July 29 is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 155 days remaining until the end of the year. 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).
587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple .
238 – The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus . They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III , age 13, is proclaimed emperor.
615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
904 – Sack of Thessalonica : Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki , the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
1014 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars : Battle of Kleidion : Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6 .
1018 – Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen .
1030 – Ladejarl -Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad : King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes .
1148 – The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade .
1565 – The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley , Duke of Albany , at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh , Scotland.
1567 – James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling .
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War : Battle of Gravelines : English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines , France.
1693 – War of the Grand Alliance : Battle of Landen : France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
1775 – Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps : General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army .
1836 – Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
1848 – Irish Potato Famine : Tipperary Revolt : In Tipperary , Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
1851 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia .
1858 – United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty .
1864 – American Civil War : Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed.
1900 – In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci .
1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
1914 – The Cape Cod Canal opened.
1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project .
1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party .
1932 – Great Depression : In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army " of World War I veterans.
1937 – Tōngzhōu Incident : In Tōngzhōu, China , the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
1945 – The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
1948 – Olympic Games : The Games of the XIV Olympiad : After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
1950 – Korean War : After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act , which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
1965 – Vietnam War : The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam , landing at Cam Ranh Bay .
1967 – Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake , leaving approximately 500 dead.
1973 – Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy , beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi .
1973 – During the Dutch Grand Prix driver Roger Williamson was killed in the race, after a suspected tire failure caused the car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
1976 – In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
1980 – Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution .
1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London .
1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel ).
1987 – Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
1993 – The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
1996 – The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris .
2010 – An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province , Democratic Republic of the Congo , resulting in at least 80 deaths.
2013 – Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.
869 – Muhammad al-Mahdi , Iraqi 12th Imam (d. 941)
996 – Fujiwara no Norimichi , a kugyo of the Heian period
1166 – Henry II, Count of Champagne (d. 1197)
1356 – Martin of Aragon (d. 1410)
1605 – Simon Dach , German poet and hymn-writer (d. 1659)
1646 – Johann Theile , German organist and composer (d. 1724)
1744 – Giulio Maria della Somaglia , Italian cardinal (d. 1830)
1763 – Philip Charles Durham , Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1845)
1797 – Daniel Drew , American businessman and financier (d. 1879)
1801 – George Bradshaw , English cartographer and publisher (d. 1853)
1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville , French historian and philosopher (d. 1859)
1806 – Horace Abbott , American businessman and banker (d. 1887)
1817 – Ivan Aivazovsky , Armenian-Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1900)
1817 – Martin Körber , Baltic German pastor, composer, and conductor (d. 1893)
1843 – Johannes Schmidt , German linguist and academic (d. 1901)
1846 – Sophie Menter , German pianist and composer (d. 1918)
1846 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921)
1849 – Max Nordau , Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization (d. 1923)
1860 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington , English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (d. 1940)
1869 – Booth Tarkington , American novelist and dramatist (d. 1946)
1871 – Jakob Mändmets , Estonian writer and journalist (d. 1930)
1872 – Eric Alfred Knudsen , American author, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
1874 – J. S. Woodsworth , Canadian minister and politician (d. 1942)
1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya , Russian-American actress and acting teacher (d. 1949)
1878 – Don Marquis , American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
1880 – John Meyers , American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1971)
1883 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob , Colombian poet and author (d. 1942)
1883 – Benito Mussolini , Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1945)
