April 4 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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April 4 in history

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Birthdays

VIP



Notable

188 – Caracalla, Roman emperor (d. 217)
1492 – Ambrosius Blarer, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (d. 1564)
1572 – William Strachey, English author (d. 1621)
1593 – Edward Nicholas, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1669)
1640 – Gaspar Sanz, Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest (d. 1710)
1646 – Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (d. 1715)
1648 – Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor (d. 1721)
1676 – Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer (d. 1760)
1688 – Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1768)
1718 – Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (d. 1783)
1752 – Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer (d. 1837)
1760 – Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan organist and composer (d. 1797)
1762 – Stephen Storace, English actor and composer (d. 1796)
1772 – Nachman of Breslov (d. 1810)
1780 – Edward Hicks, American minister and painter (d. 1849)
1785 – Bettina von Arnim, German author, illustrator, and composer (d. 1859)
1792 – Thaddeus Stevens, American lawyer and politician (d. 1868)
1802 – Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (d. 1887)
1810:  James Freeman Clarke, American theologian and author  (d. 8 Jun 1888)
1818 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American author and poet (d. 1883)
1819 – Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
1821 – Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (d. 1868)
1826 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (d. 1901)
1828:  Margaret Oliphant, Scottish novelist  (d. 25 Jun 1897)
1829 – Owen Suffolk, Australian bushranger, poet, confidence-man and author
1835 – John Hughlings Jackson, English physician and neurologist (d. 1911)
1842 – Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1891)
1843 – William Henry Jackson, American painter and photographer (d. 1942)
1846 – Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and educator (d. 1870)
1853 – Tad Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1871)
1858 – Remy de Gourmont, French author, poet, and critic (d. 1915)
1866:  George Pierce Baker, American drama educator  (d. 6 Jan 1935)
1869 – Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (d. 1958)
1875 – Pierre Monteux, French-American viola player and conductor (d. 1964)
1876 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter and poet (d. 1958)
1878 – Stylianos Lykoudis, Greek admiral and historian (d. 1958)
1879 – Gustav Goßler, German rower (d. 1940)
1884 – James Alberione, Italian priest, founded the Society of St. Paul (d. 1971)
1884 – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (d. 18 Apr 1943)
1886 – Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (d. 1964)
1888 – Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958)
1888 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish historian and academic (d. 1975)
1889 – Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1968)
1892 – Italo Mus, Italian painter (d. 1967)
1895 – Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator (d. 1991)
1896 – Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1955)
1897 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1975)
1897 – Dina Manfredini, Italian-American super-centenarian (d. 2012)
1898 – Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940)
1899 – Hillel Oppenheimer, German-Israeli botanist and academic (d. 1971)
1902 – Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French journalist and author (d. 1969)
1902 – Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author and poet (d. 1935)
1905 – Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor (d. 1991)
1905 – Erika Nõva, Estonian architect and engineer (d. 1987)
1906 – Bea Benaderet, American television, radio, and voice actress (d. 1968)
1906 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (d. 1995)
1907 – Robert Askin  (d. 1981)
      Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales
1907:  Nathan M. Pusey, American university educator  (d. 14 Nov 2001)
      24th President of Harvard University, 1953-1971
1908:  Antony Tudor, English ballet choreographer, teacher and dancer  (d. 19 Apr 1987)
1910 – Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician and academic (d. 1967)
1911 – Max Dupain, Australian photographer (d. 1992)
1913 – Dave Brown, Australian rugby league player (d. 1974)
1913 – Rosemary Lane, American actress and singer (d. 1974)
1913 – Frances Langford, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
1913 – Jules Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (d. 1980)
1913 – Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
1914 – Richard Coogan, American actor (d. 2014)
1914 – Marguerite Duras, French author, screenwriter, and director (d. 1996)
1915 – Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor (d. 2003)
1916 – Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian general and politician, 10th President of Serbia (d. 2005)
1916 – Mickey Owen, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
1916 – David White, American actor (d. 1990)
1918 – George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe  (d. 2007)
      English soldier and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
1920 – Orunamamu, American-Canadian author and educator (d. 2014)
1920 – Ignatius IV of Antioch, Greek patriarch (d. 2012)
1920 – Éric Rohmer, French director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1921 – Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (d. 2015)
1922 – Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
1923 – Peter Vaughan, English actor
1924 – Bob Christie, American racing driver (d. 2009)
1924 – Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (d. 1972)
1925 – Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1925 – Gene Reynolds, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1925 – Frank Truitt, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014)
1925 – Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1979)
1925 – Emmett Williams, American poet and author (d. 2007)
1926 – Mildred Fay Jefferson, American physician and activist (d. 15 Oct 2010)
1926 – Ronnie Masterson, Irish actress (d. 2014)
1927 – Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
1928 – Maya Angelou, American author and poet (d. 2014)
1928 – Estelle Harris, American actress
1928 – Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 2001)
1928 – Monty Norman, English singer-songwriter and producer
1931 – James Dickens, English politician (d. 2013)
1931 – Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence officer
1931 – Catherine Tizard, New Zealand politician, 16th Governor-General of New Zealand
1932 – Clive Davis, American record producer, founded Arista Records and J Records
1932 – Richard Lugar, American lieutenant and politician, 44th Mayor of Indianapolis
1932 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)
1932 – Johanna Reiss, Dutch-American author
1932 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and producer (d. 1986)
1933 – Bill France, Jr., American businessman (d. 2007)
1933 – Brian Hewson, English runner
1934 – Helen Hanft, American actress (d. 2013)
1934 – Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (d. 1996)
1935 – Geoff Braybrooke, English-New Zealand soldier and politician (d. 2013)
1935 – Kenneth Mars, American actor (d. 2011)
1935 – Trevor Griffiths, English playwright and educator
1936:  Robert Scheer, American journalist
1938 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (d. 1989)
1939 – JoAnne Carner, American golfer
1939 – Major Lance, American singer (d. 1994)
1939 – Hugh Masekela, South African singer-songwriter and trumpet player
1939 – Ernie Terrell, American boxer and singer (d. 2014)
1940 – Richard Attwood, English race car driver
1940:  Frances Mayes, American professor, poet, memoirist, essayist, and novelist
1940 – Sharon Sheeley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1942 – Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1942 – Kitty Kelley, American journalist and biographer
1942 – Elizabeth Levy, American author
1944 – Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
1944 – Mary Kenny, Irish journalist, author, and playwright
1944 – Craig T. Nelson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – Nelson Prudêncio, Brazilian triple jumper and educator (d. 2012)
1944 – Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (d. 2013)
1945 – Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French-German educator and politician
1945 – Caroline McWilliams, American actress (d. 2010)
1945:  Katherine Neville, American author
1945 – Konrad von Finckenstein, German-Canadian businessman
1946 – Colin Coates, Australian speed skater
1946 – Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)
1946 – Katsuaki Satō, Japanese martial artist and coach
1946 – György Spiró, Hungarian author and playwright
1946 – Bubba Wyche, American football player and coach
1947 – Wiranto, Indonesian general and politician
1947 – Ray Fosse, American baseball player and sportscaster
1947:  Luke Halpin, American actor
1948 – Michael Blassie, American lieutenant (d. 1972)
1948 – Abdullah Öcalan, Turkish activist
1948 – Berry Oakley, American bass player (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1972)
1948:  Richard Parsons, American businessman
1948 – Dan Simmons, American author
1948 – Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor
1948 – Pick Withers, English drummer (Dire Straits and Magna Carta)
1949 – Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican-American singer (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (d. 1999)
1949 – Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese-American mathematician and academic
1950 – Christine Lahti, American actress and director
1951 – James Cuno, American historian and curator
1951 – John Hannah, American football player and coach
1951 – Hun Sen, Cambodian soldier and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Cambodia
