• 1417 - Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)
• 1614 - Jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter
• 1615 - Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised
• 1633 - Samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)
• 1649 - John Blow, composer of 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized)
• 1685 - George Friedrich H„ndel, Halle Germany, organist/composer (Messiah)
• 1700 - Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, Dutch theologist (Profound Christianity)
• 1730 - Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer
• 1734 - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Frankfurt, founder (House of Rothschild)
• 1776 - John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47)
• 1787 - Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame)
• 1792 - Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor
• 1811 - George Washington Hewitt, composer
• 1817 - George Watts, London, painter
• 1818 - Jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept
• 1824 - Herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar)
• 1824 - Lewis Cass Hunt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
• 1831 - Hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)
• 1834 - Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis
• 1838 - Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
• 1840 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist
• 1848 - Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer
• 1859 - Theodor Batthy nyi, Hungarian statesman/contra revolutionary
• 1863 - Franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg)
• 1865 - Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner (Pitts Pirates)
• 1868 - William E B Du Bois, Mass, civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk)
• 1869 - Nadezhda Konstantinova Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary (Soc-Dem)
• 1873 - Dmitri Arakishvili, composer
• 1874 - Konstantin P„ts, Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40)
• 1875 - Jozef E Stokvis, journalist/Dutch MP (SDAP)
• 1876 - Agnes M Royden, writer
• 1876 - Wadi' Sabra, composer
• 1879 - Agnes Arber, English biologist/philosopher (Mind & the Eye)
• 1879 - Norman Lindsay, Creswick Victoria, artist/novelist
• 1880 - Edgar Istel, composer
• 1881 - Titus [Anno S] Brandsma, Dutch philosopher
• 1882 - Ladislav Vycpalek, composer
• 1883 - Karl Jaspers, Oldenburg Germany, existentialist philosopher
• 1883 - Victor Fleming, Pasadena Cal, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind)
• 1884 - Frank Cellier, Surbiton England, actor (Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade)
• 1884 - Herman Courtens, Belgian painter
• 1886 - Albert Edward Sammons, composer
• 1886 - Ventura Garc¡a Calder¢n, Peruvian diplomat/author
• 1887 - Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer
• 1889 - Cyril Delevanti, England, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis, Black Eye)
• 1889 - Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer (League of Nations)
• 1892 - Kathleen Harrison, actress (Fast Lady, Big Money, West 11)
• 1895 - Richard Goolden, London England, actor (School for Husbands)
• 1898 - Reinhard Herbig, German archaeologist
• 1899 - E Langg„sser, writer
• 1899 - Erich K„stner, Dresden German author (Emil & the Detective)
• 1900 - Elinor Remick Warren, composer
• 1901 - Aartje W "Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel, author (Mieke-serial)
• 1903 - Grigori V Aleksandrov, Russian director (Veselye Rebjata)
• 1904 - Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded (CP Palestina)
• 1904 - William L Shirer, historian (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich)
• 1905 - Leonidas Zoras, composer
• 1907 - Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman
• 1908 - William McMahon, PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72)
• 1909 - Frank Ward, cricketer (Australian leggie late 30s)
• 1911 - G Mennen Williams, Detroit, Sup Court Justice/(Gov-D-Mich, 1949-60)
• 1911 - Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic
• 1913 - Charles Leonard, US, pentathelete (Olympic-1936)
• 1913 - Earl of Lincoln
• 1914 - Margaret Farrer, CEO (Central Midwives Board)
• 1915 - Heinrich Schirmbeck, German author (Das Spiegellabyrinth)
• 1916 - George Abel, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1916 - Martindale Sidwell, organist/conductor
• 1916 - William Walsh, academic
• 1917 - Kenneth Tobey, actor (Chuck-Whirlybirds) [or Mar 23]
• 1918 - Dom Aelred Watkin, headmaster (Downside School)
• 1919 - Johnny Carey, soccer star
• 1919 - Lord Ezra
• 1920 - David Wright, poet
• 1920 - Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree)
• 1920 - Lord St Levan
• 1923 - Gery Florizoone, Flemish poet
• 1924 - Lejaren Hiller, composer
• 1925 - Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner (S Afr 1947-58 avg 64.08)
• 1925 - Louis Stokes, (Rep-D-OH, 1969- )
• 1926 - Regine Crespin, French vocalist (Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete)
• 1927 - Ivan Hrusovsky, composer
• 1928 - Duke of Beaufort
• 1928 - Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, Siberia USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A)
• 1929 - Eduard W "Ed" Bauer, [Eddy Evers], Dutch actor (Bluejackets)
• 1929 - Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
• 1929 - Richard Moryl, composer
• 1929 - R‚gine Crespin, Marseilles France, operatic soprano
• 1930 - Gerry Davis, writer
• 1930 - Harry Boldt, German Fed Rep, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1930 - Imre Gyongyossy, film Maker
• 1930 - Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer (Black Venus)
