• 1511 - Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect
• 1511 - Ponte Santa Trinita, Florence
• 1581 - Thomas Overbury, poet (baptized)
• 1681 - Feofan Prokopovich, theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer
• 1716 - Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter
• 1723 - Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer
• 1740 - Karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor
• 1744 - Augustin Holler, composer
• 1757 - Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer
• 1758 - Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch jurist/patriot
• 1780 - Michael Henkel, composer
• 1794 - George Grote, British historian
• 1799 - Prosper M‚niŠre, French ear doctor (M‚niŠre Syndrome)
• 1799 - William Lassell, discoverer (satellites of Uranus & Neptune)
• 1809 - Sylvanus William Godon, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1879
• 1812 - Ivan Goncharov, Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)
• 1813 - Pavel Annenkov, Rus literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti)
• 1820 - Martin Andreas Udbye, composer
• 1822 - Henry David Leslie, composer
• 1824 - Johannes Heykamp, Catholic archbishop of Utrecht
• 1839 - William Henry Seward Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1920
• 1850 - Richard Heuberger, composer
• 1854 - Edward Wyllis Scripps, publisher/journalist
• 1857 - Henry Clay Folger Jr, US, businessman/Shakespeare fan
• 1858 - Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist
• 1860 - Hugo Loudon, CEO (Royal Dutch Oil [Shell])
• 1861 - Jos‚ FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores)
• 1868 - Mikl¢s Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44)
• 1877 - James Montgomery Flagg, illustrator ("I want you" Uncle Sam)
• 1881 - Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch labor leader
• 1882 - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]
• 1884 - Edouard Daladier, premier France (1933..40)
• 1886 - George Mallory, England, mountain climber ("because it is there")
• 1887 - Blanche Yurka, St Paul MN, actress (Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities)
• 1888 - Margarita Xirgu, Barcelona Spain, actress (Bloody Wedding)
• 1888 - S S Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], author (Canary Murder Case)
• 1889 - Paul Joostens, Flemish painter
• 1891 - Hans Ruin, Finnish Swedish-language historian
• 1892 - Edward Steuermann, composer
• 1896 - Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)
• 1896 - Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936)
• 1896 - Philip Barry, US, dramatist (Philadelphia Story)
• 1898 - Carleton Percy Hobbs, Farnborough England
• 1898 - M C Escher, Dutch graphic artist
• 1899 - James Ralph Darling, teacher
• 1901 - Jeanette MacDonald, Phila, actress/singer (When I'm Calling You)
• 1901 - Jimmy Dale, Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher)
• 1901 - Llewellyn Rees, British theater actor (Invisible Creature)
• 1902 - Henry Wadsworth, Maysville KY, actor (Applause, Fast & Loose)
• 1903 - Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Le diable ouch corps)
• 1904 - Keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident)
• 1904 - Manuel Rosenthal, Paris France, composer (Bootleggers)
• 1905 - Eduard Tubin, composer
• 1905 - John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer
• 1906 - Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
• 1907 - Benny Payne, Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show)
• 1907 - Froelich Rainey, Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World)
• 1908 - Bud Collyer, NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth)
• 1908 - Maria E Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage)
• 1910 - Avon Long, Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation)
• 1910 - Dick Foran, Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby)
• 1910 - E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Playhouse 90, Chicago Hope)
• 1910 - Ray McKinley, Ft Worth Tx, orch leader/drummer (Glenn Miller Time)
• 1912 - Glen Morris, MO, Olympic champion/actor (Tarzan)
• 1912 - Henry Brandon, Berlin Germany, actor (Drums of Fu Manchu)
• 1913 - Sammy Cahn, lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain)
• 1913 - Sylvia Porter, financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book)
• 1914 - Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper (S African in 11 Tests 1938-50)
• 1915 - Arthur Fagg, cricketer (dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 1938)
• 1915 - Red Adair, oilman (fought oil fires in Kuwait)
• 1915 - Victor Legley, composer
• 1916 - John Young, actor/TV panelist (Masquerade Party)
• 1917 - Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev, composer
• 1917 - Richard Boone, LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel)
• 1918 - Bob Carroll, singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, Stranger)
• 1919 - Edward Leadbitter, politician
• 1919 - Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist
• 1919 - Mel Brandt, Bkln NY, actor (Faraway Hill)
• 1919 - Ted Leadbitter, British MP (Lab)
• 1920 - Aster Berkhof, [Louis Van de Bergh], Flemish writer (Furious Christ)
• 1920 - Ian Carmichael, Hull England, actor (Lucky Jim, I'm Alright Jack)
