On This Day: January 21 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2025 A fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu Province, Turkey, results in 78 people dead and 51 injured. ↗
2023 Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre. ↗
2017 Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States. ↗
2014 Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic. ↗
2011 Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office. ↗
2009 Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow. ↗
2005 In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots. ↗
2004 NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. ↗
2003 A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless. ↗
2000 Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad. ↗
1999 War on drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board. ↗
1997 The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined. ↗
1986 Conservative protestors attacked a mock shanty town that had been erected on the Green at Dartmouth College as part of anti-apartheid protests. ↗
1985 Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people. ↗
1981 Production of the DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. ↗
1980 Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people. ↗
1976 Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. ↗
1971 The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts. ↗
1968 Vietnam War, Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins. ↗
1968 A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete. ↗
1963 The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ends operation. ↗
1960 Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board. ↗
1960 Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people. ↗
1960 A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners. ↗
1954 The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. ↗
1951 The catastrophic eruption of Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea claims 2,942 lives. ↗
1950 American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. ↗
1948 The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day. ↗
1943 As part of Operation Animals, British SOE saboteurs destroy the railway bridge over the Asopos River, and guerrillas of the Greek People's Liberation Army ambush and destroy a German convoy at the Battle of Sarantaporos. ↗
1942 The Jewish resistance organization, Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye, based in the Vilna Ghetto was established. ↗
1941 Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews. ↗
1932 Finland and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty. ↗
1931 Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. ↗
1925 Albania declares itself a republic. ↗
1919 A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place. ↗
1915 Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit. ↗
1911 The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place. ↗
1908 New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor. ↗
1893 The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana. ↗
1854 The RMS Tayleur sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life. ↗
1824 The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast during the First Anglo-Ashanti War. ↗
1793 After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine. ↗
1789 The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston. ↗
1774 Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. ↗
1749 The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754. ↗
1720 Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm. ↗
1535 Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris. ↗
1525 The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ↗
763 Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. ↗

2007 Luke Littler, English darts player ↗
2005 IShowSpeed, American YouTuber ↗
2004 Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway ↗
2003 Hannibal Mejbri, Tunisian footballer ↗
2001 Baek Jong-bum, South Korean footballer ↗
1999 Rubina Ali, Indian actress ↗
1999 Fūju Kamio, Japanese actor ↗
1999 Alisha Lehmann, Swiss footballer ↗
1998 Pervis Estupiñán, Ecuadorian footballer ↗
1997 Mamadi Diakite, Guinean basketball player ↗
1997 Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer ↗
1997 Ilia Topuria, German-Georgian mixed martial artist ↗
1996 Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer ↗
1996 Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer ↗
1995 Jake Elliott, American football player ↗
1995 Marine Johannès, French basketball player ↗