• 1930 - Johnny Seven, NYC, actor (Ironside, Amy Prentiss)
• 1931 - Tom Wesselman, US sculptor (Great American Nudes)
• 1933 - Donna J Stone, poet
• 1933 - Lee Calhoun, Laurel Miss, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60)
• 1933 - Lee Quencey Calhoun, Laurel MS, 110m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
• 1934 - Lady Digby
• 1937 - David Ward, president (Law Society)
• 1937 - Lord Tugendhat
• 1937 - Tom Osborne, college football coach
• 1938 - Diane Varsi, San Mateo Calif, actress (Peyton Place)
• 1938 - Sylvia Chase, St Paul Minn, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20)
• 1939 - Edmund Boyd Fisher, publisher
• 1939 - Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist (Olympic-gold-1964)
• 1939 - Majel Barrett, Columbus Ohio, actress (Christine Chapel-Star Trek)
• 1940 - Jermyn P Brooks, CEO (Price Waterhouse Europe)
• 1940 - Peter Fonda, actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip)
• 1941 - Frank Gerstenberg, Edinburgh, principal (George Watson's College)
• 1941 - Robin Bynoe, cricketer (WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67)
• 1941 - William Hj”rtsberg, NYC, writer (Gray Matters, Fallen Angel)
• 1942 - Beau Boulter, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
• 1942 - Colin Sanders, founder (Solid State Logic)
• 1942 - John Lewis, Head Master (Eton College)
• 1943 - Bobby Wayne Mitchell, Chatham VA, PGA golfer (1971 Cleveland Open)
• 1943 - Fred Biletnikoff, NFL wide receiver
• 1943 - Jada Rowland, NYC, actress (Penny-Hamptons, Amy-Secret Storm)
• 1944 - James Cousins, British MP
• 1944 - Johnny Winter, [John Dawson], Leland Miss, guitarist (Silver Train)
• 1944 - Mike Maxfield, rocker (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
• 1945 - Frank Murray, police Officer
• 1946 - Rusty Young, Calif, rock steel guitarist (Poco-Heat of the Night)
• 1947 - Anton Mosimann, chef
• 1947 - Colin Sanders, British computer engineer (Solid State Logic)
• 1947 - Geoff Cope, cricketer (England off-spinner 1977-78)
• 1947 - Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967)
• 1948 - Bill Alexander, theatre director
• 1949 - Anna-Maria Mller, German DR, Luge (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1949 - Larry Demps, US R&B vocalist (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones)
• 1949 - Marc Garneau, Quebec City Canada, PhD/astronaut (STS 13, 77)
• 1949 - Maureen Hicks, British MP
• 1949 - Terry "Tex" Comer, bassist/guitarist
• 1949 - Terry Comer, rocker
• 1950 - Neil Jordan, Sligo Ireland, novelist (Dream of a Beast, Past)
• 1950 - Steve Priest, London, rock bassist (Sweet Hayes)
• 1951 - Ed "Too Tall" Jones, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1951 - Nicholas Kenyon, controller (BBC Radio 3)
• 1951 - Patricia Richardson, Bethesada Md, actress (Double Trouble, Home Imp)
• 1952 - Brad Whitford, Mass, rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Jamie Got a Gun)
• 1953 - Sallie L Baliunas, astrophysicist
• 1955 - Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist (Things Can Only Get Better)
• 1958 - David Sylvian, vocal/guitar (Sylvian Sylvian, Japan-Adolescent Sex)
• 1958 - Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate (April, 1981)
• 1958 - Ria Brieffies, Dutch vocalist (Dolly Dots)
• 1959 - John Arthur Wilson, Ceres CA, PGA golfer (1994 Anheuser-Busch-4th)
• 1960 - Cindy Figg-Currier, Mt Pleasant MI, golfer (1994 Brit Open-6th)
• 1960 - Gloria von Thurm un Taxis, Munich German FR, Princess
• 1960 - Maria Gloria von Sch”nberg-Glauchau, wife of prince Thurn un Taxis
• 1960 - Naruhito, crown prince of Japan
• 1962 - Melinda Mays, Augusta Ga, playmate (Feb, 1983)
• 1962 - Michael Wilton, rock guitarist (Queensrijche-Warning)
• 1963 - Bobby Bonilla, NYC, outfielder (NY Mets, Balt Orioles, Marlins)
• 1963 - Debbie Kruck, Danbury CT, Ms Fitness USA (1994)
• 1963 - Reza Abdoh, theatre director
• 1963 - Robert Collins, keyboard player
• 1964 - Byron Evans, NFL linebacker (Phila Eagles)
• 1964 - Dana Katherine Scully, fictional character (X-Files)
• 1964 - John Norum, rocker
• 1965 - Helena Sukova, Prague Czech Rep, tennis star (1985 US Open's Double)
• 1965 - Kristin Davis, actress (Melrose Place)
• 1965 - Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina (Royal Ballet)
• 1966 - John Druce, Peterborough, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers, LA Kings)
• 1966 - Marc Price, actor/comedian (Skippy-Family Ties)
• 1967 - Gord Murphy, Willowdale, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
• 1967 - Pam Blundell, fashion designer
• 1967 - Steven C Stricker, Edgerton WI, PGA golfer (1994 Northern Telecom-2nd)
• 1968 - Stephanie Seymour, SD Calif, actress/model (Sunny Side Up)
• 1969 - Ed McDaniel, NFL linebacker (Minn Vikings)
• 1969 - Michael Campbell, Hawera NZ, Australasia golfer
• 1971 - Carin Hjalmarsson Koch, Kungalv Sweden, golfer (1995 Pinewild-7th)
• 1971 - Jason Keller, Scarsdale NY, actor (Jason-Out of the Blue)
• 1971 - Shane Keller, Scarsdale NY, actor (Shane-Out of the Blue)
• 1971 - Torsten Kienass, Berlin GER, hockey defenseman (Team Germany)
• 1972 - Greg Hill, NFL running back (KC Chiefs)
• 1972 - Jamie Watson, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
• 1972 - Ryan Grigson, NFL guard/tackle (Detroit Lions)
• 1972 - Steve Papin, WLAF running back (Scotland Claymores)
• 1973 - Robert Pipkins, Staten Island NY, luger (Olympics-1994)
• 1974 - Herschelle Gibbs, cricketer (South African Test batsman 1996)
• 1974 - Kenyon Cotton, full back (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1975 - Bohdan Utihrach, Czech, tennis star
• 1975 - Chris Garner, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
• 1975 - Michael Tricario, actor (Randy-Wonder Years)
