October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 79 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).
54 – Emperor Claudius is poisoned to death under mysterious circumstances. His 17-year-old stepson Nero succeeds him.
409 – Vandals and Alans cross the Pyrenees and appear in Hispania .
1307 – Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair , to be later tortured into a "confession " of heresy .
1332 – Rinchinbal Khan , Emperor Ningzong of Yuan, becomes the Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty , reigning for only 53 days.
1582 – Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar , this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1644 – A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.
1710 – Port Royal , the capital of French Acadia , falls in a siege by British forces.
1773 – The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier .
1775 – The United States' Continental Congress orders the establishment of the Continental Navy (later renamed the United States Navy ).
1792 – In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
1812 – War of 1812 : Battle of Queenston Heights : As part of the Niagara campaign in Ontario , Canada, United States forces under General Stephen Van Rensselaer are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops led by Sir Isaac Brock .
1843 – In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
1845 – A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution that, if accepted by the U.S. Congress , will make Texas a U.S. state .
1881 – First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.
1884 – The International Meridian Conference votes on a resolution to establish the meridian passing through the Observatory of Greenwich , in London, England, as the initial meridian for longitude.
1885 – The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, United States.
1892 – Edward Emerson Barnard discovers D/1892 T1 , the first comet discovered by photographic means, on the night of October 13–14.
1911 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
1914 – In Major League Baseball 's World Series , the Boston Braves defeat the Philadelphia Athletics , 4 games to 0, at Fenway Park in Boston , completing the first World Series sweep in history.
1915 – The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos in northern France, World War I.
1917 – The "Miracle of the Sun " is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal .
1921 – The Soviet republics of Russia , Armenia , Azerbaijan , and Georgia sign the Treaty of Kars with the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to establish the contemporary borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
1923 – Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey .
1929 – Jože Plečnik unveils his memorial to Napoleon on the Square of French Revolution, Ljubljana , Slovenia .
1943 – World War II : The new government of Italy sides with the Allies and declares war on Germany.
1944 – World War II: Riga , the capital of Latvia is occupied by the Red Army .
1946 – France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic .
1958 – Paddington Bear , a character from English children's literature , makes his debut.
1962 – The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane. Winds measured above 150 mph at several locations; 46 people died.
1967 – The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134–129 in Oakland, California .
1970 – Fiji joins the United Nations .
1972 – An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 crashes outside Moscow killing 174.
1972 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains, near the border between Argentina and Chile . By December 23 , 1972, only 16 out of 45 people lived long enough to be rescued.
1976 – A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia , killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground).
1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy , now at U.C. Davis , who was then working at the C.D.C.
1977 – Four Palestinians hijack Lufthansa Flight 181 to Somalia and demand release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction .
1983 – Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T ) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago.
1988 – Naguib Mahfouz wins Nobel Prize in Literature .
1990 – End of the Lebanese Civil War . Syrian forces launch an attack on the free areas of Lebanon removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
1992 – An Antonov An-124 operated by Antonov Airlines registered CCCP-82002, crashes near Kiev , Ukraine killing eight.
2010 – The Copiapó mining accident in Copiapó , Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue.
2013 – A stampede breaks out on a bridge near the Ratangarh Mata Temple in Datia district , Madhya Pradesh , India during the Hindu festival Navratri , killing 115 people and injuring more than 110.