1884 – Ralph Austin Bard , American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy (d. 1975)
1885 – Theda Bara , American actress (d. 1955)
1887 – Sigmund Romberg , Hungarian-American pianist and composer (d. 1951)
1888 – Vladimir K. Zworykin , Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (d. 1982)
1891 – Bernhard Zondek , German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (d. 1966)
1892 – William Powell , American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1897 – Neil Ritchie , Guyanese-English general (d. 1983)
1898 – Isidor Isaac Rabi , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
1899 – Walter Beall , American baseball player (d. 1959)
1900 – Eyvind Johnson , Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976)
1900 – Don Redman , American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964)
1904 – Mahasi Sayadaw , Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1982)
1904 – J. R. D. Tata , French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (d. 1993)
1905 – Clara Bow , American actress (d. 1965)
1905 – Dag Hammarskjöld , Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations , Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
1905 – Stanley Kunitz , American poet and translator (d. 2006)
1905 – Thelma Todd , American actress and singer (d. 1935)
1907 – Melvin Belli , American lawyer (d. 1996)
1909 – Samm Sinclair Baker , American author (d. 1997)
1909 – Chester Himes , American-Spanish author (d. 1984)
1910 – Gale Page , American actress (d. 1983)
1910 – Helend Peep , Estonian actor (d. 2007)
1911 – Foster Furcolo , American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
1911 – Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005)
1913 – Erich Priebke , German captain (d. 2013)
1914 – Irwin Corey , American actor and activist (d. 2017)
1915 – Bruce R. McConkie , American colonel and religious leader (d. 1985)
1915 – Francis W. Sargent , American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1916 – Budd Boetticher , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1916 – Charlie Christian , American guitarist (d. 1942)
1917 – Rochus Misch , German SS officer (d. 2013)
1918 – Don Ingalls , American writer and producer (d. 2014)
1918 – Edwin O'Connor , American journalist and author (d. 1968)
1918 – Mary Lee Settle , American novelist, essayist, and memoirist (d. 2005)
1920 – Neville Jeffress , Australian businessman (d. 2007)
1921 – Richard Egan , American actor (d. 1987)
1921 – Chris Marker , French photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
1923 – George Burditt , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1923 – Edgar Cortright , American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
1923 – Jim Marshall , English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (d. 2012)
1923 – Gordon Mitchell , American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2003)
1924 – Lloyd Bochner , Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
1924 – Robert Horton , American actor (d. 2016)
1925 – Harold W. Kuhn , American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
1925 – Ted Lindsay , Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster
1925 – Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis , Indian illustrator
1925 – Mikis Theodorakis , Greek composer
1926 – Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig , Scottish physician, academic, and politician (d. 2015)
1927 – Harry Mulisch , Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 2010)
1930 – Paul Taylor , American dancer and choreographer
1931 – Kjell Karlsen , Norwegian pianist, composer, and bandleader
1932 – Leslie Fielding , English diplomat
1932 – Nancy Kassebaum , American businesswoman and politician
1933 – Lou Albano , Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (d. 2009)
1933 – Colin Davis , English race car driver (d. 2012)
1933 – Robert Fuller , American actor and rancher
1935 – Peter Schreier , German tenor and conductor
1936 – Elizabeth Dole , American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor
1937 – Daniel McFadden , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
1938 – Peter Jennings , Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2005)
1938 – Jean Rochon , Canadian physician and politician
1940 – Betty Harris , American chemist
1941 – Jennifer Dunn , American engineer and politician (d. 2007)
1941 – Goenawan Mohamad , Indonesian poet and playwright
1941 – David Warner , English actor
1942 – Doug Ashdown , Australian singer-songwriter
1943 – David Taylor , English snooker player and sportscaster
1944 – Jim Bridwell , American rock climber and mountaineer
1945 – Sharon Creech , American author and educator
1945 – Mircea Lucescu , Romanian footballer, coach, and manager
1946 – Ximena Armas , Chilean painter
1946 – Stig Blomqvist , Swedish race car driver
1946 – Neal Doughty , American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1946 – Alessandro Gogna , Italian mountaineer and adventurer
1946 – Diane Keen , English actress
1946 – Aleksei Tammiste , Estonian basketball player
1947 – Dick Harmon , American golfer and coach (d. 2006)
1948 – John Clarke , New Zealand-Australian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1949 – Leslie Easterbrook , American actress
1949 – Jamil Mahuad , Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Ecuador
1950 – Jenny Holzer , American painter, author, and dancer
1950 – Mike Starr , American actor
1951 – Susan Blackmore , English psychologist and theorist
1951 – Dan Driessen , American baseball player and coach
1951 – Dean Pitchford , American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer
1952 – Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell , English businessman and politician
1952 – Joe Johnson , English snooker player and sportscaster
1952 – Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou , Greek politician
1953 – Ken Burns , American director and producer
1953 – Frank McGuinness , Irish poet and playwright
