August 1 — On This Day

Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.

Augustus · Alexandria · Egypt · Roman Republic

Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.

Revolt of the Batavi · Batavi (Germanic tribe) · Germania Inferior · Gaius Julius Civilis

Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.

Justinian I · Byzantine Empire

Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607).

Ono no Imoko · Sui dynasty · Japanese calendar

Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabids army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily.

Taormina · Sicily · Aghlabids · Muslim conquest of Sicily

Isaac II Angelos, restored Eastern Roman Emperor, declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade.

Isaac II Angelos · Eastern Roman Emperor · Alexios IV Angelos · Fourth Crusade

The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter.

Old Swiss Confederacy · Federal Charter of 1291

Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.

Louis XI of France · Chivalric order · Order of Saint Michael · Amboise

Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.

Christopher Columbus · Venezuela

Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.

Speedwell (1577 ship) · Delfshaven · Pilgrim Fathers · Plymouth Colony

Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.

Ottoman Empire · Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664) · Habsburg Monarchy · Raimondo Montecuccoli · Peace of Vasvár

George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.

Hanover · George I of Great Britain · Georgian era

Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.

Seven Years' War · Battle of Minden · Annus Mirabilis of 1759 · Minden Day

British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

Joseph Priestley · Oxygen · Carl Wilhelm Scheele

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.

French Revolutionary Wars · Battle of the Nile

The Acts of Union 1800 are passed which merge the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Acts of Union 1800 · Kingdom of Great Britain · Kingdom of Ireland · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

First Barbary War: The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.

First Barbary War · Schooner · USS Enterprise (1799) · Action of 1 August 1801 · Tripoli

Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force.

Slavery in the British Isles · British Empire · Slavery Abolition Act 1833

The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Lombard Street riot · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania

The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.

Monte Rosa

Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

Colorado · U.S. state

Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.

Henry Perky · Shredded wheat

The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.

First Sino-Japanese War · Empire of Japan · Qing dynasty

The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.

Brownsea Island Scout camp · Brownsea Island · Scouting

Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.

Harriet Quimby

The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.

German Empire · Russian Empire · World War I · Military of Switzerland

The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

Nanchang Uprising · Chinese Civil War · Kuomintang · Communist Party of China · People's Liberation Army

Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.

Bruno Tesch (antifascist) · Altona, Hamburg

The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.

1936 Summer Olympics · Berlin · Adolf Hitler

Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.

Josip Broz Tito · League of Communists of Croatia · Samobor

World War II: Operation Tidal Wave also known as "Black Sunday", was a failed American attempt to destroy Romanian oil fields.

World War II · Operation Tidal Wave

World War II: The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi German occupation breaks out in Warsaw, Poland.

Warsaw Uprising · Nazism · Warsaw

Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.

Russian Liberation Army · Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II · Soviet Union

The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

North American Aerospace Defense Command

Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.

Dahomey · Benin

Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.

Islamabad · Federal capital · Government of Pakistan

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.

Robert McNamara · Defense Intelligence Agency

The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Belgian Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo

Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.

Charles Whitman · University of Texas at Austin

Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

Cultural Revolution

The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.

Hassanal Bolkiah · Sultan of Brunei

The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The Concert for Bangladesh

Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.

Cyprus dispute · United Nations Security Council · United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus · United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus · Cyprus

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir · President of Iceland

A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.

Buttevant Rail Disaster · County Cork · Republic of Ireland

MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.

MTV · Video Killed the Radio Star · The Buggles

Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England.

Peat · Bog body · Lindow Man · Lindow Moss · Cheshire

The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.

Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993

A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.

Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire · Asunción, Paraguay

The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour.

I-35W Mississippi River bridge · Mississippi River · Minneapolis · Rush hour

The Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.

Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway

Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.

2008 K2 disaster

A suicide attack on a mosque in Heart, Afghanistan kills 20 people.

