April 7 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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April 7 in history

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1330 – John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English nobleman (d. 1352)
1506 – Francis Xavier  (d. 1552)
      Spanish missionary and saint, co-founded the Society of Jesus
1539 – Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (d. 1584)
1613 – Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
1644 – François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (d. 1730)
1648 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby  (d. 1721)
      English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council
1652 – Pope Clement XII (d. 1740)
1713 – Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1801)
1718 – Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (d. 1800)
1727 – Michel Adanson  (d. 1806)
      French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist
1763 – Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (d. 1846)
1770 – William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850)
1772 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author (d. 1837)
1775:  Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman  (d. 10 Aug 1817)
1780 – William Ellery Channing  (d. 1842)
      American preacher and theologian
1803 – James Curtiss  (d. 1859)
      American journalist and politician, 11th Mayor of Chicago
1803 – Flora Tristan, French author and activist (d. 1844)
1811 – Hasan Tahsini  (d. 1881)
      Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher
1848 – Randall Davidson, Scottish archbishop (d. 1930)
1853 – Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, (d. 1884)
1859 – Walter Camp, American football player and coach (d. 1925)
1860 – Will Keith Kellogg  (d. 1951)
      American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company
1867 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (d. 1953)
1870 – Gustav Landauer, German theorist and activist (d. 1919)
1871 – Epifanio de los Santos  (d. 1927)
      Filipino jurist, historian, and scholar
1873 – John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
1874 – Frederick Carl Frieseke, German-American painter (d. 1939)
1876 – Fay Moulton  (d. 1945)
      American sprinter, football player, coach, and lawyer
1881:  Daisy Ashford, English writer  (d. 15 Jan 1972)
1882 – Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricketer (d. 1971)
1882 – Kurt von Schleicher  (d. 1934)
      German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany
1883 – Gino Severini, Italian-French painter and author (d. 1966)
1884 – Clement Smoot, American golfer (d. 1963)
1886 – Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and soldier (d. 1971)
1889 – Gabriela Mistral  (d. 1957)
      Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate
1890 – Paul Berth, Danish footballer (d. 1969)
1890 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas  (d. 1998)
      American journalist and activist
1891 – Ole Kirk Christiansen  (d. 1958)
      Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group
1891:  Sir David Low, British political cartoonist  (d. 19 Sep 1963)
1893 – Allen Dulles  (d. 1969)
      American lawyer and diplomat
      5th Director of Central Intelligence
1894:  Gerald Brenan, British writer and historian  (d. 19 Jan 1987)
1895 – John Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1942)
1895 – Margarete Schön, German actress (d. 1985)
1896 – Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis (d. 1974)
1897 – Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1918)
1897 – Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host (d. 1972)
1899 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (d. 1972)
1900 – Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor (d. 1975)
1900 – Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (d. 1984)
1902 – Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (d. 1941)
1903 – M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1965)
1903 – Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (d. 1984)
1904 – Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician (d. 1996)
1907:  Violette Leduc, French author  (d. 28 May 1972)
1908 – Percy Faith  (d. 1976)
      Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader
1909 – Robert Charroux, French author and critic (d. 1978)
1909 – Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower (d. 1994)
1911 – Hervé Bazin, French author and poet (d. 1996)
1912:  Harry Hay, American activist  (d. 12 Oct 2002)
1913 – Louise Currie, American actress (d. 2013)
1913 – Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician (d. 2007)
1914 – Ralph Flanagan  (d. 1995)
      American pianist, composer, and conductor
1915 – Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1915 – Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1959)
1915 – Henry Kuttner, American author (d. 1958)
1916 – Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
1917 – R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (d. 2012)
1918 – Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach
1919 – Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1919 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (d. 2012)
1920 – Ravi Shankar  (d. 2012)
      Indian-American sitar player and composer
1921 – Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)
1922 – Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer (d. 2003)
1924 – Johannes Mario Simmel  (d. 2009)
      Austrian-English author and screenwriter
1925 – Roy Amara, American scientific researcher (d. 2007)
1925 – Chaturanan Mishra  (d. 2011)
      Indian trade union leader and politician
1925 – Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)
1926 – Prem Nazir, Indian actor (d. 1989)
1927 – Babatunde Olatunji  (d. 2003)
      Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist
1927 – Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper
1928 – James Garner  (d. 19 Jul 2014)
      American actor, singer, and producer
1928 – Alan J. Pakula  (d. 1998)
      American director, producer, and screenwriter
1928 – James White, Northern Irish author and educator (d. 1999)
1929 – Bob Denard, French soldier (d. 2007)
1929 – Joe Gallo, American gangster (d. 1972)
1930 – Jane Priestman, English interior designer
1930 – Yves Rocher  (d. 2009)
      French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher Company
1930 – Andrew Sachs, German-English actor and screenwriter
1930 – Roger Vergé, French chef and restaurateur (d. 2015)
1931 – Donald Barthelme  (d. 1989)
      American short story writer and novelist
1931 – Daniel Ellsberg, American theorist and author
1931:  Ted Kotcheff, Canadian director
1932 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1933 – Wayne Rogers, American actor, investor, and producer (d. 2015)
1933 – Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (d. 2004)
1934 – Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (d. 2007)
1935 – Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1935 – Hodding Carter III, American journalist and politician
      Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
1937 – Cynthia Lynn, Latvian-American actress (d. 2014)
1937 – Charlie Thomas, American R&B singer (The Drifters)
1938 – Jerry Brown, American lawyer and politician
      34th and 39th Governor of California
1938 – Spencer Dryden  (d. 2005)
      American drummer (Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple
            Sage, The Dinosaurs, and The Peanut Butter Conspiracy)
1938 – Freddie Hubbard  (d. 2008)
      American trumpet player and composer
1938 – Iris Johansen, American author
1939 – Francis Ford Coppola
      American director, producer, and screenwriter
1939 – David Frost  (d. 2013)
      English journalist and game show host
1939 – Gary Kellgren  (d. 1977)
      American record producer, co-founded Record Plant
1939 – Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (d. 1992)
1939 – Vaçe Zela, Albanian-Swiss singer and guitarist (d. 2014)
1940:  Paul Arden  (d. 2 Apr 2008)
      British advertising executive and author
1940 – Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician
      1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
1941 – James Di Pasquale, American composer
1941 – Peter Fluck, English puppet maker and illustrator
1941 – Cornelia Frances
      English-Australian actress and game show host
1941 – Gorden Kaye, English actor
1941 – Tord Magnuson, Swedish businessman
1941 – Jack Westelman (bka Danny Wells)  (d. 28 Nov 2013)
      Canadian-American actor
1942 – Nam Gi-nam, South Korean director and screenwriter
1942 – Ravi Kapoor (bka Jeetendra), Indian actor and producer
1943 – Mick Abrahams, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig)
1943 – Dennis Amiss, English cricketer and manager
1943 – Chris White
      English songwriter and bass player (The Zombies)
            and songwriter and producer (Argent)
1944 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (d. 2002)
1944 – Gerhard Schröder
      German lawyer and politician, 7th Chancellor of Germany
