• 1548 - Francisco Su rez, Granada Spain, philosopher/theologian
• 1560 - William Cobbold, composer
• 1592 - Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal
• 1596 - Henry Lawes, English composer
• 1620 - Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi, Hungarian poet/writer (The Peril of Sziget) [or May 1]
• 1661 - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer
• 1679 - Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer
• 1710 - Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer
• 1729 - Paul C la Fargue, cartoonist/painter
• 1759 - Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader
• 1769 - Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)
• 1773 - Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter/drawer
• 1778 - Fortunato Santini, composer
• 1779 - Stephen Decatur, US, naval hero (War of 1812)
• 1779 - Zebulon Montgomery Pike, explorer (Pike's Peak)
• 1780 - Claire EJ, countess of R‚musat/Vergennes/French author (Salon)
• 1787 - John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)
• 1788 - Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer
• 1806 - Andre H C van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium)
• 1810 - Auguste Mermet, composer
• 1811 - Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary (est Robert College, Turkey)
• 1813 - Thomas Neville Waul, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
• 1822 - Joseph Brevard Kershaw, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
• 1823 - William Rockstro, composer
• 1828 - August Valentine Kautz, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
• 1835 - Friedrich Richard Faltin, composer
• 1835 - Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten
• 1837 - A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]
• 1840 - John Doby Kennedy, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
• 1846 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Germany, Idealist philosopher (Nobel 1908)
• 1848 - Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
• 1850 - Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher
• 1855 - King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)
• 1858 - Gustaf af Geijerstam, Swedish author (Boken om Lillebror)
• 1859 - DeWitt B Brace, inventor (spectrophotometer)
• 1871 - Frederick Shepherd Converse, Newton Mass, composer
• 1874 - Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)
• 1876 - Konrad Adenauer, Cologne Germany, chancellor of Germany (BRD, 1949)
• 1880 - Nicolai Karlovich Medtner, composer
• 1881 - Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer
• 1889 - Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal) [or 1899]
• 1890 - Cora Witherspoon, New Orleans LA, actress (Bank Dick), dies
• 1891 - Johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]
• 1892 - Francesca Bertini, Florence Italy, actress (Odette, Assunta Spina)
• 1893 - Friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik)
• 1895 - Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest
• 1896 - Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP)
• 1897 - Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)
• 1897 - Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)
• 1900 - Dennis Gabor, Hung/Brit physicist (holography-Nobel 1971) [or Jun 5]
• 1900 - Paula Ludwig, writer
• 1900 - Yves Tanguy, French/US sailor/surrealistic painter
• 1901 - H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter
• 1901 - Mario Scelba, premier Italy (1954-55)
• 1902 - Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English author (Cold Comfort Farm)
• 1902 - Hubert Beuve-M‚ry, French newspaper publisher (Le Monde (The Voice))
• 1902 - Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist
• 1903 - Leighton Lucas, composer
• 1903 - Tel‚sforo A Palm, Cura‡ao, composer/pianist
• 1905 - L szl¢ Papp, Hungary, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
• 1906 - Kathleen Kenyon, 1st person to place date on remains of Jericho
• 1907 - Anton Ingolic, Slavic author (After Splavih, After Prelomu)
• 1907 - Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor
• 1907 - Willi Soukop, sculptor
• 1908 - George Dolenz, Trieste Italy, actor (Count of Monte Cristo)
• 1909 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris France, actor (Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker)
• 1909 - Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, bibliophile
• 1909 - Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions)
• 1910 - Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist
• 1912 - Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53)
• 1914 - George Reeves, [George Lescher Bessolo], actor (Superman)
• 1915 - Mabel Leigh, potter
• 1915 - Uta Graf, singer/teacher
• 1917 - Reginald Smith Brindle, composer
• 1917 - Wieland Wagner, German opera director
• 1918 - Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy)
• 1920 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist
• 1920 - Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, cricket (Pak bat scored 16 & 18 in only test)
• 1921 - Friedrich D�rrenmatt, Switzerland, playwright/novelist (Visit)
• 1921 - Jean BMRLAAM d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964- )
• 1923 - Robert L Bernstein, NYC, publisher (Random House)
• 1923 - Sam Phillips, musician/record founder (Sun)
• 1925 - Wolf Morris, actor (Decoy)
• 1926 - Claude (Buddy) Young, NFL running back (Yankees, Texans, Colts)
• 1926 - Robert Earle, Baldwin NY, TV host (GE College Bowl)
• 1928 - Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests 1952-62)
• 1928 - Walter Fritz Mondale, (Sen-D-Minn)/42nd VP (1977-81)
• 1928 - Zulfikar Ali Khan Bhutto, president/premier (Pakistan)
• 1929 - Wilbert Harrison, singer
• 1930 - Edward Galven Givens Jr, Quanah Texas, Major USAF/astronaut
• 1930 - Frederick Charles Tillis, composer
• 1930 - Richard Hayes, Passaic NJ, singer/emcee (Name That Tune)
• 1931 - Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist
• 1931 - Alvin Ailey, choreographer (American Dance Theater)
• 1931 - Robert Duvall, San Diego Calif, actor (Great Santini, Taxi Driver)
• 1931 - Walter Davis, US, running high jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1932 - Chuck Noll, Cleveland, NFL coach (Pittsburgh Steelers)
• 1932 - Ra‹sa Maximovna Titorenko Gorbachev, Russia's 1st lady (1982-1991)
• 1932 - Umberto Eco, author (Name of the Rose)
• 1935 - Nancy L Johnson, (Rep-R-CT, 1983- )
• 1938 - Edwin Elliason, Washington, US archer (Olympic-92)
• 1938 - Jim Otto, NFL center (Oakland Raiders)
• 1938 - Juan Carlos I, king of Spain (1975- )
• 1938 - Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr
• 1938 - Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer star
• 1939 - Bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1939 - Peter Struycken, statues/computer expert/teacher
• 1940 - Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)
• 1941 - Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)
• 1941 - Grady Thomas, US rock vocalist (Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain)
• 1941 - Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)
• 1942 - Charlie Rose, Henderson NC, newscaster (CBS Night Watch)
• 1942 - Cliff Potts, Glendale Calif, actor (Ted-Lou Grant)
• 1942 - Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist
• 1943 - Eusebio de Silva Ferreira, Mozamb/Port soccer star (Europa Cup 1 1962)
• 1943 - Ferreira da Silva Eusebio, Brazilan intl soccer player
• 1944 - Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor (Waaldrecht)
• 1944 - Tommie Smith, US, 200m dash (Olympic-gold-1968) [or Jun 5]
• 1945 - Sam Wyche, NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals)
• 1946 - "Crazy Barret Diamond" Syd, rocker (Pink Floyd)
• 1946 - Diane Keaton, [Hall], LA, actress (Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl)
• 1947 - Michael DeWine, (Rep-R-Oh, 1983- )
• 1947 - Ted Lange, Oakland Calif, actor (Isaac-Love Boat, Mr T & Tina)
• 1948 - Parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer (Indian batsman of the mid-70's)
• 1948 - Thom Mooney, rocker
• 1949 - Chris Stein, Bkln, rock guitarist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Call Me)
• 1949 - George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)
• 1950 - Michael O'Donoghue, writer/performer
• 1953 - Pamela Sue Martin, Westport Ct, actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty)
• 1954 - Bryan Hitt, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You)
• 1957 - Vincent Calloway, Kentucky, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)
• 1958 - Suzy Amis, Okla City, actress (Blame it on Rio, Where the Heart is)
• 1959 - Kapil Dev, India's cricket player
• 1961 - Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
• 1962 - Brendon Kuruppu, cricketer (Sri Lankan batsman, 201* debut v NZ 1987)
• 1962 - Danny Jackson, US baseball pitcher (Royals/Phillies/Cardinals)
• 1962 - Donald John Cowie, Auckland NZ, yachting Star class (Olympics-96)
• 1962 - Joel Wyner, actor/director (Lyle Springer-Sirens, Listen, Club)
• 1963 - Jeff Fassero, Springfield IL, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
• 1963 - Rick Ambrose, singer (Jewel)
• 1964 - John Erickson, Woodland Hills Calif, golfer (1991 Windsor Charity)
• 1964 - Ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)
• 1964 - Tracy Ham, CFL quarterback (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1965 - Rick Tuten, NFL punter (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1966 - Kate Schellenbach, musician (Luscious Jackson)
• 1966 - Renaldo Turnbull, NFL defensive end (NO Saints, Carolina Panthers)
• 1967 - Chris Nabholz, US baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
• 1967 - J B Brown, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers)
• 1967 - Ray Crockett, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1967 - Ricky Paull Goldin, SF, actor (Doug-Hail to the Chief, Another World)
• 1968 - Carl Evans, Actor (Guilding Light)
• 1968 - Felton Spencer, NBA center (Utah Jazz)
• 1968 - Jean Zedlitz, Stockton CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Children's Med-14th)
• 1968 - Joe Juneau, Pont-rouge, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
• 1968 - Leila Meskhi, Tbilisi Georgia SSR, tennis star (1995 Hobart)
• 1969 - David Dixon, NFL guard (Minnesota Vikings)
• 1969 - Derrick Ned, NFL fullback (NO Saints)
• 1969 - Kurt Barber, NFL defensive end (NY Jets)
• 1969 - Marilyn Manson, singer/musician
• 1970 - James Patton, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
• 1971 - Eric Smith, NFL/WLAF wide receiver (Chicago Bears, Scotland Claymores)
• 1971 - Hillary Butler, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1971 - Jason Bates, Downey CA, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
• 1972 - Joseph Patton, NFL guard (Washington Redskins)
• 1974 - Calvin Collins, center/guard (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1974 - John Drew Nichols, Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
• 1974 - Michelle Scerri, Melbourne Australia, golfer (1995 Tasmanian)
• 1975 - Ray Morgan, announcer (I'd Like to See)
• 1975 - Warrick Dunn, running back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• 1979 - Sarah Price, Miss Louisiana Teen USA (1997)
• 1980 - Garette Patrick Ratliff, actor (Return to Blue Lagoon)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1066 - Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies
• 1387 - Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67
• 1425 - John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
• 1477 - Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43
• 1524 - Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73
• 1589 - Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
• 1592 - Willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75
