3 February

February 3rd is the 34th day of the Gregorian calendar , so there are 331 days (332 days in leap years ) until the end of the year.

Historical Anniversaries January · February · March

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events

politics and world affairs

• 0301: The regent of the insane Chinese emperor Jin Huidi , Sima Lun , had the emperor deposed and his crown prince Sima Zang executed. He then proclaims himself emperor.

1018: Report of the marriage

• 1018: The Peace of Bautzen is sealed by the marriage of Bolesław I Chrobry to Oda , the youngest sister of Margrave Hermann I of Meissen .
• 1204: General Alexios Dukas Murtzuphlos deposes and imprisons the Byzantine Emperor Nikolaos Kanabos , who had been elected just six days before .
• 1377: Papal mercenaries conquer Cesena and, on the instructions of the papal legate Robert Count of Geneva , begin a three-day bloodbath among the inhabitants because they are against Gregory XI , who has just returned from papal exile in Avignon . have raised. Robert is given the name "Executioner of Cesena".

1451: Mehmed II

• 1451: After the death of his father, Murad II , Mehmed II becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for the second time .

1488: Location of Mossel Bay

• 1488: The Portuguese Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to land east of the Cape of Good Hope in what is now Mossel Bay in South Africa .
• 1509: Under Francisco de Almeida , Portugal succeeds in crushing a combined Egyptian-Arab-Indian fleet in the naval battle of Diu , thus securing supremacy in the Indian Ocean and the sea ​​route to India .
• 1557: The former Emperor Charles V moves into his refuge attached to the monastery of Yuste , where he spends the last months of his life after his abdication.
• 1781: Admiral George Rodney conquers the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius with a British force in the Anglo-Dutch War without a fight .
• 1807: British troops capture Montevideo and capture Spanish governor Pascual Ruiz Huidobro . However, the British invasions on the Río de la Plata were unsuccessful in the long run.

1830: Ioannis Kapodistrias

• 1830: Great Britain, France and Russia declare the founding of Greece and guarantee its independence from the Ottoman Empire at the end of the Greek Revolution in the London Protocol . Ioannis Kapodistrias becomes the first head of state .
• 1839: The Indian port city of Karachi is occupied by British troops because of its strategic location on the Indus river delta .
• 1867: Mutsuhito becomes Kōmei Tennō of Japan after the sudden death of his father . After his posthumous name Meiji-tennō , the period of his rule is called the Meiji period , in which extensive reforms are soon initiated.
• 1870: The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. It forbids denying a male the right to vote because of ethnicity, skin color or former slaves .
• 1933: Four days after the takeover of power in the German Reich, Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Minister of Defense Werner von Blomberg give speeches to the highest representatives of the Reichswehr . In it, Hitler also announced his expansion program to gain “ Lebensraum in the East ”. These early statements are handed down through the note-like notes of Generalleutnant Curt Liebmann .

1937: Gonzalo Queipo de Llano

• 1937: The Franquists under the command of Gonzalo Queipo de Llano begin their attack on Málaga at Ronda in the Spanish Civil War . The Battle of Malaga lasted only five days, as the Republicans were completely unprepared for the use of tanks by the Nationalists' Italian allies.
• 1941: Battle of Keren begins in Italian East Africa . British Empire troops aim to seize the Italian-held town in Eritrea , a hurdle in a planned British advance on the enemy's naval base in the port city of Massaua .

1944: US soldiers on Kwajalein

• 1944: U.S. troops are victorious in the Pacific War at the end of the Battle of Kwajalein . With the atoll of the Marshall Islands , for the first time in this war, an island of Japanese sovereignty is taken by soldiers of the United States.
• 1945: During the second heaviest bombing raid by the US Air Force on Berlin , large parts of the historic city center in Berlin-Mitte and in Kreuzberg are devastated, several thousand people die. Among them is Roland Freisler , the presiding judge of the People's Court . His successor will be Wilhelm Crohne .
• 1947: The CDU in North Rhine-Westphalia passes its Ahlen Program , which is based on Christian socialism . It is never put into practice in this version, the social market economy gains the upper hand two years later.
• 1953: Colonial authorities and Portuguese landowners in São Tomé and Príncipe massacre hundreds of native Creoles during the Batepá massacre .
• 1955: Czechoslovakia declares the state of war with Germany over.

1958: The three Benelux countries

• 1958: Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg sign the Benelux Treaty establishing the Benelux Economic Union. It comes into force in 1960.
• 1962: US President John F. Kennedy imposed a total trade embargo on Cuba .
• 1969: Yasser Arafat is elected leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

1976: Maputo in southern Mozambique

• 1976: To erase memories of the Portuguese colonial era that ended in 1975, Mozambique 's capital, previously named after the Portuguese trader Lourenço Marques , is renamed Maputo .
• 1981: Gro Harlem Brundtland is elected Norway 's first female Prime Minister . The next day she takes over.
• 1982: Due to tensions between the SPD and FDP over the federal budget for 1982, the German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt asks a vote of confidence in accordance with Article 68 of the Basic Law . The vote will take place in the Bundestag on February 5 .
• 1989: After 35 years in power, the Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup and goes into exile in Brazil. The new head of state of Paraguay is Andrés Rodríguez , who is preparing democratic elections.
• 1991: The Italian Communist Party changes its name to the Partito Democratico della Sinistra (PDS) . On December 12, loyal communists split off as the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista .
• 2007: A suicide bomber detonates a truck loaded with explosives in a busy Baghdad market . The detonation killed 137 people and injured more than 300.

business

1637: Pamphlet of Tulip Mania

• 1637: At the time of tulip mania , the expected prices at a tulip auction in Haarlem can no longer be achieved. As a result, prices begin to fall and the speculative bubble bursts.
• 1690: The first paper money in America comes into circulation in the British Massachusetts Bay Colony .
• 1815: Commercial use of cheese begins in Switzerland through the newly founded cooperative village cheese dairy in Kiesen .

1962: The France

• 1962: The then longest passenger ship , France , begins scheduled services across the Atlantic between Le Havre and New York City .
• 1975: The head of the United Brands Company , Elihu Menashe Black , falls from his office on the 44th floor of the Pan Am Building in New York . Subsequent investigations by the US Securities and Exchange Commission uncovered the Bananagate bribery scandal .

science and technology

• 1834: The private Wake Forest University is founded in Winston-Salem , North Carolina .
• 1890: The Royal Saxon Polytechnic in Dresden receives the status of a technical university .
• 1918: The Twin Peaks Tunnel , one of the world's longest streetcar tunnels , opens in San Francisco when it opens, now part of the Muni Metro .
• 1966: With the successful landing of the Soviet space probe Luna 9 in the sea ​​of ​​storms , the soft landing of a probe on the moon succeeds for the first time .
• 1966: The US weather satellite ESSA-1 is launched and delivers the first data for meteorological earth observation from its orbit .

1994: The launch of STS-60

• 1994: The US space shuttle Discovery takes off from the Kennedy Space Center on the space shuttle mission STS-60 . With Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev , a Russian astronaut is also on board for the first time.

Culture

• 1823: The opera Semiramide ( Semiramis ) by Gioachino Rossini is premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice .
• 1846: The first performance of the comic opera Les Mousquetaires de la Reine by Jacques Fromental Halévy takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris .
• 1900: The premiere of the comedy Schluck und Jau by Gerhart Hauptmann takes place in the Deutsches Theater Berlin .
• 1909: The drama Il principe di Zilah by Franco Alfano is premiered at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa .
• 1912: Leo Fall 's operetta Der Liebe Augustin , a revision of his failed opera Irrlicht from 1905, is premiered at the Neues Theater am Zoo in Berlin . In this version, the piece with the libretto by Ernst Welisch and Rudolf Bernauer was finally successful.
• 1933: The premiere of the opera Gevatterin Tod by Rudolf Karel takes place at the Provincial Theater in Brno .

