January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 362 days remaining until the end of the year (363 in leap years ). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56). Perihelion , the point during the year when the Earth is closest to the Sun, occurs around this date.
1521 – Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem .
1653 – By the Coonan Cross Oath , the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
1749 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants , leading to the establishment of Vermont .
1749 – The first issue of Berlingske , Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
1777 – American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton .
1815 – Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
1823 – Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
1848 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Liberia .
1861 – American Civil War : Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
1868 – Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
1870 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
1871 – Battle of Bapaume , a Franco-Prussian war occurs.
1885 – Sino-French War : Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
1888 – The refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory , measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
1911 – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan .
1913 – An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States .
1919 – At the Paris Peace Conference , Emir Faisal I of Iraq signs an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East.
1925 – Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
1932 – Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company .
1933 – Minnie D. Craig becomes the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives , the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
1938 – The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt .
1944 – World War II : Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero .
1945 – World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
1946 – Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
1947 – Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
1949 – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas , the central bank of the Philippines , is established.
1953 – Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio , become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
1956 – A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower .
1957 – The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch .
1958 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
1959 – Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state .
1959 – Separatists in the Maldives declare the establishment of the United Suvadive Republic .
1961 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
1961 – A core explosion and meltdown at the SL-1 , a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho , kills three workers.
1961 – A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje , Portuguese Angola , turns into a revolt , opening the Angolan War of Independence , the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars .
1962 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro .
1976 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights comes into effect.
1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated.
1990 – Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.
1993 – In Moscow, Russia, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
1994 – More than seven million people from the former apartheid Homelands receive South African citizenship.
1999 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched.
2000 – The last original weekday Peanuts comic strip is published.
2002 – Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea , finding 50 tons of weapons.
2004 – Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea , resulting in 148 deaths, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Egyptian history.
2009 – The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin , called the Genesis block , was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto .
2015 – Boko Haram militants raze the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria , with as many as 2,000 people having been killed.
106 BC – Cicero , Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (d. 43 BC)
169 – Lü Bu , Chinese general and warlord (d. 199)
1196 – Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
1698 – Pietro Metastasio , Italian poet and songwriter (d. 1782)
1710 – Richard Gridley , American soldier and engineer (d. 1796)
1719 – Francisco José Freire , Portuguese historian and philologist (d. 1773)
1722 – Fredrik Hasselqvist , Swedish biologist and explorer (d. 1752)
1760 – Veerapandiya Kattabomman , Indian ruler (d. 1799)
1775 – Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont (d. 1863)
1778 – Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski , Polish archbishop (d. 1861)
1793 – Lucretia Mott , American activist (d. 1880)
1802 – Charles Pelham Villiers , English lawyer and politician (d. 1898)
1803 – Douglas William Jerrold , English journalist and playwright (d. 1857)
1806 – Henriette Sontag , German soprano and actress (d. 1854)
1810 – Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie , French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (d. 1897)
1816 – Samuel C. Pomeroy , American businessman and politician (d. 1891)
1819 – Charles Piazzi Smyth , Italian-Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 1900)
1821 – Karel Dežman , Slovenian archaeologist, botanist, and politician, Mayor of Ljubljana (d. 1889)
1831 – Savitribai Phule , Indian poet, educator, and activist (d. 1897)
1836 – Sakamoto Ryōma , Japanese samurai and rebel leader (d. 1867)
1840 – Father Damien , Flemish priest and missionary (d. 1889)
1855 – Hubert Bland , English businessman (d. 1914)
