October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 89 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
52 BC – Vercingetorix , leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar , ending the siege and Battle of Alesia .
42 BC – First Battle of Philippi : Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius .
382 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans in exchange for military service.
1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd , prince of Gwynedd in Wales, is the first nobleman to be executed by hanging, drawing and quartering .
1574 – The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen .
1683 – The Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning ) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu .
1712 – The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor .
1739 – The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War, 1736–39.
1778 – Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
1789 – George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
1835 – The Staedtler company is founded in Nuremberg , Germany.
1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death .
1863 – The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by United States President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
1872 – The Bloomingdale brothers open their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
1873 – Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War .
1912 – U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels under the command of Benjamín Zeledón at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill .
1918 – King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
1919 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series .
1929 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia , "Land of the South Slavs".
1930 – The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded following a split in DSAP in Łódź .
1932 – Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1935 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War : Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono .
1942 – Spaceflight : The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde , Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
1949 – WERD , the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta .
1950 – Korean War : The First Battle of Maryang San , primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins.
1952 – The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
1957 – The California State Superior Court rules that Allen Ginsberg 's Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
1962 – Project Mercury : Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral , with astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
1963 – A violent coup in Honduras pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform, and begins two decades of military rule.
1981 – The hunger strike by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
1985 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J ).
1986 – TASCC , a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories , is officially opened.
1990 – German reunification : The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist and its territory becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany . East German citizens became part of the European Community , which later became the European Union . Now celebrated as German Unity Day .
1993 – Battle of Mogadishu : A firefight occurs during a failed attempt to capture key officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid 's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia , costing the lives of 18 American soldiers, and over 350 Somalis.
1995 – O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman .
2008 – The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush .
2009 – The presidents of Azerbaijan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , and Turkey sign the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of Turkic Council .
2013 – At least 134 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa .
85 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus , Roman politician (d. 42 BC)
1610 – Gabriel Lalemant , French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)
1631 – Sebastian Anton Scherer , German organist and composer (d. 1712)
1713 – Antoine Dauvergne , French violinist and composer (d. 1797)
1716 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria , Italian physicist and academic (d. 1781)
1720 – Johann Uz , German poet and judge (d. 1796)
1790 – John Ross , American tribal chief (d. 1866)
1797 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
1800 – George Bancroft , American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
1804 – Townsend Harris , American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (d. 1878)
1804 – Allan Kardec , French author, translator, and educator (d. 1869)
1828 – Woldemar Bargiel , German composer and educator (d. 1897)
1837 – Nicolás Avellaneda , Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (d. 1885)
1846 – James Jackson Putnam , American neurologist and academic (d. 1918)
1848 – Henry Lerolle , French painter and art collector (d. 1929)
1858 – Eleonora Duse , Italian-American actress (d. 1924)
1862 – Johnny Briggs , English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1902)
1863 – Pyotr Kozlov , Russian archaeologist and explorer (d. 1935)
1865 – Gustave Loiseau , French painter (d. 1935)
1867 – Pierre Bonnard , French painter (d. 1947)
1869 – Alfred Flatow , German gymnast (d. 1942)
1874 – Charles Middleton , American actor (d. 1949)
1879 – Warner Oland , Swedish-American actor and singer (d. 1938)
1880 – Karl Ruberl , Austrian-American swimmer (d. 1966)
1882 – A. Y. Jackson , Canadian painter and academic (d. 1974)
1885 – Sophie Treadwell , American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
1886 – Alain-Fournier , French soldier, author, and critic (d. 1914)
1888 – Wade Boteler , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1943)