• 1975 - Pat Barnes, quarterback (KC Chiefs)
• 1976 - Dmitriy Dudarev, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
• 1976 - Jeff O'Neill, Richmond Hill, NHL center (Hartford Whalers)
• 1977 - Angie Trostel, Oxford Ohio, diver (Olympics-96)
• 1977 - Dally Randriantefy, Antananarivo Madag, tennis star (1993 Marseille)
• 1978 - Karolina Rantamaki, ice hockey left wing (Finland, Oly-98)
• 1980 - Yvonne Tousek, Kitchener Ontario, gymnistic (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0155 - Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake
• 1447 - Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies
• 1468 - John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies
• 1554 - Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed
• 1607 - Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60
• 1660 - Charles X Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
• 1662 - Johann Crger, German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at 63
• 1669 - Lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68
• 1682 - Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75
• 1704 - Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50
• 1718 - Fran‡ois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63
• 1766 - Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies
• 1792 - Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
• 1797 - Antoine d'Auvergne, Fr opera composer (Coquette Tromp‚e), dies at 83
• 1806 - John Alcock, composer, dies at 90
• 1807 - Fran‡ois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
• 1821 - John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome
• 1821 - John Keats, writer, dies at 25
• 1821 - Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies
• 1828 - Mih ly Fazekar, Hungarian botanist/literary (Book of Spices), dies
• 1848 - John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80
• 1855 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies
• 1867 - George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90
• 1884 - Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23
• 1897 - Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68
• 1900 - William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies
• 1902 - Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72
• 1903 - Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57
• 1903 - Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer, dies at 70
• 1906 - Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed
• 1913 - Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies
• 1915 - Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC
• 1916 - George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71
• 1920 - Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
• 1924 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th US President (1913-21), dies
• 1927 - Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79
• 1930 - Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22
• 1930 - Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35
• 1931 - Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies
• 1934 - Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard
• 1934 - Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76
• 1935 - Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
• 1937 - Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
• 1942 - Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60
• 1944 - Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies
• 1945 - Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62
• 1945 - Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle
• 1955 - Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86
• 1961 - Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
• 1965 - Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74
• 1968 - Edna Ferber, US author (Giant, Showboat), dies at 80
• 1968 - Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78
• 1969 - Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67
• 1969 - Joseph Messner, composer, dies at 75
• 1971 - King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73
• 1972 - Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81
• 1974 - Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63
• 1976 - Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74
• 1976 - L S Lowry, painter, dies
• 1980 - Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62
• 1983 - Adrian Boult, conductor, dies
• 1985 - Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71
• 1987 - Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80
• 1990 - Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53
• 1990 - James Gavin, commandant US 82nd Airborn Div (Normandy), dies at 82
• 1990 - Jose Napoleon Duarte, president of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62
• 1992 - Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61
• 1992 - Markos Vafiades, leader (ELAS, 1943-49), dies
• 1993 - Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33
• 1994 - Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40
• 1995 - Art Kane, photographer, dies at 69
• 1995 - David Melvin English Franklin, singer, dies at 52
• 1995 - James Herriot, Scot author (All Creatures Great & Small), dies at 78
• 1995 - Norman Hunter, writer, dies at 95
• 1995 - Peter Guy Wykeham Fighter Pilot-Barnes, dies at 79
• 1996 - Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut & wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies
• 1996 - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66
• 1996 - Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician, dies at 78
• 1997 - Oscar Lewenstein, impressario, dies at 80
• 1997 - Tony Williams, jazz musician, dies at 51
• 1998 - Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74