58 Events
261 Births
116 Deaths
- 2021 Burmese military and security forces commit the Bago massacre, during which at least 82 civilians are killed. ↗
- 2017 The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place. ↗
- 2017 After refusing to give up his seat on an overbooked United Express flight, Dr. David Dao Duy Anh is forcibly dragged off the flight by aviation security officers, leading to major criticism of United Airlines. ↗
- 2014 A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. ↗
- 2013 A 6.1–magnitude earthquake strikes Iran killing 32 people and injuring over 850 people. ↗
- 2013 At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča. ↗
- 2011 Six people and the perpetrator are killed and 17 injured in a mass shooting at a shopping mall in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. ↗
- 2009 In Tbilisi, Georgia, up to 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili. ↗
- 2003 Iraq War: Baghdad falls to American forces. ↗
- 1994 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-59. ↗
- 1992 A U.S. Federal Court finds former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug and racketeering charges. He is sentenced to 30 years in prison. ↗
- 1991 Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union. ↗
- 1990 An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR. ↗
- 1990 The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement is signed for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic. ↗
- 1990 An Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 over Gadsden, Alabama, killing both of the Cessna's occupants. ↗
- 1989 Tbilisi massacre: An anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries. ↗
- 1981 The U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington accidentally collides with the Nissho Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking it and killing two Japanese sailors. ↗
- 1980 The Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein kills philosopher Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister Bint al-Huda after three days of torture. ↗
- 1969 The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford with Brian Trubshaw as the test pilot. ↗
- 1967 The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight. ↗
- 1960 Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg. ↗
- 1959 Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven". ↗
- 1957 The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis. ↗
- 1952 Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalization of tin mines ↗
- 1952 Japan Air Lines Flight 301 crashes into Mount Mihara, Izu Ōshima, Japan, killing 37. ↗
- 1948 Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia. ↗
- 1948 Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist terror groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100 Palestinians. ↗
- 1947 The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. ↗
- 1947 The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel. ↗
- 1947 United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted. ↗
- 1946 About 500 postal workers in Tel Aviv and Jaffa went on strike. ↗
- 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi dissident, is executed by the Nazi regime. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer is sunk by the Royal Air Force. ↗
- 1945 World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends. ↗
- 1945 The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed. ↗
- 1942 World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends and the Bataan Death March begins. ↗
- 1942 World War II: An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire. ↗
- 1940 World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway. ↗
- 1940 Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway. ↗
- 1939 African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution. ↗
- 1937 The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe. ↗
- 1918 World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders. ↗
- 1917 World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge. ↗
- 1909 The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act. ↗
- 1865 American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war. ↗
- 1860 On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the first known recording of an audible human voice. ↗
- 1784 The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784. ↗
- 1682 Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana. ↗
- 1609 Eighty Years' War: Spain and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of Antwerp to initiate twelve years of truce. ↗
- 1609 Philip III of Spain issues the decree of the "Expulsion of the Moriscos". ↗
- 1511 Resettled Shiite Muslims rise up in the Şahkulu rebellion under the leadership of Şahkulu against the Ottoman Empire. ↗
- 1454 The Treaty of Lodi is signed, establishing a balance of power among northern Italian city-states for almost 50 years. ↗
- 1388 Despite being outnumbered 16:1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels. ↗
- 1288 Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Yuan forces are defeated by Trần forces in the Battle of Bach Dang in present-day northern Vietnam. ↗
