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846 – Hasan al-Askari  (d. 874)

      Saudi Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams

1285 – Ferdinand IV of Castile  (d. 7 Sep 1312)

      King of Castile and León, 1295-1312

1421 – Henry VI of England (d. 21 May 1471)

      King of England, 1422-1461 and 1470-1471

      disputed King of France, 1422-1453

1478 – Baldassare Castiglione  (d. 1529)

      Italian courtier, diplomat, and author

1586 – Niccolò Zucchi  (d. 1670)

      Italian astronomer and physicist

1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle  (d. 1670)

      English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

1637 – Edmund Andros  (d. 1714)

      English courtier and politician

      4th Colonial Governor of New York

1640 – Claude Fleury  (d. 14 Jul 1723)

      French ecclesiastical historian and author

1642 – Johann Christoph Bach  (d. 1703)

      German organist and composer

1685 – Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (d. 12 Feb 1712)

      Dauphine of France

1721 – James Elphinston  (d. 1809)

      Scottish philologist and educator

1721 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes  (d. 1794)

      French minister and politician

1752 – Gabriel Duvall  (d. 1844)

      American jurist and politician

1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac  (d. 1850)

      French physicist and chemist

1788:  Richard Harris Barham  (d. 17 Jun 1845)

      English cleric, novelist, and humorous poet

1792 – William II of the Netherlands (d. 17 Mar 1849)

      King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg,

            and Duke of Limburg, 1840-1849

1803 – Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony  (d. 18 May 1829)

      Queen consort of Spain, 1819-1829

1803:  Susanna Moodie  (d. 8 Apr 1885)

      English-born Canadian author

1805 – Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)

1805 – Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)

1812 – Robert Spear Hudson  (d. 1884)

      English businessman and philanthropist

1823 – Friedrich Max Müller  (d. 28 Oct 1900)

      German-English philologist and orientalist

1833 – John S. Mosby, American colonel (d. 1916)

1841 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (d. 1870)

1849 – August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945)

1853 – Haraprasad Shastri  (d. 1931)

      Indian historian and scholar

1856 – Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist (d. 1937)

1863 – Charles Martin Hall 

      American chemist and engineer

1864:  William Surrey Hart  (23 Jun 1946)

      American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer

1872 – Arthur Henry Adams  (d. 1936)

      Australian journalist and author

1872 – William S. Hart  (d. 1946)

      American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1874 – Lucien Démanet, French gymnast (d. 1979)

1875 – Albert Bond Lambert  (d. 1946)

      American golfer and pilot

1875 – Evelyn Underhill  (d. 15 Jun 1941)

      English Anglo-Catholic writer, mystic, and pacifist

1876 – Fred Duesenberg  (d. 1932)

      German-American businessman

      co-founded Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company

1884 – Cornelia Meigs  (d. 1973)

      American author, playwright, and academic

1886 – Joyce Kilmer  (d. 1918)

      American soldier, author, and poet

1887 – Lynn Fontanne, English actress (d. 1983)

1887 – Joseph Lamb  (d. 1960)

      American pianist and composer

1888 – Will Hay  (d. 1949)

      English actor, director, and screenwriter

1890 – Dion Fortune  (d. 1946)

      Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author

1890 – Yoshio Nishina  (d. 1951)

      Japanese physicist and academic

1890 – Rudolf Schlichter, German painter (d. 1955)

1892 – Osbert Sitwell  (d. 1969)

      English-Italian captain, poet, and author

1893 – Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (d. 1984)

1893:  Sylvia Townsend Warner  (d. 1 May 1978)

      English novelist and poet

1896 – Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (d. 1983)

1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt  (d. 1995)

      German-American photographer and journalist

1898 – Gunnar Myrdal  (d. 17 May 1987)

      Swedish sociologist and economist

      1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

1900 – Agnes Moorehead  (d. 30 Apr 1974)

      American actress and singer

1901 – Eliot Porter, American photographer (d. 1990)

1903 – Tony Lazzeri  (d. 1946)

      American baseball player and manager

1904 – Ève Curie  (d. 2007)

      French-American journalist and pianist

1905 – Elizabeth Yates, American author (d. 2001)

1908 – Pierre Graber  (d. 2003)

      Swiss lawyer and politician

      69th President of the Swiss Confederation

1908 – Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (d. 1934)

