46 Events
233 Births
98 Deaths
- 2025 Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs. ↗
- 2024 Viertola school shooting: A 12-year-old pupil is killed and two others injured by a shooter of the same age in Vantaa, Finland. ↗
- 2021 At least 49 people are killed in a train derailment in Taiwan after a truck accidentally rolls onto the track. ↗
- 2021 A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol. ↗
- 2020 COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million. ↗
- 2015 Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others. ↗
- 2015 Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history." ↗
- 2014 A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured. ↗
- 2012 A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured. ↗
- 2012 UTair Flight 120 crashes after takeoff from Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen, Russia, killing 33 and injuring 10. ↗
- 2011 India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. ↗
- 2006 Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed. ↗
- 2004 Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted. ↗
- 2002 Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated. ↗
- 1992 In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison. ↗
- 1992 Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ↗
- 1991 Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia. ↗
- 1989 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations. ↗
- 1986 Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987. ↗
- 1982 Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. ↗
- 1980 United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act. ↗
- 1979 A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock. ↗
- 1976 Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest. ↗
- 1975 Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops. ↗
- 1973 Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service. ↗
- 1972 Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s. ↗
- 1969 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashes into the Polica mountain near Zawoja, Poland, killing 53. ↗
- 1964 The Soviet Union launches Zond 1. ↗
- 1956 As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format. ↗
- 1954 A 19-month-old infant is swept up in the ocean tides at Hermosa Beach, California. Local photographer John L. Gaunt photographs the incident; 1955 Pulitzer winner "Tragedy by the Sea". ↗
- 1930 After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia. ↗
- 1921 The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established. ↗
- 1917 American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. ↗
- 1912 The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials. ↗
- 1911 The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census. ↗
- 1902 Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Mariinsky Palace, Saint Petersburg. ↗
- 1902 "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles. ↗
- 1885 Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine. ↗
- 1865 American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia. ↗
- 1863 American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia. ↗
- 1801 French Revolutionary Wars: In the Battle of Copenhagen a British Royal Navy squadron defeats a hastily assembled, smaller, mostly-volunteer Dano-Norwegian Navy at high cost, forcing Denmark out of the Second League of Armed Neutrality. ↗
- 1800 Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna. ↗
- 1792 The Coinage Act is passed by Congress, establishing the United States Mint. ↗
- 1755 Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India. ↗
- 1725 J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is first performed in Leipzig on Easter Monday. ↗
- 1513 Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Johns River. ↗
- 2007 Brenda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player ↗
- 2004 Diana Shnaider, Russian tennis player ↗
- 2002 Emma Myers, American actress ↗
- 2000 Rodrigo Riquelme, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1997 Dillon Bassett, American race car driver ↗
- 1997 Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1997 Austin Riley, American baseball player ↗
- 1996 Zach Bryan, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1996 André Onana, Cameroonian footballer ↗
- 1995 Zack Steffen, American soccer player ↗
- 1994 Pascal Siakam, Cameroonian basketball player ↗
- 1993 Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower ↗
- 1993 Bruno Zuculini, Argentine footballer ↗
- 1991 Quavo, American rapper ↗
- 1990 Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast ↗
- 1990 Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer ↗
- 1990 Amr El Solia, Egyptian footballer ↗
- 1988 Jesse Plemons, American actor ↗
- 1987 Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer ↗
- 1987 Shane Lowry, Irish Professional Golfer, winner of the 2019 Open Championship and European Team Member for the 2021 and 2023 Ryder Cups ↗
- 1986 Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1986 Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball player ↗
- 1985 Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player ↗
- 1985 Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater ↗
- 1984 Engin Atsür, Turkish basketball player ↗
- 1984 Nóra Barta, Hungarian diver ↗
- 1984 Jérémy Morel, French footballer ↗
- 1984 Miguel Ángel Moyá, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1983 Arthur Boka, Ivorian footballer ↗
- 1983 Maksym Mazuryk, Ukrainian pole vaulter ↗
- 1982 Marco Amelia, Italian footballer ↗
- 1982 David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player ↗
- 1981 Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1981 Kapil Sharma, Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter and actor ↗
- 1980 Avi Benedi, Israeli singer and songwriter ↗
- 1980 Adam Fleming, Scottish journalist ↗
- 1980 Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter ↗
- 1980 Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (died 2004) ↗
- 1980 Wairangi Koopu, New Zealand rugby league player ↗
- 1980 Carlos Salcido, Mexican international footballer ↗
- 1977 Per Elofsson, Swedish skier ↗
- 1977 Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer ↗
- 1977 Hanno Pevkur, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice ↗
- 1976 Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter ↗
- 1976 Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer ↗
- 1975 Nate Huffman, American basketball player (died 2015) ↗
- 1975 Randy Livingston, American basketball player ↗
- 1975 Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower ↗
- 1975 Pattie Mallette, Canadian author and film producer ↗
- 1975 Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor ↗
- 1974 Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player ↗
- 1973 Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer ↗
- 1973 Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress ↗
- 1973 Aleksejs Semjonovs, Latvian footballer ↗
- 1972 Eyal Berkovic, Israeli footballer ↗
- 1972 Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer ↗
- 1972 Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler (died 2023) ↗
- 1972 Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1971 Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1971 Jason Lewry, English cricketer ↗
- 1971 Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster ↗
- 1969 Ajay Devgn, Indian actor, director, and producer ↗
- 1967 Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1967 Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1966 Bill Romanowski, American football player and actor ↗
- 1966 Teddy Sheringham, English international footballer and coach ↗
- 1965 Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (died 2012) ↗
- 1964 Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1964 Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler ↗
- 1963 Karl Beattie, English director and producer ↗
- 1963 Mike Gascoyne, English engineer ↗
- 1962 Pierre Carles, French director and producer ↗
- 1962 Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1962 Clark Gregg, American actor ↗
- 1961 Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1961 Christopher Meloni, American actor ↗
- 1961 Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter ↗
- 1960 Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter ↗
- 1960 Brad Jones, Australian race car driver ↗
- 1960 Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist ↗
- 1959 Gelindo Bordin, Italian runner ↗
- 1959 David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1959 Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver ↗
- 1959 Yves Lavandier, French director and producer ↗
- 1959 Badou Ezzaki, Moroccan footballer and manager ↗
- 1958 Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player ↗
- 1958 Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1957 Caroline Dean, English biologist and academic ↗
- 1957 Hank Steinbrenner, American businessman (died 2020) ↗
- 1955 Michael Stone, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary ↗
- 1954 Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1954 Donald Petrie, American actor and director ↗
- 1953 Jim Allister, Northern Irish lawyer and politician ↗
- 1953 Rosemary Bryant Mariner, 20th and 21st-century U.S. Navy aviator (died 2019) ↗
- 1953 Malika Oufkir, Moroccan Berber writer ↗
- 1953 Debralee Scott, American actress (died 2005) ↗
- 1953 James Vance, American author and playwright (died 2017) ↗
- 1952 Lennart Fagerlund, Swedish cyclist ↗
- 1952 Will Hoy, English race car driver (died 2002) ↗
- 1952 Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (died 2001) ↗
- 1951 Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer ↗
- 1950 Lynn Westmoreland, American politician ↗
- 1949 Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host ↗
- 1949 Bernd Müller, German footballer ↗
- 1949 Pamela Reed, American actress ↗
- 1949 David Robinson, American drummer ↗
- 1948 Roald Als, Danish author and illustrator ↗
- 1948 Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (died 2012) ↗
- 1948 Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author ↗
- 1948 Joan D. Vinge, American author ↗
- 1947 Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress (died 2025) ↗
- 1947 Tua Forsström, Finnish writer ↗
- 1947 Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1947 Camille Paglia, American author and critic ↗
- 1946 Richard Collinge, New Zealand cricketer ↗
- 1946 David Heyes, English politician ↗
- 1946 Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (died 2014) ↗
- 1946 Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (died 1997) ↗
- 1945 Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter ↗
- 1945 Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver ↗
- 1945 Linda Hunt, American actress ↗
- 1945 Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1945 Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2021) ↗
- 1945 Anne Waldman, American poet ↗
- 1944 Bill Malinchak, American football player ↗
- 1943 Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 2022) ↗
- 1943 Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (died 2007) ↗
- 1943 Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (died 2017) ↗
- 1943 Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor (died 2021) ↗
- 1942 Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2016) ↗
- 1942 Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor ↗
- 1941 Dr. Demento, American radio host ↗
- 1941 Sonny Throckmorton, American country singer-songwriter ↗
- 1940 Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach ↗
- 1940 Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (died 1981) ↗
- 1940 Penelope Keith, English actress ↗
- 1939 Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (died 1984) ↗
- 1939 Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor ↗
- 1939 Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec ↗
- 1938 John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army (died 2022) ↗
- 1938 Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (died 1961) ↗
- 1938 Al Weis, American baseball player ↗
- 1937 Dick Radatz, American baseball player (died 2005) ↗
- 1936 Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer ↗
- 1934 Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (died 2007) ↗
- 1934 Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (died 1997) ↗
- 1934 Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host (died 2018) ↗
- 1934 Richard Portman, American sound engineer (died 2017) ↗
- 1934 Dovid Shmidel, Austrian-born Israeli rabbi ↗
