Friday, January 8, 2016

January 9 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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1913Richard Milhous Nixon  (d. 22 Apr 1994)
      American commander, lawyer, and politician
      37th President of the United States, 1969-1974
      36th Vice President of the United States, 1953-1961
      U.S. Senator, R. CA, 1950-1953
      U.S. Representative, R. CA, 1947-1950


Notable

727 – Emperor Daizong of Tang (d. 779)
1475 – Crinitus, Italian scholar and author (d. 1507)
1554 – Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
1571 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy  (d. 1621)
      French commander
1624 – Empress Meishō of Japan (d. 1696)
1674 – Reinhard Keiser, German composer (d. 1739)
1685 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (d. 1766)
1728 – Thomas Warton, English poet, historian, and critic (d. 1790)
1735 – John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent  (d. 1823)
      English admiral and politician
1745 – Caleb Strong  (d. 1819)
      American lawyer and politician; 6th Governor of Massachusetts
1753 – Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano and actress (d. 1833)
1773 – Cassandra Austen, English painter (d. 1845)
1778 – Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi  (d. 1846)
      Turkish Ney player and composer
1811 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (d. 1856)
1818 – Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon  (d. 1881)
      French sculptor and photographer
1819 – James Francis  (d. 1884)
      English-Australian businessman and politician; 9th Premier of Victoria
1822 – Carol Benesch  (d. 1896)
      Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle
1823 – Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (d. 1908)
1829 – Thomas William Robertson, English director and playwright (d. 1871)
1829 – Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (d. 1857)
1832 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand  (d. 1900)
      Canadian journalist and politician; 11th Premier of Quebec
1839 – John Knowles Paine, American composer and academic (d. 1906)
1848 – Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
1849 – John Hartley, English tennis player (d. 1935)
1854Lady Randolph Churchill (born Jeanette Jerome)  (d. 29 Jun 1921)
      American-English wife of Lord Randolph Churchill
1856 – Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)
1859 – Carrie Chapman Catt  (d. 1947)
      American activist
      founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women
1864 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1926)
1868 – S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic (d. 1939)
1870 – Joseph Strauss  (d. 1938)
      American engineer; co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge
1873 – Hayim Nahman Bialik  (d. 1934)
      Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet
1873 – Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler (d. 1944)
1873 – John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1938)
1873 – Harry Spanjer, American boxer (d. 1958)
1875 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney  (d. 1942)
      American sculptor and art collector
      founded the Whitney Museum of American Art
1876 – Arthur Darby, English rugby player (d. 1960)
1879 – John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (d. 1958)
1881 – Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (d. 1938)
1881 – Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (d. 1904)
1881 – Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1956)
1885 – Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)
1886:  Arthur "Bugs" Baer, American journalist and humorist  (d. 17 May 1969)
1886 – Lloyd Loar  (d. 1943)
      American sound engineer and instrument designer
1889 – Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)
1890 – Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (d. 1938)
1890 – Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (d. 1935)
1891 – August Gailit, Estonian journalist and author (d. 1960)
1892 – Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
1893 – Edwin Baker  (d. 1968)
      Canadian soldier
      co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
1896 – Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor (d. 1971)
1897 – Karl Löwith, German philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1973)
1898 – Gracie Fields, English-Italian actress and singer (d. 1979)
1899 – Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (d. 1942)
1900 – Richard Halliburton, American adventurer and author (d. 1939)
1901 – Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1991)
1901 – Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
1902 – Rudolf Bing, Austrian-English opera manager (d. 1997)
1902 – Josemaría Escrivá  (d. 1975)
      Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei
1907 – Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch (d. 2013)
1908 – Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (d. 14 Apr 1986)
1909 – Anthony Mamo  (d. 2008)
      Maltese lawyer and politician; 1st President of Malta
1909 – Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (d. 1994)
1909 – Patrick Peyton, American priest and activist (d. 1992)
1910 – Tom Evenson, English runner (d. 1997)
1912 – Ralph Tubbs  (d. 1996)
      English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery
1915 – Fernando Lamas  (d. 8 Oct 1982)
      Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director
1915 – Anita Louise, American actress and singer (d. 1970)
1916 – Vic Mizzy, American soldier, pianist, and composer (d. 2009)
1916 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (d. 2004)
1918 – Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (d. 2005)
1919 – William Morris Meredith, Jr.  (d. 2007)
      American poet and academic
1920 – Chan Canasta, Polish-English magician (d. 1999)
1920 – Clive Dunn, English actor and singer (d. 2012)
1920 – Hakim Said  (d. 1998)
      Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh
1921 – Lister Sinclair  (d. 2006)
      Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright
1921 – John Sperling  (d. 2014)
      American businessman; founded the University of Phoenix
1922 – Har Gobind Khorana  (d. 2011)
      Indian-American biochemist and academic; Nobel laureate
1922 – Ahmed Sékou Touré  (d. 1984)
      Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea
1923 – Suh Yun-bok, South Korean runner
1924 – Sergei Parajanov  (d. 1990)
      Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter
1925 – Pierre Jalbert, Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)
1925 – Len Quested, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1925 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor and singer (d. 1989)
1926 – Jean-Pierre Côté  (d. 2002)
      Canadian politician; 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1926 – Sydney Lotterby, English director and producer
1927 – Sunderlal Bahuguna, Indian environmentalist
1928 – Judith Krantz, American author
1928 – Domenico Modugno  (d. 1994)
      Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician
1928 – Palghat R. Raghu, Carnatic musician and percussionist
1929 – Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (d. 2015)
1929 – Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)
1929 – Dorothea Puente, American murderer (d. 2011)
1929 – Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
1931 – Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (d. 2008)
1931 – Paul Mantee, American actor (d. 2013)
1932:  Robert Patrick "Bob" Casey, Sr.  (d. 30 May 2000)
      American politician
      42nd Governor of Pennsylvania, 1987-1995
1933 – Robert García, American soldier and politician
1933 – Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author
1934 – Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (d. 2008)
1934 – Bart Starr, American football player and coach
1935 – Bob Denver, American actor and singer (d. 2 Sep 2005)
1935 – Dick Enberg, American game show host and sportscaster
1935 – Earl G. Graves, Sr.
      American businessman and publisher (Black Enterprise magazine)
1936 – K Callan, actor
1936 – Anne Rivers Siddons, American author
1936 – Marko Veselica, Croatian academic and politician
1937:  Joseph Epstein, American essayist, short story writer, and editor
1937 – Michael Nicholson, English journalist and author
1938 – Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2013)
1938 – Peter Edelman, American lawyer and educator
1938 – Stuart Woods, American author
1939 – Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
1939 – Rik Kemp, English-Australian cartoonist
1939 – Susannah York
      English actress, singer, and screenwriter (d. 15 Jan 2011)
1940 – Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)
1940 – Al Downing, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2005)
1940 – Ruth Dreifuss
      Swiss journalist and politician
      86th President of the Swiss Confederation
1941 – Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Terry Hands, English director and producer
1941 – Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician
1942 – K Callan, American actress
1942 – John Dunning, American author
1942 – Tony Harding, English illustrator (d. 2014)
1942 – Lee Kun-hee, South Korean businessman
1942 – Judy Malloy, American poet and author
1943 – Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright
1943:  Fernando Flores, Chilean engineer, entrepreneur and politician
1943 – Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian politician (d. 2007)
1943 – Freddie Starr, English actor and singer
1943 – Scott Walker
      American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
      (The Walker Brothers)
1943 – Jerry Yester, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1944 – Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
1944 – Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1944 – Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor
1945 – John Doman, American actor
1945 – Levon Ter-Petrosyan
      Syrian-Armenian politician, 1st President of Armenia
1946 – Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (d. 2013)
1946 – Mogens Lykketoft
      Danish politician; 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1947 – Ronnie Landfield, American painter and educator
1947 – Ittoku Kishibe, Japanese actor and musician
1948 – Bill Cowsill  (d. 2006)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cowsills)
1948 – Cassie Gaines, American singer (The Honkettes) (d. 1977)
1948 – Jan Tomaszewski, Polish footballer and politician
1950 – Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic
1950 – David Johansen
      American singer-songwriter and actor (New York Dolls)
1950 – Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
