April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 274 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).
286 – Emperor Diocletian elevates his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus and gives him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire .
325 – Crown Prince Jin Chengdi , age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty .
457 – Majorian is acclaimed emperor by the Roman army .
527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
528 – The daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei was made the "Emperor " as a male heir of the late emperor by Empress Dowager Hu , deposed and replaced by Yuan Zhao the next day; she was the first female monarch in the History of China , but not widely recognised.
1293 – Robert Winchelsey leaves England for Rome, to be consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury .
1318 – Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from England .
1340 – Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark.
1545 – Potosí is founded after the discovery of major silver deposits in the area.
1572 – In the Eighty Years' War , the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards , gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic .
1625 – A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War .
1789 – In New York City , the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker .
1826 – Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine ."
1833 – The Convention of 1833 , a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin
1854 – Charles Dickens ' novel Hard Times begins serialisation in his magazine Household Words .
1865 – American Civil War : Battle of Five Forks . Union Army led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeated Confederate States Army led by George Pickett , leading to Breakthrough at Petersburg and Appomattox Campaign .
1867 – Singapore becomes a British crown colony .
1871 – The first stage of the Brill Tramway opens.
1873 – The White Star steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia , killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
1887 – Mumbai Fire Brigade is established.
1889 – The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois .
1893 – The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
1895 – The Indian Army is established.
1908 – The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
1918 – The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service .
1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch " but spends only nine months in jail; during this time he writes Mein Kampf .
1924 – The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
1935 – India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India is formed.
1936 – Odisha formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India.
1937 – Aden becomes a British crown colony .
1937 – Spanish Civil War : Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists .
1937 – Royal New Zealand Air Force is Formed as an independent Air Force.
1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
1941 – Fântâna Albă massacre : Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops .
1941 – A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister .
1944 – Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen .
1945 – World War II: Operation Iceberg : United States troops land on Okinawa in the last major campaign of the war.
1946 – The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong ). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in many deaths, mostly in Hilo . Between 165 and 173 were killed.
1946 – Formation of the Malayan Union .
1947 – Paul becomes king of Greece , on the death of his childless elder brother, George II .
1947 – The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
1948 – Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin .
1948 – Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 43 and 44 are adopted.
1949 – Chinese Civil War : The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
1949 – The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
1949 – The 26 counties of the Irish Free State become Ireland .
1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado .
1955 – The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus , with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece.
1959 – Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America .
1960 – The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space .
1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General 's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective 1 January 1971.
1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War : The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila , Bangladesh .
1973 – Project Tiger , a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park , India.
1974 – The metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England come into being.
1976 – Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs , Steve Wozniak , and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California , USA.
1978 – The Philippine College of Commerce , through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines .
1979 – Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote , officially overthrowing the Shah .
1986 – Sector Kanda : Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attacks a number of police stations in Kathmandu , seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
1989 – Margaret Thatcher 's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland .
1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion .[1]
1999 – Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories .
2001 – An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet . The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan , China and is detained.