1944 – Bill Stoneman, American baseball player and manager
1945:  Robert A. "Bob" Brady
      U.S. Representative, D. PA, 1998-Incumbent
1945 – Gerry Cottle, English businessman
1945 – Marilyn Friedman, American philosopher and academic
1945 – Magnús Þór Jónsson (bka Megas), Icelandic singer-songwriter
1945 – Martyn Lewis, Welsh journalist and author
1945 – Joël Robuchon, French chef and author
1945 – Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1945 – Hans van Hemert, Dutch songwriter and producer
1946 – Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player
1946 – Colette Besson, French runner and educator (d. 2005)
1946 – Herménégilde Chiasson
      Canadian poet, playwright, and politician
      29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
1946:  Léon Krier, Luxembourger architect
1946:  Robert Metcalfe, American electrical engineer
      co-invented Ethernet
1946 – Stan Winston
      American special effects designer and makeup artist (d. 2008)
1947 – Patricia Bennett, American singer (The Chiffons)
1947 – Florian Schneider
      German singer and drummer (Kraftwerk and Organisation)
1947 – Eliseo Soriano, Filipino minister and television host
1947 – Michèle Torr, French singer and author
1948 – Carol Douglas, American singer
1948 – John Oates
     American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer (Hall & Oates)
1948 – Arnie Robinson, American long jumper
1949 – Luca Cumani, Italian horse trainer
1949 – Mitch Daniels
      American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana
1949:  Valentina Matviyenko, Russian politician
1950 – Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary
1951 – Bruce Gary, American drummer (The Knack) (d. 2006)
1951 – Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic
1952 – Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete
1952:  C. Robert Kehler, American Air Force general
1952 – Clarke Peters (born Peter Clarke), American actor and singer
1952 – Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
1953 – Fatih Erkoç, Turkish singer-songwriter
1953 – Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic
1954 – Jackie Chan
      Hong Kong actor, martial artist, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Tony Dorsett, American football player
1955 – Tim Cochran  (d. 2014)
      American mathematician and academic
1955:  Grace Hightower De Niro
      American philanthropist, socialite, actress, and singer
1955 – Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist
1955 – Werner Stocker, German actor (d. 1993)
1956 – Annika Billström
      Swedish businessman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm
1956 – Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author
1956 – Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete
1957 – Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor
1958 – Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect
1960 – Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor
1960 – Sandy Powell, English costume designer
1961 – Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor
1961 – Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
1961 – Brigitte van der Burg
      Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician
1962 – Jon Cruddas, English lawyer and politician
1962 – Andrew Hampsten, American cyclist
1962 – Hugh O'Connor, American actor (d. 1995)
1962:  Alain Robert, French climber
1963 – Jaime de Marichalar, Spanish businessman
      former husband of Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
1963 – Nick Herbert
      English businessman and politician, Minister for Policing
1963 – Dave Johnson, American decathlete and educator
1963 – Paul Michael Robinson
     American model, actor, and photographer
1964 – Jace Alexander, American actor and director
1964 – Russell Crowe
      New Zealand-Australian actor, singer, director and producer
      (30 Odd Foot of Grunts)
1964 – Steve Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Bill Bellamy, American comedian, actor, and producer
1965 – Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer
1965 – Nenad Vučinić
      Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach
1966 – Richard Gomez, Filipino actor and politician
1966 – Gary Wilkinson, English snooker player
1967 – Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter
1967 – Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player
1968 – Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer and sportscaster
1968 – Jennifer Lynch
      American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Vasiliy Sokov, Russian triple jumper
1969 – Ricky Watters, American football player
1970 – Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist and educator
1971 – Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)
1971 – Victor Kraatz, German-Canadian figure skater
1971 – Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American journalist and actress
1972 – Shingo Katsurayama, Japanese actor
1972 – Tim Peake, British astronaut
1973 – Marco Delvecchio, Italian footballer
1973 – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
      Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence
1973 – Carole Montillet, French skier
1973 – Christian O'Connell, British radio DJ and presenter
1973 – Ève Salvail, French-Canadian model and actress
1973 – Brett Tomko, American baseball player
1974 – Nathan Baesel, American actor
1974 – Tygo Gernandt, Dutch actor
1975 – Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
      (The Knife and Honey Is Cool)
1975 – Ronde Barber, American football player and sportscaster
1975 – Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist
1975 – Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
1975:  Heather Burns, American actress
1975 – John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Skillet)
1975 – Jeremy Taggart, Canadian drummer and songwriter (Our Lady Peace)
1975 – Simon Woolford, Auistralian rugby league player
1976 – Kevin Alejandro, American actor and producer
1976 – Martin Buß, German high jumper
1976 – Jessica Lee, English lawyer and politician
1976 – Barbara Jane Reams, American actress
1976:  Eric Wareheim
      American actor, comedian, writer, director and musician
1978 – Jo Appleby, English soprano (Amici Forever)
1978 – Duncan James, English singer-songwriter and actor (Blue)
1978 – Lilia Osterloh, American tennis player
1979 – Adrián Beltré, Dominican-American baseball player
1979 – Patrick Crayton, American football player
1979 – Pascal Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Robert Jozinović, Australian actor
1979 – Danny Sandoval, Venezuelan-American baseball player
1979 – Zbych Trofimiuk, Polish-Australian actor
1980 – Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin footballer
1980 – David Otunga, American wrestler, actor, and lawyer
1980 – Tetsuji Tamayama, Japanese actor
1981 – Hitoe Arakaki, Japanese singer (Speed)
1981 – Alex Lanipekun, English actor
1981 – Vanessa Olivarez, American singer-songwriter, and actress
1981 – Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian golfer
1981 – Kelli Young, English singer (Liberty X)
1982 – Silvana Arias, Peruvian actress
1982 – Sonjay Dutt, American wrestler
1982 – Soledad Fandiño, Argentinian actress
1983 – Kyle Labine, Canadian actor
1983 – Franck Ribéry, French footballer
1983 – Jon Stead, English footballer
1983 – Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider
1983 – Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player
1984 – Norman D. Golden II, American actor
1984 – Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese singer (Speed)
1985 – KC Concepcion, Filipino actress and singer
1985 – Ariela Massotti, Brazilian actress
1985 – Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician
1986 – Brooke Brodack, American comedian
1986 – Andi Fraggs, English singer-songwriter and producer
1986 – Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer
1987 – Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer
1987 – Jack Duarte, Mexican actor, singer, and guitarist (Eme 15)
1987 – Jaimee Kaire-Gataulu, New Zealand actress
1987 – Jack Johnson, American actor
1987 – Eelco Sintnicolaas, Dutch decathlete
1988 – Antonio Piccolo, Italian footballer
1988 – Ed Speleers, English actor and producer
1988 – Sarah Walker, Australian actress
1989 – Alexa Demara, American model and actress  IMDb
1989 – Franco Di Santo, Argentinian footballer
1989 – Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player
1990 – Anna Bogomazova
      Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler
1990 – Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player
1990 – Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer
1991 – Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer
1992 – Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast
1992 – Alexis Jordan, American singer and actress
1992 – Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer
1993 – Irina Shtork, Estonian ice dancer
1994 – Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater
1994 – Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player
1997 – Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player

