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1816 – Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite  (d. 23 Mar 1888)
      American jurist and politician
      7th Chief Justice of the United States, 1874-1888

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1338 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence  (d. 1368)

      Belgian-English politician

      Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

1427 – Zhu Qizhen  (d. 23 Feb 1464)

      6th and 8th Ming Emperor of China

      Zhengtong Emperor, 1435-1449

      Tianshun Emperor, 1457-1464

1484 – Joachim Vadian  (d. 1551)

      Swiss physician, scholar, and politician

1627 – John Ray  (d. 1705)

      English biologist and botanist

1690 – Christian August  (d. 16 Mar 1747)

      Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, 1742-1747

      father of Catherine the Great of Russia

1705 – Michael Christian Festing  (d. 1752)

      English violinist and composer

1711 – Laura Bassi  (d. 1778)

      Italian physicist and academic

1727:  Ezra Stiles  (d. 12 May 1795)

      American academic. educator, minister, theologian, and author

      7th president of Yale College, 1778-1795

        encyclopedia.com

1752 – Jemima Wilkinson  (d. 1819)

      American evangelist

1781 – Andrés Bello  (d. 1865)

      Venezuelan poet and philosopher

1797 – Gaetano Donizetti  (d. 1848)

      Italian composer

1798 – Alexander Brullov  (d. 1877)

      Russian painter and architect

      designed the Pulkovo Observatory

1799 – Amos Bronson Alcott  (d. 1888)

      American philosopher and educator

1802 – Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author (d. 1827)

1803 – Christian Doppler (d. 1853)

      Austrian mathematician and physicist

1803 – Gottfried Semper  (d. 1879)

      German architect and academic

      designed the Semper Opera House

1811:  Wendell Phillips  (d. 2 Feb 1884)

      American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and lawyer

1818 – George Brown  (d. 1880)

      Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician

      10th Premier of West Canada

1818 – William Ellery Channing  (d. 1901)

      American poet and author

1823 – La Fayette Grover  (d. 1911)

      American politician and lawyer

      4th Governor of Oregon

1825 – Jean-Martin Charcot  (d. 1893)

      French neurologist and psychologist

1831 – Frederick Townsend Ward  (d. 1862)

      American sailor and soldier

1832 – Louisa May Alcott  (d. 6 Mar 1888)

