Thursday, April 28, 2016

April 29 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP

1745 – Oliver Ellsworth  (d. 26 Nov 1807)
      American lawyer and politician
      3rd Chief Justice of the United States, 1796-1800
      U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1789-1796

Notable

1636 – Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (d. 1679)
1665 – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde  (d. 1745)
      Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1667 – John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath (d. 1735)
1686 – Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven  (d. 1742)
      English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain
1727 – Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (d. 1810)
1758 – Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (d. 1820)
1762 – Jean-Baptiste Jourdan  (d. 1833)
      French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
1780 – Charles Nodier, French librarian and author (d. 1844)
1784 – Samuel Turell Armstrong  (d. 1850)
      American publisher and politician
      14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1803:  Paul Cullen  (d. 24 Oct 1878)
      Irish Roman Catholic theologian and prelate
      Created Cardinal, 22 Jun 1866
      Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, 1852-1878
      Archbishop of Armagh, 1850–1852
1810 – Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (d. 1892)
1814 – Sadok Barącz  (d. 1892)
      Galician religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist
1818 – Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)
1837 – Georges Ernest Boulanger  (d. 1891)
      French general and politician, French Minister of War
1842 – Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1899)
1847 – Joachim Andersen
      Danish flautist, composer, and conductor
      co-founder of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (d. 1907)
1848 – Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (d. 1906)
1854 – Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1912)
1863 – Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (d. 1933)
1863 – William Randolph Hearst  (d. 1951)
      American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation
1863 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922)
1868 – Alice Keppel, British society hostess and mistress of Edward VII (d. 1947)
1872 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930)
1872 – Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (d. 1952)
1875 – Rafael Sabatini, Italian-Swiss author and playwright (d. 1950)
1876 – Zewditu I of Ethiopia (d. 1930)
1879 – Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961)
1882 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer and typographer (d. 1945)
1885 – Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)
1887 – Raymond Thorne, American swimmer (d. 1921)
1891 – Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist (d. 1964)
1893 – Harold Urey  (d. 1981)
      American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1894 – Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)
1895 – Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970)
1895 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1967)
1899 – Douglas Abbott  (d. 1987)
      Canadian lawyer and politician
      10th Canadian Minister of National Defence
1899 – Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1974)
1899 – Mary Petty, American illustrator (d. 1976)
1901 – Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)
1907 – Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (d. 1983)
1907 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997)
1908 – Jack Williamson, American author and academic (d. 2006)
1909 – Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)
1912 – Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1915 – Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997)
1917 – Maya Deren  (d. 1961)
      Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer
1917 – Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1917 – Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian and author (d. 2011)
1918 – George Allen, Sr., American football player and coach (d. 1990)
1919 – Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1920 – Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (d. 1996)
1920 – Harold Shapero, American composer (d. 2013)
1922 – Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 2001)
1922 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player
1923 – Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
1924 – Al Balding, Canadian golfer (d. 2006)
1924 – Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress
1925 – John Compton  (d. 2007)
      Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
1925 – Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007)
1926 – Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
1926:  Carrie P. Meek, American politician
          U.S. Representative, D. FL, 1993-2003
1927 – Dorothy Manley, English sprinter
1927 – Bill Slater, English footballer
1928 – Carl Gardner, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2011)
1928 – Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic
1929 – Ray Barretto, American conga player (d. 2006)
1929 – Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (d. 2007)
1929 – Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
1929 – Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1929 – Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)
1929 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1930 – Jean Rochefort, French actor and director
1930:  Sol Wachtler, American lawyer, judge, and politician
1931 – Frank Auerbach, German-English painter and academic
1931 – Lonnie Donegan  (d. 2002)
      Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1931:  Robert Gottlieb, American writer and editor
1931 – Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014)
1932 – Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (d. 2005)
1932:  Hu Jinquan (bka King Hu), Chinese film director  (d. 14 Jan 1997)
