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August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 151 days remaining until the end of the year.
338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea , securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean .
216 BC – Second Punic War : Battle of Cannae : The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro .
461 – Majorian is arrested near Tortona (Northern Italy ) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor .
1274 – Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.
1343 – Olivier de Clisson is found guilty of treason and beheaded at Les Halles in Paris. As a result, his wife, Jeanne de Clisson , sold their holding, bought a fleet of ships, and took to the sea as a pirate to seek revenge against King Philip VI of France and the nobility.
1377 – Russian troops are defeated in the Battle on Pyana River .
1610 – Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.
1776 – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
1790 – The first United States Census is conducted.
1798 – French Revolutionary Wars : The Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory.
1830 – Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri .
1869 – Japan's samurai , farmer, artisan , merchant class system (Shinōkōshō ) is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese date : June 25, 1869).
1870 – Tower Subway , the world's first underground tube railway , opens in London, England , United Kingdom.
1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco 's famous cable car system .
1897 – Anglo-Afghan War : The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states adjacent to India's North West Frontier Province .
1903 – Fall of the Ottoman Empire : An unsuccessful uprising led by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization against Ottoman Turkey , also known as the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising , takes place.
1916 – World War I : Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto .
1918 – Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.
1918 – The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
1922 – A typhoon hits Shantou , Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people.
1923 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding .
1932 – The positron (antiparticle of the electron ) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson .
1934 – Gleichschaltung : Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg .
1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
1939 – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt , urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
1943 – Rebellion in the Nazi death camp of Treblinka .
1943 – World War II : The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy , future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.
1944 – ASNOM : Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia , celebrated as Day of the Republic in the Republic of Macedonia .
1944 – World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches .
1945 – World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference .
1947 – A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Santiago , Chile . The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
1964 – Vietnam War : Gulf of Tonkin incident : North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyer USS Maddox .
1968 – An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora , Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
1973 – A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man .
1980 – A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna , Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
1985 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191 , a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar , crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972 .
1989 – A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait , eventually leading to the Gulf War .
1998 – The Second Congo War begins.
2005 – Air France Flight 358 , lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport , and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
2014 – At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in an explosion at a factory near Shanghai .
1455 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499)
1533 – Theodor Zwinger , Swiss physician and scholar (d. 1588)
1612 – Saskia van Uylenburgh , Dutch model (d. 1642)
1672 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer , Swiss paleontologist and scholar (d. 1733)
1674 – Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1723)
1696 – Mahmud I , Ottoman sultan (d. 1754)
1702 – Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau (d. 1769)
1703 – Lorenzo Ricci , Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1775)
1740 – Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux , French general (d. 1817)
1754 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant , French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (d. 1825)
1788 – Leopold Gmelin , German chemist and academic (d. 1853)
1815 – Adolf Friedrich von Schack , German poet and historian (d. 1894)
1820 – John Tyndall , Irish-English physicist and mountaineer (d. 1893)
1828 – Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque , Spanish general (d. 1895)
1834 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi , French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (d. 1904)
