January 17th
January 17 (in Austria and South Tyrol : January 17 ) is the 17th day of the Gregorian calendar , leaving 348 days (349 days in leap years) until the end of the year.
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events
politics and world affairs
- 395: After the death of Emperor Theodosius I , his sons Honorius and Arcadius divided the rule of the Roman Empire between themselves into west and east . Although the empire then formally continued to form an indivisible whole, the two halves of the empire subsequently developed apart.
- 1328: Louis IV. the Bavarian , advised by Marsilius of Padua , leaves himself because of his quarrel with John XXII. For the first time in the history of the Holy Roman Empire , he was crowned emperor not by the pope but by representatives of the Roman people.
- 1424: The six electors of the Holy Roman Empire form an alliance in the Bingen Kurverein in order to exercise greater influence on imperial politics.
- 1472: The Portuguese navigator João de Santarém reaches the equatorial island of São Antão, today's Príncipe .
- 1601: In the Treaty of Lyon , territorial adjustments are agreed between France and the Duchy of Savoy . The main point of contention between the two countries was the Margraviate of Saluzzo .
- 1626: A Swedish army under King Gustav II Adolf defeats a Polish army under the Grand Hetman of Lithuania , Lew Sapieha , at Wallhof in the Polish-Swedish War .
- 1641: Because the ice of the frozen Danube breaks, a surprise coup by Swedish-French troops led by Johan Banér and Jean Baptiste Budes de Guébriant on the city of Regensburg fails in the Thirty Years' War , where a Reichstag is held.
- 1642: In the battle on the Kempener Heide near Krefeld, French-Weimar-Hessian troops defeat an imperial-Cologne army. As a result, the northern Rhineland falls under Protestant occupation.
- 1656: Sweden enforces the Königsberg Treaty by troops that have advanced as far as Königsberg in the time of the Second Northern War of Brandenburg . Elector Friedrich Wilhelm accepts the Duchy of Prussia as a Swedish instead of a Polish fief .
- 1746: The rebellious Jacobites under Charles Edward Stuart defeat the English troops at the Battle of Falkirk in Scotland .
- 1757: After the opening of the Third Silesian War by Frederick the Great , the Reichstag in Regensburg decides to execute the Reich against Prussia . Austria tries to win France as a supporter of an offensive war, which succeeds in the later Treaty of Versailles .
- 1772: On suspicion of a conspiracy directed against the Danish King Christian VII , his wife Caroline Mathilde and her lover, the Danish Minister of State, Count Johann Friedrich Struensee , are arrested. The queen is taken to Kronborg Castle , Struensee to Copenhagen Castle .
- 1852: In the Sand River Convention , the Voortrekker and freedom fighter Andries Pretorius of Great Britain obtained the withdrawal of the bounty placed on him and the recognition of the independence of the Transvaal Boer Republic .
- 1871: The Battle of the Lisaine near the besieged Belfort sees Prussia and its allies as victors in the Franco-Prussian War . After two days, the strong French army was exhausted by sub-zero temperatures, insufficient supplies, resistance from the enemy and cautious action, and the army commanded by General Charles Denis Bourbaki was forced to retreat .
- 1885: At the Battle of Abu Klea , during the Mahdi Rebellion in Sudan , a British army under Herbert Stewart defeated the followers of the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad .
- 1893: A "Committee of Security" led by Sanford Dole overthrew Queen Liliʻuokalani and seized power in the Kingdom of Hawaii .
- 1899: The US annexes Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
- 1906: Armand Fallières becomes President of France .
- 1913: Raymond Poincaré is elected President of France .
- 1917: The United States buys the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $ 25 million .
- 1939: The eighth ordinance of the Reich Citizenship Law , one of the Nuremberg Race Laws that progressively stripped Jews of Nazi Germany of their civil rights, forbids them from working as dentists, pharmacists, or veterinarians.
- 1941: In the Franco-Thai War , the French Navy inflicts a heavy defeat on its opponent in the naval battle of Ko Chang .
- 1941: 35 miles northeast of the rocky island of Rockall in the North Atlantic, the unescorted British passenger ship Almeda Star is torpedoed and fired on by the German submarine U 96 . The steamer sinks within three minutes, all 360 passengers and crew are killed.
- 1944: One of the longest and most costly battles of the Second World War begins with the Battle of Monte Cassino on the Gustav Line near the historic monastery of Montecassino in Italy .
- 1945: Because of the advancing Red Army, the occupation under Richard Baer begins the evacuation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp .
- 1945: The Red Army conquers the almost deserted Warsaw during World War II .
- 1945: Raoul Wallenberg is arrested on suspicion of espionage in Budapest by order of the Soviet Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin .
- 1946: The United Nations Security Council holds its inaugural session in London .
- 1961: Patrice Lumumba , the first prime minister of the Congo , and two of his followers are assassinated in Katanga . The crime appears to have been approved by Belgium and the United States.
- 1968: In Cambodia , the Khmer Rouge begin their guerrilla warfare against the rulers under Prince Norodom Sihanouk .
- 1972: Bangladesh received its final state flag .
- 1986: After the war over the Agacher Strip , Mali and Burkina Faso sign a peace treaty in Yamoussoukro . The disputed border area is later divided between the two countries by a judgment of the International Court of Justice.
- 1988: Eduard Shevardnadze meets with Hans-Dietrich Genscher in Bonn to prepare for Mikhail Gorbachev 's visit .
- 1988: In East Berlin, demonstrators who quote Rosa Luxemburg with the slogan "Freedom is always the freedom of those who think differently" are arrested on the fringes of an official demonstration by the SED party leadership.
- 1991: After his victory in the 1990 federal election, the German Bundestag elects Helmut Kohl as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany for the third time , for the first time since reunification .
- 1991: A US-led alliance attacks Iraq in Operation Desert Storm with the aim of liberating Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.
- 1991: King Harald V becomes head of state in Norway after the death of his father Olav V.
- 1998: The Drudge Report website speculates about a White House affair involving US President Bill Clinton . When the Washington Post picked up the subject four days later, the Lewinsky affair unfolded .
- 2001: California 's governor Gray Davis declares a state of emergency in the most populous US state because of the electricity crisis.
business
- 1685: Johannes Diodato is the first to receive an imperial privilege for the public serving of coffee and subsequently opens the first Viennese coffee house .
- 1883: Ludwig Fredholm and Jonas Wenström found Elektriska Aktiebolaget in Stockholm . After mergers , the corporation became the forerunner of the electrical engineering group ABB .
- 1932: Numbering of the most important long-distance roads begins in the German Reich in order to facilitate quick orientation.
- 1978: Resignation of the North Rhine-Westphalian Finance Minister Friedrich Halstenberg ( SPD ) as a result of the Ludwig Poullain affair .
- 1989: In a judgment, the Federal Court of Justice gives German credit institutions the same-day value date for cash deposits . The hitherto common practice of only starting interest on the following day puts customers at a disadvantage.
- 2001: The OPEC states decide in Vienna to produce 5% less oil .
science and technology
- 1773: James Cook becomes the first man to cross the Antarctic Circle on his second voyage .
- 1775: Georg Forster is the first German to set foot on Antarctic soil , accompanying James Cook on South Georgia .
- 1786: Pierre Méchain discovers a comet , later named Comet of Encke .
- 1813: Briton Humphry Davy discovers the arc . This makes it possible to generate light electrotechnically.
- 1912: Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole with his Terra Nova expedition consisting of Edward Adrian Wilson , Edgar Evans , Lawrence Oates and Henry Robertson Bowers , where the Norwegian Roald Amundsen was the first with a dog sled a month earlier. The march back through Antarctica to the base camp ends fatally for the expedition.
- 1955: The first nuclear submarine , the Nautilus , sets out on its first voyage.
- 1966: The first example of the Chinese Chengdu J-7 interceptor fighter makes its maiden flight .
