47 Events
244 Births
116 Deaths
- 2019 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria. ↗
- 2018 A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers. ↗
- 2018 Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England. ↗
- 2017 Catalonia declares independence from Spain. ↗
- 2014 Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days. ↗
- 1999 Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others. ↗
- 1997 The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. ↗
- 1994 Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified. ↗
- 1993 Widerøe Flight 744 crashes in Overhalla Municipality, Norway, killing six people. ↗
- 1992 United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating debate about gays in the military that results in the United States' "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy. ↗
- 1991 Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union. ↗
- 1988 Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure. ↗
- 1986 The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang. ↗
- 1981 Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden. ↗
- 1979 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom. ↗
- 1971 The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire. ↗
- 1964 Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing". ↗
- 1962 Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile. ↗
- 1962 By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war. ↗
- 1961 NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1. ↗
- 1958 Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier. ↗
- 1954 Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. ↗
- 1948 A deadly smog event begins in Donora, Pennsylvania, eventually killing 20 and sickening thousands. ↗
- 1944 World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end. ↗
- 1936 Abdication Crisis: Mrs. Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne. ↗
- 1930 Ratifications are exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories. ↗
- 1924 The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union. ↗
- 1922 A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union. ↗
- 1919 The Fourth Regional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents is held by the Makhnovshchina at Oleksandrivsk. ↗
- 1916 Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I. ↗
- 1914 World War I: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin. ↗
- 1907 Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when gendarmes opened fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration. ↗
- 1870 Franco-Prussian War: Marshal Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers. ↗
- 1863 American Civil War: Union forces led by General William F. Smith defeat Confederate forces in the Battle of Brown's Ferry, opening up a supply line to the besieged city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. ↗
- 1838 Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be killed. ↗
- 1810 United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida. ↗
- 1806 The French Army under Napoleon enters Berlin following the Prussian defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt. ↗
- 1795 The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S. ↗
- 1775 King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament. ↗
- 1726 J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata. ↗
- 1682 Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ↗
- 1674 The French garrison in Grave surrenders the town to a Dutch army after a difficult siege. ↗
- 1644 Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War. ↗
- 1553 Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva. ↗
- 1524 French troops lay siege to Pavia. ↗
- 1275 Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. ↗
- 312 Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. ↗
- 1999 Haruka Kudo, Japanese singer and actress ↗
- 1997 Lonzo Ball, American basketball player ↗
- 1997 James TW, English singer-songwriter ↗
- 1996 Rasmus Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1996 Kim Woo-seok, South Korean singer and actor ↗
- 1995 Leon Draisaitl, German ice hockey player ↗
- 1994 Rasmus Ristolainen, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
- 1993 Troy Gentile, American actor ↗
- 1993 Kiefer Ravena, Filipino basketball player ↗
- 1992 Stephan El Shaarawy, Italian footballer ↗
- 1992 Emily Hagins, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1992 Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1992 Daniel Sams, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1991 Shohei Takahashi, Japanese footballer ↗
