• 1229 - Louis II, the Stern, ruler (upper Baveria)
• 1330 - Louis van Male, Count of Flanders/Nevers/R‚thel
• 1761 - Fridolin Weber, composer
• 1770 - Peter Hansel, composer
• 1781 - Andr‚s Bello, Venezuela poet/diplomat/scholar (Silvas Americanas)
• 1797 - Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer
• 1799 - Amos Bronson Alcott, US educator/poet (Concord Days)
• 1802 - Wilhelm Hauff, writer
• 1803 - Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (Doppler effect)
• 1811 - Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer
• 1815 - Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
• 1816 - Carl Binder, composer
• 1818 - George Brown, Canada, publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (L) (1858)
• 1832 - Louisa May Alcott, Germantown Pa, author (Little Women)
• 1833 - Louis Douglass Watkins, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
• 1834 - Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1838 - Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies
• 1839 - Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck)
• 1849 - Ambrose Fleming, inventor (diode)
• 1852 - Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer
• 1856 - Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor/premier Prussia
• 1860 - Hans Haym, composer
• 1862 - Friedrich Klose, composer
• 1863 - Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer
• 1863 - S˜fert H Koorders, Dutch botanist (Java)
• 1866 - Waldemar von Baussnern, composer
• 1870 - Andr‚ Lichtenberger, French sociologist/writer (Le petit roi)
• 1870 - Harry Graham, cricketer (107 on Test debut Aust v Eng 1893)
• 1872 - Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director
• 1874 - Ant¢nio Egas Moniz, Portugal, lobotomist (Nobel 1949)
• 1891 - Julius Raab, Austrian union chancellor (1953-61)
• 1891 - Richard Frank Donovan, composer
• 1894 - Yakima Canutt, [Enos Edward], Colfax WA, actor/dir (Texas Terror)
• 1895 - Busby Berkeley, Los Angeles CA, choreographer
• 1895 - Lodovico Rocca, composer
• 1895 - William V S Tubman, (Whig), 17th Liberian president (1943-70)
• 1896 - Philip L Carret, Lynn Mass, CEO (Pioneer Fund)
• 1896 - Rod(erique) La Rocque (La Tour), western actor (Beau Bandit)
• 1897 - Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Little Emperor)
• 1898 - C[live] S[taples] Lewis, UK, sci-fi author (Silver Chair)
• 1898 - Rod La Rocque, Chicago IL, actor (Our Modern Maidens)
• 1899 - Gustave Reese, composer
• 1901 - Genevieve Tobin, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady)
• 1901 - Mildred Harris, Cheyenne WY, actress (No No Nannette)
• 1902 - Carlo Levi, Italy, painter/novelist (Of Fear & Freedom)
• 1902 - Georges Poulet, French/Belgian critic (Temps Humain)
• 1904 - Kay Johnson, Mt Vernon NY, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage)
• 1904 - Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer (Glorify Kokila)
• 1905 - Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham
• 1906 - Luis Van Rooten, Mexico City Mexico, actor (One Man's Family)
• 1907 - Merle Travis, Muhlenberg County KY, country singer (16 Tons)
• 1908 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY)/minister
• 1909 - Rupert Davies, methodist Scholar
• 1910 - Louis Levy Jr, music publisher
• 1911 - Klaus EJ Fuchs, German/British atomic physicist/spy
• 1914 - Edith Tilton Penrose, economist
• 1914 - Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France
• 1915 - Earl W Sutherland, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971)
• 1916 - Valentino Bucchi, composer
• 1918 - Herb Shriner, Toledo Ohio, host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show)
• 1918 - Madeleine L'Engle, [Franklin], US, sci-fi author (Ilsa, Love Letters)
• 1919 - Pearl Primus, dancer
• 1922 - Benjamin Smit, Cura‡aos architect (St Elizabeth Hospital)
• 1923 - Frank Reynolds, E Chicago Ind, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
• 1926 - Dagmar, Huntington WV, actress (Broadway's Open House)
• 1927 - Rubert Crosse, NYC, actor (Det Robinson-The Partners)
• 1927 - Vin[ce] Scully, sportscaster (NBC Baseball Game of the Week)
• 1928 - Paul Simon, (Sen-D-IL, 1985-??)
