• 1571 - John Ward, composer
• 1586 - Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen
• 1617 - Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)
• 1653 - Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar
• 1693 - Laurent Belissen, composer
• 1705 - Gustaaf Imhoff, gov of Ceylon (1736-40)/gov of Neth-Indies (1743-50)
• 1732 - Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian
• 1746 - Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church songs)
• 1755 - Luigi Marchesi, composer
• 1763 - Charles Bulfinch, Boston Mass, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House)
• 1805 - Antoon Jurgens, Dutch margarine manufacturer
• 1812 - John Rodgers II, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1882
• 1814 - Esther Hobart Morris, suffragist/anti-slavery activist
• 1819 - Charles Anderson Dana, Asst Secy War, (Union) died in 1897
• 1820 - Winfield Scott "Old Swet" Featherston, Army Brig General (Confederate)
• 1823 - Theodule Augustin Ribot, painter
• 1835 - James William Forsyth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
• 1839 - Nelson Appleton Miles, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925
• 1852 - Barend Barendse, actor/director (Wandering Jew)
• 1857 - Cecile Chaminade, composer
• 1857 - Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author (52 Years of Research)
• 1861 - William Bateson, English biologist (originator of term "genetics")
• 1864 - Henri de Vries, [Van Walterop], Dutch actor (Cleopatra, White Cargo)
• 1866 - Matthew A Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909)
• 1871 - William Henry Squire, composer
• 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
• 1881 - Paul L E von Kleist, German general-fieldmarshal (Eastern Front)
• 1884 - Sara Teasdale, US, poet (1st Pulitzer Prize-1918-"Love Songs")
• 1886 - Daniel Ruyneman, composer
• 1886 - Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer
• 1887 - Esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom)
• 1887 - J C Heldring, Dutch businessman
• 1887 - Malcolm Keen, Bristol England, actor (Uncle Chris-Mama)
• 1887 - Ullrich Haupt, Prussia, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion)
• 1889 - Jack Ryder, cricketer (athletic Australian all-rounder & captain)
• 1895 - Law Pendleton, US, wrestler/actor (Laughing Lady)
• 1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling)
• 1898 - Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orl�ans)
• 1900 - Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange
• 1900 - Victor Young, Chic Ill, orch leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old Calif)
• 1901 - Ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939)
• 1902 - Paul A M Dirac, England, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933)
• 1903 - August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state
• 1904 - Istvan Szelenyi, composer
• 1905 - Andr� Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque)
• 1905 - Nino Martini, Verona Italy, actor (Here's to Romance)
• 1905 - Wachtang Ananjan, writer
• 1906 - Andr� Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days)
• 1907 - Benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter)
• 1908 - Arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65)
• 1908 - Chivu Stoica, premier of Romania (1955-61)
• 1909 - Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler)
• 1910 - Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)
• 1910 - Sylvia Sidney, Bronx NY, actress (WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon)
• 1911 - Rosetta LeNoire, NYC, actor (Grandma Winslow-Family Matters)
• 1912 - Daniel Mann, Brooklyn, director (Willard, Butterfield 8)
• 1913 - Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show)
• 1913 - Daan Wildschut, painter/glazenier/author
• 1913 - Robert T Stafford, (Sen-R-VT, 1971-88)
• 1914 - Arthur Holt, politician
• 1918 - Rory Calhoun, LA Calif, actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan)
• 1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Torre Annunziata Italy, producer (King Kong)
• 1920 - Don Cook, foreign Correspondent
• 1921 - Roger Nixon, composer
• 1922 - Michael Parkin, journalist
• 1922 - Rory Calhoun, actor (Blue & Gray, Judson Tyler-Capitol)
• 1922 - Rudi Gernreich, designer (1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt)
• 1923 - Esther Williams, Inglewood Cal, actress/swimmer (Dangerous when Wet)
• 1924 - Thomas Beversdorf, composer
• 1925 - Jack Stoddart, designer/socialist
• 1926 - Richard Anderson, Long Beach NJ, actor (Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man)
• 1926 - Webb Pierce, West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
• 1927 - Elis Juliana, Antillian writer/poet (Lady of the Night: A flower)
• 1927 - Jim Weaver, (Rep-D-OR, 1975- )
• 1927 - Juri Kasakow, writer
• 1928 - Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
• 1929 - Josef Suk, Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977)
• 1929 - Rose Nyland, writer
• 1930 - Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach (Calif State, UNLV, 625-122)
• 1930 - Joan Mondale, wife of US vice-president Walter Mondale (1977-81)
• 1930 - Nita Talbot, NYC NY, actress (Supertrain, Here We Go Again)
