• 0975 - Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg, German chronicler
• 1109 - Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85)
• 1404 - Philips van Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant
• 1517 - Jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet/scientist
• 1575 - Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer
• 1579 - Valerius Otto, composer
• 1626 - Geeraerdt Brandt, Dutch theologist/poet/historian
• 1654 - Agostino Steffani, composer
• 1657 - Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer
• 1683 - Pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright (Wiskunstenaars)
• 1691 - Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini)
• 1715 - Immanuel J Pyra, German poet (Temple of Real Poetry)
• 1761 - Charlotte von Kalb, German writer
• 1772 - Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer
• 1775 - Anna Symmes Harrison, Ohio, 9th 1st lady (1841)
• 1778 - Heinrich Gebhard, composer
• 1780 - Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer
• 1786 - Giacomo Cordella, composer
• 1795 - James Barry, female disguised as a man, surgeon general (British army)
• 1800 - Heinrich R G”ppert, German paleo-botanist
• 1804 - Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education
• 1816 - Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition)
• 1822 - Schuyler Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
• 1824 - Richard James Oglesby, Union (Union volunteers), died in 1899
• 1832 - Simon Hassler, composer
• 1840 - Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution
• 1848 - Arthur Earl Balfour, (C), British PM (1902-05) (Balfour Declaration)
• 1855 - Edward Solomon, composer
• 1865 - Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist/educator (Contact with Plants)
• 1866 - Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist
• 1867 - Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Ewige Hochzeit)
• 1870 - Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar (Young Flanders)
• 1876 - Gabri‰lla V M Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium/duchess of Bavaria
• 1883 - Alfredo Casella, Turin Italy, composer (La Giara)
• 1884 - Davidson Black, Canada, doctor of anatomy (identified Peking Man)
• 1885 - Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida)
• 1890 - Julian Rivero, SF CA, actor (Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express)
• 1890 - Tom O'Brien, San Diego CA, actor (Physical Evidence)
• 1893 - Dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer (Paying the Piper, Danny Boy)
• 1895 - Yvonne Printemps, Ermont France, singer/actress (Le Duel)
• 1896 - Richard N Gale, English general/airborne commander (Normandy)
• 1897 - Hermann Ambrosius, composer
• 1899 - Arthur Lubin, film director
• 1899 - Ralph Dumke, Indiana, actor (Movieland Quiz)
• 1900 - Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author (La victoria no viene sola)
• 1901 - Walter Breedveld/Reinier de Muntel, writer (Een ship vergaat)
• 1902 - Eric Hoffer, longshoreman/author (True Believer)
• 1903 - Andre Fleury, composer
• 1905 - Elias Canetti, Bulgarian/British novelist (Life-Terms, Nobel 1981)
• 1905 - Lila Lee, Union City NJ, actress (Midnight Girl, Blood & Sand)
• 1907 - Jack Gilford, NYC, actor (Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2)
• 1908 - Joseph Mitchell, writer
• 1913 - John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man)
• 1914 - Woody Strode, actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream)
• 1915 - David Napley, solicitor
• 1916 - Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P)
• 1918 - Nan Grey, [Eschal Miller], actress (3 Grief Girl, Dracula's Daughters)
• 1919 - Hubert Booi, Bonairian poet (Golgotha/Muchila)
• 1921 - John Christopherson, artist/collector
• 1924 - Estelle Getty, NYC, actress (Sophia Petrillo-Golden Girls)
• 1924 - Frank Church, (Sen-D-Id, 1957-81)
• 1925 - Alistair Taylor, cricketer (one Test as opening bat for S Afr 1956)
• 1925 - Jerry Paris, SF Calif, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show)
• 1926 - Teodor Grigoriu, composer
• 1927 - Midge Decter, St Paul Minn, anti woman's lib (Liberated Woman...)