1995 Alanna Kennedy, Australian soccer player ↗
1995 Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer ↗
1995 Yuliya Stupak, Russian cross-country skier ↗
1994 Amin Affane, Swedish footballer ↗
1994 Laura Robson, Australian-English tennis player ↗
1994 Booboo Stewart, American actor ↗
1993 Ronald Blair, former professional American football player ↗
1993 Muralha, Brazilian footballer ↗
1992 Sven Erik Bystrøm, Norwegian cyclist ↗
1992 James Duckworth, Australian tennis player ↗
1992 Quinton Howden, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1992 Kwame Karikari, Ghanaian footballer ↗
1992 Tom Kühnhackl, German ice hockey player ↗
1992 Nicolás Mezquida, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1992 Verónica Cepede Royg, Paraguayan tennis player ↗
1992 Roland Szolnoki, Hungarian footballer ↗
1991 Ali Al-Busaidi, Omani footballer ↗
1991 Jan Hirt, Czech cyclist ↗
1991 Brayden McNabb, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1991 Marta Pagnini, Italian gymnast ↗
1990 Knowledge Musona, Zimbabwean footballer ↗
1990 Kelly Rohrbach, American model and actress ↗
1989 Doğuş Balbay, Turkish basketball player ↗
1989 Kayla Banwarth, American indoor volleyball player ↗
1989 Férébory Doré, Congolese footballer ↗
1989 Sergey Fesikov, Russian swimmer ↗
1989 Justin Houston, American football player ↗
1989 Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer ↗
1989 Zhang Shuai, Chinese tennis player ↗
1988 Glaiza de Castro, Filipino actress and singer ↗
1988 Ashton Eaton, American decathlete ↗
1988 Rolands Freimanis, Latvian basketball player ↗
1988 Vanessa Hessler, Italian-American model and actress ↗
1988 Aleksandar Lazevski, Macedonian footballer ↗
1988 Ángel Mena, Ecuadorian footballer ↗
1988 Valérie Tétreault, Canadian tennis player ↗
1988 Pieter Timmers, Belgian swimmer ↗
1988 Nemanja Tomić, Serbian footballer ↗
1987 Oskars Bārtulis, Latvian ice hockey player ↗
1987 Brandon Crawford, American baseball player ↗
1987 Aida Hadzialic, Swedish politician ↗
1987 Darren Helm, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1987 Shaun Keeling, South African rower ↗
1987 Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan runner ↗
1987 Will Johnson, Canadian soccer player ↗
1987 Dominik Roels, German cyclist ↗
1987 Maša Zec Peškirič, Slovenian tennis player ↗
1987 Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Japanese actress ↗
1986 César Arzo, Spanish footballer ↗
1986 Edson Barboza, Brazilian mixed martial artist ↗
1986 Peyton Hillis, American football player ↗
1986 João Gomes Júnior, Brazilian swimmer ↗
1986 Javi López, Spanish footballer ↗
1986 Gina Mambrú, Dominican Republic volleyball player ↗
1986 Jonathan Quick, American ice hockey player ↗
1986 Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (died 2020) ↗
1986 Óscar Vílchez, Peruvian footballer ↗
1985 Artur Beterbiev, Russian boxer ↗
1985 Aura Dione, Danish singer and songwriter ↗
1985 Yumi Hara, Japanese voice actress and singer ↗
1985 Sasha Pivovarova, Russian model and actress ↗
1985 Ri Se-gwang, North Korean artistic gymnast ↗
1985 Dmitri Sokolov, Russian basketball player ↗
1985 Ryan Suter, American ice hockey player ↗
1984 Luke Grimes, American actor ↗
1984 Haloti Ngata, American football player ↗
1983 Alex Acker, American-Italian basketball player ↗
1983 Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress ↗
1983 Asael Lubotzky, Israeli physician, author and molecular biologist ↗
1983 Maryse Mizanin, Canadian-American wrestler ↗
1983 Álvaro Quirós, Spanish golfer ↗
1983 Francesca Segat, Italian swimmer ↗
1983 Marieke van den Ham, Dutch water polo player ↗
1983 Kelly VanderBeek, Canadian alpine skier ↗
1983 Moritz Volz, German footballer ↗
1982 Richard José Blanco, Venezuelan footballer ↗
1982 Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player ↗
1982 Adriano Ferreira Martins, Brazilian footballer ↗
1982 Sarah Ourahmoune, French boxer ↗
1982 Simon Rolfes, German footballer ↗
1981 Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1981 Wu Hanxiong, Chinese fencer ↗
1981 Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1981 Andy Lee, South Korean singer and actor ↗
1981 Izabella Miko, Polish actress, dancer, and producer ↗
1981 Jung Ryeo-won, South Korean actress ↗
1981 David F. Sandberg, Swedish filmmaker ↗
1981 Michel Teló, Brazilian singer-songwriter ↗
1980 Karsten Forsterling, Australian rower ↗
1980 Lee Kyung-won, South Korean badminton player ↗
1980 Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress ↗
1980 Xavier Pons, Spanish rally diver ↗
1979 Quinton Jacobs, Namibian footballer ↗
1979 Melendi, Spanish singer ↗
