• 1503 - Benedetto Varchi, Ital humanist/historian (Storia Fiorentina)
• 1589 - William Bradford, gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)
• 1593 - Georges de la Tour, French painter
• 1601 - Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor (Cathedral Granada)
• 1604 - Johan IV, composer/king of Portugal (1640-56)
• 1610 - Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter
• 1629 - Aleksei M Romanov, 1st Romanov tsar of Russia
• 1673 - Pedro Vaz Rego, composer
• 1715 - Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer
• 1716 - Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Mausol‚e du Dauphin)
• 1721 - Tobias Smollett, Scottish writer, baptized
• 1728 - Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter
• 1734 - Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19]
• 1740 - Johann Georg Roser, composer
• 1740 - Joseph F Weigl, German/Austrian(?), violin cellist
• 1742 - Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch literary/poet
• 1745 - Nicolas Sejan, composer
• 1752 - Jose Mauricio, composer
• 1767 - Leonhard von Call, composer
• 1777 - Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/diplomat
• 1785 - Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer
• 1809 - Fredrik Pacius, composer
• 1813 - David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer (found by Stanley in Africa)
• 1816 - Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer
• 1817 - Lewis Henry Little, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
• 1819 - David Henry Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
• 1821 - Francis Barretto Spinola, Brig General (Union volunteers)
• 1821 - Richard Burton, explorer/translator (Arabian Nights)
• 1821 - William Allingham, Irish poet (Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland)
• 1823 - Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)
• 1827 - Alexander Shaler, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911
• 1837 - Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919
• 1844 - Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright (Kovan onnen lapsia)
• 1845 - Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/politician
• 1847 - Constantin Dimitrescu, composer
• 1848 - Wyatt Earp, Monmouth Ill, sheriff (OK Corral)
• 1851 - Roque S enz Pe€a, pres of Argentina (1910-14)
• 1860 - William Jennings Bryan, "The Great Commoner" orator/statesman
• 1871 - Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants)
• 1871 - Schofield Haigh, cricketer ("Sunshine of the Yorkshire 11")
• 1872 - Sergei Diaghilev, Gruzino Novgorod Russia, ballet director
• 1873 - Max Reger, Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ)
• 1874 - Arthur Hoyt, Georgetown CO, actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along)
• 1879 - Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich)
• 1882 - Gaston Lachaise, US sculptor (Standing Woman)
• 1883 - Josef Matthais Hauer, composer
• 1883 - Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China)
• 1888 - Josef Albers, German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus)
• 1889 - Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10)
• 1891 - Earl Warren, Ca, (Gov-R-Ca)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69)
• 1892 - Robert Denzler, composer
• 1892 - Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica)
• 1894 - Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Brevard SC, comedienne (Merv Griffin Show)
• 1897 - Betty Compson, Beaver UT, actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth)
• 1897 - L O'Flaherty, writer
• 1900 - Roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show)
• 1900 - [Jean] Fr‚d‚ric Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1935)
• 1901 - Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Min of Justice (Nobel 1954)
• 1901 - Jo Mielziner, Paris, set designer (Carousel, Death of a Salesman)
• 1903 - Benjamin M Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party
• 1903 - James Bullock, colliery manager
• 1904 - John J Sirica, US federal judge (Watergate hearings)
• 1904 - Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer
• 1905 - Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament (NSDAP)
• 1906 - Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer
• 1906 - Normand Lockwood, composer
• 1907 - Cor Treslem, [Cornelis L Melsert], actor/director (Willem van Oranje)
• 1907 - Elizabeh LeFanu Maconochy, composer
• 1907 - Kent Smith, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders)
• 1907 - Marc Vaubourgoin, composer
• 1907 - Nakagawa Soen, Formosa, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)
• 1909 - Louis Hayward, Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors)
• 1910 - Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut
• 1911 - Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman
• 1912 - Adolf Galland, fighter Pilot
• 1912 - Russ Case, Hamburg Iowa, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show)
• 1913 - William Chatterton, cricketer (48 in only Test for England 1892)
• 1914 - J Jay Berwanger, 1st Heisman Trophy winner (1935)
• 1914 - Patricia Morison, actress (Peyton Place, Dressed to Kill)
• 1915 - Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's)
