1601–1900 Edit
1901–present Edit
1903 – The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
1914 – The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
1916 – World War I : Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto .
1918 – The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
1922 – A typhoon hits Shantou , Republic of China , killing more than 50,000 people.
1923 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding .
1932 – The positron (antiparticle of the electron ) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson .
1934 – Gleichschaltung : Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg .
1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
1939 – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt , urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
1943 – The Holocaust : Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka , one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
1943 – World War II : The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy , future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.
1944 – ASNOM : Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia , celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia .
1944 – World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches .
1945 – World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference .
1947 – A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile . The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
1968 – An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora , Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
1973 – A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man .
1980 – A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy , killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
1982 – The Helsinki Metro , the first rapid transit system of Finland, was opened to the general public.[4] [5]
1985 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191 , a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar , crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
1989 – A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait , eventually leading to the Gulf War .
1999 – The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam , India.
2005 – Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
2014 – At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China .
1601–1900 Edit
1612 – Saskia van Uylenburgh , Dutch model and wife of Rembrandt van Rijn (d. 1642)
1627 – Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten , Dutch painter (d. 1678)
1630 – Estephan El Douaihy , Maronite patriarch (d. 1704)
1646 – Jean-Baptiste du Casse , French admiral and buccaneer (d. 1715)
1672 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer , Swiss paleontologist and scholar (d. 1733)
1674 – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1723)
1696 – Mahmud I , Ottoman sultan (d. 1754)
1702 – Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1769)
1703 – Lorenzo Ricci , Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1775)
1740 – Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux , French general (d. 1817)
1754 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant , French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (d. 1825)
1788 – Leopold Gmelin , German chemist and academic (d. 1853)
1815 – Adolf Friedrich von Schack , German poet and historian (d. 1894)
1820 – John Tyndall , Irish-English physicist and mountaineer (d. 1893)
1828 – Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque , Spanish general (d. 1895)
1834 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi , French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (d. 1904)
1835 – Elisha Gray , American businessman, co-founded Western Electric (d. 1901)
1861 – Prafulla Chandra Ray , Indian chemist and academic (d. 1944)
1865 – Irving Babbitt , American academic and critic (d. 1933)
1865 – John Radecki , Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)
1867 – Ernest Dowson , English poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1900)
1868 – Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)
1870 – Marianne Weber , German sociologist and suffragist (d. 1954)[6]
1871 – John French Sloan , American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)
1872 – George E. Stewart , Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)
1876 – Pingali Venkayya , Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India (d. 1963)
1877 – Ravishankar Shukla , Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (d. 1956)
1878 – Aino Kallas , Finnish-Estonian author (d. 1956)
1880 – Arthur Dove , American painter and educator (d. 1946)
1882 – Red Ames , American baseball player and manager (d. 1936)
1882 – Albert Bloch , American painter and academic (d. 1961)
1884 – Rómulo Gallegos , Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela (d. 1969)
1886 – John Alexander Douglas McCurdy , Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1961)
