• 1371 - John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior
• 1577 - Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician
• 1660 - George I, King of England (1714-27)
• 1738 - Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor (guillotine)
• 1759 - William Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06)
• 1765 - Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer
• 1777 - Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer
• 1778 - Friedrich Westenholz, composer
• 1780 - Joseph Frohlich, composer
• 1782 - Wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter
• 1789 - Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange)
• 1798 - Josef Dessauer, composer
• 1807 - Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra
• 1807 - Louis Agassiz, Switzerland, naturalist/geologist/teacher
• 1810 - Alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer
• 1818 - Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumter)
• 1819 - William Birney, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
• 1820 - Willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic
• 1828 - Alpheus Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
• 1828 - Bartel Wilton, machinefabrikant/ship builder
• 1830 - George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
• 1830 - Karoly Filtsch, composer
• 1831 - Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor
• 1838 - Basil Wilson Duke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1916
• 1841 - Giovanni Sgambati, composer
• 1844 - Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer
• 1851 - Dick Barlow, cricketer (immortal England all-rounder of 1880's)
• 1862 - Henry W Slocum Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1888)
• 1863 - Georg Adler, German state economist
• 1865 - Gerrit Grijns, Dutch physiologist (Vitamin E)
• 1868 - Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer (Fille Perdue)
• 1874 - G K Chesterton, writer
• 1879 - Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist
• 1883 - George Dyson, composer
• 1883 - Luigi Perrachio, composer
• 1884 - Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48)
• 1884 - Theo(door) van Reijn, Dutch sculptor/lithographer
• 1886 - Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symph)
• 1887 - Hank Mann, NYC, actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road)
• 1888 - James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912)
• 1888 - Jim Thorpe, Shawnee OK, decathelete (Olympics-gold-1912)
• 1889 - Jose Padilla, composer
• 1892 - Minna Gombell, Baltimore, actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister)
• 1894 - Sammy White, RI, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off)
• 1896 - Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer
• 1896 - Warren Giles, baseball's National League president
• 1897 - Henry Kendall, London, actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange)
• 1898 - Andy Kirk, jazz musician
• 1900 - Owen Aisher, president (Marley)
• 1903 - Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Golden Sail)
• 1904 - Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer
• 1906 - Mary Ralton, director (British WRAC)
• 1906 - Phil Regan, singer (My Wild Irish Rose)
• 1907 - Frederick George Emmison, archivist/historian
• 1907 - Henry Ritz, comedian/dancer (Ritz Brothers)
• 1907 - Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal
• 1908 - Ian Lancaster Fleming, London England, author (James Bond)
• 1909 - John Schepens, [Jean Baudoux], Flemish journalist/writer (Polyfoto)
• 1910 - Rachel Kempson, actress (Captive Heart)
• 1910 - Stuart Piggott, archaeologist
• 1910 - T-Bone Walker, Linden Tx, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done)
• 1911 - Bob Crisp, cricketer (South African pace bowler of 30's)
• 1911 - Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader
• 1912 - Leslie Monson, diplomat
• 1912 - Patrick White, Australia, novelist (Happy Valley, Nobel 1973)
• 1913 - Gordon Wolstenholme, physician
• 1914 - W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot
• 1915 - Scott McKay, Pleasantville Iowa, actor (Stage Door)
• 1915 - Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist
• 1916 - C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite) [or Aug 28]
• 1916 - Gerald McArthur, detective
• 1916 - Thora Hird, actress (Nightcomers, Kind of Loving)
• 1916 - Walker Percy, Birmingham Ala, writer (Adventures of a Bad Catholic)
• 1917 - "Papa" John Creach, violinist
• 1917 - Barry Commoner, Brooklyn NY, biologist (Science & Survival)
• 1917 - Gerald Cash, Gov-Gen (Bahamas)
• 1917 - Marshall Reed, Englewood Calif, actor (Fred Asher-Lineup)
• 1917 - Pape John Creech, rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
• 1919 - Duke of Rutland, British land owner/multimillionaire
• 1919 - Frank Middlemass, actor (Island, Oliver Twist)
• 1919 - John Eldridge, CEO (Matthews Wrightmson)
• 1922 - John Alderson, chief constable (Devon & Cornwall UK)
• 1923 - Gy”rgy Ligeti, Dics”szentmartin Transylvania Hungary composer
• 1923 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star (Patala Bhairavi)
• 1924 - Edward du Cann, CEO (Lonrho)
• 1924 - Lord Rippon, British MP
• 1924 - Reginald Eyre, solicitor/MP
• 1925 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Zehlendorf Germany, baritone (Doktor Faust)
• 1925 - Martha Vickers, Ann Arbor MI, actress (Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless)
• 1927 - Bernhard Lewkovitch, composer
• 1927 - Fran‡ois Nourissier, French writer (Un petit bourgeois)
• 1927 - Gyorgy Ligeti, composer