1979 Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player ↗
1978 Faris Al-Sultan, German triathlete ↗
1978 Hernán Rodrigo López, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1978 Peter von Allmen, Swiss cross-country skier ↗
1978 Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player ↗
1977 Hussein Abdulghani, Saudi Arabian footballer ↗
1977 Bradley Carnell, South African footballer ↗
1977 John DeSantis, Canadian actor ↗
1977 Kirsten Münchow, German hammer thrower ↗
1977 Denis Lunghi, Italian cyclist ↗
1977 Ulrike Maisch, German runner ↗
1977 Phil Neville, English footballer and manager ↗
1977 Michael Ruffin, American basketball player ↗
1977 Jerry Trainor, American actor, director, and producer ↗
1977 Loïc Lerouge, French sprinter ↗
1976 Aivaras Abromavičius, Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician; 15th Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development ↗
1976 Raivis Belohvoščiks, Latvian cyclist ↗
1976 Emma Bunton, English singer ↗
1976 Lars Eidinger, German actor ↗
1976 Giorgio Frezzolini, Italian footballer ↗
1976 Igors Stepanovs, Latvian footballer ↗
1975 Nicky Butt, English footballer and coach ↗
1975 Thomas Castaignède, French rugby player ↗
1975 Casey FitzRandolph, American speedskater ↗
1975 Yuji Ide, Japanese race car driver ↗
1975 Ito, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
1975 Willem Korsten, Dutch footballer ↗
1975 Jason Moran, American jazz pianist, composer and educator ↗
1975 Florin Șerban, Romanian director ↗
1975 Alyaksandr Yermakovich, Belarusian footballer and manager ↗
1974 Malena Alterio, Spanish actress ↗
1974 Maxwell Atoms, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor ↗
1974 Kim Dotcom, German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist ↗
1974 Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundian middle-distance runner ↗
1974 Vincent Laresca, American actor ↗
1974 Ulrich Le Pen, French footballer ↗
1974 Marco Zanotti, Italian cyclist ↗
1973 Rob Hayles, English cyclist ↗
1973 Chris Kilmore, American musician and DJ ↗
1973 Edvinas Krungolcas, Lithuanian modern pentathlete ↗
1973 Flavio Maestri, Peruvian footballer ↗
1972 Billel Dziri, Algerian footballer and manager ↗
1972 Rick Falkvinge, Swedish businessman and politician ↗
1972 Sead Kapetanović, Bosnian footballer ↗
1972 Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer and producer ↗
1972 Cat Power, American singer, musician and actress ↗
1972 Shawn Rojeski, American curler ↗
1972 Sabina Valbusa, Italian cross-country skier ↗
1971 Uni Arge, Faroese footballer and entertainer ↗
1971 Rafael Berges, Spanish footballer ↗
1971 Doug Edwards, American basketball player ↗
1971 Dmitri Khlestov, Russian footballer ↗
1971 Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skater ↗
1971 Dylan Kussman, American actor ↗
1971 Doug Weight, American ice hockey player and coach ↗
1970 Alen Bokšić, former Croatian footballer ↗
1970 Marina Foïs, French actress ↗
1970 Ken Leung, American actor ↗
1970 Oren Peli, Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter ↗
1969 John Ducey, American actor ↗
1969 Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete ↗
1969 Karina Lombard, French-American actress and singer ↗
1969 Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese comic artist ↗
1968 Artur Dmitriev, Russian ice skater ↗
1968 Dmitry Fomin, Russian volleyball player ↗
1968 Sébastien Lifshitz, French director ↗
1968 Steven Marshall, Australian politician, 46th Premier of South Australia ↗
1968 Charlotte Ross, American actress ↗
1968 Ilya Smirin, Israeli chess Grandmaster ↗
1967 Ulf Dahlén, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
1967 Alfred Jermaniš, Slovenian footballer ↗
1967 Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess player ↗
1967 Gorō Miyazaki, Japanese film director and landscaper ↗
1965 Robert Del Naja, British artist, musician and singer ↗
1965 Jam Master Jay, American DJ, rapper, and producer (died 2002) ↗
1965 Masahiro Wada, Japanese footballer ↗
1964 Andreas Bauer, German ski jumper ↗
1964 Tony Dolan, English musician and actor ↗
1964 Gérald Passi, French footballer ↗
1964 Ricardo Serna, Spanish footballer ↗
1964 Aleksandar Šoštar, Serbian water polo player ↗
1964 Danny Wallace, English footballer ↗
1963 Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player ↗
1963 Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player and coach ↗
1962 Tyler Cowen, American economist and academic ↗
1962 Isabelle Nanty, French actress, director and screenwriter ↗
1962 Gabriele Pin, Italian footballer and coach ↗
1962 Zoran Thaler, Slovenian politician ↗
