Cousin Sam: August 27 Births, Weddings, & Deaths

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Births

VIP

1809 – Hannibal Hamlin, American politician, born in Paris, Massachusetts (d. 1891)
15th Vice President of the United States 1861-65
1865 – Charles G. Dawes, American general and politician (d. 1951)
30th Vice President of the United States
Nobel Peace Prize 1925, born in Marietta, Ohio

1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American commander and politician (d. 22 Jan 1973)

36th President of the United States, 1963-69

37th Vice President of the United States, 1961-63

U.S. Senator, D. TX, 1949-61

U.S. Representative, D. TX, 1937-49

born in Stonewall, Texas (d. 1973)

Notable

1407 – Ashikaga Yoshikazu, 5th Japanese shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate

born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 1425)

1471 – George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony 1500-39)

born in Meissen, Germany (d. 1539)
1487 – Anna of Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, born in Berlin (d. 1514)

1545 Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma and Italian diplomat, born in Rome (d. 1592)

1562 Hans Leo Hassler, German composer, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1612)

1583 Simon Besler, German composer, born in Brieg (d. 1633)

1630 Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter, born in Nootdorp, Netherlands (d. 1693)

1637 – Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (d. 1715)
Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland, born in Salisbury, England

1650 Johann Samuel Welter, German composer, born in Obersontheim, Germany (d. 1720)
1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)

born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

1666 Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1696)
1669 – Anne Marie d'Orléans, French wife of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1728)

born in Château de Saint-Cloud, France
1677 – Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1748)

born in Ödenburg, Austria

1698 Baal Shem Tov, Jewish mystical rabbi (founder of the Hasidic Judaism)

born in Okopy Świętej Trójcy, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1760)

1719 Jan Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname (1768-79), born in Amsterdam (d. 1779)

1724 – John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician (d. 1781)

("Reason is language"), Continental Congressman, born in St. Gall, Switzerland

1730 – Johann Georg Hamann, German counter-enlightenment philosopher and author

born in Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1788)

1752 Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind)

born in Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1824)

1768 Anne François Mellinet, French-Belgian general (Maastricht)

born in Corbeil-Essonnes, France (d. 1852)

1770 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic

(dialectic), born in Stuttgart, Württemberg (d. 1831)

1803 – Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian

born in East Hampton, New York (d. 1895)

1812 – Bertalan Szemere, Hungarian poet and politician (d. 1869)
3rd Prime Minister of Hungary

1824 Hiram Gregory Berry, American politician and Major General (Union Army)

born in Thomaston, Main (d. 1863)

1826 Frank Stillman Nickerson, American Brigadier General (Union Army)

born in Swanville, Maine (d. 1917)

1826 Hermann Kipper, German music teacher and composer

born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1910)

1832 James A. Walker, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)

born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1901)

1835 Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author and painter

born in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium (d. 1918)

1837 Heinrich Urban, German violinist and composer, born in Berlin (d. 1901)

1839 Emory Upton, Bvt Major General (Union Army)

born in Batavia, New York (d. 1881)

1845 – Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (d. 1914)
designed the Museum of Applied Arts and the Church of St. Elisabeth

1845 – Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1909)

1847 Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist and bishop of Bridge

born in Rollegem, Belgium (d. 1931)

1849 Manuel Acuña, Mexican poet (Nocturno)

born in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexic0 (d. 1873)

1856 – Ivan Franko, Ukrainian author, poet, and political activist

born in Nahuievychi, Galicia (d. 1916)

1858 – Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician, philosopher, and glottologist

born in Spinetta, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1932)

1864 – Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (d. 1919)
1865 – James Henry Breasted, American archaeologist, Egyptologist, anthropologist,

and historian; born in Rockford, Illinois (d. 1935)

1867 Umberto Giordano, Italian composer, born in Foggia, Apulia, Italy (d. 1948)

1868 – Hong Beom-do, Korean general and activist (d. 1943)

1869 Karl Haushofer, German soldier and geographer, born in Munich, Bavaria (d. 1946)

1870 – Amado Nervo [Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican journalist, poet,

and diplomat , born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico (d. 1919)

1871 – Theodore Dreiser, American journalist and novelist

(Sister Carie, American Tragedy), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 1945)

1874 – Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer (BASF, Nobel Prize 1931)

born in Cologne, German Empire (d. 1940)

1875 – Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and suffragist

born in Dexter, Michigan (d. 1967)

1877 – Charles Rolls, British aviator, engineer, and businessman

co-founded Rolls Royce; born in Berkeley Square, London (d. 1910)

1877 Lloyd C. Douglas, American novelist (The Big Fisherman)

born in Columbia City, Indiana (d. 1951)

1877 – Ernst Wetter, Swiss politician, Member of the Swiss Federal Council

born in Töss, Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 1963)

1878 Joseph John Richards, American composer, born in Cwmafan, Wales (d. 1956)

1878 – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (d. 1928)

