March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 279 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
87 BC – Crown Prince Fuling, later Emperor Zhao of Han , is named as Emperor Wu of Han 's successor and heir to the throne. Emperor Wu dies two days later.
1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication, interdiction, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse against Venice , which had unjustly seized on Ferrara, a fief of the Patrimony of Peter.
1329 – Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
1613 – The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove , Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy .
1625 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France .
1782 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates .
1794 – Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
1809 – Peninsular War : A combined Franco -Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad-Real .
1812 – Hugh McGary Jr. establishes what is now Evansville, Indiana on a bend in the Ohio River.
1814 – War of 1812 : In central Alabama , U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend .
1836 – Texas Revolution : Goliad massacre – On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna , the Mexican army butchers 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas .
1851 – First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.
1871 – The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place .
1881 – Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of Teetotalism by the Salvation Army .
1884 – A mob in Cincinnati , Ohio , attacks members of a jury who had returned a verdict of manslaughter in a clear case of murder , and then over the next few days would riot and destroy the courthouse .
1886 – Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo , surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars .
1890 – A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky , killing 76 and injuring 200.
1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River .
1910 – A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös , Hungary, kills 312.
1915 – Typhoid Mary , the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine , where she would remain for the rest of her life.
1918 – Bessarabia is ceded to the Kingdom of Romania .
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War : The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
1941 – World War II : Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup .
1943 – World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands – In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska .
1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation , the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
1948 – The Second Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea is convened.
1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union .
1963 – Beeching Axe : Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network.
1964 – The Good Friday Earthquake , the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska , killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage .
1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.
1977 – Tenerife airport disaster : Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands , killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am ). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.
1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea , killing 123 of its crew of 212.
1980 – Silver Thursday : A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges .
1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike , in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
1986 – A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne , killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
1990 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí , an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba .
1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China .
1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo .
1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence , the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
1999 – Kosovo War : Yugoslav SAM downed F117 A, the first and only kill of the stealth aircraft.
2000 – A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one and injures 71.
2002 – Passover massacre : A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people partaking of the Passover meal in Netanya , Israel .
2002 – Nanterre massacre : In Nanterre , France , a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors and the injury of 19 others.
2004 – HMS Scylla , a decommissioned Leander class frigate , is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall , the first of its kind in Europe.
2009 – The dam forming Situ Gintung , an artificial lake in Indonesia , fails, killing at least 99 people.
2009 – A suicide bomber kills at least 48 at a mosque in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan .
Births
972 – Robert II of France (d. 1031)
1196 – Sviatoslav III of Vladimir (d. 1252)
1306 – Philip III of Navarre (d. 1343)
1416 – Antonio Squarcialupi , Italian organist and composer (d. 1480)
1416 – Francis of Paola , Italian friar and saint; founded the Order of the Minims (d. 1507)
1509 – Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck (d. 1575)
1588 – Celestyn Myślenta , Prussian-Polish theologian and academic (d. 1653)
1623 – Margrave Charles Magnus of Baden-Durlach (d. 1658)
1627 – Stephen Fox , English politician (d. 1716)
1632 – Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (d. 1677)
1676 – Francis II Rákóczi , Hungarian prince (d. 1735)
1681 – Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero , Spanish cardinal (d. 1760)
1696 – Antoine Court , French minister (d. 1760)
1702 – Johann Ernst Eberlin , German organist and composer (d. 1762)
1709 – William Flackton , English organist, viola player, and composer (d. 1798)
1710 – Joseph Abaco , Belgian cellist and composer (d. 1805)
1712 – Claude Bourgelat , French surgeon (d. 1779)
1714 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria , Italian historian and theologian (d. 1795)
1723 – James Madison, Sr. , American colonel and planter (d. 1801)
1724 – Jane Colden , American botanist (d. 1766)
1730 – Thomas Tyrwhitt , English scholar and critic (d. 1786)
1746 – Michael Bruce , Scottish poet (d. 1767)
1746 – Carlo Buonaparte , French lawyer and politician (d. 1785)
1753 – Andrew Bell , Scottish priest, founded Madras College (d. 1832)
1760 – Ishmail Spicer , American composer, educator, and publisher (d. 1832)
1760 – Auguste Vestris , French ballet dancer (d. 1842)
1761 – James Sykes , American physician and politician, 14th Governor of Delaware (d. 1822)
1765 – Franz Xaver von Baader , German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
1767 – Charles Didelot , Swedish-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1837)
1770 – Eleonora Charlotta d'Albedyhll , Swedish poet (d. 1835)
1770 – Sophie Mereau , German author (d. 1806)
1776 – Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel , French botanist and politician (d. 1854)
1781 – Alexander Vostokov , Estonian-Russian philologist (d. 1864)
1784 – Sándor Kőrösi Csoma , Hungarian philologist, orientalist, and author (d. 1842)
1785 – Filippo Giudice Caracciolo , Italian cardinal (d. 1844)
1785 – Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
1781 – Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats , English politician (d. 1871)
1791 – Reuben Uther , English-Australian businessman (d. 1894)
1797 – Alfred de Vigny , French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1863)
1801 – Alexander Barrow , American lawyer and politician (d. 1846)
1802 – Charles-Mathias Simons , German-Luxembourger jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1874)
1802 – Félix-Jacques Moulin , French photographer (d. 1875)
1804 – Giacomo Panizza , Italian conductor and composer (d. 1860)
1807 – James P. Kirkwood , American engineer (d. 1877)
1809 – Jean-Louis Beaudry , Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1886)
1809 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann , French engineer (d. 1891)
1810 – William Hepworth Thompson , English scholar and academic (d. 1886)
1810 – Adolf Glassbrenner , German humorist (d. 1876)
1811 – Charles Elliott , New Zealand politician (d. 1876)
1812 – Ivan Panaev , Russian journalist, author, and publisher (d. 1862)
1812 – Seymour Mills Spencer , American-New Zealand missionary (d. 1898)
1813 – Nathaniel Currier , American illustrator, co-founded Currier and Ives (d. 1888)
1813 – David Monro , Scottish-New Zealand physician and politician, 2nd Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives (d. 1877)
1814 – Diego Archuleta , American general (d. 1884)
1814 – Charles Mackay , Scottish journalist, author, and poet (d. 1889)
1818 – Erminia Frezzolini , Italian soprano (d. 1884)
1820 – Edward Augustus Inglefield , English admiral and explorer (d. 1894)
1820 – Elias David Sassoon , Iraqi-Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1880)
1822 – Henri Murger , French author and poet (d. 1861)
1824 – Virginia Minor , American activist (d. 1894)
1825 – Hubert de Castella , Swiss-Australian author and wine maker (d. 1907)
1827 – Ernesto Rossi , Italian actor and playwright (d. 1896)
1831 – Johann Friedrich Horner , Swiss ophthalmologist and academic (d. 1886)
1832 – Mary Abigail Fillmore , American daughter of Millard Fillmore (d. 1854)
1832 – Benjamin Pâquet , Canadian priest (d. 1900)
1834 – Pierre Gaspard , French mountaineer (d. 1915)
1839 – John Ballance , Irish-New Zealand politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)
1840 – George Fisher Baker , American financier and philanthropist (d. 1931)
1843 – George Frederick Leycester Marshall , English colonel and entomologist (d. 1934)
1844 – Adolphus Greely , American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1935)