• 1927 - Stanley Dancer, harness racer (4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown)
• 1930 - Maureen Forrester, Montreal Canada, contralto (Ressurection Symphony)
• 1930 - Murray Chapple, cricketer (NZ Test batsman through the 1950's)
• 1931 - Cornelis P van Dijk, Dutch minister of the Interior
• 1932 - Gibson N Kente, composer
• 1932 - Paul Joseph Weitz, Erie Pennsylvania, astronaut (Skylab 2, STS 6)
• 1935 - Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer
• 1935 - Barbara Harris, [Sandra Mankwitz], actress (Plaza Suite, Family Plot)
• 1935 - Laurent Terzieff, Paris, actor (Pharoah-Moses the Law Giver) [or 6/25]
• 1939 - Richard Akre Trythall, composer
• 1940 - John Pennel, pole vaulter (James E Sullivan Award-1963)
• 1941 - Nate Thurmond, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 1941 - Raul Ruiz, Puerto Mott Chile, actor (Lexot, Capitolo 66)
• 1942 - Felix Ph Ingold, writer
• 1943 - Janet Margolin, NYC, actress (Take the Money & Run, David & Lisa)
• 1943 - Jim McCarty, Liverpool, rock drummer (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
• 1943 - Roy Acuff Jr, rocker
• 1944 - Helga I "Mijanou" van Baarzel, Dutch actress (Klaverweide-Alicia)
• 1944 - Molly Bennett Aiken, founder (riding for the handicapped)
• 1944 - Tom Dawes, rocker
• 1945 - Donna Theodore, Broadway singer (Hollywood Talent Scouts)
• 1948 - Brian M[ichael] Stableford, UK, sci-fi author (Day of Wrath)
• 1948 - Steve Goodman, Chicago, singer/songwriter (Somebody Elses Trouble)
• 1950 - Mark Clarke, rocker (Uriah Heep)
• 1951 - Vanessa, [Conny Witteman], Dutch model/singer
• 1951 - Verdine White, US bassist (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1952 - "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin, [Williams], NWA/WCW/AWA wrestler
• 1954 - Ken Greer, rock guitarist (Red Rider)
• 1954 - Lynn Frederick, Middlesex England, actress (Schizophrenia)
• 1954 - Walter Payton, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
• 1955 - Bantubonke Holomisa, minister of Defense of Transkei (1988- )
• 1956 - Iman, [Abdulmajid], Mogadishu Somalia, model/actress (Star Trek 6)
• 1957 - Bogdan Musiol, German DR, bobsled (Olympic-bronze-1980)
• 1957 - Daniel W Bursch, Bristol PA, Lt Cmdr USN/Astronaut (STS 51, 68, 77)
• 1957 - Ray Billingsley, comic strip cartoonist (Curtis)
• 1957 - Roger Clinton, singer, President Clinton's half-brother
• 1958 - Henk Wanders, Dutch bassist (Frank Boeijen Group)
• 1958 - Thurston Moore, US guitarist/songwriter (Sonic Youth)
• 1961 - Katherine Kelly Lang, LA Calif, actress (Brooke-Bold & Beautiful)
• 1962 - Doug Drabek, Victoria TX, pitcher (Houston Astros, NY Yankees)
• 1962 - Mike Buncic, Patterson NJ, discus thrower
• 1964 - Jose Bautista, Bani Dom Rep, pitcher (SF Giants)
• 1964 - Tony Granato, Downers Grove, NHL left wing (LA Kings)
• 1965 - Illeana Douglas, Mass, actress (Picture Perfect, To Die For, Hacks)
• 1965 - Marty Brown, Owensboro Ky, country singer (Wildest Dreams)
• 1965 - Tom Dvorak, Braunschwieg GER, Canada equestrian dressage (Olympics-96)
• 1965 - Torey Lovullo, Santa Monica CA, infielder (Oakland A's)
• 1966 - Elke Jeinsen, Hanover Germany, playmate (May, 1993)
• 1967 - Dave Jareckie, Mexico City Mexico, US biathelete (Olympics-1994)
• 1967 - Ed Sprague, Castro Valley CA, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
• 1967 - Matt LeBlanc, actor (Joey Tribbiani-Friends)
• 1969 - Andrea Wieland, Atlanta GA, field hockey goaltender (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Angela Melini, Saigon, Vietnam, playmate (Jun, 1992)
• 1969 - Jon Barry, NBA guard (LA Lakers, Golden State Warriors)
• 1969 - Kevin Smith, NFL tight end (Oakland Raiders)
• 1969 - Trevor Peres, US, metal guitarist (Obituary-The End Complete)
• 1970 - Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent
• 1971 - Billy Wagner, Marion VA, pitcher (Houston Astros)
• 1971 - Pedro Martinez, Manoguayabo Dom Rep, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
• 1971 - Stacy Dawn Cenedese, Miss USA-Wyoming (1997)
• 1971 - Tracy Murray, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors, Wash Wizards)
• 1972 - Craig Howard, Redding California, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Rolex)
• 1972 - Kevin Roberts, cricketer (NSW middle-order batsman since 1994-95)
• 1974 - Lysa Jackson, Miss South Carolina USA (1996)
• 1974 - Todd Fuller, NBA center (SF Warriors)
• 1975 - Jay R Ferguson Jr, Dallas Tx, actor (Taylor Newton-Evening Shade)
• 1978 - Caroline Nicole Brigman, Miss South Carolina Teen USA (1997)