1999:  Conner Rayburn, American actor

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1913:  Elmo Ivan Tanneberg  (d. 31 Mar 1997)

1953:  Patty Davis

Courtey Conklin
Matthew Richard Coleman

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924 – Berengar I of Italy (b. 845)
1498 – Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)
1614 – El Greco, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1541)
1638 – Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyo (b. 1576)
1651 – Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603)
1658 – Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595)
1661 – Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet
      English commander and politician
1663 – Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583)
1668 – William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606)
1719 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle  (b. 1651)
      French priest and saint
      founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
1739 – Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)
1747 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)
1761 – Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)
1766 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
1767 – Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and director (b. 1715)
1782 – Taksin, Thai king (b. 1734)
1789 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)
1789 – Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (b. 1722)
1801 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author (b. 1724)
1804 – Toussaint Louverture, Haitian general (b. 1743)
1811 – Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)
1823 – Jacques Charles, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1746)
1833 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Lithuanian composer and politician (b. 1775)
1836 – William Godwin, English journalist and author (b. 1756)
1849 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros  (b. 1777)
      Argentinian priest and politician
1850 – William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
1858 – Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (b. 1781)
1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee  (b. 1825)
      Irish-Canadian journalist, activist, and politician
1885 – Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold  (b. 1804)
      German physiologist and zoologist
1889 – Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
1891 – P. T. Barnum  (b. 1810)
      American businessman and politician
      co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus
1917 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
1918 – David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
1918 – George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)
1920 – Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)
1928 – Alexander Bogdanov  (b. 1873)
      Russian physician, philosopher, and author
1932 – Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)
1938 – Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)
1939 – Joseph Lyons  (b. 1879)
      Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia
1943 – Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)
1943 – Alexandre Millerand  (b. 1859)
      French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France
1944 – Johann Gruber, Austrian priest (b. 1889)
1947 – Henry Ford  (b. 1863)
      American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company
1949 – John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
1950 – Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
1955 – Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
1956 – Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
1960 – Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)
1965 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
1966 – Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)
1968 – Edwin Baker  (b. 1893)
      Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
1968 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)
1972 – Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929)
1972 – Abeid Karume, Tanzanian politician, 1st President of Zanzibar (b. 1905)
1980 – Maria Michi, Italian actress (b. 1921)
1981 – Rajendra Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan civil servant and diplomat (b. 1915)
1981 – Kit Lambert, English record producer and manager (b. 1935)
1981 – Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1982 – Brenda Benet, American actress (b. 1945)
1982 – Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (b. 1948)
1984 – Frank Church, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1924)
1985 – Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (b. 1888)
1986 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist (b. 1912)
1990 – Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1933)
1992 – Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1903)
1992 – Antonis Tritsis  (b. 1937)
      Greek high jumper and politician, 71st Mayor of Athens
1994 – Lee Brilleaux  (b. 1952)
      English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dr. Feelgood)
1994 – Albert Guðmundsson  (b. 1923)
      Icelandic footballer, manager, and politician
1994 – Golo Mann, German historian and author (b. 1909)
1994 – Agathe Uwilingiyimana  (b. 1953)
      Rwandan chemist, academic, and politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda
1995 – Philip Jebb, English architect and politician (b. 1927)
1997 – Luis Aloma, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1923)
1997 – Georgy Shonin, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1935)
1998 – Alex Schomburg, Puerto Rican-American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)
1999 – Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1911)
2000 – Broery Pesulima (bka Broery), Indonesian singer (b. 1944)
2001 – David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
2001 – Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
2002 – John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
2003 – Cecile de Brunhoff, French pianist and author (b. 1903)
2003 – David Greene  (b. 1921)
      English-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
2004 – Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
2004 – Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)
2005 – Cliff Allison, English race car driver (b. 1932)
2005 – Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
2005 – Bob Kennedy, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1920)
2005 – Melih Kibar, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1951)
2007 – Johnny Hart, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
2007 – Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
2008 – Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (b. 1915)
2008 – Mark Speight, English television host (b. 1965)
2009 – Dave Arneson  (b. 1947)
      American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons
2011 – Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (b. 1922)
2012 – Steven Kanumba Tanzanian actor and director (b. 1984)
2012 – Satsue Mito, Japanese zoologist and academic (b. 1914)
2012 – Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Syrian cardinal (b. 1930)
2012 – David E. Pergrin, American colonel and engineer (b. 1917)
2012 – Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, Pakistani politician (b. 1959)
2012 – Dora Jessie Saint (bka Miss Read), English author and educator (b. 1913)
2012 – Mike Wallace, American journalist, actor, and game show host (b. 1918)
2013 – Marty Blake, American businessman (b. 1927)
2013 – Les Blank, American director and producer (b. 1935)
2013 – Andy Johns, English-American record producer (b. 1950)
2013 – Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (b. 1931)
2013 – Irma Ravinale, Italian composer and educator (b. 1937)
2013 – Mickey Rose, American screenwriter (b. 1935)
2013 – Carl Williams, American boxer (b. 1959)
2014 – George Dureau, American painter and photographer (b. 1930)
2014 – Peaches Geldof  (b. 1989)
      English journalist, television presenter and model
2014 – James Alexander Green  (b. 1926)
      American-English mathematician and academic
2014 – V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (b. 1923)
2014 – Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952)
2014 – John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (b. 1931)
2014 – George Shuffler  (b. 1925)
      American guitarist (The Bailey Brothers and the Happy Valley Boys)
2014 – Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927)
2014 – Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
2015 – Tim Babcock  (b. 1919)
      American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana
2015 – José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1981)
2015 – Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (b. 1926)
2015 – Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (b. 1983)
2015 – Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (b. 1935)