1845 – Melville R. Hopewell , American lawyer and politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska (d. 1911)
1845 – Wilhelm Röntgen , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
1845 – Jakob Sverdrup , Norwegian bishop and politician (d. 1899)
1847 – Richard Martin Meredith , Canadian judge and academic, founded University of Western Ontario (d. 1934)
1847 – Otto Wallach , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
1849 – Carlo Dossi , Italian author and diplomat (d. 1910)
1851 – Ruperto Chapí , Spanish composer, co-founded Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (d. 1909)
1851 – Vincent d'Indy , French composer and educator (d. 1931)
1852 – Jim Connell , Irish journalist and activist (d. 1929)
1853 – John Edward Kelley , American journalist and politician (d. 1941)
1854 – Giovanni Battista Grassi , Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (d. 1925)
1855 – James Alfred Ewing , Scottish physicist and engineer (d. 1935)
1855 – William Russell Lane-Joynt , Irish target shooter and lawyer (d. 1921)
1855 – William Libbey , American target shooter, geologist, and geographer (d. 1927)
1857 – Karl Pearson , English mathematician (d. 1936)
1859 – George Giffen , Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1927)
1859 – Gerrit J. Diekema , American politician, 31st Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives (d. 1930)
1860 – Frank Frost Abbott , American scholar (d. 1924)
1861 – Nikolay Demyanov , Russian chemist (d. 1938)
1863 – Henry Royce , English engineer and businessman; founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933)
1864 – Agostina Livia Pietrantoni , Italian nun and nurse (d. 1894)
1865 – Eugene Botkin , Russian physician (d. 1918)
1865 – Alessandro Verde , Italian cardinal (d. 1958)
1865 – Konrad Grallert von Cebrów , Russian-Austrian commander (d. 1942)
1866 – John Allan , Australian politician; 29th Premier of Victoria (d. 1936)
1866 – Andon Zako Çajupi , Albanian lawyer, poet, and playwright (d. 1830)
1867 – Karl Zsigmondy , Austrian-Hungarian mathematician (d. 1925)
1868 – Patty Hill , American songwriter and educator (d. 1946)
1869 – James McNeill , Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1938)
1871 – Piet Aalberse , Dutch politician (d. 1948)
1871 – Heinrich Mann , German author (d. 1950)
1871 – Joseph G. Morrison , American captain and minister (d. 1939)
1872 – Edward George Turner , English businessman (d. 1962)
1873 – Christophorus III , Georgian patriarch (d. 1932)
1873 – Giannina Russ , Italian soprano (d. 1951)
1873 – Austin Harrison , English journalist and author (d. 1928)
1875 – Albert Marquet , French painter (d. 1947)
1876 – Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti , Italian cardinal (d. 1943)
1876 – Karl Fredrik Wilkama , Finnish general (d. 1947)
1877 – Oscar Grégoire , Belgian water polo player and swimmer (d. 1947)
1877 – Konstantinos Skarlatos , Greek general and target shooter (d. 1969)
1879 – Catherine Carswell , Scottish journalist and author (d. 1946)
1879 – Sahan Dosova , Kazakhstani super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1879 – Sándor Garbai , Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1947)
1879 – Miller Huggins , American baseball player and manager (d. 1929)
1879 – Izaak Reijnders , Dutch general (d. 1966)
1879 – Edward Steichen , Luxembourgish-American painter and photographer (d. 1973)
1880 – Ruth Hanna McCormick , American politician (d. 1944)
1882 – Horace Bonser , American target shooter (d. 1934)
1883 – Paul McCullough , American actor (d. 1936)
1883 – Marie Under , Estonian author and poet (d. 1980)
1883 – Margaret Cobb Ailshie , American publisher and activist (d. 1959)
1884 – Gordon Thomson , English rower (d. 1953)
1885 – Julio Lozano Díaz , Honduran politician, 40th President of Honduras (d. 1957)
1885 – Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster , English soldier and politician, Governor of Cyprus (d. 1961)
1886 – Wladimir Burliuk , Ukrainian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
1886 – Sergey Kirov , Russian politician (d. 1934)
1886 – Clemens Holzmeister , Austrian architect and stage designer, designed Großes Festspielhaus (d. 1983)
1886 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building (d. 1969)
1887 – Väinö Siikaniemi , Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1932)
1887 – Chapman Grant , American herpetologist, historian, and publisher (d. 1983)
1888 – Bouke Benenga , Dutch swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
1888 – George Alfred Lawrence Hearne , English-South African cricketer (d. 1978)
1889 – Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu , Egyptian-Turkish journalist and politician (d. 1974)
1889 – Leonard Mociulschi , Moldavian-Romanian general (d. 1979)
1890 – Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton , Scottish admiral (d. 1974)
1890 – Jean-François Pouliot , Canadian lawyer, author, and politician (d. 1969)
1890 – Harald Julin , Swedish swimmer and water polo player (d. 1967)
1891 – A. P. Elkin , Australian anthropologist and priest (d. 1979)
1891 – Vallance Jupp , English cricketer (d. 1960)
1891 – Lajos Zilahy , Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1974)
1892 – Ferde Grofé , American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
1892 – Thorne Smith , American author (d. 1934)
1892 – Swami Vipulananda , Sri Lankan author, poet, and critic (d. 1947)
1892 – Dorrit Weixler , German actress (d. 1916)
1893 – Ugo Agostoni , Italian cyclist (d. 1941)
1893 – Karl Mannheim , Hungarian sociologist (d. 1947)
1893 – G. Lloyd Spencer , American lieutenant and politician (d. 1981)
1894 – Soeprapto , Indonesian lawyer and judge (d. 1964)
1894 – René Fonck , French colonel and pilot (d. 1953)
1895 – Juan Guzmán Cruchaga , Chilean poet and diplomat (d. 1979)
1895 – Roland Leighton , English soldier and poet (d. 1915)
1895 – Betty Schade , German-American actress (d. 1982)
1896 – Wolfgang von Weisl , Austrian-Israeli journalist and author (d. 1974)
1897 – Douglas Hartree , English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958)
1897 – Cyril Slater , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1969)
1898 – Titina De Filippo , Italian actress (d. 1963)
1898 – Josef Müller , German lawyer and politician (d. 1979)
1898 – Herb Stein , American football player (d. 1980)
1898 – Alma Tell , American actress (d. 1937)
1899 – Carl Aage Hilbert , Danish-Faroese jurist and politician (d. 1953)
1899 – Karim Mammadbeyov , Azerbaijani politician (d. 1938)
1899 – Francis Ponge , French poet (d. 1988)
1899 – Gloria Swanson , American actress, singer, and producer (d. 1983)
1901 – Carl Barks , American illustrator and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1901 – Enrique Santos Discépolo , Argentinian singer-songwriter, bandoneón player, and pianist (d. 1951)
1901 – George Dowty , English businessman, founded Dowty Group (d. 1975)
1901 – Erich Ollenhauer , German politician (d. 1963)
1901 – Eisaku Satō , Japanese politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1901 – Gilberto Loyo , Mexican-Spanish economist and politician (d. 1973)
1901 – Kenneth Slessor , Australian journalist and poet (d. 1971)
1902 – Sidney Buchman , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)
1902 – Charles Lang , American cinematographer (d. 1998)
1903 – Nobuo Aoyagi , Japanese director and producer (d. 1976)
1903 – Betty Balfour , English actress (d. 1977)
1903 – Leif Tronstad , Norwegian soldier and scientist (d. 1945)
1903 – Xavier Villaurrutia , Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1950)
1904 – Hal Kemp , American saxophonist, clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1940)
1905 – Leroy Carr , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1935)
1905 – Domenico da Cese , Italian monk (d. 1978)
1905 – Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff , German general (d. 1980)
1905 – Johnny Gill , American baseball player (d. 1984)
1905 – László Kalmár , Hungarian mathematician and educator (d. 1976)
1905 – Elsie MacGill , Canadian engineer (d. 1980)
1905 – Jack Patten , Australian journalist and activist (d. 1957)
1905 – Evaristo Sourdis Juliao , Colombian lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Colombia (d. 1970)
1906 – Cecil Purdy , Egyptian-Australian chess player and author (d. 1979)
1906 – Pee Wee Russell , American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 1969)
1907 – George Pollock , English director (d. 1979)
1907 – Mary Treen , American actress (d. 1989)
1908 – Bernard Hügl , Croatian footballer and manager (d. 1982)
1908 – Sol Leshinsky , Canadian-American mathematician and economist (d. 1985)
1908 – Alberto Semprini , English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
1909 – Veikko Larkas , Finnish architect, designed the Pielisensuu Church (d. 1969)
1909 – Golo Mann , German historian and author (d. 1994)
1909 – Valery Marakou , Belarusian poet (d. 1937)
1909 – Raymond Oliver , French chef (d. 1990)
1909 – Ben Webster , American saxophonist (d. 1973)
1910 – Hugh Nibley , American author (d. 2005)
1910 – Ai Qing , Chinese poet (d. 1996)
1911 – Viola Keats , Scottish actress (d. 1998)
1911 – Norman Livermore , American environmentalist (d. 2006)
1911 – Franc Rozman , Slovenian general (d. 1944)
1911 – Veronika Tushnova , Russian poet and physician (d. 1965)
1912 – James Callaghan , English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
1912 – Robert Hughes , Scottish-Australian composer (d. 2007)
1913 – Theodor Dannecker , German SS officer (d. 1945)
1913 – Paul Maitla , Estonian commander (d. 1945)
1913 – Ciril Praček , Slovenian skier (d. 2000)
1914 – Richard Denning , American actor (d. 1998)
1914 – Budd Schulberg , American author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2009)
1914 – Kris Sivara , Thai general and politician, Defence Minister of Thailand (d. 1976)
1915 – Wang Daohan , Chinese politician, Mayor of Shanghai (d. 2005)
