June 17 is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 197 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).
1244 – Following the Disputation of Paris , twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris .
1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack ) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia .
1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge : Forces under King Henry VII defeat troops led by Michael An Gof .
1565 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun , Ashikaga Yoshiteru .
1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California ) for England.
1596 – The Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovers the Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen .
1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum , the Taj Mahal .
1673 – French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make a detailed account of its course.
1773 – Cúcuta , Colombia , is discovered by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar .
1775 – American Revolutionary War : Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill .
1789 – In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly .
1795 – The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic.
1839 – In the Kingdom of Hawaii , Kamehameha III issues the edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands . The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace are established as a result.
1843 – The Wairau Affray , the first serious clash of arms between Māori and British settlers in the New Zealand Wars , takes place.
1861 – American Civil War : Battle of Vienna, Virginia .
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign .
1876 – American Indian Wars : Battle of the Rosebud : One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook 's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory .
1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon : The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory .
1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor .
1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
1900 – Boxer Rebellion : Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin , China.
1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT .
1910 – Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
1922 – Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic .
1929 – The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
1930 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
1932 – Bonus Army : Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
1933 – Union Station massacre : In Kansas City, Missouri , four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
1939 – Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann , a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.
1940 – World War II: RMS Lancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire , France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
1940 – World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya , Africa from Italian forces.
1940 – The three Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union .
1944 – Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic .
1948 – A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania , killing all 43 people on board.
1953 – East Germany Workers Uprising : In East Germany , the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
1958 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing , in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others.
1960 – The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2 ) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
1963 – The United States Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools .
1963 – A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis , a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
1967 – The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon .
1972 – Watergate scandal : Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee , in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
1985 – STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a Payload Specialist .
1987 – With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
1991 – Apartheid : The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
1992 – A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II ).
1994 – Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson , and her friend Ronald Goldman .
2015 – Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina .
801 – Drogo of Metz (d. 855)
1239 – Edward I of England (d. 1307)
1603 – Joseph of Cupertino , Italian mystic and saint (d. 1663)
1631 – Gauharara Begum , Mughal daughter of Shah Jahan (d. 1706)
1682 – Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
1691 – Giovanni Paolo Panini , Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
1693 – Johann Georg Walch , German theologian and author (d. 1775)
1704 – John Kay , English engineer, invented the Flying shuttle (d. 1780)
1714 – César-François Cassini de Thury , French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1784)
1718 – George Howard , English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca (d. 1796)
1800 – William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse , English-Irish astronomer and politician (d. 1867)
1808 – Henrik Wergeland , Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist (d. 1845)
1810 – Ferdinand Freiligrath , German poet and translator (d. 1876)
1811 – Jón Sigurðsson , Icelandic scholar and politician (d. 1879)
1818 – Charles Gounod , French composer and academic (d. 1893)
1818 – Sophie of Württemberg (d. 1877)
1821 – E. G. Squier , American archaeologist and journalist (d. 1888)
1832 – William Crookes , English chemist and physicist (d. 1919)
1858 – Eben Sumner Draper , American businessman and politician, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914)
