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1081 – Louis VI the Fat (d. 1 Aug 1137)

      King of the Franks, 1108-1137

1083 – Anna Komnene  (d. 1153)

      Byzantine physician and scholar

1521 – Takeda Shingen  (d. 1573)

      Japanese daimyo

1525 – Tadeáš Hájek  (d. 1600)

      Czech physician and astronomer

1580 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc  (d. 1637)

      French astronomer and historian

1690 – Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke  (d. 1764)

      English lawyer and politician

      Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom

1709 – Franz Xaver Richter  (d. 1789)

      Czech singer-songwriter, violinist, and conductor

1716 – Étienne Maurice Falconet  (d. 1791)

      French sculptor

1743 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth  (d. 1817)

      German chemist and academic

1761 – Marie Tussaud  (d. 1850)

      French sculptor

      founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

1792 – Nikolai Lobachevsky  (d. 1856)

      Russian mathematician and geometer

1844 – Alexandra of Denmark  (d. 1925)

      wife of King Edward VII

      Queen consort of the United Kingdom, 1901-1910

1846 – Ledi Sayadaw  (d. 1923)

      Burmese monk and philosopher

1847 – Julia A. Moore  (d. 1920)

      American poet

1869 – Eligiusz Niewiadomski  (d. 1923)

      Polish painter and critic

      assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz

1883 – Henry Cadbury  (d. 7 Oct 1974)

      American historian, scholar, and academic

1884 – Torben Meyer  (d. 1975)

      Danish actor

1884 – Karl Schmidt-Rottluff  (d. 1976)

      German painter

1886 – Rex Stout  (d. 1975)

      American author

1893:  Ernst Toller  (d. 22 May 1939)

      German left-wing playwright

1895 – Henry Williamson  (d. 1977)

      English farmer, soldier, and author

1896 – Georgy Zhukov  (d. 1974)

      Russian general and politician

      2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union

1897 – Cyril Ritchard  (d. 1977)

      Australian-American actor and singer

1898 – Stuart Garson  (d. 1977)

      Canadian lawyer and politician

      12th Premier of Manitoba

1899:  Robert W. Welch, Jr. (d. 6 Jan 1985)

      American businessman, political activist, and author

      co-founded the John Birch Society, 1958

1901 – Ilona Fehér  (d. 1988)

      Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator

1902 – Rudolf Loo  (d. 1983)

      Estonian wrestler

1905 – Alex Wilson  (d. 1994)

      Canadian sprinter and coach

1909 – Hans-Heinrich Sievert  (d. 1963)

      German decathlete

1910 – Alicia Markova  (d. 2004)

      English ballerina and choreographer

1911 – Walter Alston  (d. 1984)

      American baseball player and manager

1911 – Calvin Griffith  (d. 1999)

      Canadian-American businessman

1912 – Minoru Yamasaki  (d. 1986)

      American architect

      designed the World Trade Center

1913 – Mary Martin  (d. 1990)

      American actress and singer

1916 – Wan Li  (d. 2015)

      Chinese politician

      4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

1917 – Thomas Hayward  (d. 1995)

      American tenor and actor

1917 – Marty Marion  (d. 2011)

      American baseball player and manager

1919:  Anne Cox Chambers

      American media proprietor

      primary owner of Cox Enterprises

      U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1977-1981

1920 – Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami  (d. 2014)

      Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha

1921 – Vernon McGarity

      American sergeant  (d. 2013)

      Medal of Honor recipient

1922 – Vsevolod Bobrov  (d. 1979)

      Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager

1922 – Paul Picerni  (d. 2011)

      American actor

1923 – Maurice De Bevere (bka Morris)  (d. 2001)

      Belgian cartoonist

1923 – William F. House  (d. 2012)

      American otologist and physician

1923 – Dick Shawn  (d. 1987)

      American actor and singer

1923 – Stansfield Turner

      American admiral and academic

      12th Director of Central Intelligence

1924 – Masao Horiba  (d. 2015)

