Famous Birthday

1685 - Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany Composer

1713 - Francis Lewis, signed Decl of Ind

1768 - Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, mathematician & Egyptologist

1806 - Benito Juarez, pres of Mexico (1858-72)

1813 - James Jesse Strang, king of Mormons on Beaver Is MI (1850-56)

1839 - Modest Mussorgsky, composer (Boris Gudunov Night on Bald Mtn.)

1866 - Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer

1869 - Florenz Ziegfeld, of Follies fame

1906 - John D. Rockefeller III, billionaire

1923 - Mort Lindsey, band leader

1930 - James Coco, actor

1934 - Al Freeman Jr,

1939 - Kathleen Widdoe,