March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 279 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
87 BC – Crown Prince Fuling, later Emperor Zhao of Han , is named as Emperor Wu of Han 's successor and heir to the throne. Emperor Wu dies two days later.
1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
1329 – Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
1613 – The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove , Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy .
1625 – Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France .
1782 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
1794 – The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates .
1794 – Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
1809 – Peninsular War : A combined Franco -Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real .
1812 – Hugh McGary Jr. establishes what is now Evansville, Indiana on a bend in the Ohio River.
1814 – War of 1812 : In central Alabama , U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend .
1836 – Texas Revolution : Goliad massacre : On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna , the Mexican army butchers 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas .
1851 – First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans.
1866 – President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866 . His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
1871 – The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place .
1881 – Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of teetotalism by The Salvation Army .
1884 – A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio , attacks members of a jury who had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder ; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse .
1886 – Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo , surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars .
1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River .
1910 – A fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös , Hungary, kills 312.
1915 – Typhoid Mary , the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine , where she would remain for the rest of her life.
1918 – Bessarabia is ceded to the Kingdom of Romania .
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War : The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
1941 – World War II : Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup .
1943 – World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands : In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska .
1945 – World War II: Operation Starvation , the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
1948 – The Second Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea is convened.
1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union .
1963 – Beeching Axe : Dr. Richard Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network.
1964 – The Good Friday earthquake , the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska , killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage .
1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
1976 – The first 4.6 miles of the Washington Metro subway system opens.
1977 – Tenerife airport disaster : Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands , killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am ). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.
1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea , killing 123 of its crew of 212.
1980 – Silver Thursday : A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges .
1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike , in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
1986 – A car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne , killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
1990 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí , an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba .
1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China .
1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo .
1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence , the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
1999 – Kosovo War : Yugoslav SAM downed F-117A , the first and only kill by the stealth aircraft.
2000 – A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one and injures 71.
2002 – Passover massacre : A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people partaking of the Passover meal in Netanya , Israel.
2002 – Nanterre massacre : In Nanterre , France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors and the injury of 19 others.
2004 – HMS Scylla , a decommissioned Leander -class frigate , is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall , the first of its kind in Europe.
2009 – The dam forming Situ Gintung , an artificial lake in Indonesia , fails, killing at least 99 people.
2009 – A suicide bomber kills at least 48 at a mosque in the Khyber Agency of Pakistan.
2013 – A 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes near Taipei , Taiwan , injuring 97 people.
2013 – Canada becomes the first country to announce its intention to withdraw from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification .
2014 – Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front , ending decades of conflict .
2015 – Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
2016 – A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park , Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter .
45 – Statius , Roman poet (d. 96 AD)
972 – Robert II of France (d. 1031)
1196 – Sviatoslav III of Vladimir (d. 1252)
1306 – Philip III of Navarre (d. 1343)
1416 – Antonio Squarcialupi , Italian organist and composer (d. 1480)
1416 – Francis of Paola , Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (d. 1507)
1509 – Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck (d. 1575)
1522 – Rachel Akerman , Austrian poet and author (d. 1544)
1586 – Antonino Diana , Italian theologian (d. 1663)
1588 – Celestyn Myślenta , Prussian-Polish theologian and academic (d. 1653)
1606 – Viviano Codazzi , Italian painter (d. 1670)
1623 – Margrave Charles Magnus of Baden-Durlach (d. 1658)
1627 – Stephen Fox , English politician (d. 1716)
1632 – Gustav Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (d. 1677)
1676 – Francis II Rákóczi , Hungarian son of Francis I Rákóczi (d. 1735)
1679 – Domenico Lalli , Italian poet
1681 – Joaquín Fernández de Portocarrero , Spanish-Italian cardinal (d. 1760)
1696 – Antoine Court , French minister and historian (d. 1760)
1702 – Johann Ernst Eberlin , German organist and composer (d. 1762)
1709 – William Flackton , English organist, viola player, and composer (d. 1798)
1710 – Joseph Abaco , Belgian cellist and composer (d. 1805)
1712 – Claude Bourgelat , French surgeon and author (d. 1779)
1714 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria , Italian historian and theologian (d. 1795)
1723 – James Madison, Sr. , American colonel and planter (d. 1801)
1724 – Jane Colden , American botanist and author (d. 1766)
1730 – Thomas Tyrwhitt , English scholar and critic (d. 1786)
1746 – Michael Bruce , Scottish poet and hymn-writer (d. 1767)
1746 – Carlo Buonaparte , French lawyer and politician (d. 1785)
1753 – Andrew Bell , Scottish priest and academic, founded Madras College (d. 1832)
1760 – Ishmail Spicer , American composer, educator, and publisher (d. 1832)
1760 – Auguste Vestris , French ballet dancer (d. 1842)
1761 – James Sykes , American physician and politician, 14th Governor of Delaware (d. 1822)
1765 – Franz Xaver von Baader , German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
1767 – Charles Didelot , Swedish-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1837)
1770 – Eleonora Charlotta d'Albedyhll , Swedish poet (d. 1835)
1770 – Sophie Mereau , German author (d. 1806)
1776 – Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel , French botanist and politician (d. 1854)
1781 – Alexander Vostokov , Estonian-Russian philologist and academic (d. 1864)
1784 – Sándor Kőrösi Csoma , Hungarian philologist, orientalist, and author (d. 1842)
1785 – Filippo Giudice Caracciolo , Italian cardinal (d. 1844)
1785 – Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
1781 – Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet, of Ancoats , English politician (d. 1871)
1791 – Reuben Uther , English-Australian businessman (d. 1894)
1797 – Alfred de Vigny , French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1863)
1801 – Alexander Barrow , American lawyer and politician (d. 1846)
1802 – Charles-Mathias Simons , German-Luxembourger jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1874)
1802 – Félix-Jacques Moulin , French photographer (d. 1875)
1804 – Giacomo Panizza , Italian conductor and composer (d. 1860)
1809 – Jean-Louis Beaudry , Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1886)
1809 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann , French engineer (d. 1891)
1810 – William Hepworth Thompson , English scholar and academic (d. 1886)
1810 – Adolf Glassbrenner , German journalist and author (d. 1876)
1812 – Ivan Panaev , Russian journalist, author, and publisher (d. 1862)
1812 – Seymour Mills Spencer , American-New Zealand missionary (d. 1898)
1813 – Nathaniel Currier , American illustrator, co-founded Currier and Ives (d. 1888)
1813 – David Monro , Scottish-New Zealand physician and politician, 2nd Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives (d. 1877)
1814 – Diego Archuleta , American general and politician (d. 1884)
1814 – Charles Mackay , Scottish journalist, author, and poet (d. 1889)
1818 – Erminia Frezzolini , Italian soprano (d. 1884)
