January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 338 days remaining until the end of the year (339 in leap years ). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
98 – Trajan succeeded his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire would reach its maximum extent.
1142 – Song dynasty General Yue Fei is executed.
1186 – Henry VI , the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I , marries Constance of Sicily .
1302 – Dante Alighieri , the poet and politician, is exiled from Florence , Italy, where he served as one of six priors governing the city.
1343 – Pope Clement VI issues the papal bull Unigenitus to justify the power of the pope and the use of indulgences . Nearly 200 years later, Martin Luther would protest this.
1593 – The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno .
1606 – Gunpowder Plot : The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
1695 – Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan and Caliph of Islam in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II . Mustafa rules until his abdication in 1703 .
1776 – American Revolutionary War : Henry Knox 's "noble train of artillery " arrives in Cambridge, Massachusetts .
1785 – The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
1825 – The U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma ), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears ".
1868 – Boshin War : The Battle of Toba–Fushimi between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions begins, which will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration .
1869 – Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō .
1880 – Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.
1909 – The Young Left is founded in Norway.
1927 – Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd .
1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning .
1943 – World War II : The VIII Bomber Command sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven , Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
1944 – World War II: The 900-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
1945 – World War II: The Red Army liberates the remaining inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp built by the Nazi Germans on the territory of Poland.
1951 – Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger .
1961 – The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
1967 – Astronauts Gus Grissom , Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center , Florida .
1967 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C. , banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
1973 – The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War . Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
1980 – Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper .
1983 – The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel , the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō , breaks through.
1984 – Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium .
1993 – American-born sumo wrestler Akebono Tarō becomes the first foreigner to be promoted to the sport's highest rank of yokozuna .
1996 – In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger , Mahamane Ousmane .
1996 – Germany first observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day .
2002 – An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos , Nigeria , kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
2003 – The first selections for the National Recording Registry are announced by the Library of Congress .
2010 – The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis ends when Porfirio Lobo Sosa becomes the new President of Honduras .
2011 – Arab Spring : The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a .
2013 – Two hundred forty-two people die in a nightclub fire in the city of Santa Maria, Brazil .
1443 – Albert III, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)
1546 – Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1608)
1571 – Abbas I of Persia (d. 1629)
1585 – Hendrick Avercamp , Dutch painter (d. 1634)
1603 – Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet , English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (d. 1685)
1621 – Thomas Willis , English physician and anatomist (d. 1675)
1662 – Richard Bentley , English scholar and theologian (d. 1742)
1687 – Johann Balthasar Neumann , German engineer and architect, designed Würzburg Residence and Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (d. 1753)
1701 – Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim , German historian and theologian (d. 1790)
1708 – Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)
1741 – Hester Thrale , Welsh author (d. 1821)
1756 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1791)
1775 – Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling , German-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1854)
1795 – Eli Whitney Blake , American engineer, invented the Mortise lock (d. 1886)