• 1916 - Irving Wallace, author (People's Almanac, The Man) [or Mar 18]
• 1917 - Dino Lipatti, composer
• 1919 - Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber (Dutch Liberal Party)
• 1923 - Janine Dacosta, French pianist
• 1923 - Tige Andrews, Bkln, actor (Capt Adam Greer-Mod Squad)
• 1925 - Brent Scowcroft, Ogden Utah, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council
• 1927 - Richie Ashburn, baseball infielder (Phila Phillies)/sportscaster
• 1928 - Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58)
• 1928 - Patrick McGoohan, Astoria NY, actor (#6-Prisoner, Secret Agent)
• 1929 - Herman van San, composer
• 1929 - Michael Ryan, actor (John Randolph-Another World)
• 1929 - Robert Muczynski, composer
• 1930 - Bill Henderson, Chic Ill, jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams)
• 1930 - Ornette Coleman, jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966)
• 1931 - Bill Hoskyns, England, ‚p‚e fencer (Olympic-silver-1964)
• 1932 - Gay Robert Brewer, Middletwon OH, PGA golfer (1972 Canadian)
• 1933 - Philip Roth, Newark, novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint)
• 1934 - B”rge Andersen, Denmark, Danish Chess Champion (1967, 68)
• 1935 - Burt Metcalfe, Saskatchewan Canada, actor/dir (Father of the Bride)
• 1935 - Phyllis Newman, Jersey City NJ, actress (Coming of Age, TW3)
• 1935 - Renee Taylor, NYC, actress (Jack Paar Show, Mary Hartman, Nanny)
• 1936 - Amancio D'Silva, musician
• 1936 - Ursula Andress, Berne Switzerland, actress (She, Sensuous Nurse)
• 1937 - Clarence "Frogman" Henry, musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love)
• 1939 - Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959)
• 1939 - Joe Kapp, NFL QB (Minn Vikings, Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers)
• 1941 - Lord Vestey, British food magnate/billionaire (Union International)
• 1942 - David Minge, (Rep-D-Minnesota)
• 1942 - Jeff Neighbour, US bassist (Joy of Cooking)
• 1942 - Robin Luke, rocker (Susie Darlin')
• 1942 - Ross Valory, rocker (Journey)
• 1944 - Joseph Celli, composer
• 1944 - Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, LBJ's daughter
• 1944 - Myung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters)
• 1945 - Lisa Nicole Baker, Detroit TX, playmate of the year (Nov 1966)
• 1946 - Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish)
• 1946 - Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69)
• 1946 - Paul Atkinson, rock guitarist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
• 1946 - Ruth Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted)
• 1947 - Earlie Fires, jockey (Hialeah Park)
• 1947 - Glenn Close, Greenwich Ct, actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction)
• 1947 - John Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
• 1947 - Vince Martino, Schenectady NY, WLAF offensive asst (Barcelona Dragons)
• 1948 - Vintcent Van der Bijl, Natal cricket bowler (superb 2m of 70's & 80's)
• 1949 - Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK, actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live)
• 1949 - Denny Albee, Oklahoma City OK (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live)
• 1952 - Derek Longmuir, Edinburgh Scotland, rock drummer (Bay City Rollers)
• 1952 - Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (late 70's)
• 1953 - Billy Sheehan, rocker (Mr Big-Lean Into It)
• 1953 - Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
• 1953 - Ricky Wilson, Athens Ga, rock guitarist (B-52's-Love Shack)
• 1954 - Charles Pinnell, horse trainer
• 1955 - Bruce Willis, Penna Grove NJ, actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard)
• 1956 - Alina Castro, Havanna Cuba, daughter of Fidel
• 1957 - Blake Passey, horse trainer
• 1959 - Shelley Burch, Tucson Az, actress (One Life to Live, Identity Crisis)
• 1959 - Terry Hall, rocker (Colourfield-Animal Liberation)
• 1966 - Paul Devenport, New Zealand, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Texas Tour)
• 1968 - Liam Jewell, Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96)
• 1968 - Tyrone Hill, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
• 1969 - Arjan Vermeulen, soccer player (Vitesse)
• 1969 - Michael Bergin, model (Coca Cola)/actor
• 1969 - Scott Alexander Brownlee, Hamilton NZ, rowing coxless 4 men (Oly-96)
• 1970 - Errol Refos, soccer player (Feyenoord)
• 1970 - Janne Laukenen, Lahti FIN, NHL defenseman (Finland Oly-B-98, Senators)
• 1970 - Rick Mirer, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears)
• 1970 - Sean Fleming, CFL kicker (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1971 - Cory Fleming, NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1971 - Dalton James, actor (My Father the Hero, Mark-Beverly Hills 90201)
• 1971 - Kirk Botkin, NFL tight end (NO Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers)
• 1971 - Louie Debrusk, Cambridge, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
• 1971 - Marty Moore, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
• 1971 - Taase Faumui, NFL defensive linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
• 1971 - Whitney Hedgepeth, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympics-2 silver-96)
