• 1296 - John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg
• 1556 - Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer
• 1560 - Hieronymus Praetorius, composer
• 1567 - Girolamo Giacobbi, composer
• 1589 - Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer
• 1652 - Peterus I Scheemaeckers, Flemish sculptor (tomb stones)
• 1654 - Bernard Nieuwentyt, Dutch physician/theologist
• 1657 - Cornelis Chastelein, Dutch colonial director
• 1699 - Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer
• 1708 - John Stinstra, baptist vicar
• 1720 - Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer
• 1740 - Samuel Arnold, composer
• 1750 - Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer
• 1762 - Santiago Ferrer, composer
• 1782 - Charles Napier, London, soldier
• 1793 - Heinrich August Neithardt, composer
• 1794 - Leopold Zunz, German scientist (Synagogical Poetry)
• 1801 - Robert Woodward Barnwell, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882
• 1808 - Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer
• 1810 - Camilio Benso di Cavour, Turin Italy, PM
• 1810 - Cornelis Outshoorn, Dutch architect
• 1814 - Jacob Edvard Gille, composer
• 1814 - John Clifford Pemberton, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1881
• 1814 - William Lowndes Yancey, MC (Confederacy), died in 1863
• 1823 - Ant“nio G Dias, Brazilian poet
• 1823 - Charles Keene, Hornsey, artist
• 1823 - Charles Thomas Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers)
• 1835 - Gyula Beliczay, composer
• 1836 - Jose Teodor Vilar, composer
• 1845 - Kunanbajew, writer
• 1854 - J Scott Lidgett, London, theologist
• 1856 - Paul Geisler, composer
• 1861 - Almroth Wright, Yorkshire England, bacteriologist
• 1865 - Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)
• 1869 - Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet (Symbolic Wounds)
• 1874 - Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933)
• 1874 - James (Tod) Sloan, jockey, created monkey crouch riding style
• 1877 - Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance
• 1878 - Alfred D”blin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm
• 1880 - Clarence Cameron White, composer
• 1881 - Albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder
• 1882 - Max Kowalski, composer
• 1883 - Carlos Lavin, composer
• 1886 - Hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement
• 1888 - Johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan)
• 1889 - Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer
• 1889 - Irene Steer, England, 4 X 100m relay swimmers (Olympic-gold-1912)
• 1891 - Henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble)
• 1893 - Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard)
• 1893 - Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Gov Gen of Australia (1959-61)
• 1893 - Voranc Prezikov, [Lovro Kuhar], Slovenian author (Samorastniki)
• 1895 - Michail M Soschtschenko, Russian author
• 1897 - Edward Orval Gourdin, Jacksonville, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1924)
• 1897 - Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch novelist (Ciske the Rat)
• 1899 - Jack Haley, Boston Mass, actor (Tin Man-Wizard of Oz, Ford Star Revue)
• 1900 - Arthur Porritt, NZ, 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1924)
• 1900 - Norma Shearer, Montreal Quebec, actress (Divorcee, Idiot's Delight)
• 1900 - Ren‚ Crevel, French author (Mon corps et moi, D‚tours)
• 1903 - Lisle, British lord
• 1905 - Bernard Benjamin Gillis, British judge
• 1905 - Richard F Kahn, baron of Hampstead/British economist
• 1906 - Era Bell Thompson, [Dakota Dick], US actress (Ebony)
• 1908 - Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer
• 1909 - Brian Easdale, composer
• 1909 - Claude Thornhill, composer
• 1909 - Frank Bowden, industrialist/landowner
• 1909 - George W Crockett Jr, (Rep-D-MI, 1980- )
• 1909 - Julio A Abraham, president (Democratic Party Bonaire)
• 1909 - Leo Fender, Anaheim California, rocker (Fender guitars)
• 1909 - Mohammed V ibn Yusuf, King of Morocco (1953, 1955-61)
• 1910 - Angus Campbell, US, psychologist (Elections & Political Order)
