• 1511 - Giorgio Vasari, Italy, painter/art historian (Vasari's Lives)
• 1747 - Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer
• 1751 - Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister
• 1763 - Samuel Rogers, English poet (Italy, a poem)
• 1793 - Josepf Fran‡ois Snel, composer
• 1815 - Thomas Jackson Rodman, Bvt Brig General (Union volunteers)
• 1817 - Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer
• 1818 - Emily Jane Bront‰, England, novelist (Wuthering Heights)
• 1818 - John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch minister of Internal minister (1866..88)
• 1824 - Eugenio Terziani, composer
• 1831 - Helene P Blavatsky, founder (Theosophist Cooperation)
• 1837 - Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
• 1838 - Eugen Richter, German parliament member (Liberal)
• 1845 - Jacob C van Marken, Dutch philantropist/CEO (Calv‚-Delft)
• 1855 - James Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History"
• 1855 - Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist
• 1856 - Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith)
• 1857 - Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899)
• 1863 - Henry Ford, Dearborn Township Mich, auto maker (Ford)
• 1868 - Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist
• 1872 - Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte
• 1875 - James William Tate, composer
• 1880 - Robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune)
• 1882 - Holmes Herbert, Mansfield England, actor (The Kiss)
• 1882 - Leo van Puyfielde, Flemish art historian
• 1886 - Johan Algot Haquinius, composer
• 1887 - Felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity)
• 1887 - Timothy Mara, NFL owner (NY Giants)
• 1888 - Jean-Jacques Bernard, French writer (Mon pŠre Tristan Bernard)
• 1888 - Raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighter
• 1889 - Vladimir K Zworykin, USSR, electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV
• 1890 - Casey Stengel, baseball manager (Yankees (1949-60)/NY Met's 1st)
• 1892 - Roy Park, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1920, out 1st ball)
• 1897 - Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician/writer (Fascism is War!)
• 1898 - Henry Moore, England, sculptor (Vertebrae)
• 1899 - Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud)
• 1899 - Henricus Moorman, Dutch vice-admiral (KVP)
• 1899 - John Woods Duke, composer
• 1906 - L'udovit Rajter, composer
• 1906 - Serafin Pro, composer
• 1909 - Cyril Northcote Parkinson, England, historian (Pursuit of Progress)
• 1912 - Anne B Ridler, British poetess (Who is my neighbor?)
• 1913 - Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer
• 1913 - Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Neth playwright/director (Albee/Pinter)
• 1916 - Robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter
• 1918 - Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player
• 1921 - Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy)
• 1921 - Grant Johannesen, Salt Lake City Ut, pianist (Ost‚nd 1st prize 1947)
• 1921 - Jacques Vander Schueren, Belgium, minister of Economic Affairs
• 1922 - Zbigniew Wiszniewski, composer
• 1923 - Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian communist/leader of PKI (1951-65)
• 1923 - John Richard Brinsley Norton, landowner
• 1924 - Christopher Shaw, composer
• 1924 - William Gass, Fargo ND, novelist/philosopher (Omensetter's Luck)
• 1925 - Antoine Duhamel, composer
• 1925 - Jacques Sernas, Lithuania, actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy)
• 1926 - Peter T Thwaites, British brig-gen/playwright (Love or money)
• 1927 - Richard Johnson, actor (Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door)
• 1929 - Christine McGuire, Middletown Oh singer (McGuire Sisters-Sugartime)
• 1929 - Sid Kroft, Athens Greece, puppeteer (Barbara Mandrell Show)
• 1930 - Thomas Sowell, author/activist
• 1931 - Joan Vohs, St Albans NY, actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina)
• 1933 - Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, LA, actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper)
• 1934 - Andre Prevost, composer
• 1934 - Ben Piazza, Little Rock Ark, actor (Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas)
• 1934 - Bud Selig, owner (Milw Brewers)/acting baseball commissioner
• 1936 - Buddy Guy, rocker
• 1936 - George "Buddy" Guy, US blues guitarist (Stone Crazy)
• 1936 - Istvan Zelenka, composer
• 1936 - John Burton-Hall, Dorset England, captain (QE2)
• 1936 - Ralph Taeger, Richmond Hill NY, actor (Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo)
• 1936 - Yuri Alexandrovich Falik, composer
• 1938 - Vayachselav Ivanenko, USSR, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1988)