1162 – Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (d. 1214)
1381 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel , English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (d. 1415)
1453 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (d. 1471)
1474 – Mariotto Albertinelli , Italian painter and educator (d. 1515)
1499 – Claude of France (d. 1524)
1566 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork , Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1643)
1613 – Luisa de Guzmán , Spanish-Portuguese wife of John IV of Portugal (d. 1666)
1696 – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey , English courtier and politician, Lord Privy Seal (d. 1743)
1703 – Andrea Belli , Maltese architect and businessman (d. 1772)
1713 – Allan Ramsay , Scottish-English painter (d. 1784)
1756 – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier , English admiral and politician, 36th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1833)
1768 – Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin , French admiral and explorer (d. 1839)
1820 – John William Dawson , Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1899)
1821 – Rudolf Virchow , German physician, biologist, and politician (d. 1902)
1825 – Charles Frederick Worth , English fashion designer, founded House of Worth (d. 1895)
1844 – Ernest Myers , English poet and author (d. 1921)
1853 – Lillie Langtry , English actress and singer (d. 1929)
1862 – Mary Kingsley , English explorer and author (d. 1900)
1870 – Albert Jay Nock , American theorist, author, and critic (d. 1945)
1872 – Leon Leonwood Bean , American hunter, businessman, and author, founded L.L.Bean (d. 1967)
1874 – József Klekl , Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (d. 1948)
1876 – Rube Waddell , American baseball player (d. 1914)
1878 – Patrick Joseph Hartigan , Australian priest and author (d. 1952)
1879 – Edward Hennig , American gymnast (d. 1960)
1880 – Sasha Chorny , Russian poet and author (d. 1932)
1887 – Jozef Tiso , Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (d. 1947)
1890 – Conrad Richter , American journalist and novelist (d. 1968)
1891 – Irene Rich , American actress (d. 1988)
1895 – Mike Gazella , American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)
1896 – E. Beatrice Riley , Australian super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1899 – Piero Dusio , Italian footballer, businessman and racing driver (d. 1975)
1900 – Gerald Marks , American composer (d. 1997)
1902 – Arna Bontemps , American librarian, author, and poet (d. 1973)
1902 – Karl Leichter , Estonian musicologist and academic (d. 1987)
1904 – Wilfred Pickles , English actor and radio host (d. 1978)
1905 – Yves Allégret , French director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1905 – Coloman Braun-Bogdan , Romanian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1909 – Herblock , American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
1909 – Art Tatum , American pianist (d. 1956)
1911 – Ashok Kumar , Indian actor, singer, and producer (d. 2001)
1911 – Millosh Gjergj Nikolla , Albanian poet and author (d. 1938)
1912 – Cornel Wilde , Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1913 – Igor Torkar , Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 2004)
1915 – Terry Frost , English painter and academic (d. 2003)
1917 – George Osmond , American talent manager (d. 2007)
1917 – Burr Tillstrom , American actor and puppeteer (d. 1985)
1918 – Robert Walker , American actor and singer (d. 1951)
1919 – R. Kanagasuntheram , Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (d. 2010)
1920 – Laraine Day , American actress (d. 2007)
1921 – Yves Montand , Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1991)
1923 – John C. Champion , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1994)
1923 – Cyril Shaps , English actor (d. 2003)
1923 – Rosemary Anne Sisson , English author and playwright
1923 – Faas Wilkes , Dutch footballer (d. 2006)
1924 – Terry Gibbs , American vibraphone player and bandleader
1924 – Moturu Udayam , Indian activist and politician (d. 2002)
1924 – Roberto Eduardo Viola , Argentinian general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (d. 1994)
1925 – Lenny Bruce , American comedian and actor (d. 1966)
1925 – Armand Mouyal , Algerian-French fencer and police officer (d. 1988)
1925 – Margaret Thatcher , English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2013)
1925 – Gustav Winckler , Danish singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
1926 – Ray Brown , American bassist and cellist (d. 2002)
1926 – Killer Kowalski , Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2008)
1926 – Tommy Whittle , Scottish-English saxophonist (d. 2013)
1926 – Eddie Yost , American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
1927 – Lee Konitz , American saxophonist and composer
1927 – Turgut Özal , Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (d. 1993)
1929 – Richard Howard , American poet, critic, and translator
1929 – Walasse Ting , Chinese-American painter and poet (d. 2010)
