55 Events
189 Births
123 Deaths
- 2021 Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board. ↗
- 2015 The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes. ↗
- 2015 A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involving beer that was contaminated with Burkholderia gladioli leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill. ↗
- 2014 An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others. ↗
- 2011 Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people. ↗
- 2007 Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco. ↗
- 2005 Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh. ↗
- 2005 The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War. ↗
- 2004 An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history. ↗
- 2003 TANS Perú Flight 222 crashes on approach to Chachapoyas Airport in Chachapoyas, Peru, killing 46 people. ↗
- 1997 Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people. ↗
- 1996 First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians. ↗
- 1992 The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia. ↗
- 1992 The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12. ↗
- 1991 Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. ↗
- 1964 Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians. ↗
- 1962 Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon. ↗
- 1961 British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland spy ring in London. ↗
- 1960 President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile. ↗
- 1959 The Vega de Tera dam fails, triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of Ribadelago and kills 144 residents. ↗
- 1957 British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf. ↗
- 1941 World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster. ↗
- 1927 A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children. ↗
- 1923 Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight. ↗
- 1923 Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control. ↗
- 1921 Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia. ↗
- 1920 Ukrainian War of Independence: The All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee outlaws the Makhnovshchina by decree, igniting the Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict. ↗
- 1918 Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars. ↗
- 1917 World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine. ↗
- 1916 World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula. ↗
- 1914 The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States. ↗
- 1909 Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time. ↗
- 1903 Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia. ↗
- 1878 Umberto I becomes King of Italy. ↗
- 1861 American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. ↗
- 1861 Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War. ↗
- 1858 British forces finally defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong ↗
- 1857 The 7.9 Mw Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). ↗
- 1839 The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process. ↗
- 1822 The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process. ↗
- 1816 Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery. ↗
- 1806 Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral. ↗
- 1799 British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars. ↗
- 1793 Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States. ↗
- 1792 Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–92. ↗
- 1788 Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the United States Constitution. ↗
- 1787 The nationally known image of the Black Nazarene in the Philippines was transferred from what is now Rizal Park to its present shrine in the minor basilica of Quiapo Church. This is annually commemorated through its Traslación (solemn transfer) in the streets of Manila and is attended by millions of devotees. ↗
- 1760 Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat. ↗
- 1693 Sicily earthquake: The first of two earthquakes destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. After the second quake on 11 January, the death toll is estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000 people. ↗
- 1431 The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen. ↗
- 1349 The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated. ↗
- 1127 Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong of Song and others, ending the Northern Song period. ↗
- 1038 An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimated 32,300. ↗
- 681 Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. ↗
- 2004 Souhardya De, Indian author and columnist ↗
- 2001 Peter Mamouzelos, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 2001 Zeke Nnaji, American basketball player ↗
- 2000 Luka Šamanić, Croatian basketball player ↗
- 1998 Kerris Dorsey, American actress ↗
- 1998 Brent Rivera, American social media personality and actor ↗
- 1996 Vítek Vaněček, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1995 Braden Hamlin-Uele, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1995 Dominik Livaković, Croatian football goalkeeper ↗
- 1995 Nicola Peltz, American actress ↗
- 1994 Radek Faksa, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1993 Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete ↗
- 1993 Marcus Peters, American football player ↗
- 1992 Jack Campbell, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1992 Terrence Jones, American basketball player ↗
- 1992 Joseph Parker, Samoan heavyweight boxer ↗
- 1991 Ruby Soho, American wrestler ↗
- 1991 Álvaro Soler, Spanish singer-songwriter ↗
- 1989 Michael Beasley, American basketball player ↗
- 1989 Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress ↗
- 1989 Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete ↗
- 1989 Samardo Samuels, Jamaican-American basketball player ↗
- 1989 Chris Sandow, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1989 Haris Sohail, Pakistani cricketer ↗
- 1988 Lee Yeon-hee, South Korean actress ↗
- 1987 Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1987 Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1987 Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer ↗
- 1986 Raphael Diaz, Swiss ice hockey player ↗
- 1986 Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1986 Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player ↗
- 1985 Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1982 Catherine, Princess of Wales ↗
