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1739 – John Rutledge, American judge and politician (d. 1800)
      2nd Chief Justice of the United States, 1795
      Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1791
      South Carolina delegate to the Constitutional Convention, 1787
      1st Governor of South Carolina, 1779-1782
      President of South Carolina, 1776-1778

1907:  Warren E. Burger  [American jurist] (d. 25 Jun 1995)
      15th Chief Justice of the United States, 1969-1986

Notable

879 – Charles the Simple, French king (d. 929)
1192 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
1550 – Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
1605 – Francesco Sacrati, Italian composer (d. 1650)
1630 – Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)
1639 – Hans Herr, Swiss bishop (d. 1725)
1674 – Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
1677 – Stephen Hales, English physiologist and chemist (d. 1761)
      invented Forceps
1687 – Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and scholar (d. 1772)
1688 – Maria Luisa of Savoy (d. 1714)
1721:  Samuel Hopkins  [American Congregationalist theologian] (d. 20 Dec 1803)
1730 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian general (d. 1794)
1743 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and political scientist (d. 1794)
1771 – Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (d. 1816)
1773 – Jonathan Alder, American captain and farmer (d. 1849)
1783 – Nadezhda Durova, Russian officer (d. 1866)
1811:  John Brough  [War Democrat politician] (d. 29 Aug 1865)
      26th Governor of Ohio, 1864-1865
1819 – Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician (d. 1901)
      1st President of the South African Republic
1820 – Émile Augier, French playwright (d. 1889)
1825 – Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American politician and jurist (d. 1893)
1826 – Bernhard Riemann, German-Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1866)
1850 – Guerra Junqueiro, Portuguese lawyer, journalist, and politician (d. 1923)
1854 – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman (d. 1929)
      founded Buick Motor Company
1857 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (d. 1935)
1859 – Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1942)
1860 – Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (d. 1934)
1862 – Jean de Madre, French polo player (d. 1934)
1864 – James Tancred, English admiral (d. 1943)
1868 – James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (d. 1956)
      Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence
1869 – Christian Lous Lange (d. 1938)
      Norwegian political scientist, historian, and educator
      Nobel Prize laureate
1874 – Walter Murdoch, Australian author and academic (d. 1970)
1878 – Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (d. 1950)
1878 – Antoine Védrenne, French rower (d. 1937)
1879 – Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (d. 1930)
1879 – Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman, politician, and activist (d. 1973)
1881 – Alfred Carpenter, English admiral (d. 1955)
      Victoria Cross recipient
1883 – William Carlos Williams, American pediatrician and poet (d. 1963)
1884 – Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (d. 1920)
1886 – Anton Irv, Estonian military commander (d. 1919)
1890 – Gabriel Heatter, American journalist (d. 1972)
1892 – Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch organist and composer (d. 1981)
1895 – Georg Faehlmann, Russian-Estonian sailor (d. 1975)
1897 – Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
1900 – Hughie Critz, American baseball player (d. 1980)
1900 – J. Willard Marriott, American businessman (d. 1985)
      founded the Marriott Corporation
1901 – Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (d. 1972)
1902 – Bea Miles, Australian author (d. 1973)
1903 – Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)
1903 – Frank O'Connor, Irish author and educator (d. 1966)
1903 – Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (d. 1971)
1903 – Olavi Paavolainen, Finnish essayist (d. 1964)
1904 – Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian-English dancer and choreographer (d. 1988)
1904 – Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1986)
1904 – Edgar G. Ulmer, Czech-American director, screenwriter, and set designer (d. 1972)
1905 – Vladan Desnica, Croatian novelist (d. 1967)
1906 – J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1996)
      2nd President of Sri Lanka
1906 – Edgar Wayburn, American physician and environmentalist (d. 2010)
1908 – John Creasey, English author and politician (d. 1973)
1908 – Rafael Israelyan, Georgian-Armenian architect (d. 1973)
      designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral
1909 – Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (d. 1968)
1912 – Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011)
1913 – M. Srikantha, Sri Lankan civil servant (d. 1982)
1914 – Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
1914 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician (d. 1996)
      Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
1915 – M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (d. 2011)
1916 – Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author (d. 2014)
1917 – William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (d. 2012)
1917 – Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1917 – Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995)
1918 – Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer (d. 2012)
      founded the Gottex Company
1918 – Chaim Herzog, Irish-Israeli general and politician (d. 1997)
      6th President of Israel
1920 – Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (d. 1997)
1920 – Dinah Sheridan, English actress (d. 2012)
1922 – Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician (d. 1979)
      1st President of Angola
1923 – Ralph Sharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
1923 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1953)
      (Drifting Cowboys)
1925 – John List, American murderer (d. 2008)
1926 – Bill Black, American bass player (d. 1965)
      (The Blue Moon Boys)
1926 – Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1926 – Hovie Lister, American pianist (d. 2001)
      (The Statesmen Quartet and Masters V)
1926 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (d. 2007)
1926 – Jack McDuff, American singer and organist (d. 2001)
1927 – George Blanda, American football player (d. 2010)
1928 – Park Honan, American author and academic
1928 – Brian Matthew, English radio host
1928 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1998)
1929 – Sil Austin, American saxophonist (d. 2001)
1929 – David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, Irish air marshal
1929 – Pat Crowley, American actress
1929 – Stirling Moss, English race car driver
1930 – David Huddleston, American actor
1930 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (d. 2013)
1930 – Theo Loevendie, Dutch clarinet player and composer
1930 – Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1930 – Jim Rohn  [American businessman, philosopher and author] (d. 5 Dec 2009)
1930 – Thomas P. Stafford, American general, pilot, and astronaut
1931 – Anne Bancroft, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
1931 – Jean-Claude Carrière, French actor and screenwriter
1932 – Robert B. Parker, American author (d. 2010)
1932 – Indarjit Singh, Indian-English journalist
1933 – Chuck Grassley, American politician
1933 – Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
1933 – Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1984)
1934 – Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
1935 – Ken Kesey, American author and activist (d. 10 Nov 2001)
1936 – Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (d. 2014)
1936 – Michael Hennagin, American composer and educator (d. 1993)
1936 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian actor and singer (d. 2013)
1937 – Nigel Boocock, English-Australian motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1937 – Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican baseball player
1938 – Paul Benedict, American actor (d. 2008)
1938 – Perry Robinson, American clarinet player and composer
1938 – Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach
1939 – Carl Dennis, American poet and educator
1939 – Shelby Flint, American singer-songwriter and voice actress