      American author and poet

1835 – Empress Dowager Cixi  (d. 15 Nov 1908)
      Empress Dowager of Qing China, 1861-1908
1849 – John Ambrose Fleming  (d. 1945)
      English physicist and engineer
1856 – Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg  (d. 1921)
      German politician
      5th Chancellor of Germany
1857 – Theodor Escherich  (d. 1911)
      German-Austrian pediatrician and academic
1861 – Spyridon Samaras  (d. 1917)
      Greek playwright and composer
1874 – Francis Dodd  (d. 1949)
      Welsh-English painter and academic
1874 – Egas Moniz  (d. 1955)
      Portuguese physician and neurologist
      Nobel Prize laureate
1876 – Nellie Tayloe Ross  (d. 1977)
      American educator and politician
      14th Governor of Wyoming
1878 – John Derbyshire  (d. 1938)
      English swimmer and water polo player
1879 – Jacob Gade  (d. 1963)
      Danish violinist and composer
1881 – Artur Phleps  (d. 1944)
      Romanian-German general
1881 – Julius Raab  (d. 1964)
      Austrian engineer and politician
      19th Chancellor of Austria
1882 – Henri Fabre  (d. 1984)
      French pilot and engineer
1888 – Joe Slater  (d. 1917)
      Australian footballer and captain
1894 – Lucille Hegamin  (d. 1970)
      American singer
1895 – Busby Berkeley  (d. 1976)
      American director and choreographer
1895 – William Tubman  (d. 1971)
      Liberian lawyer and politician
      19th President of Liberia
1896 – Yakima Canutt  (d. 24 May 1986)
      American actor, stuntman, and director
1898 – C. S. Lewis  (d. 22 Nov 1963)
      Irish-English author and poet
1899 – Andrija Artuković  (d. 1988)
      Croatian lawyer and politician
      1st Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia
1899 – Emma Morano
      Italian supercentenarian
1901 – Mildred Harris  (d. 1944)
      American actress
1904 – Egon Eiermann  (d. 1970)
      German architect
      designed the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
1905 – Marcel Lefebvre  (d. 1991)
      French-Swiss archbishop
1908 – N. S. Krishnan  (d. 1957)
      Indian actor, singer, and director
1908 – Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.  (d. 1972)
      American pastor and politician
1910 – Elizabeth Choy  (d. 2006)
      Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician
1910:  Harry Essex  (d. 5 Feb 1997)
      American screenwriter and director
1910 – Antanas Škėma  (d. 1961)
      Lithuanian actor and director
1912:  John Templeton  (d. 8 Jul 2008)
      American-born British stock investor, businessman and philanthropist
1914:  Taisen Deshimaru  (d. 30 Apr 1982)
      Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist teacher
      founded the Association Zen Internationale.
1915 – Ludu Daw Amar  (d. 2008)
      Burmese journalist and author
1915 – Billy Strayhorn  (d. 1967)
      American pianist and composer
1916 – Fran Ryan  (d. 2000)
      American actress
1917 – Pierre Gaspard-Huit
      French director and screenwriter
1917 – Merle Travis  (d. 1983)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1918 – Madeleine L'Engle  (d. 6 Sep 2007)
      American author and poet
1919 – Joe Weider  (d. 2013)
      Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher
      co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness
1920 – Yegor Ligachev
      Russian engineer and politician
1920 – Joseph Shivers  (d. 2014)
      American chemist and academic, developed spandex
1921 – Virginia Ruth Egnor (bka Dagmar)  (d. 2001)
      American model, actress, and singer
1921 – Jackie Stallone
      American astrologer, dancer and wrestling promoter
1922 – Michael Howard
     English-American historian, author, and academic
1922 – Minnie Miñoso  (d. 2015)
      Cuban-American baseball player and coach
1923 – Chuck Daigh  (b. 2008)
      American racing driver
1923:  Frank Reynolds  (d. 20 Jul 1983)

      American television journalist

1924 – Jane Freilicher  (d. 2014)
      American painter and poet
1924 – Charles E. Mower  (d. 1944)
      American sergeant
      Medal of Honor recipient
1924:  Arthur Peacocke  (d. 21 Oct 2006)
      British Anglican theologian and biochemist
1925 – Yuk Young-soo  (d. 1974)
      South Korean wife of Park Chung-hee
      3rd First Lady of South Korea
1927 – Vin Scully
      American sportscaster
1928 – Tahir Salahov
      Azerbaijani painter and educator
1928 – Paul Simon  (d. 9 Dec 2003)
      American army intelligence officer and politician
      U.S. Senator, D. IL, 1985-1997
      U.S. Representative, D. IL, 1975-1985
      39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1969-1973
1928 – Ernie Vossler  (d. 2013)
      American golfer
1929 – Derek Jameson  (d. 2012)
      English journalist
1929 – Woo Yong-gak
      North Korean soldier
1930 – Shirley Porter
      English politician
      Lord Mayor of Westminster
1930 – Vladimir Šenauer  (d. 2013)
      Croatian footballer
1930 – Alan Lee Williams
      English academic and politician
1931 – Shintaro Katsu  (d. 1997)
      Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer
1931 – André Noyelle  (d. 2003)
      Belgian cyclist
1932 – Jacques Chirac
      French soldier and politician
      22nd President of France, 1995-2007

1932 – Fernando Guillén  (d. 2013)
      Spanish actor
1932 – Marc Vaux
      English painter
1933 – John Mayall
      English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
1933 – James Rosenquist
      American painter and illustrator
1934:  Willie Morris  (d. 2 Aug 1999)
      American writer and editor
1935 – Diane Ladd
      American actress

