67 Events
230 Births
88 Deaths
- 2021 Virgin Galactic launches its founder, Richard Branson, into space, the first company ever to do so. ↗
- 2015 Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape. ↗
- 2011 Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus. ↗
- 2010 The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carries out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others. ↗
- 2010 In Johannesburg, Spain defeat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title. ↗
- 2006 Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India. ↗
- 1995 Yugoslav Wars: Srebrenica massacre begins, lasting until 22 July. ↗
- 1991 Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board. ↗
- 1990 Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec begins. ↗
- 1983 A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board. ↗
- 1982 Italy defeats West Germany 3–1 to win the FIFA World Cup. ↗
- 1979 America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. ↗
- 1978 Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. ↗
- 1977 Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ↗
- 1973 Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories. ↗
- 1972 The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts. ↗
- 1971 The nationalization of all large copper mines in Chile is completed. ↗
- 1962 First transatlantic satellite television transmission. ↗
- 1962 Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth. ↗
- 1960 France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso) and Niger. ↗
- 1960 Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ↗
- 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States. ↗
- 1957 Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III. ↗
- 1950 Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank. ↗
- 1947 The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France. ↗
- 1943 Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak. ↗
- 1943 World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily. ↗
- 1941 The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana. ↗
- 1940 World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State. ↗
- 1936 The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic. ↗
- 1934 Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off. ↗
- 1924 Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on a Sunday. ↗
- 1922 The Hollywood Bowl opens. ↗
- 1921 A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect. ↗
- 1921 The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic. ↗
- 1921 Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices. ↗
- 1920 In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany. ↗
- 1919 The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands. ↗
- 1914 Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball. ↗
- 1914 The US Navy launches the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first standard-type battleship. ↗
- 1906 Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. ↗
- 1899 Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy. ↗
- 1897 Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. ↗
- 1893 The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto. ↗
- 1893 A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua. ↗
- 1889 Tijuana, Mexico, is founded. ↗
- 1882 The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War. ↗
- 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C. ↗
- 1848 Waterloo railway station in London opens. ↗
- 1836 The Fly-fisher's Entomology is published by Alfred Ronalds. The book transformed the sport and went to many editions. ↗
- 1833 Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed. ↗
- 1804 A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. ↗
- 1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history. ↗
- 1798 The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War. ↗
- 1796 The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty. ↗
- 1789 Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille. ↗
- 1735 Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979. ↗
- 1616 Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec. ↗
- 1576 While exploring the North Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find the Northwest Passage, Martin Frobisher sights Greenland, mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland". ↗
- 1476 Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances. ↗
- 1410 Ottoman Interregnum: Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Ottoman capital, Edirne. ↗
- 1405 Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time. ↗
- 1346 Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans. ↗
- 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army. ↗
- 1174 Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor. ↗
- 911 Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. ↗
- 813 Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius). ↗
- 2002 Amad, Ivorian footballer ↗
- 1997 Ryan Rolison, American baseball player ↗
- 1996 Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1995 Joey Bosa, American football player ↗
- 1995 Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer ↗
- 1994 Bartłomiej Kalinkowski, Polish footballer ↗
- 1994 Anthony Milford, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1994 Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1994 Lucas Ocampos, Argentinian footballer ↗
- 1993 Rebecca Bross, American gymnast ↗
- 1993 Heini Salonen, Finnish tennis player ↗
- 1992 Mohamed Elneny, Egyptian footballer ↗
- 1990 Mona Barthel, German tennis player ↗
- 1990 Connor Paolo, American actor ↗
- 1990 Adam Jezierski, Polish-Spanish actor and singer ↗
- 1990 Patrick Peterson, American football player ↗
- 1990 Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player ↗
- 1989 Tobias Sana, Swedish footballer ↗
- 1989 Travis Waddell, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1989 Shimanoumi Koyo, Japanese sumo wrestler ↗
- 1988 Étienne Capoue, French footballer ↗
- 1988 Natalie La Rose, Dutch singer, songwriter and dancer ↗
- 1987 Shigeaki Kato, Japanese singer ↗
- 1986 Raúl García, Spanish footballer ↗
- 1986 Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer ↗