• 1972 - Maria Maunder, St John's New Foundland, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - John Michels, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1974 - Jennifer Lynn Drayton, Saginaw Michigan, Miss America-Michigan (1997)
• 1974 - John Coppinger, El Paso TX, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
• 1975 - Antonio Daniels, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
• 1976 - Rachel Blanchard, Toronto, actress (Cher Horowitz-Clueless)
• 1982 - Che' Vonne Burton, Miss Michigan Teen USA (1997)
• 1992 - Henry & Angus Bernsen, twin sons of Corbin Bernsen & Amanda Pays

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1263 - Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies
• 1556 - Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70
• 1635 - Pieter Christiaensz Bor, Dutch historian, dies
• 1638 - Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66
• 1644 - Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide
• 1687 - Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, Fren explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43
• 1702 - Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England/Scot, dies at 51
• 1721 - Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71
• 1782 - Adrien Trudo Sale, composer, dies at 59
• 1782 - Louis-Henry Paisible, composer, dies at 33
• 1796 - Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33
• 1797 - Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58
• 1811 - Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65
• 1845 - George Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56
• 1850 - Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer, dies at 87
• 1862 - F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73
• 1866 - Louis Clapisson, composer, dies at 57
• 1869 - Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (triangulatie), dies at 64
• 1876 - Jozef Stefani, composer, dies at 75
• 1884 - Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54
• 1893 - Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 69
• 1897 - Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87
• 1898 - Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26
• 1905 - Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer, dies at 49
• 1907 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at 70
• 1913 - John Thomas, composer, dies at 87
• 1918 - Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73
• 1924 - Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71
• 1930 - Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81
• 1934 - Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66
• 1936 - John Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63
• 1937 - Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at 58
• 1940 - Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54
• 1943 - Vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75
• 1945 - Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed
• 1946 - Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35
• 1947 - Willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52
• 1950 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74
• 1951 - H Zur Mhlen, writer, dies
• 1954 - Walter Braunfels, composer, dies at 71
• 1958 - Vernon Ransford, cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies
• 1961 - Edric Cundell, composer, dies at 68
• 1969 - Theodor Schaefer, composer, dies at 65
• 1971 - Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82
• 1971 - Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at 79
• 1974 - Anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at 51
• 1974 - Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58
• 1974 - Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at 70
• 1975 - John A DeMott, dies at 63
• 1976 - George Sklavos, composer, dies at 87
• 1976 - Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25
• 1979 - Al Hodge, actor (Capt Video), dies at 65
• 1979 - Richard Beckinsale, actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at 31
• 1982 - Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25
• 1987 - Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at 77
• 1987 - Emile Meyer, actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies
• 1987 - Louis Broglie, French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94
• 1987 - Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53
• 1991 - John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies
• 1991 - Ron Pagano, dies after lengthy illness at 37
• 1991 - Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies at 86
• 1992 - Cesare Danova, actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas), dies at 66
• 1993 - Barend P Tammeling, journalist (Trouw, Peek on the North), dies at 58
• 1993 - Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30
• 1994 - Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered
• 1994 - Jose Coronel Urtecho, poet, dies at 87
• 1995 - Fernand Lodewick, literature historian (Literature), dies at 85
• 1995 - Gerard Tebroke, 5/10 km-dasher, dies at 45
• 1995 - Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83
• 1996 - Christopher John Magenis Headington, musician, dies at 65
• 1996 - William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author, dies at 83
• 1997 - Willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92