• 1513 - John van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist
• 1535 - Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian
• 1578 - Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37)
• 1589 - Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist
• 1764 - Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (Italian)
• 1766 - J Schopenhauer, writer
• 1777 - Henry Hallam, British lawyer/historian
• 1791 - Nicolas Ledesma, composer
• 1802 - Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor
• 1805 - Henry John Gauntlett, composer
• 1809 - Frederick Henle, Germany, pathologist
• 1819 - Elias Howe, Spencer Mass, invented sewing machine
• 1825 - Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters)
• 1831 - Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer
• 1834 - Jan Neruda, Czech writer/poet (Povidky Malostransk‚)
• 1839 - Carl Baermann, composer
• 1841 - Carl Christian Lumbye, composer
• 1855 - Johann P Zilcher, German composer
• 1856 - Daniel Guggenheim, US (Guggenheim Museum)
• 1856 - Nikola Tesla, Croatia, electrical engineer/inventor (Tesla Coil)
• 1857 - Frederik II W, grandduke of Baden (1907-18)
• 1858 - Franz Boas, anthropologist/linguist (Mind of Primitive Man)
• 1864 - Franz Miller, becomes first Train Murderer
• 1878 - H V Kaltenborn, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Who Said That?)
• 1879 - Friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Strgkh
• 1879 - Ottorino Respighi, Bologna Italy, composer (Pines of Rome)
• 1882 - Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/composer/conductor (Caponsacchi)
• 1887 - Samuel Eliot Morison, historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea)
• 1893 - George Geary, cricketer (sturdy pace bowler for England 1924-34)
• 1895 - Cullen Landis, Nashville TN, actor (Soul of the Beast)
• 1898 - Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer/journalist (Mary, Revolt in Congo)
• 1898 - Marcel Delannoy, composer
• 1900 - Robert Oboussier, composer
• 1901 - Barbara Cartland, romance author (Camfield #69)
• 1901 - Jester Hairston, NC, actor (Thats My Mama, Rolly-Amen)
• 1902 - Gerhard Pohl, German writer (Crazy Ferdinand)
• 1905 - Clarence Campbell, Saskatchewan, 3rd NHL pres (1946-77)
• 1906 - Beene Dubbelboer, Dutch writer (Secret Resistance)
• 1906 - Walter Sande, Denver CO, actor (Navy vs Night Monsters)
• 1910 - Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician
• 1911 - Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/landowner
• 1911 - Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish cattle breeder/leader of clan Fraser
• 1914 - Bill Tallon, cricketer (brother of Don, Queensland leggie)
• 1914 - Willi Stoph, president German DR
• 1915 - David Leo Diamond, Rochester NY, composer (Paderewski Prize-1943)
• 1916 - Edward Heath, (C) British PM (1970-74)
• 1916 - Joe Liggins, US composer (Pink Champagne)
• 1917 - Ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars)
• 1918 - Herbert Brun, composer
• 1918 - Rowley I Arenstein, S African attorney/communist/ANC'er
• 1919 - Peggy Braithwaite, lighthouse-keeper
• 1921 - Jacob J Hage, Dutch farmer/WW II resistance fighter
• 1922 - Rey Hassan, Morroco, King of Morocco (1961- )
• 1924 - Leonard Pennario, Buffalo NY, pianist (LA Philharmonic)
• 1924 - Pierre Cochereau, composer
• 1925 - Alan Dale, Bkln NY, singer (Alan Dale Show)
• 1925 - Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector
• 1925 - Thomas A Luken, (Rep-D-OH, 1973-74, 77- )
• 1927 - Ed Ames, Malden Mass, actor (Mingo-Daniel Boone)
• 1927 - Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly, NHL hall of famer (Norris trophy)
• 1928 - Vince Edwards, Bkln NY, actor (Ben Casey, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse)
• 1929 - Lee Hazelwood, Ok, country singer/songwriter (Summer Wine, Jackson)
• 1929 - Mawlai al-Hassan II, King of Morocco (1961- )
• 1930 - Buddy Bregman, Chicago, orch leader (Eddie Fisher Show)
• 1930 - Roy McLean, cricketer (prolific S African batsman played 40 Tests)
• 1932 - Donald Rumsfeld, politician (involved in Watergate)
• 1932 - John Paul Getty II, US/British oil magnate/billionaire (Getty Oil)
• 1933 - Nodar Kalistratovich Gabuniya, composer
• 1935 - Mercedes Sosa, [La Negra], Argentina, singer
• 1935 - Ronnie Burns, Evanston Ill, adopted son of George Burns
• 1935 - Willem Duisenberg, minister of Finance (PvdA)/pres (Nethche Bank)
• 1936 - David Joel Zinman, NYC, composer/conductor (Balt Symphony-1983)
• 1936 - James Hampton, Okla City OK, actor (Bugler Dobbs-F Troop, Teen Wolf)
• 1936 - June Jordan, US playwright/poet (His Own Where)
• 1937 - Clemon Daniels, AFL player of year 1963, halfback (Oak, Dallas SF)
• 1937 - David Hockney, Bradford England, artist (Pop Art)
• 1937 - Richard Roundtree, New Rochelle NY, actor (Getting Even, Shaft)