1915 – Robert Lockwood, Jr. , American guitarist (d. 2006)
1915 – Bernardo Poli , Italian footballer (d. 1944)
1916 – Heinz-Wilhelm Eck , German commander (d. 1945)
1916 – Frank Pitelka , American ornithologist (d. 2003)
1916 – Mario Tonelli , American football player (d. 2003)
1917 – Joko Beck , American monk and educator (d. 2011)
1917 – Reva Gerstein , Canadian psychologist and academic
1917 – Cyrus Vance , American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002)
1919 – Cornelius Rost , Austrian-German soldier (d. 1983)
1920 – William C. Conner , American judge (d. 2009)
1920 – Richard Hayman , American harmonica player, conductor, and composer (d. 2014)
1920 – Robin Jacques , English illustrator (d. 1995)
1920 – Wallace McIntosh , Scottish lieutenant and pilot (d. 2007)
1920 – Colin Rowe , English-American historian, theorist, and academic (d. 1999)
1920 – Joe Tuminelli , American baseball player (d. 1980)
1921 – Hélène Berr , French holocaust victim and author (d. 1945)
1921 – Fred Foy , American radio and television announcer (d. 2010)
1921 – Calvin Gotlieb , Canadian computer scientist and educator
1921 – Harry Järv , Finnish-Swedish lieutenant, historian and author (d. 2009)
1921 – Richard Marner , Russian-Scottish actor (d. 2004)
1921 – Moacir Barbosa Nascimento , Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2000)
1921 – Harold Nicholas , American actor and dancer (d. 2000)
1922 – Alex Agase , American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1922 – Barnaby Conrad , American author (d. 2013)
1922 – Dick King-Smith English author (d. 2011)
1922 – Dan Kurzman , American journalist and author (d. 2010)
1922 – Murray Olderman , American illustrator
1922 – Jules Olitski , Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
1922 – Stefan Wul , French author (d. 2003)
1923 – Shūsaku Endō , Japanese author (d. 1996)
1923 – Lorenzo Semple, Jr. , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2014)
1923 – Louis Simpson , Jamaican poet (d. 2012)
1923 – Gennadi Yudin , Russian actor (d. 1989)
1924 – Ian Black , Scottish footballer (d. 2012)
1924 – Hideko Takamine , Japanese actress (d. 2010)
1924 – Sarah Vaughan , American singer (d. 1990)
1925 – Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb , English farmer and politician, 15th President of the European Parliament
1926 – Bill Bagnall , American publisher, founded Motorcyclist Magazine (d. 2006)
1926 – Louis Blom-Cooper , English lawyer, author, and academic
1926 – Frank O'Hara , American poet (d. 1966)
1926 – Jacques Villeglé , French illustrator
1927 – Ibrahim Abi-Ackel , Brazilian politician, Minister of Justice for Brazil
1927 – Jean Beetz , Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 1991)
1927 – Ernest Eastman , Liberian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Liberia (d. 2011)
1927 – François Furet , French historian (d. 1997)
1927 – Anthony Lewis , American journalist (d. 2013)
1927 – Lorenzo Miguel , Argentinian labor leader (d. 2002)
1927 – Mo Ostin , American record producer, co-founded Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records
1927 – Cornelius Pasichny , Canadian bishop (d. 2014)
1927 – Mstislav Rostropovich , Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)
1927 – Jacek Sempoliński , Polish painter and critic (d. 2012)
1927 – Ralph Sorenson , Canadian politician
1928 – Jean Dotto , French cyclist (d. 2000)
1928 – Radomir Konstantinović , Serbian author and philosopher (d. 2011)
1928 – Reg Evans , Welsh-Australian actor (d. 2009)
1928 – Antonín Tučapský , Czech-English composer
1929 – Salvador Botella , Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
1929 – Rita Briggs , American baseball player (d. 1994)
1929 – Sybil Christopher , Welsh-American actress and director (d. 2013)
1929 – Žarko Petan , Slovenian director and screenwriter
1929 – Anne Ramsey , American actress (d. 1988)
1930 – Bob den Uyl , Dutch author (d. 1992)
1930 – Daniel Spoerri , Romanian-Swiss photographer
1931 – Walter Hooper , American author and scholar
1931 – David Janssen , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1932 – Roberto Farias , Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
1932 – Bailey Olter , Micronesian politician, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (d. 1999)
1932 – Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún , Spanish politician, Mayor of Madrid (d. 1991)
1932 – Trevor Stubley , English painter and illustrator (d. 2010)
1933 – Guido Bodrato , Italian politician
1933 – Robert Castel , French sociologist (d. 2013)
1933 – Vince Gibson , American football player and coach (d. 2012)
1933 – Michel Guérard , French chef and author
1933 – Hazel Henderson , English economist and activist
1933 – Don Lassetter , American baseball player
1933 – Gino Pivatelli , Italian footballer and coach
1933 – Le Van Hung , Vietnamese general (d. 1975)
1934 – István Csurka , Hungarian journalist, author, and politician (d. 2012)
1934 – Arthur Mitchell , American dancer and choreographer
1934 – Ioannis Paleokrassas , Greek politician; 17th Minister of Finance for Greece
1934 – Peter Schamoni , German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1935 – Abelardo Castillo , Argentinian author
1935 – Julian Glover , English actor
1935 – John Henry Dowse , Australian rugby player
1935 – Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk , English politician
1935 – Lars Andreas Larssen , Norwegian actor (d. 2014)
1935 – Race Mathews , Australian economist and politician
1935 – Stanley Rother , American priest and missionary (d. 1981)
1936 – Malcolm Goldstein , American violinist and composer
1936 – Otmar Issing , German economist
1936 – Jerry Lacy , American actor
1937 – Johnny Copeland , American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
1937 – Thomas Aquinas Daly , American painter
1937 – Alan Hawkshaw , English keyboard player and songwriter (The Shadows )
1937 – Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna , Brazilian author and academic
1938 – Aloizs Tumiņš , Latvian boxer (d. 2009)
1939 – José Bardina , Spanish-Venezuelan actor (d. 2009)
1939 – Lawrence Eugene Brandt , American bishop
1939 – Angelo Cifelli , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Ladislas de Hoyos , Belgian-French journalist and politician (d. 2011)
1939 – Bruce Johnston , American criminal (d. 2002)
1939 – Jay Kim , South Korean-American politician
1939 – Beba Selimović , Bosnian singer
1939 – Cale Yarborough , American race car driver and businessman
1940 – Silvano Bertini , Italian boxer
1940 – Christina Jutterström , Swedish journalist
1940 – Ullrich Libor , German sailor
1940 – June Wilkinson , English model and actress
1940 – Janis Martin , American singer (d. 2007)
1940 – Derrick Morgan , Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
1940 – Sandro Munari , Italian race car driver
1940 – Austin Pendleton , American actor, director, and playwright
1941 – Per Abramsen , Dutch sculptor
1941 – Kurt Felix , Swiss television host (d. 2012)
1941 – Ivan Gašparovič , Slovak politician, 3rd President of Slovakia
1941 – Peter Göbel , German figure skater
1941 – Antonina Lazareva , Russian high jumper
1941 – Helmuth Orthner , Austrian-American computer scientist (d. 2009)
1941 – Chip Pashayan , American lawyer and politician
1941 – Liese Prokop , Austrian pentathlete and politician (d. 2006)
1942 – John Adshead , English-New Zealand footballer and manager
1942 – Michael Jackson , English journalist and author (d. 2007)
1942 – Wili Jønsson , Danish singer-songwriter and bass player (Gasolin' )
1942 – John Sulston , English biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Michael York , English actor
1943 – Keith Allan , English-Australian linguist
1943 – Mike Curtis , American football player
1943 – Phil Frank , American cartoonist (d. 2007)
1943 – Nicholas Humphrey , English psychologist
1943 – S. Barry Barnes , British sociologist
1943 – Grant McCune , American special effects designer (d. 2010)
1943 – Lorraine Michael , Canadian nun, educator, and politician
1943 – Duncan Paterson , Scottish rugby player (d. 2009)
1944 – Enrique Barón Crespo , Spanish economist, lawyer, and politician, 16th President of the European Parliament
1944 – Bryan Campbell , Canadian ice hockey player
1944 – Miguel Enríquez , Chilean politician, physician and activist (d. 1974)
1944 – Judi Garman , American-Canadian softball player and coach
1944 – Khosrow Shakibai , Iranian actor (d. 2008)
1944 – Bebu Silvetti , Argentinian pianist and composer (d. 2003)
1944 – Lorenzo Zambrano , Mexican businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
1945 – Rolf M. Aagaard , Norwegian photographer
1945 – Anna Mae Aquash , Canadian-American tribal leader (d. 1975)
1945 – Liddy Holloway , New Zealand actress (d. 2004)
1945 – Harry Rowohlt , German author and translator
1945 – Brit Selby , Canadian ice hockey player
1945 – Władysław Stachurski , Polish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1946 – Michael Aris , Cuban-English author and academic (d. 1999)
1946 – Andy Bown , English bass player and songwriter (Status Quo , The Herd and Judas Jump )
1946 – Boris Kopeikin , Russian footballer, coach, and managet
1946 – Mike Jackson , former MLB pitcher
1947 – Marc-Yvan Côté , Canadian politician
1947 – Craig Defoy , Welsh golfer
1947 – Aad de Mos , Dutch footballer, manager, and coach
1947 – Oliver Friggieri , Maltese author and poet
1947 – Brian Jones , English balloonist
1947 – John Mayhew , English-Australian drummer (Genesis ) (d. 2009)
1947 – Walt Mossberg , American journalist
1947 – Olavi Suomalainen , Finnish runner
1948 – Jens-Peter Bonde , Danish politician
1948 – Dele Charley , Sierra Leonean author and playwright (d. 1993)
1948 – Rosemary Follett , Australian politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
1949 – Nadia Arslan , Lebanese actress (d. 2008)
1949 – Poul Ruders , Danish composer
1949 – Leigh Steinberg , American lawyer and agent
1949 – Nancy Sullivan , American educator and politician
