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Birthdays
VIP
1927 – Pope Benedict XVI
born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
265th Pope of Rome, 2005-2013
Notable
1319 – John II of France (d. 1364)
1488 – Jungjong of Joseon (d. 1544)
1495 – Petrus Apianus (d. 1557)
German mathematician and astronomer
1516 – Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (d. 1550)
1635 – Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (d. 1681)
1646 – Jules Hardouin-Mansart (d. 1708)
French architect
designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon
1660 – Hans Sloane (d. 1753)
Irish-English physician and academic
1661 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (d. 1715)
English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury
1682 – John Hadley (d. 1744)
English mathematician, invented the octant
1693 – Anne Sophie Reventlow (d. 1743)
Danish wife of Frederick IV of Denmark
1697 – Johann Gottlieb Görner (d. 1778)
German organist and composer
1728 – Joseph Black (d. 1799)
French-Scottish physician and chemist
1730 – Henry Clinton, English general and politician (d. 1795)
1755 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)
1786 – John Franklin, English admiral and politician (d. 1847)
4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land
1800 – George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (d. 1888)
English field marshal and politician
1797: Louis-Adolphe Thiers (d. 4 Sep 1877) Wikipedia
French politician and historian
1808 – Caleb Blood Smith (d. 1864)
American journalist, lawyer, and politician
6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1861-1862
U.S. Representative, W. IN, 1843-1849
1821 – Ford Madox Brown (d. 1893)
French-English soldier and painter
1823 – Gotthold Eisenstein (d. 1852)
German mathematician and academic
1827 – Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (d. 1879)
1839 – Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì (d. 1908)
Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy
1834 – Charles Lennox Richardson (d. 1862)
English-Chinese merchant
1844 – Anatole France (d. 1924)
French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate
1847 – Hans Auer (d. 1906)
Swiss-Austrian architect
designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland
1848 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam (d. 1919)
Indian author and activist
1851 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan (d. 1930)
Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
1865 – Harry Chauvel, Australian general (d. 1945)
1866 – José de Diego (d. 1918)
Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician
1867 – Wilbur Wright (d. 1912)
American pilot, engineer, and businessman
co-founded the Wright Company
1871 – John Millington Synge (d. 1909)
Irish author, poet, and playwright
1874 – Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (d. 1936)
1878 – R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914)
1881: E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (d 23 Dec 1959)
British Ambassador to the United States, 1940-1946
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1938-1940
Lord President of the Council, 1937-1938
Lord Privy Seal, 1935-1937
Secretary of State for War, 1935
Leader of the House of Lords, 1935-1938
30th Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1926-1931
1882 – Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (d. 1972)
1884 – Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell (d. 1963)
English cricketer, journalist, and politician
1885 – Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960)
1886 – Michalis Dorizas (d. 1957)
Greek-American football player and javelin thrower
1886 – Ernst Thälmann, German politician (d. 1944)
1886 – Margaret Woodrow Wilson (d. 1944)
American daughter of Woodrow Wilson
1888 – Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (d. 1940)
1889 – Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (d. 25 Dec 1977)
English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
1890 – Michalis Dorizas, Greek javelin thrower (d. 1957)
1890 – Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1954)
1890 – Gertrude Chandler Warner (d. 1979)
American author and educator
1891 – Dorothy P. Lathrop (d. 1980)
American author and illustrator
1892 – Howard Mumford Jones (d. 1980)
American author, critic, and academic
1893 – Germaine Guèvremont (d. 1968)
Canadian journalist and author
1893 – John Norton, American hurdler (d. 1979)
1894 – Ernst Ziegler, German actor (d. 1974)
1895 – Ove Arup (d. 1988)
English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup
1896 – Robert Henry Best, American journalist (d. 1952)
1896 – Pat Clayton, English soldier and surveyor (d. 1962)
1896 – Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963)
1899 – Osman Achmatowicz (d. 1988)
Polish chemist and academic
1903 – Paul Waner (d. 1965)
American baseball player and manager
1904 – Fifi D'Orsay (d. 1983)
Canadian-American vaudevillian and actress
1905 – Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (d. 2005)
1906: Wendell Johnson (d. 29 Aug 1965)
American psychologist, actor and author
1907 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier (d. 1964)
Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc.
