March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 280 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).
590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire .
908 – Emperor Zhu Wen of Later Liang has Li Zhu , the last Tang Dynasty emperor, poisoned.
1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor .
1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt .
1344 – The Siege of Algeciras , one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
1351 – Combat of the Thirty : Thirty Breton knights call out and defeat thirty English knights.
1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables .
1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru .
1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands .
1812 – An earthquake destroys Caracas , Venezuela .
1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander " to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York .
1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
1871 – The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
1885 – The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada .
1913 – Balkan Wars : Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople .
1915 – Ice hockey : The Vancouver Millionaires sweep the Ottawa Senators three-games-to-none to win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals , the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association .
1917 – World War I : First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
1931 – Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland .
1931 – Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam .
1934 – The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
1939 – Spanish Civil War : Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
1942 – World War II : The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland .
1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
1954 – Nuclear weapons testing : The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll . Yield: 11 megatons.
1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3 .
1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris .
1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City .
1970 – South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy
1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
1979 – Anwar al-Sadat , Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
1981 – Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
1991 – Argentina , Brazil , Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción , establishing Mercosur , the South Common Market.
1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides .
1998 – During the Algerian Civil War , the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
2005 – The Taiwanese government calls on one million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei , in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
2005 – The BBC broadcasts "Rose " (starring Christopher Eccleston ), the first returning episode Doctor Who , after its cancellation in 1989. It is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.
2010 – The South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan is torpedoed , killing 46 sailors. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames North Korea.
1031 – Malcolm III of Scotland (d. 1093)
1516 – Conrad Gessner , Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565)
1554 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (d. 1611)
1584 – John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1635)
1634 – Domenico Freschi , Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
1656 – Nicolaas Hartsoeker , Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725)
1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (d. 1757)
1698 – Prokop Diviš , Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765)
1749 – William Blount , American politician (d. 1800)
1753 – Benjamin Thompson , American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1814)
1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch , American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
1794 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld , German painter (d. 1872)
1804 – David Humphreys Storer , American physician and academic (d. 1891)
1829 – Théodore Aubanel , French poet (d. 1886)
1842 – Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre , French occultist (d. 1909)
1850 – Edward Bellamy , American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898)
1852 – Élémir Bourges , French author (d. 1925)
1854 – Maurice Lecoq , French target shooter (d. 1925)
1856 – William Massey , Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)
1859 – A. E. Housman , English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
1859 – Adolf Hurwitz , German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
1860 – André Prévost , French tennis player (d. 1919)
1866 – Fred Karno , English producer and manager (d. 1941)
1868 – Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
1873 – Dorothea Bleek , South African-German anthropologist and philogist (d. 1948)
1874 – Robert Frost , American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
1875 – Max Abraham , Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)
1875 – Syngman Rhee , South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
1876 – William, Prince of Albania (d. 1945)
1879 – Othmar Ammann , Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazano–Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
1879 – Waldemar Tietgens , German rower (d. 1917)
1881 – Guccio Gucci , Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
1882 – Hermann Obrecht , Swiss politician (d. 1940)
1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus , German pianist and educator (d. 1969)
1884 – Georges Imbert , French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
1886 – Hugh Mulzac , Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971)
1888 – Elsa Brändström , Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948)
1893 – James Bryant Conant , American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
