• 1471 - George von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia
• 1545 - Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat
• 1562 - Hans Leo Hassler, composer
• 1583 - Simon Besler, composer
• 1630 - Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter
• 1650 - Johann Samuel Welter, composer
• 1666 - Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89)
• 1719 - John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname (1768-79)
• 1730 - Hamann, writer
• 1739 - Michel Delalande, composer
• 1752 - Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind)
• 1768 - Anne-Fran‡ois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Maastricht)
• 1770 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor (dialectic)
• 1809 - Hannibal Hamlin, (R) 15th VP (1861-65)
• 1824 - Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
• 1826 - Frank Stillman Nickerson, Brig General (Union volunteers)
• 1826 - Hermann Kipper, music teacher/critic/composer
• 1832 - James Alexander Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
• 1835 - Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter
• 1837 - Heinrich Urban, composer
• 1839 - Emory Upton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1881
• 1847 - Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bridge
• 1849 - Manuel Acu¤a, Mexican poet (Nocturno)
• 1856 - Iwan Franko, writer
• 1858 - Giuseppe Peanoin Cuneo, Piemonte Italy, mathematician
• 1865 - Charles Gates Dawes, (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925)
• 1865 - Emmuska Orczy, British writer (Scarlet Pimpernel)
• 1867 - Umberto Giordano, composer
• 1869 - Karl Haushofer, soldier/geographer
• 1870 - Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet
• 1871 - Theodore Dreiser, US, novelist (Sister Carie, American Tragedy)
• 1874 - Karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931)
• 1877 - Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd)
• 1877 - Lloyd Cassel Douglas, novelist
• 1878 - Joseph John Richards, composer
• 1882 - Jaroslav Kricka, composer
• 1882 - Samuel Goldwyn, [Gelbfisch], film magnate (MGM)
• 1884 - Harry Antrim, Chicago IL, actor (Miracle on 34th St, Devil's Doorway)
• 1884 - Vincent Auriol, president of France (1947-53)
• 1886 - Eric Coates, Hucknall Nottinghamshire England, viola player/composer
• 1886 - Rebecca Clarke, composer
• 1890 - Man Ray, US statues artist/photographer/movie (dada)
• 1894 - Charles Meredith, Knoxville Pa, actor (Court of Last Resort)
• 1897 - Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter
• 1898 - Enny de Leeuwe, [Engelina], actress (Anatevka)/wife of Pierre Mols
• 1899 - Byron Foulger, Ogden UT, actor (River's Edge, Up in Smoke)
• 1899 - Cecil Scott Forester, Engld, historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower)
• 1901 - Al Ritz, [Joaquim], Newark NJ, actor (Ritz Brothers, Hi Ya Chum)
• 1901 - Roger Pryor, NYC, actor (Belle of the Nineties, Identity Unknown)
• 1902 - Herbert Menges, composer
• 1903 - Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles)
• 1905 - Alexander Johnston, CEO (Board of Inland Revenue)
• 1905 - Frederick O'Neal, Brooksville Miss, actor (Car 54 Where Are You)
• 1908 - Donald [George] Bradman, Australian cricketer (6,996 runs)
• 1908 - Frank Leahy, O'Neill Nebraska, football coach (Notre Dame)
• 1908 - Lyndon B Johnson, Stonewall Tx, (D) 36th Pres (1963-1969)
• 1909 - Lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist
• 1909 - Sidney R Yates, (Rep-D-IL, 1949-62, 65- )
• 1909 - Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist
• 1910 - Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia (Nobel 1979)
• 1911 - Patience Edney, nurse/communist
• 1912 - Peter Gretton, British vice admiral
• 1913 - Arthur Benfield, head of Cheshire CID
• 1913 - Donald McKenzie MacKinnon, philosopher
• 1913 - Stewart Crawford, British diplomat
• 1914 - Catherine Marshall, editor/writer
• 1915 - Walter W Heller, economist (Old Myths & New Realities)
• 1916 - Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], Butte Mont, actress (Martha Raye Show)
• 1916 - Tony Harris, cricketer (Springbok 5/8th, Test batsman))
