October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
456 – The Visigoths under king Theodoric II , acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus , invade Iberia with an army of Burgundians , Franks and Goths , led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc . They defeat the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga (Gallaecia ).
610 – Coronation of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius .
816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Stephen IV at Reims .
869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about patriarch Photius of Constantinople .
1143 – King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
1450 – Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria .
1550 – Foundation of Concepción , city in Chile .
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1607 – Assassins sent by Pope Paul V attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi , who survives fifteen stiletto thrusts.
1665 – The University of Kiel is founded.
1789 – French Revolution : Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI of France about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism , demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
1793 – French Revolution : Christianity is disestablished in France.
1813 – Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British and kill Shawnee leader Tecumseh .
1857 – The City of Anaheim, California is founded.
1864 – The Indian city of Calcutta is almost totally destroyed by a cyclone ; 60,000 die.
1869 – The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had reportedly been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer.
1869 – During construction, the Hennepin Island tunnel has a limestone cap breached and the rushing water breaks large chunks of land away and the St. Anthony Falls are nearly destroyed.
1877 – Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles .
1903 – Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices.
1905 – Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
1910 – In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
1911 – The Kowloon–Canton Railway (split into MTR East Rail Line and Guangshen Railway now) commences service between Kowloon and Canton .
1914 – World War I : First aerial combat resulting in an intentional fatality.
1915 – Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers .
1921 – The 1921 World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio .
1930 – British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
1936 – The Jarrow March sets off for London.
1938 – In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated ; those who needed a passport for emigration purposes are given one marked with the letter "J" (for "Jude", or Jew).
1943 – Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island .
1944 – Suffrage is extended to women in France.
1945 – Hollywood Black Friday : A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers ' studios.
1947 – The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman .
1948 – The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake kills 110,000.
1955 – Disneyland Hotel opens to the public in Anaheim, California .
1962 – Dr. No , the first in the James Bond film series , is released.
1962 – The Beatles ' first single, "Love Me Do " backed with "P.S. I Love You ", is released in the United Kingdom.
1966 – Near Detroit, Michigan , there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor .
1968 – Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry , Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles .
1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
1970 – British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
1974 – Guildford pub bombings : Bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
1982 – Chicago Tylenol murders : Johnson & Johnson initiates a nationwide product recall in the United States for all products in its Tylenol brand after several bottles in Chicago are found to have been laced with cyanide , resulting in seven deaths.
1984 – Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space , aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger .
1986 – Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times runs Mordechai Vanunu 's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal".
1988 – The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.
1990 – After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne , Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
1991 – An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
1999 – The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
2000 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević . These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution .
2001 – Barry Bonds surpasses Mark McGwire 's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs .
2011 – In the Mekong River massacre , two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the lawless Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia .
1338 – Alexios III of Trebizond (d. 1390)
1377 – Louis II of Naples (d. 1417)
1487 – Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg , German nobleman (d. 1553)
1520 – Alessandro Farnese , Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1589)
1641 – Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan , French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
1658 – Mary of Modena (d. 1718)
1695 – John Glas , Scottish minister (d. 1773)
