Birthdays
VIP
1821 – John C. Breckinridge (d. 17 May 1875)
American general and politician
14th Vice President of the United States, 1857-1861
5th Confederate States Secretary of War, 1865
U.S. Senator, D. KY,1861
U.S. Representative, D. KY, 1851-1855
U.S. Representative, D. KY, 1851-1855
Notable
1093 – Isaac Komnenos, Byzantine son of Alexios I Komnenos (d. 1152)
1245 – Edmund Crouchback (d. 5 Jun 1296)
2nd surviving son of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence
Earl of Lancaster and Leicester
Lord High Steward, 1265-1296
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1264
1362 – Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (d. 22 Nov 1392)
Duke of Ireland, 1386
Marquess of Dublin, 1385
9th Earl of Oxford, 1371
1409 – René of Anjou (d. 10 Aug 1480)
Duke of Anjou; King of Naples
1477 – Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
1501 – Anthony Denny, English politician (d. 1559)
1516 – Bayinnaung, Burmese king (d. 1581)
1616 – François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort (d. 1669)
1626 – Lucas Achtschellinck, Belgian painter (d. 1699)
1634 – Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet (d. 1716)
1675 – Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (d. 1755)
French soldier and diplomat
1691 – Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor (d. 1781)
1728 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator (d. 1800)
1749 – Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1803)
1757 – Richard Goodwin Keats (d. 1834)
English admiral and politician
3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland
1807 – Charles Henry Davis, American admiral (d. 1877)
1815 – Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar (d. 1872)
1828: Karl G. Maeser (d. 15 Feb 1901)
American educator and religious leader
principal of Brigham Young Academy, 1876-1892
1834 – Robert R. Hitt (d. 1906)
American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State
1836 – Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
1838 – Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
1844 – Ismail Qemali (d. 1919)
Albanian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Albania
1853 – Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager (d. 1937)
1853 – Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Greek-English general (d. 1947)
1853 – André Michelin (d. 1931)
French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company
1855 – Eleanor Marx, English activist and author (d. 1898)
1870 – Jüri Jaakson (d. 1942)
Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia
1872 – Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1973)
1872 – Edward Gordon Craig (d. 1966)
English actor, director, and producer
1874 – Robert W. Service (d. 11 Sep 1958)
English-Canadian poet and author
1875 – Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician (d. 1947)
1876 – Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1937)
1878 – Harry Carey (d. 1947)
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1880 – Samuel Jones, American high jumper (d. 1954)
1882 – Robert Lane, Canadian soccer player (d. 1940)
1882 – Margaret Wilson, American author (d. 1973)
1885 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (d. 1967)
1886 – John Hamilton, American actor (d. 1958)
1888 – Osip Brik, Russian author and critic (d. 1945)
1893 – Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)
1894 – Irving Mills, American publisher (d. 1985)
1895 – Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician (d. 1947)
1895 – T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1966)
1895 – Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author (d. 1955)
1896 – Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978)
1897 – Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic (d. 1977)
1898 – Margaret Booth, American producer and editor (d. 2002)
1898 – Bedia Muvahhit, Turkish actress (d. 1994)
1898 – Irving Rapper, English-American director and producer (d. 1999)
1900 – Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank (d. 1945)
1901 – Fulgencio Batista (d. 1973)
Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba
1901: Laura Riding (d. 2 Sep 1891)
American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer
1901 – Frank Zamboni (d. 1988)
American businessman, founded the Zamboni Company
1902 – Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary (d. 1945)
1903 – William Grover-Williams, English-French race car driver (d. 1945)
1905 – Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
1906 – Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot (d. 1975)
1906 – Diana Wynyard, English actress (d. 1964)
1907 – Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1907 – Paul Nitze (d. 2004)
American banker and politician
10th United States Secretary of the Navy
1908 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (d. 15 Feb 1984)
1908 – Günther Prien, German captain (d. 1941)
1910 – Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 17 Jul 1974)
1911 – Eduardo Frei Montalva (d. 1982)
Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile
1911 – Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
1912: Nigel Dennis (d. 19 Jul 1989)
English writer, critic, playwright and magazine editor
1914 – Roger Wagner, French-American conductor and educator (d. 1992)
1915 – Leslie H. Martinson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1916 – Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician (d. 1996)
1917 – Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. (d. 2008)
1917: Buddy Lester, American comedian and actor (d. 4 Oct 2002)
1918 – Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator (d. 2005)
