Birthdays
VIP
1942 – Dennis Hastert
American educator and politician
59th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1999–2007
American educator and politician
59th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1999–2007
U.S. Representative, R. IL, 1987-2007
Notable
1403 – Basilios Bessarion, Greek scholar (d. 1472)
1462 – Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1522)
1642 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1693)
1647 – Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)
1699 – Osman III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)
1713 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
1719 – Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat (d. 1797)
, French shipbuilder and merchant
1727 – James Wolfe, English general (d. 13 Sep 1759)
1732 – František Brixi, Czech organist and composer (d. 1771)
1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator (d. 1857)
1822 – Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (d. 1888)
1827 – Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (d. 1914)
Russian geographer and statistician
1831: Justin Winsor, American writer, librarian, and historian (d. 22 Oct 1897)
1833 – Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (d. 1893)
1836 – Queen Emma of Hawaii (d. 1885)
1836 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (d. 1917)
1837 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1910)
1857 – M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)
1860 – William Corless Mills, American historian and curator (d. 1928)
1860 – Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (d. 1931)
1865: William Lyon Phelps, American author, critic and scholar (d. 21 Aug 1943)
1866 – Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar (d. 1957)
1870 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (d. 1938)
1873 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (d. 30 Sep 1897)
1873 – Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 1960)
1876 – Aquiles Serdán (d. 1910)
Mexican revolutionary supporter of Francisco I. Madero
and the Revolution's first martyr
1877 – Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (d. 1906)
1878 – Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai (d. 1970)
Indian activist; founded the Nair Service Society
1879 – Rudolf Bauer, Hungarian discus thrower (d. 1932)
1882 – Herbert von Petersdorff, German swimmer (d. 1917)
1884 – Ben-Zion Dinur (d. 1973)
Russian-Israeli historian and politician; 4th Israeli Minister of Education
1885 – Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer (d. 1959)
1886 – Florence Lawrence, Canadian-American actress (d. 1938)
1889 – Bertram Stevens (d. 1973)
Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales
1890 – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian-American poet and playwright (d. 1951)
1891 – Giovanni Michelucci (d. 1990)
Italian architect, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station
1892 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
1893 – Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
1893 – Elmar Reimann, Estonian-Swedish runner (d. 1963)
1895 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish lieutenant and diplomat (d. 1948)
1896 – Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1954)
1896 – Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer (d. 1982)
1897 – Jim Londos, Greek-American wrestler (d. 1975)
1898 – Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (d. 1989)
American economist and lawyer
1900 – William Haines, American actor and interior designer (d. 1973)
1901 – Bob Marshall (d. 1939)
American activist; co-founded The Wilderness Society
1902 – Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 2007)
1904 – Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and swimmer (d. 1991)
1905 – Jainendra Kumar, Indian author and translator (d. 1988)
1905 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1938)
1905 – Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (d. 1998)
1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009)
1909 – Barry Goldwater, American general and politician (d. 29 May 1998)
1913 – Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004)
1913 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer (d. 1992)
1914 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (d. 1985)
1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, Russian-English SOE agent (d. 1944)
1914 – Vivian Stuart, English physician and author (d. 1986)
1915: John Hope Franklin, American historian (d. 25 Mar 1909)
1916 – Zypora Spaisman (d. 2002)
Polish-American midwife and Yiddish stage actress/producer
1917 – Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)
1918 – Willi Graf, German activist (d. 1943)
1920 – Isaac Asimov, American chemist and author (d. 6 Apr 1992)
1921 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1921 – Jan Slepian, American therapist and author
1923 – Rachel Waterhouse, English historian and author
1924 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer, actor, and director (d. 2009)
1925 – William J. Crowe (d. 2007)
