April 5 — On This Day

Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.

Lothair I · King of Italy · Pope Paschal I

Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power.

Alexios I Komnenos · Byzantine emperor · Constantinople · Komnenian dynasty

During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.

Battle on the Ice · Lake Peipus · Republic of Novgorod · Alexander Nevsky · Teutonic Knights

Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph.

Royal Entry · Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor · Roman triumph

Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.

Habsburg Netherlands · Hendrick van Brederode · Margaret of Parma · Compromise of Nobles · Spanish Inquisition

Daimyo (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completes his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa.

Shimazu Tadatsune · Satsuma Domain · Kyūshū · Tokugawa shogunate · Invasion of Ryukyu

In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.

Virginia · Native Americans in the United States · Pocahontas · John Rolfe

The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.

Mayflower · Plymouth, Massachusetts

The Statute of Anne receives the royal assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom.

Statute of Anne · Royal assent · Copyright law of the United Kingdom

The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.

Jacob Roggeveen · Easter Island

United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.

George Washington · Veto

Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.

Peace of Basel · Prussia

In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.

Battle of Maipú · Chile · Bernardo O'Higgins · José de San Martín

American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.

American Civil War · Battle of Yorktown (1862)

Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.

Chile · Bolivia · Peru · War of the Pacific

Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.

Archaeology · Knossos · Crete · Clay tablet · Hieroglyph

The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.

Rugby league · England national rugby league team · Central Park (Wigan)

Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

Jess Willard · Jack Johnson (boxer)

The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.

American Birth Control League · Planned Parenthood

Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.

Dominion of Newfoundland · Colonial Building

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.

Franklin D. Roosevelt · Executive order · Civilian Conservation Corps · Executive Order 6102

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.

1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak · Fujita scale · Tupelo, Mississippi

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.

World War II · Imperial Japanese Navy · Easter Sunday Raid · Ceylon · Indian Ocean raid

World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.

Mortsel

World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans.

Kleisoura, Kastoria · Nazi Germany

Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".

Cold War · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Josip Broz Tito · Soviet Union

A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.

St. Anthony's Hospital fire · Effingham, Illinois

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg · Espionage · Soviet Union

Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.

Fidel Castro · President of Cuba · Fulgencio Batista

In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.

Sri Lanka · Mahajana Eksath Peramuna · General elections · S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike · Prime Minister of Ceylon

In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.

Communist Party of India · Kerala · E. M. S. Namboodiripad · Chief Minister

Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.

Ripple Rock · Seymour Narrows · Canada

Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.

Vietnam War · Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War

In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna · United Front (Sri Lanka) · Sirimavo Bandaranaike

In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.

China · April Fifth Movement · Tiananmen Incident

Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.

1986 Berlin discotheque bombing · West Berlin

An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.

Atlantic Southeast Airlines · EMB 120 · Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 · Brunswick, Georgia · John Tower

Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.

Alberto Fujimori · 1992 Peruvian constitutional crisis

Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.

Suada Dilberovic · Olga Sučić · Vrbanja Bridge · Sarajevo · Bosnian War

In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.

Japan · Akashi Kaikyō Bridge

Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.

History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi · Pan Am Flight 103 · 1988

North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.

North Korea · Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 · Japan · United Nations Security Council · Six-party talks

Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.

Upper Big Branch Mine disaster

Isabella of Hainault (d. 1190)

Isabella of Hainault

Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)

Emperor Go-Fushimi

James III of Majorca (d. 1349)

James III of Majorca

Bianca Maria Sforza, Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)

Bianca Maria Sforza · Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Italian condottiero (d. 1526)

Giovanni dalle Bande Nere

Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Italian noble (d. 1559)

Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

Joachim Mörlin, German bishop (d. 1571)

Joachim Mörlin

Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect (d. 1570)

Francesco Laparelli

Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer and diplomat (d. 1596)

Blaise de Vigenère

Pope Urban VIII (d. 1644)

Pope Urban VIII

Christopher Levett, English explorer (d. 1630)

Christopher Levett

Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (d. 1679)

Thomas Hobbes

John Wilson, English composer and educator (d. 1674)

John Wilson (composer)

Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675)

Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine

Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1703)

Vincenzo Viviani

Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)

Elihu Yale

Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (d. 1730)

Adrienne Lecouvreur

Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord Marshal of Sweden (d. 1794)

Axel von Fersen the Elder · Lord Marshal (Sweden)

Pasquale Anfossi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1797)

Pasquale Anfossi

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and etcher (d. 1806)

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker (d. 1831)

Sébastien Érard

Sybil Ludington, heroine of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1839)

Sybil Ludington

Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (d. 1839)

Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet

Benjamin Greene, English brewer and businessman, founded Greene King Brewery (d. 1860)

Benjamin Greene · Greene King Brewery

Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1859)

Louis Spohr

Samuel Forde, Irish painter (d. 1828)

Samuel Forde

Samuel Freeman Miller, American physician, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1890)

Samuel Freeman Miller

Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister and founder of The Knights of Liberty (d. 1901)

Moses Dickson

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon and academic (d. 1912)

Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister

Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (d. 1893)

Jules Ferry · Prime Minister of France

Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (d. 1914)

Carl Theodor Schulz

Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (d. 1909)

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Robert Smalls, African-American ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician (d. 1915)

Robert Smalls

Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (d. 1911)

Ghazaros Aghayan

Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, essayist and historian (d. 1915)

Booker T. Washington

Alexander of Battenberg (d. 1893)

Alexander of Battenberg

Washington Atlee Burpee, Canadian businessman, founded Burpee Seeds (d. 1915)

Washington Atlee Burpee · Burpee Seeds

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1950)

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine

Helen Stratton, British book illustrator (d.1961)

Helen Stratton

Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1942)

Sergey Chaplygin

Albert Roussel, French composer (d. 1937)

Albert Roussel

Samuel Cate Prescott, American microbiologist and chemist (d. 1962)

Samuel Cate Prescott

Mistinguett, French actress and singer (d. 1956)

Mistinguett

Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (d. 1964)

Paul Weinstein (athlete)

Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1950)

Walter Huston

Ion Inculeț, Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova (d. 1940)

Ion Inculeț · President of Moldova

Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (d. 1933)

Gustavo Jiménez · President of Peru

Arnold Jackson, English runner, soldier, and lawyer (d. 1972)

Arnold Jackson (British Army officer)

Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (d. 1973)

Clas Thunberg

Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (d. 1956)

Lawrence Dale Bell

Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic (d. 1964)

Alfred Blalock

Elsie Thompson, American super-centenarian (d. 2013)

Elsie Thompson

Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (d. 1985)

Herbert Bayer

Josefina Passadori, Argentinian writer and poet (d. 1987)

Josefina Passadori

Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1928)

Roman Steinberg

Spencer Tracy, Irish-American actor (d. 1967)

Spencer Tracy

Melvyn Douglas, American actor (d. 1981)

Melvyn Douglas

Wal Handley, English motorcycle road racer (d. 1941)

Wal Handley

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi (d. 1994)

Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (d. 2005)

Richard Eberhart

Lord Buckley, English-American stage performer, recording artist and monologist (d. 1960)

Lord Buckley

Bette Davis, American actress (d. 1989)

Bette Davis

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, German-American author (d. 2006)

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1986)

Jagjivan Ram · Deputy Prime Minister of India

Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (d. 1989)

Herbert von Karajan

Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (d. 1996)

Albert R. Broccoli · Eon Productions

Erwin Wegner, German hurdler (d. 1945)

Erwin Wegner

Johnny Revolta, American golfer (d. 1991)

Johnny Revolta

Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 1997)

Makar Honcharenko

John Le Mesurier, English actor (d. 1983)

John Le Mesurier

István Örkény, Jewish-Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1979)

István Örkény

Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (d. 2001)

Bill Roberts (athlete)

Albert Henry Ottenweller, American bishop (d. 2012)

Albert Henry Ottenweller

Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (d. 2003)

Gregory Peck

Robert Bloch, American author (d. 1994)

Robert Bloch

Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)

Barend Biesheuvel · Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian soldier and author (d. 2004)

Arthur Hailey

Alfonso Thiele, Turkish-Italian race car driver (d. 1986)

