46 Events
269 Births
121 Deaths
- 2018 Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault. ↗
- 2003 The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan. ↗
- 1998 PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people. ↗
- 1997 NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station. ↗
- 1992 NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion. ↗
- 1987 Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka. ↗
- 1985 3 civilians killed by alleged supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Larnaca yacht killings. ↗
- 1983 Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison. ↗
- 1981 Belize joins the United Nations. ↗
- 1978 PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground. ↗
- 1977 About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon. ↗
- 1974 Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John. ↗
- 1969 The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed. ↗
- 1964 The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins. ↗
- 1963 Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair. ↗
- 1962 The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government. ↗
- 1962 The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency. ↗
- 1959 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, is mortally shot by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day. ↗
- 1957 Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops. ↗
- 1956 TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated. ↗
- 1955 The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded. ↗
- 1944 World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek. ↗
- 1937 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan. ↗
- 1926 The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed. ↗
- 1918 World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby. ↗
- 1915 World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins. ↗
- 1912 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City. ↗
- 1911 An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship. ↗
- 1906 Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over 2 km (1.2 mi), in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles. ↗
- 1890 The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park. ↗
- 1868 The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia. ↗
- 1804 The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver. ↗
- 1790 Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday. ↗
- 1789 The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment. ↗
- 1786 The mine of Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes collapses killing more than hundred people. The event was a major setback for quicksilver production in the Spanish Empire. ↗
- 1775 American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal in the Battle of Longue-Pointe during the invasion of Quebec. ↗
- 1775 American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off to join the American invasion. ↗
- 1768 Unification of Nepal ↗
- 1690 Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time. ↗
- 1555 The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League. ↗
- 1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. ↗
- 1396 Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis. ↗
- 1237 England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border. ↗
- 1066 In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England. ↗
- 762 Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate. ↗
- 275 For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus. ↗
- 2009 Leah Jeffries, American actress ↗
- 2001 Cade Cunningham, American basketball player ↗
- 1995 Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver ↗
- 1993 Brandin Cooks, American football player ↗
- 1993 Toby Greene, Australian footballer ↗
- 1992 Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver ↗
- 1992 Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer ↗
- 1992 Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater ↗
- 1992 Rosalía, Spanish singer-songwriter ↗
- 1992 Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer ↗
- 1991 Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player ↗
- 1990 Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater ↗
- 1989 Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor ↗
- 1989 Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer ↗
- 1989 Aldon Smith, American football player ↗
- 1987 Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player ↗
- 1986 Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player ↗
- 1986 Jamie O'Hara, English footballer ↗
- 1986 Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress ↗
- 1984 Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1984 Matt Carle, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 Ivory Latta, American basketball player ↗
- 1984 Matías Silvestre, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1984 Zach Woods, American actor and comedian ↗
- 1983 Donald Glover (also known as Childish Gambino), American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1982 Hyun Bin, South Korean actor ↗
- 1981 Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player and manager ↗
- 1981 Jason Bergmann, American baseball player ↗
- 1981 Lee Norris, American actor ↗
- 1980 Chris Owen, American actor ↗
- 1980 T.I., American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor ↗
- 1979 Kyle Bennett, American BMX rider (died 2012) ↗
- 1979 Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler ↗
- 1979 Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer ↗
- 1978 Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer ↗
- 1978 Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer ↗
- 1978 Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer ↗
- 1978 Jodie Kidd, English model and actress ↗
- 1978 Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1978 Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player ↗
- 1977 Clea DuVall, American actress ↗
- 1977 Robbie Jones, American actor ↗
- 1977 Mike Krahulik, American illustrator ↗
- 1977 Toni Lydman, Finnish ice hockey player ↗
- 1977 Joel David Moore, American actor ↗
- 1977 Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican-American baseball player ↗
- 1976 Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1976 Chauncey Billups, American basketball player ↗
- 1976 Charlotte Ayanna, Puerto Rican-American actress ↗
- 1975 Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian skier ↗
- 1975 Declan Donnelly, English entertainer ↗
- 1975 Matt Hasselbeck, American football player ↗
- 1975 Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach ↗
- 1974 Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1974 Olivier Dacourt, French footballer ↗
- 1974 John Granville, American scholar and diplomat (died 2008) ↗
- 1974 Paul Hurst, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 Daniel Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist ↗
- 1974 Frank Leder, German fashion designer ↗
- 1974 Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league player and coach ↗
- 1974 Eric Moss, American football player (died 2019) ↗
- 1974 Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1974 Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete ↗
- 1974 Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler ↗
- 1973 Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer ↗
- 1973 Jenny Chapman, English politician ↗
- 1973 Bridgette Wilson, American actress, singer, model, and beauty queen ↗
- 1972 Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1971 Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager ↗
- 1971 John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1971 Seb Sanders, English jockey ↗
- 1970 Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist ↗
- 1970 Aja Kong, Japanese professional wrestler ↗
- 1970 Paul Pope, American cartoonist, writer and artist ↗
- 1970 Dean Ween, American musician ↗
- 1969 Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (died 2002) ↗
- 1969 Bill Simmons, American journalist and author ↗
- 1969 Hal Sparks, American actor, comedian, musician and political commentator ↗
- 1969 Tony Womack, American baseball player ↗
- 1969 Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress ↗
- 1968 John A. List, American economist and academic ↗
- 1968 Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper ↗
- 1968 John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach ↗
- 1967 Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1967 Ashwin Sood, English-Canadian drummer and producer ↗
- 1966 Stanislav Bunin, Russian pianist and educator ↗
- 1966 Jason Flemyng, English actor ↗
- 1966 Todd Philcox, American football player ↗
- 1965 Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer ↗
- 1965 Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer ↗
- 1965 Scottie Pippen, American basketball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1965 Anne Roumanoff, French actress and screenwriter ↗
- 1965 Dave Rundle, South African cricketer ↗
- 1965 Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter ↗
- 1965 Rafael Martín Vázquez, Spanish footballer and coach ↗
- 1965 Nicky Winmar, Australian footballer ↗
- 1964 Gary Ayles, English race car driver ↗
- 1964 Barbara Dennerlein, German organist ↗
- 1964 Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer ↗
- 1964 Rebecca Gablé, German novelist ↗
- 1964 Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress ↗
- 1964 Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman ↗
- 1963 Tate Donovan, American actor ↗
- 1963 Ali Smith – American journalist and author ↗
- 1962 Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian-French psychologist and journalist (died 2010) ↗
- 1962 Aida Turturro, American actress ↗
- 1962 Dariusz Wdowczyk, Polish footballer and coach ↗
- 1961 Mehmet Aslantuğ, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1961 Heather Locklear, American actress ↗
- 1961 Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter ↗
- 1961 Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1960 Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager ↗
- 1959 Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1958 Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor ↗
- 1957 Michael Madsen, American actor and producer (died 2025) ↗
- 1957 Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (died 2014) ↗
- 1956 W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation ↗
- 1956 Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries ↗
- 1956 Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual ↗
- 1955 Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (died 1985) ↗
- 1955 Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1955 Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer ↗
- 1955 Luanne Rice, American author and activist ↗
- 1955 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1955 Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1954 Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach ↗
- 1954 Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (died 2014) ↗
- 1954 Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
- 1953 Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer ↗
- 1953 Ron Rash, American novelist, short story writer, poet ↗
- 1952 Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor ↗
- 1952 Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager ↗
- 1952 bell hooks, American author and activist (died 2021) ↗
- 1952 Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist ↗
- 1952 Tommy Norden, American actor ↗
- 1952 Chris Pond, English politician ↗
- 1952 Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (died 2004) ↗
