Thursday, March 31, 2016

April 1 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP

1950Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.
      American lawyer and jurist
      Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2006–Incumbent


Notable

1220 – Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)
1543 – François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières (d. 1626)
1578 – William Harvey, English physician and academic (d. 1657)
1610 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and critic (d. 1703)
1629 – Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, French organist and composer (d. 1691)
1640 – Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1697)
1647 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (d. 1680)
1697 – Antoine François Prévost, French author (d. 1763)
1721 – Pieter Hellendaal  (d. 1799)
      Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer
1741 – George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (d. 1825)
1753 – Joseph de Maistre, French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1821)
1755 – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician (d. 1826)
1765 – Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1810)
1776 – Sophie Germain  (d. 1831)
      French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher
1815 – Otto von Bismarck  (d. 30 Jun 1898)
      German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire
1815 – Edward Clark  (d. 1880)
      American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas
1823 – Simon Bolivar Buckner  (d. 1891)
      American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky
1824 – Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (d. 1901)
1826:  Lady Dorothy Nevill  (d. 24 Mar 1913)
      English writer, hostess, horticulturist and plant collector
1834 – James Fisk, American businessman (d. 1872)
1852 – Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (d. 1911)
1855:  Agnes Repplier, American essayist  (d. 15 Nov 1950)
1856 – Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933)
1865 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy  (d. 1929)
      Austrian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1866 – William Blomfield, New Zealand cartoonist and politician (d. 1938)
1866 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
1866 – Ève Lavallière, French actress (d. 1929)
1868 – Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (d. 1918)
1868 – Walter Mead, English cricketer (d. 1954)
1871 – F. Melius Christiansen  (d. 1955)
      Norwegian-American violinist and conductor
1873 – Sergei Rachmaninoff  (d. 1943)
      Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
1874 – Ernest Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953)
1874 – Prince Karl of Bavaria (d. 1927)
1875 – Edgar Wallace, English journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1932)
1879 – Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (d. 1967)
1880 – Agha Petros, Assyrian general (d. 1932)
1881 – Henri Laurent, French fencer (d. 1954)
1882 – Paul Anspach, Belgian fencer (d. 1991)
1883 – Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1930)
1883 – Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (d. 1976)
1883 – Laurette Taylor, American actress (d. 1946)
1885 – Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
1885 – Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill  (d. 1977)
      English wife of Winston Churchill
1887 – H. S. Lloyd, English dog breeder (d. 1963)
1889 – K. B. Hedgewar, Indian physician and activist (d. 1940)
1890:  Howard Scott, American engineer  (d. 1 Jan 1970)
1893 – Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-English actress (d. 1980)
1895 – Alberta Hunter, American singer-songwriter and nurse (d. 1984)
1895 – Paul Richter, Austrian actor (d. 1961)
1897 – Nita Naldi, American actress (d. 1961)
1898 – William James Sidis  (d. 1944)
      American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian
1899 – Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian academic and politician (d. 1968)
1901 – Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy (d. 1961)
1902 – Maria Polydouri, Greek poet (d. 1930)
1904 – Sid Field, English actor (d. 1950)
1904 – Émile Turlant, French centenarian (d. 2013)
1905 – Gaston Eyskens  (d. 1988)
      Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium
1905 – Paul Hasluck  (d. 1993)
      Australian historian, poet, and politician
      17th Governor General of Australia
1906 – Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev  (d. 1989)
      Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau
1908 – Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (d. 1970)
1908 – Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic (d. 1997)
1909 – Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1909 – Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1951)
1910 – Harry Carney, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1974)
1910 – Bob Van Osdel, American high jumper and soldier (d. 1987)
1911 – Fauja Singh, Indian-English runner
1912 – Donald Nyrop, American businessman (d. 2010)
1913 – Memos Makris, Greek sculptor (d. 1993)
1914 – Lor Tok, Thai actor (d. 2002)
1915 – O. W. Fischer, Austrian-Swiss actor and director (d. 2004)