Alfonso Thiele

Rafiq Zakaria, Indian cleric, scholar, and politician (d. 2005)

Rafiq Zakaria

Tom Finney, English footballer (d. 2014)

Tom Finney

Harry Freedman, Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (d. 2005)

Harry Freedman

Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (d. 2001)

Christopher Hewett

Gale Storm, American actress and singer (d. 2009)

Gale Storm

Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (d. 1995)

Michael V. Gazzo

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (d. 2001)

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu · President of South Vietnam

Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Roger Corman

Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and colonel (d. 2014)

Süleyman Seba

Fernand Dansereau, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

Fernand Dansereau

Haldun Dormen, Turkish actor, director, and producer

Haldun Dormen

Tony Williams, American singer (d. 1992)

Tony Williams (singer)

Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and painter (d. 2008)

Hugo Claus

Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Ivar Giaever · Nobel Prize in Physics

Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (d. 2001)

Nigel Hawthorne

Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (d. 1967)

Joe Meek

Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)

Jack Clement

Frank Gorshin, American actor (d. 2005)

Frank Gorshin

Barbara Holland, American author (d. 2010)

Barbara Holland

K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (d. 1982)

K. Kailasapathy

John Carey, English author and critic

John Carey (critic)

Roman Herzog, German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany (d. 2017)

Roman Herzog · President of Germany

Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (d. 2014)

Moise Safra · Banco Safra

Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2000)

Stanley Turrentine

Peter Grant, English talent manager (d. 1995)

Peter Grant (music manager)

Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist and astronomer

Donald Lynden-Bell

John Kelly, PIRA volunteer and Sinn Féin politician (d. 2007)

John Kelly (Sinn Féin politician) · PIRA

Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and author

Joseph Lelyveld

Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State

Colin Powell · United States Secretary of State

Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer

Colin Bland

Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (d. 2014)

Nancy Holt

Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician (d. 2003)

Mal Colston

Natalya Kustinskaya, Soviet actress (d. 2012)

Natalya Kustinskaya

Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (d. 2010)

Crispian St. Peters

Ronald White, American singer-songwriter (d. 1995)

Ronald White

Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tommy Cash

Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host

Gilles Proulx

Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor

Michael Moriarty

Dave Swarbrick, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 2016)

Dave Swarbrick

Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter

Allan Clarke (singer)

Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter

Peter Greenaway

Max Gail, American actor and director

Max Gail

Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer

Fighting Harada

Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal

Jean-Louis Tauran

Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician

Peter T. King

Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico

Pedro Rosselló · Governor of Puerto Rico

Jane Asher, English actress

Jane Asher

Russell Davies, Welsh journalist and radio host

Russell Davies

Takuro Yoshida, Japanese singer-songwriter

Takuro Yoshida

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo · President of the Philippines

Virendra Sharma, Indian-English lawyer and politician

Virendra Sharma

Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter

Les Binks

Dave Holland, English drummer

Dave Holland (drummer)

Judith Resnik, Ukrainian Jewish-American engineer and astronaut (d. 1986)

Judith Resnik

Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

Agnetha Fältskog

Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler

Yevgeniy Gavrilenko

Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.

Dean Kamen · Segway Inc.

Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

Dave McArtney

John C. Dvorak, American author, editor and co-host of No Agenda podcast

John C. Dvorak · No Agenda

Mitch Pileggi, American actor

Mitch Pileggi

John Buchanan, Australian cricketer and coach

John Buchanan

Frank Gaffney, American journalist and radio host

Frank Gaffney

Ian Swales, English accountant and politician

Ian Swales

Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and radio host

Guy Bertrand (broadcaster)

Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Peter Case

Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Stan Ridgway

Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer, and screenwriter

Charlotte de Turckheim

Anthony Horowitz, English author and screenwriter

Anthony Horowitz

Akira Toriyama, Japanese illustrator

Akira Toriyama

Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor

Diamond Dallas Page

Karin Roßley, German hurdler

Karin Roßley

Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player

Johan Kriek

Diana Nasution, Indonesian singer

Diana Nasution

Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (d. 2009)

Lasantha Wickrematunge

Julius Drake, English pianist and educator

Julius Drake

Asteris Koutoulas, Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author

Asteris Koutoulas

Larry McCray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Larry McCray

Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 2014)

