May 2 — Ce Jour-là dans l'Histoire

King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.

Richard I of England · Portsmouth · Royal Charter

William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.

William de Braose (died 1230) · Llywelyn the Great

Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.

Otto, Duke of Austria · Duchy of Carinthia

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.

Anne Boleyn · Queen consort · Adultery · Incest · Treason

John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.

John Knox · Scottish Reformation

Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.

Mary, Queen of Scots · Loch Leven Castle

The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.

King James Version · Bible

King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.

Charles II of England · Hudson's Bay Company · Fur trade

John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.

John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale · Duke of Lauderdale · Earl of March

Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.

Peninsular War · Madrid · Dos de Mayo Uprising · Francisco de Goya · The Second of May 1808

The Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory after Mexican rebels under José María Morelos y Pavón abandon the city after 72 days under siege by royalist Spanish troops under Félix María Calleja.

Siege of Cuautla · Mexican War of Independence · José María Morelos y Pavón · Félix María Calleja

Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte of Wales.

Leopold I of Belgium · Princess Charlotte of Wales

After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.

Charles Fremantle · HMS Challenger (1826) · Swan River Colony

American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.

American Civil War · Stonewall Jackson · Battle of Chancellorsville · Pneumonia

Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.

Peru · Battle of Callao

The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.

April Uprising · Bulgaria

The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party · Pablo Iglesias Posse

Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.

Cree · Assiniboine · Battle of Cut Knife · North-West Rebellion

The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium.

Congo Free State · Léopold II of Belgium

Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.

Menelik II · Ethiopia · Treaty of Wuchale · Eritrea

Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.

1906 Intercalated Games · Athens

General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.

General Motors · Chevrolet Motor Company · Delaware

The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.

Negro National League (1920-31) · Indianapolis

Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.

Gleichschaltung · Adolf Hitler · Trade union

Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.

1941 Iraqi coup d'état · Iraq · 'Abd al-Ilah · Anglo-Iraqi War

World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building.

World War II · Battle of Berlin · Soviet Union · Reichstag building

World War II: Italian Campaign: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.

Italian Campaign (World War II) · Heinrich von Vietinghoff · Wehrmacht

World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.

Wöbbelin concentration camp

World War II: A death march from Dachau to the Austrian border[1] is halted by the segregated, all-Nisei 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the U.S. Army in southern Bavaria, saving several hundred prisoners.[2]

Death marches (Holocaust) · Dachau concentration camp · Nisei · 442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)

The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.

Jet airliner · De Havilland Comet · Johannesburg

Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Tennessee Williams · Pulitzer Prize for Drama · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.

Berthold Seliger · Cuxhaven · Sounding rocket

Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USS Card while it is docked at Saigon. A North Vietnamese frogman had placed a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.

Vietnam War · USS Card (CVE-11) · Saigon · North Vietnamese

First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.

First ascent · Shishapangma · Mountain · Eight-thousander

The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.

Queen Elizabeth 2

In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers.

Sunshine Mine (Idaho)

Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.

Falklands War · Nuclear submarine · HMS Conqueror (S48) · Argentina · ARA General Belgrano

Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.

Chernobyl disaster · Chernobyl

Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.

Removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria · East Germany

A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people.

Poland bus disaster of 1994 · Gdańsk

During the Croatian War of Independence, the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina fires cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.

Croatian War of Independence · Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina · Zagreb rocket attacks · Zagreb

The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.

European Central Bank · Brussels · European Union

Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.

Panamanian general election, 1999 · Mireya Moscoso · President of Panama

President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.

Bill Clinton · Global Positioning System · United States Armed Forces

The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2nd.

Yelwa massacre

Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.

Cyclone Nargis · Burma

Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.

Chaitén (volcano) · Chile

Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Osama bin Laden · September 11 attacks · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Death of Osama bin Laden · United States Navy SEALs

An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.

2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak · Bacteria

The 41st Canadian federal election is held, in which the governing Conservative Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper, increases their number of seats from a minority to a majority.

Canadian federal election, 2011 · Conservative Party of Canada · Incumbent · Prime Minister of Canada · Stephen Harper

A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.

Pastel · The Scream · Edvard Munch

Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.

