On This Day: October 25 - Historical Events, Births & Deaths

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2023 A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured. ↗
2010 Mount Merapi in Indonesia begins a month-long series of violent eruptions that kill 353 people and cause the evacuation of another 350,000 people. ↗
2010 A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people. ↗
2009 The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721. ↗
2001 Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems. ↗
1999 A Learjet 35 crashes in Mina near Aberdeen, South Dakota, killing all six people on board, including PGA golfer Payne Stewart and golf course designer Bruce Borland. ↗
1997 After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo. ↗
1995 A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. ↗
1990 The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union. ↗
1989 The first leg of the 1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. ↗
1983 The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état. ↗
1980 Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude. ↗
1973 Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339. ↗
1971 The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations. ↗
1968 A Fairchild F-27 crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 32 people. ↗
1968 Soyuz 2 is launched. ↗
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba. ↗
1949 The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins. ↗
1945 Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control. ↗
1944 World War II: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich. ↗
1944 World War II: The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo. ↗
1944 World War II: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. ↗
1940 Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army. ↗
1932 George Lansbury became the leader of the opposition British Labour Party. ↗
1927 The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314. ↗
1924 The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later. ↗
1920 After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies. ↗
1917 Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia. ↗
1911 The Xinhai Revolution spreads to Guangzhou, where the Qing general Fengshan is assassinated by the Chinese Assassination Corps. ↗
1875 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23 premieres in Boston, Massachusetts, with Benjamin Johnson Lang as conductor and Hans von Bülow as soloist. ↗
1868 The Uspenski Cathedral, designed by Aleksey Gornostayev, is inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland. ↗
1861 The Toronto Stock Exchange is created. ↗
1854 The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade. ↗
1822 Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins. ↗
1812 War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian. ↗
1809 Golden Jubilee of George III is celebrated in Britain as he begins the fiftieth year of his reign. ↗
1760 King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II. ↗
1747 War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre. ↗
1616 Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast. ↗
1415 Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his lightly armoured infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt. ↗
1147 Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum. ↗
1147 Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights conquer Lisbon. ↗
473 Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire. ↗

2001 Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant ↗
2000 Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer ↗
2000 Vincent Zhou, American figure skater ↗
1999 Romeo Langford, American basketball player ↗
1998 Juan Soto, Dominican baseball player ↗
1998 Lee Know, South Korean singer ↗
1997 Federico Chiesa, Italian footballer ↗
1996 PJ Dozier, American basketball player ↗
1995 Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress ↗
1995 Jock Landale, Australian basketball player ↗
1995 Patrick McCaw, American basketball player ↗
1994 Richard Jouve, French cross-country skier ↗
1994 Jefferson Lerma, Colombian footballer ↗
1994 Matteo Lodo, Italian rower ↗
1994 Gor Minasyan, Armenian weightlifter ↗
1994 Ray Robson, American chess Grandmaster ↗
1993 Isaiah Austin, American basketball player ↗
1993 Iván Garcia, Mexican diver ↗
1993 William Howard, French basketball player ↗
1993 Rachel Matthews, American actress ↗
1992 Clarisse Agbegnenou, French judoka ↗
1992 Davide Formolo, Italian cyclist ↗
1992 Sergey Ridzik, Russian freestyle skier ↗
1991 Davide Faraoni, Italian footballer ↗
1991 Isabella Shinikova, Bulgarian tennis player ↗
