June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 192 days remaining until the end of the year.
On this day the Summer solstice may occur in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Winter solstice may occur in the Southern Hemisphere.
Events
217 BC – Battle of Raphia : Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom .
168 BC – Battle of Pydna : Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus who surrenders after the battle, ending the Third Macedonian War .
1527 – Fatahillah chased away Portugal from Sunda Kelapa harbour, and peoples celebrated it as birthday of Jakarta , Indonesia .
1593 – Battle of Sisak : Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks .
1622 – Portuguese forces repel a Dutch invasion at the Battle of Macau during the Dutch–Portuguese War .
1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun , not the Earth , is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
1774 – The British pass the Quebec Act , setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America .
1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France .
1807 – In the Chesapeake–Leopard Affair , the British warship HMS Leopard attacks and boards the American frigate USS Chesapeake .
1813 – War of 1812 : After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario , Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon .
1825 – The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America .
1839 – Cherokee leaders Major Ridge , John Ridge , and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota , which had resulted in the Trail of Tears .
1870 – US Congress created the United States Department of Justice
1893 – The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon .
1897 – British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune , Maharashtra , India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
1898 – Spanish–American War : United States Marines land in Cuba .
1906 – The flag of Sweden is adopted.
1907 – The London Underground 's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
1911 – George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland .
1918 – The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana .
1922 – Herrin massacre : 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois .
1940 – France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany .
1941 – Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa .
1941 – The June Uprising in Lithuania begins.
1942 – Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk .
1942 – Pledge of Allegiance formally adopted by Congress
1944 – Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre .
1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill .
1945 – The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end.
1954 – In Christchurch (New Zealand ) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship (movie Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994). See Parker–Hulme murder case .
1957 – The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar ).
1969 – The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio , drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency .
1978 – Charon , a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto , is discovered by American astronomer James W. Christy .
1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport .
1986 – The controversial Hand of God goal by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England . This was later followed by the Goal of the Century also by Maradona. Argentina would win 2-1 and go on to win the world cup.
1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin .
2002 – An earthquake measuring 6.5 Mw strikes a region of northwestern Iran killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.
2009 – Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
2012 – Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco .
Births
662 – Emperor Ruizong of Tang (d. 716)
916 – Sayf al-Dawla , Syrian Emir of Aleppo (d. 967)
1680 – Ebenezer Erskine , Scottish minister and theologian (d. 1754)
1684 – Francesco Manfredini , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
1704 – John Taylor , English scholar (d. 1766)
1713 – Lord John Sackville , English cricketer and politician (d. 1765)
1738 – Jacques Delille , French poet (d. 1813)
1757 – George Vancouver , English lieutenant and explorer (d. 1798)
1763 – Étienne Méhul , French composer (d. 1817)
1767 – Wilhelm von Humboldt , German philosopher and diplomat (d. 1835)
1792 – James Beaumont Neilson , Scottish inventor (d. 1865)
1805 – Giuseppe Mazzini , Italian journalist and politician (d. 1872)
1820 – James Hutchison Stirling , British physician and philosopher (d. 1909)
