• 1378 - Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58)
• 1514 - Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica)
• 1540 - Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri)
• 1550 - Henri Guise [le Balafr‚], French duke/leader (Catholic League)
• 1668 - Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist
• 1720 - [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne
• 1724 - Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer
• 1738 - Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley"
• 1799 - Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer
• 1805 - Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], French author (Knife)
• 1815 - George Gordon Meade, Major General (Union Army), died in 1872
• 1818 - Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress
• 1825 - Francis Trowbridge Sherman, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905
• 1826 - Henry Hiles, composer
• 1830 - Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79)
• 1838 - Emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)
• 1846 - Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, vicar/Dutch anarchist (Right for all)
• 1846 - Richard Kleinmichel, composer
• 1855 - Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet
• 1856 - Charles A van Ophuysen, ori‰ntalist (Maleisisch Volksrecht)
• 1859 - Max Fiedler, composer
• 1863 - Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Dizionario Moderno)
• 1864 - Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (Binary Stars)
• 1869 - Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter (Odalisque)
• 1870 - Thomas Connolly, baseball's major league umpire for 50 years
• 1874 - Ernest Austin, composer
• 1878 - Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet (El Crimen del Otro)
• 1880 - George C Marshall, Uniontown Pa, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953)
• 1881 - Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro chemistry)
• 1881 - Jacob Isra‰l de Haan, Dutch poet/writer (Pipelines, Jewish Song)
• 1881 - Max Pechstein, German "entartet" painter/graphic artist (The Bridge)
• 1882 - Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway)
• 1882 - David Cohen, Dutch historian/chairman (Jewish Council)
• 1892 - Jason Robards Sr, Hillsdale Mich, actor (Acapulco)
• 1893 - J M Blankenberg, cricketer (60 wkts in 18 Tests for South Africa)
• 1893 - Max Lamberty, Flemish sociologist/author (Flemish Resurrection)
• 1894 - Ernest John Moeran, British composer
• 1894 - Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupiec], Polish/US actress (Madame Dubarry)
• 1896 - Ronald Adam, Herefordshire England, actor (Phantom Shot)
• 1897 - Rhys Williams, Wales, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Cross My Heart)
• 1899 - Gaston Glass, Paris France, film executive
• 1899 - Silvestre Revueltas, Santiago Papasquiaro M‚xico, composer (Sensemaya)
• 1904 - Chuck Gardiner, UK, NHL goalie (Vezina winner)
• 1904 - Nathan Milstein, Odessa Russia, concert violinist (Phila Orch 1942)
• 1905 - Guy Mollet, French socialist premier (1956-57)
• 1905 - Jule Styne, England, songwriter/composer (1954 Acad Award, 1968 Tony)
• 1905 - Tadeusz Breza, writer
• 1906 - Erna Bogen, Hungary, foils (Olympic-bronze-1932)
• 1908 - Marko Rothmuller, composer
• 1908 - Simon Wiesenthal, Polish/Austrian nazi hunter (Wiesenthal Center)
• 1910 - Dick Kollmar, Rigewood NJ, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What)
• 1910 - Roy Rowland, film director
• 1914 - Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show)
• 1916 - Suzy Delair, Paris France, actress (Utopia, White Paws)
• 1921 - Rocky Graziano, NYC, boxer (MW champ)/actor (Miami Undercover)[or 6/7]
• 1922 - Joan McCracken, Phila Pa, actress (Claudie Story of a Marriage)
• 1922 - Rex Allen, Wilcox Az, cowboy singer (Dr Baxter-Frontier Doctor)
• 1924 - Victoria Draves, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1948)
• 1927 - Dieter Noll, writer
• 1928 - Hugh McElhenny, NFL halfback (SF, Minnesota, Giants, Detroit)
• 1928 - Ross Barbour, Columbus Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
• 1928 - Veijo Meri, writer
• 1929 - Mies Bouman, Dutch TV hostess (Open the Village)
• 1929 - Peter Barker Howard, cricketer
