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1118 – Manuel I Komnenos  (d. 1180)

      Byzantine emperor

1489 – Margaret Tudor  (d. 18 Oct 1541)

      Queen consort of Scots

           as English wife of James IV, 1503-1513

      Regent for James V, 1513-1514

      3rd cousin 15x removed

1570 – James Whitelocke  (d. 1632)

      English judge and politician

      Chief Justice of Chester

1598 – Hans Nansen  (d. 1667)

      Danish politician

1628 – John Bunyan  (d. 31 Aug 1688)

      English preacher and author

1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully  (d. 1687)

      Italian-French composer and manager

1640 – Willem de Vlamingh  (d. 1698)

      Flemish captain and explorer

1661 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon  (d. 1723)

      English soldier and politician

      14th Colonial Governor of New York

1681 – Jean Cavalier (d. 1740)

      French rebel leader

1700 – Nathaniel Bliss  (d. 1764)

      English astronomer and mathematician

1700 – Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (d. 27 May 1770)

      Queen-consort of Denmark and Norway as wife

            of King Christian VI of Denmark and Norway, 1730-1746

1757 – William Blake  (d. 12 Aug 1827)

      English poet and painter

1772 – Luke Howard  (d. 1864)

      English chemist and meteorologist

1774 – Maria Antonia of Parma (d. 1841)

      Bourbon Princess of Parma

1785 – Victor de Broglie  (d. 1870)

      French politician

      9th Prime Minister of France

1792 – Victor Cousin  (d. 14 Jan 1867)

      French philosopher and academic

1793 – Carl Jonas Love Almqvist  (d. 1866)

      Swedish poet, composer, and critic

1805 – John Lloyd Stephens  (d. 13 Oct 1852)

      American archeologist and explorer

1810 – William Froude  (d. 1879)

      English engineer and architect

1820 – Friedrich Engels  (d. 5 Aug 1895)

      German-English philosopher and author

1829 – Anton Rubinstein  (d. 1894)

      Russian pianist, composer, and conductor

1832:  Leslie Stephen  (22 Feb 1904)

      English author, critic, historian, biographer, and mountaineer

1837 – John Wesley Hyatt  (d. 1920)

      American engineer

1853 – Helen Magill White  (d. 1944)

      American academic

1857 – Alfonso XII of Spain  (d. 25 Nov 1885)

      King of Spain, 1874-1885

1864 – James Allen  (d. 1912)

      English author and poet

1864 – Lindley Miller Garrison  (d. 19 Oct 1932)

      American lawyer and politician

      46th U.S. Secretary of War

1866 – Henry Bacon  (d. 17 Feb 1924)

      American architect

      designed the Lincoln Memorial

1876 – Bert Vogler  (d. 1946)

      South African cricketer

1880 – Alexander Blok  (d. 1921)

      Russian poet and playwright

1881 – Stefan Zweig  (d. 1942)

      Austrian author, playwright, and journalist

1887 – Ernst Röhm  (d. 1934)

      German soldier, co-founded the Sturmabteilung

1891 – Gregorio Perfecto  (d. 1949)

      Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician

1894:  Brooks Atkinson  (d. 14 Jan 1984)

      American theatre critic

1894 – Henry Hazlitt  (d. 1993)

      American economist and philosopher

1895 – José Iturbi  (d. 1980)

      Spanish pianist and conductor

1896:  Irwin Edman  (d. 4 Sep 1954)

      American philosopher

1896 – Dawn Powell  (d. 1965)

      American author and playwright

1896 – Lilia Skala  (d. 1994)

      Austrian-American actress

1903 – Gladys O'Connor  (d. 2012)

      English-Canadian actress

1904 – James Eastland  (d. 1986)

      American planter and politician

1904 – Nancy Mitford  (d. 1973)

      English journalist and author

1907 – Rose Bampton  (d. 2007)

      American soprano and educator

1907 – Alberto Moravia  (d. 1990)

      Italian journalist and author

1908 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin  (d. 1997)

      Nigerian politician

      3rd Governor of Ondo State

1908 – Claude Levi-Strauss  (d. 30 Oct 2009)

      Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist

1910 – Elsie Quarterman  (d. 2014)

      American ecologist and academic

1911 – Václav Renč  (d. 1973)

      Czech poet and playwright

1912 – Morris Louis  (d. 1962)

      American painter

1913 – Cyril Clifford Addison  (d. 1994)

      British chemist

1915 – Evald Okas  (d. 2011)

      Estonian painter

1915 – Yves Thériault  (d. 1983)

      Canadian author

1916 – Lilian, Princess of Réthy (d. 2002)

      second wife of King Leopold III of the Belgians.

