• 1542 - Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India (1556-1605)
• 1585 - Heinrich Sch�tz, German royal chaplain master/composer (Daphne)
• 1606 - Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch governor-general of Ceylon (1653-78)
• 1633 - James II Stuart, king of England/Scotland (James VII) (1685-88)
• 1639 - Simon van der Stel, Dutch governor of Cape colony (1679-99)
• 1644 - William Penn, English Quaker & founder of PA
• 1687 - Robert Simson, Scotland, mathematician
• 1712 - George Grenville, British PM (1763-65)
• 1730 - Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer
• 1734 - Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer/signer (Decl of Independence)
• 1738 - Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer
• 1740 - Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Neth Indies (1801-05)
• 1753 - Franz Anton Dimmler, composer
• 1764 - Charles-Henri Plantade, composer
• 1774 - Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician
• 1784 - Ferdinand VII MF, king of Spain
• 1789 - Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder
• 1796 - Adolf Ganz, composer
• 1801 - Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist (blinded-stared at Sun 25 secs)
• 1827 - James Sidney Robinson, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
• 1827 - William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Min of Finance
• 1837 - Ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908
• 1846 - Kasimir F Badeni, Polish/Austrian premier of Cisleithani‰
• 1853 - Ciprian Porumbescu, composer
• 1855 - George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl)
• 1857 - Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st US autos
• 1859 - Camille Chevillard, composer
• 1861 - Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer
• 1864 - Maurice de Plessys, French poet (Palace Occidental)
• 1867 - Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku & tanka poet/diarist (Salt Water Ballads)
• 1869 - Joseph Duveen, England, art connoisseur (Elgin marbles)
• 1871 - Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Schneeman)
• 1873 - Jose Serrano Simeon, composer
• 1873 - Ray Ewry, Lafayette Ind, jumper (Olympics-10 gold-1900, 04, 06, 08)
• 1874 - Margarete Susman, writer
• 1880 - Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Sak och sken)
• 1882 - Charlie Parker, cricketer (legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test)
• 1882 - Eamon DeValera, NY, Pres of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59)
• 1883 - Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor)
• 1884 - Jimmy Conlin, Camden NJ, actor (Sin of Harold Diddlebock)
• 1888 - Ernest Pingoud, composer
• 1888 - Kathrin Mansfield, NZ writer (Aloe, Garden Party)
• 1889 - Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor
• 1890 - Dwight D Eisenhower, Denison Tx, (R) 34th Pres (1953-1961)/Gen (WW 2)
• 1890 - Frank Conroy, Derby England, actor (Call of the Wild)
• 1891 - Paul de Keyser, Flemish story teller/philologist/folklorist
• 1892 - Sumner Welles, US undersecretary/diplomat (Good neighbor policy)
• 1894 - Heinrich L�bke, West German president (1959-69)
• 1894 - Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, founder (Indonesian Communist)
• 1894 - e. e. cummings, Cambridge Mass, poet (Tulips & Chimneys)
• 1896 - Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation)
• 1898 - Cruys Voorbergh, Dutch actor/director (Flying Dutchman)
• 1899 - Alan Washbond, US, 2-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932)
• 1900 - Edwin McLeod, cricketer (played in NZ's 2nd-ever Test 1930)
• 1901 - Willem A Wagenaar, journalist/writer (Shanghai)
• 1902 - Stanley Coen, cricketer (South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28)
• 1904 - Karel Srom, composer
• 1905 - Pentti Haanp„„, Finnish author (Yhdeks„n Miehen Saappaat)
• 1906 - Benita Hume, London England, actress (Vicky-Halls of Ivy)
• 1906 - Hannah Arendt, Germany, historian (Origins of Totalitarianism)
• 1907 - "Red" McKenzie, jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper) [or 1899]
• 1907 - Allan Jones, Scranton PA, actor/singer (A Day at the Races, Showboat)
• 1907 - Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter
• 1907 - Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress (Cavalcade of Stars)
• 1909 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer (Indy 500)
• 1909 - Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer
• 1910 - Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader
• 1910 - John Wooden, basketball coach (UCLA-10 national championships)
• 1911 - Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk
• 1912 - Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (Sociology of Sex)
• 1912 - Jack Crapp, cricketer (England batsman 1948-49)
