August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 126 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days.
1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England.
1232 – The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki . (Traditional Japanese date : August 10, 1232)
1593 – Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France .
1689 – The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar ).
1776 – Battle of Long Island : In what is now Brooklyn , New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington .
1793 – French Revolutionary Wars : The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port , leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces .
1798 – Wolfe Tone 's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar , part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 , resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht .
1810 – Napoleonic Wars : The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France .
1813 – French Emperor Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians , Russians , and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden .
1828 – Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by the United Kingdom between Brazil and Argentina during the Cisplatine War .
1832 – Black Hawk , leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the Black Hawk War .
1859 – Petroleum is discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world's first commercially successful oil well .
1883 – Eruption of Krakatoa : Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War : The shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar .
1914 – Battle of Étreux : A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat .
1916 – The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary , entering World War I as one of the Allied nations .
1918 – Mexican Revolution : Battle of Ambos Nogales : U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas and their German advisors in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
1921 – The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali (leader of the Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottoman Empire ) as King Faisal I of Iraq .
1922 – Greco-Turkish War : The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece .
1927 – Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada , asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act , 1867, include female persons?"
1928 – The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
1933 – The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein .
1939 – First flight of the turbojet -powered Heinkel He 178 , the world's first jet aircraft .
1943 – World War II : Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
1957 – Malaysia's constitution comes into force.
1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA .
1964 – South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh , who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
1971 – An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad . The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations .
1975 – The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili , and flees to Atauro Island , leaving control to a rebel group.
1979 – A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb kills British retired admiral Lord Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo , Republic of Ireland . Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoint , Northern Ireland .
1980 – A massive bomb planted by extortionist John Birges explodes at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada after a failed disarming attempt by the FBI. Although the hotel is damaged, no one is injured.
1982 – Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa , Canada's capital city. Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claim responsibility, saying they are avenging the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide .
1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida .
1991 – The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania .
1991 – Moldova declares independence from the USSR .
1993 – The Rainbow Bridge , connecting Tokyo's Shibaura and the island of Odaiba , is completed.
2003 – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
2003 – The first six-party talks , involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program .
2006 – Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta . Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
2009 – Internal conflict in Burma : The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region .
2011 – Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
2013 – The riots between two religious communities started at Muzaffarnagar , Uttar Pradesh , India.
1407 – Ashikaga Yoshikazu , Japanese shogun (d. 1425)