1962 Marie Trintignant, French actress (died 2003) ↗
1962 Erik Verlinde, Dutch theoretical physicist ↗
1961 Kevin Cramer, American politician ↗
1961 Cornelia Pröll, Austrian alpine skier ↗
1961 Ivo Pukanić Croatian journalist (died 2008) ↗
1961 Gary Shaw, English footballer (died 2024) ↗
1961 Piotr Ugrumov, Russian cyclist ↗
1960 Sidney Lowe, American basketball player ↗
1960 Mike Terrana, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer ↗
1959 Sergei Alifirenko, Russian pistol shooter ↗
1959 Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager ↗
1958 Hussein Saeed, Iraqi footballer ↗
1958 Matt Salmon, American politician ↗
1958 Sergei Walter, Ukrainian politician (died 2015) ↗
1958 Michael Wincott, Canadian actor ↗
1956 Robby Benson, American actor and director ↗
1956 Geena Davis, American actress and producer ↗
1955 Peter Fleming, American tennis player ↗
1955 Jeff Koons, American painter and sculptor ↗
1955 Nello Musumeci, Italian politician and President of Sicily ↗
1954 Thomas de Maizière, German politician of the Christian Democratic Union ↗
1954 Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018) ↗
1954 Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach ↗
1953 Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft (died 2018) ↗
1953 Felipe Yáñez, Spanish cyclist ↗
1952 Marco Camenisch, Swiss activist and murderer ↗
1952 Werner Grissmann, Austrian alpine skier ↗
1952 Mikhail Umansky, Russian chess player (died 2010) ↗
1951 Eric Holder, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82nd United States Attorney General ↗
1950 Marion Becker, German javelin thrower ↗
1950 Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce ↗
1950 José Marín, Spanish racewalker ↗
1950 Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter ↗
1950 Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation ↗
1949 Clifford Ray, American basketball coach and player ↗
1949 Trương Tấn Sang, Vietnamese politician and 7th President of Vietnam ↗
1948 Zygmunt Kukla, Polish footballer (died 2016) ↗
1948 Hugo Tocalli, Argentine footballer ↗
1947 Andrzej Bachleda, Polish former alpine skier ↗
1947 Jill Eikenberry, American actress ↗
1947 Dorian M. Goldfeld, American mathematician ↗
1947 Pye Hastings, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1947 Michel Jonasz, French singer-songwriter and actor ↗
1947 Joseph Nicolosi, American clinical psychologist (died 2017) ↗
1947 Giuseppe Savoldi, Italian footballer ↗
1947 Roberto Zywica, Argentine footballer ↗
1946 Ichiro Hosotani, Japanese footballer ↗
1946 Nella Martinetti, Swiss singer (died 2011) ↗
1946 Tomás Pineda, El Salvadoran footballer ↗
1946 Miguel Reina, Spanish footballer ↗
1945 Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011) ↗
1945 Pete Kircher, English drummer ↗
1945 Martin Shaw, English actor and producer ↗
1944 Uto Ughi, Italian violinist ↗
1943 Zdravko Hebel, Croatian water polo player (died 2017) ↗
1943 Arnar Jónsson, Icelandic actor ↗
1943 Alfons Peeters, Belgian footballer (died 2015) ↗
1943 Kenzo Yokoyama, Japanese footballer ↗
1942 Freddy Breck, German singer, producer, and news anchor (died 2008) ↗
1942 Eugène Camara, Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2019) ↗
1942 Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2020) ↗
1942 Han Pil-hwa, North Korean speed skater ↗
1942 Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (died 2003) ↗
1942 Michael G. Wilson, American producer and screenwriter ↗
1941 Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (died 2013) ↗
1941 Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor ↗
1941 Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013) ↗
1941 Mike Medavoy, Chinese-born American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures ↗
1941 Ivan Putski, Polish-American wrestler and bodybuilder ↗
1941 Elaine Showalter, American author and critic ↗
1940 Jack Nicklaus, American golfer and sportscaster ↗
1940 Patrick Robinson, English novelist ↗
1939 Paul Genevay, French sprinter (died 2022) ↗
1939 Friedel Lutz, German footballer (died 2023) ↗
1939 Steve Paxton, American dancer and choreographer (died 2024) ↗
1939 Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (died 2005) ↗
1938 Wolfman Jack, radio personality (died 1995) ↗
1938 Romano Fogli, Italian footballer (died 2021) ↗
1937 Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi, Hungarian fencer (died 2013) ↗
1937 Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, the youngest son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria ↗
1936 Dick Davies, American basketball player (died 2012) ↗
1934 Audrey Dalton, Irish actress ↗