1820 – Edward Augustus Inglefield , English admiral and explorer (d. 1894)
1820 – Elias David Sassoon , Iraqi-Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1880)
1822 – Henri Murger , French author and poet (d. 1861)
1822 – Ahmed Cevdet Pasha , Bulgarian-Turkish historian and scholar (d. 1895)
1824 – Virginia Minor , American activist (d. 1894)
1825 – Hubert de Castella , Swiss-Australian author and wine maker (d. 1907)
1827 – Ernesto Rossi , Italian actor and playwright (d. 1896)
1831 – Johann Friedrich Horner , Swiss ophthalmologist and academic (d. 1886)
1832 – Benjamin Pâquet , Canadian priest and academic (d. 1900)
1834 – Pierre Gaspard , French mountaineer and explorer (d. 1915)
1836 – Gustav Leopold Plitt , German theologian and academic (d. 1880)
1839 – John Ballance , Irish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)
1840 – George Fisher Baker , American financier and philanthropist (d. 1931)
1843 – George Frederick Leycester Marshall , English colonel and entomologist (d. 1934)
1844 – Adolphus Greely , American general and explorer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1935)
1844 – Frank Reid Murphy , Australian farmer and politician (d. 1892)
1845 – Melville R. Hopewell , American lawyer and politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska (d. 1911)
1845 – Wilhelm Röntgen , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
1845 – Jakob Sverdrup , Norwegian bishop and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education (d. 1899)
1847 – Richard Martin Meredith , Canadian judge and academic, founded University of Western Ontario (d. 1934)
1847 – Otto Wallach , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
1848 – Warren Ives Bradley , American journalist and author (d. 1868)
1849 – Carlo Dossi , Italian author and diplomat (d. 1910)
1851 – Ruperto Chapí , Spanish composer, co-founded Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (d. 1909)
1851 – Vincent d'Indy , French composer and educator (d. 1931)
1852 – Jim Connell , Irish journalist and activist (d. 1929)
1853 – John Edward Kelley , American journalist and politician (d. 1941)
1854 – Giovanni Battista Grassi , Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (d. 1925)
1855 – James Alfred Ewing , Scottish physicist and engineer (d. 1935)
1855 – William Libbey , American target shooter, geologist, and geographer (d. 1927)
1857 – David Miller , Australian public servant (d. 1934)
1857 – Karl Pearson , English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1936)
1859 – George Giffen , Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1927)
1859 – Gerrit J. Diekema , American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 40th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 1930)
1860 – Frank Frost Abbott , American-Swiss scholar and academic (d. 1924)
1861 – Nikolay Demyanov , Russian chemist and academic (d. 1938)
1863 – Henry Royce , English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933)
1864 – Agostina Livia Pietrantoni , Italian nun and nurse (d. 1894)
1865 – Eugene Botkin , Russian physician (d. 1918)
1865 – Alessandro Verde , Italian cardinal (d. 1958)
1865 – Konrad Grallert von Cebrów , Russian-Austrian commander (d. 1942)
1866 – John Allan , Australian farmer and politician, 29th Premier of Victoria (d. 1936)
1866 – Andon Zako Çajupi , Albanian lawyer, poet, and playwright (d. 1930)
1867 – Karl Zsigmondy , Austrian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1925)
1868 – Patty Hill , American songwriter and educator (d. 1946)
1869 – Walter Dohm , American runner and long jumper (d. 1894)
1869 – James McNeill , Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1938)
1871 – Piet Aalberse , Dutch politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (d. 1948)
1871 – Heinrich Mann , German author and poet (d. 1950)
1871 – Joseph G. Morrison , American captain and minister (d. 1939)
1871 – Rauf Yekta , Turkish musician, musicologist and writer on music (d. 1935)
1873 – Christophorus III , Georgian patriarch (d. 1932)
1873 – William Clemens , Australian public servant (d. 1941)
1873 – Austin Harrison , English journalist and author (d. 1928)
1875 – Albert Marquet , French painter (d. 1947)
1876 – Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti , Italian cardinal (d. 1943)
1876 – Karl Fredrik Wilkama , Finnish general (d. 1947)
1877 – Oscar Grégoire , Belgian water polo player and swimmer (d. 1947)
1877 – Konstantinos Skarlatos , Greek general and target shooter (d. 1969)
1878 – Desmond MacCarthy , English journalist and critic (d. 1952)
1879 – Catherine Carswell , Scottish journalist and author (d. 1946)
1879 – Sahan Dosova , Kazakhstani super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1879 – Sándor Garbai , Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1947)
1879 – Miller Huggins , American baseball player and manager (d. 1929)
1879 – Izaak Reijnders , Dutch general (d. 1966)
1879 – Edward Steichen , Luxembourgish-American painter and photographer (d. 1973)
1880 – Ruth Hanna McCormick , American publisher and politician (d. 1944)
1882 – Horace Bonser , American target shooter (d. 1934)
1883 – Paul McCullough , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1936)
1883 – Marie Under , Estonian author and poet (d. 1980)
1883 – Margaret Cobb Ailshie , American publisher and activist (d. 1959)
1884 – Gordon Thomson , English rower and lieutenant (d. 1953)
1885 – Julio Lozano Díaz , Honduran accountant and politician, 40th President of Honduras (d. 1957)
1885 – Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster , English soldier and politician, Governor of Cyprus (d. 1961)
1886 – Wladimir Burliuk , Ukrainian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
1886 – Sergey Kirov , Russian politician (d. 1934)
1886 – Clemens Holzmeister , Austrian architect and set designer, designed Großes Festspielhaus (d. 1983)
1886 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building (d. 1969)
1887 – Väinö Siikaniemi , Finnish javelin thrower, poet, and translator (d. 1932)
1887 – Chapman Grant , American herpetologist, historian, and publisher (d. 1983)
1888 – Bouke Benenga , Dutch swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
1888 – George Alfred Lawrence Hearne , English-South African cricketer (d. 1978)
1889 – Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu , Egyptian-Turkish journalist and politician (d. 1974)
1889 – Leonard Mociulschi , Moldavian-Romanian general (d. 1979)
1890 – Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton , Scottish admiral (d. 1974)
1890 – Jean-François Pouliot , Canadian lawyer, author, and politician (d. 1969)
1890 – Harald Julin , Swedish swimmer and water polo player (d. 1967)
1891 – A. P. Elkin , Australian anthropologist and priest (d. 1979)
1891 – Vallance Jupp , English cricketer (d. 1960)
1891 – Lajos Zilahy , Hungarian author and playwright (d. 1974)
1892 – Ferde Grofé , American pianist and composer (d. 1972)
1892 – Thorne Smith , American author (d. 1934)
1892 – Swami Vipulananda , Sri Lankan author, poet, and critic (d. 1947)
1892 – Dorrit Weixler , German actress (d. 1916)
1893 – Ugo Agostoni , Italian cyclist (d. 1941)
1893 – Karl Mannheim , Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (d. 1947)
1893 – G. Lloyd Spencer , American lieutenant and politician (d. 1981)
1893 – George Beranger , Australian-American actor and director (d. 1973)
1894 – Soeprapto , Indonesian lawyer and judge (d. 1964)
1894 – René Fonck , French colonel and pilot (d. 1953)
1895 – Juan Guzmán Cruchaga , Chilean poet, author, and diplomat (d. 1979)
1895 – Roland Leighton , English soldier and poet (d. 1915)
1895 – Betty Schade , German-American actress (d. 1982)
1896 – Wolfgang von Weisl , Austrian-Israeli journalist and author (d. 1974)
1897 – Douglas Hartree , English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958)
1897 – Cyril Slater , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1969)
1898 – Titina De Filippo , Italian actress and playwright (d. 1963)
1898 – Josef Müller , German lawyer and politician (d. 1979)
1898 – Herb Stein , American football player (d. 1980)
1898 – Alma Tell , American actress (d. 1937)
1899 – Carl Aage Hilbert , Danish-Faroese jurist and politician (d. 1953)
1899 – Karim Mammadbeyov , Azerbaijani politician (d. 1938)
1899 – Francis Ponge , French poet and author (d. 1988)
1899 – Gloria Swanson , American actress and producer (d. 1983)
1900 – Arleigh Winston Scott , Barbadian politician, Governor-General of Barbados (d. 1976)
1901 – Carl Barks , American illustrator and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1901 – Enrique Santos Discépolo , Argentine singer-songwriter, bandoneón player, and pianist (d. 1951)
1901 – George Dowty , English businessman, founded Dowty Group (d. 1975)
1901 – Erich Ollenhauer , German politician (d. 1963)
1901 – Eisaku Satō , Japanese politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
1901 – Gilberto Loyo , Mexican-Spanish economist and politician (d. 1973)
1901 – Kenneth Slessor , Australian journalist and poet (d. 1971)
1902 – Sidney Buchman , American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)
1902 – Charles Lang , American cinematographer (d. 1998)
1902 – Mary Nicol Neill Armour , Scottish painter and academic (d. 2000)
1903 – Nobuo Aoyagi , Japanese director and producer (d. 1976)
1903 – Betty Balfour , English actress, singer, and producer (d. 1977)
1903 – Leif Tronstad , Norwegian soldier and scientist (d. 1945)
1903 – Xavier Villaurrutia , Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1950)
1904 – Hal Kemp , American saxophonist, clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1940)
1905 – Leroy Carr , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1935)