1889 – Carl von Ossietzky , German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
1894 – Elmer Robinson , American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1982)
1894 – Walter Warlimont , German general (d. 1976)
1895 – Giovanni Comisso , Italian author and poet (d. 1969)
1895 – Sergei Yesenin , Russian poet (d. 1925)
1896 – Gerardo Diego , Spanish poet and critic (d. 1987)
1897 – Louis Aragon , French author and poet (d. 1982)
1898 – Leo McCarey , American director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
1898 – Adolf Reichwein , German economist and educator (d. 1944)
1899 – Gertrude Berg , American actress, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966)
1900 – Thomas Wolfe , American author and academic (d. 1938)
1901 – Jean Grémillon , French director, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
1904 – Ernst-Günther Schenck , German colonel and physician (d. 1998)
1905 – Tekin Arıburun , Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey (d. 1993)
1906 – Natalie Savage Carlson , American author (d. 1997)
1908 – Johnny Burke , American songwriter (d. 1964)
1911 – Michael Hordern , English actor (d. 1995)
1915 – Ray Stark , American film producer (d. 2004)
1916 – James Herriot , English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
1919 – James M. Buchanan , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1919 – Jean Lefebvre , French-Moroccan actor (d. 2004)
1921 – Ray Lindwall , Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1996)
1923 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc , Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (d. 2004)
1924 – Harvey Kurtzman , American cartoonist (d. 1993)
1924 – Arkady Vorobyov , Russian weightlifter and coach (d. 2012)
1925 – Gore Vidal , American author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2012)
1925 – George Wein , American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival
1928 – Erik Bruhn , Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
1928 – Edward L. Moyers , American businessman (d. 2006)
1928 – Shridath Ramphal , Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
1931 – Glenn Hall , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1932 – Terence English , South African-English surgeon and academic
1933 – Neale Fraser , Australian tennis player
1934 – Benjamin Boretz , American composer and theorist
1934 – Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas , Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 2015)
1934 – Simon Nicholson , English sculptor and painter (d. 1990)
1935 – Charles Duke , American general, pilot, and astronaut
1936 – Steve Reich , American composer
1938 – Eddie Cochran , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1960)
1938 – David Hart Dyke , English captain
1938 – Jack Hodgins , Canadian author and academic
1938 – Tereza Kesovija , Croatian singer
1938 – Dave Obey , American lawyer and politician
1939 – Bob Armstrong , American wrestler and trainer
1940 – Sheila Fearn , English actress
1940 – Alan O'Day , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1940 – Jean Ratelle , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941 – Chubby Checker , American singer-songwriter
1941 – Andrea de Adamich , Italian race car driver and sportscaster
1941 – John Elliott , Australian businessman
1942 – Alan Rachins , American actor and screenwriter
1943 – Jeff Bingaman , American soldier and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
1943 – Baki İlkin , Turkish civil servant and diplomat
1944 – Pierre Deligne , Belgian mathematician and academic
1944 – Roy Horn , German-American magician and actor
1945 – Tony Brown , English footballer and sportscaster
1945 – Christopher Bruce , English dancer and choreographer
1945 – Jo Ritzen , Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Education
1947 – John Perry Barlow , American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist
1947 – Ben Cauley , American trumpet player and songwriter (The Bar-Kays ) (d. 2015)
1947 – Fred DeLuca , American businessman, co-founded Subway (d. 2015)
1947 – Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (d. 2014)
1947 – Takis Michalos , Greek water polo player and coach (d. 2010)
1949 – Lindsey Buckingham , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fleetwood Mac )
1949 – J. P. Dutta , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1949 – Aleksandr Rogozhkin , Russian director and screenwriter
1949 – Laurie Simmons , American photographer and director
1950 – Pamela Hensley , American actress and author
1951 – Keb' Mo' , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1951 – Dave Winfield , American baseball player and sportscaster
1952 – Bruce Arians , American football coach
1954 – Dennis Eckersley , American baseball player and sportscaster
1954 – Eddie DeGarmo , American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (DeGarmo and Key )
1954 – Al Sharpton , American minister, talk show host, and activist
1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Double Trouble ) (d. 1990)
1955 – John S. Lesmeister , American educator and politician, 30th North Dakota State Treasurer (d. 2006)
1955 – Allen Woody , American bass player and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule ) (d. 2000)
1955 – Buket Uzuner , Turkish author
1956 – Hart Bochner , Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Roberto Azevêdo , Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization
1957 – Tim Westwood , English radio and television host
1958 – Chen Yanyin , Chinese sculptor
1958 – Louise Lecavalier , Canadian dancer and choreographer
1959 – Fred Couples , American golfer
1959 – Greg Proops , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1959 – Jack Wagner , American actor and singer
1960 – Kevin Eldon , English actor and screenwriter
1961 – Rebecca Stephens , English journalist and mountaineer
1961 – Ludger Stühlmeyer , German cantor, composer, and musicologist
1962 – Tommy Lee , Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Mötley Crüe , Methods of Mayhem , and Rock Star Supernova )
1962 – Simon Scarrow , Nigerian-English novelist
