• 0384 - Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423)
• 1583 - Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer
• 1585 - Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, premier of France (1624-42)
• 1618 - Joan Cererols, composer
• 1629 - Cornelis Tromp, Dutch lt-adm-gen/son of Maarten Tromp
• 1646 - Zeger B van Espen, Flemish theologist
• 1664 - Johann Christoph Pez, composer
• 1687 - Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer
• 1695 - Joseph Thadd„us Stammel, Austrian sculptor
• 1752 - Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer
• 1754 - William Bligh, nasty ship's captain (HMS Bounty)
• 1769 - Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch minister of Justice (1807..42)
• 1789 - William Cranch Bond, US, astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion)
• 1809 - William Radford, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890
• 1817 - Speed Smith Fry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
• 1819 - Martin Luther Smith, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1866
• 1822 - Napoleon J K P Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention
• 1826 - Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907)
• 1826 - Thomas John Lucas, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1908
• 1828 - Leo Tolstoy, Russia, novelist (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) [NS]
• 1834 - Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant)
• 1834 - William MacRae, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1882
• 1840 - Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer
• 1850 - Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi
• 1850 - Leopoldo Miguez, composer
• 1853 - Frederick R Spofforth, Australia, cricketer (Demon)
• 1855 - Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist
• 1858 - Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics)
• 1865 - Edwin Lehare, composer
• 1868 - Mary Austin, Ill, feminist/nature writer (Land of Little Rain)
• 1872 - Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers)
• 1872 - Josef Stransky, composer
• 1873 - Edward Burlingame Hill, composer
• 1877 - Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance
• 1880 - Viking Eggeling, Sweden, artist/film maker (Diagonal Symphony)
• 1887 - Alfred M Landon, (R-Ks) pres candidate (1932, 1936)
• 1887 - Raymond Walburn, Plymouth In, actor (Christmas in July)
• 1890 - Harland Sanders, Henryville Ind, colonel/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
• 1892 - Bruno Sturmer, composer
• 1896 - Fritz Reuter, composer
• 1898 - Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, NYC, baseball player (NL MVP 1931)
• 1899 - Louis Cheslock, composer
• 1899 - Neil Hamilton, Lynn Mass, actor (Commisioner Gordon-Batman)
• 1900 - James Hilton, English novelist (Goodbye Mr Chips)
• 1905 - Maurice Charles mile Barlier, French resistance fighter
• 1907 - Leon Edel, biographer
• 1907 - Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs Ark, singer/actor (Tip-Waterfront)
• 1908 - Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (La belle estate)
• 1908 - John Haeton, US, bobsled (Olympic-silver-1928, 48)
• 1909 - Jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress (We Live Again)
• 1909 - Kwame Nkrumah, communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana (1960-66)
• 1912 - Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor (E Berlin Symph 1960-77)
• 1915 - Guus [August] Oster, Dutch actor/director (Carr‚)
• 1919 - Jacques Marin, Paris, actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo)
• 1919 - Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, gambler/sportscaster (lay you 5 to 1)
• 1919 - Richard Webb, Bloomington IL, actor (Invisible Monster, Git)
• 1920 - Michael Aldridge, Glastonbury England, actor (Murder in Cathedral)
• 1921 - Andrzej Dobrowolski, composer
• 1922 - Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat
• 1922 - MacKenzie John, pipe major
• 1924 - Jane Greer, Wash DC, actress (Prisoner of Zenda, Clown)