1905 – Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff , German general (d. 1980)
1905 – Johnny Gill , American baseball player (d. 1984)
1905 – László Kalmár , Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1976)
1905 – Elsie MacGill , Canadian engineer (d. 1980)
1905 – Jack Patten , Australian journalist and activist (d. 1957)
1905 – Evaristo Sourdis Juliao , Colombian lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Colombia (d. 1970)
1906 – Pee Wee Russell , American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (d. 1969)
1907 – George Pollock , English director (d. 1979)
1907 – Mary Treen , American actress (d. 1989)
1908 – Arsène Heitz , French illustrator, co-designed the Flag of Europe (d. 1989)
1908 – Bernard Hügl , Croatian footballer and manager (d. 1982)
1908 – Sol Leshinsky , Canadian-American mathematician and economist (d. 1985)
1908 – Alberto Semprini , English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
1909 – Veikko Larkas , Finnish architect, designed the Pielisensuu Church (d. 1969)
1909 – Golo Mann , German historian and author (d. 1994)
1909 – Valery Marakou , Belarusian poet and translator (d. 1937)
1909 – Raymond Oliver , French chef and television host (d. 1990)
1909 – Ben Webster , American saxophonist (d. 1973)
1910 – Hugh Nibley , American historian, author, and academic (d. 2005)
1910 – Ai Qing , Chinese poet and author (d. 1996)
1910 – John R. Pierce , American engineer (d. 2002)
1910 – Raimund Schelcher , Tanzanian-German actor (d. 1972)
1911 – Viola Keats , Scottish-English actress (d. 1998)
1911 – Norman Livermore , American baseball player and environmentalist (d. 2006)
1911 – Franc Rozman , Slovenian general (d. 1944)
1911 – John Montague Stow , Barbadian politician (d. 1997)
1911 – Veronika Tushnova , Russian poet and physician (d. 1965)
1912 – James Callaghan , English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
1912 – Robert Hughes , Scottish-Australian composer (d. 2007)
1913 – Theodor Dannecker , German SS officer (d. 1945)
1913 – Paul Maitla , Estonian commander (d. 1945)
1913 – Ciril Praček , Slovenian skier (d. 2000)
1914 – Ces Burke , New Zealand cricketer (d. 1997)
1914 – Richard Denning , American actor (d. 1998)
1914 – Budd Schulberg , American author, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2009)
1914 – Kris Sivara , Thai general and politician, Thai Minister of Defence (d. 1976)
1915 – Wang Daohan , Chinese politician, Mayor of Shanghai (d. 2005)
1915 – Robert Lockwood, Jr. , American guitarist (d. 2006)
1915 – Bernardo Poli , Italian footballer (d. 1944)
1916 – Heinz-Wilhelm Eck , German commander (d. 1945)
1916 – Frank Pitelka , American ornithologist and educator (d. 2003)
1916 – Mario Tonelli , American football player and soldier (d. 2003)
1917 – Joko Beck , American monk and educator (d. 2011)
1917 – Reva Gerstein , Canadian psychologist and academic
1917 – Cyrus Vance , American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002)
1919 – Cornelius Rost , Austrian-German soldier (d. 1983)
1920 – William C. Conner , American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2009)
1920 – Richard Hayman , American harmonica player, conductor, and composer (d. 2014)
1920 – Robin Jacques , English illustrator (d. 1995)
1920 – Wallace McIntosh , Scottish lieutenant and pilot (d. 2007)
1920 – Colin Rowe , English-American historian, theorist, and academic (d. 1999)
1920 – Joe Tuminelli , American baseball player (d. 1980)
1921 – Hélène Berr , French Holocaust victim and author (d. 1945)
1921 – Fred Foy , American radio and television announcer (d. 2010)
1921 – Calvin Gotlieb , Canadian computer scientist and academic
1921 – Harry Järv , Finnish-Swedish lieutenant, historian and author (d. 2009)
1921 – Richard Marner , Russian-Scottish actor (d. 2004)
1921 – Moacir Barbosa Nascimento , Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2000)
1921 – Harold Nicholas , American actor and dancer (d. 2000)
1922 – Alex Agase , American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1922 – Barnaby Conrad , American author and translator (d. 2013)
1922 – Dick King-Smith English author (d. 2011)
1922 – Dan Kurzman , American journalist and author (d. 2010)
1922 – Murray Olderman , American author and illustrator
1922 – Jules Olitski , Ukrainian-American painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
1922 – Stefan Wul , French surgeon and author (d. 2003)
1923 – Shūsaku Endō , Japanese author (d. 1996)
1923 – Lorenzo Semple, Jr. , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2014)
1923 – Louis Simpson , Jamaican-American poet, translator, and academic (d. 2012)
1923 – Eliot Frankel , American television producer (d. 1990)
1924 – Ian Black , Scottish footballer (d. 2012)
1924 – Hideko Takamine , Japanese actress (d. 2010)
1924 – Sarah Vaughan , American singer (d. 1990)
1925 – Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb , English farmer and politician, 15th President of the European Parliament
1925 – Ian Robinson , Australian farmer, journalist, and politician
1926 – Bill Bagnall , American publisher, founded Motorcyclist Magazine (d. 2006)
1926 – Louis Blom-Cooper , English lawyer, author, and academic
1926 – Frank O'Hara , American writer (d. 1966)
1926 – Jacques Villeglé , French illustrator
1927 – Ibrahim Abi-Ackel , Brazilian politician, Minister of Justice for Brazil
1927 – Jean Beetz , Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 1991)
1927 – Ernest Eastman , Liberian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Liberia (d. 2011)
1927 – François Furet , French historian (d. 1997)
1927 – Coşkun Kırca , Turkish journalist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2005)
1927 – Anthony Lewis , American journalist and academic (d. 2013)
1927 – Mo Ostin , American record producer, co-founded Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records
1927 – Cornelius Pasichny , Canadian bishop (d. 2014)
1927 – Mstislav Rostropovich , Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)
1927 – Jacek Sempoliński , Polish painter and critic (d. 2012)
1927 – Ralph Sorenson , Canadian politician
1928 – Jean Dotto , French cyclist (d. 2000)
1928 – Radomir Konstantinović , Serbian philosopher and author (d. 2011)
1928 – Antonín Tučapský , Czech-English composer and educator (d. 2014)
1929 – Salvador Botella , Spanish cyclist (d. 2006)
1929 – Rita Briggs , American baseball player (d. 1994)
1929 – Sybil Christopher , Welsh actress and director (d. 2013)
1929 – Žarko Petan , Slovenian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1929 – Anne Ramsey , American actress (d. 1988)
1930 – Bob den Uyl , Dutch author (d. 1992)
1930 – Daniel Spoerri , Romanian-Swiss photographer
1931 – Walter Hooper , American author and scholar
1931 – David Janssen , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1932 – Roberto Farias , Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
1932 – Bailey Olter , Micronesian politician, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (d. 1999)
1932 – Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún , Spanish businessman and politician, Mayor of Madrid (d. 1991)
1932 – Trevor Stubley , English painter and illustrator (d. 2010)
1933 – Guido Bodrato , Italian politician
1933 – Robert Castel , French sociologist and academic (d. 2013)
1933 – Vince Gibson , American football player and coach (d. 2012)
1933 – Michel Guérard , French chef and author
1933 – Hazel Henderson , English economist and author
1933 – Don Lassetter , American baseball player
1933 – Gino Pivatelli , Italian footballer and coach
1933 – Lê Văn Hưng , Vietnamese general (d. 1975)
1934 – István Csurka , Hungarian journalist, author, and politician (d. 2012)
1934 – Ioannis Paleokrassas , Greek politician, 17th Greek Minister of Finance
1934 – Peter Schamoni , German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1935 – Abelardo Castillo , Argentinian author and playwright
1935 – John Henry Dowse , Australian rugby player
1935 – Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk , English politician
1935 – Lars Andreas Larssen , Norwegian actor (d. 2014)
1935 – Julian Glover , English actor
1935 – Race Mathews , Australian economist and politician
1935 – Stanley Rother , American priest and missionary (d. 1981)
1936 – Malcolm Goldstein , American violinist and composer
1936 – Otmar Issing , German economist and academic
1937 – Johnny Copeland , American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
1937 – Thomas Aquinas Daly , American painter and illustrator
1937 – Alan Hawkshaw , English keyboard player and songwriter (The Shadows )
1937 – Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna , Brazilian author and academic
1939 – Lawrence Eugene Brandt , American bishop
1939 – Angelo Cifelli , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Ladislas de Hoyos , Belgian-French journalist and politician (d. 2011)
1939 – Bruce Johnston , American criminal (d. 2002)
1939 – Jay Kim , South Korean-American engineer and politician
1939 – Cale Yarborough , American race car driver and businessman
1940 – Silvano Bertini , Italian boxer
1940 – Lindy Infante , American football player and coach (d. 2015)
1940 – Christina Jutterström , Swedish journalist
1940 – Ullrich Libor , German sailor
1940 – Janis Martin , American singer and guitarist (d. 2007)
1940 – Derrick Morgan , Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
1940 – Sandro Munari , Italian race car driver
1940 – Austin Pendleton , American actor, director, and playwright
1940 – June Wilkinson , English actress
1941 – Per Abramsen , Dutch sculptor and academic
1941 – Kurt Felix , Swiss television host (d. 2012)
1941 – Ivan Gašparovič , Slovak lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Slovakia
1941 – Peter Göbel , German figure skater