1990 Mattia Cattaneo, Italian cyclist ↗
1990 Sara Chafak, Finnish beauty pageant winner ↗
1990 Asha Philip, British athlete ↗
1990 Milena Rašić, Serbian volleyball player ↗
1990 Dzina Sazanavets, Belarusian weightlifter ↗
1989 Filip Grgić, Croatian taekwondo practitioner ↗
1989 Sten Grytebust, Norwegian footballer ↗
1989 David Hala, Australian rugby league player ↗
1989 Ivan Marconi, Italian footballer ↗
1989 Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress ↗
1988 Robson Conceição, Brazilian boxer ↗
1988 Lewis McGugan, English professional footballer ↗
1988 Chandler Parsons, American basketball player ↗
1988 Kaz Patafta, Australian footballer ↗
1988 Karim Yoda, French footballer ↗
1987 Bill Amis, American basketball player ↗
1987 Darron Gibson, Irish footballer ↗
1987 Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast ↗
1986 Tweety Carter, American basketball player ↗
1986 Roger Espinoza, Honduran footballer ↗
1986 Eddie Gaven, American soccer player ↗
1986 Kristian Sarkies, Australian footballer ↗
1986 Ekaterina Shumilova, Russian biathlete ↗
1985 Ciara, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress ↗
1985 Óscar Granados, Costa Rican footballer ↗
1985 Kara Lynn Joyce, American swimmer ↗
1985 Daniele Padelli, Italian footballer ↗
1984 Nicolas Besch, French ice hockey player ↗
1984 Ticia Gara, Hungarian chess player ↗
1984 Sara Lumholdt, Swedish singer and dancer ↗
1984 Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1984 Iván Ramis, Spanish footballer ↗
1984 Karolina Šprem, Croatian tennis player ↗
1983 Hotaru Akane, Japanese actress and activist (died 2016) ↗
1983 Stanislav Bohush, Ukrainian footballer ↗
1983 Daniele Mannini, Italian footballer ↗
1983 Princess Yōko of Mikasa ↗
1983 Han Yeo-reum, South Korean actress ↗
1982 Victoria Francés, Spanish illustrator ↗
1982 Devin Green, American basketball player ↗
1982 Guido Grünheid, German basketball player ↗
1982 Camilla Jensen, Danish curler ↗
1982 Michael Sweetney, American basketball player ↗
1982 Mickaël Tavares, Senegalese footballer ↗
1981 Hiroshi Aoyama, Japanese motorcycle racer ↗
1981 Josh Henderson, American actor and singer ↗
1981 Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer ↗
1980 Mehcad Brooks, American model and actor ↗
1980 Félicien Singbo, Beninois footballer ↗
1979 Bat for Lashes, English singer ↗
1979 Rob Hulse, English footballer ↗
1979 Mariana Klaveno, American actress ↗
1979 João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (died 2015) ↗
1979 Rosa Mendes, Canadian-American wrestler and model ↗
1978 Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer ↗
1978 Zachary Knighton, American actor ↗
1978 Bobby Madden, Scottish football referee ↗
1978 Robert Mambo Mumba, Kenyan footballer ↗
1978 Markus Pöyhönen, Finnish sprinter ↗
1978 An Yong-hak, North Korean footballer ↗
1977 The Alchemist, American rapper, DJ, and producer ↗
1977 Rodolfo Bodipo, Equatoguinean retired footballer ↗
1977 Mitică Pricop, Romanian sprint canoer ↗
1977 Birgit Prinz, German footballer and psychologist ↗
1977 Rakan Rushaidat, Croatian actor ↗
1977 Kateryna Serebrianska, Ukrainian gymnast ↗
1977 Mihai Tararache, Romanian footballer ↗
1977 Yeho, Israeli singer and actor ↗
1976 Deon Burton, Jamaican footballer ↗
1976 Ahmed Dokhi, Saudi Arabian footballer ↗
1976 Akihisa Ikeda, Japanese manga artist ↗
1976 Steve Jones, Northern Irish footballer ↗
1976 Brett Kirk, Australian footballer and coach ↗
1976 Anton Sikharulidze, Russian pair skater ↗
1975 Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1975 Ryan Clement, American football player ↗
1975 Agustín Julio, Colombian footballer ↗
1975 Zadie Smith, English author and academic ↗
1975 Antony Starr, New Zealand actor ↗
1974 Lee Byung-kyu, South Korean baseball player ↗
1974 Yoo Yong-sung, South Korean badminton player ↗
1973 Fırat Aydınus, Turkish football referee ↗
1973 Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (died 2005) ↗
1973 Michael Weston, American actor ↗
1972 Cristian Dulca, Romanian footballer ↗
1972 Rodolfo Falcón, Cuban swimmer ↗
1972 Maxi Mounds, American nude big-bust model and pornographic actress ↗
1972 Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1972 Persia White, American actress, singer, and musician ↗
1971 Simon Charlton, English footballer and manager ↗
1971 Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer ↗
1971 Neil Fallon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1971 Leslie Grossman, American actress ↗
1971 Rosie Ledet, American singer-songwriter and accordion player ↗
1971 Pedro Martínez, Dominican-American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
1971 Midori, Japanese-American violinist and educator ↗
1971 Craig Robinson, American actor and singer ↗