1916 – Ramón José Velásquez  (d. 2014)

      Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician

      President of Venezuela

1923 – Gloria Grahame  (d. 1981)

      American actress and singer

1923 – James Karen

      American actor

1924 – Dennis Brutus  (d. 2009)

      South African journalist, poet, and educator

1924 – Johanna Döbereiner  (d. 2000)

      Brazilian agronomist

1925 – József Bozsik  (d. 1978)

      Hungarian footballer and manager

1927 – Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992)

1928 – Arthur Melvin Okun  (d. 1980)

      American economist and academic

1928 – Piet Steenbergen  (d. 2010)

      Dutch footballer and manager

1929 – Berry Gordy, Jr.

      American songwriter and producer

      founded Motown Records

1931 – Dervla Murphy

      Irish cyclist and author

1931 – Tomi Ungerer

      French author and illustrator

1931 – Ed Young

      Chinese-American author and illustrator

1932 – Gato Barbieri

      Argentinian saxophonist and composer

1932 – Terence Frisby

      English author and playwright

1933 – Joe Knollenberg

      American soldier and politician

1933 – Hope Lange

      American actress (d. 2003)

1934 – Kaljo Põllu

      Estonian artist (d. 2010)

1935 – Masahito, Prince Hitachi

      younger brother of current Emperor Akihito of Japan

1935 – Randolph Stow  (d. 2010)

      Australian-English author and poet

1936:  Carol Gilligan

      American feminist, ethicist, and psychologist

1936 – Gary Hart

      American lawyer and politician

1936 – Celin Romero

      Spanish-American guitarist (The Romeros)

1936:  Wilbur Ross

      American investor

1938:  Michael Ritchie  (d. 16 Apr 2001)

      American film director

1940 – Bruce Channel

      American singer-songwriter

1941 – Laura Antonelli

      Croatian-Italian actress and singer (d. 2015)

1941 – Alastair McDonald

      Scottish musician and singer-songwriter

1942 – Manolo Blahnik

      Spanish-English shoe designer

1942:  Eric Shinseki

      American Army general

      7th U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2009-2014

      34th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, 1999-2003

1942 – Paul Warfield

      American football player

1943 – Randy Newman

      American singer-songwriter and pianist

1944 – Rita Mae Brown

      American author, poet, and screenwriter

1944 – R. B. Greaves  (d. 2012)

      Guyanese-American singer-songwriter

1944 – Timothy Krajcir

      American serial killer

1945 – Franklin Drilon

      Filipino lawyer and politician

      22nd President of the Senate of the Philippines

1946 – Joe Dante

      American director and producer

1947 – Michel Berger

      French singer-songwriter (d. 1992)

1947 – Maria Farantouri

      Greek singer and politician

1948 – Beeb Birtles

      Dutch-Australian guitarist

      (Little River Band, Mississippi, Zoot,

            Birtles Shorrock Goble, and Birtles & Goble)

1948 – Alan Lightman

      American physicist, author, and academic

1948 – Dick Morris

      American political consultant, journalist, and author

1949 – Alexander Godunov  (d. 1995)

      Russian-American actor and dancer

1949 – Paul Shaffer

      Canadian-American actor, keyboard player, and bandleader

1950 – Ed Harris

      American actor and producer

1950 – Russell Alan Hulse

      American physicist and astronomer

      Nobel Prize laureate

1950 – Peeter Torop

      Estonian semiotician and academic

1951 – Barbara Morgan

      American educator and astronaut

1952 – S. Epatha Merkerson

      American actress

1952 – Ole Thomsen

      Norwegian guitarist

1953:  Michael Chertoff

     American attorney

     2nd U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, 2005-2009

1953 – Alistair Darling

      English lawyer and politician
      Chancellor of the Exchequer

1953 – Helen De Michiel

      American filmmaker

1953 – Pamela Hayden

      American actress

1953 – Sixto Lezcano

      Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

1953 – Gordon Marsden

      English politician

1955 – Alessandro Altobelli

      Italian footballer and sportscaster

1955 – Jeffrey Byron

      American actor and screenwriter

1955 – Adem Jashari  (d. 1998)

      Kosovo commander

1956 – Fiona Armstrong

      English-Scottish journalist and author

1957 – Peeter Järvelaid

      Estonian historian and scholar

1957 – David Van Day

      English singer

      (Dollar, Guys 'n' Dolls, and Bucks Fizz)

