May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 231 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
1264 – Battle of Lewes : Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes , making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
1509 – Battle of Agnadello : In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians .
1607 – Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony .
1608 – The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen .
1610 – Henry IV of France is assassinated, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII .
1747 – War of the Austrian Succession : A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre .
1787 – In Philadelphia , delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation .
1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River .
1811 – Paraguay : Pedro Juan Caballero , Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas .
1863 – American Civil War : The Battle of Jackson takes place.
1868 – Boshin War : The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō .
1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas .
1889 – The children's charity , the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
1913 – Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation , which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller .
1925 – Virginia Woolf 's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1931 – Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings , as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
1935 – The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1940 – World War II : Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe .
1940 – World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
1943 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War .
1951 – Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation , making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
1955 – Cold War : Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union , sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact .
1961 – African-American Civil Rights Movement : The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama , and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
1963 – Kuwait joins the United Nations .
1970 – Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof , Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of The Red Army Faction .
1973 – Skylab , the United States' first space station , is launched.
1988 – Carrollton bus collision : A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky , United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun .
2012 – Agni Air Flight CHT crashes near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom , Nepal , after a failed go-around , killing 15 people.
2013 – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno , Yobe and Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram .
1316 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
1414 – Francis I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1450)
1553 – Margaret of Valois (d. 1615)
1574 – Francesco Rasi , Italian singer-songwriter, theorbo player, and poet (d. 1621)
1630 – Katakura Kagenaga , Japanese samurai (d. 1681)
1652 – Johann Philipp Förtsch , German composer (d. 1732)
1657 – Sambhaji , Indian emperor (d. 1689)
1666 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
1679 – Peder Horrebow , Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
1699 – Hans Joachim von Zieten , Prussian general (d. 1786)
1701 – William Emerson , English mathematician and academic (d. 1782)
1710 – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771)
1725 – Ludovico Manin , French politician, Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
1727 – Thomas Gainsborough , English painter (d. 1788)
1737 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney , Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada (d. 1806)
1752 – Timothy Dwight IV , American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817)
1752 – Albrecht Thaer , German agronomist and author (d. 1828)
1761 – Samuel Dexter , American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War , 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1816)
1771 – Robert Owen , Welsh businessman and social reformer (d. 1858)
1771 – Thomas Wedgwood , English photographer (d. 1805)
1781 – Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer , German historian and academic (d. 1873)
1794 – Fanny Imlay , daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (d. 1816)
1814 – Charles Beyer , German-English engineer, co-founded the Beyer, Peacock and Company (d. 1876)
1817 – Alexander Kaufmann , German poet and educator (d. 1893)
1830 – Antonio Annetto Caruana , Maltese archaeologist and author (d. 1905)
1832 – Rudolf Lipschitz , German mathematician and academic (d. 1903)
1851 – Anna Laurens Dawes , American author and suffragist (d. 1938)
1852 – Henri Julien , Canadian illustrator (d. 1908)
1863 – John Charles Fields , Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (d. 1932)
1867 – Kurt Eisner , German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1919)
1868 – Magnus Hirschfeld , German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
1869 – Arthur Rostron , English captain (d. 1940)
1872 – Elia Dalla Costa , Italian cardinal (d. 1961)
1878 – J. L. Wilkinson , American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1879 – Fred Englehardt , American jumper (d. 1942)
1880 – Wilhelm List , German field marshal (d. 1971)
1881 – George Murray Hulbert , American judge and politician (d. 1950)
1885 – Otto Klemperer , German composer and conductor (d. 1973)
1887 – Ants Kurvits , Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)
1893 – Louis Verneuil , French actor and playwright (d. 1952)
1897 – Sidney Bechet , American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959)