1951 – M. L. Carr, American basketball player and coach
1951 – Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer
1952 – Kaushik Basu, Indian economist and academic
1952 – Hugh Bayley, English politician
1952:  Marek Marian Belka
      Polish economist, academic, and politician
      11th Prime Minister of Poland, 2004-2005
      7th and 11th Finance Minister of Poland, 1997, 2001-2002
1952 – Mike Capuano, American politician
1953 – Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist and painter
1953 – Morris Gleitzman, English-Australian author
1953:  David Hewson, British author of mystery novels
1953 – Shigeru So, Japanese runner
1953 – Takeshi So, Japanese runner
1954 – Philippa Gregory, Kenyan-English author and academic
1955 – Michiko Kakutani, American journalist and critic
1955 – J. K. Simmons, American actor
1956 – Kimberly Beck, American actress
1956 – Lucyna Langer, Polish hurdler
1956 – Waltraud Meier, German soprano and mezzo-soprano
1956 – Imelda Staunton, English actress
1956 – Mike Walczewski, American announcer
1957 – Bibie, Ghanaian-French singer
1957 – Phil Lewis, American singer-songwriter
1958 – Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish murderer
1958 – Stephen Neale, English philosopher and academic
1959 – Mark Martin, American race car driver
1959 – Rigoberta Menchú
      Guatemalan activist and politician; Nobel Prize laureate
1959 – Otis Nixon, American baseball player
1960 – Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer
1961 – Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter and producer
1961 – Al Jean, American screenwriter and producer
1961 – Candi Milo, American voice actress
1961 – Sandra Myers, American-Spanish sprinter
1961 – Henry Omaga-Diaz, Filipino journalist
1963 – Michael Everson, American-Irish linguist and type designer
1963 – Irwin McLean, Irish biologist and academic
1964 – Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player and manager
1965 – Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer
1965 – Darren Bennett, Australian-American football player
1965 – Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player and coach
1965 – Iain Dowie, English-Irish footballer and manager
1965 – Eric Erlandson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1965 – Farah Khan, Indian actress, director, and choreographer
1965 – Andrei Nazarov, Estonian decathlete and coach
1965 – Joely Richardson, English actress
1966 – Jan Johansen, Swedish singer
1966 – Stephen Metcalfe, English politician
1966 – Candi Milo, American voice actress and singer
1967 – Carl Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1967 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
1967 – Steve Harwell, American singer-songwriter (Smash Mouth)
1967 – Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1967 – Gary Teichmann, Rhodesian-South African rugby player
1968 – Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach
1968 – Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
1968 – Catalina Saavedra, Chilean actress
1968 – Al Schnier, American guitarist
1968 – Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
1970 – Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
1970 – Masashi Goda, Japanese actor
1970 – Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboard player and songwriter
1970 – Mia X, American rapper and actor
1971 – MF Doom, English-American rapper
1971 – Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host
1971 – Yusuke Naora, Japanese art director and producer
1971 – Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author and critic
1971 – Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – Sarah Beeny, English television host
1972 – Mat Hoffman, American BMX rider
1972 – Jay Powell, American baseball player
1972 – Warwick Saint, South African photographer
1972 – Rawson Stovall, American video game producer and author
1973 – Angela Bettis, American actress, director, and producer
1974 – Farhan Akhtar, Indian actor, singer, director, and producer
1974:  Omari Hardwick, American actor
1975 – James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper
1975 – Kiko Calero, Puerto Rican baseball player
1975 – Julia Lutrova, Russian tennis player
1975:  Kimberley Anne (Scott) Mathers
      American ex-wife of hip-hop star Eminem
1975 – Mattias Olsson, Swedish drummer
1976 – Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
1976 – Hayes Carll, American singer-songwriter
1976 – Simon Gosejohann, German actor and screenwriter
1976 – Todd Grisham, American sportscaster
1976 – Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
1977 – Viktors Dobrecovs, Latvian footballer and manager
1977 – Beth Troutman, American television host
1978 – Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager
1978 – Chad Johnson, American football player
1978 – A. J. McLean, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Backstreet Boys)
1978 – Maggie Rizer, American model, actress, and activist
1979 – Athanassios Prittas, Greek footballer
1979 – Tomiko Van
      Japanese singer-songwriter and actress (Do As Infinity)
1980 – Édgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer
1980 – Sergio García, Spanish golfer
1980 – Luke Patten, Australian rugby league player and referee
1981 – Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
1982 – Timmy Bowers, American basketball player
1982Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
