• 1504 - Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury
• 1619 - Barbara Strozzi, composer
• 1638 - Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher
• 1644 - Fran‡oise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV
• 1651 - Fran‡ois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)
• 1651 - Johann Michael Zacher, composer
• 1664 - Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer
• 1665 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer
• 1697 - Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45)
• 1733 - Jacques-Denis Antoine, French master builder (H“tel Maillebois Paris)
• 1748 - Bernhard Haltenberger, composer
• 1775 - Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angoulˆme/General of France
• 1800 - Catherine Beecher, educator (championed higher education for women)
• 1804 - Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer/minister of Justice (1856-58)
• 1809 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet laureate of England
• 1811 - Judah Philip Benjamin, Secy War/Secy State (Confederacy) [or Aug 11]
• 1819 - Samuel Powhatan Carter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1845 - Anthonie A Vorsterman van Oyen, Dutch genealogist
• 1856 - Nestor de TiŠre, Flemish poet (Pink Kate)
• 1858 - Albert Fuchs, composer
• 1859 - J Arthur S Berson, Austria meteorologist (Balloon flights, Amazon)
• 1861 - Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, 2nd wife of Theodore Roosevelt
• 1866 - Chief Thundercloud, [Scott T Williams], MT, actor (Lone Ranger)
• 1868 - Paul Claudel, France, diplomat/poet (L'Otage-1909)
• 1871 - Emanuel Querido, [Joost Mendes], author/publisher
• 1873 - John Wesley Work, composer
• 1873 - Mary Carr Moore, composer
• 1875 - Marcel Labey, composer
• 1879 - Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)
• 1881 - Alexander Fleming, England, bacteriologist (penicillin; Nobel 1954)
• 1881 - Leo Carrillo, LA CA, actor (American Empire, Cisco Kid)
• 1882 - Gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder (Calvinist party)
• 1883 - Francesco Santoliquido, composer
• 1883 - Scott Nearing, US sociologist/pacifist/author (The Good Life)
• 1885 - Jozef M E Meeus, Belgian director H-Heart union
• 1886 - Edward Ballantine, composer
• 1892 - Hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw)
• 1893 - Guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset)
• 1896 - Cyril Mockridge, composer
• 1902 - Michal Vilec, composer
• 1902 - Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright (Ultimatum Factory) [OS]
• 1904 - Henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68)
• 1904 - M Revis, [Willem Fisherman], author (Gelakte Brain)
• 1905 - Clara Bow, silent screen actress (Wings) "it" girl of 1920's films
• 1906 - Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants)
• 1908 - George Singer, composer
• 1908 - Helen Hull Jacobs, Berkley Calif, US tennis champ (1932-35)
• 1908 - James Lees-Milne, architecural historian
• 1908 - Sol Adler, economist Sinophile
• 1908 - Svend Erik Tarp, composer
• 1910 - Charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes)
• 1910 - Friedrich Schroder, composer
• 1910 - William J Law, sailor
• 1911 - Lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame)
• 1911 - Norman Gordon, S Afri cricket pace bowler (against England 1938-39)
• 1914 - Susan Cowdy, ornithologist
• 1916 - Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta
• 1916 - Michael Burke, sports executive (NY Yankees, NY Knicks)
• 1917 - Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)
• 1919 - Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946)
• 1921 - Ella Raines, Sinoqualmie Falls Wash, actress (Janice Dean RN)
• 1922 - Freddie Laker, CEO (Laker airlines)
• 1923 - Jack Parnell, London England, orch leader (Englebert Humperdick Show)
• 1923 - Jackie Kelk, Brooklyn NY, actor (Homer-Aldrich Family)
• 1923 - William B Williams, Babylon NY, DJ (WNEW, Sammy & Company)
• 1925 - Barbara Bates, Denver Colo, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life)
