Friday, May 13, 2016

May 14 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

VIP



Notable

1316 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1553 – Margaret of Valois (d. 1615)
1574 – Francesco Rasi, Italian singer-songwriter, theorbo player, and poet (d. 1621)
1630 – Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai (d. 1681)
1652 – Johann Philipp Förtsch, German composer (d. 1732)
1657 – Sambhaji, Indian emperor (d. 1689)
1666 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1679 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
1699 – Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general (d. 1786)
1701 – William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1782)
1710 – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771)
1725 – Ludovico Manin, French politician, Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter and academic (d. 1788)
1737 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney  (d. 1806)
      Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada
1752 – Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817)
1752 – Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author (d. 1828)
1771 – Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer (d. 1858)
1771 – Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer (d. 1805)
1781 – Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic (d. 1873)
1814 – Charles Beyer  (d. 1876)
      German-English engineer, co-founded the Beyer, Peacock and Company
1817 – Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (d. 1893)
1830 – Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (d. 1905)
1832 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1903)
1832 – Charles Peace, English criminal (d. 1879)
1847:  Frederick William Borden, Canadian politician  (d. 6 Jan 1917)
1852 – Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator (d. 1908)
1853:  Hall Caine, English novelist  (d, 31 Aug 1931)
1863 – John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (d. 1932)
1867 – Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1919)
1868 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
1869 – Arthur Rostron, English captain (d. 1940)
1872 – Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal (d. 1961)
1874 – Polaire, French singer and actress (d. 1939)
1878 – J.L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1879 – Fred Englehardt, American jumper (d. 1942)
1880:  B. C. Forbes, Scottish American financial journalist  (d. 6 May 1954)
      founded Forbes magazine      See also: American National Biography Online
1880 – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
1881:  Julian Eltinge, American actor
1881 – George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician (d. 1950)
1881 – Ed Walsh, American baseball player and coach (d. 1959)
1885 – Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (d. 1973)
1887 – Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)
1893 – Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright (d. 1952)
1897 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959)
1897 – Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)
1899 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
1899 – Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
1900 – Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
1900 – Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1900 – Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943)
1900 – Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
1901 – Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (d. 1951)
1903 – Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
1904 – Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
1904 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (d. 1961)
1905 – Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian (d. 1974)
1905 – Herbert Morrison, American soldier and journalist (d. 1989)
1905 – Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (d. 1981)
1907 – Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
1907 – Johnny Moss, American poker player (d. 1995)
1907 – Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat (d. 2005)
1908 – Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author (d. 2000)
1909 – Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel (d. 2009)
1910 – Ken Viljoen, South African cricketer (d. 1974)
1910 – Ne Win, Prime Minister of Burma (1958-60, 1962-74); head of state (1962-81) (d. 2002)
1914 – Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1983)
1916 – Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
1916 – Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator (d. 2005)
1916 – Del Moore, American actor (d. 1970)
1916 – Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (d. 2001)
1917 – Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003)
1917 – Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor (d. 1987)
1919 – Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
1919 – John Hope, American soldier and meteorologist (d. 2002)
1921 – Richard Deacon, American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1921 – Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and singer (d. 2007)
1922 – Franjo Tuđman, Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia (d. 1999)
1923 – Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs
1923 – Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1925 – Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1925 – Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress
1925 – Oona O'Neill, Bermudian-Swiss wife of Charlie Chaplin (d. 1991)
1925 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (d. 1997)
1925 – Al Porcino, American trumpet player (d. 2013)
1925 – Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (d. 1985)
1926 – Eric Morecambe, English actor and singer (d. 1984)
1927 – Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author
1928 – Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets) (d. 2000)
1928 – Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch engineer, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1928 – Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
1929 – Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (d. 2013)
1929 – Henry McGee, English actor and singer (d. 2006)