1952 – Rosemarie Ackermann, German high jumper
1952 – Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2010)
1952 – Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle racer (d. 1995)
1952 – Cherie Lunghi, English actress and dancer
1952 – Karen Magnussen, Canadian figure skater and coach
1952 – Gary Moore  (d. 2011)
      Northern Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, and Colosseum II)
1952 – Villy Søvndal, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1953 – Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
1953 – Henry Fotheringham, South African cricketer
1953 – Simcha Jacobovici, Canadian director, producer, journalist, and author
1953 – Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician, 31st Lord Mayor of Belfast
1953 – Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer
1954 – Julie Carmen, American actress, dancer, and psychotherapist
1954 – Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress
1955 – Casey Biggs, American actor
1956 – Evelyn Hart, Canadian ballerina
1956 – Tom Herr, American baseball player and manager
1956 – David E. Kelley, American screenwriter and producer
1957 – Paul Downton, English cricketer
1957 – Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Graeme Kelling, Scottish guitarist (Deacon Blue) (d. 2004)
1957 – Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese singer and trumpet player (Rats & Star)
1958 – Agenor Miranda Araújo Neto (bka Cazuza)  (d. 1990)
      Brazilian singer-songwriter (Barão Vermelho)
1958 – Peter Baltes, German bass player (Accept)
1958 – Rodney Eade, Australian footballer and coach
1959 – Phil Morris, American actor and screenwriter
1960 – Jonathan Agnew, English cricketer and sportscaster
1960 – Jane Eaglen, English soprano
1960:  Andrew Lau  Hong Kong director, cinematographer, and producer
1960 – Scott Miller  (d. 2013)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Game Theory and The Loud Family)
1960:  Lorraine Toussaint, Trinidadian-American actress and producer
1960 – Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-Australian actor and producer
1961 – Hildi Santo-Tomas, American interior decorator
1962 – Craig Adams, English bass player and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy, The Mission, The Alarm, Spear of Destiny, and Theatre of Hate)
1962 – Kailasho Devi, Indian social worker and politician
1962 – Ava Fabian, American model and actress
1962 – Marco Giovannetti, Italian cyclist
1962 – Anita Renfroe, American comedian
1963 – A. Michael Baldwin, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Jack Del Rio, American football player and coach
1963:  Elizabeth Emken, American politician
1963 – Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963 – Jane McDonald, English singer and actress
1963 – Graham Norton, Irish actor and talk show host
1964 – Branco, Brazilian footballer and coach
1964 – Dr. Chud, American drummer and singer
      (Misfits, Graves, Kryst the Conqueror, and Dr. Chud's X-Ward)
1964 – Anthony Clark, American actor
1964 – David Cross, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964:  Laurie Hibberd, Canadian journalist
1964:  Riduan Isamuddin, Indonesian terrorist
1964:  Paul Parker, English footballer and sports television pundit
1964:  Robbie Rist, American actor and singer
1964 – Đặng Thân, Vietnamese writer and poet
1965 – Vinny Burns, English guitarist and producer (Dare, Ten, and Ultravox)
1965 – Robert Downey Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Sean Wilson, English actor
1966 – Nancy McKeon, American actress
1966 – Mike Starr  (d. 2011)
      American bass player
      (Alice in Chains, Sun Red Sun, and Days of the New)
1966 – Christos Tsekos, Greek basketball player
1967:  Ali Babacan, Turkish politician
      Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, 2009-2015
1967 – Edith Masai, Kenyan-German runner
1967 – George Mavrotas, Greek water polo player and politician
1968 – Jesús Rollán, Spanish water polo player (d. 2006)
1969 – Piotr Anderszewski, Polish pianist and composer
1969 – Karren Brady, Baroness Brady
      English sporting executive, politician, television personality,
            newspaper columnist, author and novelist
1970 – Georgios Amanatidis, Greek footballer and manager
1970 – Greg Garcia, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Barry Pepper, Canadian actor and producer
1970 – Yelena Yelesina, Russian high jumper
1971 – Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971 – Josh Todd, American singer-songwriter and actor (Buckcherry)
1971 – Malik Yusef, American actor, producer, and poet
1971 – John Zandig, American wrestler and promoter
1972 – Jim Dymock, Australian rugby league player and coach
1972 – Jonathan Galkin, American actor and record label owner
1972 – Lisa Ray, Canadian model and actress
1972 – Jill Scott, American singer-songwriter and actress
1972 – Xenia Seeberg (born Anke Wesenberg), German actress
1972 – Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish bass player (The Cardigans)
1973 – Chris Banks, American football player (d. 2014)
1973 – David Blaine, American magician and producer
1973 – Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer
1973 – Peter Hoekstra, Dutch footballer and coach
1973 – Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete and coach
1974:  Marya Hornbacher, American author and freelance journalist
1974 – Dave Mirra, American BMX rider (d. 2016)
1975 – Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman
1975 – Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish skier
1975 – Joyce Giraud, Puerto Rican-American model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico 1994
1975 – Roy Padrick, American journalist and actor
1975 – Pamela Ribon, American actress, screenwriter, and author
1975 – Miranda Lee Richards, American singer-songwriter
1975 – Scott Rolen, American baseball player
1975 – Kevin Weekes, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1976 – Nathan Blacklock, Australian rugby player
1976 – Sébastien Enjolras, French race car driver (d. 1997)
1976 – Emerson Ferreira da Rosa, Brazilian footballer
1976 – Bearwin Meily, Filipino actor
1976 – James Roday, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1977 – Stephan Bonnar, American mixed martial artist
1977 – Keith Bulluck, American football player and sportscaster
1977 – Adam Dutkiewicz
      American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (Killswitch Engage, Aftershock, and Times of Grace)
1977 – Stephen Mulhern, English magician and television host
1977 – Omarr Smith, American football player and coach
1978 – Lemar, English singer-songwriter and producer
1978 – Jason Ellison, American baseball player and scout
1978 – Alan Mahon, Irish footballer
1978 – Sam Moran, Australian singer, guitarist, and actor (The Wiggles)
1978 – Irene Skliva, Greek model, Miss World 1996
1979 – Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
1979 – Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Natasha Lyonne, American actress
1979 – Andy McKee, American guitarist
1979 – Jessica Napier, New Zealand-Australian actress
1980 – Johnny Borrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Razorlight and The Libertines)
1980 – Trevor Moore, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1980 – Eric Steinbach, American football player
1980 – Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
1981 – Currensy, American rapper (Jet Life and 504 Boyz)
1981 – Eduardo Luís Carloto, Brazilian footballer
1981 – Casey Daigle, American baseball player
1981 – Anna Pyatykh, Russian triple jumper
1981 – Ned Vizzini, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1982 – Justin Cook, American voice actor and producer
1982 – Magnus Lindgren, Swedish chef (d. 2012)
1982 – Kett Turton, American-Canadian actor
1983:  Eric André  [American actor]
1983 – Evgeny Artyukhin, Russian ice hockey player
1983 – Davide Lufrano Chaves, Italian-English guitarist (d. 2013)
1983 – Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer
1983 – Ben Gordon, American basketball player
1983 – Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Natalie Pike, Scottish-English model and actress
1983 – Amanda Righetti, American actress
1983 – Angelle Tymon, American journalist and game show host
1984:  Jessie Baylin, American singer-songwriter
1984 – Sean May, American basketball player
1984 – Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer
1985 – Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player
1985 – Todrick Hall, American singer, actor, and director
1985 – Ricardo Vilar, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Cameron Barker, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Lee Hyuk-jae (bka Eunhyuk)
      South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
      (Super Junior and Donghae & Eunhyuk)
1986 – Aiden McGeady, Scottish-Irish footballer
1986 – Alexander Tettey, Norwegian footballer
1987 – Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
1987 – Sami Khedira, German footballer
1987 – McDonald Mariga, Kenyan footballer
1987 – Cameron Maybin, American baseball player
1987 – Lauri Pedaja, Estonian actor
1987 – Marcos Vellidis, Greek footballer
1988 – Frank Fielding, English footballer
1989 – Vurnon Anita, Dutch footballer
1989 – Steven Finn, English cricketer
1989 – Chris Herd, Australian footballer
1989 – Spencer Scott, American porn actress and model
1990 – Yūki Mihara, Japanese model
1991 – Jack Cooley, American basketball player
1991:  Jacquelyn Jablonski, American model
1991 – Yui Koike, Japanese model and actress
1991 – Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer
1991 – Marlon Stöckinger, Filipino race car driver
1992 – Lucy May Barker, English actress and singer
1992 – Christina Metaxa, Cypriot singer-songwriter
1992:  Alexa Nikolas, American actress
1993:  Daniela Bobadilla  [Mexican-born Canadian actress]
1993 – Samir Carruthers, English footballer
1993 – Frank Kaminsky, American basketball player
1994 – Shunsuke Nishikawa, Japanese actor
1994 – Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer and actress (Berryz Kobo, Guardians 4, and v-u-den)
1996 – Austin Mahone, American singer-songwriter and actor
1999 – Miki Nishino, Japanese singer, dancer, and actress (AKB48)