      born Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton
1982 – Grétar Steinsson, Icelandic footballer
1983:  Kerry Condon, Irish actress
1983 – Marek Doronin, Estonian basketball player
1984 – Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
1985 – Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
1986 – Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Uwe Hünemeier, German footballer
1986 – Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player
1987 – Sam Bird, English race car driver
1987 – Mao Inoue, Japanese actress
1987 – Asami Kai, Japanese actress and model
1987 – Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer
1987 – Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987 – Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer
1987 – Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (d. 2006)
1988 – Katherine Copely, American ice dancer
1988 – Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer
1989 – Michael Beasley, American basketball player
1989 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress and singer
1989 – Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
1989 – Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete
1989 – Chris Sandow, Australian rugby league player
1990 – Justin Blackmon, American football player
1990 – Oteng Oteng, Botswana boxer
1990 – Melissa Ricks, Filipino actress
1991 – 3LAU, American DJ and producer
1993 – Ashley Argota, American actress and singer
1993 – Katarina Johnson-Thompson
      English long jumper and heptathlete
1993 – Kevin Korjus, Estonian race car driver
1995 – Nicola Peltz, American actress


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Notable

1150 – Emperor Xizong of Jin (b. 1119)
1282 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Minorcan ruler (b. 1204)
1283 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (b. 1236)
1324 – Marco Polo, Italian merchant and explorer (b. 1254)
1463 – William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent  (b. c. 1405)
      English nobleman and soldier
1499 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)
1511 – Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (b. 1423)
1514 – Anna, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1477)
1534 – Johannes Aventinus  (b. 1477)
      Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist
1543 – Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (b. 1491)
1562 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
1571 – Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (b. 1510)
1598 – Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (b. 1553)
1757 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1688)
1757 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle  (b. 1657)
      French author, poet, and playwright
1766 – Thomas Birch, English historian and author (b. 1705)
1799 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1718)
1800 – Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
1805 – Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (b. 1723)
1843 – William Hedley, English engineer (b. 1773)
1848 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
1856 – Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
1858 – Anson Jones  (b. 1798)
      American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas
1873 – Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
1876 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
1878 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
1895 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)
1901 – Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
1908 – Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
1908 – Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
1910 – Nathaniel Moore, American golfer (b. 1884)
1911 – Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)
1911 – Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
1918 – Charles-Émile Reynaud  (b. 1844)
      French scientist and educator; invented the Praxinoscope
1923 – Katherine Mansfield  (b. 1888)
      New Zealand-English short story writer
1924 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1853)
1927 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain  (b. 1855)
      English-German philosopher and author
1930 – Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863)
1931 – Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
1936 – John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1939 – Johann Strauss III  (b. 1866)
      Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor
1941 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
1945 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
1945 – Jüri Uluots  (b. 1890)
      Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia
1946 – Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
1947 – Karl Mannheim  (b. 1893)
      Hungarian-English sociologist and academic
1958 – Dick Grant, Canadian runner (b. 1878)
1960 – Elsie J. Oxenham, English author (b. 1880)
1961 – Emily Greene Balch  (b. 1867)
      American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1964 – Halide Edip Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (b. 1884)
1971 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)
1972 – Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
1975 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897)
1975 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1901)
1979 – Pier Luigi Nervi  (b. 1891)