• 1918 - Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP (Labour)
• 1919 - John Cox, Flemish/US painter/dir (Museum of Fine Physician, Boston)
• 1919 - Lord Dormand, of Eastington, British MP (Labour)
• 1920 - James Molyneaux, MP (Ulster unionist)
• 1925 - Ken Grieves, cricketer (NSW leg-spin all-rounder)
• 1925 - Richard Rutt, bishop of Leicester
• 1925 - Tony Crombie, drummer/bandleader
• 1925 - Viscount Rothermere, newspaper owner
• 1927 - Hugh Byatt, British diplomat
• 1927 - Liselott Linsenhoff, German FR, equestrian (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1928 - Jack Thompson, MP (Labour)
• 1928 - Joan Kroc, wife of Ray Korc/owner (McDonalds & San Diego Padres)
• 1928 - Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, premier of Kwazulu (Shaka Zulu)
• 1928 - Peter Richard Tahourdin, composer
• 1929 - Ad J Hermes, Dutch MP (KVP/CDA)
• 1929 - Elizabeta Bagrintseve, USSR, discus thrower (Olympic-silver-1952)
• 1929 - Ira Levin, author (Rosemary Baby, Boys From Brazil, This Perfect Day)
• 1930 - John Daly, British trade union leader
• 1930 - John Watts, chief of defense (Omani Armed Forces)
• 1932 - Antonia Fraser, biographer (Mary Queen of Scots)
• 1932 - Fran‡ois Glorieux, composer
• 1932 - M N Burdayev, cosmonaut
• 1932 - Mikhail Nikolayevich Burdayev, cosmonaut
• 1933 - Joke Smit, Dutch feminist
• 1935 - Frank Yablans, NYC, writer (North Dallas Forty)
• 1935 - Michael Holroyd, author
• 1937 - Alice Coltrane, jazz musician
• 1937 - Mark Potter, British court judge
• 1937 - Phil Shulmon, rocker (Gentle Giant)
• 1937 - Tommy Sands, Chicago IL, singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me)
• 1940 - David Hart, gen-sect (National Assn of Head Teachers)
• 1940 - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz guitarist
• 1941 - Yuri Vassilyevich Malyshev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11)
• 1942 - Daryl Dragon, Pasadena Calif, keyboardist (Capt & Tennille)
• 1943 - Bob Kerrey, (Sen-D Nebraska)
• 1943 - [Susan] Tuesday Weld, NYC, actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country)
• 1944 - Barry Conyngham, composer
• 1944 - Tim Bogert, rocker
• 1944 - Wim Jurg, corrector/chairman (Werelddambond FMJD)
• 1945 - G W Bailey, Port Arthur Tx, actor (Dr Beale-St Elsewhere)
• 1946 - Tony Howard, cricketer (WI off-spinner one Test v NZ 1972)
• 1947 - Jacques Arnold, MP (Conservative)
• 1947 - John Morrison, cricketer ("Mystery" NZ batsman 1973-82)
• 1947 - Susie McAllister, LPGA golfer
• 1948 - Andy Turnell, horse trainer
• 1949 - Andrew McKay, conservative MP
• 1949 - Barbara Bach, [Goldbach], Queens NY, actress (Spy Who Loved Me)
• 1949 - Douglas Fred Tewell, Baton Rouge LA, PGA golfer (1980 Sea Pines)
• 1949 - Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist
• 1949 - Edmund Weiner, lexicographer
• 1949 - Jeff Cook, Fort Payne Ala, country guitar/vocalist (Alabama-Mt Music)
• 1949 - Simon Kirke, rocker (Bad Company)
• 1950 - Charles Fleischer, Wash DC, comedian (Roger Rabbit)
• 1950 - Cynthia Potter, US, springboard diver (Olympic-bronze-1976)
• 1951 - Don [Sheldon George] Pooley Jr, Phoenix AZ, PGA golfer (1980 BC Open)
• 1952 - Pee-wee Herman, [Paul Reubens], NY, actor (Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
• 1953 - Alex Lifeson, Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Rush)
• 1953 - Willy "Mink" Deville, [Borsay], US blues/rock singer (Hey! Joe)
• 1954 - Derek Warwick, race car driver
• 1954 - John Lloyd, England, tennis star (former husband of Chris Everet)
• 1955 - Diana Scarwid, Savannah GA, actress (Extermites, Psycho 3, Heat)
• 1955 - Roderick Hopkins Davis, Auckland NZ, yachting Star class (Olympics-96)
• 1956 - Glen Matlock, rock bassist (Sex Pistols)
• 1957 - Bernhard Langer, golfer
• 1958 - Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, Rus, cosmonaut (TM-7, TM-12, STS 60)
• 1958 - Yoshinori Mizumaki, Tokyo Japan, PGA golfer (1994 Byron Nelson-2nd)
• 1959 - Gerhard Berger, formula-1 racer (Italian Grand Prix-1988)
• 1960 - Damon Keeve, SF Calif, heavyweight (209+ lbs) judoka (Olympics-92, 96)