• 1924 - Nino Bibbia, Italy, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1948)
• 1925 - Cliff Robertson, La Jolla Calif, actor (Charly)/spokesman for AT&T
• 1926 - Annie nee Becker Kriegel, historian
• 1926 - Jake Carey, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Know Better)
• 1927 - Elvin Jones, rocker
• 1928 - Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, US, jazz musician (Black Messiah)
• 1929 - Stan Parris, (Rep-R-VA, 1973-74, 81- )
• 1930 - Paolo Castaldi, composer
• 1932 - Ali Doelman-Pel, Dutch MP (PvdA)
• 1932 - Sylvia Miles, NYC, actress (Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely)
• 1934 - Sonia Sanchez, US playwright/poet (The Bronx is Next)
• 1935 - [Chaim] Topol, Tel Aviv Israel, actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
• 1936 - Augustinius Franz Kropfreiter, composer
• 1937 - Mikhail N Tai, Latvia, World chess champion (1960-61)
• 1938 - Richard Sharpe, English rugby player
• 1939 - Howard P McKeon, (Rep-R-California)
• 1940 - Joe Negroni, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
• 1941 - Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith, composer
• 1941 - Les Braid, England, bass (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good)
• 1941 - Otis Redding, Dawson Ga, rock bassist (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay)
• 1942 - Inez Foxx, Greensboro NC, rocker (Mockingbird, Hi Diddle Diddle)
• 1942 - John Linder, (Rep-R-Georgia)
• 1942 - Luther Simmons, rocker (Main Ingredient
• 1943 - George Roger Waters, keyboardist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
• 1944 - Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina
• 1945 - Dee Dee Sharpe, [Dione Larue], US singer (I Love You Anyway)
• 1945 - Omukama Patrick David Matthew Olimi Kaboyo II, king of Toro
• 1946 - Billy Preston, Tx, singer/pianist, 5th Beatle (David Brenner Show)
• 1946 - Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author
• 1946 - Doug Ingle, Omaha Nebraska, rock vocalist/keyboards (Iron Butterfly)
• 1946 - Pete Gavin, rocker
• 1947 - David Rosenboom, composer
• 1947 - Freddy Weller, Georgia, rocker (Paul Revers & The Raiders)
• 1947 - Lol Creme, [Lawrence Creme], England, rock vocalist/guitarist (10cc)
• 1947 - Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner (ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hrs)
• 1949 - Joe Theismann, NFL QB (Redskins)/sportscaster
• 1949 - John Curry, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1950 - Tom Wopat, Lodi WI, actor (Durning Rage, Christmas Comes to Willow)
• 1951 - Corry Konings, Dutch singer
• 1951 - Michael Keaton, Pitts Pa, actor (Gung Ho, Batman, Beetlejuice)
• 1951 - Robert Desiderio, Bronx NY, actor (Det Kennedy-Heart of the City)
• 1951 - Tom Wopat, Loda Wisc, TV actor (Luke-Dukes of Hazzard)
• 1952 - Angela Cartwright, England (Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space)
• 1952 - Bonnie Large, Glendale CA, playmate (March 1973)
• 1952 - David Stewart, rock guitarist (Eurtyhmics-Here Comes the Rain Again)
• 1952 - Lee M Morin, Manchester NH, cmdr USN/astronaut
• 1954 - Walter Paul Davis, Pineville NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1956 - Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-12)
• 1958 - Lita Ford, London England, vocalist (Kiss Me Deadly, Runaways)
• 1960 - Christopher Sherratt White, Hamilton NZ, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1960 - Hugh Grant, London England (4 Weddings & a Funeral, 9 Months)
• 1961 - Jim Corsi, Newtonville MA, pitcher (Oakland A's)
• 1962 - Aleta Rzepecki Sill, Detroit Mich, bowler (1983 WIBC single)
• 1962 - Derek Kennard, NFL guard (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1962 - Jack Trudeau, NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers)
• 1963 - Leslie Thompson, Burlington Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
• 1964 - Brett Hull, NHL right wing (MVP 1991, 86 goals)
• 1964 - Skip [Jules I] Kendall, Milwaukee WI, PGA golfer (1993 Intl-8th)
• 1964 - Willie Broughton, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints)