1861 – William Renshaw , English tennis player (d. 1904)
1862 – Matthew Nathan , English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland (d. 1939)
1865 – Henry Lytton , English actor (d. 1936)
1870 – Henry Handel Richardson , Australian-English author (d. 1946)
1873 – Ichizō Kobayashi , Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (d. 1957)
1875 – Alexandros Diomidis , Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1950)
1876 – Wilhelm Pieck , German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic (d. 1960)
1877 – Josephine Hull , American actress and director (d. 1957)
1879 – Grace Coolidge , American wife of Calvin Coolidge , 32nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1957)
1880 – Francis Browne , Irish priest and photographer (d. 1960)
1883 – Clement Attlee , English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
1883 – Duncan Gillis , Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower (d. 1963)
1884 – Raoul Koczalski , Polish pianist and composer (d. 1948)
1885 – Harry Elkins Widener , American businessman (d. 1912)
1886 – John Gould Fletcher , American poet and author (d. 1950)
1887 – August Macke , German-French painter (d. 1914)
1887 – Helen Parkhurst , American author and educator (d. 1973)
1892 – J.R.R. Tolkien , English philologist and author (d. 1973)
1894 – ZaSu Pitts , American actress (d. 1963)
1895 – Boris Lyatoshinsky , Ukrainian composer and conductor (d. 1968)
1897 – Marion Davies , American actress and comedian (d. 1961)
1898 – Carolyn Haywood , American author and illustrator (d. 1990)
1898 – Carlos Keller , Chilean historian, academic, and politician (d. 1974)
1900 – Donald J. Russell , American businessman (d. 1985)
1900 – Robert Adair , American-born British actor (d. 1954)
1901 – Ngo Dinh Diem , Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1963)
1905 – Dante Giacosa , Italian engineer (d. 1996)
1905 – Anna May Wong , American actress (d. 1961)
1907 – Ray Milland , Welsh-American actor and director (d. 1986)
1909 – Victor Borge , Danish-American pianist and conductor (d. 2000)
1910 – Frenchy Bordagaray , American baseball player and manager (d. 2000)
1911 – John Sturges , American director and producer (d. 1982)
1912 – Federico Borrell García , Spanish soldier (d. 1936)
1912 – Renaude Lapointe , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2002)
1912 – Armand Lohikoski , American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1915 – Jack Levine , American painter and soldier (d. 2010)
1916 – Maxene Andrews , American singer (d. 1995)
1916 – Betty Furness , American actress and television journalist (d. 1994)
1917 – Albert Mol , Dutch author and actor (d. 2002)
1917 – Vernon A. Walters , American general and diplomat, 17th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)
1917 – Roger Williams Straus, Jr. , American journalist and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux (d. 2004)
1919 – Dorothy Morrison , American actress
1919 – Herbie Nichols , American pianist and composer (d. 1963)
1920 – Siegfried Buback , German lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Germany (d. 1977)
1920 – Renato Carosone , Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2001)
1921 – Chetan Anand , Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1922 – Bill Travers , English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1923 – Bud Adams , American businessman (d. 2013)
1923 – Hank Stram , American football player and coach (d. 2005)
1923 – Bud Tingwell , Australian actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)
1924 – Otto Beisheim , German businessman and philanthropist, founded Metro AG (d. 2013)
1924 – André Franquin , Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1997)
1924 – Nell Rankin , American soprano and educator (d. 2005)
1925 – Jill Balcon , English actress (d. 2009)
1926 – W. Michael Blumenthal , American economist and politician, 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury
1926 – George Martin , English composer, conductor, and producer (d. 2016)
1927 – Nazmiye Demirel , Turkish wife of Süleyman Demirel , 9th First Lady of Turkey (d. 2013)
1928 – Michael Barratt , English television host and announcer
1928 – Abdul Rahman Ya'kub , Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (d. 2015)
1929 – Sergio Leone , Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1929 – Ernst Mahle , German-Brazilian composer and conductor
1930 – Robert Loggia , American actor and director (d. 2015)
1931 – Yashawant Dinkar Phadke , Indian historian and activist (d. 2008)
1932 – Dabney Coleman , American actor
1932 – Eeles Landström , Finnish pole vaulter and politician
1933 – Geoffrey Bindman , English lawyer
1933 – Anya Linden , English ballerina
1933 – Anne Stevenson , American-English poet and author
1934 – Marpessa Dawn , American-French actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2008)
1934 – Carla Anderson Hills , American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
1935 – Raymond Garneau , Canadian businessman and politician
1936 – Michael Layard , English admiral
1937 – Glen A. Larson , American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (d. 2014)
1938 – Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell , English academic and politician
1938 – K. Ganeshalingam , Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (d. 2006)
1939 – Arik Einstein , Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
1939 – Bobby Hull , Canadian ice hockey player
1940 – Leo de Berardinis , Italian actor and director (d. 2008)
1940 – Bernard Blaut , Polish footballer and coach (d. 2007)
1941 – Shima Iwashita , Japanese actress
1941 – Franklin McCain , American activist (d. 2014)
1942 – John Marsden , Australian lawyer and activist (d. 2006)
1942 – John Thaw , English actor and producer (d. 2002)
1943 – Jarl Alfredius , Swedish journalist (d. 2009)
1944 – David Atherton , English conductor, co-founded London Sinfonietta