1958 – Kriss Akabusi

      English sprinter and hurdler

1958 – Dave Righetti

      American baseball player and coach

1959 – Nancy Charest

      Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)

1959 – Judd Nelson

      American actor

1959 – Stephen Roche

      Irish cyclist and sportscaster

1960 – Jorge Domecq

      Spanish diplomat

1960 – John Galliano

      Gibraltarian-English fashion designer

1960 – Andy Ritchie

      English footballer and manager

1960 – Kenny Wharton

      English footballer and coach

1961 – Martin Clunes

      English actor, singer, and director

1961 – Alfonso Cuarón

      Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter

1961 – John Fenty

      English businessman

1961 – Jane Sibbett

      American actress and producer

1962 – Matt Cameron

      American drummer

      (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Skin Yard, Temple of the Dog,

            Hater, and Wellwater Conspiracy)

1962 – Paul Dinello

      American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1962 – Juan Carlos Rosero

      Ecuadorian cyclist (d. 2013)

1962 – Jon Stewart

      American comedian, actor, and television host

1963 – Jesús Ledesma Aguilar

      Mexican murderer (d. 2006)

1963 – Armando Iannucci

      Scottish comedian, actor, director, and producer

1963 – Andrew Jones

      English politician

1963 – Johnny Newman

      American basketball player

1963 – Walt Weiss

      American baseball player and manager

1964 – Michael Bennet

      Indian-American lawyer and politician

1964 – John Burkett

      American baseball player and bowler

1964 – Roy Tarpley

      American basketball player (d. 2015)

1964 – Sian Williams

      English-Welsh journalist

1965 – Erwin Mortier

      Belgian author and poet

1965 – Matt Williams

      American baseball player and manager

1966 – Dominic Chappell

      English race car driver

1966 – Sam Seder

      American actor, director, and producer

1966 – Narumi Yasuda

      Japanese actress

1967 – Chris Heaton-Harris

      English businessman and politician

1967 – José del Solar

      Peruvian footballer and manager

1967 – Anna Nicole Smith

      American model and actress (d. 8 Feb 2007)

1967 – Stephnie Weir

      American actress, producer, and screenwriter

1968 – Darren Bett

      English television host

1968 – Dawn Robinson

      American singer (En Vogue)
1969:  Colman Domingo
      American actor, playwright, and director.

1969 – Nick Knight

      English cricketer and commentator

1969 – Robb Nen

      American baseball player and manager

1969 – Valeri Nikitin

      Estonian wrestler

1969 – Lexington Steele

      American porn actor, director, and producer

1970:  Jason Calacanis

      American Internet entrepreneur and blogger

1970 – Álex López Morón

      Spanish tennis player

1970 – Richard Osman

      English television host, director, and producer

1971 – Rob Conway

      American wrestler

1971 – Cathy Garcia-Molina, Filipino director

1971 – Gylve Fenris Nagell (bka Fenriz)

      Norwegian singer-songwriter

      (Darkthrone, Storm, Dødheimsgard, Neptune Towers, and Isengard)

1972 – Paulo Figueiredo

      Angolan footballer

1972 – Anastasia Kelesidou

      German-Greek discus thrower

1972 – Yasuko Matsuyuki

      Japanese actress and singer

1972 – Jesper Strömblad

      Swedish guitarist and songwriter

      (In Flames, Dimension Zero, Sinergy, Ceremonial Oath, and All Ends)

1973 – Jade Puget

      American guitarist and producer

      (AFI, Blaqk Audio, and Redemption 87)

1974 – Allan Pineda Lindo (bka apl.de.ap)

      Filipino-American rapper and producer

      (The Black Eyed Peas and Atban Klann)

1974 – Kristian Schmid

      Australian actor

1974 – David Styles (bka Styles P)

      American rapper (The LOX)

1974 – András Tölcséres

      Hungarian footballer and manager

1975:  Jonathan Brown

      American football player

1975 – Seffy Efrati

      Israeli bass player (Blackfield and Monica Sex)

1975 – Eka Kurniawan

      Indonesian journalist and author

1975 – Sunny Mabrey

      American actress

1975 – Hidetomo Masuno (bka Bakarhythm)

      Japanese comedian, actor, playwright, and lyricist

1975 – Park Sung-bae

      South Korean footballer

1975 – Takashi Shimoda

      Japanese footballer

1975:  Maurissa Tancharoen

      American television producer, writer, actress, singer, dancer, and lyricist

1975 – Sigurd Wongraven

      Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

      (Satyricon and Storm)

