September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 96 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).
46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus .
715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne .
1087 – William II is crowned King of England , and reigns until 1100.
1212 – Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty .
1345 – Friso-Hollandic Wars : Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns .
1371 – Serbian–Turkish wars : The forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I 's lieutenant Lala Şahin Pasha and the Serbian army under the command of Vukašin Mrnjavčević and Jovan Uglješa clash at the Battle of Maritsa .
1493 – Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs , extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera .
1580 – Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens .
1687 – The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange 's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution .
1777 – American Revolution : British troops occupy Philadelphia .
1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State , John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States , Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General , and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General .
1792 – Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1907 – New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire .
1910 – Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and exiled.
1914 – The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act .
1917 – World War I : The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
1918 – World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive , the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.
1923 – Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic's payment of reparations.
1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI , he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men !", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
1934 – Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
1942 – The Holocaust : August Frank , a higher official of the SS concentration camp administration department , issues a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be "evacuated".
1944 – World War II : Operation Market Garden fails.
1944 – World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio valley region after ten days of fighting.
1950 – United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
1950 – Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations .
1954 – Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait , Japan killing 1,172.
1959 – Typhoon Vera , the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy .
1969 – Abbey Road , the last recorded album by The Beatles , is released.
1971 – The Freetown Christiania was founded.
1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1980 – At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people died and 211 were injured.
1981 – Baseball : Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter .
1983 – Soviet nuclear false alarm incident : Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
1983 – Australia II wins the America's Cup ending the New York Yacht Club 's 132-year domination of the race.
1984 – The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong .
1997 – A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan , Indonesia , airport, killing 234.
1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche , causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
2000 – Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2000 – The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
2002 – The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Le Joola capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel .
2009 – Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines , China, Vietnam , Cambodia , Laos and Thailand , causing 700 fatalities.
2014 – A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico .
1329 – Anne of Bavaria (d. 1353)
1711 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple , English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1779)
1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood , English admiral (d. 1810)
1758 – Cosme Argerich , Argentinian physician (d. 1820)
1767 – Wenzel Müller , Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1835)
1774 – Johnny Appleseed , American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845)
1783 – Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke , English politician and literary figure (d. 1858)
1791 – Théodore Géricault , French painter and lithographer (d. 1824)
1792 – William Hobson , Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (d. 1842)
1820 – Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar , Indian philosopher, painter, and academic (d. 1891)
1840 – Louis-Olivier Taillon , Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (d. 1923)
1843 – Joseph Furphy , Australian author and poet (d. 1912)
1848 – Henry Walters , American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1931)
1849 – Ivan Pavlov , Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
1865 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford (d. 1937)
1867 – Winsor McCay , American illustrator and animator (d. 1934)
1869 – Komitas , Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)
1870 – Christian X of Denmark (d. 1947)
1872 – Max Ehrmann , American poet and lawyer (d. 1945)
1873 – Wacław Berent , Polish author and translator (d. 1940)
1874 – Lewis Hine , American photographer and activist (d. 1940)
1875 – Edmund Gwenn , English-American actor and singer (d. 1959)
1876 – Edith Abbott , American economist, social worker, and author (d. 1957)
1876 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang , Indian poet, lawyer, and politician (d. 1952)
