December 17 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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December 17 in history

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Birthdays

VIP

1936 – Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.

      266th Pope of Rome

Notable

1239 – Kujō Yoritsugu  (d. 14 Oct 1256)

      5th Kamakura shogun of Japan

1267 – Emperor Go-Uda  (d. 16 Jul 1324)

      91st emperor of Japan, 1274–1287

1556 – Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana

      Pakistani-Indian poet (d. 1627)

1619 – Prince Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 29 Nov 1682)

      German soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman,

            and colonial governor

1632 – Anthony Wood, English historian and author (d. 1695)

1662:  Samuel Wesley  (d. 5 Apr 1735)

      English clergyman, poet' and writer

      father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley

1685 – Thomas Tickell, English poet (d. 1740)

1699 – Charles-Louis Mion, French composer (d. 1775)

1706 – Émilie du Châtelet  (d. 1749)

      French mathematician and physicist

1734 – Maria I of Portugal (d. 20 Mar 1816)

      Queen of Portugal and the Algarves, 1877-1816

1734:  William Floyd  (d. 4 Aug 1821)

      American politician

      signer of the Declaration of Independence

      U.S. Representative, NY, 1789-1791

1749 – Domenico Cimarosa  (d. 1801)

      Italian composer and educator

1760:  Deborah Samson Gannett  (d. 29 Apr 1827)

      woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve

      in the Continental Army during the American Revolution

1778 – Humphry Davy  (d. 1829)

      English chemist and physicist

1785 – Dorothea Lieven  (d. 1857)

      Russian wife of Christopher Lieven

1796 – Thomas Chandler Haliburton  (d. 1865)

      Canadian judge and politician

1797 – Joseph Henry  (d. 1878)

      American physicist and engineer

1807 – John Greenleaf Whittier  (d. 7 Sep 1892)

      American poet and activist

1812 – Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter (d. 1880)

1824:  Thomas Starr King  (d. 4 Mar 1864)

      American Unitarian minister

1827 – Alexander Wassilko von Serecki  (d. 1893)

      Austrian lawyer and politician

1830 – Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic (d. 1870)

1835 – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz  (d. 1910)

      Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer

1840 – Nozu Michitsura  (d. 1908)

      Japanese field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army

1842 – Sophus Lie  (d. 1899)

      Norwegian mathematician and academic

1847 – Émile Faguet, French author and critic (d. 1916)

1852:  Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree  (d. 2 Jul 1917)

      English actor and theatre manager

1853 – Pierre Paul Émile Roux  (d. 1933)

      French physician, co-founded the Pasteur Institute

1859 – Paul César Helleu  (d. 1927)

      French painter and illustrator

1866 – Kazys Grinius  (d. 1950)

      Lithuanian politician, 3rd President of Lithuania

1866 – Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (d. 1931)

1873 – Ford Madox Ford  (d. 1939)

      English-French author, poet, and critic

1874 – William Lyon Mackenzie King  (d. 1950)

      Canadian economist and politician

      10th Prime Minister of Canada

1881 – Aubrey Faulkner  (d. 1930)

      South African-English cricketer and coach

1887:  Cyril Kenneth Bird  (d. 11 Jun 1965)

      British cartoonist, pen name Fougasse

1887 – Josef Lada, Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1957)

1887 – Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz  (d. 7 Aug 1947)

      German royalty

1890 – Prince Joachim of Prussia (d. 18 Jul 1920)

      German royalty

1891:  Hu Shih  (d. 24 Feb 1962)
      Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat

1892 – Sam Barry  (d. 1950)

      American basketball player and coach

1893 – Charles C. Banks, English fighting pilot (d. 1971)

1893 – Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (d. 1966)

1894 – Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979)

1894 – Patrick Flynn, Irish-American runner (d. 1969)

1894 – Wim Schermerhorn  (d. 1977)

      Dutch cartographer, engineer, and politician

      Prime Minister of the Netherlands

1898 – Loren Murchison, American sprinter (d. 1979)

