April 21 is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 254 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).
753 BC – Romulus founds Rome (traditional date ).43 BC – Battle of Mutina : Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius , who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after.900 – The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines ): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo , as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah , pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations.1092 – The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II 1506 – The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics.1509 – Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII .1526 – The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty , Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat .1615 – The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta .1782 – The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok , is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke .1792 – Tiradentes , a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence , is hanged, drawn and quartered .1802 – Twelve thousand Wahhabis under Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad , invaded city of Karbala , killed over three thousand inhabitants, and sacked the city.1806 – Action of 21 April 1806 : A French frigate escapes British forces off the coast of South Africa.1809 – Two Austrian army corps are driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon as two French corps to the north hold off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl .1821 – Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire ; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile.1836 – Texas Revolution : The Battle of San Jacinto : Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna .1856 – Australian labour movement : Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an eight-hour day .1863 – Bahá'u'lláh , the founder of the Bahá'í Faith , declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest ".1894 – Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.1898 – Spanish–American War : The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.1914 – Ypiranga incident : A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz .1918 – World War I : German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen , better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France .1925 – The Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals is published in Il Mondo , establishing the political and ideological foundations of Italian Fascism .1926 – Al-Baqi cemetery , former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams , is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis .1934 – The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster , is published in the Daily Mail 1941 – Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece .1945 – World War II : Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attack the German High Command headquarters.1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 is adopted.1952 – Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.1960 – Brasília , Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro .1962 – The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.1963 – The Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith is elected for the first time.1964 – A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.1965 – The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.1966 – Rastafari movement : Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica , an event now celebrated as Grounation Day .1967 – Greek military junta of 1967–74 : A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état , establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.1970 – The Hutt River Province secedes from Australia as the Principality of Hutt River .1975 – Vietnam War : President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon , as Xuân Lộc , the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.1982 – Baseball : Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.1985 – The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.1987 – The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo , killing 106 people.1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 : In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang .1992 – The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail . They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12 .1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia , sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.2002 – Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front edges out Lionel Jospin to enter the second round French presidential election ; "21 April" is now an expression referring to the elimination of a mainstream candidate in the first round.2004 – Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra , killing 74 people and wounding 160.2010 – The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv , Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014.2012 – Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam , in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.2012 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 2043 is adopted.