1929 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1930 – William James, Australian general and physician (d. 2015)
1931 – Alvin Lucier, American composer and academic
1932 – Robert Bechtle, American lithographer and painter
1932 – Richard Estes, American painter and illustrator
1933 – Michael Chevalier, German actor
1933 – Frank Harte, Irish singer (d. 2005)
1933 – Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer
1935 – Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian playwright and politician (d. 2004)
1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
1936 – Vic Eliason, American clergyman and radio host, founded VCY America (d. 2015)
1936 – Charlie Gracie, American singer and guitarist
1936 – Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
1938 – Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
1939 – Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1939 – Veruschka von Lehndorff, German model and actress
1940 – Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
1940 – H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
1940 – George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
1940 – Gary Wayne Schelton (bka Troy Shondell), American singer-songwriter
1941 – Ada den Haan, Dutch swimmer
1942 – Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (d. 2003)
1942 – Byron Dorgan, American lawyer and politician
1942 – Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green  (d. 2014)
      English businessman and politician
1942 – Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager
1942 – Malise Ruthven, Irish author and academic
1942 – Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
1943 – Jack Bruce  (d. 2014)
      Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Cream, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation,
            and West, Bruce and Laing)
1943 – L. Denis Desautels, Canadian accountant and civil servant
1943 – Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (d. 1994)
1943:  Alan Mollohan, American politician
      U.S. Representative, D. WV, 1983-2011
1943 – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 5th President of Iceland
1943 – Richard Peto, English statistician and epidemiologist
1943 – Elizabeth Ray, American secretary
1944 – Gene Cornish, Canadian-American guitarist (The Rascals and Fotomaker)
1944 – George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
1945 – Francesca Annis, English actress
1945 – George Nicholls, English rugby player
1945 – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
1946:  Paul Broun, American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. GA, 2007-2015
1946 – Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, English economist and journalist
1947 – Tamara Dobson, American actress (d. 2006)
1947:  Jon Landau, American music critic, manager, and record producer
1948 – Timothy Stevenson, English lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
1948 – Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
1949 – Sverre Årnes, Norwegian author, screenwriter, and director
1949 – Walter Day, American game designer and businessman, founded Twin Galaxies
1949 – Johan Schans, Dutch swimmer
1949 – Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
1950 – Vijay J. Darda, Indian Editor and politician
1950 – Adolfo Domínguez, Spanish fashion designer
1950:  Jackie Speier, American politician
      U.S. Representative, D. CA, 2008-present
1951 – Jay Beckenstein, American saxophonist (Spyro Gyra)
1951:  Siegfried Woldhek, Dutch artist
1952 – David Byrne, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Talking Heads)
1952 – Michael Fallon, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1952 – Orna Grumberg, Israeli computer scientist and academic
1952 – Scott Irwin, American wrestler (d. 1987)
1952 – Raul Mälk, Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1952 – Donald R. McMonagle, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1952 – Robert Zemeckis, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Red Rider)
1953:  Christine Milne, Australian politician
1953 – Norodom Sihamoni, Cambodian king
1953 – Hywel Williams, Welsh politician
1955 – Marie Chouinard, Canadian dancer and choreographer
1955:  Thomas E. Donilon, American lawyer, 23rd National Security Advisor
1955 – Kenth Eldebrink, Swedish javelin thrower
1955 – Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler (Skyedance)
1955 – Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer and rugby player
1955 – Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
1955 – Jens Sparschuh, German author and playwright
1955 – Big Van Vader, American wrestler and actor
1956 – Hazel Blears, English lawyer and politician
      Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1958 – Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
1958 – Chris Evans, English-Australian politician
      26th Australian Minister for Employment
1958 – Jan Ravens, English actress and screenwriter
1958 – Wilma Rusman, Dutch runner
1958 – Andrus Vaarik, Estonian actor and director
1959 – Carlisle Best, Barbadian cricketer
1959 – Patrick Bruel, French actor, singer, and poker player
1959 – Markus Büchel  (d. 2013)
      Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
1959 – Robert Greene, American author and translator
1959 – Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Marillion, The Europeans, and How We Live)
1959 – John Holt, American football player (d. 2013)
1959 – Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 – Heather Wheeler, English politician
1960 – Anne Clark, English singer-songwriter and poet
1960 – Alec Dankworth, English bassist and composer
1960 – Frank Nobilo, New Zealand golfer
1960 – Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor (The Irish Tenors)
1960 – "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (d. 2009)
1961 – Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
1961 – Jean Leloup, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – David Quantick, English journalist and critic
1961 – Tommy Rogers, American wrestler (d. 2015)
1961 – Tim Roth, English actor and director
1961 – Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962:  Ferran Adria, Spanish chef
1962 – Ian Astbury, English-Canadian singer-songwriter
