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Birthdays
VIP
1794: Robert Cooper Grier (Associate Justice, SCOTUS) d. 25 Sep 1870)
Notable
1133 – Henry II of England (d. 6 Jul 1189)
King of England, 1154-1189
1324 – David II of Scotland (d. 22 Feb 1371)
King of Scots, 1329-1371
1326 – Louis I of Hungary (d. 10 Sep 1382)
King of Hungary and Croatia, 1342-1382
King of Poland, 1370-1382
1340 – Cansignorio della Scala Lord of Verona (d. 1375)
1512 – Gerardus Mercator (d. 2 Dec 1594)
Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher
1523 – Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, Cardinal-Bishop of Zamora (d. 1600)
1527 – Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1603)
1563 – John Coke, English politician (d. 8 Sep 1644)
1574 – Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (d. 19 Sep 1610)
Elector Palatine, 1583-1610
1575 – William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (d. 30 Jun 1660)
1585 – John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 8 Oct 1656)
Elector of Saxony, 1611-1656
1585 – Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (d. 9 May 1638)
1637 – Jan van der Heyden (d. 1712)
Dutch painter, draughtsman, printmaker and inventor
1658 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (d. 16 Oct 1730)
French explorer and politician, 3rd Colonial Governor of Louisiana
1693 – Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and scholar (d. 23 Mar 1754)
1696 – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 27 Mar 1770)
1703 – Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1768)
1713 – Edward Cornwallis (d. 14 Jan 1776)
English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar
1713 – Frederick Cornwallis (d. 19 Mar 1783)
87th Archbishop of Canterbury
1716 – Nicolò Pacassi, Italian-Austrian architect (d. 1790)
1723 – Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 14 Jan 1772)
1733 – Vincenzo Galeotti (d. 1816)
Italian-born Danish dancer, choreographer and ballet master
1739 – Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge (d. 8 Mar 1819)
American Revolutionary colonel and physician
1748 – Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist (d. 1810)
1748 – William Shield, English violinist and composer (d. 1829)
1750 – Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison (d. 1805)
French scholar and academic
1751 – Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, composer, and educator (d. 1829)
1774 – Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish composer (d. 1842)
1779 – Benjamin Gompertz (d. 1865)
British self-educated mathematician and actuary
1785 – Carlo Odescalchi, Italian prince and archbishop of Ferrara (d. 1841)
1794 – Jacques Babinet (d. 1872)
French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer
1794 – Robert Cooper Grier, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1870)
1800 – Georg Friedrich Daumer, German poet and philosopher (d. 1875)
1814 – Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian and academic (d. 1889)
1815 – John Wentworth (d. 16 Oct 1888)
American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago
1817 – Angelo Genocchi, Italian mathematician (d. 1889)
1817 – Austen Henry Layard (d. 5 Jul 1894)
English archaeologist, academic, and politician
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1924: Lucy Larcom, American poet and author (d. 17 Apr 1893)
1827 – Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin(d. 1879)
1830 – Étienne-Jules Marey (d. 1904)
French scientist, physiologist and chronophotographer
1830 – Charles Wyville Thomson (d. 1882)
Scottish natural historian and marine zoologist
1834 – Félix de Blochausen, Luxembourgish politician (d. 1915)
1834 – Marietta Piccolomini, Italian soprano (d. 1899)
1836 – Charles Goodnight, American rancher and soldier (d. 12 Dec 1929)
1853 – Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)
1855 – Archduchess Sophie of Austria(d. 1857)
1862 – Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
1869 – Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal (d. 12 Jun 1952)
1870 – Frank Norris, American journalist and author (d. 25 Oct 1902)
1870 – Evgeny Paton, Ukrainian and Soviet engineer (d. 1953)
1871 – Rosa Luxemburg (d. 1919)
Polish-Russian economist and philosopher
1871 – Konstantinos Pallis, Greek general (d. 1941)
1873 – Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian skier and explorer (d. 1961)
1874 – Henry Travers, English-American actor (d. 18 Oct 1965)
1876 – Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote (d. 1947)
1879 – William Beveridge (d. 16 Mar 1963)
Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
1879 – Andres Larka (d. 1943)
Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War
1880 – Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (d. 1968)
Russian and Soviet mathematician
1882 – Dora Marsden, English author and activist (d. 1960)