1941 – Antonina Lazareva , Russian high jumper
1941 – Helmuth Orthner , Austrian-American computer scientist and academic (d. 2009)
1941 – Chip Pashayan , American lawyer and politician
1941 – Liese Prokop , Austrian pentathlete and politician, Austrian Minister of the Interior (d. 2006)
1942 – John Adshead , English-New Zealand footballer and manager
1942 – Michael Jackson , English journalist and author (d. 2007)
1942 – Wili Jønsson , Danish singer-songwriter and bass player (Gasolin' )
1942 – John Sulston , English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Michael York , English actor
1943 – Keith Allan , English-Australian linguist and academic
1943 – S. Barry Barnes , English sociologist and academic
1943 – Mike Curtis , American football player and coach
1943 – Phil Frank , American cartoonist (d. 2007)
1943 – Nicholas Humphrey , English psychologist, author, and academic
1943 – Grant McCune , American special effects designer (d. 2010)
1943 – Lorraine Michael , Canadian nun, educator, and politician
1943 – Duncan Paterson , Scottish rugby player and manager (d. 2009)
1944 – Enrique Barón Crespo , Spanish economist, lawyer, and politician, 16th President of the European Parliament
1944 – Bryan Campbell , Canadian ice hockey player
1944 – Miguel Enríquez , Chilean physician and politician, (d. 1974)
1944 – Judi Garman , American-Canadian softball player and coach
1944 – Bebu Silvetti , Argentine pianist and composer (d. 2003)
1944 – Ann Sidney , English actress, television host, and 1964 Miss World
1944 – Lydia Yu-Jose , Filipino political scientist and academic (d. 2014)
1944 – Lorenzo Zambrano , Mexican businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
1945 – Rolf M. Aagaard , Norwegian photographer and author
1945 – Liddy Holloway , New Zealand actress and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1945 – Harry Rowohlt , German author and translator (d. 2015)
1945 – Władysław Stachurski , Polish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1946 – Michael Aris , Cuban-English author and academic (d. 1999)
1946 – Andy Bown , English bass player and songwriter (Status Quo , The Herd and Judas Jump )
1946 – Gisela Forster , German priest, theologian, and author
1946 – Andrea Giordana , Italian singer and actor
1946 – Mike Jackson , American baseball player
1946 – Boris Kopeikin , Russian footballer, coach, and manager
1947 – Marc-Yvan Côté , Canadian educator and politician
1947 – Craig Defoy , Welsh golfer
1947 – Oliver Ford , American athlete
1947 – Aad de Mos , Dutch footballer and manager
1947 – Oliver Friggieri , Maltese author and poet
1947 – Brian Jones , English balloonist
1947 – John Mayhew , English-Australian drummer (Genesis ) (d. 2009)
1947 – Walt Mossberg , American journalist
1947 – Bart Taminiau , Dutch field hockey player
1948 – Jens-Peter Bonde , Danish lawyer and politician
1948 – Dele Charley , Sierra Leonean author and playwright (d. 1993)
1948 – Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen , Finnish-English photographer
1948 – Rosemary Follett , Australian politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
1949 – Poul Ruders , Danish organist and composer
1949 – Leigh Steinberg , American lawyer and agent
1949 – Nancy Sullivan , American educator and politician
1950 – Julia Alvarez , American-Dominican author and poet
1950 – Tony Banks , English keyboard player and songwriter (Genesis )
1950 – Dimitar Ludzhev , Bulgarian economist and politician
1950 – David Edgar , American swimmer
1950 – Petros Efthymiou , Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
1950 – Maria Ewing , American soprano
1950 – Lynn McGlothen , American baseball player (d. 1984)
1950 – Madeleine Moon , English social worker and politician
1950 – Anton Ondruš , Czech-Slovak footballer
1950 – Terry Yorath , Welsh footballer and manager
1951 – Nigel Cawthorne , American-English journalist and author
1951 – Marielle de Sarnez , French politician
1951 – Andrei Kozyrev , Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia
1951 – Angelo Recchi , Italian footballer
1952 – Jan Albers , Dutch field hockey player
1952 – Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida , Catalan lawyer and politician
1952 – Erwin Fuchsbichler , Austrian footballer
1952 – Joško Marušić , Croatian animator and illustrator
1952 – Arnold Morgado , American football player and politician
1952 – Maria Schneider , French actress (d. 2011)
1952 – Richard Séguin , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Dana Stabenow , American author and blogger
1952 – Gheorghe Tadici , Romanian handball player and coach
1953 – Gary Wayne Alexander , American baseball player
1953 – Dennis Bevington , Canadian businessman and politician
1953 – George Copos , Romanian businessman and politician
1953 – Gabriele Gatti , Sanmarinese politician
1953 – Gary Griffin , Guamanian-American sailor
1953 – Rick Kirkman , American cartoonist
1953 – Edwarda O'Bara , American coma patient (d. 2012)
1953 – Wally Stocker , English guitarist (The Babys and Air Supply )
1953 – Herman Ponsteen , Dutch cyclist
1953 – Ranjit Sinha , Indian police officer
1954 – Marie-Claire Baldenweg , Swiss-Australian painter
1954 – Gerard Batten , English lawyer and politician
1954 – Paul Bennett , Canadian football player and coach
1954 – Armando Vara , Portuguese banker and politician
1955 – Nunu Abashidze , Ukrainian-Canadian shot putter
1955 – Yisrael Eichler , Israeli journalist and politician
1955 – Linda Jaivin , American-Australian author and translator
1955 – Patrick McCabe , Irish author and playwright
1955 – Mariano Rajoy , Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
1955 – Hana Sweid , Israeli engineer, academic, and politician
1955 – Jim Walker , Canadian drummer (Public Image Ltd )
1956 – Dale Arnold , American sportscaster and radio host
1956 – Dave Debol , American ice hockey player and coach
1956 – Leung Kwok-hung , Hong Kong activist and politician
1956 – Nora Volkow , Mexican-American physician and psychiatrist
1956 – Paul Wickens , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians )
1956 – John A. Peacock , English cosmologist and academic
1957 – Nick Hawkins , English lawyer and politician
1957 – Konstantin Kokora , Russian figure skater
1957 – Stephen Dillane , English actor
1957 – Billy Mackenzie , Scottish singer-songwriter (The Associates ) (d. 1997)
1957 – Kostas Vasilakakis , Greek footballer and manager
1958 – Didier de Radiguès , Belgian race car driver and motorcycle racer
1958 – Wim Hofkens , Dutch footballer and manager
1958 –Adrian Rawlins , British actor
1958 – Simon Acland , British venture capitalist and author
1958 – Wendy Jacob , American sculptor and academic
1958 – Parker Johnstone , American race car driver and sportscaster
1958 – Susan Molinari , American journalist and politician
1959 – Andrew Farriss , Australian keyboard player and songwriter (INXS )
1959 – Tatyana Ivinskaya , Belarusian basketball player
1959 – Kid Congo Powers , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club , Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds , Congo Norvell , The Cramps and Knoxville Girls )
1959 – Ivan Savvidis , Georgian-Russian businessman and politician
1959 – Oleksandr Sorokalet , Ukrainian volleyball player
1959 – Mariusz Strzałka , Polish fencer
1959 – Ivan Sunara , Croatian basketball player
1960 – Victor Bailey , American singer and bass player (Weather Report )
1960 – Philippe Bianconi , French pianist
1960 – Johannes Kerkorrel , South African singer-songwriter, playwright, and journalist (d. 2002)
1960 – Mark Lovell , English race car driver (d. 2003)
1960 – Hans Pflügler , German footballer
1960 – Renato Russo , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Legião Urbana and Aborto Elétrico) (d. 1996)
1960 – Heiki Vilep , Estonian poet and author
1960 – Tim Wrightman , American football player and coach
1961 – Mark Cohen , Irish cricketer
1961 – Ellery Hanley , English rugby league player and coach
1961 – Valērijs Kargins , Latvian economist and banker
1961 – Tak Matsumoto , Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (B'z and Tak Matsumoto Group )
1961 – Marcelo Daniel Colombo , Argentinian bishop
1962 – Kevin J. Anderson , American author
1962 – Jann Arden , Canadian singer-songwriter
1962 – Brett French , Australian rugby league player
1962 – Rob Hollink , Dutch poker player
1962 – John O'Farrell , English journalist and author
1962 – Brad Wright , American basketball player
1963 – Xuxa , Brazilian actress and singer
1963 – Charly Alberti , Argentinian drummer (Soda Stereo )
1963 – Cory Blackwell , American basketball player and minister
1963 – Randall Cunningham , American football player, coach, and pastor
1963 – Pip Karmel , Australian director and screenwriter
1963 – Dave Koz , American saxophonist and radio host
1963 – Jörg Michael , German drummer (Stratovarius , Mekong Delta , Running Wild , Saxon and Rage )
1963 – Bedabrata Pain , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Ed Pinckney , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1963 – Filippos Sachinidis , Canadian-Greek economist and politician, Minister of Finance for Greece
1963 – Mikhail Scherbakov , Russian singer-songwriter and poet
1963 – Gary Stevens , English-Australian footballer and physiotherapist
1963 – Quentin Tarantino , American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
1963 – Tim Worstall , English author and blogger
1964 – Glenn Carter , English actor and singer
1964 – Clark Datchler , English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Johnny Hates Jazz )
1964 – Guy Guzzone , American politician
1964 – Kad Merad , Algerian-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Jessica Soho , Filipino journalist
