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December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 12 days remaining until the end of the year.
211 – Publius Septimius Geta , co-emperor of Rome , is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet his brother Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Caracalla) , to discuss a possible reconciliation. When he arrives, the Praetorian Guard murders him and he dies in the arms of his mother, Julia Domna .
1154 – Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey .
1490 – Anne, Duchess of Brittany , is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy .
1562 – The Battle of Dreux takes place during the French Wars of Religion .
1606 – The Susan Constant , the Godspeed , and the Discovery depart England carrying settlers who found, at Jamestown, Virginia , the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
1675 – The Great Swamp Fight , a pivotal battle in King Philip's War , gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.
1776 – Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis ".
1777 – American Revolutionary War : George Washington 's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania .
1796 – French Revolutionary Wars : Two British frigates under Commodore Horatio Nelson and two Spanish frigates under Commodore Don Jacobo Stuart engage in battle off the coast of Murcia .
1828 – Nullification Crisis : Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun pens the South Carolina Exposition and Protest , protesting the Tariff of 1828 .
1900 – Hopetoun Blunder : The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun , appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales , but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
1907 – Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in a mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania .
1912 – William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over 1,000 people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after three-and-a-half-years in Sing Sing prison.
1916 – World War I : Battle of Verdun : On the Western Front , the French Army successfully holds off the German Army and drives it back to its starting position.
1920 – King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite .
1924 – The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
1927 – Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil , Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan are executed by the British Empire .
1932 – BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
1941 – World War II : Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-chief of the German Army .
1941 – World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage the HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour .
1946 – Start of the First Indochina War .
1956 – Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
1961 – India annexes Daman and Diu , part of Portuguese India .
1964 – The South Vietnamese military junta of Nguyễn Khánh dissolve the High National Council and arrest some of the members.
1967 – Harold Holt , the Prime Minister of Australia , is officially presumed dead .
1972 – Apollo program : The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17 , crewed by Eugene Cernan , Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt , returns to Earth .
1974 – Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1975 – John Paul Stevens is appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States .
1981 – Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
1983 – The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy , is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil.
1984 – The Sino-British Joint Declaration , stating that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the United Kingdom would restore Hong Kong to China with effect from July 1, 1997 is signed in Beijing, China by Deng Xiaoping and Margaret Thatcher .
1986 – Mikhail Gorbachev , leader of the Soviet Union , releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky .
1995 – The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe.
1997 – SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River , near Palembang in Indonesia , killing 104.
1998 – President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives , becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached .
2000 – The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul , Turkey , killing one person and injuring three.
2001 – A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg ) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl , Mongolia .
2001 – Argentine economic crisis : December 2001 riots – Riots erupt in Buenos Aires , Argentina .
2012 – Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea .
1554 – Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