• 1929 - Peter May, cricketer (dashing English batsman of 50's)
• 1929 - Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian
• 1930 - Ala Odetta, [Odetta Holmes], Birmingham, folk singer/actress
• 1930 - Odetta, [Holmes], Birmingham Ala, folk singer (Sanctuary)
• 1931 - Bob Shaw, UK, sci-fi author (Orbitsville, Ragged Astronauts, Vertigo)
• 1932 - George Schlatter, TV producer (Laugh-in)
• 1935 - Peter Allan, cricketer (1 Test Australia v England 1965, 2-58 & 0-25)
• 1935 - Rolf Haufs, writer
• 1937 - Anthony Hopkins, Wales, actor (Elephant Man, QB VII, Magic, Bounty)
• 1937 - Nicolas Born, writer
• 1938 - Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Holland, speed skater (world champ)
• 1938 - Henricus G Wijmans, Dutch graphic artist
• 1938 - Rosalind Cash, Atlantic City NJ, actress (Omega Man, Wrong is Right)
• 1939 - Afaq Hussain, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner in 2 Tests 1961-64)
• 1939 - Willye White, US long jumper (Oly-silver-56, appeared in 5 Olympics)
• 1940 - Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut
• 1941 - Milkha Singh, cricketer (bro of Kripal Singh India batsman in 4 Tests)
• 1941 - Sarah Miles, Essex England, actress (Ryan's Hope, Big Sleep, Venom)
• 1942 - Andy Summers, Blackpool England, rock guitarist (Police-Roxanne)
• 1943 - Ben Kingsley, Scarborough England, actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice)
• 1943 - John Denver, NM, singer (Rocky Mt High), thank God he's a country boy
• 1943 - Pete Qualfe, rocker
• 1944 - Taylor Hackford, director (Devil's Advocate)
• 1945 - Claude D Marks, Buenos Aires Argent, FALN member (FBI most wanted)
• 1945 - Taylor Hackford, director (Idolmaker, Officer & a Gentleman)
• 1946 - Barbara Carrera, Managua Nicaragua, actress (Angelica-Dallas)
• 1946 - Diane von Frstenberg, Brussels Belgiums, fashion designer
• 1946 - Patti Smith, Chicago Il, rock vocalist (Radio Ethiopia)
• 1947 - Burton Cummings, rock guitarist (Guess Who-These Eyes)
• 1947 - Tim Matheson, Calif, actor (Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek)
• 1948 - Donna Summer, Boston, singer (Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio)
• 1948 - Joe Dallesandro, Pensicola Fla, actor (Heat, Trash, AW Frankenstein)
• 1948 - Tony Hamilton, rocker (Aerosmith)
• 1948 - Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasieyv, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11, TM-18)
• 1950 - Inge Helten, German FR, sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1976)
• 1950 - Robert Bryan Gilder, Corvallis OR, PGA golfer (1980 Canadian Open)
• 1951 - Fermin Goytisolo, rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It)
• 1951 - Michael Allen Bantom, Phila, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
• 1951 - Tom Hamilton, Colorado Springs Co, rock bassist (Aerosmith-Dream On)
• 1953 - James Remar, Boston, actor (48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club)
• 1953 - Jane Badler, Brooklyn NY, actress (Fine Gold, Easy Kill, V)
• 1956 - Martin Joseph Fettman, Bkln NY, PhD/astronaut (STS 58)
• 1957 - David Allen Ogrin, Waukegan IL, PGA golfer (1994 Byron Nelson-2nd)
• 1958 - Geoff Marsh, cricketer (Aust opening batsman 1985-92)
• 1959 - Bebe Neuwirth, Princeton NJ, actress (Lilith-Cheers, Damn Yankees)
• 1959 - Paul Westerberg, singer (The Replacements)
• 1959 - Val Kilmer, actor (Top Secret, Top Gun, Willow)
• 1960 - Broderick Dyke, Australia, tennis star
• 1961 - Joanna Johnson, actress (Caroline-Bold & Beautiful)
• 1961 - Rick Aguilera, San Gabriel CA, pitcher (Minn Twins)
• 1962 - Don Diamont, actor (Brad-Young & Restless)
• 1962 - Tyrone Corbin, NBA forward (Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks)
• 1963 - Ed Simmons, NFL tackle (Washington Redskins)
• 1963 - Scott Ian, US heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-I'm the Man)
• 1964 - Denis Hickey, cricketer (fast bowler for Vic, SA & Glamorgan)
• 1964 - Klari MacAskill, Budapest Hungary, kayaker (Olympics-5-92, 96)
• 1964 - Liz Masakayan, Quezon City Phil, WPVA volley (Best of Beach-3rd-1994)
• 1964 - Winston Benjamin, cricketer (WI righty quick 1987-95)
• 1965 - Michelle Dobek, Holyoke MA, golfer (1995 GHP Heartland Classic-45th)
• 1966 - Paula Barbieri, model/girlfriend of OJ Simpson/actress (Dangerous)