1959: Mason City crash site memorial

• 1959: American rock 'n' roll musicians Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper die together in a plane crash involving a Beechcraft Bonanza shortly after takeoff near Mason City . The event is later referred to as " The Day the Music Died ".
• 1985: The Opera The Goggolori . A Bavarian fairy tale with music by Wilfried Hiller and a libretto by Michael Ende is premiered at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich.
• 2010: A bronze cast of Alberto Giacometti 's sculpture L'Homme qui marche I changes hands for 74.4 million euros and becomes the most expensive work of art to date.

society

• 1112: Raymond Berengar III. , Count of Barcelona of the House of Barcelona marries Dulcia de Gévaudan of the House of Provence , heiress to the County of Provence .
• 1643: In Gyulafehérvár , George II Rákóczi , Prince of Transylvania , marries Sofie of Báthory, thus securing the inheritance of the Báthory of Somlyó family .
• 1998: Texan Karla Faye Tucker is executed by lethal injection for two counts of murder, becoming the first woman in the United States since 1984 .

religion

• 993: Bishop Ulrich of Augsburg is appointed by Pope John XV. canonized . He is the first saint confirmed by canonization .

disasters

• 1825: The February flood , also known as the Hallig flood , causes severe damage along the entire North Sea coast and kills around 800 people. Parts of Sylt are torn into the sea, northern Jutland becomes an island.

1931: The "Twin Cities" of Napier and Hastings

• 1931: The New Zealand cities of Napier and Hastings are almost completely destroyed by an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale and subsequent major fires. Over 250 people are killed.
• 1972: A blizzard hits Iran, killing several thousand people by February 9th.
• 1996: A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Yunnan Sheng, People's Republic of China, killing around 300 people.
• 2002: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan kills about 200 people.
• 2006: The Al-Salam Boccaccio 98 ferry sank in the Red Sea with 1,414 people on board. Only 387 people survive the accident.

Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .

Sports

• 1908: The Greek sports club Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos is founded with its well-known football department .
• 1911: The Swede Ulrich Salchow becomes world champion in men's figure skating for the tenth time at the World Figure Skating Championships in Berlin .
• 1972: In Sapporo , Japan, Emperor Hirohito inaugurates the XI. Olympic Winter Games .
• 1980: Larry Holmes wins the boxing match and world heavyweight title against Lorenzo Zanon at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas /Nevada, by k. O.
• 2019: The New England Patriots win Super Bowl LIII 13-3 against the Los Angeles Rams , claiming the title for the sixth time in their history.

Entries of track and field world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics .

Born

Before the 18th century

Kada no Azumamaro (b. 1669)

• 1192: Gojong , 23rd king of Korea's Goryeo Empire
• 1267: Richard FitzAlan, 8th Earl of Arundel , English magnate and military
• 1338: Jeanne de Bourbon , as wife of Charles V, Queen of France
• 1449: Meinhard von Neuhaus , Supreme Burgrave of Bohemia
• 1471: Degenhart Pfäffinger , Bavarian nobleman
• 1478: Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham , English nobleman
• 1544: César de Bus , French priest
• 1567: Anna Maria , Princess of Brandenburg and Duchess of Pomerania
• 1587: Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst
• 1587: Balthasar Meisner , German Lutheran theologian and ethicist
• 1624: Johann Quistorp the Younger , German professor of theology, rector of the University of Rostock
• 1636: Laurentius Gutzmer , German Evangelical Lutheran minister
• 1654: Matthias Pussjäger , Tyrolean painter
• 1669: Kada no Azumamaro , Japanese Shinto scholar and poet
• 1673: Gottlieb Stolle , German polyhistor
• 1676: Ingenuin Lechleitner , Austrian sculptor
• 1677: Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel , Bohemian architect and painter
• 1684: Giovanni Biagio Amico , Italian architect
• 1689: Blas de Lezo , Spanish lieutenant general of the fleet
• 1690: Tilmann Joseph Godesberg , German priest and official in the Archdiocese of Cologne
• 1692: Farfallino (actually Giacinto Fontana), Italian opera singer and castrato
• 1697: Ferdinand August Hommel , German legal scholar

18th century

Johann Michael Hartung (* 1708)

Dorothea of ​​Courland (* 1761)

• 1702: Michael Adelbulner , German mathematician, physicist and astronomer
• 1702: Giovanni Battista Vaccarini , Italian architect
• 1708: Johann Michael Hartung , German master organ builder
• 1711: Omar Ali Saifuddin I , Sultan of Brunei
• 1717: Nicholas Cooke , American politician
• 1721: Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz , Prussian cavalry general
• 1722: Mathias Etenhueber , German poet
• 1722: Louise Friederike von Württemberg , Princess of Württemberg and Duchess of Mecklenburg
• 1726: Johann Friedrich Ackermann , German physician and university teacher
• 1726: Joachim Bernhard von Prittwitz , Prussian cavalry general
• 1728: Georg Christian Oeder , German botanist, physician and social reformer
• 1735: Ignacy Krasicki , Polish clergyman and writer
• 1736: Johann Georg Albrechtsberger , Austrian music theorist and composer of the Vienna School
• 1740: Blasius Bernauer , German organ builder
• 1742: Christian Friedrich Duttenhofer , Protestant theologian
• 1748: Friederike von Reitzenstein , German writer
• 1753: Cay Wilhelm von Ahlefeldt , provost of the convent of Preetz
• 1754: Juan Ruiz de Apodaca , Spanish officer, governor of Cuba and viceroy of New Spain
• 1757: Constantin François Volney , French traveller, orientalist and philosopher of history
• 1759: Johann Maria Philipp Frimont von Palota , Austrian general
• 1761: Dorothea of ​​Courland , Duchess of Courland
• 1763: Caroline von Wolzogen , German writer
• 1766: Sigismund von Reitzenstein , Baden diplomat and politician
• 1772: Johann Heinrich Fritsch , German evangelical preacher, historian and astronomer
• 1774: Carl Brandan Mollweide , German mathematician and astronomer
• 1774: Emanuel von Bretfeld zu Kronenburg , Bohemian officer
• 1775: Maximilien Foy , French general and statesman
• 1776: Karl Wilhelm Walch , German legal scholar
• 1777: John Cheyne , British physician
• 1786: Wilhelm Gesenius , German theologian and linguist
• 1789: Friedrich Jakob Heller , Austrian military historian
• 1790: Gideon Mantell , British physician, geologist, and paleontologist
• 1795: Antonio José de Sucre , Venezuelan military, South American freedom hero

19th century

1801-1850

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (b. 1809)

Elizabeth Blackwell (b. 1821)

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (b. 1830)

Nahida Ruth Lazarus (b. 1849)

• 1803: Franz Ziegler , German politician and writer
• 1805: Otto Theodor von Manteuffel , Prussian politician
• 1806: Ansel Briggs , American politician
• 1806: Nanette Schechner , German opera singer
• 1807: Joseph E. Johnston , American Confederate general in the American Civil War
• 1807: Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington , British general
• 1808: Henriette Lustig , German laundress, entrepreneur and founder of the laundry trade
• 1809: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , German composer
• 1810: Adolf Spieß , German physical education teacher
• 1811: Horace Greeley , American newspaper publisher and politician
• 1815: Edward J. Roye , President of Liberia
• 1816: Carl Olof Rosenius , Swedish lay preacher
• 1818: Hermann Heinrich Grafe , German founder of the Free Evangelical Churches and hymn writer
• 1818: Mary Phinney von Olnhausen , American nurse and abolitionist
• 1820: Anthony W. Gardiner , President of Liberia
• 1820: Elisha Kent Kane , American explorer, explorer, and physician
• 1820: Auguste Nefftzer , French journalist
• 1821: Elizabeth Blackwell , American physician
• 1823: Karl Christian Andreae , German painter
• 1823: Spencer Fullerton Baird , American ornithologist and ichthyologist
• 1823: Benjamin Jaurès , French admiral
• 1824: George Thomas Anderson , American general
• 1824: Marie Eder , Austrian opera singer
• 1826: Walter Bagehot , British economist, journalist, constitutional theorist
• 1826: Hermann Schubert , Austrian Benedictine, preacher and minister
• 1830: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury , British statesman, Prime Minister
• 1833: Abu Bakar of Johor , Sultan of Johor
• 1839: Auguste Glardon , Swiss evangelical minister
• 1839: Agnes Hoesch , benefactor and benefactor in the city of Düren
• 1842: Sidney Lanier , American poet
• 1843: William Cornelius Van Horne , American, later Canadian, railroad pioneer
• 1844: Marie von Najmájer , Austrian writer
• 1845: Ernst von Wildenbruch , German poet and playwright
• 1846: Judson Harmon , American politician
• 1848: Jørgen Løvland , Norwegian politician
• 1849: Ilse Frapan , German writer
• 1849: Nahida Ruth Lazarus , German writer and journalist
• 1850: Bertha von Arnswaldt , German salonière