1935 – Thomas J. O'Brien
      American bishop
1936:  William Lewis "Bill" Jenkins
      American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. TN, 1997-2007
1937 – Jan Mangerud
      Norwegian geologist
1938 – Gene Okerlund
      American ring announcer and journalist
1938 – Kashiwado Tsuyoshi  (d. 1996)
      Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna
1939 – Peter Bergman
      American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1939:  George Franklin Gilder
      American investor, writer, economist, and techno-utopian advocate
      co-founder of the Discovery Institute
1939 – Domenico Monardo (aka Meco)
      American trombonist and producer
1940 – Denny Doherty  (d. 2007)
      Canadian singer-songwriter
      (The Mamas & the Papas and The Halifax III)
1940 – Oscar Espinosa Chepe  (d. 2013)
      Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist
1940 – Chuck Mangione
      American horn player and composer
1940 – Janet Smith
      English lawyer and judge
1941 – Bill Freehan
      American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1941 – Roberto Rodríguez  (d. 2012)
      Venezuelan baseball player and coach
1942 – Felix Cavaliere
      American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
      (The Rascals)
1942 – Stanley Ann Dunham  (d. 7 Nov 1995)
      American anthropologist and educator

      Mother of Barack Obama

1942 – Maggie Thompson
      American author and critic
1942 – Chatrichalerm Yukol
      Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
1942 – John Grillo
      English actor and playwright
1943 – Janet Holmes à Court
      Australian businesswoman
1943 – Bobbi Martin
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
1943 – Sue Miller
      American author and academic
1944 – John Charles Alder (bka Twink)
      English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
      (The Pretty Things, Pink Fairies, Tomorrow and Stars)
1945 – Csaba Pléh
      Hungarian psychologist and linguist
1946 – Brian Cadd
      Australian singer-songwriter, keyboard player and producer
      (The Groop, Axiom, and The Flying Burrito Brothers)
1946 – Suzy Chaffee
      American skier and actress
1946 – Nathan Jung
      Chinese American actor and stuntman
1946 – Silvio Rodríguez
      Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Malcolm Grant
      New Zealand-English lawyer and academic
1947 – Petra Kelly  (d. 1992)
      German activist and politician
1947 – Ronnie Montrose  (d. 2012)
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Montrose and Gamma)
1948 – David Rintoul
      Scottish actor
1949 – Jerry Lawler
      American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor
1949 – Dutch Mantel
      American wrestler and manager
1949 – Stan Rogers  (d. 1983)
      Canadian singer-songwriter
1949 – Garry Shandling
      American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1949 – Steve Smith  (d. 2014)
      American lawyer and politician
1950:  Kenneth Fisher
      American investment analyst
      founder, chairman, and CEO of Fisher Investments