1882 Jaroslav Křička, Czech composer, born in Kelč, Czech Republic (d. 1969)

1884 Harry Antrim, American actor (Miracle on 34th St, Devil's Doorway)

born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1967)

1884 – Vincent Auriol, French politician (d. 1966)
16th President of the French Republic 1947-53, born in Revel, France

1886 – Rebecca Clarke, British-American violist and classical composer =

(Morpheus), born in Harrow, England (d. 1979)

1886 – Eric Coates, English viola player and composer

born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire (d. 1957)

1887 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia (d. 1972)

1887 James Finlayson, Scottish-American stage and silent and "talkie" film actor (Laurel and Hardy films), born in Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland (d. 1953)

1890 – Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (Dada)

born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)

1894 Charles Meredith, American actor (Court of Last Resort)

born in Knoxville, Pennsylvania (d. 1964)
1895 – Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian archaeologist and historian (d. 1981)

1896 – Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (d. 1933)

1896 – Faina Ranevskaya [Faina Georgievna Feldman], Russian actress

born in Taganrog, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire (d. 1984)

1896 – Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer (electronic musical instruments)
invented the Theremin; born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1993)

1898 – Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian politician (d. 1963)

19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

1899 – C. S. Forester, Egyptian-English historical novelist (Horatio Hornblower)

born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1966)

1899 – Byron Foulger, American actor (River's Edge, Up in Smoke)

born in Ogden, Utah (d. 1970)

1900 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, Russian composer, teacher, and conductor

(Georgian State Orchestra, 1952-65), born in Kvemo-Khviti, Georgia (d. 1965)

1901 Al Ritz [Joaquim], American actor (Ritz Brothers, Hi Ya Chum)

born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1965)

1901 Roger Pryor, American actor, born in NYC, New York (d. 1974)

(Lady by Choice, Belle of the Nineties, Identity Unknown)

1902 Herbert Menges, English composer, born in Hove, East Sussex, England (d. 1972)

1903 – Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles)

born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1950)

1904: Arthur F. Burns, American economist (d. 26 Jun 1987)

10th Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78

1904 – Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (d. 1963)

1904 – Norah Lofts, English author (The Town House)

born in Shipdham, Norfolk, England (d. 1983)

1904 – John Hay Whitney, American businessman, publisher, diplomat, financier,

and philanthropist, founded J.H. Whitney & Company

born in Ellsworth, Maine (d. 1982)

1905 Alexander Johnston, CEO (Board of Inland Revenue)

1905 Frederick O'Neal, American actor, theatre producer and television director

(Pinky, Car 54 Where Are You), born in Brooksville, Mississippi (d. 1992)

1905 – Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier (d. 1945)

1906 – Ed Gein, American serial killer who was the inspiration for the films"Psycho"

and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", born in La Crosse County, Wisconsin (d. 1984)

1908: Frank Leahy, American football coach (Notre Dame)

born in O'Neill, Nebraska (d. 1973)

1908 – Kurt Wegner, German painter, born in Köln, Germany (d. 1985)

1909 Sidney R. Yates, American politician, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)

US Representatives from Illinois

1909 – Lester Young, American jazz saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1959)

born in Woodville, Mississippi (d. 1959)

1911 – Kathleen "Kay" Walsh, British actress, singer and dancer

(The Horse's Mouth, Oliver Twist), born in Chelsea, London, England (d. 2005)

1912 Peter Gretton, British vice admiral, born in Franham, Surrey (d. 1992)

1912 – Gloria Guinness, Mexican journalist (d. 1980)

1913 Arthur Benfield, head of Cheshire CID

born in Ashton Upon Mersey, England (d. 1995)

1913 Donald M. MacKinnon, Scottish philosopher

born in Oban, Scotland (d. 1994)

1913 – Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (d. 2006)
Russian-German wife of Claus von Stauffenberg

1914 – Heidi Kabel, German actress and singer (d. 2010)

1914 Catherine Marshall, American editor and writer

born in Johnson City, Tennessee (d. 1983)

1915 Walter Heller, economist (Old Myths & New Realities)

born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1987)

1915 – Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., American physicist and academic (d. 2011)
Nobel Prize laureate

1916 – Gordon Bashford, English engineer (d. 1991)
co-designed the Range Rover

1916 – Halet Çambel, Turkish fencer and archaeologist (d. 2014)

1916 – Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], American actress and singer

(Waikiki Wedding, Martha Raye Show), born in Butte, Montana (d. 1994)

1917 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager

born in Culver City, California (d. 1986)

1918 – Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician (d. 2001)
Prime Minister of the Netherlands

1919 – Pee Wee Butts, American baseball player and coach (d. 1972)

1919 John Cox, Flemish-American painter and director

(Museum of Fine Physician, Boston)

1919 John Donkin Dormand, Baron Dormand of Easington, British politician

born in Haswell, County Durham, England (d. 2003)

1919 – Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)

1920 – James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, British soldier and peer
Northern Irish politician, MP (Ulster unionist), born in Killead, Ireland (d. 2015)