      Japanese businessman, founded Horiba

1925 – Martin Rodbell  (d. 1998)

      American biochemist and endocrinologist

      Nobel Prize laureate

1926 – Mother Antonia  (d. 2013)

      American-Mexican nun and activist

1926 – Allyn Ann McLerie

      Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer

1926 – Keith Michell

      Australian actor

1926 – Robert Symonds  (d. 2007)

      American actor

1926 – Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner  (d. 2010)

      Scottish businessman

1927 – Micheline Bernardini

      French dancer and model

1928 – Emily McLaughlin  (d. 1991)

      American actress

1928 – Malachi Throne  (d. 2013)

      American actor

1929 – David Doyle  (d. 1997)

      American actor

1930 – Marie Bashir

      Australian psychiatrist, academic, and politician

      37th Governor of New South Wales

1930 – Rhea Chiles  (d. 2015)

      American philanthropist

      founded the Polk Museum of Art

1930 – Joachim Hoffmann  (d. 2002)

      German historian and author

1930 – Matt Monro  (d. 1985)

      English singer

1931 – Jimmy Lyons  (d. 1986)

      American saxophonist

1931 – Jim Nesbitt  (d. 2007)

      American singer-songwriter

1933:  Alex Campbell

      Canadian politician

      23rd Premier of Prince Edward Island, 1966-1978

1933 – Lou Rawls  (d. 6 Jan 2006)

      American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

1933 – Curro Romero

      Spanish bullfighter

1933:  James Wolfensohn

      Australian-American lawyer, investment banker and economist

      9th President of the World Bank, 1995-2005

1934 – Billy Paul

      American singer

1935 – Woody Allen

      American actor, director, and screenwriter

1936 – Igor Rodionov  (d. 2014)
      Russian general and politician
      3rd Russian Minister of Defence
1937 – Muriel Costa-Greenspon  (d. 2005)
      American soprano and actress
1937 – Gordon Crosse
      English composer and academic
1937 – Chuck Low
      American actor
1937 – Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
      Latvian psychologist and politician
      6th President of Latvia
1938 – Sandy Nelson
      American drummer
1939:  Dianne Barbara Lennon
      American singer, aka DeeDee
      (The Lennon Sisters)
1939 – Lee Trevino
      American golfer
1940 – Mike Denness  (d. 2013)
      Scottish-English cricketer and referee
1940 – Richard Pryor  (d. 10 Dec 2005)
      American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1940 – Tasso Wild
      German footballer
1942 – Mohamed Kamel Amr
      Egyptian diplomat
      Minister of Foreign Affairs for Egypt
1942 – John Crowley
      American author and academic

1943 – Kenny Moore

      American runner and journalist

1943:  Nicholas Negroponte

      Greek American architect, computer scientist, and academic

      founder and Chairman Emeritus of MIT's Media Lab

1944 – Pierre Arditi

      French actor

1944 – Eric Bloom

      American singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (Blue Öyster Cult)

1944 – John Densmore

      American drummer and songwriter

      (The Doors and the Butts Band)

1944 – Michael Hagee

      American general

1944 – Tahar Ben Jelloun

      Moroccan author and poet

1944:  Joe Nickell

      American skeptic and investigator of the paranormal

1944 – Werner Scholz

      German footballer

1945 – Bette Midler

      American singer-songwriter, actress and producer

1946 – Jonathan Katz

      American comedian and actor

1946 – Kemal Kurspahić

      Bosnian journalist and author

1946 – Gilbert O'Sullivan

      Irish singer-songwriter and pianist

1947 – Alain Bashung

      French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)

1947 – Elizabeth Baur

      American actress

1947 – Bob Fulton

      English-Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster

1948 – George Foster

      American baseball player and radio host

1948 – Sarfraz Nawaz

      Pakistani cricketer and politician

1948 – John Roskelley

      American mountaineer and author

1948 – Neil Warnock

      English footballer and manager

1948 – N. T. Wright

      English bishop and scholar

1948 – Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa  (d. 2012)

