January 5th
The Jan. 5 (in Austria and South Tyrol and 5 January ) is the fifth day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 360 days (361 days in leap years) by year end.
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events
Politics and world events
- 1355: In the Treaty of Paris , King John II of France approves property consolidation in favor of Savoy .
- 1477: Charles the Bold of Burgundy is killed in the Battle of Nancy , the decisive battle of the Burgundian Wars , against Duke Réné of Lorraine and the Confederates . His Burgundian lands were divided between France and Habsburg in the Peace of Arras in 1482 .
- 1757: Robert François Damiens commits an assassination attempt on France's King Louis XV with a knife . who is easily injured in the process. The assassin was arrested and executed a few weeks later on March 28th.
- 1762: After the death of Tsarina Elisabeth , Peter III. new ruler in Russia. The original dynasty of the House of Romanov dies out with her.
- 1806: The previous elector is proclaimed King of Bavaria as Maximilian I Joseph in Bamberg .
- 1809: Great Britain , represented by the envoy Robert Adair , and the Ottoman Empire sign a treaty for the passage through the Dardanelles . The agreement, according to which no non-Turkish warship is allowed to sail the strait, forms the basis for the strait treaty concluded in 1841 .
- 1895: In France, Alfred Dreyfus , an officer convicted of treason by a court martial, was demoted militarily before his deportation.
- 1919: Anton Drexler and a few like-minded people found the German Workers' Party (DAP) at Café Gasteig in Munich , from which the NSDAP will later emerge.
- 1919: After the day before the revolutionaries called for the overthrow of the Ebert government because of the dismissal of the Berlin police chief Emil Eichhorn , a mass demonstration of half a million people takes place in Berlin . From this the Spartacus uprising develops when demonstrators spontaneously occupy several newspaper buildings.
- 1925: The Polish Post has its own mailboxes set up in the entire Free City of Danzig in an excessive interpretation of an agreement on the supply of mail in the Danzig harbor .
- 1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office as governor of Wyoming ; she is the first woman to hold this post in the United States.
- 1938: In the law on changing family names and first names , the National Socialists stipulate that Jewish men must also use the name Israel and Jewish women the name Sara . Details will be regulated later in the Name Change Ordinance on August 17th.
- 1957: US President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces a guarantee of protection from the USA for Middle East states, the Eisenhower Doctrine .
- 1959: The German federal government rejects the Soviet proposal to form a Free City of West Berlin, to recognize the GDR and to form a confederation with it .
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- 1968: In Czechoslovakia , the reformist Alexander Dubček replaces the Stalinist Antonín Novotný as First Secretary of the Communist Party . This is the beginning of the Prague Spring .
- 1976: Under the Khmer Rouge , Cambodia is renamed Democratic Kampuchea and receives a 250-seat parliament - 150 for the peasants, 50 for the workers and 50 for the army.
- 1981: Iran's first counter-offensive takes place in the Iran -Iraq war . In the tank battle of Susangerd , 50 Iraqi and 140 of around 400 attacking Iranian tanks are destroyed.
- 1984: The Süddeutsche Zeitung reports on the surprising retirement of NATO General Günter Kießling by Federal Defense Minister Manfred Wörner . Further research by journalists brings the Kießling affair to light. The general suspected of homosexual behavior is later fully rehabilitated .
- 1985: After the resettlement of around 8,000 Ethiopian Jews from Sudan to Israel became known, Operation Moses was ended.
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- 1769: James Watt receives the patent for his steam engine .
- 1813: Denmark declares its national bankruptcy .
- 1836: By cabinet order of the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. The Rheinische Provinzial-Feuer-Sozietät is founded.
- 1856: The Egyptian viceroy Muhammad Said grants Ferdinand de Lesseps with the second, detailed concession the approval for the construction and operation of the Suez Canal and for the establishment of the joint-stock company intended for it .
- 1914: At a press conference, Henry Ford announced the introduction of the eight-hour day in his company on January 12, 1914 and a minimum wage of five US dollars per day.
- 1947: The South Korean conglomerate LG Group is founded.
science and technology
- 1665: The Journal des sçavans , the first scientific journal, appears in Paris .
- 1933: Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge over San Francisco Bay begins under engineer Joseph B. Strauss . The construction of the suspension bridge , which connects San Francisco to Marin County via the Golden Gate , will take over four years.
- 1964: The Short Belfast transport aircraft, developed for the Royal Air Force , takes off on its maiden flight .
- 1969: The last train on the British Waverley Line leaves Edinburgh Waverley Station , the closure of the line is one of the last major closures in the wake of the Beeching Ax .
- 2003: The transit of Saturn by the Crab Nebula allows the X-ray of the gas shell of Saturn's moon Titan .
Culture
- 1649: The first performance of the musical drama Giasone by Francesco Cavalli takes place at the Teatro San Cassiano in Venice. The libretto is by Giacinto Andrea Cicognini .
- 1845: The world premiere of the opera Kaiser Adolph von Nassau by Heinrich Marschner takes place in Dresden .
- 1861: The operetta Le Chanson de Fortunio by Jacques Offenbach with the libretto by Ludovic Halévy is premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris . The short piece is so successful that the audience forces it to be repeated all over the place.
- 1866: The premiere of the opera Braniboři v Čechách ( The Brandenburgers in Bohemia ) by Bedřich Smetana takes place at the České Prozatímní Divadlo in Prague . After initial great success, however, the work cannot stay on stage in the long term.
- 1875: The neo-baroque Opéra Garnier , built by Charles Garnier , opens. The Paris Opera , chosen by Gaston Leroux as the setting for his novel Le fantôme de l'opéra , was the largest theater in the world at the time.
- 1876: Franz von Suppès's three-act operetta Fatinitza based on a libretto by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée is premiered at the Carltheater in Vienna .
- 1894: The Viennese operetta Der Obersteiger by Carl Zeller with the libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna with Alexander Girardi in the leading role.
- 1898: The Vienna operetta Der Opernball by Richard Heuberger the Elder with the libretto by Victor Léon is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna .
- 1902: In Berlin Belle Alliance Theater experienced Georg Buchner's 1835 Resulting drama Danton's Death , which for a long time has been considered unplayable its premiere.
- 1911: The Bioparco Rome opens. The zoo for the Italian capital was designed by the animal dealer Carl Hagenbeck based on the Hamburg model.
- 1953: The drama Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett has its premiere on de Théâtre Babylone in Paris.
- 1988: The American sitcom Alf is broadcast by ZDF for the first time on German television.
society
- 1463: François Villon's death sentence is changed to ten years' exile from Paris . A parodic poem of thanks to the Tribunal is the last known testimony of the poet.
- 1985: The former Rhineland-Palatinate FDP state chairman Hans-Otto Scholl is arrested on suspicion of robbing a jewelry store .
religion
- 269: Felix I is elected Bishop of Rome to succeed Dionysius .
- 1527: Felix Manz is executed by drowning in Zurich and becomes a martyr of the Anabaptist movement .
- 1964: On his journey to the Holy Land, Pope Paul VI meets . with Patriarch Athinagoras of Constantinople in Jerusalem . The meeting subsequently leads to the lifting of the mutual excommunication between the Eastern and Western Churches by the two Church leaders during the Oriental Schism in 1054 .
Disasters
- 1993: The oil tanker Braer runs aground off the Shetlands . After that , 84,500 tons of crude oil will run out.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1929: The second Hans-Heinz ski jump is inaugurated in Johanngeorgenstadt ; At that time it is the largest ski jumping hill in Germany.
- 1951: The German Olympic Society is founded.
- 1957: Jackie Robinson , the first black man in the history of baseball in the major league , ends his career.
- 1971: Australia and England play the first official ODI match between two national cricket teams at Melbourne Cricket Ground ; the hosts win with 5 wickets .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 200: Ōjin , Japanese emperor
- 1209: Richard of Cornwall , English nobleman, Roman-German king
- 1425: Henry IV , King of Castile and León
- 1477: Girolamo del Pacchia , Italian painter
- 1526: Christian Schütz , German Protestant theologian
- 1548: Francisco Suárez , Spanish theologian and philosopher
- 1614: Leopold Wilhelm of Austria , Austrian clergyman, civil servant, general and patron of the arts, multiple prince (arch) bishop, governor of the Spanish Netherlands
- 1616: Alexandre II. De Bournonville , French military in Spanish and imperial service
- 1627: Daniel Beckher the Younger , German medic
- 1639: Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck , Swedish general and statesman
- 1642: Philipp Jeningen , German Jesuit, people's missionary and mystic
- 1679: Pietro Filippo Scarlatti , Italian composer, organist, choir director
- 1696: Giuseppe Galli da Bibiena , Italian architect, set designer
18th century
- 1704: Johann Ernst Döring , German organ builder
- 1712: Ludwig van Beethoven , German singer, grandfather of the composer of the same name
- 1715: Abraham Kaau-Boerhaave , Dutch medic
- 1722: Caspar Anton von Belderbusch , German nobleman, Teutonic Knight, Prime Minister in Kurköln
- 1725: Martin Crugot , German Protestant clergyman
- 1734: Gebhard XXVIII. von Alvensleben , German politician and landowner
- 1734: Carl Friedrich Ludwig von Gaudi , Prussian civil servant
- 1739: Karl von Zinzendorf , Austrian statesman
- 1742: Claus von der Betten , German lawyer and Hanoverian state and cabinet minister
- 1743: Karl Heinrich von Nassau-Siegen , French adventurer and naval officer
- 1744: Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos , Spanish statesman and Enlightenment writer
- 1752: Wilhelm Amsinck , Hamburg merchant, councilor and mayor
- 1757: Jeremias L'Orsa , reformed pastor and school reformer
- 1759: Jacques Cathelineau , French general of the Vendéer
- 1762: Constanze Mozart , Austrian soprano, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1763: Johanne Justine Renner , known as "Gustel von Blasewitz"
- 1765: Johann Michael von Seuffert , German lawyer and politician, President of the Landtag
- 1767: Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson , French painter
- 1767: Jean-Baptiste Say , French economist and businessman
- 1769: Ludwig Adolf Peter zu Sayn-Wittgenstein , Russian Field Marshal General
- 1774: Johannes Aberli , Swiss medalist, stone and die cutter
- 1779: Stephen Decatur Jr. , American naval officer
- 1779: Zebulon Pike , American officer and explorer
- 1780: Claire Élisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes, comtesse de Rémusat , French lady-in-waiting
- 1782: Robert Morrison , Scottish Presbyterian
- 1786: Thomas Nuttall , English botanist and zoologist
- 1788: Caspar Ett , German organist and composer
- 1789: Jules Robert Auguste , French painter and sculptor
- 1795: Justus Hecker , German medical historian
- 1797: Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein , Prussian general
19th century
1801-1850
- 1801: Ferdinand Didier , German manufacturer
- 1801: Manuel da Silva Passos , Portuguese minister
- 1802: Hermann Agathon Niemeyer , German theologian
- 1805: Per Gustaf Berg , Swedish publisher
- 1808: August Mirbach , German politician
- 1812: Carl Damm , German politician, priest and revolutionary participant
- 1818: James Monroe Deems , American composer and general
- 1818: Ferdinand von Roemer , German geologist, paleontologist and mineralogist
- 1822: Joseph Brevard Kershaw , American lawyer, politician, and officer
- 1822: Kurd von Schlözer , German diplomat and historian
- 1823: Emil Palleske , German actor and writer
- 1824: Theodor Kozlowski , German civil engineer and civil servant
- 1825: Adolf Achenbach , Prussian civil servant and mining captain