• 1927 - Norman Ireland, CEO (Bowater)
• 1927 - Robert Evans, CEO (British Gas)
• 1928 - Albert Booth, British government minister
• 1928 - Jacob R Druckman, composer
• 1929 - Leslie Wight, cricketer (one Test WI v India 1953, scored 21)
• 1929 - Patrick McNair-Wilson, MP
• 1930 - Edward Seaga, PM (Jamaica)
• 1930 - Julian Penkivil Slade, composer
• 1931 - Carroll Baker, Penn, actress (Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow)
• 1931 - Ervin Junger, composer
• 1931 - Peter Talbot Westergaard, composer
• 1931 - Raymond Miquel, chairman (Scottish Sports Council)
• 1931 - Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author (Real Lace: America's Irish Rich)
• 1932 - Henning Christiansen, composer
• 1932 - Lord Renton, MP (Conservative)
• 1932 - Timothy Renton, MP
• 1933 - John Karlen, Bkln NY, actor (Harvey Lacey-Cagney & Lacey)
• 1933 - Philip Otton, high court judge
• 1934 - Dionne Quintuplets, secluded quintuplets, born Annette, Alive Cecile, Alive Emelie, Dead 1954 Marie, Dead 1970 Yvonne, Alive, First known set of surviving quintuplets, these girls were treated as a side show and lived in a virtual muse
• 1934 - Dionne quintuplets, (Annette, C‚cile, milie, Marie, Yvonne), Canada
• 1934 - Julian Slade, composer
• 1934 - Rob du Bois, composer
• 1935 - Kenneth Kleinwort, English banker/multi-millionaire
• 1936 - Maki Ishii, composer
• 1938 - Jerry West, W Virginia, NBA superstar (LA Lakers, Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1938 - Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness)
• 1940 - Betty Shabazz, educator/talk show hostess/widow (Malcolm X)
• 1940 - Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso)
• 1940 - Thomas E Petri, (Rep-R-WI, 1979- )
• 1941 - Beth Howland, Boston Mass, actress (Vera-Alice, Company)
• 1941 - Guntram Vesper, writer
• 1943 - Dennis Riley, composer
• 1943 - Liz Edgar, horse show jumper
• 1943 - Ray Mitchell, governor (Albany Prison, England)
• 1943 - Tony Mansfield, [Anthony Bookbinder], rock drummer (Billy J Kramer)
• 1944 - Adriaan T "Ad" Zuiderent, poet/critic (On the Droge)
• 1944 - Billy Vera, musician (& Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night)
• 1944 - Gladys Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer, leader of Pips (Last Train)
• 1944 - Rudy Giuliani, (Mayor-R/L-NYC, 1994- )
• 1945 - Gary Stewart, Latcher County Ky, country singer (She's Actin' Single)
• 1945 - John Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rock vocals (Creedence Clearwater Revival
• 1946 - Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress (Cry Uncle)
• 1947 - Faith Brown, impressionist
• 1947 - Patti Reynolds, Chicago Ill, playmate (Sept, 1965)
• 1947 - Sondra Locke, Shelbyville Tenn, actress (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter)
• 1948 - Bob Shearer, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
• 1948 - Ray Laidlaw, British rock drummer (Jack the Lad)
• 1949 - Shelley Hamlin, San Mateo CA, LPGA golfer (1978 Patty Berg Classic)
• 1949 - Sue Holderness, actress (Marlene-Only Fools & Horses, Sandbaggers)
• 1953 - Arto Lindsay, rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan)
• 1954 - George E Mahlberg, Astrophysicist, Mt Palomar/Mt Wilson CA (1974-78)
• 1954 - Joƒo Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil, triple jumper (Oly-bronze-1976, 80)
• 1956 - Germaine Montenesdro, 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
• 1956 - Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1981-91, their most successful)
• 1956 - Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach
• 1956 - Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate (March, 1988)
• 1957 - Kirk Gibson, Mich, outfield (Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP)
• 1957 - Walter R Tucker, (Rep-D-California)
• 1958 - Yvet Anna, painter
• 1959 - Leon "The Bop" Klaasse, rock drummer/singer (The Pilgrims-Red)
• 1960 - Allan Green, cricketeer
• 1961 - Roland Gift, UK, rocker (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy)
• 1962 - Brandon Cruz, actor (Eddie-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
• 1963 - Eugene Robinson, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawk, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1964 - Armon Gilliam, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, NJ Nets)
• 1964 - Beth Herr, Middletown Ohio, tennis star
• 1964 - Leisa Sheridan, Omaha NE, playmate (Jul, 1993)
• 1964 - Mark MacKay, Brandon GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
• 1965 - Catherine Tanvier, France, tennis star
• 1965 - Chantal Bailey, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
• 1965 - Christa Miller, NYC, actress (Kate-Drew Carey Show)
• 1965 - Michael Charles Brisky, Brownsville TX, PGA golfer (1995 Buick-2nd)
• 1966 - Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder (Aust ODI-Pak 1994)
• 1967 - Glen Rice, NBA guard/forward (Charlotte Hornets)
• 1967 - Kari Wuhrer, Brookfield Ct, MTV/actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
• 1967 - Tory Epps, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints)
• 1968 - Char Thompson, WLAF running back (Barcelona Dragons)
• 1968 - Kylie Minogue, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
• 1968 - Sandra Bacher, Long Island NY, half-heavyweight judoka (Oly-92, 96)
• 1968 - Tomas P Pukstys, Chicago Ill, javelin thrower (Olympics-8th-96)
• 1969 - Bob Meeks, WLAF corner (Barcelona Dragons)
• 1969 - Damian Rhodes, St Paul, NHL goalie (Ottawa Senators)
