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Born:
1706: Fr(SJ), Claude Godefroy COQUART 1745: Henry James PYE 1792: Benjamin Faneuil HUNT 1802: Charles-Auguste de BÉRIOT 1805: Angelina Emily GRIMKÉ 1816: Arthur MILLS 1816: Prince, Josef Michel Xaver Johann PONIATOWSKI 1816: William RIMMER 1817: Rev, Samuel GARRATT 1821: Myles Gerald KEON 1822: Robert LEIGHTON (&ps: ROBIN) 1824: Louisa Catherine SHORE (&ps: L) 1825: Sir, Geoffry Thomas Phipps HORNBY 1825: William Allen BUTLER 1828: Rev, Edmund George HARVEY (&ps: The CAPTAIN) 1829: Joseph JEFFERSON (III) 1829: Odo William Leopold RUSSELL, 1st Baron AMPTHILL 1835: Sir, Robert HART 1839: Rev, Benjamin WAUGH 1841: Nathaniel Southgate SHALER 1844: Capt, Joshua SLOCUM 1845: Archdeacon, William SIMMS 1846: James Laughlin HUGHES 1849: Rev, Stanton P ALLEN 1852: Charles Erskine Scott WOOD 1854: Canon, George Rickards BROWNE 1858: Howard Atwood KELLY 1859: Lt-Col, Stephen Thomas BANNING 1860: William Henry HOWELL 1861: Mary (Eliza Bakewell) GAUNT, Mrs MILLER 1861: Prof, Edward JENKS 1863: Lucien PISSARRO 1864: Archdeacon, Albert Owen EVANS 1864: Henry Seymour RAWLINSON, 1st Baron RAWLINSON 1866: Edwin Diller STARBUCK 1868: John Christopher WILLIS 1869: Arthur COMPTON-RICKETT 1869: William J D CROKE 1870: Jay Johnson MORROW 1870: Peter Cornelis BOUTENS 1871: Raymond DODGE 1872: Maj-Gen, Edward Bailey ASHMORE 1872: William LYGON, 7th Earl of BEAUCHAMP 1873: Charles Hubbard JUDD 1873: Hugh Pattison MACMILLAN, (life) Baron MACMILLAN of Aberfeldy 1874: Gordon BOTTOMLEY 1874: Mary GARDEN 1874: Rev, Orville Anderson PETTY 1874: Willie Lewis LUTTMAN 1876: Ashley (Perry) ABRAHAM 1878: Emilie Paulina Venceslava KITTLOVA / KITTL / KITTEL, aka Ema DESTINNOVA (ps: Emmy DESTINN) 1881: Sir, (Mark) Frank LINDLEY 1883: Naoya SHIGA 1886: Peter FREUCHEN 1887: (Edward) Hesketh (Gibbons) PEARSON (&ps: An EX-DIPLOMAT) 1887: Vincent MASSEY 1888: Dame, Cyvia RAMBAM, Mrs DUKES, aka Myriam RAMBERG; Myriam RAMBACH (ps: Marie RAMBERT) 1888: Georges BERNANOS 1888: Prof, Arnold Horrex ROWBOTHAM 1890: William Aubrey (Cecil) DARLINGTON 1892: Raymond Cecil MOORE 1893: Russel (M) CROUSE 1894: Curt Paul RICHTER 1894: Jaroslaw IWASZKIEWICZ 1896: Cardinal, Henri Sonier de LUBAC 1896: Dorothy (Mary) LANGSFORD, Mrs EDWARDS (&ps: D M E) 1896: Fañch/Jean-François-Marie ELIES (ps: ABEOZEN; Fañch ELIES-ABEOZEN) 1899: Cornelius Vanderbilt WHITNEY 1899: Nora KENT 1900: Prof, Quinn McNEMAR 1900: Prof, Robert WAEDLER 1901: Bp, Robert Wright STOPFORD 1901: Cecil Harmsworth KING 1901: Henry EYRING 1901: René Jules DUBOS 1902: Ansel (Easton) ADAMS 1902: Rev, George APPLETON 1902: William Gordon ZEEVELD 1903: Ella Kini MAILLART 1903: Sir, William MANSFIELD COOPER 1906: Claude H GAVER (ps: Jack GAVER) 1907: Helen (nee)Gere CRUICKSHANK 1907: Sir, Basil (Arthur) PARKES 1907: Sir, Owain (Trevor) JENKINS 1908: (Constance) Molly(=Mary) MATTHEWS, nee CARRINGTON 1908: Frederick MACHETANZ 1908: Prof, Leland James PRITCHARD 1909: Margery (nee)Thompson LOCKHART 1910: Albert C MANUCY 1910: Carl E STOTZ 1910: James William KENYON 1910: Julian Otto TREVELYAN 1910: Prof, Irving Abraham AGUS, ne ? 