1897 – Ed Ricketts , American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)
1899 – Charlotte Auerbach , German-Jewish Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist. (d.1994)
1899 – Pierre Victor Auger , French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
1899 – Earle Combs , American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
1900 – Hal Borland , American journalist and author (d. 1978)
1900 – Walter Rehberg , Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1900 – Leo Smit , Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943)
1900 – Edgar Wind , German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
1901 – Robert Ritter , German psychologist and physician (d. 1951)
1903 – Billie Dove , American actress (d. 1997)
1904 – Hans Albert Einstein , Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
1904 – Marcel Junod , Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (d. 1961)
1905 – Jean Daniélou , French cardinal and theologian (d. 1974)
1905 – Herbert Morrison , American soldier and journalist (d. 1989)
1905 – Antonio Berni , Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (d. 1981)
1907 – Ayub Khan , Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
1907 – Hans von der Groeben , German journalist and diplomat (d. 2005)
1908 – Betty Jeffrey , Australian nurse and author (d. 2000)
1909 – Godfrey Rampling , English sprinter and colonel (d. 2009)
1910 – Ken Viljoen , South African cricketer (d. 1974)
1910 – Ne Win , Prime Minister of Burma (1958–60, 1962–74)(d. 2002)
1914 – Gul Khan Nasir , Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1983)
1916 – Robert F. Christy , Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
1916 – Lance Dossor , English-Australian pianist and educator (d. 2005)
1916 – Marco Zanuso , Italian architect and designer (d. 2001)
1917 – Lou Harrison , American composer and critic (d. 2003)
1917 – Norman Luboff , American composer and conductor (d. 1987)
1919 – Solange Chaput-Rolland , Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
1919 – John Hope , American soldier and meteorologist (d. 2002)
1921 – Richard Deacon , American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1922 – Franjo Tuđman , Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia (d. 1999)
1923 – Adnan Pachachi , Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs
1923 – Mrinal Sen , Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
1925 – Sophie Kurys , American baseball player (d. 2013)
1925 – Patrice Munsel , American soprano and actress (d. 2016)
1925 – Boris Parsadanian , Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (d. 1997)
1925 – Al Porcino , American trumpet player (d. 2013)
1925 – Ninian Sanderson , Scottish race car driver (d. 1985)
1926 – Eric Morecambe , English actor (d. 1984)
1927 – Herbert W. Franke , Austrian scientist and author
1928 – Will "Dub" Jones , American singer (d. 2000)
1928 – Frederik H. Kreuger , Dutch engineer, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1928 – Brian Macdonald , Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
1929 – Barbara Branden , Canadian-American author (d. 2013)
1929 – Henry McGee , English actor and singer (d. 2006)
1929 – Gump Worsley , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1930 – William James , Australian general and physician (d. 2015)
1931 – Alvin Lucier , American composer and academic
1932 – Robert Bechtle , American lithographer and painter
1932 – Richard Estes , American painter and illustrator
1933 – Siân Phillips , Welsh actress and singer
1935 – Rudi Šeligo , Slovenian playwright and politician (d. 2004)
1936 – Bobby Darin , American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
1936 – Vic Eliason , American clergyman and radio host, founded VCY America (d. 2015)
1936 – Dick Howser , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
1938 – Robert Boyd , English pediatrician and academic
1939 – Rupert Neudeck , German journalist and humanitarian (d. 2016)
1939 – Troy Shondell , American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1940 – Chay Blyth , Scottish sailor and rower
1940 – H. Jones , English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
1940 – George Mathewson , Scottish banker and businessman
1941 – Ada den Haan , Dutch swimmer
1942 – Valeriy Brumel , Russian high jumper (d. 2003)
1942 – Byron Dorgan , American lawyer and politician
1942 – Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green , English businessman and politician (d. 2014)
1942 – Tony Pérez , Cuban-American baseball player and manager
1942 – Malise Ruthven , Irish author and academic
1943 – Jack Bruce , Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)
1943 – L. Denis Desautels , Canadian accountant and civil servant
1943 – Derek Leckenby , English guitarist (Herman's Hermits ) (d. 1994)
1943 – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson , Icelandic academic and politician, 5th President of Iceland
1943 – Richard Peto , English statistician and epidemiologist
1944 – Gene Cornish , Canadian-American guitarist
1944 – George Lucas , American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
1945 – Francesca Annis , English actress
1945 – George Nicholls , English rugby player
1945 – Yochanan Vollach , Israeli footballer
1946 – Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham , English economist and journalist
1948 – Timothy Stevenson , English lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
1948 – Bob Woolmer , Indian-English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
1949 – Sverre Årnes , Norwegian author, screenwriter, and director
1949 – Walter Day , American game designer and businessman, founded Twin Galaxies
1949 – Johan Schans , Dutch swimmer
1949 – Klaus-Peter Thaler , German cyclist
1951 – Jay Beckenstein , American saxophonist
1951 – Robert Zemeckis , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Wim Mertens , Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.
