• 1613 - Johan Georg II, elect of Saxon (1656-80)
• 1630 - Willem van Bemmel, Dutch painter/etcher
• 1637 - Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder (Chicago)
• 1688 - James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope
• 1706 - John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens
• 1735 - John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army
• 1781 - Giovanni Battista Polledro, composer
• 1782 - Amable-G-P B de Barante, French politician/historian
• 1790 - Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer
• 1791 - V clav Hanka, Czech author/interpreter/forger
• 1808 - Friedrich Kaiser, Dutch astronomer (Kaiser compass-card)
• 1819 - J D Gustave Courbet, French realist painter (Demoiselles the la Seine)
• 1831 - W A Remy, composer
• 1832 - Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India)
• 1832 - Jules VallŠs, French journalist/communard/author (L'insurg‚)
• 1832 - Nikolaus A Otto, German technician (gas motor, otto motor)
• 1834 - Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (HP Foundation)
• 1835 - Constant A Serrure, Flemish historian
• 1835 - Ferdinand IV SMJJBFLGRRJ, ruler of Toscane
• 1836 - Yamaoka Tesshu, Japanese swordsman/master of kendo
• 1838 - Meyer E van Beem, actor (Black Venus)
• 1840 - Thomas Fentress Toon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
• 1843 - Heinrich von Herzogenberg, composer
• 1844 - J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Haagse school)
• 1844 - Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen)
• 1847 - Paul Alexis, French writer (Soir‚es de M‚dan)
• 1859 - Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song)
• 1861 - Josephus T J Cuypers, Dutch architect (St Bavo, Haarlem)
• 1861 - Pierre M M Duhem, French naturalist/philosopher/historian
• 1863 - Louis M A Couperus, Dutch poet/writer (Eline Vere)
• 1865 - Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (claimed falsely to be at North Pole)
• 1869 - Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary/headed La Gazette
• 1879 - Benjamin Lambord, composer
• 1879 - Dezs” Szab¢, Hungarian writer (Weggevagde Village)
• 1880 - Margit Kaffka, writer
• 1882 - Neville Henderson, British diplomat
• 1886 - Baron Josse Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer
• 1888 - Leo Weismantel, German writer (Der Reiter der Apocalypse)
• 1889 - Cliff Clark, actor (Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout)
• 1890 - Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author
• 1890 - Powell Weaver, composer
• 1890 - Sessue Hayakawa, Japan, actor (Bridge on River Kwai, Hell to Eternity)
• 1891 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru the Tulips)
• 1893 - Franz Andr‚, Belgian conductor
• 1894 - Pavel Borkovec, Czech composer (Stmivani, [Twilight])
• 1895 - Immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision)
• 1898 - Hattie McDaniel, Wichita, 1st Black to win Oscar (Gone With The Wind)
• 1898 - Virginia Valli, [McSweeney], Chicago IL, actress (Pleasure Garden)
• 1899 - Raoul Salan, Fr/Indochina/Algeria (leader OAS)
• 1900 - Henri Bruning, Dutch literary
• 1902 - Gaston Brenta, composer
• 1902 - J Wouterus van Dieren, Dutch biologist (Terschelling)
• 1903 - Clyde Beatty, US animal trainer/actor (Big Cage)
• 1903 - Theo Lingen, German director/actor (M, Charm of La Boheme) [or Jun 19]
• 1904 - Frederick Loewe, composer (Learner & Loewe)
• 1906 - Janos Viski, composer
• 1908 - Brinsley Ford, CEO (National Art Collections Fund)
• 1908 - Ernst B Chain, German chemist/bacteriologist (penicillin, Nobel 1945)
• 1909 - Erwin Dressel, composer
• 1910 - Howlin' Wolf, [Chester Arthur Burnett], harmonica (Big City Blues)
• 1910 - Robert Still, composer
• 1911 - C P "Chilla" Christ, cricketer (Qld spinner late 30's)
• 1911 - Ralph Kirkpatrick, Leominster MA, harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti)
• 1911 - Terence Rattigan, playwright (Winslow Boy, Browning Version)
• 1912 - Leslie Brown, Bishop (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich)