1965 – Sonia Falcone , Bolivian-American painter
1965 – Gregor Foitek , Swiss race car driver
1965 – Dina Talaat , Italian-Egyptian actress and dancer
1966 – Ramiro Castillo , Bolivian footballer (d. 1997)
1966 – Arthur H , French singer-songwriter and pianist
1966 – Žarko Paspalj , Serbian basketball player
1966 – Haruto Umezawa , Japanese illustrator
1967 – David Bavaro , American football player and educator
1967 – Giuseppe Citterio , Italian cyclist
1967 – Sergio Fernández González , Argentinian rower
1967 – Cathy Guetta , Senegalese-French businesswoman
1967 – Kenta Kobashi , Japanese wrestler and rugby player
1967 – Bob Morgan , Welsh diver
1967 – Jaime Navarro , Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
1967 – Heath Sherman , American football player
1967 – Talisa Soto , American model and actress
1967 – Dean Starkey , American pole vaulter and coach
1967 – Anthony Thornton , New Zealand field hockey player
1968 – Irina Belova , Russian heptathlete
1968 – Sandra Hess , Swiss-American actress
1968 – Stacey Kent , American singer and guitarist
1968 – Andrea Meyer , American journalist, author, and screenwriter
1968 – Isabelle Tuchband , French-Brazilian sculptor and painter
1968 – Piret Viirma , Estonian draughts player
1969 – Mary Kiani , Scottish singer-songwriter (The Time Frequency )
1969 – Stéphane Morin , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1969 – Todd Raleigh , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1969 – Stuart Slater , English footballer and coach
1969 – Pauley Perrette , American actress and singer
1970 – Derek Aucoin , Canadian baseball player
1970 – Kathalijne Buitenweg , Dutch politician
1970 – Mariah Carey , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1970 – Brent Fitz , Canadian-American drummer and songwriter (Theory of a Deadman , Union , Econoline Crush , and Indigenous )
1970 – Damian Hampson , Australian footballer
1970 – Brendan Hill , English-American drummer (Blues Traveler and Stolen Ogre )
1970 – Goran Janus , Slovenian ski jumper and coach
1970 – Aleksandr Klimenko , Ukrainian shot putter (d. 2000)
1970 – Jarrod McCracken , New Zealand rugby league player
1970 – Uwe Rosenberg , German game designer, created Bohnanza
1970 – Niša Saveljić , Montenegrin footballer
1970 – Mauricio Vallina , Cuban-Belgian pianist and composer
1971 – Kelvyn Alp , New Zealand politician
1971 – Victor Bodiu , Moldovan economist and politician
1971 – David Coulthard , Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
1971 – Nathan Fillion , Canadian actor
1971 – Santiago Herrero Amor , Spanish footballer
1971 – Roger Owensby, Jr. , American sergeant (d. 2000)
1971 – Matt Pegg , English bass player (Procol Harum )
1972 – Ignacio Garrido , Spanish golfer
1972 – Charlie Haas , American wrestler
1972 – Jérôme Minière , French-Canadian singer
1972 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink , Surinamese-Dutch footballer and coach
1972 – Kevin Hodson , Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – Emily Kapnek , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Kieran Modra , Australian cyclist and swimmer
1972 – Van Phillips , English golfer
1973 – Ade Adepitan , Nigerian-English basketball player and actor
1973 – Rui Jorge , Portuguese footballer and manager
1973 – Greg Lalas , Greek-American soccer player and sportscaster
1973 – Pablo Pozo , Chilean footballer and referee
1973 – Roger Telemachus , South African cricketer
1974 – Luca Banti , Italian footballer and referee
1974 – Marek Citko , Polish footballer and manager
1974 – Graham Clarke , Irish hurler
1974 – Andrea Conti , Italian basketball player and manager
1974 – Bernard Curry , Australian actor, screenwriter, and composer
1974 – Aubrey Haynie , American fiddler, mandolin player, and songwriter
1974 – Joan Horrach , Spanish cyclist
1974 – George Koumantarakis , Greek-South African footballer
1974 – Aram Margaryan , Armenian wrestler
1974 – Gaizka Mendieta , Spanish footballer
1974 – Dmitri Yemets , Russian author
1975 – Fergie , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (The Black Eyed Peas and Wild Orchid )
1975 – Yelena Vladimirovna Afanasyeva , Russian politician
1975 – Andrew Blowers , New Zealand rugby player
1975 – Kim Felton , Australian golfer
1975 – Katsuaki Fujiwara , Japanese motorcycle racer
1975 – Bruce Jacobs , South African field hockey player
1975 – Mihaela Melinte , Romanian hammer thrower
1975 – Hennadiy Moroz , Ukrainian footballer
1975 – Stefán Þórðarson , Icelandic footballer
1975 – Andrea Jennifer Shubert , American video game designer and producer
1976 – Roberta Anastase , Romanian politician, 57th President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
1976 – Adrian Anca , Romanian footballer and manager
1976 – Djamel Belmadi , French-Algerian footballer and manager
1976 – Danny Fortson , American basketball player
1977 – Víctor Ávila , Mexican basketball player
1977 – Elías Larry Ayuso , American basketball player
1977 – Vítor Meira , Brazilian race car driver
1977 – Zed Seselja , Australian lawyer and politician
1978 – Leo Aberer , Austrian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – Marius Bakken , Norwegian runner
1978 – Dee Brown , American baseball player
1978 – Amélie Cocheteux , French tennis player
1978 – Kahlil Joseph , Indian actor and educator
1978 – Dorothea Lasky , American poet and educator
1979 – Vidas Alunderis , Lithuanian footballer
1979 – Louise Brealey , English actress, producer, and screenwriter
1979 – Michael Cuddyer , American baseball player
1979 – Denis Golovanov , Russian tennis player and coach
1979 – Lee Ji-hoon , South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
1979 – Martin Larsson , Swedish skier
1979 – Hayden Mullins , English footballer
1979 – Tom Palmer , English rugby player
1979 – Jermaine Phillips , American football player
1979 – Brook Silva-Braga , American director, producer, and cinematographer
1979 – Imran Tahir , Pakistani-South African cricketer
1979 – Jenny Wilson , South African field hockey player
1980 – Wilfred Bamnjo , Cameroonian footballer
1980 – Cesare Cremonini , Italian singer-songwriter and actor (Lùnapop )
1980 – Sean Ryan , American football player
1980 – Michaela Paštiková , Czech tennis player
1980 – Greg Puciato , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Dillinger Escape Plan and Killer Be Killed )
1980 – Basil Shaaban , Lebanese race car driver
1981 – Carey Davis , American football player
1981 – Jukka Keskisalo , Finnish runner
1981 – Terry McFlynn , Irish footballer
1981 – Gavin Skelton , English footballer
1981 – Chen Yan , Chinese swimmer
1982 – Radoslav Banga , Czech rapper (Gipsy.cz )
1982 – Shawn Beveney , Guyanese footballer
1982 – Kurara Chibana , Japanese model and actress, Miss Universe Japan 2006
1982 – Iman Crosson , American actor and dancer
1982 – Luke Guttridge , English footballer
1982 – Francisco José Pacheco , Spanish cyclist
1982 – Jhon Valencia , Colombian footballer and coach
1983 – Alina Devecerski , Swedish singer-songwriter
1983 – Yuliya Golubchikova , Russian pole vaulter
1983 – Robert Guerrero , American boxer
1983 – Joshua Hill , Australian baseball player
1983 – Yunus İçuz , Turkish footballer
1983 – Vasily Koshechkin , Russian ice hockey player
1983 – Román Martínez , Argentinian footballer
1983 – Igor Picușceac , Moldovan footballer
1983 – Jacques Riparelli , Cameroonian-Italian sprinter
1984 – Adam Ashley-Cooper , Australian rugby player
1984 – Nesar Ahmad Bahave , Afghan martial artist
1984 – Michaël Cordier , Belgian footballer
1984 – Laura Critchley , English singer-songwriter
1984 – Kylie Cronk , Australian softball player
1984 – Ben Franks , Australian-New Zealand rugby player
1984 – Brett Holman , Australian footballer
1984 – Emily Ann Lloyd , American actress
1984 – Ryan Salvis , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Fernando Usero , Spanish footballer
1984 – Jonathan Wade , American football player
1985 – Kasmir , Finnish singer-songwriter and producer (Collarbone )
1985 – Anton Amelchenko , Belarussian footballer
1985 – Dario Baldauf , Austrian footballer
1985 – Luis Bolaños , Ecuadorian footballer
1985 – Dustin Byfuglien , American ice hockey player
1985 – Alison Carroll , English gymnast, model, and actress
1985 – Stijn De Smet , Belgian footballer
1985 – Vitaly Gurkov , Belarusian kick-boxer
1985 – Karina Vnukova , Lithuanian high jumper
1985 – Danny Vuković , Australian footballer
1985 – Jeremy Yasasa , Papua New Guinean footballer
1986 – Titus Brown , American football player
1986 – Boris Grachev , Russian chess player
1986 – Chris Lofton , American basketball player
1986 – Ellen Joyce Loo , Canadian-Hong Kong singer-songwriter and guitarist (at17 )
1986 – Xavier Marshall , Jamaican cricketer
1986 – Manuel Neuer , German footballer
1986 – Marcus Pode , Swedish footballer
1986 – Garrett Raboin , American ice hockey player
1986 – Sébastien Regy , French rugby player
1986 – Andrés Silva , Uruguayan hurdler and sprinter
1986 – Pedro Solberg Salgado , Brazilian volleyball player
1986 – George Whitelock , New Zealand rugby player
1987 – Alejandro Castro , Mexican footballer
1987 – Luís Cláudio Carvalho da Silva , Brazilian footballer
1987 – Chad Denny , Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Lene Egeli , Norwegian model, Miss Norway 2008
1987 – Samuel Francis , Nigerian-Qatari sprinter
1987 – Polina Gagarina , Russian singer-songwriter and actress
1987 – Anthony Levine , American football player
1987 – Florencio Morán , Mexican footballer
1987 – Alex Pledger , New Zealand basketball player
1987 – Buster Posey , American baseball player
1987 – José Fernando Viana de Santana , Brazilian footballer
1987 – Victor Vito , New Zealand rugby player
1987 – Shin Young-rok , South Korean footballer
1987 – Alexander Weckström , Finnish footballer