- 1826: Edmé Félix Alfred Vulpian , French neurologist, discoverer of adrenaline
- 1828: Emil Frommel , German theologian and folk writer
- 1828: Stephan von Jovanović , Austrian officer
- 1828: August Kautz , German-American officer
- 1829: Roger Tichborne , British gentleman
- 1834: William Anderson , British engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist
- 1834: William John Wills , British land surveyor
- 1835: Richard Faltin , Finnish composer, music professor and folk music collector
- 1838: Henri Dubois , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1838: Camille Jordan , French mathematician
- 1839: Gottfried Lindauer , Czech painter
- 1841: Henryk Dobrzycki , Polish doctor, philanthropist and composer
- 1841: Hermann Heinrich Howaldt , German sculptor, ore caster and copper driver
- 1842: Carl Engler , German chemist
- 1845: Charles Marley Anderson , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1846: Mirjam von Abellin , Palestinian clergyman and mystic, Discalced Carmelite, saint
- 1846: Rudolf Eucken , German philosopher, Nobel Prize winner
- 1848: Wilhelm Anton Michael von Attems-Petzenstein , Austrian field marshal lieutenant
- 1850: Gottlob Krause , German traveler to Africa
- 1850: Zell os-Soltan , prince from the Qajar dynasty in Persia
1851-1900
- 1852: Edwin Le Roy Antony , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1852: Fritze Bollmann , German hairdresser, Brandenburger original
- 1852: Franjo Vilhar Kalski , Croatian composer
- 1855: King Camp Gillette , American inventor and entrepreneur
- 1857: Gregorio Aráoz de La Madrid , Argentine general and politician
- 1858: Gustaf af Geijerstam , Swedish writer
- 1865: Bodo Ebhardt , German architect and castle expert
- 1866: António Maria Baptista , Portuguese military and politician, Prime Minister
- 1867: Dimitrios Gounaris , Greek politician, Prime Minister
- 1867: Otto Ubbelohde , German painter, etcher and illustrator
- 1868: Ludwig Kathariner , German zoologist
- 1868: Anton Raky , German engineer, pioneer of drilling technology
- 1870: Friederike Henriette Kraze , German writer
- 1871: Frederick Shepherd Converse , American composer
- 1871: Frank Patterson , American composer
- 1873: Theodor Spitta , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Mayor of Bremen
- 1874: Joseph Erlanger , American neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1875: Martin Grabmann , German theologian
- 1875: Monty Jacobs , British-German writer and journalist
- 1876: Konrad Adenauer , German politician, Lord Mayor of Cologne, Member of the State Parliament, President of the Prussian State Council, Member of the Bundestag, first Federal Chancellor and Foreign Minister
- 1877: Fritz Koch-Gotha , German illustrator and writer
- 1879: Hans Eppinger junior , Austrian physician
- 1879: Viktor Mäulen , German football player and official
- 1879: Jack Norworth , American poet, composer, and producer
- 1880: Paul Lange , German trade unionist, publicist and politician
- 1880: Harry Maasz , German horticultural architect and horticultural writer
- 1880: Nikolai Karlowitsch Medtner , Russian composer
- 1881: Pablo Gargallo , Spanish sculptor
- 1881: Paul Arnold Walty , Swiss football player
- 1882: Hans Eduard Fierz , Swiss chemist
- 1882: Georg Schreiber , German papal house prelate and politician, MdR
- 1883: Döme Sztójay , Hungarian military, diplomat and politician, Prime Minister
- 1884: Roy Gardner , American robber and breakout artist
- 1885: Fannie Tremblay , Canadian actress and comedian
- 1886: Franz Kaufmann , German lawyer and administrative officer, victim of National Socialism
- 1887: Courtney Hicks Hodges , American general
- 1888: Fritz Förderer , German soccer player
- 1888: Lauri Pihkala , Finnish athlete and athletics trainer, inventor of the pesäpallo
- 1889: Maria Reese , German author, journalist and politician, MdR
- 1889: Julius Zerzer , German writer
- 1890: Sarah Aaronsohn , Jewish spy
- 1890: Ermanno Amicucci , Italian journalist
- 1891: Carl Degelow , German officer and fighter pilot
- 1891: Kurt Dittmar , German officer and radio commentator
- 1892: Louis Waldman , American politician and lawyer
- 1892: Will Lammert , German sculptor
- 1893: Gerhard Lütkens , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1893: Joost Schmidt , German typographer, painter and teacher at the Bauhaus
- 1893: Richard Schneider , German clergyman, victim of National Socialism
- 1893: Yogananda , Indian yogi and guru
- 1895: Elizabeth Cotten , American folk and blues musician
- 1895: Albert Marier , Canadian singer
- 1897: Siegfried Gmelin , German finance manager, founder of the Austrian building society
- 1897: Theo Mackeben , German pianist, conductor and composer
- 1897: Miki Kiyoshi , Japanese philosopher
- 1898: Josef Engling , German clergyman, member of the Schoenstatt Movement
- 1899: Ruggero Gerlin , Italian harpsichordist and music teacher
- 1899: Wilhelm Hagemann , German chess problem composer
- 1900: Paula Ludwig , Austrian writer and painter
- 1900: Yves Tanguy , French surrealism painter
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901: Klaus Bonhoeffer , German lawyer and resistance fighter, victim of National Socialism
- 1901: Walter Lüthi , German pastor
- 1902: Myrtle Cook , Canadian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1904: Jeane Dixon , American astrologer
- 1904: Otto Niebergall , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1906: Jean-Georges Branche , French racing car driver
- 1906: Wild Bill Davison , American jazz cornetist
- 1906: Matsumoto Takashi , Japanese writer
- 1907: Josef Holaubek , Austrian fire brigade and police officer, police chief in Vienna, president of the Austrian Federal Fire Brigade Association
- 1907: Anton Ingolič , Slovenian writer
- 1907: Volmari Iso-Hollo , Finnish athlete, Olympic champion