1918 – Allan Ekelund (d. 2009)
Swedish director, producer, and production manager
1918 – Clem Jones (d. 2007)
Australian surveyor and politician, 8th Lord Mayor of Brisbane
1918 – Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
1919 – Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic (d. 2012)
1920 – Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1991)
1920 – Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1921 – Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
1922 – Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008)
1923 – Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg (d. 2014)
1923 – Gene Feist (d. 2014)
American director and playwright
co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company
1923 – Anthony Hecht, American soldier, poet, and academic (d. 2004)
1923 – Keith Shackleton, English painter and television host (d. 2015)
1924 – Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
1925 – Peter Hirsch, English metallurgist and academic
1925 – James Robinson Risner, American general (d. 2013)
1925 – Harold Switzer, American actor and singer (d. 1967)
1926 – O. P. Nayyar, Indian director and composer (d. 2007)
1928 – William Kennedy, American journalist, historian, and author
1928 – Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996)
1929 – Shigeru Kōyama, Japanese actor
1929 – Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (d. 2014)
Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic
1930 – Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)
1930 – Mary Ann McMorrow, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
1930 – Norman Podhoretz, American journalist and author
1930 – Paula Tilbrook, English actress
1931 – John Enderby, English physicist
1931 – Robert L. Park, American physicist and academic
1931 – Johannes Rau (d. 2006)
German journalist and politician
8th Federal President of Germany
1932 – Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess player (d. 1983)
1932 – Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist (d. 1985)
1933 – Susan Sontag, American author and playwright (d. 28 Dec 2004)
1934: William Vollie “Bill” Alexander, Jr.
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. AR., 1969-1993
1934 – Marilyn Horne, American soprano and actress
1935 – A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
1935 – Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1936 – Michael White, Scottish actor and producer
1937 – Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress
1937 – Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver (d. 2011)
1937 – Francis George, American cardinal (d. 2015)
1938 – Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (d. 2015)
1938 – Michael Pataki, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
1938 – Jô Soares, Brazilian comedian, actor, and talk show host
1938 – Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
1939 – Mac Curtis, American singer (d. 2013)
1939 – Ralph Gibson, American photographer
1940 – Lepa Lukić, Serbian singer
1941 – Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster
1942 – René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager (d. 2016)
1942 – Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Gavin Bryars, English bassist and composer
1943 – Brian Ferneyhough, English composer and academic
1943: Ronnie Milsap, American country music singer and pianist
1943: John Perry, American philosophy professor
1944 – Dieter Moebius (d. 2015)
Swiss-German keyboard player and producer
(Cluster, Harmonia, and Moebius & Plank)
1944 – Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter and actor
1944 – Jill Tarter, American astronomer
1944 – Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)
1945 – Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and manager
1946 – Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
1946 – Ronnie Milsap, American singer and pianist
1946 – Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano and actress
1947: Georgette Mosbacher, American businesswoman
1947 – Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy, English academic and politician
1947 – Magdalen Nabb, English author and educator (d. 2007)
1947 – Sara Jane Olson, American criminal
1947 – Harvey Proctor, English politician
1947 – Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author
1948 – John Carpenter, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
1948 – Ants Laaneots
Estonian military general
former Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian Defence Forces
1948 – Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
1948 – Ruth Reichl, American chef, journalist, and critic
1948 – Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
1949 – Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's
1949 – R. F. Foster, Irish historian and academic
1949 – Oliver Humperdink, American wrestling manager (d. 2011)
1949 – Caroline Munro, English actress and singer
1949 – Andrew Refshauge
Australian physician and politician
13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
1950 – Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
1950 – Brian Castro, Hong Kong-Australian author and academic
1950 – Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and producer (d. 2010)
1950 – Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer and guitarist (Can)
1951: Tariq Anwar, Indian politician
1951: Diane Lynn Black
American politician
U.S. Representative, R. TN, 2011-present
1951 – Glenn Ordway, American sportscaster
1952 – Fuad II of Egypt
1952 – L. Blaine Hammond, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1952 – Piercarlo Ghinzani, Italian race car driver
1952 – Julie Anne Peters, American engineer and author