1971 Elif Şafak, French-Turkish journalist, author, and academic ↗
1970 J. A. Adande, American journalist and academic ↗
1970 Peter Aerts, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist ↗
1970 Adam Goldberg, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
1970 Damir Mršić, Bosnian basketball player ↗
1970 Adam Pascal, American actor and singer ↗
1970 Rafa, Spanish footballer ↗
1970 Ed Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1970 Daniel Scheinhardt, German footballer ↗
1970 Chely Wright, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1969 Samantha Bee, Canadian-American comedian and television host ↗
1969 Josef Beránek, Czech ice hockey player and coach ↗
1969 Slavko Cicak, Swedish chess Grandmaster ↗
1969 Nika Futterman, American voice actress, comedian and singer ↗
1969 Ibragim Gasanbekov, Azerbaijani footballer ↗
1969 Oleg Salenko, Russian footballer ↗
1969 Alex Webster, American bass player ↗
1968 Doris Fitschen, German footballer ↗
1968 Christopher McQuarrie, American filmmaker ↗
1968 Speech, American rapper ↗
1967 Martin Marinov, Australian canoeist ↗
1967 Taiyō Matsumoto, Japanese manga artist ↗
1967 Gary Sundgren, Swedish footballer ↗
1966 Zana Briski, British photographer and filmmaker ↗
1966 Lionel Charbonnier, French footballer ↗
1966 Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
1966 Perry Saturn, American wrestler ↗
1965 2 Cold Scorpio, American wrestler ↗
1965 Mathieu Amalric, French actor and director ↗
1965 Valdir Benedito, Brazilian footballer ↗
1965 Claire Colebrook, Australian philosopher, theorist, and academic ↗
1965 Dominique Herr, Swiss footballer ↗
1965 Derrick Rostagno, American tennis player ↗
1965 Rainer Strecker, German actor ↗
1964 Michael Boatman, American actor ↗
1964 Johan de Kock, Dutch footballer ↗
1964 Nicole, German singer ↗
1964 Kevin Michael Richardson, American voice actor and singer ↗
1963 John Levén, Swedish bassist ↗
1963 Michael Lynagh, Australian rugby union footballer ↗
1963 Melinda McGraw, American actress ↗
1963 Tracy Nelson, American actress ↗
1963 José Ortiz, Puerto Rican basketball player ↗
1962 David Furnish, Canadian filmmaker ↗
1962 Steve Gainer, American cinematographer and director ↗
1962 Steve Hodge, English footballer and manager ↗
1962 John Stollmeyer, American soccer player ↗
1961 John Sivebæk, Danish footballer ↗
1961 Chad Smith, American drummer ↗
1960 Hong Sang-soo, South Korean director and screenwriter ↗
1959 Óscar Aguirregaray, Uruguayan footballer ↗
1959 Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (died 2013) ↗
1958 Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer ↗
1958 Kjell Inge Røkke, Norwegian businessman and philanthropist ↗
1957 Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress ↗
1957 Enrique López Zarza, Mexican footballer ↗
1957 Robbie McIntosh, English guitarist ↗
1957 Piet Wildschut, Dutch footballer ↗
1956 Stephen Leather, British author ↗
1955 Glynis Barber, South African-English actress ↗
1955 Robin Eubanks, American trombonist and educator ↗
1955 Gale Anne Hurd, American producer ↗
1955 Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter ↗
1955 Leena Lander, Finnish author ↗
1955 Lito Lapid, Filipino actor ↗
1954 Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player and coach ↗
1954 Ed Powers, American founder of Ed Powers Productions ↗
1953 Daniele Bagnoli, Italian volleyball coach ↗
1953 Jasem Yaqoub, Kuwaiti footballer ↗
1952 Samir Geagea, Lebanese commander and politician ↗
1952 Wendy Hall, English computer scientist, mathematician, and academic ↗
1952 Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (died 2004) ↗
1952 Tove Nilsen, Norwegian author ↗
1951 Richard Lloyd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1950 Anne Alvaro, French actress ↗
1950 Fernando Arêas Rifan, Brazilian bishop ↗
1950 Roger Davies, English footballer ↗
1950 John Matuszak, American footballer (died 1989) ↗
1950 Francisco Oscar Lamolina, Argentine football referee ↗
1950 Chris Norman, English singer-songwriter ↗
1949 Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager ↗
1949 Walter Hyatt, American singer-songwriter (died 1996) ↗
1949 Brian Kerwin, American actor ↗
1949 Wilfried Louis, Haitian footballer ↗
1948 Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach ↗
1948 Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach ↗
1948 Dan Issel, American basketball player and coach ↗
1948 Sigleif Johansen, Norwegian biathlete ↗
1947 Requena Nozal, Spanish artist ↗
1947 Glenn Tipton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1946 Elías Figueroa, Chilean footballer ↗
1946 Peter Lieberson, American composer (died 2011) ↗
1945 Peter Ledger, Australian-American painter and illustrator (died 1994) ↗
