August 23 — On This Day

After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.

Egypt (Roman province) · Octavian · Marcus Antonius Antyllus · Mark Antony · Caesarion

Ludi Volcanalici are held within the temple precinct of Vulcan, and used by Augustus to mark the treaty with Parthia and the return of the legionary standards that had been lost at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC.

Ludi · Vulcan (mythology) · Augustus · Parthia · Aquila (Roman)

Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.

Mount Vesuvius · Vulcan (mythology) · Roman god

Gothic king Radagaisus is executed after he is defeated by Roman general Stilicho and 12,000 "barbarians" are incorporated into the Roman army or sold as slaves.

Goths · Radagaisus · Siege of Florence (405) · Stilicho · Late Roman army

Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.

Odoacer · Heruli · Scirii · Foederati · King of Italy

Abu Bakr dies at Medina and is succeeded by Umar I who becomes the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.

Abu Bakr · Medina · Umar · Caliph · Rashidun Caliphate

Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to Khwarezmian Empire.

Siege of Jerusalem (1244) · Tower of David · History of Jerusalem (Middle Ages) · Khwarezmian Empire

Battle of Tagliacozzo: The army of Charles of Anjou defeats the Ghibellines supporters of Conradin of Hohenstaufen marking the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.

Battle of Tagliacozzo · Charles of Anjou · Ghibellines · Conradin · Hohenstaufen

Sir William Wallace is executed for high treason at Smithfield, London.

William Wallace · High treason · Smithfield, London

Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.

Battle of Cassel (1328) · Flemish people

Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Siege of Moscow (1382) · Golden Horde · Tokhtamysh · Grand Duchy of Moscow

The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.

Battle of Chaldiran · Selim I · Ottoman Empire · Shah Ismail I · Safavid dynasty

Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent.

Christian II of Denmark · King of Sweden · Gustav I of Sweden · Regent

French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.

Jacques Cartier · Quebec City

French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.

French Wars of Religion · Huguenot · St. Bartholomew's Day massacre

Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.

Long Turkish War · Wallachian prince · Michael the Brave · Ottoman Empire · Battle of Călugăreni

Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.

Battle of Gifu Castle · Tokugawa Ieyasu · Sengoku period · Toyotomi Hideyori · Gifu Castle

Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.

Fettmilch Uprising · Frankfurt · Holy Roman Empire · Frankfurter Judengasse

George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham · Duke of Buckingham · John Felton (assassin)

Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards.

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle · English Army · Coldstream Guards

Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Battle of Sobota · Swedish Empire · Charles X Gustav · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.

Edirne event · Mustafa II · Ottoman Empire

American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.

American Revolutionary War · George III of the United Kingdom · Proclamation of Rebellion · Court of St James's · Thirteen Colonies

Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.

North Carolina · Tennessee · State of Franklin

Napoleon I of France leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.

Napoleon · Egypt

At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.

Battle of Großbeeren · Old Prussians · Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow

Nat Turner's slave rebellion is suppressed.

Nat Turner's slave rebellion

The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for war with Qing China. The ensuing three-year conflict will later be known as the First Opium War.

Qing dynasty · First Opium War

The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.

Union Navy · Siege of Fort Morgan · Confederate States of America · Gulf of Mexico · Galveston, Texas

Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.

Austro-Prussian War · Peace of Prague (1866)

Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.

Albert Bridge, London · Chelsea, London

The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.

Southern Cross Expedition · Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

The automobile tire chain is patented.

Tire chain

World War I: Battle of Mons: The British Army begins withdrawal.

World War I · Battle of Mons

British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.

R38-class airship · Kingston upon Hull · Humber estuary

Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.

Captain (United States O-3) · Lowell Smith · Lieutenant · Mid-air refueling · De Havilland DH-4B

Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.

Sacco and Vanzetti

Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attack on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, continuing until the next day, resulted in the death of 65-68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.

1929 Hebron massacre · 1929 Palestine riots · Palestinian people · Hebron · British Mandate of Palestine

World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations.

World War II · Nazi Germany · Soviet Union · Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact · Baltic states

World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.

Battle of Stalingrad

World War II: Kharkiv is liberated after the Battle of Kursk.

Kharkiv · Battle of Kursk

World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allies.

Marseille · Liberation of Marseille

World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.

Michael of Romania · King Michael's Coup · Nazism · Ion Antonescu · Romania

Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.

