• 1507 - Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, [Aytta van Zwichem], Dutch priest
• 1545 - Giovanale Ancina, composer
• 1581 - Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of Ivan IV "the Terrible"
• 1605 - Thomas Browne, British writer (Garden of Cyrus)
• 1652 - Louis Le Quointe, composer
• 1684 - Johann Christoph Fravenholtz, composer
• 1690 - Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer
• 1784 - John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Co pioneer in Oregon Country
• 1784 - Leigh Hunt, British writer (Lord Byron)
• 1792 - Dirk Donker Curtius, Dutch attorney/minister of Justice (liberal)
• 1810 - Cassius Marcellus Clay, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1903
• 1819 - Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist (Crises Commercial)
• 1824 - Frantisek Pivoda, composer
• 1824 - Rufus Saxton, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
• 1828 - Adolfo Fumagalli, composer
• 1834 - Francis Channing Barlow, US lawyer/gen-major/co-founder (ABA)
• 1850 - Annie S Peck, mountain climber/explorer/diplomat
• 1859 - Georg Knorr, German engineer (brake system trains)
• 1860 - Affie Jarvis, cricketer (Australian WK of the late 19th century)
• 1862 - Auguste LumiŠre, made 1st movie (Workers Leaving LumiŠre Factory)
• 1863 - John Huston Finley, Ill, editor (NY Times (1937-38)
• 1865 - Godfrey Cripps, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1892, 18 & 3)
• 1866 - Clarence Lucas, composer
• 1868 - Bertha Landes, 1st woman elected mayor of a major US city (Seattle)
• 1871 - Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Wisdom of the Body)
• 1873 - Barton King, cricketer (North America's greatest all-rounder)
• 1873 - Jaap Eden, Dutch World Champion cycling & speed skating
• 1876 - Mordecai (3 finger) Brown, hall of fame pitcher
• 1882 - Vincas Kreve-Mickievicius, Lithuania, poet/philologist/playwright
• 1889 - Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer (1968 Acad of Country Music Award)
• 1892 - Alexander A Aljechin, Russian/French chess champ (1927-35, 37-46)
• 1892 - Ilmari Hannikainen, composer
• 1895 - Louis Mumford, cultural historian/city planner/writer
• 1899 - Miguel Asturias, Guatemala, poet/diplomat (Hombres de Maiz, Nobel 67)
• 1900 - Bill Ponsford, cricketer (great Australian batsman, HS 437 Vic v NSW)
• 1900 - Theodoro Valcarcel, composer
• 1901 - Arleigh A Burke, Colo, admiral (WW II, Solomon Islands, Navy Cross)
• 1903 - Vittorio Giannini, composer
• 1908 - Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer
• 1908 - Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician/composer (Elegy)
• 1909 - Robert Beatty, Ontario, actor (Amorous Mr Pawn, Where Eagles Dare)
• 1910 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, India, astrophysicist (Nobel 1983)
• 1911 - George Cates, NYC, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show)
• 1911 - Hilde Spiel, writer
• 1913 - Jean Urruty, France, Jai-Alai champion
• 1913 - Vasco Pratolini, Italian writer (Le ragazze di San Frediano)
• 1914 - Harold Gimblett, cricketer (legendary Somerset & England batsman)
• 1916 - David Lewis, Pitts Pa, actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital)
• 1916 - Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist (Brussels Competition-1938)
• 1916 - Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Sweden, opera composer (Herr von Hancken)
• 1916 - Toby Rowland, theatrical manager
• 1918 - Louis Althusser, French philosopher (For Marx, Strangled His Wife)
• 1918 - Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor
• 1920 - LaWanda Page, Cleve Ohio, actress (Aunt Esther-Sanford & Sons)
• 1921 - George Nader, Pasadena Calif, actor (Robot Monster, Away All Boats)
• 1921 - Gunnar Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)
• 1922 - Jack Anderson, Long Beach, Calif, journalist (Wash Post)
• 1925 - Bernard Hepton, Bradford England, actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII)
• 1925 - Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist
• 1927 - Marjorie Tallchief, US ballerina (Harkness Ballet)
• 1927 - Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter/director (Cobra)
• 1928 - Buff Cobb, Florence Italy, actress (Masquerade Party)
• 1929 - Balbir Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1948-56)
• 1929 - Dumitru Capoianu, composer
• 1930 - Tom ap Rees, botanist
• 1931 - John LeCarr‚, [Cornwell], England, spy novelist (Little Drummer Girl)
• 1931 - Laszlo Kalmar, composer
• 1932 - Lloyd Haynes, South Bend Indiana, actor (Pete Dixon-Room 222)
• 1932 - Robert Reed, Highland Park Ill, actor (Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse)
• 1933 - Brian Booth, cricketer (dual Australian cricket/hockey international)
• 1933 - Wilfried Dietrich, German FR, super-heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1934 - David Guard, rocker (Kingston Trio)
• 1934 - Des Hoare, cricketer (Australian quickie in Test in 1961 v W Indies)
• 1934 - Jakubu Gowon, army staff chief/president of Nigeria (1966-75)
• 1935 - Jim Reeves, rocker
• 1936 - Johnetta Betsch Cole, educator/president (Spellman College)/(Sen-D-KY)
• 1936 - Tony Lo Bianco, Brooklyn NY, actor (Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner!)