1939:  LaMonte McLemore  [American singer]

      (The Fifth Dimension) IMDb

1939 – David Souter, American lawyer and jurist
1940 – Lorella De Luca, Italian actress and director (d. 2014)
1940 – Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat
      4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
1940 – Sotiris Moustakas, Cypriot-Greek actor (d. 2007)
1940 – Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1972)
1941 – Bob Matsui, American lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
1942 – Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
1942 – Des Lynam, Irish-born British journalist and author
1942 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress and producer (d. 2012)
1943:  Anthony Zinni  [American Marine Corps general]
      Commander in Chief of CENTCOM, 1997-2000
1944 – Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Five Man Electrical Band)
1944 – Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer
1945 – David Emerson, Canadian economist and politician
      8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
1945 – Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach
1945 – Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor
1945 – Bhakti Charu Swami, Indian religious leader
1946 – Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager
1946 – Heimar Lenk, Estonian journalist and politician
1947 – Tessa Jowell, English politician
      Minister for the Cabinet Office
1947 – Gail Carson Levine, American author
1947 – Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
1948 – Karl Alber, German footballer
1948:  Martin Filler  [American architecture critic]
1948 – Raphy Leavitt, Puerto Rican-American accordion player and composer (d. 2015)
1948 – Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1948 – John Ritter, American actor and producer (d. 2003)
1949 – Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1950 – Narendra Modi, Indian politician
      15th Prime Minister of India
1950 – Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Tubes)
1951 – Russell Brown, Scottish politician
1951 – Piet Kleine, Dutch speed skater
1951 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress, television host, and producer
      (“Elvira, Mistress of the Dark”)
1953 – Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author
1953 – Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English politician
1953 – Rita Rudner, American actress and screenwriter
1953 – Steve Williams, Welsh drummer and songwriter (Budgie)
1954 – Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer
1955 – Charles Martinet, American voice actor
1955 – Scott Simpson, American golfer
1955 – Brendan O'Carroll, Irish actor and writer
1956 – Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach
1956 – Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
      (Yothu Yindi)
1957 – David Bintley, English ballet dancer and director
1957 – Steve Bryles, American politician (d. 2012)
1958 – Janez Janša, Slovenian politician
      5th Prime Minister of Slovenia
1958 – Tom Waddell, Scottish-American baseball player
1959 – Charles Lawson, Irish actor
1960 – John Bottomley, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
1960 – Kevin Clash, American voice actor and puppeteer
1960 – John Franco, American baseball player
1960 – Damon Hill, English race car driver
1960 – Alan Krueger, American economist and academic
1961 – Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and sportscaster
1961 – Nives Meroi, Italian mountaineer
1961 – Ty Tabor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (King's X, Platypus, and The Jelly Jam)
1962:  Paul Feig  [American director, actor and author]
1962 – Jonathan Lord, English politician
1962 – Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician
      51st Prime Minister of Egypt
1962 – Benjamin "BeBe" Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer
      (BeBe & CeCe Winans)
1963 – Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler
1963 – William Shockley, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – James Urbaniak, American actor
1964:  Sean Covey  [American author]
1965 – Kyle Chandler, American actor and producer
1965 – Kim Davis, American clerk
1965 – Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer
      created Sonic the Hedgehog
1965 – Guy Picciotto, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Happy Go Licky, and One Last Wish)
1965 – Bryan Singer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Doug E. Fresh, American rapper and producer
1966:  Paula Jones  [American celebrity]
1966 – Stéphane Rousseau, Canadian actor
1967 – Michael Carbajal, American boxer
1967 – Koen Wauters, Flemish singer-songwriter and actor (Clouseau)
1967 – Malik Yoba, American actor and singer
1968 – Akhenaton, French rapper and producer
1968 – Anastacia, American singer-songwriter and producer
1968:  Joe Bastianich  [American chef]
1968 – Marie-Chantal Claire, Crown Princess of Greece
1968 – Lord Jamar, American rapper and actor (Brand Nubian)
1968 – Jonn Penney, English singer (Ned's Atomic Dustbin)
1968:  Cheryl Strayed  [American writer]
1968 – Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1969 – Steady B, American rapper
1969 – Adam Devlin, English guitarist and songwriter (The Bluetones)
1969 – Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
1969 – Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter (The Prodigy and Flint)
1969 – Greg King, New Zealand lawyer (d. 2012)
1969 – Tarvo Seeman, Estonian chess player
1969 – Matthew Settle, American actor
1970 – Mark Brunell, American football player and coach
1970 – Jim Conroy, American voice actor
1971 – Nate Berkus, American interior designer and television host
1971 – Mike Catt, South African-English rugby player
1971 – Adriana Karembeu, Slovak model and actress
1971 – Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer
1971 – Jens Voigt, German professional cyclist
1971 – Ian Whyte, Welsh basketball player and actor
1972 – Bobby Lee, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1973 – Diego Albanese, Argentinian rugby player
1973 – Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress
1973 – Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer
1974 – Mirah, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Microphones)
1974 – DJ Babu, Filipino-American DJ
1974 – Tormod Granheim, Norwegian skier
1974 – Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player and coach
1975 – Pumpkinhead, American rapper (d. 2015)
1975 – Wilko de Vogt, Dutch footballer
1975 – Jade Esteban Estrada, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1975 – Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver
1975 – Constantine Maroulis, American singer-songwriter and actor
      (Pray for the Soul of Betty)
1975 – Austin St. John, American actor and martial artist
1976 – Peja, Polish rapper and producer (Slums Attack)
1976 – Daniella Rush, Czech porn actress
1977 – Anna Marie Cseh, Hungarian-English model and actress
1977 – Genaro García, Mexican boxer (d. 2013)
1977 – Yelena Godina, Russian volleyball player
1977 – Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer
1978 – Sheeri Cabral, American computer scientist
1978 – Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer
1979 – Akin Ayodele, American football player
1979:  Neill Blomkamp  [South African–Canadian filmmaker]
1979 – Chuck Comeau, Canadian drummer
      (Simple Plan and Reset)
1979 – Billy Miller, American actor
1980 – Dan Haren, American baseball player
1980 – Shabana Mahmood, English lawyer and politician
1980 – Oliver Risser, Namibian footballer
1981 – Casey Janssen, American baseball player
1981 – Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer
1981 – Francis Manioru, Solomon sprinter
1982 – Francine Prieto, Filipino actress
1982 – Hope Larson, American illustrator
1982 – Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Wade Robson, Australian dancer and choreographer
1983 – Aiza Seguerra, Filipino actress and singer
1983 – Jennifer Peña, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1983 – RJ Jimenez, Filipino singer
1984 – Domenico Citro, Italian footballer
1984 – Mary Descenza, American swimmer
1984 – De La Ghetto, American-Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
      (Arcángel & De La Ghetto)
1984 – John Kucera, Canadian skier
1984 – Patrick van Luijk, Dutch sprinter
1984 – Eugenia Volodina, Russian model
1985 – Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
1985 – Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
1985 – José Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
1985 – Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player
1985 – Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala, Tongan royal and Crown Prince of Tonga
1985 – Jon Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Panic! at the Disco and The Young Veins)
1986 – Paolo De Ceglie, Italian footballer
1986 – Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian Cricketer
1986 – Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Japanese voice actor
1986 – Yussef Suleiman, Syrian footballer (d. 2013)
1987 – Paul Huntington, English footballer
1987 – Yang Ko-han, Taiwanese actress (d. 2015)
1989:  Danielle Brooks  [American actress]
1989 – Kate Deines, American soccer player
1990 – Sean Scannell, English footballer
1991 – Ryan Bolden, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1991 – Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
1991 – Justyna Jegiołka, Polish tennis player
1991 – Minako Kotobuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (Sphere)
1996 – Ella Purnell, English actress
1999 – Daniel Huttlestone, English actor and singer