1488 – Ulrich von Hutten , German religious reformer (d. 1523)1555 – Ludovico Carracci , Italian painter and etcher (d. 1619)1630 – Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten , Dutch-English painter (d. 1700)1642 – Simon de la Loubère , French mathematician, poet, and diplomat (d. 1729)1651 – Joseph Vaz , Sri Lankan priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1711)1652 – Michel Rolle , French mathematician and academic (d. 1719)1671 – John Law , Scottish economist (d. 1729)1673 – Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1742)1713 – Louis de Noailles , French general (d. 1793)1730 – Antonín Kammel , Czech violinist and composer (d. 1788)1752 – Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait , French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colonies (d. 1807)1752 – Humphry Repton , English gardener and author (d. 1818)
1774 – Jean-Baptiste Biot , French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1862)1775 – Alexander Anderson , American illustrator and engraver (d. 1870)1790 – Manuel Blanco Encalada , Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (d. 1876)1810 – John Putnam Chapin , American politician, 10th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1864)1811 – Alson Sherman , American merchant and politician, 8th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1903)1814 – Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts , English art collector and philanthropist (d. 1906)1816 – Charlotte Brontë , English novelist and poet (d. 1855)1837 – Fredrik Bajer , Danish lieutenant and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1922)1838 – John Muir , Scottish-American environmentalist and author (d. 1914)1851 – Charles Barrois , French geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1939)1854 – William Stang , German-American bishop (d. 1907)1864 – Max Weber , German economist and sociologist (d. 1920)1868 – Alfred Henry Maurer , American painter (d. 1932)1870 – Edwin Stanton Porter , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1941)1874 – Vincent Scotto , French actor and composer (d. 1952)1882 – Percy Williams Bridgman , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)1885 – Tatu Kolehmainen , Finnish runner (d. 1967)1887 – Joe McCarthy , American baseball player and manager (d. 1978)1889 – Marcel Boussac , French businessman (d. 1980)1889 – Paul Karrer , Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1889 – Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. , Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)
1892 – Freddie Dixon , English motorcycle racer and racing driver (d. 1956)1893 – Romeo Bertini , Italian runner (d. 1973)1898 – Maurice Wilson , English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer (d. 1934)1899 – Randall Thompson , American composer and academic (d. 1984)1903 – Issy Bonn , English actor, comedian, and singer (d. 1977)1903 – Luis Saslavsky , Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1904 – Jean Hélion , French painter (d. 1987)1904 – Odilo Globocnik , Italian-Austrian SS officer (d. 1945)
1905 – Pat Brown , American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996)1911 – Ivan Combe , American businessman, developed Clearasil (d. 2000)1911 – Kemal Satır , Turkish physician and politician (d. 1991)
1912 – Eve Arnold , American photojournalist (d. 2012)1912 – Marcel Camus , French director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1913 – Norman Parkinson , English photographer (d. 1990)1914 – Angelo Savoldi , Italian-American wrestler and promoter, co-founded International World Class Championship Wrestling (d. 2013)
1915 – Garrett Hardin , American ecologist, author, and academic (d. 2003)1915 – Anthony Quinn , Mexican-American actor (d. 2001)
1916 – Estella B. Diggs , American businesswoman and politician (d. 2013)1918 – Eddy Christiani , Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist1919 – Don Cornell , American singer and trumpet player (d. 2004)1919 – Roger Doucet , Canadian tenor (d. 1981)
1919 – Licio Gelli , Italian financer (d. 2015)
1920 – Edmund Adamkiewicz , German footballer (d. 1991)1922 – Alistair MacLean , Scottish novelist and screenwriter (d. 1987)1922 – Allan Watkins , Welsh-English cricketer (d. 2011)
1923 – John Mortimer , English lawyer and author (d. 2009)1924 – Ira Louvin , American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1965)1925 – Anthony Mason , Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia 1925 – John Swinton of Kimmerghame , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire
1926 – Keith Davey , Canadian businessman and politician (d. 2011)1926 – Elizabeth II , Queen of the United Kingdom