1907 – August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (d. 1947)
1908 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr. (d. 2004)
American businessman and activist
1908 – Ray Ventura (d. 1979)
French-Spanish pianist and bandleader
1910 – Berton Roueché (d. 1994)
American journalist and author
1911 – Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (d. 1963)
1912 – Gordon Dunn, American discus thrower (d. 1964)
1912 – David Langton, Scottish-English actor (d. 1994)
1912 – Catherine Scorsese, American actress (d. 1997)
1912 – Garth Williams, American illustrator (d. 1996)
1913 – Les Tremayne, English-American actor (d. 2003)
1915 – Joan Alexander, American actress (d. 2009)
1915 – Gerard McLarnon (d. 1997)
English-Irish actor and playwright
1915 – Robert Speck (d. 1972)
Canadian politician, 1st Mayor of Mississauga
1916 – Ted Mann, American businessman (d. 2001)
1916 – Behçet Necatigil (d. 1979)
Turkish author, poet, and translator
1917 – Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba (d. 2013)
18th Duchess of Medinaceli
1917 – Barry Nelson, American actor (d. 2007)
1918 – Dick Gibson, English race car driver (d. 2010)
1918 – Hsuan Hua (d. 1995)
Chinese-American monk and author
1918 – Juozas Kazickas (d. 2014)
Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist
1918 – Spike Milligan (d. 2002)
Irish actor, singer, screenwriter, and author
1919 – Merce Cunningham (d. 2009)
American dancer and choreographer
1919 – Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (d. 2011)
1919 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (d. 2013)
Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center
and National Museum of Anthropology
1919 – Thomas Willmore, English geometer and academic (d. 2005)
1920 – Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012)
1920 – Alan Pegler (d. 2012)
English businessman, entrepreneur, actor,
and railway preservationist
1920 – Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (d. 1986)
1921 – Arlin M. Adams, American lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
1921 – Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (d. 2014)
1921 – Peter Ustinov (d. 2004)
English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1922 – Kingsley Amis, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1995)
1922 – John Christopher, English author (d. 2012)
1922 – Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (d. 2014)
1922 – Leo Tindemans (d. 2014)
Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium
1923 – Warren Barker, American composer (d. 2006)
1923 – Arch A. Moore, Jr. (d. 2015)
American sergeant, lawyer, and politician
28th Governor of West Virginia
1924 – John Harvey-Jones (d. 2008)
English academic and businessman
1924 – Henry Mancini (d. 1994)
American composer and conductor
1924 – Rudy Pompilli (d. 1976)
American saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets)
1924 – Madanjeet Singh (d. 2013)
Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist
1926 – Pierre Fabre (d. 2013)
French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre
1927 – Edie Adams, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
1927: John Chamberlain, American sculptor (d. 21 Dec 2011)
1927 – Dick Lane, American football player and soldier (d. 2002)
1927 – Peter Mark Richman, American actor
1927 – Rolf Schult, German actor (d. 2013)
1928 – Nader Jahanbani, Iranian general and pilot (d. 1979)
1929 – Roy Hamilton, American singer (d. 1969)
1929 – Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist (d. 2012)
1929 – Ed Townsend (d. 2003)
American singer-songwriter and producer
1930 – Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013)
1930: Carol Bly, American teacher and author (d. 21 Dec 2007)
1930 – Fyodor Bogdanovsky, Russian weightlifter (d. 2014)
1930 – Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer (d. 2003)
1931 – Herman van Ham, Dutch chef (d. 2012)
1932 – Maury Meyers, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1933 – Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
1933 – Joan Bakewell, English journalist and author
1933 – Erol Günaydın, Turkish actor (d. 2012)
1933 – Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper
1933 – Ike Pappas, American journalist and actor (d. 2008)
1934 – Richard Kershaw, English journalist (b. 2014)
1934 – Sir Geoffrey Owen
English journalist, academic, and businessman
1934 – Victor Arriagada Rios (bka Vicar), Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012)
1934 – Robert Stigwood, Australian producer and manager (d. 2016)
1935 – Marcel Carrière, Canadian director and screenwriter
1935 – Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (d. 2013)
1935 – Lennart Risberg, Swedish boxer (d. 2013)
1935 – Steffi Sidney, American actress, publicist, and producer (d. 2010)
1935 – Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (d. 2013)
1935 – Bobby Vinton, American singer and actor
1936 – Šaban Bajramović, Serbian singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
1936 – Tom Lodge, English radio host (d. 2012)
1937 – Vince Hill, English singer-songwriter, producer, and playwright
1937 – Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1937 – Gert Potgieter, South African hurdler and coach
1937 – George Steele, American wrestler and actor
1938 – Rich Rollins, American baseball player
1938 – Gordon Wilson, Scottish lawyer and politician
1939 – John Amabile (d. 2012)
American football player and coach
1939 – John Delafose, American accordion player (d. 1994)
1939 – Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor (d. 2008)
1939 – Dusty Springfield (d. 1999)
English singer and record producer
(The Lana Sisters and The Springfields)
1940 – Benoît Bouchard
Canadian academic and politician