Ian Redford

Jim LeRoy, American pilot (d. 2007)

Jim LeRoy

Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer (d. 2012)

Charlie Adam (footballer, born 1962)

Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (d. 2003)

Lana Clarkson

Gord Donnelly, Canadian ice hockey player and scout

Gord Donnelly

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Kalmyk businessman and politician, 1st President of Kalmykia

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov · Head of Kalmykia

Princess Erika, French singer-songwriter

Princess Erika

Marius Lăcătuș, Romanian footballer and coach

Marius Lăcătuș

Christopher Reid, American rapper and actor

Christopher Reid (entertainer)

Cris Carpenter, American baseball player and educator

Cris Carpenter

Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager

Aykut Kocaman

Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter

Mike McCready

Gary Gait, Canadian lacrosse player and coach

Gary Gait

Anu Garg, Indian-American journalist and author

Anu Garg

Troy Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Troy Gentry

Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Paula Cole

Stewart Lee, British standup comedian and writer

Stewart Lee

Ryan Birch, English martial artist (d. 2013)

Ryan Birch

Soheil Ayari, French race car driver

Soheil Ayari

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, English journalist

Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter

Miho Hatori

Dong Abay, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dong Abay

Ayako Nishikawa, Japanese television personality, entertainer, comedian, and surgeon

Ayako Nishikawa

Tim Coronel, Dutch race car driver

Tim Coronel

Pat Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Pat Green

Paul Okon, Australian footballer and manager

Paul Okon

Waylon Payne, American singer-songwriter and actor

Waylon Payne

Duncan Spencer, English cricketer

Duncan Spencer

Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director

Yasuhiro Takemoto

Tony Banks, American football player and journalist

Tony Banks (American football)

Élodie Bouchez, French-American actress

Élodie Bouchez

Brendan Cannon, Australian rugby player

Brendan Cannon

Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball player (d. 2013)

Cho Sung-min

Pharrell Williams, American rapper, producer, and fashion designer

Pharrell Williams

Sahaj, American singer-songwriter

Sahaj (musician)

Marcus Jones, English lawyer and politician

Marcus Jones (British politician)

Vyacheslav Voronin, Russian high jumper

Vyacheslav Voronin

Sheryl Cruz, Filipino actress and singer

Sheryl Cruz

Sarah Baldock, English organist and conductor

Sarah Baldock

John Hartson, Welsh footballer and coach

John Hartson

Juicy J, American rapper and producer

Juicy J

Caitlin Moran, English journalist, author, and critic

Caitlin Moran

Shammond Williams, American basketball player and coach

Shammond Williams

Ryan Drese, American baseball player

Ryan Drese

Ross Gload, American baseball player

Ross Gload

Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer

Simone Inzaghi

Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach

Fernando Morientes

Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete

Indrek Tobreluts

Stella Creasy, English psychologist and politician

Stella Creasy

Robert Glasper, African-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

Robert Glasper

Stephen Jackson, American basketball player

Stephen Jackson

Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer

Franziska van Almsick

Timo Hildebrand, German footballer

Timo Hildebrand

Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese footballer

Mitsuo Ogasawara

Benji Radach, American mixed martial artist and trainer

Benji Radach

Dante Wesley, American football player

Dante Wesley

Matt Bonner, American basketball player

Matt Bonner

David Chocarro, Argentinian baseball player and actor

David Chocarro

Mary Katharine Ham, American journalist and blogger

Mary Katharine Ham

Joris Mathijsen, Dutch footballer

Joris Mathijsen

Jorge de la Rosa, Mexican baseball player

Jorge de la Rosa

Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2006)

