Birthdays
VIP
Notable
398 – Pulcheria (d. 453)
Empress of the Byzantine Empire, 414-450
840 – Michael III (d. 867)
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, 842-867
1200: Dōgen (d. 22 Sep 1253)
Japanese Buddhist priest, writer, poet, and philosopher
founder of the Sōtō school of Zen
1409 – René of Anjou (d. 10 Aug 1480)
Duke of Anjou; King of Naples
1544 – Francis II of France (d. 5 Dec 1560)
King of France, 1559-1560
1676 – John Weldon, English organist and composer (d. 1736)
1686: Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese Zen priest (d. 18 Jan 1768)
1721 – Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar and author (d. 1740)
1736 – James Watt, British chemist and engineer (d. 1819)
1737 – Giuseppe Millico (d. 1802)
Italian soprano, composer, and educator
1739 – Joseph Bonomi the Elder (d. 1808)
Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall
1752 – James Morris III, American soldier (d. 1820)
1757 – Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (d. 16 Nov 1831)
Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1800-1806
1788 – Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
1790 – Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (d. 1855)
Swedish poet and academic
1798 – Auguste Comte (d. 1857)
French economist, sociologist, and philosopher
1807 – Robert E. Lee, American general and academic (d. 12 Oct 1870)
1808 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author (d. 1887)
1809 – Edgar Allan Poe (d. 7 Oct 1849)
American short story writer, critic, and poet
[Poe birthplace at whatwasthere.com]
1810 – John Jones (bka Talhaiarn) Welsh poet and architect (d.1869)
1813 – Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (d. 1898)
1832 – Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1875)
1833 – Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (d. 1872)
1839 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 22 Oct 1906)
1848 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs (d. 1904)
Canadian businessman and politician
1848 – Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver (d. 1883)
1850: Augustine Birrell (20 Nov 1933)
English politician
Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1907-1916
1851: David Starr Jordan (d. 19 Sep 1931)
American ichthyologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist
President of Indiana University, 1884-1891
1st President of Stanford University, 1891-1913
1851 – Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1922)
1852: Robert Adamson (d. 8 Feb 1902)
Scottish philosopher and Professor of Logic at Glasgow
1863 – Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (d. 1941)
1871 – Dame Gruev (d. 1906)
Bulgarian educator and activist
co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
1874 – Hitachiyama Taniemon (d. 1922)
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna
1876 – Wakashima Gonshirō (d. 1943)
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna
1876 – Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author (d. 1899)
1878 – Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1934)
1879 – Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1925)
1883 – Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (d. 1956)
1887 – Alexander Woollcott (d. 1943)
American actor, playwright, and critic
1889 – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1943)
1892 – Ólafur Thors (d. 1964)
Icelandic politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland
1893 – Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (d. 1986)
1903 – Boris Blacher, German composer (d. 1975)
1905 – Stanley Hawes (d. 1991)
English-Australian director and producer
1905: Oveta Culp Hobby (d. 16 Aug 1995)
American editor and politician
1st U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1953-1955
1st director of the Women's Army Corps, 1942-1945
1907 – Briggs Cunningham (d. 2003)
American race car driver, sailor, and businessman
1908 – Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh (d. 1971)
Russian mathematician and theorist
1909 – Hans Hotter, German opera singer (d. 2003)
1911 – Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (d. 2009)
1912 – Leonid Kantorovich (d. 1986)
Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1913 – Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955)
1913: Rudolf "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone, Jr. (d. 15 Jan 1996)
American pocket billiards player
1914 – Bob Gerard, English race car driver (d. 1990)
1917 – John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
1918 – John H. Johnson (d. 2005)
American publisher
founded the Johnson Publishing Company
1920 – Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator
1920 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Peruvian politician and diplomat
135th Prime Minister of Peru
1920 – Roberto M. Levingston (d. 2015)
Argentinian general and politician
36th President of Argentina
1921 – Patricia Highsmith (d. 1995)
American novelist and screenwriter
1921: Ken Keyes, Jr. (d. 20 Dec 1995)
American personal growth author and lecturer
1922 – Guy Madison, American actor and producer (d. 1996)
1922 – Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 2015)
1923 – Jean Stapleton, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
1923 – Markus Wolf, German spy (d. 2006)
1924 – Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (d. 1985)
1924 – Jean-François Revel (d. 2006)
French philosopher and author
1925 – Nina Bawden, English author (d. 2012)
1926 – Hans Massaquoi (d. 2013)
German-American journalist and author
1926 – Fritz Weaver, American actor
1930 – Tippi Hedren, American model and actress
1930 – John Waite, South African cricketer (d. 2011)
1931 – Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author
1932 – Richard Lester
American-English director, producer, and screenwriter
1933 – George Coyne, American priest, astronomer, and theologian
1935 – Soumitra Chatterjee, Indian actor
1935 – Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer (d. 1978)