• 1912 - William Gordon Harris, civil engineer
• 1913 - John Edmunds, composer
• 1913 - Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor (Cin Symph 1958)
• 1913 - Tikhon Nikoleyevich Khrennikov, composer
• 1913 - Van Carlyle Wilton-Davies, archdeacon Emeritus (Oxford)
• 1913 - Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System
• 1914 - Polly Hill, Dr/anthropologist
• 1914 - Saul Bellow, Lachine Quebec, author (Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976)
• 1915 - Oscar Comras, Bronx, drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park)
• 1916 - Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian (Percy-Coronation Street)
• 1917 - William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)
• 1918 - Barry Morse, actor (Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War)
• 1920 - Zbynek Vostrak, composer
• 1921 - Philip Mountbatten, Greece, Duke of Edinburgh/Prince, Mr Elizabeth II
• 1922 - Judy Garland, [Frances Gumm], Mich, actress/singer (Wizard of Oz)
• 1922 - Rose Moffard, (acting Gov-AZ)
• 1923 - Earl Hamner Jr, Schuyler Va, TV narrator (Waltons)
• 1923 - Robert Maxwell, [Jan Hoch], Czech, billionaire/CEO (NY Daily News)
• 1925 - Don Costa, actor (Impossible Years, Soul of Nigger Charlie)
• 1925 - Nat Hentoff, columnist/novelist (Village Voice, The Cold Society)
• 1926 - June Haver, Rock Island, actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door)
• 1926 - Lionel Jeffries, actor (Fanny, Prisoner of Zenda)
• 1926 - Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist (Outlawed, Free as a Bird)
• 1927 - Michael Walsh, major-general/director (Overseas Relations)
• 1928 - Asher Wallfish, journalist
• 1928 - Maurice Sendak, NYC, author/illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are)
• 1929 - Harald Juhnke, Berlin Germany, actor (Guitars of Love)
• 1929 - James McDivitt, Chicago, Brig Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9)
• 1929 - Vasile Herman, composer
• 1931 - Jim [Purvis] Ferree Jr, Pine Bluff NC, PGA golfer (1958 Vancouver)
• 1932 - Gardner McKay, NYC, actor (Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles)
• 1932 - George Burns, British TV host
• 1932 - J Bennett Johnston, (Sen-D-LA, 1972- )
• 1933 - F Lee Bailey, Waltham Mass, attorney (Sam Shepard case, OJ case)
• 1934 - Nicolas Roussakis, composer
• 1934 - Paul Gibson, British high court judge
• 1935 - Tom Pendry, MP (Labour)
• 1936 - Graham Carleton Greene, literary agent
• 1937 - Richard Foreman, NYC, theatrical director (Daily Life)
• 1939 - Alexandra Stewart, Montr‚al, actress (In Praise of Older Women)
• 1939 - Guy Harwood, horse trainer
• 1940 - John William Stevens, jazz drummer
• 1941 - Harry Muskee, Dutch rock vocalist (Cuby & Blizzards)
• 1941 - Jurgen Prochnow, actor (Das Boot)
• 1941 - Shirley Owens Alston, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
• 1941 - Soraya Khashoogi, Leicester England, wife (Adrian Khashoogi)
• 1942 - Janet Vogel, rocker (Skyliners)
• 1943 - Jeff Greenfield, NYC, media commentator (Firing Line, Nightline)
• 1943 - Simon Jenkins, editor (Times)
• 1944 - Rick Price, rocker (Move)
• 1945 - Martin Wesley-Smith, composer
• 1945 - Ron Glass, Evansville Ind, actor (Ron-Barney Miller, New Odd Couple)
• 1946 - Matthew Fisher, England, keyboardist (Procol Harum-Conquistador)
• 1946 - Mensje F van Keulen-van der Steen, Dutch writer (Bleeker's Summer)
• 1947 - Ken Singleton, Mt Vernon NY, baseball player (Orioles)
• 1949 - Kevin Corcoran, actor (Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland)
• 1951 - Burglinde Pollak, German DR, pentathlete (Olympics-bronze-1972)
• 1951 - Dan Fouts, NFL QB (San Diego Chargers)
• 1951 - Vicky Latta, Auckland NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96)
• 1955 - Andrew Stevens, Memphis Tn, actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury)
• 1959 - Timothy Van Patten, Bkln NY, actor (White Shadow, Master)
• 1961 - Maxi Priest, [Max Elliott], Jamaican/English singer (Wild World)