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Bud Boger
Kelsey Ryan


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Anniversaries

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Deaths

VIP

1841 – William Henry Harrison  (b. 1773)
      American general and politician, 9th President of the United States

Notable

397 – Ambrose, Roman archbishop and saint (b. 338)
636 – Isidore of Seville, Spanish archbishop and saint (b. 560)
814 – Plato of Sakkoudion, Byzantine monk and saint (b. 735)
896 – Pope Formosus (b. 816)
968 – Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab general and poet (b. 932)
1284 – Alfonso X of Castile (b. 1221)
1292 – Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227)
1406 – Robert III of Scotland (b.1337)
1536 – Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)
1588 – Frederick II of Denmark (b. 1534)
1596 – Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b. 1533)
1609 – Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1526)
1617 – John Napier, Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1550)
1643 – Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1583)
1661 – Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish field marshal (b. 1580)
1701 – Joseph Haines, English actor, singer, and dancer
1743 – Daniel Neal, English historian and author (b. 1678)
1761 – Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter (b. 1722)
1766 – John Taylor, English librarian and scholar (b. 1704)
1774 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1728)
1792 – James Sykes, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
1807 – Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer and academic (b. 1732)
1817 – André Masséna, French general (b. 1758)
1846 – Solomon Sibley  (b. 1769)
      American lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit
1861 – John McLean  (b. 1785)
      American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General
1863 – Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
1864 – Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American commander and paleontologist (b. 1808)
1870 – Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)
1874 – Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
1875 – Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (b. 1837)
1878 – Richard M. Brewer, American criminal (b. 1850)
1879 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist and meteorologist (b. 1803)
1883 – Peter Cooper  (b. 1791)
      American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union
1890 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau  (b. 1820)
      Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec
1890 – Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (b. 1812)
1912 – Charles Brantley Aycock  (b. 1859)
      American lawyer and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina
1912 – Isaac K. Funk  (b. 1839)
      American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls
1919 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
1919 – Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1908)
1923 – John Venn  (b. 1834)
      English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram
1929 – Karl Benz  (b. 1844)
      German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz
1931 – André Michelin  (b. 1853)
      French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company
1932 – Wilhelm Ostwald  (b. 1853)
      Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (b. 1842)
1951 – George Albert Smith  (b. 1870)
      American religious leader
      8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1953 – Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
1957 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (b. 1909)
1958 – Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925)
1961 – Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912)
1961 – Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
1962 – James Hanratty, English murderer (b. 1936)
1967 – Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
1967 – Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
1968 – Martin Luther King Jr.  (b. 1929)
      American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1970 – Byron Foulger, American actor (b. 1899)
1972 – Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., American pastor and politician (b. 1908)
1972 – Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and academic (b. 1902)
1976 – Harry Nyquist, Swedish engineer and theorist (b. 1889)
1977 – Andrey Dikiy  (b. 1893)
      Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician
1979 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto  (b. 1928)
      Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan
1979 – Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
1980 – Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
1983 – Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1899)
1983 – Bernard Vukas (b. 1927)
      Croatian football player, played for 1953 FIFA's "Rest of the World"
            team against England at Wembley
1984 – Oleg Antonov  (b. 1906)
      Russian-Ukrainian engineer and businessman, founded Antonov
1985 – Kate Roberts, Welsh author and activist (b. 1891)
1987 – C. L. Moore, American author and academic (b. 1911)
1987 – Chögyam Trungpa, Tibetan guru, poet, and scholar (b. 1939)
1987 – Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1911)
1988 – Zlatko Grgić  (b. 1931)
      Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter
1991 – Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920)
1991 – Max Frisch, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1911)
1991 – H. John Heinz III, American soldier and politician (b. 1938)
1991 – Graham Ingels, American illustrator (b. 1915)
1992 – Yvette Brind'Amour, Canadian actress and director (b. 1918)
1992 – Jack Hamilton, Australian footballer (b. 1928)
1992 – Arthur Russell, American singer-songwriter and cellist (b. 1951)
1993 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American game designer, invented Scrabble (b. 1899)
1993 – Douglas Leopold, Canadian radio and television host (b. 1947)
1995 – Kenny Everett, English radio and television host (b. 1944)
1995 – Priscilla Lane, American actress (b. 1915)
1996 – Barney Ewell, American runner and long jumper (b. 1918)
1996 – Boone Guyton, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1913)
1996 – Thomas J. Hageboeck, American actor (b. 1945)
1997 – Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (b. 1900)
1997 – Alparslan Türkeş  (b. 1917)
      Turkish colonel and politician, 39th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
1999 – Faith Domergue, American actress (b. 1924)
1999 – Bob Peck, English actor (b. 1945)
1999 – Early Wynn, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1920)
2001 – Liisi Oterma, Finnish astronomer (b. 1915)
2001 – Ed Roth, American illustrator and engineer (b. 1932)
2001 – Maury Van Vliet, American-Canadian academic (b. 1913)
2003 – Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
2003 – Adalberto Martínez, Mexican actor (b. 1916)
2004 – Briek Schotte, Belgian cyclist and coach (b. 1919)
2005 – Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1924)
2007 – Bob Clark, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2007 – Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)
2008 – Francis Tucker, South African race car driver (b. 1923)
2009 – Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (b. 1983)
2011 – Scott Columbus, American drummer (Manowar) (b. 1956)
2011 – Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, and activist (b. 1958)
2012 – Muhammad Afrizal, Indonesian boxer (b. 1983)
2012 – A. Dean Byrd, American psychologist and academic (b. 1948)
2012 – Anne Karin Elstad, Norwegian author and educator (b. 1938)
2012 – Claude Miller, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2012 – Dubravko Pavličić, Croatian footballer (b. 1967)
2012 – Roberto Rexach Benítez  (b. 1929)
      American-Puerto Rican academic and politician
      10th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
2013 – Bengt Blomgren, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2013 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2013 – Carmine Infantino, American illustrator (b. 1925)
2013 – Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch (b. 1907)
2013 – Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
2013 – Ian Walsh, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1933)
2013 – Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese author (b. 1972)
2014 – İsmet Atlı, Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1931)
2014 – Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (The Crusaders) (b. 1939)
2014 – Kumba Ialá, Bissau-Guinean soldier and politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1953)
2014 – Margo MacDonald Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1943)
2014 – Curtis Bill Pepper, American journalist and author (b. 1917)
2014 – Muhammad Qutb, Egyptian author and academic (b. 1919)
2015 – Jamaluddin Jarjis, Malaysian engineer and politician (b. 1951)
2015 – Elmer Lach, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
2015 – Donald N. Levine, American sociologist and academic (b. 1931)
2015 – Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (b. 1931)
2015:  Jenny Wallenda, German circus matriarch  (b. 1928)