1952 – David Byrne , Scottish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1952 – Michael Fallon , Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1952 – Orna Grumberg , Israeli computer scientist and academic
1952 – Raul Mälk , Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1952 – Donald R. McMonagle , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1953 – Tom Cochrane , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Hywel Williams , Welsh politician
1955 – Marie Chouinard , Canadian dancer and choreographer
1955 – Alasdair Fraser , Scottish fiddler
1955 – Peter Kirsten , South African cricketer and rugby player
1955 – Dennis Martínez , Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
1955 – Jens Sparschuh , German author and playwright
1956 – Hazel Blears , English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1958 – Christine Brennan , American journalist and author
1958 – Chris Evans , English-Australian politician, 26th Australian Minister for Employment
1958 – Wilma Rusman , Dutch runner
1958 – Andrus Vaarik , Estonian actor and director
1959 – Carlisle Best , Barbadian cricketer
1959 – Patrick Bruel , French actor, singer, and poker player
1959 – Markus Büchel , Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (d. 2013)
1959 – Robert Greene , American author and translator
1959 – Steve Hogarth , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – John Holt , American football player (d. 2013)
1959 – Rick Vaive , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 – Heather Wheeler , English politician
1960 – Anne Clark , English singer-songwriter and poet
1960 – Alec Dankworth , English bassist and composer
1960 – Frank Nobilo , New Zealand golfer
1960 – Ronan Tynan , Irish tenor
1961 – David Quantick , English journalist and critic
1961 – Tommy Rogers , American wrestler (d. 2015)
1961 – Tim Roth , English actor and director
1961 – Alain Vigneault , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962 – Ian Astbury , English-Canadian singer-songwriter
1962 – C.C. DeVille , American guitarist, songwriter, and actor
1962 – Danny Huston , Italian-American actor and director
1963 – Pat Borders , American baseball player and coach
1963 – David Yelland , English journalist and author
1964 – James M. Kelly , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1964 – Suzy Kolber , American sportscaster and producer
1965 – Eoin Colfer , Irish author
1965 – Emma Forbes , English radio and television host
1966 – Marianne Denicourt , French actress, director, and screenwriter
1966 – Mike Inez , American bass player and songwriter
1966 – Fab Morvan , French singer-songwriter and dancer
1966 – Raphael Saadiq , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1967 – Natasha Kaiser-Brown , American sprinter and coach
1967 – Tony Siragusa , American football player and journalist
1969 – Cate Blanchett , Australian actress
1969 – Sabine Schmitz , German race car driver and sportscaster
1969 – Henry Smith , English politician
1971 – Sofia Coppola , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Martin Reim , Estonian footballer and manager
1972 – Mark Ruskell , Scottish politician
1972 – Amma Asante , Dutch politician
1973 – Shanice , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1973 – Natalie Appleton , Canadian singer and actress
1973 – Voshon Lenard , American basketball player
1973 – Fraser Nelson , Scottish journalist
1973 – Hakan Ünsal , Turkish footballer and sportscaster
1973 – Julian White , English rugby player
1974 – Krister Axel , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974 – Anu Välba , Estonian journalist
1975 – Nicki Sørensen , Danish cyclist
1976 – Hunter Burgan , American bass player
1976 – Brian Lawrence , American baseball player and coach
1976 – Martine McCutcheon , English actress and singer
1977 – Sophie Anderton , English model and actress
1977 – Roy Halladay , American baseball player and coach
1977 – Ada Nicodemou , Cypriot-Australian actress
1978 – Brent Harvey , Australian footballer
1978 – Eddie House , American basketball player
1978 – André Macanga , Angolan footballer and manager
1978 – Gustavo Varela , Uruguayan footballer
1979 – Dan Auerbach , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1979 – Edwige Lawson-Wade , French basketball player
1979 – Clinton Morrison , English-Irish footballer
1979 – Carlos Tenorio , Ecuadorian footballer
1980 – Zdeněk Grygera , Czech footballer
1980 – Pavel Londak , Estonian footballer
1980 – Eugene Martineau , Dutch decathlete
1980 – Júlia Sebestyén , Hungarian figure skater
1980 – Hugo Southwell , English-Scottish rugby player
1980 – Joe van Niekerk , South African rugby player