1900 – Mary Cartwright  (d. 1998)

      English mathematician and academic

1900 – Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)

1903 – Erskine Caldwell, American author (d. 11 Apr 1987)

1903 – Ray Noble  (d. 1978)

      English bandleader, composer, and actor

1904 – Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (d. 1999)

1905 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (d. 2002)

1905 – Mohammad Hidayatullah  (d. 1992)

      Indian lawyer, judge, and politician

      6th Vice President of India

1905 – Erico Verissimo  (d. 1975)

      Brazilian author and translator

1906:  Bede Griffiths  (13 May 1993)

      born Alan Richard Griffiths; aka Swami Dayananda

      British-born Benedictine monk and priest

1906 – Fernando Lopes-Graça  (d. 1994)

      Portuguese composer and conductor

1906 – Russell C. Newhouse  (d. 1998)

      American pilot and engineer

1908:  Sylvia Ashton-Warner  (d. 28 Apr 1984)

      New Zealand writer, poet and educator

1908 – Willard Libby  (d. 1980)

      American chemist and academic

      Nobel Prize laureate

1910 – Eknath Easwaran  (d. 1999)

      Indian-American educator and author

1910 – Sy Oliver  (d. 1988)

      American singer-songwriter and trumpet player

1912 – Edward Short, Baron Glenamara  (d. 2012)

      English captain and politician

      Lord President of the Council

1913 – Burt Baskin  (d. 1967)

      American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins

1914 – Fernando Alonso  (d. 2013)

      Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet

1914 – Raymond Fernandez, American murderer (d. 1951)

1915 – André Claveau, French singer (d. 2003)

1915:  Robert A. Dahl  (d. 5 Feb 1914)

      American political theorist

1916 – Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (d. 2000)

1917 – Kenneth Dike  (d. 1983)

      Nigerian historian, author, and academic

1920 – Kenneth E. Iverson   (d. 2004)

      Canadian computer scientist

      developed the APL programming language

1921 – Lore Berger  (d. 1943)

      German-Swiss author and translator

1922 – Alan Voorhees  (d. 2005)

      American engineer and academic

1923:  Cullen Hightower  (d. 27 Nov 2008)

      American writer

1923 – Jaroslav Pelikan  (d. 2006)

      American historian and scholar

1924:  Alexander M. Bickel  (d. 8 Nov 1974)

      American law professor

1926 – Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (d. 1985)

1926 – John Hans Krebs  (d. 2014)

      American lawyer and politician

1926 – Stephen Lewis  (d. 2015)

      English actor, comedian, director, screenwriter,

            and playwright

1926 – Patrice Wymore  (d. 2014)

      American-Jamaican actress and singer

1927 – Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and scholar (d. 1992)

1927 – Richard Long, American actor and director (d. 1974)

1927 – Edward Meneeley  (d. 2012)

      American painter and sculptor

1928 – Marilyn Beck, American journalist and actress (d. 2014)

1928 – Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (d. 2013)

1928 – Doyle Conner, American farmer and politician (d. 2012)

1928 – George Lindsey, American actor and singer (d. 2012)

1929 – Jacqueline Hill, English actress (d. 1993)

1929 – William Safire  (d. 27 Sep 2009)

      American journalist and author

1930 – Bob Guccione  (d. 2010)

      American publisher, founded Penthouse

1930 – Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor

1930 – Dorothy Rowe, Australian psychologist and author

1931 – Gerald Finnerman  (d. 2011)

      American director and cinematographer

1931 – Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)

1931 – James McGaugh

      American neurobiologist and psychologist

1932 – John Bond, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)

1934 – Irving Petlin, American artist

1934 – Ray Wilson, English footballer and manager

1935 – Brian Langford, English cricketer (d. 2013)

1935 – Cal Ripken, Sr.  (d. 1999)

      American baseball player, coach, and manager

1936 – Pope Francis

1936 – Rosemary Martin, English actress (d. 1998)

