• 1536 - Thomas Howard, 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl Marshall
• 1697 - Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer
• 1705 - Gallus Zeiler, composer
• 1724 - Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt-admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
• 1727 - Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
• 1730 - George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
• 1741 - Johann Michael Schmidt, composer
• 1754 - Asmus Jakob Carstens, painter
• 1760 - Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, soldier/author/composer (Marseillaise)
• 1760 - J P Hebel, writer
• 1769 - Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
• 1770 - Louis Nicholas Davout, French fieldmarshal (defeated Prussians)
• 1776 - George Thomas Smart, composer
• 1780 - Peter Lichtenthal, composer
• 1783 - Niccola Benvenuti, composer
• 1788 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, optics pioneer/physicist
• 1795 - Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
• 1800 - Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer
• 1810 - James Shields, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
• 1813 - Montgomery Blair, Franklin County Ky, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford)
• 1822 - August Ritter von Pettenkofen, painter
• 1823 - John Sherman, MC (Union), died in 1900
• 1824 - Charles Henry Van Wyck, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
• 1825 - Rudolf Viole, composer
• 1830 - Fran‡ois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (law of Raoult)
• 1837 - Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)
• 1838 - James, 1st Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman
• 1843 - Benito P‚rez Gald¢s, Spain, novelist (Fountain of Gold, Naz arin)
• 1843 - Kaufmann Kohler, reform rabbi/theologian
• 1850 - Thomas Johnstone Lipton, Glasgow, yachtsman/tea magnate (Lipton Tea)
• 1855 - Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]
• 1857 - Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (olfactometer)
• 1858 - Frederick Zech Jr, composer
• 1867 - Jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)
• 1873 - Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor
• 1873 - Jan Kalf, literary/art historian (Preservation of museums)
• 1876 - Ivan Cankar, Slavs author (Hlapec Jernej-Njegova Pravica)
• 1877 - Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer
• 1878 - Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (1923, Nobel 1926)
• 1882 - Thurston Hall, Boston MA, actor (Roaming Lady, In Society)
• 1885 - Fritz v Unruh, writer
• 1885 - Mae Murray, [Girl with bee-stung lips], VA, actress (High Stakes)
• 1885 - Marie Benavente, [Maria Wissink], actress (Scapegoat)
• 1886 - Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting)
• 1886 - Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker)
• 1887 - Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels)
• 1888 - Max[imilian Raoul Walter] Steiner, Vienna, composer (Gone With Wind)
• 1894 - Dimitri Tiomkin, Russia, composer (Acad Award 1954-High & Mighty)
• 1897 - Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1923)
• 1897 - Ewart Levy
• 1898 - Ariel Durant, writer (Story of Civilization)
• 1898 - Herbert Elwell, Minneapolis Minnesota, composer (Happy Hypocrite)
• 1899 - Fred Astaire, Omaha Neb, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime)
• 1901 - Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist
• 1902 - David O Selznick, Pittsburgh Pa, producer (Gone With the Wind)
• 1902 - Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
• 1903 - Kay Petre, early racing driver
• 1904 - David Brown, CEO (Aston Martin Lagonda)
• 1905 - Angus Paton, civil engineer
• 1907 - Harilaos Perpessas, composer
• 1908 - Carl Albert, (D) speaker of the House
• 1908 - Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP
• 1909 - Harold Francis Collison, trade Unionist
• 1909 - Lord Collison, British union leader (agriculture workers)
• 1909 - Maybelle Carter, Nickelsville Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
• 1910 - Jimmy Demaret, winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open
• 1910 - Margot Turner, matron-in-chief (Army Nursing Service)
• 1912 - Edward Gardner, Queen's Court/MP
• 1912 - Erik Jorgensen, composer
• 1912 - Harold Myers, film journalist
• 1914 - Charles McGraw, NYC, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family)
• 1914 - Lord Smith, British surgeon
• 1915 - Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/impressionist/actor
