• 1463 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher
• 1507 - Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)
• 1513 - Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne
• 1562 - George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury
• 1656 - Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]
• 1740 - James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer
• 1762 - Andr‚-Marie Ch‚nier, French poet (El‚gies)
• 1816 - Ferdinand II AFA, king of Portugal
• 1822 - Joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97)
• 1824 - Joseph Horace Lewis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
• 1837 - Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12)
• 1837 - Harriet Powers, US, slave/writer (Creation of Animals)
• 1844 - Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker
• 1853 - Josephine B Willson Bruce, US theorist (NACW)
• 1857 - Conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal)
• 1859 - Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)
• 1871 - Narziss Ach, German psychologist (Analyse des Willens)
• 1873 - Guillermo Valencia, Colombia, poet/translator/statesman
• 1875 - Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27)
• 1877 - Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930)
• 1878 - Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II)
• 1879 - Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932)
• 1882 - Jean Giraudoux, Bellac France, playwright (glantine, Provinciales)
• 1883 - Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor/director (Hofstad Stage)
• 1884 - Bela Lugosi, Lugos Hungary, horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher)
• 1890 - Claire Goll, writer
• 1891 - Fanny Brice, NYC, singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks)
• 1893 - Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor
• 1897 - Hope Emerson, Hawarden Iowa, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn)
• 1897 - [Paul] Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propagandist
• 1898 - Emmanuel Bondeville, composer
• 1899 - Akim Tamiroff, Tiflis Russia, actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
• 1901 - Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer
• 1903 - Vivian Ellis, composer
• 1905 - Laurence Dowdall, lawyer
• 1906 - Fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home)
• 1908 - Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster
• 1909 - Douglass Montgomery, LA CA, actor (Forbidden, Harmony Lane)
• 1910 - Alfred J Ayer, England, Neopositivist philosopher/logician
• 1911 - Phillip Jack Oppenheimer, diamond trader
• 1915 - Dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7)
• 1917 - Eddie Constantine, US/French actor (Lucky Jo, It Lives Again)
• 1917 - Henry Carlsson, Sweden, soccer (Olympic-gold-1948)
• 1921 - Bill Mauldin, cartoonist (WW II Army grunts)
• 1921 - Ed Kemmer, Reading Pa, actor (Buzz Corey-Space Patrol)
• 1921 - William Henry Mauldin, NM, political cartoonist (Pulitzer-1945, 59)
• 1922 - Fran‡ois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor (Spider)
• 1922 - Neal Hefti, Hastings Neb, orch leader (Kate Smith Show)
• 1922 - Neil Blaney, politician
• 1923 - Dietrich Manicke, composer
• 1924 - Zbigniew Herbert, writer
• 1925 - Betty Evans Grayson, Portland Or, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959)
• 1925 - Geraldine Brooks, NYC, actr (Faraday & Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder)
• 1925 - Zoot Sims, rocker
• 1926 - Jon[athan Stewart] Vickers, Prince Albert, Canada, tenor
• 1927 - Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951)
• 1927 - Hugo Schiltz, Flemish politician
• 1930 - Peter Stampfel, rocker
• 1934 - Karl Francis Hettinger, Onion Field survivor
• 1934 - Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor (Gilas)
• 1934 - Ramon Sender, composer
• 1934 - Robert E Hughes, NYC, orch leader (Rich Little Show)
• 1935 - David Allen, cricketer (England off-spinner of 60's)
• 1937 - Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist (Boston Competition 1964)
• 1940 - Connie Mack, (Rep-R-FL, 1983- /Sen-R-FL)
• 1940 - Galen Weston, English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire
• 1940 - John Gotti, mafia head
• 1941 - Brian Yuile, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests)
• 1942 - Johan Fleming Ramsland, British broadcaster
• 1943 - Donald Simpson, film producer
• 1944 - Denny Laine, [Brian Hines], rock guitarist (Moody Blues, Wings)
• 1944 - Fausto Leali, Italian entertainer
• 1944 - Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist (Shocking Blue)
• 1945 - Melba Moore, [Beatrice], NYC, singer/actress (Ellis Island)
• 1946 - Anura Tennekoon, cricketer (Sri Lankan World Cup captain 1975-79)
• 1946 - Peter Green, [Peter Greenbaum], London, rocker (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1946 - Strinivasa Moodley, South African anti-apartheid activist
• 1947 - Richard Dreyfuss, Bkln NY, actor (Jaws, Nuts, Mr Holland's Opus)
• 1948 - Kate Jackson, Birmingham Ala, actress (Rookies, Charlie's Angels)
• 1948 - Ricky Reynolds, rocker
• 1949 - Paul Orndorff, wrestler (WCW/SMW/NWA/WWF, Mr Wonderful)
• 1951 - Dirk Kempthorne, (Sen-R Idaho)
• 1951 - Guy Gelso, rock drummer (Zebra)
• 1951 - Rick Bordia, rock guitarist (Mink Deville)
• 1952 - Arnell Carmichael, rock keyboardist (Raydio)
• 1952 - Beth Solomon, LPGA golfer
• 1952 - Valeri I Tokarev, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
• 1953 - Denis Potvin, Ottawa Ontario, NY Islander defenseman (Norris trophy)
• 1954 - Anita Meijer, Dutch singer (Just a Disillusion)
• 1954 - Herman Ronald Frazier, Phila, 400m/4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1955 - Kevin DuBrow, rocker
• 1959 - Finola Hughes, London, actress (Anna-General Hospital, Staying Alive)
• 1959 - Jesse Barfield, Ill, outfielder (Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader)
• 1959 - Mike Gartner, Ottawa, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
• 1959 - Tamar Baruch, actress (Small Truth, Q & Q)
• 1960 - Michael Carter, Dallas Tx, shot putter (Olympic-silver-1984)
• 1961 - Cornelia Oschkenat, German DR, hurdler (50m indoor)
• 1961 - Joel Otto, Elk River MN, NHL center (Phila Flyers, Team USA Oly-1998)
• 1961 - Randy Jackson, Gary In, rocker (Jackson 5-ABC)
• 1964 - Greg Montgomery, punter (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1964 - Jackie Pereira, Perth Australia, field hockey center/forward (Oly-96)
• 1964 - May Allison, Toronto Ontario, marathoner (Olympics-96)
