August 30 — On This Day

King Theoderic the Great dies of dysentery at Ravenna; his daughter Amalasuntha takes power as regent for her 10-year-old son Athalaric.

Theoderic the Great · Dysentery · Ravenna · Amalasuntha · Regency

Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

Peter III of Aragon · Trapani · War of the Sicilian Vespers

The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty.

Battle of Lake Poyang · Chen Youliang · Zhu Yuanzhang · Yuan dynasty

Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as the 211th pope.

Pope Paul II · Pope Pius II · Pope

Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.

Guru Ram Das · Sikh Guru · Guru

Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)

Tokugawa Ieyasu · Edo Castle · Japanese calendar

Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal.

Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange · George II of Great Britain · Princess Royal

HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.

HMS Pandora (1779) · Great Barrier Reef

The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the War of the Second Coalition.

Vlieter Incident · Ralph Abercromby · Admiral · War of the Second Coalition

Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.

Gabriel Prosser · Slave rebellion · Richmond, Virginia

First Battle of Kulm: French forces are defeated by an Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.

First Battle of Kulm · Prussia

Creek War: Fort Mims massacre: Creek "Red Sticks" kill over 500 settlers (including over 250 armed militia) in Fort Mims, north of Mobile, Alabama.

Creek War · Fort Mims massacre · Creek people · Red Sticks · Mobile, Alabama

Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.

Melbourne, Victoria

American Civil War: Battle of Richmond: Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout Union forces under General William "Bull" Nelson.

American Civil War · Battle of Richmond · Confederate States of America · Edmund Kirby Smith · Union Army

Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.

Julius von Payer · Karl Weyprecht · Archipelago · Franz Josef Land

Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

Philippine Revolution · Battle of San Juan del Monte · Philippines · Governor-General of the Philippines · Ramón Blanco y Erenas

Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

Burgess Shale · Charles Doolittle Walcott

World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.

World War I · Battle of Tannenberg

Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.

Vietnam · Thái Nguyên uprising · Thái Nguyên

Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.

Fanni Kaplan · Bolshevik · Vladimir Lenin · Bolshevik · Moisei Uritsky

Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").

Battle of Dumlupınar · Greco-Turkish War (1919-22)

The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.

Second Vienna Award · Northern Transylvania · Romania

World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.

Battle of Alam el Halfa

Hong Kong is liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.

The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

Commander-in-chief · Douglas MacArthur · Atsugi Air Force Base

The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.

Allied Control Council

The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.

August Revolution · Bảo Đại · Nguyễn dynasty

Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.

NAMC YS-11

The Moscow-Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union goes into operation.

Moscow-Washington hotline · Soviet Union

Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Thurgood Marshall · African American · Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · Supreme Court of the United States

A Belgrade-Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.

Belgrade · Dortmund · Zagreb train disaster · Zagreb

A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · Marunouchi

President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar of Iran are assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mujahedin of Iran.

Mohammad-Ali Rajai · Mohammad-Javad Bahonar · People's Mujahedin of Iran

STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage.

STS-41-D · Space Shuttle · Space Shuttle Discovery

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union.

Dissolution of the Soviet Union · Azerbaijan

The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities.

Ruby Ridge · Randy Weaver

Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

Bosnian War · NATO · Operation Deliberate Force · Bosnian Serb

Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.

Second Congo War · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zimbabwe · Matadi

Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.

Tom Thabane · 2014 Lesotho political crisis

Peter of Castile (d. 1369)

Peter of Castile

Jahangir, Mughal emperor (d. 1627)

Jahangir

Albert Szenczi Molnár, Hungarian writer and translator (d. 1634)

Albert Szenczi Molnár

Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1644)

Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet

Artus Quellinus the Elder, Flemish sculptor (d. 1668)

Artus Quellinus the Elder

Itō Jinsai, Japanese philosopher (d. 1705)

Itō Jinsai

Capability Brown, British landscape architect (d. 1783)

Capability Brown

Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread (d. 1796)

Samuel Whitbread (1720-1796) · Whitbread

Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (d. 1825)

Jacques-Louis David

Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist (d. 1812)

Joseph Dennie

Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (d. 1851)

Mary Shelley

Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery (d. 1869)

Agoston Haraszthy · Buena Vista Winery

Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1895)

Alexander H. Rice · Governor of Massachusetts

Gulstan Ropert, French-American bishop and missionary (d. 1903)

Gulstan Ropert

Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849)

Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia

Andrew Onderdonk, American surveyor and contractor (d. 1905)

Andrew Onderdonk

Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino journalist and lawyer (d. 1896)

Marcelo H. del Pilar

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1911)

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

J. Alden Weir, American painter and academic (d. 1919)

J. Alden Weir

Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist (d. 1927)

Carl David Tolmé Runge

Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1900)

Isaac Levitan

Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)

Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia

Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)

Ernest Rutherford · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist (d. 1931)

Theo van Doesburg

Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)

Theodor Svedberg · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1957)

Tedda Courtney

Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot (d. 1918)

Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson

Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (d. 1935)

Huey Long · Governor of Louisiana

Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright (d. 1983)

Raymond Massey

Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (d. 1992)

Shirley Booth

John Gunther, American journalist and author (d. 1970)

John Gunther

Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (d. 1981)

Roy Wilkins

Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author (d. 1981)

Bhagwati Charan Verma

Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (d. 1979)

Joan Blondell

Leonor Fini, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and author (d. 1996)

Leonor Fini

Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (d. 1978)

Bertha Parker Pallan

John Mauchly, American physicist and co-founder of the first computer company (d. 1980)

John Mauchly

Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)

Fred MacMurray

Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (d. 1968)

Virginia Lee Burton

Roger Bushell, South African-English soldier and pilot (d. 1944)

Roger Bushell

Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)

Edward Mills Purcell · Nobel Prize in Physics

Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (d. 2011)

Nancy Wake

Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

Richard Stone · Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (d. 2013)

Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland

Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2003)

Robert Strassburg

Shailendra, Pakistani-Indian songwriter (d. 1968)

Shailendra (lyricist)

Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 2015)

Denis Healey · Chancellor of the Exchequer

Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (d. 1992)

Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia

Harold Atcherley, English businessman (d. 2017)

Harold Atcherley

Billy Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2006)

Billy Johnson (baseball)

Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (d. 2002)

Ted Williams

Maurice Hilleman, American microbiologist and vaccinologist (d. 2005)

Maurice Hilleman

Wolfgang Wagner, German director and manager (d. 2010)

Wolfgang Wagner

Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)

Kitty Wells

Arnold Green, Estonian soldier and politician (d. 2011)

Arnold Green (politician)

Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (d. 1986)

Lionel Murphy · Attorney-General of Australia

Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (d. 2013)

Regina Resnik

Barbara Ansell, English physician and author (d. 2001)

Barbara Ansell

Charmian Clift, Australian journalist and author (d. 1969)

Charmian Clift

Vic Seixas, American tennis player

Vic Seixas

Kenny Dorham, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1972)

Kenny Dorham

Lajos Kisfaludy, Hungarian chemist and engineer (d. 1988)

Lajos Kisfaludy

Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator

Laurent de Brunhoff

Donald Symington, American actor (d. 2013)

Donald Symington

Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (d. 2010)

Daryl Gates · Drug Abuse Resistance Education

Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004)

Geoffrey Beene

Bill Daily, American actor

Bill Daily

Piet Kee, Dutch organist and composer

Piet Kee

Lloyd Casner, American race car driver (d. 1965)

Lloyd Casner

Harvey Hart, Canadian director and producer (d. 1989)

Harvey Hart

Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2014)

Johnny Mann

Guy de Lussigny, French painter and sculptor (d. 2001)

Guy de Lussigny

Ian McNaught-Davis, English mountaineer and television host (d. 2014)

Ian McNaught-Davis

Warren Buffett, American businessman and philanthropist

Warren Buffett

Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer and basketball player (d. 1981)

Noel Harford

Jack Swigert, American pilot and astronaut (d. 1982)

Jack Swigert

Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician, 11th Premier of Alberta (d. 2016)

Don Getty · Premier of Alberta

Antonio Cabangon Chua, Filipino media mogul and businessman (d. 2016)

Antonio Cabangon Chua

John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)

John Phillips (musician)

Alexandra Bellow, Romanian-American mathematician

Alexandra Bellow

Peter North, English scholar and academic

Peter North (academic)

Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (d. 1970)

Bruce McLaren · McLaren

Murray Gleeson, Australian lawyer and judge, 11th Chief Justice of Australia

Murray Gleeson · Chief Justice of Australia

Elizabeth Ashley, American actress

Elizabeth Ashley

John Peel, English radio host and producer (d. 2004)

John Peel

Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (d. 1971)