• 1938 - Brian Dennehy, Ct, actor (Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants)
• 1938 - Paul Seiko Chihara, Seattle Washington, US/Japanese composer
• 1940 - John Salvito, rocker (Duprees)
• 1941 - Don McPherson, rocker
• 1941 - James Scott, director (Strike it Rich)
• 1941 - Karin von Aroldingen, Germany, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet Co)
• 1941 - Scotty Baesler, (Rep-D-Kentucky)
• 1941 - Takehide Nakatani, Japan, lightweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
• 1942 - Edy Williams, Salt Lake City Utah, actress (Dr Minx)
• 1942 - Hermann Burger, writer
• 1942 - Paul B Henry, (Rep-R-Michigan, 1985- )
• 1942 - Robert Frankel, horse trainer
• 1943 - Bon Scott, [Ronald Belford], Kirriemuir Scotland, rocker (AC/DC)
• 1943 - John H Casper, Greenville SC, USAF/astronaut (STS 36, 54, 62, 77)
• 1944 - Glen [Charles] Cook, US, sci-fi author (Shadowline, Star's End)
• 1945 - Dean R[ay] Koontz, US, sci-fi author (Star Quest, Beastchild)
• 1945 - Lewis F Payne Jr, (Rep-D-Virginia)
• 1946 - Joe Micelli, rocker
• 1946 - Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
• 1947 - Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer (Earth & Fire)
• 1951 - Chris Cooper, Kansas City MO, actor (Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan)
• 1952 - John Tesh, Garden City NY, New age pianist/TV host (ET)
• 1952 - Rod Boll, Fillmore Saskatchwan, trap shooter (Olympics-96)
• 1953 - Dave Camp, (Rep-R-Michigan)
• 1953 - Irina D Latysheva, Russian cosmonaut
• 1954 - Debbie Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
• 1955 - Fred Norris, comedy writer/singer (Howard Stern Show)
• 1955 - Jimmy Smits, Bkln, actor (Victor-LA Law, Running Scared, NYPD Blue)
• 1955 - Lisa Banes, Chagrin Falls OH, actress (Cocktail, Look Back in Anger)
• 1955 - Sergei Vladimirovich Krichevsky, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut
• 1956 - Tom Hanks, Concord Calif, actor (Bossom Buddies, Forrest Gump, Phila)
• 1956 - [Peter] Marc Almond, Merseyside England, vocalist (Soft Cell)
• 1957 - Kelly McGillis, Newport Beach Ca, actress (Top Gun, Accused, Witness)
• 1958 - Bob Crudgington, Australian softball head coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1959 - Jim Kerr, Glasgow Scotland, rock vocalist (Simple Minds)
• 1960 - Christopher J "Gus" Loria, Newton Mass, Major USMC/astronaut
• 1961 - Mohammad Aslam, UAE cricketer batsman (1996 World Cup)
• 1963 - Frank Bello, US heavy metal bassist (Anthrax-Soldiers of Metal)
• 1963 - Pamela Annette Sanders, Miami Florida, playmate (November, 1985)
• 1964 - Courtney Love, SF, vocalist (Hole)/actress (People vs Larry Flynt)
• 1964 - Ronnie Grandison, NBA forward (NY Knicks)
• 1964 - Scott Rachal Verplank, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1985 Western Open)
• 1965 - Bob Hess Jr, horse trainer
• 1968 - Shawn Harper, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1968 - Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Darkness & Deep), dies at 73
• 1969 - Jerry Drake, NFL defensive linesman (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1969 - Robert Gordon, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1969 - Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer (Indian slow left-armer)
• 1970 - Steve Dubinsky, Montreal, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
• 1970 - Trent Green, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins)
• 1971 - Anthony Fieldings, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
• 1971 - Bobby Leslie, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
• 1971 - Chadrick Brown, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1971 - Danalee Bragado, Honolulu, WPVA volleyballer (Best of Beach-9th-1995)
• 1971 - Ger Senden, soccer player (Roda JC)
• 1971 - Jill Simon, Miss Iowa USA (1996)
• 1971 - Scott Grimes, Lowell Mass, actor (Together We Stand)
• 1972 - Derek Mills, Wash DC, 400m runner
• 1972 - Pete Kendall, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1973 - Katasha Artis, WNBA forward (Charlotte Sting)
• 1973 - Kelly Holcomb, NFL/WLAF quarterback (Buccaneers, Barcelona Dragons)
• 1976 - Fred Aaron Savage, Ill, actor (Kevin-Wonder Years, Vice Versa)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1441 - Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies
• 1639 - Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65
• 1654 - Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies
• 1677 - Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies
• 1696 - Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies
• 1716 - Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63
• 1737 - de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies
• 1746 - Philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62
• 1747 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76
• 1755 - E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War
