March 18 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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1782 – John C. Calhoun  (d. 31 Mar 1850)
      American lawyer and politician
      7th Vice President of the United States, 1825-1832
      16th United States Secretary of State, 1844-1845
      10th United States Secretary of War, 1817-1825
      U.S. Senator, D. SC, 1832-1843, 1845-1850
      U.S. Representative, DR, SC, 1811-1817
1837 – Grover Cleveland  (d. 24 Jun 1908)
      American lawyer and politician
      24th President of the United States, 1893-1897
      22nd President of the United States, 1885-1889
      28th Governor of New York, 1883-1885
1869 – Neville Chamberlain  (d. 9 Nov 1940)
      English businessman and politician
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1937-1940

Notable

1075 – Al-Zamakhshari, Persian theologian (d. 1144)
1395 – John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English commander (d. 1447)
1496 – Mary Tudor, Queen of France (d. 1533)
1555 – Francis, Duke of Anjou (d. 1584)
1590 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
1597 – Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière  (d. 1659)
      French religious leader, founded the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal
1602 – Jacques de Billy, French priest, mathematician, and theorist (d. 1679)
1604 – Simon Bradstreet  (d. 27 Mar 1693)
      English businessman and politician
      20th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1609 – Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)
1634 – Madame de La Fayette, French author (d. 1693)
1640 – Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
1657 – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (d. 1743)
1685 – Ralph Ersine, Scottish minister (d. 1752)
1690 – Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician and academic  (d. 1764)
1701 – Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish businessman and philanthropist  (d. 1776)
      co-founded the Swedish East India Company
1733 – Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller (d. 1811)
1780 – Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia (d. 1860)
1798 – Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1872)
1800 – Harriet Smithson, Anglo-Irish actress (d. 1854)
1804 – Carl Nebel  (d. 1855)
      German engineer, architect and draughtsman, known for scenes of Mexico
1813 – Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (d. 1864)
1814 – Jacob Bunn, American businessman (d. 1897)
1816 – Antonio Salviati, Italian lawyer and businessman (d. 1890)
1823 – Antoine Chanzy, French general (d. 1883)
1828 – Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 22 Jul 1908)
1840 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)
1842 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (d. 1898)
1844 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and academic (d. 1908)
1848 – Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, American engineer and architect (d. 1938)
1848 – Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (d. 1939)
1853 – Emilie Kempin-Spyri, Swiss lawyer and academic (d. 1901)
1858 – Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine (d. 1913)
1863 – William Sulzer  (d. 1941)
      American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York
1866 – Cemil Topuzlu, Turkish surgeon and politician; Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1958)
1868:  Wilhelm Stekel, Austrian physician and psychologist
1874 – Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian (d. 24 Mar 1948)
1877 – Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic (d. 3 Jan 1945)
1877 – Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer (d. 1945)
1878 – Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (d. 1956)
1881 – Paul Le Flem, French composer and critic (d. 1984)
1882 – Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (d. 1973)
1884 – Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (d. 1968)
1886 – Edward Everett Horton, American actor, dancer and singer (d. 1970)
1890 – Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
1891:  Margaret Culkin Banning, American novelist and activist
1891 – Alice Cullen, Scottish politician (d. 1969)
1893 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (d. 1978)
1893 – Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (d. 1962)
1893 – Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet (d. 4 Nov 1918)
1898 – Jake Swirbul, American businessman  (d. 1960)
      co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
1901:  Manly P. Hall, Canadian authorand mystic  (d. 29 Aug 1990)
1901 – William Johnson, American painter (d. 1970)
1903 – Galeazzo Ciano  (d. 11 Jan 1944)
      Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1904 – Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet and author  (d. 1926)
1904 – Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (d. 1996)
1905 – Thomas Townsend Brown, American inventor (d. 1985)
1905 – Robert Donat, English actor (d. 1958)
1907 – Rosita Moreno, Spanish-American actress (d. 1993)
1907 – Verda Welcome, American educator and politician (d. 1990)
1907 – John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (d. 1997)
1908 – Loulou Gasté, French composer (d. 1995)
1909 – Ernest Gallo, American businessman (d. 2007)
      co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery
1909 – C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator (d. 2004)
1909:  Henry Longhurst, British golf writer  (d. 21 Jul 1978)
1911 – Al Benton, American baseball player (d. 1968)
1911 – Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1967)
1911 – Kullo Must, Estonian film producer (d. 1987)
1912 – Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer (d. 2010)
1913 – René Clément, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1913 – Reinhard Hardegen, German commander
1913 – Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (d. 1941)
1913:  W.H. Murray  (Scottish Mountaineer and writer) (d. 19 Mar 1996)
1914 – César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1993)
1915 – Richard Condon, American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1918 – Bob Broeg, American journalist (d. 2005)
1919 – Christopher Challis, English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2012)
1921 – Frank Searle, Scottish zoologist and photographer (d. 2005)
1922 – Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician  (d. 2015)
      Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
1922 – Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist and academic (d. 2006)
1922 – Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist (d. 2011)
      co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
1923 – Andy Granatelli, American businessman (d. 2013)
1925 – James Pickles, English journalist, lawyer, and judge (d. 2010)
1926 – Peter Graves, American actor and director (d. 2010)
1926 – Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (d. 1997)
1926 – Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, Indian poet and social worker
1927 – John Kander, American pianist and composer
1927 – George Plimpton, American journalist and actor  (d. 25 Sep 2003)
1927 – Lillian Vernon  (d. 2015)
      German-American businesswoman and philanthropist
      founded the Lillian Vernon Company
1928 – Julia Mullock, American-South Korean wife of Yi Gu
1928 – Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist (d. 2013)
1928 – Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and politician
      12th President of the Philippines
1929 – Jacki Clérico, French businessman (d. 2013)
1929 – John Macurdy, Polish-American opera singer
1929 – Samuel Pisar, Polish-American lawyer and author
1929 – Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)
1930 – Pat Halcox, English trumpet player (d. 2013)
1931:  Howard Coble, American captain, lawyer, and politician
1931 – John Fraser, Scottish actor
1931 – John Mollo, English costume designer and author
1932:  John Updike, American novelist, poet, and critic (d. 27 Jan 2009)