• 1969 - Frank McCormack, Leicester Mass, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Ben Williams, WLAF defensive end (London Monarchs)
• 1970 - David Roberts, Alameda Calif, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
• 1970 - Jason Belser, NFL cornerback (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1970 - Morgan Fox, Prince George BC, playmate (Dec, 1990)
• 1971 - Jeff Gove, Seattle WA, Nike golfer (1991 Ralphs Senior Classic)
• 1971 - Nick Bravin, NYC, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Cheryl Demkowski, Syracuse NY, dance skater (& Gregory Maddalone)
• 1972 - Denise Booker, Liverpool, golfer (S Australian Jr champ 1990)
• 1973 - Pat Peake, Rochester, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
• 1973 - Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids Mich, table tennis player (Olympics-96)
• 1975 - Caresa Winters, Miss South Dakota USA (1996)
• 1975 - Mike Fisher, Naperville Ill, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1977 - Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord, Miami Fla, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
• 1980 - Cheri Wheeler, Miss Georgia Teen USA (1997)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1089 - Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
• 1259 - Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies
• 1317 - Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63
• 1357 - Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66
• 1521 - Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62
• 1534 - Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
• 1650 - Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
• 1685 - Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67
• 1787 - Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67
• 1791 - Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57
• 1805 - Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62
• 1833 - Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74
• 1836 - Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66
• 1838 - Thomas Busby, composer, dies
• 1843 - Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
• 1849 - Anne Bront‚, novelist, dies
• 1862 - Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]
• 1863 - Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23
• 1864 - Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle
• 1883 - August Freyer, composer, dies at 79
• 1889 - Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37
• 1890 - Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49
• 1898 - Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies
• 1911 - Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies
• 1913 - Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies
• 1914 - Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76
• 1921 - Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies
• 1922 - Carl Tieke, composer, dies at 58
• 1927 - Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies
• 1937 - Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67
• 1940 - Adriaan J Ensched‚, dir (Dutch printers Joh Ensched‚), dies at 50
• 1940 - Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70
• 1940 - Theodor Streicher, composer, dies at 65
• 1940 - Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53
• 1942 - Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (camp Amersfoort), dies
• 1944 - Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42
• 1954 - Achille Longo, composer, dies at 54
• 1958 - Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer, dies at 77
• 1959 - Bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies
• 1963 - Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60
• 1964 - John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76
• 1969 - Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71
• 1971 - Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46
• 1972 - Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77
• 1973 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at 73
• 1973 - Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/US art critic sculptor, dies at 81
• 1975 - Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies
• 1975 - Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75
• 1977 - Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63
• 1981 - Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC
• 1981 - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies
• 1984 - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe & Wise), dies at 58
• 1986 - Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79
• 1987 - Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at 44
• 1990 - Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67
• 1990 - Hussein Bin Onn, 1st minister of Malasia (1976-81), dies
• 1990 - Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71
• 1991 - Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies
• 1991 - Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chic Defender), dies at 79
• 1993 - Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75
• 1993 - Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies
• 1994 - Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74
• 1994 - Rita Gillespie, tV Director, dies at 65
• 1995 - Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57
• 1995 - Henning Kronstam, dancer, dies at 60
• 1995 - Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker, dies at 66
• 1995 - Jean Muir, (Dress Queen), British model, dies at 66
• 1996 - John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70
• 1996 - Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian, dies at 66