• 1380 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italy, humanist
• 1465 - Elizabeth of York, London, Consort of King Henry VII
• 1506 - Juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau
• 1535 - Gregory XIV, [Niccol• Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91)
• 1557 - John Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist
• 1568 - Honor‚ d'Urf‚, French writer (L'Astr‚e)
• 1657 - Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)
• 1732 - George Washington [NS=Feb 22]
• 1755 - Albert Christoph Dies, composer
• 1764 - Marie-Joseph de Ch‚nier, French poet (Cajus Graechus)
• 1776 - Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)
• 1780 - K v Gnderode, writer
• 1783 - Jarena Lee, famous African
• 1790 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer
• 1800 - William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer
• 1802 - Lydia Maria Child, US, author/abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany)
• 1810 - Loisa Puget, composer
• 1812 - Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice Pres (Confederacy), died in 1883
• 1812 - Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
• 1819 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer
• 1821 - Auguste douard Mariette, Fren egyptologist, (dug out Sphinx 12/16/42)
• 1821 - Hermann Allmers, writer
• 1829 - William Anderson Pile, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
• 1830 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer
• 1830 - Peter Arnold Heise, composer
• 1833 - Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice
• 1839 - Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist
• 1840 - Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884
• 1846 - William Fox Talbot, pioneer photographer/inventor
• 1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)
• 1860 - Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus)
• 1867 - August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist
• 1869 - Helene ELJ Kr”ller-Mller, Dutch founder (Kr”ller-Mller Museum)
• 1873 - Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)
• 1874 - Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author
• 1874 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer
• 1875 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer
• 1879 - Jean Gilbert, composer
• 1882 - Gheorghe Cucu, composer
• 1883 - Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith)
• 1887 - Ernst "Putzi" Hanfst„ngl, German/US pianist/politician (NSDAP)
• 1887 - John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)
• 1889 - John Mills, dancer (Mills Brothers)
• 1889 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer
• 1890 - John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer
• 1891 - J W Hearne, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests)
• 1893 - Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary (Festival)
• 1894 - Alfonso Leng, composer
• 1894 - Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist (Massenanalyse)
• 1895 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer
• 1896 - Else Lasker-Schler, writer
• 1897 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer
• 1898 - Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist
• 1900 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher
• 1900 - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)
• 1903 - Hans Redlich, composer
• 1903 - Rex Lease, WV, actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand)
• 1904 - Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79)
• 1904 - Keith Holyoake, New Zealand PM (1960-72)
• 1905 - Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Neth/Indonesian writer (Camp diary)
• 1906 - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal
• 1907 - E W Swanton, author & sports commentator
• 1908 - Josh White, rocker
• 1908 - Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist
• 1908 - Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer (British Antarctic Survey)
• 1909 - Joseph L Mankiewicz, Wilkes-Barre PA, film writer/director (Sleuth)
• 1909 - Max Baer, Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35)
• 1911 - Alec Cairncross, chancellor (Glasgow U)
• 1912 - Roy Fuller, England, poet/novelist (Lost Season)
• 1912 - Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)
• 1913 - Lucio Diestro San Pedro, composer
• 1914 - French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer
• 1914 - Matt Dennis, Seattle Wash, vocalist (Matt Dennis Show)
• 1914 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer
• 1914 - Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam
• 1915 - Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist (VARA Orch, Orkestgebouw Orch)
• 1915 - Mervyn Levy, artist/critic
• 1915 - Patrick Leigh Fermor, author
• 1916 - Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist/gerontologist
• 1917 - Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer
• 1917 - Sidney Sheldon, novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline)
• 1919 - Gretchen Fraser, Tacoma Wash, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948)
• 1920 - Billy Halop, NYC, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family)
• 1920 - Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, US, sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap)
• 1920 - Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)
• 1920 - Paul Peter Piech, artist
• 1921 - Eva Gabor, Budapest Hungary, actress (Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi)
• 1921 - Lloyd Bentsen, (Sen-D-TX, 1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee)
• 1922 - Leslie Nielsen, Regina Sask, actor (Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun)
• 1922 - Tudor Jarda, composer
• 1923 - Baroness Sharples
• 1923 - Ronald Arculus, British diplomat
• 1924 - Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian
• 1925 - Kim Stanley, [Patricia Reid], Tularosa NM, actress (Right Stuff)
• 1925 - Peter Berger, British vice-admiral
• 1925 - Virginia E Johnson, doctor/sexologist (Masters & Johnson)