• 1967 - Brad Daluiso, NFL place kicker (NY Giants)
• 1969 - Martha Byrne, actress (Lily-As the World Turns)
• 1970 - Bryon Russell, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
• 1970 - Dan Howe, Kingston Ontario, canoeist (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Dunstan Anderson, NFL defensive end (Dolphins, NO Saints, Rhein Fire)
• 1970 - Edwin Huizinga, Dutch soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Emmen)
• 1970 - Michel Brunet, Gatineau Quebec, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd)
• 1971 - Brent Barry, NBA guard (LA Clippers)
• 1971 - Erin Warren, Winchester Mass, luger (Olympics-1994)
• 1971 - Heath Shuler, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins, NO Saints)
• 1972 - Chris Parker, running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1972 - Cole Ford, NFL kicker (Oakland Raiders)
• 1972 - Joseph Mulrey McIntyre, rocker (New Kids-Lovin' You Forever)
• 1972 - Kelvin Kinney, defensive end (Washington Redskins)
• 1973 - Curtis Myden, Calgary Alberta, 200m/400m swimmer (Oly-2 bronze-96)
• 1973 - George Jones, running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
• 1973 - Hiroyuki Miura, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
• 1975 - Cole Ford, kicker (Oakland Raiders)
• 1977 - Ildiko Kecan, Miss Hungary Universe (1997)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0192 - Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31
• 0406 - Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle
• 0439 - Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56
• 1382 - Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan
• 1384 - John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies
• 1583 - Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies
• 1616 - Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31
• 1647 - Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies
• 1652 - Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies
• 1659 - J nos Ap czai Csere, Hung theologist (Magyar Logik cska), dies at 34
• 1719 - John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73
• 1733 - Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44
• 1775 - Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British
• 1802 - Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89
• 1802 - Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer, dies at 53
• 1809 - Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75
• 1818 - Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77
• 1848 - Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69
• 1859 - Luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54
• 1862 - James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29
• 1862 - Joshua Woodrow Sill, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 31
• 1872 - Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38
• 1877 - Alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64
• 1877 - JD Gustave Courbet, French painter (Baigneuses), dies at 58
• 1882 - L‚on Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82), dies at 44
• 1889 - Ion Creanga, Romanian (fairy tales) author, dies at 52
• 1893 - Jacob G de Scheffer, Dutch vicar/theologist, dies at 74
• 1894 - Thomas J Stieltjes, mathematician (Stieltjes-integral), dies at 38
• 1896 - Leland Hone, cricketer (scored 7 & 6 in only England Test 1879), dies
• 1899 - Karl Mill”cker, Austrian conductor/composer (Try-out Kiss), dies at 57
• 1907 - Jules de Trooz, Belgium PM, dies at 63
• 1916 - Ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76
• 1920 - Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 43
• 1921 - J˘zsef Kiss, Hungarian literary (A h‚t), dies at 78
• 1936 - Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Span philosopher/poet (Cancionero), dies at 72
• 1936 - William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72
• 1938 - Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter, dies at 70
• 1941 - Sigwart Aspestrand, composer, dies at 85
• 1945 - Donald Douglas II, dies at 40
• 1946 - Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor, dies at 89
• 1947 - Franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79
• 1948 - Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63