2001 – Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces , to be tried on war crimes charges.
2001 – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
2004 – Google announces Gmail to the public.
2011 – After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif , Afghanistan , resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
1220 – Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)
1282 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1347)
1543 – François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières (d. 1626)
1578 – William Harvey , English physician and academic (d. 1657)
1610 – Charles de Saint-Évremond , French soldier and critic (d. 1703)
1629 – Jean-Henri d'Anglebert , French organist and composer (d. 1691)
1640 – Georg Mohr , Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1697)
1647 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester , English poet and courtier (d. 1680)
1697 – Antoine François Prévost , French novelist and translator (d. 1763)
1721 – Pieter Hellendaal , Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer (d. 1799)
1741 – George Dance the Younger , English architect and surveyor (d. 1825)
1753 – Joseph de Maistre , French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1821)
1755 – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin , French lawyer and politician (d. 1826)
1765 – Luigi Schiavonetti , Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1810)
1776 – Sophie Germain , French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1831)
1815 – Otto von Bismarck , German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1898)
1815 – Edward Clark , American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
1823 – Simon Bolivar Buckner , American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1891)
1824 – Louis-Zéphirin Moreau , Canadian bishop (d. 1901)
1834 – James Fisk , American businessman (d. 1872)
1852 – Edwin Austin Abbey , American painter and illustrator (d. 1911)
1856 – Acacio Gabriel Viegas , Indian physician (d. 1933)
1865 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy , Austrian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
1866 – William Blomfield , New Zealand cartoonist and politician (d. 1938)
1866 – Ferruccio Busoni , Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
1866 – Ève Lavallière , French actress (d. 1929)
1868 – Edmond Rostand , French poet and playwright (d. 1918)
1868 – Walter Mead , English cricketer (d. 1954)
1871 – F. Melius Christiansen , Norwegian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1955)
1873 – Sergei Rachmaninoff , Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1943)
1874 – Ernest Barnes , English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953)
1874 – Prince Karl of Bavaria (d. 1927)
1875 – Edgar Wallace , English journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1932)
1878 – C. Ganesha Iyer , Ceylon Tamil philologist (d. 1958)
1879 – Stanislaus Zbyszko , Polish wrestler and strongman (d. 1967)
1880 – Agha Petros , Assyrian general (d. 1932)
1883 – Lon Chaney , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1930)
1883 – Edvard Drabløs , Norwegian actor and director (d. 1976)
1883 – Laurette Taylor , American actress (d. 1946)
1885 – Wallace Beery , American actor (d. 1949)
1889 – K. B. Hedgewar , Indian physician and activist (d. 1940)
1893 – Cicely Courtneidge , Australian-English actress (d. 1980)
1895 – Alberta Hunter , American singer-songwriter and nurse (d. 1984)
1898 – William James Sidis , American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian (d. 1944)
1899 – Gustavs Celmiņš , Latvian academic and politician (d. 1968)
1901 – Whittaker Chambers , American journalist and spy (d. 1961)
1905 – Gaston Eyskens , Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1988)
1905 – Paul Hasluck , Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1993)
1906 – Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev , Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau (d. 1989)
1907 – Shivakumara Swami , Indian religious leader and philanthropist
1908 – Abraham Maslow , American psychologist and academic (d. 1970)
1908 – Harlow Rothert , American shot putter, lawyer, and academic (d. 1997)
1909 – Abner Biberman , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1909 – Eddy Duchin , American pianist and bandleader (d. 1951)
1910 – Harry Carney , American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1974)
1910 – Bob Van Osdel , American high jumper and soldier (d. 1987)
1912 – Donald Nyrop , American businessman (d. 2010)
1913 – Memos Makris , Greek sculptor (d. 1993)
1915 – O. W. Fischer , Austrian-Swiss actor and director (d. 2004)
1916 – Sheila May Edmonds , British mathematician (d. 2002)
1917 – Sheldon Mayer , American author and illustrator (d. 1991)
1917 – Sydney Newman , Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997)
1917 – Melville Shavelson , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1919 – Joseph Murray , American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
1920 – Harry Lewis , American actor and businessman (d. 2013)
1920 – Toshiro Mifune , Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1921 – William Bergsma , American composer and educator (d. 1994)
1921 – Ken Reardon , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
1921 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith , American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (d. 2014)
1922 – Duke Jordan , American pianist and composer (d. 2006)
1922 – William Manchester , American historian and author (d. 2004)
1923 – Leora Dana , American actress (d. 1983)
1923 – Bobby Jordan , American actor (d. 1965)