- 1909: Stephen Cole Kleene , American mathematician and logician
- 1910: Jack Lovelock , New Zealand middle-distance runner, Olympic champion
- 1911: Johann Asch , German local politician
- 1911: Jean-Pierre Aumont , French actor and screenwriter
- 1913: César Marcelak , French cyclist
- 1913: Laura Solari , Italian film actress
- 1913: Pierre Veuillot , French clergyman, Bishop of Angers, Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal
- 1914: Erich Ganzenmüller , German politician, MdL
- 1914: George Reeves , American actor
- 1914: Rudolf Schnackenburg , German priest, theologian and New Testament scholar
- 1914: Nicolas de Staël , French painter
- 1915: Erich Grandeit , German painter, illustrator, graphic artist and set designer
- 1915: Fritz Holthoff , German politician, MdL, State Minister
- 1915: Humberto Teixeira , Brazilian musician, composer and politician
- 1916: Dora Grabosch , German painter
- 1917: Adolfo Consolini , Italian athlete, Olympic champion
- 1917: Silvia Eisenstein , Argentine-Venezuelan pianist, composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1917: Wieland Wagner , German opera director, stage designer and festival director
- 1917: Fred Wander , Austrian writer
- 1917: Jane Wyman , American actress
- 1919: Al Blozis , American football player
- 1919: Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht , German musicologist
- 1919: Severino Gazzelloni , Italian flautist
- 1919: Peter Seeger , German composer, music teacher and conductor
- 1920: Heinz Fülfe , German draftsman, puppeteer and ventriloquist
- 1920: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli , Italian pianist
- 1920: Karl-Aage Schwartzkopf , Swedish writer
- 1920: André Simon , French Formula 1 racing driver
- 1921: Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Swiss writer, playwright and painter
- 1921: Jean of Luxembourg , Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau
- 1921: Russell Mathews , Australian economist
- 1922: Knud E. Andersen , Danish racing cyclist
- 1922: Celestino Piatti , Swiss graphic artist and book designer
- 1923: Karl Hoppe , German motorcycle racer
- 1923: Robert Krapfenbauer , Austrian structural engineer and civil engineer
- 1923: Sam Phillips , American music producer
- 1924: Beatrice Winde , American actress
- 1925: Lou Carnesecca , American basketball coach
- 1925: Rudolf Wassermann , German lawyer, President of the Braunschweig Higher Regional Court
1926-1950
- 1926: Veikko Karvonen , Finnish athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1926: Walther Leisler Kiep , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, State Minister
- 1926: Ghassan Tueni , Lebanese journalist, editor, diplomat and politician, multiple minister
- 1926: Siegfried Wolf , German footballer
- 1927: Mino Argento , Italian-American artist
- 1927: Joker Arroyo , Filipino lawyer and politician
- 1927: Werner Baumgart , German saxophonist and arranger
- 1927: Władysław Ślesicki , Polish film director and screenwriter
- 1928: Sultan ibn Abd al-Aziz , Saudi Crown Prince
- 1928: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , Pakistani politician, minister, president, prime minister
- 1928: Walter Mondale , American politician, senator, vice president
- 1929: Walter Brandmüller , German theologian, church historian and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1929: Peter-Lukas Graf , Swiss flautist
- 1929: Robert K. Massie , American historian
- 1930: Jan Lebenstein , Polish painter
- 1930: Hugh McLean , Canadian organist, pianist, harpsichordist, music educator and scholar
- 1931: Alvin Ailey , American dancer and choreographer
- 1931: Alfred Brendel , Austrian pianist and writer
- 1931: Robert Duvall , American actor
- 1931: Juan Goytisolo , Spanish journalist and writer
- 1931: Robert Rehfeldt , German artist
- 1932: Johnny Adams , American blues singer
- 1932: Umberto Eco , Italian writer, media scientist and semiotic
- 1932: Raissa Maximowna Gorbacheva , Russian sociologist, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1932: Chuck Noll , American football player and coach
- 1934: Phil Ramone , American music producer
- 1934: Cees See , Dutch jazz drummer and percussionist
- 1936: John Bridges , British racing car driver
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- 1938: Juan Carlos I , King of Spain
- 1938: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o , Kenyan writer and cultural scientist
- 1938: Terry Davis , British politician, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- 1938: Keith Greene , British racing car driver
- 1938: Jim Otto , American football player
- 1939: Claus Dieter Clausnitzer , German actor
- 1939: Luisa Futoransky , Argentine poet and writer
- 1939: Rüstəm İbrahimbəyov , Azerbaijani film writer
- 1940: Horst Beyer , German athlete
- 1940: Athol Guy , Australian politician, musician and advertising man
- 1940: Veikko Kankkonen , Finnish ski jumper, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1940: Phil Trim , Spanish musician
- 1941: Chuck McKinley , American tennis player
- 1941: Hayao Miyazaki , Japanese cartoon film director
- 1942: Charlie Aitken , Scottish soccer player
- 1942: Giorgi Arsenishvili , Georgian mathematician and politician, Prime Minister
- 1942: Ernst Meincke , German actor
- 1942: Terenci Moix , Spanish writer and journalist
- 1942: Maurizio Pollini , Italian pianist and conductor
- 1942: Dany Saval , French actress
- 1942: Pavel Wohl , Czech ice hockey coach
- 1943: Carolyn Schuler , American swimmer, Olympic champion
- 1943: Christine Wodetzky , German actress
- 1943: Günther Maria Halmer , German actor
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- 1943: Ignace van Swieten , Dutch football referee
- 1943: Ramón Sampedro , Spanish quadriplegic, proponent of euthanasia
