64 Events
237 Births
100 Deaths
- 2024 At least 145 people are killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia. ↗
- 2021 Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado. ↗
- 2020 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. ↗
- 2020 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. ↗
- 2019 The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General. ↗
- 2019 Two buses crashed in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people. ↗
- 2017 A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured. ↗
- 2017 Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa. ↗
- 2016 Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station. ↗
- 2013 At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand. ↗
- 2006 Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox. ↗
- 2004 Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles. ↗
- 1997 Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion. ↗
- 1997 Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU. ↗
- 1996 NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76. ↗
- 1995 Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space. ↗
- 1993 The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path. ↗
- 1992 USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft. ↗
- 1992 Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election. ↗
- 1988 The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. ↗
- 1982 NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3. ↗
- 1978 Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ↗
- 1975 A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama, causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels. ↗
- 1972 The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. ↗
- 1972 In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives. ↗
- 1963 The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me. ↗
- 1960 Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. ↗
- 1955 A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into Hawaii's Waiʻanae Range, killing 66. ↗
- 1946 The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany, is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat. ↗
- 1945 The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt. ↗
- 1943 World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118. ↗
- 1942 World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte. ↗
- 1939 Germany takes Memel from Lithuania. ↗
- 1934 The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. ↗
- 1933 Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines. ↗
- 1933 Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau. ↗
- 1920 Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh). ↗
- 1916 Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency. ↗
- 1913 Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day. ↗
- 1906 The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris. ↗
- 1896 Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes. ↗
- 1895 Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time. ↗
- 1894 The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada. ↗
- 1873 The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico. ↗
- 1871 In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment. ↗
- 1849 The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara. ↗
- 1829 In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece. ↗
- 1794 The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves. ↗
- 1792 Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution. ↗
- 1784 The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. ↗
- 1765 The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies. ↗
- 1739 Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne. ↗
- 1668 Notable Privateer Henry Morgan lands in Cuba to raid and plunder the inland town of Puerto del Príncipe during the latter stages of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660). ↗
- 1638 Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent. ↗
- 1631 The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables. ↗
- 1622 Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War. ↗
- 1621 The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony, led by governor John Carver, sign a peace treaty with Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags; Squanto serves as an interpreter between the two sides. ↗
- 1508 Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire. ↗
- 1312 Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar. ↗
- 1185 Battle of Yashima: the Japanese forces of the Taira clan are defeated by the Minamoto clan. ↗
- 871 Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. ↗
- 235 Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. ↗
- 106 Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. ↗
- 2001 Artūrs Šilovs, Latvian ice hockey player ↗
- 2000 Dimitrios Meliopoulos, Greek footballer ↗
- 1997 Alex Meret, Italian footballer ↗
- 1997 Chimezie Metu, Nigerian-American basketball player ↗
- 1995 Nick Robinson, American actor ↗
- 1994 Edwin Díaz, Puerto Rican baseball player ↗
- 1994 Taurean Prince, American basketball player ↗
- 1994 Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player ↗
- 1994 Ha Sung-woon, South Korean singer ↗
- 1992 Roston Chase, Barbadian cricketer ↗
- 1992 Edy Tavares, Cape Verdean basketball player ↗
- 1991 Dominique Fishback, American actress ↗
