August 25 — On This Day

Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum).

Battle of Strasbourg · Julian (emperor) · Caesar (title) · Late Roman army · Gaul

Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios.

Constantine V · Constantine Podopagouros · Strategios Podopagouros

The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.

Ommen · City rights in the Low Countries · Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht

Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under, paving the way for its leader, Michael VIII Palaiologos, to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea.

George Mouzalon · Michael VIII Palaiologos · Empire of Nicaea

King Louis IX of France dies in Tunis while on the Eighth Crusade.

Louis IX of France · Eighth Crusade

The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.

Honourable Artillery Company · Regiment · British Army

António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit Japan.

António Mota

Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal.

Battle of Alcântara (1580)

Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

Galileo Galilei · Republic of Venice

Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.

Kingdom of Kandy · Battle of Randeniwela · Sri Lanka

Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.

Seven Years' War · Frederick II of Prussia · Battle of Zorndorf

War of 1812: On the second day of the Burning of Washington, British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War, and other public buildings.

War of 1812 · Burning of Washington · Library of Congress · United States Treasury · United States Department of War

American fur trapper Hugh Glass is mauled by a grizzly bear while on an expedition in South Dakota.

Hugh Glass · Grizzly bear · South Dakota

Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.

Uruguay · Brazil

The Belgian Revolution begins.

Belgian Revolution

The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.

Great Moon Hoax · The Sun (New York) · Moon

Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.

Matthew Webb

France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.

French Third Republic · Nguyễn dynasty · Treaty of Huế (1883)

Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.

Kitasato Shibasaburō · Bubonic plague · The Lancet

Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.

Consul (representative) · Crete · Heraklion

World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.

World War I · Catholic University of Leuven (1834-1968)

The United States National Park Service is created.

National Park Service

Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.

Polish-Soviet War · Battle of Warsaw (1920) · August 13 · Red Army

The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.

1933 Diexi earthquake · Mao County · Sichuan

The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.

Second Polish Republic · Anglo-Polish military alliance

World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force.

World War II · Bombing of Berlin in World War II · United Kingdom · Royal Air Force

World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.

Battle of the Eastern Solomons · Empire of Japan · Guadalcanal · Allies of World War II

World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.

Liberation of Paris · Allies of World War II

Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.

Victory over Japan Day · Communist Party of China · John Birch (missionary) · Conservatism in the United States · Cold War

The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.

House Un-American Activities Committee · Whittaker Chambers · Alger Hiss

President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.

Harry Truman

President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.

Jânio Quadros · 1964 Brazilian coup d'état

George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, is assassinated by a former member of his group.

George Lincoln Rockwell · American Nazi Party

Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.

Zimbabwe · United Nations

Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn.

Voyager 2 · Saturn

Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.

Voyager 2 · Neptune · Solar System

Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.

Belarus · Soviet Union

The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).

Battle of Vukovar · Yugoslav People's Army · Croatian War of Independence

Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.

Linus Torvalds · Linux

Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.

Egon Krenz · Schießbefehl

American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.

Aaliyah · Marsh Harbour Airport · Bahamas

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.

Pavlo Lazarenko

Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.

Voyager 1 · Interstellar space

Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. The storm causes catastrophic flooding throughout much of eastern Texas, killing 90 people and causing $198.6 billion in damage.

Hurricane Harvey · Texas · Saffir-Simpson scale · Hurricane Charley

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque, Spanish duke (d. 1526)

Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque

Innocenzo Cybo, Catholic cardinal (d. 1550)

Innocenzo Cybo

Ippolito II d'Este, Italian cardinal and statesman (d. 1572)

Ippolito II d'Este

Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (d. 1584)

Ivan the Terrible

Lady Catherine Grey, English noblewoman (d. 1568)

Lady Catherine Grey

Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (d. 1632)

Philippe van Lansberge

Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble (d. 1638)

Philipp Moritz, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

François de la Chaise, French priest (d. 1709)

François de la Chaise

John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (d. 1724)

John Leverett the Younger

Louis I of Spain (d. 1724)

Louis I of Spain

George Stubbs, English painter and academic (d. 1806)

