• 1694 - Fran‡ois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV
• 1697 - Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi
• 1700 - Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor
• 1738 - George III, English King during American Revolution (1760-1820)
• 1751 - John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
• 1770 - James Hewitt, composer
• 1801 - James Pennethorne, architect
• 1803 - Gabriel James Rains, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881
• 1815 - Paul Jones Semmes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
• 1816 - Phillipe Regis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union)
• 1828 - Alexander William Campbell, Brig general (Confederate Army)
• 1833 - Garnet Joseph, 1st viscount Wolseley soldier
• 1838 - Servaas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flemish writer (Lute & Flute)
• 1846 - Josef Sittard, music writer
• 1863 - Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician
• 1864 - Nassau William Senior, British economist
• 1867 - Carl Gustaf baron Mannerheim, general/president of Finland (1944-46)
• 1869 - Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Vlaanderen
• 1876 - Robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test S Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9)
• 1877 - Heinrich Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927)
• 1878 - Frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament)
• 1879 - Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher (ist der Mensch?)
• 1881 - Clara Blandick, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Romance, Tom Sawyer)
• 1882 - Karl Valentin, German comic/writer
• 1891 - Erno Rapee, composer
• 1893 - Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania
• 1893 - Daan Boens, Flemish poet (Man who sold his Wife)
• 1894 - Blanch Knopf, publishing CEO (Knopf)
• 1895 - Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32)
• 1899 - Leo Spies, composer
• 1902 - Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928)
• 1904 - Karl Valentin, writer
• 1906 - Richard Whorf, actor/director (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Keeper of Flame)
• 1907 - Marjan Kozina, composer
• 1908 - Earl of Halsbury, chancellor (Brunei University)
• 1908 - Lambertus L van Rooijen, Dutch actor
• 1908 - Rosalind Russell, Waterbury CT, actress (Mame, Take a Letter Darling)
• 1908 - Walther Vanbeselaere, Flemish art historian
• 1909 - Paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince)
• 1909 - William Batten, CEO (NY Stock Exchange 1976-84)
• 1910 - Christopher Cockerell, inventor (Hovercraft)
• 1910 - Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar
• 1911 - Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor
• 1911 - Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukrainian author (Vokopach Stalingrada)
• 1912 - Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (great iron sculptures)
• 1913 - Bruno Bettinelli, composer
• 1914 - Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist
• 1915 - Modibo Keita, president of Mali (1960-68)
• 1915 - Walter Hadlee, cricketer (father of Richard & Dayle, NZ batsman 40's)
• 1916 - Cecil Blacker, CEO (British Equestrian Federation)
• 1917 - Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace)
• 1917 - Charles Collingwood, Mich, news commentator (CBS, Chronicles)
• 1917 - Howard Metzenbaum, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1974- )
• 1917 - Robert Anderson, author (Tea & Sympathy)
• 1917 - Robert Merrill, Bkln NY, baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera)
• 1918 - LeRoy Walker, Atlanta Ga, CEO (US Olympic Committee)
• 1920 - Marion Motley, NFL running back (all-time leading AAFC rusher)
• 1921 - Nina Vyroubova, Russ/French ballerina (Pavlova-prize 1957)
• 1922 - Irwin Bazelon, Evanston Illinois, composer (Duo for Viola)
• 1922 - John McNamara, baseball player