2014 Badakhshan mudslides · Badakhshan · Afghanistan

Yongle Emperor of China (d. 1424)

Yongle Emperor

Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1445)

Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal

René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)

René II, Duke of Lorraine

Eleanor of Viseu (d. 1525)

Eleanor of Viseu

Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Kladsko, Governor of Bohemia and Silesia (d. 1536)

Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (d. 1596)

Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

William Camden, English historian and topographer (d. 1623)

William Camden

Sebald de Weert, Dutch captain, vice-admiral of the Dutch East India Company (d. 1603)

Sebald de Weert

Tokugawa Hidetada, Japanese shogun (d. 1632)

Tokugawa Hidetada

Athanasius Kircher, German priest and scholar (d. 1680)

Athanasius Kircher

Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)

Alessandro Scarlatti

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French painter and architect (d. 1766)

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and theosopher (d. 1782)

Friedrich Christoph Oetinger

Jean-Baptiste Barrière, French cellist and composer (d. 1747)

Jean-Baptiste Barrière

Catherine the Great of Russia (d. 1796)

Catherine the Great

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1821)

Elias Boudinot · President of the Continental Congress

John André, English soldier and spy (d. 1780)

John André

Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer (d. 1790)

Ludwig August Lebrun · Oboe

Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer (d. 1806)

Vicente Martín y Soler

Novalis, German author and poet (d. 1801)

Novalis

Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet (d. 1845)

Henrik Steffens

Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist (d. 1864)

Abraham Pineo Gesner

Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)

Heinrich Gustav Magnus

Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (d. 1876)

Catherine Labouré

Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (d. 1874)

Hans Christian Lumbye

William Buell Richards, Canadian lawyer and judge, 1st Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1889)

William Buell Richards · Chief Justice of Canada

Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (d. 1915)

Désiré Charnay

Otto Staudinger, German entomologist and author (d. 1900)

Otto Staudinger

Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American engineer (d. 1929)

Elijah McCoy

Jerome K. Jerome, English author and playwright (d. 1927)

Jerome K. Jerome

John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, physician, and academic (d. 1936)

John Scott Haldane

Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian zionist philosopher, journalist and author (d. 1904)

Theodor Herzl

Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909)

Clyde Fitch

Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster (d. 1930)

Giuseppe Morello

Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (d. 1944)

Jurgis Baltrušaitis

James F. Byrnes, American stenographer and politician, 49th United States Secretary of State (d. 1972)

James F. Byrnes · United States Secretary of State

Bill Horr, American football player, discus thrower, and coach (d. 1955)

Bill Horr

Alexander Kerensky, Russian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 1970)

Alexander Kerensky · Prime Minister of Russia

Hedda Hopper, American actress and gossip columnist (d. 1966)

Hedda Hopper

Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (d. 1956)

Gottfried Benn

Vernon Castle, English-American dancer (d. 1918)

Vernon and Irene Castle

Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (d. 1951)

Eddie Collins

Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1959)

Ki Hajar Dewantara

E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (d. 1965)

E. E. Smith

Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (d. 1918)

Manfred von Richthofen

Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1981)

Joseph Henry Woodger

Lorenz Hart, American playwright and lyricist (d. 1943)

Lorenz Hart

John Frederick Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985)

John Frederick Coots

Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1989)

Henry Hall (bandleader)

Bob Wyatt, English cricketer (d. 1995)

Bob Wyatt

Brian Aherne, English actor (d. 1986)

Brian Aherne

Benjamin Spock, American rower, pediatrician, and author (d. 1998)

Benjamin Spock

Bill Brandt, German-English photographer and journalist (d. 1983)

Bill Brandt

Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (d. 1979)

Philippe Halsman

Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host (d. 1993)

Pinky Lee

Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1943)

Alexander Bonnyman, Jr. · Medal of Honor

Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (d. 1985)

Axel Springer · Axel Springer AG

Pietro Frua, Italian coachbuilders and car designers (d. 1983)

Pietro Frua

Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981)

Nigel Patrick

Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic (d. 1993)

Aydın Sayılı

Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)

Doris Fisher (songwriter)

Peggy Mount, English actress (d. 2001)

Peggy Mount

Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder

Albert Castelyns

Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002)

Văn Tiến Dũng · Minister of Defence (Vietnam)

Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2004)

Jean-Marie Auberson

Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (d. 2000)

Otto Buchsbaum

Vasantrao Deshpande, Indian singer and sitar player (d. 1983)

Vasantrao Deshpande · Sitar

Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter, soldier, and pilot (d. 2004)

Guinn Smith

Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)

Satyajit Ray

Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (d. 2007)

Roscoe Lee Browne

A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian-born American journalist and author (d. 2006)

A. M. Rosenthal

Patrick Hillery, Irish physician and politician, 6th President of Ireland (d. 2008)

Patrick Hillery · President of Ireland

Jamal Abro, Pakistani lawyer and author (d. 2004)