Ignazio Giunti

Ben Jones, American actor and politician

Ben Jones (American actor and politician)

Sue MacGregor, English journalist and radio host

Sue MacGregor

John McNally, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)

John McNally (musician) · The Searchers (band)

Jonathan Aitken, Irish-British journalist and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement

Jonathan Aitken · Minister for Defence Procurement

Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricketer

Pervez Sajjad

Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player and coach

Tal Brody

Robert Crumb, American illustrator

Robert Crumb

Colin Dann, English author

Colin Dann

Nigel Hall, English sculptor and academic

Nigel Hall (sculptor)

Jean-Claude Killy, French skier

Jean-Claude Killy

David Maslanka, American composer and academic

David Maslanka

Frances Cairncross, English economist, journalist, and academic

Frances Cairncross

Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian

Freek de Jonge

Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (d. 2007)

Molly Ivins

Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)

Tug McGraw

Alex Wyllie, New Zealand rugby player and coach

Alex Wyllie

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

Queen Anne-Marie of Greece

Peggy Lipton, American model and actress

Peggy Lipton

Allan Rock, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations

Allan Rock · Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations

Lewis Black, American comedian, actor, and author

Lewis Black

Fred Hampton, American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party

Fred Hampton · Black Panther Party

Victor Skumin, Russian psychiatrist, psychologist, and academic

Victor Skumin

Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (d. 2001)

Ted Ammon

Don Boudria, Canadian public servant and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister for International Cooperation

Don Boudria · Minister for International Cooperation (Canada)

Antony Gormley, English sculptor and academic

Antony Gormley

Jim Paredes, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor

Jim Paredes

Timothy Bottoms, American actor and producer

Timothy Bottoms

Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer and activist

Dana Rosemary Scallon

Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuanian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Lithuania

Gediminas Kirkilas · Prime Minister of Lithuania

Simon Bainbridge, English composer and educator

Simon Bainbridge

Wojtek Fibak, Polish tennis player

Wojtek Fibak

Ron George, American businessman and politician

Ron George

Lech Majewski, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter

Lech Majewski

Horace Panter, English bass player

Horace Panter

Robert Parish, American basketball player

Robert Parish

Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian marshal and politician, 1st President of Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko · President of Belarus

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Communications and IT

Ravi Shankar Prasad · Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)

David Paymer, American actor and director

David Paymer

Jamie Moses, English-American guitarist

Jamie Moses

Frank Conniff, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Frank Conniff

Karen Buck, Northern Irish politician

Karen Buck

Fran Fraschilla, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

Fran Fraschilla

Muriel Gray, Scottish journalist and author

Muriel Gray

Martin Jackson, English drummer

Martin Jackson

Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist and activist (d. 2006)

Anna Politkovskaya

Peter Tunks, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Peter Tunks

Mark "Jacko" Jackson, Australian footballer, actor, and singer

Mark "Jacko" Jackson

Ben Bradshaw, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Ben Bradshaw · Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)

Gary Gordon · Medal of Honor

Guy A. Lepage, Canadian comedian and producer

Guy A. Lepage

Ricky Sanders, American football player

Ricky Sanders

Craig Whittaker, English businessman and politician

Craig Whittaker

Dave Brockie, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)

Dave Brockie

Michael Chiklis, American actor, director, and producer

Michael Chiklis

Sabine Oberhauser, Austrian physician and politician

Sabine Oberhauser

Phil Mills, Welsh race car driver

Phil Mills

Gavin Fisher, English engineer and designer

Gavin Fisher

Ra Luhse, Estonian architect

Ra Luhse

Peter Cunnah, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and producer

Peter Cunnah

Joann Fletcher, English historian and academic

Joann Fletcher

Frederique van der Wal, Dutch model and actress

Frederique van der Wal

Justin Vaughan, New Zealand cricketer

Justin Vaughan

Diran Adebayo, English author and critic

Diran Adebayo

Vladimir Malakhov, Russian ice hockey player

Vladimir Malakhov (ice hockey)

Vladimir Jugović, Serbian footballer

Vladimir Jugović

Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist and composer

Dimitris Sgouros

Carlo Checchinato, Italian rugby player and manager

Carlo Checchinato

Michael Wong, Malaysian-Chinese singer-songwriter

Michael Wong (singer)

Lars Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Lars Frederiksen

Julian Smith, Scottish politician

Julian Smith (politician)