1851-1900

Wilhelm Trübner (* 1851)

Gertrude Stein (b. 1874)

Willa Lybrand Fulmer (b. 1884)

Angelo Donati (b. 1885)

Daisy Campi (b. 1893)

Norman Rockwell (born 1894)

Pavel Samuilovich Urysohn (b. 1898)

Mildred Trotter (b. 1899)

• 1851: Lina Hähnle , German founder of the Bund für Vogelschutz
• 1851: Wilhelm Trübner , German Romantic painter
• 1854: Artur Bylandt-Rheidt , Austrian politician
• 1854: Sergei Sergeyevich Korsakov , Russian neurologist
• 1854: Bernhard Lepsius , German chemist and director of Chemische Fabrik Griesheim
• 1856: Georg Winter , German archivist and historian
• 1857: Wilhelm Johannsen , Danish botanist and geneticist
• 1857: Hugo Krabbe , Dutch constitutional lawyer
• 1859: Hugo Junkers , German engineer and entrepreneur
• 1860: Friedrich Koepp , German classical scholar and archaeologist
• 1860: Otto Schmeil , German biologist, educator, and author
• 1861: Ernst Fromhold-Treu , Baltic German pastor, Protestant martyr
• 1864: Charlotte Albrecht , Austrian stage actress
• 1865: Johannes Giesberts , German trade unionist and politician, MdR
• 1866: Fabio Fiallo , Dominican politician, diplomat, journalist and writer
• 1868: Annie von Baudissin , German writer
• 1869: Johann Becker , German lawyer and politician, MdR, Reich Minister
• 1869: Karl Hampe , German medievalist
• 1870: Gustava Louise Georgia Emilie Grüner , Danish painter
• 1870: Annette Kolb , German writer
• 1870: Ada Negri , Italian writer
• 1873: Karl Jatho , German pioneer of powered flight
• 1874: Gertrude Stein , American modernist writer, publisher, and art collector
• 1875: Sigrid Lindholm , Swedish draftswoman and painter
• 1877: Ludwig Deubner , German classical scholar and religious scholar
• 1879: Nora Exner , Austrian graphic artist, sculptor and ceramist
• 1879: Harry Fuld , German industrialist
• 1880: Félix Fourdrain , French composer, organist and music teacher
• 1881: Anne de Borman , Belgian tennis player
• 1883: Alfred Heurich , inventor of the folding boat in the form of a kayak
• 1884: Willa Lybrand Fulmer , American politician
• 1885: Angelo Donati , Italian banker, philanthropist and diplomat
• 1886: Alfred Andreesen , German reform pedagogue
• 1887: Otto Bäurle , German athlete
• 1887: Max Josef Metzger , German Catholic priest, victim of Nazism
• 1887: Georg Trakl , Austrian Expressionist poet with strong influences of Symbolism
• 1889: Artur Adson , Estonian poet, writer and theater critic
• 1889: Carl Theodor Dreyer , Danish film director
• 1890: Gertrud Bodenwieser , dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and pioneer of expression dance
• 1890: Paul Scherrer , Swiss physicist
• 1891: Luise Krauter , German politician
• 1891: Bella Martens , German art historian
• 1891: Juan Negrín , Spanish politician, Prime Minister
• 1892: Louis Dollé , French automobile racer
• 1892: Sophie van Leer , Expressionist poet and Judeo-Christian mystic
• 1893: Gaston Maurice Julia , French mathematician
• 1893: Paul Achkar , Syrian archbishop
• 1893: Daisy Campi , German modernist painter
• 1894: Renzo De Vecchi , Italian soccer player and coach
• 1894: Norman Rockwell , American painter and illustrator
• 1895: André Beaudin , French painter
• 1896: Johannes Urzidil , Austro-Czechoslovakian writer
• 1896: Henny Wolff , German concert singer and singing teacher
• 1897: Anny Engelmann , Austro-Czechoslovakian illustrator
• 1897: Ivone Kirkpatrick , British diplomat
• 1897: Else Reventlow , German teacher, women's rights activist, editor
• 1897: Wilhelm Wloch , German communist who became a victim of the Stalinist purges
• 1898: Alvar Aalto , Finnish architect and designer
• 1898: Heinrich Auge , German trade unionist and politician, MP
• 1898: Lil Hardin Armstrong , American jazz pianist, singer and composer
• 1898: Carlos Raygada , Peruvian literary and music critic
• 1898: Pavel Samuilovich Urysohn , Russian mathematician
• 1899: João Café Filho , Brazilian politician, President of the State
• 1899: Wilhelm Graf zu Lynar , German officer involved in the July 20, 1944 assassination
• 1899: Gertrud Savelsberg , German social scientist and deputy director of the Institute for World Economics library
• 1899: Lao She , Chinese writer
• 1899: Mildred Trotter , American anthropologist
• 1900: Martin Elsner , German farmer and politician
• 1900: Anni Frind , opera and operetta singer
• 1900: Friedrich Karl Gotsch , German painter and printmaker
• 1900: Wilhelm Heinrich Heraeus , German physicist, inventor and industrialist
• 1900: Erhard König , German politician and functionary of the People's Police
• 1900: Mabel Mercer , British variety singer and performer of The Great American Songbook
• 1900: Kurt Schneider , German marathon runner

20th century

1901-1925

Hermann Henselman (* 1905)

Yelena Mikhailovna Schirmann (b. 1908)

Simone Weil (born 1909)

Dan Kazuo (born 1912)

Luz Machado (b. 1916)

Helen Stephens (born 1918)

Zdeněk Sykora (b. 1920)

Bully Buhlan (born 1924)