1805 – Maria Anna of Bavaria (d. 1877)
1805 – Samuel Palmer , English painter and etcher (d. 1881)
1805 – Princess Sophie of Bavaria (d. 1872)
1806 – Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga , Spanish composer and educator (d. 1826)
1808 – David Strauss , German theologian and author (d. 1874)
1814 – Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , French architect, designed the Lausanne Cathedral (d. 1879)
1821 – John Chivington , American colonel and pastor (d. 1892)
1823 – Édouard Lalo , French violinist and composer (d. 1892)
1824 – Urbain Johnson , Canadian farmer and political figure (d. 1917)
1826 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin , Russian journalist and author (d. 1889)
1826 – Richard Taylor , American general, historian, and politician (d. 1879)
1827 – Nakahama Manjirō , Japanese translator (d. 1898)
1832 – Lewis Carroll , English mathematician, photographer, and author (d. 1898)
1832 – Carl Friedrich Schmidt , Estonian-Russian geologist and botanist (d. 1908)
1836 – Leopold von Sacher-Masoch , Austrian journalist and author (d. 1895)
1842 – Arkhip Kuindzhi , Ukrainian-Russian painter (d. 1910)
1848 – Tōgō Heihachirō , Japanese admiral (d. 1934)
1850 – John Collier , English painter and author (d. 1934)
1850 – Samuel Gompers , English-American labor leader (d. 1924)
1850 – Edward Smith , English captain (d. 1912)
1858 – Neel Doff , Dutch-Belgian author (d. 1942)
1859 – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (d. 1941)
1869 – Will Marion Cook , American violinist and composer (d. 1944)
1885 – Jerome Kern , American composer and songwriter (d. 1945)
1885 – Seison Maeda , Japanese painter (d. 1977)
1886 – Radhabinod Pal , Indian academic and jurist (d. 1967)
1889 – Balthasar van der Pol , Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1959)
1891 – Ilya Ehrenburg , Russian journalist and author (d. 1967)
1893 – Soong Ching-ling , Chinese politician, Honorary President of the People's Republic of China (d. 1981)
1895 – Joseph Rosenstock , Polish-American conductor and manager (d. 1985)
1895 – Harry Ruby , American composer and screenwriter (d. 1974)
1900 – Hyman G. Rickover , American admiral (d. 1986)
1901 – Willy Fritsch , German actor (d. 1973)
1901 – Art Rooney , American football player and coach, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (d. 1988)
1903 – John Eccles , Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1903 – Otto P. Weyland , American general (d. 1979)
1904 – James J. Gibson , American psychologist and academic (d. 1979)
1905 – Howard McNear , American actor (d. 1969)
1908 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr. , American journalist and publisher (d. 1993)
1908 – Hot Lips Page , American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (d. 1954)
1910 – Edvard Kardelj , Slovene general, economist, and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 1979)
1912 – Arne Næss , Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist (d. 2009)
1912 – Francis Rogallo , American engineer, invented the Rogallo wing (d. 2009)
1915 – Jules Archer , American historian and author (d. 2008)
1915 – Jacques Hnizdovsky , Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1985)
1918 – Skitch Henderson , American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
1918 – Elmore James , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)
1918 – William Seawell , American general (d. 2005)
1919 – Tom Addington , English captain (d. 2011)
1919 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. , American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (d. 1972)
1920 – John Box , English production designer and art director (d. 2005)
1920 – Hiroyoshi Nishizawa , Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)
1920 – Helmut Zacharias , German violinist and composer (d. 2002)
1921 – Donna Reed , American actress (d. 1986)
1924 – Rauf Denktaş , Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (d. 2012)
1924 – Brian Rix , English actor, producer, and politician
1926 – Fritz Spiegl , Austrian flute player and journalist (d. 2003)
1926 – Ingrid Thulin , Swedish actress (d. 2004)
1928 – Michael Craig , Indian-English actor and screenwriter
1928 – Hans Modrow , Polish-German lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of East Germany
1929 – Mohamed Al-Fayed , Egyptian-Swiss businessman
1929 – Gastón Suárez , Bolivian author and playwright (d. 1984)
1930 – Bobby Bland , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1931 – Mordecai Richler , Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1931 – Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson , English lieutenant and businessman
1931 – Gazanfer Özcan , Turkish actor (d. 2009)
1932 – Boris Shakhlin , Russian-Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2008)
1933 – Jerry Buss , American chemist and businessman (d. 2013)
1934 – Édith Cresson , French politician and diplomat, 160th Prime Minister of France
1934 – George Follmer , American race car driver
