Birthdays
VIP
1737 – John Hancock (d. 8 Oct 1793)
American merchant, smuggler, Revolutionary, and politician
3rd Governor of Massachusetts, 1787-1793
1st Governor of Massachusetts, 1780-1785
President of the Continental Congress, 1775-1777
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1915 – Potter Stewart (d. 7 Dec 1985)
American lawyer and judge
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1958-1981
American merchant, smuggler, Revolutionary, and politician
3rd Governor of Massachusetts, 1787-1793
1st Governor of Massachusetts, 1780-1785
President of the Continental Congress, 1775-1777
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1915 – Potter Stewart (d. 7 Dec 1985)
American lawyer and judge
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1958-1981
Notable
Spanish missionary and saint
1514 – Hai Rui, Chinese official (d. 1587)
1688 – Ulrika Eleonora the Younger (d. 24 Nov 1741)
Queen consort of Sweden, 1720-1741
Queen of Sweden, 1718-1720
1719 – John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (d. 1790)
1745 – William Jessop (d. 1814)
English engineer, built the Cromford Canal
1752 – Muzio Clementi (d. 1832)
Italian pianist, composer, and conductor
1780 – Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (d. 1827)
1783 – Marie-Henri Beyle (bka Stendhal) (d. 23 Mar 1842)
French author
1786 – Auguste de Montferrand (d. 1858)
French-Russian architect
designed Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Alexander Column
1809 – Veer Surendra Sai, Indian activist (d. 1884)
1813 – Camilla Collett, Norwegian author and activist (d. 1895)
1828 – Saigō Takamori, Japanese samurai (d. 1877)
1832 – Édouard Manet, French painter (d. 1883)
1833 – Muthu Coomaraswamy (d. 1879)
Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
1840 – Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (d. 1905)
1846 – Hermann Clemenz, Estonian chess player (d. 1908)
1855 – John Moses Browning (d. 26 Nov 1926)
American weapons designer
founded Browning Arms Company
1857 – Andrija Mohorovičić (d. 1936)
Croatian meteorologist and seismologist
1862 – David Hilbert (d. 14 Feb 1943)
Russian-German mathematician and academic
1862 – David Hilbert (d. 14 Feb 1943)
Russian-German mathematician and academic
1869: Herbert David Croly (d. 17 May 1930)
American journalist, magazine editor, author
co-founder of the magazine The New Republic
1870 – Ole Sæther, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1946)
1872 – Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (d. 1946)
1872 – Jože Plečnik (d. 1957)
Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament
1876 – Otto Diels (d. 1954)
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1878 – Rutland Boughton, English composer (d. 1960)
1880 – Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama (d. 1967)
Mexican revolutionary and intellectual
1881 – Luisa Casati, Italian model (d. 1957)
1884 – George McManus, American cartoonist (d. 1954)
1891: Antonio Gramsci (d. 27 Apr 1937)
Italian Marxist theoretician and politician
1894 – Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian author (d. 1988)
1896 – Alf Blair, Australian rugby league player (d. 1944)
1896 – Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 9 Jul 1985)
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, 1919-1964
1896 – Alf Hall, English-South African cricketer (d. 1964)
1897 – Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (d. 1945)
1897 – Georg Kulenkampff, German violinist (d. 1948)
1897 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000)
1897 – Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author (d. 1978)
1897 – William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (d. 1989)
1898 – Sergei Eisenstein (d. 1948)
Latvian-Russian director and screenwriter
1898 – Randolph Scott, American actor and producer (d. 2 Mar 1987)
1898 – Freda Utley, English scholar and author (d. 1978)
1899 – Glen Kidston, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1931)
1900 – William Ifor Jones, Welsh organist and conductor (d. 1988)
1901 – Arthur Wirtz, American businessman (d. 1983)
1903 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (d. 1948)
Colombian lawyer and politician
16th Minister of National Education of Colombia
1904: Ann Seton Chase (aka Anya Seton) (d. 8 Nov 1990)
American author
1905 – Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000)
1907 – Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (d. 7 Jun 1968)
1907 – Hideki Yukawa (d. 1981)
Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1910 – Django Reinhardt (d. 1953)
Belgian guitarist and composer
(Quintette du Hot Club de France)
1912 – Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager (d. 2009)
1913 – Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter (d. 1960)
1913 – Wally Parks (d. 2007)
American businessman
founded the National Hot Rod Association
1915 – Herma Bauma (d. 2003)
Austrian javelin thrower and handball player
1915 – W. Arthur Lewis (d. 1991)
Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1916 – David Douglas Duncan
American photographer and journalist
1916 – Airey Neave (d. 1979)
English colonel, lawyer, and politician
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1918 – Gertrude B. Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist (d. 1999)
Nobel Prize laureate
1918 – Florence Rush, American social worker (d. 2008)
1919 – Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (d. 2011)
1919 – Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (d. 2013)
1919 – Ernie Kovacs (d. 13 Jan 1962)
American actor, comedian, and game show host
1919 – Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (d. 1996)
1920 – Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (d. 2000)
1920 – Walter Frederick Morrison (d. 2010)
American businessman; invented the Frisbee
1922 – Leon Golub, American painter (d. 2004)
1923 – Horace Ashenfelter, American runner
1923 – Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1923 – Walter M. Miller, Jr. (d. 1996)
American soldier and author
1924 – Frank Lautenberg (d. 2013)
American soldier and politician
1925 – Marty Paich (d. 1995)
American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor
1926 – Kyriakos Matsis, Cypriot EOKA member (d. 1958)
1926 – Bal Thackeray (d. 2012)
Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician
1927 – Lars-Eric Lindblad (d. 1994)
Swedish-American businessman and explorer
1927 – Jack Quinlan, American sportscaster (d. 1965)
1927 – Fred Williams, Australian painter (d. 1982)
1928 – Chico Carrasquel (d. 2005)
Venezuelan baseball player and manager
1928 – Jeanne Moreau
French actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
1929 – Filaret, Ukrainian patriarch
1929 – Myron Cope (d. 2008)
American journalist and sportscaster
1929 – Phillip Knightley
Australian journalist, author, and critic
1929 – John Polanyi
German-Canadian chemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1930 – William R. Pogue (d. 2014)
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1930 – Benjamin Tatar, American actor and voice artist (d. 2012)
1930 – Derek Walcott
Saint Lucian poet and playwright; Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – George Allen, English footballer
1932 – Bill Sharpe, American triple jumper
1932 – Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (d. 2013)
1933 – Bill Hayden
Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia
1933 – Chita Rivera
Puerto Rican American actress, singer, and dancer
1870 – Ole Sæther, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1946)
1872 – Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (d. 1946)
1872 – Jože Plečnik (d. 1957)
Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament
1876 – Otto Diels (d. 1954)
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1878 – Rutland Boughton, English composer (d. 1960)
1880 – Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama (d. 1967)
Mexican revolutionary and intellectual
1881 – Luisa Casati, Italian model (d. 1957)
1884 – George McManus, American cartoonist (d. 1954)
1891: Antonio Gramsci (d. 27 Apr 1937)
Italian Marxist theoretician and politician
1894 – Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian author (d. 1988)
1896 – Alf Blair, Australian rugby league player (d. 1944)
1896 – Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 9 Jul 1985)
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, 1919-1964
1896 – Alf Hall, English-South African cricketer (d. 1964)
1897 – Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (d. 1945)
1897 – Georg Kulenkampff, German violinist (d. 1948)
1897 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000)
1897 – Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author (d. 1978)
1897 – William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (d. 1989)
1898 – Sergei Eisenstein (d. 1948)
Latvian-Russian director and screenwriter
1898 – Randolph Scott, American actor and producer (d. 2 Mar 1987)
1898 – Freda Utley, English scholar and author (d. 1978)