• 1901: Nora Gregor , Austrian actress
• 1901: Rosamond Lehmann , British novelist
• 1902: Anne Marie Jauss , German painter, author, book illustrator and pacifist
• 1902: Dolly Rüdeman , Dutch printmaker, poster artist, illustrator and children's book author
• 1903: Priaulx Rainier , South African-British composer and university teacher
• 1902: Edmund Wunderlich , Swiss painter and alpinist
• 1903: Arie den Arend , Dutch composer and organist
• 1903: Frances James , Canadian soprano and music teacher
• 1904: Alexander Alexandrovich Charkevich , Russian engineer and scientist, pioneer of communications engineering
• 1904: Luigi Dallapiccola , Italian composer
• 1904: Lili Grün , Austrian writer and actress
• 1905: Paul Ariste , Estonian linguist
• 1905: Hermann Henselmann , German architect
• 1905: Albert K. Hömberg , German historian and author
• 1905: Andrée Peel , French resistance fighter
• 1905: Ilse Voigt , German actress and voice actress
• 1906: George Adamson , British naturalist
• 1906: Ludvig Nielsen , Norwegian composer and organist
• 1906: Jacqueline Thome-Patenôtre , French politician
• 1907: James A. Michener , American writer
• 1907: Roman Erich Petsche , Austrian teacher, school supervisor and painter
• 1908: Paul Takashi Nagai , Japanese radiologist, author, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
• 1908: Yelena Mikhailovna Schirmann , Soviet poet
• 1909: Dorothy Spencer , American film editor
• 1909: Simone Weil , French philosopher
• 1910: Jack Belden , American war correspondent and writer
• 1910: Blas Galindo , Mexican composer
• 1910: Rupert Viktor Oppenauer , Austrian chemist
• 1911: Jehan Alain , French organist and composer
• 1911: Reba Monness , American table tennis player
• 1912: Odysseas Angelis , Greek officer and politician
• 1912: Dan Kazuo , Japanese writer
• 1913: Paula Acker , German correspondent, editor and communist party functionary
• 1913: Eduardo Kingman , Ecuadorian painter
• 1913: Henriette von Schirach , German writer
• 1914: Ilse Bally , Swiss actress, dubbing and radio play speaker
• 1914: Mary Carlisle , American actress and singer
• 1915: Ingeborg Hunzinger , German sculptor
• 1915: Boris Paichadze , Georgian footballer
• 1915: Violet Webb , British athlete and Olympian
• 1916: Dolly Dawn , American singer of the swing era
• 1916: Luz Machado , Venezuelan author, poet and political activist
• 1916: Jean Margéot , Mauritanian cardinal and bishop
• 1918: Gerhard Bassarak , German Protestant theologian
• 1918: Joey Bishop , American singer, actor and show host
• 1918: Zoltán E. Erdély , German psychoanalyst and author
• 1918: Bibi Osterwald , American actress and singer
• 1918: Helen Stephens , American track and field athlete
• 1919: Ursula Burg , German theater and film actress
• 1919: Snooky Young , American jazz trumpeter
• 1920: Ruth Kraft , German writer
• 1920: Tilde Michels , German writer and translator
• 1920: Stan Ockers , Belgian racing cyclist
• 1920: Khieu Ponnary , Cambodian politician
• 1920: Zdeněk Sýkora , Czech painter and sculptor
• 1921: Ralph Alpher , American physicist
• 1921: Herbert Baack , German politician, MP
• 1921: Gerda Hoffer , Israeli writer
• 1921: Joseph Wang Dian Duo , Chinese Bishop of Heze Diocese
• 1922: Mireya Cueto , Mexican puppeteer, writer and co-founder of the National Puppet Museum
• 1922: Andrej Lettrich , Slovak director and screenwriter
• 1922: Hans Sennholz , German-American author, university lecturer and economist
• 1923: Françoise Christophe , French actress
• 1923: Alys Robi , Canadian singer
• 1924: Martial Asselin , Canadian politician
• 1924: Bully Buhlan , German jazz and pop singer, pianist, pop composer and actor
• 1924: Friedrich Wilhelm von Hohenzollern , German industrialist and nobleman, head of the House of Hohenzollern
• 1924: Edward P. Thompson , British historian, socialist and peace activist
• 1924: Robert Schlienz , German soccer player
• 1924: Claire Watson , American opera singer
• 1925: Paul Ausserleitner , Austrian ski jumper
• 1925: John Fiedler , American actor
• 1925: Leon Schlumpf , Swiss politician

1926-1950

Hans-Jochen Vogel (* 1926)

Daehaeng Kunsunim (b. 1927)

Gerhard Schwarz (born 1930)

Maria Itkina (* 1932)

Monica von Starck (born 1939)

Hans Krattert (* 1940)

Alan Watson (born 1941)

Anna Maria Tarantola (born 1945)

Yvonne Prettner Solon (born 1946)

Paul Auster (born 1947)

Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo (b. 1948)

• 1926: Arthur Eugene Arfons , American drag and powerboat racer
• 1926: Elfriede Moser-Rath , Austrian folklorist and narrative researcher
• 1926: Linda Sini , Italian actress
• 1926: Hans-Jochen Vogel , German lawyer and politician, MdL, MP, federal minister
• 1926: Richard Yates , American writer
• 1927: Kenneth Anger , American filmmaker and author
• 1927: Hans-Georg Arlt , German violinist
• 1928: Helmut Kretschmar , German concert and oratorio singer and university teacher
• 1927: Daehaeng Kunsunim , Korean Seon Master
• 1928: Anton Nigl , Austrian politician and trade union secretary
• 1928: Ferenc Pavlics , Hungarian aerospace engineer
• 1928: Andrzej Szczypiorski , Polish writer
• 1928: Svend Wad , Danish boxer
• 1929: Jimmy Edwards , American rockabilly musician
• 1929: Kurt Eisenblätter , German actor
• 1929: Gerd Mayen , German actor and radio play speaker
• 1929 Camilo Torres , Colombian priest and liberation theologian
• 1930: Raymond Ausloos , Belgian football goalkeeper
• 1930: Anatoly Nikolayevich Bulakov , Soviet boxer
• 1930: Amédée Grab , Bishop of Lausanne and Chur
• 1930: Hermi Lechner , Austrian Wienerlied interpreter and lyricist
• 1930: Eva Lubinger , Austrian writer
• 1930: Herbert Maeder , Swiss photographer and politician
• 1930: Joan Rice , British actress
• 1930: Luise Schmitz , German badminton player
• 1930: Gerhard Schwarz , German physicist and co-founder of the Biozentrum of the University of Basel
• 1932: Nancy Boyle , Australian track and field athlete
• 1932: Shirley Eckel , Canadian hurdler
• 1932: Peggy Ann Garner , American actress
• 1932: Marija Itkina , Belarusian track and field athlete
• 1932: Lieselotte Seibel-Emmerling , German politician
• 1933: Varetta Dillard , American rhythm and blues singer
• 1933: John Edmondson , American composer
• 1933: John Handy , American jazz saxophonist
• 1933: Paul Sarbanes , American politician, Senator from Maryland
• 1933: Heinrich Übleis , Austrian jurist and minister
• 1934: Suzan Ball , American actress
• 1934: Johannes Kühn , German writer
• 1934: Wolfgang Niescher , German handball player and physician
• 1935: Dieter Bäumle , Swiss composer
• 1935: Dieter Warken , German soccer player
• 1935: Johnny Guitar Watson , American blues guitarist
• 1936: Mariclare Costello , American actress
• 1936: Gertrud Dempwolf , German politician
• 1936: Ingrid Gamer-Wallert , German Egyptologist
• 1937: Jacques Barrot , French politician and European Commissioner
• 1937: Helga Düchting , German politician
• 1937: Bobby Durham , American jazz drummer
• 1937: Péter Horváth , German business economist and university lecturer
• 1938: Marjatta Kajosmaa , Finnish cross-country skier
• 1938: Tony Marshall , German pop singer
• 1938: Bärbel Thoelke , German porcelain designer
• 1939: Johnny Bristol , American singer, producer and songwriter
• 1939: Michael Cimino , American film director
• 1939: Helga Dernesch , Austrian opera singer
• 1939: Wolfgang Kilian , German legal scholar
• 1939: Heino Kleiminger , German football player and coach
• 1939: Luise Mirsch , music producer, music editor and radio presenter
• 1939: Monika von Starck , German artist
• 1940: Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy , Austrian classical archaeologist and ancient historian
• 1940: Tõnis Käo , Estonian-German industrial designer
• 1940: Hans Kratzert , German film director and screenwriter
• 1941: Vilmoș Gheorghe , Romanian biathlete
• 1941: Marei Obladen , German radio play author and reviewer
• 1941: Michael Scharang , Austrian writer
• 1941: Alan Watson , British politician, presenter and advertising executive
• 1942: Marie Chaix , French-American writer
• 1942: Nancy Holland , Canadian alpine skier
• 1943: Neil Bogart , American executive and record producer
• 1943: Blythe Danner , American actress
• 1943: Helga Meusinger , German luger
• 1944: Helma Fehrmann , German actress, drama teacher, theater director and playwright
• 1944: María Luisa Puga , Mexican writer
• 1945: Willeke Alberti , Dutch singer and television actress
• 1945: Gunter Armonat , German politician
• 1945: Hideo Kanaya , Japanese motorcycle racer
• 1945: Bob Stewart , American jazz musician
• 1945: Anna Maria Tarantola , Italian manager
• 1945: Dilek Türker , Turkish actress, director and theater manager
• 1946: Bruno Kneubühler , Swiss motorcycle racer
• 1946: Elisabeth Pittermann , Austrian politician and doctor
• 1946: Yvonne Prettner Solon , American politician
• 1946: Vreni Schawalder , Swiss politician
• 1946: Stan Webb , British guitarist
• 1947: Paul Auster , American writer, director, critic, translator and editor
• 1947: Dave Davies , British musician
• 1947: Monica Gruber , Austrian actress and voice actress
• 1947: Georg Jarzembowski , German lawyer and politician, MdL, MEP
• 1947: Stephen McHattie , Canadian actor
• 1947: Melanie Safka , American singer
• 1947: Asmus Tietchens , German composer
• 1947: Emil Paul Tscherrig Swiss Archbishop and Vatican diplomat
• 1948: Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo , East Timorese bishop, Nobel laureate
• 1948: János Drapál , Hungarian motorcycle racer
• 1948: Henning Mankell , Swedish theater director, artistic director and writer
• 1948: Gennady Anatolyevich Moiseyev , Soviet motocross rider
• 1948: Margherita Zander , political scientist
• 1949: Richard Jones , British racing driver
• 1949: Hennie Kuiper , Dutch racing cyclist
• 1949: Sonia Pilcer , American writer
• 1949: Käthi Wälchli , Swiss politician
• 1950: Morgan Fairchild , American actress
• 1950: Markku Aro , Finnish crooner
• 1950: Pamela Franklin , British actress
• 1950: María Jiménez , Spanish singer
• 1950: Christian Martin , German playwright, author of radio plays and fairy tales
• 1950: Katrin Martin , German actress

