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1291 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer, poet, and theorist (d. 1361)
1345 – Ferdinand I of Portugal (d. 1383)
1391 – Edward, King of Portugal (d. 1438)
1424 – Władysław III of Poland (d. 1444)
1599 – Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (d. 1680)
1620 – John Evelyn, English gardener and author (d. 1706)
1632 – Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (d. 1675)
1636 – Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
1686 – Senesino, Italian singer and actor (d. 1758)
1692 – Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist and author (d. 1765)
1694 – Yeongjo of Joseon (d. 1776)
1705 – Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)
1724 – Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (d. 1805)
1737 – James Lovell, American educator and politician (d. 1789)
1795 – John Keats, English-Italian poet (d. 23 Feb 1821)
1815 – Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (d. 1897)
1825 – Charles Lavigerie, French-Algerian cardinal (d. 1892)
1825:  Catherine Helen Spence  (d. 3 Apr 1910)
      Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician, suffragist, and Georgist
1827 – Richard Morris Hunt, American architect (d. 1895)
     designed the New York Tribune Building
1831 – Paolo Mantegazza  (d. 1910)
      Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist
1835 – Adelbert Ames, American general and politician  (d. 1933)
      27th Governor of Mississippi
1835 – Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (d. 1923)
1835 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic  (d. 1917)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1838 – Luís I of Portugal (d. 1889)
1840 – Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (d. 1864)
1847 – Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (d. 1897)
1848 – Boston Custer, American soldier (d. 1876)
1851 – Louise of Sweden (d. 1926)
1856 – Charles Leroux, American balloonist and parachutist (d. 1889)
1857:  Axel Munthe  [Swedish-born physician, psychiatrist, and author] (d. 11 Feb 1949)
1860 – Juliette Gordon Low, American scout leader  (d. 1927)
      founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America
1868 – John Weir Troy, American politician  (d. 1942)
      5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska
1875 – Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (d. 1954)
1875 – Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician  (d. 1950)
      1st Deputy Prime Minister of India
1876 – Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright (d. 1972)
1879 – Karel Hašler  (d. 1941)
      Czech songwriter, actor, lyricist, director, composer, writer, and dramatist
      murdered at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp
1880 – Julia Peterkin, American author (d. 1961)
1881 – Toshizō Nishio  (d. 1960)
      Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army
1883 – Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator (d. 1956)
1885;  Karl Radek  [Austrian-Ukrainian Marxist revolutionary] (d. 19 May 1939)
1887 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician
      1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d. 5 Apr 1975)
1887 – Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (d. 1970)
1888 – Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author (d. 1944)
1890 – Susie Gibson, American super-centenarian (d. 2006)
1892 – Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (d. 1946)
1895 – B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist (d. 1970)
1896 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1 Sep 1977)
1896:  Margery Wilson  [American actress]
1897 – Delma Kollar, American super-centenarian (d. 2012)
1902:  Carlos Drummond de Andrade  [Brazilian poet] (d. 17 Aug 1987)
1902 – Abraham Wald, Romanian mathematician and economist (d. 1950)
1908 – Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (d. 2009)
1910 – Trevor Housley, Australian public servant (d. 1868)
1912 – Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 7 Feb 2001)

1912 – Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (d. 2008)
1914 – Joe Carcione, American activist and author (d. 1988)
1914 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch designer (d. 1995)
1915 – Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1916 – Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (d. 2012)
1917 – William Hardy McNeill, Canadian historian, author, and academic
1917 – Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot (d. 2013)
1918 – Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007)
1919 – Daphne Oxenford, English actress (d. 2012)
1919 – Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author
1919 – John Sylvester White, American actor (d. 1988)
1920 – Dick Francis, Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (d. 2010)
1920 – Joseph Gelineau, French priest and composer (d. 2008)
1920 – Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (d. 1957)
1920 – Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (d. 2004)