1950 – Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.  (d. 2012)
      American author
1951 – Barry Goudreau
      American guitarist
      (Boston, RTZ, and Ernie and the Automatics)
1951 – Yosi Piamenta  (d. 2015)
      Israeli-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Roger Troutman  (d. 1999)
      American singer-songwriter and producer (Zapp)
1951 – Don Walker
      Australian singer-songwriter and pianist
      (Cold Chisel and Tex, Don and Charlie)
1952:  John D. Barrow
      English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, mathematician, and writer
1952 – Jeff Fahey
      American actor and producer
1952 – Dusty Hare
      English rugby player and cricketer
1953 – Jackie French
      Australian author
1953 – Alex Grey
      American painter
1953 – Christine Pascal  (d. 1996)
      French actress, director, and screenwriter
1953:  Mary Theresa Schmich
      American journalist and columnist
      writer of the comic strip Brenda Starr, Reporter, 1985-2011
1954 – Joel Coen
      American director, producer, and screenwriter
1954:  Chirlane McCray
      American writer, editor, and political figure
      wife of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
1954 – Steve Rogers  (d. 2006)
      Australian rugby player and coach (d. 2006)
1955:  Robert Jeffress
      American pastor, author, and radio and television host
      Pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas
1955 – C. David Johnson
      Canadian actor
1955 – Howie Mandel
      Canadian comedian, actor, and television host
1956 – Hinton Battle
      German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer
1956 – Yvonne Fovargue
      English politician
1956 – Eric Laakso  (d. 2010)
       American football player
1956 – Leo Laporte
      American television host and author
1956 – Katrin Saks
      Estonian politician
1957 – Jennifer Batten
     American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1957 – Janet Napolitano
      American lawyer, academic, and politician
      President of the University of California, 2013-present
      3rd United States Secretary of Homeland Security, 2009-2013
      21st Governor of Arizona, 2003-2009
      23rd Attorney General of Arizona, 1999-2003
1957 – Matthew Rubel
      American businessman
1957 – Mario Salieri
      Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Michael Dempsey
      Zimbabwean-English bass player
      (The Cure, Associates, Presence, Easy Cure,
            The Lotus Eaters, and Malice)
1958 – John Dramani Mahama
      Ghanaian historian and politician
      4th President of Ghana
1958 – Devon Scott
      American actress
1959 – Richard Borcherds
      South African-English mathematician and academic
1959 – Neal Broten
      American ice hockey player
1959 – Rich Camarillo
      American football player and coach
1959 – Rahm Emanuel
      American politician
      55th Mayor of Chicago, 2011-present
      23rd White House Chief of Staff, 2009-2010
      U.S. Representative, D. IL, 2003-2009
      Senior Advisor to the President, 1993-1998
1959 – Steve Hindalong
      American drummer, songwriter, and producer
      (The Choir and Lost Dogs)
1960 – Marco Bucci  (d. 2013)
      Italian discus thrower
1960 – Howard Johnson
      American baseball player, coach, and manager
1960 – Cathy Moriarty
      American actress
1961 – Kim Delaney
      American actress and producer
1961 – Tom Sizemore
      American actor and producer
1961 – Masayoshi Yamashita
      Japanese bass player (Loudness)

1962:  Martha Beck

      American sociologist and author

1962 – Ronny Jordan  (d. 2014)
      English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Andy LaRocque
      Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
      (King Diamond and Death)
1962 – Andrew McCarthy
      American actor and director
1962:  Petter Stordalen
      Norwegian investor, hotelier, property developer and environmentalist
1963 – Will Downing
      American singer-songwriter
1963 – Lalit Modi
      Indian businessman
1964 – Don Cheadle
      American actor and producer
1964 – Cork Graham
      American author and photographer
1964 – Ken Monkou
      Surinamese-Dutch footballer
1965 – Ellen Cleghorne
      American comedian and actress
1965 – Yutaka Ozaki  (d. 1992)
      Japanese poet and pianist
1966 – John Layfield
      American wrestler and sportscaster
1968 – Jonathan Knight
      American singer-songwriter and dancer
      (New Kids on the Block)
1969:  Sheena Iyengar
      Canadian born American academic
1969 – Kasey Keller
      American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
1969 – Mariano Rivera
      Panamanian-American baseball player
1969 – Pierre van Hooijdonk
      Dutch footballer
1970 – Larry Joe Campbell
      American actor and director
1970 – Frank Delgado
      American keyboard player (Deftones)
1970 – Mark Pembridge
      Welsh footballer and coach
1970 – Ryu Seung-ryong
      South Korean actor
1971 – Brad May
      Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1971 – Gena Lee Nolin
      American actress
1972 – Willie Bain
      Scottish academic and politician
1972 – Brian Baumgartner
      American actor and producer
1972 – Jamal Mashburn
      American basketball player and sportscaster
1972 – Minoru Tanaka
      Japanese wrestler and boxer
1973 – Ryan Giggs
      Welsh footballer and manager
1973 – Sarah Jones
      American actress and playwright
1973:  Jitin Prasada
      Indian politician
1974 – Lin Chi-ling
      Taiwanese model and actress
1974 – Pavol Demitra
      Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1975 – Andreas Ioannides
      Cypriot footballer
1975 – Younus Khan
      Pakistani cricketer
1975:  Julian Ovenden
      English stage, television and film actor and singer
1976 – Chris Akins
      American football player
1976 – Lindsay Benko
      American swimmer
1976 – Chadwick Boseman
      American actor and producer
1976 – Anna Faris
      American actress and singer
1976 – Michalis Kakiouzis
      Greek basketball player
1976 – Ehren McGhehey
      American actor and stuntman
1977 – Juan José Gurruchaga
      Chilean actor
1977 – Eddie Howe
      English footballer and manager
1977 – Maria Petrova
      Russian figure skater
1978 – Alessandro Fei
      Italian volleyball player
1978 – Miho Fujima
      Japanese actress
1978 – Lauren German
      American actress
1978 – Dimitrios Konstantopoulos
      Greek footballer
1978 – Ludwika Paleta
      Polish-Mexican actress
1978 – Benjamín Vicuña
      Chilean actor
1979 – Simon Amstell
      English comedian, actor, and television host
1979 – Adam Barrett
      English footballer
1979 – Francis Beltrán
      Dominican baseball player
1979 – The Game
      American rapper, producer, and actor (G-Unit)
1979 – Neal Horgan
      American-Irish footballer
1980 – Janina Gavankar
      American actress and singer
1980 – Chun Jung-myung
      South Korean actor
1980 – Ilias Kasidiaris
      Greek soldier and politician
1980 – Brian Wolfe
      American baseball player
1981 – Fawad Afzal Khan
      Pakistani actor and singer
1981 – John Milhiser
      American comedian and actor
1981 – Nicholas Teo
      Malaysian singer and actor
1982 – Lucas Black
      American actor
1982:  Gemma Chan
      British actress and model
1982 – Ashley Force
      American race car driver
1982 – Divya Spandana (stage name Ramya)
      Indian actress, singer, and politician

