April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 252 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).
215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene .
599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city.
711 – Dagobert III is crowned King of the Franks .
1014 – Battle of Clontarf : High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
1016 – Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as king of England.
1343 – St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia .
1348 – The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day .
1516 – The Bayerische Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) is signed in Ingolstadt .
1521 – Battle of Villalar : King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros .
1635 – The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School , is founded in Boston .
1655 – The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War , and fails seven days later.
1660 – Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.
1661 – King Charles II of England , Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey .
1815 – The Second Serbian Uprising : A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire , erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
1879 – Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame , which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
1914 – First baseball game at Wrigley Field , then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
1918 – World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge .
1920 – The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara . The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution .
1927 – Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final , the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
1935 – The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
1940 – The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi , kills 198 people.
1941 – World War II : The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht .
1942 – World War II: Baedeker Blitz – German bombers hit Exeter , Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck .
1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler 's designated successor Hermann Göring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich , which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz .
1946 – Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines .
1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 48 is adopted.
1949 – Chinese Civil War : Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy .
1951 – American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia .
1955 – The Canadian Labour Congress is formed by the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour .
1961 – Algiers putsch by French generals.
1967 – Soviet space program : Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
1968 – Vietnam War : Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university .
1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War : The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ).
1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke . The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
1990 – Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations .
1993 – Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations -monitored referendum.
1993 – Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province .
2013 – At least 28 are dead and more than 70 are injured as violence breaks out in Hawija , Iraq .
1141 – Malcolm IV of Scotland (d. 1165)
1185 – Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
1408 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)
1420 – George of Poděbrady , King of Bohemia (d. 1471)
1464 – Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1505)
1464 – Robert Fayrfax , English Renaissance composer (d. 1521)
1484 – Julius Caesar Scaliger , Italian physician and scholar (d. 1558)
1500 – Alexander Ales , Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1565)
1500 – Johann Stumpf , Swiss writer (d. 1576)
1516 – Georg Fabricius , German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)
1598 – Maarten Tromp , Dutch admiral (d. 1653)
1621 – William Penn , English admiral and politician (d. 1670)
1628 – Johannes Hudde , Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1704)
1715 – Johann Friedrich Doles , German composer and conductor (d. 1797)
1720 – Vilna Gaon , Lithuanian rabbi and author (d. 1797)
1744 – Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (d. 1770)
1748 – Félix Vicq-d'Azyr , French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
1791 – James Buchanan , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
1792 – Thomas Romney Robinson , Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)
1794 – Wei Yuan , Chinese scholar and author (d. 1856)
1805 – Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz , German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)
1812 – Frederick Whitaker , English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)
1813 – Stephen A. Douglas , American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State (d. 1861)
1813 – Frédéric Ozanam , Italian-French historian and scholar (d. 1853)
1819 – Edward Stafford , Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1901)
1823 – Abdülmecid I , Ottoman sultan (d. 1861)
1853 – Winthrop M. Crane , American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
1857 – Ruggero Leoncavallo , Italian composer (d. 1919)
1858 – Max Planck , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
1858 – Ethel Smyth , English composer (d. 1944)
1860 – Justinian Oxenham , Australian public servant (d. 1932)
1861 – Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby , English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (d. 1936)
1861 – John Peltz , American baseball player and manager (d. 1906)
1865 – Ali-Agha Shikhlinski , Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