1920 – Fritz Walter, German footballer (d. 2002)
1922 – Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress, singer, and author (d. 2005)
1922 – Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2004)
1922 – Anatoli Papanov, Russian actor (d. 1987)
1922 – Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician  (d. 2012)
      1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
1924 – Cleo Moore, American actress (d. 1973)
1925 – Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (d. 1990)
1925? – Lee Grant  [American actress and director]
1925 – John Pople, English-American chemist and academic  (d. 2004)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1925 – Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (d. 2013)
1926 – Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (d. 2011)
1927:  Roger Kahn  [American author]
1928:  Roy Romer  [American politician]
      39th Governor of Colorado (D), 1987-1989
      Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, 2000-2006
1928 – Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator (d. 2012)
1929 – Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (d. 2004)
1929 – William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (d. 2014)
1929 – Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter
1930 – Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut
1930 – Booker Ervin, American saxophonist (d. 1970)
1931 – Iivo Nei, Estonian chess player
1931 – Dan Rather, American journalist
1932 – Katherine Paterson, American author
1932 – Jacques Pic, French chef (d. 1992)
1933:  Hobart Alter  [American entrepreneur] (d. 29 Mar 1914)
1933 – Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1933 – Iemasa Kayumi, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
1933 – Narriman Sadek, Egyptian wife of Farouk of Egypt (d. 2005)
1934 – Fillie Lyckow, Swedish actress (d. 2015)
1935 – Dale Brown, American basketball player and coach
1935 – Ronald Graham, American mathematician and theorist
1935 – David Harvey, English-American geographer and academic
1936 – Michael Landon  (d. 1 Jul 1991)
      American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1936:  Karl E. Weick  [American organizational theorist]
1937 – Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Tom O'Connor, English actor and game show host
1939 – Ron Rifkin, American actor
1939 – Rowan Peacock, South African cyclist
1939 – Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1940 – Craig Rodwell, American businessman and activist  (d. 1993)
      founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop
1940 – Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox, English politician
1941 – Dan Alderson, American scientist (d. 1989)
1941 – Derek Bell, English race car driver
1941 – Werner Krieglstein, Czech-American philosopher and academic
1942 – Eduardo Castrillo, Filipino sculptor
1942 – Dave McNally, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1942 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor and singer

1943 – Elliott Forbes-Robinson, American race car driver
1943 – Paul Frampton, English-American physicist and academic
1943 – Aristotelis Pavlidis, Greek politician
      13th Greek Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy
1943 – Brian Piccolo, American football player (d. 1970)
1944 – Sally Kirkland, American actress and producer
1944 – Otto Wiesheu, Bavarian politician
1945 – Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Argent)
1945 – Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1945 – Barrie Keeffe, English playwright, screenwriter, and producer
1945 – Avi Shlaim, Iraqi-Israeli historian and academic
1946 – Norman Lovett, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1946 – Stephen Rea, Irish actor
1947 – Deidre Hall, American actress
1947 – Frank Shorter, American runner
1947 – Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian politician
      66th Prime Minister of Belgium
1948 – Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer
1948:  Mickey Rivers  [American baseball player]
1949 – Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat
1949 – Bob Siebenberg, American drummer
      (Supertramp and Bees Make Honey)
1949 – Alison Wolf, English economist and academic
1950 – John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1950 – Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-English architect, designed the Bridge Pavilion
1950 – Jane Pauley, American journalist
1950:  Frank Silva  [Native American set dresser and actor] (d. 13 Sep 1995)
1950 – Antonio Taguba, Filipino-American general
1951 – Nick Saban, American football player and coach
1951 – Dave Trembley, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1952 – Bernard Edwards, American bass player and producer  (d. 1996)
      (Chic and The Power Station)
1952 – Joe West, American baseball umpire and actor
1953 – Michael J. Anderson, American actor
1953 – Lynda Goodfriend, American actress
1953 – John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach
1953:  Don Winslow  [American author]