1933 – Unita Blackwell, American activist and politician
1934 – Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)

1934 – Pietro Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian politician (d. 1997)

1935 – Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistician

1935 – Antonios Naguib, Egyptian patriarch
      Coptic Catholic Patriarch emeritus of Alexandria, and Cardinal
1936 – F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician
      2nd State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Rudi Altig, German cyclist and screenwriter

1937 – Mark Donohue, American race car driver (d. 1975)

1938 – Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter
1938:  Michael S. Harper, American poet

1938 – Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer

1938 – Kenny Lynch, English singer-songwriter and actor

1938 – Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver

1938:  Charley Pride, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1938 – Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (d. 2006)

1939 – Ron Atkinson, English footballer and manager
1939 – Yannis Markopoulos, Greek composer
1940 – József Tóth, Hungarian geographer and academic (d. 2013)
1941 – John W. Derr, American soldier and politician
1941 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (The Falcons) (d. 2006)
1942 – Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (d. 1991)
1943 – Kevin Dobson, American actor and director
1943 – Toula Grivas, French-Greek actress
1943 – Nobuko Imai, Japanese viola player and educator
1943 – Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
1944 – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician  (d. 2012)
      22nd Transportation Minister of Israel
1944 – Frank McRae, American football player and actor
1944 – Dick Smith, Australian publisher and businessman
      (Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic)

1945 – Joy Fielding (née Tepperman),Canadian novelist and actress
1945 – Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
1945 – Michael Reagan, American journalist and radio host
1945 – Susan Tyrrell, American actress (d. 2012)
1945 – Eric Woolfson  (d. 2009)
      Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
      (The Alan Parsons Project)
1946 – Martyn Griffiths, English race car driver
1946 – Michel Leclère, French race car driver
1947 – Patrick Barlow, English actor and playwright
1947 – Patrick Chesnais, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Roger Kenneth Evans, English politician
1947 – David Lloyd, English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster

1947:  Karen McCarthy, Missouri politician  (5 Oct 2010)
      U.S. Representative, D. MO, 1995-2005

1947 – Heather Ryan, American model

1947 – B.J. Wilson, English drummer (Procol Harum) (d. 1990)

1948 – Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1948 – Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
1948 – Lockwood Phillips, American radio host

1949 – Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (d. 2010)

1949 – Bertha Gilkey, American activist (d. 2014)

1949 – Alex Higgins, Irish snooker player (d. 2010)