1893 – Palmiro Togliatti , Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (d. 1964)
1894 – Viorica Ursuleac , Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)
1895 – Vilho Tuulos , Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)
1898 – Rudolf Dassler , German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)
1898 – Charles Shadwell , English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
1904 – Joseph Campbell , American mythologist and author (d. 1987)
1904 – Emilio Fernández , Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1904 – Attilio Ferraris , Italian footballer (d. 1947)
1904 – Xenophon Zolotas , Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
1905 – Monty Berman , English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
1905 – André Cluytens , Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)
1905 – Viktor Frankl , Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
1906 – Rafael Méndez , Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)
1907 – Azellus Denis , Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)
1907 – Mahadevi Varma , Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
1908 – Franz Stangl , Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
1910 – K. W. Devanayagam , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
1911 – Lennart Atterwall , Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)
1911 – J. L. Austin , English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
1911 – Bernard Katz , German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1911 – Tennessee Williams , American playwright, and poet (d. 1983)
1913 – Jacqueline de Romilly , French philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
1913 – Paul Erdős , Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
1914 – Toru Kumon , Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995)
1914 – William Westmoreland , American general (d. 2005)
1915 – Lennart Strandberg , Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)
1915 – Hwang Sun-won , North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen , American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
1916 – Bill Edrich , English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
1916 – Sterling Hayden , American actor and author (d. 1986)
1917 – Rufus Thomas , American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1919 – Strother Martin , American actor (d. 1980)
1919 – Roger Leger , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
1920 – Sergio Livingstone , Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
1922 – Oscar Sala , Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
1922 – Guido Stampacchia , Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
1923 – Gert Bastian , German general and politician (d. 1992)
1923 – Bob Elliott , American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1925 – Maqsood Ahmed , Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999)
1925 – Pierre Boulez , French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
1925 – Vesta Roy , American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2002)
1925 – Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton , English soldier and politician
1925 – Ben Mondor , Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
1925 – James Moody , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
1927 – Harold Chapman , English photographer
1929 – Edward Sorel , American illustrator and caricaturist
1929 – Edwin Turney , American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor , American lawyer and jurist
1930 – Gregory Corso , American poet (d. 2001)
1931 – Leonard Nimoy , American actor (d. 2015)
1932 – Leroy Griffith , American businessman
1933 – Tinto Brass , Italian director and screenwriter
1934 – Alan Arkin , American actor
1934 – Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa , Brazilian footballer (d. 2002)
1935 – Mahmoud Abbas , Palestinian politician, 2nd President of the State of Palestine
1937 – Wayne Embry , American basketball player and manager
1937 – Barbara Jones , American sprinter
1937 – Norman Ackroyd , English painter and illustrator
1937 – James Lee , Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
1938 – Anthony James Leggett , English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – James Caan , American actor and singer
1940 – Nancy Pelosi , American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1941 – Richard Dawkins , Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
1942 – Erica Jong , American novelist and poet
1943 – Mustafa Kalemli , Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior
1943 – Bob Woodward , American journalist and author
1944 – Diana Ross , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1945 – Mikhail Voronin , Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004)
1946 – Johnny Crawford , American actor and singer
1946 – Alain Madelin , French politician, French Minister of Finance
1947 – Paul Bérenger , Mauritian politician, Prime Minister of Mauritius
1948 – Kyung-wha Chung , South Korean violinist and educator
1948 – Richard Tandy , English pianist and keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra )
1948 – Steven Tyler , American singer-songwriter and actor
1949 – Rudi Koertzen , South African cricketer and umpire
1949 – Vicki Lawrence , American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer
1949 – Fran Sheehan , American bass player
1949 – Patrick Süskind , German author and screenwriter
1949 – Ernest Lee Thomas , American actor
1950 – Teddy Pendergrass , American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1950 – Graham Barlow , English cricketer
1950 – Martin Short , Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
1950 – Alan Silvestri , American composer and conductor
1951 – Carl Wieman , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1952 – Didier Pironi , French race car driver (d. 1987)
1952 – T. A. Barron , American novelist
1953 – Lincoln Chafee , American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