American admiral and diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1925 – Giacomo Furia, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1925 – Larry Harmon, American clown, actor, and producer (d. 2008)
1926: Harold Bradley, American guitarist and entrepreneur
1926 – Howard Caine, American actor (d. 1993)
1928 – Avie Bennett, Canadian businessman and philanthropist
1928 – Robert Goralski, American journalist and author (d. 1988)
1928 – Daisaku Ikeda, Japanese religious leader
1928 – Kate Molale, South African anti-Apartheid activist (d. 1980)
1929 – Lehri, Pakistani actor (d. 2012)
1930 – Julius La Rosa, American singer and actor
1931 – James D. Murray, Mathematician at the University of Oxford
1931 – Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese politician; 76th Prime Minister of Japan
1932 – Peter Redgrove, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2003)
1932 – Richard Thorp, English actor (d. 2013)
1933 – Ed Casey, Australian banker and politician (d. 2006)
1933 – Seiichi Morimura, Japanese author
1933 – Richard Riley
American soldier, lawyer, and politician
6th United States Secretary of Education
1933 – Keith Thomas, Welsh historian, author, and academic
1935 – David McKee, English author and illustrator
1935 – Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer and academic (d. 1987)
1936 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1992)
1937 – Martin Lauer, German runner
1938 – David Bailey, English photographer and painter
1938 – Lynn Conway, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic
1938 – Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author and educator
1938 – Goh Kun, South Korean politician; 31st Prime Minister of South Korea
1938 – Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (d. 20 Jul 1973)
1938 – Dana Ulery, American computer scientist
1940 – Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (d. 2015)
Saudi Arabian economist and politician
Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1940 – Susan Wittig Albert, American author and academic
1940 – Jim Bakker, American minister and television host
1940 – Masahiko Tsugawa, Japanese actor and director
1940 – S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Indian-American mathematician and academic
1942 – Ray Moore, English radio host (d. 1989)
1942 – Hugh Shelton, American general
1943 – Filiz Akın, Turkish actress
1943 – Barış Manço, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
1943 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (d. 2004)
1944 – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
1944 – Norodom Ranariddh
Cambodian field marshal and politician
1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
1946 – Richard Cole, English talent manager
1946 – Goro Ibuki, Japanese actor
1946 – Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
1947 – Jack Hanna, American zoologist, author, and television host
1947 – Calvin Hill, American football player
1947 – David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic
1947 – Valery Shary, Belarusian weightlifter
1948: Tony Judt, British historian, essayist, and professor (d. 6 Aug 2010)
1948 – Judith Miller, American journalist and author
1948 – Joyce Wadler, American journalist and author
1948 – Tony Woodley, English union leader
1949 – Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter
1949 – Jean Krier, Luxembourger poet (d. 2013)
1949 – Leijn Loevesijn, Dutch cyclist
1949 – John Turner, English cricketer (d. 2012)
1949 – Iris Marion Young, American feminist philosopher (d. 2006)
1950 – Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress
1950 – David Shifrin, American clarinet player and educator
1950 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach
1950 – Yevgeniy Yevsyukov, Russian race walker
1951 – Stipe Božić, Croatian mountaineer and photographer
1951 – Jim Essian, American baseball player and coach
1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky, Ukrainian-American painter
1952 – Jimmy Santiago Baca, American poet and author
1952 – Indulis Emsis
Latvian politician, botanist, former Prime Minister of Latvia
1952 – Robbie Ftorek, American ice hockey player and coach
1952 – Christine Lavin, American singer-songwriter (Four Bitchin' Babes)
1952 – Wendy Phillips, American actress
1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (Skyhooks) (d. 2001)
1953 – Vincent Racaniello American virologist, author, and academic
1953 – Jacques Tichelaar, Dutch educator and politician
1954 – Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician
1954 – Glenn Goins (d. 1978)
American singer and guitarist (Parliament-Funkadelic)
1955 – Tex Brashear, American voice actor
1955 – Agathonas Iakovidis, Greek singer
1955 – Vivien Savage, French singer-songwriter
1956 – Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author
1956 – Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
1956 – John Bedford Lloyd, American actor
1957 – Beppe Gabbiani, Italian racing driver
1958 – Helen Goodman, English politician
1958 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist and educator
1959 – Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician
1959: Patrick Nielsen Hayden, American science fiction editor
1959 – Ines Müller, German shot putter
1960 – Raman Lamba, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
1960 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese illustrator, singer, and guitarist
1961 – Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
1961 – IJsbrand Chardon, Dutch horse rider
1961 – Todd Haynes, American director and screenwriter
1961 – Craig James, American football player and sportscaster
1961 – Hitoshi Saito, Japanese martial artist (d. 2015)
1961 – Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician
1963 – David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963 – Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
1964 – Luis d'Antin, Spanish motorcycle racer
1964 – Michael McCann, Scottish politician
1964 – Luis Moro, Cuban-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
1965 – Greg Swindell, American baseball player and coach
1966: Siobhan Finneran, English actress
1966 – Kate Hodge, American actress and producer
1967 – Tia Carrere, American actress and singer
1967 – Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City
1967 – Robert Liberace, American painter
1967 – Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
1967 – Rose Fostanes, Filipino singer
1968: Oleg Deripaska, Russian businessman
1968 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer
1968 – Evan Parke, Jamaican-American actor
1968 – Goichi Suda, Japanese video game designer
1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch horse rider
1969 – István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter
1969 – William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider
1969 – Robby Gordon, American race car driver
1969 – Karl-Heinz Grasser
Austrian politician, 16th Finance Minister of Austria
1969 – Patrick Huard, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
1969 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer and actor (d. 2013)
1969 – Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player and coach
1969 – Christy Turlington, American model
1970 – Robert John Bardo, American murderer
1970 – Royce Clayton, American baseball player
1970 – Sanda Ladoși, Romanian singer
1970 – Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor
1970 – Ogie Diaz, Filipino actor
1971 – Taye Diggs, American actor, singer, and producer
1971 – Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
1971 – Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
1971 – Markus Hoffmann, German actor (d. 1997)
1971 – Yutaka Takenouchi, Japanese actor
1972 – Adam Elliot, Australian animator and screenwriter
1972 – Paweł Januszewski, Polish hurdler
1972 – Rodney MacDonald
Canadian educator and politician; 26th Premier of Nova Scotia
1972 – Hristos Meletoglou, German-Greek triple jumper
1972 – Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
1972 – Mike Vaughn, American actor
1973 – Lucy Davis, English actress
1974 – Jason de Vos, Canadian soccer player and sportscaster
1974 – Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner
1974 – Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer
1974 – Tamao Satō
Japanese actress, voice actress, television personality, and model
1974 – Deborah Sengl, Austrian painter
1975 – Chris Cheney, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1975 – David Sandström, Swedish singer-songwriter and drummer
1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor and director
1975 – Jeff Suppan, American baseball player
1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player
1976 – Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek jumper
1976 – Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
1976 – Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
1976 – Phil Radford, American ecologist and environmentalist
1976 – Paz Vega, Spanish actress and singer
1977 – Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player
1977 – Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
1977 – Aleš Píša, Czech ice hockey player
1977 – Ahu Türkpençe, Turkish actress
1978 – Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer and actress
1978 – Kjartan Sveinsson, Icelandic keyboard player
1978 – Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress and singer
1979 – Tim Cruz, American singer
1979 – Jonathan Greening, English footballer and coach
1980 – Annie Bellemare, Canadian figure skater
1980 – Mac Danzig, American mixed martial artist
1980 – Georgios Dedas, Greek basketball player
1980 – Melvin Holwijn, Dutch footballer
1980 – Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist
1981 – Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
1981 – Ryan Garko, American baseball player
1981 – Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
1981 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
1982: Dustin Clare, Australian actor
1982 – Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
1983 – Kate Bosworth, American actress, singer, and producer
1984 – Otacílio Jales, Brazilian footballer
1984 – Jocelyn Oxlade, Filipino-British singer and model
1985 – Ivan Dodig, Croatian tennis player
1985 – Marius Neset, Norwegian saxophonist (JazzKamikaze)