1883 – Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (d. 1969)
1883 – Pietro Bianchi, Italian gymnast (d. 1965)
1886 – Dong Biwu (d. 1975)
Chinese judge and politician
Chairman of the People's Republic of China
1886 – Freddie Welsh, Welsh lightweight boxing champion (d. 1927)
1887 – Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 1959)
1894 – Henry Daniell, English actor (d. 1963)
1897 – Set Persson, Swedish politician (d. 1960)
1897 – Gunta Stölzl, German textile artist (d. 1983)
1898 – Zhou Enlai (d. 8 Jan 1976)
Chinese politician
1st Premier of the People's Republic of China
1898 – Soong May-ling (d. 2003)
Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek, 2nd First Lady of China
1898 – Misao Okawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2015)
1901 – Louis Kahn, American architect and academic (d. 1974)
1901 – Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg (d. 1971)
1901 – Julian Przyboś, Polish poet, essayist and translator (d. 1970)
1904 – Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (d. 30 Mar 1984)
1905 – William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany (d. 1985)
Scottish soldier and politician
1905 – László Benedek, Hungarian film director (d. 1992)
1908 – Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (d. 1990)
1908 – Rex Harrison, English-American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1908 – Fritz Fischer, German historian (d. 1999)
1908 – Ludwig Goldbrunner (d. 1981)
German footballer and football manager
1909 – Josef Bergmaier, German footballer (d. 1943)
1910 – Momofuku Ando
Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (d. 2007)
1910 – Ennio Flaiano, Italian screenwriter and journalist (d. 1972)
1911 – Bruno Heim (d. 2003)
The Vatican's first Apostolic Nuncio to Britain
1912 – Jack Marshall (d. 1988)
New Zealand politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand
1913 – Gangubai Hangal, Indian singer (d. 2009)
1914 – Philip Farkas, American horn player (d. 1992)
1914 – Ursula Reit, German actress (d. 1998)
1915 – Henry Hicks (d. 9 Dec 1990)
Canadian academic and politician; 16th Premier of Nova Scotia
1915 – Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic (d. 2002)
1916 – Jack Hamm, American illustrator (d. 22 Dec 1996)
1918 – Tadahiko Hayashi, Japanese photographer (d. 1990)
1918 – Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1918 – Red Storey (d. 2006)
Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster
1918 – James Tobin (d. 11 Mar 2002)
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1919 – Myron H. Bright, American captain and judge
1920 – José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist (d. 2009)
1920 – Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)
1920 – Leontine T. Kelly, American bishop (d. 2012)
1921 – Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach (d. 1998)
1922 – James Noble, American actor and producer
1922 – Pier Paolo Pasolini (d. 1975)
Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
1923 – Juan A. Rivero (d. 2014)
Puerto Rican-American biologist and academic
founded Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo
1923 – Laurence Tisch (d. 2003)
American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation
1923 – Andrea Aureli, Italian actor
1924 – Roger Marche, French footballer (d. 1997)
1925: Jacques Verges, French and Algerian lawyer (d. 15 Aug 2013)
1927 – Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (d. 12 Dec 1976)
1927 – Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford
Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician
1928 – J. Hillis Miller, American academic and critic
1928 – Harry Birrell, American news reporter (d. 2013)
1929 – Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (d. 2015)
1929 – J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
1929 – Takao Saito, Japanese cinematographer (d. 2014)
1930 – John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 2008)
1930 – Del Crandall, American baseball player and manager
1930 – David Garth, American political advertising consultant (d. 2014)
1931 – Fred, French author and illustrator (d. 2013)
1931 – Anthony Hedges, English composer and academic
1931 – Jean-Paul Roussillon, French actor (d. 2009)
1931 – Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator
1932 – Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (d. 2008)
1933 – Tommy Tucker, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1982)
1933 – Walter Kasper, German Roman Catholic Cardinal and theologian
1934 – Daniel Kahneman
Israeli- American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 – Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1934 – James Sikking, American actor
1935 – Philip K. Chapman, Australian-American astronaut and engineer
1935 – Paul Sand, American actor
1935 – Letizia Battaglia, Italian photographer and photojournalist