- 1989 Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer ↗
- 1989 J. J. Watt, American football player ↗
- 1988 Chris Ivory, American football player ↗
- 1987 Ike Davis, American baseball player ↗
- 1987 Liam Doran, British rallycross driver ↗
- 1987 Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (died 2013) ↗
- 1986 Dexter Fowler, American baseball player ↗
- 1985 Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer ↗
- 1985 Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist ↗
- 1985 Justin Masterson, American baseball player ↗
- 1985 Kelli Waite, Australian swimmer ↗
- 1984 Piotr Trochowski, German footballer ↗
- 1983 Thomas Davis Sr., American football player ↗
- 1982 Deng Gai, South Sudanese basketball player ↗
- 1982 Enrico Gasparotto, Italian cyclist ↗
- 1982 Michael Janyk, Canadian skier ↗
- 1982 Michael Morse, American baseball player ↗
- 1982 Piá, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1982 Mike Smith, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1982 Constance Wu, American actress ↗
- 1981 Tiffany Dupont, American actress ↗
- 1981 Arne Gabius, German runner ↗
- 1981 Mims, American rapper ↗
- 1979 Michalis Kouinelis, Greek hip hop singer ↗
- 1979 Aaron North, American guitarist ↗
- 1979 Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player ↗
- 1978 Josh Heupel, American football player and coach ↗
- 1977 John Otto, American musician and songwriter ↗
- 1977 Joey Porter, American football player and coach ↗
- 1977 Dave Portnoy, American businessman and social media personality ↗
- 1977 Tom Poti, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1977 Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Venezuelan film director and screenwriter ↗
- 1976 Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player ↗
- 1976 Asako Toki, Japanese singer-songwriter ↗
- 1976 Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer ↗
- 1975 Guillermo Díaz, American actor ↗
- 1975 Anne Dudek, American actress ↗
- 1975 Cole Hauser, American actor and producer ↗
- 1975 Jiří Novák, Czech-Monegasque tennis player ↗
- 1974 Marcus Camby, American basketball player ↗
- 1974 Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer ↗
- 1974 Grigoria Golia, Greek handball player ↗
- 1974 Tuomas Grönman, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
- 1974 Geo Meneses, Mexican producer and singer ↗
- 1973 Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1972 Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor ↗
- 1972 Cory Lidle, American baseball player (died 2006) ↗
- 1972 Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster ↗
- 1971 Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, and writer ↗
- 1971 Will Yun Lee, American actor and martial artist ↗
- 1970 Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter ↗
- 1970 Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist ↗
- 1970 Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner ↗
- 1969 Russell Maryland, American football player ↗
- 1967 Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist ↗
- 1967 Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (died 2011) ↗
- 1966 Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015) ↗
- 1966 Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia ↗
- 1966 António Pinto, Portuguese runner ↗
- 1966 Brian Shaw, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1965 Ice MC, British rapper ↗
- 1963 Deborah Bull, English ballerina ↗
- 1963 Pelle Eklund, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1963 Susan Ann Sulley, English pop singer ↗
- 1963 Hannu Virta, Finnish ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1963 Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru ↗
- 1962 Nikos Kourbanas, Greek footballer ↗
- 1961 Simon Furman, British comic book writer ↗
- 1960 Jim Covert, American football player ↗
- 1959 Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1957 Jürgen Bucher, German footballer ↗
- 1957 Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer ↗
- 1956 Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg ↗
- 1955 Lena Olin, Swedish actress ↗
- 1955 Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia ↗
- 1953 Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster ↗
- 1952 Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland ↗
- 1952 Bob Costas, American sportscaster ↗
- 1949 Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1949 Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (died 2010) ↗
- 1948 Wolf Blitzer, American journalist ↗
- 1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director ↗
- 1947 George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol ↗
- 1947 James Patterson, American author and producer ↗
- 1947 Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach ↗
- 1946 Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1946 Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer ↗
- 1946 Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author ↗
- 1946 Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1945 Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer ↗
- 1943 George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1943 Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager (died 2013) ↗
- 1943 Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1976) ↗
- 1942 Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1942 Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic ↗