1924 – Brendan Byrne , American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey
1925 – Kathy Stobart , English saxophonist (d. 2014)
1926 – Charles Bressler , American tenor and educator (d. 1996)
1926 – Gérard La Forest , Canadian lawyer and judge
1926 – Anne McCaffrey , American-Irish author (d. 2011)
1927 – Walter Bahr , American soccer player, coach, and manager
1927 – Peter Cundall , English-Australian soldier, horticulturist, and author
1927 – Ferenc Puskás , Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
1928 – George Grizzard , American actor (d. 2007)
1929 – Barbara Bryne , English actress
1929 – Jonathan Haze , American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager
1929 – Milan Kundera , Czech-born novelist, poet, and playwright
1929 – Payut Ngaokrachang , Thai animator and director (d. 2010)
1929 – Jane Powell , American actress, singer, and dancer
1929 – Bo Schembechler , American football player and coach (d. 2006)
1930 – Grace Lee Whitney , American actress and singer (d. 2015)
1931 – George Baker , Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2011)
1931 – Rolf Hochhuth , German author and playwright
1932 – Gordon Jump , American actor (d. 2003)
1932 – Debbie Reynolds , American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2016)
1933 – Claude Cohen-Tannoudji , Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 – Dan Flavin , American sculptor and educator (d. 1996)
1933 – Robert Shavlakadze , Georgian high jumper
1934 – Jim Ed Brown , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1934 – Rod Kanehl , American baseball player and manager (d. 2004)
1934 – Marie Patterson , English trade union leader
1934 – Vladimir Posner , French-American journalist and radio host
1935 – Larry McDonald , American physician and politician (d. 1983)
1936 – Peter Collinson , English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
1936 – Jean-Pascal Delamuraz , Swiss politician, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1998)
1936 – Tarun Gogoi , Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Assam
1936 – Abdul Qadeer Khan , Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer
1939 – Ali MacGraw , American actress
1939 – Phil Niekro , American baseball player and manager
1940 – Wangari Maathai , Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1941 – Gideon Gadot , Israeli journalist and politician (d. 2012)
1941 – Guy Trottier , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
1941 – Ajit Wadekar , Indian cricketer, coach, and manager
1942 – Brian Binley , English businessman and politician
1942 – Samuel R. Delany , American author and critic
1942 – Roderick Floud , English historian and academic
1942 – Richard D. Wolff , American economist and academic
1943 – Carol White , English actress (d. 1991)
1943 – Dafydd Wigley , Welsh academic and politician
1944 – Rusty Staub , American baseball player and coach
1945 – John Barbata , American drummer
1946 – Nikitas Kaklamanis , Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Health and Social Security
1946 – Ronnie Lane , English bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1997)
1946 – Eva Polttila , Finnish journalist
1946 – Arrigo Sacchi , Italian footballer, coach, and manager
1947 – Alain Connes , French mathematician and academic
1947 – Philippe Kirsch , Canadian lawyer and judge
1947 – Francine Prose , American novelist, short story writer, and critic
1947 – Robin Scott , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Norm Van Lier , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2009)
1948 – Jimmy Cliff , Jamaican singer and musician
1948 – Paul Myners, Baron Myners , English journalist and politician
1948 – J. J. Williams , Welsh rugby player and sprinter
1949 – Gérard Mestrallet , French businessman
1949 – Sammy Nelson , Northern Irish footballer and coach
1949 – Gil Scott-Heron , American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2011)
1950 – Samuel Alito , American lawyer and jurist
1950 – Loris Kessel , Swiss race car driver (d. 2010)
1950 – Daniel Paillé , Canadian academic and politician
1951 – John Abizaid , American general
1951 – Kay Davies , English geneticist, anatomist, and academic
1951 – Frederic Schwartz , American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (d. 2014)
1952 – Annette O'Toole , American actress
1952 – Rey Robinson , American sprinter and coach
1952 – Bernard Stiegler , French philosopher and academic
1953 – Barry Sonnenfeld , American cinematographer, director, and producer
1953 – Alberto Zaccheroni , Italian footballer and manager
1954 – Üllar Kerde , Estonian basketball player and coach
1954 – Jeff Porcaro , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
1954 – Knut Værnes , Norwegian guitarist
1954 – Arnold Sidebottom , English footballer and cricketer
1955 – Sal Brinton , English politician
1955 – Don Hasselbeck , American football player and sportscaster
1955 – İlhan İrem , Turkish singer-songwriter
1955 – Humayun Akhtar Khan , Pakistani politician, 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan
1955 – Terry Nichols , American criminal
1956 – Jeffrey Beecroft , American production designer and art director
1957 – Andreas Deja , Polish-American animator
1957 – David Gower , English cricketer and sportscaster
1957 – Stephen O'Brien , English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
1958 – D. Boon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
1958 – Stephen O'Rahilly , Irish-British physician and academic
1959 – Helmuth Duckadam , Romanian footballer
1959 – Margita Stefanović , Serbian keyboard player (d. 2002)
1960 – J. Christopher Stevens , American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (d. 2012)
1961 – Susan Boyle , Scottish singer
1961 – Mark White , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Mark Shulman , American author