- 1951 Yardena Arazi, Israeli singer ↗
- 1951 Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter ↗
- 1951 Graeme Knowles, English bishop ↗
- 1951 Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer ↗
- 1951 Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1950 E. C. Coleman, American basketball player ↗
- 1950 Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer (died 2013) ↗
- 1949 Pedro Almodóvar – Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1949 Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player ↗
- 1949 Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (died 2015) ↗
- 1949 Anson Williams, American actor, singer, and director ↗
- 1948 Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter ↗
- 1948 Vasile Șirli, Romanian musical composer and producer ↗
- 1948 Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman ↗
- 1947 Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (died 1999) ↗
- 1947 Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress ↗
- 1947 Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013) ↗
- 1946 Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2023) ↗
- 1946 Felicity Kendal, English actress ↗
- 1946 Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1998) ↗
- 1946 Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer ↗
- 1946 Gil Morgan, American golfer ↗
- 1946 Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer ↗
- 1946 Jerry Penrod, American bass player ↗
- 1945 Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer ↗
- 1945 Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014) ↗
- 1944 Michael Douglas, American actor and producer ↗
- 1944 Doris Matsui, American politician ↗
- 1944 Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (died 2009) ↗
- 1943 Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense ↗
- 1943 John Locke, American keyboard player (died 2006) ↗
- 1943 Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist ↗
- 1943 Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1942 Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (died 1976) ↗
- 1942 Robert Miano, American actor and producer ↗
- 1942 Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver ↗
- 1942 John Taylor, English pianist and educator (died 2015) ↗
- 1942 Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (died 2008) ↗
- 1941 Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern, English academic and politician ↗
- 1940 Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author (died 2020) ↗
- 1939 Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2015) ↗
- 1939 Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2009) ↗
- 1939 David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati ↗
- 1938 Ron Hill, English runner and businessman (died 2021) ↗
- 1938 Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (died 2010) ↗
- 1938 Enn Tarto, Estonian politician (died 2021) ↗
- 1937 Mary Allen Wilkes, American computer scientist and lawyer ↗
- 1936 Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (died 2014) ↗
- 1936 Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1996) ↗
- 1936 Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali (died 2020) ↗
- 1933 Hubie Brown, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1933 Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022) ↗
- 1932 Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (died 1982) ↗
- 1932 Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer and manager (died 2024) ↗
- 1932 Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (died 2014) ↗
- 1931 Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (died 2005) ↗
- 1931 Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar ↗
- 1930 Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti (died 2022) ↗
- 1930 Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (died 1999) ↗
- 1929 Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005) ↗
- 1929 Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (died 2004) ↗
- 1929 Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (died 2022) ↗
- 1927 Carl Braun, American basketball player and coach (died 2010) ↗
- 1927 Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (died 2013) ↗
- 1926 Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (died 2001) ↗
- 1926 Aldo Ray, American actor (died 1991) ↗
- 1925 Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (died 2016) ↗
- 1924 Norman Ayrton, English actor and director (died 2017) ↗
- 1924 Red Webb, American baseball player (died 1996) ↗
- 1923 Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (died 2001) ↗
- 1923 Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 2011) ↗
- 1922 Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (died 1992) ↗
- 1921 Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1992) ↗
- 1920 Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994) ↗
- 1920 Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (died 2002) ↗
- 1917 Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2007) ↗
- 1916 Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (died 2010) ↗
- 1916 Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968) ↗
- 1914 John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer (died 2020) ↗
- 1911 Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 1981) ↗
- 1910 Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach (died 1980) ↗
- 1908 Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (died 1977) ↗
- 1906 Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic (died 1962) ↗
- 1906 Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author (died 1996) ↗
- 1906 Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (died 1975) ↗
- 1903 Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator (died 1970) ↗
- 1901 Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (died 1999) ↗
- 1901 Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (died 1968) ↗