1917 – Leon Janney, American actor (d. 1980)
1917 – Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (d. 1950)
1917 – Sheldon Mayer, American author and illustrator (d. 1991)
1917 – Sydney Newman  (d. 1997)
      Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who
1917 – Melville Shavelson  (d. 2007)
      American director, producer, and screenwriter
1919 – Joseph Murray  (d. 2012)
      American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate
1920 – Harry Lewis, American actor and businessman (d. 2013)
1920 – Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (d. 1997)
1921 – William Bergsma, American composer and educator (d. 1994)
1921 – Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1921 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith  (d. 2014)
      American guitarist, fiddler, and composer
1922 – Duke Jordan, American pianist and composer (d. 2006)
1922 – William Manchester, American historian and author (d. 2004)
1922:  Alan Perlis, American computer scientist  (d. 7 Feb 1990)
1923 – Don Butterfield, American tuba player (d. 2006)
1923 – Leora Dana, American actress (d. 1983)
1923 – Bobby Jordan, American actor (d. 1965)
1924 – Čkalja, Serbian actor and singer (d. 2003)
1924 – Brendan Byrne
      American lieutenant, judge, and politician
      47th Governor of New Jersey
1925 – Kathy Stobart, English saxophonist (d. 2014)
1926 – Charles Bressler, American tenor and educator (d. 1996)
1926 – Gérard La Forest, Canadian lawyer and judge
1926 – John Scott Martin, English actor (d. 2009)
1926 – Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (d. 2011)
1927 – Walter Bahr, American soccer player, coach, and manager
1927 – Peter Cundall, English-Australian soldier, horticulturist, and author
1927 – Amos Milburn, American singer and pianist (d. 1980)
1927 – Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
1928 – George Grizzard, American actor (d. 2007)
1929 – Barbara Bryne, English-American actress
1929 – Jonathan Haze
      American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager
1929 – Milan Kundera, Czech-French author, poet, and playwright
1929 – Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (d. 2010)
1929 – Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer
1929 – Bo Schembechler, American football player and coach (d. 2006)
1930 – F. Joseph Gossman, American bishop (d. 2013)
1930 – Eugene Weingand, German-American actor (d. 1986)
1930 – Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1931 – George Baker, Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1931 – Ita Ever, Estonian actress
1931 – Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright
1932 – Gordon Jump, American actor (d. 2003)
1932 – Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer, and dancer
1933 – Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
      Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Dan Flavin, American sculptor and educator (d. 1996)
1933 – Robert Shavlakadze, Georgian high jumper
1934 – Jim Ed Brown  (d. 2015)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Browns)
1934 – Don Hastings, American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1934 – Rod Kanehl, American baseball player and manager (d. 2004)
1934 – Marie Patterson, English trade union leader
1934 – Vladimir Posner, French-American journalist and radio host
1935 – Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (d. 1983)
1936 – Peter Collinson, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
1936 – Jean-Pascal Delamuraz  (d. 1998)
      Swiss politician, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation
1936 – Tarun Gogoi, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Assam
1936 – Abdul Qadeer Khan, Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer
1936 – Don Steele, American radio host (d. 1997)
1937:  Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Indian politician
      12th Vice President of India, 2007-Incumbent
1937 – Jordan Charney, American actor
1937 – Yılmaz Güney, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1938 – John Quade, American actor (d. 2009)
1939 – Rudolph Isley, American singer-songwriter (The Isley Brothers)
1939 – Ali MacGraw, American actress
1939 – Phil Niekro, American baseball player and manager
1940 – Wangari Maathai
      Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician (d. 2012)
1941 – Guy Trottier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
1941 – Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer, coach, and manager
1942 – Brian Binley, English businessman and politician
1942 – Samuel R. Delany, American author and critic
1942 – Roderick Floud, English historian and academic
1942 – Philip Margo, American singer, drummer, and producer (The Tokens)
1942 – Annie Nightingale, English radio host
1942 – Richard D. Wolff, American economist and academic
1943 – Carol White, English actress (d. 1991)
1943 – Dafydd Wigley, Welsh academic and politician
1944 – Rusty Staub, American baseball player and coach
1945 – John Barbata
      American drummer (The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, and The Sentinals)
1946 – Nikitas Kaklamanis
      Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Health and Social Security
1946 – Ronnie Lane  (d. 1997)