1921 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1996)

head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, born in Nice, France

1921 – Leo Penn, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1998)

born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1998)

1922 – Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician (d. 2012)
Minister of Defence for The Netherlands

1924 – David Rowbotham, Australian journalist and poet

born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia (d. 2010)

1924 – Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)

1925 – Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal

1925 – Darry Cowl, French actor and composer, born in Vittel, France (d. 2006)

1925 Tony Crombie, English jazz drummer and bandleader

born in Bishopsgate, London (d. 1999)

1925 – Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (d. 2011)

1925 – Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic (d. 2012)

1925 Richard Rutt, English bishop of Leicester, born in Lengford, England (d. 2011)

1926 – George Brecht, American artist (d. 2008)

1926 – Patricia "Pat" Coombs, British comedienne and actress (d. 2002)

(Carry On Again Doctor, Cranford), born in Camberwell, London

1926 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic (d. 2002)

born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2002)

1927 Norma Connolly, American actress (Ruby Anderson-General Hospital,

The Young Marrieds), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)

1927 Hugh Byatt, British diplomat, born in Edinburgh (d. 2011)

1928 – Péter Boross, Hungarian politician
54th Prime Minister of Hungary

1928 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician
Chief Minister of KwaZulu 1972-94; born in Mahlabathini, Natal, South Africa

1928 – Joan Kroc [Mansfield], American philanthropist, born in West St. Paul, Minnesota

3rd wife of Ray Kroc, the owner of McDonald's and the San Diego Padres (d. 2003)

1928 Peter Richard Tahourdin, English-Australian composer

born in Bramdean, Hampshire (d. 2009)

1928 Jack Thompson, British politician (Labour), born in Ashington, England (d. 2011)

1929 – Ira Levin, American author, playwright, and composer (d. 2007)

(Rosemary Baby, Boys From Brazil, This Perfect Day), born in NYC, New York

1930 John Daly, British trade union leader

1930 John Watts, British army and Chief of Defense (Omani Armed Forces)

born in Portsmouth, England (d. 2003)

1931 – Sri Chinmoy, Indian-American guru and poet (d. 2007)

born in Shakpura, British India (now Bangladesh)

1931 – Joe Cunningham, American baseball player and coach

1932 Mikhail Nikolayevich Burdayev, Russian cosmonaut

born in Feodosia, Krim Region, Ukraine (d. 18 Dec 2019)

1932 – Antonia Fraser, English historian, author and biographer

(Mary Queen of Scots), born in London, England

1932 François Glorieux, Flemish pianist and composer, born in Courtrai, Belgium

1933: Nancy Friday, American author

1933 Joke Smit, Dutch feminist

1935 – Ernie Broglio, American baseball player

1935 – Michael Holroyd, English author

1935 – Frank Yablans, American studio executive, film producer, and screenwriter

(North Dallas Forty), born in NYC, New York (d. 27 Nov 2014)

1936 – Joel Kovel, American scholar and author

1937 – Alice Coltrane [née McLeod], American jazz harp, piano, and organ player,

and composer (Journey in Satchidananda), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2007)

1937 J.D. Crowe, American bluegrass banjo player and band leader

(The New South), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 2021)

1937 Mark Potter, British court judge

1937 – Tommy Sands, American actor (The Singing Idol; Ensign Pulver),

and singer ("Teen-Age Crush"; "Love in a Goldfish Bowl"), born in Chicago, Illinois

1937 Phil Shulman, Scottish rock horn player (Gentle Giant), born in Glasgow, Scotland

1938 – Tanju Okan, Turkish singer (d. 1996)

1939 – William Least Heat-Moon, American historian and author

1939 – Edward Patten, American soul singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
(Gladys Knight & the Pips), born in Atlanta, Georgia

1940 – Fernest Arceneaux, American musician (d. 2008)

1940 Brooksley Born, American attorney and public official

first female president of the Stanford Law Review

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair, 1996-99

Profiles in Courage Award, 2009

born in San Francisco, California

1940 Sir David Hart, British general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers

(d. 14 Mar 2013)

1940 – Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (Last Exit)

born on Ossining, New York (d. 1994)

1941: Bernard Ebbers, Canadian-born businessman
co-founded WorldCom; convicted of fraud and conspiracy

1941 Yuri Vassilyevich Malyshev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-2, T-11)

1941 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean morna singer (Voz d'Amor)

known as "the Barefoot Diva", born in Mindelo, Cape Verde (d. 2011)

1941 – Harrison Page, American actor

1942 – Daryl Dragon, American keyboard player and songwriter
(Captain & Tennille), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2019)

1942 "Chip" Douglas Farthing Hatlelid, American songwriter, arranger, bassist

(The Turtles, 1966-67 -"Happy Together"), and record producer (The Monkees)

born in San Francisco, California

1942 – Brian Peckford, Canadian educator and politician
3rd Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador

1943 – Chuck Girard, American singer-songwriter and pianist
(Love Song and The Castells)

