• 1211 - Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)
• 1438 - Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen
• 1474 - Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat
• 1567 - Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician
• 1584 - Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)
• 1585 - Caspar Bartholin, Malm”, physician, theologian, writer on anatomy
• 1588 - John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass
• 1636 - Herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist
• 1637 - John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)
• 1663 - Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority
• 1665 - Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)
• 1706 - Josef Christian, German sculptor
• 1740 - Matej Sojka, composer
• 1751 - Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer
• 1753 - Lambert-Fran‡ois Godecharle, composer
• 1758 - Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer
• 1760 - Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer
• 1768 - Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)
• 1775 - Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829)
• 1778 - Franz Joseph Volkert, composer
• 1791 - Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)
• 1791 - Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)
• 1792 - Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter
• 1809 - Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65)
• 1809 - Charles Darwin, England, discovered evolution (Origin of species)
• 1818 - Otto Ludwig, German writer (Die Heiterethei)
• 1824 - Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati, Indian hindu leader
• 1828 - George Meredith, England, poet/novelist (Shaving of Shagpat)
• 1828 - Robert Ransom Jr, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
• 1831 - John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track
• 1838 - Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898
• 1841 - Bert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister
• 1841 - Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister
• 1850 - Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary (Flemish Flag)
• 1852 - Hendrik Blink, geographer (Van de Eems tot de Schelde)
• 1853 - Bertram Luard-Selby, composer
• 1857 - Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)
• 1861 - Lou [Andreas-]Salom‚, Russian/German author (Im Kampf um Gott)
• 1865 - Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland)
• 1867 - Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German author (Warbride) [or Febr 18]
• 1867 - Joe Howard, NYC, vocalist (Gay Nineties Revue)
• 1868 - Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP/founder (SDAP)
• 1869 - Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education/Arts (VVD)
• 1873 - J¢n Trausti, [Gudmundur Magn£sson], Icelandic writer (Heidarbylid)
• 1880 - John Llewellyn Lewis, union leader (United Mine Workers, 1920-60)
• 1882 - Walter Vaes, Flemish painter/etcher
• 1883 - Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor (Man With a Camera)
• 1884 - Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist
• 1885 - Julius Streicher, German district leader (St�rmer)
• 1885 - Licinio Refice, composer
• 1886 - Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer
• 1886 - Michel Brusselmans, composer
• 1891 - Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner (1 Test for S Africa, 3-118, pair)
• 1891 - Maurice Yvain, composer
• 1891 - Max Terhune, actor (Arizona Stagecoach, Hit the Saddle, Range Justice)
• 1893 - Marcel G J Minnaert, Dutch astronomer
• 1893 - Omar Bradley, General of Army WW II (GI General)
• 1894 - Hans Guido von B�low, German conductor
• 1898 - Wallace Ford, [Samuel Jones Grundy], Batton England, actor (Deputy)
• 1898 - [Le]Roy Harris, Okla, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
• 1899 - Albert Huybrechts, composer
• 1900 - Ferenc K”rmendy, Hungarian/US author (Budapest Kaland)
• 1900 - Fred Emney, London England, actor (Let the People Sing, Lilac Domino)
• 1902 - William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader
• 1904 - Ted Mack, Denver Colo, TV host (Original Amateur Hour)
• 1905 - Harry Bellaver, actor (Sgt Arcaro-Naked City)
• 1909 - Barry Wood, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
• 1910 - Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer
• 1910 - Lee Byung Chull, Korean industrialist/founder (Samsung Business)
• 1911 - Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1936)
• 1911 - Frank Hercules, writer
• 1911 - Sylvstre A Guzman Fernandez, president (Dominican Republic)
• 1912 - Eddie J Bush, golf professional
• 1912 - Ernest Clark, London England, actor (Doctor in the House)
• 1913 - Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Bragan‡a, grandson of emperor Pedro I
• 1914 - Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch)
• 1914 - Nello Celio, Swiss president
• 1915 - Andrew J Goodpaster, US, general/supreme commander (NATO-Europe)
• 1915 - Lorne Greene, Ottawa Canada, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica)
• 1916 - Joseph L Alioto, (Mayor-SF)
• 1916 - Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, Austrian composer (Vom Tode)
• 1917 - Thomas K Scherman, NYC, conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75)
• 1918 - Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
• 1918 - Julian S Schwinger, US physicist
• 1919 - Forrest Tucker, Plainfield Ind, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail)
• 1923 - Franco Zeffirelli, Florence Italy, director (Romeo & Juliet)
• 1923 - James Abdnor, (Sen-R-SD, 1981-87)
• 1923 - Mel Powell, composer
• 1924 - Hans Berghuis, Dutch author/poet (3 Women, Adam)
• 1926 - Joe Garagiola, St Louis Mo, sportscaster/host (Today Show)
• 1926 - Paul Hamlyn, English publisher/multi-millionaire (Octopus)