• 1926 - Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera)
• 1926 - Paul Bocuse, France, great chef (Legion of Honor)
• 1928 - Archibald Forster, CEO (Esso UK)
• 1928 - Conrad Janis, NYC, actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino)
• 1928 - Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper (WI of 50s & 60s)
• 1928 - Raoul Cita, rocker
• 1929 - Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer
• 1930 - Alevtina Koltschina, USSR, cross coutry relay skier (Oly-gold-1960)
• 1930 - C H Dearnley, organist
• 1930 - Earl of Rosebery
• 1931 - Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator (Showtime)
• 1932 - Dennis Skinner, MP
• 1932 - Jerome Lowenthal, Phila, pianist/prof (Jerusalem Academy of Music)
• 1934 - Francesco Pennisi, composer
• 1934 - John Surtees, British race car driver
• 1934 - Mary Quant, Kent England, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look)
• 1934 - Patrick Holmes Sellors, ophthalmologist
• 1934 - Tina Louise, NYC, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)
• 1935 - Bent Lorentzen, composer
• 1935 - Gene Vincent, Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
• 1936 - Burt Reynolds, Mich, actor (Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball)
• 1937 - Bill Lawry, cricketer (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit)
• 1937 - Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)
• 1937 - Marilyn Butler, Rector (Exeter College-Oxford)
• 1937 - Peter Lashley, cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66)
• 1938 - Bevan Congdon, cricketer (NZ batsman of 60s & 70s)
• 1938 - Boris Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
• 1938 - Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian general/dictator (-1990)
• 1938 - Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer
• 1938 - Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
• 1939 - Bryan Gould, MP
• 1939 - Gerry Goffin, Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King)
• 1939 - Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, US, sci-fi author (Spider Jane, Heart's Blood)
• 1940 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett, rocker (Monster Mash)
• 1940 - Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
• 1941 - Glenn Randall Jr, stuntman (Species, Mrs Soffel, Return of the Jedi)
• 1941 - Jeremy Mackenzie, general
• 1941 - Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
• 1942 - Archie Andrews, comic book character (Archie)
• 1942 - James Couchman, MP
• 1942 - Leon Haywood, US vocalist/keyboardist (It's Got to be Mellow)
• 1942 - Otis Clay, US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is)
• 1942 - Tony Colton, rock producer (On the Boards)
• 1943 - Iain Cameron, British brigadier
• 1943 - Win Griffiths, MP
• 1944 - Bert Greene, golfer
• 1944 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha)
• 1944 - Michael G Oxley, (Rep-R-OH, 1981- )
• 1946 - M C Walker, CEO (Iceland Frozen Foods)
• 1946 - Timothy Chambers, pediatrician
• 1948 - Sue Bernard, Los Angeles CA, playmate (Dec, 1966)
• 1949 - Charlie Hargrett, rock guitarist (Blackfoot)
• 1950 - Clarence Ellis, NFLer
• 1950 - Earnest Jim Istook, (Rep-R-Oklahoma)
• 1950 - Johanna E "Joke" Beerens, actress (Schipper Next to God)
• 1950 - Rochelle Fleming, US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants)
• 1953 - Alan Rubin, music figure (Blues Brothers)
• 1953 - Philip Anglim, SF Calif, actor (Dane-Thorn Birds)
• 1953 - Stephen D Thorne, Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
• 1954 - Catherine Hickland, Ft Lauderdale, actress (Capitol, Star Trek IV)
• 1956 - Kathleen Beller, Queens NY, actress (Ft Apache the Bronx, Touched)
• 1958 - Michael Jackson, controller (BBC2)
• 1958 - Regina Marsikova, Czech, tennis star
• 1959 - Corinne Shigemoto, US judo coach (Olympics-96)
• 1960 - Richard A Mastracchio, Waterbury Ct, astronaut
• 1961 - Becky LeBeau, LA Calif, vocalist (Mischief)
• 1961 - Carey Lowell, NYC, actress (Me & Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close)
• 1961 - Mary Docter, US, 3000m speed skater (Olympics-1980, 84, 88, 92)
• 1962 - Scott Kolden, Torrance Calif, actor (Scott-Me & the Champ)
• 1963 - Todd Benzinger, US baseball player (SF Giants)
• 1964 - Sheryl Crow, vocalist (All I Want to Do-Grammy 1995)
• 1965 - Angie Ridgeway, Wabash IN, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee-8th)
• 1966 - Alexander Semak, Ufa Russia, NHL center (NY Islanders)
• 1966 - Anthony Parker, NFL cornerback (Minn Vikings, St Louis Rams, TB Bucs)
• 1966 - Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star
• 1966 - Stephen Gregory, NYC, actor (Chase-Young & Restless)
• 1967 - Barbara Byrne, Princeton NJ, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - Chris Reohr, Ridley Park Pa, fencer (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - Derek King, Hamilton, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
• 1967 - John Patterson, US baseball infielder (SF Giants)
• 1969 - Bryan Eversgerd, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
• 1969 - Jennifer Aniston, Sherman Oaks Calif, actress (Rachel-Friends)
• 1969 - Joe Valerio, NFL outside corner/tackle (KC Chiefs)
• 1969 - Kevin King, US baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
• 1969 - Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman)
• 1969 - Mary Stoker, Miss Wisconsin USA (1996)
• 1969 - Shannon Long, Gladstone Australia, playmate (Oct, 1988)
• 1970 - Alistair Brown, cricketer (Surrey & England ODI opening batsman 1996)
• 1970 - Jason Allyn Scott, Iowa City Iowa, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1971 - Jennifer Lynne Faucette, Burlington Vermont, Miss America-Vt (1996)
• 1971 - John Bock, NFL center (NY Jets, Miami Dolphins)
• 1971 - Linda Wild, Arlington Heights Ill, tennis star (1993 Melbourne Open)
• 1972 - Dennis Iliohan, Dutch soccer player (FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag)
• 1973 - Tom Tumulty, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
