Birthdays
VIP
1928 – Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale
American soldier, lawyer, and politician
42nd Vice President of the United States, 1977-1981
U.S. Senator, D. MN, 1964-1976
Notable
1209 – Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (d. 2 Apr 1272)
2nd son of John, King of England
King of the Romans, 1257-1272
Earl of Cornwall, 1225-1272
Count of Poitou (1225-1243)
1548 – Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1617)
1587 – Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer (d. 1641)
1614 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 20 Nov 1662)
Austrian military commander
Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, 1647-1656
1640 – Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer (d. 1713)
1679 – Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1750)
1717 – William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington (d. 1793)
English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1735 – Claude Martin, French-English general (d. 1800)
1762 – Constanze Mozart, German wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1842)
1767 – Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic (d. 1832)
1778 – Zebulon Montgomery Pike (d. 27 Apr 1813)
American general and explorer
1779 – Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (d. 22 Mar 1820)
1793 – Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician (d. 20 Sep 1855)
1808 – Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist (d. 1881)
1834 – William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer (d. 1861)
1835: Olympia Brown, American minister and suffragist (d. 23 Oct 1926)
1838 – Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic (d. 1922)
1846 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken (d. 1926)
German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate
1855 – King C. Gillette (d. 1932)
American businessman, founded the Gillette Company
1864 – Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and manager (d. 1911)
1865 – Julio Garavito Armero (d. 1920)
Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer
1865 – Ban Johnson (d. 1931)
American businessman, founded the Western League
1866 – Dimitrios Gounaris (d. 1922)
Greek politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece
1871 – Frederick Converse, American composer and academic (d. 1940)
1874 – Joseph Erlanger (d. 1965)
American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1876 – Konrad Adenauer (d. 1967)
German politician, Chancellor of West Germany
1879 – Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)
1879 – Marcel Tournier, French harp player and composer (d. 1951)
1880 – Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1951)
1881 – Pablo Gargallo, Spanish sculptor and painter (d. 1934)
1882 – Herbert Bayard Swope, American journalist (d. 1958)
1882 – Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (d. 1922)
1885 – Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet and civil servant (d. 1940)
1886 – Markus Reiner, Israeli physicist and engineer (d. 1976)
1892 – Agnes von Kurowsky, American nurse (d. 1984)
1893 – Paramahansa Yogananda (d. 7 Mar 1952)
Indian-American Yogi, guru, and philosopher
1893 – Elizabeth Cotten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)
1895 – Jeannette Piccard, American priest, and balloonist (d. 1981)
1900 – Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (d. 1955)
1902 – Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist (d. 1989)
1902 – Stella Gibbons, English journalist and author (d. 1989)
1903 – Harold Gatty, Australian pilot and navigator (d. 1957)
1904 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (d. 1997)
1904 – Erika Morini, Austrian violinist (d. 1995)
1906 – Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist and academic (d. 1978)
1908 – George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (d. 1963)
1909 – Lucienne Bloch (d. 1995)
Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer
1909 – Stephen Cole Kleene (d. 1994)
American mathematician and computer scientist
1910 – Hugh Brannum, American actor and singer (d. 1987)
1910 – Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and journalist (d. 1949)
1911 – Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1914 – Nicolas de Staël, Russian-French painter (d. 1955)
1914 – George Reeves, American actor, singer, and director (d. 16 Jun 1959)
1915 – Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian geographer and cartographer (d. 2004)
1917 – Adolfo Consolini, Italian discus thrower (d. 1969)
1917 – Lucienne Day, English textile designer (d. 2010)
1917 – Francis L. Kellogg, American diplomat (d. 6 Apr 2006)
1917 – Wieland Wagner, German director and producer (d. 1966)
1917 – Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 10 Sep 2007)
1919 – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician (d. 2012)
1919 – Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flute player (d. 1992)
1919 – Herb Peterson, American businessman (d. 2008)
1920 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (d. 1995)
1921 – Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (d. 14 Dec 1990)
1921 – Paul Governali, American football player and actor (d. 1978)
