• 0412 - St Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople
• 1291 - Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)
• 1552 - Th‚odore-Agrippa d'Aubign‚, French/Swiss historian/poet (Tragiques)
• 1577 - Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
• 1586 - Jacob Praetorius, composer
• 1612 - Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)
• 1708 - Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
• 1712 - L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-V‚ran, French general in America
• 1741 - Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer
• 1764 - Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer
• 1789 - Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
• 1795 - Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline)
• 1795 - Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
• 1807 - Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman
• 1810 - Norbert Burgmuller, composer
• 1811 - Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War (Confederacy), died in 1883
• 1813 - Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist
• 1817 - Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1872
• 1818 - Austin Blair, Gov/MC (Union), died in 1894
• 1819 - John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaelite)
• 1820 - William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General (Union Army), died in 1891
• 1822 - Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres)
• 1824 - Barnard Elliot Bee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861
• 1828 - Antonio Cagnoni, composer
• 1828 - Antonio C novas del Castillo, premier of Spain
• 1828 - Jules Verne, France, pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon)
• 1851 - Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, novelist
• 1852 - Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russ author (Tjoma Kartashov) [NS=2/20]
• 1859 - John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop)
• 1876 - Paula Modersohn-Becker, German "entartet" painter
• 1878 - Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist (Ich und Du)
• 1880 - Franz Marc, German painter (Blaue Reiter)
• 1882 - George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist)
• 1883 - Joseph A Schumpeter, Austria/US economist/minister of finance
• 1885 - Edith Evans, London England, actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield)
• 1886 - Charlie Ruggles, LA Calif, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show)
• 1888 - Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic
• 1890 - Claro Mayo Recto, Filipino nationalist/opponent of US colonialism
• 1891 - Edgar Palm, Cura‡ao, pianist/composer
• 1892 - Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt)
• 1894 - Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher
• 1895 - King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)
• 1896 - Orville Caldwell, Ca, actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning)
• 1900 - Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer
• 1900 - John Cameron, judge
• 1901 - Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer
• 1902 - Lyle Talbot, [Lysle Hollywood], Pittsburgh, actor (Glen or Glenda)
• 1903 - Abdulrahman, minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia
• 1904 - Igor' Fyodorovich Belza, composer
• 1905 - Truman Bradley, MO, TV host (Science Fiction Theater)
• 1906 - Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein)
• 1906 - Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopy)
• 1906 - Henry Roth, Austria-Hungary/US writer (Call it Sleep)
• 1908 - Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer
• 1908 - Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Lord O'Brien of Lothbury, missionary
• 1908 - Myron McCormick, Albany, actor (Hustler, Jolson Sings Again)
• 1909 - Henry Roth, writer
• 1911 - Anne Aitken, [nee Hopkins], Chicago, co-found (Diamond Sangha)
• 1911 - Elizabeth Bishop, US poet (North & South)/Pulitzer Prize (1956)
• 1911 - Henri Knap, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer
• 1912 - Simon Jurovsky, composer
• 1913 - Betty Field, Boston MA, actress (Kings Row, Bus Stop)
• 1913 - John Grandy, Brits RAF-marshal
• 1914 - Bert Haas, baseball player
• 1914 - Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist (Eternal Music)
• 1915 - Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou, singer
• 1918 - John Intoxication, resistance fighter
• 1918 - Lord Maxd Rayne, English broker/multi-millionaire
• 1919 - Buddy Morrow, orch leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
• 1920 - Buddy Blattner, baseball player
• 1920 - Lana Turner, Wallace Idaho, actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest)
• 1921 - Hoot Evers, baseball player
• 1922 - Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster
• 1923 - Andrew MacElhone, bar owner
• 1924 - Audrey Meadows, Wu Chang China, actress (Alice-Honeymooners)
• 1924 - Joe Black, baseball player
• 1925 - Alvin Brehm, composer
• 1925 - Jack Lemmon, Boston Mass, actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing)
• 1925 - Raimondo d'Inzeo, It, equestrian (Oly-gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76)
• 1927 - John T Myers, (Rep-R-IN, 1967- )
• 1927 - Stanley Baker, Ferndale Wales, actor (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu)
• 1927 - Zdenek Zouhar, composer
• 1928 - Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer
• 1930 - Alejandro Rey, Buenos Aires, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun)
• 1930 - Arlan Stangeland, (Rep-R-MN, 1977- )
• 1930 - Catherine Hardy, Carollton Ga, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1930 - Manuel Castillo, composer
• 1931 - James Dean, Marion IN, stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause)
• 1932 - Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party (CDA)
