54 Events
223 Births
128 Deaths
- 2024 The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire. ↗
- 2018 The New York Times and the New Yorker win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal. ↗
- 2016 Ecuador's worst earthquake in nearly 40 years kills 676 and injures more than 230,000. ↗
- 2014 The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities. ↗
- 2013 A 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, killing at least 35 people and injuring 117 others. ↗
- 2013 The 2013 Baga massacre is started when Boko Haram militants engage government soldiers in Baga. ↗
- 2012 The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway. ↗
- 2012 The Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, it was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize. ↗
- 2008 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the Baze v. Rees decision that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. ↗
- 2007 Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide. ↗
- 2003 The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union. ↗
- 2001 India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border. ↗
- 1972 Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. ↗
- 1963 U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation. ↗
- 1961 In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism. ↗
- 1948 The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed. ↗
- 1947 An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas, United States, to catch fire, killing almost 600 people. ↗
- 1947 Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The Red Army begins the final assault on German forces around Berlin, with nearly one million troops fighting in the Battle of the Seelow Heights. ↗
- 1945 The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz). ↗
- 1945 More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine. ↗
- 1944 World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. ↗
- 1943 Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19. ↗
- 1942 King George VI awarded the George Cross to the people of Malta in appreciation of their heroism. ↗
- 1941 World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships. ↗
- 1941 World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected. ↗
- 1925 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. ↗
- 1922 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed. ↗
- 1919 Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier. ↗
- 1919 Polish–Lithuanian War: The Polish Army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania. ↗
- 1917 Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland. ↗
- 1912 Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel. ↗
- 1910 The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time. ↗
- 1908 Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah. ↗
- 1881 In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle. ↗
- 1878 The Senate of the Grand Duchy of Finland issues a declaration establishing a city of Kotka on the southern part islands from the old Kymi parish. ↗
- 1863 American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg. ↗
- 1862 American Civil War: Battle at Lee's Mills in Virginia. ↗
- 1862 American Civil War: The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia, becomes law. ↗
- 1858 The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is dissolved. ↗
- 1853 The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane. ↗
- 1847 Shooting of a Māori by an English sailor results in the opening of the Wanganui Campaign of the New Zealand Wars. ↗
- 1838 The French Army captures Veracruz in the Pastry War. ↗
- 1818 The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. ↗
- 1799 French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor: Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre. ↗
- 1780 Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster. ↗
- 1746 The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. ↗
- 1582 Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina. ↗
- 1520 The Revolt of the Comuneros begins in Spain against the rule of Charles V. ↗
- 1346 Stefan Dušan, "the Mighty", is crowned Emperor of the Serbs at Skopje, his empire occupying much of the Balkans. ↗
- 682 Pope Leo II is elected head of the Catholic Church, although he will not be consecrated until 17 August. ↗
- 73 Masada, a Jewish fortress, falls to the Romans after several months of siege, ending the First Jewish–Roman War. ↗
- 69 Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide. ↗
- 1457 BCE Battle of Megido – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. ↗
- 2002 Sadie Sink, American actress ↗
- 1996 Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentine-British actress ↗
- 1996 Taylor Townsend, American tennis player ↗
- 1993 Chance the Rapper, American rapper ↗
- 1993 Mirai Nagasu, Japanese-American figure skater ↗
- 1992 Brian Poe Llamanzares, Filipino journalist and politician ↗
- 1991 Nolan Arenado, American baseball player ↗
- 1991 Kim Kyung-jung, South Korean footballer ↗
- 1990 Reggie Jackson, American basketball player ↗
- 1990 Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player ↗
- 1990 Tony McQuay, American sprinter ↗
- 1988 Kyle Okposo, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1987 Cenk Akyol, Turkish basketball player ↗
- 1987 Aaron Lennon, English international footballer ↗
- 1986 Shinji Okazaki, Japanese footballer ↗
- 1986 Peter Regin, Danish ice hockey player ↗
- 1986 Epke Zonderland, Dutch gymnast ↗
- 1985 Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player ↗
- 1985 Nate Diaz, American mixed martial artist ↗
- 1985 Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1985 Katerina Stikoudi, Greek singer, actress, TV host, model, businesswoman, former champion swimmer and beauty pageant titleholder. ↗