• 1929 - Don January, pro golfer (1976 Vardon Trophy)
• 1931 - Frank T Mdlalose, KwaZulu minister of Internal minister
• 1932 - Antoine Tisne, composer
• 1932 - Diane Ladd, Meridian Miss, actress (Wild Angels, Wild at Heart)
• 1932 - John Gary, Watertown, NY, singer
• 1933 - David Reuben, author (Everything You Wanted to Know about Sex)
• 1933 - John Mayall, MacClesfield England, pop musician (Don't Washed Me Time)
• 1936 - Davide Anzagai, composer
• 1936 - Gerti Tetzner, writer
• 1937 - Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of Defense/Foreign affairs
• 1939 - Gennadiy Volnov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1939 - Meco, rocker
• 1940 - Chuck Mangione, Rochester NY, jazz hornist (Chasing the Clouds Away)
• 1941 - Dennis Doherty, Halifax Canada, rocker (Mamas & The Papas)
• 1941 - Ronald D Coleman, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
• 1944 - Felix Cavaliere, Pelham NY, rock keyboardist (Rascals-Lonely too Long)
• 1945 - Roger Bambuck, Guadeloupe, French 4X100 runner (Olympic-bronze-1968)
• 1946 - Suzy Chaffee, US, skier/chapstick user (Olympics-1968)
• 1949 - Garry Shandling, AZ, comedian (Garry Shandling, Larry Sanders Show)
• 1949 - Kenneth D Cameron, Cleve Oh, Lt Col USMC/astronaut (STS 37, 56, 74)
• 1949 - Petra Kelly, German peace activist/MP (Green)
• 1950 - Kevin O'Donnell Jr, US, sci-fi author (Caverns, Reefs, Lava)
• 1951 - Barry Doudreau, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Boston)
• 1951 - Jonathan Zeitlyn, artist
• 1952 - Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Nothing But Lies, Elsa)
• 1952 - Dusty Hare, English rugby player
• 1954 - Joel Coen, Minneapolis Mn, actor/dir (Spies Like Us, Barton Fink)
• 1955 - Howie Mandel, Toronto Canada, comedian (Dr Wayne Fiscus-St Elsewhere)
• 1957 - Charles Grant, actor (Evan Frame-Another World, Bold & Beautiful)
• 1958 - Pamela Prati, Rome Italy, Million $ Cap (1984)/actress
• 1959 - Charles Grant, Winston Salem NC, actor (Another World)
• 1959 - Neal Broten, Roseau Canada, NHL center (NJ Devils)
• 1959 - Rich Camarillo, NFL punter (Houston Oilers)
• 1960 - Cathy Moriarty, Bronx NY, actress (Raging Bull, Bless This House)
• 1961 - Kim Delaney, Phila, actress (All My Children, Tour of Duty, NYPD Blue)
• 1962 - Andrew McCarthy, NYC, actor (St Elmo's Fire, Class)
• 1962 - Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (v Sri Lanka 1985-86)
• 1964 - Don Cheadle, actor (Boogie Nights)
• 1964 - Kris Kamm, Evanston Ill, actor (Stuart Rosebrock-Coach)
• 1964 - Perry Parker, South Laguna Beach Calif, golfer (1992 Xerox BC Open)
• 1965 - Ellen Cleghorne, comedienne (Saturday Night Live)
• 1965 - Neill Barry, NYC, actor (Old Enough, Heat)
• 1967 - Marcus Muler, WLAF adm asst (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1967 - Sean Carlin, Australian hammer thrower (Olympics-8-1992, 96)
• 1968 - Dee Brown, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
• 1968 - Jiri Veber, Kladno CZE, hockey (Team Czech Rep)
• 1968 - Jonathan Raleigh Knight, Mass, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
• 1968 - Pedro A Martinez, Villa Mella Dom Rep, pitcher (NY Mets)
• 1968 - Peter Gross-Pass, WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire)
• 1968 - T J Rubley, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
• 1969 - Ben Iroha, soccer player (Vitesse)
• 1969 - Craig Evans, cricketer (Zimbabwe batsman 1996 World Cup)
• 1969 - J-Me Carney, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - John Knight, rocker
• 1969 - Mariano Rivera, Panama City Panama, pitcher (NY Yankees)
• 1969 - Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player (NAC, Celtic)
• 1970 - David Beinhoff, mayor
• 1970 - Guy Hill, Atlanta Georgia, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 NCAA-3rd)
• 1970 - Lamar Smith, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1970 - Tonya Gill, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-14th)
• 1971 - Amy Peterson, Maplewood Minn, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
• 1971 - Bernadette Przybycien, Miss Illinois USA (1996)
• 1971 - Brad May, Toronto, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
• 1971 - Gena Lee Nolin, actress/model (Baywatch)
• 1972 - Artis Houston, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
• 1972 - Jamal Mashburn, NBA forward (Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks)
• 1972 - Larry Williams, WLAF defensive tackle (Scotland Claymores)
• 1973 - Craig Glassock, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper 1994-95)
• 1973 - Dick van Burik, soccer player (Ajax/NAC)
• 1973 - Duane Butler, safety (Minnesota Vikings)
• 1974 - Pavol Demitra, Dubnica Slo, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators, Blues)
• 1982 - Lucas Black, actor (Sling Blade)
• 1990 - Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor (Full House)