1962 – Chris Grayling , English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1962 – Samboy Lim , Filipino basketball player and manager
1962 – Phillip Schofield , English television host
1963 – Teodoro de Villa Diaz , Filipino guitarist and songwriter (d. 1988)
1963 – Aprille Ericsson-Jackson American aerospace engineer
1964 – Erik Breukink , Dutch cyclist and manager
1964 – Kevin Duckworth , American basketball player (d. 2008)
1964 – John Morris , English cricketer
1964 – José Rodrigues dos Santos , Portuguese journalist, author, and educator
1964 – Scott Stevens , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1965 – Jane Adams , American film, television, and stage actress
1965 – Mark Jackson , American basketball player and coach
1965 – Robert Steadman , English composer and conductor
1966 – Chris Evans , English radio and television host
1966 – Sharon Hodgson , English accountant and politician
1966 – Mehmet Özdilek , Turkish footballer and manager
1967 – Nicola Roxon , Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Attorney-General for Australia
1968 – Mike Baird , Australian politician, 44th Premier of New South Wales
1968 – Andreas Schnaas , German actor and director
1968 – Alexander Stubb , Finnish academic and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Finland
1969 – Lev Lobodin , Ukrainian-Russian decathlete
1969 – Dean Windass , English footballer and manager
1970 – Sung-Hi Lee , South Korean-American model and actress
1970 – Brad Meltzer , American author, screenwriter, and producer
1970 – Mark Wheeler , American football player
1971 – Sonia Bisset , Cuban javelin thrower
1971 – Karen Dunbar , Scottish actress and screenwriter
1971 – Lachy Hulme , Australian actor and screenwriter
1971 – Shinji Nakano , Japanese race car driver
1971 – Danielle Smith , Canadian journalist and politician
1972 – Darren McCarty , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1972 – Jesse Tobias , American guitarist and songwriter
1973 – Christian Finnegan , American comedian and actor
1973 – Stephen Fleming , New Zealand cricketer and coach
1973 – Rachel Maddow , American journalist and author
1974 – John Glen , English politician
1974 – Hugo Ibarra , Argentinian footballer and manager
1974 – Sandra Völker , German swimmer
1975 – George Bastl , Swiss tennis player
1975 – John Butler , American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1975 – Magdalena Maleeva , Bulgarian tennis player
1976 – Hazem El Masri , Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator
1976 – David Gilliland , American race car driver
1976 – Gábor Király , Hungarian footballer
1976 – David Oyelowo , English actor
1976 – Clarence Seedorf , Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager
1976 – Yuka Yoshida , Japanese tennis player
1977 – Vitor Belfort , Brazilian-American boxer and mixed martial artist
1977 – Haimar Zubeldia , Spanish cyclist
1978 – Antonio de Nigris , Mexican footballer (d. 2009)
1978 – Jean-Pierre Dumont , Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Mirka Federer , Slovak-Swiss tennis player
1978 – Anamaria Marinca , Romanian-English actress
1978 – Etan Thomas , American basketball player
1980 – Dennis Kruppke , German footballer
1980 – Randy Orton , American wrestler
1981 – Antonis Fotsis , Greek basketball player
1981 – Bjørn Einar Romøren , Norwegian ski jumper
1982 – Taran Killam , American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer
1982 – Andreas Thorkildsen , Norwegian javelin thrower
1983 – John Axford , Canadian baseball player
1983 – Tamati Ellison , New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Lance Hohaia , New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Ólafur Ingi Skúlason , Icelandic footballer
1983 – Sean Taylor , American football player (d. 2007)
1984 – Gilberto Macena , Brazilian footballer
1985 – Daniel Murphy , American baseball player
1985 – Beth Tweddle , English gymnast
1987 – Gianluca Musacci , Italian footballer
1987 – Li Ting , Chinese diver
1987 – Oliver Turvey , English race car driver
1988 – Brook Lopez , American basketball player
1988 – Robin Lopez , American basketball player
1988 – Courtney McCool , American gymnast
1989 – Jan Blokhuijsen , Dutch speed skater
1989 – David N'Gog , French footballer
1989 – Christian Vietoris , German race car driver
1990 – Julia Fischer , German discus thrower
1990 – Joe Partington , English-Welsh footballer
1991 – Graham Candy , New Zealand singer-songwriter and actor
1992 – Deng Linlin , Chinese gymnast
1994 – Ella Eyre , English singer-songwriter
1997 – Álex Palou , Spanish racing driver
1997 – Asa Butterfield , English actor
996 – Pope John XV
1085 – Emperor Shenzong of Song (b. 1048)
1132 – Hugh of Châteauneuf , French bishop and saint (b. 1053)
1204 – Eleanor of Aquitaine (b. 1122)
1205 – Amalric II of Jerusalem (b. 1145)
1282 –Abaqa Khan , khan of the Mongol Ilkhanate
1431 – Nuno Álvares Pereira , Portuguese general and religious figure
1441 – Blanche I of Navarre , Queen of Navarre
1455 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki , Polish cardinal and statesman (b. 1389)
1528 – Francisco de Peñalosa , Spanish composer (b. 1470)
1580 – Alonso Mudarra , Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1510)
1621 – Cristofano Allori , Italian painter and educator (b. 1577)
1682 – Franz Egon of Fürstenberg , Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)
1787 – Floyer Sydenham , English scholar and academic (b. 1710)
1839 – Benjamin Pierce , American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)
1865 – Giuditta Pasta , Italian soprano (b. 1797)
1872 – Frederick Denison Maurice , English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
1878 – John C.W. Daly , English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