- 1944: Eystein Eggen , Norwegian writer
- 1944: Jo Ann Kelly , British blues singer and guitarist
- 1944: Carolyn McCarthy , American politician, member of the House of Representatives
- 1944: Ed Rendell , American politician, governor of Pennsylvania
- 1944: Gerd Siese , German soccer player
- 1944: Jan de Vries , Dutch motorcycle racer
- 1945: Joseph Amangi Nacua , Filipino priest and Bishop of Ilagan
- 1945: Gerd Geismann , German local politician
- 1945: Gunda König , Austrian actress and singer
- 1945: Roger Spottiswoode , Canadian film director
- 1945: Şinasi Dikmen , German writer
- 1946: Diane Keaton , American actress, producer, and director
- 1946: Giuseppe Materazzi , Italian football player and coach
- 1946: Yevgeny Anatoljewitsch Popow , Russian prose writer
- 1946: Tomohito of Mikasa , Japanese Hereditary Prince
- 1947: Osman Arpacıoğlu , Turkish football player
- 1947: Mike DeWine , American Politician, House Member, Senator, Governor of Ohio
- 1947: Rita Kühne , German athlete, Olympic champion
- 1947: Jörg Swoboda , German clergyman
- 1947: Joachim Vobbe , German clergyman, bishop of the Old Catholic Church in Germany
- 1948: František Lobkowicz , Czech clergyman, Bishop of Ostrava-Troppau
- 1948: Giuseppe Impastato , Italian politician and anti-Mafia fighter, murder victim
- 1948: Gloria Simonetti , Chilean singer
- 1948: Mehtab Singh , Indian boxer
- 1949: Erich Buck , German figure skater
- 1949: Gerd Puls , German writer, painter and graphic artist
- 1949: Klaus-Dieter Bieler , German athlete
- 1950: Jakob Brunnschweiler , Swiss politician, member of the government
1951-1975
- 1951: Manfred Oppermann , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1952: Uli Hoeneß , German soccer player, entrepreneur and sports official, world champion
- 1952: Michèle Jacot , French ski racer, world champion
- 1952: Leif Øgaard , Norwegian chess player
- 1953: Kurt Gäble , German composer and arranger
- 1953: Pamela Sue Martin , American actress
- 1953: George Tenet , American government official, director of the CIA
- 1954: Roland Appel , German politician and entrepreneur, MdL
- 1954: Alex English , American basketball player
- 1954: László Krasznahorkai , Hungarian writer
- 1954: Peter Seiffert , German opera singer (tenor)
- 1955: Veljko Milanković , Serbian soldier, leader of the military unit Vukovi sa Vučjaka
- 1955: Eriko Watanabe , Japanese actress, theater director and playwright
- 1956: James Lofton , American football player
- 1956: Frank-Walter Steinmeier , German lawyer and politician, Federal Minister, Member of the Bundestag, Federal President
- 1957: Karl Allgöwer , German soccer player
- 1957: Srećko Bogdan , Croatian football player and coach
- 1957: Gerd Köster , German singer
- 1958: Notburga Astleitner , Austrian politician, Federal Councilor, LAbg
- 1958: Danny Atar , Israeli politician
- 1958: Monica Guerritore , Italian actress
- 1959: Clancy Brown , American actor
- 1959: Helmut Steiger , German ice hockey player
- 1960: Bettina Tietjen , German television presenter
- 1960: Hans Stanggassinger , German luge athlete, Olympic champion
- 1960: Glenn Strömberg , Swedish soccer player
- 1960: Øivind Hånes , Norwegian writer
- 1961: Paul Ingendaay , German writer, journalist, literary critic and scholar
- 1961: Henriette Müller , German saxophonist
- 1962: Carmine Abbagnale , Italian rower, world champion, Olympic champion
- 1962: Suzy Amis , American film actress and model
- 1963: Witali Grossmann , German-Kazakh ice hockey player
- 1963: Ralf Loose , German soccer coach
- 1964: Miloš Pavlović , Serbian chess player
- 1964: Joachim Spatz , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1965: Vinnie Jones , British football player and actor
- 1965: Patrik Sjöberg , Swedish athlete, world champion
- 1967: David Donohue , American racing car driver
- 1967: Joe Flanigan , American actor
- 1967: Hilke Petersen , German television presenter
- 1967: Rodrigo Pulpeiro , Argentine cameraman and director
- 1967: Markus Söder , German politician, MdL, State Minister, Prime Minister of Bavaria, CSU Chairman
- 1967: Jens Zimmermann , German marksman
- 1968: Adel Mohamed al-Jabrin , Saudi Arabian archer
- 1968: Ali Atalan , German-Turkish politician, MdL
- 1968: Giorgi Baramidse , Georgian politician, minister
- 1968: DJ BoBo , Swiss DJ and pop musician
- 1968: Andrzej Gołota , Polish heavyweight boxer, Olympic medalist
- 1968: Paul McGillion , Canadian actor
- 1969: Petra Behle , German biathlete, world champion, Olympic champion
- 1969: Chuck Campbell , Canadian actor
- 1969: Alexander Fuhr , German politician, MdL
- 1969: Heather Paige Kent , American actress
- 1969: Katja Kessler , German journalist and author
- 1969: Marilyn Manson , American musician
- 1969: Shaun Micheel , American professional golfer
- 1970: David Adams , South African tennis player
- 1970: Jesper Bodilsen , Danish jazz bassist
- 1970: Elfriede Eder , Austrian ski racer, Olympic medalist
- 1970: Ylva Nowén , Swedish ski racer
- 1970: Jens Todt , German soccer player and journalist
- 1970: Vladimir Chagin , Russian rally raid driver
- 1970: Troy Van Leeuwen , American musician
- 1971: Chris-Carol Bremer , German swimmer
- 1971: Manuela Goller , German soccer player
- 1971: Iō Kuroda , Japanese manga artist
- 1971: Heinz Kuttin , Austrian ski jumper and trainer, world champion, Olympic medalist
- 1972: Steffen Baumgart , German soccer player
- 1972: Ulrik Kirkely , Danish handball player and coach
- 1972: Nikki Nova , American actress, stripper and model
- 1972: Sakis Rouvas , Greek singer
- 1972: Sasha , German pop singer
- 1972: Andrei Zintschenko , Russian cyclist
- 1972: Dmitri Nikolajewitsch Torgowanow , Russian handball player, world champion, Olympic champion
- 1972: Vincent Vosse , Belgian racing car driver