• 1950 - Charles Koechlin, French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83
• 1950 - Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/pres (1918-20, 45-50), dies at 80
• 1951 - Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat, dies at 75
• 1951 - Philipp A Kohnstamm, Dutch philosopher/physicist, dies at 76
• 1953 - Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64
• 1954 - Peter Van Anrooy, conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75
• 1958 - Gustav Hermann Unger, composer, dies at 72
• 1960 - Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at 69
• 1960 - Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer, dies at 70
• 1963 - Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer, dies
• 1966 - Chief Nipo Strongheart, Native Amer actor (Pony Soldier), dies at 75
• 1966 - Pieter C A Geyl, historian (History of Dutch Race), dies
• 1967 - Arthur Mailey, cricketer (10-66 & Aust v Gloucestershire 1921), dies
• 1968 - Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85
• 1968 - George Louis Francis Lewis, composer, dies at 16
• 1968 - Sabin V Dragoi, composer, dies at 74
• 1969 - Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer/actor (Full of Life), dies at 69
• 1970 - Cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91
• 1971 - Peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31
• 1972 - Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38
• 1975 - Donal Michalsky, composer, dies at 47
• 1977 - Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov & JJ), dies at 62
• 1980 - Arthur Wellard, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng, legendary 6-hitter), dies
• 1980 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian cultural philosopher, dies at 69
• 1980 - Raoul Walsh, US director (High Sierra), dies at about 88
• 1981 - Frantisek Chaun, composer, dies at 60
• 1983 - Bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 & 0-14), dies
• 1983 - Frank Link, actor (Burns & Schreiber Comedy Show), dies at 46
• 1985 - Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies
• 1985 - Rick Nelson, singer/actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 45
• 1985 - Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84
• 1986 - Lester Albert Trimble, composer, dies at 63
• 1986 - Lloyd Haynes, actor (Pete Dixon-Room 222), dies at 54
• 1987 - [Gordon] Randall [P D] Garrett, author (Lord Darcy), dies at 60
• 1990 - Dalton Cathey, dies of AIDS at 44
• 1990 - George Allen, US football coach (LA Rams, Wash Redskins), dies
• 1990 - Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A), dies at 62
• 1993 - Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85
• 1993 - Lambert Fokkema, founder Dutch Export Combination, dies at 80
• 1993 - Thomas J Watson Jr, president of IBM (1956-71)/diplomat, dies at 79
• 1993 - Zviad Gamsachurdia, pres of Georgia SSR (1991-1993), suicide at 54
• 1994 - BAM "Bob" Schreiner, airline owner (S Aviation Group), dies at 79
• 1994 - Harri Webb, poet, dies at 74
• 1994 - Leigh Bowery, designer, dies at 33
• 1994 - Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Story of Ruth), dies at 83
• 1994 - Thomas J Watson Jr, CEO (IBM), dies of a stroke at 79
• 1994 - Woodrow "Woody" Strode, US rugby player/black cowboy actor (Oil), dies
• 1994 - Woody Strode, actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante), dies at 80
• 1995 - Calvin/Hobbes, (comic strip), dies
• 1995 - John Powell, campaigner, dies at 75
• 1996 - 61 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in US this year
• 1996 - Ann Susan Hills, freelance journalist, dies at 55
• 1996 - David Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate), dies at 62
• 1996 - Frederico Davia, opera singer, dies at 63
• 1996 - Michael Roberts, historian, dies at 88
• 1996 - Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr, tropical mediciner, dies at 85
• 1997 - 76 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in US this year
• 1997 - Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate, dies at 89
• 1997 - Floyd Cramer, pianist (Nashville Sound), dies of cancer at 64
• 1997 - Lillian Billie Dove Bohney, actress, dies at 96
• 1997 - Michael Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, dies in ski accident at 39