1935 – Steve Demeter , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1936 – Troy Donahue , American actor (d. 2001)
1936 – Samuel C. C. Ting , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Fred Åkerström , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
1937 – Tigran Mansurian , Armenian pianist and composer
1937 – John Ogdon , English pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1938 – Roy Bourgeois , American priest and activist
1939 – Mike Hill , American golfer
1939 – Julius Lester , American author and academic
1940 – Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin , Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1940 – James Cromwell , American actor and producer
1940 – Terry Harper , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 – Petru Lucinschi , Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova
1940 – Reynaldo Rey , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1941 – Bobby Hutcherson , American vibraphone player and composer
1941 – Beatrice Tinsley , New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)
1942 – Maki Asakawa , Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
1942 – Stewart Raffill , American director and screenwriter
1942 – John Witherspoon , American actor
1942 – Kate Wolf , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1986)
1943 – Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege , English businesswoman and politician
1944 – Peter Akinola , Nigerian archbishop
1944 – Mairead Maguire , Northern Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Nick Mason , English drummer, songwriter, and producer
1945 – Harold Cardinal , Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
1946 – Christopher Hum , English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to China
1946 – Nedra Talley , American singer
1947 – Björn Afzelius , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1947 – Vyron Polydoras , Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for Public Order
1947 – Cal Schenkel , American painter and illustrator
1947 – Philip Sugden , English historian and author (d. 2014)
1948 – Mikhail Baryshnikov , Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor
1948 – Jean-Philippe Collard , French pianist
1950 – Derek Acorah , English medium and television host
1951 – Brian Downey , Irish drummer and songwriter
1951 – Seth Justman , American keyboard player and songwriter
1951 – Ken Timbs , American wrestler and police officer (d. 2004)
1951 – Cees van der Knaap , Dutch soldier and politician
1952 – Billy Johnson , American football player and coach
1952 – Tam O'Shaughnessy , American tennis player, psychologist, and academic
1954 – Peter Laird , American author and illustrator
1954 – Ed Schultz , American talk show host and sportscaster
1955 – Brian Engblom , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1955 – John Roberts , American lawyer and judge, 17th Chief Justice of the United States
1955 – Alexander Stuart , English-American author and screenwriter
1956 – Mimi Rogers , American actress and producer
1956 – Susanne Blakeslee , American actress and singer
1957 – Janick Gers , English guitarist and songwriter
1957 – Frank Miller , American illustrator, director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – James Grippando , American lawyer and author
1958 – Kadri Mälk , Estonian jewelry designer
1958 – Alan Milburn , English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1959 – Cris Collinsworth , American football player and sportscaster
1959 – Göran Hägglund , Swedish lawyer and politician, 28th Swedish Minister for Social Affairs
1959 – Keith Olbermann , American journalist and author
1960 – Fiona O'Donnell , Canadian-Scottish politician
1961 – Zarganar , Burmese comedian, actor, and director
1961 – Dina Bonnevie , Filipino actress
1961 – Gillian Gilbert , English keyboard player and singer (New Order and The Other Two )
1961 – Margo Timmins , Canadian singer-songwriter
1961 – Narciso Rodriguez , American fashion designer
1962 – Roberto Paci Dalò , Italian director and composer
1963 – George Monbiot , English-Welsh author and activist
1964 – Patrick van Deurzen , Dutch composer and academic
1964 – Bridget Fonda , American actress
1964 – Jack Haley , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1965 – Alan Cumming , Scottish-American actor, singer, director, and producer
1965 – Oktay Kaynarca , Turkish actor and producer
1965 – Mike Newell , English footballer and manager
1965 – Ignacio Noé , Argentinian author and illustrator
1965 – Attila Sekerlioglu , Austrian footballer and manager
1966 – Tamlyn Tomita , Japanese-American actress and singer
1967 – Bobby Deol , Indian actor and singer
1967 – Dave Manson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Tricky , English rapper, producer, and actor
1968 – Patrick Blondeau , French footballer
1968 – Mike Patton , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1968 – Matt Stover , American football player
1968 – Deb Talan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Cornelius , Japanese singer, guitarist, and producer