1945 Yuriy Meshkov, Ukrainian politician and Russian separatist (died 2019) ↗
1945 Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician ↗
1945 Francisco Sá, Argentine footballer ↗
1945 Phil Volk, American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer ↗
1945 David S. Ward, American director and screenwriter ↗
1945 Keaton Yamada, Japanese voice actor ↗
1944 Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (died 2013) ↗
1944 Jon Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
1944 James Carville, American lawyer and political consultant ↗
1944 Donald Ford, Scottish footballer ↗
1944 Fred Housego, Scottish-English taxi driver and game show host ↗
1944 Kati Kovács, Hungarian singer-songwriter and actress ↗
1944 Ren Zhengfei, Chinese businessman ↗
1943 Orso Maria Guerrini, Italian actor ↗
1943 Roy Lynes, English keyboardist and singer ↗
1942 Terumasa Hino, Japanese jazz trumpeter ↗
1942 Gloria Katz, American screenwriter and producer (died 2018) ↗
1942 Franklin Loufrani, French President of the Smiley Company ↗
1941 Lynda Benglis, American sculptor and painter ↗
1941 Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2020) ↗
1941 Gordon Tootoosis, Aboriginal Canadian actor (died 2011) ↗
1941 Anne Tyler, American author and critic ↗
1941 Dave Weill, American discus thrower ↗
1940 Jimmy Herman, Canadian actor (died 2013) ↗
1940 Bob Knight, American basketball player and coach (died 2023) ↗
1939 Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player and coach (died 2013) ↗
1939 Sara Dylan, American actress and model ↗
1939 Nikolay Kiselyov, Soviet Nordic combined athlete (died 2005) ↗
1939 Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007) ↗
1939 Dave Simmonds, British motorcycle racer (died 1972) ↗
1939 Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2005) ↗
1938 Bob Webster, American diver ↗
1937 Vendramino Bariviera, Italian cyclist (died 2001) ↗
1937 Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, Spanish prelate ↗
1937 Roberto Menescal, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
1936 Martin Gilbert, English historian, author, and academic (died 2015) ↗
1936 Arnfinn Nesset, Norwegian nurse and convicted serial killer ↗
1936 Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress and singer ↗
1935 Rusty Schweickart, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut ↗
1934 Carlos Sherman, Belarusian–Spanish translator, writer, activist (died 2005) ↗
1933 René Brodmann, Swiss footballer (died 2000) ↗
1933 Martti Mansikka, Finnish gymnast (died 2024) ↗
1932 Vitold Fokin, Ukrainian first deputy prime minister (died 2025) ↗
1932 Jerzy Pawłowski, Polish fencer and double agent (died 2005) ↗
1932 Theodor Pištěk, Czech costume designer ↗
1931 Annie Girardot, French actress and singer (died 2011) ↗
1931 Jimmy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 2018) ↗
1930 Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (died 1996) ↗
1930 Karoly Honfi, Hungarian chess player (died 1996) ↗
1929 Michel Knuysen, Belgian rower (died 2013) ↗
1929 Zdravko Milev, Bulgarian chess player (died 1984) ↗
1929 Claude Rouer, French cyclist (died 2021) ↗
1929 Peter Rühmkorf, German writer (died 2008) ↗
1928 Jeanne Cooper, American actress (died 2013) ↗
1928 Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian architect (died 2021) ↗
1928 Anthony Franciosa, American actor (died 2006) ↗
1928 Adolphe Gesché, Belgian Catholic priest and theologian (died 2003) ↗
1928 Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (died 2016) ↗
1928 Marion Ross, American actress ↗
1928 Yakov Rylsky, Soviet sabre fencer (died 1999) ↗
1927 Barbara Cook, American singer and actress (died 2017) ↗
1927 Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Uruguay (died 2016) ↗
1927 Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and author (died 1987) ↗
1927 Lauretta Masiero, Italian actress and singer (died 2010) ↗
1926 Bo Carpelan, Finnish poet and author (died 2011) ↗
1926 Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and composer (died 2020) ↗
1926 Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian-American soprano and actress (died 2012) ↗
1925 Oralia Dominguez, Mexican operatic mezzo-soprano singer (died 2013) ↗
1925 Joseph Michel, Belgian politician (died 2016) ↗
1924 Billy Barty, American actor (died 2000) ↗
1924 Earl Palmer, American Hall of Fame drummer (died 2008) ↗
1923 Achille Silvestrini, Italian prelate (died 2019) ↗
1923 Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (died 2012) ↗
1923 Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player (died 2010) ↗
1922 Gloria Lasso, Spanish singer (died 2005) ↗
1921 Michael I of Romania (died 2017) ↗
1920 Megan Taylor, British figure skater (died 1993) ↗