Suicide attack · Afghanistan

Claudius, Roman emperor (d. 54)

Claudius

Pertinax, Roman emperor (d. 193)

Pertinax

Sugawara no Michizane, Japanese scholar and politician (d. 903)

Sugawara no Michizane

Emperor Taizu of Jin (d. 1123)

Emperor Taizu of Jin

Emperor Kōgon of Japan (d. 1364)

Emperor Kōgon

Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)

Emperor Go-Komatsu

John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (d. 1421)

John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel

Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (d. 1566)

Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (d. 1572)

Sigismund II Augustus

Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar (d. 1622)

Andrew Melville

Edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)

Edward Kelley

Luis Vélez de Guevara, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1644)

Luis Vélez de Guevara

Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (d. 1676)

Sabbatai Zevi

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1673)

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh · Lord High Treasurer

Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (d. 1734)

Sebastiano Ricci

Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1780)

Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Richard Wilson, Welsh painter and academic (d. 1782)

Richard Wilson (painter)

Jacques François Dugommier, French general (d. 1794)

Jacques François Dugommier

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (d. 1829)

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (d. 1838)

William Clark · List of Governors of Missouri

Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (d. 1843)

Francis Scott Key

Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (d. 1851)

Lorenz Oken

William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer (d. 1836)

William B. Travis

Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1882)

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic (d. 1889)

Maria Mitchell

Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1891)

Herman Melville

Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator (d. 1918)

Antonio Cotogni

Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)

Robert Todd Lincoln · United States Secretary of War

George Coulthard, Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)

George Coulthard

Gaston Doumergue, French lawyer and politician, 13th President of France (d. 1937)

Gaston Doumergue · President of France

Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1884)

Hans Rott

Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)

Sammy Jones

John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (d. 1969)

John Lester

George Hackenschmidt, Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (d. 1968)

George Hackenschmidt

Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1961)

Konstantinos Logothetopoulos · Prime Minister of Greece

Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1940)

Otto Toeplitz

George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)

George de Hevesy · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (d. 1979)

Walter Gerlach

Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1968)

Karl Kobelt · List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation

Alexander of Greece (d. 1920)

Alexander of Greece

Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (d. 1927)

Ottavio Bottecchia

Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director (d. 1980)

Morris Stoloff

Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (d. 1980)

Raymond Mays

Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965)

Otto Nothling

Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (d. 1925)

Francisco Guilledo

Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1995)

Paul Horgan

Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1993)

Helen Sawyer Hogg

Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)

Eric Shipton

James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (d. 1974)

James Henry Govier

Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (d. 2003)

Walter Scharf

Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist (d. 1985)

Jackie Ormes

David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1979)

David Brand · Premier of Western Australia

Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994)

Gego

Henry Jones, American actor (d. 1999)

Henry Jones (actor)

Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (d. 1997)

Jack Delano

Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (d. 2015)

Alan Moore (war artist)

J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)

J. Lee Thompson

Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (d. 2014)

Fiorenzo Angelini

Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)

Anne Hébert

T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist (d. 2013)

T. J. Jemison

Stanley Middleton, English author (d. 2009)

Stanley Middleton

Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player (d. 1992)

Raul Renter

Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (d. 2009)

Jack Kramer

Pat McDonald, Australian actress (d. 1990)

Pat McDonald (actress)

Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (d. 2006)

Arthur Hill (actor)

Val Bettin, American actor

Val Bettin

Marcia Mae Jones, American actress and singer (d. 2007)

Marcia Mae Jones

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (d. 2015)

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Frank Worrell, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967)

Frank Worrell

Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet and author (d. 2000)

Ernst Jandl

George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (d. 2013)

George Hauptfuhrer

Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (d. 2013)

Anthony G. Bosco

Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

Jack Shea (director)

Hafizullah Amin, Afghan educator and politician, Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1979)

Hafizullah Amin · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)

Ann Calvello, American roller derby racer (d. 2006)

Ann Calvello · Roller derby

Lionel Bart, English composer (d. 1999)

Lionel Bart

Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (d. 2002)

Pierre Bourdieu

Julie Bovasso, American actress and writer (d. 1991)

Julie Bovasso

Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)

Lawrence Eagleburger · United States Secretary of State

Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1996)

Károly Grósz · Prime Minister of Hungary

Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)

Geoffrey Holder

Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (d. 2016)

Trevor Goddard (cricketer)

Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)

Meir Kahane · Jewish Defense League

Meena Kumari, Indian actress (d. 1972)

Meena Kumari

Dom DeLuise, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2009)

Dom DeLuise

Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese baseball player and manager

Masaichi Kaneda

Teri Shields, American actress, producer, and agent (d. 2012)

Teri Shields

Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian and author (d. 2007)

Dušan Třeštík

John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000)

John Beck (cricketer)

Derek Birdsall, English graphic designer

Derek Birdsall

Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (d. 2014)

Geoff Pullar

W. D. Hamilton, Egyptian born British biologist, psychologist, and academic (d. 2000)

W. D. Hamilton

Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (d. 2008)

Yves Saint Laurent (designer) · Yves Saint Laurent (brand)