• 1961 - "Downtown" Julie Brown, TV host (Club MTV, Inside Edition)
• 1962 - Scott Davis, Santa Monica CA, tennis star
• 1963 - John Philipson, pop bassist (Rowwen HŠze, Kroenenberg)
• 1963 - Patty Duffek, Woodland Hills Calif, playmate (May, 1984)
• 1965 - Michael Perry, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos)
• 1965 - Patricia Hy-Boulais, Phnom Penh Kampuchea, Canada tennis (Oly-92, 96)
• 1965 - Wayne James, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test wicketkeeper v Pakistan 1993)
• 1966 - Deena Wigger, Colorado Springs CO, US shooter (Olympic-92)
• 1967 - Brian McRae, Bradenton FL, outfielder (Chic Cubs)
• 1967 - Rob Burnett, NFL defensive end (Cleve Browns/Baltimore Ravens)
• 1968 - Christine Schaefer, Florence Ky, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-5th-1994)
• 1968 - Emanual Davis, NBA guard (Houston Rockets)
• 1968 - Martin Lowenfish, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1968 - Michael Long, Cromwell NZ, Australasia golfer
• 1969 - Kipp Vickers, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1969 - Mark Ealham, cricketer (Kent & England Test all-rounder 1996)
• 1969 - Steven Van Randwijck, Wash DC, field hockey player (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Andy Bichel, cricketer (Australian pace bowler v WI 1997)
• 1970 - Dene Hills, cricketer (prolific Tasmanian batsman)
• 1970 - Greg Woodcroft, Hamilton Ontario, 52 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96)
• 1970 - Jim Thome, Peoria IL, infielder (Cleveland Indians)
• 1970 - Mark Ilott, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler 1993-)
• 1970 - Reggie Slater, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
• 1971 - Ernest Faber, soccer player (PSV)
• 1971 - Jim Flanigan, NFL defensive tackle (Chic Bears)
• 1972 - Chris Imes, South Paris Maine, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
• 1972 - Donta Jones, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
• 1974 - Sean Woodson, safety (Buffalo Bills)
• 1976 - Cartos Moya, Spain, tennis star
• 1976 - Craig Mills, Toronto, NHL right wing (Winnipeg Jets)
• 1977 - Michelle Kathlene Cardamon, California, Miss Teen USA (1996-3rd)
• 1977 - Sarah Chalke, Ottawa, actress (Becky-Roseanne, Ernest Goes to School)
• 1977 - Trisha Williams, Hobbs New Mexico, Miss America-New Mexico (1997)
• 1979 - Ara Francis, Miss Colorado Teen USA (1996)
• 1980 - Stephanie Michelle Steele, Abilene TX, country singer

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1208 - Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies
• 1521 - Josquin Des Prez, composer, dies
• 1522 - Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75
• 1576 - Titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague
• 1590 - Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], Pope (1585-90), dies at 68
• 1608 - Hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66
• 1611 - Tom s L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies
• 1635 - Lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72
• 1651 - Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43
• 1667 - Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33
• 1746 - Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies
• 1748 - James Thomson, dies
• 1827 - Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies
• 1828 - Eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84
• 1830 - Louis H J Cond‚, French prince, commits suicide at 74
• 1840 - William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office
• 1841 - Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer, dies at 65
• 1846 - Frantiszek Scigalski, composer, dies at 64
• 1846 - Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, composer, dies at 63
• 1855 - Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36
• 1865 - Jozef Nowakowski, composer, dies at 64
• 1867 - Karol Katski, composer, dies at 51
• 1868 - Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82
• 1874 - Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies
• 1874 - John Henry Foley, sculptor, dies
• 1879 - Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84
