Birthdays
VIP
1906: Clark McAdams Clifford (d. 10 Oct 1998)
American lawyer and political advisor
9th U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1968–1969
Chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, 1963–1968
2nd White House Counsel, 1946–1950
1971 – Justin Pierre James Trudeau
Canadian politician, Liberal
23rd Prime Minister of Canada, 2015–present
Canadian politician, Liberal
23rd Prime Minister of Canada, 2015–present
Notable
1250 – John IV Laskaris (d. c. 1305)
Emperor of Nicaea (Byzantine Emperor in exile), 1258–1261
1461 – Christina of Saxony (d. 8 Dec 1521)
Queen consort of Denmark, 1481-1513
Queen consort of Norway, 1483-1513
Queen consort of Sweden, 1497-1501
1505 – Christine of Saxony (d. 15 Apr 1549)
Landgravine of Hesse
1583 – Orlando Gibbons (d. 1625)
English organist and composer
1584 – Margaret of Austria (d. 3 Oct 1611)
Queen consort of Spain and Portugal, 1599-1611
1624: Angelus Silesius (born Johann Scheffler) (d. 9 Jul 1677)
German Catholic priest, physician, mystic, and religious poet
1628 – Noël Coypel, French painter (d. 1707)
1652 – Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician, anatomist, and scholar (d. 1713)
1665 – Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish-English poet and songwriter (d. 1746)
1667 – Melusine von der Schulenburg (d. 10 May 1743)
Duchess of Kendal and Munster
1674 – Thomas Halyburton, Scottish minister and theologian (d. 1712)
1686 – Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1763)
1696 – Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1 Aug 1715)
German prince of the House of Wettin
1700 – Leopold II Maximilian (d. 16 Dec 1751)
German prince of the House of Ascania
Prince of Anhalt-Dessauh, 1747-1751
1711 – Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (d. 1772)
1716 – Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (d. 1774)
1717 – Pope Pius VI (d. 29 Aug 1799)
born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi
250th Pope of Rome, 1775-1799
1721: William Collins, English poet (d. 12 Jun 1759)
1728 – Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (d. 1804)1730 – Philip Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher (d. 1816)
1742 – Charlotte von Stein (d. 1827)
German assistant of Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1745 – Chevalier de Saint-Georges (d. 1799)
Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor
1757 – Benjamin Pierce (d. 1 Apr 1839)
American general and politician
11th Governor of New Hampshire, 1827-1828, 1829-1830
1763 – Claude Chappe, French engineer (d. 1805)
1771 – Dorothy Wordsworth, English author and poet (d. 1855)
1776 – Sydney, Lady Morgan, Irish-English author (d. 1859)
1817 – John Hewitt Jellett, Irish priest and academic (d. 1888)
1821 – Clara Barton (d. 12 Apr 1912)
American nurse and humanitarian
founded the American Red Cross
1825 – Stephen F. Chadwick (d. 15 Jan 1895)
American lawyer and politician
5th Governor of Oregon, 1877-1878
1829 – Patrick Gilmore (d. 1892)
Irish-American composer and bandleader
1856 – Pud Galvin (d. 1902)
American baseball player and manager
1856 – Hans von Bartels, German painter (d. 1913)
1860 – Manwel Dimech (d. 1921)
Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher
1861 – Madan Mohan Malaviya (d. 1946)
Indian educator, lawyer, and politician
President of the Indian National Congress
1864 – Thomas Cahill (d. 1951)
American soccer player and coach
1865 – Evangeline Booth (d. 17 Jul 1950)
English Salvationist
4th General of The Salvation Army, 1934-1939
1869 – Charles Finger (d. 1941)
English-American journalist and author
1870 – Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (d. 1924)
1870 – Helena Rubinstein (d. 1965)
Polish-American businesswoman
1871 – Katherine McKinley (d. 1875)
American daughter of William McKinley
1872: Helena Rubinstein (d. 1 Apr 1965)
Polish American business magnate
1873 – Otto Frederick Hunziker (d. 1959)
Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator
1874 – Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (d. 1944)
1875 – Francis Aveling (d. 1941)
Canadian psychologist and Roman Catholic priest
1875 – Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (d. 1955)
1876 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah (d. 1948)
founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan
1876 – Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus (d. 1959)
German chemist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1877 – Noël Bas, French gymnast (d. 1960)
1878 – Louis Chevrolet (d. 1941)
Swiss-American race car driver
1878 – Noëlle, Countess of Rothes (d. 1956)
1878 – Joseph M. Schenck (d. 1961)
Russian-American film producer
1883 – Hugo Bergmann (d. 1975)
Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic
1883 – Hana Meisel (d. 1972)
Jewish agronomist, feminist and Zionist
1884 – Samuel Berger, American boxer (d. 1925)
1884 – Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (d. 1967)
1886 – Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian feminist (d. 1918)
1886 – Kid Ory, American trombonist and bandleader (d. 1973)
1887 – Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Sr. (d. 3 Jan 1979)
American businessman
founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts
1889 – Octave Garnier, French anarchist (d. 1912)
1889 – Lila Bell (Acheson) Wallace (d. 8 May 1984)
American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest
1890 – Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer (d. 1987)
1890 – Robert LeRoy Ripley (d. 27 May 1949)
American anthropologist and publisher
founded Ripley's Believe It or Not!