- 1941 Billy Collins, American poet ↗
- 1941 Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1941 Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (died 2019) ↗
- 1941 Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius ↗
- 1940 George Edward Alcorn, Jr., American physicist and inventor ↗
- 1940 Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1940 Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (died 1996) ↗
- 1938 Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (died 2012) ↗
- 1937 Angelo Badalamenti, American pianist and composer (died 2022) ↗
- 1937 Armin Hary, German sprinter ↗
- 1937 Jon Hassell, American trumpet player and composer (died 2021) ↗
- 1937 Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen (died 2003) ↗
- 1936 Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (died 2015) ↗
- 1936 Ron Carey, American trade union leader (died 2008) ↗
- 1936 Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) ↗
- 1935 Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (died 2004) ↗
- 1935 Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis player and journalist (died 2024) ↗
- 1935 Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (died 2013) ↗
- 1935 M. Emmet Walsh, American actor (died 2024) ↗
- 1934 May Britt, Swedish actress ↗
- 1934 Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge ↗
- 1934 Orrin Hatch, American lawyer and politician (died 2022) ↗
- 1933 Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran (died 2021) ↗
- 1932 Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2014) ↗
- 1932 Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (died 2010) ↗
- 1931 Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018) ↗
- 1931 William Shatner, Canadian actor ↗
- 1931 Ann Shulgin, psychedelic researcher and author (died 2022) ↗
- 1931 Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author (died 2014) ↗
- 1930 Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic ↗
- 1930 Pat Robertson, American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (died 2023) ↗
- 1930 Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter (died 2021) ↗
- 1929 Kusama Yayoi – Japanese artist ↗
- 1929 P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (died 1973) ↗
- 1928 Carrie Donovan, American journalist (died 2001) ↗
- 1928 E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic ↗
- 1928 Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest (died 2011) ↗
- 1927 Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager (died 2013) ↗
- 1927 Nicolas Tikhomiroff, Russian photographer (died 2016) ↗
- 1924 Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (died 2013) ↗
- 1924 Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (died 1960) ↗
- 1924 Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998) ↗
- 1924 Bill Wendell, American television announcer (died 1999) ↗
- 1923 Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (died 2007) ↗
- 1922 John J. Gilligan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (died 2013) ↗
- 1922 Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (died 2015) ↗
- 1921 Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004) ↗
- 1920 James Brown, American actor and singer (died 1992) ↗
- 1920 Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (died 2000) ↗
- 1920 Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (died 1995) ↗
- 1920 Ross Martin, American actor (died 1981) ↗
- 1920 Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (died 2007) ↗
- 1920 Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (died 2020) ↗
- 1919 Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (died 1990) ↗
- 1918 Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (died 1997) ↗
- 1917 Virginia Grey, American actress (died 2004) ↗
- 1917 Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (died 2006) ↗
- 1917 Paul Rogers, English actor (died 2013) ↗
- 1914 John Stanley, American author and illustrator (died 1993) ↗
- 1914 Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (died 2008) ↗
- 1913 Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (died 1983) ↗
- 1913 Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (died 2002) ↗
- 1913 James Westerfield, American actor (died 1971) ↗
- 1912 Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (died 1985) ↗
- 1912 Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (died 1959) ↗
- 1912 Karl Malden, American actor (died 2009) ↗
- 1912 Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (died 2004) ↗
- 1910 Nicholas Monsarrat, English sailor and author (died 1979) ↗
- 1909 Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author and educator (died 1983) ↗
- 1908 Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (died 1991) ↗
- 1908 Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (died 1988) ↗
- 1907 James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (died 1990) ↗
- 1903 Bill Holman, American cartoonist (died 1987) ↗
- 1902 Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (died 1949) ↗
- 1902 Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer (died 2008) ↗
- 1901 Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter (died 1991) ↗
- 1899 Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer (died 1991) ↗
- 1896 He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1969) ↗
- 1896 Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor (died 1964) ↗
