• 1486 - Charles III, Duke of Savoy
• 1599 - Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea)
• 1678 - John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal (Union of 1707)
• 1684 - Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige)
• 1713 - Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer
• 1731 - Henry Cavendish, England, physicist/chemist (discovered hydrogen)
• 1738 - Benjamin West, painter (Death of General Wolfe)
• 1757 - Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist (lichens)
• 1779 - Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP
• 1790 - George Gerson, composer
• 1804 - Albin Masek, composer
• 1817 - Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist/founder KNMI
• 1819 - Zebulon York, Brig general (Confederate Army), died in 1900
• 1823 - Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer
• 1825 - Paulus Kruger, Pres of South African Republic (1883), Boer leader
• 1829 - Dandridge McRae, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
• 1830 - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68)
• 1832 - Theodore Shelton Bowers, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1866
• 1834 - Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finland, writer/poet (Nummisuutarit)
• 1847 - Gheorghe Dima, composer
• 1854 - Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer
• 1861 - Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922)
• 1862 - Arthur De Greef, composer
• 1865 - Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish cardinal
• 1868 - Guillermo M Tomas, composer
• 1876 - Walter Niemann, composer
• 1884 - C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer (3 Tests for S Afr in Australia 1910-11)
• 1884 - Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer (Bint)
• 1887 - Rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author
• 1889 - Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger (Vermeer)
• 1892 - Ivo Andric, Yugoslavia, novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961)
• 1893 - August Balthazar, Belgian politician
• 1895 - Johnny Taylor, cricketer (stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days)
• 1895 - Lin Y�-t'ang, China, writer (My Country & My People)
• 1897 - Lamar Stringfield, composer
• 1897 - Pricilla L Williams, social activist/humanitarian
• 1898 - Guomundur G Hagalin, Iceland author (Krist£n/d into Hamrav¡k)
• 1900 - Helen Hayes, Wash DC, actress (C‘sar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday)
• 1901 - Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor
• 1903 - Charles T von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders/prince
• 1903 - Vernon Duke, composer
• 1905 - Jane Winton, Phila, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan)
• 1906 - Paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony)
• 1908 - David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer
• 1908 - John Waldo Green, NYC, composer (Body & Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger)
• 1909 - Florida Friebus, actress (Dobie Gillis' mom, Bob Newhart Show)
• 1909 - Luc van Brabant, Flemish writer/erotic poet
• 1910 - Alan Frank, music publisher
• 1910 - Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader
• 1910 - Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas)
• 1912 - Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist
• 1913 - Claude Simon, writer
• 1913 - Johnny Downs, Bkln NY, actor (Manhattan Showcase)
• 1914 - Dorothy Lamour, [Kaumeyer], NO LA, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio)
• 1914 - Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker
• 1916 - Benson Fong, Sacramento CA, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart)
• 1916 - Scott Huston, composer
• 1917 - Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night)
• 1917 - Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist
• 1918 - Bobby Byrne, Columbus Ohio, orch leader (Club Seven)
• 1918 - Jean Gimpel, author/iconoclast
• 1918 - Jigal Allon, Israeli politician
• 1918 - Thelonious Monk, jazz guitarist/composer/pianist (Monk's Dream)
• 1919 - Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder)
• 1921 - "Boy" [FHP] Trip, Dutch minister
• 1922 - Boeli [Willem C] van Leeuwen, Antillian writer (Vreemdeling Op Aarde)
• 1922 - Harry Cave, cricketer (NZ bowler & Test captain in the 1950's)
• 1923 - Louis Gottlieb, musician
• 1924 - Edward D Wood Jr, Poughkeepsie NY, director (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
• 1924 - Huey "Piano" Smith, rocker (Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu)
• 1924 - James Clavell, England, author (Tai Pan, Shogun) [or 1920, 22, 26)
• 1924 - Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer (Sins of Rome)
• 1925 - Ivan Svitak, philosopher
• 1926 - Oscar Brown Jr, US songwriter (Brown Baby, Forbidden Fruit)
• 1926 - Richard Jaeckel, NY, actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima)
• 1927 - Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955)
• 1927 - John Eric Tieman, production manager (The Guardian)
• 1927 - Thomas Brendon Wilson, composer
• 1930 - Adlai Stevenson III, (D-Sen-Ill)
• 1930 - Harold Pinter, London England, playwright (Homecoming, Servant)
• 1932 - Charles Dnaiels, archaeologist
• 1933 - Daniel Massey, London, actress (Vault of Horror)
• 1933 - Gerald Masters, South African/British author (Pan Book of Dates)
• 1934 - Sadashiv Patil, cricketer (pace bowler in Test India v NZ 1955-56)