• 1912 - Jack Young, cricketer (Middlesex & England slow left-armer post-WW2)
• 1913 - Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Aust)
• 1913 - Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (son of Mr & Mrs Trumper NSW 1940-41)
• 1914 - Brendan Gill, critic
• 1916 - C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89)
• 1918 - Doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's)
• 1919 - Edward L Feightner, US rear-admiral (WW II-Santa Cruz Islands)
• 1924 - Robert Webber, Santa Ana Calif, actor (79 Park Avenue)
• 1925 - Louis Cohen, physicist
• 1926 - Bill Justis, rocker
• 1926 - Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbrugge], singer/actor (Riffin in Amsterdam)
• 1927 - Roger Moore, London England, actor (Alaskans, Maverick, Saint)
• 1928 - Gary Graffman, NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award)
• 1929 - Alfredo Santos Buenaventura, composer
• 1930 - Joseph-Desir‚ Kuku NWZA Mobutu Sese Seko, president Za‹re (1965- )
• 1930 - Robert Parker, US saxophonist/soul singer (Barefootin')
• 1931 - Rafael Puyana, Bogot  Colombia, baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957)
• 1935 - La Monte Young, Bern Idaho, composer (Composition in 1990)
• 1938 - John Dean III, former White House counsel (Watergate figure)
• 1939 - Hugh Delane Thompson, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1991 MONY Syracuse)
• 1939 - Ralph Lauren, fashion designer (Chaps)
• 1940 - Christopher Timothy, English actor (All Creatures Great & Small)
• 1940 - Cliff Richards, [Harry Webb], Lucknow India, rock voclist (Suddenly)
• 1940 - Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (1972 Phila Classic)
• 1940 - Pat Finley, Asheville NC, actress (Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show)
• 1941 - Jim Courter, (Rep-R-NJ, 1979- )
• 1942 - Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist (Them)
• 1943 - Anthony Iannaccone, composer
• 1943 - Lance Rentzel, NFL receiver (Minn, LA)/ex-husband of Joey Heatherton
• 1943 - Noreen Corcoran, Quincy Mass, actress (Kelly-Bachelor Father)
• 1944 - Udo Kier, Germany, actress (Warhol Dracula, Warhol Frankenstein)
• 1946 - Justin Hayward, England, vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
• 1947 - Charlie Joiner, Many La, NFL receiver (Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego)
• 1950 - Sheila Young Ochowicz, Birmingham Mich, speed skater (Oly-gold/sil-76)
• 1951 - Marcia Barrett, St Catherine's Jamaica, rock vocalist (Boney M)
• 1952 - Daisy Eshuijs, singer/pianist/composer (Eye to Eye)
• 1952 - Harry Anderson, Newport RI, actor (Judge Harry Stone-Night Court)
• 1952 - Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist
• 1952 - Nikolai Adrianov, USSR, gymnast (Olympic-4 gold/2 silver/bronze-1976)
• 1953 - Greg Evigan, South Amboy NJ, actor (BJ-BJ & the Bear, Melrose Place)
• 1953 - Marcel R Zeeuw, Suriname lt-colonel (coup 1982)
• 1953 - Olga Nikolayevna Klyushnikova, Russia, cosmonaut
• 1953 - Roland Butcher, cricketer (1st black to play for England 1981)
• 1956 - Beth Daniel, Charleston SC, LPGA golfer (1990 Kemper Open)
• 1957 - Gregory T Linteris, Demarest NJ, PhD/astronaut (STS 83, 94)
• 1957 - Karen Permezel, LPGA golfer
• 1958 - Thomas Dolby, Cairo Egypt, rock vocalist (She Blinded Me With Science)
• 1959 - A J Pero, Staten Is, drummer (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It)
• 1960 - John Aalberg, Orland Norway, US cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
• 1960 - Steve Cram, English runner (world record mile/2 km)
• 1961 - Melanie Wilson, actress (Jennifer-Perfect Strangers)
• 1961 - Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker (White Lion-Mane Attraction)
• 1962 - Shahar Perkiss, Israel, tennis star
• 1963 - Keith Byars, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots)
• 1964 - Joe Girardi, Peoria IL, catcher (NY Yankees)
• 1964 - Pieter Axe, soccer player (FC Utrecht/SC Heerenveen)
• 1965 - Doris Pich‚, La Sarre Quebec, badminton player (Olympics-96)
• 1965 - Karyn White, singer
• 1967 - Arleen Sorkin, actress (Days of Our Lives, America's Funniest Videos)
• 1967 - Dave Hajek, Roseville CA, infielder (Houston Astros)
• 1967 - Sylvain Lefebvre, Richmond, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
• 1968 - Dwayne Schintzius, NBA center (Indiana Pacers)
• 1968 - Gene Williams, NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1968 - Rashid Latif, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper)
• 1968 - Wanda Guyton, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
• 1969 - Mark Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player (MVV/NEC)
• 1969 - P J Brown, NBA center/forward (NJ Nets, Miami Heat)
• 1970 - Daniela Pestova, [Chameleon], Prague Czech, model (1995 SI/L'Oreal)
