xxxx :Anthony "Chill" Fuller, Paterson NJ, rapper (Riff-Judy had Boyfriend)
xxxx :Dulce, spanish star
xxxx :Reb, XXX talent agent
xxxx :Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian physician
xxxx :Steve Whiteman, rocker (Kix-Hot Wire)
1387 :Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)
1434 :Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator
1476 :Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)
1476 :Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)
1561 :Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)
1592 :George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)
1609 :Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)
1619 :Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron
1632 :John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance
1713 :Louis A A Count d'Affry, French general/ambassador to Netherland
1748 :Amalia Frstin von Gallitzin, wife of Russian monarch Golitsyn
1749 :Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust)
1773 :Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)
1774 :Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)
1780 :Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather)
1794 :Johannes Zwijsen, archbishop (Utrecht Netherlands)
1795 :Joannes A Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond
1798 :Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1863
1801 :Antoine A Cournot, French philosopher/mathematician (rule of Cournot)
1808 :Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer
1809 :Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)
1811 :Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA
1815 :Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)
1824 :Carel JCH van Nispen of Sevenaer, Dutch Catholic politician
1828 :Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) [OS]
1828 :William Alexander Hammond, Brig General (Union Army), died in 1900
1831 :Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady (1877-81)
1833 :Edward Burne-Jones, England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer
1842 :Willem Linnig jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist
1849 :Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97)
1851 :Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer
1860 :Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter [OS]
1862 :Andrew Fisher, 5th Australian Prime Minister (1908-09, 10-13, 14-15)
1862 :P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)
1874 :Walter Field,
1876 :Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)
1877 :Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II)
1878 :George Hoyt Whipple, US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934)
1879 :Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher
1880 :Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117
1881 :Valery Nicolas Larbaud, France, novelist/translator (Enfantines)
1882 :Carl W de Vries, Dutch jurist (Unknown Thorbecke)
1882 :Ernst Weiá, writer
1884 :Ehm Welk, writer
1894 :Charles Aubroeck, Belgian painter/sculptor (Iron Tower)
1894 :E Franklin Frazier, sociologist, died in 1962
1898 :Ludwig Turek, writer
1899 :Lyman L Lemnitzer, Marine Corps general (WW II)
1900 :Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou)
1901 :Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer (Dance of Young Feet)
1901 :Paul Henry Lang, Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune)
1903 :Ernst Kreuder, writer
1903 :Olive Ann Beech, aircraft industry executive
1904 :Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956)
1905 :Martinus A Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70)
1906 :John Betjeman, poet laureate of England (Mt Zion)
1907 :Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird)
1908 :Roger Tory Peterson, NY, ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds)
1909 :Francis Henry Smith, librarian
1909 :Roy Reuther, Wheeling WV, labor leader
1911 :Jose Antonio Giron de Velasco, politician
1911 :Joseph MAH Luns, foreign minister/secr-general (NATO)
1912 :Emil Schumacher, German painter (Tangible Objects)
1912 :Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten (1971-75)
1913 :John Terence Reese, bridge master
1913 :Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera)
1914 :Glenn Osser, Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue)
1915 :Denys Hay, historian
1916 :C Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28]
1916 :Jack [Holbrook] Vance, US, sci-fi author (2 Hugo, Dirdir, Pnume)
1917 :Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America)
1918 :Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician
1918 :Jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/pres Netherlands Bank
1920 :Charlie Bird Parker, US jazz saxophonist
1922 :Emile Habibi, writer
1923 :Reinier Braams, Dutch biophysicist/MP (VVD)
1924 :Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes)