1936 – Canaan Banana (d. 2003)
Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe
1936 – Dean Stockwell, American actor
1937 – Sal Borgese, Italian actor
1937 – Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigerian general and politician, 5th President of Nigeria
1938 – Paul Evans, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1938 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (d. 2011)
1938 – Fred Williamson
American football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1939 – Samantha Eggar, English actress
1939 – Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian comedian, actor, and singer (d. 1995)
1939 – Peter Woodcock, Canadian murderer (d. 2010)
1939 – Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
1940 – Tom Butler, English bishop
1940 – Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league player (d. 1990)
1940 – Graham McRae, New Zealand racing driver
1940 – Sepp Piontek, German footballer and manager
1941 – Alain Boublil, Tunisian musical theatre lyricist and librettist
1941: Donald L. "Don" Sherwood
U.S. Representative, R. PA, 1999-2007
1941 – Des Wilson, New Zealand-English businessman and activist
1942 – Felipe González
Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
1942 – Mike Resnick, American author
1943 – Billy Backus, American boxer
1943 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
1944 – Peter Brandes, Danish painter and sculptor
1944 – Roy Gutman, American journalist and author
1946 – Richard Bell (d. 2007)
Canadian pianist (Full Tilt Boogie Band, The Band, Crowbar,
and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings)
1946 – Mem Fox, Australian author and academic
1946 – Murray Head, English actor
1946 – Lova Moor, French singer and dancer
1946 – Michael Warren, American basketball player and actor
1946 – Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter
1946 – Graham Hawkins, English former football player and manager
1946: Martin Levi van Creveld, Israeli military historian and theorist
1947 – Eddie Hodges, American actor
1947: John Kitzhaber
35th and 37th Governor of Oregon, 1995-2003, 2011-2015
1947 – Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish singer and actress
1947 – Tom Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Kent Tekulve, American baseball player and sportscaster
1948 – Robert Bauval, Belgian author and Ancient Egypt researcher
1948 – Eddy Grant
Guyanese-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Equals)
1948 – Richard Hickox, English conductor and scholar (d. 2008)
1948: Esther Hicks, American inspirational speaker and author
1948 – Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
1948 – Ahmad Rafiq, Indonesian singer and actor (d. 2013)
1948 – Francisco Rivera Pérez (bka Paquirri), Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
1948: Leslie Marmon Silko, Native American Laguna Pueblo writer
1948 – Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer
1949 – Bernard Arnault, French business magnate and art collector
1949 – Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (d. 1992)
1949 – Franz Josef Jung
German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence
1951 – Rodney Hogg, Australian cricketer
1951 – Mohammad Nor Khalid (bka Lat), Malaysian cartoonist
1952 – Alan Clark, English keyboard player (Dire Straits)
1952: Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden
(aka Robin Hobb, Megan Lindholm)
American fantasy fiction writer
1952 – Mike Squires, American baseball player and scout
1952 – Petar Borota, Serbian footballer (d. 2010)
1953 – Katarina Frostenson, Swedish poet and writer
1953 – Michael Sandel, American philosopher and educator
1953 – Richard Sanderson, English singer
1953 – Tokyo Sexwale
South African businessman and politician, 1st Premier of Gauteng
1954 – Barry Lee Fairchild, American murderer (d. 1995)
1954 – Steve Prestwich (d. 2011)
English-Australian drummer, musician and songwriter
(Cold Chisel, Little River Band)
1954 – Jack Stamp, American conductor and composer
1954 – Marsha Warfield, American actress
1955 – Julien Dray, French politician
1955 – Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author
1956 – Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress and director
1956 – Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
1956 – Marco Paolini, Italian actor and author
1956 – Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic
1956 – Donato Oliverio, Italian Bishop of the Eparchy of Lungro
1957: Tim Holden
U.S. Representative, D. PA, 1993-2013
1957 – Mark E. Smith
English singer-songwriter (The Fall and Von Südenfed)
1957 – Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
1958 – Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer (d. 10 Mar 1988)
1958 – Volodymyr Bezsonov
Ukrainian football manager and former footballer
1959 – Mike Byster, American mathematician and academic