1891 – Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson (d. 1959)
India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar
1891 – Clarrie Grimmett (d. 1980)
New Zealand-Australian cricketer
1899 – Humphrey DeForest Bogart (d. 14 Jan 1957)
American actor
1901 – Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (d. 29 Oct 2004)
British royalty, wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
born Alice Christabel Montagu Douglas Scott
1902 – Barton MacLane (d. 1969)American actor, singer, and playwright
1902 – William Bell (d. 1971)
American tuba player and educator
1903 – Antiochos Evangelatos (d. 1981)
Greek composer and conductor
1904 – Gerhard Herzberg (d. 1999)
German-Canadian physicist and chemist
Nobel Prize laureate
1906 – Lew Grade, Ukrainian-English film producer (d. 1998)
1906 – Ernst Ruska (d. 1988)
German physicist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1907 – Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (d. 18 Nov 1994)
American singer-songwriter and bandleader
(The Cab Calloway Orchestra)
1907 – Mike Mazurki (d. 1990)
Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor
1907 – Glenn McCarthy (d. 1988)
American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel
1908 – Quentin Crisp (d. 21 Nov 1999)
English actor, author, and illustrator
1908 – Ernest L. Massad, American general (d. 1993)
1908 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (d. 2001)
1909 – Zora Arkus-Duntov (d. 1996)
Belgian-American engineer
1911 – Louise Bourgeois (d. 2010)
French-American sculptor and painter
1913 – Candy Candido (d. 1999)
American singer, bass player, and voice actor
1913 – Tony Martin, American singer and actor (d. 27 Jul 2012)
1913 – Henri Nannen, German journalist (d. 1966)
1914 – James Muir Cameron Fletcher (d. 2007)
New Zealand businessman
1915 – Pete Rugolo (d. 2011)
Italian-American composer and producer
1916 – Ahmed Ben Bella (d. 2012)
Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria
1917 – Lincoln Verduga Loor (d. 2009)
Ecuadorian journalist and politician
1918: Angelica Garnett (d. 4 May 2012)
British writer, painter and artist
1918 – Muhammad Anwar Sadat (d. 6 Oct 1981)
Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt
Nobel Prize laureate
1919 – Naushad Ali, Indian composer and director (d. 2006)
1919 – Paul David (d. 1999)
Canadian cardiologist and politician
founded the Montreal Heart Institute
1919 – Noele Gordon, English actress (d. 1985)
1921 – Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (d. 2000)
Indian-Pakistani journalist and author
1921 – Steve Otto (d. 1989)
Polish-Canadian lawyer and politician
1922 – William Demby, American author (d. 2013)
1923 – René Girard (d. 2015)
French-American historian, philosopher, and critic
1924 – Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (d. 28 Jun 1975)
American screenwriter and producer
created The Twilight Zone
1924 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Indian poet and politician, 10th Prime Minister of India
1925 – Carlos Castaneda (d. 1998)
Peruvian-American anthropologist and author
1925 – Ned Garver, American baseball player
1925 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (d. 2007)
1926 – Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (d. 1987)
1927 – Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (d. 1975)
1927 – Leo Kubiak, American basketball and baseball player
1927 – Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player
1928 – Dick Miller, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1929 – Stuart Hall, English radio and television host
1929 – Christine M. Jones (d. 2013)
American educator and politician
1929 – Chris Kenner, American singer-songwriter (d. 1976)
1930 – Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian-American boxer and coach
1930 – Armenak Alachachian
Armenian basketball player and coach
1930 – Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet and illustrator (d. 1986)
1932 – Mabel King, American actress and singer (d. 1999)
1933 – Basil Heatley, English runner
1935 – Sadiq al-Mahdi
Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan
1935 – Stephen Barnett (d. 2009)
American scholar and academic
1935 – Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, American politician (d. 2007)
1935 – Anne Roiphe, American author and activist
1936 – Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
1936 – Ismail Merchant (d. 2005)
Indian-English director and producer
1937 – O'Kelly Isley, Jr. (d. 1986)
American singer-songwriter (The Isley Brothers)
1938 – Duane Armstrong, American painter
1938 – David Borden, American composer and academic
1938 – Noel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
1939 – Royce D. Applegate (d. 2003)
American actor and screenwriter
1939 – Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Pakistani businessman
1939 – Bob James
American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
(Fourplay)
1939 – Akong Rinpoche (d. 2013)
Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader
1940 – Hilary Spurling, English journalist and author
1941 – Kenneth Calman, Scottish physician and academic
1942 – Françoise Dürr, Algerian-French tennis player
1942 – Barbara Follett, Jamaican-English politician
1942 – Barry Goldberg
American musician, songwriter, and producer
(The Electric Flag, Steve Miller Band, and The Rides)
1942 – Enrique Morente, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1943 – Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Brazilian race car driver
1943 – Hanna Schygulla, German actress and singer
1944 – Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
1944 – Kenny Everett (d. 1995)
English comedian, actor, and radio host
1944 – Nigel Starmer-Smith
English rugby player and journalist
1944 – Henry Vestine (d. 1997)
American guitarist
(Canned Heat and The Mothers of Invention)
1945 – Rick Berman, American screenwriter and producer
1945 – Eve Pollard, English journalist and author
1945 – Mike Pringle, Scottish politician
1945 – Noel Redding (d. 2003)
English singer-songwriter and bass player
(The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Fat Mattress, Road,
and The Noel Redding Band)
1945: Hector de Jesus Ruiz
Mexican born American businessman
1945 – Gary Sandy, American actor
1945 – Ken Stabler (d. 2015)
American football player and sportscaster
1946 – Jimmy Buffett
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1946 – Larry Csonka
American football player and sportscaster
1946 – Christopher Frayling, English academic and author
1946 – Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager
1946 – Stuart Wilson, English actor
1947 – Twink Caplan, American actress and producer
1948 – Alia al-Hussein (d. 1977)
Egyptian wife of Hussein of Jordan
1948: Merry Clayton
American soul and gospel singer and an actress
1948 – Barbara Mandrell
American singer-songwriter and actress
1948 – Joel Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager
1949 – Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Brazilian singer
1949 – Nawaz Sharif
Pakistani lawyer and politician
12th Prime Minister of Pakistan
1949 – Mary Elizabeth "Sissy" Spacek
American actress and singer
1949 – Joe Louis Walker
American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1950 – Peter Boardman (d. 1982)
English mountaineer and author
1950 – Yehuda Poliker, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Karl Rove
American journalist and diplomat
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
1950 – Manny Trillo, Venezuelan baseball player and manager
1952 – Desireless, French singer
1952 – Tolossa Kotu, Ethiopian runner and coach
1952 – C. C. H. Pounder, Guyanese-American actress
1953 – Kaarlo Maaninka, Finnish runner
1954 – Annie Lennox
Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist
(The Tourists and Eurythmics)
1954 – Steve Wariner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Brett Vroman, American basketball player
1957 – Chris Kamara, English footballer and sportscaster
1957 – Shane MacGowan
English-Irish singer-songwriter
(The Pogues, The Nips, and Shane MacGowan and The Popes)
1958 – Cheryl Chase, American voice actress and singer
1958 – Hanford Dixon
American football player, coach, and sportscaster
1958: Ron Eglash
American cyberneticist, professor, and author
1958 – Rickey Henderson, American baseball player and coach
1958 – Konstantin Kinchev (Alisa)
Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 – Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter
1958: Christina (Duckworth) Romer
American economist
Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers, 2009-2010
1959 – Michael P. Anderson (d. 2003)
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1959 – Ramdas Athawale, Indian politician and Marathi poet
1960 – Ron Bottitta, English actor
1961 – Íngrid Betancourt
Colombian political scientist and politician
1962 – Dean Cameron, American actor
1964 – Ian Bostridge, English tenor
1964 – Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer and manager
1964 – Tim Royes, American director (d. 2007)
1964 – Bob Stanley
English keyboard player, songwriter, producer, and journalist
(Saint Etienne)
1965 – Edward Davey
English politician
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
1965 – David Rath, Czech physician and politician
1966 – Toshi Arai, Japanese race car driver
1967 – Jason Thirsk (d. 1996)
American bass player (Pennywise and Humble Gods)
1968 – Helena Christensen, Danish model and actress
1968 – Jim Dowd, American ice hockey player
1969 – Frederick Onyancha, Kenyan runner
1970 – Nagma, Indian actress
1970 – Emmanuel Amuneke, Nigerian footballer and manager
1970 – Rodney Dent, American basketball player
1971 – Dido Armstrong, English singer-songwriter
1971 – Noel Hogan
Irish guitarist and producer
(The Cranberries, Mono Band, and Arkitekt)
1972 – Josh Freese
American drummer and songwriter (The Vandals and Devo)
1972 – Mac Powell
American singer-songwriter and producer (Third Day)
1972 – Qu Yunxia, Chinese runner
1973 – Robbie Elliott, English footballer and coach
1973 – Chris Harris, American wrestler