1954 – Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress and voice actress
1954 – Ken Wahl, American actor
1955:  John Barrow  [American politician]
      U.S. Representative, D. GA, 2005-2015
1955 – Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician
1955 – Susan Orlean, American journalist and author
1955 – Eduardo V. Manalo, Filipino religious leader
      Executive Minister of Iglesia ni Cristo
1956 – Bruce Bawer, American poet and critic
1956 – Christopher de Leon, Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician
1956 – Anders Lago, Swedish politician
1956 – Roberto Malone, Italian porn actor and director
1956 – Charles Moore, English journalist
1957 – Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor
1957 – Shirley Phelps-Roper, American lawyer and activist
1957 – Robert Pollard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Guided by Voices)
1958 – Jeannie Longo, French cyclist
1959 – Michael DeLorenzo, American actor, singer, and director
1959 – Mats Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
1959 – Neal Stephenson, American author
1960 – Arnaud Desplechin, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
1960 – Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician
      9th Governor of Puerto Rico
1960 – Mike Gallego, American baseball player and coach
1960 – Reza Pahlavi, Iranian prince
1961 – Alonzo Babers, American runner and pilot
1961 – Kate Campbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish drummer, songwriter, and actor
      (U2 and Automatic Baby)
1962 – Dan Wood, Canadian former ice hockey player
1962 – Mari Jungstedt, Swedish journalist
1962 – John Giannini, American college basketball player
1962 – Jonathan Borden, American neurosurgeon
1962 – Bill Fralic, American football player
1962 – Raphael Rabello, Brazilian guitarist and composer
1962 – Anna Geifman, American historical
1963 – Dunga, Brazilian footballer and manager
1963 – Sanjeev Bhaskar, English comedian and actor
1963 – Mikkey Dee, Swedish drummer and songwriter
      (Motörhead and King Diamond)
1963 – Johnny Marr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Smiths, Modest Mouse, Electronic, and The Cribs)
1963 – Fred McGriff, American baseball player and radio host
1963 – Dermot Mulroney, American actor, singer, and producer
1963 – Rob Schneider, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Frank Bruni, American journalist and critic
1964 – Colm Ó Cíosóig, Irish drummer and songwriter
      (My Bloody Valentine, Mazzy Star, and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions)
1964 – Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer and manager
1964 – Darryl Worley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
1965 – Blue Edwards, American basketball player
1965 – Denis Irwin, Irish footballer and journalist
1965 – Rob Rackstraw, English voice actor
1966 – Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer, and actor
      (Beastie Boys and BS 2000)
1966 – Joseph Boyden, Canadian-American author and academic
1966 – Koji Kanemoto, Japanese wrestler
1966 – Annabella Lwin, Burmese singer-songwriter and producer
      (Bow Wow Wow)
1966 – Mike O'Malley, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Jon Wurster, American drummer and radio host
      (Superchunk and The Mountain Goats)
1967 – Petros Gaitanos, Greek singer
1967 – Vanilla Ice, American rapper, producer, and actor
1967 – Buddy Lazier, American race car driver
1967 – Irina Pantaeva, Russian-American model and actress
1967 – Adam Schlesinger, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
      (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy and Tinted Windows)
1968 – Antonio Davis, American basketball player and sportscaster
1969 – David Coburn, American actor and singer
1970 – Terry Alderton, English comedian
1970 – Linn Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
      (Ace of Base)
1970 – Mitch Harris, American guitarist and songwriter
      (Napalm Death, Defecation, and Meathook Seed)
1970 – Johnny Moeller, American guitarist
      (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1970 – Nolan North, American actor
1970 – Rogers Stevens, American guitarist (Blind Melon)
1970 – Steve Trachsel, American baseball player
1970 – Nicky Wu, Taiwanese actor and singer
1971 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (d. 2004)
1971 – Tom Smith, English-Scottish rugby player and coach
1971 – Ian Walker, English footballer and manager
1972 – Shaun Bartlett, South African footballer and manager
1972 – Matt Dawson, English rugby player
1972 – Grigoris Georgatos, Greek footballer
1972:  David Jolly  [American attorney and politician]
      U.S. Representative, R. FL, 2014-present
1973 – Paul Abrahams, English footballer
1973 – Christopher Bevins, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Tim Byrdak, American baseball player
1973 – David Dellucci, American baseball player and sportscaster
1973 – Beverly Lynne, American porn actress and producer
1974 – Muzzy Izzet, English-Turkish footballer
