• 1357 - Johan I, King of Portugal (1383-1433)
• 1451 - Isabella I, of Castile, Queen of Spain (1479-1504), patron of Columbus
• 1515 - Antoine of Bourbon, duke of Vend“me/king of Navarra
• 1610 - Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italy, lawyer/Pope (1689-91)
• 1640 - Mariana Alcoforado, Portugal, nun
• 1658 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8)
• 1682 - Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter
• 1690 - John Carteret, Earl Granville (C), English chief minister (1722-42)
• 1707 - Henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones)
• 1724 - Immanuel Kant, Konigsberg Germ, philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)
• 1766 - Madame de Sta‰l, Swiss-French belle-lettrist (An Extraordinary Woman)
• 1773 - Jean V baron de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader
• 1775 - Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen)
• 1781 - Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer
• 1799 - Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist (blood pressure)
• 1816 - Philip James Bailey, English poet (Festus)
• 1818 - Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1823 - Alfred Gibbs, Major General (Union Army), died in 1868
• 1827 - William Hopkins Morris, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
• 1828 - Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer
• 1831 - Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1832 - Julius Sterling Morton, Nebraska, (Gov-Neb), started Arbor Day
• 1839 - August W Eichler, German botanist
• 1853 - Alphonse Bertillon, France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system
• 1854 - Henri-Marie Lafontaine, Belgium, international lawyer (Nobel 1913)
• 1856 - [Marie] Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Two Orphans)
• 1858 - Ethel Mary Smyth, composer
• 1863 - Cornelis A J van Dishoeck, Dutch publisher
• 1864 - Phil May, Wortley Yorkshire, cartoonist
• 1866 - Hans von Seeckt, German general (Future of the Reich)
• 1868 - Jose Vianna da Motta, composer
• 1870 - Nikolai Lenin, [Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov], Bolshevik/USSR revolutionist
• 1873 - Ellen Anderson Glasgow, US, novelist (Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942)
• 1876 - O E R”lvaag, Norwegian-American novelist (Giants in the Earth)
• 1876 - Robert B r ny, Sweden, otologist, vestibular expert (Nobel 1914)
• 1878 - Kitty Gordon, Folkestone England, entertainer
• 1881 - Alexander Kerensky, Simbirsk, Russian PM (1917)
• 1884 - Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer
• 1884 - John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Died Sept 3, 1992)
• 1884 - Otto Rank, [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalysis (Knstler)
• 1889 - Ludwig Renn, writer
• 1891 - Belle Bennett, Milcoon Rapids IA, actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask)
• 1891 - Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Sontsovka Ukraine, composer
• 1892 - Nikolai Obouhov, composer
• 1899 - Martyn Green, London, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Iceman Cometh)
• 1899 - Vladimir Nabokov, St Petersburg, novelist
• 1902 - Megan Lloyd George, English politician
• 1904 - J[ulius] Robert Oppenheimer, NY, head of Manhattan (A-bomb) Project
• 1906 - Eric William Fenby, composer/president (Delius Society)
• 1908 - Eddie Albert, [Heimberger], Rock Island Il, actor (Oliver-Green Acres)
• 1909 - Ralph Byrd, Dayton Ohio, actor (Dick Tracy TV Show)
• 1910 - Eric Scowen, physician
• 1910 - R J Ritchie, tennis player
• 1912 - Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer
• 1912 - Kathleen Mary Ferrier, England, contralto (Orfeo Ed Evridice)
• 1914 - Charles Hubert Sisson, author/poet (Christopher Homm)
• 1914 - Hans Baumann, writer
• 1914 - Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer (Holland's Glory)
• 1915 - Dick Dudley, Tenn, TV host (Village Barn)
• 1915 - Lord Airedale, British Lord (social democrat)
• 1916 - Earl of Oxford & Asquith, governor (Seychelles)
• 1916 - Lord Menuhin, OM
• 1916 - Yehudi Menuhin, NYC, violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata)
• 1917 - Leo Abse, biographer/MP
• 1917 - Mile Yvette Chauvir‚, France, ballerina assoluta (Sleeping Beauty)
• 1917 - Sidney Nolan, Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly)
• 1919 - Donald Cram, US, biochemist (Nobel 1987)
• 1920 - Hal March, SF Calif, actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage)
• 1920 - Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Misery of the Word)
• 1922 - Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus)
• 1922 - Lou Stein, Phila Pa, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark)
• 1922 - Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US, painter (Ocean Park Paintings)
• 1923 - Betty Page, Kingsport Tn, playmate (Jan, 1955)/model (Dark Angel)
• 1923 - Hugh Lloyd, actor (Punch & Judy Man, Dunroamin' Rising)
• 1923 - Paula Fox, US children's books author (Poor George)
• 1923 - Peter Bowring, CEO (C T Bowring)
• 1925 - Christopher Ball, Oxford, warden (Keble College)
• 1925 - George Cole, London England, actor (Minder, Vampire Lovers)
• 1926 - Bob Flannigan, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
• 1926 - Charlotte Rae, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (Edna-Facts of Life)
• 1926 - James Stirling, Scottish D-day-parachutist/architect/knight
• 1927 - Pascal Bentoiu, composer
• 1928 - Aaron Spelling, TV executive producer (Charlie's Angels)
• 1928 - Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
• 1929 - Geoffrey Marshall, Provost (Queen's College, Oxford)
• 1929 - Margaret Pereira, forensic scientist
• 1929 - Michael Atiyah, educator (Trinity College - Cambridge England)