1949 – Dubravka Ugrešić , Croatian-Dutch author
1950 – Julia Alvarez , American-Dominican author and poet
1950 – Markku Andersson , Finnish politician
1950 – Tony Banks , English guitarist and songwriter (Genesis )
1950 – Modou Dia , Senegalese politician and diplomat
1950 – Petros Efthymiou , Greek academic and politician
1950 – David Edgar , American swimmer
1950 – Maria Ewing , American soprano
1950 – Lynn McGlothen , American baseball player (d. 1984)
1950 – Madeleine Moon , English social worker and politician
1950 – Anton Ondruš , Czech-Slovak footballer
1950 – Matt Siegel , American radio host
1950 – Terry Yorath , Welsh footballer and manager
1951 – Nigel Cawthorne , American-English author
1951 – Marielle de Sarnez , French politician
1951 – Andrey Kozyrev , Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia
1951 – Angelo Recchi , Italian footballer
1952 – Jan Albers , Dutch field hockey player
1952 – Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida , Catalan lawyer and politician
1952 – Erwin Fuchsbichler , Austrian footballer
1952 – Linda Martin , Irish singer-songwriter and journalist
1952 – Joško Marušić , Croatian animator and illustrator
1952 – Arnold Morgado , American football player
1952 – Diosdado Peralta , Filipino lawyer and judge; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
1952 – Maria Schneider , French actress (d. 2011)
1952 – Richard Séguin , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Dana Stabenow , American author
1952 – Gheorghe Tadici , Romanian handball player and coach
1953 – Gary Wayne Alexander , American baseball player
1953 – Dennis Bevington , Canadian politician
1953 – George Copos , Romanian businessman and politician
1953 – Bairbre Dowling , Irish actress
1953 – Gabriele Gatti , Sanmarinese politician, Captain Regent of San Marino
1953 – Julian Glover , English actor
1953 – Jørn Goldstein , Norwegian ice hockey player
1953 – Edwarda O'Bara , American coma patient (d. 2012)
1953 – Wally Stocker , English guitarist (The Babys and Air Supply )
1953 – Herman Ponsteen , Dutch cyclist
1953 – Ranjit Sinha , Indian police officer
1954 – Marie-Claire Baldenweg , Swiss-Australian painter
1954 – Gerard Batten , English politician
1954 – Paul Bennett , Canadian football player
1954 – Robbie Haines , American sailor
1954 – Mauro Roman , Italian horse rider
1954 – Armando Vara , Portuguese politician
1954 – Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti , Brazilian diplomat
1955 – Yisrael Eichler , Israeli journalist and politician
1955 – Patrick McCabe , Irish author and playwright
1955 – Lefteris Pantazis , Uzbek-Greek singer
1955 – Mariano Rajoy , Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain
1955 – Christian Sarron , French motorcycle racer
1955 – Ion-Aurel Stanciu , Romanian general
1955 – Hana Sweid , Israeli politician
1956 – Dale Arnold , American sportscaster
1956 – Dave Debol , American ice hockey player
1956 – Leung Kwok-hung , Hong Kong activist
1956 – Nora Volkow , Mexican-American physician
1956 – Thomas Wassberg , Swedish skier
1956 – Paul Wickens , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians )
1956 – John A. Peacock , English cosmologist and academic
1957 – Nick Hawkins , English lawyer and politician
1957 – Konstantin Kokora , Russian figure skater
1957 – Billy Mackenzie , Scottish singer-songwriter (The Associates ) (d. 1997)
1957 – Kostas Vasilakakis , Greek footballer and manager
1958 – Wim Hofkens , Dutch footballer and manager
1958 – Susan Molinari , American journalist and politician
1958 – Wendy Jacob , American sculptor
1958 – Parker Johnstone , American race car driver and sportscaster
1958 – Ronald Keller , Dutch diplomat
1958 – Adrian Rawlins , English actor
1959 – Steve Crowley , American sergeant (d. 1979)
1959 – Andrew Farriss , Australian keyboard player and songwriter (INXS )
1959 – Tatyana Ivinskaya , Belarusian basketball player
1959 – Kid Congo Powers , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club , Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds , Congo Norvell , The Cramps and Knoxville Girls )
1959 – Ivan Savvidis , Georgian-Russian businessman and politician
1959 – Oleksandr Sorokalet , Ukrainian volleyball player
1959 – Mariusz Strzałka , Polish fencer
1959 – Ivan Sunara , Croatian basketball player
1960 – Johannes Kerkorrel , South African singer-songwriter, playwright, and journalist (d. 2002)
1960 – Mark Lovell , English race car driver (d. 2003)
1960 – Hans Pflügler , German footballer
1960 – Renato Russo , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Legião Urbana and Aborto Elétrico (d. 1996)
1960 – Victor Bailey , American singer and bass player (Weather Report )
1960 – Heiki Vilep , Estonian poet and author
1960 – Tim Wrightman , American football player and coach
1961 – Mark Cohen , Irish cricketer
1961 – Nikita Dzhigurda , Russian actor and singer
1961 – Valery Kargin , Latvian banker
1961 – Tak Matsumoto , Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (B'z and Tak Matsumoto Group )
1961 – Tony Rominger , Swiss cyclist
1962 – Kevin J. Anderson , American author
1962 – Jann Arden , Canadian singer-songwriter
1962 – Rob Hollink , Dutch poker player
1962 – John O'Farrell , English author
1962 – Brad Wright , American basketball player
1963 – Xuxa , Brazilian actress and singer
1963 – Charly Alberti , Argentinian drummer (Soda Stereo )
1963 – Cory Blackwell , American basketball player
1963 – Randall Cunningham , American football player
1963 – Pip Karmel , Australian director and screenwriter
1963 – Dave Koz , American saxophonist and radio host
1963 – Jörg Michael , German drummer (Stratovarius , Mekong Delta , Running Wild , Saxon and Rage )
1963 – Bedabrata Pain , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Ed Pinckney , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1963 – Filippos Sachinidis , Canadian-Greek economist and politician, Minister of Finance for Greece
1963 – Mikhail Scherbakov , Russian singer-songwriter and poet
1963 – Gary M. Stevens , English footballer
1963 – Quentin Tarantino , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Tim Worstall , English author and blogger
1964 – Glenn Carter , English actor and singer
1964 – Clark Datchler , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Johnny Hates Jazz )
1964 – Guy Guzzone , American politician
1964 – Pascale Machaalani , Lebanese singer
1964 – Kad Merad , Algerian-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Clive Rowe , English actor
1964 – Jessica Soho , Filipino journalist and broadcaster
1965 – Sonia Falcone , Bolivian painter
1965 – Gregor Foitek , Swiss race car driver
1965 – Dina Talaat , Italian-Egyptian actress and dancer
1966 – Ramiro Castillo , Bolivian footballer (d. 1997)
1966 – Arthur H , French singer-songwriter and pianist
1966 – Žarko Paspalj , Serbian basketball player
1966 – Paula Trickey , American actress
1966 – Haruto Umezawa , Japanese illustrator
1967 – David Bavaro , American football player
1967 – Cathy Guetta , Senegalese-French businesswoman
1967 – Kenta Kobashi , Japanese wrestler and rugby player
1967 – Bob Morgan , Welsh diver
1967 – Jaime Navarro , Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
1967 – Anthony Thornton , New Zealand field hockey player
1967 – Heath Sherman , American football player
1967 – Talisa Soto , American model and actress
1967 – Dean Starkey , American pole vaulter
1968 – Irina Belova , Russian heptathlete
1968 – Sandra Hess , Swiss actress
1968 – Stacey Kent , American singer
1968 – Piret Viirma , Estonian draughts player
1969 – Kevin Corrigan , American actor
1969 – Mickey Hardt , Swiss-Luxembourgian actor and martial artist
1969 – Mary Kiani , Scottish singer-songwriter (The Time Frequency )
1969 – Stéphane Morin , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1969 – Victoria O'Keefe , English actress (d. 1990)
1969 – Todd Raleigh , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1969 – Stuart Slater , English footballer
1969 – Keith Flint , English singer-songwriter, dancer, and guitarist (The Prodigy and Flint )
1969 – Pauley Perrette , American actress and singer
1970 – Derek Aucoin , Canadian baseball player
1970 – Kathalijne Buitenweg , Dutch politician
1970 – Mariah Carey , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1970 – Brent Fitz , Canadian-American drummer and songwriter (Theory of a Deadman , Union , Econoline Crush , and Indigenous )
1970 – Damian Hampson , Australian footballer
1970 – Brendan Hill , English-American drummer (Blues Traveler and Stolen Ogre )
1970 – Goran Janus , Slovenian ski jumper and coach
1970 – Eleanor Maguire , Irish neuropsychologist
1970 – Jarrod McCracken , New Zealand rugby player
1970 – Elizabeth Mitchell , American actress
1970 – Leila Pahlavi , Iranian daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (d. 2001)
1970 – Uwe Rosenberg , German game designer, created Bohnanza
1970 – Niša Saveljić , Montenegrin footballer
1970 – Mauricio Vallina , Cuban-Belgian pianist
1971 – Kelvyn Alp , New Zealand politician
1971 – Thom Barron , German porn actor
1971 – Victor Bodiu , Moldovan economist and politician
1971 – David Coulthard , Scottish race car driver
1971 – Nathan Fillion , Canadian actor
1971 – Santiago Herrero Amor , Spanish footballer
1971 – Roger Owensby, Jr. , American sergeant and shooting victim (d. 2000)
1971 – Matt Pegg , English bass player (Procol Harum )
1972 – David Bain , New Zealand murderer
1972 – Ignacio Garrido , Spanish golfer
1972 – Charlie Haas , American wrestler
1972 – Anne-Kat. Hærland , Norwegian comedian and television host
1972 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink , Surinamese-Dutch footballer and coach
1972 – Emily Kapnek , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Kieran Modra , Australian cyclist and swimmer
1972 – Van Phillips , English golfer
1972 – Simona Richter , Romanian martial artist
1972 – Kazimír Verkin , Slovak race walker
1972 – Serhan Yavaş , Turkish model and actor
1973 – Ade Adepitan , Nigerian-English basketball player