1963 – Benny Anders , American basketball player
1964 – Clive Owen , English actor and producer
1965 – Annemarie Verstappen , Dutch swimmer
1965 – Jan-Ove Waldner , Swedish table tennis player
1966 – Darrin Fletcher , American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 – Rob Liefeld , American author and illustrator
1967 – Chris Collingwood , English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fountains of Wayne )
1968 – Paul Crichton , English footballer and manager
1968 – Greg Foster , American basketball player and coach
1968 – Marko Rajamäki , Finnish footballer and manager
1968 – Donald Sild , Estonian javelin thrower
1969 – Garry Herbert , English rower and sportscaster
1969 – Sulev Iva , Estonian linguist and author
1969 – Gwen Stefani , American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (No Doubt )
1969 – Tetsuya , Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (L'Arc-en-Ciel )
1970 – Elmar Liitmaa , Estonian guitarist and songwriter (Terminaator )
1970 – Jimmy Ray , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 – Sara Zarr , American author and academic
1971 – Wil Cordero , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1971 – Kevin Richardson , American singer-songwriter and actor (Backstreet Boys )
1971 – Black Thought , American rapper and actor (The Roots )
1972 – Komla Dumor , Ghanaian-English journalist (d. 2014)
1972 – Kim Joo-hyuk , South Korean actor
1972 – Guy Oseary , Israeli–American talent manager and businessman
1973 – Neve Campbell , Canadian actress and producer
1973 – Angélica Gavaldón , American-Mexican tennis player and coach
1973 – Lena Headey , British actress
1973 – Eirik Hegdal , Norwegian saxophonist and composer (Trondheim Jazz Orchestra and Dingobats )
1974 – Mike Johnson , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1974 – Marianne Timmer , Dutch speed skater
1975 – India Arie , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1975 – Satoko Ishimine , Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975 – Talib Kweli , American rapper (Black Star and Reflection Eternal )
1975 – Nakako Tsuzuki , Japanese figure skater
1976 – Herman Li , Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer (DragonForce and Demoniac )
1976 – Seann William Scott , American actor and producer
1977 – Daniel Hollie , American wrestler
1977 – Shazia Mirza , English comedian, actress, and journalist
1977 – Eric Munson , American baseball player and coach
1977 – Luca Tognozzi , Italian footballer
1978 – Gerald Asamoah , Ghanaian-German footballer
1978 – Neil Clement , English footballer
1978 – Corey Hill , American mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2015)
1978 – Claudio Pizarro , Peruvian footballer
1978 – Aminishiki Ryūji , Japanese sumo wrestler
1978 – Jake Shears , American singer-songwriter (Scissor Sisters )
1978 – Shannyn Sossamon , American actress
1978 – Vienna Teng , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1979 – Josh Klinghoffer , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Red Hot Chili Peppers , Dot Hacker , Ataxia , and The Bicycle Thief )
1979 – John Morrison , American wrestler and actor
1979 – Danny O'Donoghue , Irish singer-songwriter and producer (The Script and Mytown )
1980 – Anquan Boldin , American football player
1980 – Sheldon Brookbank , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Lindsey Kelk , English journalist and author
1980 – Héctor Reynoso , Mexican footballer
1980 – Ivan Turina , Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
1981 – Danny Coid , English footballer
1981 – Zlatan Ibrahimović , Swedish footballer
1981 – Andreas Isaksson , Swedish footballer
1981 – Matt Sparrow , English footballer
1983 – Fred , Brazilian footballer
1983 – Thiago Alves , Brazilian mixed martial artist
1983 – Andreas Papathanasiou , Cypriot footballer
1983 – Hiroki Suzuki , Japanese actor and singer
1984 – Yoon Eun-hye , South Korean singer and actress (Baby V.O.X. )
1984 – Bruno Gervais , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Jessica Parker Kennedy , Canadian actress
1984 – Anthony Le Tallec , French footballer
1984 – Ashlee Simpson , American singer-songwriter and actress
1985 – Courtney Lee , American basketball player
1986 – Jackson Martínez , Colombian footballer
1987 – Robert Grabarz , English high jumper
1987 – Martin Plowman , English race car driver
1987 – Zuleyka Rivera , Puerto Rican-American model and actress, Miss Universe 2006
1988 – ASAP Rocky , American rapper and producer (ASAP Mob )
1988 – Alicia Vikander , Swedish actress
1989 – Nate Montana , American football player
1990 – Johan Le Bon , French cyclist
1991 – Jenny McLoughlin , English sprinter
1991 – Aki Takajo , Japanese singer (AKB48 , JKT48 , and French Kiss )
1993 – Raffaele Di Gennaro , Italian footballer
1994 – Victoria Bosio , Argentinian tennis player
42 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus , Roman politician (b. 85 BC)
900 – Muhammad ibn Zayd , Tabaristan emir
1078 – Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024)
1226 – Francis of Assisi , Italian friar and saint (b. 1181)
1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd , Welsh prince (b. 1238)
1369 – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
1568 – Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
1596 – Florent Chrestien , French poet (b. 1541)
1611 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554)
1629 – Giorgi Saakadze , Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570)
1649 – Giovanni Diodati , Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576)
1653 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn , Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612)
1656 – Myles Standish , English-American captain (b. 1584)
1690 – Robert Barclay , Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648)
1701 – Joseph Williamson , English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1633)
1750 – James MacLaine , Irish highwayman (d. 1724)
1801 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur , French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1724)