• 1915 - Christian Beyers Naud‚, South African anti-apartheid fighter
• 1915 - Denis Thatcher, husband of British PM Margaret (1979-90)
• 1915 - Duke of Sutherland
• 1915 - Monica Dickens, author/founder (US Samaritians)
• 1915 - Salah Abou Seif, director
• 1916 - Milton Babbitt, US mathematician/composer (Widow's Lament)
• 1918 - Margo, singer (Golden Irish Favorites)
• 1918 - T Berry Brazelton, doctor (On Being a Father)
• 1919 - Ella Grasso, (Gov-D-Ct)
• 1919 - Louis Sen A Kaw, Surinam dam builder
• 1919 - Tibor Sarai, composer
• 1920 - Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals (Northern Ireland)
• 1921 - Bert Weedon, rocker
• 1921 - Nancy Walker, Phila, Bounty ads/actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife)
• 1922 - David Orr, deputy chairman (Inchcape)/CEO (British Council, Unilever)
• 1923 - John Dugdal, Lord-Lt (Salop)
• 1925 - Edward Fursdon, British Maj-Gen (defense council)
• 1926 - Duncan Watson, president (World Blind Union)
• 1929 - Brian Corby, CEO (Prudential)
• 1929 - Fats Domino, rocker (Blueberry Hill)
• 1929 - Marquess of Downshire
• 1930 - June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist (World of Islands)
• 1930 - Pat Summerall, NFLer (NY Giants)/sportscaster (CBS)/alchoholic
• 1931 - Lord Michael Mustill, of Pateley Bridge, Lord Justice of Appeal
• 1932 - Earl of Rothes
• 1932 - Francoise Fabian, Hussein Dey Algeria, actress (Happy New Year)
• 1933 - Barbara Taylor Bradford, author
• 1934 - Cliff Wilson, snooker player
• 1934 - William Lithgow, Scottish industrialist/multi-millionaire
• 1935 - Henry Fambrough, US singer (Spinners)
• 1935 - Larry Williams, rocker
• 1936 - Anthony Mullens, British Lt-Gen (Deputy chief of defense)
• 1936 - Gary Owens, Mitchell SD, disc jockey/TV host (Laugh In, Gong Show)
• 1936 - Michael Stone, English broker/multi-millionaire (Man Group)
• 1936 - Trevor Clay, Gen-Sec (Royal College of Nursing)
• 1937 - Arthur Kopit, US, playwright (Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis)
• 1937 - Jim Hickman, baseball player (Mets, Dodgers, Cubs)
• 1937 - Tamara Press, USSR, shot putter/discus thrower (Oly-gold-60)
• 1938 - Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)
• 1938 - Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor (Atlanta Symph)
• 1938 - Merritt Ranew, baseball player
• 1938 - Michael Shea, director (Hanson Trust)/Queen's press sect
• 1938 - Peter Davies, Major-General/Director-General (RSPCA)
• 1938 - Philip Gordon Winsor, composer
• 1940 - Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
• 1940 - Taurean Blacque, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues)
• 1940 - William Cash, MP
• 1941 - Danny Rapp, Phila, rocker (Danny & Juniors)
• 1941 - Ken Berry, baseball player (White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians)
• 1941 - Win Bischoff, CEO (Schroders)
• 1942 - Bill Coday, US singer (You're Gonna Then Me)
• 1942 - Ingram Douglas Marshall, composer
• 1943 - Bruce Raymond, jockey
• 1943 - Donovan, [Leitch], Scotland, guitarist/folk singer (Mellow Yellow)
• 1943 - James Earl Chaney, US civil rights activist
• 1944 - Abdul Kadir, cricketer (Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65)
• 1944 - Anne-Marie Pisier
• 1944 - Jackie Lomax, Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
• 1944 - Jim Abrahams, Shorewood WI, director (Hot Shots, Top Secret)
• 1944 - Kathy Farrer, LPGA golfer
• 1944 - Marie-France Pisier, Daclat Vietnam, actress (Scruples, Midnight)
• 1945 - Justice Laws
• 1945 - Pamelo Mounk'a, musician
• 1946 - Graham Gouldman, Manchester England, bassist (10cc-No Milk Today)
• 1946 - Maureen Lipman, actress (Educating Rita, Wonderworks)
• 1947 - Dave Mason, Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree)
• 1947 - Jay Ferguson, Burbank Calif, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You)
• 1947 - Meg Foster, Conn, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey)
• 1947 - Paul Nicholas Young, architect
• 1948 - Christopher Gent, CEO (Vodafone Group)
• 1951 - Ron Banks, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get)
• 1951 - Steve Gunderson, (Rep-R-WI, 1981- )
• 1952 - Sly Dunbar, Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer (Sly & Robbie)
• 1953 - Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Mothers of Invention-200 Motels, Retaliation)
• 1953 - Barbara Moxness, LPGA golfer
• 1953 - Lawrence Lau, actor (Jamie Frame-Another World)
• 1953 - Steve Thomas, rocker (Shooting Star)
• 1954 - Jeff Apple, Miami Florida, producer (In the Line of Fire)