Michael A. Monsoor · Medal of Honor

Hayley Atwell, English-American actress

Hayley Atwell

Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer

Thomas Hitzlsperger

Kelly Pavlik, American boxer

Kelly Pavlik

Matt Pickens, American soccer player

Matt Pickens

Alexandre Prémat, French race car driver

Alexandre Prémat

Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer

Jorge Andrés Martínez

David Dillehunt, American director, producer, and composer

David Dillehunt

Kisho Yano, Japanese footballer

Kisho Yano

Shin Min-a, South Korean actress

Shin Min-a

Saba Qamar, Pakistani actress-model

Saba Qamar

Daniel Congré, French footballer

Daniel Congré

Lastings Milledge, American baseball player

Lastings Milledge

Max Grün, German footballer

Max Grün

Sergei Lepmets, Estonian footballer

Sergei Lepmets

Jon Kwang-ik, North Korean footballer

Jon Kwang-ik

Asumi Nakada, Japanese voice actress and model

Asumi Nakada

Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier

Christopher Papamichalopoulos

Alex Valentini, Italian footballer

Alex Valentini

Lily James, English actress

Lily James

Patrick Dangerfield, Australian rules footballer

Patrick Dangerfield

Linnon Stylz, American singer and businessman

Linnon Stylz (page does not exist)

Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer

Emmalyn Estrada

Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player

Benjamin Garcia

Maya DiRado, American swimmer

Maya DiRado

Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player

Viliame Kikau

Nicolas Beer, Danish racing driver

Nicolas Beer

Kaito Nakamura, Japanese actor and model

Kaito Nakamura (actor)

Sharlene San Pedro, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer

Sharlene San Pedro

Timothy I of Constantinople

Timothy I of Constantinople

Eutychius of Constantinople (b. 512)

Eutychius of Constantinople

Ruadán of Lorrha, Irish abbot

Ruadán of Lorrha

Al-Mu'tadid, Iraqi caliph (b. 960)

Al-Mu'tadid

Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1104)

Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester

Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem (b. 1172)

Isabella I of Jerusalem

Saint Juliana of Liège

Juliana of Liège

William Melton, English archbishop

William Melton

Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)

Vincent Ferrer

Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1364)

Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Jan Matthys, Anabaptist reformer

Jan Matthys · Anabaptist

Adam Loftus, English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1513)

Adam Loftus (bishop) · Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)

Alonso Lobo

François Caron, Belgian-French explorer and politician, 8th Governor of Formosa (b. 1600)

François Caron · Governor of Formosa

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (b. 1627)

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1633)

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax · Lord President of the Council

Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655)

Charles XI of Sweden

Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)

Jean Jouvenet

William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)

William Derham

Samuel Wesley, English clergyman and poet (b. 1662)

Samuel Wesley (poet)

Edward Young, English poet and author (b. 1683)

Edward Young

Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (b. 1759)

Georges Danton · Ministry of Justice (France)

Camille Desmoulins, French journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1760)

Camille Desmoulins

Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (b. 1761)

Jean-Charles Pichegru

Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 40th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1757)

Richard Goodwin Keats · List of lieutenant governors of Newfoundland and Labrador

Alaric Alexander Watts, English poet and journalist (b. 1797)

Alaric Alexander Watts

Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)

Joseph Louis François Bertrand

Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)

Osman Nuri Pasha

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and businessman (b. 1866)

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon

Roy Kilner, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1890)

Roy Kilner

Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (b. 1884)

Chandler Egan

Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1871)

Charles Freer Andrews

Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (b. 1876)

Nigel Gresley

Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar (b. 1869)

Aleš Hrdlička

Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)

Karl-Otto Koch · SS

Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)

Vincent Youmans

Charles Collett, English engineer (b. 1871)

Charles Collett

Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)

Douglas MacArthur

John Henry Starling, Australian public servant (b. 1883)

John Henry Starling

Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1891)

Mischa Elman

Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)

Hermann Joseph Muller · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian SS officer (b. 1903)

Ain-Ervin Mere · SS

Shelby Storck, American journalist, actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)

Shelby Storck

Alfred Sturtevant, American geneticist and academic (b. 1891)

Alfred Sturtevant

Brian Donlevy, American actor and producer (b. 1901)

Brian Donlevy

Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)

Isabel Jewell

Robert Speck, Canadian politician, 1st Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1915)

Robert Speck (politician) · Mayor of Mississauga

John Coleman, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)

John Coleman (Australian footballer)

A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)

A. Y. Jackson

Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)

Chiang Kai-shek · President of the Republic of China

Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905)

Howard Hughes

Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (b. 1891)

