• 1336 - Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern
• 1479 - Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence
• 1515 - Caspar Othmayr, composer
• 1685 - George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne
• 1710 - Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia)
• 1755 - Georges Couthon, French politician
• 1758 - Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician [or March 22]
• 1768 - Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer
• 1788 - Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor
• 1793 - Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer
• 1800 - Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian
• 1806 - Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57)
• 1808 - Gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet
• 1816 - David Stuart, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
• 1818 - John Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897
• 1821 - John Abbott, Qu‚bec Canada, (C) 3rd Canadian PM (1891-92)
• 1821 - Luitpold von Bayern, Prince-regent of Bayern
• 1823 - William Flank Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
• 1824 - Gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (spectral analysis)
• 1826 - Robert Lowry, composer
• 1827 - John Robert Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
• 1827 - William Richard Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
• 1830 - William Felix Brantley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870
• 1831 - Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker)
• 1832 - Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts
• 1835 - Simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer
• 1837 - Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer
• 1838 - William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye)
• 1848 - Cyrill Kistler, composer
• 1855 - John White, composer
• 1859 - Josef Cyril Sychra, composer
• 1860 - Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer
• 1862 - Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross)
• 1863 - Adolf A Wolfschoon, Cura‡ao, poet
• 1863 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italy, writer/military hero (Intruder)
• 1874 - Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer
• 1875 - Julio Garreta, composer
• 1877 - Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia
• 1878 - Gemma Galgani, Italian saint
• 1878 - Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer
• 1880 - House Peters, England, silent film actor (Kansas Territory)
• 1881 - Daniel Webster Hoan, Wisc (Mayor-Socialist-Milwaukee)
• 1881 - Kemal Atat�rk, 1st pres of Rep of Turkey
• 1881 - V„in” A Tanner, premier of Finland (1926-27)
• 1883 - Judge Jackson, composer
• 1885 - Rapha‰l HLAJM Verwilghen, Flemish architect/urban developer
• 1888 - Hall Johnson, composer
• 1889 - Philip Guedalla, historian
• 1890 - A Evert Taube, Swedish writer/troubadour
• 1890 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Ukrainian/US ballet dancer (Petroesjka) [OS=Feb 28]
• 1891 - Michael Polany, Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist
• 1896 - Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great
• 1898 - Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Sold Grandpa)
• 1900 - David Croll, QC senator
• 1900 - Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer
• 1904 - Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper (NZ's 1st Test, later Northants)
• 1907 - (Margaret Peggy McCrorie) Herbison, politician
• 1908 - David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician
• 1908 - Inez Courtney, NYC, actress (13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven)
• 1910 - Roger L Stevens, producer (Giant)
• 1910 - Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, Orange NJ, boxer/actor (On the Waterfront)
• 1910 - Wilhelmus L Reijers, sculptor
• 1911 - Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, president of Mexico
• 1912 - James McKay, lord provost of Edinburgh
• 1912 - Kylie Tennant, novelist (Battlers, Lost Haven)
• 1912 - Paul Weston, Springfield Mass, orch leader (Jim Nabors Hour)
• 1913 - Harold Butler, cricketer (England pace bowler late 40's)
• 1914 - Jan Kapr, composer
• 1915 - Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/abstract painter
• 1917 - Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing)
• 1917 - Tom Normanton, British MP
• 1918 - James Bracken, race horse trainer
• 1921 - Giovanni Agnelli, CEO (Fiat Automakers)
• 1921 - Gordon MacRae, East Orange NJ, singer/actor (Oklahoma, Carousel)
• 1921 - Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator
• 1921 - Ralph Shapey, Phila, composer (Fantasy, Rituals)
• 1922 - Helen Parrish, Columbus Ga, actress (Hour Glass, Show Business)
• 1922 - Jack Kerouac, Beat writer (On the Road, Mexico Blues)
• 1922 - Lane Kirkland, union president (AFL-CIO)
• 1922 - Thomas Hugh Eastwood, composer
• 1923 - Hjalmar Andersen, Norway, 1500, 5K, 10K speed skater (Oly-gold-1952)
• 1923 - Mstislav Rostropovich
• 1923 - Norbert Brainin, violinist
• 1923 - Walter M Schirra Jr, Hackensack NJ, Capt USN/ast (Mer 8, Gem 6, Ap 7)
• 1925 - Georges Delerue, composer
• 1925 - Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy)
• 1925 - Leo Esaki, [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973)
• 1925 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55)
• 1925 - William G Whitehurst, (Rep-R-Va)
• 1926 - David Oliver Williams, trade unionist (COHSE)
• 1926 - George R Ariyoshi, (Gov-D-Hawaii)
• 1926 - Gudrun Ure, British actress (Lady MacBeth, BBC Sorcerer)
• 1926 - Hildy Park, Wash DC, actress (To Tell the Truth)
• 1926 - John C[lellon] Holmes, US writer (Horn)
• 1926 - Rolv Berger Yttrehus, composer