1887 – Oskar Anderson , Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician (d. 1960)
1889 – Margaret Lawrence , American stage actress (d. 1929)
1891 – Arthur Bliss , English composer and conductor (d. 1975)
1891 – Viktor Zhirmunsky , Russian linguist and historian (d. 1971)
1892 – Jack L. Warner , Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (d. 1978)
1894 – Bertha Lutz , Brazilian feminist and scientist (d.1976)
1895 – Matt Henderson , New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970)
1897 – Karl-Otto Koch , German SS officer (d. 1945)
1897 – Max Weber , Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1974)
1898 – Ernő Nagy , Hungarian fencer (d. 1977)
1899 – Charles Bennett , English director and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1900 – Holling C. Holling , American author and illustrator (d. 1973)
1900 – Helen Morgan , American actress and singer (d. 1941) 1901–present Edit
1902 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (d. 1971)
1902 – Mina Rees , American mathematician (d.1997)[7]
1905 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann , German composer (d. 1963)
1905 – Myrna Loy , American actress (d. 1993)
1907 – Mary Hamman , American journalist and author (d. 1984)
1910 – Roger MacDougall , Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1911 – Ann Dvorak , American actress (d. 1979)
1912 – Palle Huld , Danish actor (d. 2010)
1912 – Håkon Stenstadvold , Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977)
1912 – Vladimir Žerjavić , Croatian economist and author (d. 2001)
1913 – Xavier Thaninayagam , Sri Lankan scholar and academic (d. 1980)
1914 – Félix Leclerc , Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1988)
1914 – Big Walter Price , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
1914 – Beatrice Straight , American actress (d. 2001)
1915 – Gary Merrill , American actor (d. 1990)
1916 – Alfonso A. Ossorio , Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990)
1917 – Wah Chang , Chinese-American artist and designer (d. 2003)[8]
1919 – Nehemiah Persoff , Israeli-American actor (d. 2022)[9]
1920 – Louis Pauwels , French journalist and author (d. 1997)
1920 – Augustus Rowe , Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)
1921 – Alan Whicker , Egyptian-English journalist (d. 2013)
1922 – Betsy Bloomingdale , American philanthropist and socialite (d. 2016)
1922 – Geoffrey Dutton , Australian historian and author (d. 1998)
1923 – Shimon Peres , Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel (d. 2016)[10]
1923 – Ike Williams , American boxer (d. 1994)
1924 – James Baldwin , American novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1987)
1924 – Joe Harnell , American pianist and composer (d. 2005)
1924 – Carroll O'Connor , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1925 – K. Arulanandan , Ceylon-American engineer and academic (d. 2004)
1925 – John Dexter , English director and producer (d. 1990)
1925 – John McCormack , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)
1925 – Jorge Rafael Videla , Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina (d. 2013)
1927 – Peter Swinnerton-Dyer , English mathematician and academic (d. 2018)
1928 – Malcolm Hilton , English cricketer (d. 1990)
1929 – Roy Crimmins , English trombonist and composer (d. 2014)
1929 – John Gale , English director and producer
1929 – Vidya Charan Shukla , Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2013)
1929 – David Waddington, Baron Waddington , English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda (d. 2017)
1930 – Vali Myers , Australian painter and dancer (d. 2003)
1931 – Pierre DuMaine , American bishop and academic (d. 2019)
1931 – Eddie Fuller , South African cricketer (d. 2008)
1931 – Karl Miller , English journalist and critic (d. 2014)
1931 – Viliam Schrojf , Czech footballer (d. 2007)
1932 – Lamar Hunt , American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (d. 2006)
1932 – Peter O'Toole , British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)
1933 – Ioannis Varvitsiotis , Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence
1934 – Valery Bykovsky , Russian general and astronaut (d. 2019)
1935 – Hank Cochran , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1936 – Anthony Payne , English composer and author (d. 2021)[11]
1937 – Ron Brierley , New Zealand businessman
1937 – Billy Cannon , American football player and dentist (d. 2018)
1937 – María Duval , Mexican actress and singer[12]
1937 – Garth Hudson , Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1938 – Dave Balon , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
1938 – Pierre de Bané , Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2019)[13]
1938 – Terry Peck , Falkland Islander soldier (d. 2006)
1939 – Benjamin Barber , American theorist, author, and academic (d. 2017)
1939 – Wes Craven , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1939 – John W. Snow , American businessman and politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