1944 – Raewyn Connell , Australian sociologist and academic
1944 – Blanche d'Alpuget , Australian author
1945 – David Starkey , English historian and academic
1945 – Stephen Stills , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 – John Paul Jones , English bass player, songwriter, and producer
1946 – Michalis Kritikopoulos , Greek footballer (d. 2002)
1947 – Zulema , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1950 – Victoria Principal , American actress and businesswoman
1950 – Linda Steiner , American journalist and academic
1951 – Linda Dobbs , English lawyer and judge
1951 – Gary Nairn , Australian surveyor and politician, 14th Special Minister of State
1952 – Esperanza Aguirre , Spanish civil servant and politician, 3rd President of the Community of Madrid
1952 – Gianfranco Fini , Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1953 – Justin Fleming , Australian playwright and author
1953 – Mohammed Waheed Hassan , Maldivian educator and politician, 5th President of the Maldives
1956 – Mel Gibson , American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – James J. Greco , American businessman
1958 – Shim Hyung-rae , South Korean actor, director, and producer
1960 – Russell Spence , English race car driver
1963 – Stewart Hosie , Scottish businessman and politician
1963 – Alex Wheatle , English author and playwright
1964 – Bruce LaBruce , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Jarmo Lehtinen , Finnish race car driver
1969 – Michael Schumacher , German race car driver
1969 – Gerda Weissensteiner , Italian luger and bobsledder
1971 – Cory Cross , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Janek Kiisman , Estonian footballer
1973 – Dan Harmon , American screenwriter and producer
1974 – Robert-Jan Derksen , Dutch golfer
1974 – Alessandro Petacchi , Italian cyclist
1975 – Thomas Bangalter , French DJ and producer
1975 – Jun Maeda , Japanese businessman, co-founded the Key Company
1975 – Danica McKellar , American actress, writer, and mathematician
1976 – Angelos Basinas , Greek footballer
1976 – Nicholas Gonzalez , American actor and producer
1977 – Lee Bowyer , English footballer and coach
1977 – A. J. Burnett , American baseball player
1977 – Mayumi Iizuka , Japanese voice actress and singer
1978 – Dimitra Kalentzou , Greek basketball player
1980 – Bryan Clay , American decathlete
1980 – Angela Ruggiero , American ice hockey player
1980 – David Tyree , American football player
1980 – Kurt Vile , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1980 – Mary Wineberg , American sprinter
1981 – Eli Manning , American football player
1982 – Peter Clarke , English footballer
1982 – Lasse Nilsson , Swedish footballer
1984 – Miloš Juhász , Slovak footballer
1984 – Billy Mehmet , English-Irish footballer
1984 – Arif Suyono , Indonesian footballer
1985 – Linas Kleiza , Lithuanian basketball player
1985 – Evan Moore , American football player
1986 – Dana Hussain , Iraqi sprinter
1986 – Greg Nwokolo , Indonesian footballer
1986 – Jessica O'Rourke , American footballer
1986 – Dmitry Starodubtsev , Russian pole vaulter
1986 – Jacob Timpano , Australian footballer
1986 – Allan Walker , Scottish footballer
1987 – Reto Berra , Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender
1987 – Leonidas Panagopoulos , Greek footballer
1988 – Ikechi Anya , Scottish-Nigerian footballer
1988 – Rodrigo de la Cadena , Mexican singer-songwriter
1988 – Jonny Evans , Northern Irish footballer
1988 – Matt Frattin , Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – J. R. Hildebrand , American race car driver
1989 – Adas Juškevičius , Lithuanian basketball player
1989 – Anthony Wordsworth , English footballer
1990 – Yoichiro Kakitani , Japanese footballer
1991 – Jerson Cabral , Dutch footballer
1991 – Özgür Çek , Turkish footballer
1991 – Sébastien Faure , French footballer
1991 – Dane Gagai , Australian rugby league player
1992 – Doug McDermott , American basketball player
1992 – Sandra Zaniewska , Polish tennis player
1993 – Kevin Ware , American basketball player
1995 – Kim Seol-hyun , South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
236 – Pope Anterus
323 – Emperor Yuan of Jin (b. 276)
1098 – Walkelin , French bishop
1322 – Philip V of France (b. 1292)
1437 – Catherine of France (b. 1401)
1501 – Ali-Shir Nava'i , Turkic poet, linguist, and mystic (b. 1441)
1543 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo , Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1499)
1571 – Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1505)
1641 – Jeremiah Horrocks , English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1618)
1656 – Mathieu Molé , French politician (b. 1584)
1670 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1608)
1701 – Louis I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1642)
1743 – Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena , Italian painter and architect (b. 1657)
1777 – William Leslie , Scottish captain (b. 1751)
1779 – Claude Bourgelat , French surgeon and lawyer (b. 1712)
1785 – Baldassare Galuppi , Italian composer (b. 1706)
1795 – Josiah Wedgwood , English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (b. 1730)
1826 – Louis-Gabriel Suchet , French general (b. 1770)
1871 – Kuriakose Elias Chavara , Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
1875 – Pierre Larousse , French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
1882 – William Harrison Ainsworth , English author (b. 1805)
1895 – James Merritt Ives , American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
1903 – Alois Hitler , Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
1911 – Alexandros Papadiamantis , Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
1915 – James Elroy Flecker , English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
1916 – Grenville M. Dodge , American general and politician (b. 1831)
1922 – Wilhelm Voigt , German criminal (b. 1849)
1923 – Jaroslav Hašek , Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
