On This Day: August 8 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2024 Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh. ↗
2023 Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii. ↗
2022 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executes a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida. ↗
2019 An explosion at the State Central Navy Testing Range in Nyonoksa, Russia, kills five people. ↗
2016 Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others. ↗
2015 Eight people are killed in a shooting in Harris County, Texas. ↗
2013 A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people. ↗
2010 China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people. ↗
2009 A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people. ↗
2008 A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others. ↗
2008 The 29th modern summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China until August 24. ↗
2007 An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889. ↗
2007 Space Shuttle program: STS-118 Mission: Endeavor takes off on a mission to the International Space Station. ↗
2004 A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers. ↗
2001 Albanian rebels ambush a convoy of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia near Tetovo, killing 10 soldiers. ↗
2000 Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence. ↗
1998 Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan is raided by Taliban leading to the deaths of ten Iranian diplomats and a journalist. ↗
1993 The 7.8 Mw  Guam earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), causing around $250 million in damage and injuring up to 71 people. ↗
1991 The Warsaw radio mast, then the tallest construction ever built, collapses. ↗
1990 Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward. ↗
1989 Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission. ↗
1988 The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands. ↗
1988 The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning). ↗
1974 President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day. ↗
1973 Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped. ↗
1969 At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road. ↗
1967 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. ↗
1963 Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million in bank notes. ↗
1963 The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union. ↗
1956 Marcinelle mining disaster in Belgium. 262 coal miners, including a substantial number of Italian migrant workers, were killed in one of the largest mining accidents in Belgian history. ↗
1946 First flight of the nuclear capable Convair B-36, heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft at the time. ↗
1945 The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials. ↗
1945 World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan. ↗
1942 Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence. ↗
1940 The "Aufbau Ost" directive for the mobilization of German forces for the invasion of the Soviet Union is signed by Wilhelm Keitel. ↗
1929 The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight. ↗
1919 The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government. ↗
1918 World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive). ↗
1908 Wilbur Wright makes the Wright Brothers' first public flight, at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. ↗
1903 Black Saturday occurs, killing 12 in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia. ↗
1897 Italian anarchist Michele Angiolillo assassinates Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo ↗
1876 Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. ↗
1870 The Republic of Ploiești, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania. ↗
1863 American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt). ↗
1863 Tennessee Military Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves in Greeneville, Tennessee despite them being exempt from the Emancipation Proclamation, now commemorated as Emancipation Day in the state. ↗
1844 The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ↗
1831 Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Wapakoneta. ↗
1794 Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska. ↗
1786 Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard. ↗
1709 Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal. ↗
1648 Mehmed IV (1648–1687) succeeds Ibrahim I (1640–1648) as Ottoman sultan. ↗
1647 The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungan's Hill: English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces. ↗
1588 Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England. ↗
1585 John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage. ↗
1576 The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven. ↗
1509 Krishnadeva Raya is crowned Emperor of Vijayanagara at Chittoor. ↗
1503 King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland. ↗
1264 Mudéjar revolt: Muslim rebel forces took the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the Castilian garrison. ↗
1220 Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. ↗
870 Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German and his half-brother Charles the Bald partition the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions. ↗
685 BCE Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the new Duke of Qi – but is defeated at Qianshi by Jiu's brother and rival claimant, the newly inaugurated Duke Huan of Qi. ↗

2000 Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player ↗
1999 Xiaojun, Chinese singer ↗
