Birthdays
VIP
Notable
1432 – Afonso V of Portugal (d. 28 Aug 1481)
King of Portugal and the Algarves, 1438-1481
1481 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (d. 1511)1538 – Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (d. 1599)
1671 – Abraham de la Pryme, English archaeologist and historian (d. 1704)
1674 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (d. 1762)
1716 – Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (d. 1778)
1747 – John Aikin, English surgeon and author (d. 1822)
1754 – Richard Martin (d. 1834)
Irish activist and politician
co-founded Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1791 – Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1872)
1795 – Alexander Griboyedov (d. 1829)
Russian playwright, composer, and poet
1803 – Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author (d. 1811)
1809 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French economist and politician (d. 1865)
1812 – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (d. 1885)
1815 – William Bickerton (d. 1905)
English-American religious leader
3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
1816 – Marie Lafarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
1824 – Marie Duplessis, French courtier (d. 1847)
1834 – Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (d. 1911)
1841: Sarah Doudney, English novelist, poet, and hymn-writer (d. 8 Dec 1926)
1841 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (d. 1908)
English captain and politician
6th Governor General of Canada
1842 – Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (d. 1925)
1842 – Mary MacKillop (d. 1909)
Australian nun and saint
co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart
1844: Cole Younger (d. 21 Mar 1916)
American C.S.A. soldier, later bank and train robber
1850 – Leonard Darwin, English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (d. 1943)
1850 – Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1889)
1850 – Sofia Kovalevskaya (d. 1891)
Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist
1855 – Jacques Damala, Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889)
1859 – Archibald Peake (d. 1920)
English-Australian politician, 25th Premier of South Australia
1863 – Wilhelm Marx (d. 1946)
German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany
1866: Horatio Willis Dresser (d. 30 Mar 1954)
American New Thought religious leader and author
1866 – Nathan Söderblom (d. 12 Jul 1931)
Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala, 1914-1931
1930 Nobel Peace Prize
1869 – Ruby Laffoon (d. 1941)
American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Kentucky
1869 – Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1907)
1870 – Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1954)
1872 – Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (d. 1944)
1875 – Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and journalist (d. 1929)
1877 – Lewis Terman (d. 1956)
American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic
1878 – Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (d. 1941)
1879 – Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (d. 1961)
1882 – Princess Margaret of Connaught (d. 1920)
Crown Princess of Sweden and Duchess of Skåne
1883 – John Henry Starling, Australian public servant (d. 1966)1885 – Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author (d. 1973)
1885 – Miles Burke, American boxer (d. 1928)
1885 – Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1885 – Huang Yuanyong, Chinese journalist and author (d. 1915)
1890 – Tommy Fleming (d. 1965)
Scottish-American soccer player and manager
1890 – Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
1891 – Ray Chapman, American baseball player (d. 1920)
1891 – Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and translator (d. 1938)
1892 – Rex Ingram, Irish actor, director, and producer (d. 1950)
1893 – Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1951)
1893 – Urho Peltonen, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1951)
1894 – Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier (d. 1917)
1895 – Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (d. 1973)
Finnish chemist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1896 – Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress and singer (d. 1982)
1897 – Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (d. 1931)
1898 – Erik Byléhn, Swedish runner (d. 1986)
1899 – Goodman Ace, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1900 – William Heinesen, Faroese poet and author (d. 1991)
1902 – Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1903 – Paul A. Dever (d. 1958)
American lieutenant and politician
58th Governor of Massachusetts
1905 – Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese actor (d. 1985)
1905 – Torin Thatcher, Indian-American actor (d. 1981)
1906 - Aristotle Onassis (Greek Businessman) (d. 15 Mar 1975)
1907 – Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner (d. 1940)
1908 – Edward Teller (d. 2003)
Hungarian-American physicist and academic
1909 – Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer (d. 1939)1909 – Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (d. 1973)
1912 – Michel Debré (d. 1996)
French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France
1913 – Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (d. 2002)