Jamal Abro

Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2015)

Theodore Bikel

Hugh Cortazzi, English soldier, historian, and diplomat, British Ambassador to Japan

Hugh Cortazzi · List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan

John Neville, English-Canadian actor (d. 2011)

John Neville (actor)

Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Premier of Quebec (d. 1993)

Gérard D. Levesque · Deputy Premier of Quebec

Ray Barrett, Australian actor and singer (d. 2009)

Ray Barrett

Amos Kenan, Israeli columnist, painter, sculptor, playwright and novelist (d. 2009)

Amos Kenan

Hans Trass, Estonian ecologist and botanist (d. 2017)

Hans Trass

Édouard Balladur, Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of France

Édouard Balladur · Prime Minister of France

James Dillion, American discus thrower (d. 2010)

James Dillion

Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)

Link Wray

Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter and critic (d. 2013)

Yoram Kaniuk

Marco Pannella, Italian journalist and politician (d. 2016)

Marco Pannella

Phil Bruns, American actor and stuntman (d. 2012)

Phil Bruns

Martha Grimes, American author and poet

Martha Grimes

Maury Allen, American journalist, actor, and author (d. 2010)

Maury Allen

Bunk Gardner, American musician

Bunk Gardner

Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf · Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager

Luis Suárez Miramontes

Faisal II of Iraq, the last King of Iraq (d.1958)

Faisal II of Iraq

Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter

Norma Aleandro

Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist

Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)

Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972)

Michael Rabin

Klaus Enders, German motorcycle sidecar racer

Klaus Enders

Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)

Lorenzo Music

Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)

Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho

Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist and engineer

Sumio Iijima

Tony Adamowicz, American race car driver

Tony Adamowicz

Bruce Cameron, Scottish bishop

Bruce Cameron (bishop)

Clay Carroll, American baseball player

Clay Carroll

Jacques Rogge, Belgian businessman

Jacques Rogge

Robert G. W. Anderson, English chemist, historian, and curator

Robert G. W. Anderson

Randy Cain, American soul singer (d. 2009)

Randy Cain

Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (d. 1998)

Judge Dread

Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan-American model, actress, and activist

Bianca Jagger

Goldy McJohn, Canadian keyboard player

Goldy McJohn

Peter L. Benson, American psychologist and academic (d. 2011)

Peter L. Benson

Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

Lesley Gore

David Suchet, English actor

David Suchet

James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company

James Dyson · Dyson (company)

Lynda Myles, English screenwriter and producer

Lynda Myles (British producer)

Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Larry Gatlin

Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and author

Alan Titchmarsh

Simon Gaskell, English chemist and academic

Simon Gaskell

Duncan Gay, Australian businessman and politician

Duncan Gay

Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter

Lou Gramm

Richard Ground, English lawyer and judge (d. 2014)

Richard Ground

John Glascock, English singer and bass player (d. 1979)

John Glascock

Chris Anderson, Australian rugby league player and coach

Chris Anderson (rugby league)

Christine Baranski, American actress and singer

Christine Baranski

Isla St Clair, Scottish singer and actress

Isla St Clair

Valery Gergiev, Russian conductor and director

Valery Gergiev

Elliot Goldenthal, American composer and conductor

Elliot Goldenthal

Dawn Primarolo, English politician

Dawn Primarolo

Stephen Venables, English mountaineer and author

Stephen Venables

Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer

Donatella Versace

Régis Labeaume, Canadian businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Quebec City

Régis Labeaume · List of mayors of Quebec City

Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese songwriter and producer

Yasushi Akimoto

Stanislav Levý, Czech footballer and manager

Stanislav Levý

David O'Leary, English-Irish footballer and manager

David O'Leary

Alan Best, Canadian animator, director, and producer

Alan Best (filmmaker)

Tony Wakeford, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tony Wakeford

Stephen Daldry, English director and producer

Stephen Daldry

Steve James, English snooker player

Steve James (snooker player)

Sophie Thibault, Canadian journalist

Sophie Thibault

Phil Vickery, English chef and author

Phil Vickery (chef)

Elizabeth Berridge, American actress

Elizabeth Berridge (actress)

Jimmy White, English snooker player

Jimmy White

Félix José, Dominican-American baseball player

Félix José

Uwe Freiler, German footballer

Uwe Freiler

Margus Kolga, Estonian diplomat

Margus Kolga

Belinda Stronach, Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, and politician

Belinda Stronach

Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1995)

Bengt Åkerblom

Mika Brzezinski, American journalist and author

Mika Brzezinski

David Rocastle, English footballer (d. 2001)

