• 0973 - Henry II, Roman Catholic German king/emperor (1002/14-24)
• 1501 - Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italy, humanist/Pope (1555, 22 days)
• 1581 - Frans Francken, the Younger, painter
• 1606 - Lorenzo Lippi, [Perlone Zipoli], poet/painter
• 1758 - Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat (1781)
• 1759 - Fran‡ois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician
• 1769 - Ferdinand III, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane
• 1785 - Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller
• 1786 - Ludwig B”rne, writer
• 1790 - Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer
• 1800 - Ferdinand Marcucci, composer
• 1801 - George Sears Greene, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
• 1802 - Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer, artist
• 1806 - Chapin Aaron Harris, US, found America Society of Dental Surgeons
• 1809 - William Walker, composer
• 1812 - Marin R Delany, Charlestown Va, 1st black major in US Medical Corp
• 1813 - Joseph Tarr Copeland, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1893
• 1814 - Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer
• 1814 - Wilhelm Ernst, violinist/composer
• 1825 - Joseph Bailey, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
• 1829 - Phoebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England
• 1830 - Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest/poet
• 1838 - Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer
• 1843 - Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah
• 1849 - Wyatt Eaton, artist
• 1856 - Robert Edwin Peary, US, arctic explorer (North Pole-Apr 6 1909)
• 1856 - Sigmund Freud, Austria, cigar smoker, father of psychology
• 1858 - Georges Adolphe Hue, composer
• 1859 - Luis Mar”a Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist
• 1859 - Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet (Act of Simple Justice)
• 1861 - Radindranath Tagore, Hindu poet/mystic/composer (Nobel 1913)
• 1868 - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont, Poland, novelist (Chiopi, Nobel-1924)
• 1869 - Jan R Slotemaker de Bru‹ne, Dutch clergyman/politician (CHU)
• 1869 - Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/archivist
• 1870 - Amedos Peter Giannine, San Jose Calif, founded Bank of America
• 1870 - John McClutcheon, cartoonist (Pulitzer Prize-1931)
• 1871 - August Reusner, composer
• 1871 - Ch Morgenstern, writer
• 1875 - William Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff (1949)
• 1879 - Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist
• 1880 - Baron W Edmund, Archangel & Ironside, British fieldmarshal
• 1880 - Ernst L Kirchner, German painter (Die Brcke)
• 1883 - Jos‚ Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher/author [or May 9]
• 1888 - Emmanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73)
• 1889 - Arthur Morison, typographer
• 1890 - Claire Whitney, NY, silent film actress (Blind Fools, Haunted Mine)
• 1894 - Filip Lazar, composer
• 1895 - Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta Italy, sheik/actor (Eagle)
• 1897 - Paul Alverdes, German writer (Pfeiferstube)
• 1898 - Daniel Gerber, Freemont Mi, beloved by babies at mealtime
• 1902 - Harry Golden, Jewish humorist/writer (2› Plain, Only in America)
• 1902 - Max Ophls, Saarland, dir/writer (Letters From an Unknown Woman)
• 1902 - Walter Dawson, British Air Chief marshall
• 1904 - Catherine Lacey, London England, actress (Sorcerors)
• 1904 - Harry Martinson, Sweden, novelist/poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974)
• 1905 - Norman De Tar, composer
• 1905 - [Bernard] Toots Shor, raconteur/restauranteur (Toots Shor)
• 1906 - Andr‚ Weil, [Bourbaki], French/US mathematician
• 1907 - Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets)
• 1908 - Necil Kazim Akses, composer
• 1910 - Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist
• 1912 - Barend Roest Crollius, painter/writer (Chronicle Sins of Youth)
• 1912 - Bill Quinn, NYC, actor (Rifleman, Van Ranseleer-All in the Family)
• 1912 - Hugh Martell, British Vice Admiral