• 1922 - Donald L Keene, NYC, Japanese translator/critic
• 1923 - Herman Krebbers, Dutch violist/concert master
• 1924 - George Mikan, NBA center (6-time all-pro)
• 1924 - Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop den Uyl
• 1925 - Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer
• 1925 - Rex Collings, writer/publisher
• 1925 - Robert Arthur, Aberdeen Wash, actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You)
• 1926 - Patricia Hutchinson, British ambassador (Uruguay)
• 1926 - Tom Wicker, columnist (NY Times)
• 1927 - Dennis Landau, CEO (Cooperative Wholesale Society)
• 1927 - John Phillipps Kenyon, historian/teacher
• 1927 - Paul Eddington, actor (Devil Rides Out, Devil's Bride)
• 1927 - Simeon Pironkov, composer
• 1928 - Maggie McNamara, NYC, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal)
• 1928 - Michael Blakemore, British theater director (Country Life)
• 1929 - Eva Bartok, Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate)
• 1929 - James Bishop, editor (London News Publications)
• 1929 - J�rgen Habermans, German sociologist (Frankfurter Schule)
• 1930 - Peter Phillips, CEO (AB Electronics) [or Feb 10]
• 1931 - Della Smith, cookbook writer/British broadcaster
• 1931 - Peter Batty, TV/movie producer
• 1932 - G�nter Seuren, writer
• 1933 - Jean Wicki, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1933 - Tommy Hunt, US singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
• 1934 - Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander (Europe)
• 1934 - Carl de Winter, sect-gen (Federation of British Artists)
• 1936 - Ian Spurling, ballet designer
• 1936 - R Ronald Venetian, [Vene], president Suriname (1991- )
• 1937 - Gail Godwin, US, author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman)
• 1937 - John D [Jay] Rockefeller IV, (Sen-D-WV, 1985- )
• 1937 - Varbara Ann Teer, US actress/director (Natl Black Theatre Company)
• 1937 - Vitaly Mikhailovich Zholobov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 21)
• 1938 - Joop M Worrell, Dutch MP (PvdA)
• 1939 - Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)
• 1939 - Lynn Whiting, horse trainer
• 1940 - Bob Duncan, prison warden (Gartree Prison in UK)
• 1940 - Jim Albus, Staten Island NY, PGA golfer (1991 Mazda Senior Players)
• 1942 - Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor
• 1942 - Paul McCartney, Liverpool, rocker (Beatles), writes silly love songs
• 1942 - Roger Ebert, Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies)
• 1942 - Thabo M Mbeki, South African economist/1st vice-president (1994- )
• 1943 - Barry Evans, actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House, Mind Your Language)
• 1944 - Paul Lansky, composer
• 1947 - Bernard Giraudeau, La Rochelle France, actor (L'Annee des Meduses)
• 1947 - Douglas Young, composer
• 1947 - Linda Thorson, Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live)
• 1948 - Nick Drake, rocker (Back to Fruit Tree)
• 1949 - Jerry Hollendorfer, horse trainer
• 1949 - William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor
• 1950 - Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
• 1951 - Henny Huisman, Dutch TV host (Playback Show)
• 1952 - Barry Champagne, Louisiana, stunt coorindator (Licence to Kill)
• 1952 - Carol Kane, Cleveland Ohio, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi)
• 1952 - Isabella Rossellini, Rome Italy, actress (Big Night, Blue Velvet)
• 1952 - Rickey Gazda, rocker
• 1953 - Jerome Smith, US guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band-Boogie Shoes)
• 1954 - William Beard, rock drummer (Face To Face)
• 1956 - Brian Benben, Winchester Va, actor (Dream On, Gangster Chronicles)
• 1957 - Andrea Evans, actress (Young & Restless, Tina-One Life to Live)
• 1957 - Tom Bailey, England, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
• 1958 - Daniels Koran, saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
• 1961 - Andres Galarraga, Caracas Venezuela, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
• 1961 - [Genevieve] Alison Moyet, Essex England, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf)
• 1962 - Jan[ice] Merrill, track star (US record long distance holder 1979)
• 1963 - Bruce Smith, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
• 1963 - Darren "Dizzy" Reed, US musician (Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine)
• 1963 - Joe Walter, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
• 1963 - Omar Londono, jockey
• 1964 - Thanh Nguyen, Saigon Vietnam, 141 lbs US weightlifter (Olympics-1996)
• 1966 - Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Doug Bodger, Chemainus BC, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, San Jose)
• 1966 - Kurt Browning, Alberta, figure skater (Olympic-5-1994)
• 1966 - Luke Jensen, Grayling Mich, tennis star (1993 French Open doubles)
• 1966 - Robert Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Oly-1996)
• 1966 - Sandy Alomar, Salinas Puerto Rico, catcher (Cleveland Indians)
• 1968 - John Lumkes, Chicago Illinois, 3k steeplechase runner
• 1969 - Fernando Valenzula, jockey
• 1969 - Jay Leeuwenburg, NFL guard/center (Chic Bears, Indianapolis Colts)
• 1969 - Laura Brown, LPGA golfer
• 1971 - Blair Pocock, cricketer (New Zealand opening batsman 1993)
• 1971 - Mara Hobel, NYC, actress (Mommie Dearest)