      English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Faces and Small Faces)
1946 – Eva Polttila, Finnish journalist
1946 – Arrigo Sacchi, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
1947 – Alain Connes, French mathematician and academic
1947 – Neşe Karaböcek, Turkish singer and actress
1947 – Philippe Kirsch, Canadian lawyer and judge
1947 – Francine Prose, American author, critic, and academic
1947 – Robin Scott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (M)
1947 – Norm Van Lier  (d. 2009)
      American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1948 – Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer and actor
1948 – Paul Myners, Baron Myners, English journalist and politician
1948 – J.J. Williams, Welsh rugby player and sprinter
1949 – Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
1949 – Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer and coach
1949 – Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2011)
1950 – Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (d. 2010)
1950 – Daniel Paillé, Canadian academic and politician
1951 – John Abizaid, American general
1951 – Kay Davies, English geneticist, anatomist, and academic
1951 – Frederic Schwartz  (d. 2014)
      American architect, co-designed Empty Sky
1952 – Annette O'Toole, American actress
1952 – Rey Robinson, American sprinter and coach
1952 – Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher and academic
1953 – Barry Sonnenfeld, American director and producer
1953 – Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian footballer and manager
1954 – Üllar Kerde, Estonian basketball player and coach
1954 – Jeff Porcaro  (d. 1992)
      American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Toto and Clover)
1954 – Knut Værnes, Norwegian guitarist
1954 – Arnold Sidebottom, English footballer and cricketer
1955 – Sal Brinton, English politician
1955 – Don Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster
1955 – İlhan İrem, Turkish singer-songwriter
1955 – Humayun Akhtar Khan
      Pakistani politician, 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan
1955 – Terry Nichols, American criminal
1956 – Jeffrey Beecroft, American production designer and art director
1957 – Andreas Deja, Polish-American animator
1957 – David Gower, English cricketer and sportscaster
1957 – Denise Nickerson, American actress and singer
1957 – Stephen O'Brien, English lawyer and politician
      Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1957:  Winfried Vahland, German businessman
1958 – Dennes Dale "D." Boon  (d. 22 Dec 1985)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Minutemen and The Reactionaries)
1958 – Stephen O'Rahilly, Irish-British physician and academic
1959 – Helmuth Duckadam, Romanian footballer
1959 – Ivan G'Vera, Czech-American actor
1959:  Hasnat Khan, British Pakistani heart and lung surgeon
1959 – Margita Stefanović  (d. 2002)
      Serbian keyboard player (Ekatarina Velika)
1960 – Michael Praed, English actor
1960 – Jennifer Runyon, American actress
1960 – J. Christopher Stevens  (d. 2012)
      American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya
1961 – Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
1961 – Mark White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (ABC)
1962 – Mark Shulman, American author
1962 – Chris Grayling
      English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1962 – Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player and manager
1962 – Phillip Schofield, English television host
1963 – Teodoro de Villa Diaz  (d. 1988)
      Filipino guitarist and songwriter (The Dawn)
1964 – Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
1964 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (d. 2008)
1964 – John Morris, English cricketer
1964 – José Rodrigues dos Santos, Portuguese journalist, author, and educator
1964 – Scott Stevens, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1965 – Tomas Alfredson, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter
1965 – Mark Jackson, American basketball player and coach
1965 – Robert Steadman, English composer and conductor
1965 – Simona Ventura, Italian television host
1966 – Chris Evans, English radio and television host
1966 – Sharon Hodgson, English accountant and politician
1966 – Craig Kelly, American snowboarder (d. 20 Jan 2003)
1966 – Mehmet Özdilek, Turkish footballer and manager
1967 – Nicola Roxon
      Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Attorney-General of Australia
1968 – Mike Baird, Australian politician, 44th Premier of New South Wales
1968 – Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer
1968 – Traci Lind, American actress
1968 – Andreas Schnaas, German actor and director
1968 – Alexander Stubb
      Finnish academic and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Finland
1969 – Lev Lobodin, Ukrainian-Russian decathlete
1969 – Dean Windass, English footballer and manager
1970 – Sung-Hi Lee, South Korean-American model and actress
1970 – Brad Meltzer, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1970 – Mark Wheeler, American football player
1971 – Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower
1971 – Jessica Collins, American actress
1971 – Karen Dunbar, Scottish actress and screenwriter
