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.
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events
politics and world affairs
- Chinese emperor Jin Huidi , Sima Lun , had the emperor deposed and his crown prince Sima Zang executed. He then proclaims himself emperor. 301: The regent of the insane
- 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: After the death of his father, Murad II , Mehmed II becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for the second time .
- 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Ansgar , Archbishop of Hamburg and Bremen 865:
- Bernhard von Hadmersleben , Bishop of Halberstadt 968:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- regional customs
The list of commemoration and action days contains further entries .
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