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April 3 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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Notable

1529 – Michael Neander  (d. 1581)
      German mathematician and astronomer
1593 – George Herbert  (d. 1633)
      Welsh-English priest and poet
1639 – Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (d. 1682)
1643 – Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1690)
1682 – Valentin Rathgeber  (d. 1750)
      German organist and composer
1693 – George Edwards  (d. 1773)
      English ornithologist and entomologist
1715 – William Watson  (d. 1787)
      English physician, physicist, and botanist
1764 – John Abernethy  (d. 1831)
      English surgeon and anatomist
1769 – Christian Günther von Bernstorff  (d. 1835)
      Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat
1770 – Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (d. 1843)
1781 – Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (d. 1830)
1782 – Alexander Macomb, American general (d. 1841)
1783 – Washington Irving  (d. 1859)
      American historian and author
1791 – Anne Lister  (d.1840)
      English diarist, mountaineer, and traveller
1798 – Charles Wilkes  (d.1877)
      American admiral, geographer, and explorer
1806 – Ivan Kireyevsky  (d. 1856)
      Russian philosopher and critic
1807 – Jane Digby  (d. 1881)
     English wife of Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough
1814 – Lorenzo Snow  (d. 1901)
      American religious leader
      5th President, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1821 – Pelham Dale, English priest (d. 1892)
1822 – Edward Everett Hale  (d. 1909)
      American minister, historian, and author
1823 – George Derby  (d. 1861)
      American lieutenant and journalist
1823 – William M. "Boss" Tweed  (d. 1878)
     American politician
1826 – Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (d. 1900)
1837 – John Burroughs  (d. 1921)
      American botanist and author
1842 – Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (d. 1864)
1848 – Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and captain (d. 1879)
1858 – Jacob Gaudaur, Canadian rower (d. 1937)
1860 – Frederik van Eeden  (d. 1932)
      Dutch psychiatrist and author
1864 – Emil Kellenberger, Swiss target shooter (d. 1943)
1876 – Margaret Anglin  (d. 1958)
      Canadian actress, director, and producer
1876 – Tomáš Baťa  (d. 1932)
      Czech businessman, founded Bata Shoes
1880 – Otto Weininger  (d. 1903)
      Austrian philosopher and author
1881 – Alcide De Gasperi  (d. 1954)
      Italian journalist and politician
      30th Prime Minister of Italy
1882 – Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (d. 1952)
1883 – Ikki Kita, Japanese philosopher and author (d. 1937)
1885 – Allan Dwan  (d. 1981)
      Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1885 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1954)
1885 – Marie-Victorin Kirouac  (d. 1944)
      Canadian botanist and academic
1885 – St John Philby, English colonial and explorer (d. 1960)
1886 – Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (d. 1953)
1887 – Ōtori Tanigorō  (d. 1956)
      Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna
1887 – Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral (d. 1966)
1888 – Neville Cardus, English author and critic (d. 1975)
1888 – Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral (d. 1972)
1889 – Grigoraș Dinicu  (d. 1949)
      Romanian violinist and composer
1893 – Leslie Howard, English actor (d. 1943)
1893 – Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (d. 1945)
1894:  Dora Russell, Countess Russell  (d. 31 May 1986)
      British author, feminist and socialist campaigner
      2nd wife of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
1895 – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco  (d. 1968)
      Italian-American composer and educator
1895 – Zez Confrey, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
1897 – Joe Kirkwood Sr., Australian golfer (d. 1970)
1897 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (d. 1989)
1898 – George Jessel  (d. 1981)
      American actor, singer, and producer
1898 – Henry Luce  (d. 1967)
      American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine
1899 – David Jack, English footballer and manager (d. 1958)
1899 – Maria Redaelli, Italian super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1900 – Camille Chamoun  (d. 1987)
      Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon
1900 – Albert Walsh  (d. 1958)
      Canadian lawyer and politician
      1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
1904 – Sally Rand, American dancer (d. 1979)
1904 – Russel Wright, American furniture designer (d. 1976)
1905 – Robert Sink, American general (d. 1965)
1907 – Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (d. 1999)
1910 – Ted Hook, Australian public servant (d. 1990)
1911 – Nanette Bordeaux  (d. 1956)
      Canadian-American actress
1911 – Michael Woodruff  (d. 2001)
      English-Scottish surgeon and academic
1911 – Stanisława Walasiewicz  (d. 1980)
      Polish-American runner
1912:  Richard Asher  (d. 25 Apr 1969)
      British endocrinologist and haematologist
1912 – Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982)
1912 – Grigoris Lambrakis  (d. 1963)
      Greek physician and politician
1913 – Per Borten  (d. 2005)
      Norwegian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway
1914 – Ray Getliffe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1914 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (d. 2008)
1915 – Piet de Jong
      Dutch captain and politician
      Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1915 – İhsan Doğramacı  (d. 2010)
      Turkish physician and academic
1916 – Herb Caen, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
1916 – Cliff Gladwin, English cricketer (d. 1988)
1916 – Louis Guglielmi, Catalan composer (d. 1991)
1918 – Mary Anderson, American actress (d. 2014)
1918 – Louis Applebaum  (d. 2000)
      Canadian composer and conductor
1919 – Ervin Drake  (d. 2015)
      American songwriter and composer
1919 – Clairette Oddera  (d. 2008)
      French-Canadian actress and singer
1920 – John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian war criminal (d. 2012)
1920 – Stan Freeman  (d. 2001)
      American composer and conductor
1920 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke  (d. 1977)
      Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna
1921 – Robert Karvelas, American actor (d. 1991)
1921 – Jan Sterling, American actress (d. 2004)
1922 – Yevhen Bulanchyk, Ukrainian hurdler (d. 1996)
1922:  Doris Day  (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff)
      American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist
1923 – Daniel Hoffman, American poet and academic (d. 2013)
1924 – Marlon Brando  (d. 1 Jul 2004)
      American actor and director
1924 – Peter Hawkins, English actor (d. 2006)
1924 – Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (d. 1945)
1925 – Tony Benn  (d. 2014)
      English pilot and politician
      Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1926 – Timothy Bateson, English actor (d. 2009)
1926 – Alex Grammas
      American baseball player, manager, and coach
1926 – Gus Grissom  (d. 1967)
      American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1927 – Wesley A. Brown  (d. 2012)
      American general and engineer
1928 – Don Gibson  (d. 2003)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1928 – Kevin Hagen, American actor (d. 2005)
1928 – Emmett Johns, Canadian priest, founded Dans la Rue
1928 – Earl Lloyd  (d. 2015)
      American basketball player and coach
1928 – Jennifer Paterson  (d. 1999)
      English chef and television personality
1929 – Fazlur Khan  (d. 1982)
      Bangladeshi engineer and architect
      co-designed the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center
1929 – Lee Leonard, American radio and television personality
1929 – Poul Schlüter
      Danish lawyer and politician
      37th Prime Minister of Denmark
1930 – Lawton Chiles  (d. 1998)
      American soldier, lawyer, and politician
      41st Governor of Florida
1930 – Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany
1930 – Mario Benjamín Menéndez  (d. 2015)
      Argentinian general and politician
1930 – Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach
1931 – William Bast, American screenwriter and author (d. 2015)

1931:  David Swift, English actor

1932:  George Stevens, Jr.