1867 – Johannes Fibiger , Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1876 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck , German historian and author (d. 1925)
1880 – Michel Fokine , Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1942)
1882 – Albert Coates , English composer and conductor (d. 1953)
1888 – Georges Vanier , Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1967)
1889 – Karel Doorman , Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
1891 – Sergei Prokofiev , Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1953)
1893 – Frank Borzage , American actor and director (d. 1952)
1895 – Ngaio Marsh , New Zealand author and director (d. 1982)
1897 – Lucius D. Clay , American general (d. 1978)
1897 – Folke Jansson , Swedish triple jumper (d. 1965)
1897 – Lester B. Pearson , Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
1899 – Bertil Ohlin , Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
1899 – Minoru Shirota , Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (d. 1982)
1900 – Jim Bottomley , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1959)
1900 – Joseph Green , Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996)
1901 – E. B. Ford , English biologist and geneticist (d. 1988)
1902 – Halldór Laxness , Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1903 – Guy Simonds , English-Canadian general (d. 1974)
1904 – Cliff Bricker , Canadian runner (d. 1980)
1904 – Louis Muhlstock , Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2001)
1904 – Duncan Renaldo , American actor (d. 1985)
1907 – Lee Miller , American model and photographer (d. 1977)
1907 – Fritz Wotruba , Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church (d. 1975)
1908 – Myron Waldman , American animator and director (d. 2006)
1910 – Simone Simon , French actress (d. 2005)
1911 – Ronald Neame , English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1913 – Diosa Costello , Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer and club owner (d. 2013)
1915 – Arnold Alexander Hall , English engineer, academic, and businessman (d. 2000)
1916 – Yiannis Moralis , Greek painter and educator (d. 2009)
1916 – Sinah Estelle Kelley , American chemist (d. 1982)
1917 – Dorian Leigh , American model (d. 2008)
1917 – Tony Lupien , American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
1918 – Maurice Druon , French author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1919 – Oleg Penkovsky , Russian colonel (d. 1963)
1920 – Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet , English businessman
1921 – Cleto Bellucci , Italian archbishop (d. 2013)
1921 – Janet Blair , American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1921 – Warren Spahn , American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
1923 – Dolph Briscoe , American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (d. 2010)
1923 – Avram Davidson , American soldier and author (d. 1993)
1924 – Chuck Harmon , American baseball player and scout
1924 – Bobby Rosengarden , American drummer and bandleader (d. 2007)
1926 – J.P. Donleavy , American-Irish novelist and playwright
1926 – Rifaat el-Mahgoub , Egyptian politician (d. 1990)
1928 – Shirley Temple , American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (d. 2014)
1929 – George Steiner , French-American philosopher, author, and critic
1930 – Michael Bowen , Gibraltarian-English archbishop
1932 – Halston , American fashion designer (d. 1990)
1932 – Jim Fixx , American runner and author (d. 1984)
1933 – Annie Easley , American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 2011)
1934 – George Canseco , Filipino composer and producer (d. 2004)
1936 – Roy Orbison , American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
1937 – Victoria Glendinning , English author and critic
1937 – David Mills , English cricketer (d. 2013)
1937 – Barry Shepherd , Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
1939 – Jorge Fons , Mexican director and screenwriter
1939 – Bill Hagerty , English journalist
1939 – Lee Majors , American actor
1940 – Michael Copps , American academic and politician
1940 – Dale Houston , American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1940 – Michael Kadosh , Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1941 – Jacqueline Boyer , French singer and actress
1941 – Arie den Hartog , Dutch road bicycle racer
1941 – Paavo Lipponen , Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland
1941 – Michael Lynne , American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema
1941 – Ed Stewart , English radio and television host (d. 2016)
1941 – Ray Tomlinson , American computer programmer and engineer (d. 2016)
1942 – Sandra Dee , American model and actress (d. 2005)
1943 – Gail Goodrich , American basketball player and coach
1943 – Tony Esposito , Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
1943 – Frans Koppelaar , Dutch painter
1944 – Jean-François Stévenin , French actor and director
1946 – Blair Brown , American actress
1946 – Richard Mottram , English civil servant
1947 – Robert Burgess , English sociologist and academic
1947 – Bernadette Devlin McAliskey , Irish republican activist; co-founder, Irish Republican Socialist Party (1974); British MP Mid Ulster (1969–74)
1947 – Carlton Sherwood , American soldier and journalist (d. 2014)
1948 – Pascal Quignard , French author and screenwriter
1948 – Serge Thériault , Canadian actor
1949 – Paul Collier , English economist and academic
1949 – David Cross , English violinist
1949 – John Miles , British rock music vocalist, songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Rowley Leigh , English chef and journalist
1950 – Barbara McIlvaine Smith , American politician
1952 – Narada Michael Walden , American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
1953 – James Russo , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Stephen Dalton , English air marshal
1954 – Michael Moore , American director, producer, and activist
1955 – Judy Davis , Australian actress
1955 – Tony Miles , English chess player (d. 2001)
1955 – Urmas Ott , Estonian journalist and author (d. 2008)
