• 1609 - John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier
• 1637 - Henri�tte Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry
• 1670 - Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter
• 1670 - William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)
• 1685 - Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)
• 1686 - Johann F Gronovius, Dutch physician/botany
• 1696 - Johann Melchior Molter, composer
• 1702 - Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer
• 1717 - Pierre de La Garde, composer
• 1728 - Peter III Feodorovich, German/Russian czar of Russia (1761-62)
• 1735 - Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer
• 1741 - Franz Adam Veichtner, composer
• 1750 - Stanislao Mattei, composer
• 1775 - Charles Lamb, London England, critic/poet/essayist
• 1788 - Johann Peter Pixis, composer
• 1795 - Ary Scheffer, Dutch painter/etcher/sculptor
• 1807 - Abner Clark Harding, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
• 1818 - Isham Green Harris, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897
• 1819 - Richard Storrs Willis, composer
• 1821 - William Read Scurry, (Confederate Army Brig general, died in 1864)
• 1824 - Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol England, inventor (Plimsoll line for ships)
• 1827 - Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limburgs monastery founder
• 1841 - Walter Parratt, composer
• 1846 - Mildred Childe "Life" Lee, daughter of confederate gen Robert E Lee
• 1847 - A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)
• 1862 - W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer (7 wkts in 1 Test for S Africa 1889)
• 1866 - Bror Beckman, composer
• 1866 - Rafael Altamira Crevea, Spanish lawyer/historian
• 1868 - William Allen White, Emporia KS, editor (Pulitzer 1942)
• 1869 - Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer
• 1870 - Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter
• 1872 - Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP)
• 1879 - Franz Carl Bornschein, composer
• 1880 - Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
• 1884 - Herbert Hordern, cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust & Phila)
• 1887 - [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9]
• 1888 - G Ungaretti, writer
• 1889 - Howard Spring, British author/novelist/writer/critic (O Absalom)
• 1890 - Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) [OS]
• 1890 - Cor Ruys, Dutch actor (Princess Stage)
• 1891 - Harold RLG, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Gov-gen of Canada (1945-52)
• 1892 - Alan Hale, [Rufus A Mackahan], Wash DC, actor (Little John-Robin Hood)
• 1893 - Jimmy Durante, NYC, long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash)
• 1893 - William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29)
• 1894 - Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)
• 1894 - [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, London, (C) British PM (1957-63)
• 1896 - Olin Howlin, Denver Colo, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy)
• 1897 - John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)
• 1898 - Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage)/composer
• 1898 - Joseph Kessel, French journalist/writer (Army of the Shadows)
• 1898 - Judith Anderson, Adelaide Aust, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon)
• 1898 - Robert Keith, Fowler IN, actor (Battle Circus, Branded, Wild One)
• 1900 - Rebecca Negrin
• 1902 - Armand Bernier, Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste)
• 1902 - Stella Adler, NY, actress (My Girl Tisa)
• 1902 - Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor)
• 1903 - Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, composer
• 1904 - John Farrow, Sydney Aust, director/actor (Botany Bay, Wake Island)
• 1905 - John Dierkes, OH, actor (Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree)
• 1905 - Max Schubert, winemaker
• 1905 - Vilko Ukmar, composer
• 1905 - Walter Brown, sports organizer (NBA)
• 1906 - Erik Rhodes, [Ernest Sharpe], actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz)
• 1906 - Henry Phelps Brown, historian/economist
• 1906 - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
• 1906 - Lon Chaney Jr, Okla City Okla, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
• 1906 - Walraven (Wally) van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis
• 1907 - Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature
• 1908 - Jean Coulthard, composer
• 1909 - Lord Milne
• 1910 - Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958)
• 1910 - Douglas Spencer, actor (Thing, This Island Earth, River of No Return)
• 1910 - Joyce Grenfell, actress (Pickwick Papers, Americanization of Emily)
• 1910 - Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (NZ opening batsman v England 1933)
• 1912 - Lord Orr-Ewing
• 1913 - Philippa Bevans, actress (Notorious Landlady, World of Henry Orient)
• 1913 - Ragnhild Marie Hatton, historian
• 1914 - Larry Adler, Balt, hamonicist (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer)
• 1916 - Edward R Roybal, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- )
• 1918 - Gordon Pirie, England, Group Captain
• 1918 - Idwal Pugh, British ombudsman
• 1920 - Alexander Comfort, English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living)
• 1920 - J Heslop-Harrison, botanist
• 1921 - Adrian Cruft, composer
• 1922 - Harold Hughes, (Gov-D-NJ)
• 1922 - Neva Patterson, Iowa, actress (Governor & JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols)
• 1923 - Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera)