1973 – Rui Jorge , Portuguese footballer
1973 – Greg Lalas , Greek-American soccer player and sportscaster
1973 – Pablo Pozo , Chilean footballer and referee
1973 – Roger Telemachus , South African cricketer
1974 – Luca Banti , Italian footballer and referee
1974 – Marek Citko , Polish footballer and manager
1974 – Graham Clarke , Irish hurler
1974 – Andrea Conti , Italian basketball player
1974 – Bernard Curry , Australian actor
1974 – Russ Haas , American wrestler (d. 2001)
1974 – Aubrey Haynie , American fiddler, mandolin player, and songwriter
1974 – Joan Horrach , Spanish cyclist
1974 – George Koumantarakis , Greek-South African footballer
1974 – Aram Margaryan , Armenian wrestler
1974 – Gaizka Mendieta , Spanish footballer
1974 – Jason Narvy , American actor
1974 – Simon Terry , English archer
1974 – Dmitri Yemets , Russian author
1975 – Fergie , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (The Black Eyed Peas and Wild Orchid )
1975 – Yelena Afanasyeva , Russian politician
1975 – Andrew Blowers , New Zealand rugby player
1975 – Kim Felton , Australian golfer
1975 – Katsuaki Fujiwara , Japanese motorcycle racer
1975 – Tom Goegebuer , Belgian weightlifter
1975 – Bruce Jacobs , South African field hockey player
1975 – Mihaela Melinte , Romanian hammer thrower
1975 – Hennadiy Moroz , Ukrainian footballer
1975 – Jeff Palmer , American-Argentinian porn actor
1975 – Stefán Þórðarson , Icelandic footballer
1975 – Andrea Jennifer Shubert , American video game designer
1976 – Roberta Anastase , Romanian politician
1976 – Djamel Belmadi , French-Algerian footballer and manager
1976 – Danny Fortson , American basketball player
1976 – Alexei Koledayev , Kazakhstani ice hockey player
1976 – Carl Ng , Hong Kong actor
1977 – Adrian Anca , Romanian footballer
1977 – Víctor Ávila , Mexican basketball player
1977 – Elías Larry Ayuso , American basketball player
1977 – Noname Jane , American porn actress
1977 – Malia Jones , American model and surfer
1977 – Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina , Kazakh skier
1977 – Vitor Meira , Brazilian race car driver
1977 – Ioannis Melissanidis , Greek gymnast
1977 – Juraj Minčík , Slovak canoe racer
1977 – Zed Seselja , Australian politician
1977 – Esther Wanjiru , Kenyan runner
1977 – Nils Winter , German long jumper
1978 – Marius Bakken , Norwegian runner
1978 – Leo Aberer , Austrian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – Dee Brown , American baseball player
1978 – Kate Church , Australian swimmer
1978 – Amélie Cocheteux , French tennis player
1978 – Kahlil Joseph , Indian actor
1978 – Dorothea Lasky , American poet
1979 – Vidas Alunderis , Lithuanian footballer
1979 – Louise Brealey , English actress
1979 – Michael Cuddyer , American baseball player
1979 – Denis Golovanov , Russian tennis player
1979 – Lee Ji-hoon , South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
1979 – Martin Larsson , Swedish skier
1979 – Hayden Mullins , English footballer
1979 – Tom Palmer , English rugby player
1979 – Jermaine Phillips , American football player
1979 – Marcello Salazar , Brazilian mixed martial artist
1979 – Brook Silva-Braga , American director, producer, and cinematographer
1979 – Imran Tahir , Pakistani-South African cricketer
1979 – Jennifer Wilson , South African field hockey player
1979 – Jenny Wilson , South African field hockey player
1980 – Wilfred Bamnjo , Cameroonian footballer
1980 – Cesare Cremonini , Italian singer-songwriter and actor (Lùnapop )
1980 – Nicolas Duvauchelle , French actor
1980 – Sean Ryan , American football player
1980 – Michaela Paštiková , Czech tennis player
1980 – Terese Pedersen , Norwegian handball player
1980 – Greg Puciato , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Basil Shaaban , Lebanese race car driver
1981 – Cacau , Brazilian-German footballer
1981 – Martin Abentung , Austrian sled racer
1981 – Cesilie Carlton , American diver
1981 – Carey Davis , American football player
1981 – Sione Faumuina , New Zealand rugby player
1981 – Jukka Keskisalo , Finnish runner
1981 – Hilda Kibet , Kenyan-Dutch runner
1981 – JJ Lin , Singaporean singer-songwriter and actor
1981 – Terry McFlynn , Irish footballer
1981 – Brian Miner , American comedian
1981 – Tobias Schenke , German actor
1981 – Gavin Skelton , English footballer
1981 – Banky W. , American-Nigerian singer-songwriter, founded Empire Mates Entertainment
1981 – Chen Yan , Chinese swimmer
1982 – Radoslav Banga , Czech rapper (Gipsy.cz )
1982 – Shawn Beveney , Guyanese footballer
1982 – Kurara Chibana , Japanese model, Miss Universe Japan 2006
1982 – Iman Crosson , American actor and dancer
1982 – Luke Guttridge , English footballer
1982 – Mitsuhide Hirasawa , Japanese wrestler
1982 – Admiral P , Zambian-Norwegian singer-songwriter
1982 – Tracy Phillips , American actress, dancer, and choreographer
1982 – Jhon Valencia , Colombian footballer and coach
1983 – Alina Devecerski , Swedish singer-songwriter
1983 – Yuliya Golubchikova , Russian pole vaulter
1983 – Robert Guerrero , American boxer
1983 – Joshua Hill , Australian baseball player
1983 – Yunus İçuz , Turkish footballer
1983 – Vasiliy Koshechkin , Russian ice hockey player
1983 – Román Martínez , Argentinian footballer
1983 – Marc Marzenit , Spanish DJ and producer
1983 – Ibezito Ogbonna , Nigerian footballer
1983 – Igor Picuşceac , Moldovan footballer
1983 – Jacques Riparelli , Cameroonian-Italian sprinter
1984 – Adam Ashley-Cooper , Australian rugby player
1984 – Nesar Ahmad Bahave , Afghan martial artist
1984 – Michaël Cordier , Belgian footballer
1984 – Laura Critchley , English singer-songwriter
1984 – Kylie Cronk , Australian softball player
1984 – Ben Franks , Australian-New Zealand rugby player
1984 – Brett Holman , Australian footballer
1984 – Emily Ann Lloyd , American actress
1984 – Raffaele Nolè , Italian footballer
1984 – Ryan Salvis , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Jon Paul Steuer , American actor
1984 – Fernando Usero , Spanish footballer
1984 – Jonathan Wade , American football player
1985 – Khadzhimurat Akkayev , Russian weightlifter
1985 – Aman Ali , American comedian and journalist
1985 – Anton Amelchenko , Belarusian footballer
1985 – Dario Baldauf , Austrian footballer
1985 – Luis Bolaños , Ecuadorian footballer
1985 – Dustin Byfuglien , American ice hockey player
1985 – Alison Carroll , English gymnast, model, and actress
1985 – Ram Charan , Indian actor
1985 – Stijn De Smet , Belgian footballer
1985 – Oren Eizenman , Canadian-Israeli ice hockey player
1985 – Jéssica Guillén , Venezuelan model, Miss Venezuela 2009
1985 – Vitaly Gurkov , Belarusian kick-boxer
1985 – Guillaume Joli , French handball player
1985 – Terry Kennedy , American skateboarder
1985 – Blake McIver Ewing , American actor and singer
1985 – David Navara , Czech chess player
1985 – Tobias Salmelainen , Finnish ice hockey player
1985 – Sabrina Seara , Venezuelan actress
1985 – Nadezhda Skardino , Belarusian biathlete
1985 – Karina Vnukova , Lithuanian high jumper
1985 – Danny Vuković , Australian footballer
1985 – Caroline Winberg , Swedish model and actress
1985 – Jeremy Yasasa , Papua New Guinean footballer
1986 – Titus Brown , American football player
1986 – Dan Bull , English rapper
1986 – Sébastien Regy , French rugby player
1986 – Boris Grachev , Russian chess player
1986 – Darren Gribben , Scottish footballer
1986 – Chris Lofton , American basketball player
1986 – Ellen Joyce Loo , Canadian-Hong Kong singer-songwriter and guitarist (at17 )
1986 – Xavier Marshall , Jamaican cricketer
1986 – Manuel Neuer , German footballer
1986 – Marcus Pode , Swedish footballer
1986 – Garrett Raboin , American ice hockey player
1986 – Andrés Silva , Uruguayan hurdler and sprinter
1986 – Pedro Solberg Salgado , Brazilian volleyball player
1986 – SoCal Val , American wrestling manager and ring announcer
1986 – Monica Vera , Spanish porn actress
1986 – George Whitelock , New Zealand rugby player
1987 – Luís Cláudio Carvalho da Silva , Brazilian footballer
1987 – Alejandro Castro , Mexican footballer
1987 – Chad Denny , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Lene Egeli , Norwegian model, Miss Norway 2008
1987 – Samuel Francis , Nigerian-Qatari sprinter
1987 – Anthony Levine , American football player
1987 – Florencio Morán , Mexican footballer
1987 – Alex Pledger , New Zealand basketball player
1987 – Buster Posey , American baseball player
1987 – Ivan Todorov , Bulgarian footballer
1987 – José Fernando Viana de Santana , Brazilian footballer
1987 – Victor Vito , New Zealand rugby player
1987 – Shin Young-Rok , South Korean footballer
1987 – Alexander Weckström , Finnish footballer
1987 – Charonda Williams , American sprinter
1988 – Mauro Goicoechea , Uruguayan footballer
1988 – Holliday Grainger , English actress
1988 – Jessie J , English singer-songwriter and producer
1988 – Rodrigo Eduardo Costa Marinho , Brazilian footballer
1988 – Anatoli Pulyayev , Russian footballer
1988 – Mohamed Sbihi , English rower
1988 – Darren Smith , Scottish footballer
1988 – Brenda Song , American actress and singer
1988 – Atsuto Uchida , Japanese footballer
1989 – Nana Attakora , Canadian soccer player
1989 – Curtis Hargrove , German-Canadian humanitarian and runner
1989 – Matthew Harvey , American baseball player
1989 – Nolan Kasper , American skier
1989 – Camilla Lees , New Zealand netball player
1989 – Fábio Freire Martins , Brazilian footballer
1989 – Caitlin Upton , American model; Miss Teen USA 2007
1989 – Šarūnas Vasiliauskas , Lithuanian basketball player
1990 – Joselu , German-Spanish footballer
1990 – Kimbra , New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
1990 – Taylor Benjamin , Canadian-Guyanese footballer
1990 – Alessio Bugno , Italian footballer
1990 – Leandro Chichizola , Argentinian footballer
1990 – Maksim Dobroshtanov , Russian footballer
1990 – Elena Gjorgjievska , Macedonian handball player
1990 – Michelle Karvinen , Danish-Finnish ice hockey player
1990 – Junior Lake , Dominican baseball player
1990 – Nicolas N'Koulou , Cameroonian footballer