1908 – Miklós Szabó, Hungarian runner (d. 2000)

1909 – Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (d. 2002)

1910 – David Morris Potter  (d. 18 Feb 1971)

      American historian, author, and academic

1913 – Karl Haas  (d. 2005)

      German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host

1913 – Eleanor Holm  (d. 2004)

      American swimmer and actress

1913 – John Mikaelsson, Swedish race walker (d. 1987)

1916 – Yekaterina Budanova

      Russian captain and pilot

1916 – Kristján Eldjárn  (d. 1982)

      Icelandic educator and politician

      3rd President of Iceland

1916 – Hugo Peretti  (d. 1986)

      American songwriter and producer

1917 – Dean Hess  (d. 2015)

      American minister and colonel

1917 – Kamal Jumblatt  (d. 1977)

      Lebanese lawyer and politician

1917 – Irv Robbins  (d. 2008)

      Canadian-American businessman

      co-founded Baskin-Robbins

1917 – Waldemar von Gazen  (d. 2014)

      German general and lawyer

1919 – Skippy Baxter  (d. 2012)

      Canadian-American figure skater and coach

1919 – Paul de Man  (d. 1983)

      Belgian-American philosopher, critic, and academic

1920 – Dave Brubeck  (d. 5 Dec 2012)

      American pianist and composer

1920 – Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster (d. 2015)

1920 – George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham  (d. 31 Aug 2002)

      English chemist and academic

      President of the Royal Society, 1985-1990

      1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1921 – Otto Graham  (d. 2003)

      American football player and coach

1921 – Piero Piccioni  (d. 2004)

      Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer

1922 – John Brunt  (d. 1944)

      English captain, Victoria Cross recipient

1922 – Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician

1924 – Wally Cox, American actor (d. 15 Feb 1973)

1927 – Jim Fuchs  (d. 2010)

      American shot putter and discus thrower

1928 – Stanley Clinton Davis

      Baron Clinton-Davis, English lawyer and politician

1928 – Bobby Van, American actor and singer (d. 1980)

1929 – Philippe Bouvard, French journalist and radio host

1929 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt

      German-Austrian cellist and conductor

1929 – Frank Springer, American illustrator (d. 2009)

1929 – Alain Tanner

      Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter

1930 – Daniel Lisulo

      Zambian politician

      3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000)

1931 – Zeki Müren  (d. 1996)

      Turkish singer-songwriter and actor

1932 – Kamleshwar  (d. 2007)

      Indian author, screenwriter, and critic

1933 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (d. 2010)

1933 – Donald J. Kutyna, American general

1934 – Nick Bockwinkel  (d. 2015)

      American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor

1935:  Robert Crandall

      American businessman

      president and chairman of American Airlines, 1982-1998

1935 – Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician

1936 – Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer

1936 – Kenneth Copeland, American evangelist and author

1936:  David Ossman

      American writer and comedian

1937 – Alberto Spencer  (d. 2006)

      Ecuadorian-American soccer player

1938 – Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor

1940 – Lawrence Bergman, Canadian politician

1940 – Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer

1941 – Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991)

1941 – Bruce Nauman, American artist

1941 – Bill Thomas, American academic and politician

1941 – Wende Wagner, American actress (d. 1997)

1942 – Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright

1942:  Byron Kathleen (Reid) Mitchell  (bka Byron Katie)

      American speaker and author

1942 – Robb Royer

      American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter

      (Bread and The Pleasure Fair)

1943 – Tony Goldman

      American real estate developer and arts visionary

1943 – Mike Smith  (d. 2008)

      English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

      (The Dave Clark Five)

1944:  Jonathan King (born Kenneth George King)
      English singer-songwriter, record producer, music entrepreneur,
            and former TV and radio presenter

1945 – Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager

1945 – Dan Harrington, American poker player

1945 – Shekhar Kapur, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

1945:  James Naughton

      American actor and director

1946 – Frankie Beverly

      American singer-songwriter and producer (Maze)

1946 – Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and manager

1947 – Lawrence Cannon

      Canadian businessman and politician

      9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs

1947 – Henk van Woerden  (d. 2005)

      Dutch-South African painter and author

1947 – Miroslav Vitouš

      Czech-American bassist and songwriter (Weather Report)

1948 – Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and singer

1948 – Jean-Paul Ngoupandé  (d. 2014)

