Birthdays
VIP
Notable
870 – Zwentibold, Frankish son of Arnulf of Carinthia (d. 900)
1431 – Pope Alexander VI (d. 18 Aug 1503)
born Roderic Llançol i de Borja
214th Pope of Rome, 1492-1503
1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician (d. 1492)
1467 – Sigismund I the Old, Polish king (d. 1548)
1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1531)
1488 – Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1543)
1511 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
1516 – Margaret Leijonhufvud (d. 1551)
Swedish wife of Gustav I of Sweden
1557 – Stephen Bocskay, Romanian prince (d. 1606)
1600 – Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1649)
1628 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer and theorist (d. 1692)
1638 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
1655 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1728)
1684 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar and author (d. 1748)
1704 – Soame Jenyns, English author, poet, and politician (d. 1787)
1709 – Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz (d. 1770)
German-Dutch organ builder
1711 – Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
1714 – Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (d. 1800)
1714 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (d. 1780)
1735 – Paul Revere (d. 1818)
American military officer, silversmith and engraver (d. 1818)
1745 – Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)
1750 – Frederick Muhlenberg (d. 1801)
American minister and politician
1st Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
1752 – Betsy Ross (d. 1836)
American seamstress
credited with designing the Flag of the United States
1768 – Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author (d. 1849)
1774 – André Marie Constant Duméril (d. 1860)
French zoologist and academic
1779 – William Clowes, English publisher (d. 1847)
1793: Sir Francis Bond Head, 1st Baronet (d. 20 Jul 1875)
6th Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, 1836-1838
1803 – Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja (d. 1869)
Italian mathematician and academic
1806 – Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (d. 1853)
1814 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel leader (d. 1864)
1819 – Arthur Hugh Clough (d. 1861)
English-Italian poet and academic
1823 – Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and activist (d. 1849)
1826: Robert Rainy, Scottish Presbyterian divine (d. 22 Dec 1906)
1833 – Robert Lawson (d. 1902)
New Zealand architect
designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church
1834 – Ludovic Halévy, French author and playwright (d. 1908)
1835: Charles Bowen, Baron Bowen, English judge (d. 10 Apr 1894)
1839 – Maria Louise Ramé (aka Ouida) English-Italian author (d. 1908)
1848 – John W. Goff (d. 1924)
Irish-American lawyer and politician
1852 – Eugène-Anatole Demarçay (d. 1904)
French chemist and academic
1854 – James George Frazer (d. 1941)
Scottish anthropologist and academic
1859 – Thibaw Min, Burmese king (d. 1916)
1860 – Dan Katchongva, American tribal leader and activist (d. 1972)
1860 – Jan Vilímek, Czech illustrator and painter (d. 1938)
1860 – John Cassidy, Irish sculptor and painter (d. 1939)
1860 – Michele Lega, Italian cardinal (d. 1935)
1862: Ethel Brilliana (Harley) Tweedie (d. 15 Apr 1940)
English author, historian, editor, journalist, photographer, and illustrator
1863 – Pierre de Coubertin (d. 2 Sep 1937)
French historian and educator
founded the International Olympic Committee
1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (d. 1946)
1864 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
1867 – Mary Ackworth Evershed (d. 1949)
English astronomer and Dante scholar
1867 – Lew Fields, American actor, producer, and manager (d. 1941)
1867: Charles Edward Montague (d. 28 May 1928)
English journalist and author
1868 – Snitz Edwards, Hungarian-American actor (d. 1937)
1871 – Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1948)
1873 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (d. 1952)
1874 – Frank Knox (d. 1944)
American publisher and politician
46th United States Secretary of the Navy
1874 – Gustave Whitehead (d. 1927)
German-American pilot and engineer
1877 – Alexander von Staël-Holstein (d. 1937)
German sinologist and orientalist
1878 – Agner Krarup Erlang (d. 1929)
Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer
1879 – E. M. Forster (d. 7 Jun 1970)
English author and playwright
1879 – William Fox (d. 1952)
Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer
founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres
1880 – Vajiravudh, Thai king (d. 1925)
1883 – William J. Donovan (d. 1959)
American general, lawyer, and politician
1884 – Chikuhei Nakajima (d. 1949)
Japanese naval officer, engineer, and politician
founded Nakajima Aircraft Company
1885 – Béla Balogh (d. 1945)
Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter
1885: Charles Seymour (d. 11 Aug 1963)
American academic and historian
President of Yale University, 1937-1951
1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)
1888 – Georgios Stanotas, Greek general (d. 1965)
1888 – John Garand (d. 1974)
Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle
1889 – Charles Bickford, American actor and singer (d. (d. 9 Nov 1967)
1890 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (d. 1966)
1891 – Sampurnanand (d. 1969)
Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan
1892 – Artur Rodziński, Polish-born American conductor (d. 1958)
1892 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist (d. 1942)
1892 – Manuel Roxas (d. 1948)
Filipino lawyer and politician
5th President of the Philippines
1893 – Mordehai Frizis, Greek colonel (d. 1940)
1894 – Satyendra Nath Bose (d. 1974)
Indian physicist and mathematician
1894 – Shitsu Nakano, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2007)
1894 – Iván Petrovich, Serbian actor (d. 1962)
1895 – J. Edgar Hoover (d. 2 May 1972)
American attorney and public servant
1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1935-1972
6th Director of the Bureau of Investigation, 1924-1935
1897: Catherine Drinker Bowen, American writer (d. 1 Nov 1973)
1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1900 – Xavier Cugat, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
1902 – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1977)
1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (d. 1982)
Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan
1905 – Stanisław Mazur (d. 1981)
Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist
1906 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