1926 – Arthur Rowley , English footballer, cricketer, and manager (d. 2002)
1927 – Ahmed Arif , Turkish poet and author (d. 1991)1928 – Jack Evans , Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)1930 – Hilda Hilst , Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2004)1930 – Silvana Mangano , Italian actress (d. 1989)
1930 – Dieter Roth , German-Swiss illustrator and sculptor (d. 1998)
1930 – Jack Taylor , English footballer and referee (d. 2012)
1932 – Slide Hampton , American trombonist and composer1932 – Elaine May , American actress, comedian, director, and screenwriter
1932 – Angela Mortimer , English tennis player
1933 – Edelmiro Amante , Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2013)1933 – Easley Blackwood, Jr. , American pianist, composer, and educator
1933 – Ignatius Zakka I Iwas , Iraqi patriarch (d. 2014)
1935 – Charles Grodin , American actor and talk show host1935 – Thomas Kean , American academic and politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey
1936 – James Dobson , American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family 1936 – Reg Fleming , Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2009)
1937 – David Lucas , American rock and roll composer, singer, and music producer1937 – Ben Zinn , Israeli-born American academic and former international soccer player
1939 – John McCabe , English pianist and composer (d. 2015)1939 – Sister Helen Prejean , American nun, activist, and author
1940 – Jacques Caron , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1940 – Souleymane Cissé , Malian director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – David L. Boren , American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma 1942 – Laine Kallas , Estonian runner and agronomist1942 – Pierre Lorrain , Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2004)
1942 – Geoffrey Palmer , New Zealand politician, 33rd Prime Minister of New Zealand
1943 – Alan Fersht , English chemist and academic1944 – Paul Geremia , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1944 – Adrian Hurley , Australian basketball player and coach
1945 – Ian Bruce , English author and academic1947 – Iggy Pop , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor1947 – John Weider , English bass player
1948 – Gary Condit , American businessman and politician1948 – Josef Flammer , Swiss ophthalmologist1948 – Paul Davis , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2008)
1948 – Dieter Fromm , German runner
1948 – Alan West, Baron West of Spithead , English admiral and politician, Minister for Security
1949 – Patti LuPone , American actress and singer1950 – Bruce Duperouzel , Australian footballer and cricketer1950 – Kielo Tommila , Finnish actress
1950 – Shivaji Satam , Indian actor
1951 – Tony Danza , American actor and producer1951 – Michael Freedman , American mathematician and academic
1951 – Bob Varsha , American sportscaster
1951 – Steve Vickers , Canadian ice hockey player
1952 – Gerald Early , American author and academic1952 – Cheryl Gillan , British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales
1954 – Ebiet G. Ade , Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist1954 – James Morrison , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Murathan Mungan , Turkish author, poet, and playwright1955 – Doug Soetaert , Canadian ice hockey player
1956 – Peter Kosminsky , English director, producer, and screenwriter1956 – Phillip Longman , German-American demographer and journalist
1957 – Hervé Le Tellier , French linguist and author1957 – Jesse Orosco , American baseball player
1957 – Herbert Wetterauer , German painter, sculptor, and author
1958 – Andie MacDowell , American model, actress, and producer1958 – Yoshito Usui , Japanese illustrator (d. 2009)
1958 – Michael Zarnock , American author
1959 – Tim Jacobus , American illustrator and painter1959 – Olga Kuragina , Russian pentathlete
1959 – Arno Pijpers , Dutch footballer and coach
1959 – Robert Smith , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 – Michel Goulet , Canadian ice hockey player and scout1960 – Julius Korir , Kenyan runner
1961 – Carey Hayes , American screenwriter and producer1961 – Chad Hayes , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Neale Marmon , English-German footballer, coach, and manager
1961 – David Servan-Schreiber , French physician, neuroscientist, and author (d. 2011)
1962 – Les Lancaster , American baseball player and coach1962 – Craig Robinson , American basketball player and coach
1962 – Aavo Sarap , Estonian footballer and coach
1963 – Ken Caminiti , American baseball player (d. 2004)1963 – Roy Dupuis , Canadian actor
1963 – John Cameron Mitchell , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1964 – Alex Baumann , Czech-Canadian swimmer1964 – Ludmila Engquist , Russian-Swedish hurdler
1965 – Ed Belfour , Canadian ice hockey player1965 – Karen Foster , American model and actress
1965 – Gary Grant , American basketball player
1965 – Thomas Helmer , German footballer
1965 – Fiona Kelleghan , American academic, critic and librarian
