• 1443 - Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
• 1584 - John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony
• 1660 - Andre Campra, composer
• 1667 - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer
• 1708 - Marianus Konigsperger, composer
• 1720 - Jean-Jacques Robson, composer
• 1786 - John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament [or 12/14]
• 1791 - Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer
• 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)
• 1800 - Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen)
• 1803 - Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)
• 1808 - Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius)
• 1812 - Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
• 1818 - William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army)
• 1822 - Frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society
• 1825 - Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer
• 1835 - Samuel Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)
• 1838 - Melesio Morales, composer
• 1858 - Billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)
• 1861 - Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)
• 1865 - Edith Louisa Cavell, England, nurse (WW I)
• 1866 - Vassily V Kandinsky, Russ/Ger/Fr abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration)
• 1868 - Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter
• 1874 - Jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)
• 1875 - R M Rilke, writer
• 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies)
• 1876 - Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)
• 1879 - Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer
• 1881 - Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)
• 1888 - Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34)
• 1889 - Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse)
• 1889 - Isabel Randolph, IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)
• 1892 - Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator (1936-75)
• 1895 - Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)
• 1896 - Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]
• 1897 - Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)
• 1899 - Douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer
• 1903 - Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian
• 1903 - Cornell Woolrich, US, writer (El Angel Negro)
• 1905 - Emilio M‚dici, president Brazil (1969-74)
• 1907 - Jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)
• 1908 - A D Hershey, US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969)
• 1910 - Alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata)
• 1910 - Amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties)
• 1910 - Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92)
• 1912 - Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok)
• 1912 - Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust)
• 1912 - Jimmy Jewel, comedian
• 1912 - John W Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)
• 1915 - Allan Jackson, Hot Springs Ark, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand)
• 1915 - Fred Freer, cricketer (Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946)
• 1920 - Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton)
• 1921 - Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg Manitoba, actress/vocalist (100 Men & a Girl)
• 1922 - Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps)
• 1923 - Charles Keating, district attorney (LA Calif)
• 1924 - John Portman, SC, architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964)
• 1925 - Maurice Binder, NYC, photographer/film titler (James Bond)
• 1926 - Lee Doraey, rocker
• 1928 - Russell L Rogers, USAF/astronaut (X-20)
• 1930 - Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)
• 1930 - Paul-Heinz Dittrich, composer
• 1930 - Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou, composer
• 1930 - Ronnie Corbett, England, comedian (2 Ronnies)
• 1932 - Edgar Valcarcel, composer
• 1932 - Joanne Battiste, artist (heroines)
• 1932 - Roh Tae Woo, Taegu South Korea, President South Korea (1988-93)
• 1933 - Horst Buchholz, Berlin Germany, actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe)
• 1934 - Victor French, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Highway to Heaven)
• 1934 - Wink Martindale, Jackson Tn, TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This)
• 1935 - Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)
• 1936 - Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist
• 1937 - Max Baer Jr, Oakland Calif, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies)
• 1938 - Andre Marrou, Libertarian Presidential candidate (1992)
• 1938 - Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Miep Gies-Anne Frank)
• 1938 - Lynn Blessing, vibes Player
• 1940 - Freddy Cannon, [Picariello], Lynn Ma, rocker (Palisades Park)
• 1940 - John Cale, Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Velvet Underground)
• 1941 - Humberto Solas, director/writer (Lucia)
• 1941 - Raul Blanco, Australian soccer asst coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
• 1942 - Bob Mosley, Paradise Valley CA, rock bassist (Moby Grape)
• 1942 - Chris Hillman, San Diego Ca, singer (Byrds-Turn Turn Turn)
• 1943 - Patti Chandler, Calif, actress (Bikini Beach)
• 1944 - Dennis Wilson, Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-My Room)
• 1945 - Michael Gerzon, mathematician
• 1945 - Pam Higgins, LPGA golfer
• 1947 - Ursula Krechel, writer
• 1948 - Lin Onus, artist
• 1948 - Roberta Lynn Bondar, Ontario, astronaut (STS 42)
• 1948 - Southside Johnny Lyon, NJ, rocker (Asbury Jukes-Don't Want Go Home)
• 1949 - Jeff Bridges, LA Calif, actor (Stay Hungry, Against All Odds)
• 1949 - Mary Bea Porter-King, Everett WA, LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic)
• 1949 - Russ Karel, director
• 1950 - Jan Rietman, Dutch radio/TV host
• 1950 - Karel van de Graf, Dutch TV host
• 1950 - Pamela Stephenson, Auckland NZ, actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live)
• 1951 - Gary Rossington, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band)
• 1951 - Patricia Wettig, Cincinnati Ohio, actress (Nancy Weston-30 Something)
• 1952 - Ronald Michael Sega, Cleve Ohio, PhD/Astronaut (STS 60, 76)
• 1955 - Brian Prout, Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
• 1955 - Cassandra Wilson, jazz singer
• 1956 - Bernard King, basketball player (NY Knicks, NJ Nets)
• 1956 - Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer (Olympics-silver-1976)
• 1956 - Herbert Groenemeyer, Germany, rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge)
• 1957 - Lee Smith, Jamestown LA, pitcher (Cin Reds)
• 1957 - Raul Boesel, Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART)
• 1958 - Bill Roy, Versailles Ill, skeet (Olympics-1996)