1587 – Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1645)
1683 – Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)
1699 – William Bowyer , English printer (d. 1777)
1714 – John Winthrop , American astronomer and educator (d. 1779)
1778 – Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1851)
1779 – Albine de Montholon , French mistress of Napoleon (d. 1848)
1796 – Manuel Bretón de los Herreros , Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1873)
1817 – James J. Archer , American lawyer and general (d. 1864)
1820 – Mary Livermore , American journalist and activist (d. 1905)
1825 – George Frederick Bristow , American violinist and composer (d. 1898)
1831 – Bernice Pauahi Bishop , American philanthropist (d. 1884)
1849 – Henry Clay Frick , American businessman (d. 1919)
1852 – Albert Abraham Michelson , Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
1853 – Charles Fitzpatrick , Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (d. 1942)
1861 – Italo Svevo , Italian author and playwright (d. 1928)
1863 – Wallace Bryant , American archer (d. 1953)
1865 – Minnie Maddern Fiske , American actress and playwright (d. 1932)
1873 – Alphonse Kirchhoffer , French fencer (d. 1913)
1875 – Carter G. Woodson , American historian and author, founded Black History Month (d. 1950)
1876 – Bernard Friedberg , Austrian-Israeli scholar and author (d. 1961)
1881 – John Fraser , Canadian soccer player (d. 1959)
1888 – Fritz Reiner , Hungarian-American conductor (d. 1963)
1891 – Juhan Kallaste , Estonian cleric and actor (d. 1999)
1891 – Edward Bernard Raczyński , Polish politician, 4th President-in-exile of Poland (d. 1993)
1894 – Ford Frick , American journalist and businessman (d. 1978)
1895 – Ingeborg Refling Hagen , Norwegian author and educator (d. 1989)
1899 – Martin Luther King, Sr. , American pastor, missionary, and activist (d. 1984)
1901 – Rudolf Hell , German engineer, invented the Hellschreiber (d. 2002)
1901 – Oliver La Farge , American anthropologist and author (d. 1963)
1901 – Fritz Mauruschat , German footballer and manager (d. 1974)
1902 – Ralph Richardson , English actor (d. 1983)
1903 – George Davis Snell , American geneticist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
1905 – Irving Kahn , American businessman (d. 2015)
1905 – Giovanni Lurani , Italian race car driver, engineer, and journalist (d. 1995)
1906 – Leonid Brezhnev , Ukrainian-Russian marshal, engineer, and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)
1907 – Jimmy McLarnin , Irish-American boxer, actor, and golfer (d. 2004)
1909 – W. A. Criswell , American pastor and author (d. 2002)
1910 – Jean Genet , French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1986)
1914 – Mel Shaw , American animator and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1915 – Édith Piaf , French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1963)
1915 – Claudia Testoni , Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper (d. 1998)
1916 – Roy Ward Baker , English director and producer (d. 2010)
1916 – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann , German political scientist, journalist, and academic (d. 2010)
1918 – Professor Longhair , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980)
1920 – Little Jimmy Dickens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1920 – David Susskind , American talk show host and producer (d. 1987)
1922 – Eamonn Andrews , Irish radio and television host (d. 1987)
1923 – Robert V. Bruce , American historian and author (d. 2008)
1923 – Armando Filiput , Italian hurdler (d. 1982)
1923 – Gordon Jackson , Scottish actor (d. 1990)
1924 – Carlo Chiti , Italian engineer (d. 1994)
1924 – Doug Harvey , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)
1924 – Gary Morton , American comedian, actor, and producer (d. 1999)
1924 – Edmund Purdom , English-Italian actor (d. 2009)
1925 – Tankred Dorst , German playwright and author
1925 – William Schutz , American psychologist and academic (d. 2002)
1925 – Robert B. Sherman , American songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1926 – Bobby Layne , American football player and coach (d. 1986)
1926 – Herb Stempel , American game show contestant
1927 – James Booth , English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1928 – Eve Bunting , Irish-American author and academic
1928 – Nathan Oliveira , American painter and sculptor (d. 2010)
1929 – Bob Brookmeyer , American trombonist, pianist, and composer (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra ) (d. 2011)
1929 – David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry , Scottish ceramic designer
1929 – Gregory Carroll , American singer-songwriter and producer (The Orioles and The Four Buddies ) (d. 2013)
1929 – Howard Sackler , American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1930 – Wally Olins , English businessman and academic (d. 2014)