1988 – Jessie J , English singer-songwriter
1988 – Rodriguinho Marinho , Brazilian footballer
1988 – Darren Smith , Scottish footballer
1988 – Brenda Song , American actress and singer
1988 – Atsuto Uchida , Japanese footballer
1989 – Nana Attakora , Canadian soccer player
1989 – Curtis Hargrove , German-Canadian humanitarian and runner
1989 – Matt Harvey , American baseball player
1989 – Camilla Lees , New Zealand netball player
1989 – Fábio Freire Martins , Brazilian footballer
1989 – Šarūnas Vasiliauskas , Lithuanian basketball player
1990 – Joselu , German-Spanish footballer
1990 – Kimbra , New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
1990 – Taylor Benjamin , Canadian-Guyanese footballer
1990 – Alessio Bugno , Italian footballer
1990 – Leandro Chichizola , Argentinian footballer
1990 – Maksim Dobroshtanov , Russian footballer
1990 – Ben Hunt , Australian rugby league footballer
1990 – Junior Lake , Dominican baseball player
1990 – Nicolas Nkoulou , Cameroonian footballer
1990 – Jake Odorizzi , American baseball player
1990 – Meelis Peitre , Estonian footballer
1990 – Natalia Sánchez , Spanish actress and singer (Santa Justa Klan )
1990 – Scott Selwood , Australian footballer
1990 – Pholien Systermans , Belgian swimmer
1990 – Janina Toljan , Austrian tennis player
1991 – Chloe Marshall , English model
1991 – Shayne Whittington , American basketball player
1991 – Björn Höhne , German volleyball player
1992 – Cameron Edwards , Australian footballer
1992 – Mark Gillespie , English footballer
1992 – Pedro Obiang , Spanish footballer
1992 – Aoi Yūki , Japanese voice actress and singer
1993 – Dariya Derkach , Ukrainian-Italian hurdler and long jumper
215 BC – Emperor Kōrei of Japan (b. 342 BC)
710 – Rupert of Salzburg , Austrian bishop and saint (b. 660)
853 – Haymo of Halberstadt , German bishop and author (b. 778)
973 – Hermann Billung , Frankish lieutenant (b. 900)
1045 – Ali ibn Ahmad al-Jarjara'i , Fatimid vizier
1221 – Berengaria of Portugal (b. 1194)
1223 – Raymond-Roger, Count of Foix (b. 1152)
1237 – John of Brienne (b. 1170)
1350 – Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
1378 – Pope Gregory XI (b. 1336)
1381 – Juana Manuel , Spanish wife of Henry II of Castile (b. 1339)
1427 – Rinaldo Brancaccio , Italian cardinal
1462 – Vasily II of Moscow (b. 1415)
1472 – Janus Pannonius , Hungarian bishop and poet (b. 1434)
1482 – Mary of Burgundy (b. 1457)
1510 – Beatrice de Frangepan (b. 1480)
1555 – William Hunter , English martyr (b. 1535)
1564 – Lütfi Pasha , Turkish historian and politician, 37th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1488)
1572 – Girolamo Maggi , Italian scholar, jurist, and poet (b. 1523)
1598 – Theodor de Bry , Belgian-German engraver, goldsmith, and publisher (b. 1528)
1613 – Sigismund Báthory , Hungarian husband of Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1572)
1615 – Margaret of Valois (b. 1553)
1621 – Benedetto Giustiniani , Italian cardinal (b. 1554)
1625 – James VI and I of the United Kingdom (b. 1566)
1635 – Robert Naunton , English politician (b. 1563)
1676 – Bernardino de Rebolledo , Spanish poet, soldier, and diplomat (b. 1597)
1676 – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 8th Duke of Alburquerque , Spanish general and politician, Viceroy of New Spain (b. 1619)
1678 – Juan de Leyva de la Cerda, conde de Baños , Spanish politician, Viceroy of New Spain (b. 1604)
1679 – Abraham Mignon , Dutch painter (b. 1640)
1697 – Simon Bradstreet , English-American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1603)
1714 – Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1650)
1714 – Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1633)
1715 – August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig (b. 1655)
1729 – Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1679)
1745 – Tommaso Crudeli , Italian poet and lawyer (b. 1702)
1757 – Johann Stamitz , Czech violinist and composer (b. 1717)
1759 – August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof , German painter and entomologist (b. 1705)
1770 – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo , Italian painter (b. 1696)
1770 – Jacopo Stellini , Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1699)
1778 – Nicolas-Sébastien Adam , French sculptor (b. 1705)
1809 – Joseph-Marie Vien , French painter (b. 1716)
1827 – François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt , French sociologist and reformer (b. 1747)
1827 – Dmitry Venevitinov , Russian poet (b. 1805)
1828 – Johann Gottfried Tulla , German colonel and engineer (b. 1770)
1836 – James Fannin , American colonel (b. 1804)
1837 – Thomas Thynne, 2nd Marquess of Bath , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1765)
1840 – Philipp Albert Stapfer , Swiss philosopher and politician (b. 1766)
1843 – Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny , English politician (b. 1755)
1843 – Karl Salomo Zachariae von Lingenthal , German lawyer and jurist (b. 1769)
1844 – Dmitry Golitsyn , Russian-French general and politician (b. 1771)
1848 – Gabriel Bibron , French zoologist and herpetologist (b. 1805)
1849 – Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford , Irish-Canadian politician, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
1850 – Wilhelm Beer , Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
1854 – William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland , English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1768)
1858 – Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville , French entomologist and author (b. 1775)
1859 – Adelaide Tosi , Italian soprano (b. 1800)
1864 – Jean-Jacques Ampère , French philologist and academic (b. 1800)
1865 – Richard Cox , Australian cricketer (b. 1830)
1867 – Prideaux John Selby , English ornithologist and botanist (b. 1788)
1868 – Krishnaraja Wadiyar III , Indian poet (b. 1794)
1869 – James Harper , American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
1873 – Amédée Simon Dominique Thierry , French journalist and historian (b. 1797)
1875 – Juan Crisóstomo Torrico , Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)
1875 – Edgar Quinet , French historian and academic (b. 1803)
1877 – Samuel Lysons , English priest and historian (b. 1806)
1878 – George Gilbert Scott , English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
1878 – Dobri Voynikov , Bulgarian journalist, playwright, and educator (b. 1833)
1879 – Dezydery Chłapowski , Polish general and businessman (b. 1788)
1879 – Hércules Florence , French-Brazilian painter and inventor (b. 1804)
1879 – Prince Waldemar of Prussia (b. 1868)
1880 – Nils Johan Andersson , Swedish botanist and academic (b. 1821)
1880 – Francis Alexander , American painter (b. 1800)
1882 – Jørgen Moe , Norwegian bishop, poet, and author (b. 1813)
1883 – Philipp Christoph Zeller , German entomologist and educator (b. 1808)
1884 – Richard Böhm , German zoologist and explorer (b. 1854)
1885 – Heinrich Julian Schmidt , German journalist and historian (b. 1818)
1885 – Friedrich Johannes Jacob Celestin von Schwarzenberg , Austrian cardinal (b. 1809)
1886 – Henry Taylor , English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
1888 – Francesco Faà di Bruno , Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1825)
1889 – John Bright , English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1811)
1890 – Carl Jacob Löwig , German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
1893 – Alphonse Beau de Rochas , French engineer (b. 1815)
1897 – Andreas Anagnostakis , Greek physician and academic (b. 1826)
1898 – Syed Ahmad Khan , Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
1898 – Princess Francisca of Brazil (b. 1824)
1898 – Édouard Delessert , French painter, archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
1899 – Myles Birket Foster , English illustrator, painter, and engraver (b. 1825)
1900 – Joseph A. Campbell , American businessman, founded the Campbell Soup Company (b. 1817)
1904 – Takeo Hirose , Japanese commander (b. 1868)
1906 – Eugène Carrière , French painter and photographer (b. 1849)
1908 – Charles N. Sims , American Methodist preacher and third chancellor of Syracuse University (b. 1835)
1909 – Gyula Kautz , Hungarian economist and academic (b. 1829)
1910 – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz , Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (b. 1835)
1912 – Tibor von Földváry , Hungarian figure skater (b. 1863)
1913 – James K. L. Duncan , American soldier (b. 1845)
1913 – Richard Montgomery Gano , American minister, physician, and general (b. 1830)
1914 – Spencer Gore , English painter (b. 1878)
1914 – Peter Grace , American captain (b. 1845)
1915 – Liu Shifu , Chinese anarchist (b. 1884)
1916 – Susan Blow , American educator (b. 1843)
1916 – Kārlis Mīlenbahs , Latvian-Estonian linguist and author (b. 1853)
1917 – Moses Jacob Ezekiel , American-Italian soldier and sculptor (b. 1844)
1918 – Henry Adams , American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1838)
1918 – Martin Sheridan , Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (b. 1881)
1919 – Martin Maginnis , American journalist and politician (b. 1841)
1920 – Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1827)
1921 – Mouha ou Hammou Zayani , Moroccan rebel leader (b. 1863)
1921 – Harry Barron , English general and politician, 16th Governor of Western Australia (b. 1847)
1922 – Philippe A. Guye , Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1862)
1922 – Otto Hirschfeld , German academic and epigrapher (b. 1843)
1922 – Nikolay Sokolov , Russian composer and educator (b. 1859)
1923 – James Dewar , Scottish chemist and physicist (b. 1842)
1924 – Walter Parratt , English organist and composer (b. 1841)