      Central African politician

      Prime Minister of the Central African Republic

1948 – Don Nickles

      American businessman and politician

      U.S. Senator, R. OK, 1981-2005

1948 – Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver

1948 – JoBeth Williams, American actress, singer, and director

1949 – Linda Barnes, American author

1949 – Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)

1949 – Doug Marlette, American cartoonist (d. 2007)

1949 – Gregory Venables, English-Argentinian bishop

1950 – Guy Drut, French hurdler and politician

1950 – Joe Hisaishi, Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor

1950 – Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke

      Scottish journalist and politician

      Secretary of State for Scotland

1950:  Hal Stratton

      American lawyer and politician

      8th Chairman of the Consumer Products Safety Commission, 2002-2006

      27th Attorney General of New Mexico, 1987-1991

1951 – Wendy Ellis Somes, English ballerina and producer

1951 – Gerry Francis, English footballer and manager

1951 – Maurice Hope, Caribbean-English boxer

1952 – Chuck Baker, American baseball player

1952 – Nicolas Bréhal, French author and critic

1952 – Edward Etzel, American target shooter

1952 – Joe Harris, American football player

1952 – Craig Newmark

      American computer programmer and businessman

      founded Craigslist

1952 – Charles Salvador, English boxer and criminal

1952 – Shio Satō, Japanese illustrator (d. 2010)

1952 – Jeff Schneider, American baseball player

1952 – David L. Spector, American biologist and academic

1953 – Sue Carroll, English journalist (d. 2011)

1953 – Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer and coach

1953 – Geoff Hoon

      English academic and politician

      Minister of State for Europe

1953 – Tom Hulce, American actor and producer

1953 – Masami Kurumada, Japanese author and illustrator

1953 – Kin Shriner, American actor

1953 – Wil Shriner

      American actor, comedian, director and game show host

1953 – Dwight Stones, American high jumper and sportscaster

1953 – Gary Ward, American baseball player and coach

1955 – Anne Begg, Scottish educator and politician

1955 – Rick Buckler

      English drummer (The Jam, The Highliners, and Time UK)

1955 – Steven Wright

      American actor, comedian, and screenwriter

1956 – Peter Buck

      American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

      (R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara,

            Tired Pony, and The Baseball Project)

1956:  Arthur Golden

      American writer

1956 – Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer and guide

1956 – Randy Rhoads  (d. 1982)

      American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Quiet Riot)

1957 – Adrian Borland  (d. 1999)

      English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

      (The Sound and The Outsiders)

1957:  Andrew Cuomo

      American politician

      56th Governor of New York, 2011-present

      64th Attorney General of New York, 2007-2010

      11th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1997-2001

1957 – Luis Delís, Cuban discus thrower and shot putter

1957:  Arabella Weir

      British comedienne, actress and writer.

1958 – Nick Park

      English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter

1959 – Stephen Hepburn, English politician

1959 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese businessman (d. 2015)

1959 – Stephen Muggleton

      English computer scientist and engineer

1960 – Masahiko Katsuya, Japanese journalist and photographer

1961 – David Lovering

      American drummer (Pixies, The Martinis, and Cracker)

1961 – Manuel Reuter, German race car driver

1962 – Janine Turner, American actress

1962 – Ben Watt

      English singer-songwriter, producer, and radio host

      (Everything but the Girl)

1963 – Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and producer

1964 – Mall Nukke, Estonian artist

1964:  Garth Stein

      American author and film producer

1965 – Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager

1965 – Toshihide Wakamatsu, Japanese actor

1966 – Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete

1967 – Judd Apatow

      American director, producer, and screenwriter

1967 – Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor

1967 – Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (d. 2012)

1967 – Lucia Rijker, Dutch boxer and actress

1968:  Justin Chadwick

      English actor and television and film director

1968:  Karl Ove Knausgård

      Norwegian author

1968 – Akihiro Yano, Japanese baseball player

1969 – Torri Higginson, Canadian actress

1970 – Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer

1970 – Ulf Ekberg

      Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

      (Ace of Base)

1970 – Adrian Fenty

      American lawyer and politician

      6th Mayor of the District of Columbia

1970 – Jeff Rouse, American swimmer

1970 – Michaela Schaffrath, German nurse and actress

1971 – Craig Brewer

      American director, producer, and screenwriter

1971 – Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player

1971 – Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor

1971 – Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player

1971 – Ryan White, American AIDS victim (d. 1990)

