Monday, May 16, 2016

May 17 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths


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Birthdays

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Notable

1155 – Jien, Japanese monk, poet, and historian (d. 1225)
1443 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland (d. 1460)
1551 – Martin Delrio, Belgian occultist and theologian (d. 1601)
1628 – Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (d. 1662)
1682 – Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722)
1706 – Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780)
1718 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness  (d. 1778)
      English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department
1732 – Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1817)
1743 – Seth Warner, American colonel (d. 1784)
1749 – Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist (d. 1823)
1758 – Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician (d. 1839)
1768 – Caroline of Brunswick (d. 1821)
1768 – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey  (d. 1854)
      English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1794 – Anna Brownell Jameson, Irish-English author (d. 1860)
1818 – Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (d. 1899)
1821 – Sebastian Kneipp, German priest and therapist (d. 1897)
1836 – Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (d. 1923)
1836 – Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian-American chess player (d. 1900)
1844 – Julius Wellhausen, German orientalist and scholar (d. 1918)
1845 – Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (d. 1902)
1860 – Martin Kukučín, Slovak author and playwright (d. 1928)
1863 – Léon Gérin, Canadian lawyer, sociologist, and civil servant (d. 1951)
1864 – Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter (d. 1923)
1864 – Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 27th Mayor of Split (d. 1938)
1866 – Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (d. 1925)
1868 – Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (d. 1920)
1873 – Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist (d. 1935)
1873 – Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist (d. 1957)
1874 – George Sheldon, American diver (d. 1907)
1882 – Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter (d. 1965)
1886 – Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941)
1888 – Tich Freeman, English cricketer (d. 1965)
1889 – Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (d. 1946)
1891 – Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (d. 1959)
1891 – Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and politician (d. 1957)
1895 – Saul Adler Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist (d. 1966)
1895 – Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player (d. 1936)
1895 – Mary Josephine Ray, Canadian-American super-centenarian (d. 2010)
1897 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1898 – A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (d. 1992)
1899 – Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer (d. 1979)
1901 – Werner Egk, German pianist and composer (d. 1983)
1903 – Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
1904 – Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author (d. 1973)
1904 – Jean Gabin, French actor and singer (d. 1976)
1905:  John PatrickAmerican playwright and screenwriter  (7 Nov 1995)
1906 – Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator (d. 1989)
1909 – Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist and academic (d. 1987)
1911 – Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model (d. 1992)
1911:  Clark KerrAmerican economist  (d. 1 Dec 2003)
1911 – Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress and singer (d. 1998)
1912 – Archibald Cox  (d. 2004)
      American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General
1912 – Ace Parker, American baseball and football player (d. 2013)
1913 – Hans Ruesch, Swiss race car driver and author (d. 2007)
1914:  Stewart AlsopAmerican journalist  (d. 26 May 1974)
1914 – Chang Ch'ung-ho, Chinese-American poet, calligrapher, and educator (d. 2015)
1914 – Robert N. Thompson, American-Canadian chiropractor and politician (d. 1997)
1918 – A. C. Lyles, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1918 – Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano and actress (d. 2005)
1919 – Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1919 – Merle Miller, American author and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1919 – Gustav Naan, Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1994)
1919 – Vern Pyles, American politician (d. 20 Jun 2013)
1920 – Harry Männil, Estonian-Venezuelan businessman, co-founded ACO Group (d. 2010)
1920:  Harriet Van Horne, American journalist  (d. 15 Jan 1998)
1921 – Dennis Brain, English horn player and composer (d. 1957)
1921 – Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1922 – Jean Rédélé, French race car driver, founded Alpine (d. 2007)
1923 – Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (d. 2015)
1923 – Anthony Eyton, English painter and educator
1924 – Roy Bentley, English footballer
1924 – Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician
1926 – Cicely Berry, English actor and director
1926 – David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician
1926 – Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1926 – Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981)
1929 – Branko Zebec, Croatian football player and coach (d. 1988)
1931 – Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader, founded Heaven's Gate (d. 1997)
1932 – Rodric Braithwaite, English soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
1932 – Peter Burke, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
1933 – Yelena Gorchakova, Russian javelin thrower (d. 2002)
1934 – Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel, German educator and politician
1934 – Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1934 – Ronald Wayne, American computer scientist, co-founded Apple Inc.