1833 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat , French general and engineer (b. 1754)
1838 – Black Hawk , American tribal leader (b. 1767)
1860 – Rembrandt Peale , American painter and curator (b. 1778)
1867 – Elias Howe , American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
1873 – Kintpuash , American tribal leader (b. 1837)
1877 – James Roosevelt Bayley , American archbishop (b. 1814)
1881 – Orson Pratt , American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
1890 – Joseph Hergenröther , German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
1891 – Édouard Lucas , French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
1896 – William Morris , English author and poet (b. 1834)
1907 – Jacob Nash Victor , American engineer (b. 1835)
1929 – Jeanne Eagels , American actress (b. 1894)
1929 – Gustav Stresemann , German politician, Chancellor of Germany , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
1931 – Carl Nielsen , Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
1936 – John Heisman , American football player and coach (b. 1869)
1953 – Arnold Bax , English composer and poet (b. 1883)
1959 – Tochigiyama Moriya , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
1963 – Refet Bele , Turkish general (b. 1877)
1965 – Zachary Scott , American actor (b. 1914)
1966 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert , Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
1967 – Woody Guthrie , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Almanac Singers ) (b. 1912)
1967 – Malcolm Sargent , English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
1969 – Skip James , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
1979 – Nicos Poulantzas , Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
1980 – Friedrich Karm , Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
1981 – Anna Hedvig Büll , Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
1985 – Maurice Copeland , American actor (b. 1911)
1986 – Vince DiMaggio , American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
1987 – Jean Anouilh , French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1987 – Kalervo Palsa , Finnish painter (b. 1947)
1988 – Franz Josef Strauss , Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915)
1990 – Stefano Casiraghi , Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960)
1990 – Eleanor Steber , American soprano and educator (b. 1914)
1993 – Katerina Gogou , Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)
1993 – Gary Gordon , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
1993 – Randy Shughart , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
1994 – John C. Champion , American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923)
1994 – Dub Taylor , American actor (b. 1907)
1995 – Ma. Po. Si. , Indian author and politician (b. 1906)
1997 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin , Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908)
1998 – Roddy McDowall , English-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1928)
1999 – Akio Morita , Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
2000 – Benjamin Orr , American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Cars ) (b. 1947)
2001 – Costas Hajihristos , Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2002 – Robert Krausz , Hungarian-American businessman (b. 1936)
2002 – Bruce Paltrow , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
2003 – Florence Stanley , American actress and director (b. 1924)
2003 – William Steig , American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
2004 – John Cerutti , American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
2004 – Janet Leigh , American actress (b. 1927)
2005 – Ronnie Barker , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2005 – Nurettin Ersin , Turkish general (b. 1918)
2006 – Lucilla Andrews , Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
2006 – John Crank , English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)
2006 – Peter Norman , Australian runner (b. 1942)
2006 – Alberto Ramento , Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
2007 – M. N. Vijayan , Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930)
2008 – Johnny "J" , Mexican-American rapper and producer (b. 1969)
2008 – Karam ud Din , Pakistani lieutenant (b. 1941)
2009 – Vladimir Beekman , Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)
2009 – Fatimah el-Sharif , Libyan wife of Idris of Libya (b. 1911)
2010 – Ben Mondor , Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
2010 – Abraham Sarmiento , Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
2012 – Abdul Haq Ansari , Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931)
2012 – Robert F. Christy , American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
2012 – Billy Hullin , Welsh rugby player (b. 1942)
2012 – Kathi McDonald , American singer (Big Brother and the Holding Company ) (b. 1948)
2012 – Albie Roles , English footballer (b. 1921)
2013 – Sari Abacha , Nigerian footballer (b. 1978)
2013 – Sergei Belov , Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
2013 – Bob Chance , American baseball player (b. 1940)
2013 – Frank D'Rone , American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
2013 – Chuck Smith , American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel movement (b. 1927)
2013 – Joan Thirsk , English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922)
2014 – Ewen Gilmour , New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963)
2014 – Benedict Groeschel , American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933)
2014 – Jean-Jacques Marcel , French footballer (b. 1931)
2014 – Kevin Metheny , American businessman (b. 1954)
2014 – Ward Ruyslinck , Belgian author (b. 1929)
2015 – Denis Healey , English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1917)
2015 – Muhammad Nawaz Khan , Pakistani historian and author (b. 1943)
2015 – Javed Iqbal , Pakistani philosopher and judge (b. 1925)
2015 – Gerald Squires , Canadian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)
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