1471 – George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)
1487 – Anna of Brandenburg (d. 1514)
1637 – Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore , English politician, 2nd Proprietor of Maryland (d. 1715)
1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol , English politician (d. 1751)
1669 – Anne Marie d'Orléans , French wife of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1728)
1677 – Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun , Austrian general (d. 1748)
1724 – John Joachim Zubly , Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician (d. 1781)
1730 – Johann Georg Hamann , German philosopher and author (d. 1788)
1770 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , German philosopher and academic (d. 1831)
1803 – Edward Beecher , American minister and theologian (d. 1895)
1809 – Hannibal Hamlin , American publisher and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (d. 1891)
1812 – Bertalan Szemere , Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1869)
1845 – Ödön Lechner , Hungarian architect, designed the Museum of Applied Arts and the Church of St. Elisabeth (d. 1914)
1845 – Friedrich Martens , Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1909)
1856 – Ivan Franko , Ukrainian author and poet (d. 1916)
1858 – Giuseppe Peano , Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1932)
1864 – Hermann Weingärtner , German gymnast (d. 1919)
1865 – James Henry Breasted , American archaeologist and historian (d. 1935)
1865 – Charles G. Dawes , American general and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
1868 – Hong Beom-do , Korean general and activist (d. 1943)
1870 – Amado Nervo , Mexican journalist, poet, and diplomat (d. 1919)
1871 – Theodore Dreiser , American journalist and author (d. 1945)
1874 – Carl Bosch , German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1875 – Katharine McCormick , American biologist, philanthropist, and activist (d. 1967)
1877 – Charles Rolls , English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1910)
1877 – Ernst Wetter , Swiss lawyer and politician, 48th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1963)
1878 – Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel , Russian general (d. 1928)
1884 – Vincent Auriol , French lawyer and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (d. 1966)
1886 – Rebecca Clarke , English viola player and composer (d. 1979)
1886 – Eric Coates , English viola player and composer (d. 1957)
1887 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia (d. 1972)
1890 – Man Ray , American-French photographer and painter (d. 1976)
1895 – Andreas Alföldi , Hungarian archaeologist and historian (d. 1981)
1896 – Kenji Miyazawa , Japanese author and poet (d. 1933)
1896 – Faina Ranevskaya , Russian actress (d. 1984)
1896 – Léon Theremin , Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin (d. 1993)
1898 – Gaspard Fauteux , Canadian businessman and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1963)
1899 – C. S. Forester , Egyptian-English author and educator (d. 1966)
1899 – Byron Foulger , American actor (d. 1970)
1904 – Alar Kotli , Estonian architect (d. 1963)
1904 – Norah Lofts , English author (d. 1983)
1904 – John Hay Whitney , American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982)
1905 – Aris Velouchiotis , Greek soldier (d. 1945)
1906 – Ed Gein , American murderer (d. 1984)
1908 – Don Bradman , Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2001)
1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson , American commander and politician, 36th President of the United States (d. 1973)
1909 – Sylvère Maes , Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
1909 – Charles Pozzi , French race car driver (d. 2001)
1909 – Lester Young , American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1959)
1911 – Kay Walsh , English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2005)
1912 – Gloria Guinness , Mexican journalist (d. 1980)
1913 – Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg , Russian-German wife of Claus von Stauffenberg (d. 2006)
1914 – Heidi Kabel , German actress and singer (d. 2010)
1915 – Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1916 – Gordon Bashford , English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover (d. 1991)
1916 – Halet Çambel , Turkish fencer and archaeologist (d. 2014)
1916 – Tony Harris , South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1993)
1916 – Martha Raye , American actress and singer (d. 1994)
1917 – Peanuts Lowrey , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1986)
1918 – Jelle Zijlstra , Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)
1919 – Pee Wee Butts , American baseball player and coach (d. 1972)
1919 – Murray Grand , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
