• 1381 - St Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares)
• 1406 - Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile)
• 1505 - Joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg)
• 1596 - Jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter
• 1616 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic
• 1628 - Charles Perrault, France, lawyer/writer (Mother Goose)
• 1674 - Prosper Jolyot de Cr‚billon, French poet (Atr‚e et Thyeste)
• 1683 - Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer
• 1690 - Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer
• 1727 - Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer
• 1734 - Luca Sorkocevic, composer
• 1778 - Anton Fischer, composer
• 1788 - Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer
• 1802 - Eduard von Bauernfeld, Vienna, comedic playwright
• 1807 - Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1883
• 1808 - Salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73)
• 1812 - Humphrey Marshall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
• 1815 - William Henry French, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
• 1824 - Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer
• 1834 - Horatio Alger Jr, Revere Mass, author (Lost at Sea, Work & Win)
• 1835 - Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist/minister of the Interior
• 1850 - Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer
• 1859 - Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)
• 1859 - Kost¡s Palam s, Greek poet/scholar (Flogera tou Bas¡lia)
• 1864 - Wilhelm K W Wien, German phyicist (Nobel 1911)
• 1866 - Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer
• 1869 - Emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist
• 1870 - Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko)
• 1874 - Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin
• 1884 - Johannes Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie, novel from the Jordan)
• 1884 - Sophie Tucker, [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas
• 1885 - Alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man)
• 1892 - Paul Smart, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948)
• 1893 - Clarke Ashton Smith, US, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds, Genius Loci)
• 1893 - Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer
• 1895 - Anton Betzner, writer
• 1895 - Fortunio Bonanova, Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer
• 1898 - Pedro DE Teixeira de Mattos, Dutch diplomat
• 1900 - Yasuji Kiyose, composer
• 1903 - Kay Francis, [Katherine E Gibbs], Okla City, actress (False Madonna)
• 1904 - Richard Addinsell, London England, composer (Taming of Shrew)
• 1905 - Percy Humphrey, musician
• 1906 - Maxime Jacob, composer
• 1907 - Sabine Zlatin, nurse
• 1909 - Danny Barker, jazz guitarist
• 1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist
• 1911 - Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, premier (Queensland)
• 1913 - Jeff Morrow, NYC, actor (Bart-Union Pacific, Temperatures Rising)
• 1913 - Ralph Edwards, Merino Colo, TV host (This is Your Life)
• 1915 - Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer
• 1916 - Bella Lewitsky, choreographer
• 1916 - Osa Massen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Jack London, Rocketship XM)
• 1917 - Felix Guerro Diaz, composer
• 1918 - Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer
• 1918 - Steve Dunne, Northampton Mass, actor (Professional Father)
• 1918 - Ted Willis, prolific English screenwriter (It's Great to be Young)
• 1919 - Army Archerd, Hollywood columnist/TV host (Movie Game)
• 1919 - Robert Stack, LA Calif, actor (Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane)
• 1923 - Danil Shafran, cellist
• 1923 - Jack Watling, London, actor (Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart)
• 1924 - Philip Rawson, artist/teacher
• 1925 - Gwen Verdon, LA, actress/singer/dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity)
• 1925 - Rosemary Murphy, Munich Germany, actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner)
• 1926 - Carolyn Heilbrun, [Amanda Cross], author (Lady Ottoline's Album)
• 1926 - Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author (Change of Use)
• 1928 - David Sheiner, NYC, actor (Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana)
• 1928 - Gregory Walcott, Wilson NC, actor (87th Precinct)
• 1929 - Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist
• 1929 - Wim Bary, Dutch actor/theater director (Nice Boys)
• 1930 - Frances Sternhagen, Wash DC, actress (Outland, Starting Over)
• 1930 - Liz Anderson, rocker
• 1930 - Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer
• 1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, NYC, actor (Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
• 1933 - Nurdin Jivraj, Tanzanian/British hotel magnate (Buckingham Intl)
• 1933 - Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart, US, sci-fi author (Deadwalk, Plunder)
• 1933 - Tom B Gola, NBA Hall-of-Famer
• 1934 - Rip Taylor, comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show)
• 1936 - Ami Maayani, composer
