• 1563 - Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer
• 1577 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (Judith)
• 1626 - Simon van Leeuwen, lawyer/historian (Roman-Holland regt)
• 1688 - Domenico Zipoli, composer
• 1696 - August III, king of Poland/monarch Frederik August II of Saksen
• 1704 - Willem Bentinck, orangist
• 1711 - Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry (Complete Works)
• 1720 - Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer
• 1725 - John Wilkes, English journalist/MP (N Briton)
• 1729 - Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer
• 1730 - Ernestus Weinrauch, composer
• 1734 - Grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II
• 1806 - Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist
• 1811 - Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (owned land in Mich)
• 1813 - Georg Bchner, German playwright (Dantons Tod/Woyzeck)
• 1815 - Emanuel Geibel, writer
• 1817 - Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan)
• 1817 - Samuel Ringgold Ward, Maryland, minister/abolitionist (Fugitive Negro)
• 1835 - Alexandrine-Pieternella-Fran‡oise Tinn‚, explored White Nile
• 1839 - H‚lŠne Mercier, Dutch author/social reformer
• 1844 - Miguel Nieto, composer
• 1845 - Franz Ehrle, German prefect of Vatican library
• 1848 - William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball
• 1859 - William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants, Cin Reds)
• 1860 - Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer
• 1864 - Elinor Glyn, British novelist (3 Weeks)
• 1875 - Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer (Yes & No!)
• 1878 - Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai
• 1878 - Henri Mulet, composer
• 1883 - A S Neill, British headmaster (Summerhill)
• 1885 - Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress (Jantjes)/wife of Herman Bouber
• 1886 - Spring Byington, Colo Springs, actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride)
• 1892 - Herbert Norman Howells, composer
• 1892 - Otakar Jeremias, composer
• 1893 - Jean Binet, composer
• 1895 - Doris Humphrey, Oak Park Ill, dancer (Dances of Women)
• 1898 - Mildred Knopf, cookbook writer
• 1898 - Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher
• 1898 - Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer/poet (5th Seal)
• 1903 - Irene Ryan, El Paso Texas, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies)
• 1903 - Jerry Colona, Boston Mass, comedian (Jerry Colona Show)
• 1903 - Nathanael West, American novelist (Day of the Locusts)
• 1905 - Franco Albini, Italian architect
• 1905 - Jean Arthur, NYC, actress (Shane, Mr Smith Goes to Washington)
• 1909 - Crozy [William] Cole, US jazz drummer
• 1912 - John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978)
• 1914 - Albert Markos, composer
• 1914 - Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman)
• 1914 - John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur
• 1915 - Arthur Miller, NYC, playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible)
• 1916 - Robert Lowery, Kansas City MO, actor (Murder Over NY)
• 1916 - Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, composer
• 1917 - Marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)
• 1917 - Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)
• 1919 - John Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51)
• 1919 - Rita Hayworth, NY, [Marguerita C Casino], actress (Gilda, Pal Joey)
• 1920 - Montgomery Clift, Omaha NE, actor (From Here to Eternity)
• 1920 - Rudolf Hrusinsky, Czech actor (Short Cut, Golden Eels)
• 1921 - George Mackey Brown, poet
• 1921 - Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1921 - Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist (National Review)
• 1921 - Tom Poston, Columbus Ohio, actor (Steve Allen Show, Newhart)
• 1922 - Louis Benjamin, showman
• 1926 - Beverly Garland, Santa Cruz Calif, actress (My 3 Sons)
• 1926 - Julie Adams, Waterloo Iowa, actress (Yancy Derringer, Code Red)
• 1926 - Karl Gordon Henize, Cincinnati Ohio, astronaut (STS 51-F)
• 1928 - Ivan Marinov, composer
• 1928 - James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers (NL rookie of year 1953)
• 1928 - Zacharias J de Beer, S African physician/MP (DP)
• 1929 - Ram Da-Oz, composer
• 1930 - Angelo Paccignini, composer
• 1930 - Jimmy Breslin, Queens NYC, columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday)
• 1932 - Gundaris Pone, composer
• 1932 - Paul Anderson, US, light super heavyweight lifter (Olympic-gold-1956)