1953 – Elaine Chao , Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
1953 – Tatyana Providokhina , Russian runner
1954 – Clive Palmer , Australian businessman and politician
1954 – Curtis Sliwa , American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
1954 – Dorothy Porter , Australian poet and playwright (d. 2008)
1956 – Charly McClain , American country singer
1956 – Park Won-soon , South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul
1957 – Fiona Bruce , Scottish lawyer and politician
1957 – Leeza Gibbons , American talk show host and television personality
1957 – Paul Morley , English journalist, producer, and author
1958 – Elio de Angelis , Italian race car driver (d. 1986)
1959 – Chris Hansen , American journalist
1960 – Marcus Allen , American football player and sportscaster
1960 – Jennifer Grey , American actress and dancer
1960 – Graeme Rutjes , Australian-Dutch footballer
1961 – William Hague , English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
1962 – Richard Coles , English pianist, saxophonist, and priest
1962 – Kevin Seitzer , American baseball player and coach
1962 – Yuri Gidzenko , Russian pilot and cosmonaut
1962 – John Stockton , American basketball player and coach
1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku , Japanese author
1964 – Martin Bella , Australian rugby league player
1964 – Martin Donnelly , Irish race car driver
1964 – Maria Miller , English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1964 – Ulf Samuelsson , Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach
1965 – Trey Azagthoth , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1965 – Violeta Szekely , Romanian runner
1966 – Lilian Greenwood , English politician
1966 – Michael Imperioli , American actor and screenwriter
1966 – Nick Wirth , English engineer, founded Wirth Research
1968 – Laurent Brochard , French cyclist
1968 – Kenny Chesney , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – James Iha , American guitarist and songwriter
1969 – Alessandro Moscardi , Italian rugby player
1970 – Paul Bosvelt , Dutch footballer
1970 – Jelle Goes , Dutch footballer and coach
1970 – Thomas Kyparissis , Greek footballer
1970 – Martin McDonagh , English-born Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
1971 – Behzad Ghorbani , Iranian zoologist
1971 – Martyn Day , Scottish politician
1971 – Rennae Stubbs , Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1971 – Paul Williams , English footballer and manager
1972 – Leslie Mann , American actress
1972 – Jason Maxwell , American baseball player
1973 – Larry Page , American computer scientist and businessman, co-founder of Google
1973 – T. R. Knight , American actor
1973 – Matt Burke , Australian rugby player and sportscaster
1974 – Irina Spîrlea , Romanian tennis player
1974 – Vadimas Petrenko , Lithuanian footballer
1974 – Michael Peca , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1976 – Alex Varas , Chilean footballer
1976 – Amy Smart , American actress and former model
1977 – Kevin Davies , English footballer
1977 – Bianca Kajlich , American actress
1977 – Sylvain Grenier , Canadian wrestler
1978 – Anastasia Kostaki , Greek basketball player
1979 – Nacho Novo , Spanish footballer
1979 – Ben Blair , New Zealand rugby union footballer
1979 – Hiromi Uehara , Japanese pianist and composer
1979 – Pierre Womé , Cameroonian footballer
1979 – Jay Sean , English R&B singer
1980 – Richie Wellens , English footballer
1981 – Baruch Dego , Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
1981 – Massimo Donati , Italian footballer
1981 – Jay Sean , English singer-songwriter and producer
1981 – Josh Wilson , American baseball player
1982 – Mikel Arteta , Spanish footballer
1982 – Brendan Ryan , American baseball player
1982 – Nate Kaeding , American football player
1983 – Andreas Hinkel , German footballer
1983 – Floriana Lima , American actress
1983 – Roman Bednář , Czech footballer
1983 – Mike Mondo , American wrestler
1984 – Jimmy Howard , American ice hockey player
1984 – Drew Mitchell , Australian rugby player
1984 – Felix Neureuther , German skier
1984 – Marco Stier , German footballer
1984 – Gregory Strydom , Zimbabwean cricketer
1985 – Keira Knightley , English actress
1985 – Matt Grevers , American swimmer
1985 – Jonathan Groff , American actor and singer
1985 – Prosper Utseya , Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 – Maxime Biset , Belgian footballer
1986 – Emma Laine , Finnish tennis player
1987 – Jermichael Finley , American football player
1987 – Steven Fletcher , Scottish footballer
1987 – Rob Kearney , Irish rugby player
1989 – Simon Kjær , Danish footballer
1990 – Patrick Ekeng , Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
1990 – Yuya Takaki , Japanese idol, singer, dancer, model and actor
1991 – Matt Davidson , American baseball player
1994 – Jed Wallace , English footballer
752 – Pope-elect Stephen
809 – Ludger , Frisian missionary
903 – Sugawara no Michizane , Japanese poet
908 – Ai , emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 892)
922 – Mansur Al-Hallaj , Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
983 – 'Adud al-Dawla , Iranian ruler (b. 936)
1130 – Sigurd the Crusader , Norwegian king (b. 1090)
1132 – Geoffrey of Vendôme , French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)
1212 – Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
1324 – Marie de Luxembourg, Queen of France (b. 1304)
1326 – Alessandra Giliani , anatomist (b. c. 1307)
1402 – David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay , heir to the throne of Scotland (b. 1378)
1437 – Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl , Scottish nobleman and regicide
1517 – Heinrich Isaac , Flemish composer (b. 1450)
1535 – Georg Tannstetter , Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)
1546 – Thomas Elyot , English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490)
1566 – Antonio de Cabezón , Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
1649 – John Winthrop , English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1679 – Johannes Schefferus , Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