Laurie Taylor, English sociologist, radio host, and academic

Laurie Taylor (sociologist)

Al D'Amato, American lawyer and politician

Al D'Amato

Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (d. 2015)

Bob Frankford

Terry Kiser, American actor

Terry Kiser

Stephen Sykes, English bishop and theologian (d. 2014)

Stephen Sykes

Robert James Waller, American author and photographer (d. 2017)

Robert James Waller

Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire

Mervyn Kitchen

Henry Silverman, American businessman, founded Cendant

Henry Silverman · Cendant

Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Iranian writer and actor

Mahmoud Dowlatabadi

Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996)

Ron Brown (U.S. politician) · United States Secretary of Commerce

Étienne Roda-Gil, French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)

Étienne Roda-Gil

Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)

Jerry Garcia

Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Giancarlo Giannini

Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov, Russian banker and politician (d. 1998)

Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov

Douglas Osheroff, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Douglas Osheroff · Nobel Prize in Physics

Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (d. 2006)

Boz Burrell

Rick Coonce, American drummer (The Grass Roots) (d. 2011)

Rick Coonce · The Grass Roots

Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

Richard O. Covey

Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic

Fiona Stanley

Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet and author

Lorna Goodison

Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios

Avi Arad · Marvel Studios

Cliff Branch, American football player

Cliff Branch

David Gemmell, English journalist and author (d. 2006)

David Gemmell

Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan

Kurmanbek Bakiyev · President of Kyrgyzstan

Jim Carroll, American poet, author, and musician (d. 2009)

Jim Carroll

Ray Nettles, American football player (d. 2009)

Ray Nettles

Roy Williams, American basketball player and coach

Roy Williams (coach)

Tim Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tim Bachman

Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)

Tommy Bolin

Pete Mackanin, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Pete Mackanin

Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)

Zoran Đinđić · Prime Minister of Serbia

Robert Cray, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

Robert Cray

Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author

Howard Kurtz

Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (d. 2006)

Trevor Berbick

James Gleick, American journalist and author

James Gleick

Benno Möhlmann, German footballer and manager

Benno Möhlmann

Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)

Taylor Negron

Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2000)

Rob Buck

Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michael Penn

Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach

Kiki Vandeweghe

Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Joe Elliott

Chuck D, American rapper and songwriter (Public Enemy)

Chuck D · Public Enemy (band)

Suzi Gardner, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (L7)

Suzi Gardner · L7 (band)

Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (d. 2013)

Jacob Matlala

Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer

Demián Bichir

Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor

Coolio

John Carroll Lynch, American actor

John Carroll Lynch

Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer

Koichi Wakata

Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dean Wareham

Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer

Adam Duritz

Fiona Hyslop, Scottish businesswoman and politician

Fiona Hyslop

Augusta Read Thomas, American composer, conductor and educator

Augusta Read Thomas

Brandt Jobe, American golfer

Brandt Jobe

Sam Mendes, English director and producer

Sam Mendes

James St. James, American club promoter and author

James St. James

Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player and coach

Gregg Jefferies

José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter

José Padilha

Stacey Augmon, American basketball player and coach

Stacey Augmon

Dan Donegan, American heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Disturbed)

Dan Donegan · Disturbed (band)

Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Japanese baseball player and sportscaster

Shigetoshi Hasegawa

Andrei Borissov, Estonian footballer and manager

Andrei Borissov

Kevin Jarvis, American baseball player and scout

Kevin Jarvis

Graham Thorpe, English cricketer and journalist

Graham Thorpe

Quentin Coryatt, American football player

Quentin Coryatt

David James, English footballer and manager

David James (footballer)

Eugenie van Leeuwen, Dutch cricketer

Eugenie van Leeuwen

Nicke Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Nicke Andersson

Christer Basma, Norwegian footballer and coach

Christer Basma

Todd Bouman, American football player and coach

Todd Bouman

Thomas Woods, American historian, economist, and academic

Thomas Woods

Gregg Berhalter, American soccer player and coach

Gregg Berhalter

Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian runner

Veerle Dejaeghere

Edurne Pasaban, Spanish mountaineer

Edurne Pasaban

Cher Calvin, American journalist

Cher Calvin

Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (d. 2014)

Marek Galiński (cyclist)

