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1782 – Martin Van Buren  (d. 24 Jul 1862)
      American lawyer and politician
      8th President of the United States, 1837-1841

      8th Vice President of the United States, 1833-1837

      10th United States Secretary of State, 1829-1831

      9th Governor of New York, 1829

      U.S. Senator, NY, 1821-1828

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852 – Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor (d. 912)

1377 – Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)

1443 – Pope Julius II (d. 21 Feb 1513)

1495 – Nicolas Cleynaerts

      Flemish philologist and lexicographer (d. 1542)

1537 – Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)

1539 – Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and author (d. 1604)

1547 – Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)

1595 – Henry Lawes, English composer (d. 1662)

1661 – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer  (d. 1724)

      English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department

1666 – Francesco Scarlatti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)

1687 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)

1697 – Giuseppe de Majo, Italian organist and composer (d. 1771)

1783:  Simon Greenleaf  (d. 6 Oct 1853)

      American lawyer and jurist

1784 – George Shepherd  (d. 1862)

      English draughtsman and watercolour painter

1803 – Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet and diplomat (d. 1873)

1820 – Afanasy Fet, Russian poet and author (d. 1892)

1822 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz  (d. 1907)

      American philosopher and academic

      co-founded Radcliffe College

1829 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière  (d. 1908)

      French-Canadian politician

      4th Premier of Quebec

1830 – Christina Rossetti, English poet and author (d. 1894)

1839 – George Armstrong Custer  (d. 25 Jun 1876)

      American general

        History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About George Armstrong Custer

1841 – Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman (d. 1900)

1855 – Clinton Hart Merriam  (d. 1942)

      American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer

1859 – John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe  (d. 1935)

     English admiral and politician

      2nd Governor-General of New Zealand

1863 – Paul Painlevé  (d. 1933)

      French mathematician and politician

      84th Prime Minister of France

1866 – Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and novelist (d. 1896)

1867 – Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic (d. 1925)

1867 – Józef Piłsudski  (d. 1935)

      Polish field marshal and politician

      15th Prime Minister of Poland

1868 – Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (d. 1951)

1869 – Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet (d. 1937)

1870 – Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (d. 1949)

1871 – Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer (d. 1932)

1872 – Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906)

1875 – Arthur Currie, Canadian general (d. 1933)

1879 – Clyde Vernon Cessna  (d. 1954)

      American pilot and businessman

      founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation

1881 – René Cresté, French actor and director (d. 1922)

1886 – Pieter Oud  (d. 1968)

      Dutch historian, academic, and politician

      Minister of Finance of the Netherlands

1886 – Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (d. 1968)

1890 – David Bomberg  (d. 1957)

      English painter, illustrator, and academic

1890 – Fritz Lang  (d. 1976)

      Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

1891 – Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951)

1894 – Charles Robberts Swart  (d. 1982)

      South African lawyer and politician

      1st State President of South Africa

1894:  Philip K. Wrigley  (d. 12 Apr 1977)

      American businessman

1895 – Elbert Frank Cox  (d. 1969)

      American mathematician and academic

1896 – Ann Nolan Clark  (d. 1995)

      American historian, author, and educator

1896 – Carl Ferdinand Cori  (d. 1984)

      Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist

      Nobel Prize laureate

1897 – Nunnally Johnson  (d. 1977)

      American director, producer, and screenwriter

1897 – Gershom Scholem  (d. 1982)

      German-Israeli philosopher and historian

1898 – Josh Malihabadi  (d. 1982)

      Indian-Pakistani poet and translator

1898 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (d. 1947)

1900 – Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (d. 1972)

1901 – Walt Disney  (d. 15 Dec 1966)

      American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter

      co-founded The Walt Disney Company

1901 – Milton H. Erickson  (d. 1980)

      American psychiatrist and author

1901 – Werner Heisenberg  (d. 1976)

      German physicist and academic

      Nobel Prize laureate

1901 – Marjorie Eaton, American painter and actress (d. 1986)

1902 – Emeric Pressburger  (d. 1988)

      Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter

1902 – Strom Thurmond  (d. 26 Jun 2003)

      American educator, general, and politician

      U.S. Senator, D., R., SC, 1954-2003

      103rd Governor of South Carolina, 1947-1951

1903 – Johannes Heesters  (d. 2011)

      Dutch-German actor and singer

1903 – Cecil Frank Powell  (d. 9 Aug 1969)

      English-Italian physicist and academic

      1950 Nobel Prize in Physics

1905 – Gus Mancuso  (d. 1984)

      American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

1906 – Otto Preminger  (d. 23 Apr 1986)

      Austrian-American actor, director, and producer

1907:  William Barclay  (d. 24 Jan 1978)

      Scottish author, radio and television presenter, and

            Church of Scotland minister and theologian

      University of Glasgow Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism

1907 – Lin Biao  (d. 1971)

      Chinese general and politician

      2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China

1907 – Giuseppe Occhialini  (d. 1993)

      Italian-French physicist and academic

1909 – Musashiyama Takeshi  (d. 1969)

      Japanese sumo wrestler

1910 – Abraham Polonsky  (d. 1999)

      American director and screenwriter

1911 – Władysław Szpilman  (d. 2000)

      Polish pianist and composer

1912:  Kate Simon

      Polish-born American author.

