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1492 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)
1494 – Francis I of France (d. 1547)
1605 – William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (d. 1686)
1688 – Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)
1690 – Peter Dens, Flemish theologian and academic (d. 1775)
1725 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
1736 – Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (d. 1776)
1740 – Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (d. 1817)
1768 – Benjamin Carr, English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher (d. 1831)
1797 – Samuel Joseph May, American activist (d. 1871)
1812 – Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (d. 1878)
1812 – Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman (d. 1886)
      invented the Rotary printing press
1818 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor
      invented the Gatling gun (d. 1903)
1818 – Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1882)
1829:  Anselm Feuerbach  [German painter] (d. 4 Jan 1880)
1829:  Charles Dudley Warner  [American journalist and writer] (d. 20 Oct 1900)

1830 – William Sprague, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)
      27th Governor of Rhode Island
1837 – Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1892)
1852 – Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (d. 15 Feb 1928)
      English lawyer and politician
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1908-1916
1855 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician (d. 1920)
      12th Premier of Quebec
1856 – Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer and conductor (d. 1924)
1857 – Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician (d. 1919)
1859:  Florence Kelley  [American activist] (d. 17 Feb 1932)
1862 – Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1925)
1865:  Mary Bateson  [British historian and activist] (d. 30 Nov 1906)
1866 – Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (d. 1941)
      English cricketer and politician
      13th Governor General of Canada
1875 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (d. 1926)
1880 – H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 29 Jan 1956)

1882 – Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian writer, journalist, politician and priest (d. 28 May 1963)
1884 – Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler (d. 1947)
1885 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer (d. 1957)
1888 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1972)
1889 – Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician (d. 1942)
      3rd Prime Minister of Malta
1891 – Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician (d. 1965)
1891 – Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (d. 1968)
1892 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher (d. 1984)
      founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
1893:  Lewis B. Hershey  [American general] (d. 20 May 1977)
      2nd Director of Selective Service System
1894 – Billy Gilbert, American actor and singer (d. 1971)
1894 – Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese politician (d. 1953)
      Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party
1895 – Freymóður Jóhannsson, Icelandic painter and composer (d. 1973)
1897 – Grietje Jansen-Anker, Dutch super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1897 – Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist (d. 1956)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1898 – Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)
1898 – Alma Moodie, Australian violinist and educator (d. 1943)
1898 – Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)
1900 – Haskell Curry, American mathematician and logician (d. 1982)
      best known for his work in combinatory logic
1901 – Ben Blue, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1975)
1901 – Shmuel Horowitz, Belarusian-Israeli agronomist and academic (d. 1999)
1902:  Malcolm de Chazal  [Mauritian writer] (d. 1 Oct 1981)
1902 – Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician (d. 1976)
      21st President of Brazil
1902 – Marya Zaturenska, Ukrainian-American poet and author (d. 1982)
1904 – István Horthy, Hungarian admiral (d. 1942)
1904 – John Courtney Murray, SJ (d. 1967),
1904 – Lou Moore, American race car driver (d. 1956)
1905 – Linda Agostini, Australian murder victim (d. 1934)
1907 – Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (d. 1963)
1909 – Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (d. 1986)
1913 – Jesse Owens, American sprinter (d. 31 Mar 1980)

1913 – Eiji Toyoda, Japanese businessman (d. 2013)
1914 – Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)
1914 – Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English actor (d. 1999)
1915 – Billy Daniels, American singer and actor (d. 1988)
1915 – Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
1916 – Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)
1916 – Edward Binns, American actor (d. 1990)
1917 – Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004)