18th Canadian Minister of Transport
1940 – David Holford, Barbadian cricketer
1940 – Margaret Maden, English academic
1940 – Margrethe II of Denmark
1940 – Joan Snyder, American painter
1940 – Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys
English banker and politician
Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom
1941 – Allan Segal, American director and producer (d. 2012)
1941: Cliff Stearns, American politician
U.S. Representative, R. FL, 1989-2013
1942 – Jim Lonborg, American baseball player
1942 – Frank Williams
English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team
1943 – Ruth Madoc, Welsh actress and singer
1943 – Dave Peverett (d. 2000)
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Foghat and Savoy Brown)
1943 – Morris Stevenson, Scottish footballer (d. 2014)
1943 – Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman
1943 – John Watkins, Australian cricketer
1944 – Sue Clifford
English environmentalist and academic
co-founded Common Ground
1945 – Tom Allen, American lawyer and politician
U.S. Representative, D. ME, 1997-2009
1945 – Sebastian Barker, English poet and journalist (d. 2014)
1946 – Margot Adler, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1946 – Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (d. 2014)
1946 – Johnnie Lewis (d. 2015)
Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia
1946 – R. Carlos Nakai, American flute player
1947 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
American basketball player and coach
1947 – Gerry Rafferty (d. 2011)
Scottish singer-songwriter
(The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel)
1948 – Reg Alcock (d. 2011)
Canadian businessman and politician
17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board
1948 – Lynne Franks, English businesswoman
1948 – Ammar El Sherei (d. 2012)
Egyptian accordion player, composer, and academic
1948 – Kazuyuki Sogabe, Japanese voice actor and guitarist (d. 2006)
1949 – Melody Patterson, American actress
1949: Ann Romney, American wife of Mitt Romney
1949 – Pirkko Saisio, Finnish author, actress, and director
1950 – Robert Dutil, Canadian businessman and politician
1950 – David Graf, American actor (d. 2001)
1950 – Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress
1951 – Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer
1951 – Mordechai Ben David, American singer-songwriter
1951 – Björgvin Halldórsson, Icelandic singer
1951 – M. S. Narayana, Indian actor and director (d. 2015)
1951 – David Nutt, English psychiatrist and academic
1952 – Bill Belichick, American football player and coach
1952 – Michel Blanc, French actor and director
1952 – Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
1952 – Billy West
American voice actor, singer, comedian, musician and songwriter
1952 – Nick Young, English lawyer and activist
1953 – Douglas M. Fraser, American Air Force general
1953 – Peter Garrett
Australian singer-songwriter and politician (Midnight Oil)
1953 – Jay O. Sanders, American actor
1953 – J. Neil Schulman
American author, actor, director, and producer
1954 – Ellen Barkin, American actress
1954 – John Bowe, Australian race car driver
1954 – Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 – Bruce Bochy, American baseball player and manager
1955 – Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1956 – David M. Brown (d. 2003)
American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1956 – T Lavitz (d. 2010)
American keyboard player, composer, and producer
(Dixie Dregs, Jazz Is Dead, and Widespread Panic)
1956 – Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
1957 – Patricia De Martelaere (d. 2009)
Belgian philosopher, author, and academic
1958 – Tim Flach, English photographer and director
1958 – Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist (Oscar Peterson Tro)
1959 – Robert Casilla, American illustrator
1959 – Scott McKinsey, American director and producer
1959 – Alison Ramsay
English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer
1960 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (d. 2007)
1960 – Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
1960 – Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager
1961 – Doris Dragović, Croatian singer-songwriter
1961 – Jarbom Gamlin (d. 2014)
Indian lawyer and politician
7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
1961 – Linda Ruth Williams, British film studies academic
1962 – Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist
1962 – Douglas Elmendorf, American economist and politician
1962 – Ian MacKaye
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fugazi,
Minor Threat, The Teen Idles, The Evens, and Embrace)
1963 – Nick Berry, English actor and singer
1963 – Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer
1963 – Jimmy Osmond
American singer and actor (The Osmonds)
1964 – David Kohan, American screenwriter and producer
1964 – Dave Pirner
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(Soul Asylum)
1964 – Esbjörn Svensson (d. 2008)
Swedish pianist (Esbjörn Svensson Trio)
1965 – Yves-François Blanchet, Canadian politician
1965 – Jon Cryer
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Martin Lawrence
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Michael Wong, American-Hong Kong actor and director
1966 – Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer (Farmers Market)
1968 – Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager
1968 – Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner
1969 – Stacy Francis, American singer and actress (Ex Girlfriend)
1969 – Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier
1969 – Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster
1970 – Dero Goi, German singer-songwriter and drummer (Oomph!)
