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1855 – James Schoolcraft Sherman  [American lawyer and politician]  (d. 30 Oct 1912)
      27th Vice President of the United States

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51 – Domitian  [Roman emperor] (d. 18 Sep 96)
1378 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay  [Prince of Scotland] (d. 26 Mar 1402)
1503 – Isabella of Portugal  [Holy Roman Empress] (d. 1 May 1539)
1561 – Anthony Babington, English leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586)
1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (d. 26 Aug 1723)
1675 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham  (d. 1749)
      English field marshal and politician
      Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
1713 – Marie Fel, French soprano (d. 1794)
1739 – Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1807)
1763 – Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (d. 1839)
1765:  Sir James Mackintosh  (d. 30 May 1832)
      Scottish jurist, politician, and historian
1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (d. 30 Apr 1879)
1798:  Massimo d'Azeglio (Massimo Taparelli, marquis d'Azeglio)  (d. 15 Jan 1866)
      Italian statesman, novelist and painter
      Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, 1849-1852
1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (d. 1891)
1811 – Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (d. 1885)
1820:  Edwin Paxton Hood  [English nonconformist and author] (d. 12 Jun 1885)
1830:  Belva Ann Lockwood  (d. 19 May 1917)
      American attorney, politician, educator, and author
1830 – Marianne North, English biologist and painter (d. 1890)
1838 – Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (d. 1921)
1840 – Eliza Pollock, American archer (d. 1919)
1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (d. 1907)
1857 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)
1868 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (d. 1969)
1872 – Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (d. 1957)
1875 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (d. 1958)
1876 – Saya San, Burmese patriotic rebel against British (d. 1931)
1879 – B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (d. 1956)
1882 – Sybil Thorndike, English actress and singer (d. 1976)
1884 – Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (d. 1944)
1885 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Belarusian-Israeli wife of Zalman Shazar (d. 1975)
1887 – Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg  (d. 15 Apr 1969)
      Queen Consort of Spain
1887 – Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (d. 1917)
1889:  Leonard Hodgson  (d. 15 Jul 1969)
      English Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian
      Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford, 1944-1958
1891 – Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician  (d. 1961)
      36th President of the Dominican Republic
1891 – Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (d. 1985)
1893:  Kurt Huber  [German professor] (d. 13 Jul 1943)
1894 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
1895 – Jack Warner, English actor and singer (d. 1981)
1896 – Marjorie Joyner, American businesswoman (d. 1994)
1901 – Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1959)
1901 – Hjalmar Mäe, Estonian politician (d. 1978)
1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
1904 – Moss Hart, American director and playwright (d. 1961)
1904 – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932)
1905 – Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1988)
1906 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968)
1908 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
1909 – Bill Carr, American runner (d. 1966)
1910 – Stella Brooks, American singer (d. 2002)
1910 – Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
1910 – Gunter d'Alquen, German journalist and SS officer (d. 1998)
1910 – James K. Woolnough, American general (d. 1996)
1910 – Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (d. 1982)
1911 – Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (d. 1993)
1911 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)
1913 – Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1984)
1914 – Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (d. 1992)
1914 – František Čapek, Czech canoe racer (d. 2008)
1914 – Claude B. Duval, American lawyer and politician (d. 1986)
1914 – Samuel Karnarvon Asbell, Canadian politician (d. 1965)
1914 – Ernesto Segura, Argentinian bishop (d. 1972)
1915 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (d. 3 Nov 1998)
1915 – Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (d. 1988)
1915 – Roger Milliken, American businessman (d. 2010)
1916 – Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano (d. 2011)
1917 – Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003)
1918 – Doreen Tovey, English author (d. 2008)
1919 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008)
1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1921 – Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1921 – R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (d. 2015)
1922 – George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (d. 2014)
1923 – Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (d. 2000)
1923 – Denise Levertov, English-American poet and critic (d. 1997)
1924:  Graham Brown  [American actor] (d. 13 Dec 2011)
1924 – Mary Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
1924 – John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (d. 2008)
1925 – Bob Azzam, Egyptian-Monacan singer (d. 2004)
1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (d. 2003)
1925 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1925 – Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
1925 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013)