George Stubbs

Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (d. 1792)

Karl Friedrich Bahrdt

Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1803)

Johann Gottfried Herder

Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1810)

Franz Teyber

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (d. 1794)

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (d. 1853)

Thomas Bladen Capel

Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)

Ludwig I of Bavaria

James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (d. 1876)

James Lick

Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1850)

Nikolaus Lenau

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (d. 1880)

Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias

Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (d. 1880)

Nikolay Zinin

Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)

Marie-Eugénie de Jésus · Religious of the Assumption

Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (d. 1884)

Allan Pinkerton

Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1909)

Carlo Acton

Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (d. 1902)

Bret Harte

George C. Magoun, American businessman (d. 1893)

George C. Magoun

Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)

Emil Theodor Kocher · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)

Ludwig II of Bavaria

Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)

Charles Richet · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (d. 1951)

James W. Gerard · United States Ambassador to Germany

Tom Kiely, British-Irish decathlete (d. 1951)

Tom Kiely

Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (d. 1965)

Joshua Lionel Cowen

Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (d. 1935)

Ted Birnie

Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (d. 1966)

Seán T. O'Kelly · President of Ireland

Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1969)

Alexander Mair · Premier of New South Wales

David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956)

David Shimoni

Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (d. 1962)

Henry Trendley Dean

Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic (d. 1975)

Helmut Hasse

Arthur Wood, English cricketer (d. 1973)

Arthur Wood (cricketer, born 1898)

Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author (d. 1978)

Paul Herman Buck

Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect (d. 1970) [1]

Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie

Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

Hans Adolf Krebs · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator (d. 1972)

Stefan Wolpe

Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (d. 1992)

Arpad Elo · Elo rating system

Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (d. 1938)

Faustina Kowalska

Jim Smith, English cricketer (d. 1979)

Jim Smith (cricketer)

Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993)

Ruby Keeler

Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (d. 1971)

Michael Rennie

George Cisar, American baseball player (d. 2010)

George Cisar (baseball)

Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 2012)

Dorothea Tanning

Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2013)

Võ Nguyên Giáp · Minister of Defence (Vietnam)

Erich Honecker, German soldier and politician (d. 1994)

Erich Honecker

Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993)

Don DeFore

Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (d. 1973)

Walt Kelly

Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)

Van Johnson

Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)

Frederick Chapman Robbins · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 2000)

Saburō Sakai

Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)

Mel Ferrer

Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)

Leonard Bernstein

Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)

Richard Greene

William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (d. 2010)

William P. Foster

George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)

George Wallace · Governor of Alabama

Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist (d. 2017)

Jaap Rijks

Monty Hall, Canadian-American television personality and game show host (d. 2017)

Monty Hall

Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1999)

Bryce Mackasey · Minister of Labour (Canada)

Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1999)

Brian Moore (novelist)

Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (d. 2013)

Álvaro Mutis

Allyre Sirois, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2012)

Allyre Sirois

Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (d. 2006)

Zsuzsa Körmöczy

Thea Astley, Australian journalist and author (d. 2004)

Thea Astley

Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2001)

Stepas Butautas

Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (d. 2003)

Althea Gibson

Des Renford, Australian swimmer (d. 1999)

Des Renford

John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player

John "Kayo" Dottley

Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2004)

Darrell Johnson

Karl Korte, American composer and academic

Karl Korte

Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Herbert Kroemer · Nobel Prize in Physics

Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer

Sean Connery

György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012)

György Enyedi (geographer)

Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (d. 2003)

Graham Jarvis

Crispin Tickell, English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Crispin Tickell · Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations

Regis Philbin, American actor and television host

Regis Philbin

Patrick F. McManus, American journalist and author

Patrick F. McManus

Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer

Wayne Shorter

Tom Skerritt, American actor

Tom Skerritt

Lise Bacon, Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec

Lise Bacon · Deputy Premier of Quebec

Eddie Ilarde, Filipino journalist and politician

Eddie Ilarde

Charles Wright, American poet

Charles Wright (poet)

Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (d. 2009)

Giridharilal Kedia · Image Institute of Technology & Management

Jimmy Hannan, Australian television host and singer

Jimmy Hannan

Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author

Virginia Euwer Wolff

David Canary, American actor (d. 2015)