1951-1975

Sima Samar (born 1957)

Joe F Edwards (b. 1958)

Joachim Loew (* 1960)

Bettina Wischhöfer (* 1961)

Emma McCune (born 1964)

Gregory Tardy (born 1966)

Elizabeth Scharang (born 1969)

Warwick Davis (born 1970)

Jens P. Meyer (b. 1971)

Franny Armstrong (born 1972)

Branka Pupovac (born 1972)

Magnus Wernblom (born 1973)

Tatiana Melamed (born 1974)

• 1951: Arsène Auguste , Haitian football defender
• 1951: Pavel Hristov , Bulgarian wrestler
• 1951: Blaise Compaoré , President of Burkina Faso
• 1951: Byron Erickson , American editor and writer in the comics industry
• 1951: Mäddel Fuchs , Swiss photographer
• 1951: Geoffrey Horrocks , British linguist
• 1951: Willy Ketzer , German jazz drummer and bandleader
• 1951: Wolfgang Kuhhoff , German ancient historian
• 1951: Roland Paul , German historian and folklorist
• 1952: Jack Fields , American politician
• 1952: Beatrice Jann , Swiss politician
• 1952: Andrei Makeyev , Soviet basketball player
• 1952: Gerhard Staguhn , German journalist and writer
• 1953: Bojan Prašnikar , Slovenian football coach
• 1953: Ferdinand Schmatz , Austrian writer
• 1953: Tamara Thierbach , German politician
• 1954: Irmgard Lukasser , Austrian alpine skier
• 1955: Adelina Oprean , Romanian violinist
• 1955: Bruno Pezzey , Austrian footballer
• 1956: Christiane Kieburg , German judoka
• 1956: Nathan Lane , American musical and film actor
• 1956: Lee Ranaldo , American guitarist and singer
• 1956: Rainer Wittkamp , German writer and director
• 1957: Ulrich Karger , German author and religion teacher
• 1957: Guy Martin , French three-star chef
• 1957: Hiroko Kuniya , Japanese news anchor and journalist
• 1957: Sima Samar , Afghan doctor and politician
• 1958: Joe F Edwards , American astronaut
• 1958: Krzysztof Fikiel , Polish basketball player
• 1958: Nikolai von Koslowski , German radio director and journalist
• 1958: N. Gregory Mankiw , American economist
• 1958: Dietmar Rieth , German politician
• 1958: Piotr Sobociński , Polish cinematographer
• 1958: Gisela Walsken , German politician
• 1958: Ulrike Wall , Austrian politician
• 1959: Fabián Bielinsky , Argentine director
• 1959: Fredric Lehne , American actor
• 1959: Ferzan Özpetek , Italian film and opera director and screenwriter
• 1959: Rob Wittman , American politician
• 1960: Joachim Löw , German soccer player, club and national coach
• 1960: Mariella Nava , Italian singer-songwriter
• 1960: Luzia Sutter Rehmann , Swiss theologian
• 1961: Jay Adams , American professional skateboarder
• 1961: Bettina Wischhöfer , German archivist and historian
• 1962: Sabine Dabringhaus , German historian
• 1962: Renate Seitner , Austrian politician and teacher
• 1963: Jørn Andersen , Norwegian footballer
• 1963: Isabella Lövin , Swedish politician
• 1963: Lucia Ronchetti , Italian composer
• 1963: Insa Sjurts , German economist
• 1964: Matraca Berg , American country music singer
• 1964: Laird Hamilton , American surfer
• 1964: Corinne Masiero , French actress
• 1964: Emma McCune , British development worker
• 1964: Michael Rummenigge , German footballer
• 1964: Nadine Wittig , German costume designer
• 1965: Ingo Haar , German historian
• 1965: Jussi Hanhimäki , Finnish historian
• 1965: Erwin Keeve , German engineer, computer scientist and university lecturer
• 1965: Kathleen Kinmont , American actress
• 1965: Terje Langli , Norwegian cross-country skier
• 1965: Marjo Matikainen-Kallström , Finnish cross-country skier and politician
• 1965: Dirk Müller , German radio play speaker, voice actor and director
• 1965: Klaus Sulzenbacher , Austrian Nordic combined athlete
• 1965: Maura Tierney , American actress
• 1966: Athina Lexutt , German church historian
• 1966: Duncan MacPherson , Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966: Ron Ringguth , German reporter, commentator, toy inventor and entrepreneur
• 1966: Gregory Tardy , American jazz musician
• 1967: Corinne Erhel , French politician
• 1967: Gisle Kverndokk , Norwegian composer
• 1967: Mixu Paatelainen , Finnish footballer
• 1967: Aurelio Vidmar , Australian football player and coach
• 1968: Mary Onyali-Omagbemi , Nigerian sprinter, Olympic medalist
• 1968: Irina Eduardowna Permitina , Russian marathon runner
• 1968: Marlis Petersen , German opera, lied and concert singer
• 1969: Karin Bachner , Austrian jazz musician
• 1969: Jean-Pierre Bohard , French Nordic combined athlete
• 1969: Fernanda Borges , East Timorese politician and party founder
• 1969: Patrick Cramer , German chemist and structural biologist
• 1969: Ulrike Nittmann , Austrian politician
• 1969: Elisabeth Scharang , Austrian director, screenwriter and presenter
• 1969: Yulia Viktorovna Dyomina , Russian chess player
• 1970: Warwick Davis , British actor
• 1970: Sabine Ginther , Austrian alpine skier
• 1970: Tom Graves , American politician
• 1970: Steffen Karl , German soccer player
• 1970: Richie Kotzen , American guitarist
• 1970: Neal Miner , American jazz musician
• 1970: Jason Muzzatti , Italian-Canadian ice hockey goaltender and coach
• 1970: Katja Petrowskaja , Ukrainian-German writer
• 1970: Henning Schmidtke , German cabaret artist, musician and author
• 1970: Robert Schuster , German director and university lecturer
• 1971: Cecilia Isabel Chacón de Vettori , Peruvian entrepreneur and politician
• 1971: Andreas Daams , German composer and writer
• 1971: Elisa Donovan , American actress
• 1971: Sarah Kane , British writer and director
• 1971: Mihamm Kim-Rauchholz , Korean theologian
• 1971: Jens P. Meyer , German politician
• 1971: Lars Pape , German actor and director
• 1972: Franny Armstrong , British documentary filmmaker and environmental activist
• 1972: Canan Kaftancioglu , Turkish doctor and politician
• 1972: Georg Koch , German footballer
• 1972: Branka Pupovac , Australian wheelchair tennis player
• 1972: Justine Seewald , German radio play speaker
• 1972: Hanne Staff , Norwegian orienteer
• 1972: Lúcia Taeki , East Timorese politician
• 1973: Megan McCafferty , American young adult writer
• 1973: Christina Pernice , German jurist
• 1973: Timuçin Şahin , Turkish jazz guitarist
• 1973: Mike Schubert , German economist and local politician
• 1973: Charles Shufford , American heavyweight boxer
• 1973: Magnus Wernblom , Swedish ice hockey player
• 1974: Magnus Beite , Norwegian composer
• 1974: Tatiana Melamed , Ukrainian-German chess player
• 1974: Ayanna Pressley , American politician
• 1974: Jason Ricci , American harmonica player and singer
• 1974: Florian Rousseau , French cyclist
• 1974: Antje Wagner , German writer
• 1975: Terry Chen , Canadian film and television actor
• 1975: Harro Füllgrabe , German editor and presenter
• 1975: Ulrike Hölzl , Austrian snowboarder
• 1975: Yoel Mariño , Cuban road cyclist
• 1975: Markus Schulz , German DJ and music producer