1899 – Glen Kidston, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1931)
1900 – William Ifor Jones, Welsh organist and conductor (d. 1988)
1901 – Arthur Wirtz, American businessman (d. 1983)
1903 – Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (d. 1948)
Colombian lawyer and politician
16th Minister of National Education of Colombia
1904: Ann Seton Chase (aka Anya Seton) (d. 8 Nov 1990)
American author
1905 – Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000)
1907 – Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (d. 7 Jun 1968)
1907 – Hideki Yukawa (d. 1981)
Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1910 – Django Reinhardt (d. 1953)
Belgian guitarist and composer
(Quintette du Hot Club de France)
1912 – Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager (d. 2009)
1913 – Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter (d. 1960)
1913 – Wally Parks (d. 2007)
American businessman
founded the National Hot Rod Association
1915 – Herma Bauma (d. 2003)
Austrian javelin thrower and handball player
1915 – W. Arthur Lewis (d. 1991)
Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1916 – David Douglas Duncan
American photographer and journalist
1916 – Airey Neave (d. 1979)
English colonel, lawyer, and politician
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1918 – Gertrude B. Elion
American biochemist and pharmacologist (d. 1999)
Nobel Prize laureate
1918 – Florence Rush, American social worker (d. 2008)
1919 – Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (d. 2011)
1919 – Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (d. 2013)
1919 – Ernie Kovacs (d. 13 Jan 1962)
American actor, comedian, and game show host
1919 – Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (d. 1996)
1920 – Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (d. 2000)
1920 – Walter Frederick Morrison (d. 2010)
American businessman; invented the Frisbee
1922 – Leon Golub, American painter (d. 2004)
1923 – Horace Ashenfelter, American runner
1923 – Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1923 – Walter M. Miller, Jr. (d. 1996)
American soldier and author
1924 – Frank Lautenberg (d. 2013)
American soldier and politician
1925 – Marty Paich (d. 1995)
American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor
1926 – Kyriakos Matsis, Cypriot EOKA member (d. 1958)
1926 – Bal Thackeray (d. 2012)
Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician
1927 – Lars-Eric Lindblad (d. 1994)
Swedish-American businessman and explorer
1927 – Jack Quinlan, American sportscaster (d. 1965)
1927 – Fred Williams, Australian painter (d. 1982)
1928 – Chico Carrasquel (d. 2005)
Venezuelan baseball player and manager
1928 – Jeanne Moreau
French actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
1929 – Filaret, Ukrainian patriarch
1929 – Myron Cope (d. 2008)
American journalist and sportscaster
1929 – Phillip Knightley
Australian journalist, author, and critic
1929 – John Polanyi
German-Canadian chemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1930 – William R. Pogue (d. 2014)
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1930 – Benjamin Tatar, American actor and voice artist (d. 2012)
1930 – Derek Walcott
Saint Lucian poet and playwright; Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – George Allen, English footballer
1932 – Bill Sharpe, American triple jumper
1932 – Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (d. 2013)
1933 – Bill Hayden
Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia
1933 – Chita Rivera
Puerto Rican American actress, singer, and dancer
1934 – Pierre Bourgault (d. 2003)
Canadian journalist and politician
1935 – Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter
1935 – Robert Parris Moses, American educator and activist
1935 – Tom Reamy, American author (d. 1977)
1935 – Teresa Żylis-Gara, Lithuanian-Polish soprano
1936 – Brian Howe
Australian minister and politician
8th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
1936 – Jerry Kramer
American football player and sportscaster
1936 – Cécile Ousset, French pianist
1938 – Shohei Baba (bka Giant Baba) (d. 1999)
Japanese wrestler and promoter
founded All Japan Pro Wrestling
1938 – Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
1938: Hugh Edmondson Prather III (d. 15 Nov 2010)
American self-help writer, lay minister, and counselor
1940 – Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (d. 2015)
1941 – João Ubaldo Ribeiro
Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (d. 2014)
1942: Willy Bogner, Jr.
