Birthdays
VIP
1755 – Alexander Hamilton (d. 12 Jul 1804)
Nevisian-American general, economist and politician
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
1815 – Sir John A. Macdonald (d. 6 Jun 1891)
Canadian lawyer and politician
1st Prime Minister of Canada, 1878-1891
1934 – Jean Chrétien
Canadian lawyer and politician
20th Prime Minister of Canada, 1993-2003
Nevisian-American general, economist and politician
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
1815 – Sir John A. Macdonald (d. 6 Jun 1891)
Canadian lawyer and politician
1st Prime Minister of Canada, 1878-1891
1934 – Jean Chrétien
Canadian lawyer and politician
20th Prime Minister of Canada, 1993-2003
Notable
347 – Theodosius I (d. 17 Jan 395)
Flavius Theodosius Augustus, aka Theodosius the Great
69th Emperor of the Roman Empire, 347-395
891 – Abd-ar-Rahman III (d. 15 Oct 961)
15th Caliph of Umayyad Dynasty; 1st Caliph of Córdoba, 929-961
8th Emir of Córdoba, 912-929
1322 – Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (d. 26 Jul 1380)
2nd Northern Pretender, 1336-1322
1359 – Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (d. 6 Jun 1393)
5th Northern Pretender, 1371-1382
1395 – Michelle of Valois (d. 8 Jul 1422)
Duchess consort of Burgundy, 1419-1422
1503 – Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (d. 24 Aug 1540)
aka Francesco Mazzola or bka Parmigianino, Italian painter
1591 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (d. 14 Sep 1646)
English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire
1630 – John Rogers (d. 1684)
English-American minister, physician, and academic
1638 – Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and anatomist (d. 1686)
1642 – Johann Friedrich Alberti, German organist and composer (d. 1710)
1671 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general and diplomat (d. 1745)
1757 – Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect (d. 1831)
1786 – Joseph Jackson Lister, English opticist and physicist (d. 1869)
1788 – William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic (d. 1866)
1800 – Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (d. 1895)
1807 – Ezra Cornell (d. 9 Dec 1874)
American businessman and philanthropist
founded Western Union and Cornell University
1814 – James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
1825 – Bayard Taylor, American poet, author, and critic (d. 1878)
1839 – Eugenio María de Hostos (d. 1903)
Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist
1842 – William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 26 Aug 1910)
1843 – C. Y. O'Connor, Irish-Australian engineer (d. 1902)
1845 – Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
1850 – Joseph Charles Arthur, American pathologist and mycologist (d. 1942)
1852 – Constantin Fehrenbach (d. 1926)
German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany
1853 – Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 1926)
1856 – Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1932)
1857 – Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
1858 – Harry Gordon Selfridge (d. 1947)
American-English businessman, founded Selfridges
1859 – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (d. 1925)
English politician; 35th Governor-General of India
1864 – Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946)
1867 – Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic (d. 1927)
1868 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1940)
1870 – Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator (d. 1945)
1872 – G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic (d. 1956)
1873: Dwight Morrow (5 Oct 1931)
American businessman, diplomat, and politician
U.S. Senator, R. NJ, 1930-1931
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-1930
1873 – John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)
1875 – Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic (d. 1956)
1875 – Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (d. 1941)
1876 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
1876 – Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1952)
1878 – Theodoros Pangalos (d. 1952)
Greek general and politician; President of Greece
1879 – John Symes, English cricketer (d. 1942)
1885 – Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1965)
1885 – Alice Paul, American activist (d. 1977)
1886 – Chester Conklin, American actor (d. 1971)
1887 – Aldo Leopold (d. 21 Apr 1948)
American author, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist,
and environmentalist
1888 – Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician (d. 1954)
1889 – Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (d. 1938)
1890 – Harold Bride, English wireless officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1956)
1890 – Max Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1890 – Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic (d. 1954)
1891 – Andrew Sockalexis, American runner (d. 1919)
1892: Tom Stewart (d. 10 Oct 1972)
American lawyer and politician
U.S. Senator, D. TN, 1939-1949
1893 – Charles Fraser, Australian rugby league player (d. 1981)
1893 – Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
1895 – Laurens Hammond (d. 1973)
American engineer and businessman
founded the Hammond Clock Company
1897 – Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (d. 1955)
1897 – August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
1899 – Eva Le Gallienne (d. 1991)
British-American actress, director, and producer
1901 – Kwon Ki-ok, North Korean pilot (d. 1988)
1902 – Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (d. 1986)
1903 – Alan Paton, South African author and activist (d. 1988)
1905 – Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist (d. 1960)
1906 – Albert Hofmann (d. 2008)
Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD
1907 – Pierre Mendès France (d. 1982)
French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France
1907 – Abraham Joshua Heschel (d. 23 Dec 1972)
Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher
1908 – Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)
1910 – Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and author (d. 1975)
1910 – Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician (d. 1966)
1910 – Izler Solomon, American conductor (d. 1987)
1911 – Nora Heysen, Australian painter (d. 2003)
1911 – Zenkō Suzuki (d. 2004)
Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan
1912 – Don "Red" Barry (d. 1980)
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1913 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor and singer (d. 1980)
1915 – Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower (d. 2001)
1915 – Paddy Mayne, Irish colonel and lawyer (d. 1955)
1916 – Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor (d. 1989)
1917 – John Robarts (d. 1982)
Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario
1918 – Robert C. O'Brien, American author and journalist (d. 1973)
1920 – Mick McManus, English wrestler (d. 2013)
1921 – Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
1921 – Juanita M. Kreps
American economist and politician
24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
1921 – Benedict Zilliacus (d. 2013)
Finnish journalist, author, and screenwriter
1922 – Ernle Bradford, English historian and author (d. 1986)
1923 – Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1923 – Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher
1923 – Carroll Shelby (d. 2012)
American race car driver, engineer, and businessman
founded Carroll Shelby International
1923 – Eli Woods, English comedian and actor (d. 2014)
1924 – Don Cherry, American singer and golfer
1924 – Roger Guillemin
French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1924 – Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1994)
1924 – Slim Harpo, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1970)
1925 – Grant Tinker
American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises
1926 – Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1998)
1928 – Alan Bowness, English historian and curator
1928 – Mitchell Ryan, American actor
1928 – David L. Wolper, American director and producer (d. 2010)
1929 – Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and theorist
1930 – Ron Mulock (d. 2014)
Australian lawyer and politician
10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 7 Jan 2015)
1931 – Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (d. 2015)
1931 – Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (d. 2014)
1932 – Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director
1934 – Sir Tony Hoare, Sri Lankan-English computer scientist and engineer
1935 – Melvyn Hayes, English actor and singer
1935 – Ghita Nørby, Danish actress
1936 – Eva Hesse, German-American sculptor (d. 1970)
1936 – Jody Payne, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1936 – Chilla Porter, Australian high jumper
1937 – Felix Silla, Italian-American actor and stuntman
1938 – Fischer Black, American economist and academic (d. 1995)
1938 – Vladimir Krpan, Croatian pianist
1938 – Gavin Millar, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
1938 – Alastair Morton, English businessman (d. 2004)
1938 – Frankie Randall, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer (d. 2014)
1938 – Arthur Scargill, English miner and politician
1938 – John August Swanson, American painter and illustrator
1939 – Anne Heggtveit, Canadian skier
1940 – Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia
1941 – Gérson, Brazilian footballer
1941 – Abdullah the Butcher, Canadian-American wrestler
1942 – Bud Acton, American basketball player
1942 – Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (d. 2011)
1942 – Leo Cullum, American soldier, pilot, and cartoonist (d. 2010)
1942 – George Mira, American football player
1942: Joel Zwick, American director
1943 – Henry Cecil, Scottish-English horse trainer (d. 2013)
1943 – Jill Churchill, American author
1943 – Jim Hightower, American journalist and politician
1944 – Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989)
1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
1945 – Christine Kaufmann, Austrian-German actress
1946 – Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Judds)
1946 – Tony Kaye, English keyboard player
1946 – John Piper, American theologian and author
1947 – Anna Calder-Marshall, English actress
1948 – Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager
1948 – Joe Harper, Scottish footballer and manager
1948 – Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, 54th Yokozuna
1948 – Madeline Manning, American runner
1948 – Terry Williams, Welsh drummer
1949 – Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter
1949 – Chris Ford, American basketball player and coach
1949 – Frederick "Dennis" Greene (d. 2015)
American singer and actor (Sha Na Na)
1949 – Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
1951 – Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
1951 – Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop
1952 – Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (d. 2013)
1952 – Ben Crenshaw, American golfer
1952 – Michael Forshaw, Australian lawyer and politician
1952 – Diana Gabaldon, American author
1952 – Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer, and producer
1953 – Graham Allen
English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1953 – John Sessions, Scottish actor and screenwriter
1953 – Kostas Skandalidis, Greek engineer and politician
1954 – Jaak Aaviksoo
Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Defence
1954 – Kailash Satyarthi
Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1955: Max Lucado, American author and minister
1955: Christian Marclay, American Swiss artist and composer
1956 – Henry Lee Jackson (bka Big Bank Hank) (d. 2014)
American rapper (The Sugarhill Gang)
1956 – Robert Earl Keen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Kuniaki Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
