• 1528 - Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV
• 1539 - Sebasti n de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer
• 1611 - James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans)
• 1612 - Paul de La Pierre, composer
• 1634 - Adam Krieger, German composer
• 1652 - Pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian
• 1653 - Bernhard Albinus, Germany, court-physician (Frederick of Prussia)
• 1685 - Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company
• 1710 - Josef Antonin Sehling, composer
• 1799 - Daniel Tyler, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
• 1800 - Millard Fillmore, Locke NY, (Whig) 13th president (1850-53)
• 1808 - Jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
• 1816 - Stephen Miller, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
• 1821 - Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Brig General (Confed Army), died in 1891
• 1822 - Lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author (Goethe)
• 1822 - Theodor Aufrecht, German indologist (Rigveda's Hymns)
• 1824 - James Morrison Hawes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
• 1830 - (Samuel) Emerson Opdycke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1830 - Albert Bierstadt, Germany, painter (US landscapes)
• 1842 - Johan Lindegren, composer
• 1844 - Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], saint/visionary
• 1845 - Louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18)
• 1845 - Paul Deusen, German philosopher (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft)
• 1853 - Nikolai Arkas, composer
• 1855 - Eli‰zer Ben-Jehuda, [Perelmann], Latvia, writer (1st hebrew newspaper)
• 1860 - Emanuil Mandlov, composer
• 1868 - Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist
• 1873 - Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)
• 1873 - Charles Pierre P‚guy, Orl‚ans Fr, Catholic writer (God Speaks)
• 1875 - Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)
• 1876 - William Yeates Hurlstone, composer
• 1877 - Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)
• 1879 - St Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous), 1844(?), religious visionary
• 1883 - Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II)
• 1890 - Henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception)
• 1890 - Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ (US Open-1912)
• 1892 - Rudolf Moser, composer
• 1894 - Jose Rozo Contreras, composer
• 1895 - Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist
• 1896 - Arnold Ridley, Bath England, actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train)
• 1898 - Art Baker, NYC, TV host (You Asked For It)
• 1898 - Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, composer
• 1899 - Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)
• 1899 - Kenneth Thomson, Pitts, actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)
• 1903 - Alan Napier, Birmingham England, actor (Alfred-Batman)
• 1903 - Albrecht Haushofer, writer
• 1903 - Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer
• 1903 - Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, composer
• 1905 - Francis Taylor, builder
• 1907 - Nicanor Zabaleta, San Sebastian, Spain, harpist
• 1910 - Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron
• 1910 - Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/runner (Olympic-gold-1936)
• 1911 - Merv Waite, cricketer (S Australian all-rounder)
• 1912 - Charles Addams, cartoonist (New Yorker, Addams Family)
• 1913 - Francis De Wolff, England, actor (From Russia With Love)
• 1913 - Shirley Ross, Omaha NE, actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm)
• 1915 - Herman Musaph, Dutch psychiatrist/sexologist/founder (NVSH)
• 1916 - Gerrit Schulte, [Le Fou Pedalant], Dutch 6 day bicyclist
• 1916 - Paul Keres, USSR, chess grandmaster (1950)
• 1917 - Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer
• 1918 - Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party)
• 1918 - Colin Snedden, cricketer (Test NZ v England 1947, 0-46, did not bat)
• 1920 - Albert Meltzer, anarchist
• 1920 - Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer
• 1920 - Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer/Industrialist
• 1921 - John Lanigan, tenor
• 1922 - Jean-Pierre [Louis] Rampal, Marseilles France, flautist
• 1922 - Vincent Gardenia, Naples Italy, actor (All in the Family, LA Law)
• 1923 - Charles Russell Woolen, composer
• 1924 - Roloff Beny, Alberta, painter/photographer (A Time of Gods)
• 1925 - Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer (Mockery Bird)
• 1928 - Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India)
• 1928 - William Peter Blatty, NYC, author/director (The Exorcist)
• 1929 - Douglas Kiker, NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award)
• 1929 - Kenneth Henry, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1929 - Terry Moore, [Helen Luella Koford], LA Cal, actress (Little Sheba)
• 1931 - Mack Mattingly, (Sen-R-GA, 1981-86)
• 1933 - Elliot Kastner, NYC, producer (Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes)
• 1934 - Charles Lamont Jenkins, NYC, 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1956)
• 1935 - Noam Sheriff, composer
• 1935 - Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 6, 19, 36/35)
• 1936 - Eldee Young, US bassist (Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy)
• 1938 - Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer (Jan Rao en z'n Maat)
• 1939 - David Buchan, ethno-musicologist
• 1939 - Tom Kierman, British(?) rugby player
• 1940 - William Elgin Swinton, child psychiatrist
• 1941 - Ann Susan Hills, freelance journalist