1943 – Joseph Robert "Bob" Kerrey, American lieutenant and politician

US Senator, D Nebraska, 1989-2001
35th Governor of Nebraska 1983-87

born in Lincoln, Nebraska

1943 – Tuesday Weld (born Susan Ker Weld), American actress and model

(Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country), born in NYC, New York

1944 – G.W. (George William) Bailey, American actor

(Police Academy, The Closer), born in Port Arthur, Texas

1944 Tim Bogert, American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge; Jeff Beck)

born in NYC, New York

1944 Barry Conyngham, Australian composer

(Gardener Of Time; Kangaroo Island), born in Sydney

1944 – Barbara Trentham, American actress (d. 2013)

1945 – Douglas R. Campbell, Canadian judge

1945 – Jan Sloot, Dutch technician (d. 1999)

1947 Jacques Arnold, MP (Conservative)

1947 – Barbara Bach, American model and actress; born in Queens, New York

(The Spy Who Loved Me, Force 10 from Navarone)

1947 – Kirk Francis, American production sound mixer

1947 Ed Herrmann, MLB catcher (White Sox), born in San Diego, California (d. 2013)

1947 – Peter Krieg [Wilhelm Gladitz], German documentary filmmaker, and writer

(September Wheat), born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, West Germany (d. 2009)

1947 – Harry Reems, American porn actor (d. 2013)

(Deep Throat, The Devil in Miss Jones)

1947 – Halil Berktay, Turkish historian

1948 – John Mehler, American drummer (Love Song)

1948 – Deborah Swallow, English historian and curator

1948 – Philippe Vallois, French director and screenwriter

1949: William E. Conway, Jr., American businessman
co-founder of The Carlyle Group

1949 – Jeff Cook, American country guitarist, singer-songwriter and fiddler

(Alabama - "Mountain Music"), born in Fort Payne, Alabama

1949 – Leah Jamieson, American electrical engineer

1949 Andrew McKay, conservative MP

1949 – Ann Murray, Irish soprano

1949 Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist and educator, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1992)

1950 – Charles Fleischer, American comedian, actor, and singer

(Roger Rabbit), born in Washington, D.C.

1950 – Neil Murray, Scottish bass player and songwriter

(Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Colosseum II, and Gogmagog)

1950 – Edmund Weiner, English lexicographer (Oxford English Dictionary),

philologist, and co-author, born in Oxford, England

(The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary)

1951 – Buddy Bell, American baseball player and manager

1951 – Mack Brown, American football player and coach

1951 – Randall Garrison, American-Canadian criminologist and politician

1951 Kevin Kavanaugh, American rock keyboard player

(Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, 1975-90)

born in West Orange, New Jersey (d. 2011)
1951: Robert Torricelli, American politician
US Senator, D. New Jersey, 1997-2003
US Representative, D. New Jersey, 1983-97

1952 – Paul Reubens (Pee-wee Herman), American actor, singer, producer,

and screenwriter, born in Peekskill, New York

1952 Don Miguel Ruiz, Mexican spiritual teacher and author

(The Four Agreements), born in Guadalajara, Mexico

1952 Roger Stone, American political lobbyist, born in Norwalk, Connecticut

1953 – Tom Berryhill, American politician

1953 – Alex Lifeson, Serbian-Canadian singer-songwriter, rock guitarist

(Rush and Big Dirty Band), and producer; , born in n Fernie, British Columbia

1953 – Joan Smith, English journalist and author

1953 John Sambataro, American session and touring rock vocalist and guitarist

(Andy Gibb; McQuinn, Clark & Hillman; Dave Mason), born in South Florida

1953 – Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright

1954 Mike Kelley, artist (More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid)

born in Wayne, Michigan (d. 2012)
1954: Keith Teare, British businessman

1954 – Rajesh Thakker, Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford

1955 – Laura Fygi, Dutch jazz-pop singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands

1955 – Robert Richardson, American cinematographer

1955 – Diana Scarwid, American actress (Extermites, Psycho 3, Heat)

born in Savannah, Georgia

1956 Constantine Orbelian, American pianist and conductor

(Moscow Chamber Orchestra, 1991-2010; Kaunas City Symphony, 2014-present;

New York City Opera, 2021-present), born in San Francisco, California

1956 – Glen Matlock, English singer-songwriter and bass player

1957 – Jeff Grubb, American game designer and author

1958 – Normand Brathwaite, Canadian comedian and actor,

and television and radio host

1958 Kathy Hochul, American lawyer and politician, born in Buffalo, New York

1st female Governor of New York. 2021- present

1958 – Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, Russian engineer and cosmonaut

(TM-7, TM-12, STS 60)

1958 – Tom Lanoye, Belgian author, poet, and playwright

1958 – Hugh Orde, English police officer

1959 – Downtown Julie Brown, English television host and actress

1959 – Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor

1959 – Denice Denton, American engineer and academic (d. 2006)