- 1973: Robert Babicz , German acid techno musician
- 1973: Uday Chopra , Indian actor
- 1973: Ian Marko Fog , Danish handball player
- 1973: Kader Loth , German model, presenter and pop singer
- 1975: Bradley Cooper , American actor
1976-2000
- 1976: Pia Ampaw , German actress and television presenter
- 1976: Diego Tristán , Spanish football player
- 1976: Matthew Wachter , American bass player
- 1977: Hadewych Minis , Dutch actress and singer
- 1978: Emilia , Swedish singer
- 1978: Sabrina Harman , American soldier, war criminal
- 1978: Thomas Jöbstl , Austrian horn player
- 1978: January Jones , American actress
- 1978: Stephen Lee , Australian short track runner
- 1978: Franck Montagny , French Formula 1 racing driver
- 1978: America Olivo , American actress and musician
- 1978: Markus Pöttinger , German ice hockey player
- 1978: Anke Wischnewski , German luge athlete
- 1978: Tim Wolff , German satirist and journalist
- 1979: Giuseppe Gibilisco , Italian pole vaulter, world champion
- 1979: Håvard Klemetsen , Norwegian Nordic combined, world champion, Olympic champion
- 1979: David Kopp , German racing cyclist
- 1979: Blanca Soto , Mexican actress
- 1979: Inna Evgenjewna Suslina , Russian handball player, world champion, Olympic medalist
- 1980: Srđan Andrić , Croatian football player
- 1980: Kamber Arslan , Turkish soccer player
- 1980: Sebastian Deisler , German soccer player
- 1980: Chema Rodríguez , Spanish handball player and coach, world champion
- 1980: Santiago Ventura , Spanish tennis player
- 1981: Deadmau5 , Canadian music producer
- 1981: Matthias Rauh , German handball player
- 1982: Luca Ansoldi , Italian ice hockey player
- 1982: Karel Geraerts , Belgian soccer player
- 1982: Janica Kostelić , Croatian ski racer, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1982: Anastasija Pidpalowa , Ukrainian handball player
- 1982: Jaroslav Plašil , Czech football player
- 1982: Benoît Vaugrenard , French racing cyclist
- 1983: Filip Adamski , German rower, world champion, Olympic champion
- 1983: Dawit Kewchishvili , Georgian judoka
- 1983: Ken Leemans , Belgian soccer player
- 1983: Marlon Roudette , British musician
- 1984: Derrick Atkins , Bahamian athlete
- 1984: Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen , German actress
- 1984: Ikechukwu Uche , Nigerian soccer player
- 1985: Michael Cuccione , Canadian film actor and musician
- 1986: Viktorija Borschtschenko , Ukrainian handball player
- 1986: Carl-Robert Holmer-Kårell , Swedish actor
- 1987: Radoslav Augustín , Slovak football player
- 1987: Icke Dommisch , German television presenter
- 1988: Azizulhasni Awang , Malaysian track cyclist
- 1988: Paluten , German web video producer
- 1988: Arna Sif Pálsdóttir , Icelandic handball player
- 1988: Miroslav Raduljica , Serbian basketball player
- 1989: Andy Hebler , German soccer player
- 1989: Yasin Pehlivan , Austrian soccer player
- 1990: Leroy Fer , Dutch football player
- 1990: Thomas Leberfinger , German soccer player
- 1991: Odile Ahouanwanou , Beninese athlete
- 1991: Rahel Kiwic , Swiss soccer player
- 1992: Nils Eichenberger , German handball player
- 1993: Jennifer Ågren , Swedish Taekwondoin
- 1993: Fynn Ranke , German handball player
- 1993: Stefan Rzadzinski , Canadian racing driver
- 1995: Meindest van Buuren jr. , Dutch racing car driver
- 1995: Maximilian Güll , German soccer player
- 1995: Jordan Orr , American film actor
- 1996: Max Baldry , British actor
- 1996: Emma Bolger , Irish actress
- 1997: Jesús Vallejo , Spanish football player
- 1999: Atakan Akkaynak , German-Turkish soccer player
- 1999: Margaret Cremen , Irish rower
- 1999: Berkin Elvan , Turkish victim of police violence
- 2000: Yari Montella , Italian motorcycle racer
- 2000: David Zec , Slovenian soccer player
21st century
- 2001: Xavier Amaechi , English soccer player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 842: al-Mu'tasim bi-'llāh , Abbasid caliph
- 868: Conuvoion , Breton clergyman, first abbot of Redon, saint
- 1017: Friedrich I. von Wettin , Count von Eilenburg and in the Gau Quezizi
- 1066: Edward the Confessor , King of England
- 1173: Bolesław IV , Duke of Mazovia and Poland
- 1183: Ibn Baschkuwāl , Andalusian historian
- 1272: John de Gray , English nobleman and rebel
- 1300: Wok I. von Krumau , Bohemian nobleman
- 1332: Heinrich II of Virneburg , Archbishop of Cologne
- 1343: John IV of Dražice , Bishop of Prague
- 1377: Bertram Cremon , Bishop of Lübeck
- 1382: Philippa Plantagenet, 5th Countess of Ulster , English noblewoman
- 1430: Philippa of England , English nobleman, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- 1441: John II of Luxembourg , Count of Guise and Ligny
- 1448: Christopher III. , King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- 1451: Friedrich zu Rhein , Prince-Bishop of Basel
- 1465: Charles de Valois , French nobleman, poet, Duke of Orléans
- 1477: Charles the Bold , last Duke of Burgundy
- 1480: Jakob von Lichtenberg , Vogt of Strasbourg, last lord of Lichtenberg
- 1489: Martin Truchsess von Wetzhausen , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
16th and 17th centuries
- 1510: Johannes Nauclerus , German scholar, first rector of the University of Tübingen
- 1517: Francesco Francia , Italian painter, goldsmith and sculptor, founder of the Bolognese school of painting
- 1524: Marko Marulić , Croatian poet and humanist
- 1527: Felix Manz , Swiss clergyman, leader of the Anabaptist movement, martyr
- 1541: Philipp von der Pfalz , Bishop of Freising and Naumburg
- 1547: Johann Hess , German Lutheran theologian and reformer
- 1578: Giulio Clovio , Italian miniature painter
- 1589: Caterina de 'Medici , Queen of France
- 1592: Wilhelm the Rich , Duke of Jülich, Kleve and Berg
- 1625: Simon Marius , German astronomer
- 1650: Heinrich Schlik zu Bassano and Weißkirchen , Imperial Field Marshal and President of the Court War Council