1985 – Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
1986 – Troy Andrews (aka Trombone Shorty)
American trumpet player and composer
1986 – Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012)
1986 – Nicolás Bertolo, Argentinian footballer
1986 – Nathan Cohen, New Zealand rower
1987 – Shelley Hennig, American actress
1987 – Loïc Rémy, French footballer
1988 – Satomi Akesaka, Japanese voice actress
1988 – Ruth Bosibori, Kenyan runner
1988 – Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
1989 – Maksims Bogdanovs, Latvian motorcycle racer
1989 – Romain Dedola, French footballer
1989 – Bianca Knight, American sprinter
1989 – Şeref Osmanoğlu, Ukrainian-Turkish triple jumper
1990 – Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer
1990 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (d. 2014)
1991 – Katrin Loo, Estonian footballer
1991 – Davide Santon, Italian footballer
1991 – Steele Sidebottom, Australian footballer
1992 – Anna Arina Marenko, Russian tennis player
1992 – Alden Richards, Filipino actor
1993 – Kirill Minov, Russian ice dancer
2001 – Christopher Barrios, Jr., American murder victim (d. 2007)
Family
Coulee City
Isabel Silva
Adam Starkey
Jolene Starkey
Dakota Dillon
Helen Davis
Jo Miller
Waco Rugalski
Marilyn Williams
Linda Visness
Adam Starkey
Jolene Starkey
Dakota Dillon
Helen Davis
Jo Miller
Waco Rugalski
Marilyn Williams
Linda Visness
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
David & Dawn Voelker
Deaths
VIP
Notable
1512 – Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460)
1514 – William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)
1557 – Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)
1664 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (b. 1588)
1726 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
1861 – Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
1892 – George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
1904 – James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
1913 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
1915 – Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
1917 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
1920 – Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
1921 – Doud Eisenhower, American son of Dwight D. Eisenhower (b. 1917)
1924 – Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
1939 – Roman Dmowski (b. 1864)
Polish politician; Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1941 – Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
1946 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
1948 – Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet (b. 1893)
1950 – James Dooley (b. 1877)
Irish-Australian politician; 21st Premier of New South Wales
1950 – Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1883)
1951 – William Campion (b. 1870)
English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia
1959 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American author (b. 1880)
1960 – Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (b. 1919)
1960 – Paul Sauvé (b. 1907)
Canadian lawyer and politician; 17th Premier of Quebec
1963 – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
1963 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1910)
1968 – Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (b. 1913)
1971 – E. V. Knox, English poet and journalist (b. 1881)
1974 – Tex Ritter, American singer and actor (b. 1905)
1977 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
1983 – Dick Emery, English comedian and actor (b. 1915)
1986 – Una Merkel, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
1987 – Harekrushna Mahatab (b. 1899)
Indian journalist and politician; 1st Chief Minister of Odisha
1989 – Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)
1990 – Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (b. 1921)
1990 – Evangelos Averoff (b. 1910)
Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence
1990 – Leonhard Merzin, Estonian actor (b. 1934)
1994 – Dixy Lee Ray (b. 1914)
American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington
1994 – Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (b. 1915)
1995 – Siad Barre (b. 1919)
Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia
1996 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and author (b. 1915)
1996 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1905)
1997 – Randy California, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
1998 – Frank Muir, English radio host (b. 1920)
1999 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (b. 1910)
1999 – Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907)
2000 – Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (b. 1920)
2000 – Patrick O'Brian, English-Irish author and translator (b. 1914)
2001 – William P. Rogers (b. 1913)
American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
55th United States Secretary of State
2002 – Armi Aavikko, Finnish model and singer; Miss Finland 1977 (b. 1958)
2005 – Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (b. 1921)
2005 – Frank Kelly Freas, American illustrator and painter (b. 1922)