1936 – Tommy Steele, English singer, guitarist, and actor

1937 – Brian Hayes, Australian-English radio host

1937:  Jaime Lerner, Brazilian politician

1937 – Art Neville

      American singer and keyboard player

      (The Neville Brothers and The Meters)

1937 – Kerry Packer  (d. 2005)

      Australian businessman, founded World Series Cricket

1937 – John Kennedy Toole  (d. 1969)

      American author and academic

1937 – Calvin Waller, American general (d. 1996)

1938 – Carlo Little  (d. 2005)

      English drummer

      (Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages and All-Stars)

1938 – Peter Snell

      New Zealand-American runner and orienteer

1939 – James Booker, American pianist (d. 1983)

1939 – Eddie Kendricks  (d. 1992)

      American singer-songwriter (The Temptations)

1940 – Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist (d. 2013)

1940 – María Elena Velasco  (d. 2015)

      Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter

1941 – Stan Mudenge  (d. 2012)

      Zimbabwean historian and politician

      Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs

1942 – Muhammadu Buhari

      Nigerian general and politician

      7th Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

1942 – Paul Butterfield

      American singer and harmonica player (d. 1987)

1943 – Mary Brunner, American criminal

1943 – Ron Geesin, Scottish pianist and composer

1944 – Jack Laurence Chalker  (d. 11 Feb 2005)

      American author and educator

1944 – Carlo M. Croce

      Italian-American oncologist and academic

1944 – Bernard Hill, English actor

1944 – Timo K. Mukka, Swedish-Finnish author (d. 1973)

1945 – Ernie Hudson, American actor

1945 – Chris Matthews, American journalist and author

1945 – Jüri Talvet, Estonian poet and critic

1945 – Jacqueline Wilson, English author and academic

1946 – Simon Bates, English radio host

1946:  Andrew Gould, British businessman

1946 – Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

1947 – Wes Studi, American actor and producer

1948 – Valery Belousov  (d. 2015)

      Russian ice hockey player and coach

1948 – Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Turkish economist and politician

1948:  Jan C. Ting, American law professor and politician

1949 – Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer

1949 – Paul Rodgers

      English singer-songwriter and producer

      (Free, Bad Company, The Firm, and The Law)

1950 – Laurence F. Johnson, American educator and author

1950 – Maurice Peoples, American sprinter and coach

1951 – Pat Hill, American football player and coach

1951 – Ken Hitchcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1951 – Tatyana Kazankina, Russian runner

1953 – Barry Livingston, American actor

1953 – Sally Menke, American film editor (d. 2010)

1953 – Bill Pullman, American actor, singer, and director

1954 – Sergėjus Jovaiša, Lithuanian basketball player

1955 – Brad Davis

      American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

1956 – Peter Farrelly

      American director, producer, and screenwriter

1956 – Dominic Lawson, English journalist

1956:  Patrick Murray, English screen actor

1956 – Totka Petrova, Bulgarian runner

1957 – Wendy Hoyte, English sprinter

1957 – Bob Ojeda, American baseball player and coach

1958 – Mike Mills

      American bass player, songwriter, and producer

      (R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods, and Automatic Baby)

1959 – Albert King, American basketball player and sportscaster

1960 – Moreno Argentin, Italian cyclist

1961 – Mansoor al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author

1961 – Sara Dallin

      English singer and bass player (Bananarama)

1961 – Marek Kaleta, Estonian javelin thrower

1962 – Paul Dobson, English footballer

1962 – Richard Jewell, American police officer (d. 2007)

1962 – Galina Malchugina, Russian sprinter

1962 – Rocco Mediate, American golfer and journalist

1964 – Ginger Wildheart (born David Walls)

      English singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (The Wildhearts, Ginger & The Sonic Circus,

            and Silver Ginger 5)

1964 – Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and coach

1964 – Michele Tafoya, American sportscaster

1964 – Joe Wolf, American basketball player and coach

1965 – Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1966 – Yuko Arimori, Japanese runner

1966:  Juliet Aubrey, English actress

1966 – Tracy Byrd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1966 – Valeri Liukin, Kazakh-Russian gymnast and coach