1953 – Robert Jay Mathews, American militant, founded The Order (d. 1984)
1953 – John Stephen Hill, Canadian actor
1954 – Wolfgang Schmidt, German discus thrower
1954 – Vasili Zhupikov, Russian footballer and coach (d. 2015)
1955: Mary Karr
American poet, essayist and memoirist
Jesse Truesdell Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University
1955 – Jerry M. Linenger, American captain, physician, and astronaut
1955: Stephen Pagliuca
American private equity investor
managing partner of Bain Capital,
co-owner of the Boston Celtics
1956 – Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress and dancer
1956 – Wayne Daniel, Barbadian cricketer
1956 – Martin Jol, Dutch footballer and manager
1956 – Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist and engineer (d. 2007)
1957 – Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager
1957 – Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
1957 – Mark Pawsey, English businessman and politician
1958 – Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
1958 – Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1997)
1958 – Lena Ek, Swedish politician, 9th Swedish Minister for the Environment
1958 – Marla Frazee, American author and illustrator
1958 – Tony Pulis, Welsh footballer and manager
1958 – Andris Šķēle
Latvian politician and businessman, former Prime Minister of Latvia
1959 – Helen Folasade Adu (bka Sade Adu or Sade)
Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
1959 – Juanita Bynum, American actress and singer
1959 – Kimiko Ikegami, Japanese actress
1959 – Lisa Milroy, Canadian painter and educator
1960: Luis de Guindos, Spanish politician
Minister of Economy and Competitiveness, 2001-present
1961 – Ronnie Lee Gardner, American criminal (d. 2010)
1961 – Paul Raven (d. 2007)
English bass player
(Killing Joke, Prong, Godflesh, Zilch, Society 1, and Ministry)
1961 – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (d. 2006)
1962 – Joel Fitzgibbon
Australian electrician and politician
51st Australian Minister of Defence
1962: Rob Glaser, American businessman
founder and CEO of RealNetworks
1962: Maxine Jones, American singer, songwriter, and actress
1962 – Denis O'Hare, American-Irish actor and singer
1962 – John T. Riedl, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2013)
1962 – Ileana Salvador, Italian race walker
1962 – Paul Webb, English bass player (Talk Talk and .O.rang)
1963 – James May, English journalist and television host
1964 – Deyan Nedelchev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
1965 – Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
1965: Jeffrey Skoll
Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer
1965 – Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Anthony Washington
American discus thrower and hammer thrower
1967 – Dandy Sakano, Japanese comedian
1968 – Danni Ashe, American model, dancer, and businesswoman
1968 – David Chokachi, American actor
1968: Stephan Pastis, American cartoonist
creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine
1968: Atticus Ross
English musician, composer, producer, and audio engineer
1968 – Rebecca Stead, American author
1969 – Neil Back, English rugby player and coach
1969 – Marinus Bester, German footballer
1969 – Stevie Jackson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
(Belle and Sebastian and The Vaselines)
1969 – Roy Jones, Jr., American boxer, rapper, and actor
1969 – Per "Dead" Ohlin (d. 1991)
Swedish singer-songwriter (Mayhem and Morbid)
1969 – Rich Ward
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Fozzy, Stuck Mojo, and Adrenaline Mob)
1970 – Rick Bognar, Canadian wrestler and actor
1970 – Garth Ennis, Irish physiotherapist and author
1970 – Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer
(Teenage Fanclub, Telstar Ponies, and Mogwai)
1970 – Ron Villone, American baseball player and coach
1971 – Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player and coach
1971 – Jonathan Mangum, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
1972 – Ang Christou, Australian footballer
1972 – Dameon Clarke, Canadian-American actor
1972 – Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer and manager
1972 – Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer and manager
1972 – Salah Hissou, Moroccan runner
1972 – Joe Horn, American football player
1972 – Richard T. Jones, Japanese-American actor and producer
1972 – Greg Page, Australian singer and actor (The Wiggles)
1972 – Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
1973 – Josie Davis, American actress and producer
1974 – Marlon Anderson, American baseball player and sportscaster
1974 – Brent Hinds, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – John Hopoate, Tongan-Australian rugby league player and boxer
1974 – Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
1975 – Greg Strause, American director and producer
1975 – Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress
1975 – Anthony Taberna, Filipino journalist
1976 – Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Bahamian sprinter
1976 – Viktor Maslov, Russian race car driver
1976 – Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
1976 – Roselle Nava, Filipino actress and singer turned politician
1977 – Jeff Foster, American basketball player
1977 – Ariel Ze'evi, Israeli martial artist
1978 – Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
1979 – Aaliyah Dana Haughton (bka Aaliyah) (d. 25 Aug 2001)
American singer, dancer, and actress
1979 – Toshiki Kashu, Japanese actor
1979 – Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Alyssa Edwards, American drag queen, dancer and businessman
1980 – Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
