Birthdays
VIP
Notable
1480 – Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
1538 – Louis of Nassau (d. 1574)
1607 – Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (d. 1646)
1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (d. 1687)
English politician
Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
1644 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (d. 1711)
1654 – Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (d. 1712)
1702 – Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)
1715 – Christian August Crusius (d. 1775)
German philosopher and theologian
1729 – Lazzaro Spallanzani (d. 1799)
Italian priest, biologist, and physiologist
1741 – Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1759)
1745 – Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and diplomat (d. 1812)
1750 – Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (d. 1823)
Scottish-English lawyer and politician
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
1760 – Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (d. 1802)
German composer and conductor
1769 – Michel Ney, French general (d. 1815)
1776 – George Birkbeck (d. 1841)
English physician and academic
founded Birkbeck, University of London
1780 – Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)
1797 – Eugenio Kincaid, American missionary (d. 1883)
1802 – Carl Ritter von Ghega (d. 1860)
Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway
1810 – Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)
1810 – Jeremiah S. Black (d. 1883)
American jurist and politician
23rd United States Secretary of State
1812 – Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (d. 1881)
1828 – Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (d. 1892)
1834 – John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (d. 19 Jun 1902)
The Right Honourable The Lord Acton, KCVO, DL
Italian-English Catholic historian, politician, and writer
1836 – Charles Ingalls, American farmer and carpenter (d. 1902)
1840 – Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925)
1842 – Luigi Pigorini (d. 1925)
Italian palaeontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer
1843 – Frank James, American soldier and outlaw (d. 1915)
1848 – Reinhold Sadler (d. 1906)
American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada
1849 – Robert Crosbie (d. 1919)
Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists
1850 – John Wellborn Root (d. 1891)
American architect
designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building
1853 – Jessie Bond, English singer and actress (d. 1942)
1854 – Ramón Corral (d. 1912)
Mexican vice president under Porfirio Díaz
1858 – Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
1859 – Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia (d. 1909)
Spanish philosopher and academic
1860 – Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943)
1864 - George Washington Carver, American scientist (d. 5 Jan 1943)
(exact birthday unknown)
1864 – Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 17 Jan 1931)
1865 – Mary Ingalls, American sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)
1873 – Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948)
1873 – Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935)
1873 – George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (d. 1958)
1875 – Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
1878 – John McLean (d. 1955)
American hurdler, football player, and coach
1880 – Manuel Azaña (d. 1940)
Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain
1881 – Leslie Rainey, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)
1883 – Francis X. Bushman (d. 1966)
American actor, director, and screenwriter
1883 – Oscar Goerke, American cyclist (d. 1934)
1883 – Alfred Saalwächter, German admiral (d. 1945)
1883 – Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (d. 1945)
Russian journalist, author, and poet
1887 – Robinson Jeffers (d. 20 Jan 1962)
American poet and philosopher
1890 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984)
1891 – Heinrich Behmann (d. 1970)
German mathematician and academic
1891: Louis A. Johnson (d. 24 Apr 1966)
American lawyer and politician
2nd United States Secretary of Defense, 1949-1950
Assistant Secretary of War, 1937-1940
1891 – Ann Shoemaker, American actress (d. 1978)
1892 – Dumas Malone, American historian and author (d. 1986)
1892 – Melchior Wańkowicz (d. 1974)
Polish soldier, journalist, and author
1893 – Albert Jacka (d. 1932)
Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient
1894 – Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (d. 1972)
1898 – Katharine Burr Blodgett (d. 1979)
American physicist and engineer
1900 – Violette Cordery, English racing driver (d. 1983)
1902 – Dobriša Cesarić, Croatian poet and translator (d. 1980)
1903 – Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)
1903 – Pud Thurlow, Australian cricketer (d. 1975)
1903 – Voldemar Väli (d. 1997)
Estonian-Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler
1903 – Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. 1976)
1904 – Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 15 Jan 1987)
1905 – Albert Arlen (d. 1993)
Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright
1908 – Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)
1908 – Bernard Lee, English actor (d. 1981)
1910 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)
1911 – Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)
1911 – Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist (d. 2004)
1912 – Maria Mandl, Austrian SS guard (d. 1948)
1913 – Franco Bordoni, Italian aviator and racing driver (d. 1975)