1965 – Oliver McCall , American boxer
1965 – Teri Sue Wood , American illustrator
1967 – Emilio Valle , Cuban hurdler1968 – Peter van Vossen , Dutch footballer and coach1969 – John Kibowen , Kenyan runner1969 – Toby Stephens , English actor
1970 – Jeff Anderson , American actor, director, and screenwriter1970 – Glen Hansard , Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1970 – Rob Riggle , American actor and comedian
1970 – Nicole Sullivan , American actress and screenwriter
1971 – Axl Rotten , American wrestler (d. 2016)1971 – Michael Turner , American author and illustrator (d. 2008)
1972 – Richard Chelimo , Kenyan runner (d. 2001)1972 – Gwendal Peizerat , French ice dancer
1973 – Jonathan Nsenga , Belgian hurdler and coach1974 – Maksim Gruznov , Estonian footballer1974 – Orlando Jordan , American wrestler
1974 – David Peachey , Australian rugby league player
1975 – Danyon Loader , New Zealand swimmer1976 – Rommel Adducul , Filipino basketball player1976 – Petero Civoniceva , Fijian-Australian rugby league player
1977 – Doseone , American rapper and producer1977 – Gyula Koi , Hungarian scholar and educator
1977 – Jamie Salé , Canadian figure skater
1978 – Jacob Burns , Australian footballer1978 – Yuliya Pechonkina , Russian hurdler
1979 – Tobias Linderoth , French-Swedish footballer and coach1979 – James McAvoy , Scottish actor
1980 – Jeff Keppinger , American baseball player1980 – Hiro Shimono , Japanese voice actor
1980 – Vincent Lecavalier , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Tony Romo , American football player
1981 – Mads Junker , Danish footballer1982 – Khalif Barnes , American football player1982 – Micheal Luck , Australian rugby league player
1982 – Carnell Williams , American football player
1983 – Paweł Brożek , Polish footballer1983 – Marco Donadel , Italian footballer
1983 – Tarvaris Jackson , American football player
1984 – Shayna Fox , American voice actress1984 – Michael Tinsley , American hurdler
1985 – Andy Jones , American high diver1986 – Audra Cohen , American tennis player1986 – Alexander Edler , Swedish ice hockey player
1986 – Tina Obrez , Slovenian tennis player
1986 – Rodney Stuckey , American basketball player
1986 – Mirko Valdifiori , Italian footballer
1987 – Nadif Chowdhury , Bangladeshi cricketer1987 – Eric Devendorf , American basketball player
1987 – Leroy George , Dutch footballer
1987 – Anastasia Prikhodko , Ukrainian singer
1987 – Lenira Santos , Cape Verdean sprinter
1987 – Ryan Adams American baseball player
1988 – Jencarlos Canela , American singer-songwriter and actor1988 – Pedro Mosquera , Spanish footballer
1988 – Adam Rooney , Irish footballer
1989 – Jayson Bukuya , Australian-Fijian rugby league player1989 – Tatyana McFadden , Russian-American sprinter and skier
1989 – Carlos Muñoz , Chilean footballer
1990 – Aleksandar Prijović , Swiss footballer1992 – George Burgess , English rugby league player1992 – Tom Burgess , English rugby league player
1992 – Isco , Spanish footballer
1992 – Rene Santos , Brazilian footballer
1994 – Mitchell Weiser , German footballer1997 – Mikel Oyarzabal , Spanish footballer
234 – Emperor Xian of Han , Chinese emperor (b. 181)586 – Liuvigild , king of the Visigoths 847 – Odgar , Frankish monk and archbishop 866 – Bardas , Byzantine general941 – Bajkam , Turkish commander1073 – Pope Alexander II 1109 – Anselm of Canterbury , Italian-English archbishop and saint (b. 1033)1136 – Stephen, Count of Tréguier Breton noblemen (b. c. 1058/62)1142 – Peter Abelard , French philosopher and theologian (b. 1079)1213 – Maria of Montpellier , Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon (b. 1182)1329 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)1509 – Henry VII of England (b. 1457)1557 – Petrus Apianus , German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1495)1574 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519)1699 – Jean Racine , French playwright and poet (b. 1639)1701 – Asano Naganori , Japanese daimyo (b. 1667)1719 – Philippe de La Hire , French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640)1720 – Antoine Hamilton , Irish-French soldier and author (b. 1646)1722 – Robert Beverley, Jr. , English historian and author (b. 1673)1736 – Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)1740 – Thomas Tickell , English poet and author (b. 1685)1758 – Francesco Zerafa , Maltese architect (b. 1679)1792 – Tiradentes , Brazilian activist (b. 1746)1815 – Joseph Winston , American soldier and politician (b. 1746)1825 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff , German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)1852 – Ivan Nabokov , Russian general (b. 1787)1863 – Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet , Irish politician (b. 1782)1900 – Vikramatji Khimojiraj , Indian ruler (b. 1819)1910 – Mark Twain , American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)1918 – Manfred von Richthofen , German captain and pilot (b. 1892)1924 – Eleonora Duse , Italian actress (b. 1858)1930 – Robert Bridges , English poet and author (b. 1844)1932 – Friedrich Gustav Piffl , Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)1938 – Muhammad Iqbal , Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)1941 – Fritz Manteuffel , German gymnast (b. 1875)1945 – Walter Model , German field marshal (b. 1891)1946 – John Maynard Keynes , English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)1948 – Aldo Leopold , American ecologist and author (b. 1887)1952 – Leslie Banks , American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)1954 – Emil Leon Post , Polish-American mathematician and logician (b. 1897)1956 – Charles MacArthur , American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1895)1965 – Edward Victor Appleton , English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)1971 – François Duvalier , Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907)1973 – Arthur Fadden , Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)1973 – Kemal Tahir , Turkish journalist and author (b. 1910)
1974 – Chic Harley , American football player (b. 1894)1977 – Gummo Marx , American vaudevillian and talent agent (b. 1893)1978 – Sandy Denny , English singer-songwriter (b. 1947)1978 – Thomas Wyatt Turner , American biologist and academic (b. 1877)
1980 – Alexander Oparin , Russian biochemist and academic (b. 1894)1980 – Sohrab Sepehri , Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)
1983 – Walter Slezak , Austrian-American actor and singer (b. 1902)1984 – Marcel Janco , Romanian-Israeli artist (b. 1895)1984 – Hristo Prodanov , Bulgarian engineer and mountaineer (b. 1943)
1985 – Rudi Gernreich , Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (b. 1922)1985 – Tancredo Neves , Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910)
1986 – Marjorie Eaton , American painter and actress (b. 1901)1986 – Salah Jahin , Egyptian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1930)
1987 – Gustav Bergmann , Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1906)1989 – James Kirkwood, Jr. , American actor, playwright, and author (b. 1924)1990 – Erté , Russian-French illustrator (b. 1892)1991 – Willi Boskovsky , Austrian violinist and conductor (b. 1909)1996 – Zora Arkus-Duntov , Belgian-born American engineer and racing driver (b. 1909)1996 – Dzhokhar Dudayev , Chechen general and politician, 1st President of Ichkeria (b. 1944)
1996 – Abdul Hafeez Kardar , Pakistani cricketer (b. 1925)
1996 – Jimmy Snyder , American sportscaster (b. 1919)
1998 – Jean-François Lyotard , French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1924)1999 – Buddy Rogers , American actor (b. 1904)2003 – Nina Simone , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933)2004 – Mary McGrory , American journalist (b. 1918)2005 – Gerry Marshall , English race car driver and journalist (b. 1941)2006 – Johnny Checketts , New Zealand commander and pilot (b. 1912)2006 – T. K. Ramakrishnan , Indian politician (b. 1922)
2006 – Telê Santana , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2007 – Lobby Loyde , Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1941)2010 – Gustav Lorentzen , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)2010 – Juan Antonio Samaranch , Spanish businessman (b. 1920)
2010 – Kanagaratnam Sriskandan , Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (b. 1930)
2011 – Catharina Halkes , Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1920)2012 – Doris Betts , American author and academic (b. 1932)2012 – Charles Colson , American lawyer and activist, founded Prison Fellowship (b. 1931)
2012 – Albert Falco , French captain and diver (b. 1927)
2012 – Charles Higham , English-American author and poet (b. 1931)
2012 – Jerry Toppazzini , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
2013 – Kriyananda , Romanian-American spiritual leader (b. 1926)2013 – Chrissy Amphlett , Australian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1959)
2013 – Shakuntala Devi , Indian mathematician and astrologer (b. 1929)
2013 – Leopold Engleitner , Austrian Holocaust survivor, author, and educator (b. 1905)
2013 – Gordon D. Gayle , American general and historian (b. 1917)
2014 – Herb Gray , Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1931)2014 – Janet Gray Hayes , American politician, 60th Mayor of San Jose (b. 1926)
2014 – George H. Heilmeier , American engineer (b. 1936)
2014 – Win Tin , Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (b. 1930)
2015 – M. H. Abrams , American author, critic, and academic (b. 1912)2015 – Steve Byrnes , American sportscaster and producer (b. 1959)
2015 – John Moshoeu , South African footballer and manager (b. 1965)
2015 – Janaki Ballabh Patnaik , Indian politician, Governor of Assam (b. 1927)
2015 – Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters , Canadian general (b. 1920)
2015 – Betsy von Furstenberg , German-American actress (b. 1931)
2016 – Lonnie Mack , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)2016 – Prince , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1958)
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