1972:  Kevin Brockmeier

      American writer

1972 – Heather Mizeur, American politician

1972:  Sarah Rafferty

      American television and film actress

1972 – Mónica Santa María  (d. 1994)

      Peruvian model and television host

1972 – Rick Short, American baseball player

1974 – Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist and boxer

1974 – Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player

1975 – Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter

1975 – Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer

1976 – Colleen Haskell, American actress and producer
1976 – Alicia Machado

      Venezuelan actress and singer, Miss Universe 1996

1976 – Lindsay Price, American actress and singer

1977 – Kevin Cash, American baseball player and coach

1977 – Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer and coach

1977 – Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer

1978 – K. D. Aubert, American model and actress

1978 – Chris Başak, American baseball player

1978 – Darrell Jackson, American football player

1978 – Ramiro Pez, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

1979 – Tim Cahill, Australian footballer

1979 – Yanina González

      Paraguayan model, Miss Paraguay 2004

1980 – Danielle Downey, American golfer and coach (d. 2014)

1980 – Steve Lovell, English footballer

1980 – Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player

1980 – Tiffany Taylor, American porn actress

1980 – Kei Yasuda

      Japanese singer, musician, and actress

      (Morning Musume and Dream Morning Musume)

1981 – Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer

1982 – Ryan Carnes, American actor
1982 – Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
1982 – Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
1982 – Aaron Sandilands, Australian rules footballer
1982 – Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver
1983 – Ashley Madekwe, English actress

1984:  Nora Kirkpatrick

      American actress and musician

1984 – Syndric Steptoe, American football player

1985 – Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player

1985 – Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer

1985 – Dulce María

      Mexican singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

      (RBD and Jeans)

1985:  Brit Morin

      American entrepreneur and author

      founder and CEO of Brit + Co

1985 – Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian cricketer

1986:  Cintia Dicker

      Brazilian model

1986 – Sean Edwards, English race car driver (d. 2013)

1986 – Georgia Horsley, English model, Miss England 2007

1986 – Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player

1988 – Sandra Nurmsalu

      Estonian singer and violinist (Urban Symphony)

1988 – Nils Petersen, German footballer

1988 – Nobunaga Shimazaki, Japanese voice actor

1989 – Felix Schiller, German footballer

1990 – Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player

1992 – Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer

1992 – Johnny Manziel, American football player
1993:  Elián González
      Cuban celebrity
1993 – Pedro Rafael Amado Mendes, Portuguese footballer