• 1755 - Gottlob Harrer, composer, dies at 52
• 1755 - James Braddock, English general, dies in battle at Fort Duquesne
• 1756 - Pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright, dies at 72
• 1797 - Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68
• 1805 - Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76
• 1821 - Tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58
• 1843 - Washington Allston, US painter/author, dies at 63
• 1845 - Jacob earl of Rechteren/Appeltern, gov of Gelderland, dies at 57
• 1850 - B b, [Bah '¡ prophet] executed in Tabriz Iran
• 1850 - Sajjid Ali Mohammed Bab, Persian founder of Babism
• 1850 - Zachary Taylor, 12th pres (1849-50), dies in White House at 65
• 1875 - Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54
• 1883 - Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer, dies at 67
• 1893 - William Scotton, cricketer (wicket in 15 Tests for Eng), suicide
• 1909 - Kasimir Felix Badeni, Premier of Polish/Austria (1895-97), dies at 62
• 1932 - Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies
• 1934 - Otakar Zich, composer, dies at 55
• 1949 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75
• 1951 - Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56
• 1951 - Jorgen Bentzon, composer, dies at 54
• 1956 - Ren‚e Erd”s, Hungarian literary (Le ny lmok [Dream Girl]), dies
• 1957 - Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer, dies at 80
• 1957 - Manfred Julius Susskind, S African cricketer (1924 Test series), dies
• 1960 - Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86
• 1960 - Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies
• 1961 - Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52
• 1962 - Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74
• 1963 - Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74
• 1967 - Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77
• 1968 - Allyn Edwards, host (One Minute Please, Mr Citizen), dies at 53
• 1968 - John Indrisano, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 62
• 1968 - Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Passion Spin the Plot), dies at 73
• 1969 - Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies
• 1969 - Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano/alt (La Gioconda), dies at 64
• 1969 - Pierre Capdevielle, composer, dies at 63
• 1969 - Rob de Vries, actor/director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51
• 1972 - Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana
• 1974 - Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70
• 1974 - Ted Bowley, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1929-30), dies
• 1977 - Loren C Eiseley, US anthropologist/writer (Animal Secrets), dies at 69
• 1978 - Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered
• 1978 - Aladar Zoltan, composer, dies at 49
• 1979 - Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53
• 1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies at 78
• 1979 - Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer (2 Tests for India), dies
• 1981 - Allen Ludden, TV show host (Password), dies at 61
• 1981 - Oscar van Hemel, composer, dies at 88
• 1981 - Wilhelm H C Tenhaeff, para-psychologist, dies at 87
• 1984 - Randall Thompson, US composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85
• 1985 - Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49
• 1986 - Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered
• 1986 - Le Duan, Vietnamese politician, dies at 78
• 1988 - Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60
• 1988 - Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at 78 of a stroke
• 1990 - Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69
• 1990 - Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack
• 1992 - Eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79
• 1992 - Kelvin Coe, Australian ballerina (A'sch Ballet/Bolshoi Ballet), dies
• 1993 - Cut Meijer, [Saul Messel], historian/rabbi to Paramaribo, dies at 80
• 1993 - Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81
• 1994 - Cornelius Boyson, bassist, dies at 57
• 1994 - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79
• 1995 - Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62
• 1995 - James Cameron Tudor, politician, dies at 66
• 1995 - John Eric Tieman, production Manager (Guardian), dies at 67
• 1995 - Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Shout), dies at 47
• 1995 - W Fenton Morley, preacher, dies at 83
• 1996 - Christopher Casson, actor (Educating Rita, Zardoz), dies at 84
• 1996 - Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician, dies at 76
• 1996 - Melvin Mouron Belli, attorney/actor (Star Trek), dies at 88
• 1996 - Peter Martini, British journalist, dies at 31
• 1996 - Susan Cowdy, British ornithologist, dies at 81