1919 Beate Uhse-Rotermund, German pilot and entrepreneur (died 2001) ↗
1919 Raoul Remy, French cyclist (died 2002) ↗
1918 David Ausubel, American psychologist (died 2008) ↗
1917 Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer (died 2005) ↗
1917 Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (died 2001) ↗
1916 Helge Larsson, Swedish canoeist (died 1971) ↗
1915 Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (died 1999) ↗
1914 John Berryman, American poet and scholar (died 1972) ↗
1913 Klaus Barbie, German SS captain (died 1991) ↗
1913 Larry Itliong, Filipino-American union organizer (died 1977) ↗
1913 Anton Kochinyan, Soviet-Armenian politician (died 1990) ↗
1912 Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (died 1997) ↗
1912 Alfred Klingler, German field handballer ↗
1912 Minnie Pearl, American entertainer and philanthropist (died 1996) ↗
1912 Luigi Raimondi, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (died 1975) ↗
1910 William Higinbotham, American physicist and video game designer (died 1994) ↗
1910 Johnny Mauro, American race car driver (died 2003) ↗
1910 Tyrus Wong, Chinese-American artist (died 2016) ↗
1909 Whit Bissell, American actor (died 1996) ↗
1909 Ken Domon, Japanese photographer (died 1990) ↗
1909 Edward Flynn, American boxer (died 1976) ↗
1909 Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director and screenwriter (died 1985) ↗
1908 Carmen Dillon, English film and production designer (died 2000) ↗
1908 Gotthard Handrick, German fighter pilot and Olympic athlete (died 1978) ↗
1908 Polly Ann Young, American actress (died 1997) ↗
1906 Karl Humenberger, Austrian footballer (died 1989) ↗
1905 Bob McPhail, Scottish footballer (died 2000) ↗
1904 Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1985) ↗
1904 Denny Shute, American golfer (died 1974) ↗
1904 Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator (died 1968) ↗
1903 Piet van der Horst, Dutch cyclist (died 1983) ↗
1902 Henry Steele Commager, American historian and author (died 1998) ↗
1902 Carlo Gnocchi, Italian priest, educator and writer (died 1956) ↗
1902 Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (died 1933) ↗
1901 Roy Fox, British dance bandleader (died 1982) ↗
1900 Johan Greter, Dutch equestrian (died 1975) ↗
1900 Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and activist (died 1978) ↗
1900 William Stevenson, American track and fielder (died 1985) ↗
1899 Armand Thirard, French cinematographer (died 1973) ↗
1898 Karl Anton, German director, screenwriter and producer (died 1979) ↗
1897 Erwin von Lahousen, German Abwehr official (died 1955) ↗
1897 Karl Olivecrona, Swedish lawyer and philosopher (died 1980) ↗
1897 Luigi Pavese, Italian actor (died 1969) ↗
1896 Nils Backlund, Swedish water polo player (died 1964) ↗
1895 Levi Eshkol, Ukrainian-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (died 1969) ↗
1895 Vsevolod Merkulov, Russian head of the NKGB (died 1953) ↗
1895 Arthur Schmidt, German officer (died 1987) ↗
1894 Claude Cahun, French photographer and sculptor (died 1954) ↗
1894 Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, Turkish poet and songwriter (died 1973) ↗
1894 Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Prime Minister of Finland (died 1982) ↗
1892 Nell Shipman, Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, and producer (died 1970) ↗
1891 Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American priest and radio host (died 1979) ↗
1891 Karl Elmendorff, German conductor (died 1962) ↗
1890 Floyd Bennett, American aviator (died 1928) ↗
1890 Kōtarō Tanaka, Japanese jurist and politician (died 1974) ↗
1889 Abel Gance, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981) ↗
1888 Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and pilot (died 1957) ↗
1888 Nils Dardel, Swedish-American painter (died 1943) ↗
1888 Jan Palouš, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (died 1971) ↗
1888 Léon Tom, Belgian fencer and bobsledder ↗
1887 Alexander McCulloch, British rower (died 1951) ↗
1886 Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (died 1972) ↗
1886 Karl Polanyi, Austro-Hungarian economist and historian (died 1964) ↗
1885 Sam M. Lewis, American singer and lyricist (died 1959) ↗
1885 Xavier Lesage, French equestrian (died 1968) ↗
1884 Maria Czaplicka, Polish cultural anthropologist (died 1921) ↗
1883 Nikolay Krestinsky, Russian revolutionary and politician (died 1938) ↗
1882 John T. Flynn, American journalist and author (died 1964) ↗
1882 Tony Jackson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1921) ↗
1882 André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (died 1964) ↗
1882 Theodora Agnes Peck, American author and poet (died 1964) ↗