1956 – Phyllis Logan, Scottish actress
1956 – Paul McKeever, German-English police officer (d. 2013)
1957 – Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1957 – Peter Moore, Australian footballer
1957 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
1958 – Diego León Montoya Sánchez, Colombian drug lord
1958 – Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1959 – Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960: Stanley Tucci, American actor, writer, producer, and director
1960: Mike Turner
American attorney and politician
U.S. Representative, R. OH, 2003-present
53rd Mayor of Dayton, 1994-2002
1961 – Jasper Fforde, English author
1961 – Karl von Habsburg
German-Austrian son of Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen
1961 – Eva Ortiz (bka Eva O)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Christian Death, Shadow Project and Super Heroines)
1961 – Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (d. 1989)
1962 – Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
1962 – Kim Coles, American actress
1962 – Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1962 – Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
1963 – Tracy Caulkins, American-Australian swimmer
1963 – Jason Connery, English actor, director, and producer
1963 – Dean Reynolds, English snooker player
1964 – Ralph Recto, Filipino politician
1965 – Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler
1965 – Roland Scholten, Dutch darts Player
1965 – Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach
1966 – Marc Acito, American author and screenwriter
1966 – Kelley Law, Canadian curler
1966 – Tao Wei, Chinese footballer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
1967 – Derek Riddell, Scottish actor
1968 – Anders Borg
Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Finance
1968 – Saša Ćirić, Macedonian footballer
1968 – Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer
1969 – Manny Acta
Dominican-American baseball player, coach. manager, and sportscaster
1969 – James Merendino, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Kyle Richards, American actress
1970 – Manfredi Beninati, Italian painter and sculptor
1970 – Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
1970 – Malcolm D. Lee, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1970 – Joy Nilo, Filipino pianist and composer
1970 – Mustafa Sandal, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and dancer
1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1971: Colm Keaveney, Irish Fianna Fáil politician
1971 – Tom Ward, Welsh actor
1971 – Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
1972 – Marc Blucas, American actor
1972 – Christian Jacobs, American actor, singer-songwriter and producer
1972 – Anthony Lledo, Danish composer
1972 – Luis Miguel Martín, Spanish runner
1972 – Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright
1973 – Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
1973 – Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
1973 – Rockmond Dunbar
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Eri Fukatsu, Japanese actress
1974 – Roman Görtz, German footballer
1974 – Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
1974 – Jens Nowotny, German footballer
1975 – Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
1975: Aaron Funk (aka Venetian Snares), Canadian musician
1975 – Kevin Koe, Canadian curler
1975 – Dan Luger, English rugby player and coach
1975 – Matteo Renzi, Italian politician; 56th Prime Minister of Italy
1976 – Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
1976 – Kaire Vilgats, Estonian singer and actress
1977 – Shamari Buchanan, American football player
1977 – Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
1977 – Olexiy Lukashevych, Ukrainian long jumper
1977 – Devin Ratray, American actor and singer
1977 – Nadia Turner, American singer-songwriter and actress
1978 – Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
1978 – Holly Brisley, Australian actress
1978 – Michael Duff, Irish footballer
1978 – Emile Heskey, English footballer
1978 – Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer
1979 – Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
1979 – Joana Cortez, Brazilian tennis player
1979 – Michael Lorenz, German footballer
1979 – Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and producer
1979 – Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
1980 – Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player
1980 – Lovieanne Jung, American softball player
1980 – Gökdeniz Karadeniz, Turkish footballer
1980 – Mike Williams, American football player
1980 – Deanna Wright, American model and actress
1981 – Jamelia, English singer-songwriter and actress
1981 – Bafo Biyela, South African footballer
1981 – Tom Meighan, English singer-songwriter (Kasabian)
1981 – Jaime Valdés, Chilean footballer
1981 – Ali Zitouni, Tunisian footballer
1982 – Tony Allen, American basketball player
1982 – Ashley Taylor Dawson, English actor and singer
1982: Clara Shih, Chinese American businesswoman
1982 – Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
1983 – Turner Battle, American basketball player
1983 – Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
1983 – Ted Richards, Australian footballer
1983 – Adrian Sutil, German race car driver
1984 – Kevin Boss, American football player
1984 – Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer
1984 – Matt Mullenweg
American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress
1985 – Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 – Rie fu, Japanese singer-songwriter
1985 – Aja Naomi King, American actress
1985 – Lucy Knisley, American author and illustrator
1985 – Kazuki Nakajima, Japanese race car driver
1985 – Aaron Porter, English union leader
1986 – Rachel Riley, English television host
1987 – Scotty Cranmer, American motocross racer
1987 – Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer
1987 – Jamie Vardy, English footballer