• 1937 - Nicholas Palmer, television writer/producer
• 1937 - Peter Max, psychadelic artist (Dynamite Chicken)
• 1937 - Sean Garrison, NYC, actor (Up Periscope, Splendor in the Grass)
• 1938 - Ton Regtien, Dutch student leader
• 1939 - Benita Valente, Delano Calif, soprano (Pamina-Die Zauberfl”te)
• 1940 - Jerzy Kulej, Poland, light welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
• 1940 - Michael Gambon, English actor (Singing Detective, Paris at Night)
• 1941 - Simon Ward, London England, actor (4 Musketeers, 4 Feathers)
• 1943 - Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper (WI early 70's)
• 1943 - Robert Morris, composer
• 1943 - Robin Greville Holloway, composer
• 1944 - George McCrae, US singer (Lead Me On, Rock Your Baby)
• 1944 - Keith Adrian, [Johnson], Indies/Dutch actor (Intrepid Mr Twist)
• 1944 - Peter Tosh, rocker
• 1945 - Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist
• 1945 - Divine, [Harris Glenn Milstead], Balt MD, actress (Pink Flamingo)
• 1945 - Harris Glenn Divine, Baltimore MD
• 1945 - John Lithgow, Rochester NY, actor (Harry & Hendersons, Pelican Brief)
• 1945 - Keith Reid, rocker (Procol Harum) [or 10/10/46]
• 1945 - Patricia Ireland, feminist/president (National Organization of Women)
• 1945 - Patrick Simmons, rocker (Doobie Brothers)
• 1946 - Bob Holland, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner at age 38)
• 1947 - Wilbert Hart, US singer (Four Gents, Delfonics-Didn't I)
• 1948 - Chester Biscardi, composer
• 1951 - Annie Golden, Brooklyn NY, actress (Forever Lulu, Hair)
• 1952 - Alexander Leibkind, Germany, judo (Oly-76)/WLAF GM (Rhein Fire)
• 1952 - Veronica Judith S inz Castro, Mexico, spanish singer/actress (Nana)
• 1955 - Lonnie Shelton, NBA forward (NY Knick, Seattle Supersonics)
• 1955 - Pat Klous, Hutchinson Ks, actress (Marcy-Flying High, Judy-Love Boat)
• 1956 - Nino DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family)
• 1956 - Sue Barker, tennis pro (French Open 1976)
• 1957 - Karl Wallingher, Prestatyn Wales, rocker (World Party)
• 1958 - Antoine Trousers, rock drummer/singer (Dike-Bleeding Heart)
• 1958 - John Bloom, [Joe Bob Briggs], drive-in movie critic
• 1960 - Dan "Woody" Woodgate, London, rock drummer (Madness)
• 1960 - Dawn Coe-Jones, Campbell River BC, LPGA golfer (1992 Kemper Open)
• 1960 - Jennifer Holliday, Houston Tx, singer/actress (Dream Girls)
• 1960 - Woody, rocker (Voice of Beehive-Let it Bee)
• 1961 - Tim Belcher, Sparta Ohio, baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers, KC Royals)
• 1962 - Evander Holyfield, Atmore Ala, boxer (Oly-bronze-1988)/champ (1990-92)
• 1962 - Ruud Bread, soccer player (NAC)
• 1963 - Brian H Henniger, Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1994 Deposit Guaranty)
• 1963 - Jim Dombrowski, NFL guard (NO Saints)
• 1963 - Laurens BBM, Belgian prince/son of Albert II & Paola
• 1964 - Webster Slaughter, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
• 1965 - Brad Daugherty, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 1965 - Lucio Topatigh, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
• 1965 - Maria Lee Ostapiej, La Mess Calif, Miss Calif-America (1991)
• 1966 - Amy Linker, Bkln NY, actress (Lewis & Clark, Lauren-Square Pegs)
• 1966 - Anna Clark, San Francisco Ca, playmate (Apr, 1987)
• 1966 - Dave Veres, Montgomery AL, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
• 1966 - Jon Favreau, actor/writer (Swingers)
• 1966 - Sinitta, rocker (Omn Sinitta)
• 1967 - Amy Carter, Pres Carter's daughter/peace activist
• 1969 - Zdeno Ciger, Martin Slo, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
• 1970 - Benita Brooks, Miss Alabama USA (1996)
• 1970 - Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicketkeeper (Sri Lanka 1995)
• 1971 - Christina Augustyn, Miss New Jersey USA (1996)
• 1972 - Glen Anthony Mitchell, Hamilton NZ, road race cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Marc Newfield, Sacramento CA, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
• 1972 - Megan Still, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Otto Steffers, Louisville KY, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Reggie Rusk, cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• 1973 - Robert Tate, wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings)
• 1973 - Shi Ting Wang, Tainan Taiwan, tennis star (1994 Taipei)
• 1974 - Percy Ellsworth, safety (NY Giants)
• 1976 - Amber Hamilton, Auburn Washington, Miss America-Washington (1996)
• 1978 - Chris Sellers, Cleve Ohio, rapper (Another Bad Creation)
• 1979 - Randy Spelling, LA Calif, (Sean Richards-Sunset Beach)
• 1980 - Benjamin Salisbury, Minneapolis, actor (Brighton Sheffield-Nanny)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1268 - Konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded
• 1547 - Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46