- 1933 György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author (died 2019) ↗
- 1932 Edward Egan, American cardinal (died 2015) ↗
- 1931 Keith Hitchins, American historian (died 2020) ↗
- 1931 Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower (died 1986) ↗
- 1930 Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor ↗
- 1929 Ed Dorn, American poet and educator (died 1999) ↗
- 1928 Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (died 1996) ↗
- 1928 Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (died 1991) ↗
- 1928 Roy Masters, English-American radio host (died 2021) ↗
- 1928 David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic (died 2004) ↗
- 1927 Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier (died 2012) ↗
- 1927 Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (died 2014) ↗
- 1927 Rita Gam, American actress (died 2016) ↗
- 1927 Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2015) ↗
- 1927 Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic (died 1980) ↗
- 1926 Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (died 2014) ↗
- 1926 Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (died 2006) ↗
- 1925 George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter (died 2008) ↗
- 1925 Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (died 1987) ↗
- 1924 Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (died 2004) ↗
- 1923 Gloria Henry, actress (died 2021) ↗
- 1923 Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2015) ↗
- 1923 G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author (died 2016) ↗
- 1922 John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (died 2015) ↗
- 1920 Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (died 2004) ↗
- 1920 Jack Stokes, English animator and director (died 2013) ↗
- 1920 Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982) ↗
- 1919 Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier (died 1981) ↗
- 1914 Alec Guinness, English actor (died 2000) ↗
- 1910 Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1980) ↗
- 1910 Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium (died 2002) ↗
- 1908 Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (died 2003) ↗
- 1907 Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower (died 1985) ↗
- 1907 Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (died 1991) ↗
- 1906 Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator (died 1970) ↗
- 1903 Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1987) ↗
- 1902 Jan Tschichold, German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (died 1974) ↗
- 1902 Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe (died 1994) ↗
- 1900 Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1942) ↗
- 1900 Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1970) ↗
- 1900 Alfred Strange, English footballer (died 1978) ↗
- 1898 Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician (died 1990) ↗
- 1898 Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (died 1940) ↗
- 1896 Johnny Golden, American golfer (died 1936) ↗
- 1891 Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer (died 1957) ↗
- 1891 Max Ernst – German painter, sculptor, and poet (died 1976) ↗
- 1891 Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa (died 1958) ↗
- 1888 Neville Cardus, English cricket and music writer (died 1975) ↗
- 1884 J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian (died 1958) ↗
- 1875 Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (died 1940) ↗
- 1875 William Donne, English cricketer and captain (died 1942) ↗
- 1870 Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (died 1945) ↗
- 1869 Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (died 1928) ↗
- 1862 Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947) ↗
- 1861 Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author (died 1935) ↗
- 1842 Dominic Savio, Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco (died 1857) ↗
- 1841 Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (died 1926) ↗
- 1840 Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist (died 1902) ↗
- 1838 Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (died 1882) ↗
- 1835 Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (died 1907) ↗
- 1827 William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter (died 1910) ↗
- 1814 Henry L. Benning, American general and judge (died 1875) ↗
- 1814 Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (died 1879) ↗
- 1805 Hans Christian Andersen – Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1875) ↗
- 1798 August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic (died 1874) ↗
- 1797 Samuel Bogart, Texas state legislator (died 1861) ↗
- 1792 Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (died 1840) ↗
- 1789 Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (died 1871) ↗
- 1788 Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author (died 1862) ↗
- 1788 Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (died 1848) ↗
- 1755 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician (died 1826) ↗
- 1725 Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (died 1798) ↗
- 1719 Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (died 1803) ↗
- 1696 Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano (died 1778) ↗
- 1653 Prince George of Denmark (died 1708) ↗
- 1647 Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (died 1717) ↗
- 1618 Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1663) ↗
- 1602 Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Franciscan abbess (died 1665) ↗
- 1586 Pietro Della Valle, Italian traveler (died 1652) ↗
- 1565 Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (died 1599) ↗
- 1545 Elisabeth of Valois (died 1568) ↗
- 1473 John Corvinus, Hungarian noble (died 1504) ↗
- 747 Charlemagne, Frankish king (died 814) ↗
- 181 Emperor Xian of Han, Chinese emperor (died 234) ↗
- 2025 Khamtai Siphandone, Laotian politician, 4th President of Laos (born 1924) ↗
- 2024 Jerry Abbott, American country music songwriter and record producer (born 1942) ↗
- 2024 John Barth, American writer (born 1930) ↗
- 2024 Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean novelist, critic, and playwright (born 1934) ↗
- 2024 Christopher Durang, American playwright (born 1949) ↗