1861 – Pete Browning , American baseball player (d. 1905)
1861 – Omar Bundy , American general (d. 1940)
1863 – Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1934)
1867 – Flora Finch , English-American actress (d. 1940)
1867 – John Robert Gregg , Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian (d. 1948)
1867 – Henry Lawson , Australian poet and author (d. 1922)
1871 – James Weldon Johnson , American author, journalist, and activist (d. 1938)
1876 – William Carr , American rower (d. 1942)
1876 – Edward Anthony Spitzka , American anatomist and author (d. 1922)
1880 – Carl Van Vechten , American author and photographer (d. 1964)
1881 – Tommy Burns , Canadian boxer and promoter (d. 1955)
1882 – Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)
1882 – Igor Stravinsky , Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1971)
1888 – Heinz Guderian , German general (d. 1954)
1897 – Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro , Brazilian girl, popular saint (d. 1911)
1898 – M. C. Escher , Dutch illustrator (d. 1972)
1898 – Carl Hermann , German physicist and academic (d. 1961)
1898 – Harry Patch , English soldier and firefighter (d. 2009)
1900 – Martin Bormann , German politician (d. 1945)
1902 – Sammy Fain , American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1902 – Alec Hurwood , Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1903 – Ruth Graves Wakefield , American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie (d. 1977)
1904 – Ralph Bellamy , American actor and singer (d. 1991)
1904 – J. Vernon McGee , American pastor and theologian (d. 1988)
1904 – Patrice Tardif , Canadian farmer and politician (d. 1989)
1907 – Maurice Cloche , French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1909 – Elmer L. Andersen , American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
1909 – Ralph E. Winters , Canadian-American film editor (d. 2004)
1910 – Red Foley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1968)
1910 – George Hees , Canadian football player and politician (d. 1996)
1914 – John Hersey , American journalist and author (d. 1993)
1915 – David "Stringbean" Akeman , American singer and banjo player (d. 1973)
1915 – Marcel Cadieux , Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 1981)
1916 – Terry Gilkyson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1917 – Dufferin Roblin , Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (d. 2010)
1918 – Ajahn Chah , Thai monk and educator (d. 1992)
1919 – William Kaye Estes , American psychologist and academic (d. 2011)
1919 – John Moffat , Scottish lieutenant and pilot (d. 2016)
1919 – Beryl Reid , English actress (d. 1996)
1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert , American lawyer and politician (d. 1981)
1920 – Setsuko Hara , Japanese actress (d. 2015)
1920 – François Jacob , French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1920 – Peter Le Cheminant , English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
1922 – John Amis , English journalist and critic (d. 2013)
1923 – Elroy Hirsch , American football player (d. 2004)
1923 – Arnold S. Relman , American physician and academic (d. 2014)
1923 – Dale C. Thomson , Canadian historian and academic (d. 1999)
1925 – Alexander Shulgin , American pharmacologist and chemist (d. 2014)
1927 – Martin Böttcher , German composer and conductor
1927 – Wally Wood , American author, illustrator, and publisher (d. 1981)
1929 – Bud Collins , American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2016)
1929 – Tigran Petrosian , Armenian chess player (d. 1984)
1930 – Brian Statham , English cricketer (d. 2000)
1931 – John Baldessari , American painter and illustrator
1932 – Derek Ibbotson , English runner
1932 – John Murtha , American colonel and politician (d. 2010)
1933 – Harry Browne , American soldier and politician (d. 2006)
1933 – Christian Ferras , French violinist (d. 1982)
1936 – Vern Harper , Canadian tribal leader and activist
1936 – Ken Loach , English director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Peter Fitzgerald , Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1937 – Ted Nelson , American sociologist and philosopher
1940 – George Akerlof , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – Bobby Bell , American football player
1941 – Nicholas C. Handy , English chemist and academic (d. 2012)
1942 – Mohamed ElBaradei , Egyptian politician, Vice President of Egypt , Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Doğu Perinçek , Turkish lawyer and politician
1942 – Roger Steffens , American actor and producer
1943 – Newt Gingrich , American historian and politician, 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1943 – Barry Manilow , American singer-songwriter and producer
1943 – Chantal Mouffe , Belgian theorist and author
1943 – Burt Rutan , American engineer and pilot
1944 – Randy Johnson , American football player (d. 2009)
1944 – Chris Spedding , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Tommy Franks , American general
1945 – Ken Livingstone , English politician, 1st Mayor of London
1945 – Eddy Merckx , Belgian cyclist and sportscaster
1946 – Peter Rosei , Austrian author, poet, and playwright
1947 – Christopher Allport , American actor (d. 2008)
1947 – Linda Chavez , American journalist and author
1947 – George S. Clinton , American composer and songwriter
1947 – Gregg Rolie , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1947 – Paul Young , English singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
1948 – Dave Concepción , Venezuelan baseball player and manager
1948 – Jacqueline Jones , American historian and academic
1948 – Aurelio López , Mexican baseball player and politician (d. 1992)
1948 – Karol Sikora , English physician and academic
1949 – Snakefinger , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1987)
1949 – John Craven , English economist and academic