- 1987: Munich biology student Olaf Reinicke was the first to discover a coelacanth in its natural habitat at a depth of 198 meters.
- January 17 is used in DIN 5034 as the mean winter day for tanning studies .
Culture
- 1652: The premiere of Francesco Cavalli 's drama Eritrea takes place in Venice.
- 1773: The motet Exsultate, jubilate by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is premiered by the castrato Rauzzini in Milan.
- 1779: The comic opera The Grave of the Mufti or The Two (Two) Misers by Johann Adam Hiller is premiered.
- 1886: The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Hans Richter performs the Symphony No. 4 in E minor op. 98 by Johannes Brahms for the first time in Vienna .
- 1899: Karl Goldmark 's opera Prisoners of War premiered at the Court Opera in Vienna .
- 1902: The premiere of Benjamin Godard 's opera Les Guelfes takes place at the Théâtre des Arts in Rouen .
- 1907: The premiere of the opera Le maschere by Pietro Mascagni takes place at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan .
- 1929: Popeye , a character created by Elzie Segar for the King Features Syndicate , makes his first comic appearance as a supporting character in the New York Journal .
- 1929: The sound film I kiss your hand, Madame , premieres in the Tauentzienpalast in Berlin.
- 1955: With Mainz as it sings and laughs , a carnival session is broadcast on television for the first time.
- 1963: Artist Robert Filliou first proclaimed Art's Birthday as an annual tribute to art .
- 1991: The film Kevin - Home Alone with Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci opens in German cinemas.
society
- 1950: In Boston , a gang of 11 robs Brink's , a cash -in- transit company. In what was then the largest armed robbery in the United States, the perpetrators stole more than $1.2 million in cash and more than $1.5 million in checks and securities . The event is filmed in 1978 as The Big Thing at Brinks , starring Peter Falk .
- 1921: The English magician P. T. Selbit is the first to perform the illusion of the Sawed Maiden in London .
- 1977: Robber killer Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad at Utah State Prison . It is the first execution in the United States after a ten-year moratorium on the death penalty .
- 1994: The ship American Star stranded in a bay of Fuerteventura after a storm and subsequently became a tourist attraction.
religion
- 1377: Pope Gregory XI returns to Rome from Avignon and enters the city to the acclaim of the people. Since then, the Vatican has been the seat of the Pope. However, anti-popes continued to reside in the papal palace in Avignon until 1430 .
- 1562: The French regent Caterina de' Medici assures the Huguenots in France freedom of religion with the edict of Saint-Germain-en-Laye .
- 1566: Pius V is enthroned as Pope and successor of Pius IV on his 62nd birthday .
disasters
- 1966: A US Air Force Boeing B-52 carrying four nuclear bombs crashes near Palomares , near Almería , Andalusia, after the machine collided with a Boeing KC-135 tanker aircraft while in mid-air refueling . One of the four nuclear bombs on board falls in the Mediterranean Sea, the others fall on the mainland and contaminate 220 hectares of agricultural land.
- 1994: The Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles kills 57 people and injures more than 9,000. Property damage is estimated at $20 billion, making the earthquake one of the costliest natural disasters in the United States. An unusual effect of the earthquake is an outbreak of valley fever ( coccidioidomycosis ), which kills more people in the weeks that follow.
- 1995: The Hanshin earthquake of magnitude M W = 6.9 with the epicenter near the Japanese city of Kobe killed over 6,433 and injured 44,000 as well as extensive property damage. Over 300,000 people in the city of 1.5 million people are made homeless. The pillars of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge under construction will be pushed apart almost a meter.
- 2002: Nyiragongo volcano erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . A lava flow destroys several villages and eventually flows through Goma into Lake Kiwu . 147 people are killed and around 500,000 people become homeless.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1994: The first Air & Style snowboard contest takes place in Innsbruck . It will later rise to become one of the largest in its class.
Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .
Born
Before the 17th century
- 1342: Philip II , Duke of Burgundy
- 1462: Peter IV von Rosenberg , Bohemian nobleman
- 1463: Antoine Duprat , French cardinal, Chancellor of France
- 1463: Frederick III. , the Wise, Elector of Saxony
- 1471: Ulrich III. von Rosenberg , Bohemian nobleman
- 1472: Guidobaldo I da Montefeltro , Duke of Urbino
- 1484: Georg Spalatin , advocate of Martin Luther
- 1497: Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach , cathedral provost in Würzburg Cathedral
- 1501: Leonhart Fuchs , German herbalist
- 1504: Pius V , Pope
- 1517: Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk , English nobleman and rebel
- 1517: Antonio Scandello , Italian musician, conductor and composer
- 1560: Caspar Bauhin , Swiss anatomist, botanist
- 1573: Marcus Lycklama à Nijeholt , Frisian squire, jurist and diplomat
- 1584: Diederich von dem Werder , German translator, epic poet and poet
- 1586: Marcantonio Bassetti , Italian painter
- 1593: William Backhouse , English alchemist
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- 1600: Pedro Calderón de la Barca , Spanish playwright
17th century
- 1601: Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne , Duchess of Thouars
- 1605: Friedrich von Logau , poet of the Baroque period
- 1612: Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron , English general
- 1615: Christian Chemnitz , German Lutheran theologian
- 1616: Bartholomäus Anhorn , Swiss pastor and historian
- 1620: Anton Janson , German die cutter and type foundry
- 1621: Ernst Friedrich Schröter , German legal scholar
- 1624: Guarino Guarini , Italian theatine, philosopher, mathematician and architect
- 1647: Samuel Benedict Carpzov , German poet and evangelical theologian
- 1647: Elisabetha Hevelius , astronomer
- 1658: Samson Wertheimer , German-Austrian imperial court factor, chief rabbi and promoter of Judaism
- 1659: Antonio Veracini , Italian violinist and composer
- 1664: Antonio Salvi , Italian librettist
- 1666: Johann Daniel Preissler , Nuremberg painter of Bohemian descent
- 1671: Adalbert von Falkenstein , German bishop
- 1672: Antoine Houdar de la Motte , French playwright, librettist and poetic
- 1687: Alexander David , ducal Brunswick court and chamber agent and imperial factor
18th century
- 1706: Benjamin Franklin , American statesman and diplomat, printer, publisher, writer, naturalist
- 1709: George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton , British statesman, historian and patron of the arts
- 1712: Charles John Stanley , English composer and organist
- 1715: Benjamin Wilhelm Daniel Schulze , German educator and philologist
- 1719: Johann Elias Schlegel , German poet, jurist and poetic theorist
- 1719: Jean-Joseph Vadé , French composer and writer
- 1721: Elisabeth Auguste von Pfalz-Sulzbach , Electress of the Palatinate and of Bavaria
- 1728: Johann Gottfried Muthel , German harpsichordist, organist and composer
- 1732: Stanislaus II August , last king of Poland