Freckleton Air Disaster · United States Army Air Forces · B-24 Liberator · Freckleton

Soviet-Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".

Soviet-Japanese War (1945) · USSR State Defense Committee · Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union

Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.

Ordinance No. 46 · States of Germany · State of Hanover · Schleswig-Holstein

World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.

World Council of Churches

First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.

Lockheed C-130

Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.

Chinese Civil War · Second Taiwan Strait Crisis · People's Liberation Army · Quemoy

Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.

Lunar Orbiter 1 · Moon

Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.

Mexican American · Trade union · César Chávez · Salad Bowl strike · Strike action

A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".

Norrmalmstorg robbery · Stockholm · Stockholm syndrome

Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.

Hans Tiedge · Counter-spy · East Germany

The American male basketball team lost the gold medal to Brazilian team at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis, 120-115.

Pan American Games · Indianapolis

Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius-Tallinn road, holding hands.

Singing Revolution · Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania · Vilnius

Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.

Saddam Hussein · Iraq · Western world · Gulf War

Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.

Armenia · Soviet Union

West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.

October 3

The World Wide Web is opened to the public.

World Wide Web

Eugene Bullard, the only black pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.

Eugene Bullard · Second Lieutenant · United States Air Force

Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.

Gulf Air Flight 072 · Persian Gulf · Manama, Bahrain

Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.

Natascha Kampusch · Wolfgang Přiklopil

The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia · Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia · Yekaterinburg

A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at $200 million-$300 million USD.

2011 Virginia earthquake · Virginia

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.

Muammar Gaddafi · National Transitional Council · Bab al-Azizia · Libyan Civil War (2011)

A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.

2012 Ljubljana Marshes hot air balloon crash · Ljubljana

A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.

2013 Palmasola prison riot · Palmasola · Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Jo Gwang-jo, Korean philosopher (d. 1520)

Jo Gwang-jo

Sigismund von Herberstein, Slovenian historian and diplomat (d. 1566)

Sigismund von Herberstein

Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (d. 1500)

Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal

François Hotman, French lawyer and jurist (d. 1590)

François Hotman

Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian (d. 1625)

Thomas Dempster

Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)

Stanisław Lubieniecki

Henry Every, English pirate (d. 1696)

Henry Every

Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)

Abraham Yates, Jr.

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (d. 1788)

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse

Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)

Louis XVI of France

Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic (d. 1832)

Georges Cuvier

William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (d. 1852)

William Tierney Clark · Hammersmith Bridge

Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (d. 1819)

Oliver Hazard Perry

Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician (d. 1893)

Anton von Schmerling

James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (d. 1877)

James Roosevelt Bayley

Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (d. 1920)

Moritz Cantor

William Southam, Canadian publisher (d. 1932)

William Southam

Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923)

Alexander Milne Calder

Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)

Sarah Frances Whiting

William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic (d. 1903)

William Ernest Henley

John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (d. 1929)

John Cockburn (Australian politician) · Premier of South Australia

Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist (d. 1918)

Radha Gobinda Kar

Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (d. 1913)

Clímaco Calderón · President of Colombia

Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (d. 1883)

Arnold Toynbee

Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)

Moritz Moszkowski

Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)

Eleftherios Venizelos · Prime Minister of Greece

Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1948)

Edgar de Wahl

Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1950)

Edgar Lee Masters

Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra (d. 1957)

Tanguturi Prakasam · List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh

William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (d. 1966)

William Eccles

Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)

Eugene Lanceray

István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic (d. 1959)

István Medgyaszay

Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author (d. 1932)

Alexander Grin

Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1953)

Jonathan M. Wainwright (general) · Medal of Honor

Will Cuppy, American author and critic (d. 1949)

Will Cuppy

Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)

Ogden L. Mills · United States Secretary of the Treasury

Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1971)

Harry Frank Guggenheim · Newsday

Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer (d. 1944)

Roy Agnew

John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (d. 1959)

John Auden

Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist (d. 1958)

Henry F. Pringle

Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001)

Frances Adaskin

Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991)

Ernst Krenek

Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)

Malvina Reynolds

Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)

Guy Bush

John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (d. 1991)

John Sherman Cooper · United States Ambassador to East Germany

William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (d. 1982)

William Primrose

Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (d. 1982)

Ernie Bushmiller

Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (d. 1951)

Constant Lambert

Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master (d. 2017)