• 1965 - Brenda Epperson, actress (Ashley Abbott-Young & Restless)
• 1965 - Dan Majerle, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
• 1965 - Marc Dunn, Kingston Ontario, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
• 1965 - Todd Zeile, Van Nuys CA, infielder (Phila Phillies)
• 1966 - Adam Sandler, actor/comedian (Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, SNL)
• 1966 - Alison Sydor, Edmonton Alberta, x-ctry cyclist (Olympics-silver-96)
• 1966 - David Bennent, Lausanne, actor (Tin Drum, Legend)
• 1966 - Kevin Hatcher, Detroit MI, NHL defenseman (Team USA, Dallas, Pitts)
• 1967 - B J Armstrong, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
• 1967 - Deion Sanders, NFL cornerback/wide reciever (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1967 - Laurence Tremolet, Rodez France, actress (Cyclo, M‚tisse,)
• 1968 - Jonathan A Drummond Jr, Phila, 4X400m runner (Olympics-silver-96)
• 1968 - Julia Sawalha, actress (Saffron-Abfab, Chrissy-Buddy's Song)
• 1968 - Thomas P Auth, Orange NJ, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1969 - Christine Smith, Darien Conn, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Scott DeFreitas, Newton Mass, actor (Andy Dixon-As the World Turns)
• 1969 - Sean Rooks, NBA center (LA Lakers)
• 1970 - Dan Miceli, Newark NJ, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
• 1970 - Joey Hamilton, Statesboro GA, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
• 1970 - Mike Faulkerson, NFL fullback (Chic Bears)
• 1971 - Jill Sudduth, Balt MD, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1972 - Ben Bronson, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions)
• 1972 - Mike Hampton, Brooksville FL, pitcher (Houston Astros)
• 1972 - Miriam Oremans, Berlicum Neth, tennis star
• 1973 - Mike Schlegel, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1973 - Peter Scott, Newcastle Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Todd McMillon, CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• 1973 - Troy Rudolph, production asst (Suburbanators, Viper)
• 1974 - Jennie Kwan, Glendale Calif, actress (Samantha Woo-Calif Dreams)
• 1974 - Leah O'Brien, Garden Grove Calif, softball infielder (Olympic-gold-96)
• 1976 - Mattias Ohlund, NHL goaltender (Vancouver Canucks, Team Sweden 1998)
• 1978 - Jhane Landwier, Miss Bonaire Universe (1997)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1087 - William I, The Conqueror, King of England/Duke of Normandy, dies
• 1438 - Eduard [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/writer, dies
• 1488 - Fran‡ois II of Bretagne, dies
• 1513 - James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513), dies in battle at 40
• 1573 - Andr‚ de Resende, Portuguese dominican/humanist, dies
• 1683 - Algernon Sidney, English Whig politician/plotter, beheaded
• 1713 - Giovanni A di Bartlommeo Viscardi, Swiss architect, dies
• 1770 - Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73
• 1770 - Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist, dies at 62
• 1803 - Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer, dies at 32
• 1810 - Johann Baptiste Hagenauer, Austrian sculptor, dies at 78
• 1815 - John Singleton Copley, British painter, dies at 77
• 1817 - Paul Cuffe, civil rights activist (Sierre Leone), dies at 58
• 1832 - Bernhard Joseph Klein, composer, dies at 39
• 1841 - Augustin P de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 63
• 1866 - Gergely Czuczor, Hungarian/Czech poet/translator, dies at 65
• 1876 - American Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle
• 1878 - Jacobo Ficher, composer, dies at 18
• 1888 - John van Swieten, Dutch governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71
• 1898 - St‚phane Mallarm‚, French publisher (L'aprŠs-midi d'un faune), dies
• 1901 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter, dies at 36
• 1901 - Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, minister of Cologne dies
• 1902 - Titus AJ van Asch van Wijck, gov of Suriname (1891-97), dies at 53
• 1912 - Jaroslav Vrchlicky, [Emil FrĄda], Czech poet, dies at 59