1881 Pablo Picasso – Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1973) ↗
1880 Bohumír Šmeral, Czech politician (died 1941) ↗
1879 Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (died 1925) ↗
1877 Adolf Moller, German rower (died 1968) ↗
1877 Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (died 1957) ↗
1875 Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author and educator (died 1961) ↗
1875 Arthur Birkett, British cricketer (died 1941) ↗
1874 Emma Gramatica, Italian actress (died 1965) ↗
1874 Victor Sonnemans, Belgian water polo player (died 1962) ↗
1874 Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (died 1916) ↗
1870 Elsa Reger, German writer (died 1951) ↗
1868 Dan Burke, American baseball player (died 1933) ↗
1868 Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (died 1946) ↗
1867 Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (died 1937) ↗
1866 Thomas Armat, American mechanic and inventor (died 1948) ↗
1866 Norbert Klein, Bishop of Brno (died 1933) ↗
1866 Georg Schumann, German composer (died 1952) ↗
1864 John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company (died 1920) ↗
1864 Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 1956) ↗
1864 Toktogul Satylganov, Kyrgyz Akyn, poet and singer (died 1933) ↗
1858 Take Ionescu, Romanian politician, diplomat, journalist and lawyer (died 1922) ↗
1856 Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archaeologist (died 1936) ↗
1853 Karl August Otto Hoffmann, German botanist (died 1909) ↗
1852 Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Russian author (died 1912) ↗
1848 Carlo Emery, Italian entomologist (died 1925) ↗
1848 Karl Emil Franzos, Austrian novelist (died 1904) ↗
1844 Philip Wicksteed, English economist (died 1927) ↗
1838 Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (died 1875) ↗
1838 James Maybrick, English cotton merchant, victim of the "Aigburth Poisoning" (died 1889) ↗
1832 Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (died 1909) ↗
1827 Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (died 1907) ↗
1825 Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (died 1899) ↗
1825 Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, German astronomer and geophysicist (died 1884) ↗
1821 Antonio Ciseri, Swiss-Italian painter (died 1891) ↗
1819 Christian August Friedrich Garcke, German botanist (died 1904) ↗
1815 Camillo Sivori, Italian virtuoso violinist and composer (died 1894) ↗
1814 Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (died 1896) ↗
1811 Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (died 1832) ↗
1806 Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (died 1856) ↗
1803 Maria Doolaeghe, Flemish novelist (died 1884) ↗
1802 Richard Parkes Bonington, English painter (died 1828) ↗
1802 Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (died 1864) ↗
1800 Maria Jane Jewsbury, English writer, poet, literary reviewer (died 1833) ↗
1800 Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (died 1859) ↗
1800 Jacques Paul Migne, French priest (died 1875) ↗
1800 Julius von Mohl, German orientalist (died 1876) ↗
1795 John P. Kennedy, American novelist and Whig politician (died 1870) ↗
1792 Jeanne Jugan, French nun (died 1879) ↗
1790 Robert Stirling, Scottish clergyman and inventor (died 1878) ↗
1789 Carlos María de Alvear, Argentine soldier and statesman (died 1852) ↗
1789 Heinrich Schwabe, German astronomer (died 1875) ↗
1782 Levi Lincoln Jr., American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1868) ↗
1781 Friedrich von Berchtold, Bohemian physician and botanist (died 1876) ↗
1779 Pedro Velarde y Santillán, Spanish artillery captain (died 1808) ↗
1772 Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein, French memoirist (died 1857) ↗
1772 Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (died 1813) ↗
1768 Frederick William, ruler of Nassau-Weilburg (died 1816) ↗
1767 Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and politician (died 1830) ↗
1760 Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren, German historian (died 1842) ↗
1759 Maria Feodorovna, Russian wife of Paul I of Russia (died 1828) ↗
1759 William Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1834) ↗
1757 Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian statesman (died 1831) ↗
1755 François Joseph Lefebvre, French military commander (died 1820) ↗
1754 Richard Howell, 3rd Governor of New Jersey (died 1802) ↗
1749 Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein, Swedish chamberlain (died 1802) ↗
1743 Friedrich Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (died 1812) ↗
1736 Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (died 1824) ↗
1714 James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (died 1799) ↗