1949 – Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician

1949:  Rodrigo Rato, Spanish politician

1949 – Hannu Siitonen, Finnish javelin thrower

1950 – James Conlon, American conductor and educator

1950:  Brad Dourif, American actor

1950 – John Hartman, American drummer (Doobie Brothers)

1950 – Eiji Okuda, Japanese actor and director
1950 – Linda Partridge, English geneticist and academic

1950 – Larry Perkins, Australian race car driver

1951 – Paul Barber, English actor

1951 – Ben Cohen, American businessman; co-founded Ben and Jerry's

1951 – Bill Frisell, American guitarist and composer

1951 – Mart Murdvee, Estonian psychologist and scholar

1952 – Will Durst, American journalist and actor

1952 – Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer (d. 2015)

1952 – Bernie Tormé, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Gillan, Guy McCoy Tormé, and Desperado)

1952 – Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)

1953:  Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (d. 2015)

1953 – Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer

1954 – Ryosuke Otani, Japanese actor and voice actor
1955 – Ana Obregón, Spanish actress, screenwriter, and biologist

1955 – Francis G. Slay, American politician, 45th Mayor of St. Louis

1955 – Jeff Stelling, English journalist

1956 – Rick Martel, Canadian wrestler

1956 – Deborah Jeane Palfrey (aka "D.C. Madam)  (d. 1 May 2008)
      American criminal, operated Pamela Martin and Associates,
            an escort agency in Washington, D.C.

1956 – Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier

1957 – Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist and astronaut

1957 – György Pazdera, Hungarian bass player (Pokolgép)

1957 – Wolfgang Schilling, German footballer

1958:  David Deida  (American Author)

1958:  Aleksandr Kharlov, Uzbekistani hurdler
1958 – Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 1990)

1959 – Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter
      founded EuropaCorp

1959 – Irene Cara, American actress and singer-songwriter
1958:  Dinah Dinwiddie (pen name Julia London), American novelist

1960:  Richard Biggs, American actor (d. 2004)

1960 – Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1960 – James MacPherson, Scottish actor
1960 – James Plaskett, Cypriot-English chess player and writer

1961 – Grant Hart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hüsker Dü)

1961 – Todd Nelson, American tennis player

1961:  James Nicoll, Canadian writer and blogger

1962 – Michael Andrews, Australian rugby league player

1962 – Brian Fisher, American baseball player

1962 – Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor and martial artist

1962 – James McMurtry, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1962 – Mike Rowe, American actor, singer, and television host
1962 – Bob Shennan, English broadcaster

1962 – Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor and director

1962 – Volker Weidler, German race car driver

1963 – Keith Brown, English cricketer

1963 – Jeff LaBar, American guitarist (Cinderella and Naked Beggars)

1963 – Vanessa L. Williams, American model, actress, and singer
      Miss America 1984

1964 – Bonnie Blair, American speed skater

1964 – Alex Caffi, Italian race car driver

1964 – Paul Elliott, English footballer and sportscaster

1964 – Mika Kanai, Japanese voice actress and singer

1964 – Courtney Pine, English saxophonist and clarinet player
1964:  Rozalla Miller (bka Rozalla), Zambian dance music performer

1965 – Birgit Clarius, German heptathlete

1965 – Yoriko Douguchi, Japanese actress

1966 – Jerry Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alice in Chains)

1966 – Peter Jones, English businessman

1966:  Irina Khabarova, Russian sprinter
1966 – Daniel S. Nevins, American rabbi
      Dean of the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America

1967 – Miki Berenyi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lush)

1967 – Ken Edenfield, American baseball player
1968:  Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême

1968:  Tamer Hassan, English actor of Turkish Cypriot descent

1968 – Miguel Herrera, Mexican footballer and manager
1968 – Paul Marsden, English businessman and politician

1968 – Shin-ichiro Miki, Japanese voice actor

1969 – Andy Cutting, English accordion player and composer (Blowzabella)

1969 – Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player

1969 – J. David Shapiro, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1969 – Shaun Udal, English cricketer

1970:  Queen Latifah, American actress, singer and rapper

1971 – Wayne Arthurs, Australian tennis player

1971 – Mike Bell, American wrestler (d. 2008)

1971 – Mariaan de Swardt

      South African-American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster

1971 – Kitty Ussher, English economist and politician

1972 – Dane Cook, American comedian, actor, director, and producer
1972 – Anja Möllenbeck, German discus thrower

1972 – Reince Priebus, American lawyer and political activist

1973 – Max Barry, Australian author and blogger

1973 – Luci Christian, American voice actress and screenwriter

1974 – Arsi Harju, Finnish shot putter

1974 – Tina Križan, Slovenian tennis player

1974 – Evan Lowenstein, American singer-songwriter (Evan and Jaron)

1974 – Jaron Lowenstein, American singer-songwriter (Evan and Jaron)

1974 – Laure Savasta, French basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

1974 – Stuart Zender, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Jamiroquai)

1975 – Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer

1975 – Brian Griese, American football player and sportscaster
1975 – Jo Yun-suk (bka Lucid Fall), South Korean singer

1975 – Kimmo Timonen, Finnish ice hockey player

1975 – Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer

1976 – Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress and producer
1976:  Ian Caldwell, American novelist

1976 – Jovan Kirovski, American soccer player and coach

1976 – Tomo Ohka, Japanese baseball player

1976 – Scott Podsednik, American baseball player

1976 – Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler, trainer, and author
      founded Chikara wrestling promotion

1976:  Marni Stern, American musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist

1977 – Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player

1977 – Danny Murphy, English footballer and sportscaster

1977 – Fernando Rodney, Dominican-American baseball player

1977 – Willy Sagnol, French footballer and manager

1977 – Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player

1978 – Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1978 – Jan Bulis, Czech ice hockey player

1978 – Juris Fernandez, Filipino singer (MYMP)

1978 – Brooke Hanson, Australian swimmer

1978 – Antonio Margarito, American boxer

1978 – Brian Scalabrine, American basketball player and coach

1978 – Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball player

1978 – Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager

1978 – Virginia Williams, American actress

1979:  Shola Ama, English singer

1979:  Dramane Coulibaly, Malian footballer

1979:  Danneel Harris, American actress *

1979:  Grzegorz Knapp, Polish motorcycle racer (d. 2014)

1979 – Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Maroon 5)

1979 – Anthony Maher, American soccer player

1980 – Sébastien Frey, French footballer

1980:  Sophia Myles, English actress

1980 – Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater

1980 – Natalia Poklonskaya, Crimean lawyer and politician

1981 – Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete

1981 – Fabian Cancellara, Swiss cyclist

1981 – Leslie Djhone, French sprinter

1981:  Chris Greere  (English Actor)

1981 – Jang Na-ra, South Korean singer and actress

1981 – Kasib Powell, American basketball player

1981 – Tom Starke, German footballer

1981 – Doug Warren, American soccer player

1981 – Lovro Zovko, Croatian tennis player

1982 – Mantorras, Angolan footballer

1982 – Chad Cordero, American baseball player

1982 – Timo Glock, German race car driver

1982 – Pedro Manuel Torres (bka Mantorras), Angolan footballer

1982 – Adam Pally, American actor

1982 – Rei Yoshii, Japanese actress

1983:  Cindy Busby, Canadian actress

1983 – Ethan Carter III, American wrestler

1983 – Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player

1983 – Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player

1983 – Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer

1984 – Rajeev Ram, American tennis player

1984 – Simone Padoin, Italian footballer

1984 – Rajeev Ram, American tennis player

1984 – Gary Roberts, English footballer

1984 – Vonzell Solomon, American singer and actress

1985 – Gennaro Esposito, Italian footballer

1985 – Bia Figueiredo, Brazilian race car driver

1985 – Marvin Humes, English singer and actor (JLS and VS)

1985 – Vince Lia, Australian footballer

1986 – Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani, Algerian footballer

1986 – Kaloyan Ivanov, Bulgarian basketball player

1986 – Lykke Li, Swedish singer-songwriter

1987 – Gabriel Mercado, Argentinian footballer

1987 – Cesare Rickler, Italian footballer

1987 – Rebecca Soni, American swimmer

1987 – Mauro Zárate, Argentinian footballer

1989 – Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer

1989:  Lily Collins, English-American actress

1989 – Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer

1989 – Kana Nishino, Japanese singer-songwriter

1989 – Paul Marc Rousseau, Canadian guitarist and producer (Silverstein)

1990 – Corey Liuget, American football player

1991 – Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1991:  Jeric Teng, Filipino basketball player

1991 – Sam Williams, Australian rugby league player

1992 – Ryan Truex, American race car driver

1993 – Mana Iwabuchi, Japanese footballer
1993:  Maziah Mahusin, Bruneian hurdler

1993:  Urassaya Sperbund, Thai actress

1996:  Madeline Carroll, American actress

1997:  Ciara Bravo, American actress

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Notable

235 – Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (b. 208)
978 – Edward the Martyr, English king (b. 962)
1227 – Pope Honorius III (b. 1148)
1314 – Jacques de Molay, Frankish knight (b. 1244)
1675 – Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
1689 – John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
1696 – Robert Charnock, English academic (b. 1663)
1715 – William Fraser, 12th Lord Saltoun, Scottish politician (b. 1654)
1745 – Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
1768 – Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist (b. 1713)
1781 – Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (b. 1727)
1789 – Thomas Rawlins (sculptor) English funerary stonemason
1789 – Catherine Murphy, English counterfeiter
1823 – Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
1835 – Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
1845 – Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (b. 1774)
1871 – Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
1898 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
1907 – Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
1913 – George I of Greece (b. 1845)
1918 – Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
1933 – Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi (b. 1873)
1936 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
1939 – Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
1941 – Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
1947 – William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
1954 – Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
1956 – Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
1962 – Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
1963 – Wanda Hawley, American actress and singer (b. 1895)
1964 – Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1870)
1965 – Farouk of Egypt (b. 1920)
1965 – Jack Quinlan, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
1969 – Barbara Bates, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
1973 – Johannes Aavik, Estonian philologist and poet (b. 1880)
1975 – Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and educator (b. 1900)
1976 – Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss (b. 1893)
1977 – Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938)
1977 – Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1944)
1978 – Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1978 – Peggy Wood, American actress and singer (b. 1892)
1980 – Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
1981 – Cahide Sonku, Turkish actress, director, and producer (b. 1916)
1982 – Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (b. 1901)
1983 – Umberto II of Italy (b. 1904)
1984 – Charley Lau, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
1986 – Bernard Malamud, American author and educator (b. 1914)
1988 – Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player and cornet player (b. 1917)
1990 – Robin Harris, American comedian and actor (b. 1953)
1993 – Kenneth E. Boulding, English-American economist and activist (b. 1910)
1995 – Sadri Alışık, Turkish actor (b. 1925)
1995 – Robin Jacques, English illustrator (b. 1920)
1996 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1999 – Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (b. 1905)
2000 – Eberhard Bethge, German theologian and academic (b. 1909)
2001 – Viktor Masing, Estonian botanist and ecologist (b. 1925)
2001 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1935)
2002 – R. A. Lafferty, American soldier and author (b. 1914)
2002 – Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (b. 1943)
2003 – Karl Kling, German race car driver (b. 1910)
2003 – Adam Osborne, Thai-English businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation (b. 1939)
2004 – Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (b. 1927)
2006 – Dan Gibson, Canadian photographer and cinematographer (b. 1922)
2007 – Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1948)
2008 – Andrew Britton, English-American author (b. 1981)
2008 – Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (b. 1954)
2008 – Geoffrey Pearson, Canadian diplomat and author (b. 1927)
2009 – Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian journalist and blogger (b. 1980)
2009 – Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963)
2010 – Fess Parker, American actor, singer, and businessman (b. 1924)
2011 – Warren Christopher, American lawyer and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State (b. 1925)
2012 – Imra Agotić, Croatian general (b. 1943)
2012 – Furman Bisher, American journalist (b. 1918)
2012 – William R. Charette, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
2012 – William G. Moore Jr., American general (b. 1920)
2012 – Jalal Zolfonun, Iranian setar player and composer (b. 1937)
2013 – Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general and pilot (b. 1935)
2013 – Mindy Baha El Din, American-Egyptian ornithologist and environmentalist (b. 1958)
2013 – Henry Bromell, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2013 – Clay Ford, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Earl Hersh, American baseball player (b. 1932)
2013 – Robin M. Williams, New Zealand mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
2014 – Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian author, playwright, and academic (b. 1951)
2014 – Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1953)
2014 – Joe Lala, American actor and drummer (Blues Image and Manassas) (b. 1947)
2014 – Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (b. 1943)
2014 – Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor (b. 1941)
2015 – Zhao Dayu, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1961)
2015 – Roy Doty, American illustrator (b. 1922)
2015 – Thomas Hopko, American priest and theologian (b. 1939)
2015 – Grace Ogot, Kenyan nurse, journalist, and politician (b. 1930)


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