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1483 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria (d. 1649)
1651 – André Dacier, French scholar and academic (d. 1722)
1660 – Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (d. 1722)
1664 – Arvid Horn  (d. 1742)
      Swedish general and politician, Governor of Västerbotten County
1671 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (d. 1741)
1672 – André Cardinal Destouches, French composer (d. 1749)
1706 – Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and composer (d. 1759)
1708 – Johann Georg Reutter  (d. 11 Mar 1772)
     Austrian organist and composer
1725 – Pasquale Paoli, French soldier and politician (d. 1807)
1726 – Gerard Majella, Italian saint (d. 1755)
1741 – Nicolas Chamfort  (d. 13 Apr 1794)
     French author and playwright
1766 – Wilhelm von Kobell, German painter and educator (d. 1853)
1773 – James Mill  (d. 1836)
      Scottish historian, economist, and philosopher
1810 – Philip Henry Gosse, English biologist and academic (d. 1888)
1812 – Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (d. 1870)
1815 – Robert Volkmann  (d. 1883)
      German organist, composer, and conductor
1818 – Aasmund Olavsson Vinje  (d. 1870)
      Norwegian journalist and poet
1820 – Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (d. 1910)
1823:  Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney  (d. 1 Nov 1908)
      American educator and poet
1823 – Joseph Medill  (d. 1899)
      Canadian-American publisher and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago
1824 – George Waterhouse  (d. 1906)
      English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1826 – Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (d. 1898)
1851 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (d. 1932)
1852 – Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (d. 1921)
1855 – Charles Huot, Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1930)
1857 – Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (d. 1922)
1860 – René Lalique, French sculptor and jewellery designer (d. 1945)
1861 – Stanislas de Guaita, French poet and author (d. 1897)
1864 – William Bate Hardy, English biologist and academic (d. 1934)
1866 – Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (d. 1931)
1966:  Lincoln Steffens, American journalist  (d. 9 Aug 1936)
1869 – Levon Shant, Armenian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1951)
1878 – Erich Mühsam, German author, poet, and playwright (d. 1934)
1881 – Karl Staaf, Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower (d. 1953)
1882:  Rose Schneiderman  (d. 11 Aug 1972)
      Polish American labor union leader, socialist, and feminist
1884 – J. G. Parry-Thomas  (d. 1927)
      Welsh race car driver and engineer
1886 – Athenagoras I of Constantinople (d. 1972)
1886 – Walter Dandy  (d. 1946)
      American physician and neurosurgeon
1886 – Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler (d. 1967)
1888 – Hans Richter  (d. 1976)
      Swiss painter, illustrator, and director
1888 – Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (d. 1967)
1890 – Anthony Fokker  (d. 1939)
      Dutch engineer and businessman
      founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer
1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.  (d. 1981)
      American businessman
      founded the Douglas Aircraft Company
1892 – Lowell Thomas, American journalist and author (d. 1981)
1894 – Gertrude Baines, American super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1895 – Dudley Nichols  (d. 1960)
      American director, producer, and screenwriter
1898 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French painter and author (d. 1920)
1900 – Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter (d. 1984)
1901 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist (d. 1925)
1902 – Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
1903 – Mickey Cochrane  (d. 1962)
      American baseball player and manager
1903 – Harold Eugene Edgerton  (d. 1990)
      American engineer and academic
1903;  Charles R. Jackson, American author  (d. 21 Sep 1968)
1904 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger  (d. 1988)
      German lawyer and politician, 3rd Chancellor of Germany
1907;  Richard Murdoch  (d. 9 Oct 1990)
       British actor and entertainer
1904 – Erwin Komenda  (d. 1966)
      Austrian car designer and engineer
1908 – Marcel-Marie Desmarais  (d. 1994)
      Canadian preacher, missionary, and author
1909 – William M. Branham  (d. 1965)
      American minister and theologian
1909 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987)
1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen  (d. 1979)
      German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1913 – Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune  (d. 1993)
      American geographer and academic
1915 – Tadeusz Kantor  (d. 1990)
      Polish director, painter, and set designer
1916 – Phil Leeds, American actor (d. 1998)
1916 – Vincent Ellis McKelvey  (d. 1987)
      American geologist and author
1917 – Leonora Carrington  (d. 2011)
      English-Mexican painter and author
1918 – Alfredo Ovando Candía  (d. 1982)
      Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia
1918 – Walter Horton, American harmonica player (d. 1981)
1919 – Georgios Mylonas  (d. 1998)
      Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture
1920 – Jack Cover  (d. 2009)
      American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser gun
1920 – Edmond H. Fischer
      Chinese-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1921 – Wilbur Thompson, American shot putter (d. 2013)
1922 – Gordon Chater, English-Australian comedian and actor (d. 1999)
1923 – Herb Thomas, American race car driver (d. 2000)
1923 – Than Tun, Burmese historian (d. 2005)
1926 – Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor (d. 1990)
1926 – Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
1926 – Ian Paisley  (d. 2014)
      Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician
      2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland
1926 – Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer
1927 – Gerry Mulligan  (d. 1996)
      American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
1928 – Joi Lansing  (d. 1972)
      American model, actress and nightclub singer
1928 – James Watson
      American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Willis Hall, English playwright and author (d. 2005)
1929 – André Previn, American pianist, composer, and conductor
1930:  Alan Walker, English-Canadian musicologist and professor
1931 – Ram Dass, American author and educator
1931 – Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
1931 – Suchitra Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian actress (d. 2014)
1932 – Connie Broden, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
1932 – Helmut Griem, German actor and director (d. 2004)
1933 – Roy Goode, English lawyer and academic
1933 – Tom C. Korologos,  American journalist and diplomat,
      United States Ambassador to Belgium
1933 – Eduardo Malapit  (d. 2007)
      American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Kauai
1933 – Dudley Sutton, English actor
1934 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (d. 1996)
1934 – Anton Geesink, Dutch martial artist and wrestler (d. 2010)
1934 – Guy Peellaert  (d. 2008)
      Belgian painter, illustrator, and photographer
1935 – Douglas Hill, Canadian author and critic (d. 2007)
1936 – Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli painter and illustrator
1936 – Jean-Pierre Changeux
      French neuroscientist, biologist, and academic
1937 – Merle Haggard
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Strangers and The Buckaroos)
1937 – Terrence Hardiman, English actor
1937 – Peter Maivia, Samoan-American wrestler (d. 1982)
1937 – Tom Veivers, Australian cricketer and politician
1937 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor, singer, and writer
1938 – Paul Daniels, English magician and television host (d. 2016)
1938 – Roy Thinnes, American actor
1939:  Sheila Nevins, American producer
1939 – André Ouellet, Canadian lawyer and politician
      1st Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939 – John Sculley
      American businessman, co-founded Zeta Interactive
1940 – Homero Aridjis, Mexican journalist, author, and poet
1940 – Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.
      Mexican-American actor and producer (d. 2011)
1940:  Anne Campbell. English politician
1941 – Christopher Allsopp, English economist and academic
1941 – Phil Austin
      American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1941 – Hans W. Geißendörfer, German director and producer
1941 – Don Prudhomme, American race car driver and manager
1941 – Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian flute player and composer
1942 – Barry Levinson
      American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1943 – Max Clifford, English journalist and publicist
1943 – Roger Cook, New Zealand-English journalist and academic
1943 – Ian MacRae, New Zealand rugby player
1943 – Mitchell Melton, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1944 – Anita Pallenberg
      Italian-English model, actress, and fashion designer
1944 – Felicity Palmer, English operatic soprano
1945 – Rodney Bickerstaffe, English trade union leader
1945:  Neal Boortz, American author, attorney, and radio host
1945 – Peter Hill, English journalist
1946 – Paul Beresford, New Zealand-English dentist and politician
1947 – John Ratzenberger, American actor and director
1947 – André Weinfeld
      French-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Mike Worboys, English mathematician and computer scientist
1948 – Patrika Darbo, American actress
1949 – Alyson Bailes, English academic and diplomat
1949 – Patrick Hernandez, French singer-songwriter
1949 – Horst Ludwig Störmer