• 1955 - Bruce Hartzler, Wash DC, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1955 - Chris Berman, sportscaster (ESPN)
• 1955 - Homer Simpson, animation (Simpsons)
• 1955 - Mark David Chapman, assassin (John Lennon)
• 1957 - Phil Mahre, Yakima Wash, alpine slalom skier (Oly-gold/silver-80, 84)
• 1957 - Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], England, bassist (Sex Pistols)
• 1957 - Steve Mahre, Yakima Wash, twin alpine slalom skier (Oly-Silver-80, 84)
• 1958 - Ellen Ochoa, LA Calif, PhD/Astronaut (STS 56, 66)
• 1958 - Jeannette Kohlhaas, LPGA golfer
• 1958 - Margaret Ward, LPGA golfer
• 1958 - Rick Santorum, (Rep-R-Penn)
• 1959 - Dan Schayes, NBA center/forward (Miami Heat, Orlando Magic)
• 1960 - Bono Vox, [Paul Hauson], Dublin Ireland, rocker (U2-Joshua Tree)
• 1960 - Merlene Ottey, Jamaican/Italian running star (Olympics)
• 1960 - Tauseef Ahmed, cricketer (leading Pakistani off-spinner of 80's)
• 1960 - Victoria Rowell, Portland ME, actress (Drucilla-Young & Restless)
• 1961 - Blyth Tait, England, NZ equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1961 - Randy Cunneyworth, Etobicoke, NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators)
• 1961 - Teri Copley, Arcadia Calif, actress (Mickey-We've Got it Made)
• 1962 - Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian)
• 1962 - Joey Meyer, baseball player
• 1962 - Robby Thompson, W Palm Beach FL, infielder (SF Giants)
• 1963 - Lisa M Nowak, Wash DC, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
• 1964 - Dean Spriddle, Plymouth Engld, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Oak Valley)
• 1965 - Jim Schreiner, Kailua Hawaii, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1965 - Linda Evangelista, St Catherines Canada, model (Elite)
• 1965 - Mike Butcher, baseball player
• 1965 - Rony Seikaly, NBA center (Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors)
• 1965 - Todd Kalis, NFL guard (Cin Bengals)
• 1966 - Jonathan Edwards, Britain, triple jumper (Olympics-gold/silver-92, 96)
• 1966 - Mikael Andersson, Malmo Swe, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• 1968 - Julie Smith, Glendora Calif, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1969 - Curtis Whitley, NFL center (Panthers, Packers, Raiders)
• 1969 - Dennis Bergkamp, Amsterdam Neth, soccer player (Ajax)
• 1969 - Judson Mills, Purcellville Va, actor (Hutch-As The World Turns)
• 1969 - Martin Driever, WLAF tight end (Rhein Fire)
• 1969 - Pete Schourek, Austin TX, pitcher (Cin Reds)
• 1970 - Andre Stolz, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
• 1971 - Andrei Kravtsov, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Eric Stock, soccer player (NEC)
• 1971 - Ronnie Dixon, NFL defensive tackle (Phila Eagles, NY Jets)
• 1972 - Akili Johnson, NFL defensive back (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1972 - Emma Ridley, Hanpstead England, actress (Return to Oz)
• 1972 - Farrell Duclair, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1972 - Stuart Carlisle, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1995-)
• 1973 - Jerome Williams, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
• 1974 - Grant Williams, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1974 - Janet Reasons, Port Orchard Washington, Miss America-Washington (1997)
• 1975 - Adam Deadmarsh, Trail BC, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Oly-98)
• 1977 - Amanda Borden, Cincinnati Ohio, gymnast (World-silv-94, Oly-gold-96)
• 1991 - Emily McEnroe, daughter of Tatum O'Neal & John McEnroe

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0238 - Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, the Thracian, Roman Emperor, murdered
• 0995 - Boudouin, bishop of Utrecht
• 1566 - Leonhard Fuchs, German botanist, dies at 65
• 1569 - Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer
• 1637 - Susanna van Baerle, Dutch wife of Constantine Huygens, dies at 37
• 1653 - John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
• 1696 - Jean de La BruyŠre, French author, dies at 50
• 1710 - Georg Dietrich Leiding, composer, dies at 46
• 1760 - Johann Christoph Graupner, composer, dies at 77
• 1764 - Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies
• 1770 - Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
• 1774 - Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64
• 1784 - Antoine Court de G‚belin, French vicar/writer, dies at 56
• 1785 - Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36