1920 – Baptiste Manzini , American football player (d. 2008)
1920 – James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead , Northern Irish soldier and politician (d. 2015)
1921 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1996)
1921 – Leo Penn , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1922 – Roelof Kruisinga , Dutch physician and politician, Minister of Defence for The Netherlands (d. 2012)
1923 – Jimmy Greenhalgh , English footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1924 – David Rowbotham , Australian journalist and poet (d. 2010)
1924 – Rosalie E. Wahl , American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
1925 – Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo , Italian cardinal
1925 – Darry Cowl , French actor and composer (d. 2006)
1925 – Nat Lofthouse , English footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1925 – Saiichi Maruya , Japanese author and critic (d. 2012)
1925 – Jaswant Singh Neki , Indian poet and academic (d. 2015)
1926 – George Brecht , American-German chemist and composer (d. 2008)
1926 – Pat Coombs , English actress (d. 2002)
1926 – Kristen Nygaard , Norwegian computer scientist and academic (d. 2002)
1928 – Péter Boross , Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary
1928 – Mangosuthu Buthelezi , South African politician, Chief Minister of KwaZulu
1928 – Joan Kroc , American philanthropist (d. 2003)
1929 – Ira Levin , American author, playwright, and composer (d. 2007)
1929 – George Scott , Canadian-American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
1930 – Gholamreza Takhti , Iranian wrestler and politician (d. 1968)
1931 – Sri Chinmoy , Indian-American guru and poet (d. 2007)
1931 – Joe Cunningham , American baseball player and coach
1932 – Cor Brom , Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2008)
1932 – Antonia Fraser , English historian and author
1935 – Ernie Broglio , American baseball player
1935 – Michael Holroyd , English author
1935 – Frank Yablans , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2014)
1936 – Joel Kovel , American scholar and author
1937 – Alice Coltrane , American pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1937 – Tommy Sands , American actor and singer
1938 – Tanju Okan , Turkish singer and actor (d. 1996)
1939 – William Least Heat-Moon , American historian and author
1939 – Edward Patten , American singer-songwriter and producer (Gladys Knight & the Pips ) (d. 2005)
1939 – Nikola Pilić , Croatian tennis player and coach
1940 – Fernest Arceneaux , American singer and accordion player (d. 2008)
1940 – Sonny Sharrock , American guitarist (Last Exit ) (d. 1994)
1941 – Cesária Évora , Cape Verdean singer (d. 2011)
1941 – János Konrád , Hungarian water polo player and swimmer (d. 2014)
1941 – Harrison Page , American actor
1942 – Daryl Dragon , American keyboard player and songwriter (Captain & Tennille )
1942 – Brian Peckford , Canadian educator and politician, 3rd Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
1943 – Chuck Girard , American singer-songwriter and pianist (Love Song and The Castells )
1943 – Bob Kerrey , American lieutenant and politician, 35th Governor of Nebraska
1943 – Tuesday Weld , American actress
1944 – Barbara Trentham , American actress and painter (d. 2013)
1945 – Douglas R. Campbell , Canadian lawyer and judge
1946 – Tony Howard , Barbadian cricketer and manager
1947 – Barbara Bach , American model and actress
1947 – Halil Berktay , Turkish historian and academic
1947 – Kirk Francis , American engineer and producer
1947 – Peter Krieg , German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1947 – John Morrison , New Zealand cricketer and politician
1947 – Gavin Pfuhl , South African cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1947 – Harry Reems , American porn actor and director (d. 2013)
1948 – John Mehler , American drummer (Love Song )
1948 – Sgt. Slaughter , American wrestler and actor
1948 – Deborah Swallow , English historian and curator
1948 – Philippe Vallois , French director and screenwriter
1949 – Jeff Cook , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alabama )
1949 – Leah Jamieson , American computer scientist, engineer, and academic
1949 – Ann Murray , Irish soprano
1950 – Charles Fleischer , American comedian, actor, and singer
1950 – Neil Murray , Scottish bass player and songwriter (Whitesnake , Black Sabbath , Colosseum II , and Gogmagog )
1950 – Edmund Weiner , English lexicographer and author
1951 – Buddy Bell , American baseball player and manager
1951 – Mack Brown , American football player and coach
1951 – Randall Garrison , American-Canadian criminologist and politician
1952 – Paul Reubens , American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – Tom Berryhill , American businessman and politician