- 1985 Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer ↗
- 1984 Teddy Blass, American composer and producer ↗
- 1984 Claire Foy, English actress ↗
- 1984 Tucker Fredricks, American speed skater ↗
- 1984 Paweł Kieszek, Polish footballer ↗
- 1984 Kerron Stewart, Jamaican sprinter ↗
- 1983 Marié Digby, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress ↗
- 1983 Cat Osterman, American softball player ↗
- 1982 Gina Carano, American mixed martial artist and actress ↗
- 1982 Boris Diaw, French basketball player ↗
- 1982 Jonathan Vilma, American football player ↗
- 1981 Anestis Agritis, Greek footballer ↗
- 1981 Maya Dunietz, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
- 1981 Matthieu Proulx, Canadian football player ↗
- 1979 Christijan Albers, Dutch racing driver ↗
- 1979 Lars Börgeling, German pole vaulter ↗
- 1979 Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1977 Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer ↗
- 1976 Lukas Haas, American actor and musician ↗
- 1976 Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer ↗
- 1973 Akon, Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter ↗
- 1973 Charlotta Sörenstam, Swedish golfer ↗
- 1973 Teddy Cobeña, Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor ↗
- 1972 Conchita Martínez, Spanish-American tennis player ↗
- 1972 Tracy K. Smith, American poet and educator ↗
- 1971 Cameron Blades, Australian rugby player ↗
- 1971 Selena, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (died 1995) ↗
- 1971 Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver ↗
- 1971 Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player ↗
- 1970 Dero Goi, German singer-songwriter and drummer ↗
- 1970 Margreth Olin, Norwegian filmmaker ↗
- 1970 Walt Williams, American basketball player ↗
- 1969 Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier ↗
- 1969 Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1968 Vickie Guerrero, American wrestler and manager ↗
- 1968 Rüdiger Stenzel, German runner ↗
- 1966 Jarle Vespestad, Norwegian drummer ↗
- 1965 Yves-François Blanchet, Canadian politician ↗
- 1965 Jon Cryer, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1965 Martin Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1964 Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (died 2008) ↗
- 1963 Saleem Malik, Pakistani cricketer ↗
- 1963 Jimmy Osmond, American singer ↗
- 1962 Anna Dello Russo, Italian journalist ↗
- 1961 Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, seventh Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (died 2014) ↗
- 1960 Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (died 2007) ↗
- 1960 Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
- 1960 Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1959 Alison Ramsay, English-Scottish field hockey player and lawyer ↗
- 1958 Tim Flach, English photographer and director ↗
- 1958 Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist ↗
- 1957 Patricia De Martelaere, Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (died 2009) ↗
- 1956 David M. Brown, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003) ↗
- 1956 T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (died 2010) ↗
- 1956 Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier ↗
- 1955 Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ↗
- 1954 Ellen Barkin, American actress ↗
- 1954 John Bowe, Australian racing driver ↗
- 1954 Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1953 Peter Garrett, Australian singer-songwriter and politician ↗
- 1952 Michel Blanc, French actor and director (died 2024) ↗
- 1952 Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler ↗
- 1951 Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer ↗
- 1950 David Graf, American actor (died 2001) ↗
- 1950 Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress ↗
- 1948 Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board (died 2011) ↗
- 1947 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1947 Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2011) ↗
- 1946 Margot Adler, American journalist and author (died 2014) ↗
- 1946 Ernst Bakker, Dutch politician (died 2014) ↗
- 1946 Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (died 2015) ↗
- 1946 R. Carlos Nakai, American flute player ↗
- 1945 Tom Allen, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1943 Petro Tyschtschenko, Austrian-German businessman ↗
- 1943 John Watkins, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1942 Nikos Gioutsos, Greek footballer (died 2023) ↗
- 1942 Jim Lonborg, American baseball pitcher ↗
- 1942 Sir Frank Williams, English businessman, founded the Williams F1 Racing Team (died 2021) ↗
- 1941 Allan Segal, American director and producer (died 2012) ↗
- 1940 Benoît Bouchard, Canadian academic and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Transport ↗
- 1940 David Holford, Barbadian cricketer (died 2022) ↗
- 1940 Fotis Kafatos, Greek biologist, founding president of the European Research Council (ERC) (died 2017). ↗
- 1940 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ↗
- 1940 Joan Snyder, American painter ↗
- 1940 Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys, English banker and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (died 2023) ↗
- 1939 John Amabile, American football player and coach (died 2012) ↗
- 1939 Dusty Springfield, English singer and record producer (died 1999) ↗
- 1938 Rich Rollins, American baseball player ↗
- 1938 Gordon Wilson, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2017) ↗
- 1937 Gert Potgieter, South African hurdler and coach ↗
- 1937 George Steele, American wrestler and actor (died 2017) ↗
- 1936 Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (died 2015) ↗
