October 2 is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 90 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor .
1187 – Siege of Jerusalem : Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule .
1263 – The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
1470 – A rebellion organised by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
1528 – William Tyndale , the renowned English Reformer and Bible translator published his famous work The Obedience of a Christian Man
1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers the area where Montreal is now located.
1552 – Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible .
1780 – John André , British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War , is hanged as a spy by American forces.
1789 – George Washington sends proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights ) to the States for ratification.
1814 – Battle of Rancagua : Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeats rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and José Miguel Carrera .
1835 – The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales : Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas , but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
1864 – American Civil War : Battle of Saltville : Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia , but are defeated by Confederate troops.
1889 – In Colorado , Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West .
1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed .
1925 – John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei , is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá .
1937 – Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
1941 – World War II: In Operation Typhoon , Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
1942 – World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa , off the coast of Ireland, killing 239 crewmen aboard the Curacoa .
1944 – World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising .
1950 – Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published.
1958 – Guinea declares its independence from France.
1959 – The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court .
1968 – A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre by the order of the president, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz , to the soldiers of killing unarmed students, hiding the event from the public eye. The 1968 Summer Olympics , hosted in Mexico City, started ten days after the massacre.
1970 – A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
1978 – The first Yugo is made
1979 – Pope John Paul II denounces all forms of concentration camps and torture while speaking at the U.N. in New York City.
1980 – Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War .
1990 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou , where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
1992 – The Carandiru massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo , Brazil.
1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton .
1996 – Aeroperú Flight 603 , a Boeing 757 , crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima , Peru, killing 70.
2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
2005 – Ethan Allen boating accident : The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York , killing twenty.
2006 – Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.
2007 – President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il .
1452 – Richard III of England (d. 1485)
1470 – Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)
1538 – Charles Borromeo , Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1584)
1644 – François-Timoléon de Choisy , French historian and author (d. 1724)
1704 – František Tůma , Czech organist and composer (d. 1774)
1718 – Elizabeth Montagu , English author and critic (d. 1800)
1722 – Leopold Widhalm , Austrian instrument maker (d. 1776)
1727 – Ignaz Schiffermüller , Austrian entomologist and academic (d. 1806)
1768 – William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford , English general and politician (d. 1854)
1798 – Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
1800 – Nat Turner , American slave (d. 1831)
1821 – Alexander P. Stewart , American general (d. 1908)
1824 – Henry C. Lord , American businessman (d. 1884)
1828 – Charles Floquet , French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (d. 1896)
1832 – Edward Burnett Tylor , English anthropologist and academic (d. 1917)
1833 – William Corby , American priest and academic (d. 1897)
1847 – Paul von Hindenburg , Polish-German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (d. 1934)
1851 – Ferdinand Foch , French field marshal and theorist (d. 1929)