- 1892 Charlie Poole, American country banjo player (died 1931) ↗
- 1892 Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar (died 1970) ↗
- 1890 George Clark, American race car driver (died 1978) ↗
- 1887 Chico Marx, American actor (died 1961) ↗
- 1886 August Rei, Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (died 1963) ↗
- 1885 Aryeh Levin, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (died 1969) ↗
- 1884 Arthur H. Vandenberg, American journalist and politician (died 1951) ↗
- 1884 Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (died 1959) ↗
- 1880 Ernest C. Quigley, Canadian-American football player and coach (died 1960) ↗
- 1873 Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (died 1939) ↗
- 1869 Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (died 1964) ↗
- 1869 Tom McInnes, Scottish-English footballer (died 1939) ↗
- 1868 Robert Andrews Millikan, American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953) ↗
- 1866 Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (died 1913) ↗
- 1857 Paul Doumer, French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (died 1932) ↗
- 1855 Dorothy Tennant, British painter (died 1926) ↗
- 1852 Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and educator (died 1934) ↗
- 1852 Hector Sévin, French cardinal (died 1916) ↗
- 1846 Randolph Caldecott, English illustrator and painter (died 1886) ↗
- 1846 James Timberlake, American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (died 1891) ↗
- 1842 Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1912) ↗
- 1841 Anastassios Christomanos, Greek scientist (died 1906) ↗
- 1822 Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (died 1895) ↗
- 1818 John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (died 1846) ↗
- 1817 Braxton Bragg, American general (died 1876) ↗
- 1814 Thomas Crawford, American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (died 1857) ↗
- 1812 Stephen Pearl Andrews, American author and activist (died 1886) ↗
- 1808 Caroline Norton, English feminist, social reformer, and author (died 1877) ↗
- 1808 David Swinson Maynard, American physician and lawyer (died 1873) ↗
- 1797 William I, German Emperor (died 1888) ↗
- 1785 Adam Sedgwick, English scientist (died 1873) ↗
- 1728 Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter and theorist (died 1779) ↗
- 1723 Charles Carroll, American lawyer and politician (died 1783) ↗
- 1720 Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (died 1799) ↗
- 1712 Edward Moore, English poet and playwright (died 1757) ↗
- 1684 William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (died 1764) ↗
- 1663 August Hermann Francke, German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (died 1727) ↗
- 1615 Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, British scientist (died 1691) ↗
- 1609 John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king (died 1672) ↗
- 1599 Anthony van Dyck, Flemish-English painter and etcher (died 1641) ↗
- 1582 John Williams, Archbishop of York (died 1650) ↗
- 1519 Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (died 1580) ↗
- 1517 Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer (died 1590) ↗
- 1503 Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian author and educator (died 1583) ↗
- 1499 Johann Carion, German astrologer and chronicler (died 1537) ↗
- 1459 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1519) ↗
- 1394 Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer and mathematician (died 1449) ↗
- 1367 Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (probable); (died 1399) ↗
- 1212 Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (died 1235) ↗
- 875 William I, Duke of Aquitaine (died 918) ↗
- 841 Bernard Plantapilosa, Frankish son of Bernard of Septimania (died 885) ↗
- 2025 Jessica Aber, American lawyer (born 1981) ↗
- 2025 Andy Peebles, English radio DJ, television presenter and cricket commentator (born 1948) ↗
- 2024 Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (born 1925) ↗
- 2019 Scott Walker, British-American singer-songwriter (born 1943) ↗
- 2018 Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (born 1911) ↗
- 2016 Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (born 1969) ↗
- 2016 Rita Gam, American actress (born 1927) ↗
- 2015 Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (born 1933) ↗
- 2015 Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (born 1923) ↗
- 2015 Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1936) ↗
- 2014 Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (born 1928) ↗
- 2014 Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (born 1929) ↗
- 2014 Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (born 1938) ↗
- 2014 Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (born 1965) ↗
- 2013 Vladimír Čech, Czech actor and politician (born 1951) ↗
- 2013 Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (born 1918) ↗
- 2012 Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (born 1928) ↗
- 2012 David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic (born 1943) ↗
- 2012 Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (born 1956) ↗
- 2011 Artur Agostinho, Portuguese journalist (born 1920) ↗
- 2011 Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (born 1926) ↗
- 2010 James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924) ↗
- 2010 Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (born 1943) ↗