1837 – Paul Morphy , American chess player (d. 1884)
1837 – Ernst Ziller , German-Greek architect, designed the Presidential Mansion (d. 1923)
1844 – Oscar von Gebhardt , German Lutheran theologian (d. 1906)
1845 – Tom Dula , American soldier (d. 1868)
1845 – Richard Seddon , English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1906)
1856 – H. Rider Haggard , English author and scholar (d. 1925)
1861 – Maximilian von Spee , Danish-German admiral (d. 1914)
1864 – Hermann Minkowski , German mathematician and academic (d. 1909)
1871 – William McDougall , English psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
1873 – Filippo Silvestri , Italian entomologist (d. 1949)
1874 – Viggo Jensen , Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (d. 1930)
1874 – Walter Friedrich Otto , German philologist and scholar (d. 1958)
1879 – Thibaudeau Rinfret , Canadian jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
1880 – Johannes Drost , Dutch swimmer (d. 1954)
1884 – James Rector , American sprinter (d. 1949)
1885 – Milan Vidmar , Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
1887 – Julian Huxley , English biologist and academic (d. 1975)
1888 – Harold Hitz Burton , American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Cleveland (d. 1964)
1889 – Ossian Skiöld , Swedish hammer thrower (d. 1961)
1890 – Aleksander Warma , Estonian commander and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1970)
1891 – Franz Alexander , Hungarian psychoanalyst and physician (d. 1964)
1892 – Robert Ritter von Greim , German general (d. 1945)
1896 – Leonard W. Murray , Canadian admiral (d. 1971)
1897 – Edmund A. Chester , American journalist and broadcaster (d. 1973)
1897 – Norbert Elias , German-Dutch sociologist and philosopher (d. 1990)
1898 – Erich Maria Remarque , German-Swiss author (d. 1970)
1899 – Richard Gurley Drew , American inventor and engineer (d. 1980)
1899 – Michał Kalecki , Polish economist (d. 1970)
1899 – Artur Kukk , Estonian wrestler (d. 1958)
1901 – Elias Katz , Finnish runner (d. 1947)
1902 – Marguerite De La Motte , American actress (d. 1950)
1903 – John Dillinger , American bank robber (d. 1934)
1903 – Carl Hubbell , American baseball player (d. 1988)
1906 – William Kneale , English logician and philosopher (d. 1990)
1906 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh , American author (d. 2001)
1906 – Billy Wilder , Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1909 – Buddy Adler , American film producer (d. 1960)
1909 – Katherine Dunham , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2006)
1909 – Fuller Kimbrell , American politician (d. 2013)
1909 – Mike Todd , American film and theater producer (d. 1958)
1910 – John Hunt, Baron Hunt , Indian-English lieutenant and mountaineer (d. 1998)
1910 – Peter Pears , English tenor (d. 1986)
1910 – Konrad Zuse , German computer scientist and engineer, invented the Z3 computer (d. 1995)
1912 – Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
1913 – Sándor Weöres , Hungarian poet and author (d. 1989)
1915 – Cornelius Warmerdam , American pole vaulter (d. 2001)
1916 – Johnny Jacobs , American television announcer (d. 1982)
1919 – Gower Champion , American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
1920 – Paul Frees , American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1920 – James H. Pomerene , American electrical engineer and computer pioneer (d. 2008)
1920 – Jovito Salonga , Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines
1921 – Joseph Papp , American director and producer (d. 1991)
1921 – Barbara Vucanovich , American politician (d. 2013)
1922 – Bill Blass , American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Limited (d. 2002)
1922 – Mona Lisa , Filipino actress
1923 – José Giovanni , French-Swiss director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1924 – Christopher Booth , English clinician and historian (d. 2012)
1924 – Larkin Kerwin , Canadian physicist (d. 2004)
1924 – Géza Vermes , Hungarian-English theologian and scholar (d. 2013)
1926 – Rachid Solh , Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (d. 2014)
1927 – Anthony Low , English historian and academic
1927 – Ann Petersen , Belgian actress (d. 2003)
1928 – Ralph Waite , American actor and director (d. 2014)
1929 – Bruce Kent , English priest and activist
1930 – Yury Artyukhin , Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1998)
1930 – J. A. Bailey , English cricketer
1930 – Walter Bonatti , Italian journalist and mountaineer (d. 2011)
1932 – Yevgeny Kychanov , Russian orientalist, historian, and academic (d. 2013)
1932 – Amrish Puri , Indian actor (d. 2005)
1932 – June Salter , Australian actress (d. 2001)