• 1913 - Carmen Cavallaro, NYC, actor (Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe)
• 1913 - Gyula David, composer
• 1913 - Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist
• 1913 - Kenneth Horne, English paper manufacturer/multi-millionaire
• 1913 - Ronald Harris, British 1st Church Estates Commissioner
• 1913 - Stewart Granger, [James Stewart], London, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
• 1915 - George Perle, Bayonne NJ, composer (12 Tone Tonality)
• 1915 - John Arnold, British high court judge
• 1915 - May Henriquez-Alvarez, Cura‡ao, sculptor
• 1915 - Orson Welles, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds)
• 1915 - Theodore H White, historian/writer (Making of President)
• 1916 - Adriana Caselotti, animation voice (Show White)
• 1918 - Godfrey Ridout, composer
• 1918 - Sydney Chatton, England
• 1919 - Frank Ereaut, Balliff of Jersey
• 1920 - John Henderson, Lord-Lieutenant (Berkshire England)
• 1921 - Erich Freid, writer
• 1921 - Freddy Randall, jazz trumpeteer
• 1921 - Robert Fell, CEO (British Stock Exchange)
• 1922 - Alan Ross, editor (London Magazine)
• 1922 - Carlos J Moorhead, (Rep-R-CA, 1973- )
• 1922 - John Ernest, constructionist artist
• 1922 - Pat Harder, Milwaukee, NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions)
• 1923 - Elizabeth Sellars, Glasgow Scotland, actress (Chalk Garden)
• 1923 - Guiseppe Martelli, physicist
• 1924 - Mimi Benzell, Bridgeport Ct, operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto)
• 1925 - Patrick Meany, CEO (Rank Organization)
• 1926 - John Hamilton-Jones, CEO (Richmond Enterprises)/British Maj-Gen
• 1926 - Marguerite Piazza, New Orleans LA, operatic soprano (Young Broadway)
• 1926 - [Martin] Ross Hunter, Cleveland OH, actor (Ever Since Paris)
• 1927 - Ettore Manni, Rome Italy, actor (Fatal Desire, Heroes in Hell)
• 1927 - Michael Frederick, cricketer (one Test WI v Engld 1954, scored 0 & 30)
• 1929 - John Polk Allen, Carnegie Okla, CEO (Biosphere 2)
• 1929 - John Taylor, bishop (St Albans)/Lord High Almoner to Queen
• 1929 - Rosemary Camp, president (Council for British Archaeology)
• 1931 - Marvin Leath, (Rep-D-TX, 1979- )
• 1931 - Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder, "Say Hey Kid" (660 HRs, MVP 1954)
• 1932 - Gunther Hauk, composer
• 1932 - John Bond, cricket umpire
• 1932 - Viscount Coke, English large landowner/art collector
• 1933 - Lord Pender
• 1934 - Richard C Shelby, (Rep-D-AL (1979-86)/Sen-D-AL, 1987- )
• 1936 - Joanna Dunham, actress (Possession, House the Dripped Blood)
• 1936 - Sylvia Robinson, rocker (Mickey & Sylvia-Love is Strange)
• 1938 - Eleanor Platt, QC
• 1939 - Anthony Blacker, master-general of Ordnance
• 1939 - Herbie Cox, rocker (Cleftones)
• 1939 - Zhanna Dmitriyevna Yerkina, Russian cosmonaut
• 1940 - Henry Habibe, Arubian poet (Kerensentenchi)
• 1940 - Murray Sidlin, Baltimore Maryland, conductor (Natl Symph 1973-77)
• 1941 - Fred J Eckert, (Rep-D-NY, 1985-87)
• 1941 - Ghena Dimitrova, actress (Nabucco)
• 1942 - Colin Earl, rocker
• 1945 - Bob Seger, Dearborn Mich, folk singer (Silver Bullet Band-Shake Down)
• 1945 - Richard Eyers, LA Calif, actor (My Friend Irma, Stagecoach West)
• 1945 - Victoria Bond, composer
• 1946 - Jim Ramstad, (Rep-R-Minnesota)
• 1946 - Susan Brown, actress (Gail Baldwin-General Hospital)
• 1946 - Sydne Rome, Akron Ohio, actress (What?, Candy)
• 1947 - Andy Roberts, cricketer (NZ batsman 1976)
• 1947 - Ben Masters, Corvalis OR, actor (Vic-Another World, Making Mr Right)
• 1947 - Dennis Cowan, London, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band)
• 1947 - Richard "Dick" Fosbury, Portland Ore, high jumper (Oly-gold-68)
• 1947 - Sandra Fisher, painter
• 1948 - Lolita, [Abr zame], spanish singer (Esp‚rame)
• 1948 - Richard Cox, NYC, actor (Mark-Executive Suite)
• 1949 - David Cornell Leestma, Muskegon Mich, USN/astronaut (STS 41-G, 28, 45)
• 1950 - Robbie McIntosh, drummer (Avg White Band-Show your Hand)
• 1952 - Chiaki Naito-Mukai, Tatebayashi Japan, astronaut (STS 65, sk:95)
• 1953 - Lynn Whitfield, Baton Rouge, actress (Josephine Baker, Equal Justice)
• 1953 - Tony Blair, British PM (Labour, 1997- )