• 1978 - Louise Joy Brown, Oldham England, world's 1st "test tube baby"
• 1982 - Brad Renfro, actor (Client)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0306 - Gaius Flavius V Constantius, under-emperor of Rome 297-306, dies
• 1471 - John Soreth, French general, dies
• 1492 - Innocent VII, [Giovanni B Cibo], Italian Pope (1484-92), dies
• 1539 - Lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65
• 1564 - Ferdinand I, German Emperor (1558-64), dies at 61
• 1570 - Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed
• 1580 - Baltazar Alvarez, Spanish jesuit/writer, dies at 47
• 1593 - Steven Haghen, navigator/governor of Ambon (1617-18), dies at 61
• 1616 - Andreas Libavius, German alchemist, dies
• 1624 - Steven van der Haghen, admiral/gov on Ambon 1617-8, dies at about 61
• 1675 - Nicolas Saboly, composer, dies at 61
• 1721 - Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral of Zealand, dies at 66
• 1739 - Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73
• 1759 - Johann C Altnikol, German organist/klavecinist/composer, dies at 39
• 1759 - Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor, dies
• 1794 - Andr‚-Marie Ch‚nier, French poet (Avis aux Fran‡ais sur leurs), dies
• 1804 - William Forsyth, English gardening expert (Forsythia), dies
• 1814 - Charles Dibdin, composer, dies at 69
• 1826 - Pavel I Pestel, Russian officer, hanged at 33 [OS Jul 13]
• 1834 - S T Coleridge, writer, dies at 61
• 1834 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet, dies at 61
• 1853 - Joaquin Murietta, Chilian/Us military man, murdered
• 1857 - Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer, dies at 54
• 1864 - Clement Hoffman Stevens, Us banker/inventor/Conf brig-gen, dies at 42
• 1866 - Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies
• 1911 - Filippo Capocci, composer, dies at 71
• 1912 - Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter, dies at 76
• 1918 - Carlos Guido y Spano, Arg poet (Mexico, canto ‚pico), dies
• 1918 - Franiska zu Reventlow, writer, dies at 47
• 1922 - Jarolslaw Zielinski, composer, dies at 75
• 1927 - Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne), dies
• 1932 - Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (It Bolleken), dies [or 1936]
• 1934 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian chancellor assassinated by nazis
• 1944 - Lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-L“
• 1946 - Narziss Oh, German psychology, dies
• 1950 - E Langg„sser, writer, dies at 51
• 1952 - Herbert Murrill, composer, dies at 43
• 1955 - Ilmari Hannikainen, composer, dies at 62
• 1955 - Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, composer, dies at 55
• 1958 - "Sensational" Sherri Martel, woman's wrestling champ (WWF)
• 1958 - Harry Warner, US movie pionier (Warner Bros), dies at 81
• 1959 - Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71
• 1961 - J H F Gr”nloh, [Nescio], author (Above the Vale), dies at 80
• 1966 - Frank O'Hara, writer, dies at 40
• 1966 - Montgomery Clift, movie actor (From Here to Eternity), dies
• 1967 - W Gombrowicz, writer, dies at 62
• 1969 - Douglas Stuart Moore, composer, dies at 75
• 1971 - Leroy Robertson, composer, dies at 74
• 1974 - Walter Brennan, actor (Real McCoys), dies at 79
• 1981 - Ian Martin, actor (Uncle Bill-O'Neills), dies at 69
• 1982 - Beene Dubbelboer, writer (Turfgasgenerator), dies at 76
• 1983 - Jerome Moross, US composer (Frankie & Johnny), dies at 69
• 1986 - Theodore H "Ted" Lyons, pitcher (Chic White Sox), dies at 85
• 1986 - Vincente Minnelli, director (Gigi, Goodbye Charlie), dies in LA at 76
• 1987 - Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, dies of internal injuries
• 1991 - Brian Haines, actor (Adv of Robin Hood, It), dies at 70
• 1991 - Kaganovitch, Russian minister of Transport for Stalin, dies
• 1991 - Toni Gerry, actress (Bullet for Joey, Lust for Life), dies at 61
• 1992 - Alfred Drake, Broadway actor (Oklahoma), dies of heart failure at 78
• 1992 - Hope Miller, actress (Bwana Devil), dies of breast cancer at 63
• 1993 - Nan Grey, actress (Invisible Man Returns), dies on 75th birthday
• 1994 - John M Dengler, jazz Bass Sax/Trumpet/Trombone, dies at 67
• 1995 - Charlie Rich, country singer (Lonely Weekends), dies at 62
• 1995 - Janice Elliott, novelist, dies at 63
• 1995 - Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer, dies at 89
• 1996 - Raymond O'Malley, teacher, dies at 87
• 1997 - Ben Hogan, golfer (Masters, Brit Open, US Open-1953), dies at 84
• 1997 - Dora Maar, Picasso model/companion, dies at 89
• 1997 - Margaret Farrer, midwife, dies at 83