David Canary

Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author

Frederick Forsyth

John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer

John Badham

Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer and actor (d. 2004)

Wilhelm von Homburg

Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

Marshall Brickman

Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach

Mario Corso

Ludwig Müller, German footballer

Ludwig Müller (footballer)

Nathan Deal, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia

Nathan Deal · Governor of Georgia

Conrad Black, Canadian historian and author

Conrad Black

Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician

Jacques Demers

Anthony Heald, American actor

Anthony Heald

Andrew Longmore, British lawyer and judge

Andrew Longmore

Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011)

Daniel Hulet

Hannah Louise Shearer, American screenwriter and producer

Hannah Louise Shearer

Rollie Fingers, American baseball player

Rollie Fingers

Charles Ghigna, American poet and author

Charles Ghigna

Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)

Charlie Sanders

Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator

Michael Kaluta

Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer

Keith Tippett

Ledward Kaapana, American singer and guitarist

Ledward Kaapana

Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist

Nicholas A. Peppas

Martin Amis, British novelist

Martin Amis

Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker and academic

Rijkman Groenink

John Savage, American actor and producer

John Savage (actor)

Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Gene Simmons

Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)

Willy DeVille

Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and producer (d. 2011)

Charles Fambrough

Rob Halford, English heavy metal singer-songwriter (Judas Priest)

Rob Halford · Judas Priest

Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host

Bill Handel

Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

Geoff Downes

Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach

Duleep Mendis

Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Elvis Costello

Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland

Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness · First Minister of Scotland

John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (d. 2004)

John McGeoch

Gerd Müller, German businessman and politician

Gerd Müller (politician)

Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer (Stock Aitken Waterman)

Matt Aitken · Stock Aitken Waterman

Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager

Takeshi Okada

Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (d. 1986)

Henri Toivonen

Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster

Sikander Bakht (cricketer)

Simon McBurney, English actor and director

Simon McBurney

Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach

Frank Serratore

Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Tim Burton

Ian Falconer, American author and illustrator

Ian Falconer

Steve Levy, American lawyer and politician

Steve Levy (politician)

Lane Smith, American author and illustrator

Lane Smith (illustrator)

Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano and actress

Ruth Ann Swenson

Georg Zellhofer, Austrian footballer and manager

Georg Zellhofer

Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Billy Ray Cyrus

Theresa Andrews, American former competition swimmer and Olympic champion

Theresa Andrews

Vivian Campbell, Northern Irish rock guitarist and songwriter

Vivian Campbell

Miro Cerar, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia

Miro Cerar · Prime Minister of Slovenia

Shock G, American rapper and producer

Shock G

Tiina Intelmann, Estonian lawyer and diplomat

Tiina Intelmann

Azmin Ali, Malaysian mathematician and politician

Azmin Ali

Maxim Kontsevich, Russian-American mathematician and academic

Maxim Kontsevich

Blair Underwood, American actor

Blair Underwood

Joanne Whalley, English actress

Joanne Whalley

Cornelius Bennett, American football player

Cornelius Bennett

Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer and coach

Sanjeev Sharma

Albert Belle, American baseball player

Albert Belle

Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

Derek Sherinian

Terminator X, American hip-hop DJ (Public Enemy)

Terminator X · Public Enemy (band)

Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

Jeff Tweedy

Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model, and race car driver

Yuri Mitsui

Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer-songwriter

Stuart Murdoch (musician)

Spider One, American singer-songwriter and producer

Spider One

Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host

Rachael Ray

Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player

Takeshi Ueda

Olga Konkova, Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer

Olga Konkova

Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor and television personality

Cameron Mathison

Catriona Matthew, Scottish golfer

Catriona Matthew

Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

Vivek Razdan

Doug Glanville, American baseball player and sportscaster

Doug Glanville

Debbie Graham, American tennis player

Debbie Graham

Robert Horry, American basketball player and sportscaster

Robert Horry

Adrian Lam, Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby league player and coach