• 1929 - Robert Wade-Gery, diplomat/exec director (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
• 1929 - Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen
• 1931 - Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP)
• 1931 - Robert Dickson, Canada, ice hockey player (1948)
• 1931 - Ronald Hynd, British choreographer (English National Ballet)
• 1931 - Siem Vroom, Dutch actor (The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries)
• 1932 - Michael Colgrass, Chicago Illinois, composer (Best Wishes)
• 1933 - John A Llewellyn, Cardiff Wales, astronaut
• 1933 - Robin Hutton, merchant banker
• 1934 - 9th viscount Portman, British large landowner/multi-millionaire
• 1934 - David Ratford, diplomat
• 1934 - John K Barlow, English rubberplanter/financier/multi-millionaire
• 1934 - Nico Ladenis, British restauranteur (Nico at 90)/=
• 1934 - Viscount Portman, Britsh landowner/multimillionaire
• 1935 - Christopher Ball, linguist/warden (Keble College-Oxford)
• 1935 - Glen Campbell, Delight Ark, actor/singer (Time I Get to Phoenix)
• 1937 - Bobbi Fiedler, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- )
• 1937 - David Summerscale, head master (Westminster School England)
• 1937 - Jack Nicholson, NJ, actor (One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, Shining)
• 1937 - Jack Nitzsche, composer/songwriter (An Officer & a Gentleman)
• 1937 - Ken Palmer, cricketer (1-190 in only Test for England, now Test ump)
• 1937 - Kenneth Palmer, cricket umpire
• 1938 - Alan Bond, tycoon/yachtsman
• 1939 - Jason Miller, Scranton PA, actor/writer (Exorcist, Light of Day)
• 1939 - John Chilcot, civil servant
• 1939 - John Foley, mjr-general
• 1940 - Peter Goldstein, joint founder (Superdrug)
• 1943 - Mel Carter, singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me)
• 1943 - Steve Dunne, cricketer (NZ Test umpire on international panel)
• 1944 - Joshua Rifkin, composer
• 1945 - Alan Dukes, Irish president (Fine Gael
• 1945 - Donald Graham, US businessman(?)
• 1945 - Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist
• 1945 - Robert Key, MP/British undersecretary for National Heritage
• 1946 - Archy Kirkwood, MP (L-D)
• 1946 - Dectuplets, Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females
• 1946 - John Waters, director (Hairspray)
• 1947 - Barry Guy, composer
• 1948 - Carole Drinkwater, actress (Father, All Creatures Great & Small)
• 1949 - Spencer Haywood, Silver City Ms, NBAer (Oly-gold-1968, Knicks)
• 1950 - Jancis Robinson, wine writer/broadcaster
• 1950 - Lewis Biggs, curator (Tate Gallery-North Liverpool)
• 1950 - Peter Frampton, Kent Engld, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive)
• 1953 - Steve Bond, Haifa Israel, actor (General Hospital, To Die For)
• 1954 - Joseph Bottoms, Santa Barbara Cal, actor (Surfacing, Blind Date)
• 1955 - Arthur Baker, rock producer (Afrika Banbaataa-Planet Rock)
• 1956 - Catherine Mary Stewart, Edmonton, actress (Passion & Paradise)
• 1957 - Alan Campbell, Homestead Fla, actor (E Z-3's a Crowd)
• 1957 - Ethel White, WBL guard (NY Stars)
• 1958 - Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistani mid-80s)
• 1958 - Ken Olandt, actor (April Fool's Day, Imposter, Leprechaun)
• 1959 - Nicky Le Roux, South Africa, LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta Champ-15th)
• 1959 - Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer (pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams)
• 1959 - Ryan Stiles, Seattle Wash, actor (Lewis-Drew Carey Show)
• 1960 - Lloyd Honeyghan, English welterweight boxing champ (1986)
• 1961 - Byron Allen, LA Calif, comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show)
• 1961 - Jeff Hostetler, NFL QB (NY Giants, Raiders, Redskins/1990 Superbowl)
• 1961 - Jimmy Key, Huntsville Alabama, pitcher (Blue Jays, NY Yanks, Orioles)
• 1962 - David Wettlaufer, Kitchener Ont, golfer (Ontario Beefeater-1986, 87)
• 1962 - Denise Baldwin, Atlanta GA, LPGA golfer (1991 Futures Salisbury)
• 1964 - Bob McCann, NBA forward (Washington Bullets)
• 1964 - Chris Makepeace, Toronto, actor (Vamp, My Bodyguard, Meatballs, Oasis)
• 1966 - Glenn Parker, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills, KC Chiefs)
• 1966 - Serge Poudrier, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998)
• 1967 - Bart Bowen, Albuquerque NM, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - Harvey Williams, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
• 1967 - Mike Buck, NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1967 - Sheryl Lee, Boulder Colo, actress (Twin Peaks, Love Lies & Murder)
• 1968 - Bimbo Coles, NBA guard (Golden State Warriors)
• 1968 - Carlos Costa, Spain, tennis star
• 1968 - Jo Angel, cricketer (big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993-)
• 1968 - Vernell Coles, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1988)
• 1968 - Zarley Zalapski, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
• 1969 - Bobby Olive, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1969 - Craig Logan, Scotland, rock bassist (Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey)
• 1969 - George Williams, Lacrosse WI, catcher (Oakland A's)
• 1969 - Roger Jones, NFL center (Cin Bengals)
• 1970 - Claus Biedermann, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
• 1970 - Coleman Bell, NFL tight end (Washington Redskins)
• 1971 - Ingo Rademacher, German FR, actor (Jasper Jacks-General Hospital)
• 1971 - James Burton, NFL cornerback (Chic Bears)
• 1971 - Milos Holan, Bilovec Cze, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
• 1971 - Nicklas Kulti, Sweden, tennis star
• 1972 - Anna Falchi, Tampera Finland, actress (La Dolce Vita '90)
• 1972 - Sabine Appelmans, Aalst Belg, tennis star (Strasbourg doubles final)
• 1973 - Christopher Sanders, tight end (Washington Redskins)
