• 1570 - Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer
• 1574 - Nicolo Rubini, composer
• 1582 - Johan Ernst earl of Nassau-Siegen, military/son of Johan VII
• 1650 - Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero (Escape from Plymouth)
• 1680 - Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer
• 1751 - David Moritz Michael, composer
• 1761 - Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer/brig general
• 1762 - Herman W Daendels, brig-gen/gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1807-11)
• 1767 - Francesco Ruggi, composer
• 1772 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, England, poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner)
• 1775 - Guiseppi Baini, composer
• 1790 - Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer (Ren‚)
• 1803 - George Wright, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1865
• 1807 - Hanri Reber, composer
• 1807 - Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer
• 1822 - Levinus Keuchenius, Dutch minister of Colonies (1888-90)
• 1823 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer
• 1827 - Petrus PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer
• 1833 - Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite & Peace Prizes
• 1839 - Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank)
• 1843 - Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor (Peter the Great)
• 1846 - Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (Cuore)
• 1847 - Guiseppe Giacosa, Italian songwriter (libretti opera Puccini)
• 1851 - George Ulyett, cricketer (great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93)
• 1858 - Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer
• 1873 - George P Gooch, English historian/MP
• 1874 - Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist
• 1879 - Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer
• 1885 - Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist
• 1885 - Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Ploeg)
• 1890 - Gerrit Engelke, German writer/poet (Love Letters)
• 1891 - John Metzelaar, Dutch/US (About Tropical Atl Visschen)
• 1891 - Ted Shawn, US dancer/choreographer (Dance We Must)
• 1895 - Alexander d'Arbeloff, entrepreneur
• 1895 - Shukichi Mitsukuri, composer
• 1896 - Edna Purviance, Lovelock NV (Dog's Pleasure, Dog's Life)
• 1898 - Amedeo duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia/gov-gen of Ital East-Africa
• 1901 - Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar (Deuteronomium)
• 1902 - Hilarion Rubio, composer
• 1902 - Lillian Bronson, Lockport NY, actress (Next Voice you Hear)
• 1904 - Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet)
• 1908 - Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist (Budapest String Quartet)
• 1908 - Howard Ferguson, composer
• 1911 - Peter Graves, London England, actor (Mission Impossible, Stalag 17)
• 1911 - Vladimir Ussachevsky, Manchurian/US composer (Creation) [NS=Nov 3]
• 1912 - Carlos Don Byas, US jazz saxophonist
• 1912 - Georg Solti, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Fidelio)
• 1914 - Martin Gardner, Scientific American math & puzzles columnist
• 1916 - Andrea Checchi, Firenze Italy, actress (Attack & Retreat)
• 1916 - Tomojiro Ikenouchi, composer
• 1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz
• 1919 - Claire Sterling, journalist
• 1919 - Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist
• 1921 - Jarmil Burghauser, composer
• 1921 - Malcolm Arnold, Northampton Engld, composer (Bridge over River Kwai)
• 1925 - Joyce Randolph, Detroit Mich, actress (Trixie-Honeymooners)
• 1926 - Leonard Rossiter, Liverpool England, actor (Britannia Hospital)
• 1926 - Marga Richter, composer
• 1927 - Nadine Judd, [Nadia Moore/Nerina], S African/British ballerina
• 1928 - Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher (NY Yankees)
• 1928 - Mario Pinto, the Andrade, writer/president MPLA (Angola)
• 1929 - Ursula K[roeber] Le Guin, US, sci-fi author (Tombs of Atuan)
• 1930 - Doreen Cannon, teacher of acting (London)
• 1931 - Jim Parks, cricketer (England batsman-keeper in 46 Tests 1954-68)
• 1933 - Georgia Brown, [Lillian Getel], actress (Study in Terror, Fixer)
• 1934 - Jerry Lewis, (Rep-R-California, 1979- )
• 1936 - James H "Simon" Gray, English playwright (Butley)
• 1937 - Norman Wright, rocker (Del-Vikings)
• 1940 - Don Ritter, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
• 1940 - Frances FitzGerald, NYC, journalist/author (Fire in the Lake)
• 1940 - Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer (stoic England opener 1964-82)
• 1940 - Julie Parrish, Middlesboro Ky, actress (Good Morning World, Capitol)
• 1940 - Manfred Mann, [Michael Lubowitz], S Afr, rocker (Mighty Quinn)
