• 1593 - Gottfried Scheidt, composer
• 1653 - Benedict Schultheiss, composer
• 1663 - Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer
• 1665 - Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogist/chronologer
• 1706 - Franz Habermann, composer
• 1744 - Giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater)
• 1767 - Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer
• 1771 - Mungo Park, Scotish explorer (Africa)
• 1777 - Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer
• 1790 - Francisco Acu¤a the Figueroa, Uruguayan poet (Toraidas)
• 1791 - Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Semejnaja chronika)
• 1795 - Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer
• 1795 - Peter of Limburg Brouwer, physician/classical/author
• 1809 - Sterline "Old Pap" Price, Major General (Confederate Army)
• 1810 - Alpheus Starkey Williams, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1820 - George Washington Morgan, Brig General (Union volunteers)
• 1820 - John Fulton Reynolds, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
• 1832 - Johann Joseph Abert, composer
• 1833 - Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italy, journalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907)
• 1842 - James Dewar, Scottish chemist/physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet)
• 1846 - Agnes Tyrrell, composer
• 1847 - Sergei G Netsjajev, Russian nihilist (Catechism Revolutionary)
• 1852 - Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder (Paris Metro)
• 1859 - Yuan She-k'ai, Chinese general/president/dictator
• 1865 - Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist
• 1866 - Gustave Doret, composer
• 1869 - George Robey, [George Edward Wade], comic
• 1869 - Marcel Cachin, co-founder (French Communistic Party)
• 1872 - Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo
• 1873 - Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open - 1893)
• 1877 - Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer
• 1878 - Upton Beall Sinclair, US writer (Jungle)
• 1879 - Jacobo Conrad, [Coco Lepol/Elias Martinus], Cura‡aos composer
• 1879 - Victor Seastrom, Silbodal Sweden, director (Wind, Under the Red Robe)
• 1880 - Ildebrando Pizzetti, composer
• 1881 - Walter Kingsford, Redhill England, actor (My Favorite Blonde)
• 1883 - Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Der Gott der V„ter)
• 1883 - John G van Dillen, historian (Of Wealth & Oligarchists)
• 1883 - Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator
• 1884 - Piotr Rytel, composer
• 1885 - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer
• 1886 - Charles Walter Stansby Williams, songwriter
• 1892 - Patricia Collinge, Dublin Ireland, actress (Tender Comrade)
• 1893 - Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic)
• 1896 - Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [NS=Oct 2]
• 1897 - Efim Golishev, composer
• 1899 - Elliot Nugent, director (And so They were Married)
• 1900 - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil general/pres (1964-67)
• 1900 - Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer
• 1900 - Wilhelm Weismann, composer
• 1901 - Leo Justinus Kauffmann, composer
• 1902 - Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette)
• 1902 - Kermit Maynard, Vevey Ind, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup)
• 1902 - Steve Smith, singer (Lawrence Welk Show)
• 1906 - David Sheinfeld, composer
• 1908 - Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist
• 1908 - Levon-Karapet His Holiness Vasken Baidjian, patriach of Etchmiadzin
• 1910 - Jacques-Baptise LeBrun, France, finn yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1932)
• 1911 - Frank Devol, Moundsville WV, orch leader (I'm Dickens He's Fenster)
• 1911 - Jan Mul, composer
• 1912 - Marianne Kunvari, writer
• 1914 - Kenneth More, England, actor (39 Steps, Doctor in the House)
• 1917 - Arnold "Red" Auerbach, NBA coach/GM (Boston Celtic)
• 1917 - Fernando Rey, [Arambillet], La Coruna Spain, actor (Matter of Time)
• 1918 - Peg Phillips, actress (Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure)
• 1920 - Alexander Thereat
• 1921 - Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian
• 1922 - David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician
• 1922 - David Nicolson, businessman/politician
• 1922 - Frank Comstock, SD Calif, orch leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
• 1923 - Frances Heflin, Okla City OK, actress (Mona Tyler-All My Children)
• 1924 - Gogi Grant, [Audrey Brown], rock vocalist