1877 – Ugo Cerletti , Italian neurologist and academic (d. 1963)
1877 – Alfred Cortot , Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1962)
1878 – Walter Steinbeck , German actor (d. 1942)
1881 – Hiram Wesley Evans , American Ku Klux Klan leader (d. 1966)
1884 – Jack Bickell , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1951)
1886 – Archibald Hill , English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)
1887 – Edwin Keppel Bennett , English author and poet (d. 1958)
1887 – Antonio Moreno , Spanish-American actor and director (d. 1967)
1887 – Barnes Wallis , English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (d. 1979)
1888 – J. Frank Dobie , American journalist and author (d. 1964)
1888 – T. S. Eliot , English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1889 – Gordon Brewster , Irish cartoonist (d. 1946)
1889 – Martin Heidegger , German philosopher and academic (d. 1976)
1890 – Jack Tresadern , English footballer and manager (d. 1959)
1891 – Charles Münch , French violinist and conductor (d. 1968)
1891 – Hans Reichenbach , German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1953)
1892 – Robert Staughton Lynd , American sociologist and academic (d. 1970)
1893 – Gladys Brockwell , American actress (d. 1929)
1895 – Jürgen Stroop , German general (d. 1952)
1897 – Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
1897 – Arthur Rhys-Davids , English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
1898 – George Gershwin , American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
1900 – Suzanne Belperron , French jewelry designer (d. 1983)
1901 – George Raft , American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1980)
1905 – Millito Navarro , Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2011)
1905 – Karl Rappan , Austrian footballer and coach (d. 1996)
1907 – Anthony Blunt , English historian and spy (d. 1983)
1907 – Bep van Klaveren , Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
1909 – Bill France, Sr. , American race car driver, founded NASCAR (d. 1992)
1909 – A. P. Hamann , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1977)
1911 – Al Helfer , American sportscaster (d. 1975)
1913 – Frank Brimsek , American ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1913 – Dorothy Sloop , American pianist and educator (d. 1998)
1914 – Achille Compagnoni , Italian skier and mountaineer (d. 2009)
1914 – Jack LaLanne , American fitness expert (d. 2011)
1917 – Réal Caouette , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1976)
1917 – Tran Duc Thao , Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist (d. 1993)
1918 – Eric Morley , English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World (d. 2000)
1918 – John Rankine , Welsh author (d. 2013)
1919 – Barbara Britton , American actress (d. 1980)
1919 – Matilde Camus , Spanish poet and author (d. 2012)
1922 – Takis Miliadis , Greek actor (d. 1985)
1922 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (d. 2014)
1923 – Dev Anand , Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1923 – Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths , English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (d. 2015)
1923 – James Hennessy , English businessman and diplomat
1925 – Norm Dussault , American-Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1925 – Marty Robbins , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)
1926 – Julie London , American singer and actress (d. 2000)
1926 – Manfred Mayrhofer , Austrian philologist and academic (d. 2011)
1927 – Robert Cade , American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (d. 2007)
1927 – Patrick O'Neal , American actor (d. 1994)
1927 – Enzo Bearzot , Italian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1928 – Bob Van der Veken , Belgian actor
1928 – Wilford White , American football player (d. 2013)
1930 – Philip Bosco , American actor
1930 – Joe Brown , English mountaineer and author
1930 – Fritz Wunderlich , German tenor and actor (d. 1966)
1931 – Kenneth Parnell , American sex offender (d. 2008)
1932 – Richard Herd , American actor
1932 – Manmohan Singh , Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India
1932 – Donna Douglas , American actress (d. 2015)
1932 – Joyce Jameson , American actress (d. 1987)
1932 – Vladimir Voinovich , Russian author and poet
1934 – Neil Coles , English golfer and architect
1935 – Lou Myers , American actor (d. 2013)
1935 – Joe Sherlock , Irish politician (d. 2007)
1936 – Leroy Drumm , American soldier and songwriter (d. 2010)
1936 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa
1937 – Valentin Pavlov , Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2003)
1937 – Jerry Weintraub , American film producer and agent (d. 2015)
1938 – Lucette Aldous , New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator
1938 – Lars-Jacob Krogh , Norwegian journalist (d. 2010)
1939 – Ricky Tomlinson , English actor and screenwriter
1941 – Salvatore Accardo , Italian violinist and conductor
1941 – Martine Beswick , Jamaican-English model and actress
1942 – Kent McCord , American actor
1943 – Ian Chappell , Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1943 – Tim Schenken , Australian race car driver
1944 – Jan Brewer , American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona
1944 – Keith O'Nions , English geologist and academic
1944 – Anne Robinson , English journalist and game show host
1945 – Louise Beaudoin , Canadian academic and politician
1945 – Bryan Ferry , English singer-songwriter
1946 – Andrea Dworkin , American activist and author (d. 2005)
1946 – John MacLachlan Gray , Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946 – Radha Krishna Mainali , Nepalese politician
1946 – Louise Simonson , American author
1946 – Christine Todd Whitman , American politician, 50th Governor of New Jersey
1947 – Lynn Anderson , American singer and actress (d. 2015)
1947 – Philippe Lavil , French singer and actor