• 1940 - Osamu Watanabe, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
• 1941 - Marina Ripa, Rome Italy, countess/writer (My First 40 Years)
• 1941 - Steve Cropper, TN, guitarist/songwriter (Booker T & MGs)
• 1942 - Elvin Bishop, Tulsa OK, rock guitarist (Fooled Around & Fell in Love)
• 1942 - Les AuCoin, (Rep-D-OR, 1975- )
• 1943 - Frans LAJ Wolters, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
• 1943 - Paula Kelly, Jacksonville Fla, dancer/actress (Liz-Night Court)
• 1943 - Ron Elliott, rocker
• 1944 - Janet Ahlberg, illustrator
• 1945 - Everett McGill, Miami Beach FL, actor (Jezebel's Kiss, Silver Bullet)
• 1945 - Kathy Young, rocker (Thousand Stars in the Sky)
• 1945 - Nikita Mikhalkov, director (Dark Eyes, Slave of Love)
• 1946 - Lee Loughnane, rocker (Chicago)
• 1947 - Younis Ahmed, cricketer (batted for Pakistan in 1969 & again in 1987)
• 1948 - Moses J "Moss" Mayekiso, South African union/SACP-leader
• 1949 - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister
• 1949 - Jonathon Silver, entrepreneur/arts patron
• 1949 - Shulamit Ran, composer
• 1950 - David H G viscount Lascelles, grandson of English princess Mary
• 1950 - Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr (STS 41B, 51L-Challenger disaster)
• 1952 - Brent Mydland, Munich Germany, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots)
• 1952 - Patti Ann Davis-Reagan, singer/actress/writer, Ron & Nancy's daughter
• 1952 - Trevor Chappell, cricketer (bro of several Aussie underarm bowler)
• 1953 - Charlotte Caffey, rock guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist (Go-Go's)
• 1953 - Eleonora Giorgi, Rome Italy, actress (Nu de Femme, To Forget Venice)
• 1955 - Eric Faulkner, Edinburgh Scotland, rock guitarist (Bay City Rollers)
• 1956 - Carrie Fisher, Beverly Hills, actress (Princess Lelia-Star Wars)
• 1957 - Julian Cope, [Kevin Stapleton], Welsh pop musician (Eve's Volcano)
• 1957 - Steve Lukather, US rock singer/guitarist (Toto-Africa)
• 1959 - George Bell, Dom Rep, outfielder (Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP)
• 1960 - Lionel Washington, NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos)
• 1961 - Mark Finch, film festival organiser
• 1962 - Don Fardon, Toowoomba QLD, Australasia golfer
• 1965 - Alison Munt, Cairns Australia, LPGA golfer (1992 Jamie Farr-21st)
• 1965 - Chima McLean, Vancouver BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Conestoga)
• 1965 - Chris Duplanty, Palo Alto Calif, water polo goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Jonas B, Svensson Sweden, tennis star
• 1966 - Thomas Louis Tolles Jr, Ft Myers FL, PGA golfer (1995 Bob Hope-3rd)
• 1967 - Bill Berg, St Catharines, NHL left wing (NY Rangers)
• 1967 - Gavin Brian Lovegrove, Auckland NZ, javelin (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - John Flaherty, NYC, catcher (San Diego Padres)
• 1967 - Stanley Richard, NFL safety (Washington Redskins)
• 1968 - Francois Gravel, hockey goaltender (Team France 1998)
• 1969 - John McMullen, Santa Rosa Calif, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 NCAA-15th)
• 1969 - Mo Lewis, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
• 1969 - Tracy Yarbrough, Miss Idaho USA (1996)
• 1970 - Lance Teichelmann, WLAF defensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
• 1970 - Marc Wilkins, Mansfield OH, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
• 1971 - Astrella Leitch, Celeste rocker, Donovan's daughter
• 1971 - Damien Martyn, cricketer (WA & Australian middle-order batsman)
• 1971 - Jade Jagger, Paris France, daughter of Mick & Bianca Jagger
• 1971 - Rebecca Lynn Gray, Indianapolis Indiana, Miss America-Indiana (1996)
• 1971 - Ren‚ Ponk, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
• 1971 - Shane Hannah, NFL guard (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1972 - Orlando Thomas, NFL safety (Minn Vikings)
• 1973 - Dan Neil, NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1973 - Derrick Beatty, CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1976 - Jeremy Miller, West Covina Calif, actor (Ben-Growing Pains)
• 1976 - Nirachala Kumya, Miss Universe-Thailand (1996)
• 1977 - Christie Lee Woods, Texas, Miss Teen USA (1996)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1422 - Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54
• 1439 - Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist/leader, dies at 53
• 1558 - Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician (Poetice), dies at 74
• 1561 - Johannes Vasaeus, Flemish humanist/historian, dies at about 49
• 1627 - Frederik de Houtman, navigator/governor of Ambon, dies at about 56
• 1629 - Tumengung Buraksa, Matarams/Javanese general, dies in battle
