May 12 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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Birthdays

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1809:  Robert Charles Winthrop  (d. 16 Nov 1894)

      American lawyer, philanthropist, politician

      U.S. Senator, W. MA, 1850-1851

      22nd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1847-1849

      U.S. Representative, W, MA, 1840-1850

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1401 – Emperor Shōkō of Japan (d. 1428)
1496 – Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)
1590 – Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)

1622 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac  (d. 1698)

      French-Canadian soldier and politician

      3rd Governor General of New France

1626 – Louis Hennepin, Flemish priest and missionary (d. 1705)
1670 – Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (d. 1733)
1700 – Luigi Vanvitelli  (d. 1773)
      Italian architect and engineer
      designed the Palace of Caserta and Royal Palace of Milan
1725 – Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
1739 – Johann Baptist Wanhal, Czech-Austrian organist and composer (d. 1813)
1754 – Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher (d. 1812)
1755 – Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1824)
1767 – Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1851)
1774 – Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician (d. 1853)
1802:  Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire  (d. 21 Nov 1861)
       French ecclesiastic, preacher, journalist, theologian and political activist
1803 – Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (d. 1873)
1804 – Robert Baldwin  (d. 1858)
      Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada
1806 – Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (d. 1881)
1812 – Edward Lear, English author, poet, and illustrator (d. 1888)
1814 – Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer (d. 1889)
1820 – Florence Nightingale  (d. 1910)
      Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician
1825 – Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and explorer (d. 1878)
1828 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)
1829 – Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer and educator (d. 1896)
1839 – Tôn Thất Thuyết, Vietnamese mandarin (d. 1913)
1840 – Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (d. 1912)
1842 – Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912)
1845 – Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1924)
1848:  P. T. Forsyth, Scottish theologian  (d. 11 Nov 1921)  Wikipedia

1850 – Henry Cabot Lodge  (d. 1924)

      American historian and politician

      1st U.S. Senate Majority Leader, 1920-1924

      U.S. Senator, R. MA, 1893-1924

      U.S. Representative, R. MA, 1887-1893

1859 – William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 1932)
1867 – Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (d. 1938)
1869 – Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, wrestler, and weightlifter (d. 1946)
1872 – Anton Korošec  (d. 1940)
      Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
1873 – J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter (d. 1932)
1874 – Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian pediatrician and immunologist (d. 1929)
1875 – Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (d. 1960)
1880 – Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (d. 1951)
1885 – Paltiel Daykan, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and jurist (d. 1969)
1886 – Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and pilot (d. 1937)
1888:  Theodor Reik, Austrian American psychoanalyst  (d. 31 Dec 1969)
1889 – Yvonne de Bray, French actress (d. 1954)
1889 – Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman (d. 1980)
1890:  Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general  (d. 1 Jul 1978)
1892 – Fritz Kortner, Austrian-German actor and director (d. 1970)
1895 – William Giauque  (d. 1982)
      Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1895 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (d. 1986)
1898:  Paul Tournier, Swiss physician and author  (7 Oct 1986)
1899 – Indra Devi, Latvian yoga instructor (d. 2002)
1900:  Mildred H. McAfee, American academic  (d. 2 Sep 1994)
      1st director of the U.S. Navy WAVES
1900 – Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (d. 1976)
1900 – Helene Weigel, Austrian-German actress (d. 1971)
1902:  Philip Wylie, American writer  (25 Oct 1971)
1903 – Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (d. 1991)
1904 – Eiji Nakano, Japanese actor (d. 1990)
1905 – Édouard Rinfret  (d. 1994)
      Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada
1907 – Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1907 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
1910 – Johan Ferrier  (d. 2010)
      Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname
1910 – Charles B. Fulton, American judge (d. 1996)
1910 – Dorothy Hodgkin  (d. 1994)
      English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1910 – Gordon Jenkins, American pianist and composer (d. 1984)
1910:  Henry Pleasants  (d. 4 Jan 2000)
      American music critic and intelligence officer
1911 – Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (d. 1972)
1912 – Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001)
1912 – Marshal Royal, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1995)
1914 – Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet and author (d. 1993)
1914 – James Bacon, American journalist and author (d. 2010)
1914 – Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (d. 2002)
1916 – Albert Murray, American author and critic (d. 2013)
1917 – Frank Clair, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2005)
1918 – Mary Kay Ash  (d. 2001)
      American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics
1918 – Julius Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)