1936 – Ziaur Rahman (d. 1981)
Bangladeshi general and politician
7th President of Bangladesh
1936 – Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (d. 2011)
American singer, harmonica player, and drummer
1937 – Princess Birgitta of Sweden
1937 – Giovanna Marini, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1937 – Appadurai Muttulingam, Sri Lankan accountant and author
1937: Joseph Samuel Nye, Jr., American political scientist
1939 – Phil Everly (d. 2014)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Everly Brothers)
1940 – Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
1941 – Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee
1942 – Michael Crawford, English actor and singer
1942 – Thom Mayne
American architect
designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower
1942 – Paul-Eerik Rummo, Estonian poet and politician
1943 – Petchara Chaowarat, Thai actress
1943 – Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1943 – Janis Joplin (d. 1970)
American singer-songwriter
(Big Brother and the Holding Company)
1943 – Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
1944 – Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer
1944 – Peter Lynch, American businessman
1946 – Julian Barnes
English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and memoirist
1946 – Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman,
entrepreneur and philanthropist
1947 – Frank Aarebrot, Norwegian political scientist and academic
1947 – Paula Deen, American chef and author
1947 – Elena Nathanael, Greek actress (d. 2008)
1948 – Nancy Lynch, American computer scientist and academic
1948 – Frank McKenna
Canadian politician and diplomat
27th Premier of New Brunswick
1948 – Mal Reilly, English rugby league player and coach
1949 – Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (d. 2012)
1949 – Robert Palmer (d. 2003)
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Power Station)
1949 – Dennis Taylor, Irish snooker player and sportscaster
1950 – Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor
1951 – Martha Davis, American singer of The Motels
1953 – Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor and singer
1953 – Wayne Schimmelbusch, Australian footballer
1954 – Katey Sagal, American actress and singer
1954 – Cindy Sherman, American photographer and director
1954 – Clifford Tabin, American geneticist and academic
1954 – Katharina Thalbach, German actress and director
1955 – Simon Rattle, English conductor
1955 – Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American comedian and actor
1955: Gregorio Sablan
Northern Mariana Islander politician
delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 2009-present
1956 – Carmelo Domenic Licciardello (bka Carman)
American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host
1957 – Ottis Anderson, American football player and sprotscaster
1957 – Kenneth McClintock
English-Puerto Rican politician
22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
1958 – Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 6 Apr 2012)
1959 – Danese Cooper
American computer scientist and programmer
1959 – Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor
1960: Eleanor Mondale (d. 17 Sep 2011)
American radio personality, television host, and actress
1961 – William Ragsdale, American actor
1961 – Wayne Hemingway
English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead
1962 – Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
1962 – Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach
1962 – Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
1963 – Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach
1963 – Martin Bashir, English journalist
1963 – John Bercow
English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
1963 – Yutaka Matsushige, Japanese actor
1963 – Caron Wheeler, English singer-songwriter (Soul II Soul)
1964 – Janine Antoni, Bahamian sculptor and photographer
1964 – Ricardo Arjona
Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player
1964: Jim Morris, American baseball player
1965: J. B. Pritzker
American venture capitalist, entrepreneur, philanthropist
and businessman
1966 – Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
1966 – Yukiko Duke, Swedish journalist
1966 – Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 – Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player
1966: Antoine Fuqua, American director and producer
1966 – Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer-songwriter
1967 – Javier Cámara, Spanish actor and singer
1967: Diane Garnick, American investment manager
1968 – Whitfield Crane, American singer-songwriter
1969 – Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American author and academic
1969 – Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach
1969 – Predrag Mijatović, Montenegrin footballer and manager
1969 – Junior Seau, American football player (d. 2012)
1969 – Casey Sherman, American journalist and author
1969 – Steve Staunton, Irish footballer and manager
1970 – Tim Foster, English rower
1970 – Steffen Freund, German footballer and manager
1970 – Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
1970 – Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian and singer
1971 – Shawn Wayans, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – John Wozniak, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Angham, Egyptian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1972 – Joana Benedek, Romanian-Mexican model and actress
1972 – Drea de Matteo, American actress
1972 – Jon Fisher, American businessman and author
1972 – Princess Kalina of Bulgaria
1972 – Elena Kaliská, Slovak canoe racer
1972 – Ron Killings, American wrestler and rapper
1972 – Troy Wilson, Australian footballer and race car driver
1972 – Sergei Zjukin, Estonian chess player
1973 – Karen Lancaume, French porn actress (d. 2005)
1973 – Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
1973 – Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer
1973 – Aaron Yonda, American comedian, actor, and director
1974 – Dainius Adomaitis
Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1974 – Frank Caliendo
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1974 – Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1974: Natassia Malthe, Norwegian model and actress
1974 – Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer and manager
1975 – Natalie Cook, Australian beach volleyball player
1975 – Noah Georgeson
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975 – Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player
1976 – Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer
1976 – Tarso Marques, Brazilian race car driver
1976: Marsha Thomason, English actress
1977 – Cocco, Japanese singer-songwriter
1977 – Lauren, Cameroonian footballer
1977 – Nicole, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Benjamin Ayres
Canadian actor, director, and photographer
1977 – Margus Maiste, Estonian architect
1979 – Wiley, English rapper and producer (Roll Deep)
1979 – Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast and sportscaster
1979 – Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer
1980 – Kotoko, Japanese singer
1980 – Jenson Button, English race car driver
1980 – Pasha Kovalev
Russian-American dancer and choreographer
1980 – Luke Macfarlane, Canadian-American actor and singer
1980 – Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
1980 – Michael Vandort, Sri Lankan cricketer
1981 – Asier del Horno, Spanish footballer
1981 – Lucho González, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Dimosthenis Manousakis, Greek footballer
1981 – Jaanus Nõmmsalu, Estonian volleyball player
1981 – Kerby Raymundo, Filipino basketball player
1981 – Bitsie Tulloch, American actress
1982 – Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
1982 – Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
1982 – Jodie Sweetin, American actress
1983 – Hikaru Utada
American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
1984 – Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer
1984 – Karun Chandhok, Indian race car driver
1984 – Jimmy Kébé, Malian footballer
1984: Mickey Sumner, English actress
1984 – Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
1985 – Jake Allen, American football player
1985 – Pascal Behrenbruch, German decathlete
1985: Damien Chazelle, American director and screenwriter
1985 – Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
1985 – Esteban Guerrieri, Argentinian race car driver
1985 – Rika Ishikawa
Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
1985 – Elliott Ward, English footballer
1985 – Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin, Russian footballer
1986 – Loren Galler-Rabinowitz
American model and ice dancer, Miss Massachusetts 2010
1986 – Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer
1986 – Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian footballer
1986 – Moussa Sow, Senegalese footballer
1987 – Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
1987: Seth Numrich, American actor
1988 – JaVale McGee, American basketball player
1988 – Yusuke Yamamoto, Japanese actor
1989 – Miles Addison, English footballer
1991 – Corinna Harrer, German runner
1991 – Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player
1991 – Erin Sanders, American actress
1991 – Yu Takahashi, Japanese actress and model
1992 – Shawn Johnson, American gymnast
1992 – Logan Lerman, American actor
1992 – Mac Miller, American rapper, producer, and actor
1993 – Gus Lewis, American-English actor
1993 – Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer
1994 – Matthias Ginter, German footballer
Family
Coulee City
Julie Miller
David Tilson
Heather Heathman
Loren Peha
Sunshine Didra
Jesse Anne Combs
Lani Lindhag
Fred Evans
DiegoSaldivar
Kathy Huber
Pauline Starkey
David Tilson
Heather Heathman
Loren Peha
Sunshine Didra
Jesse Anne Combs
Lani Lindhag
Fred Evans
DiegoSaldivar
Kathy Huber
Pauline Starkey
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
520 – John of Cappadocia
639 – Dagobert I, Frankish king (b. 603)
1526 – Isabella of Austria (b. 1501)
1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
1576 – Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (b. 1494)
1597 – Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (b. 1540)
1661 – Thomas Venner, English rebel leader (b. 1599)
1729 – William Congreve, English playwright and poet (b. 1670)
1755 – Jean-Pierre Christin (b. 1683)
French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer
1757 – Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (b. 1674)
1766 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (b. 1695)
Italian-French architect and painter
1785 – Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
1833 – Ferdinand Hérold, French composer (b. 1791)
1847 – Charles Bent (b. 1799)
American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico
1847 – Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (b. 1772)
1851 – Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
1853 – Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
1865 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
1866 – Harriet Ludlow Clarke, British artist
1869 – Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
1874 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (b. 1798)
German poet and scholar
1878 – Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
1905 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
1906 – Bartolomé Mitre (b. 1821)
Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina
1925 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria (b. 1841)
1927 – Carlota of Mexico (b. 1840)
1929 – Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
1930 – Frank P. Ramsey (b. 1903)
British mathematician, philosopher and economist
1938 – Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
1945 – Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
1948 – Tony Garnier, French architect, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
1954 – Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