1959 – Frode Fjellheim, Norwegian yoiker and musician

1959 Leila de Lima, Filipino lawyer and Senator, born in Iriga, Philippines

1959 – András Petőcz, Hungarian author and poet

1959: Yves Rossy, Swiss pilot and inventor

1959 – Jeanette Winterson, English author

1960: Gary Cohn, American businessman

1961 – Yolanda Adams, American singer, producer, and actress

1961 – Mark Curry, English stage and screen actor, and television

and radio presenter, born in Stafford, England

1961 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer, actor, and director

1961 – Mark McConnell, American drummer (d. 2012)

(Blackfoot, Madam X, and Southern Rock Allstars)

1961 – Urmas Muru, Estonian architect

1962: Dean Devlin, American filmmaker

1962 – Vic Mignogna, American voice actor, singer, and director

1962 – Adam Oates, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1963 Downtown Julie Brown, Welsh TV personality and actress

(Club MTV, The Earth Day Special, Junket Whore), born in Cardiff, Wales

1964 – Paul Bernardo, Canadian murderer and rapist

1964 – Robert Bogue, American actor

1964 – Stephan Elliott, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter

1964 Frankie Thorn, American actress

1965 – Scott Dibble, American politician

1965 – Cheryl Fergison, English actress

1965: Gabriel E. Gomez, American politician

1965 Michael Perry, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos)

1966 – Juhan Parts, Estonian politician
14th Prime Minister of Estonia

1967 – Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

1967 – Rob Burnett, American football player

1967 Bob Nastanovich, American percussionist (Pavement; Silver Jews)

born in Rochester, New York

1968 Emanual Davis, NBA guard (Houston Rockets)

1968 Eric "Bobo" Correa, American percussionist (Beastie Boys; Cypress Hill)

born in Queens, New York City

1969 Avril Haines, American lawyer, , born in New York City

1st female Director of National Intelligence, 2021-

1968 – Daphne Koller, Israeli-American computer scientist

1969: Christine O'Donnell, American politician

1969 – Reece Shearsmith, English actor, producer, and screenwriter

1969 Kipp Vickers, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)

1969 – Chandra Wilson, American actress and director

1970: Jason McCoy, Canadian musician

1970 – Pokwang, Filipino comedian, actress, and host

1970 – Tony Kanal, English-American bass player, songwriter, and producer
(No Doubt), born in Kingsbury, London, England

1970 – Park Myeong-su, South Korean singer-songwriter and television host

1970 – Jim Thome, American baseball player and manager, born in Peoria, Illinois

1971 – Julian Cheung Chi-Lam, Hong Kong singer (A Modern Love Story)

and actor (Return Of The Cuckoo), born in North Point, British Hong Kong

1971 – Kyung Lah, South Korean journalist and correspondent

1971 Jim Flanigan, NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears)

1971 – Aygül Özkan, German lawyer and politician

1972 – Felix da Housecat, American DJ and producer

1972 Chris Imes, US hockey defenseman (Olympics 1994), born in South Paris, Maine

1972 Donta Jones, NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)

1972 – Jimmy Pop, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Bloodhound Gang)

1972 Mike Smith, Canadian actor

1973 – Cory Bowles, Canadian actor, singer, and choreographer

1973 – Burak Kut, Turkish singer-songwrite

1973 – Johan Norberg, Swedish historian and author

1974 – José Vidro, Puerto Rican baseball player

1975 – Björn Gelotte, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (In Flames and All Ends)

1976 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian American actress (Roseanne; Scrubs)

born in Ottawa, Ontario

1976 – Audrey C. Delsanti, French astronomer

1977 – Justin Miller, American baseball player (d. 2013)

1979 – Giovanni Capitello, American actor and director

1979 – Sarah Neufeld, Canadian violinist; born in British Columbia
(Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre)

1979 – Aaron Paul, American actor (Breaking Bad, Need for Speed)

born in Emmett, Idaho

1980 – Neha Dhupia, Indian model and actress

1980 – Kyle Lowder, American actor

1980 – Begüm Kütük, Turkish actress and model

1980 Stephanie Michelle Steele, American country singer, born in Abilene, Texas

1981 – Patrick J. Adams, Canadian actor and producer

(Suits), born in Toronto, Ontario

1981 Demetria McKinney, American actress (House of Payne),

born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida

1982 – Bergüzar Korel, Turkish actress

1983 – Chen Bolin aka Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor

born in Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan

1985: Kayla Ewell, American actress

1985 – Daniel Küblböck, German singer and actor

1985 – Alexandra Nechita, Romanian-American painter

1986 – Mario Barrett, American R&B singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

born in Baltimore, Maryland

1986 Sebastian Kurz, Austrian politician, born in Vienna, Austria

Austrian Chancellor (201709), Austrian People's Party (ÖVP),

1987 – Darren McFadden, American football player

1988 – Alexa PenaVega, American actress and singer

1991 – Rikiya Otaka, Japanese actor

1991 – Lee Sung-yeol, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Infinite)