      Nigerian politician

      Governor of Kaduna State

1949 – Colleen Brennan

      American porn actress

1949 – Jan Brett

      American author and illustrator

1949 – Pablo Escobar  (d. 1993)

      Colombian drug lord

1949 – Jake Hartford  (d. 2013)

      American radio host

1949 – Sebastián Piñera

      Chilean businessman and politician

      35th President of Chile

1950 – Manju Bansal

      Indian biologist and academic

1950:  Lou Jiwei
      Chinese politician and Minister of Finance

1950 – Gary Panter

      American illustrator and painter

1950 – Filippos Petsalnikos

      Greek lawyer and politician

1950 – Keith Thibodeaux (aka Richard Keith)

      American actor and drummer

      (David and the Giants)

1951 – Obba Babatundé

      American actor, director, and producer

1951 – Albert Ho

      Hong Kong lawyer and politician

1951 – Jaco Pastorius  (d. 1987)

      American bass player, songwriter, and producer

      (Weather Report, Trio of Doom, and Blood, Sweat & Tears)

1951 – Treat Williams

      American actor and author

1952 – Stephen Poliakoff

      English director, producer, and playwright

1952:  Rick Scott

      American businessman and politician

      45th Governor of Florida, 2011-present

1954 – Viv Albertine

      British singer and songwriter

1954 – Bob Goen

      American television host

1954 – Judith Hackitt

      English chemist and engineer

1954 – Annette Haven

      American porn actress

1954 – François Van der Elst

      Belgian footballer

1955 – Veikko Aaltonen

      Finnish filmmaker

1955 – Verónica Forqué

      Spanish actress

1955 – Pat Spillane

      Irish footballer and sportscaster

1955 – Mark Thompson

      American radio host and actor

1955 – Karen Tumulty

      American journalist

1956 – Julee Cruise

      American singer-songwriter and actress

1957 – Chris Poland

      American guitarist and songwriter

      (Megadeth, Circle Jerks, Damn the Machine, and OHM)

1957:  Gurdeep "Deep" Roy (born Mohinder Purba)

      Kenyan-born Indian actor, stuntman, and puppeteer

1957 – Vesta Williams  (d. 2011)

      American singer-songwriter and actress

1958 – Javier Aguirre

      Mexican footballer and manager

1958 – Candace Bushnell

      American journalist and author

1958 – Alberto Cova

      Italian runner

1958 – Lisa Fischer

      American singer-songwriter

1958 – Gary Peters

      American lieutenant and politician

1958 – Charlene Tilton

      American actress

1959 – Billy Childish

      English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter

      (The Medway Poets, Thee Mighty Caesars, and Thee Headcoats)

1959 – Wally Lewis

      Australian rugby player and coach

1959:  Anandan Sivamani (bka Sivamani)

      Indian percussionist

1960 – Carol Alt

      American model

1960 – Shirin M. Rai

      Indian political scientist

1960 – Jane Turner

      Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter

1961 – Safra A. Catz

      Israeli-American businesswoman

1961 – Raymond E. Goldstein

      American academic and educator

1961 – Lynn LeMay

      American porn actress

1961 – Armin Meiwes

      German cannibal and murderer

1961 – Jeremy Northam

     , English actor and singer

1962 – Sylvie Daigle

      Canadian speed skater

1962 – Sayoko Hagiwara

      Japanese actress

1962 – Pamela McGee

      American basketball player and coach

1963 – Marco Greco

      Brazilian race car driver

1963 – Nathalie Lambert

      Canadian speed skater

1963 – Arjuna Ranatunga

      Sri Lankan cricketer and politician

1964 – Salvatore Schillaci

      Italian footballer

1964 – Jo Walton

      Welsh-Canadian author and poet

1965:  Brad Feld

      American entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist

1966 – Andrew Adamson

      New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter

1966 – Katherine LaNasa

      American actress, dancer, and choreographer

1966 – Ali Mosaffa

      Iranian actor, director, and screenwriter

1966 – Larry Walker

      Canadian baseball player and coach

1967 – Nestor Carbonell

      American actor

1967 – Reggie Sanders

      American baseball player

1968 – Justin Chadwick

      English actor and director

1968 – Anders Holmertz

      Swedish swimmer

1969 – Richard Carrier

      American author and blogger

1970 – Jouko Ahola

      Finnish strongman and actor

1970 – Golden Brooks

      American actress

1970 – Julie Condra

      American actress

1970 – Jonathan Coulton

      American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1970 – Lembit Rajala

