• 1036 - Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher
• 1498 - Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist
• 1676 - Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist
• 1683 - Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)
• 1723 - Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother
• 1744 - Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland
• 1753 - John Taylor, Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy)
• 1778 - Marie-Th‚rŠse-Charlotte, daughter of King Louis XVI & Marie-Antoinette
• 1779 - Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver
• 1783 - Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician (Brianchon's theorem)
• 1790 - William Parry, England, Arctic explorer
• 1792 - [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal
• 1796 - Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright
• 1797 - Josef Theodor Krov, composer
• 1809 - Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belg, paleont (life cycle of tapeworms)
• 1813 - Thomas Andrews, Belfast Ireland, chemist/physicist (ozone)
• 1814 - Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, Ohio, US Secretary of War (1861-65)
• 1817 - James Jay Archer, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1864
• 1819 - James Clifford Veatch, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1895
• 1821 - Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader
• 1824 - Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89, 1895-97)
• 1825 - George Frederick Bristow, composer
• 1832 - John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone
• 1836 - Maria L Sanford, pioneer educator (PTA)
• 1837 - John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
• 1849 - Henry Clay Frick, Penn, built world's largest coke & steel operation
• 1852 - A[lbert] A Michelson, Strelno Prussia, US physicist (Nobel 1907)
• 1861 - Constance [Clara] Garnett, Brighton Engld, Russian-English translator
• 1861 - Italo Svevo, Trieste Austria, Italian novelist (La Coscienza di Zeno)
• 1864 - Adolf Sandberger, composer
• 1865 - Hermann Hirt, Magdeburg Prussia, linguist (Indo-European Grammar)
• 1865 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, New Orleans La, actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays)
• 1865 - Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint
• 1869 - Eduard Hermann, Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German linguist (Homer)
• 1875 - Carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies)
• 1876 - Carlo Gatti, composer
• 1878 - Anton Lajovic, composer
• 1879 - Beals C Wright, tennis champ (US Open-1905)
• 1879 - Otto Emanuel Olsson, composer
• 1880 - Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer
• 1882 - Walter Braunfels, composer
• 1883 - Louis Davids, [Simon David], Dutch cabaret performer/chorus performer
• 1883 - [Francis] Barry Byrne, Chicago Ill, architect
• 1884 - Antonˇn Z potocky, premier/president of Czechoslovakia [OS]
• 1884 - Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer
• 1885 - F S Flint, London England, translator/poet (imagist movement)
• 1888 - Fritz Reiner, Budapest Hungary, US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch)
• 1890 - Klaas Painter, vicar/antifascist (Occupies possession) [or 1880]
• 1890 - Klaas Schilder, Dutch theologist/vicar (Occupied Territory)
• 1891 - Edward Bernard Andre Maria Raczynski, Poland, pres-in-exile (1979-86)
• 1893 - Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (M„ster Jacob)
• 1894 - Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner (1951-65)
• 1894 - Paul Dessau, Hamburg Germany, composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33)
• 1894 - Yoshida Isoya, Tokyo Japan, architect (modern sukiya style)
• 1895 - Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre)
• 1895 - Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Jazz Player)
• 1896 - John Seldon Whale, theologian
• 1897 - Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator
• 1901 - Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, NYC, anthropologist/novelist
• 1901 - Vitorino Nem‚sio, Portuguese author (Presen‡a)
• 1902 - Leonard Hirsch, British violinist/orchestra leader (RAF Symph Orch)
• 1902 - Ralph Richardson, England, actor (Anna Karenina, Dr Zhivago)
• 1903 - Cyril Dean Darlington, England, biologist (hereditary mechanisms)
• 1903 - George Davis Snell, Bradford Mass, geneticist (H-2 gene)
• 1903 - George Snell, genetecist
• 1903 - Theo Harych, writer
• 1905 - Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer
• 1906 - H Allen Smith, Ill, humorist/author (Low Man on Totem Pole)
• 1906 - Leonid I Brezhnev, Ukraine, 1st Secretary of USSR (1964-82)
• 1910 - Jean Genet, Paris France, criminal/novelist/dramatist (The Blacks)
• 1910 - Jose Lezama Lima, Havana Cuba, poet/novelist
• 1915 - Edith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], Paris, chanteuse (Little Sparrow)
• 1916 - Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer (Sister at Sea)
• 1916 - Hal Hastings, NYC, orch leader (Chevrolet on Broadway)
• 1916 - Mervyn Wallace, cricketer (13 Tests for NZ, latterly as capt)