David Rocastle

Jeff Agoos, Swiss-American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster

Jeff Agoos

Julia Hartley-Brewer, English broadcaster and columnist

Julia Hartley-Brewer

Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress

Ziana Zain

Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer

Brian Lara

Marco Walker, Swiss footballer and coach

Marco Walker

Musashimaru Kōyō, Samoan-American sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna

Musashimaru Kōyō · Makuuchi

Fatima Yusuf, Nigerian sprinter

Fatima Yusuf

Paul Adcock, English footballer

Paul Adcock

Ahti Heinla, Estonian programmer and businessman, co-developed Skype

Ahti Heinla · Skype

Dwayne Johnson, American-Canadian wrestler, actor, and producer

Dwayne Johnson

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director and screenwriter

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Horacio Carbonari, Argentinian footballer and manager

Horacio Carbonari

Andy Johnson, English-Welsh footballer

Andy Johnson (Welsh footballer)

Janek Meet, Estonian footballer

Janek Meet

David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model

David Beckham

Jeff Gutt, American singer-songwriter

Jeff Gutt

Brian Cardinal, American basketball player

Brian Cardinal

Jan Fitschen, German runner

Jan Fitschen

Luke Hudson, American baseball player

Luke Hudson

Fredrik Malm, Swedish journalist and politician

Fredrik Malm

Jenna von Oÿ, American actress and singer

Jenna von Oÿ

Melvin Ely, American basketball player

Melvin Ely

Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player

Mike Weaver (ice hockey)

Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player

Jason Chimera

Ioannis Kanotidis, Greek footballer

Ioannis Kanotidis

Tim Borowski, German footballer

Tim Borowski

Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder

Pierre-Luc Gagnon

Ellie Kemper, American actress, comedian and writer

Ellie Kemper

Zat Knight, English footballer

Zat Knight

Artūras Masiulis, Lithuanian basketball player

Artūras Masiulis

Troy Murphy, American basketball player

Troy Murphy

Lassaâd Ouertani, Tunisian footballer (d. 2013)

Lassaâd Ouertani

Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player

Brad Richards

Robert Buckley, American actor

Robert Buckley

Chris Kirkland, English footballer

Chris Kirkland

Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer

Tiago Mendes

Matt Murray, English footballer

Matt Murray (English footballer)

Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress and singer

Rina Satō

Timothy Benjamin, Welsh sprinter

Timothy Benjamin

Johan Botha, South African cricketer

Johan Botha (cricketer)

Alessandro Diamanti, Italian footballer

Alessandro Diamanti

Maynor Figueroa, Honduran footballer

Maynor Figueroa

Tina Maze, Slovenian skier

Tina Maze

Daniel Sordo, Spanish race car driver

Daniel Sordo

Ove Vanebo, Norwegian politician

Ove Vanebo

Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer

Saulius Mikoliūnas

Thabo Sefolosha, Swiss basketball player

Thabo Sefolosha

Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter and actress

Lily Allen

Kyle Busch, American race car driver

Kyle Busch

Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player

Ashley Harkleroad

Sarah Hughes, American figure skater

Sarah Hughes

David Nugent, English footballer

David Nugent

Nana Kitade, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

Nana Kitade

Pat McAfee, American football player

Pat McAfee

Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player

Kris Russell

Neftalí Feliz, Dominican baseball player

Neftalí Feliz

Stephen Henderson, Irish footballer

Stephen Henderson (footballer, born 1988)

Jeanette Pohlen, American basketball player

Jeanette Pohlen

Paul George, American basketball player

Paul George

Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer

Jeong Jinwoon

María Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player

María Teresa Torró Flor

Owain Doull, Welsh track cyclist

Owain Doull

Isyana Sarasvati, Indonesian singer

Isyana Sarasvati

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, British royal, and fourth in line to the British throne

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge · Succession to the British throne · Monarchy of the United Kingdom

Athanasius of Alexandria, Egyptian bishop and saint (b. 298)

Athanasius of Alexandria

Marutha of Tikrit, Persian theologian of the Syriac Orthodox Church (b. 565)

Marutha of Tikrit · Theology · Syriac Orthodox Church

Liu Zong, general of the Tang Dynasty

Liu Zong

Boris I of Bulgaria

Boris I of Bulgaria

Leo I, King of Armenia (b. 1150)

Leo I, King of Armenia

William de Braose, English son of Reginald de Braose (b. 1197)

William de Braose (died 1230) · Reginald de Braose

Meir of Rothenburg, German rabbi (b. c.1215)