1921 – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 1964-2000
1922 – Anthony Synnot, Australian admiral (d. 2001)
1923 – Glenn Boyer, American Western historian and author (d. 14 Feb 2012)
1924 – Samuel Cornelius Phillips (d. 30 Jul 2003)
American record producer, founded Sun Records
1926 – Veikko Karvonen, Finnish runner (d. 2007)
1926 – William De Witt "W. D." Snodgrass, American poet (d. 2009)
1926 – Hosea Williams, American businessman and activist (d. 2000)
1928 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (d. 1979)
Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan
1928: Elizabeth Joan Smith, Canadian politician
1929 – Wilbert Harrison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
1929 – Russ Manning, American illustrator (d. 1981)
1929 – Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1929 – Tabby Thomas, American singer, pianist, and guitarist (d. 2014)
1930 – Al Masini, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2010)
1931 – Alvin Ailey (d. 1989)
American dancer and choreographer
founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
1931 – Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist, poet, and author
1931 – Joan Coxsedge, Australian politician
1931 – Robert Duvall, American actor and director
1932 – Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher and author
1932 – Raisa Gorbachova, Russian wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (d. 1999)
1932 – Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1933 – Derek Johnson, English runner (d. 2004)
1933 – Leonard Marsh, American businessman; co-founded Snapple (d. 2013)
1934 – William Bendeck, Bolivian race car driver (d. 1971)
1934 – Phil Ramone (d. 2013)
South African-American record producer, co-founded A & R Recording
1935: Nancy Lee Johnson
American politician
U.S. Representative, R. CT, 1983-2007
1935 – David Ryall, English actor (d. 2014)
1936 – Florence King, American author and journalist
1938 – Juan Carlos I of Spain
King of Spain, 1975-2014
1938 – Jim Otto, American football player
1938 – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author and playwright
1939 – M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1997)
1940 – Athol Guy, Australian bassist
1940 – Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1941 – Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
1941 – Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer (d. 2011)
1942 – Jan Leeming, English journalist
1942 – Terenci Moix, Spanish author (d. 2003)
1942 – Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist
1942 – Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr.
American journalist and talk show host
1943 – Mary Gaudron, Australian lawyer and judge
1944 – Jo Ann Kelly, English singer and guitarist (d. 1990)
1944: Carolyn McCarthy
American nurse and politician
U.S Representative, D. NY, 1997-2015
1944 – Ed Rendell
American lieutenant and politician
45th Governor of Pennsylvania
1944 – Louis Stewart, Irish guitarist
1944: Brian Tracy, American motivational speaker and author
1945 – Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (d. 1986)
1945 – Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-English director and producer
1946 – Diane Keaton, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (d. 2012)
1947 – Mike DeWine
American lawyer and politician
59th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
1947 – Mercury Morris, American football player
1948 – Ted Lange, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1950 – Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author (d. 1991)
1950 – Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith
English lawyer and politician; Attorney General for England and Wales
1950 – John Manley
Canadian lawyer and politician
8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1950: Merl Harry Reagle, American crossword constructor (d. 22 Aug 2015)
1950 – Charlie Richmond, Canadian sound designer and engineer
1950 – Chris Stein, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1950 – Krzysztof Wielicki, Polish mountaineer
1951 – Steve Arnold, English footballer
1951 – Jagathy Sreekumar, Indian actor and screenwriter
1952 – Uli Hoeneß, German footballer and manager
1953 – Steve Archer, American singer-songwriter and producer
1953 – Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
1953 – Mike Rann
English-Australian journalist and politician
44th Premier of South Australia
1953: Anand Sharma
Indian lawyer and politician
Minister of Commerce and Industry, 2009-2014
1953 – George Tenet
American civil servant and academic
18th Director of Central Intelligence, 1996-2004
1954 – Alex English, American basketball player and coach
1954 – László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter
1955 – Mamata Banerjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
1955 – Jacob Hård, Swedish journalist
1955 – Jimmy Mulville
English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
co-founded Hat Trick Productions
1955 – Mohsen Sazegara, Iranian journalist and politician
1956 – Chen Kenichi, Japanese-Chinese chef
1956 – Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian mountaineer and author
1956 – Frank-Walter Steinmeier
German academic and politician; 14th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
1957 – Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby player and trainer
1958 – Nancy Delahunt, Canadian curler
1958 – Ron Kittle, American baseball player and manager
1958 – Marvin Lee Wilson, American murderer (d. 2012)
1959 – Clancy Brown, American actor and singer
1959 – David Eastwood, English historian and academic
1960 – Steve Jones, English captain and pilot
1960 – Otar Korghalidze, Georgian footballer and manager
1960 – Glenn Strömberg, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
1960 – Phil Thornalley, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
1961 – Iris DeMent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Suzy Amis, American actress and model
1962 – Danny Jackson, American baseball player and manager
1962 – Andrew Rawnsley, English journalist and author
1963 – Jeff Fassero, American baseball player and coach
1964 – Grant Young, American drummer
1965 – Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor and producer
1965 – Vinnie Jones, English footballer and actor
1965 – Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper
1966 – Kate Schellenbach, American drummer
1966 – Steve Tuttle, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Joe Flanigan, American actor
1967: Joel Howard "J. H." Wyman
American-born Canadian actor, producer, screenwriter and director
1968 – DJ BoBo, Swiss singer-songwriter and producer
1968 – Andrew Golota, Polish-born U.S.-based boxer
1968 – Carrie Ann Inaba, American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer
1968 – Joé Juneau, Canadian ice hockey player and engineer
1969: Heather Dubrow, American actress
1969 – Marilyn Manson, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director
1969 – Paul McGillion, Scottish-Canadian actor and producer
1969 – Shea Whigham, American actor
1970 – Rick Campanelli, Canadian television host
1970 – Mitoy Yonting, Filipino singer and actor
1971 – Jayne Middlemiss, English radio and television host
1971 – Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress
1971 – Stian Carstensen, Norwegian artist and multi-instrument (Farmers Market)
1972 – Philip Davies, English politician
1972 – Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer-songwriter, producer and actor
1973 – Phil Joel, New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player (Newsboys)
1974 – Sarah-Jane Honeywell, English actress and dancer
1974 – Iwan Thomas, Welsh sprinter
1975 – Kylie Bax, New Zealand-American model and actress
1975 – Bradley Cooper, American actor and producer
1975 – Warrick Dunn, American football player
1975 – Mike Grier, American ice hockey player and scout
1976 – Shintarō Asanuma, Japanese voice actor and singer
1976 – Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
1976 – Matt Wachter, American bass player
1977 – Marcus Trick, German rugby player
1978 – Sabrina Harman, American soldier
1978 – January Jones, American actress
1978 – Seanan McGuire, American author
1978 – Franck Montagny, French race car driver
1979 – Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Giuseppe Gibilisco, Italian pole vaulter
1979 – Ronnie O'Brien, Irish footballer and coach
1979 – Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer
1980 – Luke Bailey, Australian rugby league player
1980 – Sebastian Deisler, German footballer
1980 – Bennie Joppru, American football player
1980 – Brad Meyers, Australian rugby league player
1981 – Deadmau5, Canadian DJ and producer
1981 – Corey Flynn, New Zealand rugby player
1981 – Kyla, Filipino singer
1981 – Brooklyn Sudano, American actress, singer, and dancer
1982 – Norichika Aoki, Japanese baseball player
1982 – Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
1982 – Darren Mackie, Scottish footballer
1982 – Tiiu Nurmberg, Canadian-Estonian skier
1982 – Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian javelin thrower
1982 – Benoît Vaugrenard, French cyclist
1983 – Sean Dockery, American basketball player
1984 – Derrick Atkins, Bahamian sprinter
1984 – Reinar Hallik, Estonian basketball player
1984 – Amanda Hearst, American model
1984 – Nao Nagasawa, Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer
1985 – Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2001)
1985 – Yoon So-yi, South Korean actress
1985 – Fabienne Suter, Swiss skier
1985 – Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer
1986 – J. P. Arencibia, American baseball player
1986 – Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer
1986 – Deepika Padukone, Danish-Indian model and actress
1987 – Kristin Cavallari, American actress
1987 – Michael Gilday, Canadian speed skater
1988 – Pauline, French singer-songwriter
1988 – Mario de Luna, Mexican footballer
1988 – Luke Daniels, English footballer
1988 – Yago Fernández, Portuguese footballer
1988 – Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian professional track cyclist
1989 – Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
1990 – Yoseob, South Korean singer, actor, and dancer (Beast)
1991 – Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer
1991 – Soner Aydoğdu, Turkish footballer
1991 – Eric Fisher, American football player
1991 – Daniel Pacheco, Spanish footballer
1992 – Julian Derstroff, German footballer
1993 – De'Anthony Thomas, American football player
1995 – Joyce Ching, Filipino actress and singer
1998 – Marie Iitoyo, Japanese model and actress
1999 – Marc Yu, American pianist and cellist
1970 – Mitoy Yonting, Filipino singer and actor
1971 – Jayne Middlemiss, English radio and television host
1971 – Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress
1971 – Stian Carstensen, Norwegian artist and multi-instrument (Farmers Market)
1972 – Philip Davies, English politician
1972 – Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer-songwriter, producer and actor
1973 – Phil Joel, New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player (Newsboys)
1974 – Sarah-Jane Honeywell, English actress and dancer
1974 – Iwan Thomas, Welsh sprinter
1975 – Kylie Bax, New Zealand-American model and actress
1975 – Bradley Cooper, American actor and producer
1975 – Warrick Dunn, American football player
1975 – Mike Grier, American ice hockey player and scout
1976 – Shintarō Asanuma, Japanese voice actor and singer
1976 – Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
1976 – Matt Wachter, American bass player
1977 – Marcus Trick, German rugby player
1978 – Sabrina Harman, American soldier
1978 – January Jones, American actress
1978 – Seanan McGuire, American author
1978 – Franck Montagny, French race car driver
1979 – Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Giuseppe Gibilisco, Italian pole vaulter
1979 – Ronnie O'Brien, Irish footballer and coach
1979 – Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer
1980 – Luke Bailey, Australian rugby league player
1980 – Sebastian Deisler, German footballer
1980 – Bennie Joppru, American football player
1980 – Brad Meyers, Australian rugby league player
1981 – Deadmau5, Canadian DJ and producer
1981 – Corey Flynn, New Zealand rugby player
1981 – Kyla, Filipino singer
1981 – Brooklyn Sudano, American actress, singer, and dancer
1982 – Norichika Aoki, Japanese baseball player
1982 – Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
1982 – Darren Mackie, Scottish footballer
1982 – Tiiu Nurmberg, Canadian-Estonian skier
1982 – Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian javelin thrower
1982 – Benoît Vaugrenard, French cyclist
1983 – Sean Dockery, American basketball player
1984 – Derrick Atkins, Bahamian sprinter
1984 – Reinar Hallik, Estonian basketball player
1984 – Amanda Hearst, American model
1984 – Nao Nagasawa, Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer
1985 – Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2001)
1985 – Yoon So-yi, South Korean actress
1985 – Fabienne Suter, Swiss skier
1985 – Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer
1986 – J. P. Arencibia, American baseball player
1986 – Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer
1986 – Deepika Padukone, Danish-Indian model and actress
1987 – Kristin Cavallari, American actress
1987 – Michael Gilday, Canadian speed skater
1988 – Pauline, French singer-songwriter
1988 – Mario de Luna, Mexican footballer
1988 – Luke Daniels, English footballer
1988 – Yago Fernández, Portuguese footballer
1988 – Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian professional track cyclist
1989 – Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
1990 – Yoseob, South Korean singer, actor, and dancer (Beast)
1991 – Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer
1991 – Soner Aydoğdu, Turkish footballer
1991 – Eric Fisher, American football player
1991 – Daniel Pacheco, Spanish footballer
1992 – Julian Derstroff, German footballer
1993 – De'Anthony Thomas, American football player
1995 – Joyce Ching, Filipino actress and singer
1998 – Marie Iitoyo, Japanese model and actress
1999 – Marc Yu, American pianist and cellist
Family
Coulee City
Corinna Felker
Jessica Ann Groh
Samantha Flowers
Neadda Baird
Topher Goodwin
Jessica Ann Groh
Samantha Flowers
Neadda Baird
Topher Goodwin
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Stan & Velma Major
Deaths
VIP
1933 – Calvin Coolidge (b. 1872)
American lawyer and politician
30th President of the United States
1994 – Tip O'Neill (b. 1912)
American politician
55th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
2009 – Griffin Bell (b. 1918)
American lawyer and politician
72nd United States Attorney General
Notable
842 – Al-Mu'tasim, Iraqi 8th Abbasid caliph (b. 794)
1066 – Edward the Confessor, English king (b. 1004)
1400 – John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (b. 1350)
1448 – Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)
1465 – Charles, Duke of Orléans (b. 1394)
1477 – Charles the Bold (b. 1433)
French son of Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy
1524 – Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (b. 1450)
1527 – Felix Manz, Swiss martyr (b. 1498)
1589 – Catherine de' Medici (b. 1519)
Italian-French wife of Henry II of France
1688 – Catarina de San Juan,
Asian-born Mexican popular saint, the "China Poblana"
1713 – Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)
1740 – Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)
1762 – Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
1771 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (b. 1710)
English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department
1796 – Samuel Huntington (b. 1731)
American jurist and politician
18th Governor of Connecticut
1823 – George Johnston (b. 1764)
Scottish-Australian colonel and politician
Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
1846 – Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
1858 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
1860 – John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
1883 – Charles Tompson, Australian poet (b. 1806)
1888 – Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
1891 – Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress (b. 1849)
1904 – Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
1910 – Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
1919 – Sumako Matsui, Japanese actress and singer (b. 1886)
1922 – Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (b. 1874)
1937 – Marie Booth, English daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1864)
1940 – Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet and civil servant (b. 1885)
1941 – Amy Johnson, English pilot (b. 1903)
1942 – Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
1943 – George Washington Carver (b. 1864)
American botanist, educator, and inventor
1946 – Kitty Cheatham, American singer and actress (b. 1864)
1947 – Charles Schlee, Danish-American cyclist (b. 1873)
1951 – Andrei Platonov, Russian author (b. 1899)
1951 – Seo Jae-pil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
1952 – Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
1952 – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (b. 1887)
Scottish colonel and politician; 46th Governor-General of India
1954 – Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
1956 – Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
1957 – Jerome Steever, American water polo player (b. 1880)
1963 – Rogers Hornsby (b. 1896)
American baseball player, coach, and manager
1970 – Cyril Fagan, Irish-American astrologer and author (b. 1896)
1970 – Max Born (b. 1882)
German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
1970 – Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (b. 1896)
1971 – Douglas Shearer (b. 1899)
Canadian-American sound designer and engineer
1974 – Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1907)
1976 – Hamit Kaplan, Turkish wrestler (b. 1934)
1976 – John A. Costello (b. 1891)
Irish lawyer and politician; 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland
1976 – Mal Evans, English talent manager (b. 1935)
1977 – Artur Adson, Estonian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
1978 – Wyatt Emory Cooper, American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
1979 – Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
1979 – Charles Mingus, American bassist and composer (b. 1922)
1981 – Harold Urey (b. 1893)
American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1981 – Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1901)
1982 – Edmund Herring (b. 1892)
Australian general and politician; 7th Chief Justice of Victoria
1982 – Hans Conried, American actor and singer (b. 1917)
1982 – Harvey Lembeck, American actor and singer (b. 1923)
1985 – Alexis Rannit, Estonian-American poet and critic (b. 1914)
1985 – Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)
1987 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (b. 1875)
1987 – Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (b. 1926)
1988 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
1990 – Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
1991 – Tõnis Kint, Estonian commander and politician (b. 1896)
1991 – Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (b. 1922)
1993 – Westley Allan Dodd, American murderer (b. 1961)
1994 – Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (b. 1912)
1994 – Elmar Lipping (b. 1906)
Estonian commander and politician
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile
1996 – Lincoln Kirstein, American director and producer (b. 1907)
1996 – Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian Hamas member (b. 1966)
1997 – André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1924)
1997 – Burton Lane, American composer and songwriter (b. 1912)
1998 – Ken Forssi, American bass player (Love and The Surfaris) (b. 1943)
1998 – Sonny Bono (b. 1935)
American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician
2000 – Hopper Read, English cricketer (b. 1910)
2001 – Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
2003 – Doreen Carwithen, English cellist, composer, and educator (b. 1922)
2003 – Jean Kerr, American author and playwright (b. 1923)
2003 – Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (b. 1918)
2003 – Roy Jenkins (b. 1920)
Welsh-English captain and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
2004 – Norman Heatley (b. 1911)
English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin
2004 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player (b. 1944)
2005 – Danny Sugerman, American talent manager and author (b. 1954)
2006 – Merlyn Rees (b. 1920)
Welsh-Irish educator and politician
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
2007 – Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. 1923)
2007 – Momofuku Ando (b. 1910)
Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods
2008 – Clinton Grybas, Australian sportscaster (b. 1975)
2009 – Ned Tanen, American businessman (b. 1931)
2010 – Murray Saltzman, Russian-American rabbi and activist (b. 1929)
2010 – Willie Mitchell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1928)
2010 – Kenneth Noland, American painter (b. 1924)
2011 – Malangatana Ngwenya, Mozambican painter and poet (b. 1936)
2012 – Alexander Sizonenko, Russian basketball player (b. 1959)
2012 – Amit Saigal, Indian publisher, founded the Rock Street Journal (b. 1965)
2012 – Don Carter, American bowler (b. 1926)
2012 – Frederica Sagor Maas (b. 1900)
American author, playwright, and screenwriter
2012 – Isaac Díaz Pardo, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
2012 – Samson H. Chowdhury, Bangladeshi businessman (b. 1926)
2013 – Bruce McCarty (b. 1920)
American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building
2013 – Chandler Williams, American football player (b. 1985)
2013 – Joselo, Venezuelan actor (b. 1936)
2013 – Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (b. 1914)
2013 – Martha Greenhouse, American actress (b. 1921)
2013 – Richard McWilliam (b. 1953)
American businessman, co-founded the Upper Deck Company
2013 – Sol Yurick, American author (b. 1925)
2013 – T. S. Cook, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2014 – Carmen Zapata, American actress (b. 1927)
2014 – Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1942)
2014 – Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
2014 – K. P. Udayabhanu, Indian singer (b. 1936)
2014 – Philippe Boiry, French journalist (b. 1927)
2014 – Simon Hoggart, English journalist (b. 1946)
2014 – Uday Kiran, Indian actor and singer (b. 1980)
2015 – Arthur E. Chase, American businessman and politician (b. 1930)
2015 – Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (b. 1912)
2015 – Jean-Pierre Beltoise (b. 1937)
French race car driver and motorcycle racer
2015 – Joy Ali, Fijian boxer (b. 1978)
2015 – Milton Hebald, American sculptor and academic (b. 1917)
1066 – Edward the Confessor, English king (b. 1004)
1400 – John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (b. 1350)
1448 – Christopher of Bavaria (b. 1416)
1465 – Charles, Duke of Orléans (b. 1394)
1477 – Charles the Bold (b. 1433)
French son of Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy
1524 – Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (b. 1450)
1527 – Felix Manz, Swiss martyr (b. 1498)
1589 – Catherine de' Medici (b. 1519)
Italian-French wife of Henry II of France
1688 – Catarina de San Juan,
Asian-born Mexican popular saint, the "China Poblana"
1713 – Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)
1740 – Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)
1762 – Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
1771 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (b. 1710)
English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department
1796 – Samuel Huntington (b. 1731)
American jurist and politician
18th Governor of Connecticut
1823 – George Johnston (b. 1764)
Scottish-Australian colonel and politician
Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
1846 – Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
1858 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
1860 – John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
1883 – Charles Tompson, Australian poet (b. 1806)
1888 – Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
1891 – Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress (b. 1849)
1904 – Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
1910 – Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
1919 – Sumako Matsui, Japanese actress and singer (b. 1886)
1922 – Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (b. 1874)
1937 – Marie Booth, English daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1864)
1940 – Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet and civil servant (b. 1885)
1941 – Amy Johnson, English pilot (b. 1903)
1942 – Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
1943 – George Washington Carver (b. 1864)
American botanist, educator, and inventor
1946 – Kitty Cheatham, American singer and actress (b. 1864)
1947 – Charles Schlee, Danish-American cyclist (b. 1873)
1951 – Andrei Platonov, Russian author (b. 1899)
1951 – Seo Jae-pil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
1952 – Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
1952 – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (b. 1887)
Scottish colonel and politician; 46th Governor-General of India
1954 – Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
1956 – Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
1957 – Jerome Steever, American water polo player (b. 1880)
1963 – Rogers Hornsby (b. 1896)
American baseball player, coach, and manager
1970 – Cyril Fagan, Irish-American astrologer and author (b. 1896)
1970 – Max Born (b. 1882)
German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
1970 – Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (b. 1896)
1971 – Douglas Shearer (b. 1899)
Canadian-American sound designer and engineer
1974 – Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1907)
1976 – Hamit Kaplan, Turkish wrestler (b. 1934)
1976 – John A. Costello (b. 1891)
Irish lawyer and politician; 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland
1976 – Mal Evans, English talent manager (b. 1935)
1977 – Artur Adson, Estonian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
1978 – Wyatt Emory Cooper, American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
1979 – Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
1979 – Charles Mingus, American bassist and composer (b. 1922)
1981 – Harold Urey (b. 1893)
American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1981 – Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1901)
1982 – Edmund Herring (b. 1892)
Australian general and politician; 7th Chief Justice of Victoria
1982 – Hans Conried, American actor and singer (b. 1917)
1982 – Harvey Lembeck, American actor and singer (b. 1923)
1985 – Alexis Rannit, Estonian-American poet and critic (b. 1914)
1985 – Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)
1987 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (b. 1875)
1987 – Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (b. 1926)
1988 – Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
1990 – Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
1991 – Tõnis Kint, Estonian commander and politician (b. 1896)
1991 – Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (b. 1922)
1993 – Westley Allan Dodd, American murderer (b. 1961)
1994 – Brian Johnston, English sportscaster and author (b. 1912)
1994 – Elmar Lipping (b. 1906)
Estonian commander and politician
Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile
1996 – Lincoln Kirstein, American director and producer (b. 1907)
1996 – Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian Hamas member (b. 1966)
1997 – André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1924)
1997 – Burton Lane, American composer and songwriter (b. 1912)
1998 – Ken Forssi, American bass player (Love and The Surfaris) (b. 1943)
1998 – Sonny Bono (b. 1935)
American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician
2000 – Hopper Read, English cricketer (b. 1910)
2001 – Nancy Parsons, American actress (b. 1942)
2003 – Doreen Carwithen, English cellist, composer, and educator (b. 1922)
2003 – Jean Kerr, American author and playwright (b. 1923)
2003 – Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (b. 1918)
2003 – Roy Jenkins (b. 1920)
Welsh-English captain and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
2004 – Norman Heatley (b. 1911)
English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin
2004 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player (b. 1944)
2005 – Danny Sugerman, American talent manager and author (b. 1954)
2006 – Merlyn Rees (b. 1920)
Welsh-Irish educator and politician
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
2007 – Chih Ree Sun, Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. 1923)
2007 – Momofuku Ando (b. 1910)
Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods
2008 – Clinton Grybas, Australian sportscaster (b. 1975)
2009 – Ned Tanen, American businessman (b. 1931)
2010 – Murray Saltzman, Russian-American rabbi and activist (b. 1929)
2010 – Willie Mitchell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1928)
2010 – Kenneth Noland, American painter (b. 1924)
2011 – Malangatana Ngwenya, Mozambican painter and poet (b. 1936)
2012 – Alexander Sizonenko, Russian basketball player (b. 1959)
2012 – Amit Saigal, Indian publisher, founded the Rock Street Journal (b. 1965)
2012 – Don Carter, American bowler (b. 1926)
2012 – Frederica Sagor Maas (b. 1900)
American author, playwright, and screenwriter
2012 – Isaac Díaz Pardo, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
2012 – Samson H. Chowdhury, Bangladeshi businessman (b. 1926)
2013 – Bruce McCarty (b. 1920)
American architect, designed the Knoxville City-County Building
2013 – Chandler Williams, American football player (b. 1985)
2013 – Joselo, Venezuelan actor (b. 1936)
2013 – Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (b. 1914)
2013 – Martha Greenhouse, American actress (b. 1921)
2013 – Richard McWilliam (b. 1953)
American businessman, co-founded the Upper Deck Company
2013 – Sol Yurick, American author (b. 1925)
2013 – T. S. Cook, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2014 – Carmen Zapata, American actress (b. 1927)
2014 – Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1942)
2014 – Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
2014 – K. P. Udayabhanu, Indian singer (b. 1936)
2014 – Philippe Boiry, French journalist (b. 1927)
2014 – Simon Hoggart, English journalist (b. 1946)
2014 – Uday Kiran, Indian actor and singer (b. 1980)
2015 – Arthur E. Chase, American businessman and politician (b. 1930)
2015 – Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (b. 1912)
2015 – Jean-Pierre Beltoise (b. 1937)
French race car driver and motorcycle racer
2015 – Joy Ali, Fijian boxer (b. 1978)
2015 – Milton Hebald, American sculptor and academic (b. 1917)
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