April 13 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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April 13 in history

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Birthdays

VIP

1732 – Frederick North, Lord North   (d. 1792)
      English politician
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1770-1782
      Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1767-1782
      Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 1783

1743:  Thomas Jefferson   (d. 4 Jul 1826)
      American Founding Father
      3rd U.S. President, 1801-1809
      2nd U.S. Vice President,1797-1801
      1st U.S. Secretary of State, 1790-1793
      U.S. Minister to France, 1785-1789
      Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Virginia, 1783-1784
      2nd Governor of Virginia, 1779-1781
      Delegate to the Second Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-1776

1890 – Frank Murphy  (d. 19 Jul 1949)
      American jurist and politician

      Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1940-1949

      56th United States Attorney General, 1939-1940

      35th Governor of Michigan, 1937-1939

Notable

1506 – Peter Faber  (d. 1546)
      French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus
1519 – Catherine de' Medici  (d. 1589)
      Italian-French wife of Henry II of France
1570 – Guy Fawkes, English soldier, planned the Gunpowder Plot (d. 1606)
1573 – Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1625)
1593 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford  (d. 1641)
      English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1618 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (d. 1693)
1713 – Pierre Jélyotte, French tenor (d. 1797)
1729 – Thomas Percy, Irish bishop and poet (d. 1811)
1735 – Isaac Low  (d. 1791)
      American merchant and politician
      founded the New York Chamber of Commerce
1747 – Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1793)
1764 – Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr  (d. 1830)
      French general and politician, French Minister of War
1769 – Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (d. 1830)
1771 – Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (d. 1833)
1780 – Alexander Mitchell  (d. 1868)
      Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse
1784 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1877)
1787 – John Robertson, American lawyer and politician (d. 1873)
1794 – Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (d. 1867)
1802 – Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist and hepetologist (d. 1884)
1808 – Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (d. 1889)
1810 – Félicien David, French composer (d. 1876)
1824 – William Alexander, Irish archbishop, poet, and theologian (d. 1911)
1825 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee  (d. 1868)
      Irish-Canadian journalist and politician
1828 – Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English bishop and theologian (d. 1889)
1832 – Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author and diplomat (d. 1889)
1840:  Samuel Ullman  (d. 21 Mar 1924)
      American businessman, poet, and humanitarian
1841 – Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (d. 1905)
1850 – Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, Irish astronomer (d. 1917)
1851 – Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (d. 1928)
1851 – William Quan Judge, Irish occultist and theosophist (d. 1896)
1852 – Frank Winfield Woolworth  (d. 1919)
      American businessman, founded the F.W. Woolworth Company
1860 – James Ensor, Belgian painter (d. 1949)
1866 – Butch Cassidy, American criminal (d. 1908)
1872 – John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1935)
1872 – Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian-Croatian journalist and author (d. 1945)

1873 – John W. Davis  (d. 24 Mar 1955)

      American lawyer and politician

      1924 Democratic Party nominee for President

      U.S. Ambassador to the U.K., 1918-1921

      14th U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-1918

      U.S. Representative, D. WV, 1911-1913

1875 – Ray Lyman Wilbur  (d. 26 Jun 1949)
      American physician, academic, and politician