1953 – Tim Gunn , American television host and actor
1953 – Geddy Lee , Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1953 – Patti Scialfa , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Jean-Hugues Anglade , French actor, director, and screenwriter
1955 – Dave Stevens , American illustrator (d. 2008)
1955 – Stephen Timms , English politician, Minister of State for Competitiveness
1956 – Teddy Atlas , American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
1956 – Ronnie Musgrove , American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
1956 – Faustino Rupérez , Spanish cyclist
1957 – Liam Davison , Australian author and educator (d. 2014)
1957 – Viktor Gavrikov , Lithuanian-Swiss chess player
1957 – Nellie Kim , Russian gymnast and coach
1958 – Gail Dines , English-American author, activist, and academic
1958 – Simon Nye , English screenwriter and producer
1958 – Cynthia Rowley , American fashion designer
1959 – Sanjay Dutt , Indian actor, singer, and producer
1959 – Ruud Janssen , Dutch blogger and illustrator
1959 – Dave LaPoint , American baseball player and manager
1959 – John Sykes , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960 – Didier Van Cauwelaert , French author
1962 – Carl Cox , English DJ and producer
1962 – Frank Neubarth , German footballer and manager
1962 – Vincent Rousseau , Belgian runner
1963 – Hans-Holger Albrecht , Belgian-German businessman
1963 – Jim Beglin , Irish footballer and sportscaster
1963 – Julie Elliott , English politician
1963 – Azeem Hafeez , Pakistani cricketer
1963 – Alexandra Paul , American actress and producer
1963 – Graham Poll , English footballer, referee, and journalist
1964 – Jaanus Veensalu , Estonian footballer
1965 – Luis Alicea , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1965 – Dean Haglund , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Adam Holloway , English captain and politician
1965 – Stan Koziol , American soccer player (d. 2014)
1965 – Chang-Rae Lee , South Korean-American author and academic
1965 – Woody Weatherman , American guitarist and songwriter
1966 – Sally Gunnell , English hurdler and sportscaster
1966 – Stuart Lampitt , English cricketer
1966 – Martina McBride , American singer-songwriter and producer
1968 – Gideon Henderson , English geologist and academic
1968 – Paavo Lötjönen , Finnish cellist and educator
1970 – Adele Griffin , American author
1970 – Andi Peters , English journalist, actor, and producer
1970 – John Rennie , Zimbabwean cricketer
1971 – Andrea Philipp , German sprinter
1972 – Wil Wheaton , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Stephen Dorff , American actor and producer
1973 – Wanya Morris , American singer
1973 – Denis Urubko , Kazakh mountaineer
1974 – Akram Khan , English dancer and choreographer
1974 – Josh Radnor , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1975 – Yoshihiro Akiyama , Japanese mixed martial artist
1975 – Lanka de Silva , Sri Lankan cricketer
1975 – Corrado Grabbi , Italian footballer
1975 – Jaanus Sirel , Estonian footballer
1977 – Rodney Jerkins , American rapper and producer
1977 – Danger Mouse , American keyboard player, drummer, and producer
1978 – Bidisha , English journalist, author, and critic
1978 – Mike Adams , American baseball player
1978 – Marina Lazarovska , Macedonian tennis player
1979 – Karim Essediri , Tunisian footballer
1979 – Ronald Murray , American basketball player
1979 – Juris Umbraško , Latvian basketball player
1980 – Ryan Braun , Canadian-American baseball player
1980 – Fernando González , Chilean tennis player
1980 – Ben Koller , American drummer
1980 – John Morris , Australian rugby league player
1981 – Fernando Alonso , Spanish race car driver
1981 – Andrés Madrid , Argentinian footballer
1981 – Troy Perkins , American soccer player
1982 – Janez Aljančič , Slovenian footballer
1982 – Jônatas Domingos , Brazilian footballer
1983 – Jason Belmonte , Australian bowler
1983 – Inés Gómez Mont , Mexican journalist and actress
1983 – Alexei Kaigorodov , Russian ice hockey player
1983 – Jerious Norwood , American football player
1983 – Elise Testone , American singer-songwriter
1984 – Oh Beom-seok , South Korean footballer
1984 – Chad Billingsley , American baseball player
1984 – Wilson Palacios , Honduran footballer
1985 – Besart Berisha , Albanian footballer
1985 – Simon Santoso , Indonesian badminton player
1987 – Alice Dellal , Brazilian-English model
1988 – Alexander Lee Eusebio , Hong Kong-South Korean singer
1988 – Tarjei Bø , Norwegian biathlete
1989 – Grit Šadeiko , Estonian heptathlete
1991 – Dale Copley , Australian rugby league player
1991 – Miki Ishikawa , American actress and singer
1991 – Irakli Logua , Russian footballer
1992 – Karen Torrez , Bolivian swimmer
1993 – Nicole Melichar , American tennis player
1994 – Liam O'Brien (ice hockey) , Canadian ice hockey player
1998 – Anna Murashige , Japanese singer
238 – Balbinus , Roman emperor (b. 165)
238 – Pupienus , Roman emperor (b. 178)
451 – Tuoba Huang , prince of Northern Wei (b. 428)
796 – Offa of Mercia (b. 730)
846 – Li Shen , chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
1030 – Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
1095 – Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1040)
1099 – Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
1108 – Philip I of France (b. 1052)
1326 – Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (b. 1259)
1504 – Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (b. 1435)
1507 – Martin Behaim , German-Bohemian geographer and astronomer (b. 1459)
1573 – John Caius , English physician and academic (b. 1510)
1612 – Jacques Bongars , French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
1644 – Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
1752 – Peter Warren , Irish admiral and politician (b. 1703)
1781 – Johann Kies , German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
1792 – René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou , French lawyer and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
1813 – Jean-Andoche Junot , French general (b. 1771)