1919 – Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (d. 2002)

1920:  John Tyler Bonner, American biologist, professor

1921 – Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)
1921 – Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 2014)
1922 – Marco Denevi, Argentinian lawyer and author (d. 1998)
1922 – Murray Gershenz, American actor and businessman (d. 2013)
1922 – Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 1991)
1922 – Roy Salvadori, English race car driver and manager (d. 2012)
1924 – Maxine Cooper, American actress and photographer (d. 2009)
1924 – Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (d. 2016)
1924 – Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1925 – Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2015)

1925:  Frank Pierson, American screenwriter and film director  (d. 22 Jul 2012)

1925:  John Simon, American critic

1925:  James S. Coleman, American sociologist  (d. 25 Mar 1995)

1926 – John Shipley Rowlinson, English chemist and academic

1926 – Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (d. 2013)
1926:  George C. Williams  [American biologist] (d. 8 Sep 2010)
1928 – Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1928 – Henry Cosby, American songwriter and producer (d. 2002)
1928 – Jan Krugier, Polish-Swiss art dealer (d. 2008)
1929 – Sam Nujoma, Namibian politician, 1st President of Namibia
1929 – Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
1930 – Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1930 – Tom Umphlett, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
1932 – Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe, South African-English lawyer and politician
1932 – Derek Malcolm, English historian and critic
1933 – Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet and author (d. 2010)
1935 – Felipe Alou, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager
1935 – Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

1935 – Hoss Ellington, American race car driver (d. 2014)

1935 – Gary Peacock, American bassist and composer

1936 – Guillermo Endara  (d. 2009)
      Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama
1936 – Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (d. 2007)
1936 – Frank Stella, American painter and sculptor
1937 – Beryl Burton, English cyclist (d. 1996)
1937 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008)
1937 – Susan Hampshire, English actress
1937 – Miriam Stoppard, English physician and author

1938 – Terry Farrell, English architect, designed the KK100 and the SIS Building

1938 – Paul Huxley, English painter

1938 – Millie Perkins, American actress
1939 – Cyril Chantler, English pediatrician and academic
1939 – Jalal Dabagh, Kurdish journalist and politician
1939 – Miltiadis Evert, Greek minister and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (d. 2011)
1939 – Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)
1939 – Ron Ziegler, American politician, White House Press Secretary (d. 2003)
1940 – Dominic Cadbury, English businessman and academic
1940 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
1942 – Ian Dury  (d. 2000)
      English singer-songwriter (The Blockheads and Kilburn and the High Roads)
1942 – Michel Fugain, French singer-songwriter
1942 – Billy Swan, American singer-songwriter
1942 – Dragoljub Velimirović, Serbian chess player and theoretician (d. 2014)

1943 – Linda Dano, American actress

1943 – Lawrence "Tom" Sawyer, Baron Sawyer, English academic and politician

1944 – Brian Kay, English singer, conductor, and radio host

1944 – Chris Patten, English academic and politician, 28th Governor of Hong Kong
1945 – Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1945 – Nicky Henson, English actor
1945 – Ian McLagan  (d. 2014)
      English-American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
      (Small Faces, Faces, and The New Barbarians)
1945 – Patrick Ricard, French businessman (d. 2012)
1946 – L. Neil Smith, American author
1946 – Daniel Libeskind
      American architect, designed the Imperial War Museum North and Jewish Museum
1947 – Michael Ignatieff, Canadian journalist and politician

1947 – Micheline Lanctôt, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter

1947 – Catherine Yronwode, American author and illustrator

1948 – Dave Heineman, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of Nebraska