1852 – William Ramsay , Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
1854 – Patrick Geddes , Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and philanthropist (d. 1932)
1869 – Mahatma Gandhi , Indian activist and philosopher (d. 1948)
1871 – Cordell Hull , American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1871 – Martha Brookes Hutcheson , American landscaper and author (d. 1959)
1873 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill , American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
1873 – Pelham Warner , English cricketer and manager (d. 1963)
1879 – Wallace Stevens , American poet and educator (d. 1955)
1882 – Boris Shaposhnikov , Russian colonel (d. 1945)
1883 – Lesley Ashburner , American hurdler (d. 1950)
1883 – Karl von Terzaghi , Czech-American geologist and engineer (d. 1963)
1890 – Groucho Marx , American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
1893 – Leroy Shield , American composer and conductor (d. 1962)
1895 – Ruth Cheney Streeter , American colonel (d. 1990)
1897 – Bud Abbott , American actor (d. 1974)
1901 – Alice Prin , French singer, actress, and painter (d. 1953)
1902 – John G. Crommelin , American admiral and politician (d. 1996)
1902 – Leopold Figl , Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965)
1904 – Graham Greene , English author, playwright, and critic (d. 1991)
1904 – Lal Bahadur Shastri , Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (d. 1966)
1905 – Franjo Šeper , Croatian cardinal (d. 1981)
1906 – August Komendant , Estonian-American engineer and academic (d. 1992)
1907 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro , Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (d. 2001)
1907 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd , Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1911 – Jack Finney , American author and playwright (d. 1995)
1912 – Frank Malina , American engineer and painter (d. 1981)
1914 – Jack Parsons , American chemist, occultist, and engineer (d. 1952)
1914 – Bernarr Rainbow , English organist, conductor, and historian (d. 1998)
1915 – Chuck Williams , American author and businessman, founded Williams-Sonoma (d. 2015)
1915 – Chubby Wise , American singer and fiddler (d. 1996)
1917 – Christian de Duve , English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1917 – Charles Drake , American actor (d. 1994)
1918 – Herb Voland , American actor (d. 1981)
1919 – John W. Duarte , English guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
1919 – Jan Flinterman , Dutch race car driver and pilot (d. 1992)
1921 – Albert Scott Crossfield , American pilot and engineer (d. 2006)
1921 – Robert Runcie , English archbishop (d. 2000)
1925 – Wren Blair , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1926 – Jan Morris , English-Welsh historian and author
1928 – George McFarland , American actor (d. 1993)
1928 – Wolfhart Pannenberg , Polish-German theologian and academic (d. 2014)
1929 – Peter Bronfman , Canadian businessman (d. 1996)
1929 – Moses Gunn , American actor (d. 1993)
1929 – Cesare Maestri , Italian mountaineer and author
1929 – Howard Roberts , American guitarist and educator (The Wrecking Crew ) (d. 1992)
1930 – Dave Barrett , Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia
1932 – Maury Wills , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1933 – John Gurdon , English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Phill Niblock , American composer and director
1933 – Enn Nõu , Estonian-Swedish author and academic
1933 – Michel Plasson , French conductor
1933 – Dave Somerville , Canadian singer and actor (The Diamonds ) (d. 2015)
1934 – Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote , South African-English lawyer and judge
1934 – Earl Wilson , American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
1935 – Peter Frankl , Hungarian-English pianist and educator
1935 – Omar Sívori , Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 2005)
1936 – Dick Barnett , American basketball player and educator
1936 – Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. , Filipino lawyer and politician, 20th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
1936 – Connie Dierking , American basketball player (d. 2013)
1936 – David Gale , English actor (d. 1991)
1937 – Johnnie Cochran , American lawyer (d. 2005)
1938 – Nick Gravenites , American singer–songwriter and guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company )
1938 – Waheed Murad , Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1938 – Rex Reed , American actor and critic
1940 – Gheorghe Gruia , Romanian-Mexican handball player and coach (d. 2015)
1940 – Pantelis Voulgaris , Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Diana Hendry , English poet and author