• 1965 - Andy Beal, Germany, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 West of England Pro)
• 1965 - Greg Davis, NFL kicker (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1965 - Steven Sweet, Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
• 1967 - Greg Gohr, Santa Clara Calif, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
• 1967 - Joely Fisher, LA Calif, actress (Paige-Ellen)
• 1968 - Grayson McCouch, NYC, actor (Morgan Winthrop-Another World)
• 1968 - Johann Olav Koss, speed skater (Olympics-3 gold-1994)
• 1969 - Peter Breen, Brockton Mass, dance skater
• 1970 - Charles Swann, WLAF cornerback (Scotland Claymores)
• 1970 - Chris Thorpe, Waukegan Ill, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)
• 1970 - Dan Ratushny, Nepean, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
• 1970 - Edwin van der Sar, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (Ajax)
• 1970 - Marquez Pope, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers)
• 1970 - Phillip Cocu, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse, PSV)
• 1971 - Greg Blewett, cricketer (Aust batsman, century on Test debut 1995)
• 1971 - Matthew Hayden, cricketer (heavy scorer for Queensland, Aust 1994-96)
• 1971 - Winona Ryder, [Horowitz], Mn, actress (Heathers, Edward Scissorhand)
• 1972 - Rhonda Blades, WNBA guard (NY Liberty)
• 1973 - Adam Bacher, cricketer (nephew of Ali S Afr Test batsman 1996- )
• 1974 - Mike Crawford, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
• 1974 - R A Dickey, Nashville Tenn, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1974 - Renata Hornofova, Miss Universe-Czech Republic (1996)
• 1976 - Claudia Dopf, Miss Peru Universe (1997)
• 1981 - Amanda Beard, Newport Beach CA, 100m/200m breaststroke (Oly-2 silv-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0490 - Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies
• 1321 - Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies
• 1590 - Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68
• 1618 - Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason
• 1783 - Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66
• 1790 - Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66
• 1802 - Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer, dies at 95
• 1822 - Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61
• 1829 - Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies
• 1846 - Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronoom, dies at 90
• 1853 - Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer, dies at 68
• 1853 - William Richard Bexfield, composer, dies at 29
• 1856 - Carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68
• 1873 - Ernest Feydeau, French author, dies at 52
• 1873 - Johan N M J, king of Saxon (1854-73), dies
• 1873 - Leonardus Lightenvelt, minister of RC Worship, dies at 78
• 1876 - Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59
• 1882 - Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64
• 1883 - Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68
• 1885 - George B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58
• 1885 - James Hannington, English missionary, murdered in Uganda
• 1892 - William M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies
• 1901 - Leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted
• 1911 - Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC
• 1919 - Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60
• 1920 - Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74
• 1922 - George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79
• 1927 - Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45
• 1931 - Luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38
• 1932 - Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (B-Reflex), dies
• 1933 - Paul, [Prudent] Painlev‚, French mathematician/minister/premier, dies
• 1934 - Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71
• 1939 - Albrecht MAPJ, duke of Wrttemberg/general (WW II), dies at 73
• 1943 - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55
• 1946 - John S Curry, US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies
• 1947 - Frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83
• 1947 - Theodore Samuel Holland, composer, dies at 69
• 1950 - Gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92
• 1951 - De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered
• 1951 - Robert G Aitken, US astronomer (New General Catalogue), dies at 86
• 1957 - Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71
• 1962 - Dewi AngrŠnie, [Martha AP Giese], Flemish/Dutch actress, dies at 85
• 1962 - Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77
• 1963 - Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73
• 1965 - Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris
• 1966 - [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Manner Kater), dies at 83
• 1968 - Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78
• 1969 - Vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies
• 1971 - Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24
• 1973 - Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83
• 1974 - Victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82
• 1975 - John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67
• 1981 - William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85
• 1983 - Sten Broman, composer, dies at 81
• 1985 - John Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82
• 1986 - Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68
• 1987 - Kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57
• 1987 - Woody Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74
• 1990 - William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer
• 1991 - Donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60
• 1991 - Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies
• 1991 - Maria Monica, silent film actress, dies
• 1991 - Mario Scelba, PM of Italia (1954-55), dies
• 1992 - Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies
• 1992 - Kenneth MacMillan, British choreographer (Manon, Judas Tree), dies
• 1993 - George Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies
• 1993 - Raymond Lockhart, TV director (Huntley Brinkley Report), dies at 65
• 1994 - Andrew Miller-Jones TV pioneer, dies at 84
• 1994 - Evelyn Anderson, dancer, dies at 87
• 1994 - Pearl Primus, dancer, dies at 44
• 1996 - James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66
• 1996 - Patricia Ticia Anne Ingrams, broadcaster, dies at 50
• 1996 - Patrick Johnson, physicist, dies at 92