- 1990 Alex Bentley, American-Belarusian basketball player ↗
- 1990 Dimitrios Gkourtsas, Greek footballer ↗
- 1990 Oktovianus Maniani, Indonesian footballer ↗
- 1989 Mark Barron, American football player ↗
- 1988 Brady Ellison, American archer ↗
- 1988 Viktor Genev, Bulgarian footballer ↗
- 1988 Illimar Pärn, Estonian ski jumper ↗
- 1988 Evan Turner, American basketball player ↗
- 1987 Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer ↗
- 1987 Björn Barrefors, Swedish decathlete and heptathlete ↗
- 1987 Andrew Bynum, American basketball player ↗
- 1987 Guillaume Franke, French-German rugby player ↗
- 1986 Chris Butler, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1986 Anna Cruz, Spanish basketball player ↗
- 1986 Christine Evangelista, American actress ↗
- 1986 Crystal Langhorne, American basketball player ↗
- 1986 Jon Niese, American baseball player ↗
- 1986 Matty Pattison, South African-English footballer ↗
- 1986 David Warner, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1986 Lou Williams, American basketball player ↗
- 1985 Sirli Hanni, Estonian biathlete ↗
- 1985 Alex Soros, American investor and philanthropist ↗
- 1984 Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player ↗
- 1984 Kostas Kapetanos, Greek footballer ↗
- 1984 Kelly Osbourne, English television personality ↗
- 1984 Brady Quinn, American football player ↗
- 1984 Emilie Ullerup, Danish-Canadian actress ↗
- 1983 Brent Clevlen, American baseball player ↗
- 1983 Martín Prado, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
- 1982 Patrick Fugit, American actor and producer ↗
- 1982 Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor and singer ↗
- 1981 Salem Al Fakir, Swedish singer and keyboard player ↗
- 1981 Sririta Jensen, Thai actress and model ↗
- 1981 Volkan Demirel, Turkish footballer ↗
- 1981 Kristi Richards, Canadian skier ↗
- 1980 Sayuri Osuga, Japanese speed skater and cyclist ↗
- 1980 Tanel Padar, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1980 Henriett Seth F., Hungarian autistic savant artist and author ↗
- 1979 Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Japanese footballer ↗
- 1978 Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player and scout ↗
- 1978 Vanessa-Mae, Singaporean-English violinist and skier ↗
- 1977 Jiří Jarošík, Czech footballer ↗
- 1977 Sheeri Rappaport, American actress ↗
- 1977 Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer ↗
- 1976 Bobby Fish, American professional wrestler ↗
- 1976 Maneet Chauhan, Indian-American chef and author ↗
- 1976 Wilson Júnior, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1975 Predrag Drobnjak, Montenegrin basketball player ↗
- 1975 Nicola Mazzucato, Italian rugby player and coach ↗
- 1975 Aron Ralston, American mountaineer and engineer ↗
- 1973 Jason Johnson, American baseball player ↗
- 1973 Semmy Schilt, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist ↗
- 1972 Lee Clark, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1972 Elissa, Lebanese singer ↗
- 1972 Evan Coyne Maloney, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1972 Maria Mutola, Mozambican runner and coach ↗
- 1972 Brad Radke, American baseball player ↗
- 1971 Stefano Guidoni, Italian footballer ↗
- 1971 Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer ↗
- 1971 Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer and politician ↗
- 1970 Karl Backman, Swedish guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1970 Felix Bwalya, Zambian boxer (died 1997) ↗
- 1970 Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer ↗
- 1970 Jonathan Stroud, English author ↗
- 1970 Ruslana Taran, Ukrainian sailor ↗
- 1969 Marek Napiórkowski, Polish jazz guitarist and composer ↗
- 1969 Michael Tarnat, German footballer ↗
- 1968 Alain Auderset, Swiss author and illustrator ↗
- 1968 Dileep, Indian actor and producer ↗
- 1968 Vinny Samways, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1967 Simone Moro, Italian mountaineer and pilot ↗
- 1967 Dejan Raičković, Montenegrin footballer and manager ↗
- 1967 Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (died 2015) ↗
- 1966 Steve Almond, American author and educator ↗
- 1966 Kit Malthouse, English accountant and politician ↗
- 1966 Hege Nerland, Norwegian lawyer and politician (died 2007) ↗
- 1966 Masanobu Takashima, Japanese actor ↗
- 1965 Mohan Kapoor, Indian television and film actor ↗
- 1964 Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer ↗
- 1964 Mark Taylor, Australian cricketer and sportscaster ↗
- 1964 Ian Wells, English footballer (died 2013) ↗
- 1963 David Hall, Australian horse trainer ↗
- 1963 Marla Maples, American model and actress ↗
- 1963 Tom McKean, Scottish runner ↗