      German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1950 – Claire Morissette, Canadian cycling activist (d. 2007)
1950 – Cleo Odzer, American anthropologist and author (d. 2001)
1951 – Bert Blyleven
      Dutch-American baseball player and sportscaster
1951 – Jean-Marc Boivin  (d. 1990)
      French skier, mountaineer, and pilot
1951 – Pascal Rogé, French pianist
1951 – Phil Schaap, American jazz disc jockey and historian
1952:  Clayton M. Christensen
      American scholar, educator, author, business consultant,
            and religious leader
1952 – Udo Dirkschneider
      German singer-songwriter (Accept and U.D.O.)
1952 – Marilu Henner, American actress and author
1952 – Michel Larocque
      Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 1992)
1953 – Patrick Doyle, Scottish actor and composer
1953 – Christopher Franke
      German-American drummer and songwriter
      (Tangerine Dream and Agitation Free)
1953:  Andy Hertzfeld, American computer scientist
1955 – Morris Cummings (bka Blind Mississippi Morris)
      American singer and harmonica player
1955 – Rob Epstein, American director and producer
1955 – Keith Hunter Jesperson, Canadian-American serial killer
1955 – Cathy Jones, Canadian comedian and actor
1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor, director, and producer
1956 – Michele Bachmann, American lawyer and politician
1956 – Normand Corbeil, Canadian composer (d. 2013)
1956 – Mudassar Nazar, Pakistani cricketer
1956 – Lee Scott, English politician
1956 – Sebastian Spreng, Argentinian-American painter and journalist
1956 – Dilip Vengsarkar, Indian cricketer and coach
1957 – Giorgio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach
1957 – Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach
1957 – Jaroslava Maxová, Czech soprano and educator
1957 – Paolo Nespoli, Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut
1958 – Graeme Base, Australian author and illustrator
1959 – Gail Shea, Canadian politician
1959:  Mark Strickson, British producer
1960 – Adriana Altaras
     Croatian-German actress, director, and writer
1960 – Luc Collin (bka Batem), Congolese-Belgian illustrator
1960 – Warren Haynes
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, and The Dead)
1960 – John Pizzarelli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Rory Bremner, Scottish actor and screenwriter
1961 – Peter Jackson, English footballer and manager
1962 – Iris Häussler, German sculptor and academic
1962:  Steven Levitan, American director, screenwriter, and producer
1962 – Marco Schällibaum, Swiss footballer, coach, and manager
1963 – Rafael Correa
      Ecuadorian economist and politician, 54th President of Ecuador
1963 – Derrick May
      American electronic musician, Techno music pioneer
1963:  Jochen Zeitz, German businessman
1964 – Phil Gayle, English journalist
1964:  Tim Walz
      U.S.Representative, D. MN, 2007-Incumbent
1965 – Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
      (aka Black Francis, Frank Black)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pixies and Grand Duchy)
1965 – Sterling Sharpe, American football player and sportscaster
1965 – Lieve Slegers, Belgian runner
1966 – Vince Flynn, American author (d. 2013)
1966 – Young Man Kang, South Korean-American director and producer
1967 – Julian Anderson, English composer and educator
1967 – Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress and singer
1967 – Tanya Byron, English psychologist and academic
1967 – Jonathan Firth, English actor
1967 – Mika Koivuniemi, Finnish-American bowler
1968 – Archon Fung, American political scientist, author, and academic
1968 – Affonso Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver
1969 – Bret Boone, American baseball player and manager
1969 – Jack Canfora, American actor, singer, and playwright
1969 – Bison Dele, American basketball player (d. 2002)
1969 – Philipp Peter, Austrian race car driver
1969 – Paul Rudd, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Louie Spence, English dancer and choreographer
1969 – Spencer Wells, American geneticist and anthropologist
1970 – Olaf Kölzig
      South African-German ice hockey player and coach
1970 – Roy Mayorga
      American drummer, songwriter, and producer
      (Stone Sour, Black President, Amebix, and Nausea)
1970 – Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer
1971 – Lou Merloni, American baseball player and radio host
1971 – Sanjay Suri, Indian actor and producer
1972 – Scott Martin Brooks, American actor
1972 – Chad Eaton, American football player and coach
1972 – Jason Hervey, American actor and producer
1972 – Ami James, Israeli-American tattoo artist
1972 – Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish director and screenwriter
1972 – Dickey Simpkins
      American basketball player and sportscaster
1973 – Donnie Edwards, American football player
1973 – Randall Godfrey, American football player
1973 – Lori Heuring, American actress
1973 – Joseph Stokes (bka Joe Machine), English painter and poet
1973 – Rie Miyazawa, Japanese model and actress
1973 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer
1974 – Camilla Dallerup, Danish-English dancer and model
1974 – Érica García
     Argentinian-American singer-songwriter and actress (Fool's Gold)
1974 – Christopher Kindred (bka Flash Flanagan)
      American wrestler
1974 – Robert Kovač, Croatian footballer and coach
1974 – Jeff Tymoschuk, Canadian composer
1974 – Gina Yashere, English comedian and actor
1975 – Zach Braff
      American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1975 – Hal Gill, American ice hockey player
1975 – Sonia Lopes, Cape Verdean runner
1975 – Joel West, American actor
1976 – Candace Cameron Bure
      American actress and talk show panelist
1976 – James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1976 – Chris Hoke, American football player
1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic bass player (Sigur Rós)
1976 – Hirotada Ototake, Japanese author and educator
1977 – Ville Nieminen, Finnish ice hockey player
1977 – Andy Phillips, American baseball player and coach
1977 – Teddy Sears, American actor
1978 – Imani Coppola
      American singer-songwriter and violinist (Little Jackie)
1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster
1978 – Myleene Klass, English singer, pianist, and model (Hear'Say)
1978 – Martín Méndez, Uruguayan bass player and songwriter (Opeth)
1978 – Blaine Neal, American baseball player
1978 – Igor Semshov, Russian footballer
1978 – Kendra Todd, American real estate agent and author
1979 – Sam Atwell, Australian actor
1979 – Eilen Jewell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Lord Frederick Windsor, English journalist and financier
1980 – Matthew Carey, American actor
1980 – Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper
1980 – Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish skier
1981 – Eliza Coupe, American actress
1981 – Robert Earnshaw, Welsh footballer
1981 – Jeff Faine, American football player
1981 – Kari Jobe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Gateway Worship and Desperation Band)
1981 – Anastassia Morkovkina, Estonian footballer
1981 – Alex Suarez, American bass player
      (Cobra Starship and This Is Ivy League)
1982 – Alana Austin, American actress
1982 – Michael Guy Chislett
      Australian-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1982 – Hérculez Gómez, American soccer player
1982 – Bret Harrison, American actor and musician
1982 – Travis Moen, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor
1982 – Euclides Varela, Cape Verdean runner
1983 – Diora Baird, American model and actress
1983 – Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer
1983 – Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer
1983 – Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress
1983 – Jekaterina Patjuk, Estonian runner
1983 – Jade Seah, Singaporean model and actress
1983 – James Wade, English darts player
1983 – Katie Weatherston, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Max Bemis, American singer-songwriter (Say Anything,
      Two Tongues, and Max Bemis and the Painful Splits)
1984 – Michaël Ciani, French footballer
1984 – Siboniso Gaxa, South African footballer
1985 – Clarke MacArthur, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Frank Ongfiang, Cameroonian footballer
1985 – Sinqua Walls, American basketball player and actor
1986 – Nikolas Asprogenis, Cypriot footballer
1986 – Aaron Curry, American football player
1986 – Goeido Gotaro, Japanese sumo wrestler
1986 – Ryota Moriwaki, Japanese footballer
1986 – Tara Osseck, American model, Miss Missouri 2009
1987 – Benjamin Corgnet, French footballer
1987 – Heidi Mount, American model
1987 – Juan Adriel Ochoa, Mexican footballer
1987 – Levi Porter, English footballer
1987 – Hilary Rhoda, American model
1988 – Jucilei, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Leigh Adams, Australian footballer
1988 – Mike Bailey, English actor and singer
1988 – Melisa Cantiveros, Filipino actress
1988:  Francois Hougaard, South African rugby player
1988 – Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer
1988 – Carlton Mitchell, American football player
1988 – Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer
1988 – Ivonne Orsini
      Puerto Rican-American model and television host
      Miss World Puerto Rico 2008
1989 – Katie Griffiths, English actress
1989 – Renārs Rode, Latvian footballer
1989 – Rigard van Klooster, Dutch cyclist and speed skater
1990 – Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player
1990 – Charlie McDermott, American actor
1990 – Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer
1994 – Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor
1995 – Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player
1995 – Ryutaro Morimoto
      Japanese actor and singer (Hey! Say! JUMP)
1998 – Rina Katsuta, Japanese singer (S/mileage and Angerme)
1998 – Peyton List, American actress
1998 – Spencer List, American actor
1999 – Kwesi Boakye, American actor
2000 – CJ Adams, American actor