1982 – Imogen Thomas

      Welsh-English model
1982 – Marthe Valle
      Norwegian singer-songwriter

1983 – Tanner Glass

      Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Jennifer Oeser
      German heptathlete
1984 – Sitti Navarro (bka Sitti)
      Filipino singer and actress
1984 – Ji Hyun-woo
      South Korean actor and guitarist
1984 – Nahum Thorton Grymes (stage name J. Holiday)
      American singer
1985 – Evangelia Aravani
      Greek model
1985 – Shannon Brown
      American basketball player
1985 – Junnosuke Taguchi
      Japanese singer and actor (KAT-TUN)
1986 – Jerome Sala
      Filipino singer
1986 – Park Ju-hyun
      South Korean rapper, dancer, and actress (Spica)
1987 – Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
1988 – Lee Hyun-ho
      South Korean footballer
1988 – Nika Kiladze
      Georgian footballer (d. 2014)
1988 – Clémence Saint-Preux
      French singer and actress
1988 – Russell Wilson
      American football player
1990 – Diego Boneta
      Mexican singer and actor
1991 – Becky James
      Welsh cyclist
1991 – Zac Sunderland
      American sailor
1992 – David Lambert
      American actor
1995 – Laura Marano
      American actress and singer

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Joe Dvorak

Mike Hughes

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521 – Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (b. 451)
561 – Chlothar I, Frankish king (b. 497)
1253 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
1268 – Pope Clement IV (b. 1190)
1314 – Philip IV of France (b. 1268)
1330 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March  (b. 1287)
      English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1342 – Michael of Cesena, Italian general, priest, and theologian (b. 1270)
1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)