1917 – Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (d. 2012)
1919 – Frank Stallone, Sr., Italian-American hairdresser and author (d. 2011)
1920 – Irene Dailey, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
1921 – Stanisław Lem, Ukrainian-Polish philosopher and author (d. 2006)
1922 – Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician (d. 2014)
      Governor of Buenos Aires Province
1922 – Jackson Mac Low, American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 2004)
1922 – Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist and academic (d. 2009)
1925 – Stan Lopata, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1925 – Dickie Moore, American actor (d. 2015)
1927 – Mathé Altéry, French soprano and actress
1927 – Freddie Jones, English actor
1928 – Robert Irwin, American artist
1928 – Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1928 – Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (d. 2014)
1929 – Harvey Schmidt, American composer and illustrator
1930 – Larry Austin, American composer and educator
1931 – Ian Holm, English actor and singer
1931 – Kristin Hunter, American author and educator (d. 2008)
1931 – George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1931 – Bill McKinney, American actor and singer (d. 2011)
1931:  Adrian Rogers  [American pastor] (d. 15 Nov 2005)
      President of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1979-1980, 1986-1988
1932 – Atli Dam, Faroese politician (d. 2005)
      5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
1932 – Kim Hamilton, American actress (d. 2013)
1933 – Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress
1934 – Glenn Davis, American hurdler, sprinter, and football player (d. 2009)
1934 – Jaegwon Kim, South Korean-American philosopher and academic
1935:  Richard Lamm  [American politician]
      38th Governor of Colorado, 1975-1987
1935 – Richard Hunt, American sculptor
1937 – George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
1937 – Wes Hall, Barbadian cricketer and politician
1938 – Dick Hess, American politician (d. 2013)
1938 – Claude Ruel, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1938 – Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano and actress (d. 1993)
1939 – Phillip Ramey, American pianist and composer
1939 – Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician
1940 – Linda Gray, American actress, director, and producer
1940 – Skip Hinnant, American actor
1940 – Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
1940 – Patrick Mower, English actor
1940 – Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (d. 2010)
1941 – Heino Kurvet, Estonian canoe racer
1942 – Michel Drucker, French journalist
1942 – Tomás Marco, Spanish composer
1942 – François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (d. 2004)
1943 – Maria Muldaur, American singer
      (Jerry Garcia Band and Even Dozen Jug Band)
1943 – Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-Canadian author and poet
1944 – Fred Fay, American activist (d. 2011)
1944 – Leonard Peltier, American activist
1944 – Vladimir Spivakov, Russian violinist and conductor
1944 – Barry White, American musician (d. 4 Jul 2003)

1944 – Colin Young, Barbadian-English singer (The Foundations)
1945 – Maria Aitken, Irish-English actress, director, and producer
1945 – David Garrick, English singer (d. 2013)
1945 – Milo Manara, Italian author and illustrator
1945 – John Mauceri, American conductor and producer
1946 – Tony Bellamy, Mexican-American musician (d. 2009)
      (Redbone)
1947 – Bjørn Floberg, Norwegian actor
1947 – David Grant, English engineer and academic
1947 – Gerald Howarth, English soldier, pilot, and politician
      Minister for International Security Strategy
1948 – Luis Lima, Argentinian tenor
1948 – Steve Turre, American trombonist and educator
1948 – Max Walker, Australian cricketer, sportscaster, and architect
1949 – Charles Burlingame, American soldier and pilot (d. 2001)
1949 – Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater
1950 – Marguerite Blais, Canadian journalist and politician
1950 – Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer
1950 – Bruce Mahler, American actor and screenwriter
1950 – Mike Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1950 – Cynthia Myers, American model and actress (d. 2011)
1951 – Bertie Ahern, Irish politician, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland
1951 – Norm Dubé, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 – Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player and actor (d. 2007)
1951 – Joe Pantoliano, American actor and producer
1951 – Gerald Stano, American serial killer (d. 1998)
1951 – Ali-Ollie Woodson, American musician and actor (d. 2010)
      (The Temptations)
1952 – Gerry Beckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (America)
1952 – Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (Rush)
1953 – Nan Goldin, American photographer
1953 – Fiona Mactaggart, Scottish educator and politician
1953:  Stephen Sprouse  [American fashion designer]
1953:  Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut  [Dutch computer scientist] (d. 23 Feb 1994)