• 1912 - Herman Strategier, Dutch organist/composer/conductor
• 1912 - Iza„k Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice (PvdA)/mayor of Amsterdam
• 1912 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer (O Pais do Carnaval)
• 1912 - Richard Reeves, NYC, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel)
• 1912 - Romain Maes, Belgian bicylist (Tour de France 1935)
• 1913 - Noah Beery Jr, NYC, actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot)
• 1913 - Steven Nagy, bowler, 1st to bowl 300 on TV (1954)
• 1914 - Jeff Corey, NYC, actor (Getting Straight, Superman & Mole Men)
• 1916 - John Clark, Hampton IA, actor (Graveyard of Horror)
• 1919 - Elizabeth Thomas, literary consultant
• 1920 - William "Red" Holzman, NBA coach (NY Knickerbockers, 754 wins)
• 1921 - Leonard Lickorish, dir-gen (British Tourist Authority)
• 1923 - Fred Ridgway, England cricket pace bowler (1951-52 Indian tour)
• 1923 - Gillian Brown, diplomat
• 1923 - Rhonda Fleming, [Marilyn Louis], Hollywood Calif, actress (Spellbound)
• 1924 - Martha Hyer, TX, actress (Day of the Wolves, Night of the Grizzly)
• 1925 - Alastair Webster Mackie, poet/teacher
• 1925 - George Cooper, general
• 1925 - Lawrence Byford, HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary
• 1926 - Edwin James Nairn Carr, composer
• 1926 - Marie-Claire Alain, French organist/composer
• 1928 - Eddie Fisher, Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain)
• 1928 - Jimmy Dean, Tx, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever)
• 1929 - John Alldis, composer/conductor
• 1930 - Barry Unsworth, novelist (Pascali's Island)
• 1930 - Saeedi Sirjani, poet
• 1932 - Alexander Goehr, composer
• 1933 - Alan Hardcastle, chairman (Lloyds Regulatory Board)
• 1933 - Bill Nieder, shot putter, (Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1933 - Butler-Sloss, British Lady Justice
• 1933 - David Rowland, chairman (Lloyd's)
• 1933 - Rocky Colavito, Bronx, baseball player (Hit 4 HRs in a game)
• 1934 - James Carl Tenney, composer
• 1935 - Giya Alexandrovich Kancheli, Georgian composer (Night Prayers)
• 1935 - Jerrie Anthony Hulme, British major-general
• 1935 - Lord Stewartby
• 1936 - Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Cura‡ao
• 1937 - Lucinda Williams, US sprinter (Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1939 - Charles Rose, (Rep-D-North Carolina, 1973- )
• 1939 - Kate O'Mara, Leicaster England, actress (Caress Morell-Dynasty, AbFab)
• 1940 - Barbara Mills, QC, British Director of Public Prosecutions
• 1940 - Bobby Hatfield, Wisc, rocker (Righteous Bros-Unchained Melody)
• 1940 - Richard Wells, Chief Constable (South Yorkshire)
• 1941 - Anita Lonsbrough, England, 200m backstroke swimmer (Oly-gold-1960)
• 1941 - Kees van Kooten, Dutch TV host/founder (Simplistic Union)
• 1942 - Betsy Johnson, fashion designer (1971 Winnie Award)
• 1943 - Ronnie Spector, [Veronica Bennett], NYC, singer (Be My Little Baby)
• 1943 - Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricket batsman (5 Tests 1964-69)
• 1943 - Veronica Bennett, rocker
• 1945 - Harry Thomas, Dutch founder (Schlager Festival Gay Party)
• 1945 - Larry Larden, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
• 1947 - Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler (1969-76)
• 1947 - Ian Anderson, Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle)
• 1948 - Pal Gerevich, Hungary, fencer (Olympic-bronze-1972, 80)
• 1948 - Patti Austin, soul singer/actress (Real Me)
• 1949 - Gene Johnson, Sugar Grove Pa, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
• 1950 - A L Harris, clinicaloncologist
• 1950 - Eric Braunn, rocker (Iron Butterfly)
• 1950 - James Reynolds, Oskaloosa Ks, actor (Abe Carver-Days of our Lives)
• 1951 - Maria Combs, LPGA golfer
• 1952 - Ashley Putnam, NYC, soprano (NY City Opera 1978)
• 1952 - Nikolai Alekseyevich Pushenko, Russian lt-colonel/cosmonaut
• 1952 - Pepsi Nunes, marine biologist
• 1955 - Marja-Liisa H„m„l„inen, Finnish cross country skier (Oly-gold-1984)
• 1956 - Dianne Fromhottz, Balestrat Australia, tennis star
• 1956 - Tugboat, [Fred Ottman], WWF wrestler
• 1958 - Jack Richards, English cricket wicket-keeper (mid-80's)