• 1970 - Jim Jackson, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phila 76ers)
• 1970 - Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
• 1971 - Derrick Rodgers, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
• 1971 - Frank Wycheck, NFL tight end (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
• 1971 - Heath Sims, Orange Ca, 149« lbs/68 kg greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
• 1972 - Erika de Lone, Boston Mass, tennis star (1996 Futures-Wilmington DE)
• 1972 - J J Smith, NFL running back (KC Chiefs)
• 1972 - Mike Archie, running back (Tennessee Oilers)
• 1972 - Nelson Van waes, CFL defensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• 1972 - Shawn Banks, WLAF LB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1973 - DeJuan Wheat, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)
• 1974 - Kim Williams, WNBA guard (Utah Starzz)
• 1979 - Coty Strickler, Miss Montana Teen USA (1997)
• 1996 - Lourdes Marie Ciccone Leon, daughter of singer Madonna

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0530 - Dioscurus, anti-Pope (530), dies
• 1066 - Harold II, King of England (1066), dies
• 1092 - Aboe Ali Hasan ibn Nizam al-Moelk, writer (Sijasetname), assassinated
• 1536 - Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle
• 1570 - Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny, dies at 43
• 1660 - Francesco Albana, Italian painter (Hemelopneming of Maria), dies at 72
• 1669 - Antonio Cesti, composer, dies at 46
• 1719 - Arnold Houbraken, painter/writer), dies at 59
• 1746 - Fran‡ois Fagel, lawyer/statesman, dies at 86
• 1771 - Franz Xaver Brixi, composer, dies at 39
• 1775 - Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer, dies at 57
• 1790 - William Hooper, US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 48
• 1847 - William Michael Rooke, composer, dies at 53
• 1857 - Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer, dies at 33
• 1872 - Albrecht FH, prince of Prussia, dies at 63
• 1877 - Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer, dies at 68
• 1879 - F K�rnberger, writer, dies at 58
• 1880 - Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
• 1893 - Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 84
• 1900 - Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher, dies
• 1900 - Sandor Erkel, composer, dies at 54
• 1906 - Paul C‚zanne, French painter/water colors painter, dies at 67
• 1909 - Johann Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, composer, dies at 76
• 1919 - Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies
• 1923 - George Elbridge Whiting, composer, dies at 83
• 1923 - Marcellus Emants, writer/poet (Refrained from Confession), dies
• 1930 - Sam[uel] van Houten, lib minister (Child labor laws), dies
• 1943 - Jackie Matthews, cricketer (8 Tests 1911-12, 16 wickets), dies
• 1944 - Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52
• 1957 - Carl Natanael Berg, composer, dies at 78
• 1958 - Jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82
• 1959 - Errol Flynn, US actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50
• 1960 - Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal), dies
• 1966 - Arcady Dubensky, composer, dies at 75
• 1967 - Marcel Aym‚, French writer (Lesson contes du chat perch‚), dies at 65
• 1972 - Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68
• 1976 - Edith Evans, actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88
• 1977 - Bing Crosby, singer/actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74
• 1980 - S N Banerjee, cricketer (one Test for India), dies
• 1981 - Ingemar Liljefors, composer, dies at 74
• 1983 - Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure
• 1986 - [Francis XA] Keenan Wynn, US actor (Dr Strangelove), dies at 70
• 1987 - Rodolfo Halffter, composer, dies at 86
• 1988 - Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies
• 1989 - Michael Carmine, actor (Batteries Not Included), dies at 30
• 1990 - Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72
• 1992 - John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love & War), dies of heart attack at 51
• 1993 - Bertie Clarke, cricketer (6 wkts for WI in 1939), dies
• 1993 - Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50
• 1993 - Mustafa Abada, Algerian TV director, murdered
• 1993 - Walter Brown Newman, US screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77
• 1994 - Gioconda de Vito, violinist, dies at 87
• 1995 - Edith Pargeter, author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82
• 1995 - Helen Vlachos, journalist, dies at 83
• 1996 - Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91
• 1996 - William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist, dies at 80
• 1997 - Harold Robbins, salacious novelist, dies at 81