1976-2000

Isla Fisher (born 1976)

Doris Mader (born 1976)

Niels Feijen (born 1977)

Amal Clooney (born 1978)

Martin Kuenzle (* 1980)

Lydia Moecklinghoff (born 1981)

Juliane Pfeil-Zabel (* 1987)

Sean Kingston (born 1990)

Getter Jaani (born 1993)

• 1976: Stéphane Antiga , French volleyball player and coach
• 1976: Tijana Dapčević , Macedonian pop singer
• 1976: Isla Fisher , Australian actress and author
• 1976: Doris Mader , Austrian table tennis player
• 1977: ACO , Japanese singer
• 1977: Petr Baxant , Austrian politician
• 1977: Tammy Crow , American synchronized swimmer
• 1977: Niels Feijen , Dutch pool player.
• 1977: Pierre Kiwitt , German-French actor
• 1977: Daddy Yankee , Puerto Rican reggaetón artist
• 1977: Maitland Ward , American actress
• 1977: Boris Weirauch , German politician
• 1977 Carlos Parra , American soccer player and youth coach
• 1978: Markus Appelmann , German TV and radio presenter
• 1978: Inga Birkenfeld , German actress
• 1978: Joan Capdevila , Spanish footballer
• 1978: Amal Clooney , British-Lebanese jurist
• 1978: Lars Jørgensen , Danish handball player
• 1978: Tanja Nijmeijer , Dutch woman who joined the guerrilla organization FARC
• 1978: Claudia Skopal , Austrian writer and actress
• 1978: Liv Strömquist , Swedish comic artist and radio host
• 1978: Kelly Sullivan , American actress
• 1979: Becca Fitzpatrick , American author
• 1979: Costa Ronin , Australian-Russian actor
• 1979: Christine Schaffner , Swiss mountain bike orienteer
• 1979: Marie Zielcke , German actress
• 1980: Markus Esser , German track and field athlete
• 1980: Ezkimo , Finnish rapper
• 1980: Martin Künzle , ski jumper and ski jumping coach
• 1980: Robert-Martin Montag , German politician
• 1980: Davide Moscardelli , Italian footballer
• 1981: Guri Melby , Norwegian politician
• 1981: Lydia Möcklinghoff , German zoologist, tropical ecologist, author and anteater researcher
• 1982: Nadine Arents , German actress and model
• 1982: Gu Li , Chinese professional Go player
• 1982: Mariusz Jurkiewicz , Polish handball player
• 1982: Philipp Marx , German tennis player
• 1982: Roland Schwegler , Swiss footballer
• 1983: Carlos Berlocq , Argentine tennis player
• 1983: Gilad Hekselman , Israeli jazz guitarist, composer and bandleader
• 1984: Lourival Assis , Brazilian soccer player
• 1984: Sara Carbonero , Spanish sports journalist and television reporter
• 1984: Nicole Castro , Australian basketball player
• 1984: Trần Quyết Chiến , Vietnamese three cushion player
• 1984: Rie Saitō , Japanese hostess, writer and politician
• 1984: Matthew Moy , American actor
• 1986: Rémi Cusin , French cyclist
• 1986: Lucas Duda , American baseball player
• 1986: Jennifer Hohl , Swiss cyclist
• 1987: Deniz Harbert , German-Turkish soccer player and futsal player
• 1987: Juliane Pfeil-Zabel , German politician
• 1987: Mihter Wendolin , Micronesian track and field athlete
• 1988: Kamil Glik , Polish footballer
• 1988: Katia Wagner , Austrian columnist and presenter
• 1988: Gregory van der Wiel , Dutch footballer
• 1989: Franziska Hagemann , German soccer player
• 1989: David Manga , Central African footballer
• 1989: Slobodan Rajković , Serbian footballer
• 1990: Sean Kingston , American singer
• 1990: Julia Wenzl , German handball player
• 1991: Andreea Chira , Romanian panpipe player
• 1991: Elena Curtoni , Italian alpine skier
• 1991: Stefan Hierländer , Austrian footballer
• 1991: Nikola Hofmanova , Austrian tennis player
• 1991: Viktor Noring , Swedish footballer
• 1991: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs , British racing driver
• 1992: Berkin Arslan , Turkish footballer
• 1993: Getter Jaani , Estonian singer
• 1993: Maximilian Thiel , German footballer
• 1993: Timon Wloka , German actor
• 1994: Armand Drevina , German soccer player
• 1994: Markus Krojer , German actor
• 1994: Dennis van de Laar , Dutch racing driver
• 1994: Malaika Mihambo , German athlete
• 1994: Justin Bilyeu , American soccer player
• 1995: Orla Gartland , Irish singer-songwriter
• 1995: Miha Hrobat , Slovenian alpine skier
• 1995: Nikola Rybanská , Slovak footballer
• 1995: Julia Schneider , German soccer player
• 1995: Valentina Saulenko , Kazakh biathlete
• 1995: Marvin Stefaniak , German footballer
• 1996: Jorge Navarro , Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1998: Blás Riveros , Paraguayan footballer
• 1999: Sharmila Jan Nona , Sri Lankan track and field athlete
• 1999: Nina Reichenbach , German mountain bike athlete

21st century

• 2002: Radu Drăgușin , Romanian footballer

• 2003: Noa Szőllős , Israeli alpine skier

Died

Before the 16th century

• 0865: Ansgar , Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen
• 0968: Bernhard von Hadmersleben , Bishop of Halberstadt
• 1014: Sven Gabelbart , Viking king of Denmark, England and Norway; ending at 40 days, the shortest reign for an English king
• 1076: Imad , Bishop of Paderborn
• 1142: Yue Fei , Chinese general of the Song dynasty
• 1215: Eustace , Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Ely
• 1245: Isabel de Bolebec , English noblewoman
• 1290: Henry XIII. , Duke of Lower Bavaria
• 1327: Henry the Meek , Duke of Austria
• 1343: William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros , English nobleman
• 1352: Bertrand du Pouget , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• 1387: Frederick , Bishop of Chiemsee
• 1387: Johann von Scharffenberg , Bishop of Passau
• 1388: Henry Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Groby , English nobleman
• 1399: John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster , English nobleman and founder of the House of Lancaster
• 1424: Johann von Bieberstein , baron in Bohemia, opponent of King Wenceslaus IV.
• 1428: Ashikaga Yoshimochi , Japanese shogun
• 1437: Niccolò Niccoli , Italian merchant and humanist
• 1443: Branda Castiglione , Italian humanist, papal legate, cardinal
• 1451: Murad II , Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• 1468: Johannes Gutenberg , German inventor of the printing press with movable metal type