1973 – Daisuke Miura, Japanese baseball player
1973 – Alexandre Trudeau, Canadian journalist and director
1974 – Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, Mexican drug lord (d. 2012)
1975 – Rob Mariano
American reality show contestant
winner of Survivor: Redemption Island
1975 – Daniel Mustard, American singer-songwriter
1975 – Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player
1975 – Choi Sung-yong, South Korean footballer and manager
1975 – Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer
1976 – Tuomas Holopainen
Finnish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
(Nightwish and For My Pain...)
1976 – Tim James, American basketball player and coach
1976 – Atko Väikmeri, Estonian footballer
1976 – Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ and producer
1977 – Uhm Ji-won, South Korean actress
1977 – Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer
1977 – Ali Tandoğan, Turkish footballer
1978 – Simon Jones, Welsh cricketer
1978 – Joel Porter, Australian footballer and manager
1978 – Bridgetta Tomarchio, American actress and model
1979 – Laurent Bonnart, French footballer
1979 – Robert Huff, English race car driver
1979 – Hyun Young-min, South Korean footballer
1980 – Manuel Armindo Morais Cange (bka Locó)
Angolan footballer
1980 – Reika Hashimoto, Japanese model and actress
1980 – Park Ji-young (bka Kahi)
South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (After School)
1980 – Laura Sadler, English actress (d. 2003)
1980 – Marcus Trufant, American football player
1981 – Trenesha Biggers, American wrestler and model
1981 – Christian Holst, Danish-Faroese footballer
1981 – Willy Taveras, Dominican baseball player
1981 – Katie Wright, American actress
1982 – Dev (Deepak Adhikari), Indian actor and singer
1982 – Shawn Andrews, American football player
1982 – Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
1982 – Ethan Kath
Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer
(Crystal Castles and Kïll Cheerleadër)
1982 – Chris Rene, American singer-songwriter and producer
1984 – Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
1984 – Alastair Cook, English cricketer
1984 – Georgia Moffett, English actress
1984 – Jessica Origliasso
Australian singer-songwriter and actress (The Veronicas)
1984 – Lisa Origliasso
Australian singer-songwriter and actress (The Veronicas)
1984 – Chris Richard, American basketball player
1985 – Martin Mathathi, Kenyan runner
1985 – Leon Pisani, Welsh singer-songwriter (V)
1985 – Alexander Rusev, Bulgarian-American wrestler
1985 – Perdita Weeks, Welsh actress
1986 – Aya Suzaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
1987 – Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer
1987 – Julian Lage, American guitarist and composer
1987 – Jorgie Porter, English actress
1987 – Ma Qinghua, Chinese race car driver
1987 – LJ Reyes, Filipino actress and dancer
1987 – Justin Sweeney, Australian footballer
1988 – Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Heather Cooke, American soccer player
1988 – Eric Gordon, American basketball player
1988 – Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player
1989 – Djameleddine Benlamri, Algerian footballer
1989 – Michael Green, American soccer player
1989 – Shahzaib Hasan, Pakistani cricketer
1989 – Keri Wong, American tennis player
1990 – Conny Perrin, Swiss tennis player
1993 – Emi Takei, Japanese model, actress, and singer
1995 – Mimmi Sandén, Swedish singer and actress
Family
Coulee City
Rocky Boutain
Vernon McClung
Kathy St. John
Tara Oliver
Ashley Donielle Soensen
Steve Johnson
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
795 – Pope Adrian I (b. 700)
820 – Leo V the Armenian, Byzantine emperor (b. 775)
940 – Makan ibn Kaki, Iranian general
1156 – Peter the Venerable, French saint (b. 1092)
1505 – George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, English noblemen (b. 1454)
1553 – Pedro de Valdivia (b. 1500)
Spanish-Chilean explorer and politician
1st Royal Governor of Chile
1635 – Samuel de Champlain (b. 1567)
French soldier, geographer, and explorer
1676 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (b. 1592)
English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire
1676 – Matthew Hale (b. 1609)
English lawyer and jurist
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
1683 – Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general (b. 1634)
1758 – James Hervey, English priest and author (b. 1714)
1763 – Suraj Mal, Indian ruler (b. 1707)
1784 – Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716)
1824 – Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)
1868 – Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
1875 – Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
1880 – Fridolin Anderwert
Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
1916 – Albert Chmielowski (b. 1845)
Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers
1916 – Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (b. 1854)
1921 – Vladimir Korolenko (b. 1853)