1942 – Steve Sabol , American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2012)
1943 – Anna Ford , English journalist and academic
1943 – William Margold , American porn actor and director
1943 – Franklin Rosemont , American poet, painter, and historian (d. 2009)
1944 – Vernor Vinge , American computer scientist and author
1945 – Martin Hellman , American cryptographer and academic
1945 – Don McLean , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Sonthi Boonyaratglin , Thai general and politician
1946 – Peter Kellner , English journalist and author
1946 – Jo-El Sonnier , American singer-songwriter and accordion player
1947 – Paul Jackson , English director and producer
1948 – Trevor Brooking , English footballer and manager
1948 – Avery Brooks , American actor and director
1948 – Donna Karan , American fashion designer, founded DKNY
1948 – Siim Kallas , Estonian soldier and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Estonia
1948 – Persis Khambatta , Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (d. 1998)
1948 – Chris LeDoux , American singer-songwriter and sculptor (d. 2005)
1949 – Richard Hell , American singer-songwriter and bass player (Television , Neon Boys , The Heartbreakers , and Dim Stars )
1949 – Annie Leibovitz , American photographer
1950 – Ian McNeice , English actor
1950 – Mike Rutherford , English singer-songwriter and bass player (Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics )
1951 – Sting , English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (The Police )
1951 – Romina Power , American-Italian singer and actress
1952 – Robin Riker , American actress and author
1952 – Jan Švejnar , Czech-American economist and politician
1953 – Vanessa Bell Armstrong , American singer
1953 – Muhammad Abdul Bari , Bangladeshi-English physicist and academic
1953 – Lisa St Aubin de Terán , English author
1954 – Lorraine Bracco , American actress and producer
1955 – Philip Oakey , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Human League )
1955 – Nancy Rothwell , English physiologist and academic
1956 – Charlie Adler , American voice actor and director
1956 – Peter Bruce , Scottish chemist and academic
1956 – Freddie Jackson , American singer and pianist
1956 – Viatcheslav Mukhanov , Russian-German cosmologist and physicist
1957 – John Cook , American golfer
1957 – Wade Dooley , English rugby player and police officer
1957 – Dave Faulkner , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Victims , The Manikins , and Hoodoo Gurus )
1957 – Kymberly Herrin , American model and actress
1957 – Kate St John , English singer-songwriter and producer (The Dream Academy )
1958 – Robbie Nevil , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1958 – Wayne Toups , American singer-songwriter and accordion player
1960 – Glenn Anderson , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1960 – Django Bates , English pianist and composer
1960 – Al Connelly , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Glass Tiger )
1960 – Johan Lammerts , Dutch cyclist
1960 – Joe Sacco , American journalist and cartoonist
1960 – Tom Schweich , American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (d. 2015)
1960 – Dereck Whittenburg , American basketball player and coach
1961 – Jaan Toomik , Estonian director and producer
1962 – Sigtryggur Baldursson , Icelandic singer and drummer (The Sugarcubes , Þeyr , KUKL , Reptile Palace Orchestra )
1962 – El Dandy , Mexican wrestler
1962 – James Hunter , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Aziz M. Osman , Singaporean-Malaysian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Mark Rypien , Canadian-American football player
1963 – Keith Bradshaw , Australian cricketer and accountant
1964 – Sam Bockarie , Sierra Leonean commander (d. 2003)
1964 – Dirk Brinkmann , German field hockey player
1964 – Jaanus Kuum , Estonian-Norwegian cyclist (d. 1998)
1966 – Yokozuna , American wrestler (d. 2000)
1967 – Frankie Fredericks , Namibian sprinter
1967 – Bud Gaugh , American drummer (Sublime , Long Beach Dub Allstars , Eyes Adrift , Volcano , and Sublime with Rome )
1967 – Gary L. Gregg , American political scientist, author, and academic
1967 – Thomas Muster , Austrian tennis player
1967 – Gillian Welch , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Victoria Derbyshire , English journalist and radio host
1968 – Benjie Paras , Filipino basketball player and actor
1968 – Jeff Martin , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Tea Party and Jeff Martin 777 )
1968 – Jana Novotná , Czech tennis player and sportscaster
1968 – Glen Wesley , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Kelly Willis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Badly Drawn Boy , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 – Eddie Guardado , American baseball player and coach