1990 – Jake Odorizzi , American baseball player
1990 – Meelis Peitre , Estonian footballer
1990 – Natalia Sánchez , Spanish actress and singer (Santa Justa Klan )
1990 – Scott Selwood , Australian footballer
1990 – Pholien Systermans , Belgian swimmer
1990 – Janina Toljan , Austrian tennis player
1991 – Chloe Marshall , English model
1992 – Cameron Edwards , Australian footballer
1992 – Mark Gillespie , English footballer
1992 – Emma Maembong , Malaysian model and actress
1992 – Pedro Obiang , Spanish footballer
1992 – Nino Sutidze , Georgian footballer
1992 – Max Veloso , Portuguese-Swiss footballer
1992 – Aoi Yūki , Japanese voice actress
1993 – Dariya Derkach , Ukrainian-Italian hurdler and long jumper
1993 – Fraser Fyvie , Scottish footballer
1993 – Nelson Munganga , Congolese footballer
1994 – Lucia Mokrášová , Slovak heptathlete
1994 – Wesley Vázquez , Puerto Rican runner
1995 – Koreen Medina , Filipino actress, model, Miss Intercontinental 2013 3rd runner-up
1996 – Rosabell Laurenti Sellers , American-Italian actress
1997 – Princess Aisha bint Al Faisal of Jordan
1997 – Princess Sara bint Al Faisal of Jordan
1999 – Natasha Calis , Canadian actress
2000 – Sophie Nélisse , Canadian teen actress
2004 – Amira Willighagen , Dutch singer
Deaths
215 BC – Emperor Kōrei of Japan (b. 342 BC)
710 – Rupert of Salzburg , Austrian saint (b. 660)
853 – Haymo of Halberstadt , German bishop, monk and author (b. 778)
973 – Herman Billung , Frankish lieutenant (b. 900)
1045 – Ali bin Ahmad Jarjarai
1221 – Berengaria of Portugal (b. 1194)
1223 – Raymond-Roger, Count of Foix (b. c 1152)
1237 – John of Brienne (b. 1170)
1350 – Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
1378 – Pope Gregory XI (b. 1336)
1381 – Juana Manuel of Castile and León (b. 1339)
1427 – Rinaldo Brancaccio , Italian cardinal
1462 – Vasily II of Moscow (b. 1415)
1472 – Janus Pannonius , Hungarian bishop and poet (b. 1434)
1482 – Mary of Burgundy (b. 1457)
1510 – Beatrice de Frangepan (b. 1480)
1555 – William Hunter , English martyr (b. 1535)
1564 – Lütfi Pasha , Turkish historian and politician (b. c. 1488)
1572 – Girolamo Maggi , Italian scholar, jurist, and poet (b. 1523)
1598 – Theodor de Bry , Belgian-German engraver, goldsmith, editor, and publisher (b. 1528)
1613 – Sigismund Báthory , Hungarian prince (b. 1572)
1615 – Margaret of Valois (b. 1553)
1621 – Benedetto Giustiniani , Italian clergyman (b. 1554)
1625 – James VI and I of the United Kingdom (b. 1566)
1635 – Robert Naunton , English politician (b. 1563)
1676 – Bernardino de Rebolledo , Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat (b. 1597)
1676 – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque , Spanish military officer and viceroy of New Spain (b. 1619)
1678 – Juan de Leyva de la Cerda, conde de Baños , Spanish nobleman and viceroy of New Spain (b. 1604)
1679 – Abraham Minjon , Dutch painter (b. 1640)
1697 – Simon Bradstreet , English (American) politician, 20th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1603)
1714 – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1650)
1714 – Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1633)
1715 – August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig (b. 1655)
1729 – Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1679)
1745 – Tommaso Crudeli , Italian free thinker, poet, and lawyer (b. 1702)
1757 – Johann Stamitz , Czech violinist and composer (b. 1717)
1759 – August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof , German painter, naturalist, and entomologist (b. 1705)
1770 – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo , Italian painter (b. 1696)
1770 – Jacopo Stellini , Italian abbot, writer and philosopher (b. 1699)
1778 – Nicolas-Sébastien Adam , French sculptor (b. 1705)
1809 – Joseph-Marie Vien , French painter (b. 1716)
1824 – Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux , French lawyer (b. 1753)
1827 – François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt , French reformer (b. 1747)
1827 – Dmitry Venevitinov , Russian poet (b. 1805)
1828 – Johann Gottfried Tulla , German engineer (b. 1770)
1836 – James Fannin , American colonel (b. 1804)
1837 – Peter Coudrin , French Roman Catholic priest and missionary (b. 1768)
1837 – Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath , British peer (b. 1765)
1840 – Philipp Albert Stapfer , Swiss philosopher and politician (b. 1766)
1843 – Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal , German jurist (b. 1769)
1843 – Henry Neville, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny , British peer (b. 1755)
1844 – Dmitry Golitsyn , Russian-French general, statesman and writer (b. 1771)
1848 – Gabriel Bibron , French zoologist and herpetologist (b. 1805)
1849 – Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford , Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
1850 – Wilhelm Beer , Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
1854 – William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland , British politician (b. 1768)
1858 – Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville , French entomologist (b. 1775)
1859 – Adelaide Tosi , Italian soprano (b. 1800)
1864 – Jean-Jacques Ampère , French philologist (b. 1800)
1865 – Richard Cox , Australian cricketer (b. 1830)
1867 – Prideaux John Selby , English ornithologist, botanist and artist (b. 1788)
1868 – Krishnaraja Wadiyar III , Indian poet (b. 1794)
1869 – James Harper , American publisher and politician (b. 1795)
1873 – Amédée Simon Dominique Thierry , French journalist and historian (b. 1797)
1875 – Edgar Quinet , French historian (b. 1803)
1875 – Juan Crisóstomo Torrico , Peruvian politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)
1877 – Samuel Lysons , British antiquarian (b. 1806)
1878 – George Gilbert Scott , English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
1878 – Dobri Voynikov , Bulgarian teacher, journalist and playwright (b. 1833)
1879 – Prince Waldemar of Prussia (b. 1868)
1879 – Hércules Florence , French-Brazilian painter and inventor (b. 1804)
1879 – Dezydery Chłapowski , Polish general and businessman (b. 1788)
1880 – Nils Johan Andersson , Swedish botanist (b. 1821)
1880 – Francis Alexander , American painter (b. 1800)
1882 – Jørgen Moe , Norwegian folklorist, poet, bishop and author (b. 1813)
1883 – Philipp Christoph Zeller , German entomologist (b. 1808)
1884 – Richard Böhm , German zoologist and explorer (b. 1854)
1885 – Heinrich Julian Schmidt , German journalist and historian (b. 1818)
1885 – Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg , Austrian cardinal and archbishop (b. 1809)
1886 – Henry Taylor , English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
1888 – Francesco Faà di Bruno , Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1825)
1889 – John Bright , English politician (b. 1811)
1890 – Carl Jacob Löwig , German chemist (b. 1803)
1893 – Alphonse Beau de Rochas , French engineer (b. 1815)
1897 – Andreas Anagnostakis , Greek physician (b. 1826)
1898 – Syed Ahmad Khan , Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
1898 – Princess Francisca of Brazil (b. 1824)
1898 – Édouard Delessert , French painter, archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
1899 – Myles Birket Foster , English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver (b. 1825)
1900 – Joseph A. Campbell , founder of Campbell's Soup (b. 1817)
1904 – Takeo Hirose , Japanese army officer (b. 1868)
1906 – Eugène Carrière , French painter and photographer (b. 1849)
1909 – Gyula Kautz , Hungarian economist (b. 1829)
1910 – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz , Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (b. 1835)
1911 – Andreas Papagiannakopoulos , Greek judge and politician (b. 1845)
1912 – Tibor von Földváry , Hungarian figure skater (b. 1863)
1913 – James K. L. Duncan , American soldier (b. 1845)
1913 – Richard Montgomery Gano , American physician, minister and general (b. 1830)
1914 – Peter Grace , American captain (b. 1845)
1914 – Spencer Gore , English painter (b. 1878)
1915 – Liu Shifu , Chinese anarchists (b. 1884)
1916 – Kārlis Mīlenbahs , Latvian-Estonian author, linguist and pedagogue (b. 1853)
1916 – Susan Blow , American educators (b. 1843)
1917 – Moses Jacob Ezekiel , American sculptor (b. 1844)
1918 – Henry Adams , American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1838)
1918 – Martin Sheridan , Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (b. 1881)
1919 – Martin Maginnis , American politician (b. 1841)
1920 – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite , British politician (b. 1827)
1921 – Mouha ou Hammou Zayani , Moroccan military leader (b. 1863)
1921 – Harry Barron , English general and politician, 16th Governor of Western Australia (b. 1847)
1922 – Philippe A. Guye , Swiss chemist (b. 1862)
1922 – Otto Hirschfeld , German epigraphist and professor of ancient history (b. 1843)
1922 – Nikolay Sokolov , Russian composer (b. 1859)
1923 – James Dewar , Scottish chemist and physicist (b. 1842)
1924 – Walter Parratt , English organist and composer (b. 1841)
1924 – John George Alexander Leishman , American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1857)
1925 – Carl Neumann , German mathematician (b. 1832)
1925 – John Koss , Norwegian boxer (b. 1895)
1926 – Georges Vézina , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
1926 – Kick Kelly , American catcher, manager, umpire (b. 1856)
1927 – Joe Start , American baseball player (b. 1842)
1927 – Klaus Berntsen , Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1844)
1927 – William Healey Dall , American naturalist and malacologist (b. 1845)
1928 – Leslie Stuart , English composer (b. 1863)
1929 – Kishan Singh of Bharatpur (b. 1899)
1929 – Samuil Shatunovsky , Ukrainian-Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
1929 – Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge (b. 1873)
1930 – Sister Christine , German teacher (b. 1866)
1930 – Paula Blackton , American actress and director (b. 1881)