1932 – David Tindle, English painter and educator
1933 – Ed Charles, American baseball player and coach
1933 – Mark Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician
      61st Prime Minister of Belgium
1933 – Rod McKuen  (d. 29 Jan 2015)
      American singer-songwriter and poet
1933 – Willie Nelson
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
      (The Highwaymen)
1934 – Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player
1934 – Peter de la Billière, English general
1934 – Erika Fisch, German sprinter and hurdler
1934 – Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde
1935 – April Ashley, English model
1935 – Otis Rush, American singer and guitarist
1936 – Zubin Mehta, Indian bassist and conductor
1936 – Adolfo Nicolás
      Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
1936 – Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
      English banker and philanthropist
1936 – Lane Smith, American actor (d. 2005)
1936 – April Stevens, American singer (Nino Tempo & April Stevens)
1937 – Hasil Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
1937 – Arvo Mets, Estonian-Russian poet and translator (d. 1997)
1937 – Jill Paton Walsh, English author
1938 – Fred Dibnah, English steeplejack and engineer (d. 2004)
1938 – Bernard Madoff, American businessman and financier
1938 – Klaus Voormann, German bass player and producer
      (Manfred Mann and Plastic Ono Band)
1940 – Stephanos of Tallinn, Estonian metropolitan
1940 – Brian Taber, Australian cricketer
1941 – Jonah Barrington, English-Irish squash player
1941 – Hanne Darboven, German painter (d. 2009)
1942 – Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
      English politician, Minister of State for Europe
1942 – Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie
      English civil servant and academic
1942 – Galina Kulakova, Russian skier
1943 – İlker Başbuğ, Turkish general
1943 – Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde
      English union leader and politician
1943 – Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic
1944 – Princess Benedikte of Denmark
1944 – Richard Kline, American actor and director
1944 – Francis Lee, English footballer and businessman
1945 – Brian Charlesworth, English biologist, geneticist, and academic
1945:  Hugh Hopper, British bass guitarist  (d. 7 Jun 2009)
1945 – Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist
1945 – Tammi Terrell, American singer-songwriter (d. 1970)
1946:  Humphrey Carpenter (4 Jan 2005)
      English biographer, writer, and radio broadcaster
1947 – Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
1947 – Tommy James
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Tommy James and the Shondells)
1947:  Yusef Komunyakaa, American poet
1947 – Joey Levine, American singer-songwriter and producer
      (The Third Rail and Ohio Express)
1947 – Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster
1947 – Jim Ryun, American runner and politician
1948 – Bruce Cutler, American lawyer
1948 – Michael Karoli, German guitarist and songwriter (Can) (d. 2001)
1949 – Anita Dobson, English actress and singer
1950 – Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (d. 2013)
1950 – Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer
1950 – Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician
1951 – Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
1951 – John Holmes, English diplomat, British Ambassador to France
1952 – Nora Dunn, American actress
1952 – David Icke, English footballer and sportscaster
1952 – Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach
1952 – Rob Nicholson, Canadian lawyer and politician
      11th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2015
      40th Canadian Minister of National Defence, 2013-2015
      49th Minister of Justice for Canada, 2007-2013
1952 – Brian D. Ripley, English statistician and academic
1952 – Ron Washington, American baseball player and manager
1954:  Mo Brooks, American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. AL, 2011-present
1954 – Jake Burton Carpenter
      American snowboarder and businessman
      founded Burton Snowboards
1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor, and producer
1955 – Richard Epcar, American actor and director
1955 – Leslie Jordan, American actor and playwright
1955 – Don McKinnon, Australian rugby league player
1955 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress
1955 – Gino Quilico, Canadian singer
1955:  Paul Sadler, American attorney and politician
1956 – Karen Barad, American physicist and philosopher
1956 – Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Zoo)
1957Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
1957 – Geoffrey Gould, American actor
1957 – Mark Kendall, American guitarist and songwriter (Great White)
1957 – Sofia Sakorafa, Greek javelin thrower and politician
1957 – Timothy Treadwell  (d. 2003)
      American ecologist and environmentalist
1958 – Gary Cohen, American sportscaster
1958 – Ramachandra Guha, Indian historian and author
1958 – Kevin Moore, English footballer (d. 2013)
1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
1958 – Eve Plumb, American actress and painter
1958 – Mike Stenhouse, American baseball player and sportscaster
1958 – Martin Whitmarsh, English businessman
1960 – Bill Glasson, American golfer
1960 – Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author and academic
1960 – Caveh Zahedi, American actor and director
1961:  William Quigley, American artist
1961:  Stacey Snider, American businesswoman
1961 – Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese voice actor
1962 – Bruce Driver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962 – Rob Druppers, Dutch runner
1963 – Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1963 – Claude Loiselle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1963 – Rajneesh Narula, English economist and academic
1964 – Federico Castelluccio
      Italian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Radek Jaroš, Czech mountaineer and author
1965 – Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic
1965 – Peter Rauhofer  (d. 2013)
      Austrian-American disc jockey and producer
1965 – Larisa Turchinskaya, Russian-Australian heptathlete and coach
1965 – Brendon Tuuta, New Zealand rugby league player
1966 – Marie Plourde, Canadian journalist
1966 – Phil Tufnell, English cricketer and radio host
1966 – Christian Tetzlaff, German violinist
1967 – Marcel Albers, Dutch race car driver (d. 1992)
1967:  Dan Ariely
      Israeli American professor of psychology and behavioral economics
1967:  Tony Bates, British businessman
1967 – Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Percy Robert Miller (bka Master P)
      American rapper, producer, and actor (TRU and 504 Boyz)
1968 – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of Croatia (2015-)
1968 – Carnie Wilson, American singer-songwriter and actress
      (Wilson Phillips)
1969 – Paul Adelstein, American actor and director
1969 – İzel Çeliköz, Turkish singer
1969 – Jack Mackenroth
      American swimmer, model, and fashion designer
1970 – Andre Agassi, American tennis player
1970 – China Forbes, American singer-songwriter (Pink Martini)
1970 – Uma Thurman, American actress
1971 – Tamara Johnson-George, American singer and actress (SWV)
1971:  Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuelan politician
1971 – Sam Michael, Australian engineer
1971:  Darby Stanchfield, American actress
1971 – Siniša Vuco, Croatian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Živo blato)
1972 – Dustin McDaniel
      American lawyer and politician, 55th Arkansas Attorney General
1972:  Derek Mears, American actor
1973 – David Belle, French actor, stuntman, and choreographer
1973:  Steven Horsford, American politician
          U.S. Representative, D. NV, 2013-2015
1973 – Martin Kesici, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Anggun, Indonesian-French singer-songwriter and producer
1974 – Barbora Bobuľová, Slovak-Italian actress
1974 – Pascal Cygan, French footballer
1974 – Julian Knowle, Austrian tennis player
1974 – Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist and educator
1975 – Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 – Eric Koston, Thai-American skateboarder
1975 – Artem Yashkin, Ukrainian footballer
1975 – Béres Zoo, Hungarian-Australian radio host
1976 – Jay Orpin, Swedish-Finnish songwriter and producer
1977 – Rocío Carrasco, Spanish television host
1977 – Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player
1977 – Claus Jensen, Danish footballer and sportscaster
1977 – Titus O'Neil, American football player and wrestler
1977 – David Sullivan, American actor
1977 – Attila Zsivoczky, Hungarian decathlete and high jumper
1978 – Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player
1978 – Bob Bryan, American tennis player
1978 – Mike Bryan, American tennis player
1978 – Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician
1978 – Craig Gower, Australian rugby player
1978 – Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian
1979 – Nihan Anaz, Turkish basketball player
1979 – Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer
1979 – Sam Jones III, American actor
1979 – Ashish Nehra, Indian cricketer
1979 – Jo O'Meara, English singer-songwriter and actress
      (S Club and 2-4 Family)
1979 – Ryan Sharp, Scottish race car driver and manager
1980 – Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Kian Egan, Irish singer-songwriter (Westlife)
1980 – Luciano Milo, Italian ice dancer
1980 – Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player
1980 – Magdalena Tul, Polish singer-songwriter
1981 – Lisa Allen, English chef
1981 – George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
1981 – Émilie Mondor, Canadian runner (d. 2006)
1981 – Tom Smith
      English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
      (Editors and Magnus)
1981 – Alex Vincent, American actor
1982 – Živilė Raudonienė (bka Aksana)
      Lithuanian-American wrestler and model
1982 – Kate Nauta, American model, actress, and singer
1982 – Mersad Selimbegović, Bosnian footballer
1982 – Travis Smith, American drummer (Trivium)
1983:  Megan Boone, American actress
1983 – Jay Cutler, American football player
1983 – Tommie Harris, American football player
1983 – David Lee, American basketball player
1983 – Semih Şentürk, Turkish footballer
1983 – Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese model and actress
1984 – Taylor Cole, American model and actress
1984 – Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer
1984 – Firass Dirani, Australian actor
1984 – Paulius Jankūnas, Lihuanian basketball player
1984 – Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player
1984 – Pham Van Quyen, Vietnamese footballer
1984 – Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player
1985 – Jean-François Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Jamar "Jay" Shipman (bka Jay Lethal), American wrestler
1985:  Bar Paly, Russian-born Israeli model and actress
1986 – Renee Alway, American model
1986:  Justin Flom, American magician
1986 – Crystal Harris, American model and singer
1986 – Viljar Veski, Estonian basketball player
1986 – Sisa Waqa, Fijian rugby league player
1987 – Knut Børsheim, Norwegian golfer
1987 – Sara Errani, Italian tennis player
1987 – Alicia Morton, American actress
1988 – Elías Hernández, Mexican footballer
1988 – Ko Youn-ha (bka Younha), South Korean singer-songwriter
1988 – Jovan Leacock, American footballer
1988 – Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian runner
1988 – Steve Mason, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Julian Reus, German sprinter
1988 – Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Louisa Rose Allen (bka Foxes), English singer-songwriter
1989 – Domagoj Vida, Croatian footballer
1991 – Oviya (born Helen Nelson), Indian model and actress
1991 – Adam Smith, English footballer
1991 – Cole Vosbury, American singer-songwriter
1992 – Emilio Orozco, American soccer player
1994 – Christina Shakovets, German tennis player
1995 – Victoria Sinitsina, Russian ice dancer
1998 – Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player
2007 – Infanta Sofía of Spain