• 1959 - Mark Price, bass/vocals (All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged)
• 1959 - Rosanna Arquette, NYC, actress (Desperately Seeking Susan, After Hour)
• 1960 - Antonio Banderas, Malaga Spain, actor (Phila, Evita, Mambo Kings)
• 1960 - [James] Kenneth Perry, Elizabethtown KY, PGA golfer (1991 Memorial)
• 1961 - Beatrice Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Lisa-Four Seasons)
• 1961 - Jon Farriss, Australian rock vocalist/drummer (INXS-Kiss the Dirt)
• 1962 - Dan Donovan, rocker (Bad)
• 1964 - Andy Stankiewicz, Inglewood CA, infielder (NY Yankees, Montreal Expos)
• 1965 - Carolyn Schuwalow, Australian distance runner (Olympics-96)
• 1965 - John Starks, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
• 1965 - Patricia Spurgin, US scherpschutser (Olympics-gold-1984)
• 1966 - Gerald Williams, New Orleans LA, outfielder (NY Yankees)
• 1967 - Carlos Briceno, Fountain Valley, CA, beach volleyball (Oly-br-92, 96)
• 1967 - Lori Tatum, LPGA golfer
• 1967 - Lorraine Pearson, rocker
• 1967 - Peter Murphy, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - Reinout Scholte, cricketer (Netherlands batsman 1996 World Cup)
• 1967 - Riddick Bowe, Brooklyn NY, HW boxing champ (Olympic-silver-1988)
• 1968 - Alex Andrievski, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
• 1968 - Jennifer Horton, Dover NJ, team handball goalie (Olympics-92, 96)
• 1968 - Michael Bivins, Boston, rock vocalist (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe)
• 1968 - Michel Doesburg, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
• 1968 - Miroslav Mosner, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
• 1968 - Moe Gardner, NFL nose tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1969 - Earl of Iveagh
• 1969 - Iain Fraser, Scarborough, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
• 1970 - Brendon Julian, cricketer (in NZ Australian left-arm quickie 1993-)
• 1970 - Bret Hedican, St-paul, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
• 1970 - Gino Torretta, quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1992, Seattle Seahawks)
• 1971 - Craig Newsome, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1971 - Martin Quinney, Quesnel BC, Canada Tour golfer (1994 Glen Meadows-2nd)
• 1971 - Mike Morreale, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1971 - Paul Newlove, rugby league player
• 1971 - Roy Keane, soccer player
• 1971 - Sal Fasano, Chicago IL, catcher (KC Royals)
• 1972 - Julann Vadnais, Miss Maine USA (1996)
• 1973 - Jessica Grieco, Englewood NJ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Keisha Delancy, Miss Turks & Caicos islands Universe (1997)
• 1973 - Lisa Raymond, Norristown Penn, tennis star (1995 Indian Wells doubles)
• 1973 - Mark Doubleday, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
• 1973 - Sherriden May, NFL fullback (NY Jets)
• 1974 - Dave Fiore, tackle (San Francisco 49ers)
• 1974 - Miro Simonovic, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998)
• 1974 - Walt Harris, cornerback (Chicago Bears)
• 1975 - Lise Mackie, Te Kuiti NZ, Australian swimmer (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0794 - Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30
• 0955 - Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
• 1002 - Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of C¢rdoba, dies
• 1250 - Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
• 1589 - Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
• 1628 - Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned
• 1653 - Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, [Bestevaer], lt-adm, dies in battle at 55
• 1655 - Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50
• 1717 - Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies
• 1723 - Abb‚ Dubois, French archbishop of Canbrier/premier (1722-23), dies
• 1730 - Sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74
• 1759 - Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain, dies at 46
• 1784 - Allan Ramsay, artist
• 1802 - Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist, dies at 77
• 1806 - Johann Michael Haydn, composer, dies at 68