- 1733: Thomas Linley Sr. , British musician and stage composer
- 1734: François-Joseph Gossec , Belgian composer and musician
- 1739: James Anderson of Hermiston , Scottish writer
- 1739: Johann Christian von Schreber , German physician and naturalist
- 1739: Padre Sojo , Venezuelan priest and music teacher
- 1743: Andreas Ludwig Krüger , German architect and engraver
- 1745: Nicolas Roze , French music teacher and composer
- 1746: Paul Brigham , American politician, jurist and governor of Vermont
- 1747: Marcus Herz , German physician and university lecturer in philosophy
- 1754: Jacob Heinrich Ludwig von Arnim-Suckow , Prussian district administrator and landowner
- 1755: Peter I , regent of the Principality of Lübeck and the Duchy of Oldenburg and first Grand Duke of Oldenburg
- 1764: Maria Carolina of Savoy , Princess of Sardinia and of Saxony
- 1768: Sebastian Fahrländer , Swiss physician and politician
- 1768: Smith Thompson , American jurist and politician
- 1769: Ludwig Adolf Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein , Field Marshal of the Russian Army
- 1771: Charles Brockden Brown , American writer
- 1773: Friedrich Magnus von Bassewitz , District President in Potsdam
- 1773: Johann Christian August Heinroth , German psychiatrist
- 1773: Johannes Herzog , Swiss politician and entrepreneur
- 1776: Carl Ludwig August von Benning , German officer
- 1776: Friedrich Wilhelm Gotthilf Frosch , German preacher and schoolman
- 1779: Maria Christina of Naples-Sicily , Queen of Sardinia-Piedmont
- 1780: Heinrich Friedrich Thomas Schmidt , German painter, engraver and etcher
- 1784: Philippe-Antoine d'Ornano , French general, peer and Marshal of France
- 1786: Nikolaus Nack , German merchant and politician
- 1789: August Neander , German Protestant theologian
- 1790: Johann Georg Frech , German music director, composer and organist
- 1791: Ida von der Groeben , German Pietist and writer in East Prussia
- 1795: Anselme Payen , French chemist, physicist and mathematician
- 1798: Johann Joseph Rosenbaum , German Catholic clergyman and theologian
- 1799: Matthias Deymann , German jurist and politician
- 1799: Avdotya Iljinichna Istomina , Russian Romantic dancer who was one of the first to show pointe dance
- 1800: Caleb Cushing , American politician and diplomat
19th century
1801-1825
- 1803: Bruno Abegg , Prussian politician
- 1803: Jean Kickx , Flemish-Belgian botanist
- 1804: Matthias Spiral Burger , German theologian
- 1805: Karl Philipp Francke , German politician
- 1808: Joseph Menter , German cellist and music teacher
- 1811: Ferdinand Dinse , German organ builder
- 1811: Joshua Norton , American businessman
- 1812: Ludwig Windthorst , German politician
- 1814: James C. Dobbin , American politician
- 1814: Ludwik Mierosławski , Polish revolutionary
- 1814: Carl Porenta , Slovenian jurist and politician
- 1815: Mehmed Fuad Pasha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1815: Max Preßler , German forest scientist, economist and inventor
- 1816: Julie Eyth , German writer
- 1818: Christoph Anton von Wolff , German politician, MdL, Oberamtmann
- 1819: Karl Kempter , German composer
- 1819: Joseph Merklin , German organ builder
- 1820: Anne Brontë , British novelist
- 1821: Laura Beatrice Mancini , Italian poet
- 1824: Wilhelm Buecher , German-Austrian architect
1826-1850
- 1827: Gustav Hermann von Alvensleben , Prussian general
- 1828: Eduard Reményi , Hungarian violinist
- 1829: Catherine Booth , wife of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army
- 1832: Johannes Strebel , German organ builder
- 1832: Marie Wieck , German pianist and singer
- 1833: Adolph Bermpohl , German navigation instructor, initiator of organized sea rescue in Germany
- 1833: Theodor Bradsky , Czech composer
- 1834: Franz Josef Bucher , Swiss hotelier, railway pioneer and entrepreneur
- 1834: August Weismann , German biologist and evolutionary theorist
- 1835: Đura Horvatović , Serbian general
- 1836: José White Lafitte , Cuban violinist and composer
- 1837: François Lenormant , French historian and archaeologist
- 1839: Wilhelm von Diez , German history painter
- 1841: Albrecht von Arnim , Prussian nobleman and politician
- 1841: Siegmund Hinrichsen , Hamburg politician
- 1841: Anton Ronacher , Austrian theater entrepreneur
- 1843: Anton Thraen , German astronomer
- 1845: Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián , Guatemalan general and president
- 1846: Donald M. Dickinson , American politician
- 1846: Ottmar von Mohl , German diplomat and government adviser in Japan
- 1846: Elsbeth von Nathusius , German novelist
- 1847: Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky , Russian mathematician, aerodynamicist and hydrodynamicist
- 1850: Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti , Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro and Cardinal
- 1850: Clemens von Podewils-Dürniz , Bavarian politician
- 1850: Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev , Russian composer
1851-1875
- 1853: Alva Vanderbilt Belmont , American suffragette and President of the National Woman's Party
- 1853: Viktorine Endler , German writer
- 1855: Anton Stecker , German traveler to Africa
- 1855: Ignatz Schöckl , Hungarian architect
- 1856: Jens Bratlie , Norwegian jurist, officer and politician
- 1856: Anna Elisabeth von Erlach , Swiss portrait, landscape and flower painter
- 1856: Georg Richard Kruse , German musicologist and author
- 1857: Wilhelm Kienzl , Austrian composer
- 1859: Helene Kuhse , German theater actress and singer
- 1860: Marie von Bunsen , German writer, watercolourist, traveler and Berlin salonnière
- 1860: Douglas Hyde , Irish poet
- 1863: David Lloyd George , British Prime Minister
- 1863: Konstantin Stanislavsky , Russian actor
- 1867: Carl Laemmle , German-American film producer
- 1868: Antonio Maria Arrègui , Spanish religious priest and moral theologian
- 1868: Anton Lampa , Austrian physicist
- 1869: Georg Clemens Perthes , German physician
- 1870: Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma , Tsarina of Bulgaria and Princess of Parma
- 1870: Martin Schiele , German politician, MdR, Reich Minister
- 1871: David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty , British admiral
- 1872: Henri Masson , French fencer
- 1873: Lotte Glas , Austrian social democrat, women's rights activist and writer
- 1873: Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt , American arts patron, suffragette and high society lady
- 1874: Josefine Kramer-Glöckner , Austrian folk actress, soubrette and singer
- 1874: William Kurrelmeyer , American Germanist
- 1874: Georg Schlesinger , German professor of mechanical engineering, founder of research into manufacturing technology and business administration
- 1875: Florencio Sánchez , Uruguayan novelist and playwright
1876-1900
- 1877: Hans Jelmoli , Swiss composer and pianist
- 1877: Margarethe Hahn-Böing , German author
- 1877: Eveline Peterson , English badminton player
- 1878: Emil Helfferich , German Southeast Asia merchant
- 1878: Gustav Neckel , German ancient Germanist
- 1878: Chen Qimei , Chinese revolutionary
- 1879: Burt McKinnie , American golfer
- 1879: Maximilian Bader , German organ builder
- 1879: Richard Gavin Reid , Canadian politician
- 1880: Bernardo Attolico , Italian diplomat
- 1880: Mack Sennett , American filmmaker
- 1881: José André , Argentine composer and music critic
- 1881: Georg Benkard , German judge