• 1595 - Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies
• 1603 - Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73
• 1684 - Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44
• 1740 - Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72
• 1746 - Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53
• 1759 - Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79
• 1762 - Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 [NS]
• 1783 - Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday
• 1788 - Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85
• 1796 - Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64
• 1799 - Mohammed Esad Galib Dede, Turkish poet (H�sn-� asjk, dies at about 41
• 1807 - Michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79
• 1814 - Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72
• 1827 - Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63
• 1848 - Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73
• 1856 - Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67
• 1858 - Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91
• 1860 - St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies
• 1862 - Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81
• 1888 - Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday
• 1891 - Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89
• 1904 - Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64
• 1922 - Ernest H Shackleton, Brit South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47
• 1933 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60
• 1936 - Ram¢n M del Valle-Incl n, playwright (Tirano banderas), dies at 66
• 1940 - Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46
• 1942 - Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered
• 1943 - George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81
• 1944 - Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80
• 1945 - Dezs” Szab¢, Hungarian writer (Wiped-out Village), dies at 65
• 1951 - Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51
• 1952 - Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies
• 1952 - Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64
• 1956 - Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84
• 1960 - Donald Knight, cricketer (54 runs in 2 Tests for England 1921), dies
• 1960 - Pavel P Parenago, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 53
• 1963 - Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66
• 1965 - Neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr Kildare), dies at 73
• 1965 - Paul Arntzenius, painter/graphic artist/etcher, dies at 81
• 1966 - George Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies
• 1968 - Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79
• 1969 - Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83
• 1969 - Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in NY
• 1970 - Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered
• 1970 - Max Born, German/British physicist (Nobel 1954), dies at 87
• 1970 - Roberto Gerhard, composer, dies at 73
• 1971 - Sonny Liston, World Champ hw boxer (1962-64), found dead at 36
• 1973 - Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79
• 1974 - Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
• 1975 - Don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning
• 1976 - Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
• 1977 - Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74
• 1979 - Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56
• 1981 - Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87
• 1981 - Paul F‚lix, Flemish architect (Song of the Sun), dies at 67
• 1982 - Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at 64
• 1982 - Harvey Lembeck, actor (Phil Silvers, Hathaways), dies at 56
• 1987 - Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60
• 1988 - "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40
• 1990 - Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76
• 1990 - Bart LaRue, entertainer, dies
• 1991 - John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82
• 1991 - Marie Madeline Sullivan, actress (Elvira Mistress of Dark), dies at 80
• 1991 - Vasko Popa, Serbian WW II-partisan/poet (Sporedno Nebo), dies at 68
• 1993 - George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85
• 1993 - Henk Knol, Suriname MP (PvdA), dies at 61
• 1993 - Jennifer Raine Bissell, daughter of Alan Napier, dies 60
• 1993 - Juan Benet Goitia, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at 65
• 1993 - Klaas Wiersma, Dutch sec of Justice (VVD), dies
• 1993 - Leonce Gras, Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84
• 1993 - Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered
• 1993 - Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52
• 1993 - Westley A Dodd, US murderer, 1st hanging in US since 1965
• 1994 - Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator for 40 yrs), dies
• 1994 - Louis R J Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor of Zoelen, dies at 87
• 1994 - Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, (D-Ma)/Speaker of House (1977-86), dies at 81
• 1994 - Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39
• 1994 - William Raynor, writer, dies at 73
• 1995 - Francis Lopez, Fren dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at 78
• 1995 - Mansour Satari, brig-gen/commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at 46
• 1995 - Yahya Ayyash, PLO bomb maker, booby trapped cellular phone at 28
• 1996 - Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86
• 1996 - Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at 84
• 1996 - Lincoln Kirstein, ballet administrator, dies at 88
• 1996 - Richard Versaille, tenor, dies at 63
• 1997 - Andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72
• 1998 - Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82
• 1998 - Sonny Bono, (Rep-R-Ca)/singer (Sonny & Cher), dies skiing at 62