Zoltan Sarosy

Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator (d. 2008)

Hannah Frank

Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)

Syd Buller

Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier (d. 2009)

Lonny Frey

Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (d. 1979)

Giuseppe Meazza

Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)

Gene Kelly

Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and racing driver (d. 2008)

Igor Troubetzkoy

Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader (d. 1993)

Bob Crosby

Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)

Tex Williams

Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984)

Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin

Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)

Kenneth Arrow · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996)

Sam Cook

Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (d. 2007)

Nazik Al-Malaika

Jean Darling, American actress and singer (d. 2015)

Jean Darling

George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)

George Kell

Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist and programmer (d. 2003)

Edgar F. Codd

Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2005)

Ephraim Kishon

Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Robert Solow · Nobel Prize in Economics

Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (d. 2008)

Robert Mulligan

Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)

Clifford Geertz

Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)

Gyula Hernádi

Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (d. 2017)

Dick Bruna

Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (d. 2006)

Allan Kaprow

Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer

Martial Solal

Marian Seldes, American actress (d. 2014)

Marian Seldes

Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009)

Vladimir Beekman

Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (d. 1997)

Zoltán Czibor

Peter Thomson, Australian golfer

Peter Thomson (golfer)

Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (d. 2016)

Michel Rocard · Prime Minister of France

Barbara Eden, American actress and singer

Barbara Eden

Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Hamilton O. Smith · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (d. 1978)

Houari Boumediene · President of Algeria

Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (d. 2013)

Enos Nkala · Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)

Mark Russell, American comedian and pianist

Mark Russell

Robert Curl, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Robert Curl · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Don Talbot, Australian swim coach and administrator

Don Talbot

Pete Wilson, American commander and politician, 36th Governor of California

Pete Wilson · Governor of California

Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster

Sonny Jurgensen

Roy Strong, English historian, curator, and author

Roy Strong

Rudy Lewis, American R&B singer (The Drifters) (d. 1964)

Rudy Lewis · The Drifters

Henry Lee Lucas, American murderer (d. 2001)

Henry Lee Lucas

Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (d. 2014)

Giacomo Bini

Roger Greenaway, English singer-songwriter and producer

Roger Greenaway

Galen Rowell, American mountaineer and photographer (d. 2002)

Galen Rowell

Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter

Richard Sanders (actor)

Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, British philosopher, academic, and politician

Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve

Nancy Richey, American tennis player

Nancy Richey

Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician

Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours

Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author

Nelson DeMille

Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Peter Lilley · Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer

Pino Presti

Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States

Antonia Novello · Surgeon General of the United States

Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach

Rayfield Wright

Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1978)

Keith Moon

Willy Russell, English playwright and composer

Willy Russell

Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter

Linda Thompson (singer)

Rowena Wallace, English-Australian actress

Rowena Wallace

Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (d. 1992)

Atef Bseiso

Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Andrei Pleșu · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania)

Rudy Ruettiger, American football player

Rudy Ruettiger

Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic

Lev Zeleny

Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician

Vicky Leandros

Shelley Long, American actress

Shelley Long

Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Rick Springfield

Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach

Allan Bristow

Mark Hudson, American musician, songwriter, and producer

Mark Hudson (musician)

Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (Survivor) (d. 2014)

Jimi Jamison · Survivor (band)

Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (d. 2004)

Akhmad Kadyrov · President of the Chechen Republic

Queen Noor of Jordan

Queen Noor of Jordan

Santillana, Spanish footballer

Santillana (footballer)

Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager

Georgios Paraschos

Bobby G, English singer-songwriter

Bobby G

Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter

Charles Busch

Halimah Yacob, Singapore unionist and potlician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore

Halimah Yacob · Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore · President of Singapore

Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (d. 1991)

Andreas Floer

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland · Minister of Culture (Norway)

Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician

Tasos Mitropoulos

Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager

Julio Franco

Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Edwyn Collins

George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player and coach

George Kalovelonis

Rodney Greenblat, American painter and graphic designer

Rodney Greenblat

Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Gary Hoey

Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter

Dean DeLeo

Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor

Alexandre Desplat

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician, 54th Mayor of Tehran

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf · Mayor of Tehran

Gary Mabbutt, English footballer

Gary Mabbutt

Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese actress

Hitomi Takahashi (actress)

Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th Canadian Minister of Justice

Martin Cauchon · Minister of Justice (Canada)

Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor

Shaun Ryder

Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter

Park Chan-wook

Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire

Richard Illingworth

Kenny Wallace, American race car driver

Kenny Wallace

Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

Roger Avary

Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player

Rik Smits

Jim Murphy, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe

Jim Murphy · Minister of State for Europe

Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer

Richard Petrie

Laura Claycomb, American soprano

Laura Claycomb

Chris DiMarco, American golfer

Chris DiMarco

Tinus Linee, South African rugby player and coach (d. 2014)

Tinus Linee

Jack Lopresti, English soldier and politician

Jack Lopresti

Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author

Jeremy Schaap

Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator

Keith Tyson

Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach

Lawrence Frank

Jason Hetherington, Australian rugby league player

Jason Hetherington

Jay Mohr, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Jay Mohr

River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)

River Phoenix

Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer and manager

Demetrio Albertini

Tim Gutberlet, German footballer

Tim Gutberlet

Mark Butcher, English cricketer and singer

Mark Butcher

Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

Raul Casanova

Martin Grainger, English footballer and manager

Martin Grainger

Manuel Vidrio, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager

Manuel Vidrio

Casey Blake, American baseball player

Casey Blake

Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer

Kerry Walmsley

Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player

Mark Bellhorn

Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner

Benjamin Limo

Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Konstantin Novoselov · Nobel Prize in Physics

Sean Marks, New Zealand basketball player and manager

Sean Marks

Pat Garrity, American basketball player

Pat Garrity

Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer and manager

Douglas Sequeira

Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman

Kobe Bryant

Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter and producer

Julian Casablancas

Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)

Randal Tye Thomas

Andrew Rannells, American actor and singer

Andrew Rannells

Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player

Jessica Bibby

Saskia Clark, English sailor

Saskia Clark

Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer

Édgar Sosa (boxer)

Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player

Zuzana Váleková

Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player

Denny Bautista

Rex Grossman, American football player

Rex Grossman

Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player

Nenad Vučković (handballer)

Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer

Carlos Cuéllar

Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer

Stephan Loboué

Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer

Natalie Coughlin

Scott Palguta, American soccer player

Scott Palguta

Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (d. 2012)

Cristian Tudor

James Collins, Welsh footballer

James Collins (footballer, born 1983)

Athena Farrokhzad, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic

Athena Farrokhzad

Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player

Sun Mingming

Tony Moll, American football player

Tony Moll

Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver

Bruno Spengler

Glen Johnson, English footballer

Glen Johnson (English footballer)

Eric Tai, New Zealand rugby player and actor

Eric Tai

Valeria Lukyanova, Moldovan-Ukrainian model and singer

Valeria Lukyanova

Sky Blu, American rapper

Sky Blu (rapper)

Brett Morris, Australian rugby league player

Brett Morris

Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player

Josh Morris (rugby)

Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player

Olga Govortsova

Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player

Carl Hagelin

Jeremy Lin, American basketball player

Jeremy Lin

Breanna Conrad, American fashion designer

Breanna Conrad

Heiko Schwarz, German footballer

Heiko Schwarz

Seth Curry, American basketball player

Seth Curry

Iván López Mendoza, Spanish professional footballer

Iván López Mendoza

Seo Hye-lin, South Korean girl group EXID member

Seo Hye-lin

Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer

Lil Yachty

Caesarion, Egyptian king (b. 47 BC)

Caesarion

Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier (b. 47 BC)

Marcus Antonius Antyllus

Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and politician (b. AD 40)

Gnaeus Julius Agricola

Radagaisus, Gothic king

Radagaisus

Abu Bakr, Arabian caliph (b. 573)

Abu Bakr

Ali al-Ridha, Iranian 8th of the Twelve Imams (b. 765)

Ali al-Ridha · The Twelve Imams

Magnus, Duke of Saxony (b. 1045)

Magnus, Duke of Saxony

Emperor Rokujō of Japan (b. 1164)

Emperor Rokujō

William Wallace, Scottish rebel commander (b. 1272)

William Wallace

Nicolaas Zannekin, Flemish peasant leader (in the battle of Cassel)

Nicolaas Zannekin

Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)

Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine

Heilwige Bloemardinne, Christian mystic (b. c. 1265)

Heilwige Bloemardinne

John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury

John de Stratford · Archbishop of Canterbury

Chen Youliang, founder of the Dahan regime (b. 1320)

Chen Youliang

Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Spanish cardinal (b. 1310)

Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz

Olaf II of Denmark (b. 1370)

Olaf II of Denmark

Johannes Pullois, Franco-Flemish composer (b. c. 1420?)