• 1932 - William J Hughes, (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1975- )
• 1933 - William A Anders, Hong Kong, Maj Gen, USAF/astronaut (Apollo 8)
• 1934 - Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist (Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode)
• 1935 - Alan Brown, cricketer (Engld opening attack Brown & White vs Pak 1961)
• 1936 - David Hobson, (Rep-R-Ohio)
• 1938 - Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil (Snake River Canyon)
• 1941 - Alan Howard, rock bassist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
• 1941 - Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth Oh, country singer (Too Many Times)
• 1941 - James Seals, Sidney Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze)
• 1942 - Gary Puckett, vocalist (& Union Gap-Woman Woman, Young Girl)
• 1943 - Susan Davenny Wyner, New Haven Ct, soprano (Walter Naumberg Prize)
• 1944 - Carol Cole, West Medford Mass, actress (Ellie-Grady)
• 1945 - Dave Cutler, CFL place kicker (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1946 - Bob Seagren, Pomona Calif, actor (Soap)/pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-68)
• 1946 - James Ray Tucker, LA Calif, rock guitarist (Turtles-Eleanor)
• 1946 - Vicki Hodge, London England, actress (Confessions of a Sex Maniac)
• 1947 - Charles A Ingene, macromarketing researcher
• 1947 - Gene Green, (Rep-D-Texas)
• 1947 - Lesley Sunderland, decorative artist
• 1947 - Michael McKean, NYC, actor (Laverne & Shirley, SNL, Spinal Tap)
• 1948 - George Wendt, Chicago Ill, actor (Norm-Cheers)
• 1948 - Margot Kidder, Yellowknife, actress (Lois Lane, Amityville Horror)
• 1949 - Bill Hudson, Portland Ore, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
• 1949 - Maurice Willis Wright, composer
• 1949 - Timothy Bottoms, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Adam-East of Eden)
• 1950 - Howard E Rollins Jr, Balt Md, actor (Bannister-Wildside,Another World)
• 1950 - Michael Lynn Synar, (Rep-D-Oklahoma, 1979- )
• 1950 - Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer (As Love Goes)
• 1955 - Sam Bottoms, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Prime Risk, Savages)
• 1956 - Mae C Jemison, Decatur Alabama, MD/astronaut (STS 47)
• 1956 - Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch ass. secretary of Social Affairs (VVD)
• 1957 - Vincent Van Patten, Belrose NY, actor (Apple's Way, 3 for the Road)
• 1958 - Alan Jackson, Newnan Ga, country singer (Here in the Real World)
• 1958 - Blaine McCallister, Ft Stockton TX, PGA golfer (1989 Honda Classic)
• 1958 - France St Louis, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
• 1958 - Gig Gangel Harlingen TX, playmate (Jan, 1980)
• 1959 - Dolph Lundgren, actor (Rocky 4, Masters of Universe) [or Nov 3]
• 1960 - Ang‚la Kramers, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
• 1960 - James Patrick Delsing, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1993 New England-2nd)
• 1960 - Mandy Yachad, cricketer (South African ODI opening batsman 1991)
• 1962 - John Dorge, Australian basketball center (Olympics-96)
• 1963 - Vijay Mehra, cricketer (United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup)
• 1965 - Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress (New Kind of Family)
• 1965 - Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket (Sri Lanka's greatest batsman)
• 1966 - Danny Ferry, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 1967 - Adrianne Werdel Witmeyer, LA Calif, tennis star (1990 Futures-Chiba)
• 1967 - Allen West, US metal guitarist (Obituary, Cause of Death)
• 1967 - Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, LA Calif, tennis star
• 1967 - Mark Johnson, Worcester MA, infielder (Pitts Pirates)
• 1967 - Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star (1993 Quebec City)
• 1967 - Reggie Clark, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1968 - Heather McDermid, Calgary Alberta, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1968 - Ziggy Marley, reggae performer
• 1969 - Alfred Pupunu, NFL tight end (SD Chargers)
• 1969 - Joe Courtney, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 1969 - Theodore Ernest Els, Johannesburg S Afr, PGA golfer (1994 US Open)
• 1970 - Anil Kumble, cricketer (great Indian leg-spinner since 1990)
• 1970 - Jean-Paul de Young, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
• 1970 - John Mabry, Wilmington DE, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
• 1970 - Marciano Vink, soccer player (Genoa/PSV)
• 1970 - Shauna O'Brien, Pasco Wash, actress (Showgirls)