1931 – Arnold Bennett , English author (b. 1867)
1932 – Eliezer Steinbarg , Romanian author and teacher (b. 1880)
1932 – Kaarlo Väkevä , Finnish boxer (b. 1909)
1932 – Jacques Zon , Dutch painter (b. 1872)
1932 – Justinian Oxenham , Australian public servant (b. 1860)
1933 – Princess Mathilde of Saxony (b. 1863)
1934 – Francis William Reitz , South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)
1934 – Musa al-Husayni , Palestinian politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1853)
1935 – Huzaima bint Nasser of Syria (b. 1884)
1936 – Christine Buisman , Dutch phytopathologist (b. 1900)
1937 – Axel Anderberg , Swedish architect (b. 1860)
1938 – Friedrich Leo von Rottenberger , Austrian gardener and architect (b. 1872)
1938 – Romolo Bacchini , Italian filmmaker, writer, musician and producer (b. 1873)
1938 – William Stern , German-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1871)
1938 – Tom Seeberg , Norwegian sport shooter (b. 1860)
1939 – Ferdinand von Quast , Austrian general (b. 1850)
1939 – Gus Leonard , French-American actor (b. 1859)
1940 – Madeleine Astor , American survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (b. 1893)
1940 – Michael Joseph Savage , New Zealand politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
1940 – Walter Weston , English missionary, clergyman, and mountaineer (b. 1860)
1941 – Primo Riccitelli , Italian composer (b. 1875)
1942 – Julio González , Catalan sculptor and painter (b. 1876)
1942 – Alfons Maniura , Polish soldier (b. 1892)
1942 – Vernon Kell , English intelligence officer and soldier (b. 1873)
1943 – Franz Hoffmeister , German Roman Catholic priest (b. 1898)
1944 – Eduino Francini , Italian partisan (b. 1925)
1945 – Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil , Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1866)
1945 – Ángel Melogno , Uruguayan footballer (b. 1905)
1945 – Vincent Hugo Bendix , American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (b. 1881)
1946 – Karl Groos , German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1861)
1946 – Ludvig Kornerup , Swedish football referee (b. 1871)
1946 – Octave Aubry , French historian and author (b. 1881)
1946 – Johnny Summers , English boxer (b. 1882)
1947 – Sydney Howard Smith , English tennis and badminton player (b. 1872)
1947 – Charlie Smith , South African cricketer (b. 1872)
1947 – Edith Craig , prolific theatre director, producer and fashion designer (b. 1869)
1948 – Henry Hamilton Beamish , British-Rhodesian politician (b. 1873)
1949 – Gregory Mathews , Australian ornithologist (b. 1876)
1950 – Dezső Földes , Hungarian fencer (b. 1880)
1951 – Ida Roland , Austrian-German actress (b. 1881)
1952 – Kiichiro Toyoda , Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (b. 1894)
1953 – Charles Finlayson , South African cricketer (b. 1903)
1954 – Walter M. Pierce , American lawyer and politician, 17th Governor of Oregon (b. 1861)
1955 – Geoffrey Coleridge, 3rd Baron Coleridge , British peer (b. 1877)
1956 – Évariste Lévi-Provençal , French orientalist and historian (b. 1894)
1956 – Giuseppe Merosi , Italian engineer (b. 1872)
1957 – Laura Gore , Italian actress (b. 1918)
1957 – Roberts Dambītis , Latvian soldier and politician (b. 1881)
1958 – Hans Stiebner , German actor (b. 1898)
1958 – Leon C. Phillips , American lawyer and politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1890)
1958 – Robert Baberske , German cinematographer (b. 1900)
1959 – Grant Withers , American actor (b. 1904)
1960 – Gregorio Marañón , Spanish physician, author, scientist, and philosopher (b. 1887)
1960 – Ian Whyte , Scottish conductor and composer (b. 1901)
1961 – Maureen Delany , Irish actress (b. 1888)
1961 – Moshe Novomeysky , Russian-Israeli scientist (b. 1873)
1961 – Jack Kane , Canadian clarinet player, arranger, composer and conductor (b. 1924)
1962 – James Basevi , English-American art director and special effects expert (b. 1890)
1962 – Franco Coop , Italian actor (b. 1891)
1962 – Jack Britton , American boxer (b. 1885)
1963 – Harry Piel , German actor, director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1892)
1963 – Harold Dow Bugbee , American painter, curator and illustrator (b. 1900)
1964 – Roger Motz , Belgian politician (b. 1904)
1965 – Dirk Lotsy , Dutch footballer (b. 1882)
1965 – Francis Cuggy , English footballer (b. 1889)
1966 – Hermann Garrn , German footballer (b. 1888)
1966 – Ragnar Josephson , Swedish historian and author (b. 1891)
1966 – Helen Menken , American actress (b. 1901)
1966 – Karl König , Austrian paediatrician (b. 1902)
1967 – Jaroslav Heyrovský , Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
1967 – Malcolm Arbuthnot , English photographer and artist (b. 1877)
1967 – Nikolai Yut , Chuvash author (b. 1898)
1968 – Yuri Gagarin , Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1934)
1968 – Vladimir Seryogin , Russian pilot (b. 1922)
1969 – Willie Brady , Irish singer (b. 1930)
1969 – Mário Sacramento , Portuguese physician and author (b. 1920)
1969 – David Lloyd , Welsh singer (b. 1912)
1969 – Antonio Pigliaru , Italian jurist and philosopher (b. 1922)
1969 – Archie Bradley , Australian boxer (b. 1897)
1970 – A. C. Schiffler , American lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
1970 – Nicholas Attygalle , Ceylonese academic and physician (b. 1894)
1971 – Albin Grau , German architect, occultist, production designer, artist and producer (b. 1884)
1972 – Sharkey Bonano , American singer and trumpet player (b. 1904)
1972 – M. C. Escher , Dutch illustrator (b. 1898)
1972 – Raimund Schelcher , Tanzanian-German actor (b. 1910)
1973 – Timo K. Mukka , Swedish-Finnish author (b. 1944)
1973 – Aldo Carpi , Italian painter, writer and sculptor (b. 1886)
1973 – Mikhail Kalatozov , Georgian-Russian director (b. 1903)
1974 – Eduardo Santos , Colombian lawyer, journalist, historian and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888)
1974 – Wang Ming , Chinese politician (b. 1904)
1975 – Arthur Bliss , English conductor and composer (b. 1891)
1976 – Georg August Zinn , German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Hesse (b. 1901)
1977 – A. P. Hamann , American lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
1977 – Benny Moten , American jazz bassist (b. 1916)
1977 – Diana Hyland , American actress (b. 1936)
1977 – Eve Meyer , American model, actress, and producer (b. 1928)
1977 – Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten , Dutch captain and pilot (b. 1927)
1977 – Gustav Schickedanz , German entrepreneur (b. 1895)
1977 – Shirley Graham Du Bois , American author, playwright, composer and activist (b. 1896)
1978 – Nat Bailey , Canadian businessman, founded the White Spot (b. 1902)
1978 – Sverre Farstad , Norwegian speed skater (b. 1920)
1978 – Frank Mitchinson , New Zealand rugby player (b. 1884)
1978 – Clemens Kapuuo , Namibian educator and politician (b. 1923)
1978 – Wilfred Pickles , English actor and radio host (b. 1904)
1978 – Stewart Duke-Elder , Scottish opthalmologist (b. 1898)
1979 – Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett , New Zealand meteorologist (b. 1901)
1979 – Melville S. Green , American physicist (b. 1922)
1979 – William Elliott , Canadian captain (b. 1898)
1979 – Vincenc Beneš , Czech painter (b. 1883)
1980 – Steve Fisher , American author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1980 – Philip W. Anderson , American film editor (b. 1915)
1981 – Olle Björklund , Swedish actor and journalist (b. 1916)
1981 – Mao Dun , Chinese journalist, author, and critic (b. 1895)
1981 – Preben Kaas , Danish comedian, actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
1981 – Jakob Ackeret , Swiss engineer (b. 1898)
1982 – Betty Schade , German-American actress (b. 1895)
1982 – John Addey , English astrologer (b. 1920)
1982 – Fazlur Rahman Khan , Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect, designed John Hancock Center , Willis Tower , Hajj Terminal , King Abdulaziz University , One Magnificent Mile and Onterie Center (b. 1929)
1982 – Fernando Alessandri , Chilean politician (b. 1897)
1983 – James Hayter , Indian-Scottish actor (b. 1907)
1983 – Jānis Ivanovs , Latvian composer (b. 1906)
1984 – Derek Francis , English actor (b. 1923)
1985 – Pierino Baffi , Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
1985 – Ben Ramsey , American politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (b. 1903)
1985 – Hugh Farquharson , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
1985 – Christopher Vokes , Irish-Canadian soldier (b. 1904)
1986 – Harold Harding , English engineer (b. 1900)
1987 – Giuseppe Ambrosoli , Italian-Ugandan priest, physician, surgeon, missionary, philanthropist (b. 1923)
1987 – Tonny Koeswoyo , Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koes Plus ) (b. 1936)
1987 – Tim Lee Carter , American politician (b. 1910)
1987 – Erich Clar , German chemist (b. 1902)
1987 – William Bowers , American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1988 – Renato Salvatori , Italian actor (b. 1934)
1988 – Charles Willeford , American author, poet and critic (b. 1919)
1988 – Jole Fierro , Italian actress (b. 1926)
1988 – Fred Rose , Australian footballer (b. 1919)
1989 – May Allison , American actress (b. 1890)
1989 – Jack Starrett , American actor and director (b. 1936)
1989 – Cláudio Santoro , Brazilian violinist, composer and conductor (b. 1919)
1989 – Malcolm Cowley , American author, journalist, poet and critic (b. 1898)
1990 – Jarl Gallén , Finnish historian (b. 1908)
1990 – Percy Beard , American hurdler and coach (b. 1908)
1990 – František Kopečný , Czech bohemist and slavist (b. 1909)
1990 – Marilyn Buferd , American actress, Miss America 1946 (b. 1925)
1991 – Ralph Bates , English actor (b. 1940)
1991 – Aldo Ray , American actor (b. 1926)
1991 – Igor Ryomin , Soviet footballer (b. 1940)
1991 – Alfredo Campoli , Italian-British violinist (b. 1906)
1992 – Easley Blackwood, Sr. , American bridge player and author (b. 1903)