- 1982 Sharrod Ford, American basketball player ↗
- 1981 Ebi Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager ↗
- 1980 Édgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer ↗
- 1980 Sergio García, Spanish golfer ↗
- 1980 Shaun Hill, American football player ↗
- 1980 Luke Patten, Australian rugby league player and referee ↗
- 1980 Francisco Pavón, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1978 Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1978 Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager ↗
- 1978 Chad Johnson, American football player ↗
- 1978 AJ McLean, American singer, dancer, and actor ↗
- 1976 Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1975 James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper ↗
- 1974 Omari Hardwick, American actor ↗
- 1973 Angela Bettis, American actress, director, and producer ↗
- 1973 Sean Paul, Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor ↗
- 1971 Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host ↗
- 1970 Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1968 Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach ↗
- 1968 Joey Lauren Adams, American actress ↗
- 1968 Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer ↗
- 1967 Matt Bevin, American politician, 62nd Governor of Kentucky ↗
- 1967 Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1967 David Costabile, American actor ↗
- 1967 Steve Harwell, American rock singer (died 2023) ↗
- 1967 Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ↗
- 1965 Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player ↗
- 1965 Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer and musician ↗
- 1965 Joely Richardson, English actress ↗
- 1963 Eric Erlandson, American musician and songwriter ↗
- 1963 Irwin McLean, Northern Irish biologist and academic ↗
- 1962 Ray Houghton, Scottish-born footballer ↗
- 1961 Didier Camberabero, French rugby player ↗
- 1960 Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer ↗
- 1959 Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate ↗
- 1958 Rob McClanahan, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1958 Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish assassin ↗
- 1957 Phil Lewis, English musician, singer and songwriter ↗
- 1956 Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress ↗
- 1956 Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer ↗
- 1955 Bruce Boudreau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1955 J. K. Simmons, American actor ↗
- 1954 Philippa Gregory, Kenyan-English author and academic ↗
- 1952 Kaushik Basu, Indian economist and academic ↗
- 1951 M. L. Carr, American basketball player, coach, and executive ↗
- 1951 Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1950 Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic ↗
- 1950 David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025) ↗
- 1948 Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006) ↗
- 1948 Jan Tomaszewski, Polish footballer, manager, and politician ↗
- 1946 Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (died 2013) ↗
- 1946 Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician, 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs ↗
- 1945 John Doman, American actor ↗
- 1945 Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia ↗
- 1944 Harun Farocki, German filmmaker (died 2014) ↗
- 1944 Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1944 Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor ↗
- 1943 Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright ↗
- 1943 Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2007) ↗
- 1943 Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2019) ↗
- 1941 Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist ↗
- 1940 Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (died 1993) ↗
- 1940 Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation ↗
- 1939 Susannah York, English actress and activist (died 2011) ↗
- 1938 Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician (died 2013) ↗
- 1936 K Callan, American actress and author ↗
- 1936 Marko Veselica, Croatian academic and politician (died 2017) ↗
- 1935 Bob Denver, American actor (died 2005) ↗
- 1935 Dick Enberg, American sportscaster (died 2017) ↗
- 1935 John Graham, New Zealand rugby player and educator (died 2017) ↗
- 1935 Brian Harradine, Australian politician (died 2014) ↗
- 1934 Bart Starr, American football player and coach (died 2019) ↗
- 1933 Roy Dwight, English footballer (died 2002) ↗
- 1933 Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author (died 2021) ↗
- 1931 Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (died 2008) ↗
- 1929 Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (died 2015) ↗
- 1929 Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (died 1995) ↗
- 1928 Judith Krantz, American novelist (died 2019) ↗
- 1928 Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (died 1994) ↗
- 1926 Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2002) ↗
- 1925 Len Quested, English footballer and manager (died 2012) ↗
- 1925 Lee Van Cleef, American actor (died 1989) ↗
- 1924 Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (died 1990) ↗
- 1922 Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (died 2011) ↗
- 1922 Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (died 1984) ↗
- 1921 Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (died 2025) ↗
- 1920 Clive Dunn, English actor (died 2012) ↗
- 1920 Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (died 1998) ↗
- 1919 William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic (died 2007) ↗
- 1918 Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (died 2005) ↗
- 1915 Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (died 1982) ↗
- 1915 Anita Louise, American actress (died 1970) ↗
- 1914 Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (died 1985) ↗
- 1913 Richard Nixon – American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (died 1994) ↗
- 1912 Basil Langton, English actor, director, photographer, and teacher (died 2003) ↗
- 1912 Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (died 1996) ↗
- 1909 Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta (died 2008) ↗
- 1909 Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (died 1992) ↗
- 1908 Simone de Beauvoir – French philosopher and author (died 1986) ↗
- 1902 Rudolf Bing, American impresario and businessman (died 1997) ↗
- 1902 Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (died 1975) ↗