• 1927 - Anne Gillis, Little Rock Ark, actress (Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men)
• 1929 - Agustin Gonzalez Acilu, composer
• 1930 - Arlen Specter, (Sen-R-PA, 1981- )
• 1930 - Gerhard R�hm, writer
• 1931 - Constance A Morella, (Rep-R-Maryland)
• 1932 - Lincoln Kilpatrick, St Louis Mo, actor (BJ-Leslie Uggams Show)
• 1933 - Costa-Gavras, director
• 1933 - Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev, cosmonaut
• 1933 - Juanita [Ruth] Coulson, sci-fi author (Web of Wizardry, Space Trap)
• 1934 - Annette Crosbie, British(?) actress
• 1934 - Bill Russell, Monroe La, NBAer (Boston Celtics, Oly-gold-56)
• 1935 - Gene McDaniels, US vocalist/bandleader/actor (Young Swingers)
• 1935 - Ken Still, golfer
• 1935 - Ray Manzarek, keyboardist (Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier)
• 1936 - Arnost Parsch, composer
• 1936 - Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist/dissident
• 1936 - Joe Don Baker, Groesback Tx, actor (Eischied, Walking Tall, Fletch)
• 1936 - Paul Shenar, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Carrington-Roots)
• 1937 - Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa Ok, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1956)
• 1938 - Johnny Rutherford, auto racer
• 1938 - Judy Blume, author (Wifey)
• 1939 - John D Hancock, actor/director (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights)
• 1940 - Hank Brown, (Rep-R-CO, 1981-88)
• 1941 - Naomi Uemura, mountain climber (1st Japanese to scale Everest)
• 1941 - Ross Morgan, cricketer (NZ batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72)
• 1942 - Chananjit Vohra, Kenyan/British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire
• 1942 - Lionel Grigson, professor of jazz
• 1942 - Rick Frank, rocker
• 1944 - Charles Pasarell, tennis pro
• 1944 - Desmond Nuttall, English educator
• 1944 - Jackie Torrence, story teller/artist
• 1944 - Moe Bandy, Meridian Ms, country vocalist (Just Good Ol' Boys)
• 1945 - Cliff De Young, LA Calif, actor (F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment)
• 1945 - Joe Schermie, Madison Wi, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World)
• 1945 - Maud Adams, Lulea Sweden, actress (Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo)
• 1946 - Ever Meulen, [Eddy Vermeulen], Dutch designer (children stamps 1992)
• 1947 - Guus Willemse, Dutch bassist/singer (Solution)
• 1948 - Cindy Hill, LPGA golfer
• 1949 - Gundappa Viswanath, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 70s)
• 1949 - Len Randle, baseball player (NY Mets)
• 1949 - Stanley Knight, country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog)
• 1950 - Michael Ironside, actor, (Starship Troopers)
• 1950 - Steve Hackett, rock guitarist (Genesis-Against All Odds/GTR)
• 1951 - Gil "The Bird" Moore, rocker (Triumph)
• 1952 - Salvador Pineda, Mexico City, doctor
• 1953 - Joanna Kerns, [de Varona], SF Calif, actress (Maggie-Growing Pains)
• 1953 - Simon MacCorkindale, Cambridge, actor (Falcon Crest, Manimal) [or 2/2]
• 1955 - Arsenio Hall, comedian (Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America)
• 1955 - Daniele Masala, Italy, pentathelete (Olympics-1976)
• 1956 - Ad P Melkert, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (1994- )
• 1958 - Andie MacDowell, [Rosali Anderson], SC, actress (Green Card) [or 4/21]
• 1958 - Ingrid Klich, Whittier Calif, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1958 - Ruth Guerri, St Louis Mo, playmate (July, 1983)
• 1959 - Nancy Remy, reporter (NYC's Shadow Traffic)
• 1959 - Omar Hakim, drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report)
• 1959 - Per Gessle, rocker (Roxette-Joy Ride)
• 1959 - Sigrid Thornton, Australia, actress (Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise)
• 1961 - Chris Heyne, Offenbach Germ, WLAF General Manager (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1963 - Brent Jones, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
• 1964 - Maurice Douglass, NFL safety (NY Giants)
• 1964 - Michel Petit, St Malo, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• 1964 - Milton Small, cricket pace bowler (WI v Australia 1984)
• 1964 - Raphael Sbarge, actor (Risky Business, My Science Project, Werewolf)
• 1965 - Ruben Amaro, US baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians)
• 1966 - Boty Goodwin, artist
• 1967 - Andrew Dunkley, Kent England, golfer (1991-93 Co-Captain U of W Fla)
• 1968 - Chynna Phillips, LA Calif, vocalist (Wilson Philips-Hold On)
• 1968 - Josh Brolin, actor (Johnny-Private Eye, Jimmy Hickok-Young Riders)
• 1968 - Todd Fanning, Saskatoon Sask, golfer (Manitoba Amat-1984, 90, 91, 92)
• 1969 - Colin Keely, Buffalo NY, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Shauna Lyn Searles, Miss California USA (1996)
• 1970 - Bryan Roy, Surinam/Dutch soccer star (Ajax)
• 1970 - Dell Demps, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
• 1970 - Lamar Thomas, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs, Miami Dolphins)
• 1971 - Lincoln Kennedy, tackle (Oakland Raiders)
• 1971 - Romeo Bandison, NFL defensive tackle (Cleve Browns)
• 1971 - Shane Tonkin, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
• 1971 - Shante Carver, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1971 - Tracy Kennick, Miss Utah USA (1996)
• 1972 - Andrew Cassesse, actor (Revenge of Nerds II, TV 101)
• 1972 - Dulip Samaraweera, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test opening batsman 1993-)
• 1973 - Brendon Mark Cameron, Pirongia NZ, 4k pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Ian Mcintyre, Montreal, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
• 1975 - Chris Szarka, CFL full back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• 1975 - Matt Finkes, linebacker (NY Jets)