- 1241 Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies. ↗
- 537 Siege of Rome: The Byzantine general Belisarius receives his promised reinforcements, 1,600 cavalry, mostly of Hunnic or Slavic origin and expert bowmen. Despite shortages, he starts raids against the Gothic camps and Vitiges but is forced into a stalemate. ↗
- 475 Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (Enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the Monophysite christological position. ↗
- 193 The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. ↗
- 2004 TommyInnit, English YouTuber and streamer ↗
- 2003 Hwang Do-yun, South Korean footballer ↗
- 2001 Nika Mühl, Croatian basketball player ↗
- 2000 Tiago Djaló, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 2000 Jackie Evancho, American singer ↗
- 1999 Stanley Nsoki, French footballer ↗
- 1999 Lil Nas X, American rapper ↗
- 1999 Rúben Vinagre, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 1998 Elle Fanning, American actress ↗
- 1997 Luis Arráez, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
- 1996 Jayden Brailey, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1996 Giovani Lo Celso, Argentine footballer ↗
- 1995 Domagoj Bošnjak, Croatian basketball player ↗
- 1995 Robert Bauer, German-Kazakhstani footballer ↗
- 1995 Demi Vermeulen, Dutch Paralympic equestrian ↗
- 1994 Bladee, Swedish rapper and singer ↗
- 1994 Joey Pollari, American actor ↗
- 1993 Alexandra Hunt, American politician ↗
- 1992 Joshua Ledet, American singer ↗
- 1992 Raheem Mostert, American football player ↗
- 1991 Gai Assulin, Israeli footballer ↗
- 1991 Ryan Kelly, American basketball player ↗
- 1991 Mary Killman, American synchronized swimmer ↗
- 1990 Kristen Stewart, American actress ↗
- 1990 Ryan Williams, American football player ↗
- 1989 Bianca Belair, American wrestler ↗
- 1989 Danielle Kahle, American figure skater ↗
- 1988 Jeremy Metcalfe, English race car driver ↗
- 1987 Kassim Abdallah, French-Comorian footballer ↗
- 1987 Graham Gano, American football player ↗
- 1987 Craig Mabbitt, American singer ↗
- 1987 Jesse McCartney, American singer-songwriter and actor ↗
- 1987 Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1987 Jazmine Sullivan, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1986 Mike Hart, American football player ↗
- 1986 Leighton Meester, American actress ↗
- 1985 Antonio Nocerino, Italian footballer ↗
- 1985 David Robertson, American baseball player ↗
- 1984 Habiba Ghribi, Tunisian runner ↗
- 1984 Adam Loewen, Canadian baseball player ↗
- 1984 Óscar Razo, Mexican footballer ↗
- 1983 Ryan Clark, Australian actor ↗
- 1982 Jay Baruchel, Canadian actor ↗
- 1982 Carlos Hernández, Costa Rican footballer ↗
- 1982 Kathleen Munroe, Canadian-American actress ↗
- 1981 Milan Bartovič, Slovak ice hockey player ↗
- 1981 A. J. Ellis, American baseball player ↗
- 1981 Ireneusz Jeleń, Polish footballer ↗
- 1981 Dennis Sarfate, American baseball player ↗
- 1981 Eric Harris, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999) ↗
- 1980 Sarah Ayton, English sailor ↗
- 1980 Luciano Galletti, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1980 Albert Hammond Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1979 Jeff Reed, American football player ↗
- 1979 Keshia Knight Pulliam, American actress ↗
- 1978 Kousei Amano, Japanese actor ↗
- 1978 Jorge Andrade, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 1978 Rachel Stevens, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress ↗
- 1977 Gerard Way, American singer-songwriter and comic book writer ↗
- 1976 Kyle Peterson, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1975 Robbie Fowler, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1975 David Gordon Green, American director and screenwriter ↗
- 1974 Megan Connolly, Australian actress (died 2001) ↗
- 1974 Jenna Jameson, American actress and pornographic performer ↗
- 1974 Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer ↗
- 1972 Bernard Ackah, German-Japanese martial artist and kick-boxer ↗
- 1972 Siiri Vallner, Estonian architect ↗
- 1971 Peter Canavan, Irish footballer and manager ↗
- 1971 Leo Fortune-West, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1971 Austin Peck, American actor ↗
- 1971 Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver ↗
- 1970 Chorão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2013) ↗
- 1969 Barnaby Kay, English actor ↗
- 1969 Linda Kisabaka, German runner ↗
- 1968 Jay Chandrasekhar, American actor, comedian, writer and director ↗
- 1967 Natascha Engel, German-English translator and politician ↗
- 1967 Sam Harris, American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist ↗
- 1966 John Hammond, English weather forecaster ↗
- 1966 Cynthia Nixon, American actress ↗
- 1965 Helen Alfredsson, Swedish golfer ↗
- 1965 Paulina Porizkova, Czech-born Swedish-American model and actress ↗
- 1965 Jeff Zucker, American businessman ↗
- 1965 Mark Pellegrino, American actor ↗
- 1964 Rob Awalt, German-American football player ↗
- 1964 Juliet Cuthbert, Jamaican sprinter ↗
- 1964 Doug Ducey, American politician and businessman, 23rd Governor of Arizona ↗
- 1964 Peter Penashue, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs ↗