      31st U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1929-1933

1879 – Edward Bruce, American lawyer and painter (d. 1943)
1880 – Charles Christie  (d. 1955)
      Canadian-American businessman
      co-founded the Christie Film Company
1885 – Vean Gregg, American baseball player (d. 1964)
1885 – Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1942)
1885 – György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic (d. 1971)
1887 – Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and golfer (d. 1995)
1887 – Peter Ratican, American soccer player (d. 1922)
1889 – Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist and author (d. 1958)
1890 – Dadasaheb Torne, Indian director and producer (d. 1960)
1891 – Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1921)
1891 – Nella Larsen, American nurse, librarian, and author (d. 1964)
1891 – Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (d. 1973)
1892 – Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, English air marshal (d. 1984)
1892 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the Radar (d. 1973)
1894 – Arthur Fadden  (d. 1973)
      Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia
1894 – Joie Ray, American runner (d. 1978)
1896 – Fred Barnett, English footballer (d. 1982)
1897 – Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1899 – Alfred Mosher Butts  (d. 1993)
      American architect and game designer, created Scrabble
1899 – Harold Osborn, American high jumper and decathlete (d. 1975)
1900 – Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976)
1901 – Jacques Lacan, French psychiatrist and academic (d. 1981)
1901 – Alan Watt  (d. 1988)
      Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan
1902 – Philippe de Rothschild  (d. 1988)
      French race car driver, playwright, and producer
1902 – Marguerite Henry, American author (d. 1997)
1904 – David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1987)
1905:  Bruno Rossi, Italian experimental physicist  (d. 21 Sep 1993)
1906 – Samuel Beckett  (d. 1989)
      Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
1906 – Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1991)
1906 – Ed Hamm, American long jumper and coach (d. 1982)
1906 – Klaudia Taev, Estonian opera singer and educator (d. 1985)
1907 – Harold Stassen  (d. 2001)
      American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota
1909 – Stanislaw Ulam, Ukrainian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1984)
1909 – Eudora Welty, American short story writer and novelist (d. 2001)
1911 – Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer and manager (d. 1946)
1911 – Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1994)
1911 – Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1983)
1913 – Dave Albritton, American high jumper and coach (d. 1994)
1913 – Kermit Tyler, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 2010)
1914 – Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish poet and author (d. 1950)
1916 – Phyllis Fraser  (d. 2006)
      American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books
1917 – Robert Orville Anderson  (d. 2007)
      American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co.
1917 – Bill Clements  (d. 2011)
      American soldier, engineer, and politician
      15th U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
      42nd Governor of Texas
1919 – Roland Gaucher, French journalist and politician (d. 2007)
1919 – Howard Keel, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
1919 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair  (d. 1995)
      American activist, founded American Atheists
1919 – Phil Tonken, American voice actor and producer (d. 2000)
1920 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982)
1920 – Claude Cheysson  (d. 2012)
      French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
1920 – Liam Cosgrave
      Irish lawyer and politician, 6th Taoiseach of Ireland
1920 – John LaPorta, American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2004)
1921 – Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza  (d. 2002)
      Dutch-Swiss art collector and businessman
1922 – Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (d. 1994)
1922 – John Braine, English librarian and author (d. 1986)
1922 – Julius Nyerere  (d. 1999)
      Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania
1922 – Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (d. 2002)
1923 – A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (d. 2014)
1923 – Stanley Tanger  (d. 2010)
      American businessman and philanthropist
      founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers
1923 – Donald James Yarmy (bka Don Adams)  (d. 25 Sep 2005)
      American actor, comedian, and director
1924 – John T. Biggers, American painter (d. 2001)
1924 – Jack T. Chick, American author, illustrator, and publisher
1924 – Stanley Donen, American director and choreographer
1925 – Michael Halliday, English linguist
1926 – Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (d. 1983)
1926 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough  (d. 2014)
      English businessman
1927 – Rosemary Haughton
      English-American philosopher, theologian, and author
1927 – Antonino Rocca, Italian-American wrestler (d. 1977)
1927 – Maurice Ronet, French actor and director (d. 1983)
1928 – Alan Clark  (d. 1999)
      English historian and politician, Minister of State for Trade
1928 – Gianni Marzotto, Italian race car driver and businessman (d. 2012)
1929 – Marilynn Smith, American golfer
1931 – Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (d. 2014)
1931 – Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1931 – Dan Gurney, American race car driver and engineer
1931 – Arturo Rodenak, Argentinian-Chilean footballer (d. 2012)
1931 – Jon Stone, American composer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1932 – Orlando Letelier  (d. 1976)
      Chilean-American economist and politician
      Chilean Minister of National Defense
1933 – Ben Nighthorse Campbell, American soldier and politician
1934 – John Muckler, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1935 – Lyle Waggoner, American actor
1936 – Pierre Rosenberg, French historian and academic
1937 – Edward Fox, English actor
1937:  Jeremiah P. Ostriker, American astrophysicist and professor
1937 – Lanford Wilson, American playwright  (d. 2011)
      co-founded the Circle Repertory Company
1938 – Klaus Lehnertz, German pole vaulter
1938 – John Weston, English poet and diplomat
1939 – Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1939 – Paul Sorvino, American actor, singer, and director
1940 – Mike Beuttler, Egyptian-English race car driver (d. 1988)
1940 – Lester Chambers, American singer-songwriter (The Chambers Brothers)
1940 – Vladimir Cosma, Romanian composer and conductor
1940 – J. M. G. Le Clézio, French author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940:  Michael Herr, American journalist and writer
1940 – Jim McNab, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
1940 – Max Mosley
      English race car driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering
1941 – Michael Stuart Brown
      American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Jean-Marc Reiser, French author and illustrator (d. 1983)
1941 – Marjorie Yates, English actress
1942 – Ataol Behramoğlu Turkish poet and author
1942 – Bill Conti, American composer and conductor