- 1672: Men-Fort Gabriel , Swiss clergyman
- 1674: Ebba Brahe , Swedish lady-in-waiting and businesswoman
- 1685: Herman Saftleven , Dutch painter
18th century
- 1701: Louis François Le Tellier, Marquis de Barbezieux , French Minister of War
- 1705: Georg Christoph Eimmart , Nuremberg astronomer, mathematician and engraver
- 1724: Polycarp Marci , German lawyer and librettist
- 1727: Giovanni Antonio Burrini , Italian painter
- 1735: Carlo Ruzzini , Doge of Venice
- 1740: Antonio Lotti , Italian composer
- 1753: Andreas Jakob von Dietrichstein , Prince Archbishop of Salzburg
- 1759: Thomas Philippe Wallrad d'Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace-Boussu de Chimay , Flemish clergyman, Archbishop of Mechelen, Cardinal
- 1760: Reinhold Rücker Angerstein , Swedish metallurgist, civil servant and entrepreneur
- 1762: Elisabeth , Tsarina of Russia
- 1776: Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller , German zoologist
- 1788: Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d'Argental , French administrator and ambassador
- 1788: Johann Schneider , German composer, organist and violinist
- 1789: Christian Andreas Cothenius , German doctor
- 1790: Jacob Christian Schäffer , Saxon clergyman, associate professor, scientist and inventor
- 1795: Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch , Prince-Bishop of Breslau
- 1796: Samuel Huntington , lawyer and political leader in the American War of Independence
- 1800: Ferdinand Woldrzich von Ehrenfreund , Bohemian lawyer and university professor
19th century
- 1806: Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander , Margrave of Bayreuth
- 1808: Alexei Orlov , Russian admiral, brother of Grigory Orlov
- 1808: Christian Gottlieb Seydlitz , German physicist and logician
- 1815: Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq , Prussian general
- 1816: George Prevost , British officer and diplomat, Governor of St. Lucia and Dominica, Governor General of Canada
- 1821: Antoni Stolpe , Polish composer, pianist, conductor and music teacher
- 1822: Albrecht Georg Walch , German educator
- 1825: Albrecht Wilhelm von Pannwitz , Prussian district administrator
- 1825: Christian Moritz Pauli , German pedagogue and linguist
- 1825: Joseph Benedikt von Thurn-Valsassina , German Catholic clergyman
- 1827: Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany , British Prince and Field Marshal, last Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
- 1828: Kobayashi Issa , Japanese haiku poet
- 1834: Adam Simons , Dutch theologian, poet, rhetorician and historian
- 1836: Johann Viktor Gruol the Elder , German organ builder
- 1837: Karl Ferdinand Friese , Prussian State Secretary, President of the Prussian Main Bank
- 1846: Friedrich Jonas Beschort , German singer and actor
- 1848: Gottlieb Kiessling , German pedagogue and classical philologist
- 1848: Ferdinando Orlandi , Italian composer
- 1852: Gabriel Ferry , French writer
- 1854: Gottschalk Eduard Guhrauer , German literary historian
- 1856: Pierre Jean David d'Angers , French sculptor
- 1857: Joseph Ignaz Ritter , German theologian and church historian
- 1858: Josef Wenzel Radetzky von Radetz , Austrian military leader, field marshal, governor general of Lombardy-Venetia
- 1860: Johann Nepomuk Neumann , American clergyman of Bohemian-German origin, Bishop of Philadelphia, saint
- 1861: Heinrich Alexander von Arnim , Prussian statesman, minister, MdL
- 1863: Johann Wilhelm Zinkeisen , German historian
- 1864: Alois Schertzinger , German co-founder of Sarata / Bessarabia
- 1875: Hermann Wilhelm Bödeker , Protestant pastor
- 1881: Hippolyte Auger , French novelist and theater poet
- 1884: Eduard Lasker , Prussian politician and lawyer, MdL
- 1885: Adolf von Auersperg , Austrian politician, Prime Minister of Cisleithanien
- 1885: Carl Gottlieb Elsässer , Australian composer and music teacher
- 1886: Lazarus Adler , rabbi of Hessen-Nassau and writer
- 1891: Emma Abbott , American opera singer
- 1892: Fritz Eunike , German officer
- 1893: Tommaso Agudio , Italian engineer
- 1896: Anton Philipp Reclam , German publisher and bookseller
- 1897: George Whiting Flagg , American painter
- 1899: Albert Schultz-Lupitz , German agricultural scientist
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901: Karl Alexander , Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- 1903: Karl Rath , German politician, member of the Württemberg state parliament
- 1904: George Francis Train , American author
- 1905: Rudolf Koller , Swiss painter
- 1905: Hermann von Vietinghoff , Prussian-German lieutenant general
- 1906: Clemens de Lassaulx , German forester
- 1908: Josef von Mering , German medic
- 1910: Léon Walras , French economist
- 1913: Louis Paul Cailletet , French physicist
- 1914: Gustav Ruhland , German economist
- 1915: Annie Adams Fields , American writer
- 1919: Matsui Sumako , Japanese actress
- 1921: Adolf Appellöf , Swedish zoologist
- 1922: Ernest Shackleton , British polar explorer
- 1923: Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn , Austrian writer and theater director
- 1923: Heinrich Rattermann , German-American writer and editor
- 1924: Wilhelm Steinhausen , German painter
- 1925: Conradine Stinde , German author
- 1926: Edward Granville Browne , British orientalist
- 1930: Ludwig Claisen , German chemist
- 1930: Arnold Middendorf , official in Cologne and provost of the cathedral
- 1933: Barry Conners , American actor, playwright, and screenwriter
- 1933: Calvin Coolidge , 30th President of the United States, Vice President, Governor of Massachusetts
- 1933: Johannes Poggenburg , German Roman Catholic Bishop of Münster
- 1935: Siegfried Schneider , German author and Franciscan ( crib father )
- 1938: Karel Baxa , Czech lawyer and politician, first mayor of Prague