1907 – Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper (d. 1931)
1908 – Bill Tapia, American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
1909 – Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (d. 1949)
1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (d. 1959)
1911 – Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author (d. 1960)
1911 – Basil Dearden (d. 1971)
English director, producer, and screenwriter
1911 – Hank Greenberg (d. 1986)
American baseball player and lieutenant
1911 – Roman Totenberg (d. 2012)
Polish-American violinist and educator
1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko (d. 1995)
Russian mathematician and historian
1912 – Kim Philby, British double agent (d. 1988)
1912 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic (d. 1991)
1915: Dr. John Henrik Clarke (d. 12 Jul 1998)
American Pan-Africanist writer, historian, and professor
1917 – Jule Gregory Charney (d. 1981)
American meteorologist and academic
1917 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor and author (d. 2004)
1918 – Patrick Anthony Porteous (d. 2000)
Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient
1918 – Edgar Price, American pilot and politician (d. 2012)
1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor (d. 1990)
1919 – Carole Landis, American actress and singer (d. 1948)
1919 – J.D. Salinger, American author (d. 27 Jan 2010)
1919 – Yoshio Tabata (d. 2013)
Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1920 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)
1920 – Willie Fennell, Australian comedian and actor (d. 1992)
1920 – Virgilio Savona (d. 2009)
Italian singer-songwriter (Quartetto Cetra)
1920 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist (d. 2013)
1921 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (d. 1998)
1921 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (d. 2013)
1921 – Ismail al-Faruqi (d. 1986)
Palestinian-American philosopher and academic
1921 – Alain Mimoun, Algerian-French runner (d. 2013)
1921 – John Strawson, English general (d. 2014)
1922 – Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings
American soldier and politician
U.S. Senator, D. SC, 1966-2005
106th Governor of South Carolina, 1959-1963
77th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1955-1959
1922 – Roz Howard, American race car driver (d. 2013)
1922 – Jerry Robinson, American illustrator (d. 2011)
1923 – Daniel Gorenstein (d. 1992)
American mathematician and academic
1923 – Milt Jackson (d. 1999)
American vibraphonist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet)
1923 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
1924 – Charlie Munger, American businessman and philanthropist
1924 – Francisco Macías Nguema (d. 1979)
Equatorial Guinean politician
1st President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
1925 – Matthew Beard, American actor and singer (d. 1981)
1925 – Paul Bomani (d. 2005)
Tanzanian politician and diplomat
1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance
1925 – Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
1926 – Kazys Petkevičius (d. 2008)
Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1926 – Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
1927 – Maurice Béjart (d. 2007)
French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director
1927 – Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
1927 – Vernon L. Smith
American economist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1927 – Doak Walker, American football player (d. 1998)
1928 – Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1928 – Vello Viisimaa, Estonian opera singer and actor (d. 1991)
1928 – Gerhard Weinberg
German-American historian, author, and academic
1929 – Raymond Chow
Hong Kong film producer
co-founded Orange Sky Golden Harvest
1929 – Larry L. King (d. 2012)
American journalist, author, and playwright
1929 – Joseph Lombardo, American mob boss
1929 – Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor, stuntman, and choreographer
1930 – Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
1930 – Ty Hardin, American actor
1930 – Gaafar Nimeiry (d. 2009)
Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan
1930 – Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer
1931 – Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (d. 2013)
1932 – Leman Çıdamlı, Turkish actress (d. 2012)
1932 – Jackie Parker, American football player and coach (d. 2006)
1932 – Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (d. 1989)
1933 – James Hormel
American philanthropist and diplomat
United States Ambassador to Luxembourg
1933 – Joseph Koo, Chinese composer
1933 – Frederick Lowy, Canadian psychiatrist and academic
1933 – Joe Orton, English author and playwright (d. 1967)
1934 – Alan Berg (d. 1984)
American television personality and talk show host
1934 – Lakhdar Brahimi
Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1935 – Brian G. Hutton, American actor and director (d. 2014)
1935 – B. Kliban, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
1936 – Don Nehlen, American football player and coach
1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco
1937 – John Fuller, English poet and author
1937 – Petros Markaris, Greek author, poet, and playwright
1937 – Matt Robinson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1938 – Clay Cole, American television host and producer (d. 2010)
1938 – Robert Jankel (d. 2005)
English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds
1938 – Frank Langella, American actor
Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1920 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)
1920 – Willie Fennell, Australian comedian and actor (d. 1992)
1920 – Virgilio Savona (d. 2009)
Italian singer-songwriter (Quartetto Cetra)
1920 – Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist (d. 2013)
1921 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (d. 1998)
1921 – Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (d. 2013)
1921 – Ismail al-Faruqi (d. 1986)
Palestinian-American philosopher and academic
1921 – Alain Mimoun, Algerian-French runner (d. 2013)
1921 – John Strawson, English general (d. 2014)
1922 – Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings
American soldier and politician
U.S. Senator, D. SC, 1966-2005
106th Governor of South Carolina, 1959-1963
77th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1955-1959
1922 – Roz Howard, American race car driver (d. 2013)
1922 – Jerry Robinson, American illustrator (d. 2011)
1923 – Daniel Gorenstein (d. 1992)
American mathematician and academic
1923 – Milt Jackson (d. 1999)
American vibraphonist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet)