1943:  Robert Hormats

      American businessman and public servant, Under Secretary of State

            for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment 2009-2013

1943 – Alan Jones, Australian rugby coach, radio host, and educator
1943 – Billy Kidd, American skier
1943 – Tim Krabbé, Dutch journalist and author
1943 – Philip Norman, English journalist, author, and playwright
1944 – Franco Arese, Italian runner
1944 – Charles Burnett, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – Jack Casady
      American bass player (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and Jefferson Starship)
1944 – Susan Davis, American social worker and politician
1944:  John Paul DeJoria, American businessman and philanthropist
1945 – Ed Caruthers, American high jumper
1945 – Tony Dow, American actor, director, and producer
1945 – Lowell George  (d. 1979)
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Little Feat and The Mothers of Invention)
1945 – Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (d. 1970)
1945 – Judy Nunn, Australian actress and screenwriter
1946 – Al Green, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor
1946 – Christopher Strauli, English actor
1947 – Rae Armantrout, American poet and academic
1947 – Mike Chapman, Australian-English songwriter and producer
1947 – Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist and academic (d. 2004)
1948 – Nam Hae-il, South Korean admiral
1948 – Drago Jančar, Slovenian author and playwright
1949 – Len Cook, New Zealand-English mathematician and statistician
1949 – Frank Doran, Scottish lawyer and politician
1949 – Christopher Hitchens, English-American journalist and author (d. 2011)
1949 – Ricardo Zunino, Argentinian race car driver
1950 – Joseph Paul Franklin, American serial killer (d. 2013)
1950 – Terry Lester, American actor (d. 2003)
1950 – Ron Perlman, American actor and producer
1950 – Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach
1950 – William Sadler, American actor
1951 – Leszek Borysiewicz, Welsh immunologist and academic
1951 – Peabo Bryson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1951 – Peter Davison, English actor
1951 – Joachim Streich, German footballer and manager
1951 – Max Weinberg, American drummer
      (E Street Band and Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band)