- 1881: Gustav Gassner , German botanist
- 1881: William Ewart Napier , American chess champion
- 1881: Karl Scharnagl , German local politician, Lord Mayor of Munich
- 1881: Alfred Radcliffe-Brown , British social anthropologist
- 1883: Compton Mackenzie , British writer
- 1884: Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria , first son of Duke Carl Theodor in Bavaria
- 1884: Marie Hartung , German politician
- 1884: Nadezhda Wassiljewna Plewizkaja , Russian mezzo-soprano and folksong singer
- 1885: Willy Anker , German politician and resistance fighter
- 1885: Nikolaus von Falkenhorst , German general and war criminal
- 1885: Emmy Hennings , German writer and cabaret artist
- 1885: Jaroslav Kratochvíl , Czech writer
- 1886: Johan Ankerstjerne , Danish cinematographer
- 1886: Alfred Petzelt , German educator
- 1889: Giuseppe Beltrami , Vatican diplomat and cardinal
- 1889: Ralph Howard Fowler , British physicist and astronomer
- 1891: Walter Eucken , German economist
- 1891: Marjorie Gateson , American actress
- 1892: Marie-Anne von Goldschmidt-Rothschild , German author
- 1892: Gaby Jouval , Swiss fashion designer and entrepreneur
- 1893: Heinrich Ernst Boeters , Protestant theologian and chief consistorial councilor
- 1893: Ernst Egli , Austro-Swiss architect and town planner
- 1893: Anton Kehrer , Austrian politician
- 1893: Fritz Wrampe , German sculptor
- 1894: Etkar André , German resistance fighter, politician and anti-fascist
- 1894: Werner March , German architect
- 1895: John Duff , Canadian racing driver
- 1895: Hugo Karpf , German tailor and politician, MdR, MdB, called "Father of Homeworkers"
- 1896: Hugo Chaim Adler , Belgian-American composer
- 1897: Nils Asther , Swedish actor
- 1897: Georg Dix , German politician and resistance fighter
- 1897: Werner Hilpert , German politician, resistance fighter in the Buchenwald concentration camp, MdL, state minister, MP
- 1897: Donald Marcus Kelway Marendaz , British fighter pilot, entrepreneur, automobile racer and designer
- 1897: Margherita Osswald , Swiss painter and sculptor
- 1897: Marcel Petiot , French doctor and serial killer
- 1898: Jerzy Lefeld , Polish composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1898: Karl E. Schedl , Austrian zoologist and forest scientist
- 1898: Carl Maria Splett , German priest, Bishop of Danzig, Administrator of the Polish Diocese of Kulm
- 1899: Al Capone , American criminal and crime boss
- 1899: Nevil Shute , British writer, aircraft engineer and pilot
- 1900: Hayashi Fubō , Japanese writer
- 1900: Charlotte Küter , German actress
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Aron Gurwitsch , American philosopher
- 1901: Malcolm MacDonald , British politician
- 1901: William A. Mueller , American sound engineer
- 1901: Elia di San Clemente , Italian nun venerated as a Blessed
- 1901: Konrad von Schubert , German ambassador
- 1902: Martin Harlinghausen , German officer
- 1902: Edoardo Teagno , Italian racing driver
- 1903: Katharina Müller , nun and lifesaver
- 1903: Hans Rheinwald , German agronomist
- 1903: Wilhelm Sebastian , German automobile racer and racing mechanic
- 1904: André Blusset , French cross-country skier
- 1904: Franz Grobben , District President of Cologne
- 1904: Patsy Ruth Miller , American actress
- 1905: Louis Armand , French mining engineer, railway worker and President of the European Atomic Energy Community
- 1905: Sophie Friedländer , German-British educator
- 1905: Peggy Gilbert , American jazz saxophonist and bandleader
- 1905: Hilde Hubbuch , German-American photographer
- 1905: Eduard Oja , Estonian composer
- 1905: Mona Ray , American actress
- 1905: Artur Streiter , German writer and anarchist
- 1906: Guillermo Stábile , Argentine footballer
- 1906: Anton Tautscher , Austrian professor of economics and finance
- 1907: Henk Badings , Dutch composer
- 1907: Hans Rosenwald , German-American musicologist
- 1908: Cus D'Amato , American boxing trainer
- 1908: Ernst von Caemmerer , German legal scholar
- 1908: Edith Hultzsch , German painter
- 1908: Heinz Marten , German oratorio tenor and lieder singer
- 1908: Freda Niemann , one of the first female theologians to study in Germany
- 1909: Freddie Frinton , British comedian
- 1909: Elisabeth Hering , German writer
- 1909: Melitta Schnarrenberger , German painter and local politician
- 1910: Igor Dmitrievich Ado , Russian mathematician
- 1910: Edith Green , American politician
- 1910: Ambros Josef Pfiffig , Austrian Etruscologist
- 1911: George Stigler , American economist
- 1912: Friedrich Donenfeld , Austrian football player and coach
- 1912: Orest Alexandrovich Yevlachov , Russian composer
- 1912: Fritz Rößler , German politician
- 1912: Bob Zurke , American jazz pianist and composer
- 1913: Lotte Berk , German-British dancer and training theorist
- 1913: Walther Schmidt , German church musician
- 1914: Anacleto Angelini , Italian-Chilean entrepreneur
- 1914: Kurt Franz , German cook, SS corporal, overseer of the Treblinka death camp, and mass murderer
- 1914: Toni Hilti , Liechtenstein entrepreneur
- 1914: Howard Marion-Crawford , British actor
- 1914: Kurt Plenzat , German officer, bomber pilot in World War II
- 1914: Gretl Schörg , Austrian operetta singer and actress
- 1914: Fang Zhaoling , Chinese painter
- 1915: Salvatore Asta , Italian archbishop and Vatican diplomat
- 1916: Marcella De Marchis , Italian costume designer
- 1916: Ortrud von der Recke , German actress
- 1917: Matéo Maximoff , first French Roma writer
- 1917: Amelia Piccinini , Italian track and field athlete
- 1917: Jacob Pins , German-Israeli artist
- 1917: MG Ramachandran , Indian film actor and politician
- 1918: Joseph W. Barr , American politician
- 1918: Irene Daye , American jazz singer
- 1918: Elsa Grave , Swedish poet and playwright
- 1918: Dezsőné Józsa , Hungarian discus thrower
- 1918: George Michael Leader , American politician
- 1918: George Wilson , American boxer
- 1919: Elsa Gress , Danish writer
- 1919: Hans Scheuerl , German educationalist
- 1920: Bohumil Váňa , Czech table tennis player
- 1921: Jutta Annemarie Barthel , German dancer, dance teacher, choreographer and ballet mistress
- 1921: Elfriede Eilers , German politician, MP
- 1921: Georges Grosjean , Swiss historian, geographer and museum director
- 1921: Antonio Prohías , Cuban-American cartoonist
- 1922: Luis Echeverría Álvarez , President of Mexico
- 1922: Betty White , American actress and entertainer
- 1923: Horst E. Brandt , German film and television director
- 1923: Helmut Greulich , German trade unionist and politician, MP and state minister
- 1923: Hans Moeckel , Swiss composer and conductor
- 1924: Elisabeth Gesche , German nurse and Honorary Consul of Madeira
- 1924: Kurt Grigoleit , German cinematographer
- 1924: John Riseley-Prichard , British racing driver
- 1925: Walter Arendt , German trade unionist and politician, MP and federal minister, MEP
- 1925: Duane Hanson , American artist
- 1925: Gertrud Kille , German shot putter and pentathlete
- 1925: Patricia Owens , American actress
- 1925: Peter Sager , Swiss political scientist and politician
1926-1950
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- 1926: Robert Filliou , French artist
- 1926: Herz Frank , Latvian documentary film director
- 1926: Aart Geurtsen , Dutch politician
- 1926: Moira Shearer , British dancer and actress
- 1926: Wolf Jobst Siedler , German writer and publicist
- 1926: Petronella van Vliet , Dutch swimmer
- 1927: Donald Erb , American composer