1709 Georg Gebel, German organist and composer (died 1753) ↗
1692 Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain (died 1766) ↗
1683 Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English-Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1757) ↗
1667 Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (died 1718) ↗
1612 James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish soldier (died 1650) ↗
1589 Jan Stanisław Sapieha, Polish-Lithuanian noble (died 1635) ↗
1574 François de Sourdis, French Catholic prelate (died 1628) ↗
1510 Renée of France (died 1574) ↗
1453 Giuliano de' Medici (died 1478) ↗
1330 Louis II, Count of Flanders, (died 1384) ↗
1102 William Clito, French son of Sybilla of Conversano (died 1128) ↗
840 Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar, founder of the Saffarid dynasty (died 879) ↗

2025 Satish Shah, Indian actor and comedian (born 1951) ↗
2025 Rolf Dupuy, anarchist and historian of the anarchist movement in France and Spain (born 1946) ↗
2024 Phil Lesh, American bassist (born 1940) ↗
2024 Kim Soo-mi, South Korean actress (born 1949) ↗
2019 Dilip Parikh, Indian politician (born 1937) ↗
2018 Thomas Keating, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1923) ↗
2016 Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (born 1944) ↗
2016 Bob Hoover, USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (born 1922) ↗
2015 David Cesarani, English historian and author (born 1956) ↗
2015 Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (born 1944) ↗
2015 Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (born 1988) ↗
2015 Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (born 1955) ↗
2014 Jack Bruce, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943) ↗
2014 Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (born 1940) ↗
2013 Ron Ackland, New Zealand rugby player and coach (born 1934) ↗
2013 Arthur Danto, American philosopher and critic (born 1924) ↗
2013 Nicholas Hunt, Welsh-English admiral (born 1930) ↗
2013 Hal Needham, American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (born 1931) ↗
2013 Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (born 1930) ↗
2013 Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (born 1926) ↗
2013 Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (born 1942) ↗
2012 Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (born 1907) ↗
2012 Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955) ↗
2012 John Connelly, English footballer (born 1938) ↗
2012 Emanuel Steward, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (born 1944) ↗
2010 Lisa Blount, American actress (born 1957) ↗
2010 Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (born 1951) ↗
2010 Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (born 1922) ↗
2004 John Peel, English radio host and producer (born 1939) ↗
2003 Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (born 1920) ↗
2003 Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (born 1925) ↗
2002 Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer (born 1930) ↗
2002 René Thom, French mathematician and biologist (born 1923) ↗
2002 Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (born 1944) ↗
2000 Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (born 1909) ↗
1999 Leonard Boyle, Irish and Canadian palaeographer and medievalist (born 1923) ↗
1999 Payne Stewart, American golfer (born 1957) ↗
1995 Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (born 1920) ↗
1995 Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (born 1918) ↗
1994 Kara Hultgreen, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1965) ↗
1994 Mildred Natwick, American actress (born 1905) ↗
1993 Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1958) ↗
1993 Vincent Price, American actor (born 1911) ↗
1992 Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1936) ↗
1992 Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (born 1916) ↗
1991 Bill Graham, German-American concert promoter (born 1931) ↗
1990 Alberto da Costa Pereira, Portuguese footballer (born 1929) ↗
1989 Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (born 1912) ↗
1986 Forrest Tucker, American actor (born 1919) ↗
1985 Gary Holton, English singer-songwriter (born 1952) ↗
1982 Bill Eckersley, English footballer (born 1925) ↗
1982 Arvid Wallman, Swedish diver (born 1901) ↗
1980 Virgil Fox, American organist and educator (born 1912) ↗
1980 Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (born 1948) ↗
1980 Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (born 1921) ↗
1979 Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (born 1898) ↗
1977 Félix Gouin, French politician (born 1884) ↗