1925 – Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1926 – Kidar Nath Sahani, Indian politician (d. 2012)
1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American football player
1927 – Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2001)
1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (d. 1992)
1927 – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (d. 2013)
1928 – George Bullard, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1929 – Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977)
1929 – Jim Brosnan, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2014)
1929 – George Crumb, American composer and educator
1929 – Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre  (d. 2012)
      English wife of William Douglas-Home
1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004)
1929 – Gustav Ranis, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1929 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (d. 2013)
1930 – Jack Angel, American voice actor
1930 – Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright
1930 – Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician
1930 – Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr., "The Big Bopper"  (d. 3 Feb 1959)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1930 – Ahmad Shah of Pahang
1931 – Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German composer
1931 – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014)
1932 – Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 16 Jul 2012)
1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
1932 – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
1932 – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Reginald Kray, English gangster (d. 2000)
1933 – Ronald Kray, English gangster (d. 1995)
1933 – Norman Rush, American author and educator
1934 – Peter Behn, American voice actor
1934 – John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
1934 – Ray Drake, English footballer (d. 2013)
1934 – Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1934 – Jean-Baptiste Gourion, Algerian-French bishop (d. 2005)
1934 – Sammy Petrillo, American actor (d. 2009)
1934 – Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter
1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
1935 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (d. 2013)
1935 – Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
1936 – Jüri Arrak, Estonian artist
1936 – Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1936 – David Nelson, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2011)
1936 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
      (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
1937 – Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer
1937 – Barry Davies, English journalist and sportscaster
1937 – John Goetz, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1937 – Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
1937 – Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and educator
1937 – Petar Stipetić, Croatian general
1938 – Michael Graydon, English air marshal
1938 – Odean Pope, American saxophonist (Catalyst)
1938 – Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
1939 – John Adye, English intelligence officer
1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor

1940 – Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
1940 – Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (d. 2012)
1940 – David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
1941 – William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (d. 2004)
1941 – Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese priest, 11th Archbishop of Tokyo
1942 – Ruthann Aron, American politician
1942 – Stephen R. Bloom, British Professor of Medicine at Imperial College London
1942 – Maggie Blye, American actress
1942 – Ian Collins, Australian footballer and coach
1942 – Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author
1942 – Don Francis, American epidemiologist and virologist
1942 – Don Gant, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1987)
      (The Neon Philharmonic)
1942 – Judy Manning, American politician
1942 – Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rician politician (d. 2004)
      132nd Mayor of Ponce
1942 – Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
1943 – Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
1943:  José E. Serrano  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D. NY, 1990-present
1943 – Corky Siegel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
      (Siegel–Schwall Band)
1944 – Ray Downs, American singer and author
1944 – Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
1944 – Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Ted Templeman, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Harpers Bizarre)
1945 – Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
1946 – Keti Chomata, Greek singer and actor (d. 2010)
1946 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf and The Sparrows) (d. 1993)
1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
1948 – Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player
1948 – Barry Ryan, English singer-songwriter
1948 – Paul Ryan, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1992)
1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American politician
1949 – Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord (d. 2013)
1949 – Chester Marcol, American football player
1949 – John Markoff, American journalist and author
1949 – Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer
1949 – Keith Rowley, Trinidadian politician
1949 – Stan White, American football player and sportscaster
1950 – Iggy Arroyo, Filipino politician (d. 2012)
1950 – Karen Austin, American actress
1950 – Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1950 – Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player
1950 – Steven Greenberg, American singer-songwriter and producer (Lipps Inc.)