- 1927: Eartha Kitt , American singer and actress ( Queen of the Nightclubs )
- 1927: Carmen Yvonne Parris , Jamaican diplomat
- 1928: Jean Barraqué , French composer
- 1928: Roman Frister , Polish-Israeli journalist and writer
- 1928: Benno Meyer-Wehlack , German writer
- 1928: Vidal Sassoon , British hairdresser and entrepreneur
- 1929: Antonio Ignacio Velasco García , Venezuelan cleric, Archbishop of Caracas and cardinal
- 1929: Frances Dafoe , Canadian figure skater
- 1929: Grady Martin , American guitarist
- 1929: Jacques Plante , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1929: Georg P. Salzmann , German book collector
- 1929: Jürgen Volkmann , German jurist
- 1930: Günther Brendel , German painter and graphic artist
- 1930: Anna Ivanovna Kaaleste , Soviet cross-country skier
- 1931: Felicitas Estermann , German writer
- 1931: Monica Gubser , Swiss stage and film actress
- 1931: James Earl Jones , American actor
- 1931: Lolita , Austrian schlager singer, actress and TV presenter
- 1931: Nikolai von Michalewsky , German writer
- 1931: Sonja Sutter , German actress
- 1931: Douglas Wilder , American politician
- 1932: Raf Baldassarre , Italian actor
- 1932: Hannelore Hauschild , German politician
- 1932: Jackie Henderson , Scottish footballer
- 1932: Karl Heinrich Oppenländer , German economist
- 1932: Charlotte Schmid , Swiss designer
- 1932: Harry Stelzner , German soccer player
- 1933: Sadruddin Aga Khan , Persian-French-Swiss UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- 1933: Dalida , French singer and actress
- 1933: Shari Lewis , American puppeteer and ventriloquist
- 1933 Sheree North , American actress
- 1933: Walburga Zizka , German politician
- 1934: Ingeborg Hansen , German painter and art teacher
- 1934: Marilyn Horne , American mezzo-soprano
- 1934: Lidia Korsakówna , Polish film, television and theater actress
- 1935: Günter Bär , German soccer goalkeeper
- 1935: Jeremias Kaligiorgis , Swiss Metropolitan
- 1935: Rolf Kurz , German entrepreneur, politician, MdL
- 1935: Ruth Ann Minner , American politician
- 1935: Kazuko Yamaizumi , Japanese table tennis player
- 1936: Klaus M. Rarisch , German poet
- 1937: Prospero Nale Arellano , Philippine Bishop-Prelate
- 1937: Stephen Strimpell , American actor and teacher
- 1938: John Bellairs , American author
- 1938: Toini Gustafsson , Swedish cross-country skier and Olympic champion
- 1939: Eugenio Arellano Fernández , Spanish vicar
- 1939: Annelie Keil , German sociologist and public health scientist
- 1939: Maury Povich , American television host
- 1939: Ingeborg Tamm , German politician
- 1940: Hans-Jürgen Ambrosius , German trade union official
- 1940: Nerses Bedros XIX. Tarmouni , Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia
- 1940: Frieder Birzele , German politician, MdL
- 1940: Hans-Werner Hector , German mathematician, co-founder of the SAP company
- 1940: Kipchoge Keino , Kenyan track and field athlete
- 1940: Leighton Rees , Welsh darts player
- 1940: Mircea Ion Snegur , Moldavian politician
- 1940: Tabaré Vázquez , Uruguayan politician
- 1941: Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir , French writer and philosophy professor
- 1941: Amanda Mireya Terán Munguía , Mexican ambassador
- 1941: Karin Reichert-Frisch , German track and field athlete
- 1941: Ruth von Truchsess , German politician
- 1941: Gillian Weir , New Zealand organist and harpsichordist
- 1942: Muhammad Ali , American world boxing champion
- 1942: Ulf Grahn , Swedish composer
- 1942: Rudolf Hickel , German economist
- 1942: Ulf Hoelscher , German violinist
- 1942: Frank Lehmann , German business journalist
- 1942: Karel Van Miert , Belgian politician
- 1942: Nancy Parsons , American film and stage actress
- 1942: Hannelore Werner , German motor sportswoman
- 1943: Billy Harper , American jazz musician
- 1943: Hans-Jürgen Krahl , German student activist
- 1943: Gret Loewensberg , Swiss architect
- 1943: Marianne Manda , German artist
- 1943: Chris Montez , American singer
- 1943: René Préval , Haitian President
- 1943: Marlene Rahn , German actress
- 1944: Václav Bělohradský , Czech philosopher, sociologist and political scientist
- 1944: Françoise Hardy , French crooner and film actress
- 1944: Roland Hetzer , German physician and scientist
- 1944: Jan Guillou , Swedish journalist and novelist
- 1944: Beatriz Lockhart , Uruguayan composer
- 1944: Bernd Mützelburg , German diplomat
- 1944: Einar Schleef , German writer and director
- 1945: Javed Akhtar , Indian screenwriter, poet and songwriter
- 1945: Anne Cutler , Australian psycholinguist
- 1945: Jeanette Fitzsimons , New Zealand politician
- 1945: Ib Michael , Danish writer
- 1946: Lidija Nikolaevna Alfeeva , Soviet long jumper
- 1946: Jessica Benjamin , American psychoanalyst and feminist
- 1946: Frank Geerk , writer, poet
- 1946: François Walthéry , Belgian comic artist
- 1947: Hermann Aschwer , German triathlete and author
- 1947: Joanna David , British theater and film actress
- 1947: Herman van Dijk , Dutch econometrician
- 1947: Jane Elliot , American actress
- 1947: Dale McCormick , American entrepreneur and politician
- 1947: Una Morris , Jamaican sprinter
- 1947: Karen Moustgaard Jespersen , Danish journalist and politician
- 1947: Mary Nolan , American historian
- 1947: Peter Werner , American film and television director, film producer
- 1948: Hella Eckert , German writer
- 1948: Davíð Oddsson , Icelandic politician and author, Prime Minister, Governor of the Central Bank
- 1948: Wolfgang Volz , German photographer
- 1949: Mick Taylor , British guitarist
- 1949: Anita Borg , American computer scientist and women's rights activist ( cyberfeminism )
- 1949: Andy Kaufman , American entertainer and actor
- 1949: Gyude Bryant , President of Liberia
- 1949: Heini Hemmi , Swiss ski racer
- 1949: Dick Nanninga , Dutch footballer
- 1949: Debbie Watson , American actress
- 1950: Doris Bierett , German singer, cabaret artist and actress
- 1950: Cristina Galbó , Spanish actress
- 1950: Roland Thöni , Italian alpine skier
1951-1975
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- 1951: Heinz-Dieter Assmann , German jurist
- 1951: Yuri Zaitsev , Soviet-Russian weightlifter, Olympic champion
- 1951: Ans van Gerwen , Dutch gymnast
- 1951: Juliane Korén , German actress
- 1951: Rolf Ziegler , German track and field athlete
- 1952: Saulius Arlauskas , Lithuanian jurist, legal philosopher
- 1952: Kazuya Katō , Japanese mathematician
- 1952: Kevin Reynolds , American attorney, film director and screenwriter
- 1952: Ryūichi Sakamoto , Japanese composer, pianist, producer and actor
- 1952: Michael Sommer , German trade unionist, federal chairman of the DGB
- 1952: Cath Wallace , New Zealand environmental activist and academic
- 1953: Ruth Hammerbacher , German politician, MdL
- 1953: Rosemarie Hein , German politician, MdL, MP
- 1953: Ursula Langendorf , German politician, MdL
- 1953: Agnese Possamai , Italian middle and long-distance runner
- 1953: Geraldine L. Richmond , American physicist and chemist
- 1953: Rómulo Sauñe Quicaña , Peruvian evangelical pastor and translator
- 1954: Cheryl Bentyne , American singer
- 1954: Bascha Mika , German journalist and publicist
- 1954: Marina Rossell , Catalan singer
- 1954: Silvia Schenker , Swiss politician
- 1955: Alicia Dickenstein , Argentine mathematician
- 1955: Steve Earle , American country music singer and songwriter
- 1955: Ismael Ivo , Brazilian dancer and choreographer