1971 – Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
1971 – Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver
1971 – Danielle Smith, Canadian journalist and politician
1972 – Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1972 – Jesse Tobias
      American guitarist and songwriter (Red Hot Chili Peppers and Splendid)
1973 – Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor
1973 – Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer and coach
1973 – Joe Francis, American businessman, founded Girls Gone Wild
1973 – Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author
1973 – Kris Marshall, English actor
1973 – Daryn Tufts, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Kym Wilson, Australian television host and actress
1974 – Beatriz Batarda, English-Portuguese actress
1974 – Richard Christy, American drummer and actor
      (Death, Iced Earth, and Charred Walls of the Damned)
1974 – Colby Donaldson, American television host and actor
1974 – John Glen, English politician
1974 – Hugo Ibarra, Argentinian footballer and manager
1974 – Sandra Völker, German swimmer
1975 – George Bastl, Swiss tennis player
1975 – John Butler
      American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
      (The John Butler Trio)
1975 – Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
1976:  Troy Baker, American actor
1976 – Hazem El Masri
      Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator
1976 – David Gilliland, American race car driver
1976 – Gábor Király, Hungarian footballer
1976 – David Oyelowo, English actor and producer
1976 – Asım Pars, Bosnian-Turkish basketball player
1976 – Nicole Sanderson, Australian beach volleyball player
1976 – Clarence Seedorf, Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager
1976 – Yuka Yoshida, Japanese tennis player
1977 – Vitor Belfort, Brazilian-American boxer and mixed martial artist
1977:  Kelli White, American athlete
1977 – Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
1978 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (d. 2009)
1978 – Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Mirka Federer, Slovak-Swiss tennis player
1978 – Anamaria Marinca, Romanian-English actress
1978 – Etan Thomas, American basketball player
1979 – Ivano Balić, Croatian handball player
1979 – Ruth Beitia, Spanish high jumper
1980 – Dennis Kruppke, German footballer
1980:  Kip Moore, American singer-songwriter
1980 – Randy Orton, American wrestler
1980 – Bijou Phillips, American actress
1980 – Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress
1981 – Aslı Bayram, German model and actress, Miss Germany 2005
1981 – Aimee Chan
      Canadian-Hong Kong model and actress, Miss Hong Kong 2006
1981 – Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player
1981 – Bjørn Einar Romøren, Norwegian ski jumper
1981 – Hannah Spearritt, English actress and singer (S Club 7)
1982 – Sam Huntington, American actor
1982 – Taran Killam
      American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and writer
1982 – Andreas Thorkildsen, Norwegian javelin thrower
1983 – John Axford, Canadian baseball player
1983 – Tamati Ellison, New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Lance Hohaia, New Zealand rugby player
1983:  Ellen Hollman, American actress
1983 – Jussi Jokinen, Finnish-American ice hockey player
1983 – Matt Lanter, American actor and model
1983 – Sergey Lazarev, Russian singer, actor, and dancer (Smash!!)
1983 – Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
1983 – Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007)
1984 – Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
1985 – Daniel Murphy, American baseball player
1985 – Beth Tweddle, English gymnast
1985 – Josh Zuckerman, American actor
1986 – Brian Todd Collins (bka Kid Ink), American rapper
1986 – Shunichi Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor and singer
1986 – Viktor Sanikidze, Georgian basketball player
1986 – Hillary Scott, American singer-songwriter (Lady Antebellum)
1986 – Ireen Wüst, Dutch speed skater
1987 – Kayla Collins, American model
1987:  Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress
1987 – Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
1987 – Gianluca Musacci, Italian footballer
1987 – Li Ting, Chinese diver
1987 – Oliver Turvey, English race car driver
1988 – Alexander Bychkov, Russian serial killer
1988 – Brook Lopez, American basketball player
1988 – Robin Lopez, American basketball player
1988 – Courtney McCool, American gymnast
1988 – Alessandra Perilli, Sammarinese target shooter
1989 – Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater
1989 – David N'Gog, French footballer
1989 – Yumi Sugimoto, Japanese model, actress, and singer
1989 – Christian Vietoris, German race car driver
1990 – Julia Fischer, German discus thrower
1990 – Joe Partington, English-Welsh footballer
1991 – Graham Candy, New Zealand singer-songwriter and actor
1991 – Antonio Pontarelli, American singer-songwriter and violinist
1992 – Deng Linlin, Chinese gymnast
1992 – Sui Lu, Chinese gymnast
1993 – Blair Fowler, American blogger
1993 – Keito Okamoto, Japanese singer (Hey! Say! JUMP)
1993 – Nico Schulz, German footballer
1994 – Ella Eyre, English singer-songwriter
1997 – Asa Butterfield, English actor
1997 – Álex Palou, Spanish racing driver