1912 – Sonny Boy Williamson II   (d. 1965)

      American singer-songwriter and harmonica player

1913 – Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (d. 2013)

1914 – Hans Hellmut Kirst  (d. 1989)

      German lieutenant and author

1916 – Margaret Hayes, American actress (d. 1977)

1916 – Hilary Koprowski  (d. 2013)

      Polish-American virologist and immunologist

      created the world's first effective live polio vaccine

1916 – Walt McPherson  (d. 2013)

      American basketball player and coach

1917 – Ken Downing, English race car driver (d. 2004)

1917 – Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (d. 2011)

1919 – Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont

      English historian and politician

1921 – Alvy Moore, American actor and producer (d. 1997)

1922 – Casey Ribicoff  (d. 2011)

      American philanthropist and socialite

1924 – Robert Sobukwe, South African politician (d. 1978)

1925 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle

      Nicaraguan politician  (d. 1980)

      73rd President of Nicaragua

1927 – Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai king

1929 – Stanisław Bareja, Polish director (d. 1987)

1929 – Madis Kõiv  (d. 2014)

      Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author

1931 – Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager (d. 2011)

1932 – Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, Czech-English politician

1932 – Sheldon Lee Glashow

      American physicist and academic

      Nobel Prize laureate

1932 – Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver (d. 1989)

1932 – Richard Wayne Penniman (bka Little Richard)

      American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor

1933 – Gennadiy Agapov, Russian race walker (d. 1999)

1934 – Joan Didion, American author and screenwriter

1934 – Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and director (d. 2007)

1935 – Marise Chamberlain, New Zealand runner

1935:  Virginia Syddall Henley

      British writer of historical-romance novels

1935 – Calvin Trillin, American journalist, author, and poet

1935 – Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician

1936 – James Lee Burke, American journalist, author, and academic

1938 – JJ Cale  (d. 2013)

      American singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (Leathercoated Minds)

1938 – J.D. McDuffie, American race car driver (d. 1991)

1939:  John Berendt

      American author

1939 – Minita Chico-Nazario, Filipino lawyer and jurist

1940:  Dave Hickey

      American writer and professor

1940 – Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager

1940 – Peter Pohl, Swedish author, director, and screenwriter

1940 – Adrian Street, Welsh wrestler and actor

1940 – Frank Wilson  (d. 2012)

      American singer-songwriter and producer

1943 – Eva Joly, Norwegian-French judge and politician

1943 – Andrew Yeom Soo-jung

      South Korean priest, 5th Archbishop of Seoul

1944 – Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor, director, and producer

1944 – Loukas Sideras

      Greek drummer and producer

      (Aphrodite's Child)

1945 – Serge Chapleau, Canadian cartoonist

1945 – Moshe Katsav

      Iranian-Israeli educator and politician

      8th President of Israel

1946:  Rodney Alexander

      American politician

      U.S. Representative, R. LA, 2003-2013

1946 – José Carreras, Spanish tenor and actor

1946 – Andy Kim, Canadian singer-songwriter

1946 – Sarel van der Merwe, South African race car driver

1947 – Bruce Golding

      Jamaican politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica

1947 – Tony Gregory, Irish educator and politician (d. 2009)

1947 – Jim Messina

      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

      (Buffalo Springfield, Loggins and Messina, and Poco)

1947 – Jim Plunkett, American football player and radio host

1947:  Seán Quinn

      Irish businessman

1947 – Don Touhig, Welsh journalist and politician

1947 – Rick Wills

      English bass player

      (Foreigner, Small Faces, Bad Company, Jokers Wild,

            and The Jones Gang)

1947 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino triathlete

1949 – John Altman, English composer and conductor

1949:  Ray Comfort

      New Zealand-born American Christian minister and evangelist

1949 – David Manning

      English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States

1949 – Abdullah Senussi, Sudanese-Libyan general

1950 – Camarón de la Isla, Spanish singer and guitarist (d. 1992)