Family



Coulee City

Seth McGuckin
Cortney Senkler
Kraig Fuller
Anne Poe


Other




Anniversaries

Coulee City

Buzz & Patti Arney
Jim & Annette Baergen
Brad & Roberta Bigalk

Deaths

VIP



Notable

885 – Saint Methodius, Byzantine missionary and saint (b. 815)
1147 – Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)
1199 – Richard I of England (b. 1157)
1340 – Basil of Trebizond
1362 – James I, Count of La Marche (b. 1319)
1490 – Matthias Corvinus  (b. 1443)
      Romanian-Hungarian husband of Beatrice of Naples
1520 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)
1528 – Albrecht Dürer, German painter, engraver, and mathematician (b. 1471)
1551 – Joachim Vadian, Swiss scholar and politician (b. 1484)
1571 – John Hamilton, Scottish archbishop and academic (b. 1512)
1590 – Francis Walsingham  (b. 1532)
      English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1605 – John Stow, English historian and author (b. 1525)
1655 – David Blondel, French minister, historian, and scholar (b. 1591)
1676 – John Winthrop the Younger  (b. 1606)
      English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut
1686 – Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, Irish-English politician (b. 1614)
1707 – Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch-English painter (b. 1633)
1755 – Richard Rawlinson, English minister and historian (b. 1690)
1790 – Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
1825 – Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter and educator (b. 1757)
1829 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (b. 1802)
1833 – Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748)
1838 – José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763)
1860 – James Kirke Paulding  (b. 1778)
      American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy
1862 – Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)
1883 – Benjamin Wright Raymond  (b. 1801)
      American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago
1886 – William Edward Forster  (b. 1818)
      English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland
1899 – Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
1906 – Alexander Kielland  (b. 1849)
      Norwegian author, playwright, and politician
      6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal
1913 – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
1935 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
1947 – Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)
1950 – Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)
1953 – Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)
1959 – Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895)
1961 – Jules Bordet  (b. 1870)
      Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1963 – Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897)
1970 – Sam Sheppard, American wrestler and physician (b. 1923)
1970 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
1971 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882)
1974 – Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)
1974 – Hudson Fysh  (b. 1895)
      Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited
1977 – Kōichi Kido  (b. 1889)
      Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
1979 – Ivan Vasilyov  (b. 1893)
      Bulgarian architect, designed the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library
1984 – Ral Donner, American singer (b. 1943)
1992 – Isaac Asimov, American science fiction writer (b. 1920)
1994 – Juvénal Habyarimana  (b. 1937)
      Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda
1994 – Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (b. 1956)
1995 – Ioannis Alevras, Greek banker and politician, President of Greece (b. 1912)
1996 – Greer Garson, English-American actress (b. 1904)
1998 – Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (b. 1958)
1998 – Wendy O. Williams  (b. 1949)
      American singer-songwriter and actress (Plasmatics)
1998 – Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
1999 – Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1908)
2000 – Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician, 1st President of Tunisia (b. 1903)
2001 – Charles Pettigrew, American singer-songwriter (Charles & Eddie) (b. 1963)
2003 – David Bloom, American journalist (b. 1963)
2003 – Anita Borg  (b. 1949)
      American computer scientist
      founded Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
2003 – Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912)
2003 – Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist (b. 1927)
2004 – Lou Berberet, American baseball player (b. 1929)
2004 – Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (b. 1929)
2004 – Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (b. 1937)
2005 – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
2006 – Maggie Dixon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1977)
2006 – Francis L. Kellogg, American soldier and diplomat (b. 1917)
2006 – Stefanos Stratigos, Greek actor and director (b. 1926)
2007 – Luigi Comencini, Italian director and producer (b. 1916)
2009 – J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1919)
2009 – Shawn Mackay, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1982)
2010 – Wilma Mankiller, American tribal leader (b. 1945)
2010 – Corin Redgrave, English actor (b. 1939)
2011 – Sujatha, Indian actress (b. 1952)
2011 – Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani scholar (b. 1917)
2011 – Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (b. 1931)
2012 – Roland Guilbault, American admiral (b. 1934)
2012 – Thomas Kinkade, American painter and illustrator (b. 1958)
2012 – Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist and academic (b. 1936)
2012 – Michael Sands, American model, actor, and publicist (b. 1945)
2012 – Sheila Scotter, Australian fashion designer and journalist (b. 1920)
2012 – Reed Whittemore, American poet and critic (b. 1919)
2013 – Hilda Bynoe  (b. 1921)
      Grenadian physician and politician, 2nd Governor of Grenada
2013 – Bill Guttridge, English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2013 – Bigas Luna, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1946)
2013 – Michael Norgrove, English boxer (b. 1981)
2013 – Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist (b. 1928)
2013 – Ottmar Schreiner, German lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
2014 – Mary Anderson, American actress (b. 1918)
2014 – Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2014 – Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (b. 1922)
2014 – Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (b. 1928)
2014 – Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1920)
2014 – Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924)
2014 – Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (b. 1943)
2015 – Giovanni Berlinguer, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
2015 – James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 26 Jul 1926)
2015 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1918)
2015 – Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)


Family



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Other

April 5 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

____________

April 5 in history

____________

Birthdays

VIP

1816 – Samuel Freeman Miller  (d. 13 Oct 1890)
      American physician, lawyer, and jurist
      Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-1890
1937 – Colin Powell
      American general and politician
      65th United States Secretary of State, 2001-2005
      12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1989-1993
      16th National Security Advisor, 1987-1989


Notable

1170 – Isabella of Hainault (d. 1190)
1288 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)
1472 – Bianca Maria Sforza  (d. 1510)
      Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
1523 – Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer and diplomat (d. 1596)
1588 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 4 Dec 1679)
1595 – John Wilson, English composer and educator (d. 1674)
1604 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)
1622 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1703)
1649 – Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
1692 – Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)
1719 – Axel von Fersen the Elder  (d. 1794)
      Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord Marshal of Sweden
1727 – Pasquale Anfossi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1797)
1732 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and etcher (d. 1806)
1752 – Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker (d. 1831)
1761 – Sybil Ludington, heroine of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1839)
1769 – Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (d. 1839)
1780 – Benjamin Greene  (d. 1860)
      English brewer and businessman, founded Greene King Brewery
1784 – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1859)
1805 – Samuel Forde, Irish painter (d. 1828)
1827 – Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon and academic (d. 1912)
1832 – Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (d. 1893)
1834:  Frank R. Stockton, American writer and humorist (d. 20 Apr 1902)
1835 – Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (d. 1914)
1837 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 1909)
1839 – Robert Smalls, American pilot and politician (d. 1915)
1840 – Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (d. 1911)
1856 – Booker T. Washington, American author and educator (d. 15 Nov 1915)
1857 – Alexander of Battenberg (d. 1893)
1858 – Washington Atlee Burpee, Canadian businessman, founded Burpee Seeds (d. 1915)
1863 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1950)
1869 – Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1942)
1869 – Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937)
1871 – Mirko Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1912)
1872 – Samuel Cate Prescott, American microbiologist and chemist (d. 1962)
1875 – Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois (bka Mistinguett), French actress and singer (d. 1956)
1878 – Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (d. 1964)
1883 – Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1950)
1884 – Ion Inculeț, Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova (d. 1940)
1891 – Arnold Jackson, English runner, soldier, and lawyer (d. 1972)
1893 – Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)
1899 – Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic (d. 1964)
1899 – Elsie Thompson, American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1900 – Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (d. 1985)
1900 – Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1928)
1900 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (d. 1967)
1901:  Chester Bowles  (d. 25 May 1986)
      American diplomat and politician
      78th Governor of Connecticut, 1949-1951
      U.S. Representative, D. CT, 1959-1961
      U.S. Ambassador to India,1951-1953, 1963-1969
1901 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)
1902 – Wal Handley, English motorcycle road racer (d. 1941)
1902 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi (d. 1994)
1904 – Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (d. 2005)
1906 – Lord Buckley, American stage performer, recording artist and monologist (d. 1960)
1908 – Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)
1908 – Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (d. 2006)
1908:  Mary Welsh Hemingway  (d. 26 Nov 1986)
      American journalist and author
      4th wife and widow of Ernest Hemingway
1908 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1986)
1908 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1989)
1909 – Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (d. 1996)
1909 – Erwin Wegner, German hurdler (d. 1945)
1911:  Goddard Lieberson, American businessman
1911 – Johnny Revolta, American golfer (d. 1991)
1912 – Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997)
1912 – John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983)
1912 – István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979)
1912 – Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (d. 2001)
1916 – Albert Henry Ottenweller, American bishop (d. 2012)
1916 – Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (d. 2003)
1917 – Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)
1920 – Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)
1920 – Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian soldier and author (d. 2004)
1920 – Alfonso Thiele, Turkish-Italian race car driver (d. 1986)
1920 – Rafiq Zakaria, Indian cleric, scholar, and politician (d. 2005)
1922 – Tom Finney, English footballer (d. 2014)
1922 – Harry Freedman, Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (d. 2005)
1922 – Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (d. 2001)
1922 – Gale Storm, American actress and singer (d. 2009)
1923 – Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright (d. 1995)
1923:  Ernest Mandel, Belgian Marxist theorist  (d. 20 Jul 1995)
1923 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu  (d. 2001)
      Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam
1924:  Howard Hendricks, American seminary professor
1925 – Sadri Alışık, Turkish actor (d. 1995)
1926 – Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1926 – Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and colonel (d. 2014)
1928 – Fernand Dansereau, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1928 – Haldun Dormen, Turkish actor, director, and producer
1928 – Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992)
1929 – Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and painter (d. 2008)
1929 – Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (d. 2001)
1929 – Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (d. 1967)
1930 – Mary Costa, American actress and singer
1931 – Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1932 – Billy Bland, American singer-songwriter
1933 – Feridun Buğeker, Turkish footballer (d. 2014)
1933 – Larry Felser, American journalist (d. 2013)
1933 – Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)
1933 – Barbara Holland, American author (d. 2010)
1933 – K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (d. 1982)
1934 – John Carey, English author and critic
1934 – Roman Herzog, German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany
1934 – Moise Safra  (d. 2014)
      Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra
1934 – Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2000)
1935 – Peter Grant, English talent manager (d. 1995)
1935 – Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist and astronomer
1936 – John Kelly, PIRA volunteer and Sinn Féin politician (d. 2007)
1937 – Felicia Atkins, Australian model
1937 – Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and author
1938 – Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer
1938 – Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician
1938:  Marilyn Ferguson, American author
1938 – Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (d. 2014)
1939 – Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1939 – Ronald White, American singer-songwriter (The Miracles) (d. 1995)
1940 – Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1940 – Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host
1941 – Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor and singer
1941 – Dave Swarbrick
       English singer-songwriter and fiddler
      (Fairport Convention, Whippersnapper, and Swarb's Lazarus)
1942 – Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter (The Hollies)
1942 – Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter
1943 – Max Gail, American actor and director
1943 – Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer
1943 – Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal
1944 – Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1944:  Evan Parker, British musician
1944 – Pedro Rosselló
       Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico

1945 – Cem Karaca, Turkish singer and guitarist (d. 2004)

1945 – Tommy Smith, English footballer and manager

1946 – Jane Asher, English actress
1946 – Russell Davies, Welsh journalist and radio host
1946 – Björn Granath, Swedish actor
1946 – Takuro Yoshida, Japanese singer-songwriter
1947 – Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
      Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines
1947 – Virendra Sharma, Indian-English lawyer and politician
1948 – Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter
      (Judas Priest, Lionheart, Tytan, and Axis Point)
1948 – Dave Holland, English drummer
      (Judas Priest, Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, Finders Keepers, and Trapeze)
1949 – John Berg, American actor (d. 2007)
1949 – Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (d. 1986)
1950 – Harpo, Swedish singer-songwriter
1950 – Ann C. Crispin, American author (d. 2013)
1950 – Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (ABBA)
1950 – Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
1951 – Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler
1951 – Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.
1951 – Dave McArtney  (d. 2013)
      New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hello Sailor)
1951 – Bernie Ward, American radio host
1952 – John C. Dvorak, American author, editor and co-host of No Agenda podcast
1952 – Mitch Pileggi, American actor
1953 – John Buchanan, Australian cricketer and coach
1953 – Frank Gaffney, American journalist and radio host
1953 – Ian Swales, English accountant and politician
1954 – Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and radio host
1954 – Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wall of Voodoo and Drywall)
1954 – Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Nerves and The Plimsouls)
1955 – Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer, and screenwriter
1955:  Senapathy "Kris" Gopalakrishnan, Indian businessman
1955 – Anthony Horowitz, English author and screenwriter
1955 – Janice Long, English radio host
1955 – Akira Toriyama, Japanese illustrator
1956 – Suzi Leather, English civil servant
1956 – Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor

1956:  Reid Ribble
      U.S. Representative, R. WI, 2011-Incumbent

1957:  Katherine Harris
      U.S. Representative, R. FL, 2003-2007

1957 – Karin Roßley, German hurdler
1958 – Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player
1958:  Karl Lehenbauer, American businessman
1958 – Diana Nasution, Indonesian singer
1958 – Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (d. 2009)
1959 – Julius Drake, English pianist and educator
1960 – Asteris Koutoulas, Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author
1960 – Greg Mathis, American judge and television host
1960 – Larry McCray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 – Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1960 – Hiromi Taniguchi, Japanese runner
1961:  Andrea Arnold,  English filmmaker and actress
1961 – Lulu Carter, Swedish television host and author
1961 – Jim LeRoy, American pilot (d. 2007)
1962 – Prince Carl Christian of Hohenzollern
1962 – Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer (d. 2012)
1962 – Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (d. 2003)
1962 – Gord Donnelly, Canadian ice hockey player and scout

1962:  Dan Farmer, American computer scientist

1962:  Richard Gough, Scottish footballer

1962 – Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
      Kalmyk businessman and politician, 1st President of Kalmykia
1964 – Steve Beaton, English darts player
1964 – Erika Dobong'na (bka Princess Erika)
      French singer-songwriter and actress
1964 – Marius Lăcătuș, Romanian footballer and coach
1964 – Christopher Reid, American rapper and actor (Kid 'n Play)
1965 – Cris Carpenter, American baseball player and educator
1965 – Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager
1966:  Greg Fitzsimmons, American comedian
1966 – Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter
      (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season, and The Rockfords)
1967 – Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player and coach
1967 – Anu Garg, Indian-American journalist and author
1967 – Troy Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Montgomery Gentry)

1967:  Denise Juneau
      Montana State Superintendent of Public Instruction, D, 2009-Incumbent

1968 – Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1968 – Stewart Lee, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Ryan Birch, English martial artist (d. 2013)
1970 – Soheil Ayari, French race car driver
1970 – Thea Gill, Canadian actress
1970 – Krishnan Guru-Murthy, English journalist
1970 – Miho Hatori
      Japanese singer-songwriter (Cibo Matto, Smokey & Miho, and Butter 08)
1971 – Dong Abay, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yano)
1971 – Krista Allen, American actress
1971:  Charles Cumming, British writer
1971 – Philip Donoghue, British palaeontologist and academic
1971 – Ayako Nishikawa
      Japanese television personality, entertainer, comedian, and surgeon
1972 – Tim Coronel, Dutch race car driver
1972 – Pat Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Paul Okon, Australian footballer and manager
1972 – Waylon Payne, American singer-songwriter and actor
1972 – Duncan Spencer, English cricketer
1972 – Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director
1973 – Tony Banks, American football player and journalist
1973 – Élodie Bouchez, French-American actress
1973 – Brendan Cannon, Australian rugby player
1973 – Jason Done, English actor
1973 – Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball player (d. 2013)
1973 – Pharrell Williams
      American rapper, producer, and fashion designer
      (N.E.R.D, The Neptunes, and All City Chess Club)
1974 – Sheryl Cruz, Filipino actress and singer
1974 – Marcus Jones, English lawyer and politician
1974 – Daniel "Sahaj" Ticotin, American singer-songwriter and producer (Ra)
1974 – Uhm Tae-woong, South Korean actor
1974 – Vyacheslav Voronin, Russian high jumper
1975 – Sarah Baldock, English organist and conductor
1975 – John Hartson, Welsh footballer and coach
1975 – Jordan Michael Houston (bka Juicy J)
      American rapper and producer (Three 6 Mafia)
1975 – Caitlin Moran, English journalist, author, and critic
1975 – Shammond Williams, American basketball player and coach