1974 – Roger Manganelli, Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
      (Less Than Jake and Rehasher)
1974 – Natasja Saad, Danish rapper (d. 2007)
1975 – Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer and manager
1975 – Keith Jardine, American mixed martial artist and actor
1975 – Johnny Whitworth, American actor
1976 – Guti, Spanish footballer
1976 – Piper Perabo, American actress and producer
1976 – Koji Yamamoto, Japanese actor and singer
1977 – Sylviane Félix, French sprinter
1977 – Séverine Ferrer, French singer
1978 – Inka Grings, German footballer
1978 – Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer
1978 – Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer
1978 – Martin Verkerk, Dutch tennis player
1979:  Erica Cerra  [Canadian actress]
1979 – Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer
1979 – Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
1979 – Saaphyri Windsor, American model and actress
1980 – Samaire Armstrong, Japanese-American actress
1980 – Alondra de la Parra, Mexican-American pianist and conductor
1980 – Marcel Meeuwis, Dutch footballer
1980:  Tay Strathairn  [American actor]
1980 – Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor
1981 – Irina Denezhkina, Russian author
1981 – Lollie Alexi Devereaux, French-Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
1981 – Steven Hunter, American basketball player
1981 – Frank Iero, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (My Chemical Romance, Pencey Prep, and Leathermouth)
1981 – Selina Jen, Taiwanese singer and actress (S.H.E)
1981 – Mike Napoli, American baseball player
1982 – Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and umpire
1982 – Justin Chatwin, Canadian actor
1982 – Tomáš Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player
1983 – Adam Bouska, American photographer and activist
      founded the NOH8 Campaign
1983:  Adam Braun  [American businessman, author, and philanthropist]
      founder & CEO of Pencils of Promise
1983 – Sitashma Chand, Nepalese model, Miss Nepal 2007
1983 – Katy French, Swiss-Irish model (d. 2007)
1984 – Scott Clifton, American actor and singer
1984 – Pat Murray, American football player
1984 – Amanda Pascoe, Australian swimmer
1984 – Nicole Rash, American model and actress
      Miss Indiana 2007
1985 – Stefani Morgan, American pornographic actress
1986 – Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver
1986 – Christie Hayes, Australian actress
1986 – Sean Paul Lockhart, American porn actor and director
1987 – Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Jean-Karl Vernay, French race car driver
1988 – Cole Aldrich, American basketball player
1988 – Sébastien Buemi, Swiss race car driver
1988 – Jack Riewoldt, Australian footballer
1989 – Warren Weir, Jamaican sprinter
1990 – Lil' JJ, American actor and rapper
1991 – Sven Kaldre, Estonian basketball player
1992 – Vanessa Marano, American actress
1993 – Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer
1995 – Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player
1997 – Holly Taylor, Canadian-born American actress and dancer
2000 – Willow Smith, American actress and singer
2005 – Leonor, Princess of Asturias

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1147 – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester  (b. 1100)
      English son of Henry I of England
1214 – Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (b. 1163)
1448 – John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1390)
1641 – Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral (b. 1597)
1659 – John Bradshaw, English judge  (b. 1602)
      Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1723 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
1732 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (b. 1666)
1733 – Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)
1744 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)
1765 – Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (b. 1721)
1768 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690)
1860 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald  (b. 1775)
      Scottish-English admiral and politician
1879 – Jacob Abbott, American author (b. 1803)
1879 – Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)
1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)
1913 – William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
1916 – Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
1918 – Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
1920 – Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
1925 – Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
1926 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
1926 – Philip Schuster, American gymnast (b. 1883)
1929 – Ilm-ud-din, Pakistani murderer (b. 1908)
1929 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician (b. 1866)
      6th President of Portugal
1929 – Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
1931 – Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
1939 – Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