1911: Paul TRIPP 1911: Peter Vilhelm GLOB 1911: Prof, Douglas COOPER 1912: Buffie JOHNSON, 1:Mrs ?, 2:Mrs SYKES 1912: Eric (Leslie) BARKER 1912: Olive COOK, Mrs SMITH 1912: Pierre(-François-Marie-Louis) BOULLE 1912: Prof, John (S) HESLOP-HARRISON 1913: Alun Menai WILLIAMS 1913: Dame, Mary DURACK, Mrs MILLER 1913: Helen SHAW, nee/Mrs ? 1913: Marianne Townsend ZAYLOR 1914: (Louis) Baldwin BERGERSEN 1914: John Garth WATSON 1914: Prof, (John) Arnold Leslie LAZARUS 1914: Rev, Chevis Ferber HORNE 1914: Rev, Howard Woodrow ELLIS 1915: Prof, Vincent Gaston DETHIER 1916: Lowell William HERRON 1916: Mary E Hill ARTHUR 1916: Pierre MESSMER 1917: Gustav von PLATEN 1917: Tana HOBAN, 1:Mrs GALLOB, 2:Mrs MORRIS 1918: Harvey (M) KARLEN 1918: Prof, Arthur Newell STRAHLER 1918: Prof, Hilde(=Hildegard) Therese HIMMELWEIT 1919: Edward RYAN 1919: Rick RAPHAEL 1920: Hetty WARWICK 1920: Maeching Li KAO, nee ? 1920: Prof, Wayne Struve BOUTELL 1921: Michael AYRTON, ne GOULD 1921: Velma (nee)Darbo BROWN, 2:Mrs STEVENS? (&ps: LYNN) 1922: Otis Milton SMITH 1923: (Linden) Forbes (Sampson) BURNHAM 1923: Eliot (Lazarus) FREIDSON 1924: Gloria (Laura Morgan) VANDERBILT, 1:Mrs DeCICCO, 2:Mrs STOKOWSKI, 3:Mrs LUMET, 4:Mrs COOPER 1924: Prof, (Charles) Wickham SKINNER 1924: Rev, John Chester HUGHES 1925: (Justin) Alex(=Alexander) LA GUMA 1925: Prof, Rondo (Emmett) CAMERON 1925: Rabbi, David Leo LIEBER 1926: David McCLURE 1926: Julian W SCHEER 1926: Richard Burton MATHESON 1927: Roy (Marcus) COHN 1927: Sidney POITIER 1928: Joe(=Joseph A) HIRSCH 1931: Kent M DALLETT 1933: Frederick Campbell CREWS 1934: Bobby(=Robert William) UNSER 1934: Myrtle Olive Felix ROBERTSON, 11th Baroness WHARTON, nee ARTBUTHNOT, aka Ziki ARNOT 1935: Ellen GILCHRIST 1936: Neil HARRIS 1936: Robert SHAW 1938: John Anthony PARSONS 1940: (Harry) Earl GUSTKEY (Jr) 1940: Jimmy(=James Peter) GREAVES 1941: Richard (Hilton) ECKERSLEY 1941: Richard MABEY 1943: Rabbi, Moshe(=Morris) COTEL 1946: Brenda (Ann) BLETHYN, nee BOTTLE 1950: Tony(=Anthony Howard) WILSON 1951: (James) Gordon BROWN 1952: Claire TOWNSEND 1965: Philip (Michael) HENSHER 1967: Kurt (Donald) COBAIN
Died:
1437: King, JAMES, I of Scotland 1809: Richard GOUGH 1813: Charles WHITE 1821: Rev, Samuel TAYLOR 1822: John STEWART, aka 'Walking Stewart' 1832: John WHITE 1841: James Gordon BROOKS 1843: Mary HAYS (&ps: EUSEBIA) 1853: Bp, William Grant BROUGHTON 1853: Edward Parker CHARLESWORTH 1855: William JOWETT 1857: Archer RYLAND 1859: Col, Thomas Loraine McKENNEY 1861: (Augustin) Eugène SCRIBE (&ps: Augustin DEBERSCY; EUGÈNE; FÉLIX) 1861: Rev, George HUNT 1862: Francisco BALTAZAR (ps: Francisco BALAGTAS) 1863: John Cart BURGESS 1871: Paul KANE 1873: James HAUGHTON 1873: Samuel William John MERRIMAN 1874: Sir, Sydney (John) COTTON 1878: Edward Mulberry HODDER 1878: George