      Estonian footballer

1970 – Kirk Rueter

      American baseball player

1970 – Sarah Silverman

      American stand-up comedian, writer, actress and singer

1970 – Tisha Waller

      American high jumper

1971 – Stephanie Finochio (bka Trinity)

      American wrestler and stuntwoman

1971 – Emily Mortimer

      English actress and screenwriter

1971 – Melanie Peres

      German-Israeli model, actress, and singer

1971 – Christian Pescatori

      Italian race car driver

1971 – Mika Pohjola

      Finnish-American pianist and composer

1971 – John Schlimm

      American author and educator

1971 – Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee

      Mongolian wrestler and mixed martial artist

1971 – Peter Van de Veire

      Belgian radio host

1972 – Bart Millard

      American singer-songwriter (MercyMe)

1973 – Steve Gibb

      American singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (Black Label Society and Crowbar)

1973 – Jon Theodore

      American drummer

      (One Day as a Lion, The Mars Volta, and Golden)

1974 – Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa (bka Costinha)

      Portuguese footballer and manager

1975 – Matt Fraction

      American author

1975:  David Hornsby

      American actor, screenwriter and producer

1975 – Isaiah "Ikey" Owens  (d. 2014)

      American keyboard player and producer

      (The Mars Volta, De Facto, and Free Moral Agents)

1975 – Thomas Schie

      Norwegian race car driver

1975 – Sophia Skou

      Danish swimmer

1976 – Tomasz Adamek

      Polish boxer

1976 – Laura Ling

      American journalist

1976 – Dean O'Gorman

      New Zealand actor and photographer

1976 – Matthew Shepard  (d. 1998)

      American murder victim

1976 – Evangelos Sklavos

      Greek basketball player

1977 – Brad Delson

      American guitarist and producer

      (Linkin Park)

1977 – Jared Fogle

      American spokesman

1977 – Lee McKenzie

      Scottish journalist

1977 – Akiva Schaffer

      American actor, rapper, director, producer, and screenwriter

      (The Lonely Island)

1977 – Nate Torrence

      American actor

1978 – Mat Kearney

      American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1979 – Angelique Bates

      American actress

1979 – Ryan Malone

      American ice hockey player

1979 – Stephanie Brown Trafton

      American discus thrower

1980 – Mohammad Kaif

      Indian cricketer

1980 – Roger Peterson

      Aruban-Dutch singer-songwriter (Intwine)

1980 – Mubarak Hassan Shami

      Kenyan-Qatari runner

1981 – Park Hyo-shin

      South Korean singer-songwriter

1981 – Luke McPharlin

      Australian footballer

1981 – I Made Wirawan

      Indonesian footballer

1982 – Riz Ahmed

      English actor and rapper

1982 – Lloyd Doyley

      English footballer

1982 – Christos Kalantzis

      Greek footballer

1982 – Christos Melissis

      Greek footballer

1984:  Charles Michael Davis

      American actor and model

1985 – John Coughlin

      American figure skater

1985 – Philip DeFranco

      American video blogger

1985 – Janelle Monáe

      American singer-songwriter and producer

1985 – Chanel Preston

      American porn actress

1985 – Emiliano Viviano

      Italian footballer

1986 – DeSean Jackson

      American football player

1987 – Simon Dawkins

      English footballer

1987 – Tabarie Henry

      Virgin Islander sprinter

1987 – Vance Joy

      Australian singer-songwriter

1987 – Brett Williams

      English footballer

1988 – Zoë Kravitz

      American actress and singer

1988 – Dan Mavraides

      Greek-American basketball player

1988 – Yim Si-wan

      South Korean actor and singer

1989 – Stellúm Sotelo (aka Sotelúm)

      Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer

1990 – Chanel Iman Robinson (bka Chanel Iman)

      American model

1990:  Nico Sereba

      Norwegian-Ivorian singer-songwriter
      (Nico & Vinz)
1990 – Tomáš Tatar
      Slovak ice hockey player
1991 – Hilda Melander
      Swedish tennis player
1992 – Masahudu Alhassan
      Ghanaian footballer
1992 – Linos Chrysikopoulos
      Greek basketball player
1992 – Marco van Ginkel
      Dutch footballer
1993 – Reena Pärnat
      Estonian archer
1994 – Seedy Njie
      English footballer
1995 – Eva Boto
      Slovenian singer
1995 – Agnė Čepelytė
      Lithuanian tennis player
1995 – James Wilson
      English footballer
2001 – Princess Aiko, The Princess Toshi
      Imperial House of Japan
2003 – Jackson Nicoll
      American child actor

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Dorothy Holm

Michelle Janzen

Barbara Taylor

Greg Giese

Kelly Harrigan

Larry Short

Stephanie Stone

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1135 – Henry I of England (b. 1068)
1241 – Isabella of England (b. 1214)
1433 – Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)
1455 – Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor (b. 1378)
1521 – Pope Leo X (b. 1475)
1530 – Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (b. 1480)
1580 – Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b. 1509)
1581 – Alexander Briant, English martyr and saint (b. 1556)
1581 – Edmund Campion  (b. 1540)
      English priest, martyr, and saint
1581 – Ralph Sherwin, English martyr and saint (b. 1550)
1602 – Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese daimyo (b. 1582)
1633 – Isabella Clara Eugenia  (b. 1566)
      Spanish wife of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
1640 – Miguel de Vasconcelos  (b. 1590)
      Portuguese politician
      Prime Minister of Portugal
1660 – Pierre d'Hozier  (b. 1592)
      French genealogist and historian
1709 – Abraham a Sancta Clara, Austrian monk (b. 1644)
1723 – Susanna Centlivre  (b. 1667)
      English actress and playwright
1729 – Giacomo F. Maraldi  (b. 1665)
      French-Italian astronomer and mathematician
1750 – Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr  (b. 1671)
      German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer
1755 – Maurice Greene  (b. 1696)
      English organist and composer
1767 – Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan  (b. 1710)
      Scottish politician
1825 – Alexander I of Russia (b. 1777)
1865 – Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich  (b. 1796)
      Swiss pastor, poet, and educator
1866 – George Everest  (b. 1790)
      Welsh geographer and surveyor
1867 – Charles Gray Round  (b. 1797)
      English barrister and politician
1884 – William Swainson  (b. 1809)
      English-New Zealand lawyer and politician
      Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand
1913 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
1914 – Alfred Thayer Mahan  (b. 1840)
      American captain and historian
1916 – Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
1917 – John January, American soccer player (b. 1882)
1923 – Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
1928 – José Eustasio Rivera  (b. 1888)
      Colombian-American lawyer and poet
1933 – Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
1934 – Sergey Kirov, Russian politician (b. 1886)
1935 – Bernhard Schmidt  (b. 1879)
      Estonian-German optician
      invented the Schmidt camera
1943 – Damrong Rajanubhab  (b. 1862)
      Thai historian and educator
1947 – Aleister Crowley  (b. 1875)
      English magician, poet, and mountaineer
1947 – G. H. Hardy  (b. 1877)
      English mathematician and theorist
1950 – Ernest John Moeran  (b. 1894)
      English pianist and composer
1954 – Fred Rose  (b. 1898)
      American pianist, composer, and publisher
1964 – J. B. S. Haldane  (b. 1892)
      English-Indian geneticist and biologist
1964 – Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
1968 – Nicolae Bretan  (b. 1887)
      Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor
1968 – Darío Moreno  (b. 1921)
      Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1969 – Magic Sam, American singer and guitarist (b. 1937)
1972 – Andreas Tzimas  (b. 1909)
      Greek communist politician and Resistance leader