1950 – James Knaggs, American Salvation Army officer

1951 – Morgan Brittany, American actress

1951 – Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2015)

1951 – Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian painter and illustrator

1951 – Larry Zbyszko, American wrestler

1952 – Bobby Barth

      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Blackfoot)

1953 – Sachiko Kobayashi, Japanese singer and voice actress

1953 – Gwen Lister

      South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist

1954 – Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright

1954 – Gary Roenicke, American baseball player

1955 – Miyuki Kawanaka, Japanese singer

1955 – Juha Tiainen, Finnish hammer thrower (d. 2003)

1956 – Klaus Allofs, German footballer and manager

1956 – Brian Backer, American actor

1956 – Adam Thorpe, French-English author, poet, and playwright

1956 – Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist and educator

1957 – Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician

1957 – Patriz Ilg, German runner

1957 – Art Monk, American football player

1958 – Dean Erickson, American actor

1958 – Dynamite Kid, English wrestler

1959 – Lee Chapman, English footballer

1959 – Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Ukrainian businessman

1960 – Frans Adelaar, Dutch footballer and manager

1960 – Osvaldo Golijov

      Argentinian-American composer and educator

1960 – Jack Russell

      American singer-songwriter and producer (Great White)

1960 – Matthew Taylor, English politician

1961 – Ralf Dujmovits, German mountaineer

1961 – Sophia Vossou, Greek singer and producer

1961 – Laura Flanders, English broadcast journalist

1962 – José Cura, Argentinian tenor, conductor, and director

1962 – Pablo Morales, American swimmer and coach

1962 – Nivek Ogre

      Canadian singer-songwriter and actor

      (Skinny Puppy, ohGr, Ministry, and Rx)

1962 – Samart Payakaroon, Thai boxer, actor, and singer

1962 – Fred Rutten, Dutch footballer and manager

1963 – Doctor Dré, American television and radio host

1963 – Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, English ski jumper

1963 – Ty England, American singer and guitarist

1963 – Carrie Hamilton, American actress (d. 2002)

1963 – Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer (d. 2015)

1964 – Cliff Eidelman, American composer and conductor

1965 – Manish Malhotra, Indian fashion designer

1965 – John Rzeznik

      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

      (Goo Goo Dolls)

1965 – Wayne Smith, Jamaican rapper (d. 2014)

1965 – Valeriy Spitsyn, Russian race walker

1966 – Patricia Kaas, French singer-songwriter and actress

1966 – Lee Seung-chul, South Korean singer (Boohwal)

1967 – Gary Allan Herzberg (bka Gary Allan)

      American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1967 – Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin

1967 – Amanda Lepore, American model and singer

1968 – Margaret Cho

      American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter

1968 – John Lundberg, English artist and documentary filmmaker

1968 – Lisa Marie, American model and actress

1968 – Lydia Millet, American author

1968 – Falilat Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter

1969 – Eric Etebari, American actor, director, and producer

1969 – Morgan J. Freeman

      American director, producer, and screenwriter

1969 – Alex Kapp Horner, American actress

1969 – Sajid Javid

      English banker and politician

      Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

1969 – Lewis Gordon Pugh
      English swimmer, ocean advocate, and maritime lawyer

1969 – Ramón Ramírez, Mexican footballer

1970 – Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player

1970:  Tim Hetherington  (20 Apr 2011)

      British photojournalist

1971 – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

      German politician, Federal Minister of Defence

1971 – Ashia Hansen, American-English triple jumper

1971 – Kali Rocha, American actress and screenwriter

1971 – Kavus Torabi

      Iranian-English guitarist

      (Knifeworld, Cardiacs, The Monsoon Bassoon,

            Guapo, and Chrome Hoof)