1924 – John George Alexander Leishman , American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1857)
1925 – John Koss , Norwegian boxer (b. 1895)
1925 – Carl Neumann , German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
1926 – Kick Kelly , American baseball player, manager, and umpire (b. 1856)
1926 – Georges Vézina , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
1927 – Joe Start , American baseball player and manager (b. 1842)
1927 – Klaus Berntsen , Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1844)
1927 – William Healey Dall , American biologist, malacologist, and explorer (b. 1845)
1928 – Leslie Stuart , English organist and composer (b. 1863)
1929 – Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge (b. 1873)
1929 – Samuil Shatunovsky , Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1859)
1930 – Paula Blackton , American actress and director (b. 1881)
1930 – Sister Christine , German-American educator (b. 1866)
1931 – Arnold Bennett , English author and playwright (b. 1867)
1932 – Justinian Oxenham , Australian public servant (b. 1860)
1932 – Eliezer Steinbarg , Romanian author and educator (b. 1880)
1932 – Kaarlo Väkevä , Finnish boxer (b. 1909)
1932 – Jacques Zon , Dutch painter (b. 1872)
1933 – Princess Mathilde of Saxony (b. 1863)
1934 – Musa al-Husayni , Palestinian politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1853)
1934 – Francis William Reitz , South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)
1935 – Huzaima bint Nasser , Iraqi wife of Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1884)
1936 – Christine Buisman , Dutch phytopathologist and botanist (b. 1900)
1937 – Axel Anderberg , Swedish architect, designed the Swedish Museum of Natural History (b. 1860)
1938 – Romolo Bacchini , Italian director, painter, and poet (b. 1873)
1938 – Friedrich Leo von Rottenberger , Austrian gardener and architect (b. 1872)
1938 – William Stern , German-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1871)
1939 – Ferdinand von Quast , Austrian general (b. 1850)
1940 – Madeleine Astor , American survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (b. 1893)
1940 – Michael Joseph Savage , Australian-New Zealander politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
1940 – Walter Weston , English priest, missionary, and mountaineer (b. 1860)
1941 – Primo Riccitelli , Italian composer (b. 1875)
1942 – Julio González , Catalan sculptor and painter (b. 1876)
1942 – Vernon Kell , English intelligence officer and soldier (b. 1873)
1943 – Franz Hoffmeister , German priest, founded Sauerländer Heimatbund and Festspiele Balver Höhle (b. 1898)
1943 – George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway , English politician, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1882)
1944 – Eduino Francini , Italian partisan (b. 1925)
1945 – Vincent Hugo Bendix , American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (b. 1881)
1945 – Ángel Melogno , Uruguayan footballer (b. 1905)
1945 – Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil , Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1866)
1946 – Octave Aubry , French historian and author (b. 1881)
1946 – Karl Groos , German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1861)
1946 – Ludvig Kornerup , Swedish footballer and referee (b. 1871)
1946 – Johnny Summers , English boxer (b. 1882)
1947 – Edith Craig , English actress, director, producer, and fashion designer (b. 1869)
1947 – Sydney Howard Smith , English tennis and badminton player (b. 1872)
1947 – Charlie Smith , South African cricketer (b. 1872)
1948 – Henry Hamilton Beamish , English-Rhodesian politician (b. 1873)
1949 – Gregory Mathews , Australian-English ornithologist and author (b. 1876)
1950 – Dezső Földes , Hungarian-American fencer (b. 1880)
1951 – Ida Roland , Austrian-German actress (b. 1881)
1952 – Kiichiro Toyoda , Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (b. 1894)
1953 – Charles Finlayson , South African cricketer (b. 1903)
1954 – Walter M. Pierce , American lawyer and politician, 17th Governor of Oregon (b. 1861)
1955 – Geoffrey Coleridge, 3rd Baron Coleridge , English captain (b. 1877)
1956 – Évariste Lévi-Provençal , French orientalist and historian (b. 1894)
1956 – Giuseppe Merosi , Italian engineer (b. 1872)
1957 – Roberts Dambītis , Latvian soldier and politician (b. 1881)
1958 – Robert Baberske , German cinematographer (b. 1900)
1958 – Leon C. Phillips , American lawyer and politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1890)
1960 – Gregorio Marañón , Spanish physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1887)
1960 – Ian Whyte , Scottish conductor and composer (b. 1901)
1961 – Moshe Novomeysky , Russian-Israeli scientist and engineer (b. 1873)
1961 – Jack Kane , Canadian clarinet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1924)
1962 – James Basevi , English-American art director and set designer (b. 1890)
1962 – Jack Britton , American boxer (b. 1885)
1962 – Augusta Savage , American sculptor (b. 1892)
1963 – Harold Dow Bugbee , American painter, illustrator, and curator (b. 1900)
1963 – Harry Piel , German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)
1964 – Roger Motz , Belgian engineer and politician (b. 1904)
1965 – Francis Cuggy , English footballer and manager (b. 1889)
1966 – Archer Baldwin , American-born English farmer and politician (b. 1883)
1966 – Hermann Garrn , German footballer (b. 1888)
1966 – Ragnar Josephson , Swedish historian and author (b. 1891)
1966 – Karl König , Austrian-German pediatrician (b. 1902)
1966 – Helen Menken , American actress (b. 1901)
1967 – Malcolm Arbuthnot , English photographer and painter (b. 1877)
1967 – Jaroslav Heyrovský , Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
1967 – Nikolai Yut , Russian author and critic (b. 1898)
1968 – Yuri Gagarin , Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934)
1968 – Vladimir Seryogin , Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1922)
1969 – Archie Bradley , Australian boxer and rugby player (b. 1897)
1969 – David Lloyd , Welsh tenor (b. 1912)
1969 – Antonio Pigliaru , Italian philosopher, academic, and jurist (b. 1922)
1969 – Mário Sacramento , Portuguese physician and author (b. 1920)
1970 – Nicholas Attygalle , Sri Lankan surgeon and academic (b. 1894)
1970 – A. C. Schiffler , American lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
1971 – Albin Grau , German architect and production designer (b. 1884)
1973 – Aldo Carpi , Italian painter and author (b. 1886)
1973 – Mikhail Kalatozov , Georgian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1903)
1973 – Timo K. Mukka , Swedish-Finnish author (b. 1944)
1974 – Wang Ming , Chinese politician (b. 1904)
1974 – Eduardo Santos , Colombian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888)
1975 – Arthur Bliss , English conductor and composer (b. 1891)
1976 – Georg August Zinn , German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Hesse (b. 1901)
1977 – Shirley Graham Du Bois , American author, playwright, and composer (b. 1896)
1977 – A. P. Hamann , American lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
1977 – Diana Hyland , American actress (b. 1936)
1977 – Benny Moten , American bassist (b. 1916)
1977 – Gustav Schickedanz , German businessman (b. 1895)
1977 – Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten , Dutch captain and pilot (b. 1927)
1978 – Nat Bailey , Canadian businessman, founded the White Spot (b. 1902)
1978 – Stewart Duke-Elder , Scottish ophthalmologist and physician (b. 1898)
1978 – Sverre Farstad , Norwegian speed skater (b. 1920)
1978 – Clemens Kapuuo , Namibian educator and politician (b. 1923)
1978 – Frank Mitchinson , New Zealand rugby player (b. 1884)
1979 – Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett , New Zealand physicist and meteorologist (b. 1901)
1979 – Vincenc Beneš , Czech painter (b. 1883)
1979 – William Elliott , Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1898)
1979 – Melville S. Green , American physicist and academic (b. 1922)
1980 – Philip W. Anderson , American film editor (b. 1915)
1980 – Steve Fisher , American author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1981 – Jakob Ackeret , Swiss engineer and academic (b. 1898)
1981 – Olle Björklund , Swedish actor and journalist (b. 1916)
1981 – Mao Dun , Chinese journalist, author, and critic (b. 1895)
1981 – Preben Kaas , Danish comedian, actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
1981 – Jüri Kukk , Estonian chemist and Soviet dissident (b. 1940)
1982 – John Addey , English astrologer and author (b. 1920)
1982 – Fernando Alessandri , Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
1982 – Fazlur Rahman Khan , Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect, designed the John Hancock Center and Willis Tower (b. 1929)
1985 – Hugh Farquharson , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
1985 – Ben Ramsey , American lawyer and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (b. 1903)
1985 – Christopher Vokes , Irish-Canadian general (b. 1904)
1986 – Harold Harding , English engineer (b. 1900)
1986 – İhap Hulusi Görey , Turkish illustrator (b. 1898)
1987 – Giuseppe Ambrosoli , Italian-Ugandan priest, physician, missionary, and philanthropist (b. 1923)
1987 – William Bowers , American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1987 – Tim Lee Carter , American soldier, physician, and politician (b. 1910)
1987 – Erich Clar , German chemist and academic (b. 1902)
1987 – Tonny Koeswoyo , Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koes Plus ) (b. 1936)
1988 – Fred Rose , Australian footballer (b. 1919)
1988 – Charles Willeford , American author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)
1989 – May Allison , American actress (b. 1890)