• 1925 - Leland Smith, composer
• 1926 - Christa Reinig, writer
• 1926 - Frank Finlay, Farnworth Lancashire England, actor (Robbery, Lifeforce)
• 1926 - J[anet] O[pal] Jeppson, [nee Janet Asimov], author (2nd Experiment)
• 1927 - Andy Warhol, McKeesport PA, artist/producer (Frankenstein, Bad)
• 1927 - William David Ford, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1965- )
• 1928 - Janice-Lee York Romary, Calif, fencer (Olympics-1948-68)
• 1929 - Anneliese Kuppers, German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956)
• 1929 - Mike Elliot, rocker
• 1930 - Abbey Lincoln, Chicago IL, actress/singer (Nothing But a Man)
• 1932 - Anneli Sauli, [Savolainen], actress (Milkmaid)
• 1933 - A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959)
• 1934 - John Storey Bonington, UK, mountain climber (Annapurna I in 1970)
• 1934 - Leopold M de Beer, Dutch MP (VVD)
• 1934 - Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, UK, sci-fi author (Chthon, Phthor)
• 1937 - Barbara Windsor, actress (Study in Terror)
• 1938 - Carry Tefsen, Dutch actress (Say A)
• 1938 - Paul Bartel, Brooklyn NY, director/actor (Eating Raoul)
• 1938 - Peter Bonerz, Portsmouth NH, actor (Jerry-Bob Newhart Show, 9 to 5)
• 1939 - William "Sonny" Sanders, US singer (Rayber Voices)
• 1940 - Louise Sorel, LA Calif, actress (BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion)
• 1941 - Doris Ernestine Hays, composer
• 1941 - Hubertus AGM "Bert" Andr‚, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit-Come Back)
• 1943 - Michael Anderson Jr, London, actor (Clay-The Monroes)
• 1943 - Ray Buktenica, Greenwich Village NYC, actor (Rhoda, House Calls)
• 1946 - Dusty Rhodes, Australian baseball coach (Olympics-1996)
• 1947 - Sally Eaton, Ill, Broadway actress (Jeanie-Hair)
• 1947 - Tony Dell, cricketer (Australian left-arm quick, 2 Tests 1971 & 74)
• 1948 - Michael Peters, choreographer (What's Love Got to Do with It)
• 1949 - Joyce McKinney, Avery County NC, Miss Wyoming (1972)
• 1950 - Dorian Harewood, Dayton Ohio, actor (Earl-Glitter, Trauma Center)
• 1950 - Nathan Purdee, actor (Nathan-Young & Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live)
• 1950 - Winston E Scott, Miami Fla, USN Commander/astronaut (STS 72, 87)
• 1951 - Catherine Hicks, Scottsdale Az, actress (Star Trek IV, Child's Play)
• 1952 - Barrel Scherpenzeel, rocker (Earth & Fire)
• 1952 - Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch rock keyboardist (Earth & Fire)
• 1952 - Wojiech Fortuna, Poland, ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1953 - Iqbal Qasim, cricketer (Pakistani slow lefty in the 80's)
• 1953 - Pat MacDonald, rocker (Timbuk 3)
• 1954 - Carl C Perkins, (Rep-D-KY, 1984- )
• 1955 - Tom Inskeep, Bluffton Ind, Canadian Tour golfer
• 1956 - Stepfanie Kramer, LA Calif, actress (Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter)
• 1956 - Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Ashes to Ashes)
• 1957 - Faith Prince, Augusta Ga, Broadway actress (Guys & Dolls, Carousel)
• 1958 - Randy DeBarge, Grand Rapids Mich, rock vocalist/bassist (Debarge)
• 1958 - Simon Francken, Dutch bassist (Ivy Green)
• 1959 - Grant Aleksander, Balt Md, actor (Guiding Light, All My Children)
• 1959 - Joyce Sims, rocker (All & All)
• 1960 - Dale Ellis, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics, Denver Nuggets)
• 1961 - Bruce Matthews, center/guard (Tennessee Oilers)
• 1961 - Carol Norman, Ardmore Okla, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1982)
• 1961 - Earl Winfield, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1961 - Mary Lou, Daniels Chicago lL, tennis star
• 1962 - Thomas Jefferson, Cleve Ohio, 200m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984)
• 1963 - Kimberley Conrad Hefner, Moulton Al, playmate of year (Jan, 1988)
• 1963 - Thomas Bohrer, US West Islip NY, rower (Olympic-92)
• 1963 - [Michael] Tony Dees, Pascagoula Miss, hurdler
• 1964 - John Mooney, Seattle Wash, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
• 1964 - Lauren Cowan, Benalla Victoria, golfer (1994 66th English Womens Open)