1970 – Walt Williams, American basketball player
1971 – Max Beesley, English actor and singer
1971 – Peter Billingsley, American actor, director, and producer
1971 – Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player
1971 – Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor
1971 – Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (bka Selena) (d. 1995)
American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
(Selena y Los Dinos)
1971 – Belinda Stewart-Wilson, English actress
1971 – Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese race car driver
1971 – Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player
1972 – Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player
1972 – John McGuinness, English motorcycle racer
1972 – Tracy K. Smith, American poet and educator
1973 – Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam (bka Akon)
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1973 – Gary Delaney, English comedian
1973 – Hirofumi Nojima, Japanese voice actor
1973 – Bonnie Pink, Japanese singer-songwriter
1973 – Charlotta Sorenstam, Swedish golfer
1973 – Oksana Yermakova, Estonian-Russian fencer
1974 – Mat Devine
American singer-songwriter and actor (Kill Hannah)
1974 – Valarie Rae Miller, American actress
1974 – Fabián Robles, Mexican actor
1974 – Thomas Tevana, American actor
1974 – Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress and director
1975 – Keon Clark, American basketball player
1975 – Sean Maher, American actor
1975 – Nick Pickard, English actor
1975 – Karl Yune, American actor
1976 – Phil Baroni, American mixed martial artist and wrestler1976 – Robert Dahlqvist
Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Hellacopters, Dundertåget, and Thunder Express)
1976 – Lukas Haas
American actor, pianist, drummer, and composer
1976 – Dan Kellner, American fencer
1976 – David Lyons, Australian actor
1976 – Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer
1976 – Shu Qi, Taiwanese actress and singer
1977 – Tameka Empson, English actress and screenwriter
1977 – Florentijn Hofman, Dutch sculptor
1977 – Fredrik Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
1978 – Lara Dutta, Indian model and actress, Miss Universe 2000
1978 – Jody Marie Gnant, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1978 – Nikki Griffin, American actress
1978 – Matthew Lloyd, Australian footballer and coach
1978 – John Buffalo Mailer
American actor, playwright, producer, and journalist
American actor, playwright, producer, and journalist
1978 – Kristin Proctor, American-Norwegian actress
1978 – Igor Tudor, Croatian footballer and manager1978 – Ivan Urgant, Russian television host and actor
1978 – Christos Vasilopoulos, Greek actor
1979 – Christijan Albers, Dutch race car driver
1979 – Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter
1979 – Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Sean Costello (d. 2008)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Sixto Peralta, Argentinian-English footballer
1980 – Jens Hartwig, German actor
1980 – Paul London, American wrestler
1980 – Juliette Marquis, Ukrainian actress, model, and ballerina
1981 – Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer
1981 – Maya Dunietz, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist
1981 – Russell Harvard, American actor
1981 – Matthieu Proulx, Canadian football player
1981 – Jake Scott, American football player
1981 – Vico Thai, Australian actor
1982 – Gina Carano
American mixed martial artist, actress, and model
1982 – Boris Diaw, French basketball playerAmerican mixed martial artist, actress, and model
1982 – Michael Ratajczak, German footballer
1982 – Jonathan Vilma, American football player
1983 – Marié Digby
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1983 – Manuela Martelli, Chilean actress
1983 – Cat Osterman, American softball player
1983 – George Patis, Greek badminton player
1984 – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, American author
1984 – Natalie Blair, Australian actress
1984 – Teddy Blass, American composer and producer
1984 – Dane Brookes, English actor
1984 – Noah Fleiss, American actor
1984 – Claire Foy, English actress1984 – Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater
1984: Johnathan Joseph, American football player
1984 – Paweł Kieszek, Polish footballer
1984 – Kerron Stewart, Jamaican sprinter
1985 – Mark Baker, Welsh author
1985 – Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player
1985 – Nate Diaz, American mixed martial artist
1985 – Rhiana Griffith, Australian model and actress
1985 – Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Benjamín Rojas
Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (Erreway)
1985 – Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer
1985 – JC Tiuseco
Chinese Filipino model, actor, TV host, and basketball player
1986 – Paul di Resta, Scottish race car driver
1986 – Laura Langman, New Zealand netball player
1986 – Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer
1986 – Andres Olvik, Estonian swimmer
1986 – Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player
1986 – Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast
1987 – Cenk Akyol, Turkish basketball player
1987 – Neil Haskell, American dancer
1987 – Aaron Lennon, English footballer
1987 – Kyley Statham, Canadian actress
1987 – Aleksander Vinter (bka Savant)
Norwegian Musician, DJ, and producer
1988 – Alisa Durbrow, Japanese model, actress, and singer