1927 – Carl David Tolmé Runge , German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
1931 – Joseph Joffre , French general (b. 1852)
1933 – Wilhelm Cuno , German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1933 – Jack Pickford , Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
1943 – Walter James , Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
1944 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis , Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
1945 – Edgar Cayce , American psychic and author (b. 1877)
1945 – Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski , Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)
1946 – William Joyce , American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)
1956 – Alexander Gretchaninov , Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864)
1956 – Dimitrios Vergos , Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886)
1956 – Joseph Wirth , German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1958 – Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez , Turkish general (b. 1877)
1959 – Edwin Muir , Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1887)
1960 – Eric P. Kelly , American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1884)
1962 – Hermann Lux , German footballer and manager (b. 1893)
1965 – Milton Avery , American painter (b. 1885)
1967 – Mary Garden , Scottish-American soprano and actress (b. 1874)
1967 – Jack Ruby , American murderer (b. 1911)
1969 – Jean Focas , Greek-French astronomer (b. 1909)
1969 – Tzavalas Karousos , Greek-French actor (b. 1904)
1970 – Gladys Aylward , English missionary and humanitarian (b. 1902)
1972 – Mohan Rakesh , Indian author and playwright (b. 1925)
1975 – Victor Kraft , Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1880)
1975 – James McCormack , American general (b. 1910)
1977 – William Gropper , American lithographer, cartoonist, and painter (b. 1897)
1979 – Conrad Hilton , American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts (b. 1887)
1980 – Joy Adamson , Austrian-Kenyan author (b. 1910)
1980 – George Sutherland Fraser , Scottish poet and academic (b. 1915)
1981 – Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (b. 1883)
1988 – Rose Ausländer , Ukrainian-German poet and author (b. 1901)
1988 – Joie Chitwood , American race car driver and stuntman (b. 1912)
1989 – Sergei Sobolev , Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)
1992 – Judith Anderson , British actress (b. 1897)
1993 – Johnny Most , American soldier and sportscaster (b. 1923)
2002 – Satish Dhawan , Indian engineer (b. 1920)
2002 – Juan García Esquivel , Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1918)
2002 – Freddy Heineken , Dutch businessman (b. 1923)
2003 – Sid Gillman , American football player and coach (b. 1911)
2003 – Jimmy Stewart , Scottish race car driver (b. 1931)
2004 – Des Corcoran , Australian soldier and politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (b. 1928)
2005 – Koo Chen-fu , Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917)
2005 – Jyotindra Nath Dixit , Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser (b. 1936)
2006 – Steve Rogers , Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1954)
2006 – Bill Skate , Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
2007 – János Fürst , Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1935)
2007 – Sergio Jiménez , Mexican actor and director (b. 1937)
2007 – Earl Reibel , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1930)
2007 – William Verity, Jr. , American businessman and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1917)
2007 – Cecil Walker , Northern Irish politician (b. 1924)
2008 – Aleksandr Abdulov , Russian actor and screenwriter (b. 1953)
2008 – Werner Dollinger , German economist and politician, German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (b. 1918)
2008 – Choi Yo-sam , South Korean boxer (b. 1972)
2009 – Betty Freeman , American philanthropist and photographer (b. 1921)
2009 – Pat Hingle , American actor (b. 1924)
2009 – Ulf G. Lindén , Swedish businessman (b. 1937)
2009 – Hisayasu Nagata , Japanese politician (b. 1969)
2010 – Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt , Chilean-German composer and academic (b. 1925)
2010 – Mary Daly , American theologian and scholar (b. 1928)
2012 – Vicar , Chilean cartoonist (b. 1934)
2012 – Gene Bartow , American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2012 – Robert L. Carter , American lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
2012 – Winifred Milius Lubell , American author and illustrator (b. 1914)
2012 – Josef Škvorecký , Czech-Canadian author and publisher (b. 1924)
2012 – Bob Weston , English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
2013 – Alfie Fripp , English soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
2013 – Ivan Mackerle , Czech cryptozoologist, explorer, and author (b. 1942)
2013 – William Maxson , American general (b. 1930)
2013 – Sergiu Nicolaescu , Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2014 – Phil Everly , American singer and guitarist (b. 1939)
2014 – George Goodman , American economist and author (b. 1930)
2014 – Saul Zaentz , American film producer (b. 1921)
2015 – Martin Anderson , American economist and academic (b. 1936)
2015 – Edward Brooke , American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (b. 1919)
2015 – Bryan Caldwell , American football player (b. 1960)
2015 – Allie Sherman , American football player and coach (b. 1923)
2016 – Paul Bley , Canadian-American pianist and composer (b. 1932)
2016 – Stephen W. Bosworth , American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (b. 1939)
2016 – Peter Naur , Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1928)
2016 – Bill Plager , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)
2016 – Igor Sergun , Russian general and diplomat (b. 1957)
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