1966 – Kristiina Ojuland

      Estonian politician

      23rd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

1967 – Gigi D'Agostino, Italian DJ and producer

1967 – Vincent Damphousse

      Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1967 – Karsten Neitzel, German footballer and manager

1968 – Claudio Suárez, Mexican footballer

1968 – Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver

1969:  Laurie Holden

      American actress, producer, model, and activist

1969 – Inna Lasovskaya, Russian triple jumper

1969 – Chuck Liddell

      American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer

1969 – Chris Mason, English darts player and sportscaster

1969 – Mick Quinn

      English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

      (Supergrass)

1969 – Michael V., Filipino comedian, actor, and singer

1970:  Eric Ludy

      American author, speaker, and pastor

      president of Ellerslie Mission Society

1970 – Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor

1971 – Sinan Akkuş, Turkish-German actor and director

1971 – Alan Khan, South African radio host

1971 – Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player

1972 – John Abraham, Indian actor and producer

1972 – Laurie Holden, American-Canadian actress and producer

1972 – Iván Pedroso, Cuban long jumper and coach

1973 – Eddie Ray Fisher, American drummer (OneRepublic)

1973 – Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Greek javelin thrower

1973 – Rian Johnson

      American director, producer, and screenwriter

1973 – Paula Radcliffe, English runner

1973 – Codrin Țapu, Romanian psychologist and academic

1973 – Hasan Vural, German-Turkish footballer

1974 – Duff Goldman, American chef and television host

1974 – Charl Langeveldt, South African cricketer

1974 – Sarah Paulson, American actress

1974 – Ian Petrella, American actor

1974 – Giovanni Ribisi, American actor

1974 – Marissa Ribisi, American actress and screenwriter

1975 – Mayuko Aoki, Japanese voice actress

1975 – Nick Dinsmore, American wrestler and trainer

1975 – Susanthika Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan sprinter

1975 – Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress and singer

1975 – Bree Sharp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1976 – Éric Bédard, Canadian speed skater and coach

1976 – Nir Davidovich, Israeli footballer and manager

1976 – Patrick Müller, Swiss footballer

1976 – Andrew Simpson, English sailor (d. 2013)

1976 – Takeo Spikes, American football player and sportscaster

1977 – Arnaud Clément, French tennis player

1977 – Oxana Fedorova

      Russian model, actress, and singer, Miss Universe 2002

1977 – Samuel Påhlsson, Swedish ice hockey player

1977 – Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress

1978 – Alex Cintrón

      Puerto Rican baseball player and sportscaster

1978 – Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor and producer
1978:  Sarah MacLean, American author
1978 – Manny Pacquiao

      Filipino boxer, actor, singer, and politician

1978 – Neil Sanderson

      Canadian drummer and songwriter

      (Three Days Grace and Thousand Foot Krutch)

1978 – Chase Utley, American baseball player

1979 – Charlotte Edwards, English cricketer

1979 – Jaimee Foxworth, American actress

1979:  William Green, American football player

1979 – Ryan Key

      American singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (Yellowcard and Craig's Brother)

1979 – Matt Murley, American ice hockey player

1979 – Paul Smith, English footballer

1980 – Stella, Singaporean singer and actress

1980 – Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver

1980 – Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower

1980 – Eli Pariser

      American activist and author, co-founded Avaaz.org

1981 – Jerry Hsu, American skateboarder and photographer

1981 – Rena Takeshita, Japanese model and actress

1981 – Tim Wiese, German footballer

1981 – Tolgahan Sayışman

       Turkish model, television host, and actor

1982 – Dynamo, English magician

1982 – Josh Barfield, American baseball player

1982 – Lorenzo Cittadini, Italian rugby player

1982 – Benjamin Goldwasser

      American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (MGMT)