1954 – Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (d. 1988)
1954 – Robert Gober, American sculptor
1954 – Scott Hamilton, American saxophonist
1954 – Peeter Volkonski, Estonian singer-songwriter and actor
      (Propeller)
1955:  Nina Blackwood  [American disc and video jockey and actress]
1955 – Peter Scolari, American actor and director
1955 – Brian Smith, English footballer (d. 2013)
1956 – Barry Andrews, English singer and keyboard player
      (XTC, Shriekback, and The League of Gentlemen)
1956 – Chip Beck, American golfer
1956 – Sam Brownback, American lawyer and politician
      46th Governor of Kansas
1956 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003)
1956 – David Goodhart, English journalist and author
1956 – Brian Robertson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Thin Lizzy, Motörhead, and Wild Horses)
1956 – Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
1956 – Walter Woon, Singaporean lawyer and politician
      7th Attorney-General of Singapore
1957:  Jan Egeland  [Norwegian politician]
1957 – Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress, director, and screenwriter
1957 – Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer
1958 – Wilfred Benítez, American boxer
1958 – Gregg Edelman, American actor
1959 – Scott Brown, American colonel and politician
1959:  Ben Chandler  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D. KY, 2004-2013
1959 – Sigmar Gabriel, German politician
      17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
1960 – Evan Jenkins, American politician
1960 – Stefanos Korkolis, Greek pianist and composer
1961 – Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer-songwriter
1961 – Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1962 – Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer-songwriter and producer
1962 – Amy Yasbeck, American actress
1963 – Paul Bellini, Canadian actor and screenwriter
1964 – Simon Bowthorpe, English businessman
1964 – Greg Gutfeld, American journalist and author
1964 – Dieter Hecking, German footballer and manager
1964:  Tracy McMillan  [American author]
1965 – Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian animator and producer
1965 – Vernon Maxwell, American basketball player
1966 – Darren E. Burrows, American actor and director
1966 – Ben Folds, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Ben Folds Five, The Bens, Fear of Pop, and 8in8)
1966 – Vezio Sacratini, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Louis C.K., Mexican-American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Pat Listach, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1968 – Larry LaLonde, American guitarist and songwriter
      (Primus, Possessed, and Blind Illusion)
1968 – Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell, English politician (d. 2014)
1968 – Richard Snell, South African cricketer
1968 – Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Max Boot, Russian-American historian and author
1969 – Ángel Cabrera, Argentinian golfer
1969 – James Frey, American author
1969 – Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer
1970:  Will Chase  [American actor and singer]
1970 – Josh Hopkins, American actor
1970 – Nathan Larson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Shudder To Think, Hot One, and A Camp)
1971 – Younes El Aynaoui, Moroccan tennis player
1971 – Ahn Jae-wook, South Korean actor and singer
1971:  Jessica Seinfeld  [American author]
1972 – Gideon Emery, English-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Paul Green, Australian rugby league player and coach
1972 – Sidney Souza, Brazilian footballer
1973 – Said Ali al-Shihri, Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 2013)
1973 – Darren Campbell, English sprinter
1973 – Ki-Jana Carter, American football player
1973 – Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1973 – Paul Walker, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
1974 – Caroline Aigle, French soldier and pilot (d. 2007)
1974 – Jennifer Nettles, American singer-songwriter (Sugarland)
1974 – Guy Smith, English race car driver
1974 – Kenichi Suzumura, Japanese voice actor and singer-songwriter
1974 – Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer
1975 – Luis Castillo, Dominican baseball player
1975 – Bill Kirby, Australian swimmer
1976 – Bizzy Bone, American rapper
      (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Bone Brothers)
1976 – 2 Chainz, American rapper (Playaz Circle)
1976 – Lauren Stamile, American actress
1976 – Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
1977 – Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer
1977 – Jonny Buckland, English musician (Coldplay)
1977 – Grant Denyer, Australian race car driver and journalist
1977:  Tauheed Epps, bka 2 Chainz  [American rapper]
1977 – Jeff Irwin, American singer-songwriter and producer
1977 – James McCartney, English singer-songwriter
1977 – Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1977 – David Thompson, English footballer
1978 – Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress
1978 – Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