1953 – Alex Lifeson , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Rush and Big Dirty Band )
1953 – Joan Smith , English journalist and author
1953 – Peter Stormare , Swedish actor, director, and playwright
1954 – John Lloyd , English tennis player and sportscaster
1954 – Rajesh Thakker , English physician and academic
1954 – Derek Warwick , English race car driver
1955 – Laura Fygi , Dutch singer
1955 – Robert Richardson , American cinematographer
1955 – Diana Scarwid , American actress
1956 – Glen Matlock , English singer-songwriter and bass player (Sex Pistols , Rich Kids , The Faces , and The International Swingers )
1957 – Jeff Grubb , American game designer and author
1957 – Bernhard Langer , German golfer
1958 – Sergei Krikalev , Russian engineer and astronaut
1958 – Tom Lanoye , Belgian author, poet, and playwright
1958 – Hugh Orde , English police officer
1959 – Gerhard Berger , Austrian race car driver
1959 – Downtown Julie Brown , English television host and actress
1959 – Juan Fernando Cobo , Colombian painter and sculptor
1959 – Denice Denton , American engineer and academic (d. 2006)
1959 – Frode Fjellheim , Norwegian pianist and composer
1959 – András Petőcz , Hungarian author and poet
1959 – Jeanette Winterson , English journalist and novelist
1960 – Mike Golding , English sailor
1961 – Yolanda Adams , American singer, producer, and actress
1961 – Mark Curry , English television host and actor
1961 – Tom Ford , American fashion designer, actor, and director
1961 – Mark McConnell , American drummer (Blackfoot , Madam X , and Southern Rock Allstars ) (d. 2012)
1961 – Urmas Muru , Estonian architect
1961 – Helmut Winklhofer , German footballer
1962 – Vic Mignogna , American voice actor, singer, and director
1962 – Adam Oates , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964 – Paul Bernardo , Canadian murderer and rapist
1964 – Robert Bogue , American actor and producer
1964 – Stephan Elliott , Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
1965 – Scott Dibble , American lawyer and politician
1965 – Cheryl Fergison , English actress
1965 – Wayne James , Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1965 – Ange Postecoglou , Greek-Australian footballer and coach
1966 – Jeroen Duyster , Dutch rower
1966 – Juhan Parts , Estonian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia
1967 – Ogie Alcasid , Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1967 – Rob Burnett , American football player and sportscaster
1968 – Daphne Koller , Israeli-American computer scientist and academic
1968 – Matthew Ridge , New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1968 – Taylor Wane , English porn actress and director
1969 – Mark Ealham , English cricketer
1969 – Tammy Garcia , Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) sculptor and ceramic artist
1969 – Cesar Millan , Mexican-American dog trainer and author
1969 – Jean-Cyril Robin , French cyclist
1969 – Reece Shearsmith , English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Chandra Wilson , American actress and director
1970 – Pokwang , Filipino actress and singer
1970 – Andy Bichel , Australian cricketer and coach
1970 – Peter Ebdon , English snooker player
1970 – Mark Ilott , English cricketer
1970 – Tony Kanal , English-American bass player, songwriter, and producer (No Doubt )
1970 – Jeff Kenna , Irish footballer and manager
1970 – Park Myeong-su , South Korean singer-songwriter and television host
1970 – Jim Thome , American baseball player and manager
1970 – Kelly Trump , German porn actress
1970 – Karl Unterkircher , Italian mountaineer (d. 2008)
1971 – Julian Cheung , Hong Kong actor and singer
1971 – Ernest Faber , Dutch footballer and manager
1971 – Kyung Lah , South Korean-American journalist
1971 – Hisayuki Okawa , Japanese runner
1971 – Aygül Özkan , German lawyer and politician
1972 – Jaap-Derk Buma , Dutch field hockey player
1972 – Denise Lewis , English heptathlete
1972 – Jimmy Pop , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bloodhound Gang )
1973 – Jazz , American wrestler
1973 – Cory Bowles , Canadian actor, singer, and choreographer
1973 – Danny Coyne , Welsh footballer
1973 – Dietmar Hamann , German footballer and manager
1973 – Burak Kut , Turkish singer-songwriter
1973 – Johan Norberg , Swedish historian and author
1974 – Michael Mason , New Zealand cricketer
1974 – José Vidro , Puerto Rican baseball player
1974 – Mohammad Yousuf , Pakistani cricketer
1975 – Blake Adams , American golfer
1975 – Björn Gelotte , Swedish guitarist and songwriter (In Flames and All Ends )
1975 – Jonny Moseley , Puerto Rician-American skier and television host
1975 – Mark Rudan , Australian footballer and manager
1976 – Sarah Chalke , Canadian actress
1976 – Audrey C. Delsanti , French astronomer and biologist
1976 – Milano Collection A.T. , Japanese wrestler
1976 – Carlos Moyá , Spanish-Swiss tennis player