• 1962 - Brent Sutter, Viking, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
• 1962 - Duane Sutter, NHL player (NY Islander)
• 1962 - Floris Jansen, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
• 1963 - Elisabeth Shue, actress (Cocktail, Adv in Babysitting)
• 1964 - Pete Jordan, Elmhurst IL, Nike golfer (1992 Fresno Open-2nd)
• 1965 - Claudio Mezzadri, Switzerland, tennis star
• 1965 - Elizabeth Hurley, Basingstroke England, actress (Christabel)
• 1965 - Linda Evangelista, Canada, super model/actress (Catwalk, Unzipped)
• 1965 - Vincent Perez, actor (The Crow-City of Angels)
• 1966 - Doug McKeon, NJ, actor (Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial)
• 1967 - Human Beatbox, [Darren Robinson], rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
• 1968 - Kevin Donnalley, NFL guard/tackle (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
• 1968 - Susan Haskell, actress (Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business)
• 1969 - Fred Foggie, WLAF cornerback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1969 - Tony McCoy, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1970 - David Wilson, WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores)
• 1970 - Laurel Korholz, La Jolla Calif, rower (Olympics-4th-96)
• 1971 - DeWayne Dotson, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
• 1971 - Jeff Rodgers, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1971 - Leanza Cornet, TV host (Entertainment Tonight)
• 1972 - C J Richardson, NFL safety (Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks)
• 1972 - David Dunn, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals)
• 1972 - Edward Reevey, St John NB, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 SC Intercol)
• 1972 - Pat Johnson, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
• 1973 - Brandon Sanders, safety (NY Giants)
• 1973 - Carl Kidd, NFL defensive back (Oakland Raiders)
• 1973 - David Friedman, LA Calif, actor (Jason-Little House on the Prairie)
• 1973 - Wade Miller, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• 1976 - Lisa Jean Costantino, Miss USA-Vermont (1997)
• 1982 - Tara Lipinski, Philadelphia Pa, figure skater (1997 World Champ)
• 1991 - James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot, son of Gates McFaden (Star Trek NG)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1190 - Frederik I van Hohenstaufen "Barbarossa", German King, dies
• 1247 - Rodrigo Jimenez de Rada, archbishop Toledo/advisor Alfonso VIII, dies
• 1556 - Martin Agricola [M Sore], German composer/cantor, dies
• 1560 - Mary de Guise, queen-mother of Scotland
• 1580 - Lu¡s Vaz de Camoes, Portugal's national poet (Os Lusiados), dies
• 1584 - Fran‡ois-Hercule de Valois, French crown prince, dies at 28
• 1588 - Valentin Weigel, German mystic, dies
• 1654 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 58
• 1692 - ?, 1st witch is hanged in Salem Mass
• 1727 - George Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/king of England, dies at 67
• 1800 - Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer, dies at 53
• 1834 - Antonius van Gils, RC theologist (against Relief), dies at 75
• 1836 - Andr‚ M AmpŠre, French mathematician/physicist (Amp), dies
• 1839 - Nathaniel Pryor, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies
• 1849 - Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner, composer, dies at 63
• 1868 - Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Sweden, murdered
• 1883 - Carl Gradener, composer, dies at 71
• 1893 - Elek Erkel, composer, dies at 49
• 1899 - Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44
• 1902 - Auguste Schmidt, German teacher/feminist, dies at 68
• 1903 - Alexander I, King of Serbia are assassinated
• 1903 - Dragia, Queen of Serbia, assassinated
• 1903 - Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician (grafostatica), dies
• 1918 - Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer, dies at 76