1940 – Angel Lagdameo , Filipino archbishop
1940 – Beko Ransome-Kuti , Nigerian physician and activist (d. 2006)
1940 – Will Tura , Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Doris Coley , American singer (d. 2000)
1941 – Jules A. Hoffmann , Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – François Weyergans , Belgian director and screenwriter
1942 – Isabel Allende , Chilean-American novelist, essayist, essayist
1942 – Leo Beenhakker , Dutch football manager
1942 – Juan Formell , Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)
1942 – Nell Irvin Painter , American author and historian
1943 – Herbert M. Allison , American lieutenant and businessman (d. 2013)
1943 – Tom Burgmeier , American baseball player and coach
1943 – Jon R. Cavaiani , English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)
1943 – Rose Tremain , English novelist and short story writer
1944 – Jim Capaldi , English drummer and singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1944 – Naná Vasconcelos , Brazilian singer and berimbau player (d. 2016)
1945 – Joanna Cassidy , American actress
1945 – Alex Jesaulenko , Austrian-Australian footballer and coach
1945 – Bunker Roy , Indian educator and activist
1945 – Eric Simms , Australian rugby league player and coach
1946 – James Howe , American journalist and author
1947 – Ruth Bakke , Norwegian organist and composer
1947 – Lawrence Wright , American journalist, author, and screenwriter
1948 – Andy Fairweather Low , Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1948 – Dennis Prager , American radio host and author
1948 – Tapan Kumar Sarkar , Indian-American electrical engineer and academic (d. 2021)[14] [15]
1948 – James Street , American football and baseball player (d. 2013)
1948 – Snoo Wilson , English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1949 – James Fallows , American journalist and author
1949 – Bertalan Farkas , Hungarian general and astronaut
1950 – Jussi Adler-Olsen , Danish author and publisher
1950 – Ted Turner , British guitarist
1951 – Andrew Gold , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1951 – Steve Hillage , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Joe Lynn Turner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Per Westerberg , Swedish businessman and politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden
1952 – Alain Giresse , French footballer and manager[16]
1953 – Donnie Munro , Scottish singer and guitarist
1953 – Butch Patrick , American actor[17]
1953 – Anthony Seldon , English historian and author
1954 – Sammy McIlroy , Northern Irish footballer and manager
1955 – Caleb Carr , American historian and author
1955 – Tony Godden , English footballer and manager
1955 – Butch Vig , American drummer, songwriter, and record producer
1956 – Fulvio Melia , Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
1957 – Jacky Rosen , United States senator [18]
1959 – Victoria Jackson , American actress and singer
1959 – Johnny Kemp , Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1959 – Apollonia Kotero , American singer and actress
1960 – Linda Fratianne , American figure skater
1960 – Neal Morse , American singer and keyboard player
1960 – David Yow , American singer-songwriter
1961 – Pete de Freitas , Trinidadian-British drummer and producer (d. 1989)
1962 – Lee Mavers , English singer, songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Cynthia Stevenson , American actress[19]
1963 – Laura Bennett , American architect and fashion designer
1963 – Uğur Tütüneker , Turkish footballer and manager
1964 – Frank Biela , German race car driver
1964 – Mary-Louise Parker , American actress
1965 – Joe Hockey , Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Treasurer of Australia
1965 – Hisanobu Watanabe , Japanese baseball player and coach
1966 – Takashi Iizuka , Japanese wrestler
1966 – Grainne Leahy , Irish cricketer
1966 – Tim Wakefield , American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 – Aaron Krickstein , American tennis player
1967 – Aline Brosh McKenna , American screenwriter and producer
1968 – Stefan Effenberg , German footballer and sportscaster
1969 – Cedric Ceballos , American basketball player
1969 – Fernando Couto , Portuguese footballer and manager
1970 – Tony Amonte , American ice hockey player and coach
1970 – Kevin Smith , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[20]
1970 – Philo Wallace , Barbadian cricketer
1971 – Jason Bell , Australian rugby league player
1971 – Michael Hughes , Irish footballer and manager
1972 – Mohamed Al-Deayea , Saudi Arabian footballer
1972 – Muriel Bowser , American politician, Mayor of Washington, D.C. [21]
1973 – Danie Keulder , Namibian cricketer
1973 – Miguel Mendonca , Zimbabwean journalist and author
1973 – Susie O'Neill , Australian swimmer
1974 – Phil Williams , English journalist and radio host
1975 – Mineiro , Brazilian footballer