1835 – Elisha Gray , American businessman, co-founded Western Electric (d. 1901)
1858 – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1934)
1861 – Prafulla Chandra Ray , Bangladeshi chemist and academic (d. 1944)
1865 – Irving Babbitt , American academic and critic (d. 1933)
1865 – John Radecki , Australian stained glass artist (d. 1955)
1867 – Ernest Dowson , English author and poet (d. 1900)
1868 – Constantine I of Greece (d. 1923)
1871 – John French Sloan , American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)
1872 – George E. Stewart , Australian-American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1946)
1875 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky , Russian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
1876 – Ravishankar Shukla , Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (d. 1956)
1876 – Pingali Venkayya , Indian geologist, designed the Flag of India (d. 1963)
1878 – Aino Kallas , Finnish-Estonian author (d. 1956)
1880 – Arthur Dove , American painter and educator (d. 1946)
1882 – Red Ames , American baseball player and manager (d. 1936)
1882 – Albert Bloch , American painter and academic (d. 1961)
1884 – Rómulo Gallegos , Venezuelan author and politician, 46th President of Venezuela (d. 1969)
1886 – John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian pilot and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1961)
1887 – Oskar Anderson , Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician (d. 1960)
1887 – Tommy Ward , Indian-South African cricketer (d. 1936)
1890 – Marin Sais , American actress (d. 1971)
1891 – Arthur Bliss , English composer and conductor (d. 1975)
1891 – Viktor Zhirmunsky , Russian linguist and historian (d. 1971)
1892 – Jack L. Warner , Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (d. 1978)
1895 – Matt Henderson , New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970)
1897 – Karl-Otto Koch , German SS officer (d. 1945)
1897 – Max Weber , Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1974)
1898 – Ernő Nagy , Hungarian fencer (d. 1977)
1899 – Charles Bennett , English director and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1900 – Holling C. Holling , American author and illustrator (d. 1973)
1900 – Helen Morgan , American actress and singer (d. 1941)
1902 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (d. 1971)
1905 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann , German composer (d. 1963)
1905 – Myrna Loy , American actress (d. 1993)
1907 – Mary Hamman , American journalist and author (d. 1984)
1910 – Roger MacDougall , Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1911 – Ann Dvorak , American actress (d. 1979)
1912 – Palle Huld , Danish actor (d. 2010)
1912 – Håkon Stenstadvold , Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977)
1912 – Vladimir Žerjavić , Croatian economist and author (d. 2001)
1913 – Xavier Thaninayagam , Sri Lankan scholar and academic (d. 1980)
1914 – Félix Leclerc , Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1988)
1914 – Big Walter Price , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
1914 – Beatrice Straight , American actress (d. 2001)
1915 – Gary Merrill , American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1916 – Alfonso A. Ossorio , Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990)
1919 – Nehemiah Persoff , Israeli-American actor and singer
1920 – Louis Pauwels , French journalist and author (d. 1997)
1920 – Augustus Rowe , Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)
1921 – Alan Whicker , Egyptian-English journalist (d. 2013)
1922 – Gábor Agárdy , Hungarian actor (d. 2006)
1922 – Betsy Bloomingdale , American philanthropist and socialite
1922 – Geoffrey Dutton , Australian historian and author (d. 1998)
1923 – Shimon Peres , Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel
1924 – James Baldwin , American author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1987)
1924 – Joe Harnell , American pianist and composer (d. 2005)
1924 – Carroll O'Connor , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1925 – K. Arulanandan , Ceylon-American engineer and academic (d. 2004)
1925 – John Dexter , English director and producer (d. 1990)
1925 – John McCormack , Canadian ice hockey player
1925 – Jorge Rafael Videla , Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina (d. 2013)
1927 – Peter Swinnerton-Dyer , English mathematician and academic
1928 – Malcolm Hilton , English cricketer (d. 1990)
1929 – Roy Crimmins , English trombonist and composer (d. 2014)
1929 – John Gale , English director and producer
1929 – K. M. Peyton , English author and educator
1929 – Vidya Charan Shukla , Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2013)
1929 – David Waddington, Baron Waddington , English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda
1930 – Vali Myers , Australian painter and dancer (d. 2003)
1931 – Pierre DuMaine , American bishop and academic
1931 – Eddie Fuller , South African cricketer (d. 2008)
1931 – Karl Miller , English journalist and critic (d. 2014)
1931 – Viliam Schrojf , Czech footballer (d. 2007)
1932 – Lamar Hunt , American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (d. 2006)
1932 – Peter O'Toole , British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)
1933 – Ioannis Varvitsiotis , Greek politician, Greek Minister of Defence
1934 – Valery Bykovsky , Russian general and astronaut
1935 – Amidou , Moroccan-French actor (d. 2013)