1913 – Gustáv Husák (d. 1991)
Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia
1913 – Mehmet Shehu (d. 1981)
Albanian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania
1914 – Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (d. 2013)
1914 – Yu Kuo-hwa (d. 2000)
Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China
1915 – Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (d. 1976)
1915 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988)
1916 – Sune Bergström (d. 2004)
Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter (d. 2015)
1916 – Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1917 – Hilde Krahl, Croatian-Austrian actress (d. 1999)
1917 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008)
1918 – Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
1918 – Arthur Chung (d. 2008)
Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana
1918 – Harry Merkel, German racing driver (d. 1995)
1919 – Terukuni Manzō (d. 1977)
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna
1919 – Rex Marshall, American actor and radio host (d. 1983)
1919 – Milton Parker (d. 2009)
American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli
1919 – Billy Varga, American professional wrestler and actor (d. 2013)
1920 – Georges Marchal, French actor (d. 1997)
1920 – Max Patkin, American baseball player and clown (d. 1999)
1921 – Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (d. 2010)
1921 – Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)
1922 – Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2001)
1922 – Ester Mägi, Estonian composer
1922 – Hannelore Schroth, German actress (d. 1987)
1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff (d. 1996)
Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director
1924 – Max Roach (d. 2007)
American drummer and composer (M'Boom)
1925 – Billie Sol Estes, American businessman (d. 2013)
1925 – Günther Knödler, German fencer (d. 1996)
1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician
1927 – Gisele MacKenzie (d. 2003)
Canadian-American singer and actress
1927 – Lee Philips, American actor and director (d. 1999)
1927 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990)
1927 – Otto Stich (d. 2012)
Swiss politician; 140th President of the Swiss Confederation
1928 – Philip Levine, American poet and academic (d. 14 Feb 2015
1928 – Peter Mathias, English historian and academic
1929 – Derek Hammond-Stroud, English actor and singer (d. 2012)
1929 – Tony Soper, English ornithologist and author
1930 – Elaine Devry, American actress
1930 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 16 Dec 2009)
1931 – Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1931 – Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids
Grenadian-English academic and politician
1931 – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (d. 2015)
Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan
1931 – Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (d. 2014)
1931 – John Zizioulas, Greek metropolitan
1933 – Anton Rodgers, English actor and director (d. 2007)
1934: Leonard Boswell
American farmer and politician
U.S. Representative, D. IA, 1997-2013
1934 – Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine
1935 – Ronnie Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and producer
1935 – Georg Katzer, German composer and academic
1935 – Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator
1936 – Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002)
1936 – Walter Bodmer, German-English geneticist and academic
1936 – Burnum Burnum, Australian actor and author (d. 1997)
1936 – Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer (d. 2013)
1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson
American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Daniel Walker Howe, American historian and academic
1937 – Thomas Penfield Jackson (d. 2013)
American soldier, lawyer, and judge
1938 – Jim Bailey, American actor and singer (d. 2015)
1938: Lois Capps
American nurse, professor, and politician
U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1998-present
1938 – Donald Knuth, American computer scientist and author
1938 – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player
1939 – Jared Carter, American poet and author
1939 – Sonosuke Fujimaki, Japanese fencer
1939 – David Horowitz
American activist and author
founded the David Horowitz Freedom Center
1939 – William Levy, American-Dutch journalist, author, and poet
1939 – Scott McKenzie (d. 2012)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor and singer (d. 1976)
1939 – Bill Toomey, American decathlete and coach
1940 – Harry Gant, American race car driver
1940 – Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (d. 2013)
1940 – Walter Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1940 – Ntare VI of Ankole (d. 2011)
1940 – K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
1941 – Tom Clarke
Scottish politician; Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
1942 – Graeme Gahan, Australian rules footballer and coach
1942: Walter Hill, American film director, screenwriter, and producer
1943 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 20 Sep 1973)
1943 – Jantzen Derrick, English footballer
1943 – Kristiina Elstelä, Finnish actress and singer
1944 – Rory Byrne, South African engineer
1944 – Bernard Derome, German-Canadian journalist
1944 – William Sanderson, American actor
1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor
1944 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (d. 2011)
1945 – Colonel DeBeers, American wrestler
1945 – Jerome Drayton, Canadian runner
1945 – John Fahey