2005 – Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)
2006 – Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (b. 1914)
2006 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)
2006 – Lidia Wysocka, Polish actress and singer (b. 1916)
2007 – A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)
2007 – Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1941)
2007 – Garry Betty, American businessman (b. 1957)
2007 – Mauno Jokipii, Finnish author and academic (b. 1924)
2007 – Paek Nam-sun, North Korean politician (b. 1929)
2007 – Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician; Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
2007 – David Perkins, American geneticist and academic (b. 1919)
2007 – Robert C. Solomon (b. 1942)
American philosopher, author, and academic
2008 – Galyani Vadhana, Thai princess (b. 1923)
2008 – George MacDonald Fraser, English journalist and author (b. 1925)
2008 – Lee S. Dreyfus (b. 1926)
American sailor, academic, and politician; 40th Governor of Wisconsin
2008 – Martinus Tels, Dutch physicist and engineer (b. 1926)
2009 – Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)
2009 – Maria de Jesus, Portuguese super-centenarian (b. 1893)
2009 – Steven Gilborn, American actor and educator (b. 1936)
2010 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)
2011 – Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)
2011 – Bali Ram Bhagat (b. 1922)
Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan
2011 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)
2011 – Richard Winters, American soldier (b. 1918)
2011 – Szeto Wah, Hong Kong educator and politician (b. 1931)
2012 – Gordon Hirabayashi (b. 1918)
American-Canadian sociologist and academic
2012 – Larry Reinhardt (b. 1948)
American guitarist (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond)
2012 – Silvana Gallardo, American actress (b. 1953)
2012 – Vivi Friedman, Finnish director and screenwriter (b. 1967)
2012 – William P. Carey (b. 1930)
American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey
2012 – Yoshiro Hayashi, Japanese golfer (b. 1922)
2013 – Charles Chilton, English radio host and producer (b. 1917)
2013 – Council Cargle, American actor (b. 1935)
2013 – Gerda Lerner (b. 1920)
Austrian-American historian, author, and academic
2013 – Géza Koroknay, Hungarian actor (b. 1948)
2013 – Mamie Rearden, American super-centenarian (b. 1898)
2013 – Maulvi Nazir, Pakistani militant leader (b. 1975)
2013 – Ned Wertimer, American actor (b. 1923)
2013 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (b. 1944)
2014 – Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (b. 1947)
2014 – Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (b. 1924)
2014 – Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2014 – Jay Traynor, American singer (b. 1943)
2014 – Michael J. Matthews (b. 1934)
American politician; 34th Mayor of Atlantic City
2014 – Thomas Kurzhals, German keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1953)
2015 – Abu Anas al-Libi, Libyan terrorist (b. 1964)
2015 – Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (b. 1932)
2015 – Lam Po-chuen, Hong Kong voice actor (b. 1951)
2015 – Little Jimmy Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1920)
2015 – Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (b. 1929)
1514 – William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)
1557 – Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)
1664 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (b. 1588)
1726 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
1861 – Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
1892 – George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
1904 – James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
1913 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
1915 – Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
1917 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
1920 – Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
1921 – Doud Eisenhower, American son of Dwight D. Eisenhower (b. 1917)
1924 – Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
1939 – Roman Dmowski (b. 1864)
Polish politician; Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1941 – Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
1946 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
1948 – Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet (b. 1893)
1950 – James Dooley (b. 1877)
Irish-Australian politician; 21st Premier of New South Wales
1950 – Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1883)
1951 – William Campion (b. 1870)
English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia
1959 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American author (b. 1880)
1960 – Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (b. 1919)
1960 – Paul Sauvé (b. 1907)
Canadian lawyer and politician; 17th Premier of Quebec
1963 – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
1963 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1910)
1968 – Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (b. 1913)