1959 – David Fury, American screenwriter and producer
1959 – Tsukasa Hojo, Japanese illustrator
1959 – Vazgen Sargsyan (d. 1999)
Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia
1960 – Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson
English businessman and politician
Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
1960 – David Tibet
English singer-songwriter (Current 93 and Death in June)
1960 – Nick Launay
English record producer, composer and recording engineer
1962 – Jonathan Penner, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Charlie Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Proclaimers)
1962 – Craig Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Proclaimers)
1962 – Rosemarie Ford, English dancer, actress and television presenter
1963 – Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
1964 – Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter (Noir Désir)
1964 – Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch footballer
1965 – José Semedo, Portuguese footballer
1965 – Johnny Ekström, Swedish footballer
1966 – Mark Z. Danielewski, American author
1966 – Oh Eun-sun, South-Korean mountaineer
1966 – Bob Halkidis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966 – Michael Irvin, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
1966 – Tracy Kerdyk, American golfer
1966 – Aasif Mandvi, Indian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Gus Caesar, English footballer
1968 – Gordon Bajnai
Hungarian businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Hungary
1968 – Theresa Villiers
English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1969 – Paul Blackthorne, English actor
1969 – Danny King, English author and playwright
1969 – Moussa Saïb, Algerian footballer and manager
1969 – Rio Natsuki, Japanese voice actress
1970 – Rome, American singer
1970 – Mike Brown, American basketball player and coach
1970 – John Frusciante
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(Red Hot Chili Peppers, Swahili Blonde, and Ataxia)
1970 – Yuu Watase, Japanese manga artist
1971 – Greg Berry, English footballer and coach
1971 – Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player and scout
1971 – Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian cyclist
1971 – Scott Mosier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Brian Grant, American basketball player
1972 – Luca Turilli
Italian guitarist and songwriter (Rhapsody of Fire, Luca Turilli's
Rhapsody, and Luca Turilli's Dreamquest)
1972 – James Moran, British screenwriter
1973 – Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer and manager
1973 – Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (d. 2009)
1973 – Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
1973 – Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis player and coach
1973 – Juan Esnáider, Argentine football manager and former footballer
1974 – Larbi Benboudaoud, French judoka
1974 – Kevin Connolly, American actor and director
1974 – Jens Jeremies, German footballer
1974 – Matt Lucas, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1974 – Eva Mendes, American actress
1975 – Jolene Blalock, American actress
1975 – Luciano Burti, Brazilian race car driver
1975 – Sergei Ivanov, Russian cyclist
1975 – Sasho Petrovski, Australian footballer
1975 – Niki Taylor, American model
1976 – Neil Jackson, English actor and writer
1976 – Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
1976 – Paul Konerko, American baseball player
1976 – Chiwoniso Maraire, Zimbabwean singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1976 – Norm Maxwell, New Zealand rugby player
1976 – Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1977 – Taismary Agüero, Cuban-born Italian volleyball player
1977 – Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player
1977 – Raphael Bove, Australian footballer
1977 – Mike MacDougal, American baseball player
1977: Marie Rutkoski
American children's writer, and professor at Brooklyn College
1977 – Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player and sportscaster
1978 – Jared Crouch, Australian footballer
1978 – Mike Hessman, American baseball player
1978 – Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer
1978 – Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer
1979 – Martin Axenrot, Swedish musician
1979 – Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter
1979: Riki Lindhome, American actress, comedian, and musician
1979 – Lee Mears, English rugby union player
1980 – Andrea Bari, Italian volleyball player
1980 – Jessica Boehrs, German singer and actress
1980 – Sabrina Buchholz, German biathlete
1980 – Shay Carl Butler (bka Shay Carl)
American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios
1980 – Renan Luce, French singer and songwriter
1980: Nathaniel Rich, American novelist and essayist
1981 – Hanna Alström, Swedish actress