• 1973 - Scott Fields, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1974 - Adam Parfitt, Victoria BC, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Georgia Goettmann, model (Cosmo-May 1995)
• 1975 - Brian Manning, wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
• 1975 - Stijn Haeldermans, Belgian soccer player (MVV)
• 1976 - Milena Mayorga, Miss Universe-El Salvador (1996)
• 1980 - Aaron Metchnik, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Stephen-Torkelsons)
• 1980 - Monica Flammer, Gainesville Fla, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1985 - Lauri Hendler, Ft Belvoir Va, actress (Julie-Gimme a Break)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0536 - Agapitus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies
• 1253 - Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53
• 1355 - Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36
• 1462 - Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies
• 1521 - Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded
• 1592 - Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80
• 1648 - Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69
• 1662 - John Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies
• 1672 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swed scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73
• 1677 - Wenzel E Frst von Lobkowitz, Austria chancellor (16..-74), dies at 68
• 1699 - Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53
• 1722 - Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies
• 1776 - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67
• 1778 - James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies
• 1782 - Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66
• 1788 - Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46
• 1821 - John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52
• 1827 - Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist, dies
• 1830 - Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69
• 1833 - Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62
• 1844 - Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76
• 1864 - Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76
• 1865 - Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries
• 1883 - Octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38
• 1892 - Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69
• 1899 - E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies
• 1901 - William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies
• 1908 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British premier (1905-08), dies
• 1925 - Andre Caplet, composer, dies at 46
• 1929 - Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer, dies at 86
• 1930 - Jeppe Aakj‘r, Danish journalist/author/poet (Rugens sange), dies at 63
• 1933 - Frederick Henry Royce, motorcar pioneer, dies
• 1941 - Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies
• 1944 - Mezio Agostini, composer, dies at 68
• 1945 - K„the Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at 77
• 1946 - Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73
• 1946 - Lionel Atwill, actor (Capt Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61
• 1950 - Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54
• 1951 - Stanley Ridges, actor (possessed, Sgt York, Mr Ace), dies at 59
• 1953 - Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N], Dutch writer, dies at 75
• 1957 - Ignatius Roy D Campbell, British poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54
• 1961 - Maria Radulphus, [Adrian Hermus], Cura‡ao school inspector, dies at 91
• 1962 - Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61
• 1962 - Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62
• 1967 - Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62
• 1975 - Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75
• 1976 - Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer, dies at 79
• 1977 - Charles Sanford, orch leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
• 1978 - Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), dies at 75
• 1980 - Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72
• 1981 - Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76
• 1982 - Melville Bell Grosvenor, pres (Natl Geographic Society), dies at 80
• 1983 - Earl "Fatha" Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies
• 1983 - Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in NY at 80
• 1984 - Ansel Adams, US photographer, dies at 82
• 1986 - Mircea Eliade, writer, dies
• 1988 - Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at 96
• 1989 - Huey Newton, US, Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47
• 1990 - Bertil Unger, actor (Devil & Max Devlin), dies
• 1992 - Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at 34
• 1992 - Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN), dies
• 1992 - Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies
• 1993 - Andries Treurnicht, founder S Afr Conservative Party, dies at 72
• 1993 - Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66
• 1993 - Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees), dies at 88
• 1994 - D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at 96
• 1994 - Denis Pitts, journalist, dies at 64
• 1994 - Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist, dies at 80
• 1994 - Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President (1969-75), dies of stroke at 81
• 1994 - Schmidt Hans Burkhardt, artist, dies at 89
• 1995 - Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53
• 1995 - Maggie Kuhn, activist (Gray Panthers), dies at 89
• 1996 - David Shipman, film historian, dies at 63
• 1996 - Erma Bombeck, humorist (Grass is Greener), dies at 69
• 1996 - Hiteshwar Saikia, PM of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies