January 7 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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January 7 in history

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Birthdays

VIP

1800 – Millard Fillmore  (d. 8 Mar 1874)
      American soldier, lawyer, and politician
      13th President of the United States, 1850-1853

      12th Vice President of the United States, 1849-1850

      U.S. Representative, W. NY, 1833-1835, 1837-1843

Notable

1355 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester  (d. 1397)
      English politician, Lord High Constable of England
1502 – Pope Gregory XIII (d. 10 Apr 1585)
      born Ugo Boncompagni
      226th Pope of Rome, 1572-1585
1634 – Adam Krieger, German organist and composer (d. 1666)
1647 – William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
1685 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish businessman (d. 1761)
1706 – Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
1713 – Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian director and manager (d. 1785)
1718 – Israel Putnam, American general (d. 1790)
1746 – George Elphinstone  (d. 1823)
      1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician
1768 – Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king (d. 1844)
1786 – John Catron, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1865)
1796 – Princess Charlotte of Wales (d. 1817)
1827 – Sandford Fleming  (d. 1915)
      Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time
1831 – Heinrich von Stephan  (d. 1897)
      German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union
1832 – James Munro  (d. 1908)
      Scottish-Australian publisher and politician; 15th Premier of Victoria
1834 – Johann Philipp Reis  (d. 1874)
      German physicist, invented the Reis telephone
1837 – Thomas Henry Ismay  (d. 1899)
      English businessman
      founded the White Star Line Shipping Company
1844 – Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (d. 1879)
1845 – Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. 1921)
1856 – Charles Harold Davis, American painter (d. 1933)
1858 – Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist (d. 1922)
1860 – Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (d. 1902)
1861:  Louise Imogen Guiney, American poet, essayist and editor  (d. 2 Nov 1920)
1864 – Seo Jae-pil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (d. 1951)
1870 – Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart  (d. 1943)
      English judge and politician; 7th Lord Chief Justice of England
1871 – Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)
1873 – Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist (d. 1914)
1873 – Adolph Zukor  (d. 1976)
      Hungarian-American film producer; co-founded Paramount Pictures
1875 – Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)
1875 – Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1963)
1876 – William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (d. 1906)
1877 – William Clarence Matthews  (d. 1928)
      American baseball player, coach, and lawyer
1879 – John Bissinger, American gymnast (d. 1941)
1880 – Jerome Steever, American water polo player (d. 1957)
1885 – Edwin Swatek, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
1887 – Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (d. 1953)
1888 – Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1982)
1891 – Zora Neale Hurston  (d. 28 Jan 1960)
      American anthropologist and author
1895 – Hudson Fysh  (d. 1974)
      Australian pilot and businessman
      co-founded Qantas Airways Limited
1895 – Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist (d. 1960)
1896 – Arnold Ridley, English actor and playwright (d. 1984)
1898 – Robert LeGendre, American pentathlete (d. 1931)
1899 – Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (d. 1941)
1899 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (d. 1963)
1900 – John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer (d. 1969)
1900 – Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor (d. 1972)
1903 – Ioannis Despotopoulos, Greek architect and academic (d. 1992)
1903 – Alan Napier, English-American actor (d. 1988)
1905 – James Simpson, Jr., American politician and racing driver (d. 1960)
1906 – Bobbi Trout, American pilot (d. 2003)
1907 – Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harp player (d. 1993)
1908 – Red Allen, American trumpet player (d. 1967)
1910 – Orval Faubus  (d. 1994)
      American soldier and politician; 36th Governor of Arkansas
1911 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (d. 1995)
1912 – Charles Addams  (d. 1988)
      American cartoonist; created The Addams Family
1912 – Günter Wand, German conductor and composer (d. 2002)
1913 – Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993)
1916 – W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (d. 1989)
1916 – Paul Keres, Estonian-Finnish chess player and theoretician (d. 1975)
1917 – Ulysses Kay, American composer (d. 1995)
1917 – Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (d. 2004)
1920 – Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1992)
1921 – Chester Kallman, American poet and translator (d. 1975)
1922 – Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1922 – Eric Jupp  (d. 2003)
      English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor
1922 – Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (d. 2000)
1923 – Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic (d. 2003)
1924 – Geoffrey Bayldon, English actor
1924 – Pablo Birger, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1966)
1924 – Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1973)
1925 – Gerald Durrell  (d. 1995)
      Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist, and author
      founded Durrell Wildlife Park
1926 – Kim Jong-pil
      South Korean politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea
1928 – William Peter Blatty, American author and screenwriter
1929 – Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
1929 – Terry Moore, American actress and producer
1930 – Jack Greene, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1930 – Eddie LeBaron  (d. 2015)
      American football player, manager, and sportscaster
1931 – Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier (d. 2013)
1932 – Joe Berinson
      Australian pharmacist, lawyer, and politician
      Attorney-General of Western Australia
1933 – Elliott Kastner, American-English film producer (d. 2010)
1933 – Phil Mulkey, American decathlete and coach
1934 – Jean Corbeil  (d. 2002)
      Canadian politician; 29th Canadian Minister of Labour
1934 – Charles Jenkins Sr., American sprinter and coach
1934 – Joseph Naso, American serial killer
1934 – Tassos Papadopoulos  (d. 2008)
      Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus
1935 – Kenny Davern, American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2006)
1935 – Tommy Johnson, American tuba player and educator (d. 2006)
1935 – Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2014)
1935 – Ducky Schofield, American baseball player
1936 – G. Robert Blakey, American lawyer and academic
1936 – Ben Cropp, Australian hunter and photographer
1936 – Hunter Davies, Scottish author and journalist
1936 – Ian La Frenais, English screenwriter and producer
1938 – Lou Graham, American golfer and soldier
1938 – Lena Granhagen, Swedish actress
1938:  Paul Revere (born Paul Revere Dick)  (d. 4 Oct 2014)
      American musician (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
1938 – Roland Topor, French illustrator, painter, and actor (d. 1997)
1938 – Fred Whitfield, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1939 – Tom Kiernan, Irish rugby player and coach
1939 – Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
1940 – Anton Norris, Barbadian high jumper and cricketer
1941 – Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
1941 – Frederick D. Gregory, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1941 – Manfred Schellscheidt, German-American soccer player and coach
1941 – John E. Walker, English chemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach (d. 2011)
1942 – Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager
1942 – Danny Steinmann, American director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1942 – Danny Williams, South African singer (d. 2005)
1943 – Richard Armstrong, English organist and conductor
1943 – Sadako Sasaki  (d. 1955)
      Japanese victim of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1944 – Arne Scheie, Norwegian sportscaster
1944 – Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic
1944 – Tony Whitlam, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician
1945 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player and journalist (d. 1990)
1945:  Shulamith Firestone, Canadian-born feminist  (d. 28 Aug 2012)
1945 – Dick Marty, Swiss lawyer and politician
1945 – Raila Odinga
      Kenyan engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya
1946 – Michael Roizen, American anesthesiologist and author
1946 – Jann Wenner, American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone
1946 – Mike Wilds, English racing driver
1947 – Shobhaa De, Indian journalist and author
1947 – Tony Elliott, English publisher; founded Time Out
1947 – Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, Iranian setar player and composer (d. 2014)
1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter
1948 – Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
1949 – Marshall Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Chavo Guerrero Sr., American wrestler and trainer
1949:  Babasaheb Neelkanth "Baba" Kalyani
      Indian businessman, Chairman of Kalyani Group
1949 – Anne Schedeen, American actress
1949 – Steven Williams, American actor
1950 – Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter
1950 – Erin Gray, American actress
1950 – Ross Grimsley, American baseball player and coach
1950 – Malcolm Macdonald, English footballer and manager
1951 – Massimo Sigala, Italian race car driver
1951 – Helen Worth, English actress
1952 – Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist
1953 – Robert Longo, American painter
1953 – Morris Titanic, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1954 – Alan Butcher, English cricketer and coach
1954 – Jodi Long, American actress
1954 – José María Vitier, Cuban pianist and composer
1956 – David Caruso, American actor and producer
1956 – Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1956 – Uwe Ochsenknecht, German actor and singer
1956 – Kostas Petropoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
1957 – Nicholson Baker, American historian, author, and academic
1957 – Katie Couric
      American television journalist, television personality, and author
1957 – Reena Roy, Indian actress
1957 – Julian Solís, Puerto Rican boxer
1958 – Donna Rice Hughes, American actress and activist
1958 – Linda Kozlowski, American actress
1959 – Anne Balsamo, American cultural academic
1959 – Jon Larsen
      Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Hot Club de Norvège)
1959 – Ross Norman, New Zealand-English squash player
1959 – Angela Smith
      Baroness Smith of Basildon, English accountant and politician
1959 – Kathy Valentine, American bass player and songwriter
1960 – David Marciano, American actor
1960 – Loretta Sanchez, American politician
1961 – Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
1961 – Andrew Thomson, Australian lawyer and politician
1961 – John Thune, American politician
1961 – Nils Økland, Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player
1962 – Aleksandr Dugin, Russian sociologist and philosopher
1962 – Hallie Todd, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1963:  Christian Louboutin, French fashion designer
1963 – Clint Mansell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Rand Paul, American ophthalmologist and politician
1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor, director, and producer
1965 – Alessandro Lambruschini, Italian runner
1965 – John Ondrasik, American singer-songwriter (Five For Fighting)
1966 – Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist (d. 1999)
1966 – Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (d. 2012)
1966 – Ehab Tawfik, Egyptian singer-songwriter
1967 – Nick Clegg
      English academic and politician
      Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1967 – Guy Hebert, American ice hockey player
1967 – Irrfan Khan, Indian actor
1967 – Mark Lamarr, English radio and television host
1969 – David Yost, American actor and producer
1970 – Andy Burnham, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
1970 – Todd Day, American basketball player and coach
1970 – Doug E. Doug, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – João Ricardo, Angolan footballer
1971 – C.W. Anderson, American wrestler
1971:  Kevin Rahm, American actor
1971 – Jeremy Renner, American actor, singer, and producer
1972 – Donald Brashear
      American-Canadian ice hockey player and mixed martial artist
1972 – Vladimir Dubrovshchik, Belarusian discus thrower
1973 – Baiba Broka, Latvian actress
1973:  Liu Bolin, Chinese artist
1973 – Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish singer-songwriter
1974 – Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter and politician
1974 – Svetlana Metkina, Russian actress
1974 – John Rich, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975 – Hossein Derakhshan, Iranian-Canadian journalist and blogger
1975 – Shawn Phelan, American actor (d. 1998)
1976 – Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
1976 – Harish Raghavendra, Indian actor and singer
1976 – Tomas Ražanauskas, Lithuanian footballer and manager
1976 – Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
1976 – Kierston Wareing, English actress
1976 – Vybz Kartel, Jamaican Dancehall Artist and Entreprenuer
1977 – Michelle Behennah, Singaporean-English model
1977 – Dustin Diamond, American actor, director, and producer
1977 – John Gidding, American architect and television host
1977 – Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright
1977 – Marco Storari, Italian footballer
1978 – Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian shooting victim (d. 2005)
1978 – Asami Imajuku, Japanese model, actress, and singer
1978 – Kevin Mench, American baseball player
1978 – Emilio Palma, Argentinian citizen; first person born on Antarctica
1978 – Ryan Star, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Bipasha Basu, Indian actress and singer
1979 – Aloe Blacc, American singer-songwriter
1979 – Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian race car driver
1979 – Mariángel Ruiz
      Venezuelan actress and singer, Miss Venezuela 2002
1980 – Campbell Johnstone, New Zealand rugby player
1980 – Zöe Salmon
      Northern Irish model and television host, Miss Northern Ireland 1999
1980 – Merritt Wever, American actress
1981 – Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Marquis Daniels, American basketball player
1982:  Lauren Cohan, American-born British actress
1982:  Brett Dalton, American actor
1982 – Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
1982 – Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
1982 – Sho Tomita, Japanese actor
1982 – Priit Viks, Estonian biathlete
1982:  Camilo Villegas, Colombian golfer
1982 – Ianina Zanazzi, Argentinian race car driver
1983 – Marc Burns, Trinidadian sprinter
1983 – Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
1983 – Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
1983 – Liesbeth Mouha, Belgian volleyball player
1983 – Robert Ri'chard, American actor and producer
1984 – Diego Balbinot, Italian footballer
1984 – Jon Lester, American baseball player
1984:  Diana Lopez, American Olympic Taekwondo competitor
1984 – Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
1985 – Austin Brown, American singer-songwriter
1985 – Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver
1985 – Wayne Routledge, English footballer
1986 – Jeremy Miles Ferguson (bka Jinxx)
      American guitarist (Black Veil Brides and The Dreaming)
1986 – Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
1987 – Stefan Babović, Serbian footballer
1987 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
1987 – Olga Panova, Russian tennis player
1987 – Jimmy Smith, English footballer
1988 – Hardwell, Dutch DJ and producer
1988 – Haley Bennett, American actress and singer
1988 – Sergei Mošnikov, Estonian footballer
1988 – Scott Pendlebury, Australian footballer
1988 – Robert Sheehan, Irish actor
1989 – Miles Addison, English footballer
1989 – Emiliano Insúa, Argentinian footballer
1990 – Liam Aiken, American actor
1990 – Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
1990 – Camryn Grimes, American actress
1990 – Michael Sam, American football player
1990 – Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
1991 – Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer
1991 – Max Morrow, Canadian actor
1991 – Caster Semenya, South African runner
1993 – Varunya Wongteanchai, Thai tennis player
1997 – Ayumi Ishida, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

Family

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Steve Sconce
Melissa Wathen
Randin Meeds

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Anniversaries

Notable

1926:  George Burns and Gracie Allen (her death, 27 Aug 1964)

Coulee City

Deaths

VIP

Notable

312 – Lucian of Antioch, Turkish martyr, saint, and theologian (b. 240)
672 – Tenji, Japanese emperor (b. 626)
1131 – Canute Lavard  (b. 12 Mar 1096)
      Danish prince and saint
      1st Duke of Schleswig and Holstein and ruler of the Obotrite confederation
1285 – Charles I of Naples (b. 1226)
1325 – Denis of Portugal (b. 1261)
1400 – Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)
1451 – Antipope Felix V (b. 1383)
1536 – Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485)
1566 – Louis de Blois, Flemish monk and author (b. 1506)
1619 – Nicholas Hilliard, English painter and goldsmith (b. 1547)
1625 – Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer (b. 1560)
1655 – Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
1658 – Theophilus Eaton, American farmer and politician (b. 1590)
1694 – Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield  (b. 1618)
      English general and politician; Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
1700 – Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
1715 – François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
1758 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
1767 – Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
1770 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
1783 – William Tans'ur, English composer and educator (b. 1700)
1786 – Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and mineralogist (b. 1715)
1812 – Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
1830 – John Thomas Campbell  (b. 1770)
      Irish-Australian public servant and politician
1830 – Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769)
1858 – Mustafa Reşid Pasha  (b. 1779)
      Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1864 – Caleb Blood Smith  (b. 1808)
      American journalist and politician
      6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior
1876 – Juste Olivier, Swiss poet and academic (b. 1807)
1878 – François-Vincent Raspail  (b. 1794)
      French chemist, physician, and physiologist
1892 – Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1852)
1893 – Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
1904 – Emmanuel Rhoides, Greek journalist and author (b. 1836)
1913 – Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1866)
1919 – Henry Ware Eliot  (b. 1843)
      American businessman and philanthropist
      co-founded Washington University in St. Louis
1920 – Edmund Barton  (b. 1849)
      Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia
1927 – Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos  (b. 1851)
      Greek politician; 99th Prime Minister of Greece
1931 – Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
1932 – André Maginot, French soldier and politician (b. 1877)
1936 – Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
1941 – Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
1942 – Alfred Asikainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1888)
1943 – Nikola Tesla  (b. 1856)
      Croatian-Serbian-American physicist and engineer
1944 – Lou Henry Hoover  (b. 1874)
      American wife of Herbert Hoover
      33rd First Lady of the United States
1944 – Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
1946 – Adamo Didur, Polish opera singer (b. 1874)
1951 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)
1953 – Osa Johnson, American explorer, director, and producer (b. 1894)
1958 – Jalmari Eskola, Finnish runner (b. 1886)
1958 – Goffredo Zehender, Italian racing driver (b. 1901)
1960 – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers  (b. 1878)
      English tennis player and coach
1963 – Arthur Edward Moore  (b. 1876)
      New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician
      23rd Premier of Queensland
1964 – Cyril Davies, English singer and harmonica player (b. 1932)
1964 – Reg Parnell, English racing driver and manager (b. 1911)
1966 – Allan Chapman, Scottish politician (b. 1897)
1967 – David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
1967 – Carl Schuricht, German-Swiss conductor (b. 1880)
1968 – J. L. B. Smith, South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)
1968 – Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler (b. 1930)
1972 – John Berryman, American poet and scholar (b. 1914)
1972 – Eftichia Papagianopoulos, Greek composer (b. 1893)
1980 – Larry Williams  (b. 1935)
      American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1981 – Alvar Lidell, English journalist (b. 1908)
1981 – Eric Robinson  (b. 1926)
      Australian businessman and politician
      2nd Australian Minister for Finance
1984 – Alfred Kastler  (b. 1902)
      German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1985 – Mary Hardy, Australian comedian and actor (b. 1931)
1986 – P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
1986 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author, screenwriter, and photographer (b. 1917)
1988 – Michel Auclair, German-French actor (b. 1922)
1988 – Trevor Howard,English actor (b. 1913)
1989 – Hirohito, Japanese emperor (b. 1901)
1990 – Bronko Nagurski  (b. 1908)
      Canadian-American football player and wrestler
1990 – Horace Stoneham, American businessman (b. 1903)
1992 – Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1951)
1994 – Llewellyn Rees, English-Welsh actor (b. 1901)
1995 – Murray Rothbard, American economist, historian, and theorist (b. 1926)
1996 – Károly Grósz  (b. 1930)
      Hungarian politician. 51st Prime Minister of Hungary
1996 – Tarō Okamoto, Japanese painter and sculptor (b. 1911)
1998 – Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
1998 – Vladimir Prelog  (b. 1906)
      Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
2000 – Gary Albright, American wrestler (b. 1963)
2001 – James Carr, American singer (b. 1942)
2002 – Jon Lee  (b. 1968)
      English drummer (Feeder, The Darling Buds, and Raindancer)
2002 – Avery Schreiber, American actor (b. 1935)
2004 – Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress and director (b. 1926)
2005 – Pierre Daninos, French author (b. 1913)
2005 – Eileen Desmond, Irish politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1932)
2006 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and author (b. 1912)
2007 – Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver (b. 1957)
2007 – Magnus Magnusson  (b. 1929)
      Icelandic-Scottish journalist, author, and academic
2008 – Alwyn Schlebusch
      South African academic and politician
      Vice State President of South Africa (b. 1917)
2011 – Derek Gardner, English engineer (b. 1931)
2012 – Ibrahim Aslan, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1935)
2012 – Tony Blankley  (b. 1948)
      American journalist, editor, television commentator, and political pundit
2012 – Milburn E. Calhoun  (b. 1930)
      American physician, philanthropist, and publisher
2012 – George Livingston, American politician (b. 1933)
2012 – Hideaki Nitani, Japanese actor (b. 1930)
2012 – Herbert Wilf, American mathematician and academic (b. 1931)
2013 – Carl Berner, German-American super-centenarian (b. 1902)
2013 – Richard Ben Cramer, American journalist and author (b. 1950)
2013 – David R. Ellis, American actor, stuntman, and director (b. 1952)
2013 – Huell Howser, American television host (b. 1945)
2013 – Ada Louise Huxtable, American curator and critic (b. 1921)
2013 – Jiřina Jirásková, Czech actress (b. 1931)
2013 – Harvey Shapiro, American poet and journalist (b. 1924)
2014 – Paul Goggins, English politician (b. 1953)
2014 – Aitzaz Hasan, Pakistani student (b. 1999)
2014 – Thomas V. Jones, American businessman (b. 1920)
2014 – Run Run Shaw  (b. 1907)
      Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
      founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB
2015 – Subhas Anandan, Indian-Singaporean lawyer (b. 1947)
2015 – Mompati Merafhe  (b. 1936)
      Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana
2015 – Arch A. Moore, Jr.  (b. 1923)
      American sergeant, lawyer, and politician
      28th Governor of West Virginia
2015 – J. P. Parisé  (b. 1941)
      Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
2015 – B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
2015 – Tim Roberts, American wrestler (b. 1976)
2015 – Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)

2015 – Georges Wolinski, French cartoonist (b. 1934)

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2015:  Mildred B. Scheibner  (b. 29 Aug 1909)

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