1980 – Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer
1980 – Albert Pujols, Dominican-American baseball player
1980 – Katalin Vad, Hungarian porn actress and model
1981 – Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes)
1981 – Bobby Zamora, English footballer
1982 – Preston, English singer-songwriter (The Ordinary Boys)
1982 – Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
1982 – Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
1983 – Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
1983 – Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer
1984 – Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
1984 – Miroslav Radović, Serbian footballer
1984 – Jared Slingerland, Canadian guitarist
1984 – Kurt Travis, American singer-songwriter
1985 – Joe Flacco, American football player
1985 – Gintaras Januševičius, Russian-Lithuanian pianist
1985 – Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor
1985 – Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer
1985 – Simon Richter, Danish footballer
1986 – Mason Gamble, American actor
1986 – Irina Kuzmina, Latvian tennis player
1986 – Paula Pareto, Argentinian martial artist
1986 – Johannes Rahn, German footballer
1986 – Mark Trumbo, American baseball player
1986 – Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer
1987: Jake Epstein, Canadian actor, singer and writer
1987 – Charlotte Henshaw, English swimmer
1987 – Lauren McAvoy, English model
1987 – Sheena Halili, Filipino actress
1988 – Tahliah Debrett Barnett (bka FKA twigs)
English singer-songwriter, dancer, and producer
1988 – Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
1988 – Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
1988 – Li Xiaoxia, Chinese table tennis player
1988 – Alex Gonzaga, Filipino actress, host, and writer
1989 – Yvonne Zima, American actress
1991 – Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
1992 – Matt Doherty, Irish footballer
1992 – Maja Keuc, Slovenian singer
1993 – Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
1993 – Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
1994 – Charlotte Best, Australian model and actress
1995 – Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
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Marilyn Lewis
Dee Dee Ludeman
Brianna Escarcega
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Anniversaries
Coulee City
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VIP
Notable
654 – Gao Jifu, Chinese politician, Chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 596)
957 – Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i (b. 871)
senior official of the Tulunid, Abbasid and Ikhshidid dynasties
970 – Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople
1327 – Nikephoros Choumnos, Byzantine monk, scholar, and politician (b. 1250)
1387 – Elizabeth of Bosnia (b. 1339)
1400 – John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (b. 1352)
English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain
1545 – George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (b. 1484)
1547 – Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
1554 – Christiern Pedersen, Danish publisher and scholar (b. 1480)
1585 – Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral and politician (b. 1512)
1592 – John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern (b. 1543)
1595 – Murad III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1546)
1659 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
1710 – Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
1711 – Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651)
1747 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright (b. 1680)
1748 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
1750 – Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667)
1752 – Francis Blomefield, English historian and author (b. 1705)
1794 – Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (b. 1737)
1809 – John Moore, Scottish general (b. 1761)
1817 – Alexander J. Dallas (b. 1759)
Jamaican-American lawyer and politician
6th United States Secretary of the Treasury
1834 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769)
1856 – Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795)
1864 – Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
1865 – Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
1879 – Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
1886 – Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
1891 – Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
1898 – Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
1901 – Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
1901 – Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter (b. 1827)
1901 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, American solder, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
1906 – Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
1907 – Hélène Napoleone Bonaparte, French daughter of Napoleon (b. 1816)
1917 – George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
1919 – Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (b. 1848)
Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil
1920 – Reginald De Koven, American composer and critic (b. 1859)
1933 – Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
1935 – Fred Barker, American criminal (b. 1901)
1935 – Ma Barker, American criminal (b. 1871)
1936 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (b. 1870)
1938 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
1939 – William O'Connor, American fencer (b. 1864)
1942 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
1942 – Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