1935 – Betty Brosmer , American model and author
1935 – Hank Cochran , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1936 – Anthony Payne , English composer and author
1937 – Ron Brierley , New Zealand businessman
1937 – Billy Cannon , American football player and dentist
1937 – Garth Hudson , Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Band and The Call )
1937 – Gundula Janowitz , Austrian operatic soprano
1937 – John Salt , English painter
1938 – Dave Balon , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
1938 – Pierre de Bané , Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician
1938 – Paul Jenkins , American actor (d. 2013)
1938 – Terry Peck , Falkland Islander soldier (d. 2006)
1939 – Benjamin Barber , American theorist, author, and academic
1939 – Wes Craven , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1939 – John W. Snow , American businessman and politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
1940 – Beko Ransome-Kuti , Nigerian physician and activist (d. 2006)
1940 – Will Tura , Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Doris Coley , American singer (The Shirelles ) (d. 2000)
1941 – Jules A. Hoffmann , Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Ede Staal , Dutch singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
1941 – François Weyergans , Belgian director and screenwriter
1942 – Isabel Allende , Chilean-American journalist and author
1942 – Juan Formell , Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player (Los Van Van ) (d. 2014)
1943 – Herbert M. Allison , American lieutenant and businessman (d. 2013)
1943 – Tom Burgmeier , American baseball player and coach
1943 – Jon R. Cavaiani , English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2014)
1943 – Julia Foster , English actress
1943 – Rose Tremain , English author and academic
1943 – Max Wright , American actor
1944 – Jim Capaldi , English drummer and songwriter (Traffic ) (d. 2005)
1944 – Naná Vasconcelos , Brazilian singer and berimbau player
1945 – Joanna Cassidy , American actress
1945 – Alex Jesaulenko , Austrian-Australian footballer and coach
1945 – Bunker Roy , Indian educator and activist
1945 – Eric Simms , Australian rugby player and coach
1946 – James Howe , American journalist and author
1947 – Massiel , Spanish singer and actress
1947 – Ruth Bakke , Norwegian organist and composer
1947 – Lawrence Wright , American journalist, author, and screenwriter
1948 – Andy Fairweather Low , Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fair Weather and Amen Corner )
1948 – Dennis Prager , American radio host and author
1948 – James Street , American football and baseball player (d. 2013)
1948 – Snoo Wilson , English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1949 – James Fallows , American journalist and author
1949 – Bertalan Farkas , Hungarian general and astronaut
1950 – Jussi Adler-Olsen , Danish author and publisher
1950 – Kathryn Harrold , American actress
1950 – Lance Ito , American lawyer and judge
1950 – Sue Rodriguez , Canadian activist (d. 1994)
1951 – Andrew Gold , American singer-songwriter and producer (Wax ) (d. 2011)
1951 – Steve Hillage , English guitarist (Uriel , Gong , Khan , and System 7 )
1951 – Joe Lynn Turner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple , Rainbow , Fandango , Brazen Abbot , and Hughes Turner Project )
1951 – Freddie Wadling , Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Leather Nun and Blue for Two )
1951 – Per Westerberg , Swedish businessman and politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden
1953 – Marjo , Canadian singer-songwriter (Corbeau )
1953 – Donnie Munro , Scottish singer and guitarist (Runrig )
1953 – Butch Patrick , American actor and singer
1953 – Anthony Seldon , English historian and author
1954 – James Charles Kopp , American murderer
1954 – Ken MacLeod , Scottish blogger and author
1954 – Sammy McIlroy , Irish footballer and manager
1955 – Caleb Carr , American historian and author
1955 – Tim Dunigan , American actor
1955 – Tony Godden , English footballer and manager
1956 – Fulvio Melia , Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
1956 – Isabel Pantoja , Spanish singer and actress
1957 – Farhat Basir Khan , Indian photographer and academic
1957 – Mojo Nixon , American singer-songwriter
1957 – Butch Vig , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Garbage and Spooner )
1958 – Arshad Ayub , Indian cricketer and manager
1958 – Shō Hayami , Japanese voice actor and singer
1959 – Victoria Jackson , American actress and singer
1959 – Johnny Kemp , Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1959 – Apollonia Kotero , American singer and actress (Apollonia 6 )
1960 – Linda Fratianne , American figure skater
1960 – Neal Morse , American singer and keyboard player (Spock's Beard , Transatlantic , Yellow Matter Custard , and Flying Colors )
1960 – David Yow , American singer-songwriter (Scratch Acid , The Jesus Lizard , and Qui )
1961 – Cold 187um , American rapper and producer (Above the Law )
1961 – Pete de Freitas , Spanish drummer and producer (Echo & the Bunnymen ) (d. 1989)
1962 – Lee Mavers , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The La's )
1962 – Billy Kilson , American drummer
1962 – Cynthia Stevenson , Canadian actress
1963 – Laura Bennett , American architect and fashion designer
1963 – Daniel Pelosi , American murderer
1963 – Uğur Tütüneker , Turkish footballer and manager
1964 – Frank Biela , German race car driver