1975 – Xu Huaiwen , Chinese-German badminton player and coach
1975 – Tamás Molnár , Hungarian water polo player
1976 – Reyes Estévez , Spanish runner
1976 – Jay Heaps , American soccer player and coach
1976 – Michael Weiss , American figure skater
1976 – Sam Worthington , English-Australian actor and producer[19]
1976 – Mohammad Zahid , Pakistani cricketer
1977 – Edward Furlong , American actor[19]
1978 – Goran Gavrančić , Serbian footballer
1978 – Matt Guerrier , American baseball player
1978 – Deividas Šemberas , Lithuanian footballer
1978 – Dragan Vukmir , Serbian footballer
1979 – Marco Bonura , Italian footballer
1979 – Reuben Kosgei , Kenyan runner
1980 – Ivica Banović , Croatian footballer
1981 – Alexander Emelianenko , Russian mixed martial artist and boxer
1981 – Tim Murtagh , Irish-English cricketer
1982 – Hélder Postiga , Portuguese footballer
1982 – Kerry Rhodes , American football player
1982 – Grady Sizemore , American baseball player
1983 – Michel Bastos , Brazilian footballer
1984 – Giampaolo Pazzini , Italian footballer
1985 – Stephen Ferris , Irish rugby player
1985 – David Hart Smith , Canadian wrestler
1985 – Britt Nicole , American Christian pop artist
1986 – Mathieu Razanakolona , Canadian skier
1988 – Rob Kwiet , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Nacer Chadli , Belgian footballer
1990 – Ima Bohush , Belarusian tennis player
1990 – Skylar Diggins-Smith , American basketball player[22]
1992 – Charli XCX , English singer-songwriter[23]
1993 – Gael Bussa , Congolese politician[24]
1994 – Laura Pigossi , Brazilian tennis player
1994 – Laremy Tunsil , American football player
1994 – Cr1TiKaL , American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
1995 – Kristaps Porziņģis , Latvian basketball player
1996 – Keston Hiura , American baseball player[25]
1996 – Simone Manuel , American swimmer[26]
1999 – Mark Lee , Korean-Canadian singer[27]
216 BC – Gnaeus Servilius Geminus , Roman consul
216 BC – Lucius Aemilius Paullus , Roman consul and general
216 BC – Marcus Minucius Rufus , Roman consul
257 – Pope Stephen I
575 – Ahudemmeh , Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East .[28]
640 – Pope Severinus
686 – Pope John V [29]
855 – Ahmad ibn Hanbal , Arab theologian and jurist (b. 780)
924 – Ælfweard of Wessex (b. 904)
1075 – Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople
1100 – William II of England (b. 1056)[30]
1222 – Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (b. 1156)
1277 – Mu'in al-Din Sulaiman Pervane , Chancellor and Regent of the Sultanate of Rum
1316 – Louis of Burgundy (b. 1297)
1330 – Yolande of Dreux , Queen consort of Scotland and Duchess consort of Brittany (b. 1263)[31]
1332 – King Christopher II of Denmark (b. 1276)
1415 – Thomas Grey , English conspirator (b. 1384)
1445 – Oswald von Wolkenstein , Austrian poet and composer (b. 1376)
1451 – Elizabeth of Görlitz (b. 1390)
1511 – Andrew Barton , Scottish admiral (b. 1466)
1512 – Alessandro Achillini , Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463)
1589 – Henry III of France (b. 1551)1601–1900 Edit
1605 – Richard Leveson , English admiral (b. c. 1570)
1611 – Katō Kiyomasa , Japanese daimyō (b. 1562)
1667 – Francesco Borromini , Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
1696 – Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
1769 – Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea , English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
1788 – Thomas Gainsborough , English painter (b. 1727)
1799 – Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier , French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745)
1815 – Guillaume Brune , French general and politician (b. 1763)
1823 – Lazare Carnot , French mathematician, general, and politician, president of the National Convention (b. 1753)
1834 – Harriet Arbuthnot , English diarist (b. 1793)
1849 – Muhammad Ali of Egypt , Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
1854 – Heinrich Clauren , German author (b. 1771)
1859 – Horace Mann , American educator and politician (b. 1796)
1876 – "Wild Bill" Hickok , American sheriff (b. 1837)
1889 – Eduardo Gutiérrez , Argentinian author (b. 1851)
1890 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann , French poet and author (b. 1813)1901–present Edit
1903 – Eduard Magnus Jakobson , Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
1903 – Edmond Nocard , French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
1913 – Ferenc Pfaff , Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
1915 – John Downer , Australian politician, 16th premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
1917 – Jaan Mahlapuu , Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
1921 – Enrico Caruso , Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
1922 – Alexander Graham Bell , Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
1923 – Warren G. Harding , American journalist and politician, 29th president of the United States (b. 1865)