1957 – Neville Brody , English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
1957 – Jan Hooks , American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
1958 – Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson , Icelandic composer and producer
1958 – Ryan Walter , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1960 – Valerie Bertinelli , American actress
1960 – Steve Clark , English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1991)
1960 – Barry Douglas , Irish pianist and conductor
1960 – Léo Jaime , Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1960 – Claude Julien , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Terry Gordy , American wrestler (d. 2001)
1961 – George Lopez , American comedian, actor, and talk show host
1961 – Pierluigi Martini , Italian race car driver
1962 – John Hannah , Scottish actor and producer
1962 – Shaun Spiers , English businessman and politician
1963 – Paul Belmondo , French race car driver
1964 – Gianandrea Noseda , Italian pianist and conductor
1965 – Tommy DeCarlo , American singer-songwriter
1965 – Leni Robredo , Filipina activist, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
1966 – Jörg Deisinger , German bass player
1966 – Jim Stynes , Irish-Australian footballer (d. 2012)
1967 – Rheal Cormier , Canadian baseball player
1967 – Melina Kanakaredes , American actress
1968 – Bas Haring , Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
1968 – Ken McRae , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Timothy McVeigh , American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator (d. 2001)
1969 – Martín López-Zubero , American-Spanish swimmer and coach
1969 – Arthur Phillips , American author
1969 – Yelena Shushunova , Russian gymnast
1969 – Richard Wolstencroft , Australian director and producer
1970 – Egemen Bağış , Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs
1970 – Dennis Culp , American singer-songwriter and trombonist
1970 – Andrew Gee , Australian rugby league player and manager
1970 – Hans Välimäki , Finnish chef and author
1970 – Tayfur Havutçu , Turkish international footballer and manager
1971 – Uli Herzner , German-American fashion designer
1972 – Pierre Labrie , Canadian poet and playwright
1972 – Peter Dench , English photographer and journalist
1973 – Patrick Poulin , Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Carlos Dengler , American bass player
1974 – Michael Kerr , New Zealand-German rugby player
1975 – Bobby Shaw , American football player
1976 – Aaron Dessner American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1976 – Bryce Dessner , American guitarist and songwriter
1976 – Tesfaye Jifar , Ethiopian runner
1977 – John Cena , American wrestler
1977 – Andruw Jones , Curaçaoan baseball player
1977 – David Kidwell , New Zealand rugby league player and coach
1977 – Willie Mitchell , Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – John Oliver , English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Kal Penn , Indian-American actor
1977 – Bram Schmitz , Dutch cyclist
1977 – Lee Young-pyo , South Korean footballer
1978 – Gezahegne Abera , Ethiopian runner
1979 – Barry Hawkins , English snooker player
1979 – Jaime King , American actress and model
1979 – Joanna Krupa , Polish-American model and television personality
1979 – Samppa Lajunen , Finnish skier
1982 – Tony Sunshine , American singer-songwriter
1983 – Daniela Hantuchová , Slovak tennis player
1983 – Ian Henderson , English rugby league player
1984 – Alexandra Kosteniuk , Russian chess player
1985 – Taio Cruz , English singer-songwriter and producer
1985 – Angel Locsin , Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
1986 – Sven Kramer , Dutch speed skater
1986 – Alysia Montaño , American runner
1986 – Rafael Fernandes , Brazilian baseball player
1987 – Michael Arroyo , Ecuadorian footballer
1987 – John Boye , Ghanaian footballer
1987 – Emily Fox , American basketball player
1988 – Victor Anichebe , Nigerian footballer
1988 – Alistair Brownlee , English triathlete
1988 – Prince Buaben , Ghanaian footballer
1988 – Steph Houghton , English footballer
1988 – Carla Quevedo , Argentine actress
1988 – Signe Ronka , Canadian figure skater
1988 – Lenka Wienerová , Slovak tennis player
1989 – Nicole Vaidišová , Czech tennis player
1990 – Dev Patel , English actor
1991 – Nathan Baker , English footballer
1991 – Caleb Johnson , American singer-songwriter
1991 – Paul Vaughan , Australian-Italian rugby league player
1994 – Patrick Olsen , Danish footballer
1995 – Gigi Hadid , American fashion model and television personality
303 – Saint George , Roman soldier and martyr (b. 275)
711 – Childebert III , Frankish king (b. 670)
725 – Wihtred of Kent (b. 670)
871 – Æthelred of Wessex (b. 837)
997 – Adalbert of Prague , Czech bishop, missionary, and saint (b. 956)
1014 – Brian Boru , Irish king (b. 941)
1016 – Æthelred the Unready , English son of Edgar the Peaceful (b. 968)
1124 – Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
1151 – Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103)
1170 – Minamoto no Tametomo , Japanese samurai (b. 1139)
1196 – Béla III of Hungary (b. c.1148)
1200 – Zhu Xi , Chinese philosopher (b. 1130)
1217 – Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
1307 – Joan of Acre (b. 1272)
1400 – Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford , English politician and noblemen (b. c. 1338)
1407 – Olivier de Clisson , French soldier (b. 1326)
1501 – Domenico della Rovere , Catholic cardinal (b. 1442)
1605 – Boris Godunov , Russian ruler (b. 1551)
1616 – Inca Garcilaso de la Vega , Peruvian historian and author (b. 1539)
1616 – William Shakespeare , English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1564)
1625 – Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
1695 – Henry Vaughan , Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
1702 – Margaret Fell , English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
1781 – James Abercrombie , Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
1784 – Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