1988 – Juliana Vasconcelos Póvoas (bka Jullie)
Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress
1990 – Reggie Jackson, American basketball player
1990 – Lily Loveless, English actress
1990 – Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player1990 – Tony McQuay, American sprinter
1990 – Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
1990 – Nia Ramadhani, Indonesian actress
1990 – Jules Sitruk, French actor
1991 – Nolan Arenado, American baseball player1991 – Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer
1991 – Yurie Midori, Japanese actress and gravure idol
1992 – Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg
1993 – Chancelor Bennett (bka Chance The Rapper)
American rapper
1993 – Mirai Nagasu, American figure skater
1994 – Liliana Mumy, American actress
2008 – Princess Eléonore of Belgium
Family
Coulee City
Elizabeth Litt
Arlene Coates
Other
Bob Apple (Spokane)
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
69 – Otho, Roman emperor (b. 32)
665 – Fructuosus of Braga, French archbishop and saint
1113 – Sviatopolk II of Kiev (b. 1050)
1118 – Adelaide del Vasto, Italian wife of Roger II of Sicily (b. 1075)
1198 – Frederick I, Duke of Austria (b. 1175)
1640 – Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (b. 1579)
1645 – Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
1687 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (b. 1628)
English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
1689 – Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
1742 – Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
1756 – Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
1783 – Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
1788 – Georges-Louis Leclerc (b. 1707)
Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author
1828 – Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
1846 – Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
1850 – Marie Tussaud (b. 1761)
French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
1859 – Alexis de Tocqueville (b. 1805)
French historian and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
1879 – Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
1888 – Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
1899 – Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
1904 – Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
1904 – Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
1914 – George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
1915 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
1924 – Amleto Novelli, Italian actor (b. 1885)
1925 – Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
1928 – Henry Birks (b. 1840)
Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons
1928 – Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
1930 – José Carlos Mariátegui (b. 1894)
Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist
1935 – Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
1937 – Jay Johnson Morrow (b. 1870)
American military engineer and politician
3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
1938 – Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
1941 – Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp (b. 1880)
English economist and civil servant
1942 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
1942 – Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
1946 – Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
1947 – Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
1950 – Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
1950 – Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
1955 – David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
1957 – Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mobster (b. 1882)
1958 – Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
1959 – Charles Halton, American actor (b. 1876)
1960 – Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
1961 – Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
1965 – Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour (b. 1884)
English Lieutenant-Colonel in the british Army and colonial administrator
1966 – Eric Lambert, Australian author (b. 1918)
1968 – Fay Bainter, American actress (b. 1893)
1968 – Edna Ferber, American author and playwright (b. 1885)
1969 – Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (b. 1904)
1970 – Richard Neutra (b. 1892)
Austrian-American architect
designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records
1970 – Péter Veres (b. 1897)
Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence
1972 – Yasunari Kawabata (b. 1899)
Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1972 – Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (b. 1894)
1973 – Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (b. 1944)
1973 – István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (b. 1929)
1978 – Lucius D. Clay, American general (b. 1897)
1980 – Morris Stoloff, American composer (b. 1898)
1985 – Scott Brady, American actor (b. 1924)
1988 – Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (b. 1935)
1988 – Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (b. 1954)
1989 – Jocko Conlan, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1899)
1989 – Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (b. 1915)
1989 – Miles Lawrence, English cricketer (b. 1940)
1989 – Hakkı Yeten, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1910)