1973 – David Ben-Gurion  (b. 1886)
      Polish-Israeli politician
      1st Prime Minister of Israel
1975 – Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
1975 – Ernesto Maserati  (b. 1898)
      Italian automotive engineer and racer
1975 – Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906)
1981 – Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
1984 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)
1986 – Frank McCarthy  (b. 1912)
      American general and film producer
1987 – James Baldwin  (b. 1924)
      American author, poet, and critic
1987 – Punch Imlach  (b. 1918)
      Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1988 – J. Vernon McGee  (b. 17 Jun 1904)
      American pastor, Bible teacher, and theologian
      Thru the Bible Radio
1989 – Alvin Ailey  (b. 1931)
      American dancer and choreographer
1990 – Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (b. 1917)
1991 – George Stigler  (b. 1911)
      American economist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1993 – Ray Gillen  (b. 1959)
      American singer-songwriter
      (Badlands, Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, and Sun Red Sun)
1995 – Hopper Levett, English cricketer (b. 1908)
1995 – Colin Tapley, New Zealand-English actor (b. 1907)
1995 – Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (b. 1931)
1996 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
1997 – Michel Bélanger  (b. 1929)
      Canadian banker and businessman
1997 – Stéphane Grappelli  (b. 1908)
      French violinist
      (Quintette du Hot Club de France)
1997 – Endicott Peabody  (b. 1920)
      American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
      62nd Governor of Massachusetts
2001 – Ellis R. Dungan  (b. 1909)
      American director and producer
2002 – Edward L. Beach, Jr.  (b. 1918)
      American captain and author
2002 – Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2003 – Clark Kerr, American economist and academic (b. 1911)
2003 – Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
2004 – Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911)
2004 – Bill Brown, Scottish-Canadian footballer (b. 1931)
2005 – Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938)
2005 – Mary Hayley Bell  (b. 1911)
      Chinese-English actress and playwright
2005 – Freeman V. Horner  (b. 1922)
      American soldier
      Medal of Honor recipient
2006 – Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
2006 – Bruce Trigger  (b. 1937)
      Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian
2007 – Ken McGregor  (b. 1929)
      Australian tennis player and footballer
2007 – Anton Rodgers, English actor and director (b. 1933)
2008 – Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
2008 – Mikel Laboa, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
2008 – Joseph B. Wirthlin  (b. 1917)
      American businessman and religious leader
2009 – Gustavo Adolfo Palma  (b. 1920)
      Guatemalan tenor and actor
2010 – Adriaan Blaauw  (b. 1914)
      Dutch astronomer and academic
2010 – Hillard Elkins, American actor and producer (b. 1929)
2011 – Christa Wolf, German author and critic (b. 1929)
2012 – Jovan Belcher, American football player (b. 1987)
2012 – Arthur Chaskalson  (b. 1931)
      South African lawyer and judge
      18th Chief Justice of South Africa
2012 – Mitchell Cole, English footballer (b. 1985)
2012 – Rick Majerus  (b. 1948)
      American basketball player and coach
2012 – Ed Price, American pilot and politician (b. 1918)
2012 – Yoshinori Watanabe, Japanese mobster (b. 1941)
2013 – Richard Coughlan  (b. 1947)
      English drummer (Caravan and The Wilde Flowers)
2013 – Stirling Colgate  (b. 1925)
      American physicist and academic
2013 – Walter E. Ellis, American serial killer (b. 1960)
2013 – Edward Heffron, American soldier (b. 1923)
2013 – Martin Sharp  (b. 1942)
      Australian cartoonist and songwriter
2014 – Mario Abramovich  (b. 1926)
      Argentinian violinist and composer
2014 – Sita Murt, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1946)
2014 – Dimitrios Trichopoulos  (b. 1938)
      Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic
2014 – Rocky Wood, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1959)

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