- 1900 Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 1937) ↗
- 1899 Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1981) ↗
- 1898 Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (died 1980) ↗
- 1897 William Faulkner – American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962) ↗
- 1896 Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (died 1990) ↗
- 1893 Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician (died 1985) ↗
- 1889 Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (died 1930) ↗
- 1888 Hanna Ralph, German actress (died 1978) ↗
- 1884 Adolf Bolm, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (died 1951) ↗
- 1881 Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (died 1936) ↗
- 1879 Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal (died 1963) ↗
- 1877 Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and President (died 1945) ↗
- 1867 Yevgeny Miller, Russian general (died 1938) ↗
- 1866 Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945) ↗
- 1865 Henri Lebasque, French artist (died 1937) ↗
- 1862 Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (died 1897) ↗
- 1862 Billy Hughes, English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1952) ↗
- 1839 Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist (died 1904) ↗
- 1825 William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and politician (died 1888) ↗
- 1825 Joachim Heer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the National Council (died 1879) ↗
- 1816 Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (died 1893) ↗
- 1798 Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (died 1874) ↗
- 1782 Charles Maturin, Irish author and playwright (died 1824) ↗
- 1773 Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and author (died 1856) ↗
- 1771 Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (died 1829) ↗
- 1766 Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (died 1822) ↗
- 1764 Fletcher Christian, English sailor (died 1793) ↗
- 1761 William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (died 1827) ↗
- 1758 Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1820) ↗
- 1744 Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1797) ↗
- 1741 Wenzel Pichl, Czech violinist, composer, and director (died 1805) ↗
- 1738 Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (died 1789) ↗
- 1711 Qianlong Emperor of China (died 1799) ↗
- 1694 Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1754) ↗
- 1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (died 1764) ↗
- 1663 Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer (died 1711) ↗
- 1644 Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (died 1710) ↗
- 1636 Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince (died 1698) ↗
- 1599 Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (died 1667) ↗
- 1529 Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (died 1583) ↗
- 1528 Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (died 1603) ↗
- 1525 Steven Borough, English explorer and navigator (died 1584) ↗
- 1403 Louis III of Anjou (died 1434) ↗
- 1358 Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1408) ↗
- 2023 David McCallum, Scottish actor (born 1933) ↗
- 2017 Jan Tříska, Czech actor (born 1936) ↗
- 2016 José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1992) ↗
- 2016 Arnold Palmer, American golfer (born 1929) ↗
- 2016 Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (born 1960) ↗
- 2015 Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936) ↗
- 2015 John Galvin, American general (born 1929) ↗
- 2015 Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1944) ↗
- 2015 Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (born 1939) ↗
- 2014 Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (born 1943) ↗
- 2014 Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1951) ↗
- 2014 Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (born 1920) ↗
- 2013 Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1940) ↗
- 2013 Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (born 1945) ↗
- 2013 José Montoya, American poet and academic (born 1932) ↗
- 2013 Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (born 1915) ↗
- 2013 Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (born 1938) ↗
- 2013 Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (Gabriola Island, Canada) (born 1930) ↗
- 2012 Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (born 1927) ↗
- 2012 John Bond, English footballer and manager (born 1932) ↗
- 2012 Eric Ives, English historian and academic (born 1931) ↗
- 2012 Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (born 1962) ↗
- 2012 Andy Williams, American singer (born 1927) ↗
- 2011 Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1940) ↗
- 2009 Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (born 1923) ↗
- 2009 Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946) ↗
- 2008 Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (born 1932) ↗
- 2007 Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (born 1919) ↗
- 2007 André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (born 1924) ↗
- 2006 Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (born 1920) ↗
- 2006 John M. Ford, American author and poet (born 1957) ↗
- 2005 Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923) ↗
- 2005 Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1956) ↗
- 2005 George Archer, American golfer (born 1939) ↗
- 2005 Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (born 1917) ↗
- 2005 Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic (born 1912) ↗
- 2005 M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (born 1936) ↗
- 2005 Friedrich Peter, Austrian lawyer and politician (born 1921) ↗
- 2003 Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (born 1953) ↗