1934 Antonio Karmany, Spanish cyclist ↗
1934 Alfonso Portugal, Mexican footballer (died 2016) ↗
1934 Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (died 2017) ↗
1933 Tony Marchi, English footballer (died 2022) ↗
1933 Habib Thiam, Senegalese politician (died 2017) ↗
1931 Yoshiko Kuga, Japanese actress (died 2024) ↗
1930 Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zambia (died 2001) ↗
1930 Valentin Filatyev, Soviet cosmonaut (died 1990) ↗
1929 Radley Metzger, American filmmaker (died 2017) ↗
1928 Reynaldo Bignone, Argentinian general and politician, 41st President of Argentina (died 2018) ↗
1928 Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic, founded the Albert Einstein Institution (died 2018) ↗
1927 Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1985) ↗
1927 Rudolf Kraus, German footballer (died 2003) ↗
1926 Clive Donner, British director (died 2010) ↗
1926 Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer (died 1980) ↗
1926 Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (died 2000) ↗
1926 Roger Taillibert, French architect (died 2019) ↗
1926 Robert J. White, American neurosurgeon (died 2010) ↗
1925 Charles Aidman, American actor (died 1993) ↗
1925 Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer (died 2014) ↗
1925 Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (died 2010) ↗
1925 Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (died 2007) ↗
1924 Shafiga Akhundova, Azerbaijani Composer, first professional female author of an opera in the East (died 2013) ↗
1924 Benny Hill, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1992) ↗
1923 Alberto de Mendoza, Argentine actor (died 2011) ↗
1923 Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer, and actress (died 1995) ↗
1923 Pahiño, Spanish footballer (died 2012) ↗
1922 Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Labour (died 2012) ↗
1922 Telly Savalas, American actor (died 1994) ↗
1922 Paul Scofield, English actor (died 2008) ↗
1922 Predrag Vranicki, Croatian Marxist humanist (died 2002) ↗
1920 Errol Barrow, first Prime Minister of Barbados (died 1987) ↗
1919 Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (died 2016) ↗
1918 Jimmy Hagan, English footballer (died 1998) ↗
1918 Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor (died 1989) ↗
1918 Richard Winters, American soldier (died 2011) ↗
1917 Erling Persson, H&M founder (died 2002) ↗
1916 Pietro Rava, Italian footballer (died 2006) ↗
1916 Zypora Spaisman, Polish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage (died 2002) ↗
1915 André Lichnerowicz, French mathematician (died 1998) ↗
1915 Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter (died 1981) ↗
1912 Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000) ↗
1911 Dick Garrard, Australian wrestler (died 2003) ↗
1911 Lee Yoo-hyung, Korean footballer and manager (died 2003) ↗
1910 Rosa Kellner, German athlete (died 1984) ↗
1910 Albert Rosellini, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Washington (died 2011) ↗
1910 Hideo Shinojima, Japanese footballer (died 1975) ↗
1910 Károly Takács, Hungarian shooter (died 1976) ↗
1909 Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor (died 2004) ↗
1909 Teofilo Spasojević, Serbian footballer (died 1970) ↗
1907 Carlo Cavagnoli, Italian boxer (died 1991) ↗
1906 Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (died 2007) ↗
1905 Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (died 1957) ↗
1905 Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (died 1978) ↗
1904 John Porter, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1997) ↗
1904 Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer (died 1984) ↗
1903 William Lyon, American film editor (died 1974) ↗
1903 Raymond Suvigny, French weightlifter (died 1945) ↗
1901 Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1978) ↗
1900 Elof Ahrle, Swedish actor and director (died 1965) ↗
1900 Anselm Franz, Austrian engineer (died 1994) ↗
1900 Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Spanish Cardinal (died 1971) ↗
1899 John Bodkin Adams, British general practitioner and convict (died 1983) ↗
1899 Gyula Mándi, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1969) ↗
1899 Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 1977) ↗
1898 Rudolph Maté, Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, producer and director (died 1964) ↗
1898 Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (died 1930) ↗
1898 Eduard Zintl, German chemist (died 1941) ↗
1897 René Iché, French sculptor (died 1954) ↗
1896 Guy Gilpatric, American pilot and journalist (died 1950) ↗