1923 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
1924 – Charlie Munger, American businessman and philanthropist
1924 – Francisco Macías Nguema (d. 1979)
Equatorial Guinean politician
1st President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
1925 – Matthew Beard, American actor and singer (d. 1981)
1925 – Paul Bomani (d. 2005)
Tanzanian politician and diplomat
1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance
1925 – Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
1926 – Kazys Petkevičius (d. 2008)
Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1926 – Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
1927 – Maurice Béjart (d. 2007)
French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director
1927 – Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001)
1927 – Vernon L. Smith
American economist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1927 – Doak Walker, American football player (d. 1998)
1928 – Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1928 – Vello Viisimaa, Estonian opera singer and actor (d. 1991)
1928 – Gerhard Weinberg
German-American historian, author, and academic
1929 – Raymond Chow
Hong Kong film producer
co-founded Orange Sky Golden Harvest
1929 – Larry L. King (d. 2012)
American journalist, author, and playwright
1929 – Joseph Lombardo, American mob boss
1929 – Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor, stuntman, and choreographer
1930 – Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
1930 – Ty Hardin, American actor
1930 – Gaafar Nimeiry (d. 2009)
Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan
1930 – Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer
1931 – Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (d. 2013)
1932 – Leman Çıdamlı, Turkish actress (d. 2012)
1932 – Jackie Parker, American football player and coach (d. 2006)
1932 – Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (d. 1989)
1933 – James Hormel
American philanthropist and diplomat
United States Ambassador to Luxembourg
1933 – Joseph Koo, Chinese composer
1933 – Frederick Lowy, Canadian psychiatrist and academic
1933 – Joe Orton, English author and playwright (d. 1967)
1934 – Alan Berg (d. 1984)
American television personality and talk show host
1934 – Lakhdar Brahimi
Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1935 – Brian G. Hutton, American actor and director (d. 2014)
1935 – B. Kliban, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
1936 – Don Nehlen, American football player and coach
1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco
1937 – John Fuller, English poet and author
1937 – Petros Markaris, Greek author, poet, and playwright
1937 – Matt Robinson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1938 – Clay Cole, American television host and producer (d. 2010)
1938 – Robert Jankel (d. 2005)
English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds
1938 – Frank Langella, American actor
1939 – Michèle Mercier, French actress
1939 – Phil Read, English racing motorcyclist
1940: Spencer Johnson, American writer
1941 – Asrani, Indian actor and producer
1941 – Martin Evans, English-Welsh geneticist and academic
1941 – Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1942 – Dennis Archer
American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
1942: Martin Frost
American lawyer and politician
U.S. Representative, D. TX, 1979-2005
1942: Brian Kernighan, Canadian computer scientist
1942 – Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn
English dentist and politician
1942 – Country Joe McDonald
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish)
1942 – Al Hunt, American journalist
1942 – Alassane Ouattara
Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast
1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2005)
1942 – Judy Stone, Australian singer
1943 – Stanley Kamel, American actor (d. 2008)
1943 – Tony Knowles
American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Alaska
1939 – Phil Read, English racing motorcyclist
1940: Spencer Johnson, American writer
1941 – Asrani, Indian actor and producer
1941 – Martin Evans, English-Welsh geneticist and academic
1941 – Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1942 – Dennis Archer
American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
1942: Martin Frost
American lawyer and politician
U.S. Representative, D. TX, 1979-2005
1942: Brian Kernighan, Canadian computer scientist
1942 – Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn
English dentist and politician
1942 – Country Joe McDonald
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish)
1942 – Al Hunt, American journalist
1942 – Alassane Ouattara
Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast
1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2005)
1942 – Judy Stone, Australian singer
1943 – Stanley Kamel, American actor (d. 2008)
1943 – Tony Knowles
American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Alaska
1943 – Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian rheologist and engineer
1943 – Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1943 – Don Novello, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1943 – Ronald Perelman
American businessman, founded MacAndrews & Forbes
1943 – Vladimir Šeks
Croatian lawyer and politician
16th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
1944 – Jimmy Hart
American wrestling manager and singer (The Gentrys)
1944 – Mati Unt, Estonian author, playwright, and director (d. 2005)
1944 – Omar al-Bashir
Sudanese field Marshal and politician
7th President of Sudan
1944 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist (d. 2013)
1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali
Pakistani politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan
1945 – Peter Duncan, Australian politician
1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
1945 – Martin Schanche, Norwegian race car driver
1946 – Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
1946 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (d. 2001)
1946 – Roberto Rivellino, Brazilian footballer and manager
1946 – Shelby Steele, American journalist, author, and director
1946 – Alain Voss, Brazilian-French illustrator (d. 2011)
1947 – Jon Corzine
American sergeant and politician
54th Governor of New Jersey
1947 – Leonard Thompson, American golfer
1948 – Devlet Bahçeli
Turkish economist, academic, and politician
57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
1948 – Pavel Grachev (d. 2012)
Russian general and politician
1st Russian Minister of Defence
1948 – Joe Petagno, American illustrator
1948 – Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician
1948 – Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (d. 2012)
1948 – Ismael Zambada García, Mexican drug lord
1949 – Max Azria, Tunisian-French fashion designer
1949 – Olivia Goldsmith, American author (d. 2004)
1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician
1950 – Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby player and coach
1950 – Tony Currie, English footballer
1950 – Morgan Fisher
English keyboard player and songwriter
(Mott the Hoople and Morgan)
1950 – Deepa Mehta, Indian-Canadian director and screenwriter
1950 – James Richardson, American poet and academic
1951 – Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (d. 2013)
1951 – Martha P. Haynes, American astronomer
1951 – Ashfaq Hussain, Pakistani-Canadian poet and journalist
1951 – Nana Patekar, Indian actor, singer, and director
1951 – Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
1952 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatari ruler, 7th Emir of Qatar
1952 – Stephanie Faracy, American actress
1952 – Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer
1952 – Rosario Marchese, Italian-Canadian educator and politician
1952 – İbrahim Tatlıses, Turkish singer and actor
1953 – Alpha Blondy, Ivorian-American singer-songwriter
1953 – Greg Carmichael, English guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
1953 – Gary Johnson
American businessman and politician
29th Governor of New Mexico
1953 – Lynn Jones, American baseball player and coach
1953: Salman Khurshid, Indian politician
1954 – Richard Edson
American drummer and actor (Sonic Youth and Konk)
1954 – Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
1954 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (d. 2012)
1954 – Yannis Papathanasiou
Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
1955 – LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
1955 – Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (d. 2000)
1955 – Patricia "Patti" Williams (aka Precious) Canadian wrestler
1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
1956 – Mark R. Hughes (d. 2000)
American businessman, founded Herbalife
1956 – Christine Lagarde
French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Finance
1956 – Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress and singer
1956 – Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (d. 2011)
1956: John O'Donohue (d. 4 Jan 2008)
Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher
1956 – Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese pianist and composer
1956 – Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor
1957 – Urmas Arumäe
Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
1957 – Mark Hurd, American businessman
1957 – Evangelos Venizelos
Greek lawyer and politician
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
1958 – Joseph Saddler (bka Grandmaster Flash)
Barbadian rapper and DJ
(Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
1958 – Dave Silk, American ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Renn Woods
African-American film and television actress, and singer
1959 – Andy Andrews, American tennis player
1959 – Azali Assoumani
Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros
1959 – Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1959 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan pilot and astronaut
1959 – Michel Onfray, French philosopher and author
1960 – Rayo de Jalisco, Jr., Mexican wrestler
1960: Michael Lynton
British born businessman
CEO, Sony Entertainment, Inc., 2012-present
Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2004-present
1960 – Michael Seibert, American ice dancer and choreographer
1960 – Toomas Vitsut, Estonian businessman and politician
1960 – Danny Wilson, English footballer and manager
1961 – Sergei Babayan, Armenian-American pianist and academic
1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby player
1961 – Sam Palahnuk, American video game designer
1961 – Fiona Phillips, English journalist
1962 – Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish economist and academic
1963 – Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager
1963 – Linda Henry, English actress
1963 – Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer
1963 – Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer and manager
1963 – Jean-Marc Gounon, French race car driver
1964: Mark Barrowcliffe, English writer
1964 – Juliana Donald, American actress
1964 – Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress and producer
1965: Terri Sewell
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. AL, 2010-present
1965 – John Sullivan, American politician
1965 – Andrew Valmon, American runner and coach
1966 – Anna Burke
Australian politician
28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
1966 – Ivica Dačić
Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
1967 – Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish director and screenwriter
1967 – Timothy Blair (bka Tim Dog) (d. 2013)
American rapper (Ultramagnetic MCs)
1967 – Sharon Small, Scottish actress
1967 – Gorsha Sur, Russian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
1967 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
1967 – Spencer Tunick, American photographer
1968 – Felix Chong, Hong Kong actor, director, and screenwriter
1968: Liang Chow, Chinese American gymnast
1968 – Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and composer
1968: Mark Lawrence, American and British author
1968: Alan Mak (Alan Mak Siu-fai)
Chinese writer, director, actor and producer
1968 – Joey Stefano, American porn actor (d. 1994)
1968 – Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor and producer
1969 – Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
1969 – Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer and journalist
1969 – Christi Paul, Hong Kong-American journalist
1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor and stuntman
1970 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer
1943 – Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1943 – Don Novello, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1943 – Ronald Perelman
American businessman, founded MacAndrews & Forbes
1943 – Vladimir Šeks
Croatian lawyer and politician
16th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
1944 – Jimmy Hart
American wrestling manager and singer (The Gentrys)
1944 – Mati Unt, Estonian author, playwright, and director (d. 2005)
1944 – Omar al-Bashir
Sudanese field Marshal and politician
7th President of Sudan
1944 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist (d. 2013)
1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali
Pakistani politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan
1945 – Peter Duncan, Australian politician
1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
1945 – Martin Schanche, Norwegian race car driver
1946 – Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
1946 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (d. 2001)
1946 – Roberto Rivellino, Brazilian footballer and manager
1946 – Shelby Steele, American journalist, author, and director
1946 – Alain Voss, Brazilian-French illustrator (d. 2011)
1947 – Jon Corzine
American sergeant and politician
54th Governor of New Jersey
1947 – Leonard Thompson, American golfer
1948 – Devlet Bahçeli
Turkish economist, academic, and politician
57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
1948 – Pavel Grachev (d. 2012)
Russian general and politician
1st Russian Minister of Defence
1948 – Joe Petagno, American illustrator
1948 – Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician
1948 – Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (d. 2012)
1948 – Ismael Zambada García, Mexican drug lord
1949 – Max Azria, Tunisian-French fashion designer
1949 – Olivia Goldsmith, American author (d. 2004)
1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician
1950 – Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby player and coach
1950 – Tony Currie, English footballer
1950 – Morgan Fisher
English keyboard player and songwriter
(Mott the Hoople and Morgan)
1950 – Deepa Mehta, Indian-Canadian director and screenwriter
1950 – James Richardson, American poet and academic
1951 – Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (d. 2013)
1951 – Martha P. Haynes, American astronomer
1951 – Ashfaq Hussain, Pakistani-Canadian poet and journalist
1951 – Nana Patekar, Indian actor, singer, and director
1951 – Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
1952 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatari ruler, 7th Emir of Qatar
1952 – Stephanie Faracy, American actress
1952 – Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer
1952 – Rosario Marchese, Italian-Canadian educator and politician
1952 – İbrahim Tatlıses, Turkish singer and actor
1953 – Alpha Blondy, Ivorian-American singer-songwriter
1953 – Greg Carmichael, English guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
1953 – Gary Johnson
American businessman and politician
29th Governor of New Mexico
1953 – Lynn Jones, American baseball player and coach
1953: Salman Khurshid, Indian politician
1954 – Richard Edson
American drummer and actor (Sonic Youth and Konk)
1954 – Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
1954 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (d. 2012)
1954 – Yannis Papathanasiou
Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
1955 – LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
1955 – Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (d. 2000)
1955 – Patricia "Patti" Williams (aka Precious) Canadian wrestler
1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
1956 – Mark R. Hughes (d. 2000)
American businessman, founded Herbalife
1956 – Christine Lagarde
French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Finance
1956 – Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress and singer
1956 – Mike Mitchell, American basketball player (d. 2011)
1956: John O'Donohue (d. 4 Jan 2008)
Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher
1956 – Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese pianist and composer
1956 – Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor
1957 – Urmas Arumäe
Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
1957 – Mark Hurd, American businessman
1957 – Evangelos Venizelos
Greek lawyer and politician
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
1958 – Joseph Saddler (bka Grandmaster Flash)
Barbadian rapper and DJ
(Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five)
1958 – Dave Silk, American ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Renn Woods
African-American film and television actress, and singer
1959 – Andy Andrews, American tennis player
1959 – Azali Assoumani
Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros
1959 – Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1959 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan pilot and astronaut
1959 – Michel Onfray, French philosopher and author
1960 – Rayo de Jalisco, Jr., Mexican wrestler
1960: Michael Lynton
British born businessman
CEO, Sony Entertainment, Inc., 2012-present
Chairman and CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2004-present
1960 – Michael Seibert, American ice dancer and choreographer
1960 – Toomas Vitsut, Estonian businessman and politician
1960 – Danny Wilson, English footballer and manager
1961 – Sergei Babayan, Armenian-American pianist and academic
1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby player
1961 – Sam Palahnuk, American video game designer
1961 – Fiona Phillips, English journalist
1962 – Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish economist and academic
1963 – Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer and manager
1963 – Linda Henry, English actress
1963 – Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer
1963 – Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer and manager
1963 – Jean-Marc Gounon, French race car driver
1964: Mark Barrowcliffe, English writer
1964 – Juliana Donald, American actress
1964 – Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress and producer
1965: Terri Sewell
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. AL, 2010-present
1965 – John Sullivan, American politician
1965 – Andrew Valmon, American runner and coach
1966 – Anna Burke
Australian politician
28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
1966 – Ivica Dačić
Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia
1967 – Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish director and screenwriter
1967 – Timothy Blair (bka Tim Dog) (d. 2013)
American rapper (Ultramagnetic MCs)
1967 – Sharon Small, Scottish actress
1967 – Gorsha Sur, Russian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
1967 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
1967 – Spencer Tunick, American photographer
1968 – Felix Chong, Hong Kong actor, director, and screenwriter
1968: Liang Chow, Chinese American gymnast
1968 – Miki Higashino, Japanese pianist and composer
1968: Mark Lawrence, American and British author
1968: Alan Mak (Alan Mak Siu-fai)
Chinese writer, director, actor and producer
1968 – Joey Stefano, American porn actor (d. 1994)
1968 – Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor and producer