1998 Ryan Garcia, American boxer ↗
1998 Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1997 Karim Walid, Egyptian footballer ↗
1996 A'ja Wilson, American basketball player ↗
1995 S.Coups, South Korean rapper and singer ↗
1994 Cameron Payne, American basketball player ↗
1993 Emilie Mehl, Norwegian politician ↗
1992 Josip Drmić, Swiss footballer ↗
1992 Casey Cott, American actor ↗
1991 Yandy Díaz, Cuban baseball player ↗
1991 Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer ↗
1991 Tyrone Peachey, Australian rugby league player ↗
1991 Joël Matip, Cameroonian footballer ↗
1990 Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer ↗
1990 Parker Kligerman, American race car driver ↗
1990 Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer ↗
1990 Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricket captain ↗
1989 Ken Baumann, American actor and author ↗
1989 Anthony Rizzo, American baseball player ↗
1989 Hannah Miley, English-Scottish swimmer ↗
1989 Prajakta Mali, Indian actress ↗
1988 Princess Beatrice, British royal ↗
1988 Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player ↗
1988 Rinku Singh, Indian baseball player and wrestler ↗
1988 Laura Slade Wiggins, American actress and singer ↗
1987 Pierre Boulanger, French actor ↗
1987 Katie Leung, Scottish actress ↗
1987 Tatjana Maria, German tennis player ↗
1986 Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player ↗
1986 Jackie Cruz, Dominican-American actress and singer ↗
1986 Pierre Garçon, American football player ↗
1986 Chris Pressley, American football player ↗
1985 Toby Flood, English rugby player ↗
1985 Ryan Koolwijk, Dutch footballer ↗
1985 James Morgan, Welsh actor and producer ↗
1985 Brett Ratliff, American football player ↗
1985 Włodarczyk Anita – Polish track and field athlete ↗
1984 Kirk Broadfoot, Scottish footballer ↗
1984 Norbert Michelisz, Hungarian racing driver ↗
1984 Martrez Milner, American football player ↗
1983 Guy Burnet, English actor and producer ↗
1983 Willie Tonga, Australian rugby league player ↗
1982 David Florence, English canoe racer ↗
1982 Ross Ohlendorf, American baseball player ↗
1981 Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer-songwriter ↗
1981 Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player ↗
1981 Meagan Good, American actress and producer ↗
1981 Harel Skaat, Israeli singer-songwriter ↗
1980 Shayna Baszler, American mixed martial artist and wrestler ↗
1980 Craig Breslow, American baseball pitcher and executive ↗
1980 Jack Cassel, American baseball player ↗
1980 Denisse Guerrero, Mexican singer-songwriter ↗
1980 Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player ↗
1980 Diego Markwell, Dutch baseball player ↗
1980 Pat Noonan, American soccer player ↗
1980 Michael Urie, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1979 Richard Harwood, English cellist ↗
1979 Rashard Lewis, American basketball player ↗
1979 Richard Lyons, Northern Irish racing driver ↗
1978 Alan Maybury, Irish footballer and coach ↗
1978 Louis Saha, French footballer ↗
1978 Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress ↗
1977 Lindsay Sloane, American actress ↗
1977 Darren Manzella, American sergeant (died 2013) ↗
1977 Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
1977 Nicolas Vogondy, French cyclist ↗
1977 Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer ↗
1976 JC Chasez, American singer and dancer ↗
1976 Drew Lachey, American singer and actor ↗
1975 Mick Moss, English singer-songwriter ↗
1974 Manjul Bhargava, Canadian-American mathematician and academic ↗
1974 Scott D'Amore, Canadian wrestler and manager ↗
1974 Brian Harvey, English singer-songwriter ↗
1974 Andy Priaulx, Guernseyan racing driver ↗
1973 Shane Lee, Australian cricketer and guitarist ↗
1973 Gert Olesk, Estonian footballer and manager ↗
1973 Scott Stapp, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
1973 Mark Wills, American singer-songwriter ↗
1973 Ilka Agricola, German mathematician ↗
1972 Joely Collins, Canadian actress and producer ↗
1972 Andrea de Rossi, Italian rugby player and coach ↗
1972 Axel Merckx, Belgian cyclist ↗
1972 Steven Tweed, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
1972 Liina Vahtrik, Estonian actress ↗
1971 Johnny Balentina, Dutch baseball player ↗
1970 Trev Alberts, American football player and journalist ↗
1970 Ben G. Davis, English chemist and academic ↗
1970 José Francisco Molina, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
1970 Chester Williams, South African rugby player and coach (died 2019) ↗
1969 Monika Tsõganova, Estonian chess player ↗
1969 Faye Wong, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1968 Yvie Burnett, Scottish soprano ↗
1968 Aldo Calderón van Dyke, Honduran journalist (died 2013) ↗
1968 Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer and coach ↗
1968 Huey Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1967 Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
1967 Yūki Amami, Japanese theater and film actress ↗
1966 Chris Eubank, English boxer ↗
1966 John Hudek, American baseball player and coach ↗
1965 Angus Fraser, English cricketer, manager, and journalist ↗
1965 Kate Langbroek, Australian talk show host ↗
1964 Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy ↗
1964 Scott Sandelin, American ice hockey player and coach ↗
1964 Paul Taylor, English cricketer ↗
1963 Hur Jin-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter ↗
1963 Ron Karkovice, American baseball player and manager ↗
1963 Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2024) ↗
1963 Rika Fukami, Japanese voice actress and singer ↗
1963 Jon Turteltaub, American director and producer ↗