New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician
38th Premier of New South Wales
1945 – Jennifer Moss, English actress and singer (d. 2006)
1945 – Spider Sabich, American skier (d. 1976)
1945 – Rod Stewart
English singer-songwriter
(The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, Shotgun Express, and The Steampacket)
1945 – Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination
1946 – Aynsley Dunbar
English drummer and songwriter
(The Jeff Beck Group, Journey, Jefferson Starship, UFO,
The Mojos, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
1946 – Robert Gadocha, Polish footballer
1946 – Earl McCullouch, American hurdler and football player
1947 – George Alec Effinger, American author (d. 2002)
1947 – James Morris, American bass-baritone opera singer
1947 – Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay
English banker and politician
1947 – Peer Steinbrück, German politician, German Minister of Finance
1947 – Tiit Vähi
Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia
1948 – Donald Fagen
American singer-songwriter and pianist (Steely Dan)
1948 – Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (d. 2002)
1948 – Mischa Maisky, Latvian-Israeli cellist
1948 – David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury
English lawyer and judge
1948: William Sanderson, American character actor
1948 – Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster
1949 – Allu Aravind, Indian actor and producer
1949 – Fred Bronson, American journalist and author
1949 – Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician
1949 – George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman
1949 – James Lapine, American director and playwright
1949 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (d. 2002)
1950 – Roy Blunt, American academic and politician
1950 – Ernie Wasson, American gardener and author
1951 – Rockwell Blake, American operatic tenor
1951 – Paul DiMaggio, American sociologist and academic
1951 – Nicolas Philibert, French actor and director
1951 – Pez Whatley, American wrestler (d. 2005)
1952 – Scott Thurston
American guitarist and songwriter
(Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and The Stooges)
1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter
1953 – Guido Kratschmer, German decathlete
1953 – Bobby Rahal, American race car driver
1954 – John Gidman, English footballer and manager
1954 – Greg Towns, Australian footballer
1955 – Michael Schenker
German guitarist
(UFO, Scorpions, Contraband, and McAuley Schenker Group)
1955 – Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer and manager
1956 – Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author
1957 – Paula Smith, American tennis player
1957 – Greg Walden, American politician
1958 – Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
1958 – Caroline Langrishe, English actress
1958 – Anatoly Pisarenko, Ukrainian weightlifter
1959 – Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach
1959 – Bernhard Hoff, German sprinter
1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician
1959 – Mark Morrisroe, American artist (d. 1989)
1959 – Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer
1960 – Gurinder Chadha
Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Brian Cowen
Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
1960 – Claudia Losch, German shot putter
1960 – John Mann, English politician
1960 – Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician
1960 – Samira Said
Moroccan singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1961 – Evan Handler, American actor
1961 – Janet Jones, American actress
1961 – Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
1961: Bill Shuster
American politician
U.S. Representative, R. PA, 2001-present
1962 – Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician
1962 – Kathryn S. McKinley
American computer scientist and academic
1963 – Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian soccer player
1963 – Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d. 2001)
1963 – David Dewayne Johnson, American murderer (d. 2000)
1963 – Francesco Panetta, Italian runner
1963 – Mark Pryor
American lawyer and politician
U.S. Senator, D. AR, 2003-2015
53rd Arkansas Attorney General, 1999-2003
1963 – Scott Perry
American filmmaker, businessman, author and engineer
1964 – Chitti Babu, Indian actor (d. 2013)
1964 – Tony Gardner, English actor, screenwriter, and physician
1964 – Brad Roberts
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crash Test Dummies)
1964 – Akifumi Tada, Japanese composer
1965 – Wally Bell, American baseball umpire (d. 2013)
1965 – Butch Hartman, American animator, voice actor, and singer
1965 – Yuji Tanaka, Japanese comedian
1966 – Robert Jürjendal, Estonian guitarist and composer
1966 – Steve Kramer, American engineer and politician
1966 – Murali Nair, Indian director and screenwriter
1966 – Jeremy Sims, Australian actor and director
1966 – Naomi Zaizen, Japanese actress
1967 – Jeremy Cumpston, Australian actor
1967 – Johan Laats, Belgian martial artist
1967 – Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
1969 – Janko Kastelic, Canadian-Slovene conductor
1969 – Andreas Reinke, German footballer and manager
1970 – Buff Bagwell, American wrestler and actor
1970 – Scott Ludlam
New Zealand-Australian graphic designer and politician
1970 – Alisa Marić
Serbian chess player and politician
Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
1972 – Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian skier and sportscaster
1972 – Mohammed Benzakour
Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
1972 – Brian Christopher, American professional wrestler