1976 – Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian martial artist

1976 – Kim Collins, Nevisian sprinter

1976 – Ryan Drese, American baseball player
1976 – Ross Gload, American baseball player
1976 – Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
1976 – Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach
1976 – Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete
1977 – Stella Creasy, English psychologist and politician
1978 – Robert Glasper, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1978 – Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
1978 – Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
1979 – Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
1979 – Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese footballer
1979 – Benji Radach, American mixed martial artist and trainer
1979 – Dante Wesley, American football player
1980 – Matt Bonner, American basketball player
1980 – David Chocarro, Argentinian baseball player and actor
1980 – Mary Katharine Ham, American journalist and blogger
1980 – Lee Jae-won, South Korean actor and singer (H.O.T. and jtL)
1980 – Joris Mathijsen, Dutch footballer
1981 – Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player
1981:  Matthew Emmons, American sport shooter
1981 – Stefan Ludik, Namibian cricketer, actor, and singer
1981 – Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2006)
1981 – Tom Riley, English actor and producer
1982 – Hayley Atwell, English-American actress
1982 – Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
1982 – Kelly Pavlik, American boxer
1982 – Matt Pickens, American soccer player
1982 – Alexandre Prémat, French race car driver
1983 – Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer
1984 – Marshall Allman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1984 – David Dillehunt, American director, producer, and composer

1984 – Maartje Goderie, Dutch field hockey player

1984 – Yang Min-a (bka Shin Min-a), South Korean model and actress

1984 – Kisho Yano, Japanese footballer
1985 – Daniel Congré, French footballer
1985 – Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean model and actor (d. 2008)
1985 – Lastings Milledge, American baseball player

1986 – Anna Sophia Berglund, American model and actress
1986 – Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr (bka Charlotte), American wrestler

1987 – Max Grün, German footballer
1987 – Sergei Lepmets, Estonian footballer
1988 – Jon Kwang-ik, North Korean footballer
1988 – Asumi Nakada, Japanese voice actress and model
1988 – Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier
1988 – Alex Valentini, Italian footballer
1989 – Lily James, English actress
1990 – Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer
1990 – Sophia Papamichalopoulou, Greek Cypriot alpine skier
1992 – Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer (G.R.L.)
1993 – Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player
1996 – Nicolas Beer, Danish racing driver
1998 – Kaito Nakamura, Japanese actor and model
1999 – Sharlene San Pedro, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
1999 – Mio Yūki, Japanese actress, model, and entertainer

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517 – Timothy I of Constantinople
582 – Eutychius of Constantinople (b. 512)
902 – Al-Mu'tadid, Iraqi caliph (b. 960)
1168 – Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1104)
1419 – Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)
1605 – Adam Loftus  (b. 1513)
      English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
1617 – Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
1673 – François Caron  (b. 1600)
      Belgian-French explorer and politician, 8th Governor of Formosa
1693 – Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (b. 1627)
1695 – George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax  (b. 1633)
      English politician, Lord President of the Council
1697 – Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655)
1717 – Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
1735 – William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)
1735 – Samuel Wesley, English clergyman and poet (b. 1662)
1765 – Edward Young, English poet and author (b. 1683)
1794 – Georges Danton  (b. 1759)
      French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice
1794 – Camille Desmoulins, French journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1760)
1804 – Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (b. 1761)
1834 – Richard Goodwin Keats  (b. 1757)
      English admiral and politician, 40th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland
1864 – Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (b. 1797)
1900 – Joseph Louis François Bertrand  (b. 1822)
      French mathematician, economist, and academic
1923 – George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon  (b. 1866)
      English archaeologist and businessman
1928 – Roy Kilner, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1890)
1932 – Phar Lap, New Zealand race horse (b. 1926)
1936 – Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (b. 1884)
1940 – Charles Freer Andrews  (b. 1871)
      English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator
1941 – Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)
1943 – Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar (b. 1869)
1945 – Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)
1946 – Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)
1952 – Charles Collett, English engineer (b. 1871)
1964 – Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)
1966 – John Henry Starling, Australian public servant (b. 1883)
1967 – Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1891)
1967 – Hermann Joseph Muller  (b. 1890)
      American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1969 – Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian SS officer (b. 1903)
1969 – Shelby Storck, American journalist, actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)
1970 – Alfred Sturtevant, American geneticist and academic (b. 1891)
1972 – Brian Donlevy, American actor and producer (b. 1901)
1972 – Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
1972 – Robert Speck, Canadian politician, 1st Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1915)
1973 – John Coleman, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
1974 – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)
1975 – Chiang Kai-shek  (b. 1887)
      Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China
1976 – Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905)
1976 – Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (b. 1891)
1979 – Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and painter (b. 1893)
1981 – Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (Canned Heat) (b. 1945)
1982 – Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910)
1983 – Danny Rapp, American singer-songwriter (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)
1984 – Nikolai Matvejev, Estonian cyclist (b. 1923)
1987 – Jan Lindblad, Swedish journalist and photographer (b. 1932)
1989 – María Cristina Gómez, Salvadoran educator and activist (b. 1938)
1991 – Sonny Carter, American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (b. 1947)
1991 – John Tower, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1925)
1992 – Sam Walton  (b. 1918)
      American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club
1993 – Divya Bharti, Indian actress (b. 1974)
1994 – Kurt Cobain  (b. 1967)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nirvana and Fecal Matter)
1995 – Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and producer (b. 1913)
1996 – Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1997 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet and academic (b. 1926)
1998 – Cozy Powell  (b. 1947)
      English drummer (Black Sabbath Rainbow, The Jeff Beck Group,
            and Emerson, Lake & Powell)
1999 – Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician (b. 1919)
2000 – Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
2001 – Brother Theodore  (b. 1906)
      German-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
2002 – Layne Staley  (b. 1967)
      American singer-songwriter
      (Alice in Chains, Class of '99, Mad Season, and Alice N' Chains)
2004 – Sławomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (b. 1915)
2004 – Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)
2005 – Saul Bellow  (b. 1915)
      Canadian-American author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
2005 – Dale Messick, American author and illustrator (b. 1906)
2005 – Debralee Scott, American actress (b. 1953)
2005 – John Sichel, French-English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2005 – Neil Welliver, American painter (b. 1929)
2006 – Allan Kaprow, American painter and educator (b. 1927)
2006 – Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
2007 – Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1923)
2007 – Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (b. 1908)
2007 – Mark St. John, American guitarist (Kiss and White Tiger) (b. 1956)
2007 – Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (b. 1951)
2007 – Poornachandra Tejaswi, Indian ornithologist, author, and photographer (b. 1938)
2008 – Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and political activist (b. 1923)
2009 – Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and academic (b. 1946)
2012 – Joe Avezzano, American football player and coach (b. 1943)
2012 – Angelo Castro, Jr., Filipino journalist and actor (b. 1945)
2012 – Cynthia Dall, American singer and guitarist (b. 1971)
2012 – Jim Herr, American businessman, founded Herr's Snacks (b. 1924)
2012 – Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (b. 1923)
2012 – Gil Noble, American journalist and producer (b. 1932)
2012 – Peter Tapsell  (b. 1930)
      New Zealand surgeon and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Defence
2012 – Bingu wa Mutharika  (b. 1934)
      Malawian economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi
2013 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (b. 1921)
2013 – Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (b. 1946)
2013 – Piero de Palma, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924)
2013 – Dave Hunt, American radio host and author (b. 1926)
2013 – Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (b. 1946)
2013 – David Kuo, American journalist and author (b. 1968)
2013 – Nikolaos Pappas  (b. 1930)
      Greek admiral and politician, Greek Minister for Mercantile Marine
2014 – Willis Blair, Canadian politician (b. 1923)
2014 – Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920)
2014 – Peter Matthiessen, American CIA agent and author (b. 1927)
2014 – John Pinette, American comedian and actor (b. 1964)
2014 – Gordon Smith, Scottish footballer (b. 1954)
2014 – José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)
2015 – Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (b. 1949)
2015 – Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (b. 1936)
2015 – Richard Dysart, American actor (b. 1929)
2015 – Steve Rickard, New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1929)
2015 – Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (b. 1924)


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