1833 – William Wilberforce , English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
1839 – Gaspard de Prony , French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
1844 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart , Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
1856 – Robert Schumann , German composer and critic (b. 1810)
1857 – Thomas Dick , Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
1887 – Agostino Depretis , Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1813)
1890 – Vincent van Gogh , Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
1895 – Floriano Peixoto , Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
1900 – Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
1913 – Tobias Asser , Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
1918 – Ernest William Christmas , Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
1924 – Sotirios Krokidas , Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
1934 – Didier Pitre , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
1938 – Nikolai Krylenko , Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
1950 – Joe Fry , English race car driver (b. 1915)
1951 – Ali Sami Yen , Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
1954 – Coen de Koning , Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
1960 – Hasan Saka , Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
1962 – Ronald Fisher , English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)
1962 – Leonardo De Lorenzo , Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
1964 – Vean Gregg , American baseball player (b. 1885)
1966 – Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi , Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)
1966 – Adekunle Fajuyi , Nigerian colonel (b. 1926)
1970 – John Barbirolli , English cellist and conductor (b. 1899)
1973 – Norm Smith , Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
1973 – Roger Williamson , English race car driver (b. 1948)
1974 – Cass Elliot , American singer (b. 1941)
1974 – Erich Kästner , German author and poet (b. 1899)
1976 – Mickey Cohen , American gangster (b. 1913)
1978 – Andrzej Bogucki , Polish actor, operetta singer, and songwriter (b. 1904)
1979 – Herbert Marcuse , German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1898)
1979 – Bill Todman , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)
1981 – Robert Moses , American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888)
1982 – Harold Sakata , American wrestler and actor (b. 1920)
1982 – Vladimir K. Zworykin , Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (b. 1889)
1983 – Luis Buñuel , Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1983 – Raymond Massey , Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1983 – David Niven , English military officer and actor (b. 1910)
1984 – Fred Waring , American television host and bandleader (b. 1900)
1987 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay , Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1894)
1990 – Bruno Kreisky , Austrian academic and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
1992 – Michel Larocque , Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1952)
1994 – John Britton , American physician (b. 1925)
1994 – Dorothy Hodgkin , Egyptian-English biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1995 – Les Elgart , American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1917)
1996 – Ric Nordman , Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1919)
1996 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger , French mathematician and theorist (b. 1920)
1996 – Jason Thirsk , American singer and bass player (b. 1967)
1998 – Jerome Robbins , American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1918)
2001 – Edward Gierek , Polish soldier and politician (b. 1913)
2001 – Wau Holland , German computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club (b. 1951)
2003 – Foday Sankoh , Sierra Leonean soldier, founded the Revolutionary United Front (b. 1937)
2004 – Rena Vlahopoulou , Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
2007 – Mike Reid , English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940)
2007 – Michel Serrault , French actor (b. 1928)
2007 – Tom Snyder , American journalist and talk show host (b. 1936)
2007 – Marvin Zindler , American journalist (b. 1921)
2008 – Bruce Edward Ivins , American scientist and bio-defense researcher (b. 1946)
2010 – Charles E. Wicks , American chemist and academic (b. 1925)
2012 – Tatiana Egorova , Russian footballer and manager (b. 1970)
2012 – August Kowalczyk , Polish actor and director (b. 1921)
2012 – Chris Marker , French photographer and journalist (b. 1921)
2012 – James Mellaart , English archaeologist and author (b. 1925)
2012 – John Stampe , Danish footballer and coach (b. 1957)
2013 – Christian Benítez , Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1986)
2013 – Peter Flanigan , American banker and civil servant (b. 1923)
2013 – Tony Gaze , Australian soldier, pilot, and race car driver (b. 1920)
2013 – Munir Hussain , Indian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1929)
2014 – M. Caldwell Butler , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925)
2014 – Jon R. Cavaiani , English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943)
2014 – Giorgio Gaslini , Italian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
2014 – María Antonia Iglesias , Spanish journalist and author (b. 1945)
2014 – Péter Kiss , Hungarian engineer and politician (b. 1959)
2014 – Idris Muhammad , American drummer and composer (b. 1939)
2014 – Thomas R. St. George , American soldier and author (b. 1919)
2015 – Antony Holland , English-Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1920)
2015 – Peter O'Sullevan , Anglo-Irish sportscaster (b. 1918)
2015 – Mike Pyle , American football player and sportscaster (b. 1939)
2015 – Franklin H. Westervelt , American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1930)
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