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Paul F. Bolyard
Dean McLean
Jim O'Neil
Bronson Baker
Caleb Peterson


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Notable

643 – Hou Junji, Chinese general and politician, Chancellor of the Tang dynasty
926 – Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (b. 883)
1380 – Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher, and saint (b. 1347)
1594 – Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (b. 1517)
1630 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, French soldier and poet (b. 1552)
1658 – John Cleveland, English poet and author (b. 1613)
1676 – Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)
1688 – Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1620)
1698 – Charles Cornwallis  (b. 1655)
      3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk
1707 – George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)
1743 – Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French theorist and author (b. 1658)
1768 – Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)
1771 – Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli  (b. 1700)
      French-Italian architect, designed Winter Palace and Catherine Palace
1776 – Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (b. 1713)
1793 – Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1713)
1793 – John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)
1798 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)
1833 – William Babington  (b. 1756)
      Irish-born English physician and mineralogist
1854 – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey  (b. 1768)
      English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1903 – Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
1905 – Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
1916 – The O'Rahilly, Irish rebel and political activist (b. 1875)
1916 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
1920 – William H. Seward, Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
1921 – Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
1933 – Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
1935 – Leroy Carr, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)
1937 – William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
1944 – Bernardino Machado  (b. 1851)
      Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal
1945 – Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
1947 – Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
1951 – Ludwig Wittgenstein  (b. 1889)
      Austrian-English philosopher and academic
1954 – Kathleen Clarice Groom  (b. 1872)
      Australian-English author and screenwriter
1956 – Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)
1956 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
1959 – Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson  (b. 1891)
      India-born, English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar
1961 – Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
1966 – William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
1966 – Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach (b. 1909)
1967 – J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
1967 – Anthony Mann, American actor and director (b. 1906)
1976 – Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (b. 1883)
1978 – Theo Helfrich, German racing driver (b. 1913)
1979 – Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)
1979 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
1980 – Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)
1982 – Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1988 – James McCracken, American tenor and actor (b. 1926)
1992 – Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910)
1993 – Michael Gordon, American actor and director (b. 1909)
1993 – Mick Ronson  (b. 1946)
      English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (The Spiders from Mars and Mott the Hoople)
1997 – Mike Royko, American journalist and author (b. 1932)
1998 – Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)
2000 – Phạm Văn Đồng  (b. 1906)
      Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam
2001 – Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
2002 – Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)
2002 – Lor Tok, Thai actor (b. 1914)
2004 – Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
2005 – William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
2005 – Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
2005 – Sara Henderson, Australian farmer and author (b. 1936)
2005 – Mariana Levy, Mexican actress and singer (b. 1966)
2006 – John Kenneth Galbraith  (b. 1908)
      Canadian-American economist and diplomat
      United States Ambassador to India
2007 – Milt Bocek, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1912)
2007 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)
2007 – Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (b. 1940)
2007 – Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and singer (b. 1921)
2007 – Ivica Račan  (b. 1944)
      Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia
2007 – Selvarajah Rajivarnam, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1982)
2007 – Zhang Taofang, Chinese sniper (b. 1931)
2008 – Chuck Daigh, American racing driver (b. 1923)
2008 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1906)
2010 – Sandy Douglas  (b. 1921)
      English computer scientist and academic, designed OXO
2011 – Siamak Pourzand, Iranian journalist and critic (b. 1931)
2012 – Éric Charden, Vietnamese-French singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
2012 – Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942)
2012 – Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1957)
2012 – Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (b. 1945)
2012 – Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
2012 – Amarillo Slim, American poker player (b. 1928)
2013 – Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (b. 1992)
2013 – Pesah Grupper  (b. 1924)
      Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture
2013 – Parekura Horomia  (b. 1950)
      New Zealand politician, 40th Minister of Māori Affairs
2013 – John La Montaine, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
2013 – Ernest Michael, American mathematician and scholar (b. 1925)
2013 – Kevin Moore, English footballer (b. 1958)
2013 – Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (b. 1990)
2014 – Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (b. 1966)
2014 – M. V. Devan, Indian painter, sculptor, and critic (b. 1928)
2014 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
2014 – Reuven Feuerstein  (b. 1921)
      Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic
2014 – Bob Hoskins, English actor (b. 1942)
2014 – Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1940)
2014 – Clayton Lockett, American murderer (b. 1975)
2014 – Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent (b. 1907)
2015 – Andrew Chan, Australian drug trafficker (b. 1984)
2015 – Rodrigo Gularte, Brazilian drug trafficker (b. 1972)
2015 – François Michelin, French businessman (b. 1926)
2015 – Jean Nidetch  (b. 1923)
      American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers
2015 – Calvin Peete, American golfer (b. 1943)
2015 – Dan Walker  (b. 1922)
      American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois


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