• 1990 - Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor (Full House)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0561 - Chlotarius I, king of the France (558-61), dies at about 61
• 0917 - Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies
• 1268 - Clement IV, [Guido Fulcodi], Pope (1265-68), dies
• 1314 - Philippe IV, the Handsome, King of France (1285-1314), dies
• 1378 - Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (Univ of Prague), dies
• 1530 - Lord Chancellor, (1514-29), dies at about 56
• 1530 - Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal/adviser to England's King Henry VIII, dies
• 1632 - Frederick V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain), dies at 36
• 1643 - Claudio Giovanni Monteverdi, Italian composer (L'arianna), dies at 76
• 1682 - Rupert, prince of Palts/adm/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62
• 1775 - Lorenzo Somis, composer, dies at 87
• 1780 - Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63
• 1813 - Giambattista Bodoni, Ital stamp cutter/publisher (bodoni), dies at 73
• 1843 - Marco Santucci, composer, dies at 81
• 1864 - One-Eye, Cheyenne-chief, dies
• 1865 - Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer/statesman, dies at 69
• 1872 - Cornelius Kreighoff, Canadian, dies
• 1872 - Giovanni Tadolini, composer, dies at 83
• 1872 - Horace Greeley, US founder/publisher (NY Tribune), dies at 61
• 1895 - Eduard count von Taaffe, Austria premier (1868..93), dies at 62
• 1918 - Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Helten), dies at 40
• 1921 - Ivan Caryll, composer (Pink Lady), dies at 60
• 1924 - Giacomo Puccini, Ital composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65
• 1925 - Karl Flodin, composer, dies at 67
• 1927 - George Giffen, cricketer (251 FC games, 11758 runs, 1023 wkts), dies
• 1939 - Philipp Scheidemann, German MP (SPD)/mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
• 1952 - Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies
• 1952 - Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian/US chemist, dies at 85
• 1954 - Enrico Fermi, Italian/US nuclear physicist, dies
• 1954 - George Edward Robey, English comic/actor (Henry IV), dies at 85
• 1957 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austria/US composer (Kathrin), dies at 60
• 1959 - Fritz Brun, composer, dies at 81
• 1959 - Hans Henny Jahnn, writer, dies at 64
• 1962 - Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood NJ
• 1963 - Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban composer (Malague¤a), dies at 67
• 1964 - Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher/author (Bartje), dies at 60
• 1967 - Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47
• 1970 - Robert Ruthenfranz, composer, dies at 65
• 1971 - Heinz Tiessen, composer, dies at 84
• 1974 - Haroldson L Hunt, US multi-millionaire, dies at 85
• 1974 - Ouida Bergere, scriptwriter, dies at 88
• 1976 - Godfrey Cambridge, actor (Watermelon Man), dies at 43
• 1976 - Judith Lowry, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays ...), dies at 86
• 1977 - George Hamilton Combs, TV host (Through the Curtain), dies at 78
• 1978 - Alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74
• 1980 - Dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors), dies at 83
• 1981 - Natalie Wood, actress (West Side Story), drowns at 43 (suicide)
• 1985 - Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71
• 1986 - Cary Grant, actor (Charades), dies in Davenport Iowa at 82
• 1986 - Herb Vigran, actor (Vampire, Mark of Vampire), dies
• 1987 - Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55), dies at 81
• 1987 - Irene Handl, actress (Riding High, Morgan), dies at 85
• 1989 - Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer, dies at 56
• 1989 - George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, cricketer, dies
• 1991 - Frank Yerby, US writer (Health Card, The Dahomean), dies at 75
• 1991 - Ralph Bellamy, actor (Rosemary's Baby, His Girl Friday), dies at 87
• 1992 - Cary Scott Lowenstein, dancer/singer, dies of AIDS at 30
• 1992 - Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy), dies at 78
• 1992 - Robert F Simon, US actor (Operation Petticoat, M*A*S*H), dies at 83
• 1992 - Robert Shayne, US actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!), dies of cancer at 92
• 1993 - JRD Tata, Indies industrialist (Air-India), dies at 89
• 1994 - Muhammad Ali Araki, ayatollah of Iran, dies
• 1994 - Ronald "Buster" Edwards, robber, dies at 63
• 1994 - Sviatoslav S Stravinsky, French/US composer/son of Igor S, dies at 84
• 1995 - Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer, dies at 79
• 1995 - Stone Cates, fictional character on General Hospital, dies of AIDS
• 1997 - Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city, dies at 79