1952 – Erick Avari, Indian-American actor

1952:  Jim Costa
      American rancher and politician

      U.S. Representative, D. CA  2005-Incumbent

1952 – Ron Dittemore, American businessman
1952 – David Drew, English lawyer and politician
1952 – Jonjo O'Neill, Irish jockey and trainer
1953 – Stephen Byers, English politician, Secretary of State for Transport
1953 – Dany Laferrière, Haitian-Canadian journalist and author
1954 – Jimmy Destri, American keyboard player and songwriter (Blondie)
1954 – Niels Olsen, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Olsen Brothers)
1954 – Barbara Roche
      English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Immigration
1955 – Steve Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Louis Johnson  (d. 2015)
      American bass player and producer (The Brothers Johnson)
1955 – Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer
1955 – Hideki Saijo, Japanese singer
1955 – Ole von Beust, German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Hamburg
1956 – Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2003)
1956 – Alan Devonshire, English footballer and manager
1956 – Edward Forbes Smiley III, American art thief and map dealer
1957 – Amy Goodman, American journalist and author
1957 – Gary Kroeger, American actor
1957 – Dallas Moir, Maltese-Scottish cricketer
1957 – Saundra Santiago, American actress
1958 – Hisako Manda, Japanese actress
1960 – Lyn Brown, English social worker and politician
1960 – Bob Casey, Jr., American lawyer and politician
1960:  Michel Faber, Dutch-born writer of English-language fiction
1960 – Olaf Ludwig, German cyclist and manager
1960 – Rudi Völler, German footballer and manager
1961:  Liz Callaway, American actresss and singer
1961 – Hiro Yamamoto
      American bass player and songwriter (Soundgarden and Truly)
1962:  Chris Riddell, British illustrator, writer, and political cartoonist
1962 – Hillel Slovak  (d. 1988)
      Israeli-American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers and What Is This?)
1963 – Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player and author
1964 – Davis Love III, American golfer and sportscaster
1964 – Caroline Rhea
      Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – John Swinney
      Scottish businessman and politician, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
1965 – Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinian architect and educator
1966 – Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian footballer
1966 – Marc Ford
      American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (The Black Crowes and Burning Tree)
1966 – Adamantia Stamatopoulou (bka Mando), Greek singer-songwriter
1967 – Dana Barros, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1967 – Michael Eisen, American biologist and academic
1967 – Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (Chantelle)
1968 – Ted Washington, American football player
1969 – Dirk Muschiol, German footballer
1970 – Monty Brown, American football player and wrestler
1970 – Gerry Creaney, Scottish footballer and manager
1970 – Szilveszter Csollány, Hungarian gymnast
1970 – Ricardo Rincón, Mexican-American baseball player
1970 – Ricky Schroder, American actor and director

1970:  Kevin Warsh
      American financier,  lawyer, government official, and academic

      Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006-2011

1971 – Aldous Byron Valensia Clarkson (bka Valensia)

      Dutch composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist

1971 – Franck Esposito, French swimmer
1971 – Dina Korzun, Russian actress
1971 – Danie Mellor, Australian painter and sculptor
1971 – Bo Outlaw, American basketball player
1972 – Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish ice hockey player and golfer
1972 – Aaron Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Staind)
1973 – Bokeem Woodbine, American actor and producer
1974 – Sergei Gonchar, Russian ice hockey player
1974 – Darren Turner, English race car driver
1974 – David Zdrilic, Australian footballer and manager
1975 – Jasey-Jay Anderson, Canadian snowboarder
1975 – Lou Bega, German singer-songwriter
1975 – Bruce Dyer, English footballer
1975 – Tatiana Navka, Russian ice dancer
1976 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003)
1976 – Valentina Cervi, Italian actress
1976 – Patrik Eliáš, Czech-American ice hockey player
1976 – Glenn Howerton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1976 – Yoo Ji-tae, South Korean actor and director
1977 – Jeff Stearns, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Margus Tsahkna, Estonian lawyer and politician
1978 – Arron Asham, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Nick Garrett, English singer
      (The Swingle Singers and Amici Forever)

1978 – Kyle Howard, American actor

1978 – James Jordan, English dancer and choreographer

1978 – Sylvie Meis, Dutch model and actress

1978 – Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer
1978 – Raemon Sluiter, Dutch tennis player
1978 – Keydrick Vincent, American football player
1979 – Gréta Arn, Hungarian tennis player
1979 – Baron Davis, American basketball player
1979 – Tony Lundon
      Irish singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer (Liberty X)
1979 – Síle Seoige, Irish television host
1979 – Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player