German alpine ski racer and fashion designer
1942: John S. Carroll (d. 14 Jun 2015)
American journalist and editor NYT obituary
1942 – Abdur Razzak, Indian-Bangladeshi actor and producer
1942 – Herman Tjeenk Willink, Dutch judge and politician
1943 – Gary Burton, American vibraphone player and composer
1943 – Özhan Canaydın (d. 2010)
Turkish basketball player and businessman
1943 – Gil Gerard, American actor and producer
1944 – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer
1945 – Mike Harris
Canadian politician, 22nd Premier of Ontario
1946 – Arnoldo Alemán
Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, President of Nicaragua
1946 – Boris Berezovsky (d. 2013)
Russian-English businessman and mathematician
1946 – Zvonko Bušić (d. 2013)
Croatian terrorist, hijacker of TWA Flight 355
1946: Susan L. Taylor
American editor, writer, and journalist
1947: Joe Baca
American politician
U.S. Representative, D. CA, 1999-2013
1947 – Tom Carper
American captain and politician
U.S. Senator, D. DE, 2001-present
71st Governor of Delaware, 1993-2001
U.S. Representative, D. DE, 1983-1993
1947 – Megawati Sukarnoputri
Indonesian politician, 5th President of Indonesia
1948 – David F. Ford, Irish theologian and academic
1948 – Anita Pointer
American singer-songwriter (The Pointer Sisters)
1950 – Richard Dean Anderson
American actor, producer, and composer
1950 – Danny Federici (d. 2008)
American accordion player (E Street Band)
1950 – Luis Alberto Spinetta (d. 2012)
Argentinian singer, guitarist, composer and poet
1951 – Margaret Bailes, American sprinter
1951 – David Patrick Kelly, American actor and composer
1951 – Chesley Sullenberger, American captain and pilot
1952 – Omar Henry, South African cricketer
1953 – John Luther Adams, American composer
1953 – Alister McGrath, Irish historian and theologian
1953 – Antonio Villaraigosa
American politician, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles
1953 – Robin Zander, American singer and guitarist
1954 – Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer-songwriter
1954 – Richard Finch
American bass player, songwriter, and producer
(KC and the Sunshine Band)
1954 – Edward Ka-Spel, English singer-songwriter
1954 – Fumiyo Kohinata, Japanese actor
eldest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
and American actress Grace Kelly
1957 – Lou Schuler, American journalist and author
1957 – Lou Schuler, American journalist and author
1958 – Sergey Litvinov, Russian hammer thrower
1959 – Clive Bull, English radio host
1960 – Patrick de Gayardon, French sky diver (d. 1998)
1960 – Leilani Kai, American wrestler and trainer
1960 – Jean-François Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 – Mas Selamat bin Kastari
Indonesian-Singaporean criminal
1961 – Yelena Sinchukova, Russian long jumper
1962 – David Arnold, English composer
1962 – Aivar Lillevere, Estonian footballer and coach
1962 – Elvira Lindo, Spanish journalist and author
1962 – Richard Roxburgh, Australian actor and producer
1963 – Gail O'Grady, American actress
1964 – Jonatha Brooke
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Story)
1964 – Mariska Hargitay, American actress and producer
1964 – Bharrat Jagdeo
Guyanese economist and politician
7th President of Guyana
1964 – Mario Roberge, Canadian ice hockey player
American politician
U.S. Representative, R. IL, 2011-2013
1965 – Louie Clemente, American drummer
1966 – Damien Hardman, Australian surfer
1966 – Oleg Sakirkin, Kazakhstani triple jumper (d. 2015)
1966 – Haywoode Workman
American basketball player and referee
1967 – Naim Süleymanoğlu
Bulgarian-Turkish weightlifter and politician
1968: James Altucher
American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, author,
and podcaster
1968 – Taro Hakase, Japanese musician and composer
1968 – Petr Korda, Czech-Monacan tennis player
1969 – Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress
1969 – Andrei Kanchelskis
Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
1969 – Brendan Shanahan
Canadian ice hockey player and actor
1969 – Susen Tiedtke, German long jumper
1970 – Constantina Diță, Romanian-American runner
1970 – Oleg Ovsyannikov, Russian ice dancer
1970 – Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper
1971 – Scott Gibbs, Welsh rugby player
1971 – Marc Nelson, American singer-songwriter
1971 – Adam Parore, New Zealand cricketer and mountaineer
1972 – Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
1972 – Dmitry Shumkov (d. 2015)
Russian lawyer and philanthropist
1972 – Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer and coach
1973: Karen Abbott, American author of historical non-fiction
1973 – Tomas Holmström, Swedish ice hockey player
1973 – Epi Quizon, Filipino actor
1974 – Sampsa Astala, Finnish singer-songwriter and drummer
1974 – Joël Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1974 – Rebekah Elmaloglou, French-Australian actress
1974 – Christian Longo, murderer
1974: Norah O'Donnell, American journalist
1974 – Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player
1974 – Richard T. Slone, English painter
1974 – Tiffani Thiessen, American actress, singer, and producer
1975 – Tito Ortiz, American mixed martial artist
1976 – Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player
1976 – Angelica Lee, Malaysian-Taiwanese actress and singer
1976 – Nigel McGuinness, English-American wrestler
1976 – Tsuyoshi Muro, Japanese actor
1976 – Harmen Fraanje, Dutch pianist
1977 – Kamal Heer, Indian singer-songwriter
1979 – Larry Hughes, American basketball player
1979 – Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player
1981 – Rob Friend, Canadian footballer
1981 – Julia Jones, American actress
1981 – Sarai, American rapper and actress
1982 – Patrick Levis, American actor
1982 – Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
1982 – Andrew Rock, American sprinter
1983 – Irving Saladino, Panamanian long jumper
1984 – Robbie Farah, Australian rugby league player
1984 – Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
1985 – Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
1985 – Doutzen Kroes, Dutch model and actress
1985 – Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Russian pole vaulter
1985 – Aselefech Mergia, Ethiopian runner
1986 – Gero, Japanese singer
1986 – Gelete Burka, Etihopian runner
1986 – Yukie Kawamura, Japanese model and actress
1986 – José Enrique Sánchez, Spanish footballer
1986 – Steven Taylor, English footballer
1987 – Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer
1987 – The Avener, French DJ and producer
1987 – Leo Komarov, Finnish ice hockey player
1989 – April Pearson, English actress
1989: Yani Tseng, Taiwanese golfer
1990 – Şener Özbayraklı, Turkish footballer
1990 – Alex Silva, Canadian wrestler
1990 – Martyn Waghorn, English footballer
1992: Jack Reynor, American-Irish actor
1992 – Reina Triendl, Japanese model
1994 – Wesley Jobello, French footballer
Family
1976 – Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player
1976 – Angelica Lee, Malaysian-Taiwanese actress and singer
1976 – Nigel McGuinness, English-American wrestler
1976 – Tsuyoshi Muro, Japanese actor
1976 – Harmen Fraanje, Dutch pianist
1977 – Kamal Heer, Indian singer-songwriter
1979 – Larry Hughes, American basketball player
1979 – Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player
1981 – Rob Friend, Canadian footballer
1981 – Julia Jones, American actress
1981 – Sarai, American rapper and actress
1982 – Patrick Levis, American actor
1982 – Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
1982 – Andrew Rock, American sprinter
1983 – Irving Saladino, Panamanian long jumper
1984 – Robbie Farah, Australian rugby league player
1984 – Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
1985 – Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
1985 – Doutzen Kroes, Dutch model and actress
1985 – Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Russian pole vaulter
1985 – Aselefech Mergia, Ethiopian runner
1986 – Gero, Japanese singer
1986 – Gelete Burka, Etihopian runner
1986 – Yukie Kawamura, Japanese model and actress
1986 – José Enrique Sánchez, Spanish footballer
1986 – Steven Taylor, English footballer
1987 – Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer
1987 – The Avener, French DJ and producer
1987 – Leo Komarov, Finnish ice hockey player
1989 – April Pearson, English actress
1989: Yani Tseng, Taiwanese golfer
1990 – Şener Özbayraklı, Turkish footballer
1990 – Alex Silva, Canadian wrestler
1990 – Martyn Waghorn, English footballer
1992: Jack Reynor, American-Irish actor
1992 – Reina Triendl, Japanese model
1994 – Wesley Jobello, French footballer
Family
Coulee City
1950: Loreen (Cox) Irving
David Major
Cassandra Herdrick
Chris Beck
Kaye Roalson
Ryan Christensen
Charles Olin
Dan Pate
Severin Walsh
Bill Sledge
Anita Paulsson
Jennifer Thomas
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Chip & Denae Smith
Garlyn & Darlene Tupper
Deaths
VIP
Notable
1002 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
1199 – Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Moroccan caliph (b. 1160)
1516 – Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)
1548 – Bernardo Pisano, Italian priest, scholar, and composer (b. 1490)
1549 – Johannes Honter (b. 1498)
Romanian-Hungarian cartographer and theologian
1567 – Jiajing Emperor of China (b. 1507)
1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Scottish politician (b. 1531)
1622 – William Baffin, English explorer and navigator
1678 – William Curtius (b. 1599)
German-English magistrate and baronet
official resident of the English Crown in the Holy Roman Empire
1744 – Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)
1785 – Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717)
1789 – Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (b. 1724)
1789 – John Cleland, English author (b. 1709)
1800 – Edward Rutledge (b. 1749)
American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina
1803 – Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness (b. 1725)
1805 – Claude Chappe, French engineer (b. 1763)
1806 – William Pitt the Younger (b. 1759)
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1810 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
1812 – Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)
1820 – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)
1833 – Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (b. 1757)
English admiral and politician
1837 – John Field, Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)
1866 – Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785)