1957 – József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
1963 – Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
1964 – Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
1965 – Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
1968 – Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
1969 – Jan Palach, Czech activist (b. 1948)
1971 – Harry Shields, American clarinet player (b. 1899)
1972 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
1973 – Max Adrian, Irish-English actor and singer (b. 1903)
1975 – Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)
1976 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (b. 1886)
1980 – William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1898)
1982 – Elis Regina, Brazilian soprano (b. 1945)
1983 – Ham the Chimp, Cameroonian-American chimpanzee (b. 1956)
1984 – Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1920)
1987 – Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
1990 – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru and mystic (b. 1931)
1990 – Alberto Semprini, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
1990 – Herbert Wehner (b. 1906)
German politician, 6th Minister of Intra-German Relations
1991 – Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (b. 1918)
1991 – John Russell, American lieutenant and actor (b. 1921)
1996 – Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
1997 – Adriana Caselotti, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
1997 – James Dickey, American poet and author (b. 1923)
1998 – Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
1999 – Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (b. 1967)
2000 – Bettino Craxi (b. 1934)
Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy
2000 – Hedy Lamarr (b. 1913)
Austrian-American actress, singer, and mathematician
2001 – Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (b. 1921)
2003 – Milton Flores, Honduran footballer (b. 1974)
2003 – Françoise Giroud (b. 1916)
French journalist, screenwriter, and politician
French Minister of Culture
2004 – Harry E. Claiborne, American lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
2004 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
2005 – Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (b. 1973)
2005 – K. Sello Duiker, South African author (b. 1974)
2005 – Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976)
2006 – Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
2006 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (The Falcons) (b. 1941)
2006 – Awn Alsharif Qasim, Sudanese author and scholar (b. 1933)
2006 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer and pilot (b. 1921)
2007 – Bam Bam Bigelow (b. 1961)
American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
2007 – Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (b. 1954)
2007 – Denny Doherty (b. 1940)
Canadian singer-songwriter
(The Mamas & the Papas and The Halifax III)
2007 – Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1969)
2008 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress and singer (b. 1937)
2008 – John Stewart (b. 1939)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kingston Trio)
2008 – Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1936)
2010 – Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1923)
2011 – Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American novelist and essayist (b. 1930)
2012 – Peter Åslin, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1962)
2012 – Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (b. 1982)
2012 – Peter de Francia, French-English painter and illustrator (b. 1921)
2012 – Winston Riley (b. 1943)
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (The Techniques)
2012 – Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
2013 – Abderrahim Goumri, Moroccan runner (b. 1976)
2013 – Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (b. 1940)
2013 – Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
2013 – Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930)
2014 – Azaria Alon (b. 1918)
Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist
co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
2014 – Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (b. 1931)
2014 – Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (b. 1945)
2014 – Al Lerner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1919)
2014 – Ben Starr, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
2014 – Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (b. 1929)
Sri Lankan-American anthropologist and academic
2015 – Justin Capră, Romanian engineer and academic (b. 1933)
2015 – Adam Yahiye Gadahn (b. 1978)
American terrorist and Al-Qaeda spokesperson
2015 – Michel Guimond, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1953)
2015 – Anne Kirkbride, English actress (b. 1954)
2015 – Robert Manzon, French racing business (b. 1917)
2015 – Bob Sadino, Indonesian businessman (b. 1933)
639 – Dagobert I, Frankish king (b. 603)
1526 – Isabella of Austria (b. 1501)
1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
1576 – Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (b. 1494)
1597 – Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (b. 1540)
1661 – Thomas Venner, English rebel leader (b. 1599)
1729 – William Congreve, English playwright and poet (b. 1670)
1755 – Jean-Pierre Christin (b. 1683)
French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer
1757 – Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (b. 1674)
1766 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (b. 1695)
Italian-French architect and painter
1785 – Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
1833 – Ferdinand Hérold, French composer (b. 1791)
1847 – Charles Bent (b. 1799)
American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico
1847 – Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (b. 1772)
1851 – Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
1853 – Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