• 1924 - Bud (Norman) Poile, NHLer
• 1924 - Randy Van Horne, El Paso Tx, vocalist (Nat King Cole Show)
• 1926 - Danny Blanchflower, British(?) soccer player
• 1927 - Jakov Lind, German/British author (Counting My Footsteps)
• 1927 - Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Miss, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess)
• 1927 - Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal
• 1927 - Viscount Cowdray, British financier/multi-millionaire
• 1928 - Gene Taylor, (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973- )
• 1928 - Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924)
• 1929 - Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Oly-gold-1952, 56)
• 1929 - Henk Heidweiler, Surinam ambassador (in Netherlands)
• 1929 - Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer (Twilight Zone)
• 1929 - Jim Whittacker, mountain climber (1st American to climb Mt Everest)
• 1930 - John Gilpin, English ballet dancer (�tudes, Alice in Wonderland)
• 1930 - Peter Phillips, composer [or Jun 18]
• 1930 - Robert Wagner, Detroit Mich, actor (It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart)
• 1931 - Gerhard Rosenfeld, composer
• 1931 - Makoto Shinohara, composer
• 1931 - Thomas Bernhard, writer
• 1932 - Donald Hilton, Moderator (General Assembly of United Reformed Church)
• 1932 - Rockin Dopsie Sr, [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco)
• 1935 - Conrad Klapheck, German painter (typewriters)
• 1935 - Salvator Pueyo, composer
• 1935 - Theodore Antoniou, composer
• 1936 - Olwyn Bowey, painter
• 1936 - Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator
• 1937 - Don Wilson, rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme)
• 1937 - Lord Justice Rose
• 1937 - Yuriy Poyarkov, USSR, volleyball player (Oly-2 gold/1 silver-1964-72)
• 1939 - Barbara Kolb, Hartford Ct, composer (Trobar Jus)
• 1939 - Boris Pickett, vocalist (Monster Mash)
• 1939 - Roberta Flack, NC, vocalist (If Ever I Saw Your Face)
• 1940 - Hamish Imlach, folk singer/comic
• 1940 - Jimmy Merchant, rocker
• 1940 - Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, England, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1964)
• 1940 - Peter Middleton, CEO (Lloyd's)
• 1941 - John Hampshire, cricketer (of Yorkshire Century on debut for Eng 1969)
• 1941 - Michael Apted, director/researcher (Granada TV)
• 1942 - Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools)
• 1942 - Michael Bishop, CEO (British Midland Airways)
• 1943 - Ral Donner, [Ralph Stuart], Black Mountain NC, singer (Starfires)
• 1944 - Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond)
• 1945 - John Hayes, secretary-general (British Law Society)
• 1945 - Klas Tuinstra, Dutch MP (CDA)
• 1946 - Donovan [P Leech], Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow)
• 1946 - Keith Mans, MP
• 1948 - Conrad Cummings, composer
• 1949 - Joe Lavender, NFLer
• 1950 - Gail Rebuck, CEO (Random House)
• 1950 - Mark Spitz, Modesto Calif, swimmer (Oly-9 gold/silver/bronze-68, 72)
• 1950 - Mike Rutherford, rocker (Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike & Mechanics)
• 1951 - Roxanne Pulitzer, Glendale Calif, author (Prize Pulitzer)
• 1951 - Zeudi Araya, Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia (1969)
• 1952 - Mike Varty, NFLer
• 1953 - Carl Joseph Stone, composer
• 1953 - John Shirley, US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona)
• 1955 - Greg[ory John] Norman, Queensland Australia, PGA golfer (1984 Kemper)
• 1955 - Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76)
• 1957 - Debbie Brinkley, Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)
• 1957 - Pranab Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982)
• 1958 - Sharon Stone, Meadville Pa, actress (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
• 1959 - Tonga, [Uliuli Fifita], wrestler (WCW/WAR/WWF, Ming, Haku, Islanders)
• 1960 - Lionel Cartwright, Ohio, country vocalist (I Watched it on the Radio)
• 1961 - David Ward, cricketer (prolific Surrey batsman)
• 1961 - Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star
• 1961 - George Stephanopoulos, presidential adviser (Clinton)
• 1962 - Cliff Burton, rocker (Metallica)
• 1962 - Jean-Marie Banos, Lavelanet France, Canada sabre (Oly-9/10-88, 92, 96)
• 1963 - Bennie Thompson, NFLer (Saints, Chiefs, Cleveland Browns/Ravens)
• 1963 - Harris Huizingh, soccer player (FC Groningen)
• 1963 - Joakim Nystrom, Sweden, tennis star
• 1963 - Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder (NY Met, Phila Phillies)
• 1964 - Francesca Neri, Trento Italy, actress (Ages of Lulu)
• 1964 - Mir Aimal Kansi, Quetta Pakistan, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
• 1964 - Roger Reijners, soccer player (MVV)
• 1964 - Sam Graddy, Gaffney SC, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
• 1965 - Lenny Webster, New Orleans LA, catcher (Montreal Expos)
• 1965 - Marjolein Macrander, Dutch actress (Drowned)
• 1966 - Daryl Johnston, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1967 - Bradley Hughes, Mordialloc VIC, Australasia golfer
• 1967 - Dwayne "Road Grader" White, NFLer (NY Jets, St Louis)
• 1968 - Peter Popovic, Koping Swe, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens)
• 1968 - Ryan Bowen, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
• 1969 - Jayhawk Owens, Cincinnati Ohio, catcher (Colorado Rockies)
• 1969 - Tim Clark, US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins)
• 1970 - Alberto Castillo, Dominican/US baseball catcher (NY Mets)
• 1970 - Bobby Jones, Fresno CA, pitcher (NY Mets)