• 1935 - Paolo Renosto, composer
• 1936 - Art Dick, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of 60's)
• 1936 - Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess (Wish You Were Here)
• 1937 - Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer (1964 St Petersburg Open)
• 1938 - Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin)
• 1938 - Tobias A Roth, (Rep-R-Wisconsin, 1979- )
• 1941 - Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa, writer/environmentalist
• 1941 - Laurence Henry Tribe, Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor
• 1942 - Peter Coyote, [Cohon], NYC, actor (Kika, Living a Lie, Exposure, ET)
• 1943 - Denis D'Ell, [Dennis Dalziel], rocker
• 1943 - Earl of Stockton, English publisher/grandson of premier Macmillan
• 1943 - Jean-Jacques Annaud, director (Bear, Black & White, Coup de Tete)
• 1944 - Christopher N Dlamini, South African union/SACP-leader
• 1944 - Renier S Schoeman, S Afr MP (NP)/journalist
• 1944 - Stephen Scott, composer
• 1945 - Alan Cartwright, rocker (Procul Harum)
• 1946 - Ben Vereen, Miami Fla, actor/dancer (Pippin, Roots, Webster)
• 1946 - Charles Dane, England, actor (Plenty, Jewel in the Crown)
• 1946 - Franco Malerba, Genoa Italy, astronaut (STS 46)
• 1946 - John Prine, Maywood Ill, country singer (Hello in There)
• 1946 - Peter Mahvolich, NHL star (Mont Canadiens)
• 1947 - Alan Rachins, Cambridge Mass, actor (Douglas-LA Law)
• 1948 - Greg Lake, rocker
• 1948 - Rosemary Casals, SF Calif, tennis doubles (5X Wimbledon) [or Sep 16]
• 1949 - Greg Douglas, rocker (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra)
• 1949 - Jessica Harper, Chicago IL, actress (Inserts, Stardust Memories)
• 1949 - Lance Cairns, cricketer (big-hitting NZ medium-pace bowler)
• 1950 - Dennis Holmes, actor (Mike-Laramie)
• 1950 - Peter Jan Rens, Dutch actor/director (Mister Cactus, Passion)
• 1953 - Gus Williams, NBA guard (Golden State, Seattle, Washington)
• 1953 - Midge Ure, Glasgow Scot, rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
• 1954 - "Maestro" Jimmy Fearnley, English accordionist (The Pogues)
• 1955 - David Lee Roth, Bloomington, rock singer (Van Halen-Jump)
• 1956 - Melissa Belote, 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1972)
• 1957 - Craig Marseilles, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Gold Coast)
• 1958 - J Eddie Peck, Joplin Missouri, actor (Bold & Beautiful-Cole Howard)
• 1958 - John M Grunsfeld, Chicago Ill, PhD/astronaut (STS 67, 81)
• 1958 - Tanya Tucker, Seminole Tx, country singer/actress (Follow that Car)
• 1959 - Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist (Pet Shop Boys-It's a Sin)
• 1960 - Eric Martin, rocker (Mr Big)
• 1961 - Brian Lee Diemer, Grand Rapids Mich, steeplechase (Olymp-bronze-1984)
• 1961 - Martin Kemp, London, rock bassist (Spandau Ballet)
• 1962 - Rex J Walheim, Redwood City Calif, Capt USAF/astronaut
• 1963 - Mike Donnelly, Detroit, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
• 1964 - Maxi Gnauck, German DR, uneven parallel bars (Olympic-gold-1980)
• 1964 - Neneh Cherry, Stockholm Sweden, rock vocalist
• 1965 - Brett Perriman, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins)
• 1966 - Darren Carrington, NFL safety (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1966 - Derrick McKey, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
• 1966 - Elana Meyer, [van Zyl], South Africa, runner (Olympics-silver-92)
• 1966 - Kevin Paige, vocalist (Don't Shut Me Out)
• 1967 - Frank Wainright, tight end (Miami Dolphins)
• 1967 - Willie Davis, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs, Tennessee Oilers)
• 1968 - James Williams, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, SF 49ers)
• 1968 - L B Williams, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1968 - Nancy Brookhart, Elmhurst Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Hermosa-17th-1994)
• 1969 - Brett Favre, NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1969 - Scott Anthony Murray Nelson, Geelong Australia, NZ 20k walker (Oly-96)
• 1970 - Glenn Foley, NFL quarterback (NY Jets)
• 1970 - Helen Louise Goldsby, Brooklyn NY, Miss America (NY-Top 10-1996)
• 1971 - Bryn Parry, Vancouver BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 BC Amateur-2nd)
• 1971 - Claus Dalpiaz, hockey goaltender (Team Austria 1998)
• 1971 - Corey Louchiey, NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills)
• 1972 - Alexei Zhitnik, Kiev Ukraine, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
• 1972 - Hunter Goodwin, tight end (Minnesota Vikings)
• 1972 - Marianne Limpert, Matagami Quebec, 200m relay swimmer (Oly-silver-96)
• 1972 - Trent McCleary, Swift Current, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators)
• 1972 - Yinka Dare, NBA center (NJ Nets)
• 1973 - A J Ofodile, tight end (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1973 - Jeff Shantz, Duchess, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
• 1973 - Jessica Shahriari, Miss USA-Arizona (1997)
• 1973 - John Mobley, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1973 - Mario Lopez, San Diego Calif, actor (A C Slater-Saved by the Bell)
• 1973 - Zach Thornton, Balt Md, soccer goalkeeper (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1974 - Chris Pronger, NHL defenseman (Team Canada Oly-1998, St. Louis)
• 1974 - Naike Rivelli, Germany, model/daughter of Ornella Muti
• 1976 - Shane Doan, Eston, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets)