• 1821 - Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52
• 1841 - Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37
• 1843 - Jakob F Fries, German philosopher, dies
• 1857 - John Wilson Croker, politician
• 1859 - George Staunton, writer
• 1861 - Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43
• 1867 - Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867
• 1875 - Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66
• 1886 - Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85
• 1896 - Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies
• 1902 - George Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies
• 1904 - Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies
• 1905 - Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale, E African prophet/rebel leader, hanged
• 1911 - Carl Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 70
• 1921 - John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies
• 1929 - Aletta Henri‰tte Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75
• 1930 - William H Taft, US president (1909-13), dies
• 1932 - Slang, writer, dies
• 1934 - John Kane, Scotish/US miner/painter, dies at 73
• 1938 - Joseph Moorat, composer, dies at 73
• 1943 - C Bergsma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
• 1943 - J Janzen, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
• 1943 - J Posthuma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
• 1944 - Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, attempt Hitler assassination, dies
• 1945 - Robert H Goddard, US, rocket pioneer, dies at 62
• 1948 - E Ball-Hennings, writer, dies at 63
• 1960 - Emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies
• 1960 - Frank Lloyd, director (Berkeley Square, Blood on the Sun), dies at 72
• 1960 - Oswald Veblin, mathematician
• 1962 - Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at 60
• 1963 - Estes Kefauver, (Sen-D-Tn), dies at 60
• 1963 - M ty  R kosi, [Rosencranz], premier of Hungary (1952-53), dies at 71
• 1963 - Patrick Kennedy, son of President Kennedy, dies at only 3 days
• 1965 - Rayford Robinson, cricketer (Test Aust v England 1937), dies
• 1966 - Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force), dies at 79
• 1966 - Jacobus C Bloem, poet (Cinders), dies
• 1967 - John Francis Larchet, composer, dies at 83
• 1970 - Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52
• 1973 - Douglas Kennedy, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies at 57
• 1974 - Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at 64
• 1974 - Ivor Dean, British actor (Theatre of Death), dies at 57
• 1974 - Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's « Comedy Hour), dies at 92
• 1976 - Bert Oldfield, cricketer (54 Tests, 52 stumpings), dies
• 1976 - Ray "Crash" Corrigan, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74
• 1977 - Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75
• 1979 - Dick Foran, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 69
• 1985 - Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72
• 1987 - Calvin Culver, actor (Score), dies
• 1987 - Clara Peller, actress (Where's the Beef), dies at 86
• 1987 - I W Able, CEO (United Steel Workers of America, 1965-77), dies at 87
• 1987 - Raquel Torres, actress (Duck Soup, Sea Bat), dies
• 1988 - Adela Rogers St John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94
• 1988 - Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama, dies at 86
• 1990 - Richard Haines, director (Splatter University), dies
• 1991 - Josef Lipski, Polish politician, dies
• 1993 - Ken England, US screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82
• 1994 - Bill Baker, singer, dies at 58
• 1994 - Kay Petre, early racing driver, dies at 91
• 1994 - Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Cura‡ao, murdered at 58
• 1995 - Fay Honey Knopp, activist, dies at 76
• 1995 - Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist, dies at 81
• 1996 - Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest, dies at 78
• 1996 - Rex Tucker, TV writer/director, dies at 83
• 1997 - Jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43