1913 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1998)
1913 – Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005)
1913 – Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963)
1914 – Stefan Bałuk, Polish general (d. 2014)
1914: Esther "Etty" Hillesum (d. 30 Nov 1943)
Dutch Jewish writer, died at Auschwitz
1914 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (d. 2003)
1917 – Anton Raadik, Estonian-American boxer (d. 1999)
1918 – João Figueiredo (d. 1999)
Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil
1918 – Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal (d. 2007)
1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser (d. 1970)
Egyptian colonel and politician
2nd President of Egypt
1919 – Maurice Herzog (d. 2012)French mountaineer and politician
French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
1919: Sir John Donald Brown Junor (d. 3 May 1997)
Scottish journalist and editor
1920 – Pamela Cundell, English actress (d. 2015)
1920 – Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1920 – John Joseph O'Connor, American cardinal (d. 2000)
1921 – Babasaheb Bhosale (d. 2007)Indian lawyer and politician
8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1921 – Frank Thornton, English actor and singer (d. 2013)
1922 – Eric Willis (d. 1999)
Australian sergeant and politician
34th Premier of New South Wales
1923 – Ivor Cutler, Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (d. 2006)
1923 – Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (d. 1978)
1923 – Lee Teng-hui
Taiwanese-Chinese economist and politician
4th President of the Republic of China
1923 – Arthur Quinlan, Irish journalist and raconteur (d. 2012)
1924 – George Lowe (d. 2013)
New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer
1925 – Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer
1926 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress and producer (d. 2005)
1927 – Phyllis Coates, American actress
1928 – M. V. Devan, Indian painter, sculptor, and critic (d. 2014)
1928 – W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (d. 2015)
1929 – Earl Hooker, American guitarist (d. 1970)
1929 – Queen Ida, American accordion player and producer
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1929 – Martin Luther King Jr. (d. 4 Apr 1968)
American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian
leader in African-American Civil Rights Movement
1964 Nobel Peace Prize
1929: John Naisbitt, American author
1930 – Michel Chapuis, French organist1930 – Eddie Graham, American wrestler (d. 1985)
1931 – Lee Bontecou, American painter and sculptor
1931: Thomas Hoving (d. 10 Dec 2009)
American museum executive and consultant
1932 – Lou Jones, American sprinter (d. 2006)
1932 – Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau (d. 2015)
art director and cartoonist
1932 – Dean Smith, American sprinter and stuntman
1933 – Patricia Blair, American actress (d. 2013)
1933 – Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host
1933 – Ernest J. Gaines, American author and academic
1933 – Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic
1934 – V. S. Ramadevi (d. 2013)
Indian politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka
1935 – Malcolm Frager, American pianist (d. 1991)
1935 – Robert Silverberg, American author
1936 – Obo Addy, Ghanaian drummer and dancer (d. 2012)
1937 – Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer
1938 – Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
1938 – Estrella Blanca, Mexican wrestler
1938 – Chuni Goswami, Indian footballer and cricketer
1939 – Per Ahlmark
Swedish journalist and politician
1st Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
1939 – Neil Cossons, English curator and academic
1940: Arlie Russell Hochschild
American sociologist, professor, educator, and writer
1941 – Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1942 – Frank Joseph Polozola, American academic and judge (d. 2013)
1942 – Barbara Tarbuck, American actress
1943 – Margaret Beckett
English metallurgist and politician
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1943 – Stuart E. Eizenstat
American lawyer and diplomat
United States Ambassador to the European Union
1943 – Mike Marshall, American baseball player
1944 – Jenny Nimmo, English author
1945 – Ko Chun-hsiung (d. 2015)
Taiwanese actor, director, and politician
1945 – Vince Foster, American lawyer and politician (d. 1993)
1945 – William R. Higgins, American colonel (d. 1990)
1945 – Princess Michael of Kent
1945 – David Pleat, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1946 – Charles Brown, American actor (d. 2004)
1947 – Mary Hogg, English lawyer and judge
1947 – Andrea Martin
American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter
1947 – Pete Waterman, English songwriter and producer
1948: Tadashi Shoji, Japanese-born American fashion designer
1948 – Ronnie Van Zant (d. 1977)
American singer-songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1949 – Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2001)
1949 – Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (d. 2012)
1949 – Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
1949 – Ian Stewart, Scottish runner
1950 – Marius Trésor, French footballer
1951 – Charo, Spanish singer, guitarist, and actress
1952 – Boris Blank, Swiss artist and musician (Yello)
1952 – Chris Desjardins (bka Chris D.)