1896 Paula Hitler, younger sister of Adolf Hitler (died 1960) ↗
1896 J. Carrol Naish, American actor (died 1973) ↗
1896 Masa Perttilä, Finnish wrestler (died 1968) ↗
1895 Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (died 1972) ↗
1895 Daniel Chalonge, French astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1977) ↗
1895 Noe Itō, Japanese anarchist, author and feminist (died 1923) ↗
1891 Albert Battel, German Army lieutenant and lawyer (died 1952) ↗
1891 Francisco Lázaro, Portuguese marathon runner (died 1912) ↗
1889 Pitirim Sorokin, American sociologist and political activist (died 1968) ↗
1889 Edith Tolkien, wife and muse of J. R. R. Tolkien (died 1971) ↗
1887 Wolfgang Köhler, German psychologist and phenomenologist (died 1967) ↗
1887 Ernest Holmes, American New Thought writer (died 1960) ↗
1887 Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1926) ↗
1886 John M. Stahl, American director and producer (died 1950) ↗
1885 Duncan Grant, British painter and designer (died 1978) ↗
1885 Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer (died 1978) ↗
1885 Harold A. Wilson, English runner (died 1932) ↗
1883 Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (died 1929) ↗
1883 Oskar Baum, Bohemian writer (died 1941) ↗
1883 Mathias Hynes, British tug of war competitor (died 1926) ↗
1882 Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (died 1937) ↗
1882 Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (died 1972) ↗
1881 Ernst Fast, Swedish runner (died 1959) ↗
1881 André Godard, French archaeologist, architect and historian (died 1965) ↗
1881 Ivan Ribar, Yugoslav politician (died 1968) ↗
1880 George Van Biesbroeck, Belgian–American astronomer (died 1974) ↗
1878 Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and activist (died 1948) ↗
1877 Baldassarre Negroni, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1948) ↗
1875 Paul E. Kahle, German orientalist (died 1964) ↗
1874 René-Louis Baire, French mathematician (died 1932) ↗
1873 Arturo Labriola, Italian revolutionary syndicalist (died 1959) ↗
1871 Olga Preobrajenska, Russian ballerina (died 1962) ↗
1869 Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (died 1916) ↗
1868 Felix Hoffmann, German chemist (died 1946) ↗
1867 Ludwig Thoma, German paramedic and author (died 1921) ↗
1867 Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (died 1965) ↗
1865 Heinrich Albers-Schonberg, German gynecologist and radiologist (died 1921) ↗
1864 Israel Zangwill, British author (died 1926) ↗
1860 Karl Staaff, Swedish lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1915) ↗
1855 Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (died 1874) ↗
1854 Karl Julius Beloch, German classical and economic historian (died 1929) ↗
1854 Eusapia Palladino, Italian spiritualist (died 1918) ↗
1851 Giuseppe Allamano, Italian Roman Catholic priest (died 1926) ↗
1848 Henri Duparc, French soldier and composer (died 1933) ↗
1847 Joseph Achille Le Bel, French chemist (died 1930) ↗
1846 Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Dutch mathematician and academic (died 1923) ↗
1846 Albert Lavignac, French music scholar (died 1916) ↗
1845 Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (died 1932) ↗
1843 Émile Levassor, French engineer (died 1897) ↗
1841 Édouard Schuré, French philosopher and author (died 1929) ↗
1840 Sophia Jex-Blake, English physician and feminist (died 1912) ↗
1839 Caterina Volpicelli, Italian Roman Catholic nun (died 1894) ↗
1831 George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (died 1889) ↗
1829 Oscar II of Sweden (died 1907) ↗
1827 Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1900) ↗
1824 Stonewall Jackson, American general (died 1863) ↗
1820 Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (died 1899) ↗
1820 Egide Walschaerts, Belgian mechanical engineer (died 1901) ↗
1815 Horace Wells, American dentist (died 1848) ↗
1814 Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, German bibliographer and historian (died 1885) ↗
1813 John C. Frémont, American general, explorer, and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (died 1890) ↗
1813 Giuseppe Montanelli, Italian statesman and author (died 1862) ↗
1811 James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, British statesman (died 1885) ↗
1810 Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, French general (died 1892) ↗
1808 Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, 16th President of Peru (died 1875) ↗
1804 Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter (died 1871) ↗
1801 John Batman, Australian entrepreneur and explorer (died 1839) ↗
1800 Theodor Fliedner, German Lutheran minister (died 1864) ↗