• 1971 - Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)
• 1972 - Otakar Vejvoda, Kladno CZE, hockey forward (Team Czech Rep)
• 1973 - Rayna Stewart, safety/cornerback (Tennessee Oilers)
• 1973 - Tracy Noonan, Lawrence Mass, soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Bumper Robinson, actor (Webster, Night Court)
• 1974 - Keith Poole, wide receiver (New Orleans Saints)
• 1992 - Bob Kempainen, Minneapolis MN, marathoner (Olympics-66)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0741 - Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies
• 1164 - Elisabeth von Sch”nau, German mystic (Visiones), dies at about 34
• 1291 - Alfonso III, King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
• 1464 - Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter, dies at 65
• 1580 - Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
• 1588 - Anna, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna van Saksen, dies at 24
• 1629 - Piet Heyn, lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51
• 1667 - Louise Henri‰tte, daughter of Frederik Hendrik, dies at 39
• 1669 - Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies
• 1686 - Johann Quirsfeld, composer, dies at 43
• 1726 - Michel-Richard Delalande, composer, dies at 68
• 1772 - Gerard of Swieten, botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72
• 1799 - Johann Andre, composer, dies at 58
• 1817 - Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies
• 1821 - Charles Hague, composer, dies at 52
• 1824 - Ferdinand III JJ-B, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55
• 1850 - Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99
• 1853 - Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising), dies
• 1859 - Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65
• 1866 - Jacobus T Abels, painter, dies at 62
• 1876 - August Rockel, composer, dies at 61
• 1880 - John Sutter, US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77
• 1884 - Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Arg writer (Crime of War), dies at 74
• 1886 - Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Neth bishop of Roermond, dies at 90
• 1898 - George Ulyett, cricketer (949 runs 50 wkts for England 25 Tests), dies
• 1902 - Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66
• 1909 - Learmont Drysdale, composer, dies at 42
• 1911 - Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer, dies at 76
• 1916 - Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67
• 1916 - Max Immelmann, German pilot (WW I), killed
• 1921 - Eduardo Acevedo D¡az, Uruguay writer (Nativa, Lanza y Sable), dies
• 1921 - Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Kantkennis), dies at 37
• 1922 - John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71
• 1928 - Roald E G Amundsen, Norwegian pole explorer, dies
• 1934 - Francisco Lacerda, composer, dies at 65
• 1935 - August Reusner, composer, dies at 64
• 1936 - Maxim Gorki, [Alexei M Peshkov], Russian writer (Mother), dies at 68
• 1937 - Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies
• 1939 - French LM "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish actor, dies at 73
• 1942 - Adolf Opalka, Czech resistance fighter, shot down
• 1942 - Arthur Willard Pryor, composer, dies at 71
• 1942 - John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28
• 1942 - Josef Gabc¡k, Czech resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich
• 1945 - Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
• 1945 - Simon B Buckner, US lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies in action
• 1952 - Efim D Bogolyubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63
• 1955 - Walter Rein, composer, dies at 61
• 1955 - Willy Burkhard, composer, dies at 55
• 1958 - Douglas Jardine, cricketer (22 Tests for England), dies
• 1959 - Ethel Barrymore, [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies at 79
• 1962 - Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
• 1964 - Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58
• 1965 - George Melachrino, composer, dies at 56
• 1967 - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-67), dies at 66
• 1973 - Fritz Mahler, composer, dies at 71
• 1973 - Roger Delgado, actor (Agent 8 3/4, Hot Enought for June), dies at 55
• 1973 - Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
• 1974 - Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77
• 1975 - Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king
• 1982 - Curt Jurgens, actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
• 1982 - Djuna Barnes, writer, dies
• 1982 - John Cheever, Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining
• 1982 - Roberto Calvi, director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself
• 1987 - Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87
• 1990 - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
• 1991 - Joan Caulfield, actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69
• 1992 - Peter Allen, entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
• 1994 - Jack Harkness, rose grower, dies at 75
• 1995 - Arthur John Howard, actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso), dies at 85
• 1995 - Charles Martin, cartoonist, dies at 85
• 1996 - Maitland Mackie, farmer, dies at 84
• 1996 - Pierre Chany, writer/cycling journalist, dies at 73