1932 – Salvador Elizondo , Mexican author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2006)
1933 – Kevan Gosper , Australian runner and politician
1933 – Christopher Smout , Scottish historian and academic
1934 – Rudi Carrell , Dutch actor and singer (d. 2006)
1934 – Al Kaline , American baseball player and sportscaster
1934 – Pratibha Patil , Indian lawyer and politician, 12th President of India
1934 – Casper R. Taylor, Jr. , American politician
1935 – Barbara Bostock , American actress
1935 – Bobby Timmons , American pianist and composer (d. 1974)
1935 – Joanne Weaver , American baseball player (d. 2000)
1936 – Marian McKnight , American model, Miss America 1957
1940 – Phil Ochs , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
1941 – Lee Myung-bak , South Korean politician, 10th President of South Korea
1941 – Maurice White , American singer-songwriter and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire )
1942 – Rufus , French actor
1942 – Cornell Dupree , American guitarist (d. 2011)
1942 – Dennis E. Fitch , American pilot (d. 2012)
1943 – Ross M. Lence , American political scientist and academic (d. 2006)
1943 – James L. Jones , American general and politician, 22nd United States National Security Advisor
1943 – Sam Kelly , English actor (d. 2014)
1944 – William Christie , American-French harpsichord player and conductor (Les Arts Florissants )
1944 – Mitchell Feigenbaum , American physicist and mathematician
1944 – Martin Hume Johnson , English physiologist and academic
1944 – Richard Leakey , Kenyan paleontologist and politician
1944 – Alvin Lee , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ten Years After ) (d. 2013)
1944 – Tim Reid , American actor and director
1944 – Zal Yanovsky , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful ) (d. 2002)
1945 – Elaine Joyce , American actress
1945 – John McEuen , American guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band )
1946 – Rosemary Conley , English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster
1946 – Robert Urich , American actor and producer (d. 2002)
1947 – Jimmy Bain , Scottish bass player and songwriter (Rainbow and Wild Horses )
1947 – Charlie Van Dyke , American actor and radio host
1948 – Ken Brown , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1949 – Orna Berry , Israeli scientist and businesswoman
1949 – Sebastian , Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Nancy Kyes , American actress
1950 – Eleanor J. Hill , American lawyer and diplomat
1951 – Mohammad Reza Aref , Iranian engineer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
1951 – Alan Rouse , English mountaineer and author (d. 1986)
1952 – Walter Murphy , American pianist and composer
1954 – Jeff Allam , English race car driver
1954 – Tim Parks , English author and translator
1955 – Lincoln Hall , Australian mountaineer and author (d. 2012)
1955 – Rob Portman , American lawyer and politician
1956 – Tom Lawless , American baseball player and manager
1956 – Shane McEntee , Irish farmer and politician, Minister of State for Food, Horticulture and Food Safety (d. 2012)
1957 – Cyril Collard , French actor, director, and composer (d. 1993)
1957 – John Gulager , American actor, director, and cinematographer
1957 – Kevin McHale , American basketball player, coach, and manager
1958 – Limahl , English singer and keyboard player (Kajagoogoo and Brooks )
1958 – Steven Isserlis , English cellist and author
1959 – Iván Vallejo , Ecuadorian mountaineer
1960 – Derrick Jensen , American author and activist
1960 – Mike Lookinland , American actor and singer
1960 – Michelangelo Signorile , American journalist and author
1961 – Eric Allin Cornell , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1961 – Matthew Waterhouse , English actor and author
1961 – Reggie White , American football player and wrestler (d. 2004)
1962 – Gary Fleder , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Jill Talley , American actress
1963 – Jennifer Beals , American model, actress, and singer
1963 – Til Schweiger , German actor, director, and producer
1964 – Béatrice Dalle , French actress
1964 – Arvydas Sabonis , Lithuanian basketball player
1965 – Chito Martínez , Belizean-American baseball player
1965 – Jessica Steen , Canadian actress
1966 – Chuckii Booker , American singer-songwriter and producer
1966 – Rajesh Chauhan , Indian cricketer
1966 – Robert MacNaughton , American actor
1966 – Alberto Tomba , Italian skier
1966 – Eric Weinrich , American ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Criss Angel , American magician and singer (Angel and Angeldust )
1967 – Charles Austin , American high jumper
1967 – Frankie Lam , Hong Kong actor
1968 – Ken Marino , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Michael Bates , American sprinter and football player
1969 – Tom Gugliotta , American basketball player
1969 – Richard Hammond , English journalist and producer
1969 – Nayan Mongia , Indian cricketer