- 1938: Karl Scharfenberg , German railway engineer
- 1941: Amy Johnson , British pilot
- 1942: Vladimir Nikolajewitsch Andronnikow , Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician and statesman
- 1942: Wilhelm Teudt , German lay researcher
- 1945: Hans Christiansen , German painter and artisan
- 1945: Julius Leber , German resistance fighter and politician, MdR
- 1946: Eduardo Brito , Dominican opera and zarzuela singer (baritone)
- 1950: Herbert Bellmer , German teacher and writer
- 1950: Oswald Bumke , German psychiatrist and neurologist
- 1950: Eugène Flaud , French racing car driver
1951-2000
- 1951: Andrei Platonowitsch Platonow , Russian writer
- 1955: Hans-Karl von Esebeck , German general, resistance fighter of July 20, 1944
- 1955: Gertrud Eysoldt , German actress and director
- 1955: Evgeni Wiktorowitsch Tarle (also: Eugen Tarlé ), Soviet historian
- 1955: Anton Wurzer , German dialect poet
- 1957: Oldřich Duras , Czechoslovak chess master
- 1958: Jack McCracken , American basketball player
- 1960: Fernand Gregh , French writer and literary critic
- 1962: Ernst Arnold , Austrian composer and singer
- 1962: Max Pohlenz , German classical philologist
- 1963: Hermann Heimerich , German politician
- 1963: Adolf Weber , German economist
- 1965: Nell Craig , American actress
- 1968: Karl Kobelt , Swiss politician, Federal Councilor
- 1969: Franz Theodor Csokor , Austrian writer
- 1970: Max Born , German mathematician, Nobel Prize winner
- 1970: Robert Gerhard , Spanish composer
- 1970: Sylvie , French actress
- 1973: Albert Abicht , German farmer and politician
- 1973: Paul-Alexandre Arnoux , French writer
- 1974: Wolfgang Anheisser , German opera singer
- 1974: Joseph Fassbender , German painter and graphic artist
- 1975: Gottlob Berger , German SS general, head of the SS main office, war criminal
- 1975: Víctor Piñero , Venezuelan singer
- 1976: Mal Evans , British road manager
- 1976: Gustav Geierhaas , German composer
- 1977: Artur Adson , Estonian poet, writer and theater critic
- 1977: Anton Anderluh , Austrian folk music collector
- 1979: Charles Mingus , American jazz musician
- 1981: Harold C. Urey , American chemist
- 1981: Lanza del Vasto , Italian philosopher and poet
- 1981: Fritz Walter , German football official
- 1983: Hanns-Gero von Lindeiner , German forester, hunter, diplomat and politician
- 1983: Ubaldo Monico , Swiss educator and artist
- 1983: Anton Sabel , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1985: Rudolf Anthes , German Egyptologist
- 1986: Ilmari Salminen , Finnish athlete
- 1987: Jesco von Puttkamer , German diplomat
- 1988: Pete Maravich , American basketball player
- 1990: Lola Iturbe , Spanish feminist and anarchist
- 1990: Arthur Kennedy , American actor
- 1993: Juan Benet , Spanish writer
- 1994: Eliška Junková , Czechoslovak car racing driver
- 1995: Benjamin Robert Rich , American aircraft designer
- 1996: Thomas Ruf , German politician
- 1997: André Franquin , Belgian comic artist
- 1997: Vero Wynne-Edwards , British zoologist, founder of ecology
- 1998: Sonny Bono , American singer, actor and politician
- 1998: Wilhelm Herz , German motorcycle racer
- 1998: Georgi Wassiljewitsch Swiridow , Russian composer
- 1999: Charles Francis Adams IV , American business manager
- 1999: Rolf Gutbrod , German architect
- 2000: Zygmund Przemyslaw Rondomanski , American composer
- 2000: Bernhard Wicki , Austrian actor and film director
21st century
- 2001: Elizabeth Anscombe , British philosopher
- 2003: Buzz Busby , American rockabilly and bluegrass musician
- 2003: Massimo Girotti , Italian actor
- 2003: Roy Jenkins , British politician and author
- 2003: Félix Loustau , Argentinian soccer player
- 2004: Tug McGraw , American baseball player
- 2005: René Le Hénaff , French film director
- 2005: Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim , German private banker
- 2005: Alain Peltier , Belgian racing car driver
- 2005: Danny Sugerman , American musician manager
- 2006: Sophie Heathcote , Australian actress
- 2006: Miura Keizō , Japanese ski pioneer and ski instructor
- 2008: John Ashley , Canadian ice hockey referee
- 2008: Claus Victor Bock , German Germanist
- 2008: Edward Kłosiński , Polish cameraman
- 2009: Griffin B. Bell , American politician
- 2009: Adolf Merckle , German lawyer, investor and entrepreneur
- 2010: Beverly Aadland , American actress
- 2010: Maurice S. Rawlings , American doctor and author
- 2011: Wilhelm Friedrich Arens , German politician
- 2011: Assar Rönnlund , Swedish cross-country skier
- 2012: Joachim Grünewald , German politician
- 2012: Frederica Sagor Maas , American screenwriter
- 2014: Eusébio , Portuguese soccer player
- 2014: Nelson Ned , Brazilian singer-songwriter
- 2015: Jean-Pierre Beltoise , French motorcycle and automobile racer
- 2016: Pierre Boulez , French composer and conductor
- 2016: Rudolf Haag , German physicist
- 2018: John Watts Young , American astronaut
- 2019: Dragoslav Šekularac , Yugoslav football player and coach
- 2020: Hans Tilkowski , German soccer player and coach
- 2021: Arnim Basche , German sports journalist and presenter
- 2021: Helmut Claas , German entrepreneur
- 2021: Karl Gamma , Swiss ski racer and sports official
- 2021: András Haán , Hungarian basketball player, sailor and cardiac surgeon
- 2021: William Windham , British rower
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. King Edward the Confessor , penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England (Catholic, Anglican Memorial Day is October 13th)
- St. Theophan Goworow , Russian monk, bishop of Tambov and Vladimir, hermit (Protestant, the Orthodox memorial day is on January 10th)
Further entries can be found in the list of days of remembrance and action .
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