1970 – Patricia O'Callaghan , Canadian soprano and producer
1970 – Kelly Ripa , American actress, producer, and talk show host
1970 – Maribel Verdú , Spanish actress
1971 – Tiffany Darwish , American singer-songwriter and actress
1971 – Jim Root , American guitarist and songwriter (Slipknot and Stone Sour )
1972 – Tara Dawn Holland , American model Miss America 1997
1972 – Aaron McKie , American basketball player and coach
1973 – Proof , American rapper and actor (D12 ) (d. 2006)
1973 – Melissa Harris-Perry , American journalist, author, and educator
1973 – Lene Nystrøm , Norwegian singer-songwriter and actress (Aqua )
1973 – Scott Schoeneweis , American baseball player
1973 – Maria Wetterstrand , Swedish politician
1974 – Adel Ferdosipour , Iranian journalist and sportscaster
1974 – Bjarke Ingels , Danish architect, designed Mountain Dwellings and 8 House
1974 – Brian Knight , American baseball player and umpire
1974 – Michelle Krusiec , Taiwanese-American actress and producer
1974 – Matthew Nicholson , Australian cricketer
1974 – Mark Porter , New Zealand race car driver (d. 2006)
1974 – Sam Roberts , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Paul Teutul, Jr. , American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
1974 – Kevin Van De Wege , American firefighter and politician
1975 – Baiba Broka , Latvian politician
1976 – John Thornton , American football player
1978 – Ayumi Hamasaki , Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1978 – Matthew Hancock , English economist and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
1979 – Primož Brezec , Slovenian basketball player
1979 – Francisco Fonseca , Mexican footballer
1979 – Maja Ivarsson , Swedish singer-songwriter (The Sounds )
1980 – Shane Andrus , American football player
1981 – Ridzuan Fatah Hasan , Singaporean footballer
1981 – Santi Kolk , Dutch footballer
1981 – Luke Wilkshire , Australian footballer
1982 – Tyson Chandler , American basketball player
1982 – Esra Gümüş , Turkish volleyball player
1982 – George Pettit , Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player (Alexisonfire and Black Lungs )
1982 – Gary Wilkinson , American basketball player
1984 – Marion Bartoli , French tennis player
1985 – Çağlar Birinci , Turkish footballer
1985 – Buster Davis , American football player
1985 – Brandon Jackson , American football player
1986 – Camilla Belle , American actress
1987 – Bojana Bobusic , Australian tennis player
1987 – Joe Ingles , Australian basketball player
1987 – Phil Kessel , American ice hockey player
1987 – Joel Reinders , American football player
1987 – Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. , American race car driver
1989 – George Christopher Nash , English rower
1990 – Dean Bouzanis , Australian footballer
1991 – Roberto Firmino , Brazilian footballer
1992 – Sirje Roops , Estonian footballer
1993 – Aaro Vainio , Finnish race car driver
1994 – Joana Eidukonytė , Lithuanian tennis player
1997 – Hana Sugisaki , Japanese actress
534 – Athalaric , Italian king (b. 516)
829 – Michael II , Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
939 – Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (b. 890)
1559 – Jacquet of Mantua , French-Italian composer (b. 1483)
1626 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar , Spanish academic and diplomat (b. 1567)
1629 – Antonio Cifra , Italian composer (b. 1584)
1629 – Pierre de Bérulle , French cardinal and theologian (b. 1575)
1685 – David Teniers III , Flemish painter (b. 1638)
1708 – Anne Jules de Noailles , French general (b. 1650)
1709 – Ivan Mazepa , Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1639)
1724 – François-Timoléon de Choisy , French historian and author (b. 1644)
1746 – Josiah Burchett , English admiral and politician (b. 1666)
1764 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)
1775 – Fukuda Chiyo-ni , Japanese nun and poet (b. 1703)
1780 – John André , English soldier (b. 1750)
1782 – Charles Lee , English-American general (b. 1732)
1786 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel , English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
1803 – Samuel Adams , American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
1804 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot , French engineer (b. 1725)
1850 – Sarah Biffen , English painter (b. 1784)
1853 – François Arago , French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
1920 – Max Bruch , German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
1927 – Svante Arrhenius , Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
1938 – Alexandru Averescu , Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