- 1935 Marcel Carrière, Canadian director and screenwriter ↗
- 1935 Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (died 2013) ↗
- 1935 Lennart Risberg, Swedish boxer (died 2013) ↗
- 1935 Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (died 2013) ↗
- 1935 Bobby Vinton, American singer ↗
- 1934 Vince Hill, English singer-songwriter (died 2023) ↗
- 1934 Robert Stigwood, Australian producer and manager (died 2016) ↗
- 1934 Barrie Unsworth, Australian politician, 36th Premier of New South Wales ↗
- 1934 Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (died 2012) ↗
- 1933 Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (died 2012) ↗
- 1933 Joan Bakewell, English journalist and author ↗
- 1933 Perry Botkin Jr., American composer, arranger and musician (died 2021) ↗
- 1933 Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper (died 2023) ↗
- 1933 Ike Pappas, American journalist and actor (died 2008) ↗
- 1932 Maury Meyers, American lawyer and politician (died 2014) ↗
- 1931 Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (died 2023) ↗
- 1930 Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator (died 2013) ↗
- 1930 Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer (died 2003) ↗
- 1929 Roy Hamilton, American singer (died 1969) ↗
- 1929 Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist (died 2012) ↗
- 1929 Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2003) ↗
- 1928 Night Train Lane, American football player (died 2002) ↗
- 1927 Edie Adams, American actress and singer (died 2008) ↗
- 1927 Pope Benedict XVI (died 2022) ↗
- 1927 Rolf Schult, German actor (died 2013) ↗
- 1926 Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (died 2013) ↗
- 1924 John Harvey-Jones, English academic and businessman (died 2008) ↗
- 1924 Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (died 1994) ↗
- 1924 Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (died 2013) ↗
- 1923 Warren Barker, American composer (died 2006) ↗
- 1923 Arch A. Moore Jr., American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of West Virginia (died 2015) ↗
- 1922 Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, and critic (died 1995) ↗
- 1922 Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (died 2014) ↗
- 1922 Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014) ↗
- 1921 Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (died 2014) ↗
- 1921 Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004) ↗
- 1920 Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (died 2012) ↗
- 1920 Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986) ↗
- 1919 Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (died 2009) ↗
- 1919 Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (died 2011) ↗
- 1919 Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect (died 2013) ↗
- 1918 Hsuan Hua, Chinese-American monk and author (died 1995) ↗
- 1918 Spike Milligan, Irish actor, comedian, and writer (died 2002) ↗
- 1917 Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (died 2013) ↗
- 1917 Barry Nelson, American actor (died 2007) ↗
- 1916 Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (died 1979) ↗
- 1915 Robert Speck, Canadian politician, first Mayor of Mississauga (died 1972) ↗
- 1914 John Hodiak, American actor (died 1955) ↗
- 1911 Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (died 1963) ↗
- 1910 Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (died 1994) ↗
- 1908 Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (died 2004) ↗
- 1908 Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (died 1979) ↗
- 1907 Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (died 1964) ↗
- 1907 August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (died 1947) ↗
- 1905 Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (died 2005) ↗
- 1904 Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (died 1983) ↗
- 1903 Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager (died 1965) ↗
- 1900 Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author (died 1962) ↗
- 1899 Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (died 1988) ↗
- 1896 Robert Henry Best, American journalist (died 1952) ↗
- 1896 Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer (died 1944) ↗
- 1895 Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (died 1988) ↗
- 1893 Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (died 1968) ↗
- 1893 John Norton, American hurdler (died 1979) ↗
- 1892 Dora Richter, German transgender woman and the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender-affirming surgery (died 1966) ↗
- 1892 Howard Mumford Jones, American author, critic, and academic (died 1980) ↗
- 1891 Dorothy P. Lathrop, American author and illustrator (died 1980) ↗
- 1890 Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (died 1954) ↗
- 1890 Gertrude Chandler Warner, American author and educator (died 1979) ↗
- 1889 Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (died 1977) ↗
- 1888 Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (died 1940) ↗
- 1886 Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American football player and javelin thrower (died 1957) ↗
- 1886 Ernst Thälmann, German politician (died 1944) ↗
- 1885 Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (died 1960) ↗
- 1884 Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, journalist, and politician (died 1963) ↗
- 1882 Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (died 1972) ↗
- 1878 R. E. Foster, English cricketer and footballer (died 1914) ↗
- 1874 Jōtarō Watanabe, Japanese general (died 1936) ↗
- 1871 John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1909) ↗
- 1867 Wilbur Wright, American inventor (died 1912) ↗
- 1866 José de Diego, Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1918) ↗