Johannes Gutenberg († 1468)

• 1475: John IV , Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

16th to 18th centuries

• 1511: Johann Serlinger , nominated bishop of Seckau
• 1520: Sten Sture the Younger , Swedish knight and regent
• 1538: Johann von der Pfalz , Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
• 1547: Dominicus Sleupner , German Protestant theologian and reformer
• 1566: Georg Cassander , German theologian and humanist
• 1584: Bernal Díaz del Castillo , Spanish conquistador and chronicler
• 1590: Germain Pilon , French sculptor
• 1602: Paul Melissus , German writer, translator and composer
• 1602: Martin Ruland the Elder , German physician and alchemist
• 1608: Pantaleon Candidus , German Reformed theologian, historian and author
• 1609: Ferdinando I de' Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany and Cardinal
• 1618: Philip II , Duke of Pomerania-Stettin
• 1672: Philipp Valentin Voit von Rieneck , Prince Bishop of Bamberg
• 1679: Jan Steen , Dutch painter
• 1701: Aeneas Sylvius Caprara , Imperial Austrian field marshal
• 1704: Antonio Molinari , Italian painter and printmaker
• 1711: Francesco Maria de' Medici , Italian cardinal and patron
• 1716: Giuseppe Alberti , Italian painter and sculptor
• 1724: Innocent Metz , Bavarian Benedictine monk and painter
• 1726: Alexis Littré , French physician, surgeon, anatomist and university lecturer
• 1735: Jakub Auguston , Czech architect
• 1735: Christian III , Count Palatine of Birkenfeld, Bischweiler and Rappoltstein and Duke of Zweibrücken
• 1736: Tommaso Ceva , Italian poet and mathematician
• 1748: Henry Madin , French composer and conductor
• 1749: André Cardinal Destouches , French composer
• 1751: Ōoka Tadasuke , Japanese official
• 1752: Sophie Sabina Apitzsch , German impostor
• 1753: Charles Hector de Saint George Marquis de Marsay , French officer, watchmaker, mystic, translator and writer
• 1759: Benjamin Lay , British philanthropist, Quaker and writer
• 1774: František Ignác Tůma , Czech composer
• 1786: Matthias Friese , German schoolmaster, organist and organ builder
• 1779: Louis de Jaucourt , French writer
• 1784: Charles Montagu , British governor of the Province of South Carolina
• 1788: John Reynolds , British admiral and colonial governor of the Province of Georgia
• 1790: Johann Bernhard Hermann , German intellectual
• 1791: Matthias Faller , German monastery sculptor and woodcarver

19th century

• 1806: Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne , French writer
• 1811: Johann Beckmann , German economist
• 1813: Samuel Ashe , American politician
• 1814: Jan Antonín Koželuh , Bohemian composer
• 1817: Johann Nepomuk von Apfaltern , military person
• 1820: Gia Long , founder and first emperor of Vietnam's Nguyễn dynasty
• 1825: Henric Schartau , Swedish priest and preacher
• 1831: Xaver Bernauer , German organ builder
• 1832: Karl Viktor von Bonstetten , Swiss writer
• 1833: Luigi Arduino , Italian farmer and university teacher
• 1836: Leopold Wilhelm von Dobschütz , Prussian cavalry general
• 1836: Johann August Görenz , German educator and librarian
• 1837: Theophilus Friedrich Rothe , German jurist
• 1837: Karl Söffner , Prussian jurist
• 1846: Amalie of Hesse-Homburg , Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau
• 1847: Ernst von Bernuth , German jurist
• 1851: Benjamin Williams Crowninshield , American politician
• 1853: August Kopisch , German painter and writer
• 1853: Ferdinando Quaglia , Italian miniaturist
• 1854: Michael Pfurtscheller , Tyrolean freedom fighter
• 1862: Jean-Baptiste Biot , French physicist and mathematician
• 1862: Carl Ludwig Blume , German-Dutch botanist

Maximilian zu Wied († 1867)

• 1867: Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied , German naturalist and ethnographer
• 1868: Karl Mathy , German journalist, politician, banker and Minister of State of Baden
• 1869: Carl von Carnap , Prussian major general and landowner
• 1869: Heinrich Ritter , German philosopher
• 1874: John Prince-Smith , Anglo-German economist and Manchester Liberal in Germany, MdR
• 1876: Gino Capponi , Italian politician, historian and poet
• 1880: Henry Moule , British vicar and inventor
• 1881: John Gould , British ornithologist ( The Birds of Australia )
• 1882: Johann Bartholome Arpagaus , Swiss politician and physician
• 1882: Eduard Steinbrück , German painter

Josefine Gallmeyer († 1884)

• 1884: Josefine Gallmeyer , Austrian actress
• 1884: Gotthilf Hagen , German engineer
• 1884: Louis Jéhotte , Belgian sculptor
• 1888: Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden , Grand Ducal Prince and Titular Margrave of Baden
• 1888: Karl Theodor Bayrhoffer , German professor of philosophy and freethinker
• 1889: Belle Starr , American robber's bride
• 1890: Christoph Buys Ballot , Dutch scientist, founder of meteorology in the Netherlands and initiator of international climate research
• 1890: Heinrich Vieweg , German publishing bookseller
• 1893: Johann Wilhelm Greven , German publisher and bookseller
• 1894: Louis Lewandowski , German composer
• 1897: Lisa Baumfeld , Austrian writer
• 1899: Geert Adriaan's Boomgaard , recorded as first 110-year-old
• 1899: Heinrich Matthias Sengelmann , German pastor, founder of the Alsterdorfer Anstalten
• 1900: Ottokar Nováček , Czech composer
• 1900: Thomas Grainger Stewart , British pathologist
• 1900: Helena Stollenwerk , German founder of the order

20th century

1901-1950

• 1901: Francis Valentine Woodhouse , British Apostle of the Catholic Apostolic Church

Fukuzawa Yukichi († 1901)

• 1901: Fukuzawa Yukichi , Japanese scholar
• 1909: Johann Georg Herzog , German organist, composer and university teacher
• 1914: Wenzel Josef Heller , Bohemian composer, church musician, military bandmaster and choirmaster
• 1915: John Chilembwe , Malawian Baptist minister and revolutionary
• 1919: Marie Therese of Austria-Este , last Queen of Bavaria
• 1919: Niwa Jun'ichirō , Japanese translator and writer
• 1919: Edward Charles Pickering , American astronomer and physicist
• 1920: Frank Brown , American politician, Governor of Maryland
• 1920: Otto Bütschli , German zoologist
• 1920: Hermann Hasselmann , German pilot
• 1920: Hugo Schaefer , German pilot
• 1921: Colin Archer , Norwegian yacht and ship designers
• 1921: Julius von Soden , German civil servant and politician, Governor of Cameroon and German East Africa, Minister
• 1921: Franz Weineck , German high school director and local historian
• 1922: Hans von Arnim , Prussian general

Woodrow Wilson (died 1924)