• 1789 - Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer, dies at 72
• 1794 - Elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30
• 1798 - George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40
• 1818 - Paul Revere, American patriot, dies
• 1820 - Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49
• 1826 - Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer, dies at 86
• 1829 - Thomas Young, physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies
• 1833 - Fran‡ois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74
• 1849 - Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter, dies at 89
• 1859 - Johan BJFS, archduke of Austria (Firechief & Housewife), dies
• 1863 - Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Conf general (Civil War), dies
• 1864 - James Clay Rice, lawyer/Union brig-general, dies in battle at 34
• 1864 - Thomas Greeley Stevenson, Union brig-general, dies at about 27
• 1869 - Bernhard Molique, composer, dies at 66
• 1869 - Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer, dies at 66
• 1880 - John Goss, composer/organist, dies at 79
• 1885 - Edward Stephen, composer, dies at 62
• 1885 - Ferdinand Hiller, composer, dies at 73
• 1897 - William Thomas Best, composer, dies at 70
• 1904 - Henry M Stanley, [John Rowlands], British explorer, dies
• 1909 - Johannes de Koo, journalist/playwright, dies
• 1910 - Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist, dies at 85
• 1910 - William Huggins, discoverer of stellar nature of Andromeda, dies
• 1915 - Albert Weisgerber, German painter/graphic artist, dies in battle
• 1920 - John Wesley Hyatt, inventor/plastics pioneer, dies
• 1923 - Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated
• 1924 - Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (L'ave), dies at 58
• 1937 - Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in W�ste), dies
• 1938 - Percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies
• 1940 - Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56
• 1942 - Joseph M Weber, comedian/singer (Weber & Lewis Fields), dies at 74
• 1943 - Andr‚ Bertulot, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
• 1943 - Arnaud/Armand Fraiteur, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
• 1943 - Maurice-Albert Raskin, Belgian resistance fighter, hanged
• 1950 - John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies
• 1954 - George Hirst, cricketer (36,323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies
• 1960 - Juri Olescha, writer, dies at 61
• 1964 - Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35
• 1964 - Ignace Lilien, composer, dies at 66
• 1965 - Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70
• 1968 - Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37), dies
• 1968 - Philippa Bevans, dies at 55
• 1968 - Scotty Beckett, dies at 38
• 1971 - Mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79
• 1971 - Shukichi Mitsukuri, composer, dies at 75
• 1973 - Jack E Leonard, Chicago Ill, comedian, dies at 62
• 1973 - Loren Tindall, dies of heart attack at 51
• 1976 - George Curzon, dies at 77
• 1977 - Joan Crawford, actress (Mildred Pierce), dies at 69
• 1979 - John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Morton, satirist (Beachcomber), dies
• 1979 - Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Eros & the Lonely Man), dies at 67
• 1982 - Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies
• 1982 - Peter Weiss, German playwright (Marat-Sade), dies at 65
• 1983 - John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92
• 1984 - Joaquin Agostinho, Portuguese cyclist, dies at 41
• 1984 - Robert Moore, actor (Marshall-Diana), dies at 56
• 1990 - Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at 61
• 1990 - Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at 73
• 1991 - Armand HF Boni, [Armand the Good], Flemish poet/writer, dies
• 1992 - Joan Merrill, vocalist, dies of a stroke at 74
• 1992 - John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at 81
• 1992 - Liesbeth Saijers, sculptor, dies
• 1992 - Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74
• 1994 - John Wayne Gacy, mass murderer, executed in Illinois at 52
• 1994 - Lucebert [J Swaanswijk], poet/cartoonist (PC Hooft 1967), dies at 69
• 1994 - Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author, dies at 81
• 1995 - Harold Berens, comedian, dies at 92
• 1995 - Hilde Jarecki, educationist, dies at 83
• 1995 - Jimmy Raney, jazz guitarist, dies at 67
• 1997 - Joanie Weston, roller derby queen (Bay Bombers), dies at 61