1992 – Ayame Goriki, Japanese actress and model

1992: Blake Jenner, American actor

1992 – Stephen Morris, American football quarterback

1992 – Kim Petras, German singer-songwriter

1994: Ellar Coltrane, American actor

1994 Breanna Stewart, American basketball power forward, born in Syracuse, New York

1995 Jessie Mei Li, English actress (Shadow and Bone), born in Brighton, England

1995 – Grete Paia, Estonian singer

1995 – Cainan Wiebe, Canadian actor

2001 Franz Wagner, German NBA player (Orlando Magic), born in Berlin, Germany

Family

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Other

Weddings

VIP

1966 American law student, and future politician, Joe Biden of Delaware (21)

weds fellow Syracuse University student, and future teacher, Neilia Hunter (22)

of Skaneateles, New York, at a Catholic church in Skaneateles

Notable

1930 Journalist H. L. Mencken (49) weds author Sara Haardt (32)

1956 Socialite Gloria Vanderbilt (32) weds "12 Angry Men" director Sidney Lumet (32)

1966 American sportscaster Al Michaels (21) weds Linda Stamaton

1977 American singer Jimmy Buffett (30) weds American Jane Slagsvol (26)

1994 TV executive Anthony Radziwill (35) weds journalist Carole Di Falco (31)

2005 American actor Robert Downey Jr (40) weds American film producer Susan Levin (31)

2011 American filmmaker Sofia Coppola (41) weds vocalist Thomas Mars (34)

2011 British heiress Petra Ecclestone (22) weds entrepreneur James Stunt

2011 Lisa Vanderpump's daughter Pandora Vanderpump (24) weds Jason Sabo

Family

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Other

Deaths

VIP

1948 – Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1862)
11th Chief Justice of the United States

1979 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1900)
English admiral and statesman
44th Governor-General of India (last Viceroy of India), 1947

assassinated by an IRA bomb on his boat in Ireland at 79

Notable

542 – St. Caesarius of Arles, French bishop and saint (b. 470)
749 – Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i, Persian general
827 – Pope Eugene II, Italian Pope 824-827

1208 Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles
1312 – Arthur II, Duke of Brittany 1305-12) (b. 1261)

1394 – Emperor Chōkei of Japan (b. 1343)

1450 – Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)

1521 – Josquin des Prez, Flemish composer, dies between 66 and 71

1522 Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75
1545 – Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (b. 1487)

1576 – Titian [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague (b. 1488)

1590 – Pope Sixtus V [Felice Piergentile], Pope 1585-90 (b. 1521)

1608 Hendrik van Kinschot [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66

1611 Tomés L de Victoria, Spanish composer, singer, organist, and priest, dies at about 53

1635 – Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)

1651 Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43
1664 – Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)

1667 Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33

1727 Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David), dies at 81

1746 Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, German-Bohemian organist,

and baroque composer, dies at about 89

1748 – James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (Rule, Britannia), dies at 47 (b. 1700)

1758 Barbara of Portugal [Maria Madalena Bárbara Xavier Leonor Teresa Antónia Josefa]

Queen of Spain, dies at 46

1782 John Laurens, American soldier, diplomat and abolitionist, killed in battle at 27

1827 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat.

1828 – Eise J. Eisinga, Dutch astronomer (b. 1744)
built the Eisinga Planetarium at Franeker

1830 Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, commits suicide at 74

1840 William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office

1841 Ignaz von Seyfried, Austrian composer, dies at 65

1846 Franciszek Ścigalski, Polish composer, dies at 64

1846 Gottfied Wilhelm Fink, German composer, dies at 63

1855 Francisco Eduardo da Costa, Portuguese composer, dies at 36

1857 – Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)

dies of tuberculosis at 42

1865 – Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian politician, judge, and novelist (b. 1796)

(The Clockmaker; or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville)

1865 Józef Nowakowski, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 64

1868 Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, Swiss composer, dies at 82

1871 – William Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794)

US Representative from Connecticut

1874 John Henry Foley, Irish sculptor (Prince Albert Memorial), dies at 56

1874 Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies

1875 – William Chapman Ralston, American businessman and financier (b. 1826)

founded the Bank of California

1879 Rowland Hill, English inventor, dies at 84

introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp in 1840

1883 August Friedrich Pott, German violinist, composer, and music professor, dies at 76

1887 Wilhelm Volkmar, German composer, dies at 74

1891 – Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)

1898 John Hopkinson, British physicist and electrical engineer (Hopkinson's Law)

dies with three of his children in a mountaineering accident at 49

1909 – Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)

1910 Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death

1919 Louis Botha, Boer general and statesman, dies at 56

1st Prime Minister of South Africa 1910-19

1922 – Reşat Çiğiltepe, officer of the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army (b. 1879)

1922 Carl Fuchs, German composer, dies at 83

1924 William Maddock Bayliss, British physiologist, co-discoverer of hormones, dies at 64

1929 – Herman Potočnik, Slovenian rocket scientist (b. 1892)