1950 – Lee Tamahori , film director
1951 – Starhawk , American author and activist
1951 – John Garrett , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1951 – Joe Piscopo , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
1952 – Mike Milbury , American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1952 – Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley , English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
1953 – Vernon Coaker , English educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1954 – Mark Linn-Baker , American actor and director
1955 – Mati Laur , Estonian historian, author, and academic
1955 – Bob Sauvé , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1955 – Cem Hakko , Turkish fashion designer and businessman
1956 – Iain Milne , Scottish rugby player
1957 – Philip Chevron , Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1957 – Martin Dillon , American tenor and educator (d. 2005)
1957 – Uģis Prauliņš , Latvian composer
1958 – Pierre Berbizier , French rugby player and coach
1958 – Jello Biafra , American singer-songwriter and producer
1958 – Bobby Farrelly , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Sam Hamad , Syrian-Canadian academic and politician
1958 – Jon Leibowitz , American lawyer and politician
1958 – Daniel McVicar , American actor
1959 – Lawrence Haddad , South African-English economist and academic
1959 – Nikos Stavropoulos , Greek basketball player and coach
1960 – Adrián Campos , Spanish race car driver
1960 – Thomas Haden Church , American actor
1961 – Kōichi Yamadera , Japanese actor and singer
1962 – Michael Monroe , Finnish singer-songwriter and saxophonist (Hanoi Rocks and Demolition 23 )
1963 – Greg Kinnear , American actor, television presenter, and producer
1964 – Rinaldo Capello , Italian race car driver
1964 – Michael Gross , German swimmer
1964 – Svetla Mitkova-Sınırtaş , Bulgarian-Turkish shot putter and discus thrower
1964 – Steve Rhodes , English cricketer and coach
1965 – Dermontti Dawson , American football player and coach
1965 – Dan Jansen , American speed skater and sportscaster
1965 – Dara O'Kearney , Irish runner and poker player
1966 – Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras , Iraqi journalist and author
1966 – Tory Burch , American fashion designer and philanthropist
1966 – Ken Clark , American football player (d. 2013)
1966 – Diane Modahl , English runner
1966 – Jason Patric , American actor
1967 – Dorothea Röschmann , German soprano and actress
1967 – Eric Stefani , American keyboard player and composer
1968 – Steve Georgallis , Australian rugby league player and coach
1968 – Minoru Suzuki , Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1969 – Paul Tergat , Kenyan runner
1969 – Geoff Toovey , Australian rugby league player and coach
1969 – Ilya Tsymbalar , Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1970 – Stéphane Fiset , Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Will Forte , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
1970 – Jason Hanson , American football player
1970 – Popeye Jones , American basketball player and coach
1970 – Michael Showalter , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Mildred Fox , Irish politician
1973 – Leander Paes , Indian tennis player
1974 – Evangelia Psarra , Greek archer
1975 – Joshua Leonard , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1976 – Scott Adkins , English actor and martial artist
1976 – Sven Nys , Belgian cyclist
1976 – Keisuke Ogihara , Japanese rapper
1977 – Tjaša Jezernik , Slovenian tennis player
1977 – Mark Tauscher , American football player and sportscaster
1978 – Isabelle Delobel , French ice dancer
1978 – Travis Roche , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Tyson Apostol , American television personality
1979 – Young Maylay , American rapper, producer, and voice actor
1979 – Nick Rimando , American soccer player
1980 – Jeph Jacques , American author and illustrator
1980 – Elisa Rigaudo , Italian race walker
1980 – Venus Williams , American tennis player
1981 – Kyle Boller , American football player
1981 – Shane Watson , Australian cricketer
1982 – Stefan Hodgetts , English racing driver
1982 – Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa , Brazilian footballer
1982 – Stanislava Hrozenská , Slovak tennis player
1982 – Marek Svatoš , Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2016)
1983 – Vlasis Kazakis , Greek footballer
1983 - Kazunari Ninomiya , Japanese actor, idol , singer, songwriter, voice actor, and radio host
1984 – Michael Mathieu , Bahamian sprinter
1984 – Si Tianfeng , Chinese race walker
1984 – Chris Weidman , American mixed martial artist
1985 – Özge Akın , Turkish sprinter
1985 – Marcos Baghdatis , Cypriot tennis player
1985 – Rafael Sóbis , Brazilian footballer
1986 – Apoula Edel , Armenian footballer
1986 – Helen Glover , English rower
1987 – Kendrick Lamar , American rapper
1987 – Nozomi Tsuji , Japanese singer and actress
1988 – Toru Baba , Japanese actor, entertainer, and singer
1988 – Andrew Ogilvy , Australian basketball player
1988 – Shaun MacDonald , Welsh footballer
1988 – Stephanie Rice , Australian swimmer
1989 – Georgios Tofas , Cypriot footballer
1990 – Jordan Henderson , English footballer
1990 – Josh Mansour , Australian rugby league player
1990 – Hansle Parchment , Jamaican hurdler
1990 – Laura Wright , English singer
1991 – Daniel Tupou , Australian-Tongan rugby league player
1992 – Ryan Allsop , English footballer
1994 – Amari Cooper , American football player
656 – Uthman , Persian ruler (b. 577)
676 – Pope Adeodatus II
850 – Tachibana no Kachiko , Japanese wife of Emperor Saga (b. 786)
900 – Fulk , French archbishop
1025 – Bolesław I the Brave , Polish king (b. 967)
1091 – Dirk V, Count of Holland (b. 1052)
1207 – Daoji , Chinese buddhist monk (b. 1130)
1219 – David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon
1361 – Ingeborg of Norway , princess consort and regent of Sweden (b. 1301)
1400 – Jan of Jenštejn , Archbishop of Prague (b. 1348)
1463 – Catherine of Portugal , Infanta and religious writer (b. 1436)
1501 – John I Albert of Poland (b. 1459)
1565 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru , Japanese shogun (b. 1536)
1694 – Philip Howard , English cardinal (b. 1629)
1696 – John III Sobieski , Polish king (b. 1629)
1719 – Joseph Addison , English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1672)
1734 – Claude Louis Hector de Villars , French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1653)
1740 – Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet , English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1687)
1762 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon , French poet and playwright (b. 1674)
1771 – Daskalogiannis , Greek rebel leader (b. 1722)
1775 – John Pitcairn , Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)
1797 – Mohammad Khan Qajar , Persian tribal chief (b. 1742)
1813 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham , Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
1821 – Martín Miguel de Güemes , Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
1839 – Lord William Bentinck , English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
1866 – Joseph Méry French poet and author (b. 1798)
1898 – Edward Burne-Jones , English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
1904 – Nikolay Bobrikov , Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
1936 – Julius Seljamaa , Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
1939 – Allen Sothoron , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
1940 – Arthur Harden , English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1941 – Johan Wagenaar , Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
1942 – Charles Fitzpatrick , Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
1952 – Jack Parsons , American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
1954 – Danny Cedrone , American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
1956 – Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry , English businessman (b. 1878)
1956 – Paul Rostock , German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
1956 – Bob Sweikert , American race car driver (b. 1926)
1957 – Dorothy Richardson , English journalist and author (b. 1873)
1957 – J. R. Williams , Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888)
1961 – Jeff Chandler , American actor (b. 1918)
1963 – Aleksander Kesküla , Estonian politician (b. 1882)
1968 – José Nasazzi , Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1901)
1974 – Refik Koraltan , Turkish lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1889)
1975 – James Phinney Baxter III , American historian and academic (b. 1893)
1979 – Hubert Ashton , English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
1979 – Duffy Lewis , American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
1981 – Richard O'Connor , Indian-English general (b. 1889)
1981 – Zerna Sharp , American author and educator (b. 1889)
1982 – Roberto Calvi , Italian banker (b. 1920)
1983 – Peter Mennin , American composer and educator (b. 1923)
1985 – John Boulting , English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
1986 – Kate Smith , American singer and actress (b. 1907)
1987 – Dick Howser , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
1996 – Thomas Kuhn , American historian and philosopher (b. 1922)
1996 – Curt Swan , American illustrator (b. 1920)
1999 – Basil Hume , English cardinal (b. 1923)
2000 – Ismail Mahomed , South African lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1931)
2001 – Donald J. Cram , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
2001 – Thomas Winning , Scottish cardinal (b. 1925)
2002 – Willie Davenport , American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1943)
2002 – Fritz Walter , German footballer (b. 1920)
2004 – Gerry McNeil , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
2007 – Gianfranco Ferré , Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
2007 – Serena Wilson , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
2008 – Cyd Charisse , American actress and dancer (b. 1922)
2009 – Ralf Dahrendorf , German-English sociologist and politician (b. 1929)
2009 – Darrell Powers , American sergeant (b. 1923)
2011 – Rex Mossop , Australian rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
2012 – Stéphane Brosse , French mountaineer (b. 1971)
2012 – Patricia Brown , American baseball player (b. 1931)
2012 – Nathan Divinsky , Canadian mathematician and chess player (b. 1925)
2012 – Fauzia Wahab , Pakistani actress and politician (b. 1956)
2013 – Michael Baigent , New Zealand-English theorist and author (b. 1948)
2013 – Atiqul Haque Chowdhury , Bangladeshi playwright and producer (b. 1930)
2013 – Pierre F. Côté , Canadian lawyer and civil servant (b. 1927)
2013 – Bulbs Ehlers , American basketball player (b. 1923)
2013 – James Holshouser , American politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1934)
2014 – Patsy Byrne , English actress (b. 1933)
2014 – Éric Dewailly , Canadian epidemiologist and academic (b. 1954)
2014 – Stanley Marsh 3 , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1938)
2014 – Arnold S. Relman , American physician and academic (b. 1923)
2014 – Larry Zeidel , Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
2015 – Ron Clarke , Australian runner and politician, Mayor of the Gold Coast (b. 1937)
2015 – John David Crow , American football player and coach (b. 1935)
2015 – Süleyman Demirel , Turkish engineer and politician, 9th President of Turkey (b. 1924)
2015 – Roberto M. Levingston , Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (b. 1920)
2015 – Clementa C. Pinckney , American minister and politician (b. 1973)
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