• 1913 - Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician, dies
• 1926 - David Lobo, Dutch actor, dies in railway accident
• 1926 - Greta Lobo-Braakensiek, Dutch actress in railway accident
• 1931 - Lujo [Ludwig J von] Brentano, German economist dies at 86
• 1939 - S M Tretjakow, writer, dies at 47 [or Aug 9]
• 1941 - Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist, dies at 85
• 1942 - Zsigmond Mąricz, Hungarians writer (Rązsa S ndor), dies at 63
• 1946 - Mynona, writer, dies at 74
• 1948 - James Baskett, dies
• 1951 - Cecil Gray, composer, dies at 56
• 1951 - Gibson Gowland, actor (Greed), dies at 74
• 1952 - Joseph Allen Sr, dies
• 1954 - Alfred Gradstein, composer, dies at 49
• 1957 - Ettore Pozzoli, composer, dies at 84
• 1958 - Charles Macartney, cricket (35 Tests 1907-26, 2131 runs 45 wkts), dies
• 1959 - Max d' Ollone, composer, dies at 84
• 1959 - O'Neil Gordon Collie Smith, WI cricket all-rounder, dies in car crash
• 1960 - Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer, dies at 75
• 1962 - Pat Rooney, vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82
• 1963 - Ernst Kantorowicz, German/US historian, dies at 68
• 1963 - Jan Schouten, Dutch founder (illegal Trouw)/chairman (ARP), dies
• 1964 - Charles O'Neill, composer, dies at 82
• 1965 - Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer, dies at 90
• 1966 - Antonio Massana, composer, dies at 76
• 1966 - Leon de Smet, Flemish painter, dies at 85
• 1966 - Nestor Paiva, actor (3 Stooges in Orbit), dies of cancer at 61
• 1967 - Helen Flint, actress (Sea Devils), dies after being hit by a car at 69
• 1969 - Cecil Dixon, cricketer (S Afr 1913-14, dismissed Hobbs twice), dies
• 1969 - Katherine Singleton, actress/Miss Universe (1926), dies at 65
• 1971 - Billy Gilbert, US actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76
• 1973 - Samuel N Behrman, US stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80
• 1974 - Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer, dies at 55
• 1975 - Ethel Griffies, actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97
• 1975 - John McGiver, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), dies at 61
• 1975 - Minta Durfee, actress (Keystone Comedies, Mickey), dies at 85
• 1976 - Mao Tse-Tung, Chinese communist party chairman (1949-76), dies at 82
• 1977 - John Breeden, actor (Madame Racketeer, Salute), dies at 73
• 1978 - Jack L Warner, US movie production (Warner Bros), dies at 86)
• 1979 - Solon Michaelides, composer, dies at 73
• 1981 - Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs & 0-13), dies
• 1982 - Frederic Dannay, [Ellery Queen], US, detective writer, dies at 76
• 1984 - Walter Kaufmann, composer, dies at 77
• 1984 - Yilmaz Gueney, director (Yol, Arkadas, Baba, Agit), dies at 47
• 1987 - Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered
• 1989 - Tim Hovey, actor (Slim Carter, Man Afraid), dies of a drug overdose
• 1990 - Rimantas Antanas Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
• 1991 - Edwin M McMillan, US, chemist (neptunium, plutonium, Nobel 1951), dies
• 1991 - John Lawrence, doctor, dies
• 1991 - Joop H Zwart, Spanish fighter/publicist (Black Widow), dies
• 1991 - Paul Michael Lombardi, actor, dies of AIDS at 31
• 1993 - David Tendlar, animator (Betty Boop), dies
• 1993 - Helen O'Connell, singer (Green Eyes), dies of cancer at 74
• 1994 - Keith Davis, voice Tutor/Author, dies at 85
• 1994 - Patrick O'Neal, US actor (King Rat, Night of the Iguana), dies at 66
• 1994 - Roy Castle, actor (Dr Who & the Daleks), dies of lung Cancer
• 1995 - Ida Carroll, musician, dies at 89
• 1996 - Bill Monroe, bluegrass vocalist (created bluegrass music), dies at 84
• 1996 - Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman, dies at 67
• 1996 - Jack Pepys, immunologist, dies at 82
• 1996 - Ruggero Mastroianni, film editor, dies at 66
• 1996 - William Smith Monroe, bluegrass musician, dies at 84
• 1997 - Myra McCulloch, teacher academic/administrator, dies at 48
• 1997 - Richie Ashburn, HOF baseball player (Phillies, Mets), dies at 70