• 1924 - James Galanos, Phila, fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1959)
• 1924 - John Vassall, spy/civil servant
• 1927 - Clarice Taylor, Va, actress (Nurse Bailey-Nurse)
• 1927 - Rachel Roberts, Llanelly Wales, actress (Foul Play, Doctor's Wife)
• 1928 - Joyce Brothers, NYC, pop psychiatrist ($64,000 question winner)
• 1929 - Anne Meara, Bkln NY comedian/actress (Stiller & Meara, Archie's Place)
• 1933 - Bob Banas, NYC, choreographer (Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show)
• 1934 - Sophia Loren, Rome, actress (Desire Under the Elms, Black Orchid)
• 1935 - Keith J Roberts, England, writer (Irish Encounter, Ladies from Hell)
• 1935 - Lubos Fiser, composer
• 1936 - Dany Carrel, Touraine Indo-china, actress (Passionate Summer)
• 1938 - Eric Gale, US funk guitarist (Blue Horizon)
• 1938 - George J Hochbrueckner, (Rep-D-NY)
• 1938 - Jane Manning, soprano
• 1938 - Pia Lindstrom, critic (WNBC-TV)/journalist (From Russia With Love)
• 1938 - Tom Tresh, NY Yankee (1962 AL Rookie of Year)
• 1940 - Joseph J DioGuardi, (Rep-R-NY, 1985- )
• 1941 - Dale Chihuly, Tacoma Wash, artist in glass (Louis Tiffany Award 1967)
• 1941 - John A Wismont Jr, Calif, watercolor painter (over 50,000)
• 1942 - Robbe de Deer, Flemish director/producer (Fugitive Cinema, Bomb)
• 1943 - Roek Williams, [Willemze], Dutch singer
• 1944 - Jeremy Child, actor (Privilege, Taffin)
• 1945 - Laurie Spiegel, composer
• 1947 - Chuck Panozzo, Chicago, rocker (Styx)
• 1947 - John Panozzo, Chicago, rocker (Styx)
• 1948 - George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, US, sci-fi author (Wild Cards)
• 1949 - Jan Hendriks, guitarist (Doe Maar)
• 1950 - Debi Morgan, Dunn NC, actress (Angie-All My Children, Cry Uncle)
• 1950 - James P[aul] Blaylock, US, sci-fi author (Elfin Ship, Homunculus)
• 1950 - Loredana Berte, Milan Italy, singer/2nd ex wife of Bj”rn B”rg
• 1951 - Guy LaFleur, Quebec, NHL right wing (Montreal, NY Rangers)
• 1951 - JoAnna Cameron, Colo, actress (I Love My Wife, Isis)
• 1953 - Jeff Jones, Red Rider, rock bassist/vocalist (Red Rider)
• 1954 - Anne Mcintosh, British member European parliament
• 1954 - Brinke Stevens, [Charlene Brinkman] Ca, actr (Slumber Party Massacre)
• 1954 - Silvio Leonard, Cienguegos Cuba, 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1980)
• 1955 - Christine Oddy, British member European parliament
• 1957 - Arn Anderson, [Marty Lunde], wrestler (ECW/SMW/WCW/NWA/WWF)
• 1957 - Gary Cole, Park Ridge IL, actor (Fatal Vision, Son of Morning Star)
• 1957 - Vladmir Tkachenko, USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1980)
• 1958 - Marty Schiene, Chicago Ill, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Illinois Open)
• 1959 - Lesley Thompson, Toronto Ontario, rower (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
• 1960 - Alice Regina Brown, Jackson MS, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-1984, 88)
• 1960 - James A Pawelczyk, Buffalo NY, PhD/astronaut (sk STS 90)
• 1961 - Becky Larson, LPGA golfer
• 1961 - Erwin Koeman, soccer player (PSV, FC Groningen)
• 1964 - Crispin Glover, actor (Back to the Future)
• 1965 - Robert Rusler, actor (Game of Love, Vamp, Thrashin')
• 1966 - Nuno Bettencourt, Azores, rock guitarist (Extreme-More Than Words)
• 1967 - Catherine Bond-Mills, Woodstock Ontario, heptathlete (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - Gunnar Nelson, rock vocalist (Nelsons-Love & Affection)
• 1967 - Kristen Johnston, actress (Sally Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun)
• 1967 - Martin Harrison, NFL defensive end (Minn Vikings)
• 1967 - Matthew Nelson, rock vocalist (Nelsons-Love & Affection)
• 1968 - Chris Waller, Evanston Ill, gymnast (Olympics-96)
• 1968 - Eric Turner, NFL safety (Cleve Browns)
• 1969 - Tommy Jeter, NFL defensive tackle (Phila Eagles)
• 1970 - John Copeland, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
• 1971 - Andrew Lane, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Henryk Larsson, soccer player (Feyenoord)
• 1971 - Jenny Murdock, LPGA golfer
• 1971 - Ryan Terry, NFL running back/kick returner (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1972 - Jenny Morris, Maryborough Australia, field hockey fullback (Oly-96)
• 1972 - Vance Joseph, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
• 1976 - Markus Wieland, Tegernsee GER, hockey player (Team Germany 1998)
• 1977 - Ruth Moniz, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
• 1978 - Sophie Simard, Lars Germany, swimmer (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1168 - Paschal III, [Guido di Crema], Italian anti-Pope, dies