1971 – E. V. Knox, English poet and journalist (b. 1881)
1974 – Tex Ritter, American singer and actor (b. 1905)
1977 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
1983 – Dick Emery, English comedian and actor (b. 1915)
1986 – Una Merkel, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
1987 – Harekrushna Mahatab (b. 1899)
Indian journalist and politician; 1st Chief Minister of Odisha
1989 – Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)
1990 – Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (b. 1921)
1990 – Evangelos Averoff (b. 1910)
Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence
1990 – Leonhard Merzin, Estonian actor (b. 1934)
1994 – Dixy Lee Ray (b. 1914)
American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington
1994 – Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (b. 1915)
1995 – Siad Barre (b. 1919)
Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia
1996 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and author (b. 1915)
1996 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1905)
1997 – Randy California, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
1998 – Frank Muir, English radio host (b. 1920)
1999 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (b. 1910)
1999 – Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907)
2000 – Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (b. 1920)
2000 – Patrick O'Brian, English-Irish author and translator (b. 1914)
2001 – William P. Rogers (b. 1913)
American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
55th United States Secretary of State
2002 – Armi Aavikko, Finnish model and singer; Miss Finland 1977 (b. 1958)
2005 – Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (b. 1921)
2005 – Frank Kelly Freas, American illustrator and painter (b. 1922)
2005 – Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)
2006 – Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (b. 1914)
2006 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)
2006 – Lidia Wysocka, Polish actress and singer (b. 1916)
2007 – A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)
2007 – Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1941)
2007 – Garry Betty, American businessman (b. 1957)
2007 – Mauno Jokipii, Finnish author and academic (b. 1924)
2007 – Paek Nam-sun, North Korean politician (b. 1929)
2007 – Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician; Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
2007 – David Perkins, American geneticist and academic (b. 1919)
2007 – Robert C. Solomon (b. 1942)
American philosopher, author, and academic
2008 – Galyani Vadhana, Thai princess (b. 1923)
2008 – George MacDonald Fraser, English journalist and author (b. 1925)
2008 – Lee S. Dreyfus (b. 1926)
American sailor, academic, and politician; 40th Governor of Wisconsin
2008 – Martinus Tels, Dutch physicist and engineer (b. 1926)
2009 – Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)
2009 – Maria de Jesus, Portuguese super-centenarian (b. 1893)
2009 – Steven Gilborn, American actor and educator (b. 1936)
2010 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)
2011 – Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)
2011 – Bali Ram Bhagat (b. 1922)
Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan
2011 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)
2011 – Richard Winters, American soldier (b. 1918)
2011 – Szeto Wah, Hong Kong educator and politician (b. 1931)
2012 – Gordon Hirabayashi (b. 1918)
American-Canadian sociologist and academic
2012 – Larry Reinhardt (b. 1948)
American guitarist (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond)
2012 – Silvana Gallardo, American actress (b. 1953)
2012 – Vivi Friedman, Finnish director and screenwriter (b. 1967)
2012 – William P. Carey (b. 1930)
American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey
2012 – Yoshiro Hayashi, Japanese golfer (b. 1922)
2013 – Charles Chilton, English radio host and producer (b. 1917)
2013 – Council Cargle, American actor (b. 1935)
2013 – Gerda Lerner (b. 1920)
Austrian-American historian, author, and academic
2013 – Géza Koroknay, Hungarian actor (b. 1948)
2013 – Mamie Rearden, American super-centenarian (b. 1898)
2013 – Maulvi Nazir, Pakistani militant leader (b. 1975)
2013 – Ned Wertimer, American actor (b. 1923)
2013 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (b. 1944)
2014 – Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (b. 1947)
2014 – Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (b. 1924)
2014 – Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
2014 – Jay Traynor, American singer (b. 1943)
2014 – Michael J. Matthews (b. 1934)
American politician; 34th Mayor of Atlantic City
2014 – Thomas Kurzhals, German keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1953)
2015 – Abu Anas al-Libi, Libyan terrorist (b. 1964)
2015 – Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (b. 1932)
2015 – Lam Po-chuen, Hong Kong voice actor (b. 1951)
2015 – Little Jimmy Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1920)
2015 – Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (b. 1929)
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