1797 Joseph Méry, French author and journalist (died 1866) ↗
1796 Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, consort of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1880) ↗
1788 William Henry Smyth, Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist (died 1865) ↗
1784 Peter De Wint, English painter (died 1849) ↗
1775 Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer (died 1832) ↗
1763 Augustin Robespierre, younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre (died 1794) ↗
1741 Chaim of Volozhin, Orthodox rabbi (died 1821) ↗
1738 Ethan Allen, American general (died 1789) ↗
1732 Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, son of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis (died 1797) ↗
1721 James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, Governor of Minorca (died 1794) ↗
1717 Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish military officer and governor of Cuba (died 1779) ↗
1714 Anna Morandi Manzolini, Italian anatomist (died 1774) ↗
1675 Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Margravine of Baden-Baden (died 1733) ↗
1659 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter (died 1722) ↗
1655 Antonio Molinari, Italian painter (died 1704) ↗
1636 Melchiorre Cafà, Maltese Baroque sculptor (baptised; (died 1667) ↗
1612 Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, count of Nassau-Dietz (died 1640) ↗
1598 Matsudaira Tadamasa, Japanese samurai and daimyō (died 1645) ↗
1493 Giovanni Poggio, Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1556) ↗
1338 Charles V of France (died 1380) ↗
1277 Galeazzo I Visconti, lord of Milan (died 1328) ↗
1264 Alexander, Prince of Scotland (died 1284) ↗

2025 Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, 79th President of El Salvador (born 1959) ↗
2025 Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (born 1937) ↗
2022 Louie Anderson, American actor and comedian (born 1953) ↗
2022 Leonor Oyarzún, Chilean socialite, First Lady of Chile (born 1919) ↗
2020 Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1942) ↗
2020 Morgan Wootten, American high school basketball coach (born 1931) ↗
2019 Kaye Ballard, American actress (born 1925) ↗
2019 Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (born 1933) ↗
2019 Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (born 1990) ↗
2019 Harris Wofford, American politician, author and civil rights activist (born 1926) ↗
2016 Bill Johnson, American skier (born 1960) ↗
2016 Mrinalini Sarabhai, a 1992-Padma Bhushan award winner Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. (born 1918) ↗
2015 Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (born 1942) ↗
2015 Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1939) ↗
2015 Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (born 1946) ↗
2015 Canek Sánchez Guevara, Cuban author and dissident (born 1974) ↗
2013 Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and academic (born 1941) ↗
2013 Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1940) ↗
2013 Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1935) ↗
2012 Jonathan Idema, American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (born 1956) ↗
2011 Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (born 1922) ↗
2011 Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (born 1938) ↗
2011 E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1958) ↗
2010 Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (born 1953) ↗
2009 Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (born 1946) ↗
2006 Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (born 1944) ↗
2005 Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (born 1907) ↗
2005 John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (born 1917) ↗
2005 Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (born 1921) ↗
2004 Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929) ↗
2003 Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (born 1933) ↗
2003 Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (born 1916) ↗
2002 Peggy Lee, American singer (born 1920) ↗
1999 Susan Strasberg, American actress (born 1938) ↗
1998 Jack Lord, American actor, director, and producer (born 1920) ↗
1994 Bassel al-Assad, Son of the former President of the Syrian Arab Republic Hafez al-Assad (born 1962) ↗
1993 Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (born 1903) ↗
1992 Eddie Mabo, Australian land rights activist (born 1936) ↗
1989 Carl Furillo, American baseball player (born 1922) ↗
1989 Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (born 1914) ↗