1969 – Kristy Swanson , American actress
1970 – Iman Ali , Pakistani model and actress
1970 – Tyson Beckford , American model and actor
1971 – Amy Locane , American actress
1971 – Karen Pickering , English swimmer
1972 – Rosa Blasi , American actress
1972 – Alyssa Milano , American actress and singer
1972 – Warren Sapp , American football player and sportscaster
1973 – Michalis Grigoriou , Greek footballer and coach
1973 – Takashi Sorimachi , Japanese actor and singer
1973 – Erick Wainaina , Kenyan runner
1973 – Zulfiya Zabirova , Russian cyclist
1974 – Eduard Ivakdalam , Indonesian footballer
1974 – Joe Jurevicius , American football player
1974 – Felipe Lopez , Dominican-American basketball player
1974 – Mikko Paananen , Finnish bass player (HIM )
1974 – Jake Plummer , American football player and sportscaster
1974 – Ricky Ponting , Australian cricketer
1975 – Makis Belevonis , Greek footballer
1975 – Russell Branyan , American baseball player
1975 – Brandon Sanderson , American author and academic
1975 – Jon Smith , English journalist and author
1975 – Olivier Tébily , Ivorian-French footballer
1977 – Jorge Garbajosa , Spanish basketball player
1977 – LaTasha Jenkins , American sprinter
1978 – Patrick Casey , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1979 – Kevin Devine , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bad Books )
1979 – Paola Rey , Colombian model and actress
1979 – Rafael Soriano , Dominican baseball player
1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal , American actor and producer
1980 – Chris Haslam , Canadian skateboarder
1980 – Marla Sokoloff , American actress and singer
1981 – Grégory Dufer , Belgian footballer
1981 – Eriko Sato , Japanese actress
1982 – Tero Pitkämäki , Finnish javelin thrower
1982 – Mo Williams , American basketball player
1983 – Nektarios Alexandrou , Cypriot footballer
1983 – Casey Crescenzo , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dear Hunter and The Receiving End of Sirens )
1983 – AJ Lamas , American model and actor
1983 – Bridget Phillipson , English politician
1983 – Laura Pomeroy , Canadian swimmer
1983 – Matt Stajan , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Ian Kennedy , American baseball player
1985 – Gary Cahill , English footballer
1985 – Neil Kilkenny , English-Australian footballer
1985 – Sally Kipyego , Kenyan runner
1985 – Dan Logan , English bass player (The Kooks , Cat the Dog , and The Ordinary Boys )
1985 – Lady Sovereign , English rapper
1986 – Ryan Babel , Dutch footballer
1986 – Lazaros Christodoulopoulos , Greek footballer
1986 – Zuzana Hejnová , Czech hurdler
1986 – Miguel Lopes , Portuguese footballer
1986 – Calvin Andrew , English footballer
1987 – Cédric Baseya , French-Congolese footballer
1987 – Karim Benzema , French footballer
1987 – Slater Young , Filipino-Chinese actor and host
1988 – Paulina Gretzky , American singer and actress
1988 – Alexis Sánchez , Chilean footballer
1988 – Peter Winn , English footballer
1989 – Valdimar Bergstað , Icelandic horse rider
1989 – Yong Jun-hyung , South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and producer (Beast and Xing)
1989 – Michał Masłowski , Polish footballer
1989 – Hamza Riazuddin , English cricketer
1990 – Greg Bretz , American snowboarder
1990 – Sally Fitzgibbons , Australian surfer
1991 – Jorge Blanco , Mexican-Argentinian actor and singer
1991 – Declan Galbraith , English singer-songwriter
1991 – Sumire Uesaka , Japanese voice actress and singer
1992 – Iker Muniain , Spanish footballer
1992 – Raphael Spiegel , Swiss footballer
1993 – Isiah Koech , Kenyan runner
1994 – M'Baye Niang , French footballer
211 – Publius Septimius Geta , Roman emperor (b. 189)
1111 – Al-Ghazali , Iranian jurist, philosopher, and mystic (b. 1058)
1123 – Saint Berardo , Italian bishop
1327 – Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1260)
1370 – Pope Urban V (b. 1310)
1737 – James Louis Sobieski , Polish son of John III Sobieski (b. 1667)
1741 – Vitus Bering , Danish-Russian hydrographer and explorer (b. 1681)
1745 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo , French painter (b. 1684)
1749 – Francesco Antonio Bonporti , Italian priest and composer (b. 1672)
1751 – Louise of Great Britain (b. 1724)
1807 – Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm , German-French author and playwright (b. 1723)
1813 – James McGill , Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (b. 1744)
1819 – Thomas Fremantle , English admiral and politician (b. 1765)
1848 – Emily Brontë , English author and poet (b. 1818)
1878 – Bayard Taylor , American author and poet (b. 1825)
1899 – Henry Ware Lawton , American general (b. 1843)
1915 – Alois Alzheimer , German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864)
1916 – Thibaw Min , Burmese king (b. 1859)
1927 – Ashfaqulla Khan , Indian activist (b. 1900)
1927 – Ram Prasad Bismil , Indian poet and activist (b. 1897)