1981 – Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Paul Martin, American ice hockey player
1981: Aaron D. O'Connell, American experimental quantum physicist
1981 – Shugo Oshinari, Japanese actor
1981 – Andreas Wiig, Norwegian snowboarder
1982 – Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
1982 – Giorgia Palmas, Italian model and television host
1982 – Du Li, Chinese sport shooter
1983 – Édgar Dueñas, Mexican footballer
1983 – Mickaël Antoine-Curier, French-born Guadeloupean footballer
1984 – Aarthi Agarwal, American actress (d. 2015)
1984 – Ryan Crowley, Australian footballer
1984 – Branko Cvetković, Serbian basketball player
1984 – Guillaume Hoarau, French footballer
1985 – David Marshall, Scottish footballer
1985 – Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
1985 – Brad Mills, American baseball player
1986 – Alexandre Barthe, French footballer
1986 – Matty Fryatt, English footballer
1986: Jason Fuchs, American actor and screenwriter
1986 – Kimberlee Green, Australian netball player
1986 – Dominique McElligott, Irish actress
1986 – Carlos Quintero, Colombian cyclist
1986 – Ellen Whitaker, English horse rider
1987 – Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
1987 – Lua Blanco, Brazilian actress, singer, songwriter and model
1987 – Chris Cohen, English footballer
1987 – Ishmael Miller, English footballer
1988 – Trevor Carson, Irish footballer
1988 – Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
1988 – Jovana Brakočević, Serbian volleyball player
1988 – Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, Algerian footballer
1988 – Illya Kvasha, Ukrainian diver
1989 – Sterling Knight, American actor and singer
1989 – Jake Lloyd, American actor
1989 – Jonathan Cristaldo, Argentine footballer
1990: Alana Blanchard, American surfer and model
1990 – Danny Drinkwater, English footballer
1990 – İlham Tanui Özbilen, Kenyan-Turkish runner
1990 – Alex Smithies, English footballer
1991 – Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist and composer
1991 – Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentine footballer
1993 – El-Hadji Ba, French footballer
1993 – Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer
1993 – Alexa Dectis, American singer and actress
1993 – Bregje Heinen, Dutch model
1993 – Harry Maguire, English footballer
1993 – Artur Pikk, Estonian footballer
1994 – Daria Gavrilova, Russian tennis player
1994 – Sajjad Mashayekhi, Iranian basketball player
1994 – Aislinn Paul, Canadian actress
1995 – Jun Shison, Japanese actor
1998 – Vladislav Artemiev, Russian chess player
Family
1867: Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (d. 6 Jul 1952)
(2nd cousin 2x removed)
Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec
Coulee City
Nicole Evans
Duane Spurbeck
Carl Mathis
Nathan Honsowetz
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
254 – Pope Lucius I (b. 200)
1239 – Hermann Balk, German knight
1534 – Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
1539 – Nuno da Cunha (b. 1487)
Portuguese admiral and politician, Governor of Portuguese India
1611 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1533)
1622 – Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
1695 – Henry Wharton, English librarian and author (b. 1664)
1726 – Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull (b. 1655)
English politician, Lord President of the Council
1731 – Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, Syrian scholar and author (b. 1641)
1770 – Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)
1776 – Yeongjo of Joseon (b. 1694)
1778 – Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)
1815 – Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
1827 – Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
1827 – Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
1829 – John Adams, English sailor (b. 1766)
1849 – David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
1876 – Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
1893 – Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
1895 – Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
1895 – Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
1903 – George Francis Robert Henderson, English colonel and author (b. 1854)
1904 – John Lowther du Plat Taylor, English colonel (b. 1829)
1907 – Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
1923 – Dora Pejačević, Croatian composer (b. 1885)
1925 – Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
1926 – Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
1927 – Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
1928 – Lidia Quaranta, Italian actress (b. 1891)
1929 – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)
1931 – Arthur Tooth, English priest (b. 1839)
1934 – Reşit Galip (b. 1893)
Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education
1935 – Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