• 1939 - Eleanor Smeal, leader (National Organization for Women)
• 1939 - Peter Bogdanovich, Kingston NY, director/producer (Last Picture Show)
• 1940 - Clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum)
• 1940 - Patricia Schroeder, (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973- )
• 1940 - Reva Rose, Chicago Ill, singer/actress (Temperature's Rising)
• 1941 - Count Desmond, [Edward Benjamin], Binghamton NY, sword swallower
• 1941 - Paul Anka, Ottawa Ontario, singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)
• 1944 - Frances de la Tour, actress (Bejeweled, Wombling Free)
• 1944 - Teresa Cahill, opera singer
• 1945 - David Sanborn, jazz saxophonist (David Letterman Show)
• 1946 - Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, rock bassist (Jethro Tull)
• 1947 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria, body builder (Commando, Terminator)
• 1947 - Margo Sappington, Baytown TX, actress (Oh Calcutta)
• 1947 - William Atherton, Ct, actor (Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44)
• 1949 - Joyce Jones, US singer (1st Choice)
• 1950 - Frank Stallone, NYC, Sylvestor's brother/actor (Barfly, Outlaw Force)
• 1950 - Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer
• 1953 - Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-9)
• 1954 - Ken Olin, Chicago Ill, actor (Hill St Blues, Michael-30 Something)
• 1956 - Anita Hill, professor of law, Clarence Thomas' nemesis
• 1956 - Delta Burke, Orlando Fla, actress (Suzanne-Designing Women)
• 1956 - Phil Fearon, rocker (Galaxy, Kandidate-I Don't Want to Lose You)
• 1957 - Bert Oosterbosch, Dutch bicyclist
• 1957 - Bill Cartwright, basketball player (NY Knicks, Chic Bulls)
• 1957 - Mark Tymchyshyn, Minneapolis, actor (Gavin-As The World Turns)
• 1957 - Rat Scabies, [Chris Miller], Surrey England, rock drummer (Damned)
• 1958 - Daley Thompson, London, Decathalete (Olympic-gold-1980, 1984)
• 1958 - Kate Bush, Plumstead England, singer/songwriter (Wild Things)
• 1958 - Richard Burgi, Montclair NJ, actor (Chad Rollo-Another World)
• 1959 - Petra Felke, German DR, javelin thrower (world record 1988)
• 1961 - Laurence Fishburne, Augusta GA, actor (Red Heat, School Daze)
• 1961 - Reggie Roby, NFL punter (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1962 - Andy Green, UK, 1st to break sound barrier on land
• 1962 - Monique Gabrielle, KC Mo, actress (Flashdance, Night Shift)
• 1962 - Tom Pagnozzi, Tucson AZ, catcher (St Louis Cardinals)
• 1962 - Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov, Rus lt-colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-21)
• 1963 - Chris Mullin, Bkln NY, NBA forward (Warriors, Pacers, Olympic-gold-92)
• 1963 - Ingrid Butts, Denver Colo, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
• 1963 - Lisa Kudrow, Encino Calif, actress (Phoebe-Friends, Romy & Michele)
• 1963 - Monique Gabrielle, LA Cal, actress (Bad Girls 4, Amazon Women on Moon)
• 1965 - Tex Axile, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
• 1965 - Tim Munton, cricketer (England pace bowler in two Tests 1992)
• 1968 - Charles Gordon, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1968 - Michael Brandon, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
• 1968 - Terry Crews, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
• 1969 - Duane Bock, Southampton NY, golfer (1991 Low Amateur NY State Open)
• 1969 - Errol Stewart, S African cricket wicket-keeper (limited-over 1993)
• 1969 - Robert Porcher, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions)
• 1970 - Ed Hawthorne, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
• 1970 - Joe Montford, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1970 - Tom McManus, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1970 - Werner Hippler, WLAF TE (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1971 - Ron Blazier, Altoona PA, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
• 1972 - Clif Groce, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1972 - Damon House, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Jim McIlvaine, NBA center (Washington Bullets, Seattle Supersonics)
• 1972 - Olga Chernyak, Kiev Ukraine, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Andrea Gaudenzi, Faenza Italy, tennis star (1990 French Open junior)
• 1973 - Cara Jackson, Chandler Arizona, Miss America-Arizona (1996)
• 1973 - Markus Naslund, Bonassund Swe, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
• 1974 - Hilary Swank, Bellingham WA, actress (Karate Kid 4)
• 1975 - Tifini Hale, Palm Springs Calif, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
• 1977 - Jayme Dickman, South Bend Ind, 3x20 rifle (Olympics-1996)