- 1865 Harry Chauvel, Australian general (died 1945) ↗
- 1864 Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (died 1915) ↗
- 1851 Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, third Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (died 1930) ↗
- 1848 Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (died 1919) ↗
- 1847 Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (died 1906) ↗
- 1844 Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1924) ↗
- 1839 Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1908) ↗
- 1834 Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant (died 1862) ↗
- 1827 Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller (died 1879) ↗
- 1826 Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (died 1891) ↗
- 1823 Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (died 1852) ↗
- 1821 Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter (died 1893) ↗
- 1812 Juraj Dobrila, Croatian bishop and national revivalist (died 1882) ↗
- 1808 Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1864) ↗
- 1800 George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician (died 1888) ↗
- 1786 John Franklin, English admiral and politician, fourth Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (died 1847) ↗
- 1755 Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun – French painter (died 1842) ↗
- 1730 Henry Clinton, English general and politician (died 1795) ↗
- 1728 Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (died 1799) ↗
- 1697 Johann Gottlieb Görner, German organist and composer (died 1778) ↗
- 1682 John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (died 1744) ↗
- 1661 Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (died 1715) ↗
- 1660 Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (died 1753) ↗
- 1646 Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect (probable; (died 1708) ↗
- 1635 Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (died 1681) ↗
- 1569 John Davies, English poet and lawyer (died 1626) ↗
- 1516 Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (died 1550) ↗
- 1495 Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (died 1557) ↗
- 1488 Jungjong of Joseon (died 1544) ↗
- 2025 Nora Aunor, Filipino actress and recording artist (born 1953) ↗
- 2024 Carl Erskine, American baseball player (born 1926) ↗
- 2024 Bob Graham, American lawyer, author, and politician, 38th governor of Florida (born 1936) ↗
- 2021 Andrew Peacock, Australian politician (born 1939) ↗
- 2021 Helen McCrory, British actress (born 1968) ↗
- 2021 Liam Scarlett, British choreographer (born 1986) ↗
- 2021 John Dawes, Welsh rugby union player (born 1940) ↗
- 2018 Harry Anderson, American actor and magician (born 1952) ↗
- 2015 Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1948) ↗
- 2015 Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, fifth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (born 1969) ↗
- 2014 Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (born 1949) ↗
- 2014 Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (born 1929) ↗
- 2014 Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (born 1923) ↗
- 2013 Charles Bruzon, Gibraltarian politician (born 1938) ↗
- 2013 Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (born 1928) ↗
- 2013 Siegfried Ludwig, Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (born 1926) ↗
- 2013 Pentti Lund, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925) ↗
- 2013 George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (born 1909) ↗
- 2013 Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (born 1930) ↗
- 2013 Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (born 1919) ↗
- 2012 Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (born 1914) ↗
- 2012 Marian Biskup, Polish author and academic (born 1922) ↗
- 2012 Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and conductor (born 1938) ↗
- 2012 George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (born 1956) ↗
- 2012 Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (born 1913) ↗
- 2012 Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer and coach (born 1948) ↗
- 2011 Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (born 1928) ↗
- 2011 Allan Blakeney, Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1925) ↗
- 2011 Sol Saks, American screenwriter and producer (born 1910) ↗
- 2010 Rasim Delić, Bosnian general and convicted war criminal (born 1949) ↗
- 2010 Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (born 1926) ↗
- 2009 Michael Martin Dwyer, Irish security guard (born 1984) ↗
- 2009 Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, Bolivian-Hungarian-Croatian mercenary, journalist, and actor (born 1960) ↗
- 2008 Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (born 1917) ↗
- 2007 Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (born 1909) ↗
- 2007 Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1962) ↗
- 2007 Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer (born 1915) ↗
- 2007 Chandrabose Suthaharan, Sri Lankan journalist ↗
- 2005 Kay Walsh, English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911) ↗
- 2003 Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (born 1930) ↗
- 2003 Graham Stuart Thomas, English horticulturalist and author (born 1909) ↗
- 2002 Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (born 1952) ↗
- 2002 Ruth Fertel, American businesswoman, founded Ruth's Chris Steak House (born 1927) ↗
- 2002 Robert Urich, American actor (born 1946) ↗
- 2001 Robert Osterloh, American actor (born 1918)[better source needed] ↗
- 2001 Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938) ↗
- 2001 Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (born 1917) ↗