1930 – Bruce Geller , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1978)
1931 – Raymond Kopa , French footballer
1931 – Eddie Mathews , American baseball player and manager (d. 2001)
1932 – Johnny Lytle , American vibraphone player and drummer (d. 1995)
1933 – Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill , English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (d. 2012)
1933 – Raynald Fréchette , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2007)
1934 – Jack Colvin , American actor and director (d. 2005)
1934 – Roger Gibbs , English businessman
1934 – Nana Mouskouri , Greek singer and politician
1935 – Etterlene DeBarge , American singer-songwriter
1935 – Bruce Morrow , American radio host and actor
1936 – Chitti Babu , Indian veena player and composer (d. 1996)
1937 – Sami Frey , French actor
1938 – Hugo Young , English journalist and author (d. 2003)
1939 – Larry Bowie , American football player (d. 2012)
1939 – T. J. Cloutier , American poker player and author
1939 – Melinda Dillon , American actress
1940 – Chris Farlowe , English singer (Colosseum and Atomic Rooster )
1940 – Pharoah Sanders , American saxophonist and bandleader
1940 – Ingeborg Nyberg , Swedish singer
1941 – Paul Simon , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Simon & Garfunkel )
1942 – Rutanya Alda , Latvian-American actress
1942 – Bob Bailey , American baseball player and manager
1942 – Jerry Jones , American businessman
1942 – Walter McGowan , Scottish boxer
1942 – Aykut Oray , Turkish actor (d. 2009)
1942 – Pamela Tiffin , American actress
1943 – Mike Barnicle , American journalist
1943 – Peter Sauber , Swiss businessman, founded the Sauber F1 Team
1944 – Robert Lamm , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Chicago )
1945 – Christophe , French singer-songwriter
1945 – Dési Bouterse , Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname
1945 – Susan Stafford , American game show host and actress
1946 – Levon Ananyan , Armenian journalist and author (d. 2013)
1946 – Edwina Currie , English politician
1946 – Dorothy Moore , American pop, R&B, and soul singer
1946 – Demond Wilson , American actor and pastor
1947 – Susan Blommaert , American actress
1947 – Sammy Hagar , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Van Halen , Chickenfoot , Montrose , and Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve )
1947 – Jerry Trupiano , American sportscaster and radio host
1947 – Alan Wakeman , English saxophonist and clarinet player (Soft Machine )
1948 – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , Pakistani singer (d. 1997)
1948 – John Ford Coley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (England Dan & John Ford Coley )
1948 – Lacy J. Dalton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Raimundo Fagner , Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1949 – Marisol Malaret , Puerto Rican-American model, Miss Universe 1970
1949 – Tom Mees , American sportscaster (d. 1996)
1949 – Patrick Nève , Belgian race car driver
1949 – Rick Vito , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac )
1949 – Mark Winzenried , American runner
1950 – Mollie Katzen , American chef and author
1950 – Simon Nicol , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fairport Convention and The Albion Band )
1951 – Stephen Bayley , Welsh journalist, author, and critic
1952 – Mundo Earwood , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
1952 – Beverly Johnson , American model and actress
1953 – Pat Day , American jockey
1953 – John Simpson , English lexicographer and scholar
1954 – George Frazier , American baseball player and sportscaster
1954 – Claude Ribbe , French historian and academic
1955 – John Ferenzik , American keyboard player, guitarist, and composer
1956 – Chris Carter , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 – Don Paige , American runner
1956 – Melvyn Tan , Singaporean-English pianist
1956 – Joseph Toal , Scottish bishop
1957 – Reggie Theus , American basketball player and coach
1958 – Maria Cantwell , American lawyer and politician
1958 – Derri Daugherty , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Choir and Lost Dogs )
1958 – Masako Mori , Japanese singer and actress
1958 – Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells , American bassist and composer (Machine Gun )
1959 – Marie Osmond , American singer, actress, and producer
1960 – Joey Belladonna , American singer-songwriter (Anthrax )
1960 – Tim Brewster , American football player and coach
1960 – Ari Fleischer , American journalist and politician, 24th White House Press Secretary
1960 – Eric Joyce , Scottish soldier and politician
1960 – Peter Keisler , American lawyer and politician, United States Attorney General
1961 – Rachel De Thame , English gardener and television presenter
1961 – Doc Rivers , American basketball player and coach
1962 – T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh , American actress and author
1962 – Kelly Preston , American actress
1962 – Jerry Rice , American football player and sportscaster
1963 – Colin Channer , Jamaican-American author and academic