1890 – David Wilber , American politician (b. 1820)
1890 – Alexander Mozhaysky , Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
1914 – Rube Waddell , American baseball player (b. 1876)
1914 – Charles Wells , English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
1917 – Scott Joplin , American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
1920 – Walter Simon , German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
1922 – Charles I of Austria (b. 1887)
1922 – Hermann Rorschach , Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
1924 – Jacob Bolotin , American physician (b. 1888)
1924 – Lloyd Hildebrand , English cyclist (b. 1870)
1924 – Stan Rowley , Australian sprinter (b. 1876)
1925 – Lars Jørgen Madsen , Danish target shooter (b. 1871)
1946 – Noah Beery, Sr. , American actor (b. 1882)
1947 – George II of Greece (b. 1890)
1950 – Charles R. Drew , American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
1950 – Recep Peker , Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
1962 – Jussi Kekkonen , Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
1965 – Helena Rubinstein , Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
1966 – Brian O'Nolan , Irish author (b. 1911)
1967 – Đặng Văn Ngữ , Vietnamese physician (b. 1910)
1968 – Lev Landau , Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1976 – Max Ernst , German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
1981 – Eua Sunthornsanan , Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
1984 – Marvin Gaye , American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
1984 – Elizabeth Goudge , English author (b. 1900)
1985 – Douglass Wallop , American author and playwright (b. 1920)
1986 – Erik Bruhn , Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
1987 – Henri Cochet , French tennis player (b. 1901)
1991 – Martha Graham , American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
1991 – Jaime Guzmán , Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
1992 – Michael Havers, Baron Havers , English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1923)
1992 – Nigel Preston , English drummer (b. 1959)
1993 – Alan Kulwicki , American race car driver (b. 1954)
1994 – Robert Doisneau , French photographer (b. 1912)
1995 – H. Adams Carter , American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (b. 1914)
1995 – Lucie Rie , Austrian-English potter (b. 1902)
1996 – Jean Le Moyne , Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1913)
1996 – John McSherry , American baseball player and umpire (b. 1944)
1997 – Norman Carr , English environmentalist and author (b. 1912)
1997 – Makar Honcharenko , Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1912)
1998 – Rozz Williams , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1963)
1999 – Jesse Stone , American pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1901)
2000 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart , Scottish lawyer and judge (b. 1924)
2001 – Jo-Jo Moore , American baseball player (b. 1908)
2001 – Ayhan Şahenk , Turkish businessman, founded Doğuş Holding (b. 1929)
2001 – Trịnh Công Sơn , Vietnamese guitarist and composer (b. 1939)
2002 – Simo Häyhä , Finnish soldier and sniper (b. 1905)
2002 – Aptullah Kuran , Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1927)
2003 – Leslie Cheung , Chinese-Hong Kong singer (b. 1956)
2004 – Paul Atkinson , English guitarist and producer (b. 1946)
2004 – Aaron Bank , American colonel, founded the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
2004 – Ioannis Kyrastas , Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
2004 – Carrie Snodgress , American actress (b. 1945)
2005 – Paul Bomani , Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b 1925)
2005 – Alexander Brott , Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
2005 – Jack Keller , American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)
2005 – Robert Coldwell Wood , American political scientist and academic (b. 1923)
2006 – In Tam , Cambodian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1916)
2008 – Jake Warren , Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1921)
2010 – John Forsythe , American actor (b. 1918)
2010 – Tzannis Tzannetakis , Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1927)
2012 – Lionel Bowen , Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1922)
2012 – Giorgio Chinaglia , Italian-American soccer player and radio host (b. 1947)
2012 – Miguel de la Madrid , Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (b. 1934)
2012 – Jamaa Fanaka , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2012 – N. K. P. Salve , Indian accountant and politician (b. 1921)
2013 – Moses Blah , Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (b. 1947)
2013 – David Burge , American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1930)
2013 – Kildare Dobbs , Canadian author (b. 1923)
2013 – William H. Ginsburg , American lawyer (b. 1943)
2013 – Karen Muir , South African swimmer and physician (b. 1952)
2013 – Jack Pardee , American football player and coach (b. 1936)
2013 – Greg Willard , American basketball player and referee (b. 1958)
2014 – King Fleming , American pianist and bandleader (b. 1922)
2014 – Rudolph Hargrave , American lawyer and judge (b. 1925)
2014 – Jacques Le Goff , French historian and author (b. 1924)
2014 – Andrew Joseph McDonald , American bishop (b. 1923)
2014 – Bill Mitchell , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
2014 – Rolf Rendtorff , German theologian and academic (b. 1925)
2015 – John Paul Hammerschmidt , American soldier and politician (b. 1922)
2015 – Eddie LeBaron , American football player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1930)
2015 – Nicolae Rainea , Romanian footballer and referee (b. 1933)
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