Cameron Diaz, American model, actress, and producer

Cameron Diaz

Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer

Pavel Nedvěd

Lisa Ling, American journalist and author

Lisa Ling

Aaron Barrett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Aaron Barrett

Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist

Javier Otxoa

Radhi Jaïdi, Tunisian footballer and coach

Radhi Jaïdi

Mike Koplove, American baseball player

Mike Koplove

Shaun Alexander, American football player

Shaun Alexander

Marlon Byrd, American baseball player

Marlon Byrd

Kamil Kosowski, Polish footballer

Kamil Kosowski

Félix Sánchez, American-Dominican runner and hurdler

Félix Sánchez

Sinead Kerr, Scottish figure skater

Sinead Kerr

Cliff Lee, American baseball player

Cliff Lee

Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentinian tennis player

Juan Ignacio Chela

Leon Lopez, English singer-songwriter and actor

Leon Lopez

Scott Richmond, Canadian baseball player

Scott Richmond

Derrick Ward, American football player

Derrick Ward

Germán Legarreta, Puerto Rican-American actor

Germán Legarreta

Adam Wainwright, American baseball player

Adam Wainwright

Will Davison, Australian race car driver

Will Davison

Andy Roddick, American tennis player

Andy Roddick

Emmanuel Culio, Argentinian footballer

Emmanuel Culio

Gustavo Eberto, Argentinian footballer (d. 2007)

Gustavo Eberto

Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor

Jun Matsumoto

Simone Pepe, Italian footballer

Simone Pepe

Tian Qin, Chinese canoe racer

Tian Qin

Marco Vianello, Italian footballer

Marco Vianello

Anthony Ireland, Zimbabwean cricketer

Anthony Ireland (cricketer)

Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer

Richard Duffy

Joe Inoue, American singer-songwriter

Joe Inoue

Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer

Leisel Jones

Éva Risztov, Hungarian swimmer

Éva Risztov

Steven Smith, Scottish footballer

Steven Smith (footballer)

Eamon Sullivan, Australian swimmer

Eamon Sullivan

Anna Ushenina, Ukrainian chess player

Anna Ushenina

Holly Weston, English actress

Holly Weston

Theo Hutchcraft, English singer-songwriter

Theo Hutchcraft

Lelia Masaga, New Zealand rugby player

Lelia Masaga

Ryan Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ryan Ross

Zafer Yelen, Turkish footballer

Zafer Yelen

Tania Foster, English singer-songwriter

Tania Foster

Ernests Gulbis, Latvian tennis player

Ernests Gulbis

Simone Guerra, Italian footballer

Simone Guerra

Ronald Huth, Paraguayan footballer

Ronald Huth

Bebe Rexha, American singer-songwriter

Bebe Rexha

Seriki Audu, Nigerian footballer (d. 2014)

Seriki Audu

Jacqueline Cako, American tennis player

Jacqueline Cako

Liam Cooper, Scottish footballer

Liam Cooper

Jessica Henwick, British actress

Jessica Henwick

Monika Povilaitytė, Lithuanian volleyball player

Monika Povilaitytė

Kwon So-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress

Kwon So-hyun

Heo Young-ji, South Korean singer

Heo Young-ji

Theodoric the Great, Italian ruler (b. 454)

Theodoric the Great

Cui Qun, Chinese chancellor (b. 772)

Cui Qun

Hervey le Breton, bishop of Bangor and Ely

Hervey le Breton

Pope Alexander III (b. c. 1100-1105)

Pope Alexander III

Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Chinese emperor (b. 1300)

Khutughtu Khan Kusala

Emperor Shōkō of Japan (b. 1401)

Emperor Shōkō

Louis XI of France (b. 1423)

Louis XI of France

Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (b. 1443)

Victor, Duke of Münsterberg

Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528)

Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (b. 1545)

John Juvenal Ancina

Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)

Shimazu Yoshihiro

Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, co-founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (b. 1547)

Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī

Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661)

Christopher Polhem

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett

John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)

John Bell Hood

Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)

Ferris Jacobs, Jr.

Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)

Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky · Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)

Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)

Hans Auer · Federal Palace of Switzerland

Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)

Richard Mansfield

Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)

Alexander P. Stewart

Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)

Wilhelm Wien · Nobel Prize in Physics

Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)

Henri Barbusse

Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)

Namık İsmail

Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (b. 1886)

Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn

Max Factor, Sr., Polish-born American make-up artist and businessman, founded the Max Factor Company (b. 1877)

Max Factor, Sr. · Max Factor

J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)

J. J. Thomson · Nobel Prize in Physics

Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)

Peder Oluf Pedersen

Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (b. 1885)

Eddy de Neve

Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (b. 1890)

Eustáquio van Lieshout

Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1893)

Alfréd Schaffer

Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)

Konstantin Rodzaevsky

Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (b. 1890)

Gunnar Sommerfeldt

Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877)

Arthur Fielder

Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (b. 1896)

Konstantin Märska

Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (b. 1880)

Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster

Charles Coburn, American actor (b. 1877)

Charles Coburn

Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy (b. 1911)

Guy Burgess

Salme Dutt, Estonian-English lawyer and politician (b. 1888)

Salme Dutt

Ad Reinhardt, American painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1913)

Ad Reinhardt

William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)

William Talman (actor)

Del Moore, American comedian and actor (b. 1916)

Del Moore

Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor (b. 1906)

Ali Hadi Bara

Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)

Jean Seberg

Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)

Vera-Ellen

Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (b. 1933)

Mohammad-Ali Rajai · President of Iran

Taylor Caldwell, English-American author (b. 1900)

Taylor Caldwell

Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1912)

Jack Marshall · Prime Minister of New Zealand

Seymour Krim, American journalist and critic (b. 1922)

Seymour Krim

Bernard D. H. Tellegen, Dutch engineer and academic (b. 1900)

Bernard D. H. Tellegen

Cyril Knowles, English footballer and manager (b. 1944)

Cyril Knowles

Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech bass player (b. 1952)

Vladimír Padrůněk

Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1925)

Jean Tinguely

Richard Jordan, American actor (b. 1938)

Richard Jordan

Lindsay Anderson, English director and screenwriter (b. 1923)

Lindsay Anderson

Fischer Black, American economist and academic (b. 1938)

Fischer Black

Sterling Morrison, American guitarist and singer (b. 1942)

Sterling Morrison

Christine Pascal, French actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1953)

Christine Pascal

Reindert Brasser, Dutch discus thrower (b. 1912)

Reindert Brasser

Raymond Poïvet, French illustrator (b. 1910)

Raymond Poïvet

Ivor Spencer-Thomas, Welsh farmer and inventor (b. 1907)

Ivor Spencer-Thomas

Govan Mbeki, ANC activist and father of President of South Africa Thank Mbeki (b. 1910)

Govan Mbeki · Thank Mbeki (page does not exist)

J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)

J. Lee Thompson

Charles Bronson, American actor and soldier (b. 1921)

Charles Bronson

Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (b. 1917)

Donald Davidson (philosopher)

Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (b. 1906)

Fred Lawrence Whipple

Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand lawyer and judge (b. 1926)

Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon

Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1916)

Glenn Ford

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

Naguib Mahfouz · Nobel Prize in Literature

Michael Jackson, English author and journalist (b. 1942)

Michael Jackson (writer)

Charles Vanik, American soldier and politician (b. 1918)

Charles Vanik

Brian Hambly, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1937)

Brian Hambly

Killer Kowalski, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1926)

Killer Kowalski

Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (b. 1952)

Klaus-Peter Hanisch

J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (b. 1983)

J. C. Bailey

Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1943)

Alain Corneau

Myrtle Edwards, Australian cricketer and softball player (b. 1921)

Myrtle Edwards

Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1910)

Francisco Varallo

William C. Campbell, American golfer (b. 1923)

William C. Campbell (golfer)

Howie Crittenden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1933)

Howie Crittenden

Allan Gotthelf, American philosopher and academic (b. 1942)

Allan Gotthelf

Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)

Seamus Heaney · Nobel Prize in Literature

Leo Lewis, American football player and coach (b. 1933)

Leo Lewis (running back)

Bipan Chandra, Indian historian and academic (b. 1928)

Bipan Chandra

Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (b. 1996)

Igor Decraene

Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (b. 1920)

Andrew V. McLaglen

Felipe Osterling, Peruvian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

Felipe Osterling

Wes Craven, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1939)

Wes Craven

Edward Fadeley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)

Edward Fadeley

M. M. Kalburgi, Indian scholar, author, and academic (b. 1938)

M. M. Kalburgi

Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (b. 1920)

Marvin Mandel · Governor of Maryland

Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (b. 1933)

Oliver Sacks

Louise Hay, American motivational author, (b. 1926)

Louise Hay