• 1941 - Frederick Drew Gregory, Wash DC, Col USAF/astro (STS 51-B, 33, 44)
• 1941 - Robert Hicks, rocker (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
• 1942 - Paul Revere, rock keyoardist (Good Thing)
• 1942 - Vasili Alexeyev, USSR, weightlifer (Olympic-gold-72, 76)
• 1943 - Jim Lefebvre, Hawthorne Calif, baseball manager (Seattle Mariners)
• 1943 - Leona Williams, singer/songwriter (Ladies Get the Blues)
• 1943 - Nicholas Warner, test Pilot
• 1944 - Ad [GB] Nijhuis, Dutch MP (VVD)
• 1944 - Mike McGear, Liverpool, singer (Paul McCartney's brother)
• 1945 - Tony Conigliaro, Mass, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
• 1946 - Andy Brown, rock drummer (Fortunes Birmingham)
• 1946 - Jann S Wenner, publisher (Rolling Stone)
• 1947 - David Porcelijn, Dutch composer/conductor
• 1948 - Kaz Lux, Poland/Netherland, singer
• 1948 - Kenny Loggins, Everett WA, singer (& Messina-This is it, Footloose)
• 1949 - John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)
• 1949 - Marshall Chapman, Spartanburg SC, country singer
• 1950 - Erin Gray, Honolulu Hawaii, actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers)
• 1951 - Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27)
• 1952 - Giuliano Ferrara
• 1953 - Agha Zahid, cricketer (open batting for Pak v WI 1975, scored 14 & 1)
• 1953 - Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo, rocker (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
• 1954 - Alan Butcher, cricketer (one Test England v India, scored 14 & 20)
• 1955 - Sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy)
• 1956 - Robin Walton, Boise ID, LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland Classic-15th)
• 1956 - Rosalyn Bryant, Chic Ill, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1976)
• 1956 - Trudie Styler, England, wife of Sting/sponsor (Rainforest Concert)
• 1957 - Katie Couric, [Katherine], Arlington VA, TV news host (Today)
• 1957 - Kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara)
• 1958 - Donna Rice, New Orleans La, model/Gary Hart's lover
• 1958 - Peter R Mokaba, president (South African Youth Congress)
• 1959 - Kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat)
• 1960 - David Marciano, Newark NJ, actor (Det Ray Vecchio-Due South)
• 1960 - Tierre Turner, Detroit Mich, actor (Waverly Wonders, Cop & the Kid)
• 1962 - Hallie Todd, actress (Check is in the Mail)
• 1962 - Jeff Montgomery, Wellston OH, pitcher (KC Royals)
• 1963 - Craig Shipley, Australian/US baseball infielder (San Diego Padres)
• 1964 - Francisco Maciel, Mexico, tennis star
• 1964 - Nicolas Cage, [Coppola], actor (Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon)
• 1965 - Mark Rushmere, cricketer (S Afr opening bat in comeback Test 1992)
• 1966 - Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr
• 1966 - Jennifer Luff, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Randy Burridge, Fort Erie, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
• 1967 - Guy Hebert, Troy, NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Team USA 98)
• 1967 - Scott Galbraith, NFL tight end (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys)
• 1968 - Michael Rosati, hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998)
• 1968 - Nathaniel Bolton, WLAF running back (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1969 - Chris Hatcher, US baseball outfielder (Houston Astros)
• 1969 - Doug E Doug, actor (Cosby)
• 1969 - Erric Pegram, NFL running back (Pit Steelers, NY Giants, SD Chargers)
• 1969 - Todd Kinchen, NFL wide receiver (St Louis Rams, Atlanta Falcons)
• 1970 - Darryl Williams, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks, Cin Bengals)
• 1970 - Frank "Cliff" Mannon, Amarillo TX, team handball (Olympics-1996)
• 1970 - Paul McCallum, CFL/WLAF kicker/punter (Claymores, Sask Roughriders)
• 1970 - Todd Day, NBA guard/forward (Boston Celtics)
• 1971 - Bobby Hamilton, NFL/WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals, NY Jets)
• 1971 - Masato Itai, WLAF wide receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1971 - Todd Yeaman, NFL defensive tackle (NY Giants)
• 1972 - Aaron John Mcintosh, Auckland NZ, sailboard yachter (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Chuck Levy, kick returner/running back (SF 49ers)
• 1972 - Donald Brashear, Bedford, NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens)
• 1973 - Bobby Engram, wide receiver (Chicago Bears)
• 1973 - Brian Milne, fullback (Cincinnati Bengals)
• 1973 - Ricky Wood, Van Nuys Calif, diver (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Robert Dunn, Glenn Cove NY, team handball left wing (Olympics-1996)
• 1974 - Jennifer LeRoy, Craig CO, playmate (Feb, 1993)
• 1975 - Robert Norman Waddell, Cambridge NZ, Single scull rower (Olympics-96)
• 1977 - Dustin Diamond, San Jose Calif, actor (Screech-Saved By Bell)
• 1996 - Abbey Speakman, England, born 19 days after her twin sister

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0312 - Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies
• 1130 - Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83
• 1285 - Charles I of Anjou, king of Naples/bro of King Louis IX, dies at 58
• 1325 - Dionysius, the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325), dies
• 1451 - Amadeus VIII, last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), dies at 67
• 1529 - Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies
• 1536 - Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII, dies
• 1537 - Alessandro de' Medici, Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated
• 1566 - Ludovicus Blosius, [Louis de Blois "Dacrianus"], wrtier, dies