1973 – Jakob Cedergren, Swedish-Danish actor
1973 – Ryan Drummond, American actor and singer
1973 – Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
1973 – Tanya Streeter
British-Caymanian-American world champion freediver
1973 – Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican boxer
1974 – Jemaine Clement
New Zealand actor, singer, and guitarist
(Flight of the Conchords)
1974 – Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager
1974 – Akari Kaida, Japanese pianist and composer
1974 – Andrey Korneyev, Russian swimmer (d. 2014)
1974 – Steve Marlet, French footballer and coach
1974 – Clinton O'Brien, Australian rugby league footballer
1974 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager
1974 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor and singer
1974 – Ryōka Yuzuki, Japanese voice actress
1975 – Jake Delhomme, American football player
1976 – Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
1976 – Ian Poulter, English golfer
1976 – Alec Shelbrooke, English engineer and politician
1977 – Greg Centauro, French pornographic actor and director (d. 2011)
1978 – Brent Smith, American singer-songwriter (Shinedown)
1978 – Tamina Snuka, American wrestler and actress
1978 – Tanel Tein, Estonian basketball player
1978 – Johan van der Wath, South African cricketer
1979 – Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
1979 – Obea Moore, American sprinter
1979 – Bodo Sieber, German rugby player and coach
1980 – Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan footballer
1980 – Petri Lindroos
Finnish singer and guitarist (Ensiferum and Norther)
1980 – Tatjana Mannima, Estonian skier
1980 – Bernat Martínez, Spanish motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1980 – Aleksandr Pogorelov, Russian decathlete
1980 – Sarah Shahi, American actress
1981 – Nasri, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (Magic!)
1981 – James Coppinger, English footballer
1981 – Tamta Goduadze (bka Tamta), Georgian-Greek singer
1981 – Inga Jankauskaitė, Lithuanian actress, singer, and pianist
1981 – Brian Joo
American-South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
(Fly to the Sky)
1981: Jared Kushner, American businessman and investor
1982 – Julien Brellier, French footballer
1982 – Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer
1982 – Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
1982 – Misato Fukuen, Japanese voice actress
1982: Valerie June Hockett (bka Valerie June)
American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
1982: Ana Layevska, Ukrainian-Mexican actress and singer
1983 – Danilo Dirani, Brazilian race car driver
1983 – Li Nina, Chinese skier
1984 – Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
1984 – Trent Cutler, Australian rugby league footballer
1984 – Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper
1984 – Nando Rafael, Angolan-German footballer
1985 – Abdulkader Dakka, Syrian footballer
1985 – Jaroslav Kolbas, Slovak footballer
1985 – Craig Lewis, American cyclist
1985 – Alex Meraz, American actor, dancer, and martial artist
1985 – Sofia Yfantidou, Greek heptathlete
1986 – Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player
1986 – Abbey Clancy, English model and television host
1986 – Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player
1986 – Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer
1986 – Saleisha Stowers, American model
1986 – Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer
1986 – Erika Padilla, Filipino actress and host
1987 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
1987 – Chiaki Ito, Japanese singer, actress, dancer, and model (AAA)
1988 – Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner
1988 – Marvin Martin, French footballer
1988 – Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player
1989 – Emily Meade, American actress
1989 – Kyle Reimers, Australian rules footballer
1989 – Solji, South Korean singer (EXID)
1990 – Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver
1990 – Wilhelm Ingves, Finnish footballer
1990 – Tao Li, Singaporean swimmer
1990 – Stefano Lilipaly, Dutch-Indonesian footballer
1990 – César Ruiz, Peruvian footballer
1991 – Romain Wattel, French golfer
1992 – Emmanuel Frimpong, Ghanaian footballer
1994 – Mohammed Aman, Ethiopian runner
1996 – Sakurako Ohara, Japanese actress and singer
1996 – María Paulina Pérez, Colombian tennis player
1996 – Paula Andrea Pérez, Colombian tennis player
1997 – Ayuri Konno, Japanese actress
1998 – Xu Shilin, Chinese tennis player
2000 – Sota Yamamoto, Japanese figure skater
2004 – Kaitlyn Maher, American child singer and actress
2006 – Angelina Jordan, Norwegian child singer
Family
Coulee City
1940: Sally (Dorlarque) Garcia
Mary Hertenstein
Gary McKay
Kiley Schenk
Vic Spurbeck
Mary Hertenstein
Gary McKay
Kiley Schenk
Vic Spurbeck
Other
Mike Clouse
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Robertson
Deaths
VIP
Notable
314 – Pope Miltiades
681 – Pope Agatho
976 – John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925)
1094 – Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (b. 1029)
1276 – Pope Gregory X (b. 1210)
1645 – William Laud, English archbishop and academic (b. 1573)
1654 – Nicholas Culpeper (b. 1616)
English botanist, physician, and astrologer
1662 – Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1597)
1698 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont (b. 1637)
French priest and historian
1754 – Edward Cave (b. 1691)
English publisher; founded The Gentleman's Magazine
1761 – Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)
1777 – Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)