1976 – Ryan Kwanten

      Australian actor

1977 – Marlon Broomes

      English footballer

1977 – Fabio Grosso

      Italian footballer and manager

1977 – Acer Nethercott

      English rower (d. 2013)

1977 – Gavin Rae

      Scottish footballer

1977 – Greg Somerville

      New Zealand rugby player

1977 – DeMya Walker

      American basketball player

1978 – Brent Albright

      American wrestler

1978 – Darryl Flahavan

      English footballer

1978 – Aimee Garcia

      American actress

1978 – Freddie Mitchell

      American football player

1978 – Mehdi Nafti

      Tunisian footballer

1978 – Michael Simpkins

      English footballer

1978 – Haytham Tambal

      Sudanese footballer

1978 – Asuka Tono

      Japanese actress

1979 – Chamillionaire

      American rapper, producer, and actor

      (The Color Changin' Click)

1979 – Olcay Çetinkaya

      Turkish footballer

1979 – Daniel Henney

      American actor

1979 – Katarzyna Strączy

      Polish tennis player

1980 – Lisa Middelhauve

      German singer-songwriter (Xandria)

1980 – Stuart Taylor

      English footballer

1981 – Jacqui Ainsley

      English model

1981 – Sharon Needles

      American drag queen performer

1981 – Brian Tevreden

      Dutch footballer

1982 – Leandro Barbosa

      Brazilian basketball player

1982 – Chris Harris

      English motorcycle racer

1982:  Mircea Monroe

      American actress and model

1982 – Raido Villers

      Estonian basketball player

1983:  Emun Elliott (born Emun Mohammedi)

      Scottish actor

1983 – Tyler Glenn

      American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Neon Trees)

1983 – Summer Rae

      American football player, wrestler, and actress

1983 – Édouard Roger-Vasselin

      French tennis player

1983 – Nelson Haedo Valdez

      Paraguayan footballer

1984 – Andrew Bogut

      Australian basketball player

1984 – Marc-André Fleury

      Canadian ice hockey player

1984 – Joross Gamboa

      Filipino actor

1984 – Tremaine Aldon Neverson (bka Trey Songz)

      American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor

1984:  Alan Ritchson

      American actor, model, and singer

1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead

      American actress and producer

1985 – Esha Gupta

      Indian model and actress

1985 – Mike Kostka

      Canadian ice hockey player

1985 – Caitlin McClatchey

      English-Scottish swimmer

1985 – Álvaro Pereira

      Uruguayan footballer

1986 – Mouhamadou Dabo

      French footballer

1986:  Mallory Ortberg

      American writer, editor, and blogger

1987 – Karen Gillan

      Scottish actress

1987 – Craig Kieswetter

      English cricketer

1987 – Bianca Manalo

      Filipino actress, model, and host

      Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2009

1987 – Elena Satine

      Georgian-American actress and singer

1988 – Scarlett Pomers

      American actress and singer

1988 – Daniel Matsunaga

      Brazilian-Japanese actor and model

1989 – Laura Alleway

      Australian footballer

1990 – Dedryck Boyata

      Belgian footballer

1990 – Bradley Smith

      English motorcycle racer

1991 – Mayuko Kawakita

      Japanese-American actress and model

1991 – Jessica Robinson

      English singer and actress

1992 – Adam Hicks

      American actor, singer, and producer

1992 – Jake Miller

      American singer-songwriter

1997 – Thor Salden

      Belgian singer

2000 – Jacob Rica

      Filipino actor

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1925:  Pauline Dingman

Jesse Knopp

Damian Maes-Leander

Jason Thomas

Heath Barden

Kyle Peterson

Taryn Coffman

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Bog & Miriam Martin

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Mr. & Mrs. Mike Zimbelman

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741 – Pope Gregory III
1170 – Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king (b. 1080)
1290 – Eleanor of Castile (b. 1241)

