Thursday, April 14, 2016

April 15 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP



Notable

1282 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1329)
1367 – Henry IV of England  (d. 20 Mar 1413)
1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect  (d. 2 May 1519)
1469 – Guru NanakFounder of Sikhise and the 1st Sikh Guru  (d. 22 Sep 1539)
1552 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1626)
1588 – Claudius Salmasius, French author and scholar (d. 1653)
1641 – Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer (d. 1722)
1642 – Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1691)
1646 – Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
1646 – Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (d. 1719)
1684 – Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)
1688 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (d. 1758)
1707 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1783)
1710 – William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1790)
1721 – Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (d. 1765)
1741 – Charles Willson Peale, American painter and soldier (d. 1827)
1771 – Nicolas Chopin, French-Polish educator (d. 1844)
1772 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French biologist and zoologist (d. 1844)
1783 – Maria Branwell, English mother of the Brontë family (d. 1821)
1793 – Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve  (d. 1864)
      German astronomer and academic
1800 – James Clark Ross, English captain and explorer (d. 1862)
1806:  Alexander DuffScottish Christian missionary in India  (d. 12 Feb 1878)
1809 – Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician (d. 1877)
1814:  John Lothrop Motley, American historian  (d. 29 May 1877)
1817:  Benjamin Jowett, English theologian and academic  (d. 1 Oct 1893)
1828 – Jean Danjou, French captain (d. 1863)
1832 – Wilhelm Busch, German poet, painter, and illustrator (d. 1908)
1841 – Joseph E. Seagram  (d. 1919)
      Canadian businessman and politician
      founded the Seagram Company Ltd
1843 – Henry James, American-English author (d. 1916)
1851 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan  (d. 1930)
      Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
1856:  Thomas Mann, British trade unionist  (d. 13 Mar 1941)
1856 – Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (d. 1910)
1858 – Émile Durkheim  (d. 1917)
      French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher
1861 – Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright (d. 1929)
1874 – George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist (d. 1954)
1874 – Johannes Stark  (d. 1957)
      German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1875 – James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter (d. 1953)
1877 – Georg Kolbe, German sculptor (d. 1947)
1878 – Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (d. 1956)
1879 – Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet (d. 1980)
1883 – Stanley Bruce  (d. 1967)
      Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia
1885 – Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947)
1886 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (d. 1921)
1888 – Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (d. 1904)
1889 – Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (d. 1975)
1889 – A. Philip Randolph, American activist (d. 1979)
1890 – Percy Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye (d. 1976)
1892 – Theo Osterkamp, German general and pilot (d. 1975)
1892 – Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American clocksmith and author (d. 1983)
1894 – Nikita Khrushchev  (d. 1971)
      Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union
1894 – Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (d. 1937)
1895 – Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player (d. 1980)
1896 – Nikolay Semyonov  (d. 1986)
      Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1898 – Harry Edward, Guyanese-English sprinter (d. 1973)
1901 – Joe Davis, English snooker player (d. 1978)
1901 – Ajoy Mukherjee  (d. 1986)
      Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
1901 – René Pleven  (d. 1993)
      French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France
1902 – Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)
1903:  Waverley Lewis Root, American journalist and writer  (31 Oct 1982)
1903 – John Williams, English-American actor (d. 1983)
1904 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1948)
1904 – Antero Kivi, Finnish discus thrower (d. 1981)
1907 – Nikolaas Tinbergen  (d. 1988)
      Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1908 – George Alexander Aberle (bka Eden Ahbez (d. 1995)
      American singer-songwriter
1908 – Lita Grey, American actress (d. 1995)
1910 – Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter (d. 1986)
1910 – Miguel Najdorf  (d. 1997)
      Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician
1912 – William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998)
1912 – Kim Il-sung  (d. 1994)
      North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea
1915 – Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1915 – Elizabeth Catlett, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2012)
1915:  Walter Washington, American politician  (d. 27 Oct 2003)
      1st Mayor of the District of Columbia, 1975-1979
      Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia, 1967-1975
1916 – Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (d. 1982)
1916 – Albert Dumouchel, Canadian painter and photographer (d. 1971)
1916 – Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1917 – Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982)
1917 – James Kee, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
1918 – Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2007)
1919 – Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 1993)
1920 – Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic (d. 2013)
1920 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2012)
1920 – Richard von Weizsäcker  (d. 2015)
      German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany
1921 – Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)
1921 – Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (d. 2009)
1922 – Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (d. 2013)
1922 – Joyce Jacobs, English-Australian actress (d. 2013)
1922 – Hasrat Jaipuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1999)
1922 – Harold Washington  (d. 1987)
      American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago
1922 – Graham Whitehead, English racing driver (d. 1981)
1923 – Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (d. 1966)
1923 – Robert DePugh  (d. 2009)
      American activist, founded the Minutemen Organization
1923 – Harvey Lembeck, American actor (d. 1982)
1923 – Douglas Wass, English civil servant
1924 – M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1980)
1924:  John Grigg, 2nd Baron Altrincham  (d. 31 Dec 2001)
      British writer, historian and politician
1924 – Neville Marriner, English violinist and conductor
1925 – George Shuffler  (d. 2014)
      American guitarist (The Bailey Brothers and the Happy Valley Boys)
1926 – Maurice Shock, English academic
1927 – Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (d. 1999)
1929 – Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2008)
1929 – Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (d. 2015)
1930 – Georges Descrières, French actor (d. 2013)
1930 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
      Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland
1931 – Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant
1931 – Tomas Tranströmer  (d. 2015)
      Swedish psychologist, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Suresh Bhat, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2003)
1932:  Eva Figes, English author  (28 Aug 2012)
1933 – Roy Clark, American musician and television personality
1933 – David Hamilton, English-French photographer and director
1933 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (d. 1995)
1933 – Jim Towers, English footballer (d. 2010)
1933 – Kōji Yada, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
1934 – Soichiro Tahara, Japanese journalist
1935 – Stavros Paravas, Greek actor and producer (d. 2008)
1936 – Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist
1937 – Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)
1937 – Uldis Pūcītis, Latvian actor and director (d. 2000)
1938 – Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress
1938:  Jay Garner, American Army lieutenant general
1938 – Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician
1939 – Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor
1940 – Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician
1940 – Sean Caffrey, Irish actor (d. 2013)
1940 – Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World
1940 – Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor (d. 2010)
1940 – Woodie Fryman, American baseball player (d. 2011)
1940 – Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic
1940 – Yossef Romano, Libyan-Israeli weightlifter (d. 1972)
1940 – Robert Walker, Jr., American actor
1941 – Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician
1942 – Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop
1942 – Walt Hazzard, American basketball player and coach (d. 2011)
1942 – Kenneth Lay, American businessman (d. 2006)
1942 – Tim Lankester, English economist and academic
1943 – Pınar Kür, Turkish author, playwright, and academic
1943 – Robert Lefkowitz
      American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 – Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater, English politician
1943 – Mighty Sam McClain, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1943 – Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot (d. 2006)