• 1974 - Brian Newman, guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• 1974 - Ronnie Ward, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
• 1974 - Wally Richardson, quarterback (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1975 - Chuck Watanabe, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1975 - Jacque Vaughn, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
• 1975 - Kim Weir, Miss USA-Nebraska (1997)
• 1976 - Brice Beckham, Long Beach Calif, actor (Wesley-Mr Belvedare)
• 1976 - Tony Battie, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
• 1977 - Jessica Carlson, Kalamazoo Mich, archer (alt-Olympics-1996)
• 1977 - Stephanie Richardson, Toronto Ontario, 200m/800m swimmer (Olympics-96)
• 1977 - Veronica Marie Duka, Campbellsville KY, Miss America (Ky-Top 10-1997)
• 1979 - Brandy [Norwood], singer (Les Miserables, Moisha)
• 1980 - Matthew Lawrence, Montgomery Pa, actor (Matthew-Gimme a Break)
• 1980 - Natasha Bobo, Watsonville Calif, actress (Sally-Together We Stand)
• 1997 - Michael Jackson Jr, son of Michael Jackson

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0641 - Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65
• 0731 - Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies
• 0821 - Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies
• 0824 - Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies
• 0867 - Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies
• 1141 - Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies
• 1503 - Elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday
• 1543 - Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle
• 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule
• 1622 - Alfonso Fontanelli, composer, dies at 64
• 1650 - Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
• 1685 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
• 1762 - Johann Tobias Krebs, composer, dies at 71
• 1797 - Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83
• 1806 - Vicente Martin y Soler, composer, dies at 51
• 1841 - J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies at 55
• 1868 - L‚on Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies
• 1870 - Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76
• 1870 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer, dies at 66
• 1879 - Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies
• 1879 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67
• 1882 - Gustav Schmidt, composer, dies at 65
• 1892 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer, dies at 63
• 1894 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70
• 1899 - George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
• 1901 - Milan I, king of Serbia, dies at 56
• 1903 - Henryk Szulc, composer, dies at 67
• 1907 - Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80
• 1911 - Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
• 1922 - Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67
• 1931 - Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
• 1931 - Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine, dies
• 1939 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64
• 1940 - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Gov-Gen of Canada (1935-40), dies
• 1941 - Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63
• 1944 - Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies
• 1945 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
• 1945 - J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme
• 1948 - Sergy Eisenstein, film director, dies at 50
• 1961 - Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82
• 1961 - Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34
• 1963 - Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30
• 1968 - Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
• 1969 - James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
• 1970 - Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87
• 1971 - Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
• 1972 - Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
• 1973 - Hans D Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
• 1974 - Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell & Son), dies at 85
• 1976 - Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies
• 1976 - Charlie Naughton, actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
• 1976 - Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64
• 1977 - Louis J M Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74
• 1978 - James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
• 1982 - Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer
• 1982 - Takashi Shimura, Japans actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
• 1982 - Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79
• 1985 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83
• 1985 - Henry Hathaway, actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
• 1985 - Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68
• 1986 - Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65
• 1989 - George O'Hanlon, actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
• 1991 - Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90
• 1992 - Ray Danton, US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60
• 1993 - George A Stephen, inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
• 1993 - Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure
• 1993 - Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
• 1994 - Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
• 1994 - Sorrell Brooke, actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 64
• 1994 - William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73
• 1996 - Amelia Rosselli, poet, dies at 65
• 1996 - Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64
• 1996 - Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies
• 1996 - Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies
• 1996 - Phil Regan, actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
• 1997 - Don Porter, actor (Gidget), dies at 84