Tyron Henderson, South African cricketer

Tyron Henderson

Dennis Lawrence, Trinidadian footballer and coach

Dennis Lawrence

Beckie Scott, Canadian skier

Beckie Scott

Vhrsti, Czech author and illustrator

Vhrsti

Don Hertzfeldt, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor

Don Hertzfeldt

Søren Jochumsen, Danish footballer

Søren Jochumsen

Nwankwo Kanu, Nigerian footballer

Nwankwo Kanu

David Nemirovsky, Canadian ice hockey player

David Nemirovsky

Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer and manager

Hasan Şaş

Cristian Stoica, Romanian-Italian rugby player

Cristian Stoica

Marc Denis, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Marc Denis

Haspop, French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor

Haspop

Darnerien McCants, American-Canadian football player

Darnerien McCants

Damien Saez, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Damien Saez

Yoshi Tatsu, Japanese wrestler and boxer

Yoshi Tatsu

Andy Blignaut, Zimbabwean cricketer

Andy Blignaut

Björn Ferry, Swedish biathlete

Björn Ferry

Dhani Harrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Dhani Harrison

Chris Iwelumo, Scottish footballer

Chris Iwelumo

Edgerrin James, American football player

Edgerrin James

Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer

Junior Agogo

Nathan Fien, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player

Nathan Fien

Jason Momoa, American actor, director, and producer

Jason Momoa

Mancini, Brazilian footballer

Mancini (Brazilian footballer)

Romain Barras, French decathlete

Romain Barras

Esteban Paredes, Chilean footballer

Esteban Paredes

Dean Cox, Australian footballer

Dean Cox

Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author

Pia Haraldsen

Christofer Heimeroth, German footballer

Christofer Heimeroth

Stephen Hunt, Irish footballer

Stephen Hunt (footballer, born 1981)

Jamie Jones-Buchanan, English rugby player

Jamie Jones-Buchanan

Basem Fathi, Jordanian footballer

Basem Fathi

Montserrat Lombard, English actress, director, and screenwriter

Montserrat Lombard

Bobby Carpenter, American football player

Bobby Carpenter (American football)

Craig Clarke, New Zealand rugby player

Craig Clarke

Julien Faubert, French footballer

Julien Faubert

David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete

David Gervasi

Steve Feak, American game designer

Steve Feak

Francesco Gavazzi, Italian cyclist

Francesco Gavazzi

Brandon Kintzler, American baseball player

Brandon Kintzler

Bastian Schweinsteiger, German footballer

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Stuart Holden, Scottish-American soccer player

Stuart Holden

Adam Jones, American baseball player

Adam Jones (baseball)

Cole Kimball, American baseball player

Cole Kimball

Tendai Mtawarira, South African rugby player

Tendai Mtawarira

Kris Stadsgaard, Danish footballer

Kris Stadsgaard

Dušan Švento, Slovak footballer

Dušan Švento

Damien Allen, English footballer

Damien Allen

Anton Strålman, Swedish ice hockey player

Anton Strålman

Andrew Taylor, English footballer

Andrew Taylor (footballer, born 1986)

Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player

Elena Vesnina

Mike Wallace, American football player

Mike Wallace (American football)

Karen Carney, English women's football winger

Karen Carney

Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer

Sébastien Pocognoli

Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer

Lee Wallace

Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer

Mustafa Abdellaoue

Patryk Małecki, Polish footballer

Patryk Małecki

Bodene Thompson, New Zealand rugby league player

Bodene Thompson

Madison Bumgarner, American baseball player

Madison Bumgarner

Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player

Aledmys Díaz

Jean Hugues Gregoire, Mauritian swimmer

Jean Hugues Gregoire

Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player

Elton Jantjies

Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer

Piotr Malarczyk

Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer

Marco Puntoriere

Austin Rivers, American basketball player

Austin Rivers

Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player

Álex Abrines

Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer

Leon Thomas III

Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player

Sergeal Petersen

Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer

Ayaka Wada

Katie Boulter, English tennis player

Katie Boulter

Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (b. 83 BC)

Mark Antony

Eusebius of Vercelli, Italian bishop and saint (b. 283)

Eusebius of Vercelli

Justin I, Byzantine emperor (b. 450)

Justin I

Thachulf, duke of Thuringia

Thachulf, Duke of Thuringia · Thuringia

Dhuka al-Rumi, Abbasid governor of Egypt

Dhuka al-Rumi

Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah, Abbasid vizier (b. 859)

Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah

Lady Xu Xinyue, Chinese queen (b. 902)

Lady Xu Xinyue

Yingtian, Chinese Khitan empress (b. 879)