1948 – Richard Riehle, American actor

1948 – Joe Tasker, English mountaineer (d. 1982)

1948 – Steve Winwood
      English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith)
1949 – Ross Bleckner, American painter, philanthropist and activist
1950 – Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author
1950 – Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer
1950 – Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
      Scottish lawyer, academic, and politician

1950 – Jenni Murray, English journalist and broadcaster

1950 – Louise Portal, Canadian actress, singer, and director

1950 – Billy Squier, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player
1950 – Renate Stecher, German sprinter

1951 – George Karl, American basketball player and coach

1951 – Joe Nolan, American baseball player

1951 – Rosalind Savill, English historian and curator

1952 – Valerie Caton, British diplomat (British Ambassador to Finland)

1952 – Norbert Stolzenburg, German footballer and manager

1952 – Nicholas Underhill, English lawyer and judge

1953 – Neil Astley, English author, poet, and academic

1953 – Kevin Grevey, American basketball player

1954 – Rafael Yglesias, American author and screenwriter

1955 – Kix Brooks, American singer-songwriter

1956 – Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1956 – Sergio Marchi, Argentinean-Canadian urban planner and politician
      10th Canadian Minister of International Trade
1956 – Asad Rauf, Pakistani cricketer and umpire
1956 – Kimiko Yo, Japanese actress
1957 – Ziya Onis, Turkish economist and academic
1957 – Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
1958 – Andreas Petroulakis, Greek cartoonist
1958 – Eric Singer, American drummer and songwriter
      (Kiss, Avantasia, Badlands, and Eric Singer Project)
1958 – Dries van Noten, Belgian fashion designer
1959 – Mark Davies, English Roman Catholic bishop
1959 – Ray Gillen  (d. 1993)
      American singer-songwriter (Badlands, Blue Murder, and Sun Red Sun)
1959 – Ving Rhames, American actor

1959 – Deborah Warner, English director and producer

1960 – Paul Arcand, Canadian journalist and producer

1960 – Lisa Martin, Australian runner

1961 – Paul Begala, American political adviser, pundit and television host

1961 – Thomas Dooley, German-American soccer player and manager
1961 – Billy Duffy, English guitarist and songwriter (The Cult)
1961 – Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
1961 – Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor, director, and producer
1961 – Jerry Trimble, American actor and stuntman
1962 – Mark Davies, English Anglican bishop
1962 – Emilio Estevez, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (Bad Religion, Daredevils, and Error)
1962 – April Grace, American actress     FBD     IMBd
1963 – Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician
1963 – Cherie Gil, Filipino actress
1963 – Gavin Hood, South African actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Stefano Modena, Italian race car driver

1963 – Charles Pettigrew, American singer (Charles & Eddie) (d. 2001)

1963 – Vanessa A. Williams, American actress and producer

1964 – Michael Paul Cathers (bka Geechy Guy), American comedian

1964:  Carla Hall, American chef

1964 – Pierre Morel, French director and cinematographer
1966 – Stephen Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer
1966 – Bebel Gilberto, American-Brazilian singer-songwriter
1966 – Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
1967 – Joe McKinney, Irish actor
1967 – Bill Shorten, Australian lawyer and politician
      21st Minister for Education and Training
1968 – Mark Clark, American baseball player and coach
1968 – Tony Hawk, American skateboarder and actor
1968 – Scott Schwartz, American actor
1968 – Catherine Tate, English actress and screenwriter
1969 – Kim Fields, American actress and director

1969 – Igor Kováč, Slovak hurdler

1969 – Kevin Nalty, American comedian and blogger

1970 – Mark Foster, English swimmer
1970 – Jim Furyk, American golfer
1970 – Samantha Mathis, American actress
1970 – Steve Palframan, South African cricketer
1970 – Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
1970:  David A. R. White, American actor, screenwriter and producer
1971 – Kristin Asbjørnsen, Norwegian singer (Dadafon, Krøyt, Kvitretten)
1971 – Jamie Luner, American actress
1972 – Doug Basham, American wrestler
1972:  Rhea Seehorn, American actress