- 1901 Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (died 1991) ↗
- 1900 Richard Halliburton, American journalist and author (died 1939) ↗
- 1899 Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (died 1942) ↗
- 1898 Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (died 1979) ↗
- 1897 Karl Löwith, German philosopher, author, and academic (died 1973) ↗
- 1897 Halyna Kuzmenko, Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (died 1978) ↗
- 1896 Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor and director (died 1971) ↗
- 1893 Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (died 1968) ↗
- 1892 Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician (died 1985) ↗
- 1890 Karel Čapek – Czech author and playwright (died 1938) ↗
- 1890 Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (died 1935) ↗
- 1889 Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (died 1969) ↗
- 1886 Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (died 1943) ↗
- 1885 Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler (died 1968) ↗
- 1881 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (died 1938) ↗
- 1881 Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (died 1956) ↗
- 1879 John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (died 1958) ↗
- 1875 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (died 1942) ↗
- 1873 Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet (died 1934) ↗
- 1873 Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler (died 1944) ↗
- 1873 John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (died 1938) ↗
- 1870 Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (died 1938) ↗
- 1868 S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic (died 1939) ↗
- 1864 Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1926) ↗
- 1859 Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (died 1947) ↗
- 1856 Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (died 1912) ↗
- 1854 Jennie Jerome, American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winston Churchill (died 1921) ↗
- 1849 John Hartley, English tennis player (died 1935) ↗
- 1848 Princess Frederica of Hanover (died 1926) ↗
- 1839 John Knowles Paine, American composer and academic (died 1906) ↗
- 1832 Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1900) ↗
- 1829 Thomas William Robertson, English director and playwright (died 1871) ↗
- 1829 Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (died 1857) ↗
- 1823 Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (died 1908) ↗
- 1822 Carol Benesch, Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle (died 1896) ↗
- 1819 James Francis, English-Australian businessman and politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (died 1884) ↗
- 1818 Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (died 1881) ↗
- 1811 Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (died 1856) ↗
- 1778 Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish Ney player and composer (died 1846) ↗
- 1773 Cassandra Austen, English painter and illustrator (died 1845) ↗
- 1753 Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano and actress (died 1833) ↗
- 1745 Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1819) ↗
- 1735 John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (died 1823) ↗
- 1728 Thomas Warton, English poet, historian, and critic (died 1790) ↗
- 1685 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (died 1766) ↗
- 1674 Reinhard Keiser, German composer (died 1739) ↗
- 1645 Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English noble and politician (date baptized; (died 1712) ↗
- 1624 Empress Meishō of Japan (died 1696) ↗
- 1606 William Dugard, English printer (died 1662) ↗
- 1590 Simon Vouet, French painter (died 1649) ↗
- 1571 Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (died 1621) ↗
- 1554 Pope Gregory XV (died 1623) ↗
- 1418 Juan Ramón Folch III de Cardona, Aragonese admiral (died 1485) ↗
- 1304 Hōjō Takatoki, Japanese shikken of the Kamakura bakufu (died 1333)[unreliable source?] ↗
- 727 Emperor Daizong of Tang (died 779) ↗
- 2025 Black Bart, American professional wrestler (born 1948) ↗
- 2024 Rashid Khan, Indian classical musician (born 1968) ↗
- 2023 Séamus Begley, Irish accordion player, fiddler and Irish traditional musician (born 1949) ↗
- 2022 Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host (born 1956) ↗
- 2022 Maria Ewing, American opera singer (born 1950) ↗
- 2021 John Reilly, American actor (born 1934) ↗
- 2019 Verna Bloom, American actress (born 1938) ↗
- 2019 Paul Koslo, German-Canadian actor (born 1944) ↗
- 2018 Kato Ottio, Papua New Guinean rugby league player (born 1994) ↗
- 2017 Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist (born 1925) ↗
- 2016 John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (born 1938) ↗
- 2016 Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Michel Jeury, French author (born 1934) ↗
- 2015 Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (born 1946) ↗
- 2015 Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (born 1928) ↗
- 2015 Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (born 1964) ↗
- 2014 Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (born 1934) ↗
- 2014 Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (born 1926) ↗
- 2014 Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (born 1965) ↗
- 2014 Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1939) ↗
- 2013 Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (born 1923) ↗
- 2013 James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919) ↗
- 2013 Robert L. Rock, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (born 1927) ↗
- 2013 John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1935) ↗
- 2012 Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (born 1937) ↗
- 2012 Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, Swiss geologist and academic (born 1910) ↗
- 2012 William G. Roll, German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (born 1926) ↗
- 2012 Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1947) ↗
- 2012 László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (born 1921) ↗
- 2011 Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (born 1930) ↗
- 2009 Rob Gauntlett, English mountaineer and explorer (born 1987) ↗
- 2009 T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (born 1914) ↗
- 2009 Tan Chor Jin, Singaporean murderer and triad leader of Ang Soon Tong (born 1966) ↗
- 2008 Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (born 1923) ↗