- 2003 Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934) ↗
- 2003 Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) ↗
- 2003 George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (born 1927) ↗
- 1999 Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (born 1930) ↗
- 1997 Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (born 1916) ↗
- 1997 Jean Françaix, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1912) ↗
- 1995 Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1928) ↗
- 1995 Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (born 1891) ↗
- 1992 Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (born 1961) ↗
- 1991 Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913) ↗
- 1991 Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (born 1912) ↗
- 1990 Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1897) ↗
- 1988 Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (born 1937) ↗
- 1988 Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (born 1909) ↗
- 1987 Mary Astor, American actress (born 1906) ↗
- 1987 Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (born 1905) ↗
- 1986 Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (born 1917) ↗
- 1986 Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (born 1909) ↗
- 1986 Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896) ↗
- 1986 Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (born 1909) ↗
- 1984 Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (born 1897) ↗
- 1983 Leopold III of Belgium (born 1901) ↗
- 1980 John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (born 1948) ↗
- 1980 Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1895) ↗
- 1980 Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (born 1883) ↗
- 1972 Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (born 1936) ↗
- 1971 Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician, Associate Supreme Court Justice (born 1886) ↗
- 1970 Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (born 1898) ↗
- 1968 Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (born 1891) ↗
- 1968 Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (born 1903) ↗
- 1961 Frank Fay, American actor and singer (born 1897) ↗
- 1960 Emily Post, American author and educator (born 1873) ↗
- 1958 John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (born 1878) ↗
- 1955 Martha Norelius Swedish-born American swimmer (born 1909) ↗
- 1946 Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (born 1879) ↗
- 1943 Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (born 1880) ↗
- 1941 Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (born 1867) ↗
- 1939 Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (born 1885) ↗
- 1938 Lev Zadov, Ukrainian intelligence agent (born 1893) ↗
- 1933 Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (born 1885) ↗
- 1929 Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (born 1879) ↗
- 1928 Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (born 1863) ↗
- 1926 Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (born 1862) ↗
- 1918 Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (born 1857) ↗
- 1917 Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer, rebel commander, and hunger striker (born 1885) ↗
- 1905 Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (born 1853) ↗
- 1901 Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, Governor of Malta (born 1835) ↗
- 1900 Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (born 1832) ↗
- 1900 John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (born 1817) ↗
- 1893 Louise von François, German author (born 1817) ↗
- 1867 Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (born 1812) ↗
- 1849 Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (born 1804) ↗
- 1828 Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (born 1783) ↗
- 1794 Paul Rabaut, French pastor (born 1718) ↗
- 1792 Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish politician and diplomat (born 1710) ↗
- 1791 William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (born 1719) ↗
- 1777 Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1728) ↗
- 1774 John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (born 1714) ↗
- 1703 Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (born 1658) ↗
- 1665 Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1610) ↗
- 1630 Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (born 1569) ↗
- 1626 Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (born 1555) ↗
- 1621 Mary Sidney, English writer (born 1561) ↗
- 1617 Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (born 1572) ↗
- 1617 Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (born 1548) ↗
- 1615 Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman and woman of letters (born 1575) ↗
- 1602 Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (born 1525) ↗
- 1588 Tilemann Heshusius, German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (born 1527) ↗
- 1550 Georg von Blumenthal, German bishop (born 1490) ↗
- 1536 Johannes Secundus, Dutch author and poet (born 1511) ↗
- 1534 Pope Clement VII (born 1478) ↗
- 1506 Philip I of Castile (born 1478) ↗
- 1496 Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (born 1447) ↗
- 1396 Jean de Carrouges, French knight (born 1330) ↗
- 1396 Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (born 1341) ↗
- 1367 Jakushitsu Genkō, Japanese poet (born 1290) ↗
- 1333 Prince Morikuni, Japanese shōgun (born 1301) ↗
- 1087 Simon I de Montfort, French nobleman (born c. 1025) ↗
- 1086 William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (born 1025) ↗
- 1066 Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king (born 1015) ↗
- 1066 Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess ↗
- 1066 Tostig Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born c. 1029) ↗