1932 – Prunella Scales , English actress
1932 – John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham , English politician, Leader of the House of Lords
1933 – Dianne Feinstein , American politician, 38th Mayor of San Francisco
1933 – Jacques Martin , French television host and producer (d. 2007)
1933 – Libor Pešek , Czech conductor
1934 – James Bjorken , American physicist and author
1936 – Kris Kristofferson , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Highwaymen )
1936 – Hermeto Pascoal , Brazilian accordion player and composer
1937 – Chris Blackwell , English record producer
1937 – Bernie McGann , Australian saxophonist and composer (d. 2013)
1939 – Hugh Annesley , Irish police officer
1939 – Don Matthews , American-Canadian football player and coach
1940 – Joan Busfield , British sociologist
1940 – Hubert Chesshyre , English historian and author
1940 – Abbas Kiarostami , Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
1940 – Esther Rantzen , English journalist
1941 – Ed Bradley , American journalist (d. 2006)
1941 – Michael Lerner , American actor
1941 – Terttu Savola , Finnish politician
1942 – Murphy Dunne , American actor and keyboard player (The Blues Brothers )
1943 – Judith Barker , English actress
1943 – Brit Hume , American journalist
1944 – Peter Asher , English singer, guitarist, and producer (Peter & Gordon )
1944 – Klaus Maria Brandauer , Austrian actor and director
1945 – Rainer Brüderle , German politician
1946 – Jean-François Bertrand , Canadian politician
1946 – Linda Bond , Canadian 19th General of The Salvation Army
1946 – Sheila Hollins, Baroness Hollins , English psychiatrist and academic
1946 – Eliades Ochoa , Cuban singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Cuarteto Patria )
1946 – Józef Oleksy , Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2015)
1946 – Stephen Waley-Cohen , English journalist and businessman
1947 – Octavia E. Butler , American author (d. 2006)
1947 – Howard Kaylan , American singer-songwriter (The Turtles , The Mothers of Invention , and Flo & Eddie )
1947 – David Lander , American actor
1947 – Pete Maravich , American basketball player (d. 1988)
1947 – Jerry Rawlings , Ghanaian politician, President of Ghana
1947 – Leelo Tungal , Estonian poet and author
1948 – James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss , Scottish businessman
1948 – Steve Eastin , American actor
1948 – Todd Rundgren , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nazz , Utopia , and The New Cars )
1949 – Larry Junstrom , American bass player (38 Special and Lynyrd Skynyrd )
1949 – Brian Leveson , English lawyer and judge
1949 – Alan Osmond , American singer (The Osmonds )
1949 – Meryl Streep , American actress and singer
1949 – Luís Filipe Vieira , Portuguese businessman
1949 – Lindsay Wagner , American actress
1949 – Elizabeth Warren , American academic and politician
1950 – Sharon Maughan , British actress
1950 – Adrian Năstase , Romanian lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Romania
1950 – Zenonas Petrauskas , Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
1951 – Humphrey Ocean , English painter
1952 – Graham Greene , Canadian actor
1952 – Alastair Stewart , English journalist
1953 – Wim Eijk , Dutch cardinal
1953 – Mauro Francaviglia , Italian mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
1953 – Cyndi Lauper , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Blue Angel )
1953 – Mai Lin , American porn actress
1953 – Bruce McAvaney , Australian sportscaster
1954 – Freddie Prinze , American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
1955 – Green Gartside , Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Scritti Politti )
1955 – Olevi Kull , Estonian ecologist and academic (d. 2007)
1956 – Alfons De Wolf , Belgian cyclist
1956 – Ron Haslam , English motorcycle racer
1956 – Shah Mehmood Qureshi , Pakistani politician, 25th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan
1956 – Tim Russ , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1956 – Manuel Saval , Mexican actor (d. 2009)
1956 – Markus Schatte , German footballer, manager, and coach
1956 – Derek Forbes , Scottish bass player and guitarist (Simple Minds , Big Country , and Ex-Simple Minds )
1957 – Kevin Bond , English footballer and manager
1957 – Danny Baker , English journalist and screenwriter
1957 – Garry Gary Beers , Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer (INXS and Absent Friends )
1958 – Bruce Campbell , American actor, director, and producer
1958 – Jennifer Finney Boylan , American author and academic
1959 – Wayne Federman , American comedian, actor, and author
1959 – Michael Kinane , Irish jockey