1703 – Jonathan Edwards , American pastor and theologian (d. 1758)
1712 – Francesco Guardi , Italian painter (d. 1793)
1713 – Denis Diderot , French philosopher and critic (d. 1784)
1715 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau , French economist and educator (d. 1789)
1728 – Chevalier d'Éon , French diplomat and spy (d. 1810)
1743 – Giuseppe Gazzaniga , Italian composer and educator (d. 1818)
1777 – Mary Wade , English convict (d. 1859)
1781 – Bernard Bolzano , Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
1792 – Joseph Crosfield , English businessman (d. 1844)
1795 – Alexander Keith , Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (d. 1873)
1803 – Friedrich Bernhard Westphal , Danish-German painter (d. 1844)
1816 – Ursula Frayne , Irish-Australian nun and missionary (d. 1885)
1820 – David Wilber , American lawyer and politician (d. 1890)
1824 – Henry Chadwick , English-American historian and author (d. 1908)
1829 – Chester A. Arthur , American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
1844 – Francis William Reitz , South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
1848 – Guido von List , Austrian-German journalist and poet (d. 1919)
1850 – Sergey Muromtsev , Russian lawyer and politician (d. 1910)
1857 – Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich , Irish author and playwright (d. 1942)
1858 – Helen Churchill Candee , American journalist and author (d. 1949)
1864 – Louis Lumière , French director and producer (d. 1948)
1873 – Lucien Mérignac , French fencer (d. 1941)
1878 – Louise Dresser , American actress (d. 1965)
1879 – Francis Peyton Rous , American pathologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1882 – Robert H. Goddard , American physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 1945)
1883 – Ernst Pittschau , German actor (d. 1951)
1885 – Arunachalam Mahadeva , Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (d. 1969)
1885 – Ida Rubinstein , Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1960)
1887 – René Cassin , French judge and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
1887 – Manny Ziener , German actress (d. 1972)
1888 – Mary Fuller , American actress and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1889 – Teresa de la Parra , French-Venezuelan author and educator (d. 1936)
1892 – Remington Kellogg , American zoologist and paleontologist (d. 1969)
1894 – Bevil Rudd , South African runner and journalist (d. 1948)
1898 – Nachum Gutman , Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (d. 1980)
1899 – Elda Anderson , American physicist and health researcher (d. 1961)
1901 – John Alton , Austrian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1996)
1902 – Larry Fine , American comedian (d. 1975)
1902 – Ray Kroc , American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1984)
1903 – M. King Hubbert , American geophysicist and academic (d. 1989)
1905 – John Hoyt , American actor (d. 1991)
1905 – Harriet E. MacGibbon , American actress (d. 1987)
1907 – Mrs. Miller , American singer (d. 1997)
1907 – Ragnar Nurkse , Estonian-American economist and academic (d. 1959)
1908 – Mehmet Ali Aybar , Turkish lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
1908 – Joshua Logan , American director and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1909 – Tony Malinosky , American baseball player and soldier (d. 2011)
1911 – Pierre Dansereau , Canadian ecologist and academic (d. 2011)
1911 – Brian O'Nolan , Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)
1912 – Fritz Fischer , German physician (d. 2003)
1913 – Eugene B. Fluckey American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2007)
1914 – Zhang Zhen , Chinese general and politician (d. 2015)
1916 – Stetson Kennedy , American author and activist (d. 2011)
1917 – Allen Ludden , American television personality and game show host (d. 1981)
1917 – Magda Szabó , Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007)
1919 – Donald Pleasence , English actor (d. 1995)
1921 – Bill Willis , American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1922 – Jim Godbolt , English historian and journalist (d. 2013)
1922 – José Froilán González , Argentinian race car driver (d. 2013)
1922 – Bil Keane , American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2011)
1922 – Jock Stein , Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
1923 – Philip Berrigan , American priest and activist (d. 2002)
1923 – Stig Dagerman , Swedish journalist and author (d. 1954)
1923 – Albert Guðmundsson , Icelandic footballer and politician (d. 1994)
1923 – Glynis Johns , South African-born British actress and singer
1923 – Kailashpati Mishra , Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (d. 2012)
1924 – Bill Dana , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1924 – José Donoso , Chilean author (d. 1996)
1924 – Barbara Kelly , Canadian actress and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1924 – Frederic Morton , Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author (d. 2015)
1924 – Bob Thaves , American cartoonist (d. 2006)
1925 – Gail Davis , American actress (d. 1997)
1925 – Herbert Kretzmer , South African-English journalist and songwriter
1925 – Walter Dale Miller , American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2015)
1926 – Avraham Adan , Israeli general (d. 2012)
1926 – Willi Unsoeld , American mountaineer and educator (d. 1979)
1928 – Louise Fitzhugh , American author and illustrator (d. 1974)
1929 – Richard F. Gordon Jr. , American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1929 – Bill Wirtz , American businessman (d. 2007)