1948 – Olivia Newton-John , English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1948 – John Foxx , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player
1949 – Clodoaldo , Brazilian footballer and manager
1949 – Wendy Saddington , Australian singer and journalist (d. 2013)
1949 – Jane Smiley , American novelist
1949 – Minette Walters , English journalist and author
1951 – Tommy Taylor , English footballer and manager
1951 – Stuart Tosh , Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer
1953 – Dolores Keane , Irish singer and actress
1953 – Douglas A. Melton , American biologist and academic
1953 – Paul Stephenson , English police officer
1954 – Craig Chaquico , American guitarist
1954 – Kevin Kennedy , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1955 – Carlene Carter , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Steve Butler , American race car driver and engineer
1956 – Linda Hamilton , American actress
1957 – Klaus Augenthaler , German footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Dweck , American photographer and director
1958 – Darby Crash , American singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
1958 – Robert Kagan , Greek-American historian and author
1958 – Richard B. Weldon, Jr. , American sailor and politician
1958 – Rudi Cerne , German figure skater and journalist
1959 – Rich Gedman , American baseball player and coach
1959 – Ilya Kormiltsev , Russian poet and translator (d. 2007)
1960 – Uwe Bein , German footballer and manager
1960 – Jouke de Vries , Dutch academic and politician
1961 – Marianne Mikko , Estonian journalist and politician
1961 – Will Self , English journalist and author
1962 – Melissa Sue Anderson , American-Canadian actress
1962 – Mark Haddon , English author and poet
1962 – Steve Moneghetti , Australian runner
1962 – Al Pitrelli , American guitarist and songwriter
1962 – Jacky Wu , Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host
1963 – Lysette Anthony , English actress and producer
1963 – Joe Nemechek , American race car driver
1964 – Dave Martinez , American baseball player and coach
1964 – John Tempesta , American drummer
1965 – Cindy Herron , American singer
1965 – Petro Poroshenko , Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine
1966 – Dean Butterworth , English-American drummer
1966 – Christos Dantis , Greek singer-songwriter and producer
1966 – Craig Heyward , American football player (d. 2006)
1966 – Jillian Reynolds , Canadian actress and sportscaster
1967 – Bruno Akrapović , Bosnian footballer and manager
1967 – Shannon Hoon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)
1968 – Jim Caviezel , American actor
1968 – Tricia O'Kelley , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Andy Petterson , Australian footballer and coach
1969 – David Slade , English director and producer
1969 – Holger Stanislawski , German footballer and manager
1969 – Paul Warhurst , English footballer and manager
1970 – Sheri Moon Zombie , American actress and fashion designer
1970 – David Parland , Swedish guitarist (d. 2013)
1972 – Ras Kass , American rapper and producer
1972 – Shawn Stockman , American singer
1973 – Marty Casey , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1973 – Julienne Davis , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Chris Small , Scottish snooker player and coach
1973 – Olga Vasdeki , Greek triple jumper
1974 – Boris Cepeda , German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
1974 – Gary Hall, Jr. , American swimmer
1974 – Martin Müürsepp , Estonian basketball player and coach
1975 – Emma Härdelin , Swedish singer and violinist
1975 – Jake Paltrow , American director and screenwriter
1975 – Chiara Schoras , German actress
1976 – Michael Ballack , German footballer
1976 – Sami Vänskä , Finnish bass player
1977 – Kerem Özyeğen , Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Aka Plu , Japanese comedian and actor
1978 – Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot , Kenyan runner
1979 – Jon Harley , English footballer
1979 – Simon Kirch , German sprinter
1979 – Naomichi Marufuji , Japanese wrestler
1979 – Fuifui Moimoi , Tongan-New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Cameron Mooney , Australian footballer
1979 – Jaycie Phelps , American gymnast
1979 – Taavi Rõivas , Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia
1979 – Jacob Tierney , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1980 – Patrick Friesacher , Austrian race car driver
1980 – Brooks Orpik , American ice hockey player
1980 – Daniel Sedin , Swedish ice hockey player
1980 – Henrik Sedin , Swedish ice hockey player
1981 – Yao Beina , Chinese singer (d. 2015)
1981 – Christina Milian , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1981 – Ayumi Tsunematsu , Japanese voice actress
1981 – Serena Williams , American tennis player
1982 – Rob Burrow , English rugby player
1982 – Simon Picone , Italian rugby player
1982 – John Scott , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Miguel Alfredo Portillo , Argentinian footballer
1982 – Jon Richardson , English comedian and radio host
1983 – D'Qwell Jackson , American football player
1983 – Archimede Morleo , Italian footballer
1983 – Ricardo Quaresma , Portuguese footballer
1984 – Nev Schulman , American photographer, television host, and producer
1987 – Rosanna Munter , Swedish singer-songwriter
1988 – James Blake , English singer-songwriter and producer
1988 – Kiira Korpi , Finnish figure skater
1988 – Marina Kuroki , Japanese actress and singer
1988 – Mark Simpson , English clarinet player and composer
1989 – Chinami Suzuki , Japanese model, television host, and actress
1990 – Pavel Avdeyev , Russian footballer
1991 – Dan Preston , English footballer
1992 – Yoo Ara , South Korean singer and actress
1993 – Michael Kidd-Gilchrist , American basketball player
1994 – Lucas Gafarot , Spanish footballer
1995 – Miloš Veljković , Serbian footballer