• 1924: Thomas Woodrow Wilson , US President, initiator of the League of Nations and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• 1925: Oliver Heaviside , British mathematician and physicist
• 1929: Agner Krarup Erlang , Danish mathematician
• 1929: Elisabeth Järnefelt , patron of Finnish culture and arts, mother-in-law of Finnish national composer Jean Sibelius
• 1934: Aussie Elliott , American criminal
• 1934: Friedrich Körte , German architect
• 1935: Hugo Junkers , German engineer and entrepreneur
• 1935: Quincas Laranjeiras , Brazilian guitarist and composer
• 1936: Johann Georg Eschenburg , German lawyer, notary and mayor of Lübeck
• 1938: George Auriol , French poet, songwriter, printmaker and artist
• 1942: Ludwig Kießling , German crop production scientist and plant breeder
• 1942: Otto Schmeil , German biologist, educator and author
• 1943: Alois Andritzki , Sorbian Catholic priest and martyr

Rudolf Herzog († 1943)

• 1943: Rudolf Herzog , German journalist and writer
• 1944: Berthold Deimling , Prussian general and later pacifist
• 1945: Kurt Apitz , German pathologist and university lecturer
• 1945: Roland Freisler , German judge and President of the People's Court, legal bender
• 1946: Friedrich Jeckeln , German general of the SS, Waffen SS and police, mass murderer and war criminal
• 1948: Louis J. Brann , American attorney and politician, Governor of Maine
• 1948: Franz Xaver Müller , Austrian composer, priest and cathedral conductor
• 1949: Karl Schubert , Austrian curative teacher and Waldorf teacher
• 1950: Karl Seitz , Austrian President

1951-2000

• 1951: Marguerite Boulc'h , French singer-songwriter
• 1951: Alfred A. Cohn , American screenwriter
• 1951: August Horch , German mechanical engineer and founder of Horch and Audi
• 1952: Kambara Ariake , Japanese writer
• 1953: Yussuf Ibrahim , Egyptian-German pediatrician
• 1955: Fred H. Brown , American politician
• 1956: Eilhard Alfred Mitscherlich , German soil scientist and agronomist
• 1956: Émile Borel , French mathematician and politician
• 1956: Johnny Claes , Belgian racing driver
• 1959: The Big Bopper , American rock 'n' roll musician
• 1959: Buddy Holly , American rock 'n' roll musician and composer
• 1959: Ritchie Valens , American rock 'n' roll musician
• 1960: Gustave Guillaume , French linguist
• 1964: Giuseppe Amato , Italian film producer and director
• 1964 Frank R. Strayer American film director and producer
• 1967: Joe Meek , British producer
• 1968: Carl Krauch , German chemist and industrialist
• 1969: CN Annadurai , Indian politician and author
• 1969: Al Taliaferro , American comic artist
• 1971: Esther de Cáceres , Uruguayan poet
• 1972: Fritz Harkort , German folklorist and narrative researcher
• 1973: Edward Lockspeier , British musicologist, music critic and composer
• 1973: Andy Razaf , American songwriter
• 1974: Erhart Kästner , German writer and librarian
• 1975: William David Coolidge , American physicist
• 1975: Umm Kulthum , Egyptian singer

Fritz Berg († 1979)

• 1979: Fritz Berg , German entrepreneur, first President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
• 1980: Klaus Brasch , German actor
• 1980: Walter E. Richartz , German chemist and writer
• 1981: Gisela Praetorius , German educator and politician, MdL, MP
• 1983: Antonio Samorè , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• 1983: Tullio Campagnolo , Italian cyclist and founder of the Campagnolo company
• 1984: Edith Leffmann , Jewish doctor, member of the Resistance
• 1984: Hubert Ney , German lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Saarland
• 1986: Alfred Vohrer , German film director and screenwriter
• 1988: Radamés Gnattali , Brazilian musician and composer
• 1989: John Cassavetes , American actor and director
• 1990: Hans-Peter Will , German politician, MdL, MP
• 1992: Illa Andreae , German writer
• 1992: Otto Arndt , German party functionary, Minister of Transport of the GDR
• 1993: Carl Auböck , Austrian industrial designer and architect
• 1993: Paul Emery , British motor racing driver and mechanical engineer
• 1994: Roberto Amoroso , Italian filmmaker
• 1994: Justinus Darmojuwono , Indonesian cleric, Archbishop of Semarang, Cardinal

Bohumil Hrabal († 1997)

• 1994: Herbert Busemann , American mathematician
• 1994: Walter Havighurst , American writer and historian
• 1995: Nicolás Lindley López , Peruvian military and politician, putschist
• 1996: Ibrahim Hélou , Lebanese Archbishop
• 1997: Alfons Bauer , German composer and zither player
• 1997: Bohumil Hrabal , Czech writer
• 1997: Johnny Rodríguez , Puerto Rican singer and composer
• 1998: Gabriel Laub , Czech and German-speaking journalist, satirist and aphorist
• 1998: Karla Faye Tucker , American double murderer
• 1998: Fat Pat , American rapper
• 1998: Gerhard Steffens , German politician, MdL
• 1999: Juan Amenábar , Chilean composer
• 1999: Norman Bluhm , American painter
• 2000: Alla Rakha , Indian musician (tabla)

21st century

• 2002: Hans Paetsch , German actor, director and voice actor
• 2002: Aglaja Veteranyi , Romanian-Swiss actress and writer
• 2003: Walter Faller , German politician, MdB, MEP
• 2003: William Kelley , American novelist and screenwriter

Peter Schat († 2003)

• 2003: Peter Schat , Dutch composer, music educator and music writer
• 2003: Heinrich Vetter , German entrepreneur
• 2004: Kaúlza Oliveira de Arriaga , Portuguese general, writer and politician
• 2004: Cornelius Bumpus , American rock singer and instrumentalist
• 2005: Corrado Bafile , Italian cleric, Cardinal of the Curia and Vatican diplomat
• 2005: Joseph Anthony De Palma , American Bishop of De Aar in South Africa
• 2005: Ernst Mayr , German-American biologist
• 2005: Zurab Zhvania , Prime Minister of Georgia
• 2006: Kurt Emmerich , German sports reporter
• 2006: Reinhart Koselleck , German historian
• 2006: Romano Mussolini , Italian jazz musician and painter
• 2007: David Bernard Ast , American dentist and public servant
• 2008: Jorge Liderman , American composer
• 2009: Kurt Demmler , German singer-songwriter
• 2010: Sepp Arnemann , German cartoonist
• 2010: Regina von Sachsen-Meiningen , German noblewoman and patron of the Munich Table

Maria Schneider († 2011)

• 2011: Maria Schneider , French actress
• 2011: Ajib Ahmad , Malaysian politician
• 2011: Herbert Gadsch , German church musician and composer
• 2011: Édouard Glissant , French writer, poet and philosopher
• 2012: John Christopher , British writer
• 2012: Ben Gazzara , American actor
• 2012: Jürgen Runzheimer , German historian, local historian and author
• 2014: Richard Bull , American actor
• 2015: Martin Gilbert , British historian
• 2016: Maurice White , American musician
• 2017: Dritëro Agolli , Albanian writer
• 2017: Carmelo Cassati , Archbishop of Trani-Barletti-Bisceglie
• 2017: Ernst Linderoth , German documentary photographer
• 2018: Leon Ndugu Chancler , American jazz drummer and music producer
• 2018: Stefan Moses , German photographer
• 2018: Rolf Zacher , German actor and musician
• 2019: Julie Adams , American actress
• 2020: Adolph Kurt Böhm , German composer, pianist, song accompanist, painter and writer
• 2020: Valentyna Shevchenko , Soviet-Ukrainian politician

holidays and commemorations

• Church commemorations
  • St. Ansgar , Frankish monk and bishop (Anglican, Evangelical, Catholic, Orthodox)
  • Matthias Desubas , French martyr and preacher (Protestant)
  • St Blaise of Sebaste , Roman martyr, bishop and patron saint (Catholic)
  • St Ia , Irish maiden of noble birth venerated in Cornwall (Catholic)
  • SL Alois Andritzki , Sorbian priest and martyr (Catholic)

• name days
  • Ansgar , Blasius , Oskar

• regional customs
  • Schlinggeltag

The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .

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