• 1384 - Louis, duke of Anjou/wife of Marie of Bretagne
• 1493 - Philippe Pot, governor/viceroy of Burgundy, dies
• 1586 - Anthony Babington, page/conspirator to Mary Stuart, executed at 24
• 1613 - Willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies
• 1624 - Isa„c Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66
• 1639 - John Meursius, [van Meurs], historian, dies at 60
• 1647 - Giovanni Del Turco, composer, dies at 70
• 1648 - Marco Ivan Lukacic, composer, dies at 61
• 1679 - Cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
• 1703 - Archibald Campbell, Scot milt man (blood bath of Glencoe), dies at 52
• 1706 - Pierre Verdier, composer, dies at 79
• 1731 - Sicco van Goslinga, Fries diplomat/sect of High Council, dies at 67
• 1773 - Pieter de Swart, architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63
• 1803 - Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed
• 1806 - Utamaro Kitagawa, painter, dies
• 1807 - Charles G van Brunswick-Wolfenb�ttel, wife of F Louisa W, dies
• 1810 - Wouter J van Troostwijk, painter, dies at 28
• 1823 - Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57
• 1839 - Jos‚ Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74
• 1863 - Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brig-general, dies at 33
• 1863 - Jakob Grimm, writer, dies at 78
• 1865 - William H Revere Jr, US Union brig-general, dies
• 1873 - Lulu Strauss und Torney, German poetess/writer, dies
• 1886 - John Liptrot Hatton, composer, dies at 77
• 1896 - Gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76
• 1897 - Karel Bendl, composer, dies at 59
• 1898 - Theodor Fontane, German author (Der Stechlin), dies at 78
• 1908 - Pablo Martin Melitou de Sarasate y Navascuez, composer, dies at 64
• 1917 - Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17
• 1927 - George Nichols, actor (His Favorite Pastime, Star Boarder), dies at 62
• 1931 - Sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
• 1932 - Max Slevogt, German painter, dies at 63
• 1933 - Annie Besant, English theosophy (Esoteric Christianity), dies
• 1944 - John Grayburn, English (Victoria Cross), dies in battle in Arnhem
• 1947 - Fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies
• 1949 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45
• 1949 - Richard Dix, actor (Tombstone, Ghost Ship, 13th Hour), dies at 56
• 1957 - Jean Julius Christian Sibelius, Fin composer (Finlandia), dies at 91
• 1959 - Olin Howlin, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy), dies at 63
• 1960 - Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67
• 1960 - Michel Brusselmans, composer, dies at 74
• 1967 - Henri Mulet, composer, dies at 88
• 1968 - Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57
• 1971 - James Westerfield, actor (Travels of Jaime McPheeters), dies at 59
• 1971 - William F Albright, US archaeologist, dies at 80
• 1971 - Y¢rgos Sef‚ris, [Seferi dis], Greek diplomat/poet (I sterna), dies
• 1973 - Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist, dies
• 1973 - Glenn Strange, actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
• 1973 - Jim Croce, vocalist (Time in a Bottle), dies in a plane crash at 30
• 1974 - Carlyle Blackwell Jr, entertainer, dies at 61
• 1974 - Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer (La Chanson d'Eve), dies at 88
• 1975 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat/poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78
• 1976 - Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83
• 1979 - Ludvik Svoboda, Czech general/politician, dies at 83
• 1984 - Steve Goodman, folk singer/guitarist, dies at 36
• 1987 - Michael Stewart,
• 1988 - Roy Kinnear, actor (Casanova, Pirates, Scrooge, Help!), dies at 54
• 1990 - Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
• 1992 - K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies
• 1993 - Leonard Parkin, British TV host (ITN), dies at 64
• 1993 - Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65
• 1994 - Jimmy Hamilton, saxophonist, dies at 77
• 1994 - Jule Styne, Broadway composer (Gypsy, Funny Girl), dies at 88
• 1995 - Monica Maurice, industrialist, dies at 87
• 1996 - Max Manus, resistance fighter, dies at 82
• 1996 - Murtaza Bhutto, politician, dies at 42
• 1996 - Paul Draper, dancer, dies at 87
• 1996 - Paul Erdos, mathematician, dies of heart attack at 83
• 1996 - Paul Weston, bandleader, dies at 84
• 1997 - Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer, dies at 59