1973:  Mackenzie Astin, American actor

1973 – Kendra Kassebaum, American actress and singer

1973 – Bobby Kent, American murder victim (d. 1993)

1973 – Travis Lutter, American mixed martial artist

1973 – Lutz Pfannenstiel, German footballer and manager

1973 – Robert Tinkler, Canadian voice actor and screenwriter

1974 – Marc Capdevila, Spanish swimmer

1974 – Tolga Çevik, Turkish actor and comedian

1975 – Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)

1975 – Lawrence Phillips  (d. 13 Jan 2016)
      American-Canadian football player

1975:  Jared Polis, American politician

      U.S. Representative, D. CO, 2009-present
1976:  Matt Mangano, American musician

1976 – Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper and producer, co-founded Black Jays
1977 – Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player and coach

1977 – Rebecca Herbst, American actress

1977 – Aivar Priidel, Estonian footballer

1977 – Onemig Bondoc, Filipino actor

1978 – Malin Åkerman, Swedish-Canadian model, actress, and singer
1978 – Jason Biggs, American actor and producer
1978:  Alex Ebert, American musician
1978 – Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer and fashion designer
      (Morning Musume and Tanpopo)

1978 – Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Canadian singer

1978 – Josh Phelps, American baseball player

1978 – Hossein Rezazadeh, Iranian weightlifter

1979 – Andre Carter, American football player

1979 – Robert Key, English cricketer

1979 – Erdinç Saçan, Dutch businessman

1979 – Steve Smith, Sr., American football player

1979 – Aaron Yoo, American actor

1980 – Romina Arena, Italian-American singer-songwriter

1980 – Keith Bogans, American basketball player
1980;  Nadia Giosia, Canadian chef

1980 – Felipe Lopez, Puerto Rican baseball player

1981 – Lorena Bernal, Argentinian-Spanish model and actress

1981 – Erica Rose Campbell, American model and actress

1981 – Hannah Ild, Estonian singer-songwriter and pianist

1981 – Rami Malek, American actor

1981 – Kentaro Sato, Japanese-American composer and conductor
1981 – Dennis Trillo, Filipino actor and singer
1982 – David Thaxton, Welsh actor and singer
1983 – Domhnall Gleeson, Irish actor
1983 – Alina Kabaeva, Russian gymnast and politician
1983 – Yujiro Kushida, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1983 – Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
1983 – Virginie Razzano, French tennis player
1983 – Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer

1983 – Brett Wiesner, American soccer player (d. 2014)

1984 – Tommaso Reato, Italian rugby player

1985 – Paolo Goltz, Argentinian footballer
1985 – Tally Hall, American soccer player
1985 – Andrew Howe, Italian long jumper and sprinter
1985 – Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer
1986 – Luke Douglas, Australian-Scottish rugby league player
1986 – Im Dong-Hyun, South Korean archer
1986 – Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer

1986 – Mouhamed Sene, Senegalese basketball player

1986 – Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress

1987 – Liu Hong, Chinese race walker

1987 – Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer

1987 – Gianluca Sansone, Italian footballer

1988 – Marky Cielo, Filipino actor and dancer (d. 2008)

1988 – Marcelo Vieira, Brazilian footballer

1989 – Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Cypriot singer and actress

1990 – Florent Amodio, Brazilian-French figure skater

1990 – Jacory Harris, American football player

1990 – Oliver Kragl, German footballer

1990 – Tobias Strobl, German footballer

1991:  Jennifer Damiano, American actress

1992 – Malcolm David Kelley, American actor and singer (MKTO)

1995 – Luke Benward, American actor and singer

1995 – Kenton Duty, American actor, singer, and dancer

1995 – Irina Khromacheva, Russian tennis player

1995 – Sawyer Sweeten, American actor (d. 2015)