      (The Cult, The Wondergirls, Circus of Power, and Holy Barbarians)
1962 – C.C. DeVille, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor
     (Poison and Samantha 7)
1962 – Danny Huston, Italian-American actor and director
1963 – Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach
1963 – David Yelland, English journalist and author
1964 – James M. Kelly, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1964 – Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster and producer
1964 – Eric Peterson, American guitarist and songwriter (Testament and Dragonlord)
1965 – Eoin Colfer, Irish author
1965 – Emma Forbes, English radio and television host
1965:  Erik Paulsen, American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. MN, 2009-present
1966 – Marianne Denicourt, French actress, director, and screenwriter
1966 – Mike Inez, American bass player and songwriter
     (Alice in Chains, Black Label Society, Slash's Snakepit, and Spys4Darwin)
1966 – Fab Morvan, French singer-songwriter and dancer
      (Milli Vanilli, Rob & Fab, and Empire Bizarre)
1966 – Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Tony! Toni! Toné! and Lucy Pearl)
1967 – Natasha Kaiser-Brown, American sprinter and coach
1967 – Tony Siragusa, American football player and journalist
1967:  Sebastian Thrun, German computer scientist
1968 – Greg Davies, Welsh comedian and actor
1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
1969 – Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver and sportscaster
1969 – Henry Smith, English politician
1969 – Danny Wood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
      (New Kids on the Block and Upper Street)
1971 – Nasha Aziz, Malaysian model and actress
1971 – Sofia Coppola, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager
1972 – Gabriel Mann, American actor
1972 – Mark Ruskell, Scottish politician
1973 – Shanice Lorraine Wilson-Knox (bka Shanice)
      American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1973 – Chris Cleave, British author and journalist
1973 – Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer and actress (All Saints and Appleton)
1973 – Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
1973 – Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
1973 – Fraser Nelson, Scottish journalist
1973 – Hakan Ünsal, Turkish footballer and sportscaster
1973:  Indira Varma, English actress
1973 – Julian White, English rugby player
1974 – Jennifer Allan, American model
1974 – Krister Axel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Anu Välba, Estonian journalist
1975 – Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist
1976 – Hunter Burgan, American bass player (AFI, The Force, and The Frisk)
1976 – Brian Lawrence, American baseball player and coach
1976 – Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer
1977 – Sophie Anderton, English model and actress
1977 – Roy Halladay, American baseball player and coach
1977 – Ada Nicodemou, Cypriot-Australian actress
1977 – Pusha T, American rapper (Clipse and Re-Up Gang)
1978 – Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
1978 – Eddie House, American basketball player
1978 – André Macanga, Angolan footballer and manager
1978 – Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
1979 – Dan Auerbach, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Black Keys)
1979 – Edwige Lawson-Wade, French basketball player
1979 – Clinton Morrison, English-Irish footballer
1979 – Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
1980 – Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
1980 – Pavel Londak, Estonian footballer
1980 – Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
1980 – Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
1980 – Hugo Southwell, English-Scottish rugby player
1980 – Joe van Niekerk, South African rugby player
1981 – Pranav Mistry, Indian computer scientist, invented SixthSense
1982 – Darren Foreman (bka Beardyman), English singer
1982 – Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
1982 – Stanimir Todorov, Bulgarian figure skater
1983 – Anahí, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (RBD)
1983 – Keeley Donovan, English journalist
1983 – Frank Gore, American football player
1983 – Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
1983 – Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwean cricketer
1983 – Amber Tamblyn, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Tom Welham, English singer and guitarist (Thirteen Senses)
1984 – Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian footballer
1984 – Luke Gregerson, American baseball player
1984 – Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter
1984 – Michael Rensing, German footballer
1984 – Nigel Reo-Coker, English footballer
1984 – Indrek Siska, Estonian footballer
1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook
1985 – Dustin Lynch, American singer-songwriter
1985 – Sally Martin, New Zealand actress
1985 – Sam Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
1985 – Simona Peycheva, Bulgarian gymnast
1985 – Bleona Qereti, Albanian recording artist and actress
1985 – Zack Ryder, American wrestler
1985 – Georgia Salpa, Greek-Irish model
1986 – Andrea Bovo, Italian footballer
1986 – Olena Kucher (bka Alyosha), Ukrainian singer
1986 – Clay Matthews III, American football player
1986 – Marco Motta, Italian footballer
1986:  Lawrence Timmons, American football player
1987 – Zarine Khan, Indian model and actress
1987 – Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
1987 – Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
1987 – François Steyn, South African rugby player
1988 – Jayne Appel, American basketball player
1989 – Rob Gronkowski, American football player
1989 – Alina Talay, Belorussian hurdler
1990 – Olga Ikonnikova, Estonian figure skater
1990 – Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer
1992 – Maggy, Japanese model
1993 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
1993 – Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
1993 – Bence Rakaczki, Hungarian footballer (d. 2014)
1994 – Marcos Aoás Corrêa, Brazilian footballer
1994 – Kierran Moseley, Australian rugby league player
1994 – Dennis Praet, Belgian footballer
1995 – Jonah Placid, Australian rugby player