Family

1991:  Jake Rolston
      husband of step-granddaughter


Coulee City

1978:  Daryl Edgemon


Other




Anniversaries

Coulee City



Deaths

VIP



Notable

1085 – Emperor Shenzong of Song (b. 1048)
1132 – Hugh of Châteauneuf, French bishop and saint (b. 1053)
1204 – Eleanor of Aquitaine (b. 1122)
1205 – Amalric II of Jerusalem (b. 1145)
1528 – Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer (b. 1470)
1580 – Alonso Mudarra, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1510)
1621 – Cristofano Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1577)
1682 – Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)
1787 – Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (b. 1710)
1839 – Benjamin Pierce  (b. 1757)
      American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire
1865 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
1872 – William Frederick Horry, English murderer (b. 1843)
1872 – Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
1878 – John Corry Wilson Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
1890 – David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
1890 – Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
1897 – Jandamarra, Australian activist (b. 1873)
1914 – Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
1914 – Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
1915 – Theodor Altermann, Estonian actor and director (b. 1885)
1917 – Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
1920 – Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
1922 – Charles I of Austria (b. 1887)
1922 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
1924 – Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
1924 – Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
1924 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)
1925 – Lars Jørgen Madsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1871)
1946 – Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
1947 – George II of Greece (b. 1890)
1950 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
1950 – Recep Peker  (b. 1889)
      Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey
1962 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
1965 – Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
1966 – Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright (b. 1911)
1967 – Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician (b. 1910)
1968 – Lev Landau  (b. 1908)
      Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1976 – Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
1979 – Bruno Coquatrix, French talent manager (b. 1910)
1979 – Barbara Luddy, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
1981 – Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
1984 – Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (The Moonglows) (b. 1939)
1984 – Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
1985 – Douglass Wallop, American author and playwright (b. 1920)
1986 – Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
1987 – Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)
1988 – Jim Jordan, American actor (b. 1896)
1991 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
1991 – Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
1992 – Michael Havers, Baron Havers  (b. 1923)
      English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1992 – Nigel Preston, English drummer (The Cult) (b. 1959)
1993 – Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954)
1994 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)
1995 – H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (b. 1914)
1995 – Lucie Rie, Austrian-English potter (b. 1902)
1996 – Jean Le Moyne, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1913)
1996 – John McSherry, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1944)
1997 – Norman Carr, English environmentalist and author (b. 1912)
1997 – Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1912)
1998 – Gene Evans, American actor (b. 1922)
1998 – Rozz Williams  (b. 1963)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Christian Death, Shadow Project, and Premature Ejaculation)
1999 – Jesse Stone, American pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1901)
2000 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart  (b. 1924)
      Scottish lawyer and judge
2001 – Olivia Barclay, English astrologer and author (b. 1919)
2001 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (b. 1908)
2001 – Ayhan Şahenk, Turkish businessman, founded Doğuş Holding (b. 1929)
2001 – Trịnh Công Sơn, Vietnamese guitarist and composer (b. 1939)
2002 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (b. 1905)
2002 – Aptullah Kuran, Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1927)
2002 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1947)
2003 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1956)
2004 – Paul Atkinson, English guitarist and producer (The Zombies) (b. 1946)
2004 – Aaron Bank  (b. 1902)
      American colonel, founded the US Army Special Forces
2004 – Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2004 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1945)
2004 – Nilo Soruco, Bolivian-Venezuelan singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
2005 – Paul Bomani  (b 1925)
      Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance
2005 – Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
2005 – Harald Juhnke, German actor and singer (b. 1929)
2005 – Jack Keller, American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)
2005 – Robert Coldwell Wood  (b. 1923)
     American political scientist and academic
2006 – In Tam  (b. 1916)
      Cambodian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia
2007 – Herb Carneal, American sportscaster (b. 1923)
2008 – Jake Warren  (b. 1921)
      Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
2009 – Lou Perryman, American actor (b. 1941)
2010 – John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918)
2010 – Tzannis Tzannetakis  (b. 1927)
      Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece
2012 – Ekrem Bora, Turkish actor (b. 1934)
2012 – Lionel Bowen  (b. 1922)
      Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
2012 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian-American soccer player and radio host (b. 1947)
2012 – Miguel de la Madrid  (b. 1934)
      Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico
2012 – Leila Denmark, American pediatrician (b. 1898)
2012 – Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2012 – N. K. P. Salve, Indian accountant and politician (b. 1921)
2013 – Pavel 183, Russian painter (b. 1983)
2013 – Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian commander (b. 1932)
2013 – Asal Badiee, Iranian actress (b. 1977)
2013 – Moses Blah  (b. 1947)
      Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia
2013 – David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1930)
2013 – Kildare Dobbs, Canadian author (b. 1923)
2013 – William H. Ginsburg, American lawyer (b. 1943)
2013 – Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (b. 1952)
2013 – Jack Pardee, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
2013 – Greg Willard, American basketball player and referee (b. 1958)
2014 – King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1922)
2014 – Rudolph Hargrave, American lawyer and judge (b. 1925)
2014 – Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (b. 1924)
2014 – Andrew Joseph McDonald, American bishop (b. 1923)
2014 – Bill Mitchell, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
2014 – Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (b. 1925)
2015 – John Paul Hammerschmidt, American soldier and politician (b. 1922)
2015 – Eddie LeBaron  (b. 1930)
      American football player, manager, and sportscaster
2015 – Cynthia Lennon, English author; first wife of John Lennon (b. 1939)
2015 – Misao Okawa, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1898)
2015 – Nicolae Rainea, Romanian footballer and referee (b. 1933)


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