- 1964 Margaret Peterson Haddix, American author ↗
- 1964 Rick Tocchet, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1963 Marc Jacobs, American-French fashion designer ↗
- 1963 Joe Scarborough, American journalist, lawyer, and politician ↗
- 1962 John Eaves, American production designer and illustrator ↗
- 1962 Ihor Podolchak, Ukrainian director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1962 Imran Sherwani, English field hockey player ↗
- 1962 Jeff Turner, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1961 Mark Kelly, Irish keyboard player ↗
- 1961 Kirk McCaskill, Canadian-American baseball and hockey player ↗
- 1960 Jaak Aab, Estonian educator and politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia ↗
- 1959 Bernard Jenkin, English businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence ↗
- 1958 Nadey Hakim, British-Lebanese surgeon and sculptor ↗
- 1958 Tony Sibson, English boxer ↗
- 1957 Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer and architect (died 2011) ↗
- 1957 Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer ↗
- 1957 Jamie Redfern, English-born Australian television presenter and pop singer ↗
- 1956 Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentinian footballer and coach ↗
- 1956 Nigel Shadbolt, English computer scientist and academic ↗
- 1956 Marina Zoueva, Russian ice dancer and coach ↗
- 1956 Nigel Slater, English food writer and author ↗
- 1955 Yamina Benguigui, Algerian-French director and politician ↗
- 1955 Joolz Denby, English poet and author ↗
- 1954 Ken Kalfus, American journalist and author ↗
- 1954 Dennis Quaid, American actor ↗
- 1954 Iain Duncan Smith, British soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ↗
- 1953 John Howard, English singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
- 1953 Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020) ↗
- 1953 Stephen Paddock, American mass murderer responsible for the 2017 Las Vegas shooting (died 2017) ↗
- 1952 Robert Clark, American author ↗
- 1952 Bruce Robertson, New Zealand rugby player (died 2023) ↗
- 1952 Tania Tsanaklidou, Greek singer and actress ↗
- 1949 Tony Cragg, English sculptor ↗
- 1948 Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician ↗
- 1948 Tito Gómez, Puerto Rican salsa singer (died 2007) ↗
- 1948 Michel Parizeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1948 Patty Pravo, Italian singer ↗
- 1947 Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Italian economist and academic (died 2024) ↗
- 1946 Nate Colbert, American baseball player (died 2023) ↗
- 1946 Alan Knott, English cricketer ↗
- 1946 Sara Parkin, Scottish activist and politician ↗
- 1946 David Webb, English footballer, coach, and manager ↗
- 1945 Steve Gadd, American drummer and percussionist ↗
- 1944 Joe Brinkman, American baseball player and umpire ↗
- 1944 Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg, German shot putter ↗
- 1943 Leila Khaled, Palestinian activist ↗
- 1943 Terry Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2004) ↗
- 1943 Clive Sullivan, Welsh rugby league player (died 1985) ↗
- 1942 Brandon deWilde, American actor (died 1972) ↗
- 1941 Kay Adams, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1941 Hannah Gordon, Scottish actress ↗
- 1940 Hans-Joachim Reske, German sprinter ↗
- 1940 Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2015) ↗
- 1939 Michael Learned, American actress ↗
- 1939 Margo Smith, American singer-songwriter (died 2024) ↗
- 1938 Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian businessman and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (died 2010) ↗
- 1937 Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, English lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (died 2023) ↗
- 1937 Marty Krofft, Canadian screenwriter and producer (died 2023) ↗
- 1937 Valerie Singleton, English television and radio host ↗
- 1936 Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor ↗
- 1936 Drew Shafer, American LGBT rights activist from Missouri (died 1989) ↗
- 1936 Valerie Solanas, American radical feminist author, attempted murderer (died 1988) ↗
- 1935 Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer and academic ↗
- 1935 Avery Schreiber, American actor and comedian (died 2002) ↗
- 1934 Bill Birch, New Zealand surveyor and politician, 38th New Zealand Minister of Finance ↗
- 1934 Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (died 1962) ↗
- 1934 Mariya Pisareva, Russian high jumper (died 2023) ↗
- 1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo – Paul Belmondo, French actor and producer (died 2021) ↗
- 1933 René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist (died 2014) ↗
- 1933 Fern Michaels, American author ↗
- 1933 Richard Rose, American political scientist and academic ↗
- 1933 Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor (died 1994) ↗
- 1932 Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (died 2006) ↗
- 1932 Peter Moores, English businessman and philanthropist (died 2016) ↗
- 1932 Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998) ↗
- 1931 Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (died 1991) ↗