MOFFATT 1879: John Orlando PARRY 1882: James Erskine CALDER 1887: Richard CAULFIELD 1890: Rev, David DAVIES 1891: Thomas Picton MILNER, aka Thomas PICTON (&ps: Paul PRESTON) 1892: Thomas Caulfield IRWIN 1893: Gen, Pierre Gustave Toutant BEAUREGARD 1893: William SHELMERDINE 1895: Frederick Augustus Washington BAILEY (ps: Frederick DOUGLASS) 1900: William HENDERSON 1905: George W BAILEY 1908: (Robert Sydenham) Fancourt BARNES 1908: Fr, François DANIEL 1908: William CALLOW 1909: Edwin Gordon BLACKMORE 1911: Charles Alexander MacMUNN 1911: Frances Ellen Watkins HARPER 1912: John WARD 1913: Conte, Angelo de GUBERNATIS 1915: Clement Edwin STRETTON 1915: Edward Cox SEATON 1915: Sir, Charles Augustus HARTLEY 1917: Raphael PETRUCCI 1917: Rev, William Edward ADDIS 1918: Rev, James Mark Saurin BROOKE 1919: Canon, Arthur John WORLLEDGE 1919: VRev, John BROWN 1920: Edward Richard RUSSELL, 1st Baron RUSSELL 1922: Richard Septimus HAYNES 1923: John Sutherland BLACK 1924: Sir, Henry William LUCY (&ps: [TOBY, MP]) 1926: Abp, Paul Eugène ROY 1926: Francis Allston CHANNING, 1st Baron CHANNING of Wellingborough 1926: Michael Francis COX 1928: Adolph Charles BABENROTH 1928: Launcelot HARRISON (ps: Alter EGO) 1928: Victor Alexander Sereld HAY, 20th Earl of ERROLL 1929: Clarence George Eugene FLETCHER 1929: Sir, (Herbert) George FORDHAM 1929: Surg-Capt, Edward Leicester ATKINSON 1932: Maj-Gen, John BOUGHEY 1932: Pietro MASTRI 1933: Beda HAFEN 1933: Henry HARCOURT 1933: William PRENDERGAST 1935: Archdeacon, Alexander George DE LA PRYME 1937: Charles GORDON, 11th Marquess of HUNTLY 1937: Sir, Augusto/Augustus BARTOLO 1937: Sir, Percy Zachariah COX 1939: Alfred Henry Robinson THORNTON 1939: Archdeacon, Montague Blamire WILLIAMSON 1942: Frank Herman SCHOFIELD 1943: (Muriel Ethel) Carmel Haden GUEST / HADEN-GUEST, nee GOLDSMID 1943: Stephen Henry SMITH 1944: Eleanor (Harris) (nee)Rowland WEMBRIDGE 1944: William Robert WINSPEAR 1946: Prof, William Alfred MORRIS 1946: Raymond Leslie BUELL 1946: Rev, T Ratcliffe BARNETT 1947: Charles B TOWNS 1947: Clement Clarence WILLIAMS 1949: Rev, George Charles Fraser PRINGLE 1951: Cyril (Francis) MAUDE 1951: David Gervan McMILLAN 1952: James Watson CURRAN 1953: Carita BORDERIEUX 1953: Francis Wrigley HIRST 1953: Prof, James Garfield RANDALL 1953: Sir, Bartle Henry Temple FRERE 1954: Henry HARRISON 1954: Juhani Nikolai MERENHEIMO (ps: Niilo MANTERE) 1954: Sir, Victor (Alexander Augustus Henry) WELLESLEY 1955: Sir, Alfred Victor CRANE 1956: Sir, Travers HUMPRHEYS 1957: Sir, John Lionel SIMONSEN 1958: James Sterling TIPPETT 1959: Laurence HOUSMAN 1960: Prof, Henry Goland ROBINSON 1960: Sir, (Charles) Leonard WOOLLEY 1960: Sir, David (Randall) PYE 1961: (George) Percy (Aldridge) GRAINGER 1961: Douglas FURBER 1961: George Percy GRAINGER 1961: Mary Sewall GARDNER 1966: Adm, Chester William NIMITZ 1966: Carl Custer CUTLER 1966: Dard HUNTER (Sr?) 1966: David Emrys EVANS 1966: Percy St George KIRKE (ps: Night WATCHMAN) 