1942 – Carole Lombard, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
1942 – Ernst Scheller, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
1957 – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (b. 1874)
English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada
1957 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867)
1959 – Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and author (b. 1887)
1960 – Arthur Darby, English rugby player (b. 1876)
1961 – Max Schöne, German swimmer (b. 1880)
1962 – Frank Hurley (b. 1885)
Australian photographer, director, producer, and cinematographer
1962 – Ivan Meštrović (b. 1883)
Croatian sculptor; designed the Gregory of Nin, The Bowman and The
Spearman, Monument to the Unknown Hero, Pobednik
1963 – Ike Quebec, American saxophonist (b. 1918)
1967 – Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
1968 – Bob Jones, Sr. (b. 1883)
American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University
1968 – Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek judge and archeologist (b. 1881)
1969 – Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
1971 – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
1972 – Teller Ammons (b. 1895)
American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado
1972 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (b. 1919)
American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
1975 – Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (b. 1888)
1978 – A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1890)
1979 – Ted Cassidy, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1979 – August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (b. 1897)
1981 – Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
1982 – Red Smith, American journalist (b. 1905)
1985 – Robert Fitzgerald, American poet, critic, and translator (b. 1910)
1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
1987 – Joyce Jameson, American actress (b. 1932)
1987 – Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist (b. 1928)
1988 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian Ustaše leader, Porajmos perpetrator (b. 1899)
1988 – Ballard Berkeley, English actor (b. 1904)
1989 – Prem Nazir, Indian actor (b. 1926)
1993 – Glenn Corbett, American actor (b. 1930)
1993 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (b. 1960)
1995 – Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (b. 1924)
1996 – Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (b. 1903)
1996 – Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (b. 1914)
1997 – Ennis Cosby, American educator (b. 1969)
1997 – Markus Hoffmann, German actor (b. 1971)
1998 – Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (b. 1921)
1999 – Jim McClelland (b. 1915)
Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician
12th Minister for Industry and Science
2000 – Will "Dub" Jones (b. 1928)
American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets)
2000 – Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
2001 – Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (b. 1939)
2002 – Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
2002 – Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928)
2002 – Ron Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1952)
2003 – Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
2004 – Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
2005 – Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (b. 1958)
2006 – Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (b. 1923)
2007 – Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935)
2007 – Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941)
2009 – Joe Erskine, American boxer and runner (b. 1930)
2009 – John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (b. 1923)
2009 – Andrew Wyeth, American painter (b. 1917)
2010 – Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (b. 1923)
2010 – Takumi Shibano, Japanese translator and author (b. 1926)
2012 – Joe Bygraves, Jamaican-English boxer (b. 1931)
2012 – Jimmy Castor, American saxophonist (b. 1940)
2012 – Mike Current, American football player (b. 1945)
2012 – Sigursteinn Gíslason, Icelandic footballer and manager (b. 1968)
2012 – Lorna Kesterson, American journalist and politician (b. 1925)
2012 – Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch pianist, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1928)
2013 – Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
2013 – André Cassagnes (b. 1926)
French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch
2013 – Gussie Moran, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1923)
2013 – Pauline Phillips (b. 1918)
American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby
2013 – Nic Potter (b. 1951)
English bass player and songwriter
(Van der Graaf Generator and The Misunderstood)
2013 – Glen P. Robinson (b. 1923)
American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta
2014 – Gary Arlington, American author and illustrator (b. 1938)
2014 – Ruth Duccini, American actress (b. 1918)
2014 – Wiley W. Hilburn, American journalist and academic (b. 1938)
2014 – Russell Johnson, American actor (b. 1924)
2014 – Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (b. 1931)
2014 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (b. 1922)
2014 – Bud Spangler, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1938)
2015 – Miriam Akavia, Polish-Israeli author and translator (b. 1927)
2015 – Ian Athfield, New Zealand architect (b. 1940)
2015 – Yao Beina, Chinese singer (b. 1981)
2015 – Stuart Loory, American journalist and academic (b. 1932)
2015 – Rimma Markova, Russian actress (b. 1925)
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