1923 – Joseph Whitty , Irish Hunger Striker (b. 1904)[32]
1934 – Paul von Hindenburg , German field marshal and politician, 2nd president of Germany (b. 1847)
1937 – Artur Sirk , Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
1939 – Harvey Spencer Lewis , American mystic and author (b. 1883)
1945 – Pietro Mascagni , Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
1955 – Alfred Lépine , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
1955 – Wallace Stevens , American poet and educator (b. 1879)
1963 – Oliver La Farge , American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
1967 – Walter Terence Stace , English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
1970 – Angus MacFarlane-Grieve , English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
1972 – Brian Cole , American bass player (b. 1942)
1972 – Paul Goodman , American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
1972 – Helen Hoyt , American poet and author (b. 1887)
1973 – Ismail Abdul Rahman , Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (b.1915)[33]
1973 – Jean-Pierre Melville , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
1974 – Douglas Hawkes , English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
1976 – László Kalmár , Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
1976 – Fritz Lang , Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1978 – Carlos Chávez , Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
1978 – Antony Noghès , French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890)
1979 – Thurman Munson , American baseball player (b. 1947)[34]
1981 – Kieran Doherty , Irish hunger striker and politician (b. 1955)[35]
1981 – Stefanie Clausen , Danish diver (b. 1900)
1983 – James Jamerson , American bass player[36] (b. 1936)
1986 – Roy Cohn , American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
1988 – Joe Carcione , American activist and author (b. 1914)
1988 – Raymond Carver , American short story writer and poet (b. 1938)
1990 – Norman Maclean , American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902)
1990 – Edwin Richfield , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1992 – Michel Berger , French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
1996 – Michel Debré , French lawyer and politician, 150th prime minister of France (b. 1912)
1996 – Obdulio Varela , Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
1996 – Mohamed Farrah Aidid , Somalian general and politician, 5th president of Somalia (b. 1934)[37]
1997 – William S. Burroughs , American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
1997 – Fela Kuti , Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)
1998 – Shari Lewis , American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
1999 – Willie Morris , American writer (b. 1934)
2003 – Peter Safar , Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)
2004 – Ferenc Berényi , Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929)
2004 – François Craenhals , Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 – Heinrich Mark , Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th prime minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)
2005 – Steven Vincent , American journalist and author (b. 1955)
2007 – Chauncey Bailey , American journalist (b. 1950)
2008 – Fujio Akatsuka , Japanese illustrator (b. 1935)
2011 – José Sanchis Grau , Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2012 – Gabriel Horn , English biologist and academic (b. 1927)
2012 – Magnus Isacsson , Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)
2012 – Jimmy Jones , American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2012 – John Keegan , English historian and journalist (b. 1934)
2012 – Bernd Meier , German footballer (b. 1972)
2012 – Marguerite Piazza , American soprano (b. 1920)
2013 – Julius L. Chambers , American lawyer and activist (b. 1936)
2013 – Richard E. Dauch , American businessman, co-founded American Axle (b. 1942)
2013 – Alla Kushnir , Russian–Israeli chess player (b. 1941)
2014 – Ed Joyce , American journalist (b. 1932)
2014 – Billie Letts , American author and educator (b. 1938)
2014 – Barbara Prammer , Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954)
2014 – James Thompson , American-Finnish author (b. 1964)
2015 – Forrest Bird , American pilot and engineer (b. 1921)
2015 – Giovanni Conso , Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1922)
2015 – Piet Fransen , Dutch footballer (b. 1936)
2015 – Jack Spring , American baseball player (b. 1933)
2016 – Terence Bayler , New Zealand actor (b. 1930)
2016 – David Huddleston , American actor (b. 1930)
2016 – Franciszek Macharski , Polish cardinal (b. 1927)
2016 – Ahmed Zewail , Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
2017 – Judith Jones , American literary and cookbook editor (b. 1924)[38]
2020 – Suzanne Perlman , Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (b. 1922)[39]
Holidays and observances Edit
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