1976 Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (born 1903) ↗
1975 Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (born 1937) ↗
1973 Bikila Abebe – Ethiopian runner (born 1932) ↗
1973 Cleo Moore, American actress (born 1928) ↗
1973 Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (born 1891) ↗
1972 Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (born 1918) ↗
1971 Mikhail Yangel, Soviet missile designer (born 1911) ↗
1970 Ülo Sooster, Estonian painter (born 1924) ↗
1969 Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (born 1893) ↗
1967 Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (born 1886) ↗
1963 Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (born 1898) ↗
1960 Harry Ferguson, Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (born 1884) ↗
1957 Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mob boss (born 1902) ↗
1957 Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, English-Irish author, poet, and playwright (born 1878) ↗
1956 Risto Ryti, Finnish lawyer, politician and Governor of the Bank of Finland; 5th President of Finland (born 1889) ↗
1955 Sadako Sasaki, Japanese girl (born 1943) ↗
1954 Purshottam Narayan Gadgil, Indian jeweller and namesake of P. N. Gadgil Jewellers (born 1874) ↗
1953 Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (born 1867) ↗
1949 Mary Acworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (born 1867) ↗
1945 Robert Ley, German politician (born 1890) ↗
1941 Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and pilot (born 1914) ↗
1940 Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (born 1854) ↗
1938 Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (born 1892) ↗
1924 Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (born 1876) ↗
1921 Bat Masterson, American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (born 1853) ↗
1920 Alexander of Greece (born 1893) ↗
1920 Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright, politician, Lord Mayor of Cork died on hunger strike (born 1879) ↗
1920 Joe Murphy, (Irish-American), died on hunger strike during the 1920 Cork hunger strike (born 1895) ↗
1919 William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (born 1849) ↗
1916 William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (born 1849) ↗
1910 Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (born 1878) ↗
1902 Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (born 1870) ↗
1895 Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (born 1819) ↗
1889 Émile Augier, French playwright (born 1820) ↗
1852 John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (born 1793) ↗
1833 Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (born 1789) ↗
1826 Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (born 1745) ↗
1806 Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (born 1750) ↗
1760 George II of Great Britain (born 1683) ↗
1757 Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (born 1672) ↗
1733 Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1667) ↗
1683 William Scroggs, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1623) ↗
1651 Saint Job of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint (born 1551) ↗
1647 Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608) ↗
1557 William Cavendish, English courtier and civil servant (born 1505) ↗
1514 William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and academic, founded University of Aberdeen (born 1431) ↗
1495 John II of Portugal (born 1455) ↗
1492 Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish bishop (born 1455) ↗
1478 Catherine of Bosnia (born 1425) ↗
1415 Charles I of Albret ↗
1415 Philip II, Count of Nevers (born 1389) ↗
1415 Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont (born 1371) ↗
1415 Jean I, Duke of Alençon (born 1385) ↗
1415 Anthony, Duke of Brabant (born 1384) ↗
1415 Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, English soldier (born 1394) ↗
1415 Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, English politician (born 1373) ↗
1415 Dafydd Gam, Welsh nobleman (born c. 1380) ↗
1400 Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet, and author (born c. 1343) ↗
1359 Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (born 1293) ↗
1349 James III of Majorca (born 1315) ↗
1292 Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England ↗
1230 Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (born 1180) ↗
1200 Conrad of Wittelsbach, German cardinal (born 1120) ↗
1180 John of Salisbury, French bishop (born c. 1120) ↗
1154 Stephen, King of England ↗
1053 Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu ↗
1047 Magnus the Good, Norwegian king (born 1024) ↗
912 Rudolph I, king of Burgundy (born 859) ↗
625 Pope Boniface V ↗