1982 – Craig Kielburger

      Canadian activist

      co-founded Free the Children and Me to We

1982 – Stephane Lasme, Gabonese basketball player

1982 – Ryan Moats, American football player

1983 – Erik Christensen, Canadian ice hockey player

1983 – Haron Keitany, Kenyan runner

1983 – Kosuke Saito, Japanese DJ and composer

1984 – Luis Maria Alfageme, Argentinian footballer

1984 – Julian Bennett, English footballer

1984 – Sahara Davenport  (d. 2012)

      American drag queen performer and singer

1984 – Andrew Davies, English footballer

1984 – Mikky Ekko

      American singer-songwriter and producer

1984:  Shannon Woodward, American actress

1985 – Łukasz Broź, Polish footballer

1985 – Katie Kox, American porn actress

1985 – Jeremy McKinnon

      American singer-songwriter and producer

      (A Day to Remember)

1985 – Ryuichi Ogata

      Japanese singer and dancer (W-inds)

1985 – Craig Reid, English footballer

1986 – Emma Bell, American actress
1986:  Fatima Siad
      Somali-Ethiopian fashion model

1986 – Vanessa Zima, American actress

1987 – Bo Guagua, Chinese businessman

1987 – Chelsea Manning, American soldier

1988 – Liisa Ehrberg, Estonian cyclist

1988 – Grethe Grünberg, Estonian ice dancer

1988 – Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player

1988 – David Rudisha, Kenyan runner

1988 – Craig Sutherland, Scottish footballer

1988 – Rin Takanashi, Japanese actress

1990 – Henri Anier, Estonian footballer

1990 – Ashley Edner, American actress

1990 – Makoto Takeda, Japanese actress and model

1991 – James Hurst, American football player

1991 – Nadech Kugimiya, Thai actor and singer

1991 – Atsedu Tsegay, Ethiopian runner

1993 – Kiersey Clemons, American actress
1993 – Patricia Kú Flores, Peruvian tennis player
1994 – Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter

      keyboard player and actor (Nat & Alex Wolff)

1997 – Naiktha Bains, Australian tennis player

1998 – Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer

2007 – James, Viscount Severn

      English son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

Family

Coulee City

1913:  Walter R. Cox  (d.)