1963 Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager ↗
1962 Kool Moe Dee, American musician, singer and actor ↗
1961 The Edge, British-Irish musician, singer and songwriter ↗
1961 Daniel House, American bass player and producer ↗
1961 Ron Klain, American lawyer and politician, White House Chief of Staff ↗
1961 Bruce Matthews, American football player and coach ↗
1961 Rikki Rockett, American glam rock drummer ↗
1960 Mustafa Balbay, Turkish journalist and politician ↗
1960 Ulrich Maly, German politician, 16th Mayor of Nuremberg ↗
1959 Caroline Ansink, Dutch flute player, composer, and educator ↗
1958 Deborah Norville, American journalist ↗
1957 Dennis Drew, American keyboard player ↗
1956 Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1956 David Grant, English singer ↗
1956 Cecilia Roth, Argentinian actress ↗
1955 Diddú, Icelandic singer-songwriter ↗
1955 Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer and manager ↗
1955 Michael Roe, Irish racing driver ↗
1954 Nick Holtam, English bishop ↗
1953 Nigel Mansell, English racing driver ↗
1953 Don Most, American actor and singer ↗
1952 Anton Fig, South African-American drummer ↗
1952 Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author ↗
1952 Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager ↗
1952 Robin Quivers, American nurse, radio host/personality, and author ↗
1952 Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer ↗
1951 Martin Brest, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1951 Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer (died 2022) ↗
1951 Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt (died 2019) ↗
1951 Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1951 Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (died 1994) ↗
1951 Louis van Gaal, Dutch footballer and manager ↗
1950 Willie Hall, American drummer and producer ↗
1950 Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation ↗
1949 Terry Burnham, American actress (died 2013) ↗
1949 Keith Carradine, American actor ↗
1949 Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver (died 2009) ↗
1948 Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut ↗
1948 Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher ↗
1948 Wincey Willis, British broadcaster (died 2024) ↗
1947 Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician (died 2025) ↗
1947 Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1946 Joe Bethancourt, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) ↗
1944 John C. Holmes, American film actor (died 1988) ↗
1944 Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2017) ↗
1944 John Renbourn, English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (died 2015) ↗
1944 Simon Taylor, English journalist and author ↗
1942 James Blanchard, American diplomat and politician, 45th Governor of Michigan ↗
1942 Dennis Canavan, Scottish educator and politician ↗
1942 John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2014) ↗
1942 Vardo Rumessen, Estonian pianist and musicologist (died 2015) ↗
1940 Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (died 2007) ↗
1940 Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates ↗
1939 Jana Andrsová, Czech actress and ballerina (died 2023) ↗
1939 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian long jumper ↗
1939 Alexander Watson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru ↗
1938 Jack Baldwin, English chemist and academic (died 2020) ↗
1938 Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator (died 2010) ↗
1938 Connie Stevens, American actress and businesswoman ↗
1937 Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director ↗
1937 Sheila Varian, American horse breeder (died 2016) ↗
1937 Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1987) ↗
1936 Frank Howard, American baseball player and manager (died 2023) ↗
1936 Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator (died 2022) ↗
1935 Donald P. Bellisario, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1935 John Laws, Papua New Guinean-born Australian singer and radio host (died 2025) ↗
1934 Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014) ↗
1933 Joe Tex, American soul singer-songwriter (died 1982) ↗
1932 Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) ↗
1931 Roger Penrose, English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
1930 Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter (died 1997) ↗
1930 Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (died 2015) ↗
1929 Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (died 2004) ↗
1929 Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia (died 2018) ↗
1929 Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (died 2013) ↗
1928 Don Burrows, Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (died 2020) ↗
1927 Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach (died 1994) ↗
1927 Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (died 2002) ↗
1926 Richard Anderson, American actor and producer (died 2017) ↗
1925 Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (died 2003) ↗
1925 Aziz Sattar, Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director (died 2014) ↗
1922 Rory Calhoun, American actor (died 1999) ↗
1922 Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the Monokini (died 1985) ↗
1922 Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian, author, and academic (died 2019) ↗
1922 Károly Reich, Hungarian illustrator (died 1988) ↗
1921 William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012) ↗
1921 Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1991) ↗
1921 Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (died 2013) ↗