1988 – Junjun, Chinese-Japanese singer
1988 – Daniel Dzufer, Australian footballer
1988 – Rodrigo José Pereira, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Epiphanny Prince, American-Russian basketball player
1989 – Sonmi, Japanese model
1989 – Darko Bodul, Croatian footballer
1989 – Sammy Carlson, American skier
1990 – Ryan Griffin, American football player
1991 – Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer
1991 – Hyolyn, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1992 – Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
1992 – Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer (Winner)
1993 – Flora Cross, French-American actress
1993 – Michael Keane, English footballer
1993 – Will Keane, English footballer
1994 – Mathieu Marquet, Mauritian swimmer
1995 – Klaartje Liebens, Belgian tennis player
1997 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1998 – Louisa Johnson, English singer and The X Factor winner
Family
Coulee City
Hannah Jorgensen
Pam St. John
Todd Bodeau
Diane Yarwood
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
705 – Pope John VI (b. 655)
782 – Emperor Kōnin of Japan (b. 709)
802 – Paulinus II of Aquileia, Italian priest, theologian, and saint (b. 726)
812 – Staurakios, Byzantine emperor
844 – Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
1055 – Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1000)
1083 – Otto of Nordheim (b. 1020)
1494 – Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (b. 1449)
1495 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (b. 1428)
1547 – Pietro Bembo, Italian poet, scholar, and theorist (b. 1470)
1641 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583)
1696 – Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616)
1703 – Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (b. 1632)
1713 – Pierre Jurieu, French priest and theologian (b. 1637)
1735 – Metropolitan Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1670)
1753 – Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (b. 1660)
1762 – Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (b. 1695)
1763 – Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676)
1771 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer (b. 1704)
Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author
1788 – François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
1791 – William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717)
1798 – Erekle II of Kartli (b. 1720)
1801 – Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b. 1749)
1836 – John Molson (b. 1763)
Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company
1843 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
1866 – Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
1866 – John Woolley (b. 1816)
English academic and clergyman
the first principal of the University of Sydney, Australia
1867 – Stuart Donaldson (b. 1812)
English-Australian politician; 1st Premier of New South Wales
1882 – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
1891 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
1901 – Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer (b. 1866)
1902 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
1904 – William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
1914 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
1920 – Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
1923 – Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
1928 – Thomas Hardy, English author and poet (b. 1840)
1931 – James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
1937 – Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)
1938 – Johan Salonen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1884)
1941 – Emanuel Lasker (b. 1868)
German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player
1944 – Galeazzo Ciano (b. 1903)
Italian politician; Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1947 – Eva Tanguay, Canadian-American singer and actress (b. 1879)
1952 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (b. 1889)
1952 – Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885)
1953 – Noe Zhordania (b. 1868)
Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia
1954 – Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
1957 – Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician (b. 1867)
1957 – Rose Sutro, American pianist (b. 1870)
1958 – Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
1961 – Elena Gerhardt, German soprano (b. 1883)
1963 – Arthur Nock (b. 1902)
English classicist, theologian, and Harvard University professor
1966 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
1966 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)
1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri (b. 1904)
Indian academic and politician; 2nd Prime Minister of India
1968 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
1969 – Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890)
1972 – Padraic Colum, Irish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
1975 – Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (b. 1901)
1978 – Michael Bates, Indian-born English actor (b. 1920)
1978 – Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani-English poet and journalist (b. 1927)
1979 – Jack Soo, American actor and singer (b. 1917)
1980 – Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
1981 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1888)
1985 – Edward Buzzell, American director (b. 1895)
1985 – William McKell (b. 1891)
Australian politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia
1986 – Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1986 – Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
1987 – Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
1988 – Pappy Boyington (b. 1912)
American colonel and pilot; Medal of Honor recipient
1988 – Isidor Isaac Rabi (b. 1898)
Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1991 – Carl David Anderson (b. 1905)