1778 – Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707)
1794 – Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754)
1811 – Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)
1824 – Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. 1759)
1828 – François de Neufchâteau (b. 1750)
French poet, academic, and politician; French Minister of the Interior
1829 – Gregorio Funes (b. 1749)
Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator
1833 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752)
1851 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
1855 – Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (b. 1787)
1862 – Samuel Colt (b. 1814)
American businessman; founded Colt's Manufacturing Company
1863 – Lyman Beecher (b. 1775)
American minister, co-founded the American Temperance Society
1866 – Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1792)
1883 – Samuel Mudd, American physician (b. 1833)
1895 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr. (b. 1836)
American chemist, physicist, and academic
1895 – Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)
1901 – James Robert Dickson (b. 1832)
Australian politician; 1st Australian Minister for Defence
1904 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
1905 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
1917 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
1917 – Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875)
1920 – Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
1921 – Raymond Thorne, American swimmer (b. 1887)
1922 – Frank Tudor (b. 1866)
Australian politician; 6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment
1926 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)
1934 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch anarchist (b. 1909)
1935 – Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873)
1935 – Charlie McGahey, English cricketer (b. 1871)
1941 – Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
1941 – John Lavery, Irish painter (b. 1856)
1941 – Joe Penner (b. 1904)
Hungarian-American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1941 – Issai Schur (b. 1875)
Belarusian-German mathematician and academic
1945 – Osman Cemal Kaygili (b. 1890)
Turkish journalist, author, and playwright
1949 – Erich von Drygalski (b. 1865)
German geographer and geophysicist
1951 – Sinclair Lewis (b. 1885)
American author and playwright; Nobel Prize laureate
1951 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)
1954 – Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (b. 1883)
1954 – Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911)
1957 – Gabriela Mistral (b. 1889)
Chilean poet and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1959 – Şükrü Kaya (b. 1883)
Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1960 – Jack Laviolette (b. 1879)
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1894)
1965 – Frederick Fleet, English sailor (b. 1887)
1967 – Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)
1968 – Basil Sydney, English actor (b. 1894)
1968 – Ali Fuat Cebesoy (b. 1882)
Turkish general and politician; 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
1969 – Sampurnanand (b. 1891)
Indian educator and politician; 2nd Governor of Rajasthan
1969 – John Brownlee, Australian opera singer (b. 1900)
1970 – Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
1971 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
1971 – Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (b. 1941)
1972 – Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
1978 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (b. 1924)
Nicaraguan journalist and author
1978 – Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912)
1980 – Hughie Critz, American baseball player and scout (b. 1900)
1980 – George Meany, American plumber and union leader (b. 1894)
1980 – Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
1981 – Katharine Alexander, American actress and singer (b. 1898)
1981 – Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1917)
1981 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
1982 – Paul Lynde, American actor and singer (b. 1926)
1984 – Souvanna Phouma (b. 1901)
Laotian politician; 8th Prime Minister of Laos
1985 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)
1986 – Jaroslav Seifert (b. 1901)
Czech journalist and poet; Nobel Prize laureate
1987 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
1987 – David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
1989 – Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905)
1989 – Colin Winchester, Australian police officer (b. 1933)
1990 – Tochinishiki Kiyotaka (b. 1925)
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna
1991 – Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (b. 1912)
1992 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1919)
1994 – Michael Aldridge, English actor (b. 1920)
1995 – Kathleen Tynan (b. 1937)
Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter
1997 – Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
1997 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd (b. 1907)
Scottish-English biochemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1999 – Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921)
2000 – Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901)
2001 – Necati Cumalı, Turkish author and poet (b. 1921)
2002 – W. A. Criswell, American pastor and author (b. 1909)
2004 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2004 – Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
2005 – Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909)