- 1955: Barry Lane , German singer, musician, composer and producer
- 1955: Robby Musenbichler , Austrian guitarist, composer and music producer
- 1955: Pietro Parolin , Catholic archbishop and Vatican diplomat
- 1955: Jost Stollmann , German entrepreneur
- 1955: Susanne Uhlen , German actress
- 1956: Hubertus Czernin , Austrian journalist and publisher
- 1956: Mitch Vogel , American actor
- 1956: Paul Young , British singer and songwriter
- 1957: Nancy Argenta , Canadian soprano
- 1957: Bernd Hitzler , German politician, MdL
- 1958: Elisabeth Apel , Hessian politician, MdL
- 1958: Gabriele Marion Appel , German hockey player
- 1958: Georges Bregy , Swiss footballer
- 1958: Susanna Capurso , Italian actress
- 1958: Ulla Haselstein , German literary scholar
- 1958: Gabriel Mbilingi , Angolan theologian
- 1958: Klaus Täuber , German soccer player
- 1959: Andrés Arteaga Manieu , Chilean auxiliary bishop
- 1959: Gracia Burnham , American Protestant missionary
- 1959: Andrea Clausen , German actress
- 1959: Lutz Heßlich , German cyclist
- 1959: Susanna Hoffs , American pop singer
- 1959: Lydia Hohenberger , German politician, MdL
- 1959: Salome Kammer , German actress, musician
- 1959: Fabio Luisi , Italian conductor
- 1959: Adele Neuhauser , Austrian actress
- 1959: Momoe Yamaguchi , Japanese singer and actress
- 1960: Tatyana Borisovna Yumasheva , adviser to Russian President Boris Yeltsin
- 1960: Deirdre Curtin , Irish Law Professor of European Law
- 1960: Ulrike Hein , German sculptor and performance artist
- 1960: Andreas Jung , German actor
- 1961: Steve Bennett , British football referee
- 1961: Brian Helgeland , American screenwriter, director and producer
- 1961: Karin Lamberg-Skog , Swedish cross-country skier
- 1961: Karin Logemann , German politician, MdL
- 1961: Sabine Peters , German writer
- 1961: Maia Chiburdanidze , Georgian chess player
- 1962: Bernd R. Bienert , Austrian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, director and set designer
- 1962: Jim Carrey , Canadian comedian and actor
- 1962: Magdalena Götz , German neurobiologist and university lecturer
- 1962: Nyeleti Mondlane , Mozambican politician
- 1962: Annette Schwarz , German politician, MdL
- 1963: Cyrus Chestnut , American jazz pianist
- 1963: Kai Hansen , German power metal musician ( Helloween )
- 1963: Jewel Howard-Taylor , Liberian politician and businesswoman
- 1964: Sergio Allievi , German footballer
- 1964: Jörg Bernig , German storyteller and poet
- 1964: Michelle Fairley , British actress
- 1964: Buddy McGirt , American boxer and boxing trainer
- 1964: Michelle Obama , American attorney, wife of Barack Obama
- 1964: Andy Rourke , British musician ( The Smiths )
- 1964: Raoul Schrott , Austrian writer
- 1965: Birgit Brüster , German writer and literature lecturer
- 1965: Nikolaos Nioplias , Greek footballer
- 1965: Ingeborg Poffet , Swiss improvisational musician and composer
- 1965: Fred Radig , German handball player
- 1965: Marianne Schmid Mast , Swiss psychologist and professor of organizational behavior
- 1965: Ute Schmiedel , German biologist
- 1966: Charlotte Crome , German actress and painter
- 1966: Susanna Kearsley , Canadian author
- 1966: Joshua Malina , American actor
- 1966: Amy Sherman-Palladino , American screenwriter and television producer
- 1967: Richard Hawley , British singer, musician and songwriter
- 1967: Corinna Binzer , German actress and author
- 1967: Stefanie Hering , German designer and master ceramist and founder of a porcelain factory in Berlin
- 1967: Song Kang-ho , South Korean actor
- 1967: Linda Kash , Canadian actress
- 1967: Michael Rzehaczek , German footballer
- 1967: Alexander Steinitz , Austrian conductor, Kapellmeister of the Meininger Hofkapelle
- 1968: Svetlana Alexandrovna Masterkova , Russian middle-distance runner
- 1968: Jane Salumäe , Estonian long-distance runner
- 1968: Deran Sarafian , American actor and director
- 1968: Gabi Schmidt , German politician, MdL
- 1968: Lu Seegers , German historian and cultural manager
- 1968: Mathilde Seigner , French actress
- 1968: Sofia Shinas , Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
- 1969: Naveen Andrews , British actor
- 1969: Lukas Moodysson , Swedish writer and director
- 1969: Michael Moynihan , American musician, author and publisher
- 1969: Tiësto , Dutch DJ and producer
- 1970: Robin Goad , American weightlifter
- 1970: Jeremy Roenick , American ice hockey player
- 1970: Mona Steigauf , German track and field athlete
- 1970: Genndy Tartakovsky , Russian-American film animator
- 1970: James Wattana , Thai professional snooker player
- 1970: Suga Free , American rapper
- 1971: Richard Burns , British rally driver
- 1971: Rebecca Carrington , British musical cabaret artist
- 1971: Leonardo Ciampa , Italian-American musician
- 1971: Luciana Genro , Brazilian politician
- 1971: Heike van Hoorn , German manager and author
- 1971: Lil Jon , American musician
- 1971: Kid Rock , American musician
- 1971: Sylvie Testud , French actress
- 1971: Ann Wolfe , American boxer
- 1971: Youki Kudoh , Japanese actress and singer
- 1972: Vittoria Belvedere , Italian film actress and fashion model
- 1972: Benno Fürmann , German actor
- 1972: Matt Hales , British musician
- 1972: Yelda Reynaud , actress
- 1972: Kai Tracid , German DJ and producer
- 1972: Nina Vorbrodt , German actress
- 1973: Cuauhtémoc Blanco , Mexican soccer player
- 1973: Adrian Hates , German musician
- 1973: Katrin Meißner , German swimmer
- 1973: Juan Manuel Peña , Bolivian footballer
- 1973: Aaron Ward , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974: Marco Antonio Barrera , Mexican boxer
- 1974: Ladan and Laleh Bijani , Iranian conjoined twins
- 1974: Wang Chen , Chinese-US table tennis player
- 1974: Annemarie Jacir , Palestinian-American filmmaker
- 1974: Miriam Rose , German theologian and university lecturer
- 1975: Annica Åhlén , Swedish ice hockey player
- 1975: Ewa Brych-Pająk , Polish marathon runner
- 1975: Freddy Rodríguez , American actor
- 1975: Andrés Scagliola , Uruguayan politician
- 1975: Steve Webster , British golfer
1976-2000
- 1976: Tonique Williams-Darling , Bahamian sprinter, Olympic champion
- 1977: Luca Paolini , Italian cyclist
- 1977: Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil , Danish politician
- 1977: Sverre Rotevatn , Norwegian Nordic Combined
- 1977: Tolga Seyhan , Turkish footballer
- 1977: Leigh Whannell , Australian actor and screenwriter
- 1977: Hicham Zerouali , Moroccan footballer
- 1978: Carolina Ardohain , Argentine model and actress
- 1978: Ingo Rust , German politician, MdL
- 1979: Sabine Aichhorn , Austrian visual artist and designer
- 1979: Ricardo Cabanas , Swiss footballer
- 1979: Oleh Lissohor , Ukrainian swimmer
- 1979: Silvia Maleen , Austrian actress
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- 1980: Zooey Deschanel , American actress and singer
- 1980: Grégory Rast , Swiss cyclist
- 1981: Thierry Ascione , French tennis player
- 1981: Ray J , American singer and actor
- 1981: Chris Landman , Dutch darts player
- 1981: Antton Luengo , Spanish cyclist
- 1981: Stefan Petzner , Austrian politician
- 1982: Ricardo Souza Bóvio , Brazilian soccer player
- 1982: Hatun Sürücü , German of Turkish-Kurdish descent, victim of an honor killing
- 1982: Dwyane Wade , American basketball player
- 1982: Kerstin Ott , German singer and DJane
- 1983: Álvaro Arbeloa , Spanish footballer
- 1983: Thade Jude Correa , American composer