- 2024 Larry Lucchino, American attorney and baseball executive (born 1945) ↗
- 2024 John Sinclair, American poet (born 1941) ↗
- 2024 Juan Vicente Pérez, Venezuelan supercentenarian (born 1909) ↗
- 2022 Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian (born 1928) ↗
- 2021 Simon Bainbridge, British composer (born 1952) ↗
- 2017 Alma Delia Fuentes, Mexican actress (born 1937) ↗
- 2016 Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist and illustrator (born 1929) ↗
- 2016 Robert Abajyan, Armenian sergeant (born 1996) ↗
- 2015 Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908) ↗
- 2015 Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (born 1926) ↗
- 2015 Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (born 1954) ↗
- 2014 Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (born 1938) ↗
- 2013 Fred, French author and illustrator (born 1931) ↗
- 2013 Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (born 1930) ↗
- 2013 Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (born 1926) ↗
- 2012 Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (born 1959) ↗
- 2012 Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (born 1915) ↗
- 2012 Mauricio Lasansky, American graphic designer and academic (born 1914) ↗
- 2011 John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1918) ↗
- 2010 Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (born 1970) ↗
- 2009 Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (born 1911) ↗
- 2009 Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1926) ↗
- 2008 Yakup Satar, Turkish World War I veteran (born 1898) ↗
- 2007 Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (born 1910) ↗
- 2006 Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (born 1925) ↗
- 2005 Lillian O'Donnell, American crime novelist (born 1926) ↗
- 2005 Pope John Paul II (born 1920) ↗
- 2004 John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (born 1913) ↗
- 2003 Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (born 1942) ↗
- 2002 Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (born 1910) ↗
- 2002 John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (born 1910) ↗
- 2001 Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (born 1920) ↗
- 1998 Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (born 1965) ↗
- 1997 Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (born 1910) ↗
- 1995 Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908) ↗
- 1994 Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (born 1916) ↗
- 1994 Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist (born 1908) ↗
- 1992 Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1954) ↗
- 1992 Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (born 1909) ↗
- 1989 Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (born 1939) ↗
- 1987 Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1917) ↗
- 1977 Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (born 1907) ↗
- 1974 Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (born 1911) ↗
- 1972 Franz Halder, German general (born 1884) ↗
- 1972 Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (born 1887) ↗
- 1966 C. S. Forester, English novelist (born 1899) ↗
- 1954 Hoyt Vandenberg, US Air Force general (born 1899) ↗
- 1953 Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (born 1885) ↗
- 1948 Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (born 1907) ↗
- 1942 Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (born 1862) ↗
- 1936 Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (born 1860) ↗
- 1933 Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (born 1872) ↗
- 1930 Zewditu I of Ethiopia (born 1876) ↗
- 1928 Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868) ↗
- 1923 Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (born 1883) ↗
- 1917 Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (born 1891) ↗
- 1914 Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1830) ↗
- 1896 Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (born 1852) ↗
- 1894 Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (born 1803) ↗
- 1891 Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (born 1809) ↗
- 1891 Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1823) ↗
- 1872 Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (born 1791) ↗
- 1865 A. P. Hill, American general (born 1825) ↗
- 1845 Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (born 1763) ↗
- 1827 Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (born 1776) ↗
- 1817 Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (born 1740) ↗
- 1803 Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (born 1721) ↗
- 1801 Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (born 1761) ↗
- 1791 Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (born 1749) ↗
- 1787 Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1719) ↗
- 1754 Thomas Carte, English historian and author (born 1686) ↗
- 1747 Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (born 1684) ↗
- 1742 James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (born 1675) ↗
- 1720 Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1647) ↗
- 1672 Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (born 1654) ↗
- 1672 Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1627) ↗
- 1657 Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1608) ↗
- 1657 Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (born 1608) ↗
- 1640 Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (born 1595) ↗
- 1511 Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe, German nobleman (born 1428) ↗
- 1507 Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (born 1416) ↗
- 1502 Arthur, prince of Wales (born 1486) ↗
- 1416 Ferdinand I, king of Aragon (born 1379) ↗
- 1412 Ruy González de Clavijo, Spanish explorer and author ↗
- 1335 Henry of Bohemia (born 1265) ↗
- 1272 Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence (born 1209) ↗
- 1244 Henrik Harpestræng, Danish botanical and medical author ↗
- 1118 Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem ↗
- 991 Bardas Skleros, Byzantine general ↗
- 968 Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor (born 891) ↗
- 872 Muflih al-Turki, Turkish general ↗
- 870 Æbbe the Younger, Frankish abbess ↗
- 670 Hasan ibn Ali the second Shia Imam (born 624) ↗