1924 :James W Wood, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar)
1924 :Janet Frame, NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry)
1925 :Arkadi N Strugazki, USSR, sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika)
1925 :John Gillett, film researcher
1925 :Marvin Davis, Newark NJ, CEO (Davis Oil Company)
1927 :Marion Williams, US gospel singers (Stars of Faith)
1928 :James Wild, music teacher
1928 :Thomas Stewart, San Saba Texas, baritone (La Roche Capriccio)
1929 :Istv n Kertsz, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera 1953-57)
1929 :Thom Gunn, Kent England, poet (The Wound)
1930 :Marius J J van Amelsvoort, Dutch undersecretary (CDA)
1931 :John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts)
1931 :John Shirley-Quirk, Liverpool England, baritone (Death in Venice)
1932 :Andy Bathgate, Canada, NY Ranger (1958 NHL MVP)
1932 :Carlene Polite, US dancer/activist/author (Sister X)
1933 :Jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt
1934 :David H Pryor, (Sen-D Arkansas, 1979- )
1934 :Gene Allison, US R&B-singer (You Can Make It If You Try)
1935 :Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch essayist/mathematician
1936 :Harry McLevy, trade Unionist
1936 :John McCain, (Rep-R-Arizona, 1983-86)
1937 :12th duke of Argyll, Scottish Campbell-captain/large landowner
1937 :James J Floria, (Rep-D-NJ, 1975-90/Gov-D-NJ, 1990-94)
1939 :Cassie Mackin, newswoman (NBC TV)
1939 :Clem Cattini, rocker
1939 :Edward Patten, US soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
1939 :William Friedkin, Chic, dir (Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection)
1940 :James Brady, press secretary (wounded during Reagan assassin attempt)
1940 :William S Cohen, (Sen-R Maine, 1979- )
1941 :Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens)
1941 :Robin Leach, London England, TV host (Life Styles of Rich & Famous)
1942 :Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician
1943 :Anne "Honey" Lantree, rocker
1943 :Lou Pinella, Yankee manager (1969 AL rookie of the year)
1943 :Mohamed Amin, cameraman
1943 :Richard Halligan, Troy NY, rock vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears)
1945 :Chris Copping, Essex England, rock bassist (Procol Harum)
1948 :Charles David Walker, astronaut (STS 12 STS 16 STS 23)
1948 :Daniel Seraphine, Chicago, rock drummer (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now)
1948 :Vonda N[eel] McIntyre, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek II, III, IV)
1949 :Hugh Cornwell, rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime)
1950 :Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
1951 :Dave Hlubek, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet)
1951 :Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1953 :Rick Downey, rocker drummer/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
1954 :Chet Catallo, guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1954 :Julio Fernandez, jazz guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1954 :Michael P[aul] Kube-McDowell, US, sci-fi author (Enigma, Empery)
1957 :Pim Kops, rock musician (Dike, Bloedend Heart)
1958 :Michael Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Thriller, Bad)
1959 :Chris Hadfield, Sarnia Ontario Canada, RCAF/astronaut (STS 74, sk: 99)
1959 :Eddi Reader, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
1960 :Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader
1960 :Leroy Chiao, Milwaukee Wisc, astronaut (STS 65, 72, sk: 92)
1961 :Kim Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America)
1961 :Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity)
1963 :Elizabeth Brown, minister healer/writer
1963 :Greg Steele, rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It's Over)
1965 :James Jagger, son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall
1966 :Dan Truman, St George Utah, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1966 :Jerry Fehily, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
1967 :Chris Armstrong, CFL slot back (Montreal Alouettes)
1967 :Darren Lewis, Berkeley CA, outfielder (Chic White Sox)
1968 :Tom Fitzgerald, Melrose, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
1969 :Mary McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney
1969 :Pierre Turgeon, Rouyn, NHL center (NY Islanders, Montreal Canadiens)
1971 :Scott Eldredge, Chatham Mass, 1996 World Mens' Champion
1971 :Shane Andrews, Dallas TX, infielder (Montreal Expos)
1971 :Todd Eldredge, Chatham Mass, figure skater (1997 National Sr champ)
1972 :Mike Cawley, CFL quarterback (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1973 :Devin Wyman, defensive tackle (New England Patriots)
1973 :Jermane Mayberry, guard/tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1974 :Mark Smith, defensive end (Arizona Cardinals)
1982 :Le Ann Rimes, country singer (Blue, Holiday in Your Heart)