- 1983: Alex Meier , German soccer player
- 1983: Yevgeny Alexandrovich Dementyev , Russian cross-country skier
- 1984: Sophie Dee , British porn actress and actress
- 1984: Calvin Harris , British singer, songwriter and record producer
- 1984: O Jong-ae , North Korean weightlifter
- 1984: Tim Sebastian , German footballer
- 1985: Pablo Barrientos , Argentine footballer
- 1985: Arnaud Bühler , Swiss footballer
- 1985: Sebastian Langeveld , Dutch racing cyclist
- 1985: Adriana Ugarte , Spanish actress
- 1986: Massimo Ornatelli , German-Italian footballer
- 1986: Olympia Zacharias , Nauruan track and field athlete
- 1988: Andrea Antonelli , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1988: Louise Lyksborg , Danish handball player
- 1988: Mike Di Meglio , French motorcycle racer
- 1988: Héctor Moreno , Mexican soccer player
- 1988: Earl Clark , American basketball player
- 1989: Raphael Koczor , German soccer player
- 1989: Alexander Oblinger , German ice hockey player
- 1990: Tonje Angelsen , Norwegian track and field athlete
- 1990: Tyler Zeller , American basketball player
- 1991: Willa Fitzgerald , American actress
- 1991: Stevick Patris , Palau weightlifter
- 1991: Daniel Rodic , German actor
- 1992: Nate Hartley , American actor
- 1992: Miki Monras , Spanish racing driver
- 1992: Pascal Schmidt , German footballer
- 1992: Eri Yoshida , Japanese baseball player
- 1993: Ingrida Ardišauskaitė , Lithuanian cross-country skier
- 1993: José Sá , Portuguese footballer
- 1994: Ricarda Lang , German politician
- 1994: Anuschka daughter man , German actress
- 1995: Nico Brandenburger , German footballer
- 1995: Fabian Holthaus , German footballer
- 1996: Victor Lafay , French cyclist
- 1997: Remo Arnold , Swiss footballer
- 1998: Henri Weigelt , German footballer
- 1999: Ruth Schönherr , German child actress
- 2000: Nathan Rafferty , Northern Ireland darts player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 395: Theodosius I , Roman Emperor
- 647: Sulpicius II of Bourges , Bishop of Bourges
- 1024: Abd ar-Rahman V , Caliph of Cordoba
- 1041: Masud I of Ghazni , Sultan of the Ghaznavid dynasty
- 1103: Frutolf von Michelsberg , German monk and chronicler
- 1119: Baldwin VII , Count of Flanders
- 1156: André de Montbard , 5th Grand Master of the Order of the Templars
- 1217: Leopold II of Schönfeld , Archbishop of Mainz, Bishop of Worms
- 1229: Albert of Buxthoeven , Bishop of Riga
- 1240: Isabella of Pembroke , English noblewoman
- 1258: Nicholas of Újezd , Bishop of Prague
- 1298: Berthold II of Heiligenberg , Bishop of Chur
- 1305: Ruggiero di Lauria , admiral in the service of the Crown of Aragon
- 1318: Erwin von Steinbach , German master builder of the High Gothic
- 1328: Otto I , Landgrave of Hesse
- 1329: Rosaline of Villeneuve , French noblewoman and saint of the Catholic Church
- 1334: John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond , Breton-English nobleman
- 1345: Henry of Asti , Italian bishop, papal diplomat and crusade leader
- 1359: Euphemia , Duchess of Ratibor and Prioress of the Dominicans
- 1370: Adolf I , Count of Nassau
- 1382: Elizabeth of Bavaria , Lady of Parma
- 1406: Raimondo Orsini del Balzo , Count of Soleto, Duke of Benevento, Prince of Taranto, Count of Lecce, Duke of Bari
- 1456: Elisabeth of Lorraine , German pioneer of the prose novel
- 1458: Ludwig I , Landgrave of Hesse
- 1461: Kaspar Ayndorffer , German Benedictine and abbot of Tegernsee Monastery
- 1468: Georg Kastriota called Skanderbeg , Albanian prince and national hero of Albania
16th to 18th centuries
- 1507: Henry IV of Neuhaus , Supreme Chamberlain of Bohemia and Supreme Burgrave of Prague
- 1547: Roberto Pucci , Italian priest, Bishop of Pistoia and cardinal
- 1567: Sampiero Corso , Corsican nobleman, freedom fighter and folk hero
- 1590: Andreas Franckenberger , German historian and rhetorician
- 1598: Fyodor I , Tsar of Russia
- 1606: Henry IV , last Count of Sayn-Sayn
- 1624: Tamás Erdődy , Hungarian magnate and ban of Croatia
- 1650: Tommaso Dolabella , Italian painter
- 1663: Domenico Manetti , Italian painter
- 1686: Carlo Dolci , Italian painter
- 1686: Johann Andreas Lucius , German Lutheran theologian
- 1694: Père Anselme de la Vierge Marie , French historian, genealogist and heraldist
- 1700: Johann Heinrich Florin , German Protestant clergyman and university teacher
- 1700: Christoph Rudolf von Stadion , Domprovost and Hofrat President in the Electorate of Mainz
- 1705: John Ray , British theologian, classical scholar and naturalist
- 1706: Philipp Peter Roos , German painter
- 1719: Sophie Amalie Moth , mistress of the Danish-Norwegian king Christian V, Countess of Samsø
- 1729: Gottfried Laurenz Pictorius , Westphalian agricultural engineer and architect
- 1733: George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington , British admiral
- 1736: Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann , German architect of the Baroque and Rococo
- 1739: Johann Jakob Stupan von Ehrenstein , Austrian composer
- 1751: Tomaso Albinoni , Italian composer and violinist
- 1758: Johann Gottfried Brendel , German physician
- 1766: Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin , English nobleman and politician
- 1767: Hermann Joseph Hartzheim , German priest and Jesuit
- 1784: Yosa Buson , Japanese poet and painter
- 1791: Friedrich Konrad Lange , German-Danish Protestant clergyman and educator
- 1794: Wilhelm Paul Verpoorten , German educator and Lutheran theologian
- 1800: Kankō Akera , Japanese poet
19th century
- 1805: Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron , French orientalist
- 1819: Johann Jakob Meyer , Swiss officer and politician
- 1823: Zacharias Werner , German poet and playwright
- 1826: Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga , Spanish violinist and composer
- 1829: Adam Müller von Nitterdorf , German philosopher and political theorist
- 1830: Wilhelm Waiblinger , German poet and writer
- 1833: Friedrich Koenig , German printer and inventor
- 1837: Franz Paul Scholz , German clergyman, scientist and explorer
- 1837: Jakob Albrecht von Sienen , Senate General Counsel
- 1840: Ignaz Ambros von Amman , German cartographer and geometer
- 1845: Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret , German painter and court architect
- 1846: Hermann Ernst Endemann , German jurist
- 1850: Samuel Anderson , American politician
- 1851: Johann Heinrich Schmülling , German Roman Catholic theologian, clergyman and university teacher
- 1860: Friedrich Georg Wieck , German writer and industrialist
- 1860: Narcisse Girard , French conductor
- 1861: Lola Montez , Irish dancer and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria
- 1861: Malla Montgomery-Silfverstolpe , Swedish writer
- 1863: Horace Vernet , French military painter and lithographer
- 1869: Émile Bienaimé , French composer
- 1869: Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky , Russian composer
- 1874: Chang and Eng Bunker , eponymous Siamese twins
- 1874: Claude de Perrot , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university teacher
- 1880: Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont , French diplomat
- 1880: Michael Welte , German watchmaker, inventor and manufacturer
- 1882: Adolf Mützelburg , German writer
- 1882: Carlo Piaggia , Italian traveler to Africa
- 1884: Hermann Schlegel , German ornithologist
- 1885: Frederick Gustavus Burnaby , British military, traveler and writer