1792 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt , German theologian and author (b. 1741)
1794 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
1827 – Georgios Karaiskakis , Greek general (b. 1780)
1839 – Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin , French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
1850 – William Wordsworth , English poet and author (b. 1770)
1889 – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly , French author and critic (b. 1808)
1895 – Carl Ludwig , German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
1905 – Gédéon Ouimet , Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
1907 – Alferd Packer , American prospector (b. 1842)
1915 – Rupert Brooke , English poet (b. 1887)
1936 – Teresa de la Parra , French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
1951 – Jules Berry , French actor and director (b. 1883)
1951 – Charles G. Dawes , American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1965 – George Adamski , Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
1966 – George Ohsawa , Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
1981 – Josep Pla , Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
1983 – Buster Crabbe , American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
1984 – Red Garland , American pianist (b. 1923)
1985 – Sam Ervin , American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
1986 – Harold Arlen , American composer (b. 1905)
1986 – Jim Laker , English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)
1986 – Otto Preminger , Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
1990 – Paulette Goddard , American actress (b. 1910)
1991 – Johnny Thunders , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
1992 – Satyajit Ray , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1992 – Tanka Prasad Acharya , Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1912)
1993 – Cesar Chavez , American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (b. 1927)
1995 – Douglas Lloyd Campbell , Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)
1995 – Howard Cosell , American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)
1995 – Riho Lahi , Estonian journalist (b. 1904)
1995 – John C. Stennis , American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)
1996 – Jean Victor Allard , Canadian general (b. 1913)
1996 – P. L. Travers , Australian-English author and actress (b. 1899)
1997 – Denis Compton , English cricketer and footballer (b. 1918)
1998 – Konstantinos Karamanlis , Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)
1998 – James Earl Ray , American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1928)
1998 – Thanassis Skordalos , Greek singer-songwriter and lyra player (b. 1920)
2003 – Fernand Fonssagrives , French-American photographer (b. 1910)
2004 – Herman Veenstra , Dutch water polo player (b. 1911)
2005 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen , New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
2005 – Robert Farnon , Canadian-English trumpet player, composer and conductor (b. 1917)
2005 – Al Grassby , Australian journalist and politician (b. 1928)
2005 – John Mills , English actor (b. 1908)
2005 – Romano Scarpa , Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
2005 – Earl Wilson , American baseball player, coach and educator (b. 1934)
2006 – Phil Walden , American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (b. 1940)
2007 – Paul Erdman , Canadian-American economist and author (b. 1932)
2007 – David Halberstam , American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)
2007 – Peter Randall , English sergeant (b. 1930)
2007 – Boris Yeltsin , Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (b. 1931)
2010 – Peter Porter , Australian-born British poet (b. 1929)
2011 – James Casey , English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (b. 1922)
2011 – Tom King , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
2011 – Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill , English businessman and politician (b. 1921)
2011 – Max van der Stoel , Dutch politician and Minister of State (b. 1924)
2011 – John Sullivan , English screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
2012 – Lillemor Arvidsson , Swedish trade union leader and politician, 34th Governor of Gotland (b. 1943)
2012 – Billy Bryans , Canadian drummer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
2012 – Chris Ethridge , American bass player and songwriter (b. 1947)
2012 – Raymond Thorsteinsson , Canadian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1921)
2012 – LeRoy T. Walker , American football player and coach (b. 1918)
2013 – Bob Brozman , American guitarist (b. 1954)
2013 – Robert W. Edgar , American educator and politician (b. 1943)
2013 – Tony Grealish , English footballer (b. 1956)
2013 – Antonio Maccanico , Italian banker and politician (b. 1924)
2013 – Frank W. J. Olver , English-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
2013 – Kathryn Wasserman Davis , American philanthropist and scholar (b. 1907)
2014 – Benjamín Brea , Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (b. 1946)
2014 – Michael Glawogger , Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1959)
2014 – Jaap Havekotte , Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (b. 1912)
2014 – Connie Marrero , Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
2014 – F. Michael Rogers , American general (b. 1921)
2014 – Mark Shand , English conservationist and author (b. 1951)
2014 – Patric Standford , English composer and educator (b. 1939)
2015 – Richard Corliss , American journalist and critic (b. 1944)
2015 – Ray Jackson , Australian activist (b. 1941)
2015 – Pierre Claude Nolin , Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (b. 1950)
2015 – Jim Steffen , American football player (b. 1936)
2015 – Francis Tsai , American author and illustrator (b. 1967)
2016 – Inge King , German-born Australian sculptor (b. 1915)
2016 – Banharn Silpa-archa , Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996) (b. 1932)
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