• 1917 - Graham Sharp, ice skater
• 1920 - David Susskind, NYC, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show)
• 1920 - Ragnild Hveger, Denmark, 400m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936) [NS]
• 1921 - Ludvik Podest, composer
• 1922 - Walter H”llerer, writer
• 1923 - Luigi Innocenti, designer
• 1924 - Edmund Purdom, England, actor (Asissi Underground, Pieces)
• 1924 - Peter Prowtiny, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
• 1925 - Jimmy Dickens, Bolt WV, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
• 1925 - Tankred Torst, writer
• 1926 - Bobby Layne, NFL QB (Detroit Lions)
• 1926 - Jeanne Kirkpatrick, US ambassador to UN
• 1928 - Galt MacDermot, Montreal Canada, composer (Letting Down My Hair)
• 1928 - Michael Hurd, composer
• 1929 - Herman T M Lauxtermann, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
• 1933 - Cicely Tyson, Harlem NYC, actress (Roots, Miss Jane Pittman)
• 1933 - James Booth, London England, actor/writer (Zulu, Robbery, Revenge)
• 1934 - Al Kaline, Baltimore MD, Hall of Fame outfielder (Detroit Tigers)
• 1934 - Rudi Carrell, [Rudolf W Kesselman], Dutch showmaster
• 1940 - Phil Ochs, El Paso Tx, anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill, War is Over)
• 1941 - Maurice White, Memphis TN, rock vocalist (Earth, Wind & Fire-Spirit)
• 1942 - Jean-Patric Manchette, thriller writer
• 1943 - William De Vries, Bkln, surgeon-inventor (Symbion artifical heart)
• 1944 - Alvin Lee, Nottingham England, rock vocals/guitarist (10 Years After)
• 1944 - Maurice White, rocker
• 1944 - Richard Leakey, anthropologist
• 1944 - Tim Reid, Norfolk VA, comedian (Venus Flytrap-WKRP, Frank's Place)
• 1944 - Zal Yanovsky, rock guitarist (Lovin' Spoonful-Do You Believe in Magic)
• 1945 - Elaine Joyce, Cleveland Ohio, actress (City of Angels, Mr Merlin)
• 1945 - John McEuen, rocker (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
• 1946 - Marianne Faithfull, Hampstead England, singer (Money, As Tears Go By)
• 1946 - Robert Urich, Toronto Ohio, actor (SWAT, Spenser for Hire, Vega$)
• 1947 - Janie Fricke, South Whitley In, singer (It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy)
• 1949 - Claudia A Kolb, US, 200m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic-silver-1964)
• 1949 - Lenny White, rocker
• 1951 - Fred W Leslie, Ancon Panama, PhD/astronaut (STS 73)
• 1953 - Peter McEwan, cricketer (NZ batsman early 80's)
• 1955 - Susil Fernando, cricketer (5 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983)
• 1956 - Alice Barrett, NYC, actress (Frankie Frame-Another World)
• 1957 - Doug Johnson, rock keyboardist (Loverboy-Get Lucky)
• 1957 - Kevin McHale, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
• 1957 - Liz Glazowski, Chicago Ill, playmate (April, 1980)
• 1958 - Iqbal Sikander, cricketer (Pakistan leg-spinner 1992 World Cup)
• 1958 - Limahl, British rocker (Kajagoogoo-Too Shy)
• 1958 - Rick Pearson, Marianna FL, Nike golfer (1990 Yuma Open)
• 1959 - Edward Metgod, Dutch soccer goalie (Haarlem, Sparta)
• 1959 - Kathryn "Furu" Carpenter, Marshall Mich, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
• 1960 - Daryl Hannah, Chicago IL, actress (Splash)
• 1960 - Mike Lookinland, Mt Pleasant Utah, actor (Bobby-Brady Bunch)
• 1961 - Reggie White, NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1962 - Bettina Huebers, Hamburg GFR, illegitimate daughter of Paul McCartney
• 1962 - Charith Senanayake, cricketer (played for Sri Lanka v NZ 1991)
• 1963 - Chris Greatrex, LPGA golfer (1995 Fielcrest Cannon Classic-71st)
• 1963 - Jennifer Beals, Chicago Ill, actress (Flashdance, Bride)
• 1963 - Karen Bliss-Livingston, Quakertown PA, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1964 - Arvydas Sabonis, NBA center (Portland Trailblazers)
• 1964 - Beatrice Dalle, Breast France, actress (Betty Blue, Sabbath)
• 1964 - Lorie Kane, PEI Canada, LPGA golfer (du Maurier Ltd-1994, 95)
• 1964 - Mike Fetters, Van Nuys CA, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
• 1964 - Randall McDaniel, NFL guard (Minn Vikings)
• 1965 - Chuckii Booker, rocker
• 1965 - Jessica Steen, Toronto, actress (Earth II, Homefront, Trial & Error)
• 1966 - Alberto "La Bomba" Tomba, Italian skier (Olympic-gold-1988, 92)
• 1966 - Courtney Griffin, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• 1966 - Eric Weinrich, Roanoke, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks)
• 1966 - Monique Oliver, Malibu Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-4th-1994)
• 1966 - Rajesh Chauhan, cricketer (Indian off-spinner since 1993)
• 1966 - Robert MacNaughton, NYC, actor (ET)
• 1966 - Roberto Beam, soccer player (Vitesse/MVV)
• 1967 - Doug Johns, South Bend IN, pitcher (Oakland A's)
• 1968 - Jennifer Devine, Portland OR, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Chris Robinson, Atlanta, rocker (Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker)
• 1969 - Kristy Swanson, actress (Knots Landing, Buffy Vampire Slayer)
• 1969 - Michael Bates, NFL wide receiver (Cleve Browns, Carolina Panthers)
• 1969 - Mike Alexander, WLAF corner (Rhein Fire)