- 1930 Nathaniel Branden, Canadian-American psychotherapist and author (died 2014) ↗
- 1930 F. Albert Cotton, American chemist and academic (died 2007) ↗
- 1930 Jim Fowler, American zoologist and television host (died 2019) ↗
- 1930 Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, founded McCain Foods (died 2011) ↗
- 1929 Sharan Rani Backliwal, Indian sarod player and scholar (died 2008) ↗
- 1929 Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist (died 1993) ↗
- 1929 Paule Marshall, American author and academic (died 2019) ↗
- 1928 Paul Arizin, American basketball player (died 2006) ↗
- 1928 Tom Lehrer, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and mathematician (died 2025) ↗
- 1927 Tiny Hill, New Zealand rugby player (died 2019) ↗
- 1926 Gerry Fitt, Northern Irish soldier and politician; British life peer (died 2005) ↗
- 1926 Hugh Hefner, American publisher, founded Playboy Enterprises (died 2017) ↗
- 1926 Harris Wofford, American politician, author, and civil rights activist (died 2019) ↗
- 1925 Virginia Gibson, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2013) ↗
- 1925 Art Kane, American photographer (died 1995) ↗
- 1924 Arthur Shaw, English professional footballer (died 2015) ↗
- 1923 Leonard Levy, American historian and author (died 2006) ↗
- 1922 Carl Amery, German author and activist (died 2005) ↗
- 1921 Jean-Marie Balestre, French businessman (died 2008) ↗
- 1921 Yitzhak Navon, Israeli politician (died 2015) ↗
- 1921 Frankie Thomas, American actor (died 2006) ↗
- 1921 Mary Jackson, African-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (died 2005) ↗
- 1919 J. Presper Eckert, American engineer, invented the ENIAC (died 1995) ↗
- 1918 Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (died 2008) ↗
- 1917 Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet (died 1965) ↗
- 1917 Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer and manager (died 2005) ↗
- 1917 Brad Dexter, American actor (died 2002) ↗
- 1917 Henry Hewes, American theater writer (died 2006) ↗
- 1916 Julian Dash, American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist (died 1974) ↗
- 1916 Heinz Meyer, German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II (died 1987) ↗
- 1916 Bill Leonard, American journalist (died 1994) ↗
- 1915 Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (died 1968) ↗
- 1912 Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (died 1997) ↗
- 1910 Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (died 1998) ↗
- 1909 Robert Helpmann, Australian dancer, actor, and choreographer (died 1986) ↗
- 1908 Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter (died 1980) ↗
- 1908 Paula Nenette Pepin, French composer, pianist and lyricist (died 1990) ↗
- 1906 Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress (died 1996) ↗
- 1906 Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (died 1988) ↗
- 1906 Hugh Gaitskell, British politician and leader of the Labour Party (died 1963) ↗
- 1906 Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter (died 1997) ↗
- 1905 J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (died 1995) ↗
- 1904 Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (died 1972) ↗
- 1903 Ward Bond, American actor (died 1960) ↗
- 1902 Théodore Monod, French explorer and scholar (died 2000) ↗
- 1901 Jean Bruchési, Canadian historian and author (died 1979) ↗
- 1901 Paul Willis, American actor and director (died 1960) ↗
- 1900 Allen Jenkins, American actor and singer (died 1974) ↗
- 1898 Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach (died 1965) ↗
- 1898 Paul Robeson, American singer, actor, and activist (died 1976) ↗
- 1897 John B. Gambling, American radio host (died 1974) ↗
- 1895 Mance Lipscomb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976) ↗
- 1895 Michel Simon, Swiss-French actor (died 1975) ↗
- 1893 Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (died 1967) ↗
- 1893 Victor Gollancz, English publisher, founded Victor Gollancz Ltd (died 1967) ↗
- 1893 Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian linguist, author, and scholar (died 1963) ↗
- 1888 Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American talent manager (died 1974) ↗
- 1887 Konrad Tom, Polish actor, writer, singer, and director (died 1957) ↗
- 1883 Frank King, American cartoonist (died 1969) ↗
- 1882 Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (died 1946) ↗
- 1882 Otz Tollen, German actor (died 1965) ↗
- 1880 Jan Letzel, Czech architect (died 1925) ↗
- 1875 Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (died 1912) ↗
- 1872 Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1950) ↗
- 1867 Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (died 1941) ↗
- 1867 Charles Winckler, Danish tug of war competitor, discus thrower, and shot putter (died 1932) ↗
- 1865 Erich Ludendorff, German general and politician (died 1937) ↗
- 1865 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Polish-American mathematician and engineer (died 1923) ↗
- 1848 Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz, Spanish Augustinian Recollect priest and saint (died 1906) ↗
- 1846 Paolo Tosti, Italian-English composer and educator (died 1916) ↗