1981 – Pranav Mistry , Indian computer scientist, invented SixthSense
1982 – Ai Shibata , Japanese swimmer
1983 – Anahí , Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1983 – Keeley Donovan , English journalist
1983 – Frank Gore , American football player
1983 – Uroš Slokar , Slovenian basketball player
1983 – Tatenda Taibu , Zimbabwean cricketer
1983 – Amber Tamblyn , American actress
1984 – Gary Ablett, Jr. , Australian footballer
1984 – Luke Gregerson , American baseball player
1984 – Michael Rensing , German footballer
1984 – Olly Murs , English singer
1984 – Indrek Siska , Estonian footballer
1984 – Mark Zuckerberg , American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook
1985 – Dustin Lynch , American singer-songwriter
1985 – Sam Perrett , New Zealand rugby league player
1985 – Simona Peycheva , Bulgarian gymnast
1985 – Zack Ryder , American wrestler
1986 – Andrea Bovo , Italian footballer
1986 – Clay Matthews III , American football player
1986 – Marco Motta , Italian footballer
1987 – Jeong Min-hyeong , South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
1987 – Franck Songo'o , Cameroonian footballer
1987 – François Steyn , South African rugby player
1988 – Jayne Appel , American basketball player
1989 – Rob Gronkowski , American football player
1989 – Alina Talay , Belorussian hurdler
1993 – Miranda Cosgrove , American actress and singer
1993 – Kristina Mladenovic , French tennis player
1993 – Bence Rakaczki , Hungarian footballer (d. 2014)
1994 – Marcos Aoás Corrêa , Brazilian footballer
1994 – Pernille Blume , Danish swimmer
1995 – Jonah Placid , Australian rugby player
1996 – Martijn Garritsen , Dutch DJ, record producer and musician
649 – Pope Theodore I
964 – Pope John XII (b. 927)
1080 – William Walcher , Bishop of Durham
1219 – William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke , English soldier and politician (b. 1147)
1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
1576 – Haydar Mirza Safavi (b. 1554)
1608 – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
1610 – Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1643 – Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
1649 – Friedrich Spanheim , Swiss theologian and academic (b. 1600)
1667 – Georges de Scudéry , French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
1688 – Antoine Furetière , French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
1754 – Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée , French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
1761 – Thomas Simpson , English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
1847 – Fanny Mendelssohn , German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
1860 – Ludwig Bechstein , German author (b. 1801)
1873 – Gideon Brecher , Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
1878 – Ōkubo Toshimichi , Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
1881 – Mary Seacole , Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
1887 – Lysander Spooner , American philosopher and theorist (b. 1808)
1889 – Volney Howard , American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
1893 – Ernst Kummer , German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
1906 – Carl Schurz , German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
1912 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
1912 – August Strindberg , Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
1918 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr. , American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
1919 – Henry J. Heinz , American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
1923 – N. G. Chandavarkar , Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
1923 – Charles de Freycinet , French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
1931 – David Belasco , American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
1934 – Lou Criger , American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
1935 – Magnus Hirschfeld , German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
1936 – Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby , English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
1940 – Emma Goldman , Lithuanian author and activist (b. 1869)
1940 – Menno ter Braak , Dutch author (b. 1902)
1943 – Henri La Fontaine , Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
1945 – Heber J. Grant , American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
1945 – Wolfgang Lüth , Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
1945 – Isis Pogson , English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