Adrian Lam

Jo Dee Messina, American singer-songwriter

Jo Dee Messina

Claudia Schiffer, German model and fashion designer

Claudia Schiffer

Fatih Akın, German director, producer, and screenwriter

Fatih Akın

Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player

Pablo Ozuna

Brad Drew, Australian rugby league player

Brad Drew

Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer and coach

Petria Thomas

Damon Jones, American basketball player and coach

Damon Jones

Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer and coach

Javed Qadeer

Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor

Alexander Skarsgård

Masumi Asano, Japanese voice actress and producer

Masumi Asano

Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player

Andy McDonald (ice hockey)

Kel Mitchell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Kel Mitchell

Robert Mohr, German rugby player

Robert Mohr (rugby)

Marlon Harewood, English footballer

Marlon Harewood

Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (d. 2015)

Philipp Mißfelder

Deanna Nolan, American basketball player

Deanna Nolan

Rachel Bilson, American actress

Rachel Bilson

Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer

Jan-Berrie Burger

Camille Pin, French tennis player

Camille Pin

Jung Jung-suk, South Korean footballer (d. 2011)

Jung Jung-suk

James Rossiter, English race car driver

James Rossiter

Florian Mohr, German footballer

Florian Mohr

Rodney Ferguson, American footballer

Rodney Ferguson

Stacey Farber, Canadian actress

Stacey Farber

Ollie Hancock, English race car driver

Ollie Hancock

Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer

Velimir Jovanović

Blake Lively, American model and actress

Blake Lively

Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Amy Macdonald

Justin Upton, American baseball player

Justin Upton

Adam Warren, American baseball player

Adam Warren (baseball)

James Wesolowski, Australian footballer

James Wesolowski

Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer

Angela Park

Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer

Hiram Mier

Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress

Miyabi Natsuyaki

Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer

Ricardo Rodríguez (footballer)

Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player

Edmunds Augstkalns

Kajol Aikat, Indian writer & novelist

Kajol Aikat

China Anne McClain, American actress and singer

China Anne McClain

Pliny the Elder, Roman commander and philosopher (b. 23)

Pliny the Elder

Saint Maginus, Christian hermit and martyr from Tarragona

Saint Maginus · Tarragona

Gratian, Roman emperor (b. 359)

Gratian

Gennadius I, patriarch of Constantinople

Gennadius of Constantinople · Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Constantine Podopagouros, Byzantine official

Constantine Podopagouros

Strategios Podopagouros, Byzantine general

Strategios Podopagouros

Sisnando Davides, military leader

Sisnando Davides

Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)

Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy

George Mouzalon, regent of the Empire of Nicaea

George Mouzalon

Louis IX of France (b. 1214)

Louis IX of France

Alphonso of Brienne (b. c. 1225)

Alphonso of Brienne

Joan, Countess of Toulouse (b. 1220)

Joan, Countess of Toulouse

Thomas de Cantilupe, English bishop and saint (b. 1218)

Thomas de Cantilupe

Demasq Kaja, Chobanid

Demasq Kaja

Beatrice of Silesia, queen consort of Germany (b. c. 1292)

Beatrice of Silesia

Sir James Douglas, Scottish guerilla leader (b. 1286)

James Douglas, Lord of Douglas

Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (b. 1260)

Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham

Andrea Orcagna, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect

Andrea Orcagna

Margaret of Anjou (b. 1429)

Margaret of Anjou

William Catesby, supporter of Richard III (b. 1450)

William Catesby

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1473)

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk · Lord High Treasurer

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1532)

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Ahmad al-Mansur, Sultan of the Saadi dynasty (b. 1549)

Ahmad al-Mansur

Nicholas Hyde, Lord Chief Justice of England (b.c. 1572)

Nicholas Hyde · Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales · Kingdom of England

Thomas Dekker, English author and playwright (b. 1572)

Thomas Dekker (writer)

Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)

Henry Morgan · Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica

Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)

Christian V of Denmark

Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)

Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey · Secretary of State for the Southern Department

Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)

Carlos Seixas

Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)

Niccolò Jommelli

David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)

David Hume

Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)

Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau

Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the Vermont Republic (later 1st Governor of the State of Vermont) (b. 1730)

Thomas Chittenden

James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)

