Who were you in your previous life?

[mangjuan]

Just for fun: search "died [your birthdate] " and the first result was supposed to be you in your previous life.

 

who knows, yours might be interesting 

hoping for some tech related ones

 

mine was Fischer Black, an economist who created a famous equation.

 

[wyattzx]

I was Tupac, it would appear.

 

I am okay with this.

[1Scotty1]

Hanns Georgi - was a German painter, printmaker and book Illustrator.

[Cad6500]

Zeki Müren - 'was a prominent Turkish singer, composer, and actor.'

[-TesseracT-]

W. B. Gallie - Scottish social theorist, political theorist, and philosopher.

[Subduck]

Elliot Richardson

[Volbet]

Apperantly i was Joie Chitwood.

Which is strange, since I'm somewhat affraid of driving a car.

[shadowblitz3]

Dwayne Goettel - member of the band Skinny Puppy who played synthesizers.

[Mandrake]

Jackson Edward Betts - a Republican

[Tech_Dreamer]

Romanian general and Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler

[KemoKa]

I was John Christian Wolters from Dr. Hook. Because I wasn't a danish footballer, and I sure as hell wasn't a soldier.

[Techteen14]

Edward John Herrmann, a Catholic Bishop. What's really creepy is that he was born in the same city as me.

Not that I believe in reincarnation.

Edit: also discovered that almost 1,000 people died on my birthday too: at least 606 on a steamboat in the Philipines, a Boeing 747 crashed near London and more! D:

[Slash003]

Lou Thuman, Louis Charles Frank Thuman. I was a professional baseball player, that also fought in WWII

[zappian]

River Phoenix

[techswede]

Googled my birthdate: First result

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutaka_Ozaki

 

Ozaki was found naked, drunk and unconscious in a Tokyo alleyway on April 25, 1992.

Yup. That's me

[PotatOS - Andrew]

Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome, murdered at 21.

EDIT:  Oh wait, like my birth year too.  In that case, Bobby Murdoch, a Scottish footballer.

[QuadNine]

I was Tupac, it would appear.

 

I am okay with this.

But...but Tupac is alive...

[Pesmerga]

Birgit Dressel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_Dressel

 

Female athlete died at 27 for drug overdose, noice.

[Theo]

this is wrong though, you'd have to know when your moms egg was fertilized and who died that day, not the day you were born

[Trik'Stari]

Apparently I was a major league baseball player for a while

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Flowers

 

Also served in the navy during ww2

[SkilledRebuilds]

Alexander George 'Alec' Cheyne (28 April 1907 – 5 July 1983) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside-forward.

He is reputed to have been responsible for the Hampden Roar following his goal in the 'Cheyne International' of 1929.

[PowerPigeon]

Either Rodney Harvey, a model (I am okay with this); or Stanisław Zarakowski, a chief military prosecutor who served during the Stalinist Reign of Terror in the People's Republic of Poland (not as okay with this).

[Ostwind]

Damn I'm spoiled for choice for who I was in a previous life

 

705 - Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)
714 - Pepin/Pippin II, of Herstal/Héristal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Duke and Prince of the Franks, dies
867 - Eberhard of Friuli
875 - Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75
882 - John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies
999 - Saint Adelaide, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Emperor Otto I and regent to Otto II, dies at about 68
1325 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)
1378 - Otto III of Montferrat
1379 - John Fitzalan, Marshal of England
1404 - Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74
1470 - John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)
1598 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean Naval Commander, shot at the naval Battle of Noryang. (b. 1545)
1669 - Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608)
1670 - Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies
1672 - John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1673 - Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68
1687 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)
1719 - Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78
1751 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)
1765 - Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor
1774 - Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80
1781 - Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56
1783 - Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84
1783 - Sir William James, British naval commander (b. 1720)
1790 - Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38
1809 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)
1816 - Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Ital dancer/choreographer, dies at 73
1833 - Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55
1852 - Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59
1852 - Henri-Jean Rigel, composer, dies at 80
1858 - Richard Bright, British Dr (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69
1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73
1861 - Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71
1870 - Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31
1871 - Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73
1874 - Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79
1897 - Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57
1898 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
1914 - Ivan Zajc, composer, dies at 82
1916 - Friedrich Ernst Dorn, German physicist who discovered that radon is emitted from radium, dies at 68
1920 - Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies
1921 - Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, dies at 86
1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st pres of Poland (Dec 7-16, 1922), assassinated
1923 - Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50
1927 - Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88
1928 - Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (b. 1885)
1931 - Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82
1935 - Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30
1940 - M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies
1940 - William Wallace, composer, dies at 80
1940 - Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (b. 1866)
1944 - Glenn Miller, US jazz composer/orchestra leader (Danny boy), dies at 40
1944 - Don Meyer Basketball coach Northern State, Lipscomb, and Hamline
1945 - Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/PM (1937-39, 40-41), commits harakiri
1949 - Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed
1950 - Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70
1956 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (b. 1890)
1960 - Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63
1961 - Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61
1961 - Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93
1965 - William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91
1973 - Syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies
1974 - Kostas Varnalis, writer, dies
1976 - George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies
1976 - Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada) (b. 1917)
1977 - Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (b. 1934)
1978 - Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76
1980 - Harland Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90
1980 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
1982 - Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54
1982 - Colin Chapman, English engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
1983 - Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74
1984 - Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
1985 - Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies
1985 - Merv Waite, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust 1938, 1 wkt avg 190), dies
1985 - Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a NYC restaurant
1985 - Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (b. 1940)
1987 - Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79
1988 - H "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies
1988 - Sylvester, American singer (b. 1948)
1989 - Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies
1989 - Lee Van Cleef, US actor (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 64
1989 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at 59
1989 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (b. 1913)
1990 - Douglas Campbell, American pilot (b. 1896)

[Shroomster]

Apparently I was Fabian Ver, a general and the chief of the Philippine army.

[GrimNeo]

Dick Ricketts - American Professional Basketball player, NBA draft round 1 and 1st pick by St. Louis Hawks. I also played baseball for St. Louis Cardinals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Ricketts