1971:  Dolly Wells

      English comedy actress

1972 – Cliff Floyd, American baseball player and sportscaster

1972 – Mike Mahoney, American baseball player

1972 – Duane Ross, American hurdler and coach

1972 – Angela Shelton

      American actress, producer, and screenwriter

1973 – Argo Arbeiter, Estonian footballer

1973 – Arik Benado, Israeli footballer and manager

1973 – Shalom Harlow, Canadian model and actress

1973 – Andrei Krasnopjorov, Estonian footballer

1973 – Mikelangelo Loconte

      Italian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

1973:  Rob Manuel

      British businessman

      co-founder of the website B3ta

1973 – Luboš Motl, Czech physicist and academic

1973 – Danielle Winits, Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer

1974 – Charlie Batch, American football player

1974 – Ravish Kumar

      Indian television journalist and news anchor

1974 – Brian Lewis, American sprinter

1974 – Elbrus Tedeyev, Ukrainian wrestler and politician

1975 – Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player

1975 – Paula Patton, American actress

1976 – Amy Acker, American actress

1976 – Xavier Garbajosa, French rugby player

1976 – Sachiko Kokubu, Japanese actress and model

1976 – Rachel Komisarz, American swimmer

1976 – Alisa Mizuki, Japanese actress, singer, and model

1977 – Peter van der Vlag, Dutch footballer

1978 – Pachrapa Chaichua, Thai actress

1978 – Neil Druckmann

      American writer, creative director and programmer

1978 – Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player

1978 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer

1979 – Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer

1979 – Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player

1979 – Evonne Hsu, American-Taiwanese actress and singer

1979 – Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer

1979 – Nick Stahl, American actor and producer

1980 – Tamara Feldman, American actress

1980 – Shizuka Itō, Japanese voice actress and singer

1980 – Ibrahim Maalouf

      Lebanese-French trumpet player and composer

1980:  Jessica Paré

      Canadian actress and singer

1981:  Adan Canto

      Mexican actor

1981 – Leila Tong, Hong Kong actress and singer

1982 – Eddy Curry, American basketball player

1982 – Trai Essex, American football player

1982 – Keri Hilson, American singer-songwriter,

      dancer, and actress (The Clutch)

1982 – Karl Palatu, Estonian footballer

1983 – Cooper Cronk, Australian rugby player

1983 – Samantha Lewthwaite, English fugitive

1983 – Tiffany Weimer, American soccer player

1983 – JP White, Swedish bass player (Vains of Jenna)

1984:  Lauren Nicole London

      American actress and model

1984 – Chris Solinsky, American runner

1985 – Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer

1985 – Angelica Michibata, Japanese model

1985 – Frankie Muniz

      American actor, drummer, and race car driver

1985 – Josh Smith, American basketball player

1985 – Nico Verdonck, Belgian race car driver

1986 – LeGarrette Blount, American football player

1986 – James Hinchcliffe, Canadian race car driver

1986 – Justin Smoak, American baseball player

1987 – James Argent, English singer, actor, and radio host

1987 – Tommy Fraser, English footballer

1988 – Joanna Rowsell, English cyclist

1988 – Miralem Sulejmani, Serbian footballer

1989 – Pamela Jelimo, Kenyan runner

1989 – Kim Ye-won, South Korean singer and actress

1989 – Kwon Yuri, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

1989 – Linet Masai, Kenyan runner

1990 – Montee Ball, American football player

1990 – Parvathy Nair, Indian actress

1991 – Jacopo Sala, Italian footballer

1991 – Carolin Schäfer, German heptathlete

1992 – Ilja Antonov, Estonian footballer

1993 – Ross Barkley, English footballer

1994 – Frida Aasen, Norwegian model

1994 – Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer

1994 – Grant Ward, English footballer

2009 – Ayelet Galena

      American child born with Dyskeratosis congenita (d. 2012)

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1981 – Christopher & Kim Jorgensen 