      American writer, author, playwright, director and producer

      founder of the American Film Institute

      creator of the AFI Life Achievement Award

      instigator/producer of the Kennedy Center Honors

      Co-Chairman, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities

1933 – Bob Dornan, American politician
1933 – Rod Funseth, American golfer (d. 1985)
1934 – Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist
1934 – Jim Parker, American football player (d. 2005)
1936:  Scott LaFaro  (d. 6 Jul 1961)
     American jazz double bassist
1936 – Jimmy McGriff  (d. 2008)
      American organist and bandleader
1936 – Harold Vick  (d. 1987)
      American saxophonist and flute player
1938 – Jeff Barry, American singer-songwriter, and producer
1938 – Phil Rodgers, American golfer
1939 – François de Roubaix, French composer (d. 1975)
1939 – Hawk Taylor  (d. 2012)
      American baseball player and coach
1939 – Paul Craig Roberts
      American economist and politician
1940 – Wolf Kahler, German actor
1941 – Jan Berry  (d. 2004)
      American singer-songwriter (Jan and Dean)
1941 – Carl Boenish  (d. 1984)
      American BASE jumper and cinematographer
1941:  Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast)
     German-American actor
1941 – Philippé Wynne
      American singer (The Spinners) (d. 1984)
1942:  Adi Burjorji Godrej
      Indian industrialist and businessman
1942 – Marsha Mason, American actress
1942 – Wayne Newton, American singer
1942:  Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (d. 2005)
1942 – Billy Joe Royal
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1943 – Mario Lavista, Mexican composer
1943 – Jonathan Lynn, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1943 – Richard Manuel  (d. 1986)
      Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
      (The Band and The Revols)
1944 – Peter Colman, Australian biologist and academic
1944 – Tony Orlando
      American singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
1945 – Doon Arbus, American author and journalist
1945 – Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1945 – Catherine Spaak, French actress
1946 – Dee Murray  (d. 1992)
      English bass player
      (Procol Harum, The Mirage, and Spencer Davis Group)
1946:  Marisa Paredes, Spanish actress
1946 – Hanna Suchocka
      Polish lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Poland
1946 – John Virgo, English snooker player and sportscaster
1947 – Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (d. 2013)
1947 – Pat Proft, American actor and screenwriter
1948 – Arlette Cousture, Canadian author and screenwriter
1948 – Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
      Dutch academic, politician, and diplomat
      11th Secretary General of NATO
1948 – Carlos Salinas de Gortari
      Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico
1949 – Lyle Alzado  (d. 1992)
      American football player and actor
1949 – A. C. Grayling, English philosopher and academic
1949 – Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, German footballer
1949 – Richard Thompson
      English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Fairport Convention and French Frith Kaiser Thompson)
1950 – Indrajit Coomaraswamy
      Sri Lankan cricketer and economist
1950 – Ray Lucia
      American financial planner, investment advisor,
      author, and radio and television host
1950 – Sally Thomsett, English actress
1950 – Leroy Wallace, Jamaican drummer
1951 – Brendan Barber, English trade union leader
1951 – Annette Dolphin, British academician and educator
1951:  Danny Padilla, American bodybuilder
1951 – Mitch Woods, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1952 – Mike Moore, American lawyer and politician
1953 – Sandra Boynton, American author and illustrator
1953 – Wakanohana Kanji II
      Japanese sumo wrestler, the 56th Yokozuna
1953 – Craig Taubman
      American singer-songwriter and producer
1954 – Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
1954 – K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politician
1955 – Hariharan, Indian singer (Colonial Cousins)
1955 – John Mooney, American singer and bass player
1956:  Ray Combs  (d. 1996)
     American comedian, actor, and game show host

1956:  Luis Miguel González (bka Miguel Bosé)

      Panamanian-born Spanish singer and actor

1956 – Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician
1956 – Boris Miljković, Serbian director and producer
1956 – Tessa Souter, English-American singer-songwriter
1957:  Julia Hills, English actress
1957:  Michalis Rakintzis, Greek singer-songwriter
1958 – Alec Baldwin, American actor and producer
1958:  Vanna Bonta  (d. 8 Jul 2014)
      Italian-American writer, actress, and inventor
1958 – Francesca Woodman, American photographer (d. 1981)
1959 – David Hyde Pierce, American actor and activist
1960 – Arjen Anthony Lucassen
      Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Ayreon, Star One, Ambeon, and Guilt Machine)
1960 – Marie Denise Pelletier, Canadian singer
1960 – Lesley Sharp, English actress
1961 – Eddie Murphy
      American actor, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Dave Miley, American baseball player and manager
1962 – Mike Ness
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Social Distortion)

1962:  Jaya Prada, Indian actress and politician

1962:  Jennifer Rubin, American actress and model

1963 – Les Davidson, Australian rugby league player
1963 – Criss Oliva  (d. 1993)
      American guitarist and songwriter (Savatage)
1963 – Tsuyoshi Sekito
      Japanese guitarist and songwriter (The Black Mages)
1964 – Nigel Farage, English politician
1964 – Claire Perry, English banker and politician
1964 – Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist and manager
1964 – Andy Robinson, English rugby player and coach

1965:  Angela Featherstone, Canadian actress

1965:  Julie Anne Haddock, American actress

1965:  Nazia Hassan, Pakistani singer (d. 2000)

1966 – John de Vries, Australian race car driver

1966:  Lambis Livieratos, Greek singer

1966:  Michael Mittermeier, German comedian and actor

1966 – Miina Tominaga, Japanese voice actress and entertainer
1967 – Cat Cora, American chef and author
1967 – Pervis Ellison, American basketball player
1967 – Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Cristi Puiu, Romanian director and screenwriter
1967 – Mark Skaife
      Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1968 – Sebastian Bach
      Bahamian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
1968 – Charlotte Coleman, English actress (d. 2001)
1968 – Jamie Hewlett, English author and illustrator
1968 – Tomoaki Kanemoto, Japanese baseball player
1968:  Kevin Little, American sprinter
1969 – Rodney Hampton, American football player
1969 – Peter Matera, Australian footballer and coach
1969:  Ben Mendelsohn, Australian actor
1969 – Lance Storm, Canadian wrestler and trainer
1969 – Seiichi Tanabe, Japanese actor
1971 – Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvian footballer and manager
1971 – Emmanuel Collard, French race car driver
1971 – Picabo Street, American skier
1972 – Jennie Garth, American actress and director
1972 – Catherine McCormack, English actress
1972 – Sandrine Testud, French tennis player
1973:  Jamie Bamber, English actor
1973 – Prabhu Deva, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
1973:  Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor
1973 – Nilesh Kulkarni, Indian cricketer
1973 – Yo Oizumi, Japanese television personality and actor
1973 – Adam Scott, American actor, director, and producer
1974 – Marcus Brown, American basketball player
1974:  Mounir el-Motassadeq, Moroccan terrorist
1974 – Drew Shirley, American guitarist and songwriter
      (Switchfoot and All Together Separate)
1974 – Lee Williams, Welsh model and actor
1975 – Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player
1975 – Michael Olowokandi
      Nigerian-American basketball player
1975 – Aries Spears, American comedian and actor
1975 – Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese baseball player
1975 – Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball player
1976 – Nicolas Escude, French tennis player

1976:  Park Si-hoo, South Korean actor

1977:  Véronique De Kock
      Belgian model, Miss Belgium 1995

1977:  Alice Lowe, English actress and screenwriter

1977:  Birgit Minichmayr, Austrian actress and singer

1977:  Chael Sonnen, American mixed martial artist
1977:  Bruce Edward Washington, Jr. (bka Hussein Fatal)
      American rapper