1946 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (b. 1887)
1952 – Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
1959 – Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
1960 – H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
1962 – Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
1972 – Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
1972 – Marcia Healy, American actress (b. 1904)
1973 – Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
1975 – S. D. Burman, Bangladeshi-Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1906)
1977 – C.B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904)
1980 – Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
1983 – George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
1984 – Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1984 – Indira Gandhi, Indian politician  (b. 1917)
      3rd Prime Minister of India
1985 – Anton Christoforidis, Turkish-Greek boxer (b. 1918)
1985 – Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
1985 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (b. 1913)
1986 – Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist  (b. 1896)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1988 – John Houseman, Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
1988 – Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter (b. 1906)
1991 – Gene Anderson, American wrestler and actor (b. 1933)
1991 – Joseph Papp, American director and producer (b. 1921)
1992 – Gary Rippingale, English ice hockey player (b. 1974)
1993 – Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
1993 – River Phoenix, American actor and singer (Aleka's Attic) (b. 1970)
1995 – Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (b. 1938)
1996 – Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1998 – Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
1999 – Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)
2000 – Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1915)
2001 – Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (b. 1970)
2002 – Lionel Poilâne, French banker and businessman (b. 1945)
2002 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician  (b. 1903)
      President of Greece
2002 – Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (b. 1916)
2003 – Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian singer (b. 1908)
2003 – Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and historian (b. 1919)
2005 – Hal Anger, American biophysicist and engineer (b. 1920)
2005 – Mary Wimbush, English actress (b. 1924)
2006 – Hank Berger; American night club owner (b. 1952)
2006 – P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician  (b. 1916)
      State President of South Africa
2006 – Peter Fryer, English journalist and author (b. 1927)
2006 – Amrita Pritam, Pakistani-Indian author and poet (b. 1919)
2007 – Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1951)
2008 – Studs Terkel, American actor, historian, and author (b. 1912)
2009 – Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian physician and author (b. 1921)
2009 – Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman  (b. 1922)
      founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition
2009 – Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (b. 1911)
2010 – Maurice Lucas, American basketball player and coach (b. 1952)
2010 – Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (b. 1928)
2011 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2011 – Roberto Lippi, Italian racing driver (d. 1926)
2012 – Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (b. 1927)
2012 – June Blundell, New Zealand wife of Denis Blundell (b. 1921)
2012 – Brian Cobby, English actor (b. 1929)
2012 – John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1917)
2012 – John H. Reed, American soldier and politician  (b. 1921)
      67th Governor of Maine
2012 – Teri Shields, American actress and producer (b. 1933)
2013 – Chris Chase, American actress and author (b. 1924)
2013 – Gérard de Villiers, French journalist and author (b. 1929)
2013 – Jagadish Ghimire, Nepali author and activist (b. 1946)
2013 – Trevor Kletz, English chemist and author (b. 1922)
2013 – Johnny Kucks, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2013 – Frank Lima, American poet (b. 1939)
2013 – Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist  (b. 1928)
      19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
2013 – Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
2014 – David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat  (b. 1926)
      United States Permanent Representative to NATO
2014 – Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (b. 1975)
2014 – John Forzani, Canadian football player and businessman (b. 1947)
2014 – Brad Halsey, American baseball player (b. 1981)
2014 – Käbi Laretei, Estonian-Swedish pianist (b. 1922)
2014 – Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (b. 1922)
2014 – Jim Sauter, American race car driver (b. 1943)

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