         wife of 2nd cousin 23x removed
1574 – Georg Major, German theologian and educator (b. 1502)
1585 – Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
1667 – Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (b. 1633)
1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English politician (b. 1608)
1675 – Leonard Hoar, English-American minister and academic (b. 1630)
1680 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1598)
1680 – Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian painter and architect (b. 1606)
1694 – Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet (b. 1644)
1695 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1637)
1695 – Anthony Wood, English historian and author (b. 1632)
1698 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician  (b. 1622)
      3rd Governor General of New France
1763 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734)
1785 – William Whipple, American general and politician (b. 1730)
1794 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (b. 1730)
1801 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and educator (b. 1750)
1815 – Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745)
1843 – József Ficzkó, Slovene-Croatian priest and author (b. 1772)
1852 – Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799)
1852 – Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founded Filiki Eteria (b. 1772)
1859 – Washington Irving, American historian and author (b. 1783)
1870 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (b. 1841)
1872 – Mary Somerville  (b. 1780)
      Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author
1873 – Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer (b. 1808)
1878 – Orson Hyde, American religious leader  (b. 1805)
      3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
1880 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837)
1890 – Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)
1904 – Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847)
1907 – Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869)
1912 – Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870)
1915 – Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1896)
1917 – Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (b. 1844)
1921 – `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844)
1930 – Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
1935 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877)
1939 – James Naismith, Canadian-American creator of basketball (b. 1861)
1943 – Aleksander Hellat, Estonian politician  (b. 1881)
      6th Foreign Minister of Estonia
1945 – Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician  (b. 1879)
      49th United States Secretary of War
1947 – Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)
1953 – Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910)
1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
      Nobel Prize laureate
1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician  (b. 1870)
      Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1960 – Tsunenohana Kan'ichi  (b. 1896)
      Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna
1960 – Max Pruss, Prussian commander (b. 1891)
1960 – Richard Wright, American-French author and poet (b. 1908)
1962 – K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
1962 – Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
1963 – Karyn Kupcinet, American actress (b. 1941)
1968 – Enid Blyton, English author and poet (b. 1897)
1971 – Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician  (b. 1920)
      34th Prime Minister of Jordan
1972 – Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875)
1973 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (b. 1886)
1976 – Rosalind Russell, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1977 – Trevor Bardette, American actor (b. 1902)
1977 – Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (b. 1896)
1978 – Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman (b. 1902)
1982 – Helen of Greece and Denmark (b. 1896)
1983 – Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)
1986 – Herb Vigran, American actor (b. 1910)
1987 – Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American biologist and chemist (b. 1913)
1992 – Sidney Nolan, Australian-English painter (b. 1917)
1993 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer  (b. 1946)
      (Steppenwolf and The Sparrows)
1993 – Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host (b. 1915)
1994 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
1994 – Buster Edwards, English boxer and criminal (b. 1932)
1994 – Jerry Rubin, American businessman and activist (b. 1938)
1995 – Joe Kelly, Irish racing driver (b. 1915)
1997 – Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920)
1998 – Kerry Wendell Thornley, American author (b. 1938)
2000 – Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer (b. 1895)
2001 – Kal Mann, American songwriter (b. 1917)
2001 – William Reid, Scottish lieutenant and pilot  (b. 1921)
      Victoria Cross recipient
2002 – Dave "Snaker" Ray  (b. 1943)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Koerner, Ray & Glover)
2003 – Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (b. 1918)
2003 – Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915)
2003 – Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (b. 1918)
2005 – Marc Lawrence  (b. 1910)
      American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
2005 – Jack Concannon, American football player (b. 1943)
2006 – Lyubov Polishchuk, Russian actress (b. 1949)
2006 – Robert Volpe, American police officer and painter (b. 1942)
2007 – Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer (b. 1944)
2008 – Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian sergeant (b. 1972)
2008 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier (b. 1977)
2009 – Gilles Carle, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2009 – Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (b. 1923)
2010 – Giorgos Fountas, Greek actor (b. 1922)
2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1926)
2011 – Lloyd J. Old  (b.1933)
      Founder and standard-bearer of the field of cancer immunology
2012 – Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
2012 – Jakes Gerwel, South African academic and activist (b. 1946)
2012 – Don Rhymer, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1961)
2012 – Spain Rodriguez, American illustrator (b. 1940)
2012 – Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (b. 1922)
2012 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier and author (b. 1926)
2013 – Mike Jenkins, American strongman (b. 1982)
2013 – Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (b. 1925)
2013 – Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian politician  (b. 1919)
      25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
2013 – Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician  (b. 1923)
      34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
2013 – Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman  (b. 1920)
      Austrian-American poet and songwriter
2013 – Danny Wells, Canadian actor (b. 1941)
2014 – Chespirito  (b. 1929)
      Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
2014 – Said Akl, Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist (b. 1912)
2014 – Dale Armstrong, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)
2014 – Frances Nero, American singer (b. 1943)
2014 – Lucidio Sentimenti, Italian footballer (b. 1920)
2014 – Bunta Sugawara, Japanese actor (b. 1933)

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