1938 – André Lagache , French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
1947 – P. D. Ouspensky , Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
1953 – John Marin , American painter (b. 1870)
1955 – Humphrey Barclay , English priest (b. 1882)
1955 – William Orthwein , American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
1962 – Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev , Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
1968 – Marcel Duchamp , French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
1971 – Jessie Arms Botke , American painter (b. 1883)
1971 – Bola de Nieve , Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1911)
1973 – Paul Hartman , American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
1973 – Paavo Nurmi , Finnish runner (b. 1897)
1974 – Vasily Shukshin , Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
1975 – K. Kamaraj , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
1981 – Harry Golden , American journalist and author (b. 1902)
1981 – Hazel Scott , Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (b. 1920)
1985 – Rock Hudson , American actor (b. 1925)
1987 – Madeleine Carroll , English-American actress (b. 1906)
1987 – Peter Medawar , Brazilian-English biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
1988 – Alec Issigonis , Greek-English car designer, designed the Mini (b. 1906)
1989 – Aarne Viisimaa , Estonian tenor and director (b. 1898)
1991 – Hazen Argue , Canadian politician (b. 1921)
1991 – Demetrios I of Constantinople (b. 1914)
1994 – Harriet Nelson , American actress and singer (b. 1909)
1996 – Robert Bourassa , Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
1996 – Andrey Lukanov , Bulgarian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1938)
1998 – Gene Autry , American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1907)
1998 – Olivier Gendebien , Belgian race car driver (b. 1924)
1998 – Sanjaasürengiin Zorig , Mongolian academic and politician (b. 1962)
1999 – Heinz G. Konsalik , German journalist and author (b. 1921)
2001 – Franz Biebl , German composer and academic (b. 1906)
2001 – Lembit Sibul , Estonian actor and journalist (b. 1947)
2002 – Heinz von Foerster , Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
2003 – John Thomas Dunlop , American scholar and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
2005 – Nipsey Russell , American comedian and actor (b. 1918)
2005 – August Wilson , American author and playwright (b. 1945)
2006 – Helen Chenoweth-Hage , American politician (b. 1938)
2006 – Tamara Dobson , American actress (b. 1947)
2006 – Paul Halmos , Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
2007 – Tex Coulter , American football player (b. 1924)
2007 – Christopher Derrick , English author and critic (b. 1921)
2007 – George Grizzard , American actor (b. 1928)
2007 – Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (b. 1913)
2007 – Dan Keating , Irish soldier (b. 1902)
2007 – Tawn Mastrey , American radio host and producer (b. 1954)
2010 – Kwa Geok Choo , Singaporean lawyer and scholar (b. 1920)
2011 – Peter L. Benson , American psychologist and academic (b. 1946)
2012 – Nguyễn Chí Thiện , Vietnamese-American poet and activist (b. 1939)
2012 – Marjorie Lane , American singer and actress (b. 1912)
2012 – Mohammed Mushaima , Bahraini activist (b. 1988)
2012 – Hideji Ōtaki , Japanese actor (b. 1925)
2012 – Charles Roach , Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1933)
2012 – J. Philippe Rushton , English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (b. 1943)
2012 – Big Jim Sullivan , English guitarist (James Last Orchestra ) (b. 1941)
2013 – Gottfried Fischer , German psychologist, therapist, and academic (b. 1944)
2013 – Herman Hugg , American painter and sculptor (b. 1921)
2013 – Jonathan Kaufer , American director and screenwriter (b. 1955)
2013 – Abraham Nemeth , American mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
2013 – Kaare Ørnung , Norwegian pianist and educator (b. 1931)
2014 – Robert Flower , Australian footballer (b. 1955)
2014 – Vaughn O. Lang , American general (b. 1927)
2014 – Frederic Tamler Sommers , American philosopher and academic (b. 1923)
2015 – Eric Arturo Delvalle , Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (b. 1937)
2015 – Brian Friel , Irish author, playwright, and director (b. 1929)
2015 – Rodolfo Frigeri , Argentinian economist and politician, Argentinian Minister of Finance (b. 1942)
2015 – Coleridge Goode , Jamaican-English bassist and composer (b. 1914)
2015 – James Mutende , Ugandan veterinarian, economist, politician (b. 1962)
2015 – Johnny Paton , Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
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