• 1932 - John Towner Williams, Flushing NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops)
• 1933 - Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo)
• 1933 - Jack Larson, LA Calif, actor (Jimmy Olsen-Superman)
• 1934 - Galina Bystrova, USSR, pentathelete (1957, 58)
• 1934 - Nick Nolte, Omaha Nebr, actor (Teachers, 48 Hrs, Rich Man Poor Man)
• 1935 - Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate
• 1936 - Cletis Boyer, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees)
• 1936 - Larry Verne, singer (Custer)
• 1936 - Manohar Hardikar, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India v WI 1958-59)
• 1937 - Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street)
• 1937 - Manfred Krug, Duisburg Germany, actor (Boxer)
• 1938 - Ray Sharpe, singer
• 1939 - Barry Mann, vocalist (Who Put the Bump)
• 1939 - Gerrit Lakmaaker, sculptor/painter (Leidsepleingroep)
• 1940 - Averil Cameron, British(?) historian
• 1940 - Talib Rasul Hakim, composer
• 1940 - Ted Koppel, Lancashire England, news anchor (ABC Nightline)
• 1941 - Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going)
• 1942 - Fritz Peterson, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
• 1942 - Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals)
• 1942 - Terry Melcher, Rip Chords, Doris Day's son
• 1943 - Bob Oliver, baseball player
• 1943 - Creed Bratton, Calif, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later)
• 1943 - Jose de Almeida Prado, composer
• 1944 - Bunky Henry, golfer
• 1944 - Jim Capaldi, rocker (Traffic)
• 1946 - "Fito" Adolpho De La Parra, LA Calif, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money)
• 1946 - Paul Wheatbread, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl)
• 1947 - Sam Gannon, cricketer (Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests v India 1977-78)
• 1948 - Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, vocalist (Seals & Crofts-You Still Move Me)
• 1949 - Brooke Adams, NYC, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers)
• 1949 - Julia Barr, Ft Wayne Ind, actress (Brooke-All My Children)
• 1949 - Scott Allen, USA, skater (Olympic-bronze-1964)
• 1950 - England Dan, singer (England Dan & John Ford Coley)
• 1950 - Jose Armando Lopez-Falcon, Cuba, cosmonaut
• 1950 - Michael Goodroe, rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
• 1950 - Ted Turner, rocker (Wishbone Ash)
• 1951 - Camille LaPierre, NHLer
• 1952 - Hans Van de Lubbe, Dutch bassist/singer (Dike)
• 1952 - Nancy Lord, Libertarian VP candidate (1992)
• 1953 - Mary Steenburgen, Newport Ark, actress (Parenthood, Time After Time)
• 1954 - "Sensational" Sherri Martel, [Russell], New Orl, wrestler (WWF/AWA)
• 1955 - Ethan Phillips, actor (Neelix-Star Trek Voyager)
• 1955 - Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, wrestler (WWF/WCW/NJPW/CWFI/Calgary)
• 1955 - John Grisham, writer (Client, Firm, Pelican Brief)
• 1959 - Heinz Gunthardt, Switzerland, tennis star
• 1959 - Irina Kalinina, USSR, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1980)
• 1959 - Pamela Jean Bryant, Indianapolis In, playmate (April, 1978)
• 1960 - Alex Scott, British horse trainer
• 1960 - Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing (Minn North Stars, Wash Caps)
• 1960 - Linda Fratianne, LA Calif, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
• 1961 - Sammy Llanas, rocker (Bodeans)
• 1961 - Vince Neil [Wharton], Ca, vocalist (M”tley Cr�e-Girls Girls Girls)
• 1963 - Mohammad Azharuddin, cricketer (elegant Indian batsman 1984-)
• 1963 - Raleigh MCkenzie, NFL center/guard (Phila Eagles, SD Chargers)
• 1964 - Dennis Gibson, NFL inside linebacker (SD Chargers)
• 1965 - Carmen Savy, Brisbane QLD, golfer (1990 Brisbane & District)
• 1965 - Jim Thornton, NFL tight end (Houston Oilers)
• 1965 - Lee Knight, CFL full back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1965 - Mathilda May, Paris France, actress (Lifeforce)
• 1965 - Rod Bernstine, NFL running back (Denver Broncos)
• 1965 - Terry McDaniel, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders, LA Raiders)
• 1966 - Gary Coleman, Zion Ill, actor (Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes)
• 1966 - Kirk Muller, Kingston, NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs)
• 1967 - Yvon Corriveau, Ontario, NHL left wing (Wash Caps)
• 1968 - Joy Fawcett, Inglewood Calif, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
• 1968 - Ron Goetz, CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• 1969 - Herb Hohenberger, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
• 1969 - Mary McCormack, actress, (Murder One, Private Parts)
• 1970 - Alonzo Mourning, NBA center (Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets)
• 1970 - Cameron Cuffy, cricketer (St Vincent & WI fast bowler 1994-)
• 1971 - Heidi Mark, Columbus OH, playmate (Jul, 1995)
• 1972 - Adrian Rollins, cricketer (Derbyshire batsman, bro of Robert of Essex)
• 1972 - Marcus Pollard, NFL tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1973 - Andreas Gliatis, soccer player (NEC)
• 1973 - Dave Dopek, Bolingbrook Illinois, 200m runner
• 1973 - Eric Kresser, quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
• 1973 - Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1973 - Tom King, Australian 470 class yachter (Olympics-96)
• 1975 - Damon Denson, guard (New England Patriots)
• 1975 - Joshua Morrow. Juneau Alaska, actor (Nicholas Newman-Young & Restless)
• 1976 - Holly Manthei, Edina Minn, soccer midfielder/forward (Olympics-96)
• 1976 - Jim Parque, Norwalk Calif, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1978 - Christa Williams, Houston TX, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1979 - Tara Tucker, Miss Alabama Teen USA (1997)
• 1981 - Tommy Michaels, Staten Island NY, actor (Timmy Hutton-All My Children)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1124 - Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies
• 1245 - Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies
• 1303 - Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
• 1513 - Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Cura‡ao & Bonaire), dies
• 1587 - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1560-87), beheaded at 44 [NS=Feb 18]
• 1611 - Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
• 1650 - John Adriaensz, hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
• 1676 - Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov-czar of Russia, dies at 46
• 1686 - Fran‡ois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered
• 1691 - Carlo Rainaldi, composer, dies at 79
• 1691 - Carlo di Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect/composer, dies at 79
• 1709 - Giuseppi Torelli, Italian composer, dies at 50
• 1725 - Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia (1682-1725), dies at 52
• 1740 - Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87
• 1749 - Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66
• 1771 - Augusta von Saxen-Gotha, German prince Frederick Louis of Wales, dies
• 1797 - Johann Friedrich Doles, composer, dies at 81
• 1801 - Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, composer, dies at 43
• 1821 - Paul Anton Wineberger, composer, dies at 62
• 1824 - Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle, Julia), dies at 71
• 1849 - France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48
• 1849 - Fran‡ois-Antoine Habeneck, composer, dies at 68
• 1874 - David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66
• 1878 - Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83
• 1884 - Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76
• 1897 - Antonio C novas del Castillo, premier of Spain, murdered at 69
• 1907 - Hendrik W Bakhuis Roozeboom, chemist (fasenleer), dies at 52
• 1909 - Edouard Silas, composer, dies at 80
• 1909 - Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, composer, dies at 32
• 1911 - Gustaf Fr”ding, Swedish poet (Grabst„nk), dies at 50
• 1920 - Richard Dehmel, writer, dies at 56
• 1921 - Pjotr A Kropotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78
• 1924 - Gee John, US mobster (1st executed in gas chamber-Nevada), dies
• 1932 - Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, mobster, killed by Dutch Schultz gang
• 1935 - Max Liebermann, Ger impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies at 87
• 1937 - Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian, dies at 75
• 1942 - Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50
• 1944 - Clem Wilson, cricketer (bro of Rockley, 2 Tests for Engld 1896), dies
• 1946 - Miles Mander, actor/director (Murder, 3 Musketeers), dies at 57
• 1947 - Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65
• 1949 - Franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81
• 1949 - Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer, dies at 54
• 1953 - Cliff Clark, actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63
• 1954 - Mabel Paige, actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at 73
• 1956 - Connie Mack, baseball manager (Phila A's, 1901-50), dies at 93
• 1957 - John Von Neumann, astronomer, dies at 53
• 1959 - William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76
• 1961 - William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81
• 1963 - Abdul Karim Kassem, PM of Iraq (58-63), assassinated in Baghdad at 48
• 1963 - George Dolenz, Italian actor (Count of Monte Cristo), dies at 55
• 1964 - Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at 91
• 1968 - J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at 56
• 1973 - Herbie Taylor, cricketer (2936 runs in 42 Tests for S Africa), dies
• 1974 - Fern Andra, dies at 80
• 1974 - Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at 75
• 1975 - Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert & Sullivan, Mikado), dies at 75
• 1979 - Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet, dies at 82
• 1982 - John Hay Whitney, US newspaper magnate, dies at 76
• 1985 - Marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire), dies at 71
• 1985 - Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75
• 1987 - Bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], writer, dies
• 1987 - Harriet MacGibbon, actress (Mrs Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies
• 1987 - Hendrik Koekoek, founder (Dutch Boer party), dies at 74
• 1988 - Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67
• 1989 - Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81
• 1990 - Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50
• 1991 - Miran Bux, cricketer (2 Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at 47
• 1992 - Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93
• 1993 - Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies
• 1993 - Douglas Heyes, director/writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at 73
• 1993 - Eliot Janeway, financial columnist (Eliot Doomsday), dies at 80
• 1993 - Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
• 1993 - Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies
• 1994 - Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70
• 1994 - Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92
• 1994 - Raymond Scott, composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
• 1995 - B G Hooghoudt, radiotelescope build (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70
• 1995 - Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor, dies at 88
• 1995 - William Fulbright, US politician, dies
• 1996 - John Hartford Worlock, RC Bishop (Liverpool), dies at 76
• 1996 - Mercer Kennedy Ellington, trumpeter bandleader/composer, dies at 76
• 1997 - Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57
• 1998 - William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78