• 1926 - Ronald Alley, art gallery manager (Tate Gallery)
• 1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Baku Russia, cellist (Cello Concerto) [3/22 NS]
• 1927 - Raul Alfonsin, president (Argentina)
• 1928 - Edward Albee, Washington, DC, playwright (Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story)
• 1928 - Phil Jones, principal (Trinity College of Music)
• 1928 - Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman (Police Complaints Authority)
• 1929 - Bernard Costello, US, double sculls (Olympic-silver-1956)
• 1929 - Lupe Anguiano, Mexican-American civil rights activist
• 1930 - Antony Acland, provost of Eton/British ambassador (to US)
• 1930 - Robin Cavendish, disabled campaigner
• 1930 - Scoey Mitchill, Newburgh NY, comedian (Barefoot in the Park, Rhoda)
• 1930 - Stanko Horvat, composer
• 1931 - Geoffrey de Bellaigue, director (Royal Collection)
• 1931 - William "Buckwheat" Thomas, actor (Little Rascals)
• 1932 - Andrew Young, US ambassador to UN (1977-79)/(Mayor-D-Atlanta)
• 1934 - Rudolph Agner, CEO (Consolidated Gold Fields)
• 1935 - Helga Pilarczyk, German soprano (Salome, Lulu)
• 1935 - John Gross, author (Age of Kipling, Dickens & 20th Century)
• 1936 - Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman (S G Warburg & Co)
• 1936 - Keith Slater, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1958-59 series)
• 1936 - Lloyd Dobbins, Newport News Va, newscaster (NBC News Overnight)
• 1936 - Patrick Procktor, painter
• 1937 - Elizabeth Vaughan, opera soprano (Victor-Victoria)
• 1938 - Dimitri Terzakis, composer
• 1938 - Johnny Rutherford, auto racer (26 championship races)
• 1938 - Karl Soderlund, Duluth Minn, Mr Sally Jesse Raphael
• 1938 - Millie Perkins, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting)
• 1938 - Norman Hogg, British MP
• 1938 - Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, composer
• 1938 - Vijay Mehra, cricketer (Indian Test batsman from age 17)
• 1939 - Barbara Feldon, Pitts Pa, actress (Agent 99-Get Smart)
• 1939 - David Mlinaric, British interior director
• 1940 - Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting)
• 1940 - Albert Johanneson, soccer star
• 1942 - Bert Campaneris, baseball player (Oakland A's)
• 1942 - Brian O'Hara, rocker
• 1942 - Paul Kantner, SF Calif, rock singer/guitarist (Jefferson Airplane)
• 1942 - Salvatore "the Bull" Gravano, mobster (testified against Gotti)
• 1945 - Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist (Les Baroques)
• 1946 - Liza Minnelli, Hollywood CA, singer/actress (Sterile Cuckoo, Cabaret)
• 1947 - Jill O'Hara, Warren Penn, Broadway actress (Promises! Promises!)
• 1948 - Dana Walden, rock keyboardist (Champaign)
• 1948 - James Taylor, Boston MA, vocalist/guitarist (Up on the Roof)
• 1948 - Kent Conrad, (Sen-D North Dakota)
• 1948 - Les Holroyd, Oldham England, rocker (Barclay James Harvest)
• 1948 - Virginia Bottomley, secretary (Heritage)
• 1948 - Virginia Bottomley, British minister of state health
• 1949 - Bill Payne, Waco TX, rock keyboardist (Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero)
• 1949 - David Mellor, secretary of the British treasury/MP
• 1949 - Mary Alice Williams, news reporter (NBC-TV)
• 1949 - Mike Gibbons, Swansea Wales, rock drummer (Badfinger)
• 1949 - Sara Lane, NYC, actress (Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian)
• 1950 - Jon Provost, actor (Timmy-Lassie)
• 1950 - Willie Duggan, rugby football player
• 1951 - Caren Kaye, NYC, actress (My Tutor, Bambi-Blansky's Beauties)
• 1951 - Jack Green, rocker
• 1953 - Labamba, [Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes)
• 1956 - Dale Murphy, Portland Ore, slugger (Atlanta Braves, 2 time NL MVP)
• 1957 - Jerry Levine, New Brunswick NJ, actor (Born on 4th of July)
• 1957 - Marlon D Jackson, Gary IN, singer (Jackson 5-Maybe Tomorrow)
• 1957 - Steve Harris, London, hard rock bassist (Iron Maiden-Gypsy's Kiss)
• 1958 - Debra Jensen, Orange County Cal, playmate (January, 1978)
• 1960 - Courtney B Vance, Detroit MI, actor (Hamburger Hill)
• 1960 - Eldine Baptiste, cricketer (WI all-rounder early 80's)
• 1962 - Darryl Strawberry, LA Calif, right fielder (Mets, Dodgers, Yankees)
• 1962 - Gunde Svan, Swedish long jumper (Olympics-gold-1984, 88)
• 1963 - Candy Costie, Seattle Wash, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)
• 1963 - Joaquim Carvalho Cruz, Brazil, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
• 1963 - John Andretti, race car driver
• 1963 - Julia Campbell, Huntsville Ala, actress (Opportunity Knocks)
• 1963 - Paul Way, British golfer
• 1964 - Tony Terry, rock producer (Tony Terry)
• 1965 - Fran Harris, WNBA guard (Houston Comets)
• 1965 - Molly Van Nostrand, West lslip NY, tennis star
• 1965 - Randy Dixon, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1965 - Steve Finley, Union City TN, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
• 1966 - Alecia Stephenson, North Vancouver BC, softball ss (Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Erich Fischer, Dinuba CA, US Olympic water polo foward (Olympic-92)
• 1966 - Grant Long, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks)
• 1967 - Irvin Smith, CFL cornerback (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1967 - Rowelle Blenman, WLAF cornerback/safety (London Monarchs)
• 1968 - Merton Hanks, NFL safety (SF 49ers)
• 1969 - Graham Coxon, singer (Blur)
• 1969 - J P Izquierdo, CFL slot back (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1969 - Karen Snelgrove, London Ontario, softball pitcher (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Muhammad Oliver, NFL cornerback/safety (Washington Redskins)
• 1970 - Michael Bankston, NFL defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1970 - Rex Walters, NBA guard (Phila 76ers, Miami Heat)