• 1970 - Tasha Tsang, Saskatoon Saskatchwan, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Byron Chamberlain, NFL/WLAF tight end Denver Broncos, Rhein Fire)
• 1971 - Ernest Dixon, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
• 1971 - Henry McMillian, NFL defensive tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1972 - Vicki Goetze, Michicot WI, LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-12th)
• 1973 - Keith McKenzie, NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1973 - Lorie Bennett West, Miss Kentucky USA (1996)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0532 - Boniface II, 1st "German" Pope, dies
• 1312 - Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies
• 1552 - Andreas Osiander, Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53
• 1586 - Philip Sidney, English poet/diplomat, dies in battle at 32
• 1638 - Gilles Claesz de Hondecoeter, Flemish (?) painter, buried at about 63
• 1702 - Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies
• 1740 - Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47
• 1763 - Arnold Hoogvliet, poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76
• 1806 - Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies
• 1825 - Peter Winter, composer, dies at 71
• 1837 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58
• 1849 - Fr‚d‚ric F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39
• 1887 - Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63
• 1890 - Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer, dies at 77
• 1897 - Isidor Dannstrom, composer, dies at 84
• 1904 - Nikolai Amani, composer, dies at 32
• 1909 - Nicola Spinelli, composer, dies at 44
• 1910 - Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91
• 1910 - William V Moody, US poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide), dies
• 1917 - Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59
• 1918 - Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies
• 1920 - G‚rard Leman, Belgian general, dies
• 1921 - Katherine Griffith, actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45
• 1941 - John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies
• 1944 - Pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45
• 1957 - John HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70
• 1958 - C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies
• 1963 - Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97
• 1965 - Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies
• 1966 - Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91
• 1966 - Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies
• 1967 - Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61
• 1973 - Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47
• 1974 - Ren‚ A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57
• 1975 - Vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90
• 1977 - Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77
• 1978 - Jean Am‚ry, [Johannes Mayer], Austr writer (Mind's Limits), dies at 65
• 1979 - John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81
• 1979 - Karel Reiner, composer, dies at 69
• 1979 - S J Perelman, US humorist (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75
• 1981 - David Guion, composer, dies at 88
• 1982 - Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47
• 1983 - Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78
• 1984 - Alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89
• 1990 - Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64
• 1991 - J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84
• 1991 - Piet van Est, The Vuurbal, bicylist (7x Tour de France), dies
• 1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72
• 1992 - Ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies
• 1993 - Frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77
• 1993 - Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologist/antifascist, dies at 84
• 1993 - Wim van Dooren, theologist/humanist/philosopher, dies
• 1994 - Augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83
• 1994 - Bernard Caulfield, judge, dies at 80
• 1994 - Dmitri Cholodov, Russian journalist, murdered at 27
• 1994 - Joan Barbara Grigor, artist, dies at 50
• 1994 - Rik van Bentum, painter/art director of Paradiso, dies at 57
• 1995 - Peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66
• 1996 - Berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93
• 1996 - Christopher Acland, musician, dies at 30
• 1997 - Paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54