1978 – Matthew Goode, English actor
1978 – Tommy Haas, German-American tennis player
1978 – John Smit, South African rugby player
1979 – Grégoire, French singer-songwriter
1979 – Simon Black, Australian footballer and coach
1980 – Andrei Lodis, Belarusian footballer
1981 – Aaron Bertram
      American trumpet player (Suburban Legends)
1981 – DeShawn Stevenson, American basketball player
1982 – Jared Allen, American football player

1982 – Sofia Boutella, Algerian-American actress and dancer

1982 – Jesse Csincsak, American snowboarder

      founder of JSAK Snowboarding
1982 – Iain Fyfe, Australian footballer
1982 – Kasumi Nakane, Japanese model and actress
1982 – Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress
1983 – Ben Foster, English footballer
1983 – Jarek Kasar (bka Chalice), Estonian singer
1983 – Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Jonathan Blondel, Belgian footballer
1984:  Chrissie Fit, American actress and singer
1984 – Maxi López, Argentinian footballer
1985 – Jari-Matti Latvala, Finnish race car driver
1985 – Leona Lewis, English singer-songwriter and producer
1986 – Amanda Bynes, American actress
1986 – Stephanie Cox, American soccer player
1986 – Annalisa Cucinotta, Italian cyclist

1986:  Stephanie Cox, American soccer player

1986:  Jerry Messing, American actor

1986:  Coleen Rooney, English television host

1986 – Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer
1987 – Jay Bruce, American baseball player
1987 – Park Jung-min
      South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (SS501)
1987 – Jason Kipnis, American baseball player
1987 – Martyn Rooney, English sprinter
1987 – Julie Sokolow
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1987 – Benjamin Stone, English actor

1987 – Sal Zizzo, American soccer player

1988 – Kam Chancellor, American football player
1988 – Brandon Graham, American football player
1988 – Peter Hartley, English footballer
1988 – Tim Krul, Dutch footballer
1989 – Romain Alessandrini, French footballer

1989:  Matija Duh, Slovenian motorcycle racer  (d. 3 Feb 2013)

1989:  Israel Folau, Australian rugby union footballer

1989:  Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer

1989:  Gian Carlos, Filipino actor

1990 – Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
1990 – Madison Brengle, American tennis player
1990 – Sotiris Ninis, Greek footballer
1991 – Stanislav Engovatov, Russian footballer
1991 – Hayley Kiyoko
      American actress and singer (The Stunners)
1992 – Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer
1992 – Mina Ōba
      Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and SKE48)
1992 – Gaku Sano, Japanese actor
1992 – Nana Yamada, Japanese singer and actress (NMB48)
1992 – Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
1993 – Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer
1994 – Dylann Roof
      suspected perpetrator of Charleston mass shooting
1996 – Jackson Bond, American actor
1996 – Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player
2001 – Sophie Delezio, Australian medical patient


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963 – William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)
1203 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1196)
1287 – Pope Honorius IV (b. 1210)
1350 – Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)
1606 – Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy  (b. 1563)
      English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1680 – Shivaji, Indian emperor, founded the Maratha Empire (b. 1630)
1682 – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1618)
1691 – Jean Petitot, French-Swiss painter (b. 1608)
1695 – Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. 1636)
1717 – Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician and academic (b. 1640)
1728 – James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (b. 1662)
1792 – George Pocock, English admiral (b. 1706)
1804 – Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest, historian, and author (b. 1727)
1827 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (b. 1756)
1838 – François Carlo Antommarchi, French physician and author (b. 1780)
1844 – Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
1846 – William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
1849 – Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
1868 – Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
1882 – Jesse James, American criminal (b. 1847)
1897 – Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
1901 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
1902 – Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)
1930 – Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)
1936 – Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
1941 – Tachiyama Mineemon  (b. 1877)
      Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna
1941 – Pál Teleki  (b. 1879)
      Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary
1943 – Conrad Veidt, German actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
1946 – Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
1950 – Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
1950 – Carter G. Woodson  (b. 1875)
      American historian, author, and journalist
      founded Black History Month
1951 – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
1952 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
1957 – Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)
1958 – Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
1962 – Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)
1971 – Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
1972 – Ferde Grofé, American pianist and composer (b. 1892)
1975 – Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933)
1976 – David M. Dennison, American physicist and academic (b. 1900)
1976 – Claude-Henri Grignon, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1894)
1978 – Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1903)
1978 – Winston Sharples, American composer (b. 1909)
1981 – Juan Trippe  (b. 1899)
      American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways
1982 – Warren Oates, American actor (b. 1928)
1983 – Jimmy Bloomfield, English footballer and manager (b. 1934)
1986 – Peter Pears, English tenor and educator (b. 1910)
1987 – Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
1988 – Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (b. 1907)
1990 – Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b. 1924)
1991 – Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (b. 1901)
1991 – Graham Greene, English author, playwright, and critic (b. 1904)
1993 – Pinky Lee, American television host (b. 1907)
1994 – Frank Wells, American businessman (b. 1932)
1995 – Alfred J. Billes  (b. 1902)
      Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire
1996 – Ron Brown  (b. 1941)
      American captain and politician
      30th United States Secretary of Commerce
1998 – Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
1999 – Lionel Bart, English composer (b. 1930)
1999 – Geoffrey Walsh, Canadian general (b. 1909)
2000 – Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (b. 1946)

2004 – Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (b. 1942)

2005 – Saud Hamoud 'Abid al-Qatini al-'Otaibi  (b. 1971)

      Saudi Arabian terrorist

2005 – Tony Croatto  (b. 1940)
      Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Los TNT and Haciendo Punto en Otro Son)
2005 – Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (b. 1933)
2005 – François Gérin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
2007 – Nina Wang, Chinese businesswoman (b. 1937)
2008 – Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
2012 – Mingote, Spanish cartoonist and journalist (b. 1919)
2012 – Arduino Bertoldo, Italian bishop (b. 1932)
2012 – Richard Descoings, French civil servant (b. 1958)
2012 – Efraím Basílio Krevey, Ukrainian bishop (b. 1928)
2012 – Govind Narain, Indian politician, 8th Governor of Karnataka (b. 1917)
2012 – Xenia Stad-de Jong, Dutch sprinter (b. 1922)
2012 – Chief Jay Strongbow, American wrestler (b. 1928)
2012 – José María Zárraga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1930)
2013 – Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (b. 1930)

2013 – Mazharul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1980)

2013 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala  (b. 1927)
      German-American author and screenwriter
2013 – Harry Zephaniah Johnson (bka Harry J)  (b. 1945)
      Jamaican record producer
2014 – Prince Michael of Prussia (b. 1940)
2014 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1935)
2014 – Fred Kida, American illustrator (b. 1920)
2014 – Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1936)
2014 – Tommy Lynn Sells, American serial killer (b. 1964)
2014 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith  (b. 1921)
      American guitarist, fiddler, and composer
2015 – Sarah Brady, American activist and author (b. 1942)
      widow of White House Press Secretary James Brady
2015 – Robert Louis "Bob" Burns Jr.  (b. 24 Nov 1950)
      American drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
2015 – Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1913)
2015 – Kayahan, Turkish pop music singer-songwriter (b. 1949)