• 1922 - John West, vice chancellor (Bradford University)
• 1923 - John Lea, British vice-admiral
• 1924 - Dennis Weaver, Joplin Mo, actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered)
• 1926 - Nan Leslie, LA Calif, actress (Kings Row, Californians)
• 1926 - Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human (486 kg)
• 1927 - Geoffrey Palmer, British actor (Smacks & Thistle)
• 1927 - Priscilla Morrill, Medford Mass, actress (Edie Grant-Mary Tyler Moore)
• 1928 - Paul Greening, master of Queen's household
• 1928 - Ruth Westheimer, Germany, sex therapist (WYNY-FM)
• 1930 - Morgana King, jazz singer/actress (Godfather)
• 1930 - Pentti Raitio, composer
• 1931 - Cesar Bolanos, composer
• 1932 - John Barrymore Jr, Beverly Hills Calif, actor (Pantomine Quiz)
• 1933 - John Sparrow, CEO (British Horseracing Betting Levy Board)
• 1935 - Hendrikus C "Henk" Admiraal, Dutch actor (Rififi in Amsterdam)
• 1936 - Bruce Dern, Winnetka Ill, actor (Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo)
• 1936 - David Lyon, CEO (Bowater)
• 1937 - Freddie Fender, Mexico, country singer (Feelings)
• 1937 - Mortimer B Zuckerman, CEO (US News & World Report, NY Daily News)
• 1938 - Art Mahaffey, baseball player
• 1939 - Phil Linz, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees)
• 1940 - Dorothy Rudd Moore, composer
• 1940 - Gerrit H Terpstra, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
• 1943 - Sandra Haynie, Ft Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1974 US Women's Open)
• 1944 - Charlie Whitney, rock guitarist (Family)
• 1944 - Michelle Phillips, Long Beach CA, singer/actress (Mamas & Papas)
• 1944 - Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist (Average White Band)
• 1945 - Anthony Braxton, jazz musician
• 1945 - Daniel Topolski, writer/photographer/rowing coach
• 1945 - Gordon Waller, Scotland, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love)
• 1945 - Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, Mickey Thompson off-road champ (1983, 84, 90)
• 1945 - Margaret Impert, Horseheads NY, actress (Maggie, Spencer's Pilots)
• 1946 - Bettina Gregory, correspondent/journalist (ABC-TV)
• 1948 - Bob Champion, horse trainer/jockey
• 1948 - Rosemary Joyce, model/actress (Daphne Draper-Search For Tomorrow)
• 1948 - Sandra Post, LPGA golfer
• 1950 - Brian Rose, cricketer (England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81)
• 1950 - Dagmar Krause, West Germany, singer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
• 1950 - Wayne Powers, New Rochelle NY, actor (Laverne & Shirley, 13 East)
• 1951 - David Yip, actor (Ping Pong)
• 1951 - Yvonne MCT van Rooy, Dutch Secretary of State Secretary (CDA)
• 1952 - Carlene Watkins, Hartford CT, actress (Tough Enough)
• 1952 - Catherine Watkins, Hartford Ct, actress (It's Not Easy, Mary)
• 1952 - Parker Stevenson, Phila Pa, actor (Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace)
• 1956 - John Treacy, marathonr (Olympics-silver-1984)
• 1956 - Terry Kennedy, baseball player
• 1957 - Tony Pena, Monte Cristi Dom Rep, catcher (Cleveland Indians)
• 1958 - Julie Gholson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Where the Lilies Bloom)
• 1958 - Tony Pigott, cricketer (England pace bowler in a Test v NZ 1984)
• 1959 - Lord Rayleigh, agri-businessman (Lord Rayleigh Farms)
• 1959 - Paul Taylor, rocker (Winger-17)
• 1959 - Rod Connop, CFL corner (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1961 - Cathy Marino, LPGA golfer
• 1961 - El Debarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rocker (Debarge-All this Love)
• 1963 - Carey Nelson, Canada, marathoner (Olympics-96)
• 1963 - Jim Lachey, NFL tackle (Washington Redskins)
• 1963 - Mossimo Giannulli, fashion designer (hot)
• 1963 - Xavier McDaniel, NBA forward (Seattle SuperSonics)
• 1964 - Chris Kavanagh, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