1930 – Pavel Popovich , Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2009)
1930 – Reinhard Selten , German economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
1931 – Rosalie Gower , Canadian nurse and politician (d. 2013)
1932 – Neal Ascherson , Scottish journalist and author
1932 – Dean Prentice , Canadian ice hockey player
1932 – Michael John Rogers , English ornithologist and police officer (d. 2006)
1933 – Doug Bailey , American political consultant, founded The Hotline (d. 2013)
1933 – Diane Cilento , Australian actress and author (d. 2011)
1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor , Canadian businessman and diplomat
1936 – Václav Havel , Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)
1937 – Carlo Mastrangelo , American doo-wop singer (d. 2016)
1937 – Barry Switzer , American football player and coach
1938 – Johnny Duncan , American country singer (d. 2006)
1938 – Teresa Heinz , Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist
1938 – Ed Ocampo , Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 1992)
1939 – Marie-Claire Blais , Canadian author and playwright
1939 – A. R. Penck , German painter and sculptor
1939 – Walter Wolf , Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Walter Wolf Racing
1939 – Consuelo Ynares-Santiago , Filipino lawyer and jurist
1940 – Rein Aun , Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1995)
1940 – John Byrne Cooke , American author and photographer
1940 – Bob Cowper , Australian cricketer
1941 – Roy Book Binder , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Stephanie Cole , English actress
1941 – Eduardo Duhalde , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
1942 – Billy Scott , American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
1942 – Richard Street , American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1943 – Ben Cardin , American lawyer and politician
1943 – Steve Miller , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Michael Morpurgo , English author, poet, and playwright
1944 – Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser , English union leader and politician
1945 – Brian Connolly , Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
1945 – Geoff Leigh , English saxophonist and flute player
1946 – Zahida Hina , Pakistani journalist and author
1946 – Robin Lane Fox , English historian and author
1946 – Heather MacRae , American actress
1946 – Jean Perron , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1946 – David Watson , English footballer
1947 – Brian Johnson , English singer-songwriter
1947 – Michèle Pierre-Louis , Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
1948 – Carter Cornelius , American singer (d. 1991)
1948 – Russell Mael , American vocalist
1948 – Tawl Ross , American guitarist
1948 – Zoran Živković , Serbian author and academic
1949 – Peter Ackroyd , English biographer, novelist and critic
1949 – Ralph Goodale , Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Finance
1949 – Bill James , American historian and author
1949 – B. W. Stevenson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
1949 – Yashiki Takajin , Japanese singer and television host (d. 2014)
1950 – Eddie Clarke , English guitarist
1950 – Jeff Conaway , American actor and singer (d. 2011)
1950 – Edward P. Jones , American novelist and short story writer
1950 – James Rizzi , American painter and illustrator (d. 2011)
1951 – Karen Allen , American actress
1951 – Bob Geldof , Irish singer-songwriter and actor
1952 – Clive Barker , English author, director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Harold Faltermeyer , German keyboard player, composer, and producer
1952 – Imran Khan , Pakistani cricketer and politician
1953 – Philip Hampton , English-Scottish accountant and businessman
1953 – Roy Laidlaw , Scottish rugby player
1955 – John Alexander , English footballer
1955 – Jean-Jacques Lafon , French singer-songwriter
1955 – Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell , English academic and businessman
1957 – Mark Geragos , American lawyer
1957 – Lee Thompson , English singer-songwriter and saxophonist
1957 – Bernie Mac , American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1958 – André Kuipers , Dutch physician and astronaut
1958 – Neil Peart , Australian footballer
1958 – Neil deGrasse Tyson , American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author
1959 – Maya Lin , American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial
1959 – Kelly Joe Phelps , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – David Shannon , American author and illustrator
1959 – Kenan İpek , Turkish lawyer and judge
1960 – Careca , Brazilian footballer
1960 – Daniel Baldwin , American actor, director, and producer
1960 – David Kirk , New Zealand rugby player and coach
1961 – Pato Banton , English singer-songwriter
1961 – Sharon Cheslow , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1961 – Matthew Kauffman , American journalist
1962 – Michael Andretti , American race car driver
1962 – Thomas Herbst , German footballer and manager
1962 – Caron Keating , British television host (d. 2004)
1963 – Laura Davies , English golfer and sportscaster
1963 – Tony Dodemaide , Australian cricketer
1963 – Michael Hadschieff , Austrian speed skater
1963 – Nick Robinson , English journalist and blogger
1963 – Ronni Le Tekrø , Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
1964 – Philip A. Haigh , English historian and author