• 1970 - Rod Smith, NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
• 1971 - Greg Hansell, Bellflower CA, pitcher (Minn Twins)
• 1971 - Isaiah Rider, NBA guard/forward (Minn Timberwolves, Port Trailblazers)
• 1971 - Raul Mondesi, San Cristobal Dom Rep, outfielder (LA Dodgers)
• 1972 - Alisa Castillo, Miss Nevada USA (1996)
• 1973 - Antonio Banks, cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
• 1973 - Gabriel Mendez, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Keif Bryant, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1973 - Louis Laros, Dutch soccer player (Willem II, Vitesse)
• 1974 - Chris Carr, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Minn Timberwolves)
• 1978 - Cristina Teuscher, New Rochelle NY, 4X200m freestyle (Olymp-gold-96)
• 1978 - Tara Mounsey, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0417 - Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies
• 0604 - Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64
• 1209 - Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies
• 1471 - Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies
• 1496 - Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies
• 1507 - Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31
• 1563 - John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies
• 1570 - Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
• 1628 - John Bull, English organist/composer, dies
• 1648 - Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63
• 1681 - French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45
• 1734 - Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74
• 1753 - George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday
• 1824 - Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48
• 1831 - Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64
• 1832 - Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45
• 1834 - Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33
• 1840 - Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61
• 1852 - Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75
• 1877 - Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52
• 1883 - Murrumgunarriman, [Twopenny], cricketer (Aboriginal team 1868), dies
• 1888 - Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76
• 1889 - Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle
• 1902 - John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54
• 1905 - Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92
• 1908 - Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61
• 1909 - Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34
• 1913 - Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61
• 1914 - George Westinghouse, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67
• 1916 - M v Ebner-Eschenbach, writer, dies at 39
• 1924 - Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies
• 1925 - Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58
• 1932 - Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide
• 1937 - Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93
• 1937 - Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78
• 1941 - Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72
• 1942 - Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76
• 1945 - Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp
• 1946 - Philip Merivale, dies at 59
• 1949 - Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95
• 1950 - L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
• 1955 - Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC
• 1955 - Theodor Plievier, writer, dies
• 1957 - Harry Dean, cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), dies
• 1957 - Josephine Hull, actress (Harvey), dies at 71
• 1958 - Ingeborg, Princess of Sweden, dies at 79
• 1961 - Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph & his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25
• 1966 - Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at 37
• 1973 - Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57
• 1973 - Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74
• 1973 - Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies at 77
• 1974 - Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated
• 1978 - John Cazale, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter), dies at 41
• 1978 - Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies
• 1982 - Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90
• 1983 - Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85
• 1984 - Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88
• 1985 - Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85
• 1988 - Billie Rhodes, dies
• 1988 - William Camp, dies at 74
• 1989 - Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87
• 1991 - Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92
• 1992 - Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84
• 1992 - Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at 70
• 1992 - Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies
• 1992 - Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies
• 1992 - Philippe Soupault, writer, dies
• 1992 - Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered
• 1993 - Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62
• 1993 - June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62
• 1993 - Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at 83
• 1993 - Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies
• 1994 - Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59
• 1996 - Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92
• 1996 - Gyula Kallai, PM of Hungry (1965-67), dies at 85
• 1996 - John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher, dies at 67