• 1970 - Brendan Eppert, St Louis Mo, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
• 1971 - Kevin Sefcik, Oaklawn IL, infielder (Phila Phillies)
• 1971 - Marty Nothstein, Allentown Pa, sprint cyclist Olympics-silver-96)
• 1971 - Wayne Gandy, tackle (St Louis Rams)
• 1972 - Michael Kasprowicz, cricketer (Australian Test fast bowler v WI 1996)
• 1972 - Nancy Christian, Scottsdale Az, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1995)
• 1972 - Sara Simmons, Belmont Mass, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Torey Hunter, NFL cornerback (Houston Oilers)
• 1974 - Andrew English, CFL receiver (BC Lions)
• 1974 - Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star (1994 Futures NC)
• 1974 - Ty Law, NFL cornerback (NE Patriots)
• 1975 - Tina Thompson, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
• 1977 - Stephanie Ann Foisy, Concord NH, Miss America-NH (1996)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1134 - Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies
• 1162 - Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies
• 1164 - Hugo of Fosses/Pr�montr�, abbott of Pr�montr�, dies
• 1164 - Hugo van Fosses/Pr�montr�, abbott of Pr�montr�, dies
• 1482 - Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81
• 1495 - William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy
• 1567 - Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered
• 1588 - Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82
• 1598 - Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies
• 1657 - Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59
• 1678 - Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried
• 1686 - William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies
• 1711 - Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22
• 1772 - Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75
• 1772 - Louis Tocqu�, French painter, dies at 75
• 1774 - Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44
• 1783 - James Nares, composer, dies at 67
• 1816 - Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74
• 1822 - Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83
• 1825 - Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68
• 1829 - Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68
• 1832 - Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84
• 1837 - Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37
• 1861 - Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies
• 1876 - Johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43
• 1879 - Honor� V Daumier, French painter/lithographer, dies at 70
• 1879 - Wolter R baron van Ho�vell, Dutch vicar/abolitionist, dies at 66
• 1880 - Isa�c M "Isaac A" Cr�mieux, French minister of Justice, dies at 83
• 1887 - Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
• 1887 - Pieter JBCR van der Aa, Dutch geographer, dies at 54
• 1902 - J N Krieger, German Selenographer, dies
• 1905 - Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer, dies at 78
• 1912 - Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies
• 1915 - Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65
• 1917 - Emile Pessard, composer, dies at 73
• 1918 - Abd�l-Hamid II, 34th sultan of Turkey (lost Serbia/Egypt), dies at 65
• 1923 - Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 77
• 1932 - R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies at 76
• 1939 - Pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81
• 1943 - Wa'er, shot dead by Defiance
• 1945 - Juan de Hernandez, composer, dies at 63
• 1948 - Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies
• 1948 - Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50
• 1950 - Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer, dies at 70
• 1951 - Joseph Bovet, composer, dies at 71
• 1957 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90
• 1958 - Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42
• 1962 - Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83
• 1966 - Billy Rose, US theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66
• 1968 - Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at 79
• 1977 - Grace Mary Williams, composer, dies at 70
• 1982 - K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies
• 1983 - Eduard Franz, actor (Zorro), dies at 80
• 1986 - Brian Aherne, actor (Juarez, My Sister Eileen, Rosie), dies at 83
• 1989 - Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!"
• 1992 - Alex Haley, US writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70
• 1992 - Florence Tarlow, dies of cancer at 70
• 1992 - Mau Kopuit, Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies
• 1992 - Meade Roberts, screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61
• 1992 - Thomas Graftdijk, Dutch writer (Dr Faustus), dies
• 1992 - Wim Ramaker, Dutch director/writer (On Death Track), dies
• 1993 - John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies
• 1993 - Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Live), dies of liver failure at 47
• 1993 - Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, PM of France (1957), dies
• 1995 - Kenton Kilmer, poet/translator, dies at 85
• 1995 - Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75
• 1995 - Paul Monette, writer, dies at 49
• 1995 - S van der Linde, church historian, dies at 89
• 1996 - Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist, dies at 67
• 1997 - Brian McManus Connolly, musician, dies at 47
• 1997 - Milton Cato, PM of San Vincent & Grenadines (1979-84), dies
• 1998 - Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9
• 1998 - Maurice Schumann, French foreign minister (1969-73), dies