James Watt

William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)

William Herschel

Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)

Michael Faraday

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)

Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald

Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)

Zinovios Valvis · Prime Minister of Greece

William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)

William Champ · Premier of Tasmania

Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)

Friedrich Nietzsche

Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)

Henri Fantin-Latour

Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

Henri Becquerel · Nobel Prize in Physics

Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)

Mary Tappan Wright · Novelist · Short story

Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)

Nikolay Gumilyov

Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)

Mariano Álvarez

Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)

Velma Caldwell Melville

Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)

Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)

Frankie Campbell

Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)

Dorothea Fairbridge · Guild of Loyal Women

Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)

Aleksandr Kuprin

Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)

Babe Siebert

Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)

Prince Jean, Duke of Guise

Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)

Prince George, Duke of Kent

John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)

John Birch (missionary)

Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)

Alfred Kinsey

Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)

Moonlight Graham

Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)

Stanley Bruce · Prime Minister of Australia

Oscar Cabalén, Argentine racing driver (b. 1928)

Oscar Cabalén

Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (b. 1895)

Paul Muni

George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)

George Lincoln Rockwell · American Nazi Party

Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)

Stan McCabe

Robert Cosgrove, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1884)

Robert Cosgrove · Premier of Tasmania

Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (b. 1886)

Tachū Naitō · Tokyo Tower

Ted Lewis, American singer and clarinet player (b. 1890)

Ted Lewis (musician)

Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1875)

Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám · Prime Minister of Hungary

Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)

Eyvind Johnson · Nobel Prize in Literature

Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (b. 1883)

Károly Kós

Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911)

Stan Kenton

Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)

Gower Champion

Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)

Nassos Kedrakas

Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)

Truman Capote

Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)

Viktor Chukarin

Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)

Waite Hoyt

Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)

Art Rooney · Pittsburgh Steelers

Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)

Morley Callaghan

Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (b. 1951)

Doug Stegmeyer

Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (b. 1907)

Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1956)

Rob Fisher (British musician)

Carl Barks, American author and illustrator (b. 1901)

Carl Barks

Frederick C. Bock, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)

Frederick C. Bock

Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, composer, and producer (b. 1937)

Jack Nitzsche

Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1955)

Allen Woody

Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)

Aaliyah

Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)

Carl Brewer (ice hockey)

Üzeyir Garih, Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (b. 1929)

Üzeyir Garih · Alarko Holding

Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)

Ken Tyrrell · Tyrrell Racing

Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923)

Dorothy Hewett

Tom Feelings, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)

Tom Feelings

Peter Glotz, Czech-German academic and politician (b. 1939)

Peter Glotz

Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)

Noor Hassanali · President of Trinidad and Tobago

Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (b. 1915)

Benjamin Aaron

Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)

Ray Jones (footballer, born 1988)

Ahmad Faraz, Pakistani poet (b. 1931)

Ahmad Faraz

Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)

Kevin Duckworth

Ted Kennedy, American politician (b. 1932)

Ted Kennedy

Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)

Mandé Sidibé · Prime Minister of Mali

Lazar Mojsov, Macedonian politician (b. 1920)

Lazar Mojsov

Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935)

Florencio Amarilla

Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)

Neil Armstrong

Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1930)

Roberto González Barrera

Donald Gorrie, Scottish educator and politician (b. 1933)

Donald Gorrie

Ciril Bergles, Slovene poet and translator (b. 1934)

Ciril Bergles

António Borges, Portuguese economist and banker (b. 1949)

António Borges

William Froug, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)

William Froug

Liu Fuzhi, Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (b. 1917)

Liu Fuzhi · Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China

Raghunath Panigrahi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1932)

Raghunath Panigrahi

Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)

Gylmar dos Santos Neves

William Greaves, American director and producer (b. 1926)

William Greaves

Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)

Marcel Masse · Minister of National Defence (Canada)

Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1938)

Nico M. M. Nibbering

Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (b. 1936)

Uziah Thompson

Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (b. 1931)

Enrique Zileri

José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1948)

José María Benegas

Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1936)

Francis Sejersted

Marvin Kaplan, American actor (b. 1927)

Marvin Kaplan

Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (b. 1971)

Rich Piana