• 1883 - August Friedrich Pott, composer, dies at 76
• 1887 - Wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74
• 1910 - Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
• 1914 - John Weiss, German new testament, dies
• 1919 - Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies
• 1922 - Carl Fuchs, composer, dies at 83
• 1930 - Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62
• 1931 - Willem H Nolens, priest/2nd Chamber member, dies
• 1943 - Otto Selz, German psychologist (In Auschwitz), dies
• 1948 - Oley Speaks, composer, dies at 74
• 1948 - Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, composer, dies at 50
• 1949 - Arthur Chesney, actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67
• 1950 - Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41
• 1953 - Nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53
• 1955 - Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies
• 1958 - Ernest O Lawrence, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57
• 1962 - Carlos Lavin, composer, dies at 79
• 1963 - W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana
• 1963 - William Edward Burghardt du Bois, educational editor/author, dies
• 1964 - Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, composer, dies at 59
• 1964 - Gracie Allen, actress (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
• 1965 - Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68
• 1965 - Gerald Bond, cricketer (South Africa 1938-39), dies
• 1965 - Le Corbusier, [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss/French architect, dies at 77
• 1965 - Otto Reinhold, composer, dies at 66
• 1967 - Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32
• 1967 - Henri-Georges Adam, French painter/cartoonist/sculptor, dies at 63
• 1968 - Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61
• 1968 - William E B Dubois, US founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies
• 1969 - Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79
• 1969 - Erika Mann, German/US author/daughter of Thomas Mann, dies
• 1969 - Henri EJA de Page, Belgian lawyer, dies
• 1969 - Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist, dies
• 1971 - Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73
• 1971 - Margaret Bourke-White, US photographer, dies at 67
• 1975 - Emperor Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, strangled at 83
• 1977 - George Merritt, actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86
• 1977 - Steve Dunne, actor (Professional Father), dies at 59
• 1978 - Robert Shaw, actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51
• 1979 - Boleslaw Szabelski, composer, dies at 82
• 1979 - Louis Mountbatten, British adm of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA
• 1979 - Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered at 14
• 1980 - Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68
• 1981 - Joan Edwards, singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62
• 1984 - Bernard Youens, British actor (Coronation Street), dies at 69
• 1984 - Billy Sands, actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73
• 1990 - Raymond St Jacques, actor/dir (Falcon Crest), dies of cancer at 60
• 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35
• 1991 - Gordon Heath, actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm), dies
• 1991 - Vince Taylor, [Brian Holden], Brit singer (Brand new Cadillac), dies
• 1993 - Bob Verstraete, Dutch actor/screenwriter/director (Alicia), dies at 71
• 1994 - Roberto Goyeneche, [El Polaco], Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies
• 1995 - Carl Ronald Giles, cartoonist, dies at 78
• 1995 - Dick Bentley, entertainer, dies at 88
• 1995 - Martin Louis "Marty" Paich, jazz arranger, dies at 70
• 1996 - Abram Games, graphic artist, dies at 82
• 1996 - Alexander Lanusse, military president of Argentina (1971-73), dies
• 1996 - Greg Morris, actor (Mission Impossible), dies at 61
• 1997 - Brandon Tartikoff, TV exec (NBC), dies at 48
• 1997 - Jeep Swenson, actor (Batman & Robin), dies of heart failure at 40