1987 – Russ & Julie Dingman

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63 BC – Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura  (b. 114 BC)
      Roman politician
1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona (b. 1053)
1355 – John III, Duke of Brabant (b. 1300)
1560 – Francis II of France (b. 1544)
1570 – Johan Friis, Danish politician (b. 1494)
1624 – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1560)
1654 – Jean François Sarrazin, French author (b. 1611)
1663 – Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
1749 – Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye
      Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
1758 – Johann Friedrich Fasch  (b. 1688)
      German violinist and composer
1770 – James Stirling  (b. 1692)
      Scottish mathematician and surveyor
1784 – Phillis Wheatley  (b. 1753)
      Senegalese-American slave and poet
1791 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (b. 1756)
      Austrian pianist and composer
1819 – Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg
      German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
1870 – Alexandre Dumas, French author and playwright (b. 1802)
1887 – Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
1891 – Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
1895 – Gall, American tribal chief (b. 1840)
1918 – Schalk Willem Burger  (b. 1852)
      South African commander, lawyer, and politician
      6th President of the South African Republic
1925 – Władysław Reymont
      Polish author
      Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
1926 – Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
1931 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
1940 – Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
1941 – Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
1942 – Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
1946 – Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter (b. 1872)
1950 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru and poet (b. 1872)
1951 – Shoeless Joe Jackson  (b. 1887)
      American baseball player and manager
1951 – Abanindranath Tagore  (b. 1871)
      Indian painter, author, and academic
1953 – Jorge Negrete  (b. 1911)
      Mexican-American singer and actor
1953 – William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
1955 – Glenn L. Martin  (b. 1886)
      American pilot and businessman
      founded the Glenn L. Martin Company
1961 – Emil Fuchs  (b. 1878)
      German-American lawyer and businessman
1963 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (b. 1905)
1963 – Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy  (b. 1892)
      Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician
      5th Prime Minister of Pakistan
1964 – V. Veerasingam  (b. 1892)
      Sri Lankan educator and politician
1965 – Joseph Erlanger  (b. 1874)
      American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1966 – Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1909)
1968 – Fred Clark, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
1969 – Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885)
1969 – Claudius Dornier  (b. 1884)
      German businessman
      founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884)
1973:  Jimmy Cannon  (b. 10 Apr 1909)
      American sports journalist
1973 – Robert Watson-Watt  (b. 1892)
      Scottish engineer, invented the radar
1975 – Constance McLaughlin Green  (b. 1897)
      American historian and author
1977 – Katherine Milhous  (b. 1894)
      American author and illustrator
1977 – Aleksandr Vasilevsky  (b. 1895)
      Russian marshal and politician
      Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union
1979 – Jesse Pearson  (b. 1930)
      American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1983 – Robert Aldrich  (b. 1918)
      American director, producer, and screenwriter
1986 – Edward Youde  (b. 1924)
      Welsh-Chinese sinologist and diplomat
      26th Governor of Hong Kong
1989 – John Pritchard, English conductor (b. 1921)
1989 – George Selden, American author (b. 1929)
1990 – Alfonso A. Ossorio, American painter (b. 1916)
1991 – Robert Karvelas, American actor (b. 1921)
1991 – Richard Speck, American murderer (b. 1941)
1993 – Doug Hopkins  (b. 1961)
      American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms)
1994 – Harry Horner  (b. 1910)
      Czech-American director, producer, and production designer
1994 – Günter Meisner, German actor (b. 1926)
1995 – L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (b. 1918)
1995 – Charles Evans  (b. 1918)
      English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator
1995 – Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (b. 1920)
1995 – Lisa McPherson, American homicide victim (b. 1959)
1998 – Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1907)
2001 – Franco Rasetti  (b. 1901)
      Italian-American physicist and academic
2002 – Roone Arledge, American sportscaster and producer (b. 1931)
2002 – Ne Win  (b. 1911)
      Burmese general and politician
      4th President of Burma
2005 – Edward L. Masry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2005 – Kevin McQuay, Australian businessman (b. 1949)
2005 – Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
2006 – David Bronstein, Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player (b. 1924)
2007 – Andrew Imbrie, American composer and academic (b. 1921)
2007 – George Paraskevaides  (b. 1916)
      Greek-Cypriot businessman
      co-founded Joannou & Paraskevaides
2007 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (b. 1928)
2008 – Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (b. 1929)
2008 – George Brecht, American artist (b. 1926)
2008 – Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Romanian politician (b. 1928)
2008 – Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)
2008 – Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (b. 1920)
2008 – Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)
2009 – Vimolchatra, Thai princess (b. 1921)
2009 – William Lederer, American soldier and author (b. 1912)
2010 – Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2010 – John Leslie, American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1945)
2010 – Don Meredith  (b. 1938)
      American football player, sportscaster, and actor
2011 – Peter Gethin, English race car driver (b. 1940)
2011 – Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
2012 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
2012 – Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Japanese actor (b. 1955)
2012 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (b. 1909)
2012 – Oscar Niemeyer
      Brazilian architect  (b. 1907)
      designed the United Nations Headquarters and Cathedral of Brasília
2012 – Yves Niaré, French shot putter (b. 1977)
2012 – Kaisa Sere, Finnish computer scientist (b. 1954)
2012 – Ignatius IV of Antioch, Syrian patriarch (b. 1920)
2013 – Fred Bassetti  (b. 1917)
      American architect, founded Bassetti Architects
2013 – William B. Edmondson  (b. 1927)
      American diplomat
      United States Ambassador to South Africa
2013 – Nelson Mandela
      South African lawyer and politician
      1st President of South Africa
      Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2013 – Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (b. 1927)
2013 – Colin Wilson, English philosopher and author (b. 1931)
2014 – Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (b. 1931)
2014 – Manuel De Sica, Italian composer (b. 1949)
2014 – Queen Fabiola of Belgium (b. 1928)
2014 – Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish hurdler and politician (b. 1931)
2014 – Menis Koumandareas, Greek writer (b. 1931)
2014 – Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian and author (b. 1909)

2022 – Kirstie Alley, American actress (‘Cheers’ and ‘Look Who’s Talking’ )

      born in Wichita, Kansas in 1951, dies of cancer at 71

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