1940 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
1944 – Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
1945 – Lena Baker, American murderer (b. 1901)
1947 – Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
1950 – Edgar Lee Masters American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
1950 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)
1953 – Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
1953 – Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
1953 – Joseph Stalin (b. 1878)
Russian marshal and politician, 3rd leader of the Soviet Union
1955 – Antanas Merkys (b. 1888)
Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania
1962 – Libero Liberati, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1926)
1963 – Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
1963 – Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
1963 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
1965 – Chen Cheng (b. 1897)
Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China
1965 – Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1904)
1966 – Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)
1967 – Mohammad Mosaddegh (b. 1882)
Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Iran
1967 – Georges Vanier (b. 1888)
Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada
1971 – Allan Nevins, American journalist and author (b. 1890)
1973 – Michael Jeffery, English talent manager (b. 1933)
1973 – Robert C. O'Brien, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
1974 – John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)
1974 – Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
1974 – Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (b. 1888)
1976 – Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)
1977 – Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
1980 – Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (b. 1912)
1981 – Yip Harburg, American songwriter and composer (b. 1896)
1981 – Vidrik Rootare, Estonian chess player (b. 1906)
1982 – John Belushi (b. 1949)
American actor, singer, and screenwriter (The Blues Brothers)
1984 – Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (b. 1924)
1984 – Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (b. 1915)
1984 – William Powell, American actor and singer (b. 1892)
1988 – Alberto Olmedo, Argentinian comedian and actor (b. 1933)
1990 – Gary Merrill, American actor and director (b. 1915)
1993 – Cyril Collard, French author, actor, and director (b. 1957)
1995 – Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
1995 – Vivian Stanshall (b. 1943)
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and Grimms)
1996 – Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
1997 – Samm Sinclair Baker, American author (b. 1909)
1997 – Jean Dréville, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1999 – Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (b. 1922)
2000 – Rena Dor, Greek actress and singer (b. 1917)
2004 – Walt Gorney, Polish-American actor (b. 1912)
2006 – Richard Kuklinski, American murderer (b. 1935)
2007 – Ivan Supek (b. 1915)
Croatian physicist, philosopher, and writer
President of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991-1997)
2008 – Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)
2010 – Charles B. Pierce (b. 1938)
American director, screenwriter, producer, set decorator,
cinematographer, and actor
2011 – Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
2012 – Paul Haines, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1970)
2012 – Philip Madoc, Welsh-English actor (b. 1934)
2012 – Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2012 – William O. Wooldridge, American sergeant (b. 1922)
2013 – Rajasulochana, Indian actress and dancer (b. 1935)
2013 – Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (b. 1954)
2013 – Hugo Chávez (b. 1954)
Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela
2013 – Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (b. 1921)
2013 – Gorō Naya, Japanese voice actor and director (b. 1929)
2014 – Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (b. 1931)
2014 – David Garth; American political advertising consultant (b. 1930)
2014 – Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (b. 1963)
2014 – Leopoldo María Panero, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1948)
2014 – Hank Rieger, American publicist and journalist (b. 1918)
2014 – Dave Sampson, English singer (b. 1941)
2015 – Vlada Divljan (b. 1958)
Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Idoli and Apartchiks)
2015 – Edward Egan, American cardinal (b. 2 Apr 1932)
2015 – Albert Maysles, American director and producer (b. 1926)
2015 – Jim McCann (b. 1944)
Irish singer and guitarist (The Dubliners and The Ludlows)
2015 – Dirk Shafer, American model, actor, and director (b. 1962)
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