Births
1236 - Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283)
1436 - Regiomontanus, German mathematician (d. 1476)
1502 - King John III of Portugal (d. 1557)
1519 - Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d. 1603)
1542 - Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (d. 1591)
1576 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss protestant clergyman (d. 1649)
1580 - Godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)
1599 - Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
1606 - Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1684)
1622 - Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857)
1714 - King Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777)
1755 - Nathan Hale, American writer and patriot (d. 1776)
1756 - John Trumbull, American painter (d. 1843)
1799 - Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet (d. 1837)
1810 - Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, German classical scholar (d. 1856)
1829 - Shusaku Honinbo, Japanese Go player (d. 1862)
1850 - Karl Ferdinand Braun, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1918)
1857 - Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician (d. 1918)
1862 - Henry John Newbolt, English author (d. 1938)
1868 - Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (d. 1912)
1872 - Tsarina Alexandra of Russia (d. 1918)
1875 - Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1890 - Ted Lewis, American bandleader (d. 1971)
1898 - Ninette de Valois, Irish dancer (d. 2001)
1900 - Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (d. 1957)
1901 - Sukarno, first President of Indonesia (d. 1970)
1902 - Jimmie Lunceford, American bandleader (d. 1947)
1903 - Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer (d. 1978)
1906 - Max August Zorn, German-born mathematician (d. 1993)
1907 - Bill Dickey, baseball player, coach, manager, and scout (d. 1993)
1916 - Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch journalist (d. 1972)
1918 - Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1924 - Jinyong, Chinese novelist
1926 - Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (d. 1998)
1929 - Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician ( d. 2005 )
1933 - Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 - King Albert II of Belgium
1936 - Levi Stubbs, American musician (The Four Tops)
1939 - Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer
1939 - Gary U.S. Bonds, American musician
1939 - Ed Giacomin, Professional ice hockey goaltender
1940 - Larry Lujack, American disc jockey
1943 - Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1944 - Phillip Allen Sharp, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1945 - David Dukes, American actor (d. 2000)
1945 - David E. Bonior, American politician
1947 - David Blunkett, English politician
1947 - Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
1948 - Tony Levin, American bassist
1949 - Robert Englund, American actor
1954 - Harvey Fierstein, American actor
1954 - Cynthia Rylant, American author
1955 - Sandra Bernhard, American actress and comedian
1956 - Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player
1956 - Bubbi Morthens, Icelandic singer and songwriter.
1959 - Colin Quinn, American comedian
1960 - Gary Graham, American actor
1960 - Steve Vai, American musician
1961 - Tom Araya, Chilean musician (Slayer)
1963 - Wolfgang Drechsler, German social scientist
1965 - Cam Neely, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 - Sean Yseult, American musician (White Zombie)
1967 - Paul Giamatti, American actor
1968 - François Avard, French Canadian writer and scenarist
1969 - Edward Malaga Trillo, Peruvian scientist and former musician
1970 - Anthony Norris, American professional wrestler
1972 - Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer
1974 - Uncle Kracker, American rock and roll musician
1975 - Staci Keanan, American actress
1975 - Niklas Sundström, Professional ice hockey player
1978 - Carl Barat, English singer and guitarist (The Libertines)
1978 - Judith Barsi, American actress (d. 1988)
1978 - Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer
1981 - Johnny Pacar, American actor
Deaths
1393 - Emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)
1480 - Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect
1548 - Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500)
1563 - Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519)
1583 - Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)
1740 - Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony
1784 - Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (b. 1741)
1799 - Patrick Henry, American revolutionary (b. 1736)
1813 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect
1832 - Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748)
1840 - Marcellin Champagnat, French priest, Saint (b. 1789)
1843 - Friedrich Hölderlin, German poet, novelist, and dramatist (b. 1770)
1861 - Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
1865 - William Quantrill, American Confederate raider (b. 1837)
1878 - Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (b. 1790)
1881 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (b. 1820)
1891 - Sir John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
1916 - Yuan Shikai, Chinese military official and politician (b. 1859)
1922 - Lillian Russell, American actress (b. 1860)
1941 - Louis Chevrolet, American automotive pioneer and race car driver (b. 1878)
1946 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
1948 - Louis Lumière, French movie pioneer (b. 1864)
1961 - Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1875)
1968 - Robert F. Kennedy, United States Attorney General and Senator from New York (b. 1925)
1968 - Randolph Churchill, only son of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (b. 1911)
1976 - J. Paul Getty, American industrialist (b. 1892)
1976 - Victor Varconi, Hungarian actor (b. 1891)
1979 - Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1898)
1981 - Carleton S. Coon, American anthropologist (b. 1904)
1984 - A. Bertram Chandler, Australian author (b. 1912)
1991 - Stan Getz, American musician and composer (b. 1927)
1992 - Larry Riley, American actor (b. 1952)
1996 - George Davis Snell, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1903)
1999 - Anne Haddy, Australian actress (b. 1930)
2003 - H.I.T.L.A.H. Capo Confucious, American rapper (b. 1980)
2005 - Anne Bancroft, American actress (b. 1931)