Russian journalist, author, and activist
1925 – Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
1926 – Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
1928 – Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
1930 – Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist (b. 1871)
1933 – Francesc Macià i Llussà (b. 1859)
Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia
1935 – Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)
1938 – Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)
1940 – Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)
1941 – Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
1944 – George Steer (b. 1909)
South African-English journalist and author
1945 – Franz Kröwerath, German rower (b. 1880)
1946 – W. C. Fields (b. 1880)
American comedian, actor, juggler and writer
1947 – Gaspar G. Bacon (b. 1886)
American politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1949 – Leon Schlesinger (b. 1884)
American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons
1950 – Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (b. 1903)
1952 – Margrethe Mather, American photographer (b. 1886)
1953 – Patsy Donovan (b. 1865)
Irish-American baseball player and manager
1953 – William Haselden, Spanish-English cartoonist (b. 1872)
1954 – Johnny Ace, American singer (b. 1929)
1956 – Robert Walser, Swiss author (b. 1878)
1957 – Charles Pathé (b. 1863)
French record producer, founded Pathé Records
1961 – Owen Brewster (b. 1888)
American captain, lawyer, and politician
54th Governor of Maine
1961 – Otto Loewi (b. 1873)
German-American pharmacologist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1963 – Tristan Tzara (b. 1896)
Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic
1970 – Michael Peto (b. 1908)
Hungarian-English photographer and journalist
1973 – İsmet İnönü (b. 1884)
Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey
1973 – Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (b. 1880)
1975 – Gaston Gallimard (b. 1881)
French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard
1975 – Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician and author (b. 1913)
1977 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (b. 1889)
1979 – Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
1979 – Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
1983 – Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)
1988 – Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (b. 1909)
1988 – Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle (b. 1920)
English lepidopterist
1989 – Benny Binion (b. 1904)
American poker player and businessman
1989 – Elena Ceaușescu (b. 1916)
Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania
1989 – Nicolae Ceaușescu (b. 1918)
Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania
1989 – Betty Garde, American actress (b. 1905)
1989 – Frederick F. Houser (b. 1905)
American judge and politician
34th Lieutenant Governor of California
1989 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
1989 – Florică Murariu, Romanian rugby player and soldier (b. 1955)
1989 – Robert Pirosh, American director and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1989 – Wally Ris, American swimmer (b. 1924)
1991 – Orane Demazis, French actress
1992 – Monica Dickens, English-American nurse and author (b. 1915)
1993 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (b. 1899)
1994 – Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (b. 1916)
1995 – Emmanuel Levinas (b. 1906)
Lithuanian-French philosopher and academic
1995 – Dean Martin, American singer and actor (b. 1917)
1996 – Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1928)
1997 – Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakh mountaineer and explorer (b. 1958)
1997 – Denver Pyle, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1920)
1998 – Bryan MacLean (b. 1946)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Love)
1998 – John Pulman, English snooker player and sportscaster (b. 1926)
1999 – Peter Jeffrey, English actor (b. 1929)
2000 – Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1939)
2000 – Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)
American philosopher and academic
2001 – Alfred A. Tomatis (b. 1920)
French otolaryngologist and academic
2002 – William T. Orr, American actor and producer (b. 1917)
2003 – Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (b. 1929)
2004 – Robert Elliott, American actor (b. 1944)
2004 – Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1940)
2005 – Derek Bailey, English guitarist (b. 1930)
2005 – Robert Barbers (b. 1944)
Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician
2005 – Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (b. 1918)
2005 – Joseph Pararajasingham (b. 1934)
Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, journalist, businessman and politician
2006 – James Brown (b. 1933)
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
(The Famous Flames)
2006 – Hiroaki Hidaka, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