- 1960 Tom Nieto, American baseball player, coach, and manager ↗
- 1959 Rick Carlisle, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1958 Gordon Cowans, English footballer ↗
- 1958 David Hazeltine, American pianist and composer ↗
- 1958 Simon Le Bon, English singer-songwriter ↗
- 1958 Jonathan Shapiro, South African political cartoonist who uses the pseudonym Zapiro ↗
- 1958 Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (died 2009) ↗
- 1958 Donnell Thompson, American football player (died 2024) ↗
- 1957 Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1957 Peter Marc Jacobson, American actor, director, and producer ↗
- 1956 Patty Sheehan, American golfer ↗
- 1956 Babis Tsertos, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player ↗
- 1955 Debra Bowen, American lawyer and politician, 31st Secretary of State of California ↗
- 1954 Jan Duursema, American illustrator ↗
- 1954 Mike Kelley, American artist and musician (died 2012) ↗
- 1954 Chris Tavaré, English cricketer and biologist ↗
- 1953 Peter Firth, English actor ↗
- 1953 Robert Picardo, American actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1952 Roberto Benigni, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1952 Francis Fukuyama, American political scientist, economist, and author ↗
- 1952 Atsuyoshi Furuta, Japanese footballer ↗
- 1952 Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer-songwriter (died 2011) ↗
- 1951 K. K. Downing, English guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1951 Carlos Frenk, Mexican-English physicist, cosmologist, and academic ↗
- 1951 Nancy Jacobs, American politician ↗
- 1951 Jayne Kennedy, American model, actress, and sportscaster ↗
- 1950 Michael Driscoll, English economist and academic ↗
- 1950 Fran Lebowitz, American author ↗
- 1950 Július Šupler, Slovak ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1950 A. N. Wilson, English journalist, historian, and author ↗
- 1949 Garry Tallent, American bass player and record producer ↗
- 1948 Kevin Borich, New Zealand-Australian guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1947 Terry A. Anderson, American journalist (died 2024) ↗
- 1946 Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer ↗
- 1946 Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (died 2014) ↗
- 1946 Ivan Reitman, Slovak-Canadian actor, director, and producer (died 2022) ↗
- 1945 Arild Andersen, Norwegian bassist and composer ↗
- 1945 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th President of Brazil ↗
- 1945 Carrie Snodgress, American actress (died 2004) ↗
- 1944 J. A. Jance, American author and poet ↗
- 1943 Carmen Argenziano, American actor and producer (died 2019) ↗
- 1943 Jerry Rook, American basketball player and coach (died 2019) ↗
- 1942 Lee Greenwood, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1942 Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Polish journalist and politician ↗
- 1941 Dave Costa, American football player (died 2013) ↗
- 1941 Warren Ryan, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1941 Dick Trickle, American race car driver (died 2013) ↗
- 1940 Arthur Blessitt, American Christian preacher (died 2025) ↗
- 1940 Julius Eastman, American composer (died 1990) ↗
- 1940 John Gotti, American mob boss (died 2002) ↗
- 1940 Maxine Hong Kingston, American author and academic ↗
- 1939 John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer ↗
- 1939 Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (died 2007) ↗
- 1939 Dallas Frazier, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2022) ↗
- 1938 Lara Parker, American actress and author (died 2023) ↗
- 1937 Alma Powell, American audiologist (died 2024) ↗
- 1936 Neil Sheehan, American journalist and author (died 2021) ↗
- 1935 Maurício de Sousa, Brazilian journalist and cartoonist ↗
- 1935 Charlie Tagawa, Japanese-American banjo player and educator (died 2017) ↗
- 1934 Giorgos Konstantinou, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1933 Floyd Cramer, American singer and pianist (died 1997) ↗
- 1933 Ryō Hanmura, Japanese author (died 2002) ↗
- 1932 Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (died 2007) ↗
- 1932 Harry Gregg, Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 2020) ↗
- 1932 Dolores Moore, American baseball player (died 2000) ↗
- 1932 Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1963) ↗
- 1931 Nawal El Saadawi – Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, and author (died 2021) ↗
- 1931 Anatoliy Zayaev, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2012) ↗
- 1930 Leo Baxendale, English cartoonist (died 2017) ↗
- 1930 Barry Supple, English historian and academic ↗
- 1929 Myra Carter, American actress (died 2016) ↗
- 1929 Bill George, American football player (died 1982) ↗
- 1929 Maurice Robert Johnston, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire ↗
- 1928 Gilles Vigneault, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet ↗
- 1927 Dominick Argento, American composer and educator (died 2019) ↗
- 1926 Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (died 2010) ↗
- 1926 Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (died 1943) ↗
- 1926 H. R. Haldeman, American businessman and diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (died 1993) ↗
- 1926 Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator (died 2010) ↗
- 1925 Warren Christopher, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State (died 2011) ↗
- 1925 Jane Connell, American actress and singer (died 2013) ↗
- 1925 Paul Fox, English broadcaster (died 2024) ↗
- 1925 Monica Sims, English radio host and producer (died 2018) ↗
- 1924 Bonnie Lou, American singer-songwriter (died 2015) ↗
- 1923 Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (died 1997) ↗
- 1923 Ned Wertimer, American actor (died 2013) ↗
- 1922 Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (died 1998) ↗
- 1922 Ruby Dee, American actress and poet (died 2014) ↗
- 1922 Michel Galabru, French actor and playwright (died 2016) ↗
- 1922 Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2014) ↗
- 1921 Warren Allen Smith, American journalist, author, and activist (died 2017) ↗
- 1920 Nanette Fabray, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018) ↗
- 1920 K. R. Narayanan, Indian lawyer and politician, 10th President of India (died 2005) ↗
- 1918 Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (died 2003) ↗
- 1918 Teresa Wright, American actress and singer (died 2005) ↗
- 1917 Augustine Harris, English bishop (died 2007) ↗
- 1917 Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and politician (died 1993) ↗
- 1915 Harry Saltzman, Canadian-French production manager and producer (died 1994) ↗
- 1914 Ahmet Kireççi, Turkish wrestler (died 1979) ↗
- 1914 Dylan Thomas – Welsh poet and playwright (died 1953) ↗
- 1913 Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author (died 2016) ↗
- 1913 Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (died 1971) ↗
- 1911 Leif Erickson, American actor (died 1986) ↗
- 1910 Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1963) ↗
- 1910 Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau, American chemical engineer (died 2000) ↗
- 1908 Lee Krasner, American painter (died 1984) ↗
- 1906 Peter Blume, Belarusian-American painter and sculptor (died 1992) ↗
- 1906 Earle Cabell, American banker and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1975) ↗
- 1906 Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer and educator (died 2010) ↗
- 1904 Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist and author (died 1995) ↗
- 1894 Agda Helin, Swedish actress (died 1984) ↗
- 1894 Oliver Leese, English-Welsh general (died 1978) ↗
- 1894 Fritz Sauckel, German sailor and politician, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (died 1946) ↗
- 1894 Ye Shengtao, Chinese writer, educator, and politician (died 1988) ↗
- 1890 Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (died 1974) ↗
- 1885 Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter (died 1948) ↗
- 1884 Shirō Takasu, Japanese admiral (died 1944) ↗
- 1877 Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic (died 1949) ↗
- 1877 George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (died 1943) ↗
- 1868 William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (died 1928) ↗
- 1865 Charles Spencelayh, English painter and academic (died 1958) ↗
- 1858 Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (died 1935) ↗
- 1858 Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1936) ↗
- 1858 Theodore Roosevelt – American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919) ↗
- 1854 William Alexander Smith, Scottish religious leader, founded the Boys' Brigade (died 1914) ↗
- 1844 Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916) ↗
- 1842 Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1928) ↗
- 1838 John Davis Long, American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 1915) ↗
- 1814 Daniel H. Wells, American religious leader and politician, 3rd Mayor of Salt Lake City (died 1891) ↗
- 1811 Stevens T. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan (died 1843) ↗
- 1811 Isaac Singer, American actor and businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (died 1875) ↗