1865 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
1866 – Harriet Ludlow Clarke, British artist
1869 – Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
1874 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (b. 1798)
German poet and scholar
1878 – Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
1905 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
1906 – Bartolomé Mitre (b. 1821)
Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina
1925 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria (b. 1841)
1927 – Carlota of Mexico (b. 1840)
1929 – Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
1930 – Frank P. Ramsey (b. 1903)
British mathematician, philosopher and economist
1938 – Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
1945 – Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
1948 – Tony Garnier, French architect, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
1954 – Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
1957 – József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
1963 – Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
1964 – Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
1965 – Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
1968 – Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
1969 – Jan Palach, Czech activist (b. 1948)
1971 – Harry Shields, American clarinet player (b. 1899)
1972 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
1973 – Max Adrian, Irish-English actor and singer (b. 1903)
1975 – Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)
1976 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (b. 1886)
1980 – William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1898)
1982 – Elis Regina, Brazilian soprano (b. 1945)
1983 – Ham the Chimp, Cameroonian-American chimpanzee (b. 1956)
1984 – Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1920)
1987 – Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
1990 – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru and mystic (b. 1931)
1990 – Alberto Semprini, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
1990 – Herbert Wehner (b. 1906)
German politician, 6th Minister of Intra-German Relations
1991 – Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (b. 1918)
1991 – John Russell, American lieutenant and actor (b. 1921)
1996 – Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
1997 – Adriana Caselotti, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
1997 – James Dickey, American poet and author (b. 1923)
1998 – Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
1999 – Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (b. 1967)
2000 – Bettino Craxi (b. 1934)
Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy
2000 – Hedy Lamarr (b. 1913)
Austrian-American actress, singer, and mathematician
2001 – Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (b. 1921)
2003 – Milton Flores, Honduran footballer (b. 1974)
2003 – Françoise Giroud (b. 1916)
French journalist, screenwriter, and politician
French Minister of Culture
2004 – Harry E. Claiborne, American lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
2004 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
2005 – Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (b. 1973)
2005 – K. Sello Duiker, South African author (b. 1974)
2005 – Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976)
2006 – Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
2006 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (The Falcons) (b. 1941)
2006 – Awn Alsharif Qasim, Sudanese author and scholar (b. 1933)
2006 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer and pilot (b. 1921)
2007 – Bam Bam Bigelow (b. 1961)
American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
2007 – Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (b. 1954)
2007 – Denny Doherty (b. 1940)
Canadian singer-songwriter
(The Mamas & the Papas and The Halifax III)
2007 – Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1969)
2008 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress and singer (b. 1937)
2008 – John Stewart (b. 1939)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kingston Trio)
2008 – Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1936)
2010 – Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1923)
2011 – Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American novelist and essayist (b. 1930)
2012 – Peter Åslin, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1962)
2012 – Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (b. 1982)
2012 – Peter de Francia, French-English painter and illustrator (b. 1921)
2012 – Winston Riley (b. 1943)
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (The Techniques)
2012 – Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
2013 – Abderrahim Goumri, Moroccan runner (b. 1976)
2013 – Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (b. 1940)
2013 – Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
2013 – Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930)
2014 – Azaria Alon (b. 1918)
Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist
co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
2014 – Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (b. 1931)
2014 – Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (b. 1945)
2014 – Al Lerner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1919)
2014 – Ben Starr, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
2014 – Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah (b. 1929)
Sri Lankan-American anthropologist and academic
2015 – Justin Capră, Romanian engineer and academic (b. 1933)
2015 – Adam Yahiye Gadahn (b. 1978)
American terrorist and Al-Qaeda spokesperson
2015 – Michel Guimond, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1953)
2015 – Anne Kirkbride, English actress (b. 1954)
2015 – Robert Manzon, French racing business (b. 1917)
2015 – Bob Sadino, Indonesian businessman (b. 1933)
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