- 1999 Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946) ↗
- 1998 Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (born 1920) ↗
- 1998 Fred Davis, English snooker player (born 1913) ↗
- 1998 Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (born 1880) ↗
- 1997 Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (born 1921) ↗
- 1997 Roland Topor, French actor, director, and painter (born 1938) ↗
- 1996 Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (born 1917) ↗
- 1994 Paul-Émilien Dalpé, Canadian labor unionist (born 1919) ↗
- 1994 Ralph Ellison, American novelist and critic (born 1913) ↗
- 1992 Neville Brand, American actor (born 1920) ↗
- 1992 Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy and activist (born 1915) ↗
- 1992 Andy Russell, American singer and actor (born 1919) ↗
- 1991 David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908) ↗
- 1989 Jocko Conlan, American baseball player and umpire (born 1899) ↗
- 1989 Kaoru Ishikawa Japanese author and educator (born 1915) ↗
- 1989 Miles Lawrence, English cricketer (born 1940) ↗
- 1989 Hakkı Yeten, Turkish footballer, manager and president (born 1910) ↗
- 1988 Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (born 1935) ↗
- 1988 Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (born 1954) ↗
- 1985 Scott Brady, American actor (born 1924) ↗
- 1980 Morris Stoloff, American composer (born 1898) ↗
- 1978 Lucius D. Clay, American officer and military governor in occupied Germany (born 1898) ↗
- 1973 István Kertész, Hungarian conductor and educator (born 1929) ↗
- 1972 Yasunari Kawabata – Japanese novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899) ↗
- 1972 Frank O'Connor, Australian public servant (born 1894) ↗
- 1970 Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (born 1892) ↗
- 1970 Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (born 1897) ↗
- 1969 Hem Vejakorn, Thai illustrator and painter (born 1904) ↗
- 1968 Fay Bainter, American actress (born 1893) ↗
- 1968 Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1885) ↗
- 1966 Eric Lambert, Australian author (born 1918) ↗
- 1965 Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (born 1884) ↗
- 1965 Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (born 1885) ↗
- 1961 Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (born 1912) ↗
- 1960 Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (born 1884) ↗
- 1958 Rosalind Franklin – English biophysicist and academic (born 1920) ↗
- 1955 David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (born 1872) ↗
- 1950 Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (born 1905) ↗
- 1950 Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (born 1867) ↗
- 1947 Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (born 1900) ↗
- 1946 Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (born 1884) ↗
- 1942 Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born 1878) ↗
- 1942 Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (born 1862) ↗
- 1941 Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (born 1880) ↗
- 1940 Tony D'Arcy, Irish Republican died while on hunger strike (born 1908) ↗
- 1938 Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (born 1874) ↗
- 1937 Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, third Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (born 1870) ↗
- 1935 Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (born 1884) ↗
- 1930 José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (born 1894) ↗
- 1928 Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (born 1840) ↗
- 1928 Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (born 1900) ↗
- 1925 Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (born 1867) ↗
- 1915 Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (born 1841) ↗
- 1914 George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (born 1838) ↗
- 1904 Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (born 1888) ↗
- 1904 Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (born 1812) ↗
- 1899 Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (born 1875) ↗
- 1888 Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (born 1845) ↗
- 1879 Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (born 1844) ↗
- 1859 Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1805) ↗
- 1850 Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (born 1761) ↗
- 1846 Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (born 1763) ↗
- 1828 Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (born 1746) ↗
- 1788 Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (born 1707) ↗
- 1783 Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (born 1719) ↗
- 1756 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (born 1677) ↗
- 1742 Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (born 1672) ↗
- 1689 Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (born 1640) ↗
- 1687 George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (born 1628) ↗
- 1645 Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (born 1569) ↗
- 1640 Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (born 1579) ↗
- 1587 Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (born 1497) ↗
- 1496 Charles II, Duke of Savoy (born 1489) ↗
- 1375 John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (born 1347) ↗
- 1234 Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (born 1191) ↗
- 1198 Frederick I, Duke of Austria (born 1175) ↗
- 1118 Adelaide del Vasto, regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily, queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem ↗
- 1113 Sviatopolk II of Kiev (born 1050) ↗
- 1090 Sikelgaita, duchess of Apulia (born c. 1040) ↗
- 665 Fructuosus of Braga, French archbishop and saint ↗
- 69 Otho, Roman emperor (born AD 32) ↗