American physicist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1994 – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (b. 1902)
1995 – Josef Gingold, Belarusian-American violinist and educator (b. 1909)
1995 – Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (b. 1936)
1995 – Lewis Nixon, United States Army officer (b. 1918)
1995 – Theodor Wisch, German general (b. 1907)
1996 – Roger Crozier (b. 1942)
Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1998 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)
1999 – Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
1999 – Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (b. 1897)
1999 – Brian Moore, Irish-American author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1999 – Öztürk Serengil, Turkish actor and producer (b. 1930)
2000 – Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
2001 – Louis Krages, German-American race car driver (b. 1949)
2001 – Denys Lasdun (b. 1914)
English architect; co-designed the Royal National Theatre
2001 – Michael Williams, English actor (b. 1935)
2002 – Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director and playwright (b. 1920)
2003 – Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
2003 – Jože Pučnik (b. 1932)
Slovenian public intellectual, sociologist and politician
2003 – Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
2005 – Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1957)
2006 – Markus Löffel, German DJ and producer (b. 1966)
2007 – Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1926)
2007 – Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
2007 – Robert Anton Wilson (b. 1932)
American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright
2008 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919)
2010 – Miep Gies (b. 1909)
Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family
2010 – Harry Männil (b. 1920)
Estonian-Costa Rican art collector and businessman
2010 – Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1920)
2010 – Joe Rollino, American strongman and weightlifter (b. 1905)
2011 – David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)
2012 – Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (b. 1980)
2012 – Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (b. 1968)
2013 – Guido Forti (b. 1940)
Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team
2013 – Nguyễn Khánh (b. 1927)
Vietnamese general and politician; 3rd President of South Vietnam
2013 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress and singer (b. 1941)
2013 – Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988)
2013 – Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (b. 1986)
2014 – Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933)
2014 – Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor and director (b. 1916)
2014 – Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess player (b. 1986)
2014 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman (b. 1928)
Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician; Prime Minister of Bangladesh
2014 – Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935)
2014 – Ariel Sharon (b. 1928)
Israeli general and politician; 11th Prime Minister of Israel
2015 – Doriemus, New Zealand race horse (b. 1990)
2015 – Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
2015 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931)
2015 – Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941)
2015 – Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle (b. 1918)
American neuroscientist and academic
782 – Emperor Kōnin of Japan (b. 709)
802 – Paulinus II of Aquileia, Italian priest, theologian, and saint (b. 726)
812 – Staurakios, Byzantine emperor
844 – Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
1055 – Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1000)
1083 – Otto of Nordheim (b. 1020)
1494 – Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (b. 1449)
1495 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (b. 1428)
1547 – Pietro Bembo, Italian poet, scholar, and theorist (b. 1470)
1641 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583)
1696 – Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616)
1703 – Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (b. 1632)
1713 – Pierre Jurieu, French priest and theologian (b. 1637)
1735 – Metropolitan Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1670)
1753 – Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (b. 1660)
1762 – Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (b. 1695)
1763 – Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676)
1771 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer (b. 1704)
Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author
1788 – François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
1791 – William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717)
1798 – Erekle II of Kartli (b. 1720)
1801 – Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (b. 1749)
1836 – John Molson (b. 1763)
Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company
1843 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
1866 – Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
1866 – John Woolley (b. 1816)
English academic and clergyman
the first principal of the University of Sydney, Australia
1867 – Stuart Donaldson (b. 1812)
English-Australian politician; 1st Premier of New South Wales
1882 – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
1891 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
1901 – Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer (b. 1866)
1902 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
1904 – William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
1914 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
1920 – Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
1923 – Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
1928 – Thomas Hardy, English author and poet (b. 1840)
1931 – James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