• 1930 - Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7)
• 1931 - Jonathan Elkus, composer
• 1932 - Jimmy Witherspoon, singer
• 1932 - Mel Tillis, Pahokee Fl, country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel)
• 1933 - Joe Tex, singer/songwriter (Hold What You've Got)
• 1934 - Julian C Dixon, (Rep-D-California, 1979- )
• 1935 - Ron Marlenee, (Rep-R-MT, 1977- )
• 1935 - Sandy Horn, lesbian activist
• 1936 - Don Bowden, US, 1st American to run a sub 4 min mile
• 1936 - Frank Howard, baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960)
• 1936 - Keith Barron, Mexborough England, actor (At Earth's Core, Baby Love)
• 1937 - Dustin Hoffman, LA, actor (Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer vs Kramer)
• 1937 - Louis Neefs, Belgian singer
• 1938 - Connie Stevens, Bkln, singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach)
• 1938 - Jacques Hetu, composer
• 1939 - Philip E Baisley, Augusta Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57)
• 1939 - Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper (Oly-gold-68)
• 1939 - William Alden Hibbard, composer
• 1940 - Dilip Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of 60's)
• 1942 - Jay David, rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show)
• 1943 - Denis Payton, rocker
• 1944 - Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist (Jumping Jewels)
• 1944 - Michael Johnson, rocker
• 1944 - Smokey the Bear, named after NYC fireman Smokey Joe Martin
• 1946 - French W Weisglas, Dutch MP (VVD)
• 1946 - Robin M Tallon, (Rep-D-SC, 1983- )
• 1947 - Jose Cruz, leftfielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros)
• 1947 - Larry Wilcox, SD Calif, actor (Lassie, Officer Jon Baker-CHiPs)
• 1948 - Svetlana Y Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-7, T-12, T-15A)
• 1949 - Airrion Love, US singer (Stylistics-16 Bars)
• 1949 - Bela Magyari, Hungary, cosmonaut
• 1949 - Keith Carradine, San Mateo Calif, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby)
• 1950 - Willie Hall, rocker
• 1951 - Martin Brest, Bronx NY, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
• 1951 - Phil Carlson, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1979)
• 1952 - Robin Quivers, radio/TV personality (Howard Stern's sidekick)
• 1953 - "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
• 1953 - Donny Most, Bkln NY, actor (Ralph Malph-Happy Days)
• 1954 - Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer (Portugal Grand Prix-1990)
• 1955 - Ali Score, rock drummer (Flock Of Seagulls)
• 1956 - Chris Foreman, guitarist (Madness-Burning Down the House)
• 1956 - David Grant, Jamaica, singer/songwriter (Stop & Go, Heaven Knows)
• 1956 - Wes Chandler, Florida, WLAF wide receiver coach (Rhein Fire)
• 1957 - Dieuwertje Blok, Dutch TV hostess
• 1957 - Nancy Glass, TV broadcaster (American Journal)
• 1958 - Chris[sie Boy] Foreman, rock guitarist (Madness)
• 1958 - Deborah Norville, news anchor (Today Show, Inside Edition)
• 1958 - Harry Crosby, LA Calif, actor (Friday the 13th)
• 1959 - Rikki Rockett, rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn)
• 1959 - Ronald Weigel, German DR speed walker (5 km indoor)
• 1961 - Bruce Matthews, NFL guard/center (Houston Oilers)
• 1961 - Charmaine Crooks, Jamaica, Canadian 4X400m relayer (Oly-silver-1984)
• 1961 - Paul Jackson, rocker
• 1961 - The Edge, [Dave Evans], London, rock guitarist (U2-I Will Follow)
• 1962 - Charmaine Crooks, Mandeville JAM, Can 800m runner (Oly-84, 88, 92, 96)
• 1962 - Jim Sweeney, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers)
• 1962 - Suzee Pai, Toledo Ohio, actress (Big Trouble in Little China)
• 1963 - Carol Lewis, Willingboro NJ, high jumper (Olympic-9th-1984)
• 1963 - Ron Karkovice, Union NJ, catcher (Chic White Sox)
• 1964 - Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds, US, 400m runner (world record)
• 1964 - Paul Taylor, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler in one Test 1993)
• 1965 - Akitoshi Saito, wrestler (NJPW)
• 1965 - Angus Fraser, cricketer (England right-arm pace bowler 1989- )
• 1967 - Ben Fouchee, Kuruman S Afr, Canadian Tour golfer (1987 S Afr Amateur)
• 1967 - Howard Cross, NFL tight end (NY Giants)
• 1967 - Lorraine Pearson, Romford Essex, rock vocalist (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
• 1967 - Margo Malowney, Saint John New Brunswick, volleyball player (Oly-96)
• 1968 - Abey Kuruvila, cricketer (promising Bombay fast bowler)
• 1968 - Matthew Lane, Wellington NZ, Nike golfer (1991 S Australian Open-4th)
• 1968 - Patricia Arquette, NYC actress (Ed Wood, Pretty Smart)
• 1968 - Suzy Hamilton, US olympic 1500m runner
• 1969 - Divine Brown, [Estelle Marie Thompson], SF, prostitute (Hugh Grant)
• 1969 - Jerome Henderson, NFL cornerback (NY Jets, Phila Eagles)
• 1970 - Amaia Arruti, LPGA golfer
• 1970 - Catriona Fallon, Burlingame Calif, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
• 1970 - Trev Alberts, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1971 - John Raposo, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1971 - Marcello Simmons, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1971 - Steve Hinton, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