- 1886: Paul Baudry , French painter
- 1886: Bernhard von Neher , German painter
- 1886: Eduard Oscar Schmidt , German zoologist
- 1887: Eduard von Todesco , Austrian banker, entrepreneur and philanthropist
- 1890: Salomon Sulzer , Austrian cantor and church musician
- 1893: Karl Anrather , Tyrolean painter
- 1893: Rutherford B. Hayes , American politician, Governor of Ohio, 19th President of the USA
- 1897: Hugo Bürkner German painter, illustrator and professor of woodcutting
- 1899: John Russell Young , American journalist, writer and diplomat
20th century
1901-1950
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- 1901: Jacob Georg Agardh , Swedish botanist
- 1905: Achilles Andreae , German geologist and paleontologist
- 1908: Ferdinand IV , Grand Duke of Tuscany
- 1910: Friedrich Kohlrausch , German physicist and physical chemist
- 1911: Francis Galton , British naturalist and writer
- 1916: Marie Bracquemond , French Impressionist painter
- 1917: Viktor Gluth , German composer and music teacher
- 1918: Louise Héritte-Viardot , French composer, pianist and singer
- 1921: Joachim von Bonin , German politician, MdL
- 1922: Carl Robert , German classical scholar and archaeologist
- 1923: Oscar Tietz , German merchant, founder of Hertie
- 1927: Juliette Gordon Low , founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA
- 1932: Louis Brennan , Irish-Australian designer and inventor
- 1932: Paul Guenther , American silk stocking manufacturer
- 1933: Louis Comfort Tiffany , American artisan
- 1938: William Henry Pickering , American astronomer
- 1939: Friedrich Andreae , German historian
- 1941: Virginio Arias , Chilean sculptor
- 1941: Carl Albert Purpus , German plant collector
- 1941: Karl Tappenbeck , German politician, Lord Mayor of Oldenburg
- 1942: Georg Hirschfeld , German dramatist and storyteller
- 1942: Walter von Reichenau , German field marshal, war criminal
- 1946: Armando Donoso , Chilean essayist, journalist, editor and literary critic
- 1947: Johannes Nitzsche , German technician, film projector manufacturer
- 1947: Andrei Grigoryevich Shkuro , Russian general
- 1947: Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve , Canadian minister, Archbishop of Quebec, cardinal
- 1950: Henry Justin Allen , American politician, Governor of Kansas, Senator
1951-2000
- 1952: Paul Langhans , German geographer and cartographer
- 1955: Anne Catherine Ingeborg Andresen-Bödewadt , German teacher and regional writer
- 1955: Dietzenschmidt , German playwright
- 1956: Blind Alfred Reed , American country musician
- 1957: Jules Robin , French racing driver
- 1959: Joan Amades i Gelats , Catalan ethnologist and folklorist
- 1961: Simeon Dooley , American blues singer and guitarist
- 1961: Patrice Lumumba , Prime Minister of Congo
- 1962: Gerrit Achterberg , Dutch poet
- 1962: Clemens Adams , German politician
- 1963: Wolfgang Döring , German politician, MdL, MP
- 1963: Alexandra Ramm-Pfemfert , German-Russian translator, publicist and gallery owner
- 1964: T H White , British writer
- 1965: Pierre-Marie Gerlier , French clergyman, Archbishop of Lyon and cardinal
- 1965: Hans Marchwitza , German labor poet, writer and communist
- 1967: Louis Blondel , Swiss archaeologist
- 1968: Julius Deutsch , Austrian politician
- 1969: Grażyna Bacewicz , Polish composer
- 1969: Hubertus von Golitschek , German lawyer and politician, MP
- 1969: Bernhard Trittelvitz , German physician and writer
- 1970: Lindley Murray , American tennis player
- 1970: Billy Stewart , American singer and keyboardist
- 1972: Karl Gaul , German educator and politician
- 1973: Tarsila do Amaral , Brazilian painter
- 1973: Clare Stinnes , wife of Ruhr industrialist Hugo Stinnes
- 1975: Pieter Adrianus Kooijman , Dutch author and anarchist
- 1977: Gary Gilmore , American robbery murderer
- 1977: Wolf Schmidt , German journalist, cabaret artist and actor
- 1979: Gertrud Kückelmann , German actress
- 1981: Hugo Aufderbeck , German theologian, Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of Erfurt-Meiningen
- 1984: Robert Pikler , Australian violinist, violist, conductor and music teacher of Hungarian descent
- 1987: Aram A. Avakian , American film director, screenwriter and film editor
- 1987: Hugo Fregonese , Argentine director
- 1989: Georges Schehadé , Lebanese poet and playwright
- 1990: Charles Hernu , French politician
- 1991: Giacomo Manzù , Italian sculptor, printmaker and draftsman
- 1991: Olav V , King of Norway
- 1992: Charlie Ventura , American jazz musician
- 1993: Barbara Buczek , Polish composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1994: Helen Stephens , American track and field athlete
- 1995: Miguel Torga , Portuguese writer
- 1996: Hans-Jürgen Mellentin , German politician, MdL
- 1997: Holger Alexander Fransman , Finnish horn player
- 1997: Clyde Tombaugh , American astronomer
- 1998: Cliffie Stone , American country music artist, host and producer
- 2000: Carl Forberg , American racing driver
- 2000: Philip Jones , British trumpeter
21st century
- 2001: Gregory Corso , American poet
- 2001: Willy Daetwyler , Swiss auto racer and entrepreneur
- 2002: Camilo José Cela , Spanish writer, Nobel laureate
- 2002: Héctor Tosar , Uruguayan composer
- 2003: Richard Crenna , American actor
- 2004: Walter Auffenberg , American biologist
- 2004: Margret Dietrich , German theater scholar
- 2004: Czesław Niemen , Polish rock singer
- 2004: Alois Schilliger , Swiss composer, conductor and pianist
- 2005: Hildegard Joos , Austrian painter
- 2005: Lothar Löffler , German politician, MP
- 2005: Virginia Mayo , American film actress
- 2005: Bezerra da Silva , Brazilian singer-songwriter
- 2005: Hansjoachim Walther , German mathematician and politician, federal minister
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- 2005: Zhao Ziyang , Chinese reform leader
- 2007: Alice Auma , Ugandan rebel leader
- 2007: Art Buchwald , American publicist and humorist
- 2007: Uwe Nettelbeck , German journalist and author
- 2008: Manfred Abelein , German politician, MP
- 2008: Bobby Fischer , American chess player, world champion
- 2008: Karl-Heinz Schwab , German Professor of Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law
- 2008: Elias Zoghbi , Egyptian Archbishop of Baalbek
- 2009: Arthur Weisberg , American bassoonist, conductor, music educator, and composer
- 2010: Gaines Adams , American football player
- 2010: Maki Asakawa , Japanese singer, songwriter and producer
- 2010: Kurt Bartsch , German poet, playwright and prose writer
- 2010: Jyoti Basu , Indian politician
- 2010: Erich Segal , American literary scholar, best-selling author and screenwriter
- 2011: Marie-Thérèse Ibos , French violinist
- 2011: Don Kirshner , American music publisher, composer and producer
- 2012: Phil Bosmans , Belgian religious cleric and author
- 2013: Jakob Arjouni , German writer
- 2013: Louise Martini , Austrian actress
- 2016: Gottfried Honegger , Swiss visual artist
- 2019: Horst Stern , German science journalist and writer
- 2020: John Hine , British motor racing driver
- 2020: Oswald Oberhuber , Austrian painter and sculptor
- 2021: Carlos Burga , Peruvian boxer
- 2021: Muriel Grossfeld , American gymnast
holidays and commemorations
- Church commemorations
- St. Anthony the Great , Egyptian hermit, monastic father and patron saint (Anglican, Evangelical, Catholic, Orthodox)
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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