1979 – William Henry van Cutsem
      English godfather of Prince George of Cambridge

1979 – Murat Yıldırım, Turkish actor

1980 – Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

1980 – Kelli Giddish, American actress

1980 – Kyle Howard, American actor and screenwriter
1980 – Jason Maguire, Irish jockey
1980 – Alan Melikdjanian, Latvian-American actor, director, and producer
1980 – Wayne Purser, English footballer
1980 – Quentin Richardson, American basketball player
1981 – Nat Borchers, American soccer player
1981 – Gemma Doyle, Scottish politician
1981 – Courtney Peldon, American actress
1981 – Bryan Scott, American football player
1982 – Nellie McKay, English-American singer-songwriter and actress
1982 – Janice Vidal, Hong Kong singer and actress
1982 – Jill Vidal, Hong Kong singer and actress
1983 – Claudio Bravo, Chilean footballer
1983 – Schalk Burger, South African rugby player
1983 – Nicole Cooke, Welsh cyclist
1983 – Derek Lee Nixon, American actor and producer
1983 – Hunter Pence, American baseball player
1984 – Jarmo Ahjupera, Estonian footballer
1984 – Anders Lindegaard, Danish footballer

1984 – Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor

1984 – Matthew Needham, English actor

1985 – Anna Jennings-Edquist, Australian actress, director, and playwright
1985 – Algo Kärp, Estonian skier
1985 – Kerim Zengin, Turkish footballer
1986 – Michael Bingham, American-English sprinter
1987 – Brandon Hardesty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1987 – Massimiliano Pesenti, Italian footballer
1987 – Allison Weiss, American singer-songwriter
1988 – Anderson, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Petteri Koponen, Finnish basketball player
1988 – Allison Williams, American actress and singer
1989 – Ryan Bailey, American sprinter
1989:  Dong Dong, Chinese trampoline gymnast
1989 – Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova, Belarusian long jumper
1989 – Josh Reynolds, Australian rugby league player
1991 – Akeem Adams, Trinidadian footballer (d. 2013)
1991 – Ulises Dávila, Mexican footballer
1991 – Josh Gordon, American football player
1991:  Dylan Penn, American model and actress
1992 – Denis Kudryavtsev, Russian hurdler

1993 – Hannah Marks, American actress

1993 – Tony Wroten, American basketball player
1994 – Ángelo Henríquez, Chilean footballer
1994 – Elvis Merzļikins, Latvian ice hockey player