1530 – Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal (b. 1470)
1544 – Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1488)
1590 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1595 – Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (b. 1533)
1626 – Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander (b. 1580)
1632 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine  (b. 1596)
      German husband of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
1643 – William Cartwright, English priest and playwright (b. 1611)
1643 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1567)
1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus  (b. 1565)
      Swedish astronomer and theologian
1661 – Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar (b. 1600)
1682 – Prince Rupert of the Rhine (b. 1619)
1694 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (b. 1628)
1695 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair  (b. 1619)
      Scottish lawyer and politician
      Lord President of the Court of Session
1699 – Patrick Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (b. 1635)
1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687)
1780 – Maria Theresa
      Austrian wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1717)
1797 – Samuel Langdon, American clergyman and academic (b. 1723)
1830 – John Maurice Hauke, Polish general (b. 1775)
1847 – Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
1883 – Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
1918 – Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza  (b. 1881)
      Brazilian prince
1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (b. 1858)
1927 – George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
1939 – Philipp Scheidemann  (b. 1865)
      German politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany
1941 – Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)
1942 – Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
1946 – Johannes Vares  (b. 1890)
      Estonian poet, physician, and politician
      8th Prime Minister of Estonia
1953 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)
1953 – Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
1953 – Milt Gross, American illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
1954 – Dink Johnson  (b. 1892)
      American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer
1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold  (b. 1897)
      Czech-American pianist and composer
1967 – Ferenc Münnich  (b. 1886)
      Hungarian soldier and politician
      47th Prime Minister of Hungary
1970 – Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)
1972 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)
1974 – James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905)
1975 – Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)
1975 – Graham Hill, English race car driver (b. 1929)
1980 – Dorothy Day  (b. 1897)
      American journalist and activist
      co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement
1980 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)
1981 – Natalie Wood, American actress and singer (b. 1938)
1982 – Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (b. 1908)
1984 – Gotthard Günther, Polish-German philosopher and academic (b. 1900)
1986 – Cary Grant, English-American actor and singer (b. 1904)
1986 – Herb Vigran, American actor (b. 1910)
1987 – Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)
1991 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor and singer (b. 1904)
1991 – Frank Yerby, American author (b. 1916)
1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
1992 – Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller, American philanthropist (b. 1909)
1993 – J. R. D. Tata  (b. 1904)
      French-Indian pilot and businessman
      founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages
1996 – Dan Flavin, American sculptor and illustrator (b. 1933)
1996 – Denis Jenkinson, English journalist (b. 1920)
1998 – Maus Gatsonides, Dutch rally driver and inventor (b. 1911)
1998 – Giant Haystacks, English wrestler (b. 1947)
1998 – Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
1999 – John Berry, American film director (b. 1917)
1999 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
1999 – Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (b. 1918)
2000 – Ilmar Laaban, Estonian-Swedish poet and publicist (b. 1921)
2001 – Mic Christopher, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)
2001 – George Harrison  (b. 1943)
      English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
      (The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys, Plastic Ono Band, and The Quarrymen)
2001 – John Knowles, American soldier and author (b. 1926)
2002 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2002 – George Harris, American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)
2003 – Moondog Spot, American wrestler (b. 1952)
2004 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
2004 – Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
2005 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
2005 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
2006 – Allen Carr, English-Spanish accountant and author (b. 1934)
2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and author (b. 1923)
2007 – Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
2007 – Henry Hyde, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
2007 – Roger Smith, American businessman (b. 1925)
2007 – Tom Terrell, American journalist and photographer (b. 1950)
2008 – Jørn Utzon  (b. 1918)
      Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House
2009 – Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
2010 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author (b. 1937)
2010 – Al Masini, American production manager and producer (b. 1930)
2010 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
2010 – S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1930)
2010 – Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (b. 1940)
2010 – Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist (b. 1913)
2011 – Patrice O'Neal, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1969)
2012 – Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (b. 1936)
2012 – Susan Luckey, American actress and singer (b. 1938)
2012 – Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (b. 1911)
2012 – Marie-Jacques Perrier  (b. 1924)
      French actress, singer, and fashion designer
2012 – Merv Pregulman, American football player and businessman (b. 1922)
2012 – Buddy Roberts, American wrestler and manager (b. 1945)
2012 – Benjamin Tatar, American actor (b. 1930)
2013 – Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
2013 – Dick Dodd  (b. 1945)
      American drummer and actor
      (The Bel-Airs, The Standells, and Eddie & the Showmen)
2013 – Colin Eglin, South African politician (b. 1925)
2013 – Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (b. 1936)
2013 – Chris Howland, English-German radio and television host (b. 1928)
2013 – Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1976)
2014 – Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (b. 1946)
2014 – Dick Bresciani, American businessman (b. 1938)
2014 – Luc De Vos  (b. 1962)
      Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Gorki)
2014 – Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)
2014 – Mark Strand  (b. 1934)
      Canadian-American author, poet, academic
      poet laureate of the United States

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