1935 – Dennis Potter, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1936 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (d. 2010)
1937 – Hazel R. O'Leary, American lawyer and politician
      7th United States Secretary of Energy
1938 – Jason Bernard, American actor (d. 1996)
1938 – Pervis Jackson, American singer (The Spinners) (d. 2008)
1939 – Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes, English politician
1939 – Gary Paulsen, American author
1940:  Peter Gerety, American actor
1940 – Alan Kay, American computer scientist and academic
1940 – Reynato Puno, Filipino lawyer and jurist
      22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
1941 – David Cope, American composer and author
1941 – Ben Nelson, American lawyer and politician, 37th Governor of Nebraska
1941 – Grace Zabriskie, American actress
1942 –  Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (akaTaj Mahal)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rising Sons)
1942 – Al White, American actor
1943 – David Simeon, English actor
1943 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2004)
1944 – Paul Crossley, English pianist
1944 – Peter Price, English bishop
1944 – Jesse Winchester  (d. 11 Apr 2014)
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1945 – B. S. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer
1945 – Esin Engin, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1997)
1945 – Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach
1946 – Udo Lindenberg, German singer-songwriter and drummer (Passport)
1946 – Ralph Neas, American lawyer and activist
1946 – F. Paul Wilson, American author
1947:  Hawa Abdi, Somali physician and human rights activist
1947 – Andrew Latimer, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Camel)
1947 – Stephen Platten, English bishop
1948 – Dick Gaughan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Boys of the Lough)
1949 – Bill Bruford,  English drummer, songwriter, and producer
      (Yes, King Crimson, UK, Earthworks, Anderson Bruford
            Wakeman Howe, and National Health)
1950 – Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer (d. 1991)
1950 – Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley, English accountant and politician
1950 – Janez Drnovšek  (d. 2008)
      Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia
1950 – Alan Johnson, English politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
1950 – Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (d. 2014)
1951 – Simon Hughes, English lawyer and politician
1952 – Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (d. 2012)
1952 – Howard Hampton, Canadian lawyer and politician
1953:  Tara Brach, American psychologist
1953 – Luca Prodan, Italian-Argentine singer-songwriter (Sumo and Hurlingham Reggae Band)
1953 – Kathleen Sullivan, American journalist and blogger
1954 – Michael Roberts, South African-English jockey
1955 – William "Bill" Paxton, American actor and director
1955 – David Townsend, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Surface) (d. 2005)
1956 – Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer and actor
1956 – Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host
1956 – Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist and author
1957:  Peter Høeg, Danish writer
1957 – Anne Main, Welsh-English educator and politician
1957 – Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (d. 2012)
1958 – Ivor Bolton, English harpsichord player and conductor
1958 – Paul Di'Anno, English singer-songwriter (Iron Maiden and Gogmagog)
1958 – Paul Whitehouse, Welsh-English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Richard Barrons, English general
1959 – Marcelo Loffreda, Argentine rugby player and coach
1959 – Jim Nantz, American sportscaster
1960 – Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter, actor, and producer
1960 – Simon Fuller, English talent manager and producer, created the Idols series
1961 – Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin (bka Enya)
      Irish singer-songwriter and producer (Clannad)
1961 – Jamil Azzaoui, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961:  Corey Johnson, American actor
1961 – Justin King, English businessman
1962 – Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish journalist and author
1962 – Andrew Farrar, Australian rugby league player and coach
1962 – Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1962 – Jane Moore, English journalist and author
1962 – Rosalind Picard, American computer scientist and engineer, co-founded Affectiva
1963 – Jon Koncak, American basketball player
1963 – Page McConnell, American keyboard player and songwriter
      (Phish, Vida Blue, and Phil Lesh and Friends)
1963 – Taimo Toomast, Estonian opera singer
1964 – Stratos Apostolakis, Greek footballer and coach
1964 – David Eigenberg, American actor
1964 – Mauro Martini, Italian race car driver
