** Arthur II ( 1305 – 1316 )

** Arthur III ( 1457 – 1458 )

** Prince Arthur by Richard Blackmore ( 1695 )

** King Arthur by Richard Blackmore ( 1697 )

** Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

** Arthur Miller's After the Fall opens on Broadway.

** Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1921 )

** Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( d. 2007 )

** Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and political commentator ( d. 2007 )

** Arthur Rowley, English footballer ( d. 2002 )

** Arthur Lee, American musician

** Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, second youngest son of Queen Victoria ( b. 1850 )

** Arthur L. Bristol becomes Rear Admiral for the U. S. Navy's Support Force, Atlantic Fleet.

** Port Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people at the Port Arthur, Tasmania tourist site, Australia.

** The Australian government introduces a nationwide ban on the private possession of both automatic and semi-automatic rifles, in response to the Port Arthur massacre.

** Arthur Axmann, Nazi German Hitler Youth leader ( b. 1913 )

** Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host ( d. 1983 )

** A Tampa, Florida court acquits 4 white police officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, provoking 3 days of race riots in Miami.

** Arthur Henderson, Scottish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ( d. 1935 )

** Walt Disney releases his 18th feature-length animated motion picture The Sword in the Stone, about the boyhood of King Arthur.

** Arthur Jonath, German Olympic athlete ( b. 1909 )

** Arthur Hewlett, British actor ( d. 1997 )

** Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested by Arthur Eddington's observation of the " bending of light " during a total solar eclipse in Principe, and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil ( confirmed November 19 ).

** In the former doge-state Venice, and while it was a republic resisting annexation by either the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia or the Austrian empire, a former Chief Executive ( president, 23 March 18485 July 1848 ), Daniele Manin ( b. 1804-d. 1857 ), was styled Dictator 11 – 13 August 1848 before joining the 13 August 1848-7 March 1849 Triumvirate.

** 109. meitnerium, Mt, named after Lise Meitner, an Austrian physicist who was one of the earliest scientists to become involved in the study of nuclear fission ( 1982 ).

** Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer

** Alma Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel, Austrian wife of Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius, and Franz Werfel ( b. 1879 )

** Thomas Vanek, Austrian Hockey player

** Andreas Kofler, Austrian ski jumper

** Oskar Werner, Austrian actor ( b. 1922 )

** Carl Czerny, Austrian composer ( d. 1857 )

** Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor ( d. 1989 )

** Alfred Proksch, Austrian Olympic athlete ( d. 2011 )

** Richard Gerstl, Austrian artist ( b. 1883 )

** Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer ( b. 1924 )

** Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist

** Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian writer

** Maria Schell, Austrian actress ( d. 2005 )

** Fritz Spiegl, Austrian journalist ( d. 2003 )

** Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician

** Willi Resetarits, Austrian musician and cabaret artist

** Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor ( d. 1993 )

** Alois Brunner, Austrian captain

** Hans Erich Apostel, Austrian composer ( died 1972 )

** Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate

** Senta Berger, Austrian actress

** Andreas Khol, Austrian politician