• 1969 - Nayan Mongia, cricketer (Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- )
• 1969 - Santana Dotson, NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1969 - Scott Pearson, Cornwall, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
• 1969 - Tom Gugliotta, NBA forward (Minnesota Timberwolves)
• 1970 - Jon Cleveland, Fresno CA, Canadian 100m/200m swimmer (Oly-br-92, 96)
• 1970 - Robert Lang, Teplice CZE, NHL forward (Team Czech Rep, Los Angeles)
• 1970 - Wendy Miles, Australia, golfer (1993 T77 Alpine Aust Ladies Masters)
• 1970 - Zac Foley, rock bassist (EMF-Unbelievable)
• 1971 - Amy Locane, Trenton NJ, actress (Andrea-Spencer, Sandy-Melrose Place)
• 1971 - Jen[nifer] Dore, Kearny NJ, rower (Olympics-4TH-96)
• 1971 - Mike Groh, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)
• 1972 - Alyssa Jane Milano, Bkln NY, actress (Samantha-Who's the Boss)
• 1972 - Warren Sapp, NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1972 - Waverly Jackson, DL (Carolina Panthers)
• 1973 - Kebu Stewart, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
• 1974 - Bryant Westbrook, cornerback (Detroit Lions)
• 1974 - Jake Plummer, quarterback (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1974 - Ricky Ponting, cricketer (prodigious Tasmania batsman, Australia 1995)
• 1975 - Casual, [Jon Owens], rapper
• 1975 - Kristin Folkl, St Louis MO, volleyball outside hitter (alt-Oly-96)
• 1977 - Maria Joana Parizotto, Miss Universe-Brazil (1996)
• 1978 - Lauren Petty, Miss New Jersey Teen USA (1997)
• 1981 - Stevie Ficker, Miss Oregon Teen USA (1997)
• 1996 - Paige Speakman, England, born 19 days before her twin sister
• 4913 - William C De Vries, surgeon/inventor (artificial heart)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0401 - Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies
• 1370 - Urban V, [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies
• 1614 - Melchior Bischoff, composer, dies at 67
• 1741 - Vitus J Bering, Dutch navigator/explorer, dies
• 1749 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76
• 1798 - Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62
• 1800 - Georg Peter Weimar, composer, dies at 66
• 1804 - Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies
• 1810 - Johann Heinrich Egli, composer, dies at 68
• 1815 - Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65
• 1815 - Robert Hudson, composer, dies at 83
• 1823 - Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer, dies at 67
• 1848 - Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77
• 1851 - J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76
• 1867 - Jean-Georges Kastner, composer, dies at 57
• 1914 - Johann F Ritter von Schulte, German catholic lawyer, dies at 87
• 1915 - Alvis Alzheimer, German neurologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51
• 1925 - Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer, dies at 44
• 1930 - Johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns
• 1939 - Eric Fogg, composer, dies at 36
• 1939 - Karl Wagenfeld, Low German writer (Lucifer, Death & Devil), dies at 70
• 1939 - Willem Benoy, Flemish actor/director (The White), dies at 57
• 1941 - L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle
• 1951 - Barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51
• 1952 - Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies
• 1953 - Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85
• 1953 - Rudolf Leonhard, writer, dies
• 1957 - John W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56
• 1959 - Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117
• 1966 - Ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82
• 1967 - Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78
• 1968 - Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84
• 1977 - Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101
• 1982 - Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71
• 1982 - Lawrence Collingwood, composer, dies at 95
• 1984 - Michel Magne, composer, dies at 54
• 1989 - Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87
• 1990 - Basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71
• 1991 - Ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81
• 1991 - Paul Maxwell, actor (City of Fear, Freedom to Die), dies at 70
• 1993 - Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47
• 1993 - Antoon Veerman, Dutch ARP asst sect of Education (1973-75), dies at 77
• 1993 - Michael Clarke, drummer (Byrds), dies of liver failure at 49
• 1994 - Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39
• 1995 - Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79
• 1995 - Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman, dies at 85
• 1995 - Janet Wilder, stuntwoman, dies at 29
• 1996 - Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8«, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72
• 1996 - Ronald Howard, actor (Hunting Party, Koroshi), dies at 78
• 1996 - Yuli Borisovich Khariton, scientist, dies at 82
• 1997 - David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52
• 1997 - Masaru Ibuka, co-founder (Sony Corp), dies at 89