• 1975 - Scot Pollard, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
• 1975 - Seth Payne, defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1976 - Christopher Pettiet, LA Calif, actor (Young Riders)
• 1980 - Christina Ricci, actress (Wednesday-Addams Family, Mermaids, Casper)
• 1980 - Sarah Lancaster, KC KS, actress (Rachel-Saved By Bell: New Class)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1128 - Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies
• 1242 - Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide
• 1538 - Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57
• 1554 - Jane Grey, queen of England for 13 days, beheaded at 17
• 1554 - Lord Guildford Dudley, Jane Grey's husband, beheaded
• 1590 - Fran‡ois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65
• 1616 - John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65
• 1684 - Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67
• 1728 - Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
• 1738 - James Sherard, composer, dies at 71
• 1762 - Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68
• 1771 - Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60
• 1787 - Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75
• 1799 - Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67
• 1804 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79
• 1820 - Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71
• 1834 - Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65
• 1837 - Ludwig B”rne, writer, dies at 50
• 1861 - Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72
• 1886 - P J Edvard Backstr”m, Swedish writer, dies at 44
• 1889 - Andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies
• 1896 - Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84
• 1896 - Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
• 1901 - Ram¢n de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Col¢n), dies at 83
• 1905 - Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies
• 1915 - Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77
• 1916 - J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies
• 1920 - Emile Sauret, composer, dies at 67
• 1920 - Jean Allemane, French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at 77
• 1920 - Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31
• 1921 - Charles Leslie, cricketer (4 Tests England v Australia 1882-83), dies
• 1929 - Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, Ger para-psychologist, dies at 66
• 1933 - Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85
• 1942 - Grant Wood, US painter (American Gothic), dies at 49
• 1945 - ... de Jong, Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed
• 1945 - Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah, Youth Aliyah), dies
• 1945 - Walraven [Wally] van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39
• 1947 - Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72
• 1954 - Dziga Vertov, [Kaufman], Russian dir (3 Songs of Lenin), dies at 58
• 1955 - Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71
• 1957 - Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Martha og Maria), dies at 82
• 1958 - Marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88
• 1959 - George Antheil, US pianist/composer (Ballet M‚canique), dies at 58
• 1960 - Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71
• 1965 - Henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53
• 1969 - Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch & Perlemoer), dies at 80
• 1970 - Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79
• 1971 - George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86
• 1971 - James Cash Penney, US founder (J C Penney), dies at 95
• 1973 - Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67
• 1976 - James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52
• 1976 - Sal Mineo, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause), stabbed at 37
• 1979 - Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84
• 1980 - Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies
• 1981 - Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies
• 1982 - Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87
• 1982 - Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
• 1982 - Victor Jory, actor (Adv of Tom Sawyer, 1st Lady, Jigsaw), dies at 79
• 1983 - Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100
• 1984 - Anna Anderson Manahan, [Grand Duchess Anastasia?], dies in Virginia
• 1984 - Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69
• 1985 - Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61
• 1986 - Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86
• 1986 - Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82
• 1987 - Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55
• 1989 - Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83
• 1989 - Thomas Bernhard, Dutch/Austrian writer (Heldenplatz), dies at 58
• 1991 - Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88
• 1991 - Robert Wagner, mayor (NYC-D-1954-65), dies
• 1992 - Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies
• 1992 - Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies
• 1992 - Ton Brandsteder, CEO (Sony Netherland BV), dies at 74
• 1993 - James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys
• 1994 - Donald Judd, US furniture maker/architect/artist, dies at 65
• 1995 - Earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at 66
• 1995 - L Jansma, Fries publisher (Friese stamp), dies
• 1995 - Rachid Mimouni, Algerian author (L'Honneur de la Tribu), dies at 49
• 1995 - Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at 82
• 1995 - Tony Secunda, rock band manager, dies at 54
• 1996 - Roger Omond, journalist, dies at 51
• 1997 - Nora Beloff, journalist, dies at 78
• 1997 - Walter Ritchie, sculptor, dies at 77