Johannes Pullois

Thomas de Littleton, English judge and legal author (b. c. 1407)

Thomas de Littleton

Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, eldest daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1470)

Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal · Isabella I of Castile · Ferdinand II of Aragon

Jean Molinet, French poet and composer (b. 1435)

Jean Molinet

Philibert Berthelier, Swiss soldier (b. 1465)

Philibert Berthelier (Geneva patriot)

Guillaume Budé, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1467)

Guillaume Budé

Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (b. 1495)

Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton

Ebussuud Efendi, Turkish lawyer and jurist (b. 1490)

Ebussuud Efendi

Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527)

Luis de León

Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585)

Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1592)

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham · Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)

John Byron, 1st Baron Byron

Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)

Edward Nott · Colonial Governor of Virginia

Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)

Increase Mather

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)

Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)

Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)

Oliver Hazard Perry

Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)

Ferenc Kazinczy

August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)

August Neidhardt von Gneisenau

Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)

Alexander Calder (Beaumont, Texas)

Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)

Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy

Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)

Deodoro da Fonseca · President of Brazil

Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)

Kuroda Kiyotaka · Prime Minister of Japan

Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)

Heinrich Berté

Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)

Rudolph Valentino

Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)

Nicola Sacco

Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)

Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)

Adolf Loos · Villa Müller

Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)

Albert Roussel

Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)

Abdülmecid II

Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)

Stefan Filipkiewicz

Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)

Helen Churchill Candee

Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)

Jaan Sarv

Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)

Oscar Hammerstein II

Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)

Walter Anderson (folklorist)

Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)

Hoot Gibson

Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)

Edmond Hogan · Premier of Victoria

Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

Francis X. Bushman

Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)

Georges Berger

Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883)

Nathaniel Cartmell

Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)

Roberto Assagioli

Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913)

Faruk Gürler

Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890)

Naum Gabo

Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)

Stanford Moore · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Didier Pironi, French race car driver (b. 1952)

Didier Pironi

Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (b. 1944)

Mohammed Abed Elhai

R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (b. 1927)

R. D. Laing

David Rose, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)

David Rose (songwriter)

Zoltán Fábri, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1917)

Zoltán Fábri

Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)

Alfred Eisenstaedt

Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (b. 1904)

Margaret Tucker

Eric Gairy, Grenadian educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1922)

Eric Gairy · Prime Minister of Grenada

John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

John Kendrew · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b. 1926)

Norman Wexler

John Anthony Kaiser, American priest and missionary (b. 1932)

John Anthony Kaiser

Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919)

Kathleen Freeman

Peter Maas, American journalist and author (b. 1929)

Peter Maas

Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)

Hoyt Wilhelm

Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946)

Bobby Bonds

Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1913)

Jack Dyer

Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (b. 1917)

Jan Sedivka

Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of Kenya (b. 1944)

Michael Kijana Wamalwa · Vice President of Kenya

Brock Peters, American actor (b. 1927)

Brock Peters

Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1928)

Maynard Ferguson

John Russell, English-American author and critic (b. 1919)

John Russell (art critic)

Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958)

Merv Neagle

Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1934)

Jerry Nelson

Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (b. 1946)

Josepha Sherman

Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (b. 1955)

Richard J. Corman · R.J. Corman Railroad Group

William Glasser, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)

William Glasser

Charles Lisanby, American production designer and set director (b. 1924)

Charles Lisanby

Konstanty Miodowicz, Polish ethnographer and politician (b. 1951)

Konstanty Miodowicz

Vesna Rožič, Slovenian chess player (b. 1987)

Vesna Rožič

Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (b. 1927)

Tatyana Zaslavskaya

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989)

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo

Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (b. 1994)

Annefleur Kalvenhaar

Dan Magill, American swimmer, tennis player, and coach (b. 1921)

Dan Magill

Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1932)

Birgitta Stenberg

Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (b. 1949)

Jaume Vallcorba Plana

Augusta Chiwy, Congolese-Belgian nurse (b. 1921)

Augusta Chiwy

Guy Ligier, French rugby player and race car driver (b. 1930)

Guy Ligier

Enrique Reneau, Honduran footballer (b. 1971)

Enrique Reneau

Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)

Paul Royle

Steven Hill, American actor (b. 1922)

Steven Hill