2007 – Des Barrick, English cricketer (b. 1927)
2007 – Jim Beauchamp, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
2007 – Mighty King Kong, Kenyan singer (b. 1973)
2008 – Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
2009 – Vic Chesnutt (b. 1964)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Brute and The Undertow Orchestra)
2010 – Carlos Andrés Pérez (b. 1922)
Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela
2011 – Giorgio Bocca, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
2011 – Jim Sherwood (b. 1942)
American saxophonist (The Mothers of Invention)
2011 – Simms Taback, American author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2012 – Sita bint Fahd Al Damir (b. 1922)
Saudi Arabian wife of Khalid of Saudi Arabia
2012 – Erico Aumentado (b. 1940)
Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician
2012 – Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1959)
2012 – Frank Calabrese, Sr., American mobster (b. 1937)
2012 – Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (b. 1918)
2012 – Joe Krivak, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
2013 – Anthony J. Bryant, American historian and author (b. 1961)
2013 – David R. Harris (b. 1930)
English geographer, anthropologist, archaeologist, and academic
2013 – Wayne Harrison, English footballer (b. 1967)
2013 – Mike Hegan (b. 1942)
American baseball player and sportscaster
2013 – Mel Mathay (b. 1932)
Filipino politician, 8th Mayor of Quezon City
2013 – Adnan Şenses, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935)
2014 – Alberta Adams, American singer (b. 1917)
2014 – N. L. Balakrishnan, Indian actor and photographer (b. 1943)
2014 – Ricardo Porro, Cuban-French architect (b. 1925)
2014 – David Ryall, English actor (b. 1935)
2014 – Gleb Yakunin, Russian priest and activist (b. 1934)
820 – Leo V the Armenian, Byzantine emperor (b. 775)
940 – Makan ibn Kaki, Iranian general
1156 – Peter the Venerable, French saint (b. 1092)
1505 – George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, English noblemen (b. 1454)
1553 – Pedro de Valdivia (b. 1500)
Spanish-Chilean explorer and politician
1st Royal Governor of Chile
1635 – Samuel de Champlain (b. 1567)
French soldier, geographer, and explorer
1676 – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle (b. 1592)
English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire
1676 – Matthew Hale (b. 1609)
English lawyer and jurist
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
1683 – Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general (b. 1634)
1758 – James Hervey, English priest and author (b. 1714)
1763 – Suraj Mal, Indian ruler (b. 1707)
1784 – Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716)
1824 – Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)
1868 – Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
1875 – Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
1880 – Fridolin Anderwert
Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
1916 – Albert Chmielowski (b. 1845)
Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers
1916 – Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (b. 1854)
1921 – Vladimir Korolenko (b. 1853)
Russian journalist, author, and activist
1925 – Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
1926 – Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
1928 – Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
1930 – Jakob Mändmets, Estonian writer and journalist (b. 1871)
1933 – Francesc Macià i Llussà (b. 1859)
Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia
1935 – Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)
1938 – Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)
1940 – Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)
1941 – Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
1944 – George Steer (b. 1909)
South African-English journalist and author
1945 – Franz Kröwerath, German rower (b. 1880)
1946 – W. C. Fields (b. 1880)
American comedian, actor, juggler and writer
1947 – Gaspar G. Bacon (b. 1886)
American politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1949 – Leon Schlesinger (b. 1884)
American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons
1950 – Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (b. 1903)
1952 – Margrethe Mather, American photographer (b. 1886)
1953 – Patsy Donovan (b. 1865)
Irish-American baseball player and manager
1953 – William Haselden, Spanish-English cartoonist (b. 1872)
1954 – Johnny Ace, American singer (b. 1929)
1956 – Robert Walser, Swiss author (b. 1878)
1957 – Charles Pathé (b. 1863)
French record producer, founded Pathé Records
1961 – Owen Brewster (b. 1888)
American captain, lawyer, and politician
54th Governor of Maine
1961 – Otto Loewi (b. 1873)
German-American pharmacologist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1963 – Tristan Tzara (b. 1896)
Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic
1970 – Michael Peto (b. 1908)
Hungarian-English photographer and journalist
1973 – İsmet İnönü (b. 1884)
Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey
1973 – Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (b. 1880)
1975 – Gaston Gallimard (b. 1881)
French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard
1975 – Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician and author (b. 1913)
1977 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (b. 1889)
1979 – Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
1979 – Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
1983 – Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)
1988 – Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (b. 1909)
1988 – Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle (b. 1920)
English lepidopterist
1989 – Benny Binion (b. 1904)
American poker player and businessman
1989 – Elena Ceaușescu (b. 1916)
Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania
1989 – Nicolae Ceaușescu (b. 1918)
Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania
1989 – Betty Garde, American actress (b. 1905)
1989 – Frederick F. Houser (b. 1905)
American judge and politician
34th Lieutenant Governor of California
1989 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
1989 – Florică Murariu, Romanian rugby player and soldier (b. 1955)
1989 – Robert Pirosh, American director and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1989 – Wally Ris, American swimmer (b. 1924)
1991 – Orane Demazis, French actress
1992 – Monica Dickens, English-American nurse and author (b. 1915)
1993 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (b. 1899)
1994 – Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (b. 1916)
1995 – Emmanuel Levinas (b. 1906)
Lithuanian-French philosopher and academic
1995 – Dean Martin, American singer and actor (b. 1917)
1996 – Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1928)
1997 – Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakh mountaineer and explorer (b. 1958)
1997 – Denver Pyle, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1920)
1998 – Bryan MacLean (b. 1946)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Love)
1998 – John Pulman, English snooker player and sportscaster (b. 1926)
1999 – Peter Jeffrey, English actor (b. 1929)
2000 – Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1939)
2000 – Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)
American philosopher and academic
2001 – Alfred A. Tomatis (b. 1920)
French otolaryngologist and academic
2002 – William T. Orr, American actor and producer (b. 1917)
2003 – Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (b. 1929)
2004 – Robert Elliott, American actor (b. 1944)
2004 – Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1940)
2005 – Derek Bailey, English guitarist (b. 1930)
2005 – Robert Barbers (b. 1944)
Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician
2005 – Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (b. 1918)
2005 – Joseph Pararajasingham (b. 1934)
Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, journalist, businessman and politician
2006 – James Brown (b. 1933)
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
(The Famous Flames)
2006 – Hiroaki Hidaka, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
2007 – Des Barrick, English cricketer (b. 1927)
2007 – Jim Beauchamp, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
2007 – Mighty King Kong, Kenyan singer (b. 1973)
2008 – Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
2009 – Vic Chesnutt (b. 1964)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Brute and The Undertow Orchestra)
2010 – Carlos Andrés Pérez (b. 1922)
Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela
2011 – Giorgio Bocca, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
2011 – Jim Sherwood (b. 1942)
American saxophonist (The Mothers of Invention)
2011 – Simms Taback, American author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2012 – Sita bint Fahd Al Damir (b. 1922)
Saudi Arabian wife of Khalid of Saudi Arabia
2012 – Erico Aumentado (b. 1940)
Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician
2012 – Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1959)
2012 – Frank Calabrese, Sr., American mobster (b. 1937)
2012 – Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (b. 1918)
2012 – Joe Krivak, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
2013 – Anthony J. Bryant, American historian and author (b. 1961)
2013 – David R. Harris (b. 1930)
English geographer, anthropologist, archaeologist, and academic
2013 – Wayne Harrison, English footballer (b. 1967)
2013 – Mike Hegan (b. 1942)
American baseball player and sportscaster
2013 – Mel Mathay (b. 1932)
Filipino politician, 8th Mayor of Quezon City
2013 – Adnan Şenses, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935)
2014 – Alberta Adams, American singer (b. 1917)
2014 – N. L. Balakrishnan, Indian actor and photographer (b. 1943)
2014 – Ricardo Porro, Cuban-French architect (b. 1925)
2014 – David Ryall, English actor (b. 1935)
2014 – Gleb Yakunin, Russian priest and activist (b. 1934)
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