1982 Birthday Lucas Black, born in Decatur, Alabama, actor, appeared in film, 'Sling Blade', 'Jarhead', 'Friday Night Lights' and television series, 'American Gothic' 1963 Birthday Natasha Richardson, born in London, England, actress, Gothic, Handmaid's Tale 1962 Birthday Josh Silver, born in America, keyboardist, producer for band Type O Negative, viewed as a gothic metal band, played with Peter Steele, founding member of rock group Fallout 1942 Death Grant Wood, U.S. painter (American Gothic), dies at 49 1937 Birthday David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter, American Gothic 1927 Birthday Ken Russell, England, director, Tommy, Altered States, Gothic 1900 Death William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies 1892 Birthday Grant Wood, U.S., painter, American Gothic 1885 Birthday Isak Dinesen, Danish writer, Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales 1879 Death Eugene Emmanuel Violletle-Duc, gothic archetect, dies 1863 Birthday Ralph Adams Cram, U.S., gothic architect, Cathedral of St. Joan New York City 1819 Birthday John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist, Prerafaelite 1803 Birthday Alexander Jackson Davis, U.S., architect, gothic revivalist 1802 Birthday Richard Upjohn, U.S., gothic architect, Trinity Chapel, New York 1764 Birthday Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist, Italian 590 Death Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague
