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Birthdays
VIP
1823 – Schuyler Colfax (d. 13 Jan 1885)
American journalist and politician
17th Vice President of the United States, 1869-1873
25th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1863-1869
U.S. Representative, R. IN, 1855-1869
Notable
1336 – Emperor Go-Kōgon, Japanese Pretender (d. 1374)
1430 – Margaret of Anjou (d. 1482)
1599 – Thomas Selle, German composer (d. 1663)
1699 – John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (d. 1777)
1732 – Princess Marie Adélaïde of France (d. 1800)
1749 – Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)
1750 – Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer (d. 1812)
1754 – Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (d. 1802)
1769 – Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat (d. 1832)
1769 – William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)
1826 – Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1917)
1834 – Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (d. 1858)
1842 – Friedrich Amelung (d. 20 Mar 1909)
Estonian-German historian, businessman, and composer
1857: Fannie Farmer, Ameican cook book author (d. 15 Jan 1915)
1858 – Ludwig Quidde (d. 4 Mar 1941)
German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1862 – Nathaniel Reed, American criminal (d. 1950)
1868 – Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (d. 1923)
1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo (d. 1964)
Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines
1869 – Calouste Gulbenkian (d. 1955)
Turkish-Armenian businessman and philanthropist
1871 – Heinrich Schroth, German actor (d. 1945)
1872 – Michael Joseph Savage (d. 1940)
Australian-New Zealand union leader and politician
23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
1874 – Grantley Goulding, English hurdler (d. 1947)
1874 – J. C. Leyendecker, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)
1876 – Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (d. 1924)
1876 – Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer and political leader (d. 1964)
1878 – Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1934)
1880 – Heikki Ritavuori (d. 1922)
Finnish lawyer and politician, Finnish Minister of the Interior
1881 – Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (d. 1969)
1881 – Roger Martin du Gard (d. 22 Aug 1958)
French author and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate
1881 – Hermann Staudinger (d. 1965)
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1882 – Emmy Noether (d. 1935)
German-American mathematician, physicist, and academic
1884: Florence Ellinwood Allen, American judge (d. 12 Sep 1966)
1884 – Joseph Boxhall, English sailor (d. 1967)
1885 – Platt Adams, American jumper and politician (d. 1961)
1886 – Frank Irons, American long jumper (d. 1942)
1887 – Josef Čapek, Czech painter and poet (d. 1945)
1887 – Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 11 May 1927)
1887 – Sidney Hillman, Lithuanian-born American labor leader (d. 10 Jul 1946)
1887 – Felix Yusupov (d. 27 Sep 1967)
Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia
1891 – Po Kya, Burmese author and educationist (d. 1942)
1893 – Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer (d. 1960)
1893 – Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman (d. 1974)
1894 – Arthur Grimsdell, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1963)
1895 – Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (d. 2001)
1895 – Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, author, and composer (d. 1985)
1898 – Louis Adamic, Slovenian-American author, translator and politician (d. 1951)
1899 – Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943)
1900 – Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 18 Mar 1980)
1902 – Blessed Józef Cebula (d. 1942)
beatified Polish priest, murdered at concentration camp
1904: Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 10 May 1977)
1904 – H. Beam Piper, American author (d. 1964)
1905 – Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (d. 1972)
1906: Richard L. Evans, American LDS Apostle (d. 1 Nov 1971)
1907 – Daniel Bovet (d. 1992)
Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1908: Dominique de Menil (d. 31 Dec 1997)
French-American art collector and philanthropist
Schlumberger Limited heiress; founder of the Menil Collection
1909 – Charles Werner, American cartoonist (d. 1997)
1910 – Jerry Cornes, English runner, colonial, and educator (d. 2001)
1910 – Akira Kurosawa (d. 6 Sep 1998)
Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1912 – Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996)
1912 – Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013)
1912 – Wernher von Braun, German physicist and engineer (d. 16 Jun 1977)
1913 – Abidin Dino, Turkish-French painter and illustrator (d. 1993)
1914 – Milbourne Christopher, American magician and author (d. 1984)
1915 – Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (d. 2014)
1915 – Tom Pashby, Canadian ophthalmologist (d. 2005)
1915 – Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (d. 1991)
1917 – Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998)
1917: Kenneth Tobey, American actor (d. 22 Dec 2002)
1918 – Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (d. 1992)
1918 – Helene Hale, American politician (d. 2013)
1919 – Carl Graffunder, American architect and educator (d. 2013)
1920: James E. "Jimmy" Brown, American actor (d. 11 Apr 1992)
1920 – Neal Edward Smith, American pilot, lawyer, and politician
1920 – Tetsuharu Kawakami (d. 2013)
Japanese baseball player and manager
1921 – Donald Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1967)
1921 – Peter Lawler, Australian public servant
1922 – Marty Allen, American comedian and actor
1922: Hermann Eilts (d. 12 Oct 2006)
American Foreign Service Officer and diplomat
1922 – Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1923 – Angelo Ingrassia, American soldier and judge (d. 2013)
1924 – Rodney Mims Cook, Sr. (d. 2013)
American lieutenant and politician
1924 – Bette Nesmith Graham (d. 1980)
American inventor, invented Liquid Paper
1924 – Olga Kennard, English crystallographer and academic
1924 – John Madin, English architect (d. 2012)
1924 – Bjørn G. Andersen (d. 2012)
Norwegian professor of quaternary geology and glaciology
1925 – David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
1927 – Mato Damjanović, Croatian chess player (d. 2011)
1927: David Joseph Schwartz (d. 6 Dec 1987)
American motivational writer and coach
1928 – Jean E. Sammet, American computer scientist and academic
1929 – Sir Roger Bannister, English runner, neurologist, and academic
1929 – Michael Manser, English architect and engineer
1930: Ahmed Ramzy, Egyptian actor (d. 28 Sep 2012)
1931 – Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)
1931 – Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player and author
1931 – Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Russian skier (d. 2013)
1932 – Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
1933 – Norman Bailey, English-American opera singer and educator
1933 – Norman Yemm, Australian actor and singer (d. 2015)
1933 – Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and academic
1934 – Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician and physicist
1934 – Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
1934 – Mark Rydell, American actor, director, and producer
1935 – Barry Cryer, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1936 – Jannis Kounellis, Greek painter and sculptor
1937 – Craig Breedlove, American race car driver
1937 – Tony Burton (d. 2016)
American actor, comedian, boxer and football player
1937 – Robert Gallo, American physician and academic
1938 – Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1938: Maynard Jackson (d. 23 Jun 2003)
54th & 56th Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1974-1982, 1990-1994
1938 – Irwin Levine, American songwriter (d. 1997)
1938 – Dave Pike, American vibraphone player and songwriter (d. 2015)
1939 – Robin Herd, English engineer and businessman
1939 – Terry Paine, English footballer
1940 – Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian author, playwright, and academic
1941 – Jim Trelease, American journalist, author, and educator
1942 – Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter
1942 – Jimmy Miller, American record producer and musician (d. 1994)
1942 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian, scholar, and activist (d. 1980)
1943 – Andrew Crockett (d. 2012)
Scottish-English economist and banker
1943 – George P. Lee, American religious leader (d. 2010)
1943 – Lee May, American baseball player and coach
1943 – Sharon Presley, American author and academic
1943 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (d. 2001)
Finnish singer, author, and director
1944 – B. P. Gavrilov, Russian rugby player (d. 2006)
1944 – Tony McPhee
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Groundhogs)
1944 – Michael Nyman, English pianist and composer
1945 – Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director
1945 – David Grisman
American mandolin player and composer (Even Dozen Jug
Band, Old and in the Way, and David Grisman Quintet)
1946 – Alan Bleasdale, English screenwriter and producer
1946 – Pepe Lienhard, Swiss singer and bandleader
1946 – Barbara Rhoades, American actress
1947 – Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author
1948 – Wasim Bari, Pakistani cricketer
1948 – Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician
1948 – David Olney, American singer-songwriter
1949 – Ric Ocasek
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Cars)
1950 – Corinne Cléry, French actress
1950 – Joseph Connolly, English journalist and author
1950: Anthony De Longis
American actor, stuntman, and fight choreographer
1950: Mike Easley, 72nd Governor of North Carolina, 2001-2009
1950 – Phil Lanzon
English keyboard player and songwriter (Uriah Heep)
1950 – Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian author and translator
1951 – Ron Jaworski, American football player and sportscaster
1951 – Phil Keaggy, American guitarist (Glass Harp and Love Song)
1951 – Adrian Reynard
English businessman, founded Reynard Motorsport
1952 – Francesco Clemente, Italian painter and illustrator
1952 – Villano III, Mexican wrestler
1952 – Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
1952 – Rex Tillerson, American businessman
1953 – Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)
1953 – Chaka Khan, American singer-songwriter (Rufus)
1953 – Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian zoologist and businesswoman
1954 – Geno Auriemma, Italian-American basketball player and coach
1954 – Kenneth Cole
American fashion designer, founded Kenneth Cole Productions
1955: Petrea Burchard, American actress and voice actress
1955 – Moses Malone
American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1956 – José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese academic and politician
115th Prime Minister of Portugal
1956: Julia Glass, American novelist
1956 – Andrew Mitchell, English soldier and politician
Secretary of State for International Development
1956: Steven Saylor, American author
1956 – Jeremy Wade, English biologist and author
1957 – Teresa Ganzel, American actress
1957 – Lucio Gutiérrez
Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador
1957 – Robbie James, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1957 – Amanda Plummer, American actress
1958 – Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
1958 – Bengt-Åke Gustafsson
Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Eldon Hoke (d. 1997)
American drummer and singer (The Mentors and The Screamers)
1958 – Michael Sorich, American voice actor, director, and screenwriter
1958 – Hugh Grant, Scottish business executive
1959 – Kazue Ikura, Japanese voice actress
1959 – Catherine Keener, American actress and producer
1959 – Kevin Paul Godfrey (bka Epic Soundtracks) (d. 6 Nov 1997)
English drummer and songwriter
(Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, and These Immortal Souls)
1959 – Philippe Volter, Belgian actor and director (d. 2005)
1960 – Haris Romas, Greek actor, composer, and screenwriter
1960 – Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen
Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd Deputy First Minister of Scotland
1961 – Roger Crisp, English philosopher and academic
1961: Ali Hewson, Irish activist and businesswoman
1961 – Craig Green, New Zealand rugby player
1961 – Steve Holmes, Romanian-American porn actor and director
1961 – Helmi Johannes, Indonesian journalist and producer
1962: Marc Cherry, American television writer and producer
1962 – Steve Redgrave, English rower
1963 – José Miguel González Martín del Campo (bka Míchel)
Spanish footballer and manager
1963 – Juan Ramón López Caro, Spanish footballer and manager
1963: Michael K. Powell
American public servant and lobbyist
24th Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, 2001-2005
1963 – Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuban runner
1963: Peter Schiff: American financial analyst, stockbroker, and author
1964: Jonathan Ames, American author
1964 – Okan Bayülgen, Turkish actor, talk show host, and photographer
1964 – Hope Davis, American actress
1964 – John Pinette, American comedian and actor (d. 5 Apr 2014)
1965 – Sarah G. Buxton, American actress
1965 – Richard Grieco, American model, actor, and producer
1965 – Marti Pellow, Scottish singer-songwriter (Wet Wet Wet)
1965 – Gary Whitehead, American poet and painter
1966 – Lorenzo Daniel, American sprinter
1966 – Beverly Hills, English actress
1966 – Marin Hinkle, American actress
1966 – Vasilis Vouzas, Greek footballer and manager
1967 – David Ford, Canadian canoe racer
1968 – Damon Albarn
English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
(Blur, Gorillaz, and The Good, the Bad & the Queen)
1968 – Mike Atherton, English cricketer and journalist
1968 – Mitch Cullin, American author
1968: Sonya Hartnett, Australian author
1968 – Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer and manager
1968 – Pierre Palmade, French actor and screenwriter
1968 – Erki Pehk, Estonian conductor and educator
1970 – Melissa Errico, American actress and singer
1970 – John Humphrey, American drummer (The Nixons and Seether)
1970 – Melinda Midajah McCullum (bka Midajah)
American personal trainer, fitness model, and wrestling manager
1971 – Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model
1971: Karen McDougal, American model and actress
1971 – Gail Porter, Scottish model and television host
1971 – Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
1971 – Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese wrestler
1972 – Jonas Björkman, Swedish-Monacan tennis player and coach
1972 – Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
1972 – Judith Godrèche, French actress and author
1972: Reggie Watts
American musician, singer, beatboxer, actor, and comedian
1973 – Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
1973 – Wim Eyckmans, Belgian race car driver
1973: Stefon Harris, American jazz musician
1973 – Jason Kidd, American basketball player and coach
1973 – Kevin Northcutt, American wrestler
1973 – Patiparn Pataweekarn, Thai actor and singer
1974 – Randall Park, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1975 – Burak Gürpınar, Turkish drummer (Kurban)
1976 – Jayson Blair, American journalist and author
1976 – Chris Hoy, Scottish cyclist and race car driver
1976 – Smriti Irani, Indian actress, producer, and politician
Indian Minister of Human Resource Development
1976 – Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle racer
1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress
1976 – Jeremy Newberry, American football player
1976 – Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player
1976 – Keri Russell, American actress
1976: Travis Tomko, American wrestler
1976 – Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver
1977: Jeremy Luke, American actor
1977 – Miklos Perlus, Canadian actor and screenwriter
1978 – Simon Gärdenfors, Swedish illustrator
1978: Anastasia Griffith, British actress
1978: Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. (bka Perez Hilton)
American blogger
1978 – Walter Samuel, Argentinian footballer
1978: David Tom, American actor
1978: Nicholle Tom, American actress
1979 – Mark Buehrle, American baseball player
1979 – Ray Gordy, American wrestler
1979 – Natalia Hadjiloizou, Belarusian-Cypriot swimmer
1979 – Misty Hyman, American swimmer
1979 – Nobuo Kyo, Japanese actor
1979 – Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish rugby player
1979: Ariel Rechtshaid
American record producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer,
multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter
1980 – Ryan Day, Welsh snooker player
1980 – Russell Howard, English comedian and television host
1980 – Itay Tiran, Israeli actor
1980 – Ambwene Simukonda, Malawian sprinter
1981 – Erin Crocker, American race car driver
1981 – Tony Peña, Jr., Dominican baseball player
1981 – Shelley Rudman, English bobsledder
1981 – Giuseppe Sculli, Italian footballer
1981 – Aysun Kayacı, Turkish model and actress
1982 – José Contreras Arrau, Chilean footballer
1982 – Andrea Musacco, Italian footballer
1982 – Evgeni Striganov, Estonian ice dancer
1982: Nicolas Wright, Canadian actor
1983 – Hakan Balta, Turkish footballer
1983 – Mo Farah, Somalian-English runner
1983 – Sascha Riether, German footballer
1983 – Jerome Thomas, English footballer
1984 – Ryan Araña, Filipino basketball player
1985 – Geoff Eigenmann, Filipino actor
1985 – Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player
1986 – Patrick Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer
1986 – Brett Eldredge, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 – Steven Strait, American actor and singer
1987: Kangna Ranaut, Indian actress
1987: Vesna Rožič, Slovenian chess player (d. 23 Aug 2013)
1987 – Alan Toovey, Australian footballer
1988 – Jason Kenny, English cyclist
1988 – Michal Neuvirth, Czech ice hockey player
1989 – Nikola Gulan, Serbian footballer
1989 – Luis Fernando Silva, Mexican footballer
1990 – Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish race car driver
1990 – Princess Eugenie of York
1990 – Robert Zickert, German footballer
1991 – Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer
1992 – Tolga Ciğerci, German-Turkish footballer
1992 – Morgan Evans, Welsh rugby league player
1992 – Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
1992 – Vanessa Morgan, Canadian actress and singer
1993 – Kyle Lovett, Australian rugby league player
1994 – Nick Powell, English footballer
1995 – Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer
1995 – Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
1995 – Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer
1997 – Aidan Davis, English rapper and dancer
Family
Coulee City
1931: Harold Evans
Brandi Maes
Hilda Emerson
Tom Haggarty
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
851 – Zhou Chi, Chinese historian and politician (b. 793)
1103 – Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)
1361 – Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1310)
English politician, Lord High Steward of England
1369 – Peter of Castile (b. 1334)
1548 – Itagaki Nobukata, Japanese samurai (b. 1489)
1555 – Pope Julius III (b. 1487)
1559 – Gelawdewos, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1521)
1596 – Henry Unton, English diplomat (b. 1557)
1606 – Justus Lipsius, Flemish philologist and scholar (b. 1547)
1618 – James Hamilton (b. 1575)
1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish police officer and politician
1675 – Anthoni van Noordt, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1619)
1680 – Nicolas Fouquet, French politician (b. 1615)
1742 – Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French historian and author (b. 1670)
1747 – Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (b. 1675)
1748 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (b. 1684)
1754 – Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and critic (b. 1693)
1783 – Charles Carroll, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
1801 – Paul I of Russia (b. 1754)
1842 – Stendhal, French novelist (b. 1783)
1884 – Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
1910 – Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
1914 – Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
1923 – Hovhannes Tumanyan Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
1927 – Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
1931 – Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
1931 – Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
1931 – Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
1935 – Florence Moore, American actress (b. 1886)
1947 – Archduchess Louise of Austria (b. 1870)
1953 – Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
1953 – Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
1955 – Artur da Silva Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
1960 – Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
1960 – Said Nursî, Kurdish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
1960 – Raoul Paoli, French boxer and rower (b. 1887)
1961 – Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
1961 – Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
1964 – Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (b. 1904)
1965 – Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
1967 – Lalla Carlsen, Norwegian singer and actress (b. 1889)
1968 – Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
1970 – Del Lord, Canadian actor and director (b. 1894)
1972 – Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (b. 1895)
1978 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Israeli biochemist and academic (b. 1893)
1979 – Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911)
1980 – Alekos Livaditis, Greek actor (b. 1914)
1980 – Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist and academic (b. 1928)
1981 – Beatrice Tinsley, English-New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (b. 1941)
1984 – Shauna Grant, American porn actress and model (b. 1963)
1985 – Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching, English physicist and engineer (b. 1913)
1985 – Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and educator (b. 1908)
1985 – Ben Hardwick, English liver transplant patient (b. 1981)
1987 – Olev Roomet, Estonian singer and violinist (b. 1901)
1990 – John Dexter, English director and producer (b. 1925)
1991 – Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1913)
1992 – Friedrich Hayek (b. 1899)
Austrian-German economist, philosopher, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1992 – Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1949)
1994 – Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican economist and politician (b. 1950)
1994 – Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (b. 1921)
1994 – Donald Swann (b. 1923)
Welsh-English singer-songwriter and pianist (Flanders and Swann)
1995 – Alan Barton, English singer (Black Lace and Smokie) (b. 1953)
1995 – Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1956)
1998 – Gerald Stano, American serial killer (b. 1951)
1999 – Luis María Argaña (b. 1932)
Paraguayan judge and politician, Vice President of Paraguay
1999 – Osmond Borradaile, Canadian director and cinematographer (b. 1898)
2000 – Jeremy Applegate, American television and film actor (b. 1965)
2001 – Rowland Evans, American journalist (b. 1921)
2001 – Robert Laxalt, American author (b. 1923)
2001 – David McTaggart, Canadian badminton player and environmentalist (b. 1932)
2002 – Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920)
2002 – Ben Hollioake, Australian-English cricketer (b. 1977)
2003 – Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-English flute player and journalist (b. 1926)
2004 – Rupert Hamer (b. 1916)
Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Victoria
2006 – David B. Bleak, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
2006 – Desmond Doss, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
2006 – Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
2007 – Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1934)
2007 – Eric Medlen, American race car driver (b. 1973)
2008 – Vaino Vahing, Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright (b. 1940)
2009 – Ghukas Chubaryan, Armenian sculptor (b. 1923)
2009 – Raúl Macías, Mexican boxer and trainer (b. 1934)
2010 – Kaljo Põllu, Estonian artist (b. 1934)
2011 – Jean Bartik, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1924)
2011 – Elizabeth Taylor, American-British actress, socialite and humanitarian (b. 1932)
2012 – Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalian politician, President of Somalia (b. 1934)
2012 – Jim Duffy, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1937)
2012 – Eric Lowen, American singer-songwriter (Lowen & Navarro) (b. 1952)
2012 – Naji Talib, Iraqi politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1917)
2012 – Lonnie Wright, American basketball and football player (b. 1945)
2013 – Boris Berezovsky, Russian-English mathematician and businessman (b. 1946)
2013 – Onofre Corpuz, Filipino economist, historian, and academic (b. 1926)
2013 – David Early, American actor (b. 1938)
2013 – Virgil Trucks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
2013 – Joe Weider (b. 1919)
Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher
co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness
2014 – Dave Brockie (aka Oderus Urungus) (b. 1963)
Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
(Gwar, Death Piggy, X-Cops, and Dave Brockie Experience)
2014 – Peter Oakley, English blogger (b. 1927)
2014 – Jaroslav Šerých, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
2014 – Adolfo Suárez (b. 1932)
Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain
2015 – Gian Vittorio Baldi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2015 – Lil' Chris, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1990)
2015 – Herberto Hélder, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1930)
2015 – Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1923)
Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore
2015 – Bobby Lowther, American basketball player and lieutenant (b. 1923)
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