- 1806 Juan Seguín, American colonel, judge, and politician, 101st Mayor of San Antonio (died 1890) ↗
- 1782 Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1840) ↗
- 1765 Nancy Storace, English soprano (died 1817) ↗
- 1760 August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (died 1831) ↗
- 1744 Mary Moser, English painter and academic (died 1819) ↗
- 1703 Johann Gottlieb Graun, German violinist and composer (died 1771) ↗
- 1661 Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (died 1728) ↗
- 1615 Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, (died 1691) ↗
- 1572 Marie Elisabeth of France, French princess (died 1578) ↗
- 1561 Mary Sidney, English writer, patroness and translator (died 1621) ↗
- 1401 Catherine of Valois (died 1437) ↗
- 1335 Taejo of Joseon (died 1408) ↗
- 1156 Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (died 1222) ↗
- 921 Chai Rong, Chinese emperor (died 959) ↗
- 892 Emperor Ai of Tang, Chinese emperor (died 908) ↗
- 2025 Prunella Scales, English actress (born 1932) ↗
- 2023 Li Keqiang, premier of China (born 1955) ↗
- 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL); suicide (born 1971) ↗
- 2018 Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai businessman, chairman of Leicester City F.C. (born 1958) ↗
- 2016 Takahito, Prince Mikasa, member of the Imperial Family of Japan (born 1915) ↗
- 2015 Ayerdhal, French author (born 1959) ↗
- 2015 Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, Indian pharmacologist and academic (born 1930) ↗
- 2015 Drake – French-American actress and singer (born 1923) ↗
- 2015 Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (born 1933) ↗
- 2014 Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (born 1922) ↗
- 2014 Shin Hae-chul, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (born 1968) ↗
- 2014 Starke Taylor, American soldier and politician, mayor of Dallas (born 1922) ↗
- 2013 Noel Davern, Irish lawyer and politician, Minister for Education and Skills (born 1945) ↗
- 2013 Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist, and academic (born 1931) ↗
- 2013 Luigi Magni, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1928) ↗
- 2013 Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1942) ↗
- 2013 Michael Wilkes, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (born 1940) ↗
- 2013 Vinko Coce, Croatian opera and pop singer (born 1954) ↗
- 2012 Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945) ↗
- 2012 Angelo Maria Cicolani, Italian engineer and politician (born 1952) ↗
- 2012 Regina Dourado, Brazilian actress (born 1952) ↗
- 2012 Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (born 1926) ↗
- 2012 Rodney S. Quinn, American colonel, pilot, and politician, 44th Secretary of State of Maine (born 1923) ↗
- 2012 Göran Stangertz, Swedish actor and director (born 1944) ↗
- 2011 James Hillman, American psychologist and author (born 1926) ↗
- 2011 Robert Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded Marmon Group (born 1926) ↗
- 2010 Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (born 1950) ↗
- 2009 John David Carson, American actor (born 1952) ↗
- 2009 August Coppola, American author and academic (born 1934) ↗
- 2009 David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (born 1940) ↗
- 2009 Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1990) ↗
- 2008 Chris Bryant, English actor and screenwriter (born 1936) ↗
- 2008 Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer (born 1923) ↗
- 2008 Frank Nagai, Japanese singer (born 1932) ↗
- 2008 Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (born 1925) ↗
- 2007 Moira Lister, South African actress (born 1923) ↗
- 2006 Jozsef Gregor, Hungarian opera singer (born 1940) ↗
- 2006 Reko Lundán, Finnish journalist and author (born 1969) ↗
- 2006 Marlin McKeever, American football player (born 1940) ↗
- 2006 Joe Niekro, American baseball player (born 1944) ↗
- 2006 Brad Will, American journalist and activist (born 1970) ↗
- 2005 Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (born 1921) ↗
- 2004 Lester Lanin, American bandleader (born 1907) ↗
- 2004 Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva, Brazilian footballer (born 1974) ↗
- 2004 Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer (born 1942) ↗
- 2003 Rod Roddy, American game show announcer (born 1937) ↗
- 2003 Stephanie Tyrell, American songwriter and producer (born 1949) ↗
- 2002 Tom Dowd, American record producer and engineer (born 1925) ↗
- 2002 Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (born 1922) ↗
- 2001 Pradeep Kumar, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1925) ↗
- 2000 Walter Berry, Austrian lyric bass-baritone (born 1929) ↗