Wilder Penfield

Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and painter (b. 1893)

Eugène Gabritschevsky

Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)

Bob Hite

Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910)

Abe Fortas

Danny Rapp, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

Danny Rapp

Nikolai Matvejev, Estonian cyclist (b. 1923)

Nikolai Matvejev

Jan Lindblad, Swedish journalist and photographer (b. 1932)

Jan Lindblad

María Cristina Gómez, Salvadoran educator and activist (b. 1938)

María Cristina Gómez

Sonny Carter, American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (b. 1947)

Sonny Carter

John Tower, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1925)

John Tower

Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (b. 1918)

Sam Walton · Walmart · Sam's Club

Divya Bharti, Indian actress (b. 1974)

Divya Bharti

Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)

Kurt Cobain

Roy Smeck, American country musician (b. 1900)

Roy Smeck

Françoise Loranger, Canadian playwright and producer (b. 1913)

Françoise Loranger

Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913)

Larry LaPrise

Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)

Allen Ginsberg

Cozy Powell, English drummer (b. 1947)

Cozy Powell

Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician (b. 1919)

Paul David

Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)

Lee Petty

Brother Theodore, German-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1906)

Brother Theodore

Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (b. 1918)

Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd

Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)

Layne Staley

Sławomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (b. 1915)

Sławomir Rawicz

Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)

Heiner Zieschang

Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

Saul Bellow · Nobel Prize in Literature

Dale Messick, American author and illustrator (b. 1906)

Dale Messick

John Sichel, French-English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)

John Sichel

Neil Welliver, American painter (b. 1929)

Neil Welliver

Allan Kaprow, American painter and educator (b. 1927)

Allan Kaprow

Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

Gene Pitney

Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1923)

Maria Gripe

Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (b. 1908)

Leela Majumdar

Mark St. John, American guitarist (b. 1956)

Mark St. John

Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (b. 1951)

Darryl Stingley

Poornachandra Tejaswi, Indian ornithologist, author, and photographer (b. 1938)

Poornachandra Tejaswi

Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and political activist (b. 1923)

Charlton Heston

Constantine Papadakis, Greek-American businessman and academic (b. 1946)

Constantine Papadakis

Joe Avezzano, American football player and coach (b. 1943)

Joe Avezzano

Jim Herr, American businessman, founded Herr's Snacks (b. 1924)

Jim Herr · Herr's Snacks

Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (b. 1923)

Jim Marshall (businessman) · Marshall Amplification

Gil Noble, American journalist and producer (b. 1932)

Gil Noble

Peter Tapsell, New Zealand surgeon and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Defence (b. 1930)

Peter Tapsell (New Zealand politician) · Minister of Defence (New Zealand)

Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawian economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi (b. 1934)

Bingu wa Mutharika · President of Malawi

Nakatindi Wina, Zambian Princess and politician

Nakatindi Wina

Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (b. 1921)

Regina Bianchi

Amnon Dankner, Israeli journalist and author (b. 1946)

Amnon Dankner

Piero de Palma, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1924)

Piero de Palma

Dave Hunt, American radio host and author (b. 1926)

Dave Hunt (Christian apologist)

Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (b. 1946)

Mohammad Ishaq Khan

David Kuo, American journalist and author (b. 1968)

David Kuo (author)

Nikolaos Pappas, Greek admiral and politician, Greek Minister for Mercantile Marine (b. 1930)

Nikolaos Pappas · Ministry of Shipping and the Aegean (Greece)

Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920)

Alan Davie

Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (b. 1927)

Peter Matthiessen · The Paris Review

John Pinette, American comedian (b. 1964)

John Pinette

Gordon Smith, Scottish footballer (b. 1954)

Gordon Smith (footballer, born July 1954)

José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)

José Wilker

Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (b. 1949)

Fredric Brandt

Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (b. 1936)

Juan Carlos Cáceres

Richard Dysart, American actor (b. 1929)

Richard Dysart

Steve Rickard, New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1929)

Steve Rickard

Julie Wilson, American actress and singer (b. 1924)

Julie Wilson

Koço Kasapoğlu, Turkish footballer (b. 1936)

Koço Kasapoğlu