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Notable

548 – Lý Nam Đế, Vietnamese emperor (b. 503)
799 – Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and historian (b. 720)
814 – Krum, Bulgarian ruler
1093 – Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)
1138 – Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
1592 – Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511)
1612 – Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai (b. 1585)
1635 – Fakhr-al-Din II, Ottoman prince (b. 1572)
1638 – Henri, Duke of Rohan (b. 1579)
1641 – Richard Montagu, English bishop (b. 1577)
1695 – Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (b. 1621)
1716 – Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, English admiral and politician (b. 1648)
1722 – Charles Leslie, Irish priest and theologian (b. 1650)
1793 – Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French botanist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1763)
1794 – Nicolas Chamfort, French playwright and poet (b. 1741)
1826 – Franz Danzi, German cellist, composer, and conductor (b. 1763)
1853 – Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (b. 1788)
1853 – James Iredell, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788)
1855 – Henry De la Beche, English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796)
1868 – Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
1880 – Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)
1882 – Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)
1886 – John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
1890 – Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
1909 – Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)
1910 – William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)
1911 – John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)
1911 – George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)
1912 – Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet and author (b. 1886)
1918 – Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (b. 1870)
1925 – Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter (b. 1875)
1927 – Georg Voigt, German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (b. 1866)
1936 – Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
1938 – Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)
1941 – Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
1941 – William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
1942 – Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)
1942 – Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
1944 – Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
1945 – Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)
1954 – Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)
1954 – Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
1956 – Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867)
1959 – Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901)
1961 – John A. Bennett, American soldier (b. 1935)
1962 – Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876)
1966 – Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi colonel and politician, 2nd President of Iraq (b. 1921)
1966 – Carlo Carrà, Italian painter (b. 1881)
1966 – Georges Duhamel, French soldier and author (b. 1884)
1967 – Nicole Berger, French actress (b. 1934)
1969 – Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1901)
1971 – Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)
1971 – Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1975 – Larry Parks, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
1975 – François Tombalbaye, Chadian soldier, academic, and politician, 1st President of Chad (b. 1918)
1978 – Jack Chambers, Canadian painter and director (b. 1931)
1980 – Markus Höttinger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1956)
1980 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor and singer (b. 1913)
1983 – Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (b. 1934)
1983 – Theodore Stephanides, Greek physician, author, and poet (b. 1896)
1984 – Richard Hurndall, English actor (b. 1910)
1984 – Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harp player and musicologist (b. 1911)
1986 – Stephen Stucker, American actor (b. 1947)
1988 – Jean Gascon, Canadian actor and director (b. 1920)
1992 – Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1923)
1992 – Feza Gürsey, Turkish mathematician and physicist (b. 1921)
1993 – Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1909)
1996 – James Burke, American gangster (b. 1931)
1996 – Leila Mackinlay, English author and educator (b. 1910)
1997 – Bryant Bowles, American soldier and activist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (b. 1920)
1997 – Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (b. 1920)
1997 – Dorothy Frooks, American author and actress (b. 1896)
1997 – Voldemar Väli, Estonian-Swedish wrestler (b. 1903)
1998 – Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)
1999 – Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924)
1999 – Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (b. 1914)
2000 – Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (b. 1916)
2000 – Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
2001 – Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
2002 – Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish race car driver (b. 1928)
2004 – Caron Keating, Northern Irish television host (b. 1962)
2005 – Don Blasingame, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1932)
2005 – Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)
2005 – Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
2005 – Phillip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
2005 – Philippe Volter, Belgian actor and director (b. 1959)
2006 – Bill Baker, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1911)
2006 – Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1918)
2007 – Don Selwyn, New Zealand actor and director (b. 1935)
2008 – John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and academic (b. 1911)
2009 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (b. 1954)
2009 – Harry Kalas, American sportscaster (b. 1936)
2009 – Bruce Snyder, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
2012 – William B. Buffum, American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Lebanon (b. 1921)
2012 – Cecil Chaudhry, Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (b. 1941)
2012 – Shūichi Higurashi, Japanese illustrator (b. 1936)
2012 – Marilyn Lovell Matz, American actress and singer (b. 1931)
2012 – David S. Smith, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Sweden (b. 1918)
2012 – Robert Wigmore, Cook Islander politician, 14th Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1949)
2013 – Frank Bank, American actor (b. 1942)
2013 – Chi Cheng, American bass player (Deftones) (b. 1970)
2013 – Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator (b. 1924)
2013 – Dean Drummond, American composer and conductor (b. 1949)
2013 – Ian Henderson, Scottish-Kenyan police officer (b. 1927)
2013 – Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer (MFSB and Salsoul Orchestra) (b. 1928)
2013 – Lin Yang-kang, Taiwanese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1927)
2014 – Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick (b. 1929)
2014 – Fred Enke, American football player (b. 1924)
2014 – Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935)
2014 – Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (b. 1951)
2014 – Rafał Sznajder, Polish fencer (b. 1972)
2015 – Gerald Calabrese, American basketball player and politician (b. 1925)
2015 – Ronnie Carroll, Irish singer and politician (b. 1934)
2015 – Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain (b. 1918)
2015 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (b. 1940)
2015 – Günter Wilhelm Grass  (b. 16 Oct 1927)
      German novelist, poet, playwright, and illustrator
      1999 Nobel Prize in Literature
2015 – Herb Trimpe, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)


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