1992 – Lang Hancock , Australian iron ore magnate
1992 – Anita Colby , American model and actress (b. 1914)
1992 – Harald Sæverud , Norwegian composer (b. 1897)
1992 – Gerry Duggan , Irish-Australian actor (b. 1910)
1992 – Colin Gibson , English footballer (b. 1923)
1992 – James E. Webb , American colonel, politician and NASA administrator (b. 1906)
1992 – Leueen MacGrath , English actress and playwright (b. 1914)
1993 – Clifford Jordan , American saxophonist (b. 1931)
1993 – Kamal Hassan Ali , Egyptian military officer and politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1921)
1993 – Kate Reid , English-Canadian actress (b. 1930)
1993 – Ernst Streng , German cyclist (b. 1942)
1993 – Elizabeth Holloway Marston , Manx-American psychologist and author (b. 1893)
1993 – Paul László , Hungarian-American interior designer (b. 1900)
1993 – Arthur Larson , American lawyer, educator and United States Under Secretary of Labor (b. 1910)
1994 – Lawrence Wetherby , American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1908)
1994 – Otto Bonsema , Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1909)
1995 – René Allio , French director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1995 – Imre Nyéki , Hungarian swimmer (b. 1928)
1995 – Paul Brinegar , American actor (b. 1917)
1995 – Maurizio Gucci , Italian businessman (b. 1948)
1995 – Tony Lovink , Dutch-Indonesian politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1902)
1995 – Albert Drach , Austrian author and lawyer (b. 1902)
1995 – Margita Figuli , Slovakian author and translator (b. 1909)
1995 – Asher Hassin , Israeli politician (b. 1918)
1996 – Howard Wyeth , American drummer and pianist (b. 1944)
1996 – Ignace Kowalczyk , German-French footballer (b. 1913)
1996 – Joan Sterndale-Bennett , British actress (b. 1914)
1996 – Alfred Hirschmeier , German production designer (b. 1931)
1996 – André Lefevere , Belgian-American linguist and translation theorist (b. 1945)
1996 – Seán Browne , Irish politician (b. 1916)
1996 – Samuel Schoenbaum , American biographer and scholar (b. 1927)
1996 – Alfred Waterman , English cricketer (b. 1911)
1997 – Ella Maillart , Swiss skier, sailor, field hockey player, photographer, adventurer and writer (b. 1903)
1997 – George Malcolm Brown , English geologist (b. 1925)
1997 – Charles Lillard , American-Canadian author, poet and historian (b. 1944)
1997 – Birger Hatlebakk , Norwegian industrialist and politician (b. 1912)
1997 – Émile Stijnen , Belgian footballer (b. 1907)
1997 – Lane Dwinell , American politician, 69th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1906)
1998 – David McClelland , American psychologist (b. 1917)
1998 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche , Austrian businessman (b. 1909)
1998 – Julio César Britos , Uruguayan footballer (b. 1926)
1998 – Aghajani Kashmeri , Urdu screenwriter and poet (b. 1908)
1998 – Karl-Adolf Zenker , German admiral (b. 1907)
1999 – Michael Aris , Cuban-English author and academic (b. 1946)
1999 – Nahum Stelmach , Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1936)
1999 – Ernestina de Champourcin , Spanish poet (b. 1905)
1999 – Lindsay Booth , Australian businessman and farmer (b. 1918)
2000 – Ian Dury , English singer-songwriter and actor (The Blockheads ) (b. 1942)
2000 – Gary Allan Polis , American arachnologist and zoologist (b. 1946)
2000 – George Allen , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
2000 – Priya Rajvansh , Indian actress (b. 1937)
2000 – Yrjö Lehtilä , Finnish shot putter (b. 1916)
2000 – Bruno Hunziker , Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2001 – Anthony Dexter , American actor (b. 1913)
2001 – Irene Thomas , British radio personality (b. 1919)
2001 – Boris Rauschenbach , Russian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1915)
2002 – Milton Berle , American actor (b. 1908)
2002 – Dudley Moore , English actor and singer (b. 1935)
2002 – Billy Wilder , Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
2002 – Randy Carr , American drummer and guitarist (Social Distortion ) (b. 1956)
2002 – Tadeusz Rut , Polish athlete (b. 1931)
2002 – Sture Stork , Swedish sailor (b. 1930)
2002 – Lotte Ulbricht , German politician (b. 1903)
2003 – Daniel Ceccaldi , French actor (b. 1927)
2003 – Ricardo Munguía , Swiss-Salvadoran aid worker (b. 1960)
2003 – Paul Zindel , American author and playwright (b. 1936)
2003 – Alan Ackerman Beetle , American agrostologist and botanist (b. 1913)
2003 – Edwin Carr , New Zealand composer (b. 1926)
2003 – Fiorenzo Fiorentini , Italian actor, composer, author and radio personality (b. 1920)
2004 – Art James , American game show host (b. 1929)
2004 – Adán Sánchez , American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
2004 – H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins , English chemist and scientist (b. 1923)
2004 – Peter Diamond , English actor (b. 1929)
2004 – Miriam Lichtheim , Israeli translator of Egyptian texts (b. 1914)
2004 – Robert Merle , French author (b. 1909)
2004 – Richard Lancelyn Green , British scholar (b. 1953)
2004 – James Wapakhabulo , Ugandan lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
2004 – Einar Magnussen , Norwegian economist and politician (b. 1931)
2004 – Larry Trask , American linguist (b. 1944)
2005 – Bob Casey , American announcer (b. 1925)
2005 – Wilfred Gordon Bigelow , Canadian surgeon (b. 1913)
2005 – Grant Johannesen , American pianist (b. 1921)
2005 – Elvira Farreras i Valenti , Spanish writer (b. 1913)
2005 – Antonio Téllez , Spanish anarchist, journalist and historian (b. 1921)
2005 – Ahmed Zaki , Egyptian actor and producer (b. 1949)
2005 – Gwydion Brooke , British bassoonist (b. 1912)
2005 – Richard Kearney , New Zealand judge (b. 1930)
2005 – Rigo Tovar , Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1946)
2006 – Dan Curtis , American director and producer (b. 1928)
2006 – Ian Hamilton Finlay , Scottish poet and gardener (b. 1925)
2006 – Stanisław Lem , Polish author (b. 1921)
2006 – Ruari McLean , Scottish typographer (b. 1917)
2006 – Peter Brogle , Swiss actor (b. 1933)
2006 – Lyn Nofziger , American journalist and author (b. 1924)
2006 – Neil Williams , English cricketer (b. 1962)
2006 – Leslaw Bartelski , Polish writer (b. 1920)
2006 – Rudolf Vrba , Czech-Canadian holocaust survivor and educator (b. 1924)
2006 – Peter Wells , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Rose Tattoo and Buffalo ) (b. 1946)
2006 – Werner Camichel , Swiss bobsledder (b. 1945)
2007 – Paul Lauterbur , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
2007 – Faustino Oramas , Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
2007 – Wojtek Drabowicz , Polish singer (b. 1966)
2007 – Joe Sentieri , Italian singer and actor (b. 1925)
2007 – Nancy Adams , New Zealand botanist and illustrator (b. 1926)
2007 – John Aloysius Ward , English Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1929)
2007 – Ransom A. Myers , American-Canadian biologist (b. 1952)
2007 – Charlotte Winters , American veteran of World War I (b. 1897)
2007 – Hans Hedberg , Swedish-French sculptor (b. 1917)
2008 – Jean-Marie Balestre , French businessman (b. 1921)
2008 – George Pruteanu , Romanian educator and politician (b. 1947)
2008 – Ronnie Letham , Scottish actor (b. 1949)
2009 – Jack Dreyfus , American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (b. 1913)
2009 – Irving R. Levine , American journalist (b. 1922)
2009 – Arnold Meri , Estonian colonel (b. 1919)
2009 – Evert Grift , Dutch cyclist (b. 1922)
2009 – Pavel Necheporenko , Soviet musician (b. 1916)
2009 – Kon Sasaki , Japanese photographer (b. 1918)
2010 – Dick Giordano , American illustrator (b. 1932)
2010 – Vasily Smyslov , Russian chess player (b. 1921)
2010 – Zbigniew Gut , Polish footballer (b. 1949)
2010 – Peter Herbolzheimer , German trombonist and bandleader (b. 1935)
2010 – Stanley Vann , English organist, conductor and composer (b. 1910)
2010 – Stephen Hearst , Austrian-born British radio and television executive (b. 1919)
2010 – Heinz Höhne , German journalist and historian (b. 1926)
2010 – Jim Lea , American sprinter (b. 1932)
2011 – Lawrence Elion , Canadian-English actor (b. 1917)
2011 – Farley Granger , American actor (b. 1925)
2011 – Clement Arrindell , Nevisian judge and politician, 1st Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (b. 1931)
2011 – Dorothea Puente , American serial killer (b. 1929)
2012 – Hugo Biermann , South African admiral (b. 1916)
2012 – Larry Haws , American educator and politician (b. 1940)
2012 – Harold G. Hillam , American religious leader (b. 1934)
2012 – Hilton Kramer , American academic and critic (b. 1928)
2012 – Adrienne Rich , American poet and author (b. 1929)
2012 – Warren Stevens , American actor (b. 1919)
2012 – Garry Walberg , American actor (b. 1921)
2012 – Daniel Zamudio , Chilean gay man who was murdered (b. 1987)
2013 – Hjalmar Andersen , Norwegian speed skater (b. 1923)
2013 – Yvonne Brill , Canadian-American scientist and engineer (b. 1924)
2013 – Alfredo De Gasperis , Italian-Canadian businessman, founded ConDrain (b. 1934)
2013 – Roosevelt Jamison , American songwriter and manager (b. 1936)
2013 – Fay Kanin , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1917)
2013 – Paul Williams , American journalist and publisher, founded Crawdaddy! (b. 1948)
2013 – Léonce Bernard , Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1943)
2014 – Kent Cochrane , Canadian medical patient (b. 1951)
2014 – Jeffery Dench , English actor (b. 1928)
2014 – Richard N. Frye , American scholar and academic (b. 1920)
2014 – Per Lillo-Stenberg , Norwegian actor (b. 1928)
2014 – Derek Martinus , English actor and director (b. 1931)
2014 – James R. Schlesinger , American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1929)
2014 – Nevio de Zordo , Italian bobsledder (b. 1943)
2014 – Augustin Deleanu , Romanian footballer (b. 1944)
2014 – Gina Pellón , Chilean-French painter (b. 1926)
2014 – Joseph Rigano , American actor (b. 1933)
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