1964 – Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999)
1964 – Rob Pruitt, American artist
1965 – Trent Reznor, American singer-songwriter and producer
      (Nine Inch Nails, How to Destroy Angels)
1965 – Paige Turco, American actress
1965 – Jeremy Vine, English journalist and author
1966 – Hill Harper, American actor and producer
1966 – Qusay Hussein, Iraqi soldier and politician (d. 2003)
1966 – Mark Kratzmann, Australian tennis player and coach
1966 – Danny Manning, American basketball player and coach
1966 – Gilles Quénéhervé, French sprinter
1967 – Paul D'Amour, American bass player (Tool and Replicants)
1967 – Mohamed Nasheed, Maldivian lawyer and politician, 4th President of the Maldives
1969 – Tabatha Coffey, Australian hairstylist
1969 – Alan Doyle, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Great Big Sea)
1969 – Thom Filicia, American interior designer and author
1969 – Keith Hill, English footballer and manager
1970 – Angelica Agurbash, Belarusian singer and model
1970 – Jeremy Browne, English politician, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
1970 – Hubert Davis, American basketball player and coach
1970 – Jordan Knight, American singer-songwriter (New Kids on the Block)
1970 – Matt Lindland, American mixed martial artist, wrestler, and politician
1970 – René Vilbre, Estonian director and screenwriter
1971 – Martin Aunin, Estonian architect
1971 – Mark Connors, Australian rugby player
1971 – Shaun Hart, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster
1971 – Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
1972 – Roman Genn, Russian-American illustrator
1973 – Sasha Alexander, American actress and producer
1973 – Steve Barakatt, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1973 – Josh Homme, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Them Crooked Vultures, and Kyuss)
1973 – Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
1973 – Tamsier Joof, British dancer, choreographer, actor, model and entrepreneur
1974 – Andrea Corr, Irish singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (The Corrs)
1974 – Wiki González, Venezuelan baseball player
1974 – Eddie Lewis, American soccer player
1974:  Grace Lin, American writer
1974 – Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor
1974 – William Yiampoy, Kenyan runner
1975 – Cheick Kongo, French mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
1975 – Jonti Picking, English voice actor, singer, and animator
1975 – Kostas Sommer, German-Greek actor and producer
1975 – Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer
1975 – Alex Wright, German-English wrestler and promoter
1976:  Rochelle Aytes, American actress
1976 – Kandi Burruss, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Xscape)
1976 – Shayne Dunley, Australian rugby league player
1976 – José Guillén, Dominican-American baseball player
1976 – Daniel Komen, Kenyan runner
1976 – Mayte Martínez, Spanish runner
1976 – Wang Leehom, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
1978 – John Foster, American baseball player and coach
1978 – Paddy Kenny, English footballer
1978 – Carlos Peña, Dominican-American baseball player
1978 – Magdalena Zděnovcová, Czech tennis player
1979 – David Jarolím, Czech footballer
1979 – Wayne Thomas, English footballer
1980 – Davor Džalto, Bosnian historian and philosopher
1980 – Fredrik Kessiakoff, Swedish cyclist
1980 – Dallas Taylor, American singer-songwriter (Underoath and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster)
1981 – Beñat Albizuri, Spanish cyclist
1981 – Lim Jeong-hee, South Korean singer
1981 – Shiri Maimon, Israeli singer and actress
1981 – Leon Osman, English footballer
1981 – Chris Skidmore, English historian and politician
1981 – Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer
1982 – Kaye Abad, American-Filipino actress and singer
1982 – Matt Cassel, American football player
1982 – Dan Hardy, English mixed martial artist
1982 – Reiko Nakamura, Japanese swimmer
1982 – Tony Parker, French-American basketball player
1982 – Chloe Smith, English politician
1983 – Channing Frye, American basketball player
1983 – Chris Henry, American football player (d. 2009)
1983 – Nicky Hofs, Dutch footballer
1983 – Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player
1983 – DJ Yonny, American DJ and producer
1984 – Christian Bolaños, Costa Rican footballer
1984 – Christine Ohuruogu, English runner
1984 – Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player
1984 – Michael David Rosenberg (bka Passenger)
      English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Passenger)
1985 – Teófilo Gutiérrez, Colombian footballer
1985 – Derek Hough, American actor, singer, and dancer (Ballas Hough Band)
1985 – Christine Nesbitt, Canadian speed skater
1985 – Todd Redmond, American baseball player
1985 – Matt Ryan, American football player
1985 – Emil Sitoci, Dutch wrestler