1875 – Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
1883 – Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
1893 – José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
1893 – Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (b. 1825)
American lawyer and politician
16th United States Secretary of the Interior
1921 – Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
1922 – Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
1923 – Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
1931 – Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
1937 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
1938 – Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer and engineer (b. 1866)
1939 – Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
1943 – Alexander Woollcott, American critic and playwright (b. 1887)
1944 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
1947 – Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)
1956 – Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)
1957 – Willie Edwards, American murder victim (b. 1932)
1963 – Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908)
1966 – T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1895)
1971 – Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871)
1973 – Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (b. 1948)
1973 – Kid Ory, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886)
1976 – Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (b. 1913)
1976 – Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)
1977 – Toots Shor (b. 1903)
American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant
1978 – Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (Chicago) (b. 1946)
1978 – Jack Oakie, American actor and singer (b. 1903)
1980 – Giovanni Michelotti, Italian engineer (b. 1921)
1981 – Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
1983 – Fred Bakewell, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
1984 – Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926)
1986 – Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and painter (b. 1921)
1988 – Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (b. 1896)
1989 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904)
1989 – Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (b. 1961)
1990 – Allen Collins (b. 1952)
American guitarist and songwriter
(Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band, and Allen Collins Band)
1991 – Northrop Frye, Canadian author and critic (b. 1912)
1992 – Freddie Bartholomew, English-American actor and singer (b. 1924)
1993 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1899)
1993 – Keith Laumer, American author (b. 1925)
1994 – Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (b. 1917)
1994 – Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
1997 – Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter (b. 1935)
1999 – Joe D'Amato, Italian director and cinematographer (b. 1936)
1999 – Jay Pritzker (b. 1922)
American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation
1999 – Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
2002 – Paul Aars, American race car driver (b. 1934)
2002 – Pierre Bourdieu (b. 1930)
French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher
2002 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1938)
2003 – Nell Carter, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
2004 – Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (b. 1927)
2004 – Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (b. 1920)
2005 – Morys Bruce (b. 1921)
4th Baron Aberdare, English lieutenant and politician
2005 – Johnny Carson, American actor, producer, and talk show host (b. 1925)
2006 – Ernie Baron, Filipino broadcaster and inventor (b. 1940)
2007 – Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian sociologist and politician (b. 1928)
2007 – E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer (b. 1918)
2007 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1932)
2007 – Tatiana Mamaki, Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1921)
2009 – Robert W. Scott (b. 1929)
American farmer and politician; 67th Governor of North Carolina
2010 – Kermit Tyler, American colonel (b. 1913)
2010 – Earl Wild, American pianist (b. 1915)
2011 – Jack LaLanne (b. 1914)
American fitness instructor, author, and television host
2012 – Marcel De Boodt, Belgian agriculturalist and academic (b. 1926)
2012 – Stig Vig, Swedish singer and bass player (Dag Vag) (b. 1948)
2013 – Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (b. 1929)
2013 – Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer and referee (b. 1937)
2014 – Yuri Izrael, Russian meteorologist and journalist (b. 1930)
2014 – Mille Markovic, Serbian-Swedish boxer (b. 1961)
2014 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1926)
2014 – Jan Pesman, Dutch speed skater (b. 1931)
2014 – Khin Yu May, Burmese actress and singer (b. 1937)
2015 – Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
2015 – Prosper Ego, Dutch activist; founded Oud-Strijders Legioen (b. 1927)
2015 – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (b. 1924)
2015 – Jackie Selebi, South African police officer (b. 1950)
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