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Derrick Easley Jr.
Samuel Wayne Rice
Tammy Killingsworth
Larry Spurbeck
Tom Walsh
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Susan Smith
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Anniversaries

Coulee City

Todd & Jackie Wheeler



Deaths

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Notable

649 – Pope Theodore I
964 – Pope John XII (b. 927)
1219 – William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, English soldier and politician (b. 1147)
1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1576 – Haydar Mirza Safavi (b. 1554)
1608 – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
1610 – Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1643 – Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
1649 – Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian and academic (b. 1600)
1667 – Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
1688 – Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
1754 – Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
1761 – Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
1847 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
1860 – Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
1873 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
1878 – Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
1881 – Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
1887 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1808)
1889 – Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
1893 – Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
1906 – Carl Schurz  (b. 1829)
      German-American general, journalist, and politician
      13th United States Secretary of the Interior
1912 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
1918 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
1919 – Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
1923 – N.G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
1923 – Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
1925 – H. Rider Haggard, English author and scholar (b. 1856)
1931 – David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
1931 – Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter (b. 1887)
1934 – Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
1934 – Baikuntha Shukla, Indian revolutionist (b. 1907 or 1910)
1935 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
1936 – Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby  (b. 1861)
      English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt
1940 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-American author and activist (b. 1869)
1940 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
1943 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
1945 – Heber J. Grant  (b. 1856)
      American religious leader
      7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1945 – Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
1945 – Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
1953 – Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
1954 – Heinz Guderian, Polish-German general (b. 1888)
1956 – Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
1957 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (b. 1884)
1959 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
1959 – Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
1960 – Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
1962 – Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1968 – Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
1969 – Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (b. 1893)
1969 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
1970 – Billie Burke, American actress and singer (b. 1884)
1973 – Jean Gebser, German linguist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1905)
1976 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (The Yardbirds and Armageddon) (b. 1943)
1979 – Jean Rhys, Dominican-English author (b. 1890)
1980 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh-English actor (b. 1912)
1982 – Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
1983 – Roger J. Traynor, American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
1983 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
1984 – Ted Hicks  (b. 1910)
      Australian public servant and diplomat
      Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand
1984 – Walter Rauff, German SS officer (b. 1906)
1985 – Barbara Yung, Hong Kong-English actress (b. 1959)
1986 – Janne Aikala, Finnish murder victim (b. 1975)
1987 – Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
1987 – Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
1988 – Willem Drees  (b. 1886)
      Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958)
1989 – Mary Lalopoulou, Greek actress (b. 1926)
1991 – Jiang Qing, Chinese actress, 1st First Lady of China (b. 1914)
1992 – Lyle Alzado, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1949)
1992 – Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (b. 1899)
1993 – Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal (b. 1953)
1993 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)
1994 – Cihat Arman, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1915)
1994 – W. Graham Claytor, Jr.  (b. 1914)
      American businessman, lieutenant, and politician
      15th United States Secretary of the Navy
1995 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
1997 – Harry Blackstone, Jr., American magician and author (b. 1934)
1997 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (b. 1925)
1998 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (b. 1890)
1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
2000 – Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
2001 – Paul Bénichou, French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian (b. 1908)
2001 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (b. 1919)
2003 – Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
2003 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (b. 1912)
2003 – Robert Stack, American actor and producer (b. 1919)
2004 – Anna Lee, English-American actress (b. 1913)
2006 – Lew Anderson, American actor and saxophonist (b. 1922)
2006 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (b. 1905)
2006 – Eva Norvind, Mexican actress, director, and producer (b. 1944)
2007 – Mary Scheier, American sculptor and educator (b. 1908)
2007 – Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian and author (b. 1921)
2008 – Will Elder, American illustrator (b. 1921)
2010 – Frank J. Dodd  (b. 1938)
       American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate
2010 – Norman Hand, American football player (b. 1972)
2010 – Goh Keng Swee  (b. 1918)
      Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
2012 – Mitchell Guist, American hunter (b. 1964)
2012 – Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2012 – Taruni Sachdev, Indian actress (b. 1998)
2012 – Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1926)
2012 – Belita Woods, American singer (Brainstorm and Parliament-Funkadelic) (b. 1948)
2013 – Joy Baluch, Australian stenographer and politician (b. 1932)
2013 – Wayne Brown, American accountant and politician, 14th Mayor of Mesa (b. 1936)
2013 – Arsen Chilingaryan, Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
2013 – Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian author and activist (b. 1939)
2013 – Billie Sol Estes, American businessman (b. 1925)
2013 – Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (b. 1939)
2014 – Jeffrey Kruger, English-American businessman (b. 1931)
2014 – Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American librarian and author (b. 1928)
2014 – Morvin Simon, New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
2014 – Stephen Sutton, English activist and blogger (b. 1994)
2015 – B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 16 Sep 1925)
2015 – Micheál O'Brien, Irish footballer and hurler (b. 1923)
2015 – Stanton J. Peale, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1937)
2015 – Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (b. 1953)


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