1963 – Chip Foose , American engineer and television host
1963 – Scott Andrew Mink , American murderer (d. 2004)
1964 – Allen Covert , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Nie Haisheng , Chinese general, pilot, and astronaut
1964 – Christopher Judge , American actor and producer
1964 – Masaya Onosaka , Japanese voice actor and singer
1964 – Marco Travaglio , Italian journalist and author
1965 – Johan Museeuw , Belgian cyclist
1966 – Larry Collmus , American sportscaster
1966 – John Regis , English sprinter
1967 – Scott Cooper , American baseball player
1967 – Trevor Hoffman , American baseball player and manager
1967 – Javier Sotomayor , Cuban high jumper
1967 – Steve Vickers , English footballer
1967 – Kate Walsh , American actress and producer
1968 – Tisha Campbell-Martin , American actress and singer
1968 – Carlos Marín , Spanish singer and actor (Il Divo )
1969 – Rhett Akins , American singer-songwriter (The Peach Pickers )
1969 – Nancy Kerrigan , American figure skater and actress
1969 – Cady McClain , American actress, singer, and author
1970 – Serena Altschul , American journalist
1970 – Rob Howley , Welsh rugby player and coach
1970 – Mel Jackson , American actor, singer, and producer
1970 – Paul Potts , English tenor
1971 – Sacha Baron Cohen , English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1971 – Billy Bush , American television and radio host
1971 – Pyrros Dimas , Albanian-Greek weightlifter and politician
1971 – Luis Tosar , Spanish actor, singer, and producer
1972 – Summer Sanders , American swimmer and sportscaster
1973 – Brian Dawkins , American football player and coach
1973 – Peter Dumbreck , Scottish race car driver
1973 – Matt Hughes , American wrestler and mixed martial artist
1973 – Nanako Matsushima , Japanese actress
1974 – Hawick Lau , Chinese actor and singer
1977 – Gareth Batty , English cricketer
1977 – Benjamin Clapp , American drummer (Baptized By Fire , Skeleton Key , and Amfibian )
1977 – Antonio Di Natale , Italian footballer
1977 – Justin Peroff , Canadian drummer and actor (Broken Social Scene and Junior Blue )
1977 – Paul Pierce , American basketball player
1977 – Kiele Sanchez , American actress
1978 – Jermaine O'Neal , American basketball player
1979 – Wes Brown , English footballer
1979 – Mamadou Niang , Senegalese footballer
1980 – Ashanti , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1980 – David Haye , English boxer
1980 – Magne Hoseth , Norwegian footballer
1980 – Scott Parker , English footballer
1981 – Ryan Ashford , English footballer
1981 – Taylor Buchholz , American baseball player
1981 – Dimitrios Mougios , Greek rower
1981 – Kele Okereke , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bloc Party )
1982 – Mika Hijii , Japanese actress and model
1982 – Antonio Pavanello , Italian rugby player
1982 – Ian Thorpe , Australian swimmer
1983 – Kylie Lindsay , New Zealander squash player
1983 – Katia Winter , Swedish-English actress
1984 – Coldmirror , German video blogger
1984 – misono , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Day After Tomorrow )
1984 – Frank Simek , American soccer player
1985 – Tsubasa Masuwaka , Japanese model
1986 – Gabriel Agbonlahor , English footballer
1986 – Sergio Pérez Moya , Mexican footballer
1988 – Scott Jamieson , Australian footballer
1988 – Enrique Pérez , Mexican footballer
1989 – Breno Borges , Brazilian footballer
1989 – Clive Rose , Australian cricketer
1989 – Wei Son , Japanese model and singer
1990 – Emma Flood , Norwegian tennis player
1992 – Aaron Dismuke , American voice actor
1992 – Yuko Takayama , Japanese actress
1993 – D-Pryde , Canadian rapper
1995 – Park Jimin , South Korean idol singer and dancer
54 – Claudius , Roman emperor (b. 10 BC)
1093 – Robert I, Count of Flanders (b. 1035)
1415 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel , English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1381)
1605 – Theodore Beza , French theologian and scholar (b. 1519)
1673 – Christoffer Gabel , German-Danish accountant and politician (b. 1617)
1687 – Geminiano Montanari , Italian astronomer and lens maker (b. 1633)
1694 – Samuel von Pufendorf , German historian, economist, and jurist (b. 1632)
1706 – Iyasu I of Ethiopia (b. 1682)
1715 – Nicolas Malebranche , French priest and philosopher (b. 1638)
1759 – John Henley , English clergyman and author (b. 1692)
1788 – Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent , Irish poet and politician (b. 1702)
1812 – Isaac Brock , English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1769)
1815 – Joachim Murat , French general (b. 1767)
1822 – Antonio Canova , Italian sculptor (b. 1757)
1825 – Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (b. 1756)
1841 – Patrick Campbell , Scottish admiral (b. 1773)
1869 – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve , French poet, author, and critic (b. 1804)
1882 – Arthur de Gobineau , French philosopher and author (b. 1816)
1890 – Samuel Freeman Miller , American lawyer and jurist (b. 1816)
1904 – Pavlos Melas , French-Greek captain (b. 1870)