1930 Didericus van Epen, Dutch genealogist (Dutch Patriarch), dies at 62

1931 – Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)

1931 – Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and ambassador to Vatican (b. 1860)

1931 – Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (borax magnate) (b. 1846)

1934 – Linda Agostini, English-Australian murder victim (b. 1905)

1935 – Childe Hassam, American painter (b. 1859)

1937 John Russell Pope, American architect, dies at 63

(Jefferson Memorial, National Archives and Records Administration)

1942 – Walter Steinbeck, German actor (b. 1878)

1943 Otto Selz, German psychologist, dies at 62
1944 – Georg von Boeselager, German nobleman and soldier (b. 1915)

1945 – Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer (b. 1894)
designed the Petőfi Bridge

1948 Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, Brazilian conductor and composer (Imbapara), dies at 50

1948 Charles Evans Hughes, American statesman, Republican politician, dies at 86

11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court, 1930-41

1948 Oley Speaks, American composer (On the Road to Mandalay), dies at 74

1949 Arthur Chesney [Kellaway], British stage and screen character actor

(The Lodger; Chelsea Life), dies of a stroke at 68
1950 – Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)

1953 Nicolai Berezowsky, Russian-American composer, dies at 53

1955 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies
1956 – Pelageya Shajn, Soviet/Russian astronomer (b. 1894)

1955 Joachim Wach, philosopher/sociologist (Sociology of Religion), dies
1958 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
(invented Cyclotron) Nobel Prize 1939

1961 – Kálmán Rózsahegyi, Hungarian actor and educator (b. 1873)

1961 Gail Russell, American actress, dies from complications of alcohol abuse at 36

(The Uninvited, Moonrise, Unseen)

1962 Carlos Lavín, Chilean composer and ethno-musicologist, dies at 79

(Lamentaciones Huiliches)
1963 – 1963 W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and writer

(Souls of Black Folk); co-founder of the NAACP, dies at 95 in Accra, Ghana (b. 1868)

1963 – Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi aka Allama Mashriqi, Pakistani mathematician,

logician, political theorist, and Islamic scholar (b. 1888)

founded the Khaksar Movement
1964 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedienne (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 (b. 1895)

1964 Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov, Russian composer, dies at 59
1965 – Le Corbusier [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss-French architect and city planner, dies at 77

designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)

1965 Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68

1965 Otto Reinhold, German composer, dies at 66

1967 Henri-Georges Adam, French painter/cartoonist/sculptor, dies at 63
1967 – Brian Epstein, English businessman, music entrepreneur, and manager (Beatles)

dies of an accidental barbiturate overdose at 32 (b. 1934)

1968 – Marina, princess of Greece andDenmark; Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61 (b. 1906)

1968 – Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)

1969 – Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist, dies at 85 (b. 1884)

(Manservant and Maidservant)

1969 – Erika Mann, German-American actress and author (Other Germany)

daughter of Thomas Mann, dies at 63 (b. 1905)

1969 Henri EJA de Page, Belgian lawyer

1969 Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79

1971 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher and panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73 (b. 1898)

co-founded Random House

1971 – Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)

1st female LIFE staff photographer, dies at 67

1971 Lillian "Lil" Hardin Armstrong, American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, dies at 73

1972 – Yung Fung-shee, Hong Kong philanthropist (b. 1900)

1975 Bob Scholl, American doo-wop vocalist (Mello-Kings - "Tonite, Tonite")

dies in a boating accident at 41
1975 – Haile Selassie [Ras Tafari Makonnen], Emperor of Ethiopia 1930-74 (b. 1892)

dies of suspected assassination by strangulation at 83

1976 – Mukesh [Mathur], Indian "playback singer" for Bollywood films

dies of a heart attack at 53 (b. 1923)

1977 George Merritt, English actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86

1978 – Gordon Matta-Clark, American artist (b. 1943)

1978 Robert Shaw, British actor, novelist, and playwright

(Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday), dies of heart attack at 51
1978 – Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author (b. 1897)

1979 Nicholas Mountbatten, Lord Mountbatten's grandson, murdered by the IRA at 14

1979 Bolesław Szabelski, Polish organist and composer, dies at 82
1980 – Douglas Kenney, American actor, producer, humorist, and screenwriter (b. 1947)

co-founded the magazine National Lampoon, dies at 33

1980 Sam Levenson, humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68

1981 Joan Edwards, American pop singer on radio (Your Hit Parade)

and television (Joan Edwards Show), dies of a heart attack at 62
1982 Anandamayi Ma [Nirmala Sundari], Indian spiritual leader, dies at 86

1983 William Hitzig, Austrian Maxwell physician, dies at 78

1984 Billy Sands, American actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73
1984 – Bernard Youens [Popley], British actor (Coronation Street, Somewhere in Politics)

dies from a heart attack at 69 (b. 1914)

1987 – Scott La Rock, American DJ and producer (b. 1962)
(Boogie Down Productions)