1944 – Dzhokhar Dudayev  (d. 1996)
      Russian-Chechen general and politician
      1st President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
1944 – Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer, guitarist, and producer (Love Sculpture and Rockpile)
1946 – John Lloyd, Scottish journalist and author
1946 – Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff
1946 – Michael Tucci, American actor
1947 – Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer
1947 – Martin Broughton, English businessman
1947 – Lois Chiles, American model and actress
1947:  Ian Dunbar, British veterinary doctor
1947 – David Omand, English civil servant and academic
1947 – Cristina Husmark Pehrsson
      Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security
1947 – Woolly Wolstenholme  (d. 2010)
      English singer and keyboard player (Barclay James Harvest)
1948 – Christopher Brown, English historian, curator, and academic
1948 – Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (d. 2003)
1949 – Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer-songwriter and actress
1949 – Craig Zadan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 – Josiane Balasko, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1950 – Amy Wright, American actress
1951 – Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse Evans (bka Heloise)
      American journalist and author
1951 – John L. Phillips, American captain and astronaut
1951 – Stuart Prebble, English journalist and producer
1952 – Bengt Gingsjö, Swedish swimmer
1952 – Kym Gyngell, Australian actor and screenwriter
1952 – Sam McMurray, American actor
1952 – Brian Muir, English sculptor and set designer
1952 – Avital Ronell, Czech-American philosopher and academic
1952 – Glenn Shadix, American actor and singer (d. 2010)
1953:  Richard Platt, British writer
1955 – Mark Damazer, English broadcaster and academic
1955 – Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (d. 1997)
1955 – Jeff Golub, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2015)
1956 – Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach
1957 – Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach
1958 – Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Abu Hamza al-Masri, Egyptian-English criminal
1958 – John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
1958 – Noni Ioannidou, Greek model and actress
1958 – Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach
1958:  Anne Michaels, Canadian novelist and poet
1958 – Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet, Scottish politician
1958 – Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright
1959 – Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1959 – Emma Thompson, English actress and screenwriter
1959 – Thomas F. Wilson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player
1960 – Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter
1960 – Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster
1960 – Tony Jones, English snooker player
1960 – Philippe of Belgium
1961 – Neil Carmichael, English academic and politician
1961:  Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist
1962 – Surjit Bindrakhia, Indian singer (d. 2003)
1962 – Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan hurdler
1962 – Tom Kane, American voice actor
1963 – Alex Crawford, Nigerian-South African journalist
1963 – Manzoor Elahi, Pakistani cricketer
1963 – Bobby Pepper, American journalist
1963 – Manoj Prabhakar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1964 – Andre Joubert, South African rugby player
1965 – Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (4 Non Blondes)
1965 – Michele Redman, American golfer
1965 – Kevin Stevens, American ice hockey player
1966 – Samantha Fox, English singer-songwriter and actress
1966 – Mott Green, American businessman (d. 2013)
1967 – Frankie Poullain, Scottish bass player and songwriter (The Darkness)
1967 – Dara Torres, American swimmer and journalist
1968 – Ben Clarke, English rugby player and coach
1968 – Brahim Lahlafi, Moroccan-French runner
1968:  Vano Merabishvili, Georgian politician
      Prime Minister of Georgia, 2012 (Jul-Oct)
      Minister of Internal Affairs, 2004-2012
1968 – Ed O'Brien, English guitarist and songwriter (Radiohead)
1968 – Stacey Williams, American model and actress
1969 – Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player
1969 – Kaisa Roose, Estonian pianist and conductor
1969 – Jimmy Waite, Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach
1970 – Flex Alexander, American actor, dancer, and producer
1970 – Chris Huffins, American decathlete and coach
1971:  Andy Daly, American actor, comedian, and writer
1971 – Kate Harbour, English voice actress
1971 – Katy Hill, English television host
1971 – Meelis Loit, Estonian fencer
1971 – Jason Sehorn, American football player
1971:  Lara St. John, Canadian violinist