• 1590 - Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Formulae Concordiae), dies at 61
• 1591 - Jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59
• 1598 - Theodorus I, [Fedor Ivanovitch], czar of Russia (1584-98), dies at 40
• 1655 - Innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at 80
• 1678 - Johannes Flittner, composer, dies at 59
• 1695 - Mary II Stuart, queen of England, dies at 32 [OS=Dec 28 1694]
• 1721 - Rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor, dies [or 1739]
• 1722 - Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet, dies at 60
• 1736 - Ceslav Vanura, composer, dies at 41
• 1755 - Gallus Zeiler, composer, dies at 49
• 1758 - Allan Ramsay Sr, Scottish poet (Gentle Shepherd), dies at 71
• 1790 - Antonio Corbisiero, composer, dies at 69
• 1810 - Joseph Lipavsky, composer, dies at 37
• 1830 - Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal's ex, dies at 53
• 1833 - Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer, dies at 55
• 1843 - Franz Schoberlechner, composer, dies at 45
• 1858 - Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), dies at 91
• 1868 - William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, dies at 51
• 1870 - Karl Schwencke, composer, dies at 72
• 1887 - Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Th‚ƒtre), dies at 74
• 1890 - Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, dies at 78
• 1890 - Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer, dies at 82
• 1891 - Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79
• 1892 - Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, dies at 39
• 1907 - Anton Urspruch, composer, dies at 56
• 1921 - Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69
• 1922 - Antonio Scontrino, composer, dies at 71
• 1929 - Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77
• 1930 - Rudolf H„pke, historian (Entstehung Holl„nd Wirtschaft), dies at 45
• 1932 - Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (Bright Paradise), dies at 60
• 1936 - Howard Francis, cricketer (2 Tests S Af v Eng 1898-99, 39 runs), dies
• 1942 - Henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), dies at 63
• 1943 - Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavian physicist (tesla motor), dies at 86
• 1944 - J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
• 1948 - Raoul Auernheimer, writer, dies
• 1951 - Johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), dies at 76
• 1955 - Gerald Hartigan, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14), dies
• 1957 - Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour), dies
• 1958 - Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), dies at 74
• 1960 - Luis da Costa, composer, dies at 80
• 1961 - Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74
• 1964 - Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62
• 1967 - Carl Schuricht, composer, dies at 86
• 1967 - Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW & Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies
• 1970 - Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81
• 1971 - Dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60
• 1971 - Madame Spivy [LeVoe], actress (All Fall Down), dies at 64
• 1972 - Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies
• 1972 - John Berryman, US poet (Imaginary Jew), dies
• 1979 - Zbigniew Turski, composer, dies at 70
• 1980 - Carl White, rocker, dies
• 1980 - Sarah Selby, actress (Tower of London), dies at 74
• 1981 - Jose Ardevol, composer, dies at 69
• 1982 - Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash
• 1983 - August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79
• 1985 - Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67
• 1986 - Juan Rulfo, writer, dies
• 1986 - M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily), dies at 79
• 1987 - Larry Carr, pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72
• 1988 - Trevor Howard, actor (Ryan's Daughter), dies of bronchitis at 71
• 1990 - Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, football hall of famer, dies at 81
• 1990 - Gail Lucas, entertainer, dies
• 1990 - Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86
• 1990 - Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73
• 1991 - Joe Hicks, baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64
• 1992 - Jhean Burton, entertainer, dies
• 1992 - Richard Hunt, puppeteer/actor (Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at 40
• 1993 - Richard Branda, actor (2 Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at 57
• 1994 - Bobby Pratt, jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at 67
• 1994 - Jay Blackton, broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
• 1994 - Lewis Boddington, aerospace Engineer, dies at 85
• 1994 - Lynn Blessing, vibes Player, dies at 65
• 1994 - Phoumi Vongvichit, pres of Laos (1986-91), dies
• 1994 - Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52
• 1995 - Arthur Leavins, violinist, dies at 77
• 1995 - Harry Golombek, chess Grandmaster, dies at 83
• 1995 - Larry Grayson, British entertainer (Generation Game), dies at 65 or 71
• 1995 - Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, dies in battle
• 1995 - William Larry White Grayson, comedian, dies at 71
• 1996 - James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90
• 1996 - Karoly Grosz, PM of Hungry (1987-88), dies at 65
• 1996 - Robley D Evans, nuclear physicist, dies at 88
• 1996 - Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist, dies at 93
• 1997 - Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89
• 1997 - Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher/conductor, dies at 84