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1996 – Spiro Agnew, American soldier and politician
      39th Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)

Notable

456 – Remistus, Roman general
1179 – Hildegard of Bingen, German mystic, composer, and saint (b. 1098)
1322 – Robert III, Count of Flanders (b. 1249)
1422 – Constantine II of Bulgaria (b. 1370)
1563 – Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier (b. 1526)
1574 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Spanish admiral and explorer (b. 1519)
      founded St. Augustine, Florida
1575 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1504)
1621 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (b. 1542)
1630 – Thomas Lake, English politician (b. 1567)
      English Secretary of State
1665 – Philip IV of Spain (b. 1605)
1676 – Sabbatai Zevi, Turkish rabbi (b. 1626)
1679 – John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general and politician (b. 1629)
      Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
1762 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1687)
1771 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian author and poet (b. 1721)
1803 – Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer (b. 1766)
1808 – Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (b. 1755)
1817 – Jacques Bernard d'Anselme (b. 1740)
      French general of the French Revolutionary Army
1836 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)
1858 – Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)
1863 – Charles Robert Cockerell, English architect, archeologist, and writer (b. 1788)
1863 – Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
1864 – Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
1877 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer (b. 1800)
      developed the Calotype Process
1878 – Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
1879 – Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
1894 – Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
1899 – Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman (b. 1842)
      co-founded the Pillsbury Company
1904 – Kartini, Indonesian activist (b. 1879)
1907 – Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
1908 – Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
1908 – Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
1909 – Thomas Bent, Australian politician (b. 1838)
      22nd Premier of Victoria
1923 – Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician (b. 1842)
      92nd Prime Minister of Greece
1925 – Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
1933 – Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
1936 – Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
1938 – Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (b. 1901)
1943 – Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b.1893)
1944 – Eugen Habermann, Estonian architect (b. 1884)
1946 – Frank Burke, American baseball player (b. 1880)
1948 – Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
1948 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (b. 1895)
1951 – Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
1953 – David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
1965 – Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
1966 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
1971 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
1972 – Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (b. 1899)
1973 – Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
1975 – Nicola Moscona, Greek-American opera singer (b. 1907)
1980 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician (b. 1925)
      73rd President of Nicaragua
1982 – Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (b. 1937)
1984 – Richard Basehart, American actor and director (b. 1914)
1985 – Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer (b. 1925)
      founded Laura Ashley plc
1987 – Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913)
1988 – Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (b. 1917)
1991 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist (b. 1902)
1991 – Rob Tyner, American musician (MC5) (b. 1944)
1992 – Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
1993 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player (b. 1913)
1993 – Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913)
1994 – John Delafose, American accordion player (b. 1939)
1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (b. 1954)
1994 – Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1902)
1995 – Isadore Epstein, Estonian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1919)
1995 – Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
1997 – Red Skelton, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
1998 – Ted Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1943)
1998 – Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (b. 1922)
1998 – Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (b. 1907)
1999 – Frankie Vaughan, English singer (b. 1928)
2000 – Paula Yates, Welsh television host and author (b. 1959)
2000 – Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian journalist (b.1969)
2003 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
2005 – Jacques Lacarrière, French journalist and critic (b. 1925)
2005 – Alfred Reed, American composer and educator (b. 1921)
2006 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford (b. 1924)
      American daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
2006 – Kazuyuki Sogabe, Japanese voice actor (b. 1948)
2009 – Dick Durock, American stuntman and actor (b. 1937)
2009 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (b. 1968)
2011 – Colin Madigan, Australian architect (b. 1921)
      designed the National Gallery of Australia
2012 – Bafo Biyela, South African footballer (b. 1981)
2012 – Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect (b. 1935)
2012 – Lou Kenton, English soldier and potter (b. 1908)
2012 – Tedi Thurman, American model and actress (b. 1923)
2012 – Russell E. Train, American civil servant (b. 1920)
2012 – Ferenc Polikárp Zakar, Hungarian monk (b. 1930)
2013 – Kristian Gidlund, Swedish drummer and journalist (b. 1983)
      (Sugarplum Fairy)
2013 – Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (b. 1943)
2013 – Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (b. 1937)
2013 – Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)
2013 – Michael J. Noonan, Irish politician (b. 1935)
      25th Minister of Defence for Ireland
2013 – Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
2013 – Eiji Toyoda, Japanese businessman (b. 1913)
2014 – Street Cry, Irish race horse (b. 1998)
2014 – George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
2014 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
2014 – Wakachichibu Komei, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1939)
2014 – Elaine Lee, South African-Australian actress (b. 1939)
2014 – Charles Read, Australian air marshal (b. 1918)
2014 – Peter von Bagh, Finnish historian, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
2014 – China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (b. 1922)

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