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742 – Charlemagne, Frankish king (d. 814)
1348 – Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)
1545 – Elisabeth of Valois (d. 1568)
1565 – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
1614 – Dodo, Chinese prince (d. 1649)
1614 – Jahanara Begum, Indian daughter of Shah Jahan (d. 1681)
1618 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
1647 – Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (d. 1717)
1653 – Prince George of Denmark (d. 1708)
1719 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
1725 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (d. 4 Jun 1798)
1788 – Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author (d. 1862)
1788 – Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (d. 1848)
1789 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (d. 1871)
1792 – Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (d. 1840)
1798 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic (d. 1874)
1805 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author and poet (d. 1875)
1807:  Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, British colonial administrator  (d. 19 Jun 1886)
1814 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
1827 – William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter (d. 1910)
1835 – Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (d. 1907)
1838 – Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (d. 1882)
1840 – Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist (d. 29 Sep 1902)
1841 – Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (d. 1926)
1844:  George Haven Putnam, American soldier, publisher, and author  (d. 27 Feb 1930)
1861 – Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author (d. 1935)
1862 – Nicholas Murray Butler  (d. 7 Dec 1947)
      American philosopher, diplomat, and educator
      1931 Nobel Peace Prize
1867 – Eugen Sandow, German-English bodybuilder (d. 1925)
1869 – Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
1875 – Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (d. 1940)
1875 – William Donne, English cricketer and captain (d. 1942)
1884 – J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian (d. 1958)
1891 – Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1957)
1891 – Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 1976)
1896 – Johnny Golden, American golfer (d. 1936)
1898 – Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician (d. 1990)
1900 – Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
1900 – Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
1900 – Alfred Strange, English footballer (d. 1978)
1902 – Jan Tschichold, German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (d. 1974)
1903 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1987)
1906 – Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator (d. 1970)
1907 – Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower (d. 1985)
1907 – Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1908 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
1910 – Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1980)
1910 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium (d. 2002)
1914 – Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
1915:  Al Barlick, American baseball umpire  (d. 27 Dec 1995)
1917 – Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. 2007)
1917 – Lou Monte, American singer (d. 1989)
1919 – Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier (d. 1981)
1920 – Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (d. 2004)
1920 – Jack Stokes, English animator and director (d. 2013)
1920 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1922 – John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (d. 2015)
1923 – Clifford Scott Green, American sergeant and judge (d. 2007)
1923 – Gloria Henry, American actress
1923 – Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2015)
1923 – G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author
1924 – Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (d. 2004)
1925 – George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1925 – Hard Boiled Haggerty, American wrestler and actor (d. 2004)
1925 – Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (d. 1987)
1926 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (d. 2014)
1926 – Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (d. 2006)
1927 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier (d. 2012)
1927 – Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (d. 2014)
1927 – Rita Gam, American actress (d. 2016)
1927 – Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1927 – Ken Sansom, American actor and voice artist (d. 2012)
1927 – Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic (d. 1980)
1928 – Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
1928 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (d. 1991)
1928 – Roy Masters, English-American radio host
1928 – David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic (d. 2004)
1929 – Ed Dorn, American poet and educator (d. 1999)
1930 – Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor
1930 – Yelizaveta Yermolayeva, Russian runner
1931 – Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower (d. 1986)
1932 – Edward Michael Egan, American cardinal (d. 5 Mar 2015)
1933 – György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author
1934 – Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2007)
1934 – Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (d. 1997)
1934 – Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host
1935 – Sharon Acker, Canadian actress
1936 – Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer
1936 – Cynthia Lynn, American actress (d. 2014)
1937 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1937 – Denis Tuohy, Northern Irish television journalist
1938 – John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
1938 – Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1961)
1938 – Al Weis, American baseball player
1939 – Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (The Moonglows) (d. 1984)
1939 – Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
1939 – Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1940:  Foster Friess, American investment manager and political philanthropist
1940 – Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach
1940 – Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (d. 1981)
1940 – Penelope Keith, English actress
1941 – Dr. Demento, American radio host
1942 – Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1942 – Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
1942 – Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor
1943 – Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1943 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (d. 2007)
1943 – Larry Coryell, American guitarist (The Free Spirits and The Eleventh House)
1943 – Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor
1944 – Bill Malinchak, American football player
1945 – Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter (Les Humphries Singers)
1945 – Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver
1945 – Linda Hunt, American actress
1945 – Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
1945 – Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster
1945 – Anne Waldman, American poet
1946:  Roger Altman, American investment banker and politician
1946 – Richard Collinge, New Zealand cricketer
1946 – David Heyes, English politician
1946 – Judith Ann Lanzinger, American jurist
1946 – Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (d. 2014)
1946 – Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
1947 – Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer-songwriter
1947 – Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Camille Paglia, American author and critic
1948 – Roald Als, Danish author and illustrator
1948 – Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (d. 2012)
1948 – Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author
1948:  Jennifer Rowe, Australian author
1948 – Joan D. Vinge, American author
1949 – Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host
1949 – Bernd Müller, German footballer
1949 – Ron Palillo, American actor (d. 2012)
1949 – Pamela Reed, American actress
1949 – David Robinson, American drummer (The Modern Lovers, DMZ, and The Cars)
1950 – Lynn Westmoreland, American politician
1951 – Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
1951 – Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist
1952 – Lennart Fagerlund, Swedish cyclist
1952 – Will Hoy, English race car driver (d. 2002)
1952 – Thierry Le Luron, French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
1952 – Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
1953 – Jim Allister, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
1953 – James Vance, American author and playwright
1954 – Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer
1954 – Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese singer-songwriter (P-Model)
1954 – Donald Petrie, American actor and director

1955:  Chellie Pingree

      U.S. Representative, D. ME, 2009-Incumbent

1955 – Michael Stone, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary
1957 – Caroline Dean, English biologist and academic
1957 – Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
1958 – Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player
1958 – Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach
1958 – Amelia Marshall, American actress
1959 – Badou "Zaki" Ezzaki, Moroccan footballer and manager
1959 – Gelindo Bordin, Italian runner
1959 – David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
1959 – Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
1959 – Steve Monarque, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1960 – Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter
1960 – Brad Jones, Australian race car driver
1960 – Lee Mi-sook, South Korean actress
1960 – Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist
1961 – Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
1961 – Christopher Meloni, American actor
1961 – Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter (Bananarama)
1962 – Pierre Carles, French director and producer
1962 – Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Clark Gregg, American actor
1963 – Karl Beattie, English director and producer
1963 – Mike Gascoyne, English engineer
1963 – Tim Hodge
      American voice actor, story artist, screenwriter, animator,
            comedian, and director
1963 – Michael Panes
      American actor, writer, singer, musician, and composer
1964 – Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach
1964 – Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler
1965 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (d. 2012)
1966 – Bill Romanowski, American football player and actor
1966 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer and coach
1966 – Garnett Silk (born Garnet Damion Smith)  (d. 9 Dec 1994)
      Jamaican reggae musician and Rastafarian
1967 – Lisa Ann Beley, Canadian voice actress
1967 – Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Smash Mouth)
1967 – Helen Chamberlain, English television host
1967 – Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter
      (Machine Head and Vio-lence)
1967 – Renée Estevez, American actress and screenwriter
1967 – Paul Edward Huston (bka Prince Paul), American DJ and producer
      (Gravediggaz, Stetsasonic, and Handsome Boy Modeling School)
1969 – Ajay Devgan, Indian actor, director, and producer
1971 – Alexander Duszat (bka Elton), German comedian and television host
1971 – Jason Lewry, English cricketer
1971 – Yousseph "Chico" Slimani, Welsh singer and actor
1971 – Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1971 – Hideyuki Yokoi (bka Zeebra), Japanese rapper (King Giddra)
1972 – Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler
1972 – Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer

1972 – Stephen Saux, American actor

1973 – Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer
1973 – Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress and singer-songwriter
1973 – Aleksejs Semjonovs, Latvian footballer
1974 – Håkan Hellström, Swedish singer (Broder Daniel)
1974 – Harold Hunter, American skateboarder and actor (d. 2006)
1974 – Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player
1975 – Randy Livingston, American basketball player
1975 – Pedro Pascal, Chilean-American actor
1975 – Adam Rodriguez, American actor and director
1975 – Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
1976 – Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
1976 – Geneva Cruz, Filipino singer and actress (Smokey Mountain)
1976 – Adam F. Goldberg, American television and film writer and producer
1976 – Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1976 – Aaron Lohr, American actor and singer
1976 – Daisuke Namikawa, Japanese voice actor
1976 – Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
1977 – Jelena Abbou, Serbian-American model and personal trainer
1977 – Per Elofsson, Swedish skier
1977 – Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer

1977 – Annett Louisan, German singer

1977 – Nicki Pedersen, Danish motorcycle racer

1977 – Hanno Pevkur, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
1977 – Marc Raquil, French sprinter
1977 – Aiden Turner, English actor
1978 – Nick Berg, American businessman (d. 2004)
1978 – John Gall, American baseball player
1978 – Scott Lynch, American author
1978:  Jaime Ray Newman, American actress and singer
1978 – Deon Richmond, American actor and producer
1978 – Ethan Smith, American actor, director, and producer
1979 – Lindy Booth, Canadian-American actress
1979 – Jesse Carmichael, American keyboard player (Maroon 5)
1979 – Stian Westerhus, Norwegian guitarist (Puma)
1980 – Adam Fleming, Scottish journalist
1980 – Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter
1980 – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (d. 2004)
1980 – Wairangi Koopu, New Zealand rugby league player
1980 – Cristian Lizzori, Italian footballer
1980 – Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
1981 – Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
1981 – Bethany Joy (Lenz) Galeotti
      American actress, singer-songwriter, and filmmaker
1981:  Kapil Sharma, Indian stand-up comedian, actor, TV host, producer and singer
1982 – Marco Amelia, Italian footballer
1982 – Jeremy Bloom, American football player and skier
1982 – Bianca Chatfield, Australian netball player
1982 – Jack Evans, American wrestler
1982 – David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player
1982 – Leyla Milani, Canadian model and actress
1982 – Jenny Ryan, British quizzer
1983 – Félix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
1983 – Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
1983 – Owen Fussey, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Yung Joc, American rapper
1983 – Maksym Mazuryk, Ukrainian pole vaulter
1984 – Engin Atsür, Turkish basketball player
1984 – Nóra Barta, Hungarian diver
1984 – Jérémy Morel, French footballer

1984 – Ashley Peldon, American actress

1984 – Shawn Roberts, Canadian actor

1985 – Barry Corr, Irish footballer
1985 – Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
1985 – Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
1986 – Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
1986 – Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball player
1986 – Lee DeWyze, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 – Fadil El Ghoul (bka R3hab), Dutch DJ and producer of Moroccan origin
1986 – Drew Van Acker, American actor
1987 – Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
1987 – Marc Pugh, English footballer
1988 – Ellen Adarna, Filipino model and actress

1988 – Francesca Catalano, American actress

1988 – Jesse Plemons, American actor
1989 – Midhun Jith, Indian martial artist
1989 – Christina Masterson, Filipino-American actress and singer
1990:  Rachel Brosnahan, American actress
1990 – Amy Castle, American actress
1990 – Felipe Chalegre, Brazilian footballer
1990 – Roscoe Dash, American rapper
1990 – Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
1990 – Leho Pent, Estonian weightlifter
1990 – Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
1991 – Luke Jones, Australian rugby player
1991 – Paulina Schippers, Guatemalan tennis player
1993 – Aaron Kelly, American singer
1993 – Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
1995 – Abdou Nef, Algerian footballer (d. 2013)


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872 – Muflih al-Turki, Turkish general
1118 – Baldwin I of Jerusalem (b. 1058)
1272 – Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence (b. 1209)
1335 – Henry of Bohemia (b. 1265)
1412 – Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish explorer and author
1502 – Arthur, Prince of Wales (b. 1486)
1507 – Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
1640 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (b. 1595)
1657 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
1657 – Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
1672 – Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (b. 1654)
1720 – Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1647)
1742 – James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
1747 – Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
1754 – Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
1787 – Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
1791 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
1801 – Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
1803 – Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
1817 – Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
1827 – Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
1845 – Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)
1865 – A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825)
1872 – Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (b. 1791)
1891 – Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
1891 – Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1823)
1894 – Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
1896 – Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
1914 – Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
1917 – Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
1923 – Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
1928 – Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
1930 – Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
1933 – Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
1936 – Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
1948 – Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
1953 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
1958 – Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor (b. 1892)
1958 – Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (b. 1900)
1965 – Nils Kihlberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director (b. 1915)
1966 – C. S. Forester, Egyptian-American author (b. 1899)
1972 – Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
1972 – Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
1972 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)
1974 – Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
1977 – Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)
1987 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
1989 – Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
1990 – Ted Hook, Australian public servant (b. 1910)
1992 – Juan Gómez González (bka Juanito), Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)
1992 – Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor, producer, and martial artist (b. 1929)
1994 – Betty Furness, American actress and journalist (b. 1916)
1995 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1995 – Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (b. 1904)
1997 – Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)
1998 – Rob Pilatus, American singer and dancer (Milli Vanilli and Rob & Fab) (b. 1965)
2000 – Tommaso Buscetta, Italian-American mobster (b. 1928)
2001 – Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)
2001 – Jennifer Syme, American actress and production assistant (b. 1972)
2002 – Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)
2002 – John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
2003 – Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
2004 – John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1913)
2005 – Betty Bolton, English actress (b. 1906)
2005 – Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
2006 – Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925)
2006 – Bernard Seigal, American guitarist and critic (The Beat Farmers) (b. 1957)
2007 – Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (b. 1910)
2007 – Paul Reed, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
2008 – Paul Arden, English author (b. 1940)
2008 – Ray Poole, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
2008 – Yakup Satar, Turkish soldier (b. 1898)
2009 – Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (b. 1911)
2009 – Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (The L.A. Four) (b. 1926)
2010 – Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1937)
2010 – Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)
2010 – Thomas J. Moyer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1939)
2011 – John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)
2012 – Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (b. 1959)
2012 – Warren Bonython, Australian explorer, author, and engineer (b. 1916)
2012 – Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (b. 1915)
2012 – Allie Clark, American baseball player and politician (b. 1923)
2012 – Mauricio Lasansky, American graphic designer and academic (b. 1914)
2012 – Jimmy Little, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1937)
2013 – Frédéric Othon Théodore Aristidès (bka Fred), French author and illustrator (b. 1931)
2013 – Chuck Fairbanks, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
2013 – Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930)
2013 – Jane Henson, American puppeteer and voice actress (b. 1934)
2013 – Duke Kimbrough McCall, American pastor and activist (b. 1914)
2013 – Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (b. 1926)
2013 – Benjamin Purcell, American colonel and politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Maria Redaelli, Italian super-centenarian (b. 1899)
2014 – Al Bolton, American soldier and meteorologist (b. 1925)
2014 – Harris Goldsmith, American pianist, educator, and critic (b. 1937)
2014 – Lyndsie Holland, English actress and singer (b. 1939)
2014 – Lucy Hood, American businesswoman, founded Fox Mobile Entertainment (b. 1957)
2014 – Glyn Jones, South African actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2014 – Miloš Mikeln, Slovene director and playwright (b. 1930)
2014 – Carl Epting Mundy, Jr., American general (b. 1935)

2014 – Unnikrishnan Puthur, Indian author (b. 1933)

2014 – David Werdyger, Polish-American singer (b. 1919)

2014 – Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1938)
2015 – Per Vilhelm Brüel, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1915)
2015 – Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
2015 – Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (b. 16 Sep 1926)
2015 – Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (b. 1954)


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