1964 – Malik Saidullaev , Russian businessman
1964 – Korina Sanchez , Filipino journalist
1965 – Trace Armstrong , American football player and agent
1965 – Theo Bos , Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1965 – Mario Lemieux , Canadian ice hockey player
1965 – Patrick Roy , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966 – Dennis Byrd , American football player
1966 – Sean M. Carroll , American physicist, cosmologist, and academic
1966 – Terri Runnels , American wrestler and manager
1966 – Jan Verhaas , Dutch snooker player and referee
1967 – Rex Chapman , American basketball player and sportscaster
1967 – Guy Pearce , English-Australian actor
1967 – Dorian West , Welsh-English rugby player
1970 – Josie Bissett , American actress
1970 – Matthew Knights , Australian footballer and coach
1970 – Audie Pitre , American singer and bass player (d. 1997)
1970 – Tord Gustavsen , Norwegian pianist and composer
1970 – Cal Wilson , New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter
1971 – South Park Mexican , American rapper and producer, founded Dope House Records
1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino , Argentinian footballer and manager
1972 – Annely Akkermann , Estonian banker and politician
1972 – Aaron Guiel , Canadian baseball player
1972 – Grant Hill , American basketball player and actor
1972 – Thomas Roberts , American journalist and actor
1973 – Cédric Villani , French mathematician and academic
1974 – Rich Franklin , American mixed martial artist and actor
1974 – Heather Headley , Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1974 – Colin Meloy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Anousjka van Exel , Dutch tennis player
1975 – Bobo Baldé , French-Guinean footballer
1975 – Carson Ellis , American painter and illustrator
1975 – Parminder Nagra , English actress
1975 – Monica Rial American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
1975 – Kate Winslet , English actress
1976 – Ramzan Kadyrov , Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic
1976 – Royston Tan , Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter
1976 – J. J. Yeley , American race car driver
1977 – Hugleikur Dagsson , Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic
1977 – Vinnie Paz , Italian-American rapper and producer
1978 – Mark Gower , English footballer
1978 – Jesse Palmer , Canadian football player and sportscaster
1978 – Shane Ryan , Irish footballer and hurler
1978 – James Valentine , American guitarist
1978 – Steinar Nickelsen , Norwegian organist and composer
1978 – Morgan Webb , Canadian-American television host and producer
1979 – Vince Grella , Australian footballer
1979 – Curtis Sanford , Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Paul Thomas , American bass player
1980 – James Toseland , English motorcycle racer
1981 – Joel Lindpere , Estonian footballer
1981 – Andy Nägelein , German footballer
1982 – Michael Roos , Estonian-American football player
1982 – Steve Williams , Australian-German rugby player
1983 – Jesse Eisenberg , American actor and writer
1983 – Florian Mayer , German tennis player
1983 – Mashrafe Mortaza , Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Naima Adedapo , American singer and dancer
1984 – Kenwyne Jones , Trinidadian footballer
1985 – Nicola Roberts , English singer-songwriter and actress
1986 – Mladen Bartulović , Croatian footballer
1987 – Dillon Francis , American DJ and record producer
1987 – Kevin Mirallas , Belgian footballer
1987 – Tim Ream , American soccer player
1987 – Park So-yeon , South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
1987 – Javier Villa , Spanish race car driver
1987 – Luigi Vitale , Italian footballer
1988 – Benny Howell , English cricketer
1988 – Bahar Kızıl , German singer-songwriter
1988 – Kevin Olusola , American singer, cellist, and producer
1988 – Maja Salvador , Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host
1989 – Kelsey Adrian , Canadian basketball player
1989 – Marcel Baude , German footballer
1989 – Ify Ibekwe , American basketball player
1990 – Nathan Peats , Australian rugby league player
1996 – Jayden Nikorima , New Zealand rugby league player
578 – Justin II , Byzantine emperor (b. 520)
1056 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)
1111 – Robert II, Count of Flanders (b. 1065)
1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux , French monk, historian, and author (b. 1030)
1214 – Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)
1285 – Philip III of France (b. 1245)
1398 – Blanche of Navarre, Queen of France (b. 1333)
1399 – Raymond of Capua , Italian Dominic friar and venerated Christian (b. 1330)
1528 – Richard Foxe , English bishop and academic (b. 1448)
1540 – Helius Eobanus Hessus , German poet and educator (b. 1488)
1564 – Pierre de Manchicourt , Flemish composer and educator (b. 1510)
1565 – Lodovico Ferrari , Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1522)
1606 – Philippe Desportes , French poet and author (b. 1546)
1714 – Kaibara Ekken , Japanese botanist and philosopher (b. 1630)
1740 – Jean-Philippe Baratier , German astronomer and scholar (b. 1721)
1777 – Johann Andreas Segner , Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
1805 – Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis , English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1738)
1813 – Tecumseh , American tribal leader (b. 1768)
1848 – Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg , Austrian-German historian and politician (b. 1781)