1905 – Henry Irving , English actor and manager (b. 1838)
1909 – Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia , Spanish philosopher and academic (b. 1849)
1911 – Sister Nivedita , Irish-Indian social worker, author, and educator (b. 1867)
1917 – Florence La Badie , American actress (b. 1888)
1919 – Karl Adolph Gjellerup , Danish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
1926 – Hans E. Kinck , Norwegian philologist and author (b. 1865)
1930 – T. Alexander Harrison , American painter and educator (b. 1853)
1931 – Ernst Didring , Swedish author (b. 1868)
1938 – E. C. Segar , American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
1945 – Milton S. Hershey , American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
1950 – Ernest Haycox , American soldier and author (b. 1899)
1955 – Manuel Ávila Camacho , Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
1956 – Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı , Turkish poet and author (b. 1910)
1961 – Prince Louis Rwagasore , Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
1966 – Clifton Webb , American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1889)
1968 – Bea Benaderet , American actress and singer (b. 1906)
1971 – Stafford Smythe , Canadian businessman (b. 1921)
1973 – Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı , Turkish ethnographer and author (b. 1886)
1973 – Albert Mandler , Austrian-Israeli general (b. 1929)
1974 – Otto Binder , American author (b. 1911)
1974 – Ed Sullivan , American journalist and talk show host (b. 1901)
1979 – Antonio Berni , Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1905)
1981 – Rebecca Clarke , English viola player and composer (b. 1886)
1985 – Tage Danielsson , Swedish author, actor, and director (b. 1928)
1987 – Walter Houser Brattain , American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1987 – Kishore Kumar , Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (b. 1929)
1987 – Nilgün Marmara , Turkish poet and author (b. 1958)
1988 – Mike Venezia , American jockey (b. 1945)
1990 – Hans Namuth , German-American photographer (b. 1915)
1990 – Lê Đức Thọ , Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1992 – Dantrell Davis , American murder victim (b. 1985)
1992 – James Marshall , American author and illustrator (b. 1942)
1993 – Wade Flemons , American singer-songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire ) (b. 1940)
1996 – Beryl Reid , English actress (b. 1919)
1998 – Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov , Russian businessman and politician (b. 1944)
2000 – Jean Peters , American actress (b. 1926)
2001 – Peter Doyle , Australian singer-songwriter (The New Seekers ) (b. 1949)
2002 – Stephen Ambrose , American historian and author (b. 1936)
2003 – Bertram Brockhouse , Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2004 – Enrique Fernando , Filipino lawyer and jurist, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1915)
2004 – Bernice Rubens , Welsh author (b. 1928)
2005 – Vivian Malone Jones , American activist (b. 1942)
2006 – Wang Guangmei , Chinese philanthropist and politician, 2nd Spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1921)
2007 – Bob Denard , French soldier and academic (b. 1929)
2008 – Alexei Cherepanov , Russian ice hockey player (b. 1989)
2008 – Guillaume Depardieu , French actor (b. 1971)
2009 – Stephen Barnett , American scholar and academic (b. 1935)
2009 – Al Martino , American singer and actor (b. 1927)
2010 – Vernon Biever , American photographer (b. 1923)
2011 – Barbara Kent , Canadian-American actress (b. 1907)
2012 – Dileepan , Indian actor (b. 1980)
2012 – Stuart Bell , English lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
2012 – Gary Collins , American actor (b. 1938)
2012 – Tomonobu Imamichi , Japanese philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
2012 – Frank Sando , English runner (b. 1931)
2012 – Manuel Torres Félix , Mexican drug trafficker (b. 1954)
2013 – Olga Aroseva , Russian actress (b. 1925)
2013 – John Barrard , English actor (b. 1924)
2013 – Martin Drewes , German soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
2013 – Joe Meriweather , American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)
2013 – Tommy Whittle , Scottish-English saxophonist (b. 1926)
2013 – Takashi Yanase , Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (b. 1919)
2014 – John Bradfield , English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (b. 1925)
2014 – Antonio Cafiero , Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1922)
2014 – Margaret Hillert , American author and poet (b. 1920)
2014 – Mohammad Sarengat , Indonesian sprinter (b. 1939)
2014 – Pontus Segerström , Swedish footballer (b. 1981)
2015 – Rosalyn Baxandall , American historian, author, and academic (b. 1939)
2015 – Rizzini Alexis Gomez , Filipino model (b. 1990)
2015 – Bruce Hyde , American actor and academic (b. 1941)
2015 – Michael J. H. Walsh , English general (b. 1927)
2015 – Michael John Wise , English geographer and academic (b. 1918)
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