• 1973 - Shane Lee, cricket all-rounder (NSW & Somerset, Australian ODI 1995-)
• 1974 - Andrei Mezin, NHL goaltender (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
• 1976 - Liraz Mesilaty, Miss Universe-Israel (1996)
• 1988 - Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0117 - Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies
• 0869 - Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies
• 1471 - Thomas � Kempis, [Thomas Hammerken von Kempen], monk, dies at 91
• 1506 - Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86
• 1616 - Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68
• 1685 - Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75
• 1694 - Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82
• 1700 - Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40
• 1705 - Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded
• 1759 - Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55
• 1788 - Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92
• 1816 - Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65
• 1827 - George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57
• 1834 - Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80
• 1888 - Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79
• 1897 - Antonio C�novas del Castillo, PM of Spain, murdered at 69
• 1897 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79
• 1902 - Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies
• 1908 - Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40
• 1918 - Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38
• 1921 - Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59
• 1928 - Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies
• 1934 - Wilbert Robinson, baseball manager (Bkln Dodgers), dies
• 1944 - Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged
• 1950 - Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party, dies
• 1950 - Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky, composer, dies at 69
• 1954 - Gino Tagliapietra, composer, dies at 67
• 1960 - Danton Walker, columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61
• 1961 - Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58
• 1961 - Franc N D Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83
• 1963 - Sandor Jemnitz, composer, dies at 72
• 1965 - Shirley Hardie Jackson, US author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45
• 1966 - Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63
• 1967 - Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody), dies at 71
• 1969 - Sharon Tate, murdered by the Manson family at 26
• 1974 - Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67
• 1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, sax player, dies of a stroke at 46
• 1976 - John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered
• 1980 - Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63
• 1980 - Jacqueline Cochrane, US pilot/1st female faster than sound, dies at 70
• 1982 - Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies
• 1982 - Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80
• 1982 - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
• 1982 - Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen), dies
• 1984 - Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62
• 1985 - Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78
• 1988 - Alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), dies at 85
• 1991 - Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41
• 1991 - James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61
• 1991 - John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies
• 1991 - Magdalena G Schenk, historical (Vorstenhuizen of our time), dies
• 1992 - Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies
• 1992 - Alison L Gertz, US aids-activist/Esquire women of year, dies of aids
• 1992 - Arthur Lang, US boxer/businessman, dies at 115
• 1992 - Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker/advisor, dies
• 1992 - Lou Krugman, actor (I Want to Live), dies of cancer at 78
• 1992 - Thomas J McIntyre, US, senator/writer (Fear Brokers), dies
• 1993 - Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man & the Sea), dies at 88
• 1993 - Lou van Raised, impresario, dies at 77
• 1993 - Roy London, US actor/director (Tiger Warsaw), dies of lymphoma at 50
• 1994 - Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62
• 1994 - Leonid Leonov, Russian playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95
• 1994 - Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/Playwright, dies at 94
• 1994 - Robin Cavendish, disabled Campaigner, dies at 64
• 1995 - David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73
• 1996 - Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69
• 1996 - Frank A Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine, dies at 89
• 1996 - George Richard Samways, children's writer, dies at 101
• 1996 - Herbert Huncke, writer, dies at 80
• 1996 - Julian Stryjkowski, writer, dies at 91
• 1996 - Nevill Francis Mott, physicist, dies at 90
• 1997 - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74