1950 – Tom Myers, American football player
1950 – Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
1950 – Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
1950 – Gabriella Sica, Italian poet
1950 – Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
1951 – George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
1952 – Keith Bain, Canadian politician
1952 – Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
1952 – Jane Fancher, American author and illustrator
1952 – Mark Gray, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Exile)
1952 – Omar Moreno, Panamanian baseball player
1952 – Ney Rosauro, Brazilian drummer and composer
1952 – Peter Smagorinsky, American theorist and educator
1952 – Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
1952 – Reggie Walton, American baseball player
1952 – David Weber, American author
1953 – John Barton, English footballer and manager
1953 – Charles Colbourn, Canadian computer scientist and mathematician
1953 – Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager
1953 – Steven Hatfill, American physician and virologist
1953 – Mindy Newell, American nurse and author
1953 – Mike Papantonio, American lawyer and radio host
1953 – Jim Pettie, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 – Shih Szu, Taiwanese actress
1953 – Andrew Turner, English academic and politician
1953 – David Wright, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1954 – Doug Davidson, American actor
1954 – Thomas Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
1954 – Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player (Elán)
1954 – Mike Rounds, American politician, 31st Governor of South Dakota
1954 – Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
1954:  Wang Jianlin  Chinese businessman, philanthropist, and billionaire]
1955 – Katherine Knight, Australian murderer
1955 – Cheryl Studer, American soprano
1956 – Dale Maharidge, American journalist and author
1956 – Jeff Merkley, American politician
1956 – David Stergakos, American-Greek basketball player
1957 – Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager
1957 – John Kassir, American actor
1958 – Vincent K. Brooks, American general
1958 – Chip Hooper, American tennis player and coach
1959 – Dominique Baert, French politician
1959 – Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
1959 – Mike Brewer, American baseball player
1959 – Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
1959 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
1959 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
      (The Birthday Party and These Immortal Souls)
1959 – Brad Johnson, American actor
1959 – Dave Meltzer, American journalist and historian
1959 – Shawn Moody, American businessman and politician
1959 – Ruth Perednik, English-Israeli psychologist and academic
1959 – Denis Troch, French footballer and manager
1959 – Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician
1959 – Anthony Waller, Lebanese-English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Dennis Anderson, American monster truck driver
1960 – Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
1960 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (d. 1999)
1960 – Wolfgang Güllich, German rock climber (d. 1992)
1960 – Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
1960 – BD Wong, American actor and singer
1961 – Mary Bono, American politician
1961 – Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
1962 – Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
1962 – Dave Blaney, American race car driver
1962 – Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
1962 – Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
1962 – Ted Dekker, Indonesian-American author
1962 – Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter
      (My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, and Snowpony)
1962 – Kristen Hall, American singer-songwriter (Sugarland)
1962 – Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
1962 – Roland Königshofer, Austrian cyclist
1962 – Gene Larkin, American baseball player and coach
1962 – Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (d. 2000)
1962 – Mark Miller, American motorcycle racer
1962 – Mark Morettini, American actor
1962 – Jay Novacek, American football player and coach
1963 – Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
1963 – John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
1963 – Giselle Laronde, Trinidadian model, Miss World 1986
1963 – Arvind Raghunathan, Indian businessman
1964 – Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Linda Ballantyne, Canadian actress
1964 – Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician
1964 – Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player
1964 – Doug Lee, American basketball player
1964 – Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager
1964 – Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician
1964 – Paul Vigay, English computer programmer (d. 2009)
1965 – Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician
1966 – Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
1966 – Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician
1967 – Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
1967 – Esther McVey, English television host and politician
1968 – Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
1968 – Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
1969:  Emma Donoghue  [Irish Canadian playwright, literary historian and novelist]
1969:  Jesse Harris [American musician]
1969 – Adela Noriega, Mexican actress
1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
1970 – Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control,
            and Major Organ and the Adding Machine)
1970 – Zensa Raggi, Moroccan-German porn actor and director
1970 – Natassa Theodoridou, Greek singer
1971 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
1971 – Antony Hegarty, English singer, composer and visual artist
1971 – Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress
1972 – Raelee Hill, Australian actress
1972 – Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress
1972 – Scott Peterson, American murderer
1972 – Pat Williams, American football player
1972 – Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1973 – Madlib, American rapper and producer (Madvillain, Quasimoto, and Lootpack)
1973 – Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
1973 – Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
1973 – Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
1973 – Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
1973 – Pia Guanio, Filipino host and actress
1974 – Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
1974 – Corey Dillon, American football player
1974 – Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
1974 – Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
1975 – Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (d. 2013)
1976 – Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
1976 – Joakim Nätterqvist, Swedish actor
1976 – Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
1977 – Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
1977:  Gabrielle Zevin  [American author and screenwriter]
1978 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
1978 – James Hopes, Australian cricketer
1979 – Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter
      (Silverchair and Tambalane)
1979 – Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
1980 – Monica Denise Brown (bka Monica)
      American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1980 – Aiko Itō, Japanese actress
1980 – John D. Kobs, American businessman, founded Apartment List
1980 – Zac Posen, American fashion designer
1980 – Christian Vander, German footballer
1980 – Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter
1981 – Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician
1981 – Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Jemima Rooper, English actress
1981 – Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
1981 – Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist
1982 – Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver
1982 – Macay McBride, American baseball player
1983 – Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
      (3LW and The Cheetah Girls)