1994 – Louis Kurihara

      Japanese model, television personality, and actor

1995 – Joy Gruttmann, German singer

1996 – Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer

1998 – Angelīna Kučvaļska, Latvian figure skater

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343 – Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (b. 270)
672 – Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710)
735 – Prince Toneri of Japan (b. 676)
1185 – Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
1352 – Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
1562 – Jan van Scorel Dutch painter (b. 1495)
1618 – Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
1658 – Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
1675 – John Lightfoot  (b. 1602)
      English priest, academic, and scholar
1716 – Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
1718 – Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
1746 – Lady Grizel Baillie  (b. 1665)
      Scottish poet and songwriter
1771 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni  (b. 1682)
      Italian anatomist and pathologist
1779 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
1788 – Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)
1855 – William John Swainson  (b. 1789)
      English ornithologist and entomologist
1867 – Jean Pierre Flourens  (b. 1794)
      French physiologist and academic
1868 – August Schleicher  (b. 1821)
      German linguist and academic
1878 – Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (b. 1814)
1879 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (b. 1814)
1882 – Alfred Escher  (b. 1819)
      Swiss businessman and politician
      founded Credit Suisse
1882 – Anthony Trollope, English author (b. 1815)
1889 – Jefferson Davis  (b. 1808)
      American general and politician
      President of the Confederate States of America
1892 – Werner von Siemens  (b. 1816)
      German businessman, founded the Siemens Company
1913 – Alec Hurley, English music hall singer (b. 1871)
1920 – Rosalia Lombardo, Italian pneumonia victim (b. 1918)
1921 – Jesse Carleton, American golfer (b. 1862)
1924 – Gene Stratton-Porter  (b. 1863)
      American author and screenwriter
1934 – Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1863)
1949 – Lead Belly  (b. 1888)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Harold Ross  (b. 1892)
      American journalist and publisher
      founded The New Yorker
1955 – Honus Wagner  (b. 1874)
      American baseball player and manager
1956 – B. R. Ambedkar  (b. 1891)
      Indian economist and politician
      1st Indian Minister of Justice
1956 – John Geiger, American rower (b. 1873)
1961 – Frantz Fanon  (b. 1925)
      Martinique-French psychiatrist and author
1964 – Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
1964 – Consuelo Vanderbilt  (b. 1877)
      American wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill,
            9th Duke of Marlborough
1972 – Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
1976 – João Goulart  (b. 1918)
      Brazilian lawyer and politician
      24th President of Brazil
1980 – Charles Deutsch  (b. 1911)
      French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker
      co-founder of the brand "DB
1982 – K. Kailasapathy
      Sri Lankan journalist and academic (b. 1933)
1982 – Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan politician (b. 1927)
1983 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903)
1983 – Gul Khan Nasir  (b. 1914)
      Pakistani poet, historian, and politician
1985 – Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (b. 1917)
1985 – Burleigh Grimes  (b. 1893)
      American baseball player and manager
1988 – Roy Orbison  (b. 1936)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Traveling Wilburys)
1989 – Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
1989 – Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
1989 – John Payne  (b. 1912)
      American actor, singer, and producer
1990 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos  (b. 1948)
      Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990 – Tunku Abdul Rahman  (b. 1903)
      Malaysian lawyer and politician
      1st Prime Minister of Malaysia
1991 – Mimi Smith, English nurse (b. 1906)
1991 – Richard Stone  (b. 1913)
      English economist and statistician
      Nobel Prize laureate
1992 – Hank Worden, American actor (b. 1901)
1993 – Don Ameche, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
1994 – Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (b. 1922)
1994 – Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor (b. 1933)
1996 – Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926)
1997 – Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918)
1998 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (b. 1921)
2000 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (b. 1920)
2000 – Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942)
2001 – Peter Blake  (b. 1948)
      New Zealand sailor and environmentalist
2001 – Charles McClendon  (b. 1923)
      American football player and coach
2002 – Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923)
2003 – Hans Hotter, German opera singer (b. 1909)
2003 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio  (b. 1918)
      Guatemalan general and politician
      President of Guatemala
2003 – Jerry Tuite, American wrestler (b. 1966)
2004 – Raymond Goethals  (b. 1921)
      Belgian footballer and manager
2005 – Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
2005 – Devan Nair  (b. 1923)
      Malaysian-Singaporean politician
      3rd President of Singapore
2005 – Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942)
2005 – William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912)
2006 – John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922)
2006 – Betty Moschona, Greek actress and singer (b. 1927)
2007 – Katy French, Swiss-Irish model (b. 1983)
2010 – Mark Dailey  (b. 1953)
      American-Canadian journalist and actor
2011 – Dobie Gray  (b. 1940)
      American singer-songwriter and producer
2012 – Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó  (b. 1961)
      Equatoguinean engineer and politician
      Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
2012 – Jan Carew  (b. 1920)
      Guyanese author, poet, and playwright
2012 – Ed Cassidy  (b. 1923)
      American drummer (Spirit and Rising Sons)
2012 – Keitani Graham, Micronesian wrestler (b. 1980)
2012 – Jeffrey Koo Sr.  (b. 1933)
      Taiwanese banker and businessman
2012 – Huw Lloyd-Langton  (b. 1951)
      English guitarist (Hawkwind and Widowmaker)
2012 – Pedro Vaz  (b. 1963)
      Uruguayan lawyer and politician
      Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay
2013 – Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers  (b. 1939)
      French author, poet, and critic
2013 – Tom Krause, Finnish actor and singer (b. 1934)
2013 – Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (b. 1926)
2013 – M. K. Turk  (b. 1942)
      American basketball player and coach
2013 – Louis Waldon, American actor (b. 1934)
2013 – Kate Williamson, American actress (b. 1931)
2014 – Ralph H. Baer
      German-American video game designer
      created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922)
2014 – Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
2014 – Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah  (b. 1975)
      Saudi Arabian militant
2014 – Fred Hawkins, American golfer (b. 1923)
2014 – Luke Somers  (b. 1981)
      English-American photographer and journalist
2014 – Stella Young, Australian comedian and journalist (b. 1982)

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