1920 Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer (died 2006) ↗
1920 Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer (died 1997) ↗
1919 Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer (died 2010) ↗
1919 John David Wilson, English animator and producer (died 2013) ↗
1915 James Elliott, American runner and coach (died 1981) ↗
1911 Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (died 2002) ↗
1910 Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager (died 1989) ↗
1910 Sylvia Sidney, American actress (died 1999) ↗
1909 Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1977) ↗
1909 Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (died 1987) ↗
1909 Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach (died 1984) ↗
1908 Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1990) ↗
1907 Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer (died 2003) ↗
1907 Jimmy Steele (Irish republican), lifelong militant and editor (died 1970) ↗
1905 André Jolivet, French composer (died 1974) ↗
1904 Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver (died 1948) ↗
1902 Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984) ↗
1901 Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958) ↗
1898 Marguerite Bise, French chef (died 1965) ↗
1896 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (died 1953) ↗
1891 Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer (died 1952) ↗
1889 Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor (died 1968) ↗
1889 Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (died 1977) ↗
1884 Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator (died 1933) ↗
1882 Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 1965) ↗
1881 Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (died 1954) ↗
1880 Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1961) ↗
1879 Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (died 1950) ↗
1879 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (died 1919) ↗
1876 Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (died 1929) ↗
1875 Artur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (died 1955) ↗
1874 Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade (died 1948) ↗
1866 Matthew Henson, American explorer (died 1955) ↗
1863 Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (died 1930) ↗
1857 Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (died 1944) ↗
1856 Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author (died 1934) ↗
1851 George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria (died 1916) ↗
1839 Nelson A. Miles, American general (died 1925) ↗
1822 George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (died 1894) ↗
1814 Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge (died 1902) ↗
1807 Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (died 1892) ↗
1790 Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (died 1838) ↗
1758 Friedrich Georg Weitsch, German painter (died 1828) ↗
1754 Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist (died 1816) ↗
1720 Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (died 1796) ↗
1709 Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist (died 1779) ↗
1706 Johan Augustin Mannerheim, Swedish nobleman and military leader (died 1778) ↗
1694 Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher and academic (died 1746) ↗
1693 Laurent Belissen, French composer (died 1762) ↗
1673 John Ker, Scottish spy (died 1726) ↗
1646 Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (died 1723) ↗
1640 Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer (died 1697) ↗
1605 Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (died 1675) ↗
1558 George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, English noble (died 1605) ↗
1518 Conrad Lycosthenes, French-German scholar and author (died 1561) ↗
1492 Matteo Tafuri, Italian alchemist (died 1582) ↗
1306 Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria (died 1353) ↗
1170 Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (died 1221) ↗
1079 Emperor Horikawa of Japan (died 1107) ↗
422 Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque ↗

2024 Issa Hayatou, Cameroonian basketball player and football executive (born 1946) ↗
2024 Mitzi McCall, American actress (born 1930) ↗
2024 Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican professional golfer (born 1935) ↗
2024 Steve Symms, American politician and lobbyist (born 1938) ↗
2023 Rodriguez, American singer and songwriter (born 1942) ↗
2022 Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1948) ↗
2021 Bill Davis, Canadian politician, 18th premier of Ontario (born 1929) ↗
2020 Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Colombian football player and manager (born 1929) ↗
2020 Alfredo Lim, former Philippine senator and Mayor of Manila (born 1929) ↗
2018 Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (born 1990) ↗
2017 Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1936) ↗
2015 Sean Price, American rapper (born 1972) ↗
2015 Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925) ↗
2014 Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (born 1929) ↗
2014 Charles Keating, English-American actor (born 1941) ↗
2014 Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (born 1935) ↗
2014 Ian Thorpe – Australian composer and conductor (born 1929) ↗
2014 Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (born 1929) ↗
2013 Karen Black, American actress (born 1939) ↗
2013 Johannes Bluyssen, Dutch bishop (born 1926) ↗
2013 Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (born 1918) ↗