1988 Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (born 1919) ↗
1987 Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1926) ↗
1985 James Beard, American chef and author (born 1903) ↗
1985 Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (born 1930) ↗
1984 Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (born 1893) ↗
1984 Jackie Wilson, American singer (born 1934) ↗
1983 Lamar Williams, American bass player (born 1949) ↗
1978 Freda Utley, English scholar and author (born 1898) ↗
1977 Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (born 1906) ↗
1967 Ann Sheridan, American actress (born 1915) ↗
1963 Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (born 1893) ↗
1963 Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (born 1881) ↗
1961 Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (born 1887) ↗
1959 Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1881) ↗
1959 Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (born 1882) ↗
1959 Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide (born 1927) ↗
1955 Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (born 1880) ↗
1950 George Orwell – British novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1903) ↗
1948 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (born 1876) ↗
1945 Rash Behari Bose, founder of the Indian National Army (born 1886) ↗
1938 Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (born 1861) ↗
1937 Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1896) ↗
1933 George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (born 1852) ↗
1932 Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (born 1880) ↗
1931 Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1863) ↗
1928 George Washington – American general and engineer (born 1858) ↗
1926 Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843) ↗
1924 Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1870) ↗
1919 Gojong of Korea (born 1852) ↗
1919 Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1839) ↗
1918 Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (born 1857) ↗
1914 Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1857) ↗
1901 Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (born 1835) ↗
1891 Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (born 1842) ↗
1881 Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1802) ↗
1872 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (born 1791) ↗
1870 Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (born 1812) ↗
1862 Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (born 1820) ↗
1851 Albert Lortzing, German actor and composer (born 1801) ↗
1831 Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (born 1781) ↗
1823 Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (born 1761) ↗
1814 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (born 1737) ↗
1809 Josiah Hornblower, American engineer and politician (born 1729) ↗
1805 David Ker, Irish-American educator and judge ↗
1795 Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (born 1728) ↗
1793 Louis XVI of France (born 1754) ↗
1789 Baron d'Holbach, French-German philosopher and author (born 1723) ↗
1775 Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (born 1742) ↗
1774 Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (born 1717) ↗
1773 Alexis Piron, French playwright and author (born 1689) ↗
1731 Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (born 1675) ↗
1722 Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1661) ↗
1710 Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (born 1638) ↗
1706 Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (born 1649) ↗
1699 Obadiah Walker, English historian and academic (born 1616) ↗
1683 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1621) ↗
1670 Claude Duval, French highwayman (born 1643) ↗
1638 Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (born 1570) ↗
1609 Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian and scholar (born 1540) ↗
1546 Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimyō (born 1491) ↗
1527 Juan de Grijalva, Spanish explorer (born 1489) ↗
1320 Árni Helgason, Icelandic bishop (born c. 1260) ↗
1203 Agnes II, Abbess of Quedlinburg (born 1139) ↗
1118 Pope Paschal II (born 1050) ↗
945 Yang Tan, Chinese general and governor ↗
942 An Chongrong, Chinese general (Five Dynasties) ↗
939 Yang Pu, Chinese emperor (born 900) ↗
918 Liu Zhijun, Chinese general ↗
917 Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (born 880) ↗
496 Epiphanius of Pavia, Italian bishop and saint (born 438) ↗
420 Yazdegerd I, king of the Sassanid Empire ↗