1969 – Michael Kulas , Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
1969 – Patton Oswalt , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Bradley Clyde , Australian rugby league player
1970 – Dean Headley , English cricketer and coach
1970 – Emmanuel Pahud , Swiss flute player
1971 – Patrice Brisebois , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Wynne Evans , Welsh tenor
1972 – Mark Owen , English singer-songwriter
1973 – Valyantsin Byalkevich , Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1974 – Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Norwegian skier and biathlete
1974 – Andrei Pavel , Romanian tennis player and coach
1974 – Chaminda Vaas , Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1976 – Ahn Jung-hwan , South Korean footballer
1976 – Ruby Lin , Taiwanese actress, singer, and producer
1976 – Todd MacCulloch , Canadian-American basketball player
1976 – Fred Taylor , American football player
1976 – Michael K. Winder , American businessman and politician
1978 – Pete Laforest , Canadian-American baseball player and manager
1978 – Jake Pavelka , American pilot, model, and actress
1979 – Mario Fatafehi , American football player
1979 – Rosamund Pike , English actress
1979 – Liesbet Van Breedam , Belgian volleyball player
1979 – Daniel Vettori , New Zealand cricketer and coach
1980 – Chanda Gunn , American ice hockey player and coach
1980 – Eva Padberg , German fashion model, singer, and actress
1980 – Marat Safin , Russian tennis player and politician
1981 – Tony Woodcock , New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Deon Anderson , American football player
1983 – Carlo Colaiacovo , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Paulo Colaiacovo , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Gavin Floyd , American baseball player
1983 – Tim Kasten , German rugby player
1983 – Mike Zagurski , American baseball player
1984 – Vince Mellars , New Zealand rugby league player
1985 – Gerard Aafjes , Dutch footballer
1985 – Dustley Mulder , Dutch footballer
1986 – Giorgi Loria , Georgian footballer
1987 – Katy Rose , American singer-songwriter and producer
1987 – Anton Shunin , Russian footballer
1988 – Kerlon , Brazilian footballer
1988 – Toni Gänge , German footballer
1988 – Liu Wen , Chinese fashion model
1989 – Alberto Botía , Spanish footballer
1989 – Daisy Lowe , English model
1989 – Ricky van Wolfswinkel , Dutch footballer
1990 – Maria-Elena Papasotiriou , American-Greek figure skater
1991 – Christian Bickel , German footballer
1991 – Juan Govea , Ecuadorian footballer
1992 – Stefano Pettinari , Italian footballer
1993 – Joe Landolina , American engineer and businessman, founded Vetigel
1993 – Yaya Sanogo , French footballer
1994 – Rani Khedira , German footballer
98 – Nerva , Roman emperor (b. 35)
457 – Marcian , Byzantine emperor (b. 392)
661 – Ali , Arab general and caliph (b. 607)
672 – Pope Vitalian
1142 – Yue Fei , Chinese general (b. 1103)
1490 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa , Japanese shogun (b. 1435)
1540 – Angela Merici , Italian educator and saint, founded the Company of St. Ursula (b. 1474)
1596 – Francis Drake , English captain and explorer (b. 1540)
1629 – Hieronymus Praetorius , German organist and composer (b. 1560)
1638 – Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses , Spanish author and poet (b. 1585)
1651 – Abraham Bloemaert , Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1566)
1689 – Robert Aske , English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1619)
1731 – Bartolomeo Cristofori , Italian instrument maker, invented the Piano (b. 1655)
1733 – Thomas Woolston , English theologian and author (b. 1669)
1740 – Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1692)
1794 – Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille , French general (b. 1765)
1812 – John Perkins , Jamaican captain
1814 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte , German philosopher and academic (b. 1762)
1816 – Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood , English admiral and politician (b. 1724)
1851 – John James Audubon , French-American ornithologist and painter (b. 1789)
1860 – János Bolyai , Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802)
1880 – Edward Middleton Barry , English architect and academic, co-designed the Halifax Town Hall and the Royal Opera House (b. 1830)
1901 – Giuseppe Verdi , Italian composer (b. 1813)
1910 – Thomas Crapper , English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
1919 – Endre Ady , Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
1921 – Maurice Buckley , Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
1922 – Nellie Bly , American journalist and author (b. 1864)
1927 – Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius , Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
1931 – Nishinoumi Kajirō II , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
1940 – Isaac Babel , Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