1987 Charlie Smalls, American composer and songwriter (The Wiz)

dies of a burst appendix at 43
1988 – Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (The Rites of May), dies at 60 (b. 1928)

1988 – William Sargant, English psychiatrist and theorist (b. 1907)

1990 – Avdy Andresson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1899)

1990 Raymond St Jacques, American actor, director and producer

1st African-American to hold a regular role in a western series

(Simon Blake in "Rawhide"), dies of cancer at 60
1990 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35 (b. 1954)

(Texas Flood; "Pride And Joy"; David Bowie - "Let's Dance"; Double Trouble)

1991 Gordon Heath, actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm), dies

1991 Vince Taylor [Brian Holden], British rock and roll singer

(Brand New Cadillac), dies of lung cancer at 52

1993 Bob Verstraete, Dutch actor/screenwriter/director (Alicia), dies at 71

1994 Roberto Goyeneche [El Polaco], Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies at 68

1995 Dick Bentley, Australian comedian and actor (The Glums), dies at 88

1995 Marty Paich, American jazz pianist, conductor, producer and arranger

(Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson)

dies of colon cancer at 70

1996 Abram Games, British graphic artist ("Blonde Bombshell" ATS poster), dies at 82

1996 Alexander Lanusse, military President of Argentina (1971-73), dies

1996 – Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933)

(Mission: Impossible), dies of a brain tumor at 62

1996 Waldo Wedel, American Archaeologist (Great Plains prehistoric cultures), dies at 87
1997 – Sotiria Bellou, Greek singer (b. 1921)

1997 Brandon Tartikoff, TV exec (NBC), dies at 48

1997 Jeep Swenson, American actor (Batman & Robin), dies of heart failure at 40

1998 – Essie Summers, New Zealand author (b. 1912)

1999 – Hélder Câmara, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1909)

2001 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1936)

internet pioneer, Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science
2001 – Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician, assassinated (b. 1938)

leader of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
2002 – Edwin Louis Cole, American religious leader and author (b. 1922)

"Father of the Modern Day Men's Movement"

Founder of the Christian Men's Network (CMN)
2003 – Peter-Paul Pigmans, Dutch record producer (b. 1961)

2003 Jinx Falkenburg [Eugenia], American actress and cover-girl model, dies at 84

2003 – Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920)

2004 – Willie Crawford, American baseball player (b. 1946)

2005 Bert Farber, American orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey; Vic Damone), dies at 92
2005 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)

2006 – María Capovilla, Ecuadorian super-centenarian (b. 1889)

2006 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

2006 – Jesse Pintado, Mexican-American guitarist (b. 1969)

(Napalm Death, Terrorizer, Brujeria, and Lock Up)

dies of liver failure at 37
2007 – Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930)

2007 Douglas "Doug" Riley [Dr Music], Canadian musician and musical director

(Famous People Players), dies of a heart attack at 62

2007 Driss Basri, Moroccan politician (Interior Minister 1979-99), dies at 68

2008 – Mark Priestley, Australian actor (b. 1970)

2009 – Abdullah al-Asiri, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1986)

2009 – Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian author and poet (b. 1913)

2009 Virgilio Savona, Italian jazz singer and composer

(Quartetto Cetra - "Un bacio a mezzanotte"; "Crapa pelada")

dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 89

2011 Nico Minardos, Greek-American actor

(The Twilight Zone; Twelve Hours to Kill), dies at 81

2011 Norman Frederick Simpson, British playwright (One Way Pendulum), dies at 92

2012 – Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (b. 1936)

2012 – Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (b. 1931)

2012 – Art Heyman, American basketball player (b. 1941)

2012 – Richard Kingsland, Australian captain and pilot (b. 1916)

2012 – Aboud Rogo, Kenyan cleric (b. 1968)

2012 – Russell Scott, American clown (b. 1921)

2013 Zelmo Beaty, American Basketball HOF center, dies at 73
2013 – Kent Finell, Swedish radio host and producer (b. 1944)

2013 – Maxwell Fuller, Australian chess player (b. 1945)

2013 – Chris Kennedy, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1948)

2013 – Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright (b. 1910)

2013 – Anatoly Onoprienko, Ukrainian murderer (b. 1959)

2013 – Bill Peach, Australian journalist (b. 1935)

2014 Yehezkel Braun, Israeli composer (Shir ha-shirim), dies of natural causes at 92

2014 – Peret, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)

2014 – Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (b. 1921)

2014 – Jan Groth, Norwegian singer and keyboard player (b. 1946)
(Just 4 Fun and Aunt Mary)

2014 – Jimmy Nesbitt, Irish police officer (b. 1934)

2014 – Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)

2014 – Benno Pludra, German author (b. 1925)

2014 (Alexander) "Sandy" Wilson, British theatrical composer and lyricist

(The Boy Friend; Divorce Me, Darling!), dies at 90

2015 – Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (b. 1957)
dies of a heart attack at 58

2015 George Cleve, Austrian-American conductor, dies of liver failure at 79

2020 Lute Olson, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach

dies from stroke complications at 85

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