1989 – Malcolm Cowley , American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1898)
1989 – Cláudio Santoro , Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1919)
1990 – Percy Beard , American hurdler and coach (b. 1908)
1990 – Marilyn Buferd , American model and actress, Miss America 1946 (b. 1925)
1990 – Jarl Gallén , Finnish historian and academic (b. 1908)
1990 – František Kopečný , Czech etymologist and academic (b. 1909)
1991 – Ralph Bates , English actor (b. 1940)
1991 – Alfredo Campoli , Italian-English violinist (b. 1906)
1991 – Aldo Ray , American actor (b. 1926)
1991 – Igor Ryomin , Russian footballer (b. 1940)
1992 – Easley Blackwood, Sr. , American bridge player and author (b. 1903)
1992 – Anita Colby , American model and actress (b. 1914)
1992 – Colin Gibson , English footballer (b. 1923)
1992 – Lang Hancock , Australian businessman (b. 1909)
1992 – Leueen MacGrath , English actress and playwright (b. 1914)
1992 – Harald Sæverud , Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1897)
1992 – James E. Webb , American colonel and politician, 16th Under Secretary of State (b. 1906)
1993 – Clifford Jordan , American saxophonist (b. 1931)
1993 – Kamal Hassan Ali , Egyptian general and politician, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1921)
1993 – Arthur Larson , American lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
1993 – Paul László , Hungarian-American architect and interior designer (b. 1900)
1993 – Elizabeth Holloway Marston , Manx-American psychologist and author (b. 1893)
1993 – Kate Reid , British-born Canadian actress (b. 1930)
1993 – Ernst Streng , German cyclist (b. 1942)
1994 – Otto Bonsema , Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1909)
1994 – Josef Schächter , Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1901)
1994 – Lawrence Wetherby , American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1908)
1995 – René Allio , French director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1995 – Albert Drach , Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1902)
1995 – Maurizio Gucci , Italian businessman (b. 1948)
1995 – Margita Figuli , Slovakian author and translator (b. 1909)
1995 – Asher Hassin , Moroccan-Israeli educator and politician (b. 1918)
1995 – Tony Lovink , Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1902)
1995 – Imre Nyéki , Hungarian swimmer (b. 1928)
1996 – Seán Browne , Irish politician (b. 1916)
1996 – Ignace Kowalczyk , German-French footballer (b. 1913)
1996 – Alfred Hirschmeier , German art director and production designer (b. 1931)
1996 – André Lefevere , Belgian-American linguist and theorist (b. 1945)
1996 – Samuel Schoenbaum , American scholar and author (b. 1927)
1996 – Alfred Waterman , English cricketer (b. 1911)
1996 – Howard Wyeth , American drummer and pianist (b. 1944)
1997 – George Malcolm Brown , English geologist and academic (b. 1925)
1997 – Lane Dwinell , American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1906)
1997 – Birger Hatlebakk , Norwegian businessman and politician (b. 1912)
1997 – Charles Lillard , American-Canadian historian, author, and poet (b. 1944)
1997 – Ella Maillart , Swiss skier, sailor, field hockey player, and photographer (b. 1903)
1997 – Émile Stijnen , Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1907)
1998 – Julio César Britos , Uruguayan footballer (b. 1926)
1998 – David McClelland , American psychologist and academic (b. 1917)
1998 – Aghajani Kashmeri , Indian-Canadian screenwriter and poet (b. 1908)
1998 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche , Austrian businessman (b. 1909)
1998 – Karl-Adolf Zenker , German admiral (b. 1907)
1999 – Michael Aris , Cuban-English author and academic (b. 1946)
1999 – Lindsay Booth , Australian farmer and businessman (b. 1918)
1999 – Ernestina de Champourcín , Spanish poet and author (b. 1905)
1999 – Nahum Stelmach , Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1936)
2000 – George Allen , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
2000 – Ian Dury , English singer-songwriter and actor (The Blockheads ) (b. 1942)
2000 – Bruno Hunziker , Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2000 – Yrjö Lehtilä , Finnish shot putter (b. 1916)
2000 – Gary Allan Polis , American arachnologist and zoologist (b. 1946)
2000 – Priya Rajvansh , Indian actress (b. 1937)
2001 – Anthony Dexter , American actor (b. 1913)
2001 – Boris Rauschenbach , Russian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1915)
2002 – Milton Berle , American comedian and actor (b. 1908)
2002 – Randy Carr , American drummer and guitarist (Social Distortion ) (b. 1956)
2002 – Dudley Moore , English actor and comedian (b. 1935)
2002 – Lotte Ulbricht , German politician (b. 1903)
2002 – Billy Wilder , Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
2003 – Alan Ackerman Beetle , American botanist (b. 1913)
2003 – Edwin Carr , New Zealand composer and educator (b. 1926)
2003 – Daniel Ceccaldi , French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2003 – Paul Zindel , American playwright and novelist (b. 1936)
2004 – Art James , American game show host (b. 1929)
2004 – Miriam Lichtheim , Israeli historian, translator, and academic (b. 1914)
2004 – H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins , English chemist and academic (b. 1923)
2004 – Einar Magnussen , Norwegian economist and politician, Minister of Trade and Shipping (b. 1931)
2004 – Robert Merle , French author (b. 1909)
2004 – Adán Sánchez , American-Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
2004 – Larry Trask , American linguist and academic (b. 1944)
2004 – James Wapakhabulo , Ugandan lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
2005 – Wilfred Gordon Bigelow , Canadian soldier and surgeon (b. 1913)
2005 – Gwydion Brooke , English bassoonist (b. 1912)
2005 – Bob Casey , American sportscaster (b. 1925)
2005 – Elvira Farreras i Valentí , Spanish poet and author (b. 1913)
2005 – Grant Johannesen , American pianist and educator (b. 1921)
2005 – Richard Kearney , New Zealand lawyer and judge (b. 1930)
2005 – Antonio Téllez , Spanish journalist and historian (b. 1921)
2005 – Rigo Tovar , Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1946)
2005 – Ahmed Zaki , Egyptian actor and producer (b. 1949)
2006 – Lesław Bartelski , Polish author (b. 1920)
2006 – Dan Curtis , American director and producer (b. 1928)
2006 – Ian Hamilton Finlay , Scottish poet and gardener (b. 1925)
2006 – Stanisław Lem , Ukrainian-Polish author (b. 1921)
2006 – Ruari McLean , Scottish typographer (b. 1917)
2006 – Lyn Nofziger , American journalist and author (b. 1924)
2006 – Rudolf Vrba , Czech Holocaust survivor and educator (b. 1924)
2006 – Peter Wells , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Rose Tattoo and Buffalo ) (b. 1946)
2006 – Neil Williams , English cricketer (b. 1962)
2007 – Nancy Adams , New Zealand botanist and illustrator (b. 1926)
2007 – Hans Hedberg , Swedish-French sculptor (b. 1917)
2007 – Paul Lauterbur , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
2007 – Ransom A. Myers , American-Canadian biologist and academic (b. 1952)
2007 – John Ward , English archbishop (b. 1929)
2007 – Charlotte Winters , American soldier (b. 1897)
2008 – Jean-Marie Balestre , French businessman (b. 1921)
2008 – George Pruteanu , Romanian educator and politician (b. 1947)
2009 – Jack Dreyfus , American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (b. 1913)
2009 – Evert Grift , Dutch cyclist (b. 1922)
2009 – Irving R. Levine , American journalist and author (b. 1922)
2009 – Arnold Meri , Estonian colonel (b. 1919)
2009 – Kon Sasaki , Japanese photographer (b. 1918)
2010 – Dick Giordano , American illustrator (b. 1932)
2010 – Zbigniew Gut , Polish footballer (b. 1949)
2010 – Stephen Hearst , Austrian-English broadcaster and academic (b. 1919)
2010 – Heinz Höhne , German journalist and historian (b. 1926)
2010 – Peter Herbolzheimer , German trombonist and bandleader (b. 1935)
2010 – Stanley Vann , English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1910)
2011 – Clement Arrindell , Nevisian judge and politician, 1st Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (b. 1931)
2011 – Farley Granger , American actor (b. 1925)
2011 – George Tooker , American painter (b. 1920)
2012 – Hugo Biermann , South African admiral (b. 1916)
2012 – Larry Haws , American educator and politician (b. 1940)
2012 – Harold G. Hillam , American religious leader (b. 1934)
2012 – Hilton Kramer , American academic and critic (b. 1928)
2012 – Adrienne Rich , American poet, essayist and feminist (b. 1929)
2013 – Hjalmar Andersen , Norwegian speed skater (b. 1923)
2013 – Yvonne Brill , Canadian-American scientist and engineer (b. 1924)
2013 – Alfredo De Gasperis , Italian-Canadian businessman, founded ConDrain (b. 1934)
2013 – Roosevelt Jamison , American songwriter and manager (b. 1936)
2013 – Fay Kanin , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1917)
2013 – Paul Williams , American journalist and publisher, founded Crawdaddy! (b. 1948)
2014 – Richard N. Frye , American scholar and academic (b. 1920)
2014 – Derek Martinus , English actor and director (b. 1931)
2014 – James R. Schlesinger , American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense and first United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1929)
2015 – Johnny Helms , American trumpet player, bandleader, and educator (b. 1935)
2015 – Hot Rod Hundley , American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
2015 – T. Sailo , Indian soldier and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Mizoram (b. 1922)
2016 – Mother Angelica , American Roman Catholic religious leader and media personality (b. 1923)
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