• 1954 - Sergei Nikolayevich Tresvyatsky, Russia, cosmonaut
• 1955 - Donald A Thomas, Cleve Ohio, PhD/Astronaut (STS 65, 70, 83, 94)
• 1955 - John Hutton, MP
• 1959 - Aidan Quinn, actor (Avalon, Crusoe, Desperately Seeking Susan)
• 1959 - Charles Hendry, MP
• 1959 - Eric D Fingerhut, (Rep-D-Ohio)
• 1959 - Kate Collins, Boston Mass, actress (Natalie Hunter-All My Children)
• 1959 - Scott Hood, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Montana Open-2nd)
• 1960 - Bart de Boer, Dutch guitarist (Ivy Green)
• 1960 - Julianne Phillips, Lake Oswego Oregon, actress (Frankie Reed-Sisters)
• 1960 - Larry Steinbachek, rock synthesizer (Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy)
• 1961 - Clay O'Brien, Ray Az, actor (Weedy-Cowboys)
• 1961 - George Clooney, Lexington KY, actor (Dr Douglas Ross-ER, Batman)
• 1961 - Roma Downey, Derry Ire, actress (1 Life to Live, Touched by an Angel)
• 1962 - Lori Singer, Corpus Christi TX, actress (Jurasic Park)
• 1962 - Neil Foster, cricketer (England right-fast medium)
• 1963 - Alessandra Ferri, British ballerina (American Ballet Theater)
• 1964 - Dana Hill [Goetz], Van Nuys Calif, actress (2 of Us, Shoot the Moon)
• 1964 - Kim Oden, Ala, US Olympic volleyball player (NCAA Play of Decade-80s)
• 1964 - Mike Grob, Billings Montana, Canadian Tour golfer (1988 Manitoba-3rd)
• 1964 - Mike McGruder, NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1965 - Bob Bassen, Calgary, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
• 1965 - Ken Harvey, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
• 1965 - Norman Whiteside, British soccer player
• 1965 - Paul Frase, NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1965 - Tim Simpson, Atlanta GA, Nike golfer (1985 Southern Open)
• 1965 - Zahid Sadiq, cricketer
• 1967 - Patrick F Manning Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, rower (Olympic-92)
• 1968 - Andy Kelly, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
• 1968 - Linnea Marie Fayard, Shrevept La, Miss Louisiana-America (1991-5th)
• 1969 - Mark Thomas, NFL defensive end (Carolina Panthers, Packers, Bears)
• 1969 - Pascall Davis, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1970 - Emerson Martin, NFL guard (Pitts Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Packers)
• 1971 - Rob Holmberg, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
• 1972 - Dean Larsson, BC Canada, Nike golfer (1994 Monterrey Open-46th)
• 1972 - Martin Brodeur, Montreal, NHL goalie (NJ Devils, Team Canada)
• 1973 - Clay Williams, OL (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1973 - Joe Spiteri, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Wendy Ward, San Antonio Texas, LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Classic-15th)
• 1976 - Lindsay Page, Madison Wis, figure skater (1997 E Great Lakes Sr-3rd)
• 1977 - Gabriela Aguilar, Miss Costa Rica Universe (1997)
• 1977 - Shannon Shakespeare, Mission BC, 100m swimmer (Olympics-96)
• 1977 - Trent Steed, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
• 1980 - Brooke Bennett, 800m freestyle (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1980 - Kasumi Takahashi, Tokyo Japan, Australian rhythmic gymnast (Oly-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0523 - Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen
• 0988 - Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland
• 1085 - King Alfonso VI, of Le¢n conquered Toledo, dies
• 1124 - Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered
• 1475 - Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64
• 1527 - Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37
• 1540 - Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48
• 1638 - Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies
• 1642 - Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday
• 1666 - Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79
• 1667 - Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50
• 1678 - Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44
• 1727 - Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42
• 1739 - Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