1996 – You Xiaodi, Chinese tennis player

1997 – Odeya Rush, Israeli American actress

1998 – Tornado Alicia Black, American tennis player

2003 – Madeleine McCann, English missing person

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1003 – Pope Sylvester II (b. 946)
1012 – Pope Sergius IV
1465 – Thomas Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1409)
1634 – George Chapman, English poet and playwright (b. 1559)
1641 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1593)
1684 – Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620)
1699 – Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
1700 – John Dryden, English poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1631)
1708 – Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
1748 – Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
1759 – Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
1784 – Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
1792 – Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
1796 – Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
1801 – Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
1842 – Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
1845 – János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
1856 – Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)
1859 – Sergey Aksakov, Russian author and academic (b. 1791)
1860 – Charles Barry, English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (b. 1795)
1864 – J. E. B. Stuart, American general (b. 1833)
1867 – Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist and academic (b. 1795)
1878 – Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
1876 – Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
1884 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
1907 – Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
1916 – James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
1925 – Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
1931 – Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
1935 – Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
1944 – Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
1944 – Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
1946 – Leopold Socha  (b. 28 Aug 1909)
      Polish sewage inspector, "Righteous Among the Nations"
      Sheltered a group of Jews during the holocaust in the sewers of Lwów
1948 – Dante Cappelli, Italian actor (b. 1866)
1956 – Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
1957 – Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
1957 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
1963 – Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
1963 – Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
1966 – Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
1967 – John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
1970 – Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
1971 – Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)
1973 – Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (b. 1888)
1973 – Art Pollard, American race car driver (b. 1927)
1978 – Robert Coogan, American actor (b. 1924)
1979 – Ileana Sararoiu, Romanian singer (b. 1936)
1985 – Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (b. 1901)
1986 – Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (b. 1897)
1986 – Alicia Moreau de Justo, English-Argentinian physician and politician (b. 1885)
1990 – Chen Kenmin, Chinese-Japanese chef (b. 1912)
1992 – Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (b. 1911)
1992 – Robert Reed, American actor and director (b. 1932)
1993 – Omond Solandt, Canadian scientist and academic (b. 1909)
1994 – Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1902)
1994 – John Smith  (b. 1938)
      Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
1995 – Mia Martini, Italian singer (b. 1947)
1999 – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American illustrator (b. 1914)
2000 – Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980)
2001 – Perry Como, American singer and television host (b. 1912)
2001 – Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (b. 1925)
2003 – Khalid al-Juhani, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1975)
2003 – Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-American diplomat (b. 1933)
2004 – Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (b. 1912)
2005 – Ömer Kavur, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2005 – Martin Lings, English author and scholar (b. 1909)
2005 – Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress (b. 1937)
2006 – Hussein Maziq, Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1918)
2006 – Gillespie V. Montgomery, American general and politician (b. 1920)
2007 – Dadullah, Afghan Taliban commander (b. 1966)
2007 – Teddy Infuhr, American actor (b. 1936)
2008 – Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1925)
2008 – Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and social worker (b. 1910)
2009 – Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nacha Pop) (b. 1957)
2012 – Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921)
2012 – Paul Cyr, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1963)
2012 – Ruth Foster, American actress (b. 1920)
2012 – Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (b. 1989)
2012 – Neil McKenty, English-Canadian talk show host and author (b. 1924)
2012 – Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (b. 1920)
2013 – Kenneth Battelle (bka Mr. Kenneth), American hairdresser (b. 1927)
2013 – Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946)
2013 – Bill Miles, American director and producer (b. 1931)
2013 – Constantino Romero, Spanish actor and game show host (b. 1947)
2013 – Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (b. 1924)
2013 – Peter Worthington, Canadian journalist (b. 1927)
2014 – Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925)
2014 – Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925)
2014 – Jacinto Convit, Venezuelan physician (b. 1913)
2014 – Keith Crisco, American businessman and politician (b. 1943)
2014 – H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (b. 1940)
2014 – Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1931)
2014 – Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2014 – Hugh Smyth, Northern Irish politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1941)
2014 – Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944)
2015 – Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)


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