1985 – Alyssa Stringfellow, New Zealand actress
1985 – Greg Van Avermaet, Belgian cyclist
1986 – Marius Činikas, Lithuanian footballer
1986 – Tahj Mowry, American actor
1986:  Erin Richards, Welsh actress
1986 – Timo Simonlatser, Estonian skier
1986 – Jodie Taylor, English footballer
1987 – Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norwegian cyclist
1987 – Ott Lepland, Estonian singer
1987 – Aleandro Rosi, Italian footballer
1988 – Nikki Reed, American actress, singer, and screenwriter
1988 – Jennison Myrie-Williams, English footballer
1989 – Kris Bernal, Filipino actress
1989 – Mose Masoe, New Zealand rugby league player
1989 – Rain Raadik, Estonian basketball player
1989 – Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer
1990 – Fabian Giefer, German footballer
1990 – Kree Harrison, American singer
1990 – Katrina Hart, English runner
1990 – Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player
1990 – Leven Rambin, American actress
1991 – Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player
1991 – Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor and rapper
1991 – Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper, producer, and actor
1994 – Julie Anne San Jose, Filipino singer and actress (Sugarpop)
1996 – Ryan Ochoa, American actor


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1829 – John Jay  (b. 1745)
      American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States
1875 – John C. Breckinridge  (b. 1821)
      American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States


Notable

290 – Emperor Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 236)
1336 – Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)
1365 – Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)
1395 – Constantine Dragaš, Serbian ruler (b. 1355)
1464 – Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1427)
1510 – Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445)
1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham  (b. 1478)
      Welsh politician, Lord High Constable of England
1536 – George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford  (b. 1504)
      English courtier and diplomat, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1536 – William Brereton, English courtier (b. 1487)
1536 – Henry Norris, English courtier (b. 1482)
1536 – Mark Smeaton, English lute player and dancer (b. 1512)
1536 – Francis Weston, English courtier (b. 1511)
1551 – Shin Saimdang, South Korean poet and calligraphist (b. 1504)
1575 – Matthew Parker, English archbishop and academic (b. 1504)
1626 – Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan organist and composer (b. 1570)
1643 – Giovanni Picchi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1571)
1727 – Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
1729 – Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
1765 – Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
1797 – Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
1801 – William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
1807 – John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
1809 – Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
1822 – Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu  (b. 1766)
      French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France
1838 – René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)
1838 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord  (b. 1754)
      French bishop and politician, Prime Minister of France
1839 – Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757)
1868 – Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (b. 1834)
1879 – Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
1880 – Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
1886 – John Deere  (b. 1804)
      American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company
1888 – Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
1911 – Frederick August Otto Schwarz  (b. 1836)
      German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz
1916 – Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
1917 – Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
1919 – Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
1921 – Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
1922 – Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
1927 – Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
1934 – Cass Gilbert, American architecht (b. 1859)
1935 – Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
1936 – Panagis Tsaldaris  (b. 1868)
      Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece
1938 – Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877)
1943 – Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864)
1947 – George Forbes  (b. 1869)
      New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand
1951 – William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, Indian-English field marshal (b. 1865)
1960 – Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884)
1963 – Daniel Mendaille, French actor (b. 1885)
1963 – John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)
1964 – Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895)
1966 – Randolph Turpin, English boxer (b. 1928)
1974 – Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898)
1977 – Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral and pilot (b. 1892)
1980 – Gündüz Kılıç, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918)
1985 – Abe Burrows, American director, composer, and author (b. 1910)
1986 – Lyudmila Pakhomova, Russian ice dancer (b. 1946)
1987 – Gunnar Myrdal  (b. 1898)
      Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
1992 – Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (b. 1903)
1995 – Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912)
1996 – Scott Brayton, American race car driver (b. 1959)
1996 – Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)
1996 – Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American singer and guitarist (b. 1935)
1997 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic (b. 1905)
1999 – Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian trumpet player and producer (b. 1949)
1999 – Lembit Oll, Estonian chess player (b. 1966)
2000 – Donald Coggan, English archbishop (b. 1909)
2001 – Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (b. 1928)
2001 – Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (b. 1908)
2002 – Dave Berg, American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1920)
2002 – László Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927)
2002 – Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940)
2002 – Sharon Sheeley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2003 – Pop Ivy, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1916)
2004 – Gunnar Graps, Estonian singer (Magnetic Band and Gunnar Graps Group) (b. 1951)
2004 – Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b. 1920)
2004 – Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)
2004 – Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (b. 1943)
2004 – Vladislav Terzyul, Siberian mountaineer (b. 1953)
2005 – Frank Gorshin, American actor and singer (b. 1934)
2006 – Cy Feuer, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1911)
2006 – Eric Forth  (b. 1944)
      Scottish-English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
2006 – Nichola Goddard, Papua New Guinean-Canadian captain (b. 1980)
2007 – Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author (b. 1924)
2007 – T. K. Doraiswamy, Indian poet and author (b. 1921)
2009 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, author, and poet (b. 1920)
2009 – Jung Seung-hye, South Korean journalist and producer (b. 1965)
2010 – Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1924)
2010 – Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (b. 1929)
2011 – Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1936)
2012 – Warda Al-Jazairia, French-Lebanese singer (b. 1939)
2012 – Herbert Breslin, American publicist and manager (b. 1924)
2012 – Gideon Ezra  (b. 1937)
      Israeli geographer and politician, Israeli Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
2012 – Patrick Mafisango, Congolese-Rwandan footballer (b. 1980)
2012 – Ron Shock, American comedian (b. 1942)
2012 – Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1948)
2013 – Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (b. 1973)
2013 – Penne Hackforth-Jones, American-Australian actress (b. 1949)
2013 – Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
2013 – Peter Schulz, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg (b. 1930)
2013 – Albert Seedman, American police officer (b. 1918)
2013 – Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1931)
2013 – Jorge Rafael Videla  (b. 1925)
      Argentine general and politician, 42nd President of Argentina
2014 – Miss Beazley, American dog of George W. Bush (b. 2004)
2014 – Gerald Edelman  (b. 1929)
      American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
2014 – Clarence Ellis, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
2014 – C. P. Krishnan Nair  (b. 1922)
      Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
2014 – Bob Odom, American soldier and politician (b. 1935)
2014 – Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (b. 1944)
2014 – Anna Pollatou, Greek rhythmic gymnast (b. 1983)
2014 – Thongbanh Sengaphone, Laotian politician (b. 1953)
2015 – Chinx, American rapper (b. 1983)
2015 – Claude Carliez, French fencer and stuntman (b. 1925)
2015 – Margaret Dunning, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1910)
2015 – Gerald Steadman Smith, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1929)


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