2005 – Gene Baylos, American comedian and actor (b. 1906)
2005 – Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
2005 – James Forman, American academic and activist (b. 1928)
2005 – Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish skier (b. 1932)
2005 – Erwin Hillier, German-English cinematographer (b. 1911)
2005 – Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912)
2005 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927)
2007 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
2007 – Bradford Washburn (b. 1910)
American explorer, photographer, and cartographer
2008 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
2008 – Mikhail Minin, Russian soldier (b. 1922)
2008 – Maila Nurmi (b. 1921)
Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
2009 – Bill Stone, English sailor (b. 1900)
2011 – John Dye, American actor (b. 1963)
2011 – Vivek Shauq, Indian actor and singer (b. 1963)
2011 – Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)
2012 – Vince Gibson, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
2012 – Lila Kaye, English actress (b. 1929)
2012 – Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)
2012 – Cliff Portwood, English footballer and singer (b. 1937)
2012 – Mary Raftery, Irish journalist (b. 1957)
2012 – Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent (b. 1924)
2013 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (b. 1935)
2013 – Evan S. Connell, American author and poet (b. 1924)
2013 – George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932)
2013 – Franz Lehrndorfer, German organist and composer (b. 1928)
2013 – Claude Nobs (b. 1936)
Swiss businessman; founded the Montreux Jazz Festival
2013 – Lucien Poirier, French general (b. 1918)
2014 – Sam Berns, American progeria victim (b. 1996)
2014 – Petr Hlaváček, Czech shoemaker and academic (b. 1950)
2014 – Zbigniew Messner (b. 1929)
Polish economist and politician
9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
2014 – Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1960)
2014 – Larry Speakes (b. 1939)
American journalist; 16th White House Press Secretary
2015 – Robert Berner, American geologist and academic (b. 1935)
2015 – Harry V. Jaffa (b. 1918)
American historian, philosopher, and academic
2015 – Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (b. 1994)
2015 – Taylor Negron, American actor (b. 1957)
2015 – Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2015 – Robert Stone, American novelist (b. 1937)
681 – Pope Agatho
976 – John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925)
1094 – Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (b. 1029)
1276 – Pope Gregory X (b. 1210)
1645 – William Laud, English archbishop and academic (b. 1573)
1654 – Nicholas Culpeper (b. 1616)
English botanist, physician, and astrologer
1662 – Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1597)
1698 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont (b. 1637)
French priest and historian
1754 – Edward Cave (b. 1691)
English publisher; founded The Gentleman's Magazine
1761 – Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)
1777 – Spranger Barry, Irish actor (b. 1719)
1778 – Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707)
1794 – Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754)
1811 – Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)
1824 – Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. 1759)
1828 – François de Neufchâteau (b. 1750)
French poet, academic, and politician; French Minister of the Interior
1829 – Gregorio Funes (b. 1749)
Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator
1833 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752)
1851 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
1855 – Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (b. 1787)
1862 – Samuel Colt (b. 1814)
American businessman; founded Colt's Manufacturing Company
1863 – Lyman Beecher (b. 1775)
American minister, co-founded the American Temperance Society
1866 – Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1792)
1883 – Samuel Mudd, American physician (b. 1833)
1895 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr. (b. 1836)
American chemist, physicist, and academic
1895 – Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)
1901 – James Robert Dickson (b. 1832)
Australian politician; 1st Australian Minister for Defence
1904 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
1905 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
1917 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
1917 – Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875)
1920 – Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
1921 – Raymond Thorne, American swimmer (b. 1887)
1922 – Frank Tudor (b. 1866)
Australian politician; 6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment
1926 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)
1934 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch anarchist (b. 1909)
1935 – Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873)
1935 – Charlie McGahey, English cricketer (b. 1871)
1941 – Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
1941 – John Lavery, Irish painter (b. 1856)
1941 – Joe Penner (b. 1904)
Hungarian-American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1941 – Issai Schur (b. 1875)
Belarusian-German mathematician and academic
1945 – Osman Cemal Kaygili (b. 1890)
Turkish journalist, author, and playwright
1949 – Erich von Drygalski (b. 1865)
German geographer and geophysicist
1951 – Sinclair Lewis (b. 1885)
American author and playwright; Nobel Prize laureate
1951 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)