- 2008 John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and television host (born 1924) ↗
- 2007 Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (born 1977) ↗
- 2007 Jean-Pierre Vernant, French anthropologist and historian (born 1914) ↗
- 2006 Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (born 1964) ↗
- 2006 W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (born 1913) ↗
- 2004 Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and academic (born 1909) ↗
- 2003 Will McDonough, American journalist (born 1935) ↗
- 2001 Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (born 1926) ↗
- 2000 Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer and academic (born 1915) ↗
- 2000 Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (born 1909) ↗
- 1998 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) ↗
- 1998 Imi Lichtenfeld, Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founded Krav Maga (born 1910) ↗
- 1997 Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1909) ↗
- 1997 Jesse White, American actor (born 1917) ↗
- 1996 Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (born 1923) ↗
- 1996 Abdullah al-Qasemi, Saudi atheist, writer, and intellectual (born 1907) ↗
- 1995 Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (born 1909) ↗
- 1995 Peter Cook, English actor and screenwriter (born 1937) ↗
- 1993 Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, Governor-General of Australia (born 1905) ↗
- 1992 Steve Brodie, American actor (born 1919) ↗
- 1992 Bill Naughton, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1910) ↗
- 1990 Spud Chandler, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1907) ↗
- 1990 Cemal Süreya, Turkish poet and journalist (born 1931) ↗
- 1988 Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and composer (born 1909) ↗
- 1987 Arthur Lake, American actor (born 1905) ↗
- 1985 Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (born 1879) ↗
- 1984 Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (born 1909) ↗
- 1981 Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (born 1922) ↗
- 1979 Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (born 1891) ↗
- 1975 Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (born 1897) ↗
- 1975 Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (born 1901) ↗
- 1972 Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (born 1891) ↗
- 1971 Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (born 1876) ↗
- 1964 Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (born 1884) ↗
- 1961 Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867) ↗
- 1960 Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (born 1880) ↗
- 1947 Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (born 1893) ↗
- 1946 Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (born 1903) ↗
- 1945 Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (born 1908) ↗
- 1945 Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1890) ↗
- 1945 Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (born 1890) ↗
- 1941 Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (born 1874) ↗
- 1939 Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1866) ↗
- 1936 John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1899) ↗
- 1931 Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (born 1896) ↗
- 1930 Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (born 1863) ↗
- 1927 Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (born 1855) ↗
- 1924 Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (born 1853) ↗
- 1923 Katherine Mansfield – New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1888) ↗
- 1918 Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (born 1844) ↗
- 1917 Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (born 1853) ↗
- 1911 Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (born 1853) ↗
- 1911 Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (born 1886) ↗
- 1908 Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (born 1832) ↗
- 1908 Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (born 1840) ↗
- 1901 Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (born 1830) ↗
- 1895 Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (born 1812) ↗
- 1878 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (born 1820) ↗
- 1876 Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (born 1801) ↗
- 1873 Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (born 1808) ↗
- 1858 Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (born 1798) ↗
- 1856 Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (born 1770) ↗
- 1848 Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (born 1750) ↗
- 1843 William Hedley, English engineer (born 1773) ↗
- 1833 Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (born 1752) ↗
- 1805 Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (born 1723) ↗
- 1800 Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (born 1762) ↗
- 1799 Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1718) ↗
- 1766 Thomas Birch, English historian and author (born 1705) ↗
- 1762 Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida (born 1678) ↗
- 1757 Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1657) ↗
- 1622 Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (born 1576) ↗
- 1612 Leonard Holliday, Lord Mayor of London (born 1550) ↗
- 1598 Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (born 1553) ↗
- 1571 Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (born 1510) ↗
- 1561 Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (born 1514) ↗
- 1543 Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (born 1491) ↗
- 1534 Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (born 1477) ↗
- 1529 Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (born 1472) ↗
- 1514 Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France (born 1477) ↗
- 1511 Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (born 1423) ↗
- 1499 John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1455) ↗
- 1463 William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, English soldier (born 1405) ↗
- 1450 Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester ↗
- 1367 Giulia della Rena, Italian saint (born 1319) ↗
- 1283 Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (born 1236) ↗
- 1282 Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Minorcan ruler (born 1204) ↗
- 1150 Emperor Xizong of Jin (born 1119) ↗
- 710 Adrian of Canterbury, abbot and scholar ↗