1969 – Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
1969 – Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer and journalist
1969 – Christi Paul, Hong Kong-American journalist
1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor and stuntman
1970 – Sergei Kiriakov, Russian footballer
1970 – Kimberly Page, American wrestling manager and actress
1971 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler
1971 – Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player
1971 – Rodney Lienhardt, American wrestler
1971 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan footballer
1971 – Chris Potter, American saxophonist and composer
1971 – Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician
1971 – Evangelos-Phoebus Tassopoulos (bka Phoebus)
Greek songwriter and producer
1972 – Garrett K. Gomez, American jockey
1972 – Barron Miles, American-Canadian football player and coach
1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
1973 – Shelda Bede, Brazilian volleyball player
1973: Carmen Ejogo, British actress and singer
1973 – Li Fang, Chinese tennis player
1973 – Danny Lloyd, American actor and educator
1973 – Magnus Sahlgren
Swedish guitarist (Lake of Tears, Dismember, and Tiamat)
1973 – Bryan Thao Worra
Laotian-American author, poet, and playwright
1974: Sarah Leigh Fogleman (pen name Ally Carter)
American author
1974: Derek Kilmer
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. WA, 2013-present
1974 – Christian Paradis
Canadian lawyer and politician
9th Canadian Minister of Industry
1974: Jonah Peretti, American Internet entrepreneur
1975 – Mohamed Albuflasa, Bahraini poet and activist
1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach
1975 – Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
1975 – Joe Cannon, American soccer player
1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Eiichiro Oda, Japanese illustrator
1975 – Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer and manager
1975 – Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player
1977 – Leoš Friedl, Czech tennis player
1977 – María de la Paz Hernández
Argentinian field hockey player
1977 – Craig Reucassel
Australian comedian and television presenter (The Chaser)
1977 – Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
1977 – Jerry Yan, Taiwanese actor and singer (F4)
1978 – Vidya Balan, Indian model and actress
1978 – Nina Bott, German actress
1978 – Yohann Diniz, French race walker
1978 – Kris Lemche, Canadian actor
1978 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
1979 – Brody Dalle Armstrong
born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson
Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Distillers and Spinnerette)
1979 – Koichi Domoto
Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KinKi Kids)
1979 – Fadi El Khatib, Lebanese basketball player
1979 – Kathryn Thomas, Irish television host
1980 – Lazaros Agadakos, Greek basketball player
1980 – Richie Faulkner
English guitarist and songwriter (Judas Priest)
1980 – Karina Jacobsgaard, Danish tennis player
1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish-American model
1980 – Daniil Sapljoshin, Estonian kick-boxer
1981 – Jonas Armstrong, Irish actor
1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver
1981 – Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
1981 – Jacqui Maxwell, Australian actress
1981 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
1981: Maria Friderike Radner (d. 24 Mar 2015)
German opera contralto
1981 – Eden Riegel, American actress
1982 – Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Uruguayan footballer
1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
1982 – Luke Rodgers, English footballer
1983 – Calum Davenport, English footballer
1983 – Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model and actress
1983 – Thomas Morrison, English actor
1983 – Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer
1983 – Melaine Walker, Jamaican hurdler
1984 – Christian Eigler, German footballer
1984 – Cheung Kin Fung, Hong Kong footballer
1984 – Mohammed Ghaddar, Lebanese footballer
1984 – Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
1984 – Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
1984 – Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
1984 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby player
1971 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler
1971 – Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player
1971 – Rodney Lienhardt, American wrestler
1971 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan footballer
1971 – Chris Potter, American saxophonist and composer
1971 – Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician
1971 – Evangelos-Phoebus Tassopoulos (bka Phoebus)
Greek songwriter and producer
1972 – Garrett K. Gomez, American jockey
1972 – Barron Miles, American-Canadian football player and coach
1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
1973 – Shelda Bede, Brazilian volleyball player
1973: Carmen Ejogo, British actress and singer
1973 – Li Fang, Chinese tennis player
1973 – Danny Lloyd, American actor and educator
1973 – Magnus Sahlgren
Swedish guitarist (Lake of Tears, Dismember, and Tiamat)
1973 – Bryan Thao Worra
Laotian-American author, poet, and playwright
1974: Sarah Leigh Fogleman (pen name Ally Carter)
American author
1974: Derek Kilmer
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. WA, 2013-present
1974 – Christian Paradis
Canadian lawyer and politician
9th Canadian Minister of Industry
1974: Jonah Peretti, American Internet entrepreneur
1975 – Mohamed Albuflasa, Bahraini poet and activist
1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach
1975 – Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
1975 – Joe Cannon, American soccer player
1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Eiichiro Oda, Japanese illustrator
1975 – Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer and manager
1975 – Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player
1977 – Leoš Friedl, Czech tennis player
1977 – María de la Paz Hernández
Argentinian field hockey player
1977 – Craig Reucassel
Australian comedian and television presenter (The Chaser)
1977 – Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
1977 – Jerry Yan, Taiwanese actor and singer (F4)
1978 – Vidya Balan, Indian model and actress
1978 – Nina Bott, German actress
1978 – Yohann Diniz, French race walker
1978 – Kris Lemche, Canadian actor
1978 – Philip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
1979 – Brody Dalle Armstrong
born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson
Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Distillers and Spinnerette)