1953 – Yasuo Kuniyoshi , American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
1954 – Heinz Guderian , Polish-German general (b. 1888)
1956 – Joan Malleson , English physician (b. 1889)
1957 – Marie Vassilieff , Russian-French painter (b. 1884)
1959 – Sidney Bechet , American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
1959 – Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
1960 – Lucrezia Bori , Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
1962 – Florence Auer , American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)
1968 – Husband E. Kimmel , American admiral (b. 1882)
1969 – Enid Bennett , Australian-American actress (b. 1893)
1969 – Frederick Lane , Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
1970 – Billie Burke , American actress and singer (b. 1884)
1973 – Jean Gebser , German linguist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1905)
1976 – Keith Relf , English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (b. 1943)
1979 – Jean Rhys , Dominican-English novelist (b. 1890)
1980 – Hugh Griffith , Welsh actor (b. 1912)
1982 – Hugh Beaumont , American actor (b. 1909)
1983 – Roger J. Traynor , American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
1983 – Miguel Alemán Valdés , Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
1984 – Ted Hicks , Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1910)
1984 – Walter Rauff , German SS officer (b. 1906)
1987 – Rita Hayworth , American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
1987 – Vitomil Zupan , Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
1988 – Willem Drees , Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) (b. 1886)
1992 – Nie Rongzhen , Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (b. 1899)
1993 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr. , American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)
1994 – Cihat Arman , Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1915)
1994 – W. Graham Claytor Jr. , American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1914)
1995 – Christian B. Anfinsen , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
1997 – Harry Blackstone Jr. , American magician and author (b. 1934)
1997 – Boris Parsadanian , Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (b. 1925)
1998 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas , American journalist and environmentalist (b. 1890)
1998 – Frank Sinatra , American singer and actor (b. 1915)
2000 – Keizō Obuchi , Japanese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
2001 – Paul Bénichou , French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian (b. 1908)
2001 – Gil Langley , Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (b. 1919)
2003 – Dave DeBusschere , American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
2003 – Wendy Hiller , English actress (b. 1912)
2003 – Robert Stack , American actor and producer (b. 1919)
2004 – Anna Lee , English-American actress (b. 1913)
2006 – Lew Anderson , American actor and saxophonist (b. 1922)
2006 – Stanley Kunitz , American poet and translator (b. 1905)
2006 – Eva Norvind , Mexican actress, director, and producer (b. 1944)
2007 – Mary Scheier , American sculptor and educator (b. 1908)
2007 – Ülo Jõgi , Estonian historian and author (b. 1921)
2008 – Will Elder , American illustrator (b. 1921)
2010 – Frank J. Dodd , American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (b. 1938)
2010 – Norman Hand , American football player (b. 1972)
2010 – Goh Keng Swee , Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)
2012 – Ernst Hinterberger , Austrian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2012 – Mario Trejo , Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1926)
2013 – Wayne Brown , American accountant and politician, 14th Mayor of Mesa (b. 1936)
2013 – Arsen Chilingaryan , Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
2013 – Asghar Ali Engineer , Indian author and activist (b. 1939)
2013 – Ray Guy , Canadian journalist (b. 1939)
2014 – Jeffrey Kruger , English-American businessman (b. 1931)
2014 – Emanuel Raymond Lewis , American librarian and author (b. 1928)
2014 – Morvin Simon , New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
2015 – B.B. King , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1925)
2015 – Micheál O'Brien , Irish footballer and hurler (b. 1923)
2015 – Stanton J. Peale , American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1937)
2015 – Franz Wright , Austrian-American poet and translator (b. 1953)
2016 – Darwyn Cooke , American comic book writer and artist (b. 1962)
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