1978 – Ruben Studdard, German-American singer and actor
1980 – Roda Antar, Sierra Leonean-Lebanese footballer
1980 – Sean Burroughs, American baseball player
1980 – Fernando César de Souza, Brazilian footballer
1980 – Gus G, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Firewind, Dream Evil, and Mystic Prophecy)
1980 – Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
1980 – Kevin Sinfield, English rugby player
1980 – Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1981 – Marty Adams, Canadian actor
1981 – Alan Arruda, Brazilian footballer
1981 – Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
1981 – Staciana Stitts, American swimmer
1981 – Hosea Chanchez, American actor
1982 – Nana Ozaki, Japanese model
1982 – Zoran Planinić, Croatian basketball player
1983 – Tom Geißler, German footballer
1983 – Rami Haikal, Jordanian guitarist (Bilocate)
1983 – Sebastian Hofmann, German footballer
1983 – Daniel Muir, American football player
1983 – Sergio Parisse, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
1983 – Clayton Richard, American baseball player
1983 – Carly Smithson, Irish singer-songwriter and actress
      (We Are the Fallen)
1984 – Nashat Akram, Iraqi footballer
1984 – Chelsea Carey, Canadian curler
1984 – Petra Marklund, Swedish singer-songwriter
1985 – Headhunterz, Dutch DJ and producer (Project One)
1985 – Jonatan Cerrada, Belgian singer
1986 – Alfie Allen, English actor
1986 – Kamila Chudzik, Polish heptathlete
1986 – Akwasi Fobi-Edusei, English footballer
1986 – Joanne Jackson, English swimmer
1986 – Yang Mi, Chinese actress and singer
1986 – Yuto Nagatomo, Japanese footballer
1986 – Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter
1986 – Emmy Rossum, American singer-songwriter and actress
1987 – Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstani tennis player
1988 – Amanda Jenssen, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1989 – Freddie Freeman, American-Canadian baseball player
1989 – Andrew Luck, American football player
1991 – Scott Wootton, English footballer
1992 – Kelsea Ballerini, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1992:  Alexia Fast  [Canadian actress]
1992 – Connor Franta, YouTube personality, published writer and entrepreneur
1992 – Sviatlana Pirazhenka, Belarusian tennis player
1992:  Molly Tarlov  [American actress]
1994 – Elina Svitolina, Ukrainian tennis player
1995:  Ryan Potter  [American actor]
1996 – Colin Ford, American actor

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640 – Sak K'uk', Mayan queen
1185 – Andronikos I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)
1213 – Peter II of Aragon (b. 1174)
1362 – Pope Innocent VI (b. 1295)
1369 – Blanche of Lancaster (b. 1345)
1500 – Albert III, Duke of Saxony (b. 1443)
1612 – Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)
1642 – Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, French conspirator (b. 1620)
1660 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (b. 1577)
1665 – Jean Bolland, Belgian priest and hagiographer (b. 1596)
1672 – Tanneguy Le Fèvre, French scholar (b. 1615)
1683 – Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643)
1691 – John George III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1647)
1695 – Jacob Abendana, Spanish-English rabbi and scholar (b. 1630)
1712 – Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1637)
1764 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (b. 1683)
1779 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (b. 1711)
      Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
1810 – Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician (b. 1740)
1814 – Robert Ross, Irish general (b. 1766)
1819 – Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
1836 – Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
1869 – Peter Mark Roget, English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
1870 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
1874 – François Guizot, French historian and politician (b. 1787)
      22nd Prime Minister of France
1885 – Ranbir Singh, 2nd Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu (b. 1830)
1903 – Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australia politician (b. 1834)
      14th Premier of Victoria
1907 – Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
1912 – Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
1918 – George Reid, Australian politician (b. 1845)
      4th Prime Minister of Australia
1919 – Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
1923 – Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
1927 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
1929 – Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (b. 1865)
1938 – Prince Arthur of Connaught (b. 1883)
1944 – William Stickney, American golfer (b. 1879)
1945 – Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese general (b. 1880)
1953 – James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (b. 1869)
1953 – Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)
1953 – Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)
1956 – Hans Carossa, German author and poet (b. 1878)