• 1978 - Autumn Waterbury, Miss Illinois Teen USA (2nd-1997)
• 1978 - Brandi Watkins, Miss Arkansas Teen USA (1997)
• 1978 - Jodi Lynn O'Keefe, Cliffwood Beach NJ, actress (Cassidy-Nash Bridges)
• 1982 - Eddie J Peck, Lynchburg Pa, actor (Sutton-Wildside)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0019 - Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commandant of Rijnleger, dies at 33
• 0413 - Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57
• 0680 - Hussein, grandson of prophet Mohammed, beheaded
• 1616 - Maria van Nassau, countess of Buren, dies at 60
• 1651 - Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77
• 1659 - Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56
• 1676 - Sebastian Knupfer, composer, dies at 43
• 1720 - Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor (Nazarin, Le N“tre), dies at 80
• 1727 - Alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61
• 1745 - Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52
• 1789 - Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34
• 1791 - C F D Schubart, writer, dies
• 1797 - Carter Braxton, US boer/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 61
• 1827 - Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet, dies at 49
• 1836 - Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, composer, dies at 61
• 1843 - Karl Theodor Toeschi, composer, dies at 75
• 1856 - Michal Wielhorski, composer, dies at 67
• 1858 - Karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German author/poet/diplomat, dies at 73
• 1864 - David Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever
• 1867 - Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60
• 1875 - Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet/writer, dies at 58
• 1886 - David L Yule, 1st Jewish US senator, dies
• 1889 - Adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75
• 1910 - Willem Maris, painter (Hague School), dies at 66
• 1914 - Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73
• 1914 - Karol I, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies
• 1931 - Karl von Bach, German engineer (Maschinenelemente), dies at 84
• 1935 - Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel 1934), dies at 72
• 1938 - Martin Bladen, cricketer (the 7th Lord Hawke), dies
• 1942 - Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68
• 1959 - Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, dies
• 1964 - Eddie Cantor, comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater), dies at 72
• 1964 - Frantisek Picha, composer, dies at 71
• 1964 - Konrad Bayer, writer, dies
• 1964 - Russ Case, orch leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52
• 1965 - Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer, dies at 63
• 1967 - Ervin Major, composer, dies at 66
• 1968 - Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71
• 1970 - Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60
• 1970 - Edouard Daladier, premier of France (1933..40), dies at 86
• 1973 - Albe, [Renaut A Joostens], Flemish writer (Paradise Bird), dies at 71
• 1974 - Marie Luise Kaschnitz, writer, dies at 73
• 1975 - Lillian Walker, dies at 88
• 1976 - Connee Boswell, singer (Pete Kelly's Blue), dies at 68
• 1978 - Gesina Van de Molen, Dutch lawyer, dies at 86
• 1978 - Gesina Van der Molen, Dutch WWII resistance fighter/lawyer, dies at 86
• 1978 - Ralph H Metcalfe, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 68
• 1979 - Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93
• 1980 - Bill Thomas, actor (Buckwheat), dies
• 1980 - Walter Keeton, cricketer (opening bat in 2 Test for Eng 1934-39), dies
• 1980 - William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascal), dies at 49
• 1983 - Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80
• 1985 - Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70
• 1985 - Yul Brynner, [Taidje Khan], actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 65
• 1990 - Carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67
• 1990 - Dick Jorgensen, NFL referee, dies at 56
• 1990 - Michael A Salcido, dies at 39
• 1991 - Redd Foxx, comedian (Sanford & Sons), dies of heart attack at 68
• 1991 - Stephen J Falat, dies after long illness at 34
• 1992 - James Seay, actor (Amazing Colossal Man), dies at 78
• 1993 - Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46
• 1993 - Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52
• 1994 - Anna Hauptmann, wife of Lindbergh baby kidnapper Bruno, dies at 95
• 1994 - Chaim Raphael, writer, dies at 86
• 1994 - Danny Gatton, US guitarist, commits suicide at 48
• 1994 - Nikolai Karetnikov, composer, dies at 64
• 1994 - Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist, dies at 74
• 1995 - Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100
• 1995 - Jimmy Nash, record company owner, dies at 47
• 1995 - John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31
• 1995 - Michelle Francis Bird, campaigner, dies at 30
• 1995 - Paolo Gucci, entrepreneur/accessories designer, dies at 64
• 1996 - Dick Pickering, trade unionist, dies at 54
• 1996 - Hugh Stirling Mackenzie, submariner, dies at 83
• 1996 - John Hillaby, writer/traveller, dies at 79
• 1996 - Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey, dies at 72
• 1996 - Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist, dies at 65
• 1997 - Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52