1991 - Dimitrios I, patriarch/primus interparis orthodox Christians, dies
• 1991 - Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies
• 1993 - Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83
• 1994 - Faith Davis, oldest triplets (Charity & Hope survive), dies at 95
• 1994 - Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie & Harriet), dies of heart failure at 80
• 1994 - Ronald James Herron, architect, dies at 64
• 1995 - Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, artist/teacher, dies at 67
• 1995 - Norman Ewart Thurston, musician, dies at 74
• 1996 - Andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58
• 1996 - Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist, dies at 85
• 1996 - Ivan Mark Waller, mountaineer, dies at 89
• 1996 - Robert Bourassa, PM of province of Quebec (1970-76, 85-93), dies at 63
• 1996 - Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman, dies at 79
• 1996 - Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian, dies at 93