1976 – Mark Webber , Australian race car driver
1977 – Deco , Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
1977 – Justin Miller , American baseball player (d. 2013)
1979 – Giovanni Capitello , American actor and director
1979 – Tian Liang , Chinese diver and actor
1979 – Sarah Neufeld , Canadian violinist (Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre )
1979 – Aaron Paul , American actor and producer
1979 – Rusty Smith , American speed skater
1981 – Patrick J. Adams , Canadian actor and producer
1981 – Maxwell Cabelino Andrade , Spanish footballer
1981 – Alessandro Gamberini , Italian footballer
1982 – Bergüzar Korel , Turkish actress
1982 – Damien Monier , French cyclist
1983 – Chen Bolin , Taiwanese actor
1983 – Joanna McGilchrist , English rugby player and physiotherapist
1984 – David Bentley , English footballer
1984 – Sulley Muntari , Ghanaian footballer
1985 – Kevan Hurst , English footballer
1985 – Nikica Jelavić , Croatian footballer
1985 – Daniel Küblböck , German singer and actor
1985 – Alexandra Nechita , Romanian-American painter and sculptor
1986 – Mario , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1986 – Sebastian Kurz , Austrian politician, 36th Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1986 – Nabil El Zhar , French-Moroccan footballer
1987 – Joel Grant , English-Jamaican footballer
1987 – Darren McFadden , American football player
1988 – Alexa PenaVega , American actress and singer
1989 – Romain Amalfitano , French footballer
1989 – Juliana Cannarozzo , American figure skater and actress
1990 – Luuk de Jong , Dutch footballer
1992 – Ayame Goriki , Japanese actress and singer
1992 – Stephen Morris , American football player
1992 – Kim Petras , German singer-songwriter
1992 – Blake Jenner , American actor and singer
1993 – Sarah Hecken , German figure skater
1993 – Olivier Le Gac , French cyclist
1995 – Grete Paia , Estonian singer-songwriter
1995 – Cainan Wiebe , Canadian actor
542 – Caesarius of Arles , French bishop and saint (b. 470)
749 – Qahtaba ibn Shabib al-Ta'i , Persian general
827 – Pope Eugene II
1312 – Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1261)
1394 – Emperor Chōkei of Japan (b. 1343)
1450 – Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr , English politician (b. 1395)
1521 – Josquin des Prez , Flemish composer (b. 1450)
1545 – Piotr Gamrat , Polish archbishop (b. 1487)
1576 – Titian , Italian painter and educator (b. 1488)
1590 – Pope Sixtus V (b. 1521)
1611 – Tomás Luis de Victoria , Spanish composer (b. c. 1548)
1635 – Lope de Vega , Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
1664 – Francisco de Zurbarán , Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
1748 – James Thomson , Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
1782 – John Laurens , American Revolutionary and Congressman (b.1754)
1828 – Eise Eisinga , Dutch astronomer and academic, built the Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
1857 – Rufus Wilmot Griswold , American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
1865 – Thomas Chandler Haliburton , Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
1871 – William Whiting Boardman , American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
1875 – William Chapman Ralston , American businessman and financier, founded the Bank of California (b. 1826)
1891 – Samuel C. Pomeroy , American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
1909 – Emil Christian Hansen , Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
1922 – Reşat Çiğiltepe , Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
1929 – Herman Potočnik , Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
1931 – Frank Harris , Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
1931 – Willem Hubert Nolens , Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
1931 – Francis Marion Smith , American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
1934 – Linda Agostini , English-Australian murder victim (b. 1905)
1935 – Childe Hassam , American painter and academic (b. 1859)
1942 – Walter Steinbeck , German actor (b. 1878)
1944 – Georg von Boeselager , German soldier (b. 1915)
1945 – Hubert Pál Álgyay , Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
1948 – Charles Evans Hughes , American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
1950 – Cesare Pavese , Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)
1956 – Pelageya Shajn , Russian astronomer and academic (b. 1894)
1958 – Ernest Lawrence , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
1961 – Kálmán Rózsahegyi , Hungarian actor and educator (b. 1873)
1963 – W. E. B. Du Bois , American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)
1963 – Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi , Pakistani mathematician and scholar (b. 1888)
1964 – Gracie Allen , American actress and singer (b. 1895)