• 1936 - Edward R Madigan, (Rep-R-IL, 1973- )
• 1937 - Haj‚ J Schartman, Dutch MP (CDA)
• 1938 - Billy Gray, LA Calif, actor (Bud-Father Knows Best)
• 1938 - Paavo Johannes Heininen, composer
• 1941 - Meinhard Nehmer, German DR, 2 man bobsledder (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1943 - Richard Moll, Cal, actor (Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor)
• 1943 - William Duckworth, composer
• 1945 - [Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author (High Kings)
• 1946 - George Leonard, Co-Founder Sha Na Na
• 1947 - John Lees, England, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man)
• 1947 - Peter Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
• 1948 - Kenia Jayantilal, cricketer (5 at Kingston 71 his only inns for India)
• 1948 - T Bone' Burnett, rocker
• 1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, TV exec (NBC)
• 1949 - Rakesh Sharma, India, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11)
• 1952 - Cornelius Bumpus, keyboardist (Doobie Bros-Minute by Minute)
• 1952 - Sharon Gabet, Fort Wayne IN, actress (Edge of Night, Another World)
• 1954 - Vicki McCarty, Los Angeles Ca, playmate (Sep, 1979)
• 1955 - Fred White, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
• 1955 - Jay McInerney, author (Bright Lights, Big City)
• 1955 - Titus M Mafolo, S Afr journalist/ANC-leader
• 1955 - Trevor Rabin, rocker (Yes)
• 1956 - Janet Hubert-Whitten, actress (Vivian Banks-Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
• 1956 - Jay McInerney, writer (Bright Lights, Big City)
• 1956 - Malcolm Foster, rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement)
• 1957 - Christina Seufert, Sacraento Calif, diver (Olympic-bronze-1984)
• 1957 - Don Snow, rocker (Squeeze)
• 1957 - Mark Francis O'Meara, Goldsboro NC, PGA golfer (1984 Greater Milw)
• 1958 - Ricardo Acuna, Chile, tennis star
• 1959 - Kevin Anderson, IL, actor (Hoffa, Sleeping with the Enemy)
• 1961 - Graham "Suggs" McPherson, Sussex, rock vocalist (Madness-Our House)
• 1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, NYC, comedienne (SNL, Seinfeld, Soul Man, Troll)
• 1961 - Kelly Hrudey, Edmonton, NHL goalie (LA Kings)
• 1961 - Kent Hull, NFL center (Buffalo Bills)
• 1962 - Brett Maxie, NFL safety (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
• 1962 - Kevin Mitchell, US baseball outfielder (NY Met, SF Giants, Cin Reds)
• 1963 - Dirk Tazelaar, cricketer (Queensland & Surrey left-arm pace bowler)
• 1963 - Felita Carr, Ft Lauderdale Fl, dance skater (& Komarov-1995 Pac Champ)
• 1963 - Tim Patrick Kelly, Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
• 1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, LA Ca, actress (Kindergarden Cop) [or Feb 13]
• 1966 - Joseph Harper, Ventura Calif, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Marcus Turner, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
• 1966 - Patrick Dempsey, Lewiston Me, actor (Mike-Fast Times)
• 1966 - Tabitha Stevens, fictional character (Bewitched)
• 1968 - Kelly Boucher, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Andre Cason, US runner (world record 50 indoor)
• 1969 - Dan Footman, NFL defensive end (Cleve Browns, Indianapolis Colts)
• 1969 - John Flannery, guard/corner (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1969 - Katarzyna Nowak, Lodz Poland, tennis star (1994 Futures France)
• 1969 - Kevin Foster, US baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
• 1969 - Orlando Miller, Changionola Panama, infielder (Houston Astros)
• 1969 - Robert Wilson, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins)
• 1969 - Stephen Hendry, British(?) snookers player
• 1970 - Anne-Marie Goddard, Utrechtum Netherlands, playmate (Jan, 94)
• 1970 - Frank Kooiman, soccer player (Sparta)
• 1970 - Keith Coogan, Palm Springs, actor (Adv in Babysitting, Hiding Out)
• 1970 - Keith Mitchell, Palm Springs Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Waltons, Gun Shy)
• 1970 - Nachi Abe, WLAF tight end (Scotland Claymores)
• 1971 - Elmer Dessens, Hermosillo Mexico, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
• 1972 - Bryon Morris, running back (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1972 - Byron "Bam" Morris, NFL running back (Pitts Steelers)
• 1972 - Nicole Eggert, Glendale Calif, actress (Charles in Charge, Baywatch)
• 1972 - Richard Woodley, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
• 1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Sverdlovsk Rus, NHL goalie (Winnipeg Jets)
• 1974 - Matt Lepsis, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1974 - Sergei Brylin, Moscow Rus, NHL center (NJ Devils)
• 1975 - Angela Holbeck, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1976 - Gary Brent, cricketer (Zimbabwe ODI pace bowler 1996)
• 1976 - Vaclav Batlik, Costa Mesa Calif, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0533 - Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96
• 0858 - Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies
• 0888 - Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies
• 1049 - Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle
• 1177 - Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies
• 1307 - Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies
• 1330 - Frederick (III), the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies
• 1488 - Hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried
• 1599 - Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46
• 1625 - Pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies
• 1651 - Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86
• 1682 - Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55
• 1691 - George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66
• 1702 - Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41
• 1762 - Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68
• 1795 - Fran‡ois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73
• 1797 - Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81
• 1828 - Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, dies at 80
• 1838 - Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53
• 1864 - Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY
• 1879 - WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58
• 1892 - Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62
• 1901 - Carlo Angeloni, composer, dies at 66
• 1913 - Thomas P Krag, Norw author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44
• 1914 - Bernardus H Heldt, Dutch MP, dies at 72
• 1914 - Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer, dies 76
• 1924 - Georg H Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89
• 1928 - Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57
• 1929 - Wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80
• 1930 - C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66
• 1934 - Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier/explorer (Sudan), dies at 70
• 1937 - Walter Brearley, cricketer (17 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1905-12), dies
• 1939 - Jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies
• 1941 - James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zrich Switzerland, at 58
• 1943 - Sophie Taeuber/T„uber-Arp, Swiss sculptor, dies at 53
• 1947 - Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61
• 1954 - Roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69
• 1958 - Edna Purviance, actress (Charlie Chaplin, Sunnyside), dies at 61
• 1958 - John Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/church historian, dies at 75
• 1960 - Sibilla Aleramo, [Rina Faccio], Ital poet (Una Donna), dies at 83
• 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42
• 1963 - Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 76
• 1968 - Bill Masterson, (Minn Northstars), checked into the boards & killed
• 1969 - Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (Engld, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies
• 1969 - Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65
• 1971 - Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, Germ SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65
• 1971 - Henri Tomasi, French composer (Don Juan de Ma€ara), dies at 69
• 1971 - Robert Still, composer, dies at 60
• 1976 - Margaret Leighton, Brit actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53
• 1978 - Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn
• 1978 - Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees), dies at 96
• 1979 - Donny Hathaway, Chicago Ill, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
• 1980 - Andr‚ Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78
• 1981 - Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83
• 1982 - Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
• 1983 - Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74
• 1983 - D Mack Reynolds, US writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies
• 1983 - Doodles Weaver, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers), dies at 71
• 1983 - John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69
• 1985 - Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42
• 1986 - Abdel Fattah Ismail, president of South-Yemen (19??-80), murdered
• 1987 - E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies
• 1988 - Chiang Ching-huo, president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies at 69
• 1989 - Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51
• 1992 - Josef Neckermann, German founder mail-order firm/travel bureau, dies
• 1992 - Yvonne Bryceland, actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
• 1993 - Rene Pleven, PM of France (1950-51, 51-52), dies
• 1994 - Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
• 1994 - Johan J Holst, Norwegian min of defense/foreign affairs, dies at 56
• 1995 - Arnold Smith, painter (Vigelius Prize 1935), dies at 89
• 1995 - Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, dies at 81
• 1995 - Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at 73
• 1995 - Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44
• 1996 - Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], actress (Julietta), dies at 99
• 1996 - Willian Myuon Bany Guerrilla leader, dies
• 1997 - William Mills, painter, dies at 74