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Flesh Eaters)
1952 – Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer
1953 – Ta-Tanisha, American actress
1953 – Kent Hovind, American evangelist and theorist
1953 – Randy White, American football player
1954 – Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter
1955 – Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator
1955 – Khalid Islambouli (d. 1982)
Egyptian army officer and assassin of Egypt's president Anwar Sadat
1955: Andreas Gursky, German photographer and professor
1955 – Mayumi Tanaka, Japanese voice actress
1956 – Mayawati Prabhu Das (bka Mayawati)
Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
1956 – Miki Fujimura, Japanese singer (Candies)
1956 – Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect
1956 – Marc Trestman, American football player and coach
1957: Don Cooper, American baseball player and coach
1957 – Marty Lyons, American football player and sportscaster
1957 – Andrew Tyrie, English journalist and politician
1957 – Mario Van Peebles, Mexican American actor and director
1958 – Boris Tadić, Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th President of Serbia
1959 – Sister Carol, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter
1959 – Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league player
1959 – Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (d. 2008)
1959 – Pete Trewavas, English bass player (Kino, Marillion, Transatlantic, and Edison's Children)
1960 – Kelly Asbury, American actor and director
1960 – Aaron Jay Kernis, American composer and academic
1960: David Zaslav
American business executive
president and CEO of Discovery Communications, 2007-present
1961 – Serhiy N. Morozov, Ukrainian footballer and coach
1961 – Yves Pelletier, Canadian actor and director
1963 – Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer and author
1964: Craig Fairbrass, English actor
1964 – Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer
1965 – Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
1965 – Bernard Hopkins, American boxer and coach
1965: Adam Thomas Jones
Musician, songwriter, make-up artist, visual artist, and animator
1965 – James Nesbitt, Irish actor
1966 – Lisa Lisa, American singer and actress (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam)
1968 – Barry Buchanan, American wrestler
1968 – Chad Lowe, American actor, director, and producer
1968 – Iñaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca
1969 – Meret Becker, German actress and singer
1969 – Delino DeShields, American baseball player and manager
1969 – Huck Seed, American poker player
1970 – Shane McMahon, American wrestler and businessman
1971 – Regina King, American actress, director, and producer
1972 – Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete
1972 – Christos Kostis, Greek footballer
1972 – Ernie Reyes, Jr. American actor, stuntman, and martial artist
1972 – Claudia Winkleman, English journalist and critic
1973 – Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer
1974 – Edith Bowman, Scottish radio and television host
1974: Rachel Roy, American fashion designer
1975 – Mary Pierce, French-American tennis player
1975 – 9th Wonder, American rapper and producer (Little Brother)
1976 – Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster
1976 – Iryna Lishchynska, Ukrainian runner
1976: Dorian Missick, American actor
1976 – Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player
1976 – Florentin Petre, Romanian footballer
1978 – Eddie Cahill, American actor
1978 – Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
1978 – Ryan Sidebottom, English cricketer
1979 – Drew Brees, American football player
1979 – Ken Chu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor (F4)
1979 – Young Dro, American rapper and producer
1979 – Michalis Morfis, Cypriot footballer
1979 – Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
1980 – Matt Holliday, American baseball player
1981 – Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
1981 – Howie Day, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
1981 – Vanessa Henke, German tennis player
1981 – Sean Lamont, Scottish rugby player
1981 – Armando Christian Pérez (bka Pitbull)
American rapper, producer, and actor
1982 – Benjamin Agosto, American skater
1982 – Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
1982 – Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
1982 – Emina Jahović, Serbian-Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
1982 – Brett Lebda, American ice hockey player
1982 – Neil Nitin Mukesh, Indian actor and singer
1982 – Prince Philip of Yugoslavia
1982 – Ari Pulkkinen, Finnish pianist and composer
1982 – Francis Zé, Cameroonian footballer
1983 – Matic Kralj, Slovenian ice hockey player
1983 – Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
1983 – Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
1984 – Megan Jendrick, American swimmer
1984 – Victor Rasuk, American actor
1984: Ben Shapiro
American conservative political commentator, columnist,
author, radio talk show host, and attorney
1985 – René Adler, German footballer
1985 – Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player
1985 – Kenneth Emil Petersen, Danish footballer
1986 – Clara Lee, Swiss-Korean model and actress
1986 – Mariya Abakumova, Russian javelin thrower
1986 – Fred Davis, American football player
1986 – Jessy Schram, American actress
1987 – Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player
1987 – Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian runner
1987 – Kelly Kelly, American wrestler and model
1987 – Nicole Matthews, Canadian wrestler
1987 – Michael Seater, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1988 – Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer
1988 – Jun. K, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (2PM)
1988 – Sonny John Moore (bka Skrillex)
American singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer
1988 – Aija Putniņa, Latvian basketball player
1989 – Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1989 – Keiffer Hubbell, American ice dancer
1989 – Tasha Reign, American porn actress, director, and producer
1989 – Ronny Vencatachellum, Mauritian swimmer
1990 – Paul Blake, English sprinter
1990 – Fernando Forestieri, Italian footballer
1990 – Konstantinos Sloukas, Greek basketball player
1990 – Sophie Sumner, English model and actress
1990 – Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer
1991 – Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer
1991 – Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer
1991 – Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper
1991 – Jahangir Wasim, Pakistani businessman; founded Origin NGO
1992 – Joshua King, Norwegian footballer
1994 – Jordy Croux, Belgian footballer
1994 – Eric Dier, English footballer
1996 – Dove Cameron, American actress and singer
Family
Coulee City
Bob Zimmerman
Alex Parry
Matt Emerson
Steve Elder
Alex Parry
Matt Emerson
Steve Elder
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Derric & Jennifer Easley
Deaths
VIP
Notable
69 – Galba, Roman emperor (b. 3 BC)
570 – Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun and saint (b. 475)
849 – Theophylact, Byzantine emperor (b. 793)
936 – Rudolph of France (b. 880)
1568 – Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian archbishop (b. 1493)
1623 – Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552)
1672 – John Cosin, English bishop and academic (b. 1594)
1683 – Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
1775 – Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
1781 – Mariana Victoria of Spain (b. 1718)
1790 – John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
1804 – Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
1813 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
1815 – Emma, Lady Hamilton (b. 1761)
English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
1855 – Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
1864 – Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
1876 – Eliza McCardle Johnson (b. 1810)
American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States
1885 – Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
1893 – Fanny Kemble, English-American actress and author (b. 1809)
1896 – Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
1909 – Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
1916 – Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
1919 – Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
1919 – Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
1926 – Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
1929 – George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
1936 – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (b. 1866)
English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia
1937 – Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
1944 – Robert J. Kirby, American police officer (b. 1890)
1945 – Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
1946 – Karl Nabersberg, German youth leader (b. 1908)
1948 – Josephus Daniels (b. 1862)
American publisher and diplomat
41st United States Secretary of the Navy
1950 – Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
1951 – Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
1952 – Ned Hanlon (b. 1887)
Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland
1955 – Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (b. 1900)
1964 – Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)
1967 – David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)
1968 – Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938)
1970 – Frank Clement, British racing driver (b. 1886)
1970 – William T. Piper, American businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881)
1972 – Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881)
1973 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
1973 – Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1901)
1974 – Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
1981 – Graham Whitehead, English racing driver (b. 1922)
1983 – Meyer Lansky, Polish-American gangster (b. 1902)
1983 – Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898)
1983 – Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. 1907)
1987 – Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
1988 – Seán MacBride (b. 1904)
French-Irish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Nobel Prize laureate
1990 – Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (b. 1923)
1990 – Peggy van Praagh, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1910)
1992 – Dee Murray (b. 1946)
English bass player
(The Mirage, Procol Harum The Spencer Davis Group and Elton John)
1993 – Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1994 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (b. 1921)
1994 – Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1994 – Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (b. 1916)
1995 – Vera Maxwell, American-Puerto Rican fashion designer (b. 1901)
1996 – Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
1996 – Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938)
1996 – Rudolf Wanderone, American billiards player (b. 1913)
1998 – Gulzarilal Nanda (b. 1898)
Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India
1998 – Junior Wells (b. 1934)
American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (The Aces)
1999 – Betty Box, English composer and producer (b. 1915)
2000 – Georges-Henri Lévesque (b. 1903)
Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist
2000 – Željko Ražnatović, Serbian commander (b. 1952)
2000 – Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916)
2001 – Ted Mann, American businessman (b. 1916)
2001 – Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2002 – Michael Anthony Bilandic (b. 1923)
American soldier and politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago
2002 – Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (b. 1913)
2002 – Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2003 – Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
2004 – Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Windir) (b. 1978)
2004 – Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949)
2005 – Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923)
2005 – Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
2005 – Elizabeth Janeway, American author and critic (b. 1913)
2005 – Dan Lee, Canadian animator (b. 1969)
2005 – Ruth Warrick, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
2006 – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1926)
2006 – El Texano, Mexican wrestler (b. 1958)
2007 – Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi judge (b. 1945)
2007 – Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi intelligence officer (b. 1951)
2007 – James Hillier (b. 1915)
Canadian-American computer scientist and academic
co-invented the electron microscope
2007 – Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino educator and diplomat (b. 1905)
2007 – David Vanole, American soccer player and manager (b. 1963)
2007 – Bo Yibo (b. 1908)
Chinese commander and politician
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
2008 – Robert V. Bruce, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2008 – Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, English video game designer (b. 1964)
2008 – Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)
2009 – Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
2011 – Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2011 – Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, French soldier, businessman and racing driver (b. 1908)
2011 – Susannah York, English actress and singer (b. 1939)
2012 – Mika Ahola, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1974)
2012 – Ed Derwinski (b. 1926)
American soldier and politician
1st United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
2012 – Manuel Fraga Iribarne (b. 1922)
Spanish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia
2012 – Carlo Fruttero, Italian journalist and author (b. 1926)
2012 – Samuel Jaskilka, American general (b. 1919)
2012 – Ib Spang Olsen, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1921)
2012 – Hulett C. Smith (b. 1918)
American lieutenant and politician, 27th Governor of West Virginia
2013 – Generous, Irish horse (b. 1988)
2013 – Chucho Castillo, Mexican boxer (b. 1944)
2013 – Daniel Edelman, American publicist, founded Edelman (b. 1920)
2013 – Princess Margarita of Baden (b. 1932)
2013 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2013 – John Thomas, American high jumper (b. 1941)
2013 – Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor, and educator (b. 1939)
2014 – Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (b. 1970)
2014 – Namdeo Dhasal, Indian poet and activist (b. 1949)
2014 – John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915)
2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944)
2014 – Maya Romanoff, American interior designer (b. 1941)
2015 – Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (b. 1919)
2015 – Kim Fowley (b. 1939)
American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager
2015 – Ethel Lang, English super-centenarian (b. 1900)
2015 – Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (b. 1927)
2015 – Chikao Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor (b. 1929)
570 – Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun and saint (b. 475)
849 – Theophylact, Byzantine emperor (b. 793)
936 – Rudolph of France (b. 880)
1568 – Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian archbishop (b. 1493)
1623 – Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552)
1672 – John Cosin, English bishop and academic (b. 1594)
1683 – Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
1775 – Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
1781 – Mariana Victoria of Spain (b. 1718)
1790 – John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
1804 – Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
1813 – Anton Bernolák, Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
1815 – Emma, Lady Hamilton (b. 1761)
English-French mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (b. 1761)
1855 – Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
1864 – Isaac Nathan, English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792)
1876 – Eliza McCardle Johnson (b. 1810)
American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States
1885 – Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
1893 – Fanny Kemble, English-American actress and author (b. 1809)
1896 – Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
1909 – Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
1916 – Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
1919 – Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
1919 – Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
1926 – Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
1929 – George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
1936 – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (b. 1866)
English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia
1937 – Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
1944 – Robert J. Kirby, American police officer (b. 1890)
1945 – Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
1946 – Karl Nabersberg, German youth leader (b. 1908)
1948 – Josephus Daniels (b. 1862)
American publisher and diplomat
41st United States Secretary of the Navy
1950 – Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
1951 – Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
1952 – Ned Hanlon (b. 1887)
Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland
1955 – Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (b. 1900)
1964 – Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)