1991 – David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1992 – Neville Brand, American actor (b. 1920)
1992 – Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy and activist (b. 1915)
1992 – Andy Russell, American singer (b. 1919)
1994 – Ralph Ellison, American novelist and critic (b. 1913)
1995 – Arthur English, English actor (b. 1919)
1995 – Iqbal Masih, Pakistani child (b. 1982)
1996 – Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (b. 1927)
1996 – Stavros Niarchos, Greek-Swiss businessman (b. 1909)
1997 – Doris Angleton, American murder victim (b. 1951)
1997 – Roland Topor, French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938)
1998 – Alberto Calderón (b. 1920)
Argentinian-American mathematician and academic
1998 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (b. 1913)
1998 – Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880)
1999 – Skip Spence (b. 1946)
Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape)
2000 – Putra of Perlis (b. 1920)
2001 – Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
2001 – Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (b. 1917)
2002 – Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2002 – Ruth Fertel (b. 1927)
American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House
2002 – Robert Urich, American actor (b. 1946)
2003 – Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (b. 1930)
2003 – Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909)
2005 – Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (b. 1943)
2005 – Marla Ruzicka (b. 1976)
American activist, founded Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict
2005 – Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
2006 – Francisco Adam, Portuguese actor (b. 1983)
2007 – Seung-Hui Cho (b. 1984)
perpetrator of the Virginia Tech shooting
2007 – 32 victims of the Virginia Tech massacre, including:
– Jamie Bishop, American instructor of the German language (b. 1971)
– Seung-Hui Cho, American student and murderer (b. 1984)
– Jocelyne Couture-Nowak (b. 1958)
Canadian-American instructor of the French language
– Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (b. 1961)
– Liviu Librescu (b. 1930)
Romanian-American academic and holocaust survivor
– G. V. Loganathan, Indian-American academic (b. 1954)
2007 – Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
2007 – Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962)
2007 – Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915)
2007 – Chandrabose Suthaharan, Sri Lankan journalist
2008 – Edward Norton Lorenz (b. 1917)
American mathematician and meteorologist
2008 – Joseph Solman, American painter (b. 1909)
2010 – Rasim Delić, Bosnian general (b. 1949)
2010 – Daryl Gates (b. 1926)
American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program
2011 – Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (b. 1928)
2011 – Allan Blakeney (b. 1925)
Canadian scholar and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan
2011 – Sol Saks, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
2012 – Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (b. 1914)
2012 – Marian Biskup, Polish author and academic (b. 1922)
2012 – Ray Davey (b. 1915)
Northern Irish minister, founded the Corrymeela Community
2012 – Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and conductor (b. 1938)
2012 – George Kunda (b. 1956)
Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia
2012 – Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (b. 1913)
2012 – Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948)
2013 – Charles Bruzon, Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Jack Daniels, American baseball player (b. 1927)
2013 – George Horse Capture, American anthropologist and author (b. 1937)
2013 – Ali Kafi, Algerian colonel and politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Francis Leo Lawrence, American academic and scholar (b. 1937)
2013 – Siegfried Ludwig, Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (b. 1926)
2013 – Pentti Lund, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2013 – Rita MacNeil, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1944)
2013 – George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1909)
2013 – Edwin Shirley, English businessman (b. 1948)
2013 – Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930)
2013 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (b. 1919)
Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center
and National Museum of Anthropology
2014 – Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
2014 – Stan Kelly-Bootle, English author and songwriter (b. 1929)
2014 – Frank Kopel, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1949)
2014 – Basil A. Paterson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2014 – Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)
2014 – Ernst Florian Winter (b. 1923)
Austrian-American historian and political scientist
2015 – Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1948)
2015 – Attaphol Buspakom, Thai footballer and manager (b. 1962)
2015 – Oles Buzina, Ukrainian journalist and author (b. 1969)
2015 – Stanislav Gross (b. 1969)
Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
2015 – Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer-songwriter and record producer (b. 1959)
2015 – Nimal Mendis, Sri Lankan singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
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