• 1964 - Lisa Boyle, Chicago Ill, actress (Showgirls)
• 1964 - Moosie Drier, Chic Ill, actor (Laugh-in)
• 1964 - Robert Mimbs, CFL running back (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• 1965 - Brian Kinchen, NFL tight end (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
• 1965 - David Robinson, Fla, NBA center (San Antonio Spurs, Olympic-gold-92)
• 1966 - William Fred Mayfair, Phoenix AZ, PGA golfer (1993 Greater Milw Open)
• 1967 - Willie Williams, NFL/CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts, NO Saints)
• 1968 - Celena Mondie-Milner, Milledgeville Ga, 100m/200m runner
• 1968 - Chris Boardman, English cyclist (world 1 hour record)
• 1968 - Jack de Gier, soccer player (Cambuur L, Go Ahead Eagles)
• 1968 - Jeff Barlow, Jackson MS, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Carolina Classic-5th)
• 1968 - Patricia Tarabini, La Plata Argentina, tennis star (1985 Futures ITA)
• 1968 - Siran Stacy, WLAF running back (Scottish Claymores)
• 1969 - Roberto Lanckohr, soccer player (MVV)
• 1969 - Simon Doull, cricket medium pacer (NZ)
• 1970 - Mike Strange, Niagara Falls Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Curtis Shearer, WLAF receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1971 - Mike Bales, Saskatoon, NHL goalie (Ottawa Senators)
• 1971 - Piyal Wijetunge, cricketer (Sri Lanka slow left-armer 1993)
• 1972 - Geri Estelle Halliwell, "Ginger Spice" singer (Spice Girls)
• 1972 - Mike Frederick, NFL defensive end (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
• 1973 - Mike Sheldon, WLAF Guard (Rhein Fire)
• 1973 - Robert Lee, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1974 - Adrian Voinea, Focsani Romania, tennis star (1995 Malta)
• 1974 - Alvin Williams, NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers)
• 1974 - Bobby Petta, soccer player (Feyenoord, RKC)
• 1974 - Nelson Vargas, Holoyoke Mass, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1975 - Rik Platvoet, Dutch soccer player, (FC Twente, MVV)
• 1976 - Parmeso Emekrasha, Buddhist Monk
• 1976 - Soleil Moon Frye, Glendora Calif, actress (Punky Brewster)
• 1979 - Jennifer Exaltacion, Windsor Ontario, gymnist (Olympics-96)
• 1990 - Jon Benet Ramsey, little beauty queen (murdered in 1996)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0258 - Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded
• 0523 - Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies
• 0966 - Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)
• 1195 - Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies
• 1221 - Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)
• 1272 - Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies
• 1458 - Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58), dies at 79
• 1548 - Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies
• 1623 - Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, dies
• 1637 - Ben Johnson, dramatist/playwright, dies at 65
• 1660 - Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61
• 1661 - Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies
• 1666 - Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43
• 1686 - Paul Hainlein, composer, dies at 60
• 1718 - Jacob F Muller, [Sjako/Jaco], Germ/Neth crowd leader, beheaded at 28
• 1727 - Fran‡ois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61
• 1746 - Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway, dies
• 1775 - Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer, dies at 72
• 1783 - Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70
• 1784 - Karl Kohaut, composer, dies at 57
• 1799 - Joseph Friebert, composer, dies at 74
• 1816 - Karl Frieberth, composer, dies at 80
• 1820 - Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59
• 1820 - M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca, dies at 43, dies
• 1821 - Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer, dies at 64
• 1848 - Nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58
• 1853 - Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer, dies at 57