• 1923 - Gustav Enestr”m, Swedish historian, dies at 70
• 1923 - Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, dies
• 1924 - Giacomo Matteotti, Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists
• 1926 - Antonio Gaudi y Cornet, Spanish architect, dies
• 1934 - Frederick Delius, English composer (Suite Florida), dies at 72
• 1941 - Herschel Mayall, actor (Tale of 2 Cities), dies at 78
• 1941 - Marcus Garvey, US black leader (Back to Africa Movement), dies at 52
• 1942 - Jean Van Royen, Sect-Gen of Concentration Camp Amersfoort, dies at 63
• 1942 - Ross Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman 1937), dies
• 1943 - Abd al-Azir al-Hasan VI, sultan of Morocco (1894-1907), dies at ñ62
• 1944 - French Duwaer, Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed
• 1944 - Gerrit Jan van der Veen, [Wolffensperger], resister, executed at 41
• 1944 - Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter, executed at 28
• 1946 - Ananda Mahidol, king of Siam, shot dead at 20
• 1946 - Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident
• 1949 - Sigrid Undset, Norse author (Olav Audunssín, Nobel 1928), dies at 67
• 1953 - Grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer, dies at 73
• 1954 - Will Rossiter, composer, dies at 87
• 1963 - Anita King, actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of heart attack at 74
• 1964 - Louis Gruenberg, composer, dies at 79
• 1967 - Frank Butler, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76
• 1967 - Spencer Tracy, US actor (7th Cross, Father ot Bride), dies at 67
• 1968 - Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65
• 1969 - Frank Lawton, actor (David Copperfield, Skin Game), dies at 64
• 1971 - Michael Rennie, actor (Day the Earth Stood Still), dies at 61
• 1971 - Virginia Eames, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 82
• 1973 - William M Inge, US playwright (Come Back Little Sheba), dies at 60
• 1974 - Henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/baron Culloden, dies at 74
• 1976 - Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/US fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103
• 1980 - Denys Morkel, S Afr cricketer (batsman scored 663 runs 1927-32), dies
• 1981 - Russell "Lucky" Hayden, actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at 68
• 1982 - Addie "Micki" Harris, US singer (Shirelles-Mama Said), dies at 42
• 1982 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, dies of drug overdose at 36
• 1985 - Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68
• 1985 - George Chandler, actor (Lassie), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87
• 1987 - Elizabeth Hartman, actress (Fixer, Patch of Blue), dies at 45
• 1988 - Louis L'Amour, western writer (Bowdrie), dies at 80 of cancer
• 1989 - Richard Quine, director/actor (Babes on Broadway), dies at 68
• 1991 - Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Silence of Mer), dies
• 1992 - Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure
• 1992 - Otto FAH van Nispen, mayor of Pannerden/MP (KVP), dies at 85
• 1992 - Peter Von Zerneck, actor (Foreign Affair), dies at 84
• 1993 - Alexis Smith, actress (Constant Nymph), dies of cancer at 72
• 1993 - Alice Reinhart, entertainer, dies at 83
• 1993 - Arleen Aug‚r, US soprano (Matth„us Passion), dies at 53
• 1993 - Richard Webb, actor (Captain Midnight), shoots himself at 77
• 1994 - Edward Kienholz, US sculptor (Back seat of a '38 Dodge), dies at 66
• 1994 - Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropist/mother of Bill Gates, dies at 64
• 1995 - Ernest Anderson, publicist, dies at 85
• 1995 - Masaya Hanai, businessamn, dies at 82
• 1995 - Ron Morrisby, cricketer (prolific batsman for Tasmania 1931-52), dies
• 1996 - Hugh Burnton Mitchell, US senator, dies at 89
• 1996 - Jo Van Fleet, actress (Seize the Day, Cinderella), dies at 75
• 1996 - Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter, dies at 89
• 1996 - Norman Lambert, British restuarateur, dies
• 1996 - Uno Choyo, writer, dies at 98