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Birth

Matthew Prior photo

Matthew Prior 23

British diplomat, poet 1664–1721

Friedrich von Waldersee photo

Friedrich von Waldersee 2

Prussian general (1795-1864) 1795–1864

David Hunter photo

David Hunter 4

Union Army general 1802–1886

Lovis Corinth photo

Lovis Corinth 3

German painter 1858–1925

Arthur Mee photo

Arthur Mee 4

British journalist and writer 1875–1943

Hart Crane photo

Hart Crane 7

American writer 1899–1932

Ernest Hemingway photo

Ernest Hemingway 501

American author and journalist 1899–1961

Joseph Kesselring photo

Joseph Kesselring 1

American writer and playwright 1902–1967

John H. Manley photo

John H. Manley 1

American physicist, group leader during the Manhattan Proje… 1907–1990

A. D. Hope photo

A. D. Hope 2

Australian poet and essayist 1907–2000

Marshall McLuhan photo

Marshall McLuhan 416

Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor … 1911–1980

Wilfred Cantwell Smith photo

Wilfred Cantwell Smith 1

Canadian academic 1916–2000

Henry Mazer photo

Henry Mazer 1

American conductor 1918–2002

Alfred Lansing photo

Alfred Lansing 1

American journalist 1921–1975

Norman L. Geisler photo

Norman L. Geisler 1

American evangelical theologian 1932–2019

Jonathan Miller photo

Jonathan Miller 9

British theatre director (born 1934) 1934–2019

Herman E. Daly photo

Herman E. Daly 17

American economist 1938

Guy N. Smith photo

Guy N. Smith 2

British writer 1939–2020

Jim Clyburn photo

Jim Clyburn 6

American politician 1940

Tess Gallagher photo

Tess Gallagher 2

American writer 1943

Buchi Emecheta photo

Buchi Emecheta 11

author 1944–2017

Paul Wellstone photo

Paul Wellstone 2

American politician 1944–2002

John H. Freeman photo

John H. Freeman 2

(1944-2008) US-American sociologist and organizational theo… 1944–2008

Wendy Cope photo

Wendy Cope 3

British writer 1945

W. Brian Arthur photo

W. Brian Arthur 16

American economist 1946

Cat Stevens photo

Cat Stevens 91

British singer-songwriter 1948

Garry Trudeau photo

Garry Trudeau 2

cartoonist 1948

Robin Williams photo

Robin Williams 52

American actor and stand-up comedian 1951–2014

Jane Rogers photo

Jane Rogers 6

English Novelist, Editor, Scriptwriter, Lecturer, and teach… 1952

Michael Connelly photo

Michael Connelly 15

Novelist, journalist 1956

Robert W. Bly photo

Robert W. Bly 9

American writer 1957

Neo Masisi photo

Neo Masisi 5

first lady of Botswana 1962

Mokgweetsi Masisi photo

Mokgweetsi Masisi 3

President of Botswana 1962

Greg Behrendt photo

Greg Behrendt 59

American comedian 1963

Steve Collins photo

Steve Collins 2

Irish boxer 1964

Sarah Waters photo

Sarah Waters 20

novelist 1966

Bruce Gilley photo

Bruce Gilley 3

researcher 1966

Mick Mulvaney photo

Mick Mulvaney 3

Director of the Office of Management and Budget 1967

Gergely Kovács photo

Gergely Kovács 1

archbishop of Alba Iulia 1968

Josh Hartnett photo

Josh Hartnett 1

actor and producer 1978

Lee Camp 2

American comedian, writer, and activist 1980

Blake Lewis photo

Blake Lewis 7

American musician 1981

Death

Robert Burns photo

Robert Burns 114

Scottish poet and lyricist 1759–1796

Henri Alexis Brialmont photo

Henri Alexis Brialmont 2

Belgian military engineer and writer (1821-1903) 1821–1903

Robert G. Ingersoll photo

Robert G. Ingersoll 439

Union United States Army officer 1833–1899

Henry Codman Potter photo

Henry Codman Potter 2

Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York 1835–1908

Ellen Terry photo

Ellen Terry 2

English actress 1847–1928

John Cotton Dana photo

John Cotton Dana 2

American librarian and museum director 1856–1929

Owen Wister photo

Owen Wister 5

American writer 1860–1938

Ahmed Djemal photo

Ahmed Djemal 5

Ottoman general 1872–1922

George Macaulay Trevelyan photo

George Macaulay Trevelyan 10

Historian 1876–1962

Basil Rathbone photo

Basil Rathbone 2

British actor 1892–1967

Albert Lutuli photo

Albert Lutuli 14

South African politician 1898–1967

Jean Fautrier photo

Jean Fautrier 1

French painter 1898–1964

Henning von Tresckow photo

Henning von Tresckow 11

German general 1901–1944

Arshile Gorky photo

Arshile Gorky 32

Armenian-American painter 1904–1948

David Ogilvy photo

David Ogilvy 12

Advertising executive 1911–1999

Paul K. Benedict photo

Paul K. Benedict 2

American anthropologist, mental health professional, and li… 1912–1997

Oswald Wynd photo

Oswald Wynd 1

Scottish writer 1913–1998

Gangubai Hangal photo

Gangubai Hangal 18

Indian singer 1913–2009

Alan Shepard photo

Alan Shepard 24

American astronaut 1923–1998

Don Arden photo

Don Arden 1

English producer 1926–2007

Neal A. Maxwell photo

Neal A. Maxwell 40

Mormon leader 1926–2004

Jerry Goldsmith photo

Jerry Goldsmith 7

film composer 1929–2004

E.L. Doctorow photo

E.L. Doctorow 25

novelist, editor, professor 1931–2015

Don Soderquist photo

Don Soderquist 54

1934–2016

Alexander Cockburn photo

Alexander Cockburn 7

Leftist journalist and writer 1941–2012