1965 – Le Corbusier , Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)
1967 – Brian Epstein , English businessman and manager (b. 1934)
1968 – Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (b. 1906)
1968 – Robert Z. Leonard , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
1969 – Ivy Compton-Burnett , English author (b. 1884)
1969 – Erika Mann , German actress and author (b. 1905)
1971 – Bennett Cerf , American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898)
1971 – Margaret Bourke-White , American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
1972 – Yung Fung-shee , Hong Kong philanthropist (b. 1900)
1975 – Haile Selassie , Ethiopian emperor (b. 1892)
1975 – İsmet Uluğ , Turkish boxer and footballer (b. 1901)
1976 – Mukesh , Indian singer (b. 1923)
1978 – Gordon Matta-Clark , American painter and illustrator (b. 1943)
1978 – Ieva Simonaitytė , Lithuanian author and poet (b. 1897)
1979 – Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , English admiral and politician, 44th Governor-General of India (b. 1900)
1980 – Douglas Kenney , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)
1981 – Valeri Kharlamov , Russian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
1984 – Bernard Youens , English actor (b. 1914)
1987 – Scott La Rock , American DJ and producer (Boogie Down Productions ) (b. 1962)
1988 – Mario Montenegro , Filipino actor (b. 1928)
1988 – William Sargant , English psychiatrist and theorist (b. 1907)
1990 – Avdy Andresson , Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1899)
1990 – Stevie Ray Vaughan , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Double Trouble ) (b. 1954)
1994 – Frank Jeske , German footballer (b. 1960)
1994 – Boris Malenko , American wrestler and trainer (b. 1933)
1996 – Greg Morris , American actor (b. 1933)
1997 – Sotiria Bellou , Greek singer (b. 1921)
1998 – Essie Summers , New Zealand author (b. 1912)
1999 – Hélder Câmara , Brazilian archbishop and theologian (b. 1909)
2001 – Michael Dertouzos , Greek-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1936)
2001 – Abu Ali Mustafa , Palestinian soldier and politician (b. 1938)
2002 – Edwin Louis Cole , American religious leader and author (b. 1922)
2003 – Peter-Paul Pigmans , Dutch record producer (b. 1961)
2003 – Pierre Poujade , French soldier and politician (b. 1920)
2004 – Willie Crawford , American baseball player (b. 1946)
2005 – Giorgos Mouzakis , Greek trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
2005 – Seán Purcell , Irish footballer (b. 1929)
2006 – María Capovilla , Ecuadorian super-centenarian (b. 1889)
2006 – Jon Dough , American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1962)
2006 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2006 – Jesse Pintado , Mexican-American guitarist (Napalm Death , Terrorizer , Brujeria , and Lock Up ) (b. 1969)
2007 – Emma Penella , Spanish actress (b. 1930)
2008 – Mark Priestley , Australian actor (b. 1970)
2009 – Abdullah al-Asiri , Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1986)
2009 – Sergey Mikhalkov , Russian author and poet (b. 1913)
2010 – Anton Geesink , Dutch martial artist (b. 1934)
2010 – Luna Vachon , Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
2012 – Neville Alexander , South African linguist and activist (b. 1936)
2012 – Malcolm Browne , American journalist and photographer (b. 1931)
2012 – Art Heyman , American basketball player (b. 1941)
2012 – Ivica Horvat , Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2012 – Richard Kingsland , Australian captain and pilot (b. 1916)
2012 – Aboud Rogo , Kenyan cleric (b. 1968)
2012 – Russell Scott , American clown (b. 1921)
2013 – Kent Finell , Swedish radio host and producer (b. 1944)
2013 – Maxwell Fuller , Australian chess player (b. 1945)
2013 – Chris Kennedy , Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2013 – Chen Liting , Chinese director and playwright (b. 1910)
2013 – Anatoly Onoprienko , Ukrainian murderer (b. 1959)
2013 – Bill Peach , Australian journalist (b. 1935)
2013 – Dave Thomas , Welsh golfer and architect (b. 1934)
2014 – Peret , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
2014 – Jacques Friedel , French physicist and academic (b. 1921)
2014 – Jan Groth , Norwegian singer and keyboard player (Just 4 Fun and Aunt Mary ) (b. 1946)
2014 – Jimmy Nesbitt , Irish police officer (b. 1934)
2014 – Valeri Petrov , Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2014 – Benno Pludra , German author (b. 1925)
2015 – Kazi Zafar Ahmed , Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1939)
2015 – Pascal Chaumeil , French director and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2015 – Darryl Dawkins , American basketball player and coach (b. 1957)
2015 – Joan Garriga , Spanish motorcycle racer (b. 1963)
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