1937 – Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)
1938 – Johan Salonen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1884)
1941 – Emanuel Lasker (b. 1868)
German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player
1944 – Galeazzo Ciano (b. 1903)
Italian politician; Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1947 – Eva Tanguay, Canadian-American singer and actress (b. 1879)
1952 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (b. 1889)
1952 – Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885)
1953 – Noe Zhordania (b. 1868)
Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia
1954 – Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
1957 – Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician (b. 1867)
1957 – Rose Sutro, American pianist (b. 1870)
1958 – Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
1961 – Elena Gerhardt, German soprano (b. 1883)
1963 – Arthur Nock (b. 1902)
English classicist, theologian, and Harvard University professor
1966 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
1966 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)
1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri (b. 1904)
Indian academic and politician; 2nd Prime Minister of India
1968 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
1969 – Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890)
1972 – Padraic Colum, Irish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
1975 – Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (b. 1901)
1978 – Michael Bates, Indian-born English actor (b. 1920)
1978 – Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani-English poet and journalist (b. 1927)
1979 – Jack Soo, American actor and singer (b. 1917)
1980 – Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
1981 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1888)
1985 – Edward Buzzell, American director (b. 1895)
1985 – William McKell (b. 1891)
Australian politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia
1986 – Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1986 – Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
1987 – Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
1988 – Pappy Boyington (b. 1912)
American colonel and pilot; Medal of Honor recipient
1988 – Isidor Isaac Rabi (b. 1898)
Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1991 – Carl David Anderson (b. 1905)
American physicist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1994 – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (b. 1902)
1995 – Josef Gingold, Belarusian-American violinist and educator (b. 1909)
1995 – Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (b. 1936)
1995 – Lewis Nixon, United States Army officer (b. 1918)
1995 – Theodor Wisch, German general (b. 1907)
1996 – Roger Crozier (b. 1942)
Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1998 – Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (b. 1926)
1999 – Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
1999 – Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (b. 1897)
1999 – Brian Moore, Irish-American author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1999 – Öztürk Serengil, Turkish actor and producer (b. 1930)
2000 – Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
2001 – Louis Krages, German-American race car driver (b. 1949)
2001 – Denys Lasdun (b. 1914)
English architect; co-designed the Royal National Theatre
2001 – Michael Williams, English actor (b. 1935)
2002 – Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director and playwright (b. 1920)
2003 – Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
2003 – Jože Pučnik (b. 1932)
Slovenian public intellectual, sociologist and politician
2003 – Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
2005 – Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1957)
2006 – Markus Löffel, German DJ and producer (b. 1966)
2007 – Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1926)
2007 – Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
2007 – Robert Anton Wilson (b. 1932)
American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright
2008 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919)
2010 – Miep Gies (b. 1909)
Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family
2010 – Harry Männil (b. 1920)
Estonian-Costa Rican art collector and businessman
2010 – Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1920)
2010 – Joe Rollino, American strongman and weightlifter (b. 1905)
2011 – David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)
2012 – Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (b. 1980)
2012 – Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (b. 1968)
2013 – Guido Forti (b. 1940)
Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team
2013 – Nguyễn Khánh (b. 1927)
Vietnamese general and politician; 3rd President of South Vietnam
2013 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress and singer (b. 1941)
2013 – Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988)
2013 – Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (b. 1986)
2014 – Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933)
2014 – Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor and director (b. 1916)
2014 – Vugar Gashimov, Azerbaijani chess player (b. 1986)
2014 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman (b. 1928)
Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician; Prime Minister of Bangladesh
2014 – Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935)
2014 – Ariel Sharon (b. 1928)
Israeli general and politician; 11th Prime Minister of Israel
2015 – Doriemus, New Zealand race horse (b. 1990)
2015 – Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
2015 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931)
2015 – Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941)
2015 – Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle (b. 1918)
American neuroscientist and academic
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