• 1964 - Steve Searcy, baseball player
• 1965 - Andrea Jaeger, Chicago, tennis player (retired as a teenager)
• 1965 - Beau Allred, baseball player
• 1965 - Jonathan Canter, LA Cal, tennis star
• 1965 - Kurt Stillwell, Glendale CA, infielder (Texas Rangers)
• 1965 - Tim Perry, NBA forward (NJ Nets)
• 1966 - Nick Kypreos, Toronto, NHL left wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
• 1967 - Rick Wilkins, Jacksonville FL, catcher (Houston Astros)
• 1967 - Scott Servais, La Crosse Wisc, catcher (Chic Cubs)
• 1967 - Simon Sheldon-Collins, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
• 1968 - Scott Wolf, Boston Mass, actor (Broken Arrow, Party of 5)
• 1968 - Stacy Leigh Arthur, Naperville Ill, playmate (Jan, 1991)
• 1969 - Regi Blinker, soccer player (Feyenoord)
• 1969 - Robert Perez, Bolivar Venezuela, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
• 1969 - Tine Moberg-Parker, Oslo Norway, Canada Europe class yachter (Oly-96)
• 1970 - Gary Lynagh, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Ronnie Harris, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1971 - Noah Wyle, Hollywood Calif, actor (Dr John Carter-ER)
• 1971 - Patrick Scott, NFL/WLAF linebacker (Pitts Steelers, Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1971 - Roy Janse, Edmonton Alberta, tornado yachter (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Tanya Beyer, St Paul Minn, playmate (Feb, 1992)
• 1972 - Derian Hatcher, Sterling Heights MI, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
• 1973 - Antonio Anderson, defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1973 - Corey Walker, running back (Philadelphia Eagles)
• 1973 - Doug Colman, linebacker (NY Giants)
• 1973 - Sir Mawn Wilson, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1974 - Darin Erstad, outfielder (Calif Angels)
• 1974 - James Miller, Australian pole vaulter (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Johnny Taylor, NBA forward (Orlando Magic)
• 1974 - Lyndsay Kahler, Orange California, Miss America-California (1997)
• 1975 - Betty Okino, Uganda, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
• 1975 - Dinanath Ramnarine, cricketer (Trinidad & Tobago leg-spinner)
• 1975 - Kurt Dreger, Ironwood Mich, dance skater (& Cronin-1997 Natl-13th)
• 1992 - Earvin Johnson III, son of NBA foward Magic Johnson
• 1993 - ... Mowatt, grandson of English princess Alexandra

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1039 - Conrad II the Salian, King/Emperor of Germany (1024/27-39), dies at 49
• 1267 - Hendrik of Vianden, bishop of Utrecht (1252-67), dies
• 1316 - Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26
• 1463 - Flavio Biondi, Italian writer (Rome instaurata), dies at about 65
• 1558 - Maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43
• 1585 - Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer, dies at 58
• 1608 - Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, dies at 44
• 1663 - William Juxon, archbishop of Canterbury (1660-63), dies
• 1674 - John Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver, dies at 66
• 1792 - John Burgoyne, soldier/playwright, dies
• 1793 - Jan Ekels de Young, Dutch painter, dies at 34
• 1798 - Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Ital adventurer/spy/librarian, dies at 73
• 1809 - Nicolai Arbraham Abildgaard, Danish painter/architect, dies at 65
• 1818 - John van Well, choreographer/mime (Pierrot), dies at 44
• 1825 - Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies
• 1826 - Karl Maria FE von Weber, German composer (Oberon), dies at 39
• 1850 - Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange, dies at 74
• 1872 - Johan R Thorbecke, literature/liberal premier, dies
• 1872 - Stanislaw Moniuszko, composer, dies at 53
• 1875 - Eduard M”rike, German vicar/poet/writer (Peregrina), dies at 70
• 1876 - Abd�l-Aziz, 32nd sultan of Turkey (1861-76), dies at 46