• 1553 - Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, [de' Pitati], Italian painter, dies
• 1608 - Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies
• 1609 - Jacobus Arminius, [Jacob Hermans], theologist, dies at about 49
• 1745 - Jonathan Swift, English writer (Gulliver's Travels), dies
• 1758 - Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer/conductor/violinist, dies
• 1786 - Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer, dies at 58
• 1790 - Lyman Hall, US physician/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 66
• 1793 - Francisco Morera, composer, dies at 62
• 1810 - Jean-Georges Noverre, French choreographer (ballet d'action), dies
• 1813 - Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle
• 1834 - Cornelis Loots, accountant/poet (Volkswoede), dies at 69
• 1835 - Henry Doeff, translator (Dutch-Japanese dictionary), dies at 57
• 1838 - Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73
• 1851 - Marie-Th‚rŠse-Charlotte, d of Louis XVI & Marie-Antoinette, dies at 72
• 1864 - Daniel Davidson Bidwell, magistrate/brig-general, dies in battle at 45
• 1888 - Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary/founder (Flemish Wind), dies at 38
• 1909 - Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist, dies
• 1909 - Christopher KH de Ner‚e tot Babberich, cartoonist, dies at 29
• 1910 - L£tzen Wagenaar, Fries writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages), dies
• 1912 - J E B B P Q C Dwyer, cricketer (Aus-born Sussex bowler 1906-09), dies
• 1918 - Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34
• 1921 - Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered
• 1932 - Arthur Friedheim, composer, dies at 72
• 1934 - Johan J Arch, graphic artist (houtgravures), dies at 63
• 1937 - Betty Carver, wife of English fieldmarshal Bernard Montgomery, dies
• 1937 - Ernest Rutherford baron of Nelson, Engl physicist (Nobel 1908), dies
• 1943 - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered
• 1955 - John Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41
• 1957 - Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian, dies at 65
• 1959 - Boughera El Quafi, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1928), shot to death at 60
• 1959 - Stanley Bate, composer, dies at 45
• 1960 - Gnther AR Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57
• 1961 - Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60
• 1961 - John Axel Fernstrom, composer, dies at 63
• 1964 - Maurice Gosfield, actor (Doberman-Phil Silvers Show), dies at 51
• 1966 - Elizabeth Arden, US cosmetic manufacturer, dies
• 1970 - Unica Zrn, writer, dies at 54
• 1971 - Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrial, dies at 89
• 1971 - Betty Bronson, actress (Naked Kiss), dies after brief illness at 64
• 1978 - Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks & then commits suicide at 64
• 1981 - Frank DeKova, actor (F Troop), dies
• 1981 - Paul Snoek, [Edm Schietekat], Belgian poet, dies at 48
• 1982 - Jock Ewing, dies in an aircrash on TV show "Dallas"
• 1983 - 18/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83
• 1983 - Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83
• 1983 - Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup
• 1984 - Henri Michaux, writer, dies
• 1984 - Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish priest/dissident, kidnapped & murdered
• 1984 - Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27
• 1986 - Moses Asch, record founder (Folkways), dies at 81
• 1987 - Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies at 42
• 1988 - Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Neth theologist/economist, dies at 77
• 1992 - Cleavon Little, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies at 53
• 1992 - Gert Nastian, general & companion of Petra Kelly, found dead at 69
• 1992 - Maurice le Roux, French conductor/composer (Contes immoraux), dies
• 1992 - Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44
• 1993 - Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48
• 1993 - Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered
• 1993 - Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71
• 1993 - Roy Armstrong, English historian (Traditional buildings), dies at 91
• 1994 - Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78
• 1994 - Munavarsjo Nazrijev, vice-president of Tadzjikistan, dies
• 1994 - Oldrich Cernik, Czechoslovakia premier (1968-70), dies at 72
• 1994 - Stanislaw Brunstein, artist, dies at 79
• 1995 - Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58
• 1995 - Vicki Stangroome, campaigner, dies at 53
• 1996 - Frank Neville Hosband Robinson, physicist, dies at 71
• 1996 - Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist, dies at 84
• 1997 - Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49