1954 – Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (b. 1883)
1954 – Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911)
1957 – Gabriela Mistral (b. 1889)
Chilean poet and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1959 – Şükrü Kaya (b. 1883)
Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1960 – Jack Laviolette (b. 1879)
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1894)
1965 – Frederick Fleet, English sailor (b. 1887)
1967 – Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)
1968 – Basil Sydney, English actor (b. 1894)
1968 – Ali Fuat Cebesoy (b. 1882)
Turkish general and politician; 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey
1969 – Sampurnanand (b. 1891)
Indian educator and politician; 2nd Governor of Rajasthan
1969 – John Brownlee, Australian opera singer (b. 1900)
1970 – Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
1971 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
1971 – Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (b. 1941)
1972 – Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
1978 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (b. 1924)
Nicaraguan journalist and author
1978 – Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912)
1980 – Hughie Critz, American baseball player and scout (b. 1900)
1980 – George Meany, American plumber and union leader (b. 1894)
1980 – Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
1981 – Katharine Alexander, American actress and singer (b. 1898)
1981 – Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1917)
1981 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
1982 – Paul Lynde, American actor and singer (b. 1926)
1984 – Souvanna Phouma (b. 1901)
Laotian politician; 8th Prime Minister of Laos
1985 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (b. 1906)
1986 – Jaroslav Seifert (b. 1901)
Czech journalist and poet; Nobel Prize laureate
1987 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919)
1987 – David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
1989 – Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905)
1989 – Colin Winchester, Australian police officer (b. 1933)
1990 – Tochinishiki Kiyotaka (b. 1925)
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna
1991 – Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (b. 1912)
1992 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1919)
1994 – Michael Aldridge, English actor (b. 1920)
1995 – Kathleen Tynan (b. 1937)
Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter
1997 – Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
1997 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd (b. 1907)
Scottish-English biochemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1999 – Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921)
2000 – Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901)
2001 – Necati Cumalı, Turkish author and poet (b. 1921)
2002 – W. A. Criswell, American pastor and author (b. 1909)
2004 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2004 – Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
2005 – Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909)
2005 – Gene Baylos, American comedian and actor (b. 1906)
2005 – Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
2005 – James Forman, American academic and activist (b. 1928)
2005 – Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish skier (b. 1932)
2005 – Erwin Hillier, German-English cinematographer (b. 1911)
2005 – Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912)
2005 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927)
2007 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
2007 – Bradford Washburn (b. 1910)
American explorer, photographer, and cartographer
2008 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
2008 – Mikhail Minin, Russian soldier (b. 1922)
2008 – Maila Nurmi (b. 1921)
Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
2009 – Bill Stone, English sailor (b. 1900)
2011 – John Dye, American actor (b. 1963)
2011 – Vivek Shauq, Indian actor and singer (b. 1963)
2011 – Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)
2012 – Vince Gibson, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
2012 – Lila Kaye, English actress (b. 1929)
2012 – Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)
2012 – Cliff Portwood, English footballer and singer (b. 1937)
2012 – Mary Raftery, Irish journalist (b. 1957)
2012 – Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent (b. 1924)
2013 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (b. 1935)
2013 – Evan S. Connell, American author and poet (b. 1924)
2013 – George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932)
2013 – Franz Lehrndorfer, German organist and composer (b. 1928)
2013 – Claude Nobs (b. 1936)
Swiss businessman; founded the Montreux Jazz Festival
2013 – Lucien Poirier, French general (b. 1918)
2014 – Sam Berns, American progeria victim (b. 1996)
2014 – Petr Hlaváček, Czech shoemaker and academic (b. 1950)
2014 – Zbigniew Messner (b. 1929)
Polish economist and politician
9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
2014 – Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1960)
2014 – Larry Speakes (b. 1939)
American journalist; 16th White House Press Secretary
2015 – Robert Berner, American geologist and academic (b. 1935)
2015 – Harry V. Jaffa (b. 1918)
American historian, philosopher, and academic
2015 – Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (b. 1994)
2015 – Taylor Negron, American actor (b. 1957)
2015 – Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2015 – Robert Stone, American novelist (b. 1937)
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