1417 – Francesco Zabarella , Italian cardinal (b. 1360)
1468 – Juan de Torquemada , Spanish cardinal and theologian (b. 1388)
1620 – Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)
1623 – Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1540)
1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu , Japanese daimyo (b. 1554)
1716 – Antoine Parent , French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)
1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro , Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)
1800 – William Billings , American composer and educator (b. 1746)
1802 – Jurij Vega , Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
1820 – Daniel Boone , American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius , German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
1877 – Hermann Grassmann , German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
1902 – Levi Strauss , German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
1904 – Lafcadio Hearn , Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
1904 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
1935 – Andy Adams , American author (b. 1859)
1935 – Iván Persa , Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
1937 – Bessie Smith , American singer and actress (b. 1894)
1945 – Béla Bartók , Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
1946 – William Strunk, Jr. , American author and educator (b. 1869)
1947 – Hugh Lofting , English-American author and poet (b. 1886)
1951 – Hans Cloos , German geologist and academic (b. 1885)
1952 – George Santayana , Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)
1953 – Xu Beihong , Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
1954 – Ellen Roosevelt , American tennis player (b. 1868)
1957 – Arthur Powell Davies , American minister and author (b. 1902)
1959 – S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899)
1959 – Leslie Morshead , Australian general (b. 1889)
1959 – Teodor Ussisoo , Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)
1965 – James Fitzmaurice , Irish soldier and pilot (b. 1898)
1968 – Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin , Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (b. 1902)
1968 – Daniel Johnson, Sr. , Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)
1968 – Władysław Kędra , Polish pianist (b. 1918)
1972 – Charles Correll , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1973 – Samuel Flagg Bemis , American historian and author (b. 1891)
1973 – Ralph Earnhardt , American race car driver (b. 1923)
1973 – Anna Magnani , Italian actress and singer (b. 1908)
1976 – Leopold Ružička , Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1977 – Uday Shankar , Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1900)
1978 – Manne Siegbahn , Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt , American actor (b. 1910)
1982 – Alec Hurwood , Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
1984 – Paquirri , Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
1984 – John Facenda , American sportscaster (b. 1913)
1987 – Ramang , Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
1987 – Herbert Tichy , Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (b. 1912)
1988 – Branko Zebec , Croatian football player and coach (b. 1929)
1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay , Indian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1920)
1990 – Hiram Abas , Turkish intelligence officer (b. 1932)
1990 – Alberto Moravia , Italian author and critic (b. 1907)
1991 – Billy Vaughn , American singer and bandleader (b. 1919)
1995 – Kalju Pitksaar , Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu , Romanian politician (b. 1951)
1998 – Betty Carter , American singer (b. 1930)
1999 – Oseola McCarty , American philanthropist (b. 1908)
2000 – Richard Mulligan , American actor (b. 1932)
2000 – Baden Powell de Aquino , Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1937)
2003 – Shawn Lane , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1963)
2003 – Robert Palmer , English singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
2004 – Marianna Komlos , Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)
2005 – Helen Cresswell , English author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2006 – Byron Nelson , American golfer and coach (b. 1912)
2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino , American wartime propaganda broadcaster (b. 1916)
2007 – Bill Wirtz , American businessman (b. 1929)
2008 – Marc Moulin , Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
2008 – Paul Newman , American actor, director, producer, and businessman (b. 1925)
2010 – Terry Newton , English rugby player (b. 1978)
2010 – Gloria Stuart , American actress (b. 1910)
2011 – Bob Cassilly , American sculptor, founded the City Museum (b. 1949)
2012 – M'el Dowd , American actress and singer (b. 1933)
2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk , Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927)
2012 – Eugene Genovese , American historian and author (b. 1930)
2012 – Sam Steiger , American journalist and politician (b. 1929)
2013 – Azizan Abdul Razak , Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (b. 1944)
2013 – Seánie Duggan , Irish hurler (b. 1922)
2013 – Mario Montez , Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1935)
2013 – Sos Sargsyan , Armenian actor and director (b. 1929)
2014 – Jim Boeke , American football player and coach (b. 1938)
2014 – Sam Hall , American screenwriter (b. 1921)
2014 – Gerald Neugebauer , American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)
2014 – Tamir Sapir , Georgian-American businessman (b. 1946)
2015 – Eudóxia Maria Froehlich , Brazilian zoologist (b. 1928)
2015 – Sidney Phillips , American soldier, physician, and author (b. 1924)
2015 – Ana Seneviratne , Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (b. 1927)
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