- 1835 Leopold II of Belgium (died 1909) ↗
- 1835 Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (died 1913) ↗
- 1830 Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer and cinematographer (died 1904) ↗
- 1821 Charles Baudelaire – French poet and critic (died 1867) ↗
- 1807 James Bannerman, Scottish theologian and academic (died 1868) ↗
- 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge (died 1859) ↗
- 1802 Elias Lönnrot, Finnish physician and philologist (died 1884) ↗
- 1794 Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (died 1881) ↗
- 1794 Søren Christian Sommerfelt, Norwegian priest and botanist (died 1838) ↗
- 1773 Étienne Aignan, French author and academic (died 1824) ↗
- 1770 Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (died 1831) ↗
- 1717 Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (died 1750) ↗
- 1691 Johann Matthias Gesner, German scholar and academic (died 1761) ↗
- 1686 James Craggs the Younger, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1721) ↗
- 1680 Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright (died 1754) ↗
- 1654 Samuel Fritz, Czech Jesuit missionary to South America (died 1725?) ↗
- 1649 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (died 1685) ↗
- 1648 Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French soldier and diplomat (died 1720) ↗
- 1634 Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau (died 1696) ↗
- 1627 Johann Caspar Kerll, German organist and composer (died 1693) ↗
- 1624 Henrik Rysensteen, Dutch military engineer (died 1679) ↗
- 1598 Johann Crüger, Sorbian-German composer and theorist (died 1662) ↗
- 1597 John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (died 1670) ↗
- 1586 Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (died 1665) ↗
- 1498 Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (died 1550) ↗
- 1458 Camilla Battista da Varano, Italian saint (died 1524) ↗
- 1285 Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan, Emperor Renzong of Yuan (died 1320) ↗
- 1096 Al-Muqtafi, caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (died 1160) ↗
- 2025 Ray Shero, American ice hockey player and executive (born 1962) ↗
- 2023 Karl Berger, German-American jazz pianist (born 1935) ↗
- 2022 Dwayne Haskins, American football player (born 1997) ↗
- 2021 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1921) ↗
- 2021 DMX, American rapper and actor (born 1970) ↗
- 2021 Nikki Grahame, British reality-TV icon (born 1982) ↗
- 2021 Ian Gibson, British scientist and Labour Party politician (born 1938) ↗
- 2021 Ramsey Clark, American lawyer (born 1927) ↗
- 2019 Charles Van Doren, American writer and editor (born 1926) ↗
- 2017 John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian, writer, and satirist (born 1948) ↗
- 2016 Duane Clarridge, American spy (born 1932) ↗
- 2016 Will Smith, American football player (born 1981) ↗
- 2015 Paul Almond, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1931) ↗
- 2015 Margaret Rule, British marine archaeologist (born 1928) ↗
- 2015 Nina Companeez, French director and screenwriter (born 1937) ↗
- 2015 Alexander Dalgarno, English physicist and academic (born 1928) ↗
- 2015 Ivan Doig, American journalist and author (born 1939) ↗
- 2015 Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, Chinese-American academic (born 1909) ↗
- 2014 Gil Askey, American trumpet player, composer, and producer (born 1925) ↗
- 2014 Chris Banks, American football player (born 1973) ↗
- 2014 Rory Ellinger, American lawyer and politician (born 1941) ↗
- 2014 Norman Girvan, Jamaican economist, academic, and politician (born 1941) ↗
- 2014 Aelay Narendra, Indian politician (born 1946) ↗
- 2014 A. N. R. Robinson, Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) ↗
- 2014 Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Serbian author (born 1933) ↗
- 2013 David Hayes, American sculptor and painter (born 1931) ↗
- 2013 Greg McCrary, American football player (born 1952) ↗
- 2013 Mordechai Mishani, Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1945) ↗
- 2013 McCandlish Phillips, American journalist and author (born 1927) ↗
- 2013 Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (born 1919) ↗
- 2012 Malcolm Thomas, Welsh rugby player and cricketer (born 1929) ↗
- 2012 Boris Parygin, Soviet philosopher, psychologist, and author (born 1930) ↗
- 2011 Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, Bahraini journalist (born 1971) ↗
- 2011 Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924) ↗
- 2010 Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1945) ↗
- 2009 Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (born 1986) ↗
- 2007 Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and poet (born 1930) ↗
- 2007 Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (born 1907) ↗
- 2006 Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, manager (born 1916) ↗
- 2006 Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish director and screenwriter (born 1924) ↗
- 2003 Jerry Bittle, American cartoonist (born 1949) ↗
- 2002 Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (born 1926) ↗
- 2002 Leopold Vietoris, Austrian soldier, mathematician, and academic (born 1891) ↗