      Italian engineer and architect
      designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower
1981 – Cozy Cole, American drummer (b. 1909)
1981 – Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922)
1984 – Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909)
1985 – Robert Mayer  (b. 1879)
      German-English businessman and philanthropist
1987 – Arthur Lake, American actor and singer (b. 1905)
1988 – Peter L. Rypdal  (b. 1909)
      Norwegian fiddler and traditional fork music composer
1989 – Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
1990 – Spud Chandler  (b. 1907)
      American baseball player, coach, and manager
1992 – Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919)
1992 – Bill Naughton, Irish-English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1993 – Paul Hasluck  (b. 1905)
      Australian historian and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia
1994 – Johnny Temple, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1927)
1995 – Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (b. 1909)
1995 – Peter Cook, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1937)
1996 – Felix Gonzales-Torres, Cuban-American visual artist (b. 1957)
1996 – Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (b. 1923)
1997 – Edward Osóbka-Morawski  (b. 1909)
      Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland
1997 – Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
1998 – Kenichi Fukui  (b. 1918)
      Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1998 – Imi Lichtenfeld  (b. 1910)
      Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founded Krav Maga
1998 – Charito Solis, Filipino actress (b. 1935)
2000 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer and academic (b. 1915)
2000 – Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
2001 – Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (b. 1926)
2003 – Will McDonough, American journalist (b. 1935)
2004 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1909)
2006 – Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
2006 – Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (b. 1937)
2007 – Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
2007 – Jean-Pierre Vernant, French anthropologist and historian (b. 1914)
2008 – Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (b. 1923)
2008 – Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist and translator (b. 1977)
2008 – John Harvey-Jones  (b. 1924)
      English businessman and television host
2009 – Rob Gauntlett, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1987)
2009 – René Herms, German runner (b. 1982)
2009 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (b. 1914)
2010 – Vimcy, Indian journalist (b. 1925)
2011 – Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (b. 1930)
2012 – Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (b. 1937)
2012 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican singer and politician (b. 1919)
2012 – Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer (b. 1924)
2012 – Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, Swiss geologist and academic (b. 1910)
2012 – Mae Laborde, American actress (b. 1909)
2012 – Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr., Filipino soldier (b. 1919)
2012 – William G. Roll  (b. 1926)
      German-American psychologist and parapsychologist
2012 – Malam Bacai Sanhá  (b. 1947)
      Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau
2012 – László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (b. 1921)
2013 – Brigitte Askonas  (b. 1923)
      Austrian-English immunologist and academic
2013 – James M. Buchanan  (b. 1919)
      American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
2013 – Rizana Nafeek, Sri Lankan murderer (b. 1988)
2013 – Robert L. Rock  (b. 1927)
      American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
2013 – Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (b. 1928)
2013 – John Wise  (b. 1935)
      Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Agriculture
2014 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (b. 1934)
2014 – Rynn Berry, American author and activist (b. 1945)
2014 – Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (b. 1952)
2014 – Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1926)
2014 – Lorella De Luca, Italian actress and director (b. 1940)
2014 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (b. 1965)
2014 – Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Dale T. Mortensen  (b. 1939)
      American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
2015 – Amedy Coulibaly, French criminal (b. 1982)
2015 – Harry A. DeMaso, American soldier and politician (b. 1921)
2015 – Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., American film producer (b. 1926)
2015 – Michel Jeury, French author (b. 1934)
2015 – Robert V. Keeley  (b. 1929)
      Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat
      United States Ambassador to Greece
2015 – Józef Oleksy  (b. 1946)
      Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland
2015 – Bud Paxson  (b. 1935)
      American broadcaster, founded the Home Shopping Network and Pax TV
2015 – Abdul Rahman Ya'kub  (b. 1928)
      Malaysian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak

2015 – Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (b. 1964)


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