1983 – V V Brown, English singer-songwriter and producer
1983 – Chris Colabello, Major League Baseball player
1983 – Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
1983 – Katie McGrath, Irish actress and model
1983 – Brian Vickers, American race car driver
1984 – Felicia Chin, Singaporean actress
1984 – Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1984 – Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter (Sadistic Mika Band)
1984 – Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer and host (MOJOFLY)
1985 – Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
1985 – Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (d. 2014)
1985 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer
1985 – Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
1986 – Aubrey Drake Graham (bka Drake)  [Canadian rapper and actor]
      (Young Money)
1986 – Nobuhiko Okamoto, Japanese voice actor and singer
1986 – John Ruddy, English footballer
1987 – Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor
1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
1987 – Charlie White, American figure skater
1988 – Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
1988 – Christopher Linke, German race walker
1988 – Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
1989 – PewDiePie, Swedish YouTube commentator
1989 – Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
1989 – Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
1989 – Richard Kolitsch, German footballer (d. 2014)
1989 – Eliza Taylor, Australian actress
1990 – LaMarcus Tinker, American actor, director, and producer
1990 – Kirby Bliss Blanton, American actress
1991 – Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
1991 – Marek Bednar, Slovak ice hockey player
1991 – Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player
1992 – Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor
1993 – Nabil Jeffri, Malaysian race car driver
1994 – Krystal, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (f(x) and SM the Ballad)
1994 – Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
1996 – Kyla Ross, American gymnast
1997 – Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
1997 – Raúl Chávez Sarmiento, Peruvian mathematician

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996 – Hugh Capet, French king (b. 938)
1260 – Qutuz, Egyptian sultan
1375 – Valdemar IV of Denmark (b. 1320)
1537 – Jane Seymour, English wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1508)
1572 – Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1508)
1601 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (b. 1546)
1633 – Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (b. 1562/3)
1655 – Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)
1669 – William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
1672 – John Webb, English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
1725 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1660)
1799 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)
1821 – Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
1852 – Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
1875 – Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
1898 – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
1915 – Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
1917 – James Carroll Beckwith, American painter (b. 1852)
1922 – George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
1935 – Dutch Schultz, American mobster (b. 1902)
1937 – Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
1938 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
1943 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
1944 – Louis Renault, French businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
1945 – Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
1948 – Franz Lehár, Slovak composer (b. 1870)
1948 – Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
1958 – G. E. Moore, English philosopher and educator (b. 1873)
1960 – Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian pilot and engineer (b. 1924)
1964 – Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
1966 – Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
1970 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (b. 1916)
1971 – Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
1971 – Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (b. 1936)
1972 – Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
1972 – Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1897)
1974 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)
1975 – Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish historian, author, and educator (b. 1888)
1983 – Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer (b. 1910)
1985 – Richie Evans, American race car driver (b. 1941)
1985 – Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (b. 1905)
1989 – Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
1991 – Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921)
1991 – Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
1993 – Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (b. 1930)
1994 – Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician (b. 1930)
1994 – Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (b. 1940)
1997 – Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (b. 1926)
1999 – Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (b. 1910)
2001 – Kathleen Ankers, American set designer (b. 1919)
2001 – Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author (b. 1937)
2001 – Jaromil Jireš, Czechoslovak filmmaker (b. 1935)
2002 – Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
2002 – Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969)
2002 – Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
2002 – Peggy Moran, American actress (b. 1918)
2004 – Randy Dorton, American engineer (b. 1954)
2004 – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (b. 1980)
2004 – James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (b. 1920)
2004 – Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (b. 1941)
2005 – Joy Clements, American soprano (b. 1932)
2005 – José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
2005 – Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (b. 1928)
2005 – Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (b. 1923)
2005 – Rosa Parks, American activist (b. 1913)
2005 – Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2006 – Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (b. 1904)
2006 – William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1909)
2007 – Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (b. 1929)
2007 – Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (b. 1928)
2007 – Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (b. 1981)
2007 – Anne Weale, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
2008 – Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (b. 1943)
2010 – Keti Chomata, Greek singer and actor (b. 1946)
2010 – Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
2010 – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
2010 – Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (b. 1912)
2011 – Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer (b. 1967)
2012 – Peggy Ahern, American actress (b. 1917)
2012 – Anita Björk, Swedish actress (b. 1923)
2012 – Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1957)
2012 – Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
2012 – Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (b. 1918)
2013 – Antonia Bird, English director and producer (b. 1951)
2013 – Manna Dey, Indian singer (b. 1919)
2013 – Manolo Escobar, Spanish singer and actor (b. 1931)
2013 – Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (b. 1993)
2013 – Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (b. 1934)
2013 – Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
2013 – Frank Perconte American soldier b. 1917)
2014 – Kim Anderzon, Swedish actress (b. 1943)
2014 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (b. 1980)
2014 – S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor (b. 1928)
2014 – Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
2014 – Alvin Wiederspahn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)

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