• 1977 - Suangsuda Rodprasert, Miss Thailand Universe (1997)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0579 - Benedict I, Italian Pope (575-79), dies
• 1516 - Johan V Nassau, earl of Nassau-Vianden/Dietz, dies
• 1528 - Jacopo d'antonio Negreti Palma, Italian painter, dies at about 48
• 1652 - John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist, dies at 68
• 1653 - Gabriel Naud‚, French librarian/ composer, dies at 53
• 1655 - Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47
• 1712 - Abraham Elsevier, publisher, dies
• 1718 - William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer (No cross, no crown), dies
• 1727 - Franz Weichlein, composer, dies at 67
• 1741 - Wierich PL count von Daun, gov-gen of Austria & Netherlands, dies
• 1771 - Thomas Gray, English poet, dies at 54
• 1781 - Augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35
• 1784 - Denis Diderot, writer, dies at 70
• 1796 - Nicolas the Pigage, French classical architect, dies
• 1832 - Jean-A-C Chaptal, French chemist/Internal minister, dies
• 1863 - George Crockett Strong, US Union gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29
• 1865 - George Wright, US Union brig-general, dies at 61
• 1889 - Charles Absolom, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies in an accident
• 1898 - Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies at 83
• 1903 - Servas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flem writer (Wheelbarrows), dies at 65
• 1912 - Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912), dies at 60
• 1914 - Albert Trott, cricketer (3 Tests for Aus, 2 for Eng), commits suicide
• 1914 - Jean Jaur‚s, leading socialist, assassinated in Paris
• 1918 - Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies
• 1927 - Robert Marquies de Flers, French writer (Monsieur Bretonneau), dies
• 1936 - Adolf Philipp, composer, dies at 72
• 1943 - Benjamin James Dale, composer, dies at 58
• 1947 - George Challenor, cricketer (played in 1st WI Test side 1928), dies
• 1957 - Sem Dresden, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 76
• 1958 - Alexander Albrecht, composer, dies at 72
• 1962 - Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54
• 1965 - Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79
• 1966 - Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94
• 1967 - Alfried Krupp, German industrialist, dies at 59
• 1967 - John Macchia, actor (Beach Blanket Bingo), dies of stroke at 35
• 1968 - Jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69
• 1970 - George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73
• 1973 - Erich Katz, composer, dies at 72
• 1973 - Guy Middleton, actor (Fur Collar, Now & Forever), dies at 65
• 1974 - Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer, dies at 75
• 1977 - Johanna Andersen-Nex”, wife of Danish poet Martin A-N, dies at 74
• 1977 - Jrgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered
• 1979 - Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 67
• 1980 - Charles McGraw, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family), dies at 66
• 1980 - Norman Lloyd, composer, dies at 70
• 1982 - Frank Nicholson, S African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies
• 1983 - Howard Deitz, MGM executive, dies at 86 of Parkinson's disease
• 1983 - Lynn Fontanne, Broadway's premier actress (Emmy 1965), dies at 95
• 1984 - Maurice Tremlett, cricketer (England pace bowler 1948-49), dies
• 1987 - Mary Spinell, actress (Last Horror Film), dies
• 1990 - Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered
• 1990 - Karl Weber, dies of heart failure at 74
• 1991 - Leonardus S van Egerat, travel expert, dies at 68
• 1991 - William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando), dies at 60
• 1992 - Brenda Marshall, actress (Highway West, Smiling Ghost), dies at 76
• 1992 - Joe Shuster, co creator (Superman), dies at 78
• 1992 - Titti Sotto, latin songwriter, dies at 48 of aids
• 1993 - Edward B A M Raczynski, Polish pres-in-exile (1979-86), dies at 97
• 1993 - Jay Scott, [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], US/Canada movie critic, dies at 43
• 1993 - John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington NH in 200 years, killed at 45
• 1994 - Enid Balint-Edmonds, British psychoanalyst, dies at 90
• 1994 - Henry Mackie, designer of the Belfast Calorimeter, dies at 73
• 1994 - Theo van Scheltinga, skater, dies at 80
• 1995 - Biggie Rodwell Tembo Marasha, musician, dies at 36
• 1995 - Charles James Dunn, japanese scholar, dies at 80
• 1995 - Harry Shorto, linguist, dies at 75
• 1996 - Alan Cheales, dominican priest, dies at 83
• 1996 - Claudette Colbert, actress (Happened One Night), dies of stroke at 93
• 1996 - Magda Schneider, actress (Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight), dies at 87