1697 – Godfrey McCulloch , Scottish politician (b. 1640)
1726 – John Vanbrugh , English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
1772 – Charles Pinot Duclos , French author and politician (b. 1704)
1776 – Samuel Ward , American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)
1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
1793 – John Mudge , English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
1797 – James Hutton , Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin , French physician and politician (b. 1738)
1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven , German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
1858 – John Addison Thomas , American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
1862 – Uriah P. Levy , American commander (b. 1792)
1881 – Roman Sanguszko , Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
1885 – Anson Stager , American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
1888 – Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
1892 – Walt Whitman , American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
1902 – Cecil Rhodes , English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
1905 – Maurice Barrymore , American actor (b. 1849)
1910 – Auguste Charlois , French astronomer (b. 1864)
1920 – William Chester Minor , American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)
1923 – Sarah Bernhardt , French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
1926 – Constantin Fehrenbach , German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
1932 – Henry M. Leland , American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
1934 – John Biller , American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
1940 – Wilhelm Anderson , German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
1940 – Spyridon Louis , Greek runner (b. 1873)
1942 – Jimmy Burke , American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
1945 – David Lloyd George , English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
1951 – James F. Hinkle , American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
1954 – Charles Perrin , French rower (b. 1875)
1957 – Édouard Herriot , French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
1958 – Phil Mead , English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
1959 – Raymond Chandler , American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)
1966 – Victor Hochepied , French swimmer (b. 1883)
1969 – John Kennedy Toole , American novelist (b. 1937)
1973 – Noël Coward , English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
1973 – Johnny Drake , American football player (b. 1916)
1979 – Beauford Delaney , American-French painter (b. 1901)
1979 – Jean Stafford , American author and academic (b. 1915)
1980 – Roland Barthes , French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
1983 – Anthony Blunt , English historian and spy (b. 1907)
1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré , Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
1987 – Eugen Jochum , German conductor (b. 1902)
1987 – Walter Abel , American actor (b. 1898)
1990 – Halston , American fashion designer (b. 1932)
1992 – Barbara Frum , American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937)
1993 – Louis Falco , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
1995 – Eazy-E , American rapper and producer (b. 1963)
1996 – Edmund Muskie , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)
1996 – David Packard , American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
2000 – Alex Comfort , English physician and author (b. 1920)
2002 – Randy Castillo , American drummer and songwriter (b. 1950)
2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan , American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)
2004 – Jan Sterling , American actress (b. 1921)
2005 – James Callaghan , English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
2005 – Frederick Rotimi Williams Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
2006 – Anil Biswas , Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)
2006 – Paul Dana , American race car driver (b. 1975)
2006 – Nikki Sudden , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
2008 – Robert Fagles , American poet and academic (b. 1933)
2008 – Manuel Marulanda , Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
2009 – Shane McConkey , Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
2010 – Charles Ryskamp , American art collector and curator (b. 1928)
2011 – Roger Abbott , English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
2011 – Geraldine Ferraro , American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
2011 – Diana Wynne Jones , English author (b. 1934)
2012 – Sisto Averno , American football player (b. 1925)
2012 – Michael Begley , Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)
2012 – Thomas M. Cover , American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
2012 – David Craighead , American organist and educator (b. 1924)
2012 – Manik Godghate , Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
2012 – Helmer Ringgren , Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)
2013 – Tom Boerwinkle , American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
2013 – Krzysztof Kozłowski , Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)
2013 – Dave Leggett , American baseball player (b. 1933)
2013 – Don Payne , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
2014 – Roger Birkman , American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
2014 – Dick Guidry , American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball , English politician (b. 1928)
2015 – Dinkha IV , Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
2015 – Friedrich L. Bauer , German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)
2015 – Tomas Tranströmer , Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)
2016 – Jim Harrison American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1937)
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