- 2001 Willie Stargell, American baseball player and coach (born 1940) ↗
- 2000 Tony Cliff, Trotskyist activist and founder of the Socialist Workers Party (born 1917) ↗
- 1999 Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Nigerien general and politician, President of Niger (born 1949) ↗
- 1998 Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (born 1953) ↗
- 1997 Mae Boren Axton, American singer-songwriter (born 1914) ↗
- 1997 Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (born 1916) ↗
- 1996 Richard Condon, American author and publicist (born 1915) ↗
- 1993 Joseph B. Soloveitchik, American rabbi and philosopher (born 1903) ↗
- 1991 Forrest Towns, American hurdler and coach (born 1914) ↗
- 1988 Brook Benton, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1931) ↗
- 1988 Hans Berndt, German footballer (born 1913) ↗
- 1988 Dave Prater, American singer (born 1937) ↗
- 1982 Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1896) ↗
- 1980 Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric and philosopher (born 1935) ↗
- 1978 Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed Portmeirion (born 1883) ↗
- 1976 Dagmar Nordstrom, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1903) ↗
- 1976 Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940) ↗
- 1976 Renato Petronio, Italian rower (born 1891) ↗
- 1970 Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (born 1896) ↗
- 1963 Eddie Edwards, American trombonist (born 1891) ↗
- 1963 Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor (born 1887) ↗
- 1961 Zog I of Albania (born 1895) ↗
- 1959 Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (born 1867) ↗
- 1953 Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (born 1877) ↗
- 1953 C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and television host (born 1891) ↗
- 1953 Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1891) ↗
- 1951 Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (born 1862) ↗
- 1948 George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (born 1872) ↗
- 1948 Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (born 1903) ↗
- 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (born 1906) ↗
- 1945 Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (born 1887) ↗
- 1945 Johann Georg Elser, German carpenter (born 1903) ↗
- 1945 Hans Oster, German general (born 1887) ↗
- 1945 Karl Sack, German lawyer and jurist (born 1896) ↗
- 1945 Hans von Dohnányi, Austrian-German lawyer and jurist (born 1902) ↗
- 1944 Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (born 1920) ↗
- 1940 Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (born 1865) ↗
- 1936 Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (born 1855) ↗
- 1926 Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (born 1857) ↗
- 1922 Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (born 1866) ↗
- 1917 James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (born 1863) ↗
- 1915 Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (born 1883) ↗
- 1909 Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (born 1840) ↗
- 1904 Isabella II, Spanish queen (born 1830) ↗
- 1889 Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (born 1786) ↗
- 1882 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (born 1828) ↗
- 1876 Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1804) ↗
- 1872 Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (born 1794) ↗
- 1806 William V, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (born 1748) ↗
- 1804 Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (born 1732) ↗
- 1768 Sarah Fielding, English author (born 1710) ↗
- 1761 William Law, English priest and theologian (born 1686) ↗
- 1754 Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (born 1679) ↗
- 1747 Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish soldier and politician (born 1667) ↗
- 1693 Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (born 1618) ↗
- 1654 Matei Basarab, Romanian prince (born 1588) ↗
- 1626 Francis Bacon, English jurist and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1561) ↗
- 1561 Jean Quintin, French priest, knight and writer (born 1500) ↗
- 1557 Mikael Agricola, Finnish priest and scholar (born 1510) ↗
- 1553 François Rabelais, French monk and scholar (born 1494) ↗
- 1550 Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (born 1516) ↗
- 1484 Edward of Middleheim, prince of Wales (born 1473) ↗
- 1483 Edward IV, king of England (born 1442) ↗
- 1327 Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, Scottish nobleman (ca. 1296) ↗
- 1283 Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (born 1261) ↗
- 1241 Henry II, High Duke of Poland (born 1196) ↗
- 1137 William X, duke of Aquitaine (born 1099) ↗
- 1024 Benedict VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (born 980) ↗
- 715 Constantine, pope of the Catholic Church (born 664) ↗
- 682 Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari, Egyptian politician, Governor of Egypt (born 616) ↗
- 491 Zeno, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (born 425) ↗
- 436 Tan Daoji, Chinese general and politician ↗
- 585 BCE Jimmu, emperor of Japan (born 711 BC) ↗