1964 – Mary-Louise Parker , American actress
1965 – Joe Hockey , Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Treasurer of Australia
1965 – Hisanobu Watanabe , Japanese baseball player and coach
1966 – Takashi Iizuka , Japanese wrestler
1966 – Tim Wakefield , American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 – Aaron Krickstein , American tennis player
1967 – Aline Brosh McKenna , American screenwriter and producer
1968 – Stefan Effenberg , German footballer and sportscaster
1968 – John Stanier , American drummer (Helmet , Tomahawk , The Mark of Cain , and Battles )
1969 – Jan Axel Blomberg , Norwegian drummer and songwriter (Winds , Mayhem , and Arcturus )
1969 – Cedric Ceballos , American basketball player
1969 – Fernando Couto , Portuguese footballer and manager
1970 – Tony Amonte , American ice hockey player and coach
1970 – Kevin Smith , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Philo Wallace , Barbadian cricketer
1971 – Jason Bell , Australian rugby player
1971 – Michael Hughes , Irish footballer and manager
1972 – Mohamed Al-Deayea , Saudi Arabian footballer
1972 – Jacinda Barrett , Australian-American model and actress
1972 – Daniele Nardello , Italian cyclist
1972 – Justyna Steczkowska , Polish singer-songwriter and actress
1973 – Hiroyuki Goto , Japanese game designer, created Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan
1973 – Danie Keulder , Namibian cricketer
1973 – Miguel Mendonca , Zimbabwean journalist and author
1973 – Susie O'Neill , Australian swimmer
1974 – Angie Cepeda , Colombian actress
1974 – Phil Williams , English journalist and radio host
1975 – Mineiro , Brazilian footballer
1975 – Xu Huaiwen , Chinese-German badminton player and coach
1975 – Tamás Molnár , Hungarian water polo player
1975 – Ingrid Rubio , Spanish actress
1975 – Michelle Thorne , English porn actress and director
1976 – Reyes Estévez , Spanish runner
1976 – Jay Heaps , American soccer player and coach
1976 – Michael Weiss , American figure skater
1976 – Sam Worthington , English-Australian actor and producer
1976 – Mohammad Zahid , Pakistani cricketer
1977 – Edward Furlong , American actor and singer
1977 – Mark Velasquez , American photographer
1978 – Goran Gavrančić , Serbian footballer
1978 – Matt Guerrier , American baseball player
1978 – Kazuki Namioka , Japanese actor
1978 – Deividas Šemberas , Lithuanian footballer
1978 – Dragan Vukmir , Serbian footballer
1979 – Donna Air , English model, actress, and singer
1979 – Marco Bonura , Italian footballer
1979 – Reuben Kosgei , Kenyan runner
1980 – Ivica Banović , Croatian footballer
1980 – Nadia Bjorlin , American actress and singer
1980 – Dingdong Dantes , Filipino actor, singer, director, and producer
1980 – Uğur Rıfat Karlova , Turkish comedian and actor
1981 – Alexander Emelianenko , Russian mixed martial artist and boxer
1981 – Tim Murtagh , English cricketer
1982 – Hélder Postiga , Portuguese footballer
1982 – Kerry Rhodes , American football player
1982 – Grady Sizemore , American baseball player
1983 – Michel Bastos , Brazilian footballer
1983 – Nick Diaz , American mixed martial artist and boxer
1983 – Kim Jungah , South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (After School )
1984 – Britt Nicole , American singer-songwriter and producer
1984 – Giampaolo Pazzini , Italian footballer
1985 – Stephen Ferris , Irish rugby player
1985 – David Hart Smith , Canadian wrestler
1986 – Mathieu Razanakolona , Canadian skier
1987 – Csilla Borsányi , Hungarian tennis player
1987 – Yura Movsisyan , Armenian footballer
1988 – Nayer , American singer-songwriter
1988 – Rob Kwiet , Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Alice Moran , Canadian actress and screenwriter
1989 – Nacer Chadli , Belgian footballer
1989 – Vanes-Mari Du Toit , South African netball player
1990 – Ima Bohush , Belarusian tennis player
1990 – Skylar Diggins , American basketball player
1991 – Skyler Day , American actress and singer
1991 – Evander Kane , Canadian ice hockey player
1992 – Hallie Eisenberg , American actress
1992 – Eddie Generazio , American poet and dancer
1992 – Charli XCX , English singer-songwriter
1993 – Cassidy Gifford , American actress
1993 – Serhiy Nigoyan , Ukrainian activist (d. 2014)
1994 – Laura Pigossi , Brazilian tennis player
640 – Pope Severinus
686 – Pope John V (b. 635)
924 – Ælfweard of Wessex (b. 904)
1100 – William II of England (b. 1056)
1222 – Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (b. 1156)
1316 – Louis of Burgundy (b. 1297)
1445 – Oswald von Wolkenstein , Austrian poet and composer (b. 1376)
1511 – Andrew Barton , Scottish admiral (b. 1466)
1512 – Alessandro Achillini , Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463)
1546 – Peter Faber , French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1506)
1589 – Henry III of France (b. 1551)
1611 – Katō Kiyomasa , Japanese daimyo (b. 1562)
1667 – Francesco Borromini , Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
1696 – Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
1769 – Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea , English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
1776 – Louis François, Prince of Conti (b. 1717)
1788 – Thomas Gainsborough , English painter and illustrator (b. 1727)
1815 – Guillaume Brune , French general and politician (b. 1763)
1823 – Lazare Carnot , French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
1849 – Muhammad Ali of Egypt (b. 1769)
1854 – Heinrich Clauren , German author (b. 1771)