2013 Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (born 1985) ↗
2013 Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (born 1922) ↗
2012 Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (born 1926) ↗
2012 Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (born 1931) ↗
2012 Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1944) ↗
2012 Kurt Maetzig, German director and screenwriter (born 1911) ↗
2010 Patricia Neal, American actress (born 1926) ↗
2009 Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (born 1983) ↗
2008 Orville Moody, American golfer (born 1933) ↗
2007 Ma Lik, Chinese journalist and politician (born 1952) ↗
2007 Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917) ↗
2005 Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (born 1922) ↗
2005 Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and author (born 1918) ↗
2005 John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (born 1918) ↗
2005 Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (born 1925) ↗
2005 Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (born 1912) ↗
2005 Monica Sjöö, Swedish-English painter (born 1938) ↗
2004 Leon Golub, American painter and academic (born 1922) ↗
2004 Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (born 1907) ↗
2003 Dirk Hoogendam, Dutch-German SS officer and war criminal (born 1922) ↗
2003 Falaba Issa Traoré, Malian director and playwright (born 1930) ↗
1998 Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist (born 1968) ↗
1996 Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905) ↗
1996 Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (born 1927) ↗
1992 Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (born 1899) ↗
1991 James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, eighth man to walk on the moon (born 1930) ↗
1988 Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914) ↗
1988 Alan Napier, English actor (born 1903) ↗
1987 Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician and physicist (born 1903) ↗
1985 Louise Brooks, American actress (born 1906) ↗
1984 Richard Deacon, American actor (born 1921) ↗
1984 Ellen Raskin, American author and illustrator (born 1928) ↗
1982 Eric Brandon, English racing driver and businessman (born 1920) ↗
1981 Thomas McElwee, Irish republican, PIRA volunteer and Hunger Striker (born 1957) ↗
1980 Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1910) ↗
1979 Nicholas Monsarrat, English lieutenant and author (born 1910) ↗
1975 Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (born 1928) ↗
1974 Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (born 1882) ↗
1973 Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (born 1898) ↗
1971 Freddie Spencer Chapman, English lieutenant (born 1907) ↗
1969 Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (born 1896) ↗
1965 Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (born 1916) ↗
1959 Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (born 1902) ↗
1950 Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (born 1879) ↗
1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (born 1881) ↗
1944 Michael Wittmann, German commander (born 1914) ↗
1940 Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (born 1892) ↗
1937 Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (born 1897) ↗
1934 Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1863) ↗
1930 Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (born 1874) ↗
1928 Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (born 1871) ↗
1921 Juhani Aho – Finnish journalist and author (born 1861) ↗
1920 Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (born 1855) ↗
1911 William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (born 1830) ↗
1909 Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (born 1842) ↗
1902 James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (born 1836) ↗
1902 John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (born 1853) ↗
1898 Eugène Boudin, French painter (born 1824) ↗
1897 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (born 1818) ↗
1887 Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1808) ↗
1879 Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (born 1797) ↗
1863 Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (born 1825) ↗
1858 Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (born 1758) ↗
1828 Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (born 1743) ↗
1827 George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1770) ↗
1759 Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (born 1704) ↗
1747 Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (born 1678) ↗
1746 Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (born 1694) ↗
1724 Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (born 1665) ↗
1684 George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (born 1622) ↗
1631 Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (born 1579) ↗
1616 Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter (born 1548) ↗
1604 Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimyō (born 1578) ↗
1588 Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter (born 1532) ↗
1555 Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (born 1494) ↗
1533 Lucas van Leyden, Dutch artist (born 1494) ↗
1303 Henry of Castile the Senator, Spanish nobleman (born 1230) ↗
1171 Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester (born 1111) ↗
1002 Almanzor, chief minister and de facto ruler of Córdoba ↗
998 Sŏ Hŭi, Korean politician and diplomat (born 942) ↗
869 Lothair II, Frankish king (born 835) ↗
753 Hildegar, bishop of Cologne ↗
117 Trajan, Roman emperor (born 53) ↗