- 1999 Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (born 1927) ↗
- 1999 Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born 1903) ↗
- 1997 Mahala Andrews, British vertebrae palaeontologist (born 1939) ↗
- 1996 Arthur Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1917) ↗
- 1992 David Bohm, American-English physicist and philosopher (born 1917) ↗
- 1992 Allen R. Schindler, Jr. American sailor (born 1969) ↗
- 1991 George Barker, English author and poet (born 1913) ↗
- 1990 Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American violinist, bandleader, and actor (born 1900) ↗
- 1990 Jacques Demy, French actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1931) ↗
- 1990 Elliott Roosevelt, American general and author (born 1910) ↗
- 1990 Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1922) ↗
- 1988 Charles Hawtrey, English actor, singer, and pianist (born 1914) ↗
- 1982 Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963) (born 1895) ↗
- 1980 Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (born 1924) ↗
- 1980 John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899) ↗
- 1977 James M. Cain, American journalist and author (born 1892) ↗
- 1975 Rex Stout, American detective novelist (born 1886) ↗
- 1974 C. P. Ramanujam, Indian mathematician and academic (born 1938) ↗
- 1968 Lise Meitner – Austrian-English physicist and academic (born 1878) ↗
- 1962 Rudolf Anderson, American soldier and pilot (born 1927) ↗
- 1962 Enrico Mattei, Italian businessman and politician (born 1906) ↗
- 1957 James McGirr, Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales (born 1890) ↗
- 1953 Thomas Wass, English cricketer (born 1873) ↗
- 1949 Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (born 1916) ↗
- 1947 William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (born 1872) ↗
- 1944 Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (born 1905) ↗
- 1942 Helmuth Hübener, German activist (born 1925) ↗
- 1935 Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (born 1897) ↗
- 1930 Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (born 1851) ↗
- 1929 Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (born 1857) ↗
- 1927 Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (born 1888) ↗
- 1926 Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (born 1887) ↗
- 1917 Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (born 1897) ↗
- 1880 Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek soldier and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1822) ↗
- 1816 Santō Kyōden, Japanese poet and painter (born 1761) ↗
- 1812 Isaac Brock, British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (born 1769) ↗
- 1789 John Cook, American farmer and politician, 6th Governor of Delaware (born 1730) ↗
- 1675 Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and academic (born 1602) ↗
- 1674 Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic minister and poet (born 1614) ↗
- 1670 Vavasor Powell, Welsh minister (born 1617) ↗
- 1666 Robert Hubert, French watchmaker (born 1640) ↗
- 1617 Ralph Winwood, English lawyer and politician, English Secretary of State (born 1563) ↗
- 1613 Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (born 1589) ↗
- 1605 Akbar, Mughal emperor (born 1542) ↗
- 1573 Laurentius Petri, Swedish archbishop (born 1499) ↗
- 1561 Lope de Aguirre, Spanish explorer (born 1510) ↗
- 1553 Michael Servetus, Spanish physician and theologian (born 1511) ↗
- 1513 George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros, English nobleman ↗
- 1505 Ivan III of Russia (born 1440) ↗
- 1485 Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch philosopher, poet and educator (born 1443) ↗
- 1449 Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer, mathematician and sultan (born 1394) ↗
- 1441 Margery Jourdemayne, executed for treasonable witchcraft ↗
- 1439 Albert II of Germany (born 1397) ↗
- 1430 Vytautas, Lithuanian ruler (born 1350) ↗
- 1331 Abulfeda, Arab historian and geographer (born 1273) ↗
- 1329 Mahaut, Countess of Artois (born 1268) ↗
- 1327 Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert the Bruce ↗
- 1326 Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (born 1262) ↗
- 1312 John II, Duke of Brabant (born 1275) ↗
- 1303 Beatrice of Castile, wife of King Afonso III of Portugal ↗
- 1277 Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor of England ↗
- 1272 Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (born 1213) ↗
- 1269 Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia (born c.1220) ↗
- 1052 Qirwash ibn al-Muqallad, Uqaylid emir ↗
- 939 Æthelstan, English king ↗