1859 – Horace Mann , American educator and politician (b. 1796)
1876 – Wild Bill Hickok , American sheriff (b. 1837)
1889 – Eduardo Gutiérrez , Argentinian author (b. 1851)
1890 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann , French poet and author (b. 1813)
1903 – Eduard Magnus Jakobson , Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
1903 – Edmond Nocard , French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
1913 – Ferenc Pfaff , Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
1920 – Ormer Locklear , American pilot and actor (b. 1891)
1921 – Enrico Caruso , Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
1922 – Alexander Graham Bell , Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
1923 – Warren G. Harding , American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
1929 – Mae Costello , American actress (b. 1882)
1934 – Paul von Hindenburg , German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
1937 – Artur Sirk , Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
1939 – Harvey Spencer Lewis , American mystic and author (b. 1883)
1943 – Marika Papagika , Greek singer (b. 1890)
1945 – Pietro Mascagni , Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
1955 – Alfred Lépine , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
1955 – Wallace Stevens , American poet and academic (b. 1879)
1963 – Oliver La Farge , American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
1967 – Walter Terence Stace , English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
1970 – Angus MacFarlane-Grieve , English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
1972 – Brian Cole , American bass player (The Association ) (b. 1942)
1972 – Paul Goodman , American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
1972 – Helen Hoyt , American poet and author (b. 1887)
1973 – Jean-Pierre Melville , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
1974 – Douglas Hawkes , English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
1976 – László Kalmár , Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
1976 – Fritz Lang , Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1978 – Carlos Chávez , Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
1978 – Antony Noghès , French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890)
1979 – Thurman Munson , American baseball player (b. 1947)
1983 – James Jamerson , American bassist (The Funk Brothers ) (b. 1936)
1986 – Roy Cohn , American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
1988 – Joe Carcione , American activist and author (b. 1914)
1988 – Raymond Carver , American author and poet (b. 1938)
1990 – Norman Maclean , American scholar and author (b. 1902)
1990 – Edwin Richfield , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1992 – Michel Berger , French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
1996 – Michel Debré , French lawyer and politician, 150th Prime Minister of France (b. 1912)
1996 – Obdulio Varela , Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
1997 – William S. Burroughs , American author and painter (b. 1914)
1997 – Fela Kuti , Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)
1998 – Shari Lewis , American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
2001 – Ronald Townson , American singer and actor (The 5th Dimension ) (b. 1933)
2003 – Don Estelle , English actor and singer (b. 1933)
2003 – Mike Levey , American television host (b. 1948)
2003 – Peter Safar , Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)
2004 – Ferenc Berényi , Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929)
2004 – François Craenhals , Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 – Heinrich Mark , Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)
2005 – Steven Vincent , American journalist and author (b. 1955)
2007 – Chauncey Bailey , American journalist (b. 1950)
2007 – Holden Roberto , Angolan politician (b. 1923)
2008 – Fujio Akatsuka , Japanese illustrator (b. 1935)
2011 – José Sanchis Grau , Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2012 – Gabriel Horn , English biologist and academic (b. 1927)
2012 – Magnus Isacsson , Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)
2012 – Jimmy Jones , American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2012 – John Keegan , English historian and journalist (b. 1934)
2012 – Bernd Meier , German footballer (b. 1972)
2012 – Marguerite Piazza , American soprano (b. 1926)
2012 – Mihaela Ursuleasa , Romanian pianist (b. 1978)
2013 – Julius L. Chambers , American lawyer and activist (b. 1936)
2013 – V. Dakshinamoorthy , Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1919)
2013 – Richard E. Dauch , American businessman, co-founded American Axle (b. 1942)
2013 – Alla Kushnir , Russian–Israeli chess player (b. 1941)
2013 – Barbara Trentham , American actress (b. 1944)
2013 – Pixie Williams , New Zealand singer (b. 1928)
2014 – Ed Joyce , American journalist (b. 1932)
2014 – Billie Letts , American author and educator (b. 1938)
2014 – Barbara Prammer , Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954)
2014 – James Thompson , American-Finnish author (b. 1964)
2014 – Pete van Wieren , American sportscaster (b. 1944)
2015 – Forrest Bird , American pilot and engineer (b. 1921)
2015 – Giovanni Conso , Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1922)
2015 – Piet Fransen , Dutch footballer (b. 1936)
2015 – Jack Spring , American baseball player (b. 1933)
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