1861 – Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski , Polish archbishop (b. 1778)
1880 – Jacques Offenbach , German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
1895 – Ralph Tollemache , English priest (b. 1826)
1913 – Hans von Bartels , German painter and educator (b. 1856)
1918 – Roland Georges Garros , French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
1927 – Sam Warner , Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
1929 – Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly , Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
1930 – Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson , Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
1933 – Renée Adorée , French-American actress (b. 1898)
1933 – Nikolai Yudenich , Russian general (b. 1862)
1936 – J. Slauerhoff , Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
1938 – Faustina Kowalska , Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)
1938 – Albert Ranft , Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
1940 – Ballington Booth , English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
1940 – Lincoln Loy McCandless , American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
1940 – Silvestre Revueltas , Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
1941 – Louis Brandeis , American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
1942 – Dorothea Klumpke , American astronomer (b. 1861)
1943 – Leon Roppolo , American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
1950 – Frederic Lewy , German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
1952 – Joe Jagersberger , Austrian race car driver (b. 1884)
1976 – Barbara Nichols , American actress (b. 1928)
1976 – Lars Onsager , Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
1981 – Gloria Grahame , American actress and singer (b. 1923)
1983 – Humberto Mauro , Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
1983 – Earl Tupper , American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
1985 – Karl Menger , Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
1986 – Mike Burgmann , Australian race car driver and accountant (b. 1947)
1986 – Hal B. Wallis , American film producer (b. 1898)
1986 – James H. Wilkinson , English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
1992 – Eddie Kendricks , American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
1996 – Seymour Cray , American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925)
1997 – Brian Pillman , American football player and wrestler (b. 1962)
2000 – Johanna Döbereiner , Brazilian agronomist (b. 1924)
2000 – Cătălin Hîldan , Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
2001 – Mike Mansfield , American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1903)
2002 – Chuck Rayner , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
2003 – Dan Snyder , Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1978)
2003 – Timothy Treadwell , American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)
2004 – Rodney Dangerfield , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2004 – William H. Dobelle , American biologist and academic (b. 1941)
2004 – Maurice Wilkins , New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2006 – Antonio Peña , Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (b. 1953)
2006 – George Zervanos , Greek tenor and educator (b. 1930)
2007 – Justin Tuveri , Italian soldier (b. 1898)
2009 – Mike Alexander , English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1977)
2010 – Bernard Clavel , French journalist and author (b. 1923)
2010 – Mary Leona Gage , American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939)
2010 – Steve Lee , Swiss singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
2011 – Derrick Bell , American academic and scholar (b. 1930)
2011 – Bert Jansch , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
2011 – Steve Jobs , American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. and Pixar (b. 1955)
2011 – Charles Napier , American actor and singer (b. 1936)
2011 – Fred Shuttlesworth , American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (b. 1922)
2011 – Gökşin Sipahioğlu , Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
2012 – Keith Campbell , English biologist and academic (b. 1954)
2012 – Vojin Dimitrijević , Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (b. 1932)
2012 – James W. Holley, III , American dentist and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Edvard Mirzoyan , Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (b. 1921)
2012 – Claude Pinoteau , French director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2013 – Ruth R. Benerito , American chemist and academic (b. 1916)
2013 – Carlo Lizzani , Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2013 – Yakkun Sakurazuka , Japanese voice actress and singer (b. 1976)
2014 – David Chavchavadze , English-American CIA officer and author (b. 1924)
2014 – Andrea de Cesaris , Italian race car driver (b. 1959)
2014 – Geoffrey Holder , Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1930)
2014 – Yuri Lyubimov , Russian actor and director (b. 1917)
2015 – Chantal Akerman , Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (b. 1950)
2015 – Joker Arroyo , Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
2015 – Grace Lee Boggs , American philosopher, author, and activist (b. 1915)
2015 – Henning Mankell , Swedish author and playwright (b. 1948)
2016 – Brock Yates , American journalist and author (b. 1933)
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