1959 – Mike O'Meara , American radio host
1959 – Nicola Sirkis , French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Indochine )
1959 – Ed Viesturs , American mountaineer
1960 – Erin Brockovich , American lawyer and environmentalist
1960 – Catherine Disher , Canadian actress
1960 – Margrit Klinger , German runner
1960 – Tracy Pollan , American actress
1961 – Stephen Batchelor , English field hockey player and coach
1961 – Arabella Pollen , English fashion designer, journalist, and author
1961 – Jimmy Somerville , Scottish singer-songwriter (Bronski Beat and The Communards )
1962 – Stephen Chow , Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Clyde Drexler , American basketball player and coach
1962 – Ain Evard , Estonian high jumper
1962 – Gerald Hillringhaus , German footballer
1963 – Randy Couture , American mixed martial artist and actor
1963 – Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 61st Yokozuna
1963 – John Tenta , Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2006)
1964 – Cadillac Anderson , African-American basketball players
1964 – Amy Brenneman , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Dan Brown , American author
1964 – John Penrose , English politician
1965 – Uwe Boll , German director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Ľubomír Moravčík , Czech footballer and manager
1966 – Schoolly D , American rapper and actor
1966 – Michael Park , English race car driver (d. 2005)
1966 – Emmanuelle Seigner , French actress and singer
1967 – Mike Sussman , American screenwriter and producer
1968 – Darrell Armstrong , American basketball player and coach
1970 – Michel Elefteriades , Greek-Lebanese businessman
1970 – Steven Page , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Barenaked Ladies )
1971 – Mary Lynn Rajskub , American actress
1971 – Kurt Warner , American football player and sportscaster
1972 – Wangechi Mutu , Kenyan-American painter and sculptor
1973 – Carson Daly , American television host
1974 – Vijay , Indian actor, singer, and producer
1974 – Donald Faison , American actor
1974 – Belinda Panelo , Filipino-American actress, model, and VJ
1975 – Müslüm Can , Turkish footballer
1975 – Kenshin Kawakami , Japanese baseball player
1975 – Andreas Klöden , German cyclist
1975 – Urmas Reinsalu , Estonian politician, 28th Estonian Minister of Defence
1975 – Laila Rouass , English actress
1978 – Champ Bailey , American football player
1978 – Tim Driesen , Belgian actor, singer, and dancer
1979 – Joey Cheek , American speed skater
1979 – Xenofon Gittas , Greek footballer
1979 – Brad Hawpe , American baseball player
1979 – Leire Martínez , Spanish singer-songwriter (La Oreja de Van Gogh )
1979 – Jai Rodriguez , American actor and singer
1979 – Thomas Voeckler , French cyclist
1980 – Ilya Bryzgalov , Russian ice hockey player
1981 – Sione Lauaki , New Zealand rugby player
1981 – Aquivaldo Mosquera , Colombian footballer
1981 – Monty Oum , American animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1982 – Soraia Chaves , Portuguese model and actress
1982 – Ian Kinsler , American baseball player
1983 – Allar Raja , Estonian rower
1984 – Giorgos Apostolidis , Greek basketball player
1984 – Dustin Johnson , American golfer
1984 – Rubén Iván Martínez , Spanish footballer
1984 – Jerome Taylor , Jamaican cricketer
1984 – Janko Tipsarević , Serbian tennis player
1985 – Rosa Kato , Italian-Japanese model and actress
1985 – Sofoklis Schortsanitis , Cameroonian-Greek basketball player
1986 – Ramin Ott , American-Samoan footballer
1987 – Danny Green , American basketball player
1987 – Cory Gunz , American rapper
1987 – Lee Min Ho , South Korean actor and singer
1987 – Nikita Rukavytsya , Ukrainian-Australian footballer
1988 – Omri Casspi , Israeli basketball player
1988 – Portia Doubleday , American actress
1989 – Cédric Mongongu , Congolese footballer
1989 – Jung Yong-hwa , South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (CN Blue )
1991 – Giuseppe De Luca , Italian footballer
1992 – Erika Kirpu , Estonain épée fencer
1993 – Caydee Denney , American figure skater
1993 – Ingmar Lazar , French pianist
1993 – Izzy Miller , American musician
1997 – Tami Grende , Indonesian tennis player
Deaths
1017 – Leo Passianos , Byzantine general
1276 – Pope Innocent V (b. 1225)
1429 – Jamshīd al-Kāshī , Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
1535 – John Fisher , English bishop (b. 1469)
1632 – James Whitelocke , English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (b. 1570)
1634 – Johann von Aldringen , Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
1699 – Josiah Child , English merchant, economist, and politician (b. 1630)
1714 – Matthew Henry , English minister (b. 1662)