• 1880 - Eugen Adam, painter, dies
• 1905 - Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85
• 1907 - Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59
• 1913 - Emily Wilding Davidson, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse
• 1915 - William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26
• 1916 - Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56
• 1921 - Heinrich E Albers-Sch”nberg, German x-ray experimenter, dies at 56
• 1922 - William Halse Rivers, British psychologist/anthropologist, dies
• 1925 - Gheorghe Dima, composer, dies at 77
• 1925 - Pierre Louys, [PF Louis], French writer (Aphrodite), dies
• 1926 - Eugeen of Oye, Flemish writer/poet (Sparks & Radiates), dies
• 1926 - Fred Spofforth, cricketer (18 tests 94 wkts 41 Best match 14-90), dies
• 1926 - Frederick Robert Spofforth, cricketer/demon bowler, dies
• 1931 - Ibn Ali Hussein, King of Hejaz, dies
• 1937 - Donald Eligon, cricketer (Trinidad, nail in his cricket boot), dies
• 1941 - Wilhelm II von Hohenzollern, emperor (Germany, 1888-1918), dies
• 1942 - Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies
• 1943 - Jean du Bela, singer/actor (Sobibor), dies at 39
• 1945 - Georg Kaiser, playwright, dies at 66
• 1950 - Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies
• 1951 - Serge Koussevitsky, conductor/composer, dies at 76
• 1954 - Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), dies at 58
• 1956 - Max Kowalski, composer, dies at 73
• 1958 - M Lichnowsky, writer, dies at 79
• 1959 - Charles Vidor, director (Gilda, Farewell to Arms), dies at 58
• 1960 - Lucien Littlefield, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64
• 1962 - William Beebe, US biologist/explorer, dies at 84
• 1965 - Bernard Verhoeven, poet/educator (Pleidooi near een non), dies
• 1968 - Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70
• 1970 - Hjalmar Schcacht, [Horace Greeley], Nazi minister, dies
• 1970 - Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier Suriname, dies
• 1970 - Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at 78
• 1970 - Sonny Tufts, actor (Atomic Blonde, 7 Year Itch), dies at 58
• 1971 - Gy”rgy Luk cs, Hungarian philosopher, dies at 86
• 1972 - Godfried Devreese, composer, dies at 79
• 1973 - Arna Bontemps, writer (Harlem Renaissance), dies at 72 in Nashville
• 1973 - Murray Wilson, father of beachboys Brian, Carl & Dennis, dies at 55
• 1975 - Evelyn Brent, actress (Nitwits, Last Command, Spy Train), dies at 75
• 1979 - Edward Dawson, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1927-30), dies
• 1989 - Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89
• 1989 - Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible), dies at 71
• 1989 - Vaclav Kaslik, Czech opera composer/conductor, dies at 71
• 1990 - Jack Gilford, comedic actor (Cocoon II), dies at 82 of stomach cancer
• 1992 - Carl Stotz, founder (baseball's little league), dies at 82
• 1993 - June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71
• 1994 - Derek Lek Leckenby, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), dies at 48
• 1994 - Earle Warren, alto Sax Player, dies at 79
• 1994 - Horace "Stephen" McNally, attorney/actor (Johnny Belinda), dies at 80
• 1994 - Massimo Troisi, Italian actor/director (Ricomincio da tre), dies at 41
• 1994 - Roberto Burle Marx, landscape gardener, dies at 84
• 1994 - Sophie Winter, actress (She's a Good Fighter), dies at 33
• 1994 - Thomas Stuart Willan, historian, dies at 84
• 1994 - Toto Bissainthe, voodoo poet, dies at 59
• 1995 - Ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist, dies at 80
• 1995 - Herta Ryder, literary agent, dies at 77
• 1995 - Paul WIlliams, climber, dies at 49
• 1995 - William J Law, sailor, dies at 84
• 1996 - Tito Okello, president of Uganda (1985-86), dies
• 1997 - Kurt Adler, therapist/writer, dies at 92
• 1997 - Ronnie Lane, bassist (Faces), dies of multiple sclerosis at 50