1956 – Noëlle, Countess of Rothes (b. 1878)
1956 – Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician (b. 1882)
      Minister of War of Hungary
1960 – Dino Borgioli, Italian tenor (b. 1891)
1961 – Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (b. 1898)
1962 – Spot Poles, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887)
1962 – Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (b. 1923)
1967 – Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (b. 1903)
1968 – Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and journalist (b. 1894)
1971 – Walter Egan, American golfer (b. 1881)
1972 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (b. 1895)
1977 – Steve Biko, South African activist (b. 1946)
1977 – Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1898)
1977 – Robert Lowell, American poet and academic (b. 1917)
1978 – Frank Ferguson, American actor (b. 1899)
1978 – William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (b. 1896)
1981 – Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and author (b. 1896)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1982 – Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer (b. 1891)
1986 – Jacques Henri Lartigue, French painter and photographer (b. 1894)
1986 – Frank Nelson, American actor (b. 1911)
1986 – Charlotte Wolff, German-British physician (b. 1897)
1987 – John Qualen, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1899)
1990 – Athene Seyler, English actress (b. 1889)
1991 – Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (b. 1909)
1992 – Anthony Perkins, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1932)
1992 – Ed Peck, American actor (b. 1917)
1993 – Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1917)
1994 – Tom Ewell, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
1994 – Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1937)
1995 – Jeremy Brett, English actor (b. 1933)
1995 – Katherine Locke, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
1995 – Yasutomo Nagai, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1965)
1996 – Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician (b. 1907)
      29th President of Brazil
1997 – Idel Jakobson, Latvian NKVD officer (b. 1904)
1999 – Bill Quackenbush, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)
2000 – Konrad Kujau, German illustrator (b. 1938)
2000 – Gary Olsen, English actor (b. 1957)
2000 – Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
2001 – Victor Wong, American actor (b. 1927)
2003 – Johnny Cash, American musician and actor (b. 1932)
      (The Tennessee Three and The Highwaymen)
2004 – Kenny Buttrey, American drummer (b. 1945)
      (Barefoot Jerry and Area Code 615)
2005 – Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (b. 1927)
2007 – Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter (The Famous Flames) (b. 1934)
2008 – Bob Quinn, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
2008 – David Foster Wallace, American author and educator (b. 1962)
2009 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian (b. 1914)
      Nobel Prize laureate
2009 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1921)
2009 – Willy Ronis, French photographer (b. 1910)
2010 – Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2010 – Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
2011 – Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
2012 – Whobegotyou, Australian race horse (b. 2005)
2012 – Radoslav Brzobohatý, Czech actor (b. 1932)
2012 – Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Russian poet and author (b. 1946)
2012 – Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
2012 – Derek Jameson, English journalist (b. 1929)
2012 – Tom Sims, American skateboarder and snowboarder (b. 1950)
      founded Sims Snowboards
2012 – Sid Watkins, English surgeon and academic (b. 1928)
2013 – Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, American-Somali terrorist (b. 1984)
2013 – Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman (b. 1933)
      founded Dolby Laboratories
2013 – Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (b. 1924)
2013 – Erich Loest, German author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2013 – Rod Masterson, American actor (b. 1945)
2013 – Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (b. 1946)
2013 – Joan Regan, English singer and actress (b. 1928)
2013 – Otto Sander, German actor (b. 1941)
2014 – John Bardon, English actor (b. 1939)
2014 – Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician (b. 1932)
      47th Prime Minister of Egypt
2014 – Theodore J. Flicker, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2014 – John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1942)
      (Roxy Music, Ian Gillan Band, The Big Three, Quatermass, and Episode Six)
2014 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician (b. 1926)
      2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland
2014 – Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (The Crusaders) (b. 1939)
2014 – Hugh Royer, Jr., American professional golfer (b. 1936)

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