1966: Reginald Otto KAPP 1967: Newton MORTON 1969: Ernest (Alexandre) ANSERMET 1969: Lt-Col, Robert Donald Thain ALEXANDER 1970: (Thomas Arthur) Darcy BRADDELL 1970: Sophie TREADWELL, Mrs McGEEHAN 1971: Albert Henry SPENCER 1972: Prof, Maria (nee)Goeppert MAYER 1973: Maj, Lawrence Lee Bazley ANGAS 1977: Jarmila GLAZAROVA 1979: Howard SCHENKEN 1980: Alice Lee (nee)Roosevelt LONGWORTH 1980: Joseph Banks RHINE 1980: Sir, Roger (Bentham) STEVENS 1981: Ioannis THEODORAKOPOULOS 1982: Prof, Gerhard SCHOLEM (ps: Gershom (Gerhard) SCHOLEM) 1982: René Jules DUBOS 1984: Thorne DEUEL 1986: Judy-Lynn del REY, nee BENJAMIN 1988: Edith Josephine AGNEW (&ps: MARCELINO) 1988: John Osborne CHERRINGTON 1988: Mildred WOOLLEY, 1:Mrs SEYDEL, 2:Mrs SEYDEL (ps: Mildred SEYDELL) 1988: Roger John WILLIAMS 1990: Flora (F) (nee)Jacobi ARNSTEIN 1990: Jeanette G (nee)Flierl GUILLAUME 1991: Eugene Alfred FORSEY 1991: Prof, John Gordon BECKWITH 1991: Prof, Kenneth Hurlstone JACKSON 1992: Eugene Robert BLACK 1992: George BARR 1992: Prof, William (Ayres) ARROWSMITH 1993: John Lewis SANDLIN 1993: Luis Alberto SOLÉ-ROMERO 1993: Prof, Howard Mayer BROWN 1993: Rev, Alfred Thomas HOUGHTON 1994: Kenneth J PREBBLE, aka Jack PREBBLE 1995: Prof, John Humphreys WHITFIELD 1996: George Anthony SHEPHERD 1996: Toru TAKEMITSU 1996: Walter Charles MARSHALL, (life) Baron MARSHALL Of GORING of South Stoke 1998: Alexander Stuart GRAY 1998: Bp, (William) Gordon WHEELER 1998: David McCLURE 1998: George Howard GILLELAN 1998: Henry LIVINGS 1998: Prof, Gerson RABINOWITZ 1998: Sir, (William) Bernard (John) LEDWIDGE 1999: John L GOLDWATER 1999: Kathleen Cecilia NOTT, Mrs BAILEY 1999: Sarah KANE 1999: Willard R ESPY 2000: Sir, Eric MENSFORTH 2001: Don BERRY 2001: Donella H MEADOWS 2002: (John) Dale EUNSON 2002: Stephen LONGSTREET (&ps: Thomas BURTON; Paul HAGGARD; David ORMSBEE) 2003: Henry Peter TEWKSBURY 2003: Jan Józef SZCZEPANSKI 2003: Maurice BLANCHOT 2003: Simon (Daniel White) COLLIER 2003: Thomas Wilton PHIPPS 2004: (George) Frederick MORGAN 2004: Catherine (Anne CHICHESTER-)COOKE 2004: Frederic ARMSTRONG (ps: Mark (Graham) HOLLOWAY) 2004: Gen, John B KEELEY 2004: Lady, Virginia Frances (TWISLETON-WYKEHAM-)FIENNES, nee PEPPER, aka Ginny FIENNES 2004: Prof, Christopher John RYAN 2004: Richard Lee EHLER 2005: Dalene MATTHEE, nee SCOTT 2005: Hunter Stockton THOMPSON 2005: Thomas James WILLMORE 2006: Hernán ECHAVARRÍA OLÓZAGA 2006: Jennifer (nee?)Quinn (1:Mrs)Clarke ACKERMAN 2006: Paul SLUD 2006: Prof, Francis Marion MILLER 2006: Prof, Joan Mervyn HUSSEY 2006: Sophie FRIEDLÄNDER 2006: Theodore DRAPER, ne DUBINSKY 2007: Daniel (Patrick) McGRORY 2007: Kenneth Arthur STEER 2007: Prof, Frank Albert COTTON 2007: Prof, Ronald HILTON 2007: Robert W YOUNG 2007: Sir, John Bryan AKEHURST 2007: Theresa (nee?)Fuetterer ZOOK 2008: Mary Elizabeth CARNEGIE 2008: Stuart (Radcliff) MAWSON 2009: Christopher (John) NOLAN, aka Christy NOLAN 2009: James Ian Craig BOYD 2009: William John JORDEN