Meir of Rothenburg

Blanche of Artois (b. 1248)

Blanche of Artois

William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (b. 1396)

William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1452)

Leonardo da Vinci

Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (b. 1500)

Rodolfo Pio da Carpi

Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer and educator (b. 1560)

Lodovico Grossi da Viadana

George Wither, English poet and author (b. 1588)

George Wither

Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613)

Stjepan Gradić

Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)

Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester · First Lord of the Treasury

Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (b. 1740)

Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo

Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)

Herman Willem Daendels · List of colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast

Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (b. 1740)

Henry Jerome de Salis

Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744)

Mary Moser

Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810)

Alfred de Musset

Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791)

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)

Eberhard Anheuser · Anheuser-Busch

Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)

Tom Wills · Australian rules football

Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)

Terézia Zakoucs

Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)

Clara Immerwahr

Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)

Jüri Vilms

Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)

Antun Branko Šimić

Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)

Ernest Starling

Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)

Charalambos Tseroulis · List of defence ministers of Greece

Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)

Penelope Delta

Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)

Martin Bormann

Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)

Joe Corbett

Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)

Dorothea Binz · SS

Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)

Wallace Bryant (archer)

Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)

Joseph McCarthy

Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)

Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)

Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)

Franz von Papen · Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)

J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)

J. Edgar Hoover · Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)

James O. Richardson

Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

Giulio Natta · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)

Clarrie Grimmett

George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)

George Pal

Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)

Norm Van Brocklin

Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918)

Jack Barry (game show host) · Barry & Enright Productions

Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913)

Bob Clampett

Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951)

Attilio Bettega

Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909)

Larry Clinton

Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (b. 1956)

Sergio Cresto

Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (b. 1956)

Henri Toivonen

Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (b. 1902)

Veniamin Kaverin

Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)

Giuseppe Siri

David Rappaport, English-American actor (b. 1951)

David Rappaport

Ronald McKie, Australian journalist and author (b. 1909)

Ronald McKie

Wilbur Mills, American lawyer and politician (b. 1909)

Wilbur Mills

André Moynet, French race car driver, pilot, and politician (b. 1921)

André Moynet

Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author (b. 1903)

Dorothy Marie Donnelly

John Bunting, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (b. 1918)

John Bunting (diplomat) · List of High Commissioners of Australia to the United Kingdom

Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)

Michael Hordern

John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

John Eccles (neurophysiologist) · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher and academic (b. 1921)

Paulo Freire

hide, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1964)

Hide (musician)

Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)

Justin Fashanu

Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)

Gene Raymond

Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1903)

Douglas Harkness

Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)

Oliver Reed

W. T. Tutte, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917)

W. T. Tutte

Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)

Wee Kim Wee · President of Singapore

Louis Rukeyser, American journalist and author (b. 1933)

Louis Rukeyser

Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964)

Brad McGann

Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)

Beverlee McKinsey

Izold Pustõlnik, Ukrainian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1938)

Izold Pustõlnik

Marilyn French, American author and academic (b. 1929)

Marilyn French

Kiyoshiro Imawano, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1951)

Kiyoshiro Imawano

Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (b. 1935)

Jack Kemp · United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (b. 1943)

Lynn Redgrave

Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founder of Al-Qaeda (b. 1957)

Osama bin Laden · Al-Qaeda

Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)

Fernando Lopes (filmmaker)

Tufan Miñnullin, Russian playwright and politician (b. 1936)

Tufan Miñnullin

Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Indonesian physician and politician, Indonesian Minister of Health (b. 1955)

Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih · Ministry of Health (Indonesia)

Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist, author, and academic (b. 1942)

Akira Tonomura

Ernie Field, English boxer (b. 1943)

Ernie Field

Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1964)

Jeff Hanneman

Joseph P. McFadden, American bishop (b. 1947)

Joseph P. McFadden

Dvora Omer, Israeli author and educator (b. 1932)

Dvora Omer

Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (b. 1980)

Ivan Turina

Charles Banks Wilson, American painter and illustrator (b. 1918)

Charles Banks Wilson

Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (b. 1922)

Tomás Balduino

Žarko Petan, Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

Žarko Petan

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (b. 1918)

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

Stuart Archer, English colonel and architect (b. 1915)

Stuart Archer

Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1945)

Michael Blake (author)

Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (b. 1927)

Guy Carawan

Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (b. 1925)

Maya Plisetskaya

Ruth Rendell, English author (b. 1930)

Ruth Rendell

Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman, activist, and Black Panther (b. 1947)

Afeni Shakur · Music industry · Activist · Black Panther Party