• 1862 - Francisco Acu¤a de Figueroa, Uruguay national anthem, dies at 71
• 1867 - Faustin-lie Soulouque, emperor of Haiti, dies (birth date unknown)
• 1886 - Wilhelm Scherer, German literature historian, dies at 45
• 1890 - John Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)
• 1895 - George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74
• 1900 - Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74
• 1914 - Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54
• 1924 - John Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76
• 1928 - William Henry Grattan Flood, composer, dies at 68
• 1935 - Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer, dies at 70
• 1937 - Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76
• 1937 - Ferdinand CS Schiller, British philosopher (Mind!), dies at 72
• 1938 - Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57
• 1943 - Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies
• 1954 - Theo[by] Van Reijn, sculptor/drawer/lithograph, dies at 70 [or 8/10]
• 1959 - Preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies at 60
• 1961 - Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87
• 1963 - Tom Keene, actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68
• 1964 - Cedric Hardwicke, actor (Capt Hook-Peter Pan), dies at 71
• 1965 - Aksel Sandemose, writer, dies
• 1965 - Everett Sloane, dies of apparent suicide with bartiturates at 55
• 1965 - Nancy Carroll, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 60
• 1965 - Peter Ronnefeld, composer, dies at 30
• 1966 - Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, sci-fi author (Space Lords), dies at 53
• 1968 - Ernest Burnelle, Belgian politician, dies at 60
• 1969 - Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 65
• 1970 - Ingolf Dahl, German composer (Andante & Arioso), dies at 58
• 1973 - Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, dictator Cuba (1940-58), dies at 72
• 1976 - Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73
• 1978 - Edward Durrell Stone, US architect, dies at 76
• 1978 - Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], Italian Pope (1963-78), dies at 80
• 1979 - Kurt Kasznar, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65
• 1980 - Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66
• 1986 - Emilio Fernandez, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82
• 1986 - Manfred Hausmann, writer, dies at 87
• 1986 - William J Schroeder, (longest-survivor with permanent artificial) heart, dies at 54, after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump)
• 1987 - Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91
• 1987 - Sherwood Bailey, actor (Spud-Our Gang), dies
• 1988 - Anatoli S Levchenko, cosmonaut (TM-4), dies of brain tumor at 47
• 1988 - J Skelly Wright, US judge (anti-segregationist), dies at 77
• 1989 - Hubert Beuve-M‚ry, French newspaper founder (Le Monde), dies at 87
• 1990 - Charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
• 1990 - Gordon Metcalfe, actor (Monster in the Closet), dies of AIDS at 43
• 1990 - Jacques Soustelle, Fren ethnology/minister of Information, dies at 78
• 1990 - Mario De Andrade, founder (Movimiento Popular of Lib of Angola), dies
• 1990 - Robert Alex, shot to death by robber at 31
• 1991 - Harry Reasoner, newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at 68
• 1991 - Shapour Bakhtiar, premier Iran (1979), dies in Paris
• 1993 - Milton "Milt" Thompson, US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer, dies at 67
• 1994 - Domenico Modugno, Italian singer (Volare), dies at 66
• 1995 - Paul James Nunn, mountaineer, dies at 52
• 1995 - Youly Algaroff, ballet dancer, dies at 77
• 1996 - Buland Al Haidary, poet, dies at 69
• 1996 - Hernan Siles Zuazo, Pres of Bolivia (1956-60, 1982-85), dies at 82
• 1996 - Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer, dies at 63
• 1996 - Muhammad al-Badr, magnate of Northern Yemen (1962), dies
• 1996 - Ossie Raymond Clark, fashion designer, dies at 54
• 1996 - Richard Murphey Goodwin, economist, dies at 83