1967 – David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)
1968 – Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938)
1970 – Frank Clement, British racing driver (b. 1886)
1970 – William T. Piper, American businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881)
1972 – Daisy Ashford, English author (b. 1881)
1973 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
1973 – Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1901)
1974 – Harold D. Cooley, American lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
1981 – Graham Whitehead, English racing driver (b. 1922)
1983 – Meyer Lansky, Polish-American gangster (b. 1902)
1983 – Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898)
1983 – Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. 1907)
1987 – Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
1988 – Seán MacBride (b. 1904)
French-Irish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Nobel Prize laureate
1990 – Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (b. 1923)
1990 – Peggy van Praagh, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1910)
1992 – Dee Murray (b. 1946)
English bass player
(The Mirage, Procol Harum The Spencer Davis Group and Elton John)
1993 – Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1994 – Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (b. 1921)
1994 – Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1994 – Harilal Upadhyay, Indian author, poet, and astrologist (b. 1916)
1995 – Vera Maxwell, American-Puerto Rican fashion designer (b. 1901)
1996 – Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
1996 – Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (b. 1938)
1996 – Rudolf Wanderone, American billiards player (b. 1913)
1998 – Gulzarilal Nanda (b. 1898)
Indian economist and politician, Prime Minister of India
1998 – Junior Wells (b. 1934)
American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (The Aces)
1999 – Betty Box, English composer and producer (b. 1915)
2000 – Georges-Henri Lévesque (b. 1903)
Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist
2000 – Željko Ražnatović, Serbian commander (b. 1952)
2000 – Fran Ryan, American actress (b. 1916)
2001 – Ted Mann, American businessman (b. 1916)
2001 – Leo Marks, English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2002 – Michael Anthony Bilandic (b. 1923)
American soldier and politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago
2002 – Eugène Brands, Dutch painter (b. 1913)
2002 – Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2003 – Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
2004 – Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Windir) (b. 1978)
2004 – Olivia Goldsmith, American author (b. 1949)
2005 – Victoria de los Ángeles, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923)
2005 – Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
2005 – Elizabeth Janeway, American author and critic (b. 1913)
2005 – Dan Lee, Canadian animator (b. 1969)
2005 – Ruth Warrick, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
2006 – Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1926)
2006 – El Texano, Mexican wrestler (b. 1958)
2007 – Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi judge (b. 1945)
2007 – Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi intelligence officer (b. 1951)
2007 – James Hillier (b. 1915)
Canadian-American computer scientist and academic
co-invented the electron microscope
2007 – Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino educator and diplomat (b. 1905)
2007 – David Vanole, American soccer player and manager (b. 1963)
2007 – Bo Yibo (b. 1908)
Chinese commander and politician
Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
2008 – Robert V. Bruce, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2008 – Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, English video game designer (b. 1964)
2008 – Brad Renfro, American actor (b. 1982)
2009 – Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
2011 – Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2011 – Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, French soldier, businessman and racing driver (b. 1908)
2011 – Susannah York, English actress and singer (b. 1939)
2012 – Mika Ahola, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1974)
2012 – Ed Derwinski (b. 1926)
American soldier and politician
1st United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
2012 – Manuel Fraga Iribarne (b. 1922)
Spanish lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Xunta of Galicia
2012 – Carlo Fruttero, Italian journalist and author (b. 1926)
2012 – Samuel Jaskilka, American general (b. 1919)
2012 – Ib Spang Olsen, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1921)
2012 – Hulett C. Smith (b. 1918)
American lieutenant and politician, 27th Governor of West Virginia
2013 – Generous, Irish horse (b. 1988)
2013 – Chucho Castillo, Mexican boxer (b. 1944)
2013 – Daniel Edelman, American publicist, founded Edelman (b. 1920)
2013 – Princess Margarita of Baden (b. 1932)
2013 – Nagisa Oshima, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2013 – John Thomas, American high jumper (b. 1941)
2013 – Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor, and educator (b. 1939)
2014 – Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (b. 1970)
2014 – Namdeo Dhasal, Indian poet and activist (b. 1949)
2014 – John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915)
2014 – Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944)
2014 – Maya Romanoff, American interior designer (b. 1941)
2015 – Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (b. 1919)
2015 – Kim Fowley (b. 1939)
American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager
2015 – Ethel Lang, English super-centenarian (b. 1900)
2015 – Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (b. 1927)
2015 – Chikao Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor (b. 1929)
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