1945:  Fran Taylor

Other

1950:  Daniel Aaron Appleby

Anniversaries

Coulee City

Deaths

VIP

Notable

908 – Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz  (b. 861)
      Abbasid prince and poet, anti-caliph for a day
908 – al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i, Abbasid vizier
942 – William I of Normandy (b. 900)
1187 – Pope Gregory VIII (b. 1100)
1195 – Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)
1273 – Rumi, Persian jurist, theologian, and poet (b. 1207)
1663 – Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
1721 – Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough  (b. 1640)
      English soldier and politician
      Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1830 – Simón Bolívar  (b. 1783)
      Venezuelan general and politician
      2nd President of Venezuela
1833 – Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
1847 – Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
1860 – Désirée Clary  (b. 1777)
      French wife of Charles XIV John of Sweden
1907 – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin  (b. 1824)
      Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer
1909 – Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
1917 – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson  (b. 1836)
      English physician and activist
1925 – George Gibb, Scottish businessman (b. 1850)
1927 – Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
1928 – Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
1929 – Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa  (b. 1863)
      Portuguese general and politician
      10th President of Portugal
1930 – Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
1932 – Charles Winckler  (b. 1867)
      Danish discus thrower, shot putter,
            and tug of war competitor
1933 – 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
1940 – Alicia Boole Stott  (b. 1860)
      Irish-English mathematician and educator
1942 – Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley  (b. 1895)
      English politician
1947 – Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
1956 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (b. 1903)
1957 – Dorothy L. Sayers  (b. 1893)
      English author, poet, and playwright
1962 – Thomas Mitchell  (b. 1892)
      American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1964 – Victor Francis Hess  (b. 1883)
      Austrian-American physicist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1967 – Harold Holt  (b. 1908)
      Australian lawyer and politician
      17th Prime Minister of Australia
1967 – Jack Perrin, American actor and stuntman (b. 1896)
1970 – Oliver Waterman Larkin  (b. 1896)
      American historian, author, and educator
1978 – Don Ellis  (b. 1934)
      American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader
1981 – Antiochos Evangelatos  (b. 1903)
      Greek composer and conductor
1981 – Ada Kramm, Norwegian actress (b. 1899)
1982 – Homer S. Ferguson  (b. 1889)
      American lawyer, judge, and politician
1986 – Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
1987 – Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951)
1987 – Marguerite Yourcenar  (b. 1903)
      Belgian-American author and poet
1992 – Günther Anders  (b. 1902)
      German journalist and philosopher
1992 – Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)
1998 – Allan D'Arcangelo, American painter (b. 1930)
1999 – Rex Allen  (b. 1920)
      American singer-songwriter and actor
1999 – Grover Washington, Jr.  (b. 1943)
      American singer-songwriter and saxophonist
1999 – C. Vann Woodward  (b. 1908)
      American historian and academic
2002 – K. W. Devanayagam  (b. 1910)
      Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
      10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice
2002 – James Hazeldine, English actor and director (b. 1947)
2003 – Ed Devereaux  (b. 1925)
      Australian-English actor and screenwriter
2003 – Otto Graham  (b. 1921)
      American football player and coach
2003 – Alan Tilvern, English actor (b. 1918)
2004 – Tom Wesselmann  (b. 1931)
      American painter and sculptor
2005 – Jack Anderson  (b. 1922)
      American journalist and author
2005 – Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929)
2005 – Haljand Udam  (d. 1936)
      Estonian orientalist and academic
2006 – Larry Sherry  (b. 1935)
      American baseball player and coach
2008 – Sammy Baugh  (b. 1914)
      American football player and coach
2008 – Freddy Breck  (b. 1942)
      German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist
2008 – Ismet "Ćelo" Bajramović , Bosnian soldier  (b.1966)
2008 – Dave Smith  (b. 1955)
      American baseball player and coach
2009 – Chris Henry, American football player (b. 1983)
2009 – Jennifer Jones, American actress and singer (b. 1919)
2009 – Dan O'Bannon  (b. 1943)
      American actor, director, and screenwriter
2009 – Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (b. 1946)
2010 – Captain Beefheart  (b. 1941)
      American singer-songwriter
2010 – Walt Dropo  (b. 1923)
      American basketball and baseball player
2010 – Ralph Coates, English footballer (b. 1946)
2011 – Eva Ekvall  (b. 1983)
      Venezuelan journalist and author, Miss Venezuela 2000
2011 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (b. 1941)
2011 – Kim Jong-il  (b. 1941)
      North Korean commander and politician
      2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea
2012 – Pgeezy, American rapper (b. 1976)
2012 – Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (b. 1947)
2012 – James Gower  (b. 1922)
      American priest and activist
      co-founded the College of the Atlantic
2012 – Daniel Inouye  (b. 1924)
      American captain and politician
2012 – Laurier LaPierre  (b. 1929)
      Canadian historian, journalist, and politician
2012 – Dina Manfredini  (b. 1897)
      Italian-American super-centenarian
2012 – Frank Pastore  (b. 1957)
      American baseball player and radio host
2013 – Fred Bruemmer  (b. 1929)
      Latvian-Canadian photographer
2013 – Ricardo María Carles Gordó  (b. 1926)
      Spanish cardinal
2013 – Richard Heffner  (b. 1925)
      American historian and television host
2013 – Tetsurō Kashibuchi  (b. 1950)
      Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer
2013 – Janet Rowley  (b. 1925)
      American geneticist and biologist
2013 – Conny van Rietschoten, Dutch sailor (b. 1926)
2014 – Dieter Grau  (b. 1913)
      German-American scientist and engineer
2014 – Richard C. Hottelet, American journalist (b. 1917)
2014 – Oleh Lysheha, Ukrainian poet and playwright (b. 1949)
2014 – Lowell Steward, American captain (b. 1919)
2014 – Ivan Vekić  (b. 1938)
      Croatian colonel, lawyer, and politician
      Croatian Minister of the Interior

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