Today anniversaries
Birth
Roman lyric poet
-65–-8 BC
Song Dynasty chancellor and poet
1021–1086
Scottish monarch and queen consort of France
1542–1587
French-German author, philosopher, encyclopedist
1723–1789
Swiss philosophical writer, naturalist, and physician
1728–1795
Italian jurist and author
1748–1799
Poet from the American South
1828–1867
British sinologist and diplomat
1845–1935
sculptor from France
1861–1944
French sculptor and graphic artist
1864–1943
Finnish composer of the late Romantic period
1865–1957
Mexican painter, muralist, Communist
1886–1957
Portuguese poet
1894–1930
American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
1894–1961
English critic, novelist, and journalist
1901–1982
British novelist
1906–1983
Christian missionary
1909–1998
British painter and engraver
1922–2011
German sociologist, administration expert, and social syste…
1927–1998
American psychologist
1928–2012
American surgeon
1930–2014
Comedian, actor
1933–1998
American actor and martial artist
1936–2009
American computer scientist
1939
American anthropologist
1939
American activist
1942–1996
lead singer of The Doors
1943–1971
Hong Kong businessman
1948
Danish physicist
1948–2002
American singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, record…
1950–1994
American special makeup effects artist
1950
American comedian
1953–1992
American political scientist and author
1953
Irish long-distance runner
1955
Korean-American physician and anthropologist, 12th Presiden…
1959
American writer
1960–2014
American environmentalist and writer
1960
Finance Minister of Malaysia
1960
author, political commentator
1961
American actress, presenter, writer
1964
German philosopher and author
1964
American rapper
1966–2019
Trinidadian-born American singer, rapper and actress
1982
Canadian pair skater
1985
American actress, singer, and model
1993
Death
Archbishop of Canterbury
1227–1292
English poet, lawyer, and politician, born 1569
1569–1626
English Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer
1615–1691
Swiss-born French politician, writer on politics and religi…
1767–1830
English mathematician, philosopher and logician
1815–1864
English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent …
1820–1903
American philanthropist
1821–1885
British journalist
1828–1895
Union Army chaplain
1830–1903
English novelist and poet
1841–1926
garden designer, artist
1843–1932
poet from Louisville, Kentucky
1865–1914
British cricketer (1876-)
1876–1936
British journalist
1879–1953
German mathematician
1885–1955
Portuguese poet
1894–1930
former prime minister of Israel
1898–1978
Sri Lankan Sufi leader
1900–1986
American journalist
1917–1986
American astronaut and politician
1921–2016
American economist
1927–2019
English singer and songwriter
1940–1980
Montana Supreme Court Justice
1944–2006
Native American rights activist, musician, poet
1946–2015