1942 – Kaarel Eenpalu , Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
1951 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim , Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
1956 – Erich Kleiber , Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
1961 – Bernard Friedberg , Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
1963 – John Farrow , Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1965 – Abraham Walkowitz , American painter (b. 1878)
1967 – Roger B. Chaffee , American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1935)
1967 – Gus Grissom , American pilot and astronaut (b. 1926)
1967 – Alphonse Juin , Algerian-French general (b. 1888)
1967 – Luigi Tenco , Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
1967 – Edward Higgins White , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
1970 – Rocco D'Assunta , Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904)
1971 – Jacobo Árbenz , Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
1972 – Richard Courant , German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1888)
1972 – Mahalia Jackson , American singer (b. 1911)
1973 – William Nolde , American colonel (b. 1929)
1974 – Georgios Grivas , Cypriot general (b. 1898)
1975 – Bill Walsh , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
1979 – Qalandar Baba Auliya , Indian-Pakistani mystic, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1898)
1983 – Louis de Funès , French actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
1986 – Lilli Palmer , German-American actress (b. 1914)
1987 – Norman McLaren , Scottish-Canadian animator and director (b. 1914)
1988 – Massa Makan Diabaté , Malian historian, author, and playwright (b. 1938)
1989 – Bayani Casimiro , Filipino dancer and actor (b. 1918)
1989 – Thomas Sopwith , English ice hockey player and pilot (b. 1888)
1993 – André the Giant , French wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
1994 – Claude Akins , American actor (b. 1918)
1996 – Ralph Yarborough , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
2000 – Friedrich Gulda , Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1930)
2003 – Henryk Jabłoński , Polish historian and politician, President of Poland (b. 1909)
2004 – Salvador Laurel , Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Vice President of the Philippines (b. 1928)
2004 – Jack Paar , American talk show host and author (b. 1918)
2004 – Don Stansauk , American wrestler and actor (b. 1925)
2005 – Shah A M S Kibria , Bangladeshi economist and politician (b. 1931)
2006 – Gene McFadden , American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead ) (b. 1948)
2006 – Johannes Rau , German journalist and politician, 8th President of Germany (b. 1931)
2007 – Yang Chuan-kwang , Taiwanese decathlete, long jumper, and hurdler (b. 1933)
2008 – Suharto , Indonesian general and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (b. 1921)
2008 – Gordon B. Hinckley , American religious leader and author, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1910)
2008 – Louie Welch , American businessman and politician, 54th Mayor of Houston (b. 1918)
2009 – John Updike , American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1932)
2009 – R. Venkataraman , Indian lawyer and politician, 8th President of India (b. 1910)
2010 – Zelda Rubinstein , American actress (b. 1933)
2010 – J. D. Salinger , American soldier and author (b. 1919)
2010 – Ajmer Singh , Indian sprinter and academic (b. 1940)
2010 – Howard Zinn , American historian, author, and activist (b. 1922)
2011 – Charlie Callas , American comedian and musician (b. 1927)
2011 – Mārtiņš Freimanis , Latvian singer-songwriter (b. 1977)
2012 – Greg Cook , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1946)
2012 – Ted Dicks , English composer and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2012 – Jeannette Hamby , American nurse and politician (b. 1933)
2012 – Hermano Pablo , Puerto Rican-American evangelist (b. 1921)
2012 – Kevin White , American politician, 51st Mayor of Boston (b. 1929)
2013 – Ivan Bodiul , Ukrainian-Russian politician (b. 1918)
2013 – Stanley Karnow , American journalist and historian (b. 1925)
2014 – Pete Seeger , American singer-songwriter, guitarist (The Weavers and Almanac Singers ) and activist (b. 1919)
2014 – Epimaco Velasco , Japanese lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1935)
2014 – Paul Zorner , German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
2015 – Rocky Bridges , American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
2015 – Suzette Haden Elgin , American linguist and author (b. 1936)
2015 – David Landau , English-Israeli journalist (b. 1947)
2015 – Joseph Rotman , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
2015 – Charles Hard Townes , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
2015 – Larry Winters , American wrestler and trainer (b. 1956)
2016 – Carlos Loyzaga , Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
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