1927 – Roshan Singh , Indian activist (b. 1892)
1932 – Yun Bong-gil , South Korean activist (b. 1908)
1933 – George Jackson Churchward , English engineer (b. 1857)
1938 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill , American lawyer and politician (b. 1873)
1939 – Hans Langsdorff , German captain (b. 1894)
1944 – Abbas II of Egypt (b. 1874)
1944 – Rudolph Karstadt , German businessman (b. 1856)
1946 – Paul Langevin , French physicist and academic (b. 1872)
1953 – Robert Andrews Millikan , American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
1962 – Warren Brittingham , American soccer player (b. 1886)
1968 – Norman Thomas , American minister and politician (b. 1884)
1970 – Mihkel Müller , Estonian-Finnish wrestler (b. 1887)
1972 – Ahmet Emin Yalman , Turkish journalist, author, and academic (b. 1888)
1982 – Dwight Macdonald , American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1906)
1984 – Joy Ridderhof , American missionary (b. 1903)
1986 – V. C. Andrews , American author (b. 1923)
1986 – Werner Dankwort , Russian-German colonel and diplomat (b. 1895)
1987 – August Mälk , Estonian author, playwright, and politician (b. 1900)
1988 – Robert Bernstein , American author and playwright (b. 1919)
1989 – Preben Mahrt , Danish actor (b. 1920)
1989 – Stella Gibbons , English journalist, author, and poet (b. 1902)
1991 – Joe Cole , American roadie and author (b. 1961)
1993 – Michael Clarke , American drummer (The Byrds , The Flying Burrito Brothers , and Firefall ) (b. 1946)
1996 – Marcello Mastroianni , Italian-French actor and singer (b. 1924)
1997 – Masaru Ibuka , Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1908)
1997 – Jimmy Rogers , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1924)
1998 – Mel Fisher , American treasure hunter (b. 1922)
1998 – Antonio Ordóñez , Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932)
1999 – Desmond Llewelyn , Welsh-English actor (b. 1914)
2000 – Rob Buck , American guitarist and songwriter (10,000 Maniacs ) (b. 1958)
2000 – Milt Hinton , American bassist and photographer (b. 1910)
2000 – David Dewayne Johnson , American murderer (b. 1963)
2000 – John Lindsay , American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1921)
2000 – Pops Staples , American singer and guitarist (The Staple Singers ) (b. 1915)
2001 – Arkie Whiteley , Australian actress (b. 1964)
2002 – Will Hoy , English race car driver (b. 1952)
2002 – Arthur Rowley , English footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2002 – George Weller , American author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1907)
2003 – Peter Carter-Ruck , English lawyer, founded Carter-Ruck (b. 1914)
2003 – Hope Lange , American actress (b. 1933)
2003 – Les Tremayne , English-American actor (b. 1913)
2004 – Herbert C. Brown , English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
2004 – Renata Tebaldi , Italian soprano (b. 1922)
2005 – Vincent Gigante , American mobster (b. 1927)
2008 – James Bevel , American minister and activist (b. 1936)
2008 – Carol Chomsky , American linguist and educator (b. 1930)
2008 – Michael Connell , American political consultant (b. 1963)
2008 – Kenny Cox , American pianist (b. 1940)
2008 – Dock Ellis , American baseball player and coach (b. 1945)
2009 – Giridharilal Kedia , Indian businessman (b. 1936)
2009 – Hussein-Ali Montazeri , Iranian theologian, scholar, and activist (b. 1922)
2009 – Zeki Ökten , Turkish director and producer (b. 1941)
2009 – Kim Peek , American megasavant (b. 1951)
2010 – Anthony Howard , English journalist and author (b. 1934)
2010 – Trudy Pitts , American singer and pianist (b. 1932)
2012 – Inez Andrews , American singer-songwriter (The Caravans ) (b. 1929)
2012 – Robert Bork , American lawyer, judge, and scholar, United States Attorney General (b. 1927)
2012 – Paul Crauchet , French actor (b. 1920)
2012 – Georges Jobé , Belgian motocross rider (b. 1961)
2012 – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak , Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel (b. 1944)
2012 – Larry Morris , American football player (b. 1933)
2012 – Peter Struck , German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (b. 1943)
2013 – Winton Dean , English musicologist and author (b. 1916)
2013 – Herb Geller , American-German saxophonist and composer (b. 1928)
2013 – Al Goldstein , American publisher and pornographer (b. 1936)
2013 – Nae Lăzărescu , Romanian actor (b. 1940)
2013 – Ned Vizzini , American author and screenwriter (b. 1981)
2014 – S. Balasubramanian , Indian journalist and director (b. 1936)
2014 – Philip Bradbourn , English politician (b. 1951)
2014 – Arthur Gardner , American actor and producer (b. 1910)
2014 – Igor Rodionov , Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (b. 1936)
2014 – Dick Thornton , American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1939)
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