1979 – Koichi Domoto
Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KinKi Kids)
1979 – Fadi El Khatib, Lebanese basketball player
1979 – Kathryn Thomas, Irish television host
1980 – Lazaros Agadakos, Greek basketball player
1980 – Richie Faulkner
English guitarist and songwriter (Judas Priest)
1980 – Karina Jacobsgaard, Danish tennis player
1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish-American model
1980 – Daniil Sapljoshin, Estonian kick-boxer
1981 – Jonas Armstrong, Irish actor
1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver
1981 – Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
1981 – Jacqui Maxwell, Australian actress
1981 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
1981: Maria Friderike Radner (d. 24 Mar 2015)
German opera contralto
1981 – Eden Riegel, American actress
1982 – Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Uruguayan footballer
1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
1982 – Luke Rodgers, English footballer
1983 – Calum Davenport, English footballer
1983 – Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model and actress
1983 – Thomas Morrison, English actor
1983 – Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer
1983 – Melaine Walker, Jamaican hurdler
1984 – Christian Eigler, German footballer
1984 – Cheung Kin Fung, Hong Kong footballer
1984 – Mohammed Ghaddar, Lebanese footballer
1984 – Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
1984 – Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
1984 – Rubens Sambueza, Argentinian footballer
1984 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby player
1985 – Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
1985 – Eyjólfur Héðinsson, Icelandic footballer and model
1985 – Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
1986 – Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
1986 – Glen Davis, American basketball player
1986 – Lee Sungmin
South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Super Junior)
1986 – Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
1987 – Gilbert Brulé, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Gia Coppola, American film director
1987 – Estefanía Craciún, Uruguayan tennis player
1987 – Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
1987 – Devin Setoguchi, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Nelufar Hedayat, Afghan-English journalist
1988 – Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer and dancer (d. 2012)
1988 – Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
1989 – Adèle Haenel, French actress
1989 – Stefan Reinartz, German footballer
1990 – Bugoy Cariño, Filipino actor
1990 – Safaa Rashed, Iraqi weightlifter
1992 – Daniel Kofi Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
1992 – René Binder, Austrian race car driver
1992 – Ali Ferydoon, Irani footballer
1992 – He Kexin, Chinese gymnast
1992 – Jack Wilshere, English footballer
1993 – Jon Flanagan, English footballer
1993 – Michael Olaitan, Nigerian footballer
1994 – Craig Murray, Scottish footballer
1999 – Diamond White, American actress and singer
1985 – Eyjólfur Héðinsson, Icelandic footballer and model
1985 – Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
1986 – Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
1986 – Glen Davis, American basketball player
1986 – Lee Sungmin
South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Super Junior)
1986 – Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
1987 – Gilbert Brulé, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Gia Coppola, American film director
1987 – Estefanía Craciún, Uruguayan tennis player
1987 – Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
1987 – Devin Setoguchi, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Nelufar Hedayat, Afghan-English journalist
1988 – Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer and dancer (d. 2012)
1988 – Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
1989 – Adèle Haenel, French actress
1989 – Stefan Reinartz, German footballer
1990 – Bugoy Cariño, Filipino actor
1990 – Safaa Rashed, Iraqi weightlifter
1992 – Daniel Kofi Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
1992 – René Binder, Austrian race car driver
1992 – Ali Ferydoon, Irani footballer
1992 – He Kexin, Chinese gymnast
1992 – Jack Wilshere, English footballer
1993 – Jon Flanagan, English footballer
1993 – Michael Olaitan, Nigerian footballer
1994 – Craig Murray, Scottish footballer
1999 – Diamond White, American actress and singer
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Coulee City
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Notable
680 – Javanshir, Albanian king (b. 616)
898 – Odo of France (b. 860)
962 – Baldwin III, Count of Flanders (b. 940)
1204 – Haakon III of Norway (b. 1170)
1387 – Charles II of Navarre (b. 1332)
1515 – Louis XII of France (b. 1462)
1559 – Christian III of Denmark (b. 1503)
1560 – Joachim du Bellay, French poet and critic (b. 1522)
1617 – Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1558)
1697 – Filippo Baldinucci, Florentine historian and author (b. 1624)
1716 – William Wycherley, English playwright (b. c.1641)
1748 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
1759 – Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie (b. 1705)
French diplomat
1766 – James Francis Edward Stuart (b. 1688)
English son of James II of England
1782 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
1789 – Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley (b. 1716)
English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons
1793 – Francesco Guardi, Venetian painter (b. 1712)
1796 – Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (b. 1735)
French mathematician and chemist
1817 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
1846 – John Torrington, English soldier and explorer (b. 1825)
1853 – Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
1862 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
1881 – Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
1892 – Roswell B. Mason (b. 1805)
American politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago
1894 – Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
1896 – Alfred Ely Beach (b. 1826)
American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit
1906 – Hugh Nelson (b. 1835)
Scottish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland
1918 – William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
1919 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Russian general (b. 1881)
1921 – Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (b. 1856)
German politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany
1922 – István Kühár, Slovene priest and politician (b. 1887)
1931 – Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
1937 – Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (b. 1874)
Indian religious leader, founder of the Gaudiya Math
1940 – Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
1944 – Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
1944 – Edwin Lutyens (b. 1869)
English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial
1953 – Hank Williams (b. 1923)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Drifting Cowboys)
1954 – Duff Cooper (b. 1890)
English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1954 – Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
1955 – Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
1955 – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic (b. 1894)
1957 – Seán South, Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1928)
1957 – Fergal O'Hanlon, Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1936)
1958 – Edward Weston, American photographer (b. 1886)
1960 – Aimé Clariond, French actor (b. 1894)
1960 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1909)
1965 – Emma Asson, Estonian historian and politician (b. 1889)
1966 – Vincent Auriol (b. 1884)
French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic
1969 – Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
1969 – Bruno Söderström, Swedish pole vaulter and javelin thrower (b. 1888)
1971 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)
1972 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)
1973 – Sergei Kourdakov, Russian KGB agent (b. 1951)
1978 – Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
1980 – Pietro Nenni (b. 1891)
Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1981 – Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian pianist (b. 1920)
1982 – Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
1984 – Alexis Korner (b. 1928)
French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Blues Incorporated and Collective Consciousness Society)
1985 – Sigerson Clifford, Irish poet, playwright, and civil servant (b. 1913)
1987 – Jack Latham, American actor, and journalist (b. 1914)
1989 – Aleka Stratigou, Greek actress (b. 1926)
1992 – Grace Hopper (b. 1906)
American computer scientist and admiral, co-developed COBOL
1994 – Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (b. 1900)
New Zealand physician and politician
11th Governor-General of New Zealand
1994 – Cesar Romero, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1907)
1994 – Edward Arthur Thompson, Irish historian and academic (b. 1914)
1995 – Eugene Wigner
Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (b. 1902)
Nobel Prize laureate
1995 – Fred West, English serial killer (b. 1941)
1996 – Arleigh Burke, American admiral (b. 1901)
1996 – Arthur Rudolph, German engineer (b. 1906)
1997 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
1997 – Townes Van Zandt (b. 1944)
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1998 – Helen Wills, American tennis player and coach (b. 1905)
2000 – Colin Vaughan, Australian-Canadian journalist and activist (b. 1931)
2001 – Ray Walston, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
2002 – Julia Phillips, American film producer and author (b. 1944)
2003 – Dumitru Tinu, Romanian journalist (b. 1940)
2003 – Joe Foss (b. 1915)
American pilot, politician, and broadcaster
20th Governor of South Dakota
2003 – Royce D. Applegate, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2005 – Eugene J. Martin, American painter (b. 1938)
2005 – Shirley Chisholm, American educator, politician, and author (b. 1924)
2006 – Dawn Lake, Australian comedian, actress, and singer (b. 1927)
2006 – Harry Magdoff, American economist and journalist (b. 1913)
2006 – Hugh McLaughlin, Irish publisher, invented the Water hog (b. 1918)
2007 – Darrent Williams, American football player (b. 1982)
2007 – Leon Davidson, American chemist and engineer (b. 1922)
2007 – Roland Levinsky, South African-English biochemist and academic (b. 1943)
2008 – Harold Corsini, American photographer and educator (b. 1919)
2008 – Peter Caffrey, Irish-English actor (b. 1949)
2008 – Pratap Chandra Chunder, Indian educator and politician (b. 1919)
2008 – Salvatore Bonanno, American mobster (b. 1932)
2009 – Aarne Arvonen, Finnish super-centenarian (b. 1897)
2009 – Claiborne Pell, American captain and politician (b. 1918)
2009 – Nizar Rayan, Palestinian Hamas leader (b. 1962)
2009 – Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan Kenyan terrorist (b. 1960)
2010 – Lhasa de Sela, American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
2011 – Marin Constantin, Romanian composer and conductor (b. 1925)
2011 – Flemming Jørgensen (b. 1947)
Danish singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (Bamses Venner)
2012 – Bob Anderson, English fencer, stuntman, and choreographer (b. 1922)
2012 – Kiro Gligorov (b. 1917)
Bulgarian-Macedonian lawyer and politician
1st President of the Republic of Macedonia
2012 – Alessandro Liberati, Italian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1954)
2012 – Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician, businessman, and activist (b. 1962)
2012 – Fred Milano (b. 1939)
American singer (The Belmonts and Dion and the Belmonts)
2012 – Tommy Mont, American football player and coach (b. 1922)
2012 – Carlos Soria, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
2012 – Yafa Yarkoni, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1925)
2013 – Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer (b. 1963)
2013 – Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist (b. 1945)
2013 – Patti Page, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
2013 – Michael Patrick Cronan, American graphic designer (b. 1951)
2013 – Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
2014 – Pete DeCoursey, American journalist (b. 1961)
2014 – Michael Glennon, Australian priest (b. 1944)
2014 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (b. 1910)
2014 – William Mgimwa (b. 1950)
Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance
2014 – Juanita Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
2015 – Mario Cuomo (b. 1932)
American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York
2015 – Donna Douglas, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
2015 – Jeff Golub, American guitarist (b. 1955)
2015 – Omar Karami (b. 1934)
Lebanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Lebanon
2015 – Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1950)
2015 – Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (b. 1929)
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