• 1961 - Frank Reich, NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
• 1961 - Frank Reich, quarterback (Detroit Lions)
• 1962 - Arnold Scholten, soccer player (Feyenoord)
• 1962 - John Gaasbeek, soccer player (FC Twente/NAC)
• 1962 - Stan Gelbaugh, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1963 - Johanna Wright, Raleigh NC, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo Beach-4th)
• 1963 - Mike Snoei, soccer player (Sparta)
• 1963 - Sergey Bubka, Ukraine, pole vaulter (Olympics-gold-88, 92)
• 1964 - Bill Peterson, Smithfield NC, WLAF general mgr (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1964 - Marisa Tomei, Bkln NY, actress (My Cousin Vinny)
• 1965 - Rob Smits, pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm)
• 1967 - Klaus Wilmsmeyer, NFL punter (NO Saints)
• 1967 - Martha O'Kelley, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1968 - Mike Barrowman, Costa Mesa CA, kayak/200m breast stroke (Oly-g-92, 96)
• 1969 - Ferric Collons, NFL defensive end (New England Patriots)
• 1969 - Jacques Landry, Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Marie-Jos‚e Morneau, Longueuil Quebec, 56 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Mik Middleton, WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons)
• 1969 - Terry Glenn, wide reciever (New England Patriots)
• 1970 - Jeff Blake, NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
• 1971 - Terrence Wisdom, NFL/WLAF guard/center (NY Jets, London Monarchs)
• 1972 - Damien Covington, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
• 1972 - Howard Eisley, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
• 1972 - Jassen Cullimore, Simcoe, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
• 1972 - Jude St John, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1972 - Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star (1996 final Hobart)
• 1972 - Ted Johnson, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
• 1973 - Corliss Williamson, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
• 1973 - Tyra Banks, model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
• 1974 - Anke Huber, Bruchsal Germany, tennis star (1996 finalist Australian)
• 1976 - John Lee, Chicago Ill, dance skater (& Julia Bikbova)
• 1977 - Emily Ballard, Miss Washington Teen USA (1996)
• 1977 - Shahid Nazir, cricketer (Pakistan Test fast bowler v Zimbabwe 1996)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0771 - Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20
• 0811 - Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39
• 1137 - Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67
• 1182 - Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies
• 1334 - John XXII, [Jacques DuŠze], Pope (316-34), dies
• 1371 - Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38
• 1371 - Stefanus X Uros V, king of Serbia (1355-71), dies
• 1514 - Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)
• 1576 - Rheticus, mathematician, dies
• 1603 - Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71
• 1642 - Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lu‡on, dies at about 57
• 1649 - Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73
• 1676 - Johann Georg Ebeling, composer, dies at 39
• 1732 - John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at 47
• 1798 - Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy/physicist, dies at 61
• 1807 - Prince Hall, activist/Masonic leader, dies in Boston
• 1836 - Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79
• 1884 - Alice Mary Smith, composer, dies at 45
• 1890 - Willem III, Dutch king, buried
• 1909 - Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60
• 1915 - Gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60
• 1923 - [Auguste-]Maurice BarrŠs, French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61
• 1932 - Gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64
• 1933 - Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65
• 1935 - Hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies
• 1935 - Johan Halvorsen, composer, dies at 71
• 1938 - Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54
• 1943 - Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46
• 1948 - Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies
• 1952 - Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67
• 1953 - Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80
• 1954 - Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies
• 1959 - Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58
• 1967 - Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72
• 1969 - Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85
• 1969 - Fred Hampton, US Black-Panther leader, murdered
• 1971 - Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies
• 1973 - Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67
• 1974 - Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36
• 1975 - Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5]
• 1976 - Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63
• 1976 - Tommy Bolin, rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose
• 1977 - Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72
• 1978 - Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76
• 1979 - Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
• 1980 - Francisco S  Carneiro, PM of Portugal (1980), dies in air crash
• 1980 - Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69
• 1983 - Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55
• 1984 - John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94
• 1985 - Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83
• 1986 - Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89
• 1987 - Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90
• 1990 - Edward Binns, US actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74
• 1993 - Frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68
• 1993 - Frank V Zappa, US music/composer (Mothers of Invention), dies at 52
• 1993 - Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, Dutch medical astrologist, dies at 42
• 1993 - Margaret Landon, US author (Anna & the King of Siam), dies at 90
• 1994 - Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73
• 1994 - Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at 99
• 1994 - Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Peruvian playwright, dies at 66
• 1994 - Robert Jesse Charleston, museum curator, dies at 78
• 1994 - Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator, dies at 63
• 1995 - Adrianne Jones, killed by David Graham & Diane Zamora, at 16
• 1995 - Itzhak Rabin, PM of Israel (1968-73), assassinated
• 1996 - Basil Nield, judge/politician, dies at 83
• 1996 - Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker, dies at 86
• 1997 - David Abell Wood, priest, dies at 72
• 1997 - Richard Vernon, British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at 72