1971 – Josia Thugwane, South African runner
1971 – Karl Turner, English lawyer and politician
1972 – Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (d. 2009)
1972 – Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor
1974 – Keith Malley, American comedian and actor
1974 – Kim Min-kyo, South Korean actor and director
1974 – Danny Pino, American actor and screenwriter
1974 – Mike Quinn, American football player
1974 – Douglas Spain, American actor, director, and producer
1974 – Tim Thomas, American ice hockey player
1975 – Paul Dana, American race car driver (d. 2006)
1975 – Philip Labonte
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (All That Remains and Shadows Fall)
1975 – Sarah Teichmann, German-American biophysicist and immunologist
1976 – Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1976 – Darius Regelskis, Lithuanian footballer
1976 – Kęstutis Šeštokas, Lithuanian basketball player
1976 – Susan Ward, American actress and model
1976 – Steve Williams, English rower
1977 – Sudarsan Pattnaik, Indian sculptor
1977 – Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player
1977 – Jamie Wall, English racing driver
1978 – Austin Aries, American wrestler
1978 – Milton Bradley, American baseball player
1978 – Tim Corcoran, American baseball player
1978 – Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and dancer
1978:  Chris Stapleton, American country and bluegrass musician
1979 – Luke Evans, Welsh actor and singer
1980 – Patrick Carney
      American drummer (The Black Keys, The Rentals, and Drummer)
1980 – James Foster, English cricketer
1980 – Michelle L'amour, American dancer
1980 – Raül López, Spanish basketball player
1980 – Willie Mason, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
1980 – Aida Mollenkamp, American chef and author
1980 – Víctor Núñez, Costa Rican footballer
1980 – Fränk Schleck, Luxembourger cyclist
1980 – Billy Yates, American football player
1981 – Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentinian footballer
1982 – Michael Aubrey, American baseball player
1982 – Anthony Green
      American singer-songwriter (Circa Survive, The Sound
            of Animals Fighting, Saosin, High and Driving,
            and Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer)
1982 – Ester Dean
      American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
1982 – Albert Riera, Spanish footballer
1982 – Seth Rogen
      Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Johnson Barnes (bka Blu)
      American rapper and producer (All City Chess Club)
1983 – Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
1983 – Matt Cardle
      English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Seven Summers and Darwyn)
1983 – Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
1983 – Andreas Fransson, Swedish skier (d. 2014)
1983 – Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player
1983 – Bronson La'Cassie, Australian golfer
1983 – Martin Pedersen, Danish cyclist
1983 – Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef (d. 2012)
1984 – Antonio Cromartie, American football player
1984 – Cam Janssen, American ice hockey player
1984 – Ben Kasica, American guitarist and producer (Skillet)
1984 – Daniel Paille, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Chris Cates, American baseball player
1985 – John Danks, American baseball player
1985 – Ryan Hamilton, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Aaron Laffey, American baseball player
1985 – Diana Zubiri, Filipino actress
1986:  Ester Dean, American musician
1986 – Tom Heaton, English footballer
1986 – Sylvain Marveaux, French footballer
1986 – Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Ghanaian footballer
1986 – Giorgio Rubino, Italian race walker
1987 – Keidran Jones (bka Iyaz)
      British Virgin Islands singer-songwriter
1987 – Sapphire Elia, English actress and singer
1987 – Samira Wiley, American actress
1988 – Thomas Albanese, Italian footballer
1988 – Blake Ayshford, Australian rugby league player
1988 – Steven Defour, Belgian footballer
1988 – Yann David, French rugby player
1988 – Eliza Doolittle, English singer-songwriter
1988 – Manami Numakura, Japanese voice actress
1988 – Beate Schrott, Austrian hurdler
1989 – Andre Kinney, American actor
1990 – Emma Watson, English actress
1991 – Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
1991 – Daiki Arioka, Japanese actor and singer (Hey! Say! JUMP)
1992 – Amy Diamond, Swedish singer and actress
1992 – Kimberly Dos Ramos, Venezuelan actress and singer
1992 – John Guidetti, Swedish footballer
1992 – Richard Sandrak
      Ukrainian-American bodybuilder, martial artist, and actor
1993 – Madeleine Martin, American actress and singer
1994 – Shaunae Miller, Bahamian sprinter
1994 – Bea Nicolas, Filipino actress
1995 – Cody Christian, American actor
1995 – Kim Nam-joo
      South Korean singer, vocalist, dancer, actress and model
1996 – İpek Soylu, Turkish tennis player
1997 – Maisie Williams, English actress


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Deaths

VIP

1865 – Abraham Lincoln  (b. 1809)
      American captain, lawyer, and politician
      16th President of the United States


Notable

628 – Empress Suiko of Japan (b. 554)
1053 – Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1001)
1220 – Adolf of Altena, German archbishop (b. 1157)
1415 – Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek philosopher and translator (b. 1355)
1446 – Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1377)
1558 – Roxelana, Ottoman wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (b. ca. 1502)
1610 – Robert Persons, English-Italian priest and author (b. 1546)
1632 – George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1580)
1652 – Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch
1659 – Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1605)
1704 – Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1628)
1719 – Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
1754 – Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1676)
1761 – Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1682)
1761 – William Oldys, English historian and author (b. 1696)
1764 – Madame de Pompadour, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1721)
1764 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1679)
1765 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (b. 1711)
1788 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711)
1793 – Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
1854 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
1861 – Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
1888 – Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
1889 – Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
1898 – Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
1912 – Victims of the RMS Titanic disaster
      Thomas Andrews, Irish businessman and shipbuilder (b. 1873)
      John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel, businessman, and author (b. 1864)
      Archibald Butt, American general and journalist (b. 1865)
      Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (b. 1875)
      Benjamin Guggenheim American businessman (b. 1865)
      Henry B. Harris, American producer and manager (b. 1866)
      Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (b. 1878)
      James Paul Moody, English sailor and sixth officer (b. 1887)
      William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor and first officer (b. 1873)
      Jack Phillips, English telegraphist (b. 1887)
      Edward Smith, English captain (b. 1850)
      William Thomas Stead English journalist (b. 1849)
      Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (b. 1849)
      Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (b. 1845)
      John Thayer, American cricketer (b. 1862)
      Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer (b. 1872)
1917 – János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
1927 – Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
1931 – Joe Masseria, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1886)
1938 – César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
1942 – Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
1943 – Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
1944 – Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
1945 – Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
1948 – Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
1949 – Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
1957 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
1962 – Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
1962 – Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
1963 – Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
1967 – Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
1969 – Maria Caserini, Italian actress (b. 1884)
1969 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (b. 1887)
1970 – Ripper Collins, American baseball player (b. 1904)
1971 – Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)
1971 – Dan Reeves, American businessman (b. 1912)
1971 – Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)
1974 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (b. 1906)
1975 – Richard Conte, American actor (b. 1910)
1980 – Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (b. 1904)
1980 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1981 – Blake Butler, English actor (b. 1924)
1982 – Arthur Lowe, English actor (b. 1915)
1982 – Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian army officer and assassin of Egypt's president Anwar Saddat (b. 1955)
1983 – John Engstead, American photographer and journalist (b. 1909)
1983 – Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American clocksmith and author (b. 1892)
1984 – Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)
1984 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author and poet (b. 1925)
1986 – Jean Genet, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1910)
1988 – Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
1989 – Nesuhi Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer (b. 1917)
1989 – Charles Vanel, French actor and director (b. 1892)
1989 – Hu Yaobang, Chinese soldier and politician (b. 1915)
1990 – Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (b. 1905)
1992 – Otis Barton, American diver and actor (b. 1899)
1993 – William Bakewell, American actor (b. 1908)
1993 – Leslie Charteris, Singaporean-English author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1993 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (b. 1908)
1994 – John Curry, English figure skater (b. 1949)
1995 – Harry Shoulberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)
1998 – William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
1998 – Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1925)
1999 – Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (b. 1944)
2000 – Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (b. 1925)
2000 – Hayati Hamzaoğlu, Turkish actor and producer (b. 1933)
2001 – Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (Ramones and Sniper) (b. 1951)
2002 – Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922)
2002 – Byron White  (b. 1917)
      American football player, lawyer, and jurist
      4th United States Deputy Attorney General
2003 – Reg Bundy, English actor and dancer (b. 1941)
2003 – Erin Fleming, Canadian-American actress (b. 1941)
2004 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
2004 – Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (b. 1934)
2005 – Margaretta Scott, English actress (b. 1912)
2007 – Brant Parker, American illustrator (b. 1920)
2008 – Sean Costello, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1979)
2008 – Benoît Lamy, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
2008 – Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (b. 1921)
2009 – Ed Blake, American baseball player and plumber (b. 1925)
2009 – Clement Freud, German-English journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1924)
2009 – László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1907)
2010 – Jack Herer, American author and activist (b. 1939)
2010 – Michael Pataki, American actor and director (b. 1938)
2011 – Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1975)
2012 – Paul Bogart, American director and producer (b. 1919)
2012 – Bob Perani, Italian-American ice hockey player (b. 1942)
2012 – Murray Rose, English-Australian swimmer and actor (b. 1939)
2012 – Rich Saul, American football player (b. 1948)
2012 – Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (b. 1968)
2012 – Bob Wright, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
2012 – Tadashi Yamamoto, Japanese businessman (b. 1936)
2013 – Sal Castro, American educator and activist (b. 1933)
2013 – Benny Frankie Cerezo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (b. 1943)
2013 – Richard Collins, Canadian actor (b. 1947)
2013 – Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930)
2013 – Joe Francis, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
2013 – Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1946)
2013 – Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hello Sailor) (b. 1951)
2013 – Scott Miller  (b. 1960)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Game Theory and The Loud Family)
2013 – Cleyde Yáconis, Brazilian actress (b. 1923)
2014 – Júnior, Filipino-Spanish singer and actor (b. 1943)
2014 – Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
2014 – Shane Gibson, American guitarist (stOrk and Jonathan Davis and the SFA) (b. 1979)
2014 – John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (b. 1919)
2014 – Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (b. 1935)
2014 – Owen Woodhouse, New Zealand commander and jurist (b. 1916)
2015 – Sidney Abbott, American author and activist (b. 1937)
2015 – Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1966)
2015 – Barbara Strauch, American journalist and author (b. 1951)
2015 – Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1928)


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Coulee City

1997:  Harvey O. Schmidt  (age 77)


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