• 1637 - Laurens Reael, vice-governor of Ambon/poet/admiral, dies at 54
• 1650 - Pedro de Espinosa, Spanish poet/writer, dies
• 1662 - Henry Lawes, composer, dies at 66
• 1687 - Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies
• 1708 - Christian Weise, German writer (That B”se Catherine), dies
• 1765 - Giovanni Paolo Pannini/Panini, Italian painter/architect, dies at 73
• 1773 - Johann Conrad Schlaun, German barok architect, dies at 78
• 1793 - Johann Ernst Hartmann, composer, dies at 66
• 1798 - Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer, dies at 71
• 1805 - Horatio Nelson, dies in Battle of Trafalgar
• 1805 - Johann Baptist Lasser, composer, dies at 54
• 1810 - Franz Teyber, composer, dies at 52
• 1831 - Nat Turner, & 19 associates, hanged at 31
• 1856 - Henry FC Tollens, merchant/poet (Vienna Neˆrlands blood), dies at 76
• 1861 - Edward Dickinson Baker, US attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50
• 1861 - John Breckinridge Grayson, Confederate brig-general, dies
• 1863 - Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch old-reformed vicar, dies at 55
• 1872 - Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78
• 1886 - Jos‚ Hernandez, Argentine poet (La vuelta the Mart¡n Fierro), dies
• 1897 - Paul Kuczynski, composer, dies at 50
• 1905 - Jose Teodor Vilar, composer, dies at 69
• 1906 - [Georgette A] Helena Amelung, actress (Small Lord), dies at 55
• 1916 - Karl von St�rgkh, premier Austria, assassinated
• 1919 - Sven August Korling, composer, dies at 77
• 1924 - Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 76
• 1929 - Owen Dunell, cricketer (two Tests for South Africa in 1889), dies
• 1931 - A Schnitzler, writer, dies at 69
• 1937 - Betty Carver, wife of Bernard Montgomery, buried
• 1939 - Nummy Deane, cricketer (628 runs in 17 Tests for South Africa), dies
• 1943 - Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II), dies
• 1955 - Roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies
• 1961 - Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies
• 1963 - George B Cressey, US geographer (Crossroads), dies at 66
• 1965 - Bill Black, rocker, dies at 39
• 1965 - Marie McDonald, singer/actress (Promises Promises), dies of OD at 42
• 1966 - Gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95
• 1967 - Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at 94
• 1969 - Jack Kerouac, US writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47
• 1970 - John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70
• 1971 - Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner (Oly-bronze-48), dies at 48
• 1971 - Raymond Hatton, actor (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 84
• 1973 - Arabi El Goni, VP/Chad parliament, murdered
• 1977 - Ferit Tuzun, composer, dies at 48
• 1977 - Ronnie Van Zant, singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band), killed in plane crash
• 1977 - Stevie Gaines, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band), killed in plane crash
• 1978 - Anastas I Mikojan, Russian politician, dies at 83
• 1983 - Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop (Haarlem), dies
• 1984 - Dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer, dies at 78
• 1984 - Fran‡ois Truffaut, dir (Fahrenheit 451), dies of brain cancer at 52
• 1984 - Indira Gandhi, India PM, killed by her bodyguards
• 1987 - Ying-Chin Ho, Taiwan govt official, dies at 88
• 1992 - Jackson Weaver, voice of Smokey the Bear, dies of diabetes
• 1992 - Jim Garrison, Louisiana DA (investigate JFK assassination), dies at 70
• 1992 - Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel), dies at 94
• 1993 - Assad Saftawi, Palestinian co-founder of al-Fatah, murdered at 58
• 1993 - Irving Torgoff, US baseball player (Detroit Tigers), dies at 75
• 1993 - Melchior Ndadaye, banker/1st Hutu pres of Burundi (1993), murder at 40
• 1993 - Sam Zolotow, US theater critic (NY Times), dies at 94
• 1993 - Scott Heiser, US photographer (Interview), dies at 44
• 1994 - Edward Moss Hutchinson, educationalist, dies at 85
• 1994 - Jerome Bert Weisner, military Scientist/Disarmer, dies at 79
• 1995 - Jose Ignacio Cabrujas, writer, dies at 58
• 1995 - Maxene Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies of heart attack at 79
• 1995 - Shannon Hoon, vocalist (Blind Melon), dies of drug overdose at 28
• 1996 - Abdelhamid Benhadugah, novelist, dies at 71
• 1996 - Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator, dies at 76
• 1996 - George Houston, land economist, dies at 74
• 1996 - Georgios Zoitakis, leader of Greece (1967-72), dies
• 1996 - Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician, dies at 49
• 1996 - Wang Li, politician, dies at 78
• 1997 - Dolph Camilli, Bkln Dodger/MVP (1941), dies at 90