1868 – Heber C. Kimball , American religious leader (b. 1801)
1872 – Rudecindo Alvarado , Argentinian general (b. 1792)
1874 – Howard Staunton , English chess player (b. 1810)
1892 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet , French mathematician and academic (b. 1819)
1894 – Alexandre-Antonin Taché , Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
1905 – Francis Lubbock , American politician, 9th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
1913 – Ștefan Octavian Iosif , Romanian poet (b. 1875)
1925 – Felix Klein , German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
1928 – A. B. Frost , American illustrator (b. 1851)
1931 – Armand Fallières , French politician, 9th President of France (b. 1841)
1933 – Tim Birkin , English race car driver (b. 1896)
1935 – Szymon Askenazy , Polish historian and diplomat (b. 1866)
1936 – Moritz Schlick , German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1882)
1938 – C. J. Dennis , Australian poet (b. 1876)
1942 – August Froehlich , German priest and activist (b. 1891)
1945 – Isamu Chō , Japanese general (b. 1895)
1945 – Mitsuru Ushijima , Japanese general (b. 1887)
1956 – Walter de la Mare , English poet and author (b. 1873)
1959 – Hermann Brill , German politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (b. 1895)
1961 – Maria of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)
1963 – Maria Tănase , Romanian singer and actress (b. 1913)
1964 – Havank , Dutch journalist and author (b. 1904)
1965 – David O. Selznick , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1902)
1966 – Thaddeus Shideler , American hurdler (b. 1883)
1969 – Judy Garland , American actress and singer (b. 1922)
1970 – Đặng Thùy Trâm , Vietnamese surgeon (b. 1942)
1974 – Darius Milhaud , French composer and educator (b. 1892)
1977 – Jacqueline Audry , French director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1979 – Louis Chiron , Monegasque race car driver (b. 1899)
1980 – Dimitrios Partsalidis , Greek politician (b. 1905)
1984 – Joseph Losey , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
1987 – Fred Astaire , American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1899)
1988 – Dennis Day , American singer and actor (b. 1916)
1989 – Lucien Saulnier , Canadian politician (b. 1916)
1990 – Ilya Frank , Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1992 – Chuck Mitchell , American actor (b. 1927)
1993 – Pat Nixon , American economist and educator, 44th First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
1993 – Michel Noël , Canadian actor (b. 1922)
1995 – Leonid Derbenyov , Russian poet and songwriter (b. 1931)
1997 – Ted Gärdestad , Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
1997 – Gérard Pelletier , Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1919)
2004 – Bob Bemer , American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1920)
2004 – Mattie Stepanek , American poet and author (b. 1990)
2007 – Nancy Benoit , American wrestler and manager (b. 1964)
2007 – Erik Parlevliet , Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
2008 – George Carlin , American comedian, actor, and author (b. 1937)
2008 – Dody Goodman , American actress (b. 1914)
2008 – Jane McGrath , English-Australian activist, co-founded the McGrath Foundation (b. 1966)
2011 – Fanny de Sivers , Estonian-French linguist and academic (b. 1920)
2011 – Harley Hotchkiss , Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
2012 – Obaidullah Baig , Pakistani journalist and author (b. 1926)
2012 – María Teresa Castillo , Venezuelan journalist, politician, and activist (b. 1908)
2012 – Mary Fedden , English painter (b. 1915)
2012 – Fernie Flaman , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1927)
2012 – Juan Luis Galiardo , Spanish actor (b. 1922)
2012 – Rolly Tasker , Australian sailor (b. 1926)
2012 – Hans Villius , Swedish historian (b. 1923)
2013 – Leandro Díaz , Colombian composer (b. 1928)
2013 – Sergio Focardi , Italian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
2013 – Gary David Goldberg , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1944)
2013 – Henning Larsen , Danish architect, designed the Copenhagen Opera House (b. 1925)
2013 – Allan Simonsen , Danish race car driver (b. 1978)
2013 – Soccor Velho , Indian footballer (b. 1983)
2014 – Fouad Ajami , Lebanese-American author and academic (b. 1945)
2014 – Felix Dennis , English poet and publisher, founded Dennis Publishing (b. 1947)
2014 – Grzegorz Knapp , Polish motorcycle racer (b. 1979)
2014 – Rama Narayanan , Indian director and producer (b. 1949)
2014 – Steve Rossi , American comedian and actor (b. 1932)
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