Empress Shulü Ping

Adhemar of Le Puy, French papal legate

Adhemar of Le Puy

Louis VI, king of France (b. 1081)

Louis VI of France

Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)

Shimazu Tadahisa

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Italian archbishop and explorer (b. 1180)

Giovanni da Pian del Carpine

Conrad de Lichtenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg (b. 1240)

Conrad de Lichtenberg

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1341)

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York · Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

Lorenzo Valla, Italian author and educator (b. 1406)

Lorenzo Valla

Cosimo de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1386)

Cosimo de' Medici

Giovanni Santi, artist and father of Raphael (b. c. 1435)

Giovanni Santi · Raphael

Simon Grynaeus, German theologian and scholar (b. 1493)

Simon Grynaeus

Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1488)

Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)

Peter Faber

Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490)

Olaus Magnus

Albrecht Giese, Polish-German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)

Albrecht Giese

Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)

Jacques Clément · Henry III of France

Matthew Browne, English politician (b. 1563)

Matthew Browne

Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)

Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)

Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori

Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)

Clas Bjerkander

Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)

Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet

François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)

François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers

John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)

John Boorman (cricketer)

John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)

John Walker (lexicographer)

Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)

Lady Diana Beauclerk

Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)

Yakov Kulnev

William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)

William Joseph Behr

John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)

John Ross (Cherokee chief)

Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)

Richard Dry · Premier of Tasmania

Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)

Calamity Jane

Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)

Samuel Arza Davenport

John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)

John Riley Banister

Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)

T.J. Ryan · Premier of Queensland

Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)

Donát Bánki

Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)

Syd Gregory

Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)

Edmund C. Tarbell

Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)

Lydia Litvyak

Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)

Manuel L. Quezon · President of the Philippines

Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)

Jean Behra

Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)

Theodore Roethke

Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)

Charles Whitman

Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)

Richard Kuhn · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)

Frances Farmer

Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)

Doris Fleeson

Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)

Otto Heinrich Warburg · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)

Gian Francesco Malipiero

Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (b. 1893)

Walter Ulbricht

Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (b. 1898)

Ildebrando Antoniutti

Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (b. 1929)

Francis Gary Powers

Patrick Depailler, French race car driver (b. 1944)

Patrick Depailler

Strother Martin, American actor (b. 1919)

Strother Martin

Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)

Paddy Chayefsky

T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1933)

T. Thirunavukarasu

John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)

John Ogdon

Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1897)

Norbert Elias

Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian general and politician, 5th President of Somalia (b. 1934)

Mohamed Farrah Aidid · President of Somalia

Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

Tadeusz Reichstein · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian physician and surgeon (b. 1929)

Lucille Teasdale-Corti

Eva Bartok, Hungarian-British actress (b. 1927)

Eva Bartok

Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)

Korey Stringer

Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)

Guy Thys

Marie Trintignant, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1962)

Marie Trintignant

Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (b. 1913)

Philip Abelson

Al Aronowitz, American journalist (b. 1928)

Al Aronowitz

Wim Boost, Dutch cartoonist and educator (b. 1918)

Wim Boost

Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)

Constant Nieuwenhuys

Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)

Fahd of Saudi Arabia

Bob Thaves, American illustrator (b. 1924)

Bob Thaves

Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and activist (b. 1949)

Iris Marion Young

Tommy Makem, Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1932)

Tommy Makem

Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (b. 1932)

Gertan Klauber

Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)

Harkishan Singh Surjeet

Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (b. 1933)

Corazon Aquino · President of the Philippines

Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (b. 1919)

Lolita Lebrón

Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910)

Eric Tindill

Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (b. 1953)

Aldo Maldera

Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (b. 1921)

Douglas Townsend

Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)

Barry Trapnell

John Amis, English journalist and critic (b. 1922)

John Amis

Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (b. 1932)

Gail Kobe

Babe Martin, American baseball player (b. 1920)

Babe Martin

Toby Saks, American cellist and educator (b. 1942)

Toby Saks

Wilford White, American football player (b. 1928)

Wilford White

Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)

Valyantsin Byalkevich

Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (b. 1974)

Jan Roar Leikvoll

Charles T. Payne, American soldier (b. 1925)

Charles T. Payne

Mike Smith, English radio and television host (b. 1955)

Mike Smith (presenter)

Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (b. 1968)

Stephan Beckenbauer

Cilla Black, English singer and actress (b. 1943)

Cilla Black

Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1921)

Bernard d'Espagnat

Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (b. 1939)

Bob Frankford

Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1948)

Hong Yuanshuo

Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923)

Queen Anne of Romania