• 1776 - James Kent, composer, dies at 76
• 1794 - Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59
• 1814 - George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64
• 1836 - Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78
• 1841 - John Thomson, composer, dies at 35
• 1852 - Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75
• 1856 - William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies
• 1859 - Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies
• 1862 - Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44
• 1864 - Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle
• 1864 - Micah Jenkins, Confederate brig-general (friendly fire), dies at 28
• 1882 - Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
• 1882 - Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
• 1890 - Hubert Leonard, composer, dies at 71
• 1892 - Ernest Guiraud, composer, dies at 54
• 1904 - Franz von Lenbach, German painter, dies at 67
• 1908 - Jean R‚ville, French vicar (Le Proph‚tisme H‚breu), dies at 53
• 1910 - Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68
• 1916 - Dirk Bos, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53
• 1916 - Earl Ross Drake, composer, dies at 50
• 1919 - Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62
• 1924 - Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47
• 1936 - Hans Jelmoli, composer, dies at 59
• 1948 - 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens
• 1949 - A L Ochse, cricketer (10 wickets in 3 Tests for S Afr 1927-29), dies
• 1949 - P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belg philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86
• 1950 - Agnes Smedley, writer, dies
• 1952 - Alberto Savinio, Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60
• 1952 - Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81
• 1960 - Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
• 1961 - Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65
• 1963 - Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74
• 1964 - Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74
• 1971 - Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70
• 1973 - Ernest MacMillan, composer, dies at 79
• 1975 - J¢zsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83
• 1976 - Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85
• 1978 - Ethelda Bleibtrey, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920), dies at 76
• 1978 - Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61
• 1982 - Sam Baker, dies
• 1987 - William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73
• 1989 - Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
• 1990 - Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89
• 1991 - Anthony van Kampen, writer (Ketelbinkie, Geschonden Eldorado), dies
• 1991 - Chucky Mullins, US soccer player, dies
• 1991 - Thomas A Carlin, dies at 62
• 1991 - Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brits actor (Peyton Place/140+ films), dies at 87
• 1992 - Jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75
• 1992 - Marlene Dietrich, [Maria Losch], actress (Angel), dies in Paris at 90
• 1993 - Ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84
• 1993 - Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in NY at 77
• 1994 - Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67
• 1994 - Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 59
• 1994 - Helen Lessore, artist, dies at 86
• 1994 - Montague Modlyn, broadcaster, dies at 72
• 1994 - Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81
• 1995 - Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to Port throne, dies at 88
• 1995 - Leanoard "Red" Truss, R&B singer, dies at 47
• 1995 - Nicholas Palmer, TV writer/producer, dies at 57
• 1996 - Frank Hercules, writer, dies at 85
• 1996 - Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist, dies at 78
• 1996 - Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at 87
• 1996 - Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at 79
• 1996 - Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at 91
• 1996 - Michael Gerzon, mathematician, dies at 50