- 2008 Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (born 1918) ↗
- 2007 U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (born 1918) ↗
- 2006 Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (born 1921) ↗
- 2006 Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author (born 1917) ↗
- 2006 Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author (born 1937) ↗
- 2005 Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1947) ↗
- 2005 Gemini Ganesan, Indian film actor (born 1920) ↗
- 2005 Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (born 1913) ↗
- 2004 Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (born 1943) ↗
- 2004 Ahmed Yassin, Co-founded Hamas (born 1937) ↗
- 2004 V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (born 1909) ↗
- 2003 Terry Lloyd, English journalist (born 1952) ↗
- 2002 Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1917) ↗
- 2001 Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (born 1925) ↗
- 2001 Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (born 1913) ↗
- 2001 William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (born 1910) ↗
- 2001 Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (born 1910) ↗
- 2000 Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (born 1921) ↗
- 1999 Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (born 1913) ↗
- 1999 David Strickland, American actor (born 1969) ↗
- 1996 Don Murray, American drummer (born 1945) ↗
- 1996 Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1936) ↗
- 1996 Billy Williamson, American guitarist (born 1925) ↗
- 1994 Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (born 1950) ↗
- 1994 Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer (born 1899) ↗
- 1993 Steve Olin, American baseball player (born 1965) ↗
- 1991 Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1917) ↗
- 1991 Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1908) ↗
- 1991 Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934) ↗
- 1991 Gloria Holden, English-American actress (born 1908) ↗
- 1990 Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic (born 1928) ↗
- 1989 Peta Taylor, English cricketer (born 1912) ↗
- 1987 Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (born 1912) ↗
- 1986 Olive Deering, American actress (born 1918) ↗
- 1985 Raoul Ubac, French painter, sculptor, photographer, and engraver (born 1910) ↗
- 1985 Spyros Vassiliou, Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer (born 1903) ↗
- 1981 James Elliott, American runner and coach (born 1915) ↗
- 1981 Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (born 1907) ↗
- 1979 Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (born 1901) ↗
- 1978 Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (born 1905) ↗
- 1977 A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (born 1904) ↗
- 1976 John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (born 1898) ↗
- 1974 Peter Revson, American race car driver (born 1939) ↗
- 1974 Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (born 1910) ↗
- 1971 Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (born 1893) ↗
- 1971 Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (born 1886) ↗
- 1966 John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (born 1935) ↗
- 1960 José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (born 1904) ↗
- 1958 Mike Todd, American film producer (born 1909) ↗
- 1955 Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1892) ↗
- 1952 D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1883) ↗
- 1942 Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (born 1875) ↗
- 1942 William Donne, English captain and cricketer (born 1875) ↗
- 1942 María Collazo, Uruguayan journalist and activist (born 1884) ↗
- 1931 James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (born 1851) ↗
- 1924 William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (born 1848) ↗
- 1913 Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (born 1882) ↗
- 1913 Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (born 1864) ↗
- 1896 Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (born 1822) ↗
- 1881 Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (born 1793) ↗
- 1864 Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (born 1838) ↗
- 1840 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (born 1798) ↗
- 1832 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1749) ↗
- 1820 Stephen Decatur, American commander (born 1779) ↗
- 1758 Jonathan Edwards, English minister, theologian, and philosopher (born 1703) ↗
- 1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (born 1632) ↗
- 1685 Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (born 1638) ↗
- 1602 Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator (born 1557) ↗
- 1544 Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (born 1488) ↗
- 1471 George of Poděbrady (born 1420) ↗
- 1454 John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury ↗
- 1421 Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of England (born 1388) ↗
- 1418 Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian (born 1345) ↗
- 1322 Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward of England (born 1278) ↗
- 1144 William of Norwich, child murder victim ↗
- 880 Carloman of Bavaria, Frankish king ↗
- 235 Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (born 208) ↗