- 1986 Ryan Jarvis, English footballer ↗
- 1985 Robert Adamson, American actor, director, and producer ↗
- 1985 Orestis Karnezis, Greek footballer ↗
- 1984 Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player ↗
- 1984 Tanith Belbin, Canadian-American ice dancer ↗
- 1984 Jacoby Jones, American football player (died 2024) ↗
- 1984 Joe Pavelski, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1984 Morné Steyn, South African rugby player ↗
- 1983 Engin Baytar, German-Turkish footballer ↗
- 1983 Peter Cincotti, American singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
- 1983 Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer and dancer ↗
- 1982 Chris Cooley, American football player ↗
- 1981 Andre Johnson, American football player ↗
- 1981 Susana Barreiros, Venezuelan judge ↗
- 1980 Tyson Kidd, Canadian wrestler ↗
- 1980 Kevin Powers, American soldier and author ↗
- 1979 Raio Piiroja, Estonian footballer ↗
- 1978 Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1978 Massimiliano Rosolino, Italian swimmer ↗
- 1977 Brandon Short, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1976 Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1975 Willie Anderson, American football player ↗
- 1975 Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 Alanas Chošnau, Lithuanian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1974 Hermann Hreiðarsson, Icelandic footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 André Ooijer, Dutch footballer and coach ↗
- 1974 Lil' Kim, American rapper and producer ↗
- 1973 Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek runner ↗
- 1972 Cormac Battle, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1972 Michael Rosenbaum, American actor ↗
- 1971 Leisha Hailey, American singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1971 Scott Muller, Australian cricketer ↗
- 1970 Justin Chambers, American actor ↗
- 1970 Sajjad Karim, English lawyer and politician ↗
- 1970 Eric Owens, American opera singer ↗
- 1969 Ned Boulting, British sports journalist and television presenter ↗
- 1968 Michael Geist, Canadian journalist and academic ↗
- 1968 Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2008) ↗
- 1968 Esera Tuaolo, American football player ↗
- 1967 Andy Ashby, American baseball player and sportscaster ↗
- 1967 Jhumpa Lahiri – Indian American novelist and short story writer ↗
- 1966 Nadeem Aslam, Pakistani-English author ↗
- 1966 Kentaro Miura, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2021) ↗
- 1966 Rod Strickland, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1966 Ricky Warwick, Northern Irish musician ↗
- 1965 Tony Cottee, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster ↗
- 1965 Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kick-boxer and sportscaster ↗
- 1965 Scott Shriner, American singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
- 1964 Craig Charles, English actor and TV presenter ↗
- 1963 Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1963 Dean Richards, English rugby player and coach ↗
- 1963 Lisa Rinna, American actress and talk show host ↗
- 1962 Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007) ↗
- 1962 Pauline McLynn, Irish actress and author ↗
- 1962 Fumiya Fujii, Japanese music artist ↗
- 1961 Antony Jenkins, English banker and businessman ↗
- 1960 David Baerwald, American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician ↗
- 1960 Caroline Quentin, English actress ↗
- 1959 Richie Sambora, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1959 Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1958 Stephanie Dabney, American ballerina (died 2022) ↗
- 1958 Mark Lester, English actor ↗
- 1958 Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager ↗
- 1957 Johann Lamont, Scottish educator and politician ↗
- 1957 Peter Murphy, English singer-songwriter ↗
- 1957 Patsy O'Hara, Irish Republican hunger striker (died 1981) ↗
- 1957 Michael Rose, Jamaican singer-songwriter ↗
- 1956 Amitav Ghosh – Indian-American author and academic ↗
- 1956 Robin Renucci, French actor and director ↗
- 1956 Sela Ward, American actress ↗
- 1955 Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (died 2010) ↗
- 1954 Julia King, English engineer and academic ↗
- 1953 Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy ↗
- 1953 Angélica Aragón, Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer ↗
- 1953 Peter Brown, American singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1953 Suresh Prabhu, Indian accountant and politician, Indian Minister of Railways ↗
- 1953 Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mexican actress, director, and producer ↗
- 1953 Leon Spinks, American boxer (died 2021) ↗
- 1953 Mindy Sterling, American actress ↗
- 1953 Ivan Toms, South African physician and activist (died 2008) ↗
- 1953 Bramwell Tovey, English-Canadian conductor and composer (died 2022) ↗
- 1953 Paul Weiland, English director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1952 Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1952 Stephen Lang, American actor and playwright ↗
- 1951 Ed Ott, American baseball player and coach (died 2024) ↗
- 1950 Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist and academic ↗
- 1950 J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic ↗
- 1950 Bonnie Pointer, American singer (died 2020) ↗
- 1947 Jeff Hanna, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer ↗
- 1947 Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic ↗
- 1947 Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician ↗
- 1946 Martin Wong, American painter (died 1999) ↗
- 1944 Lou Hudson, American basketball player and coach (died 2014) ↗
- 1944 Michael Levy, Baron Levy, English philanthropist ↗
- 1944 Patricia Polacco, American author and illustrator ↗
- 1943 Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (died 2006) ↗
- 1943 Howard Gardner, American psychologist and academic ↗
- 1943 Tom Holland, American actor, director, and screenwriter ↗
- 1943 Peter Jensen, Australian metropolitan ↗
- 1943 Robert Malval, Haitian businessman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Haiti ↗
- 1943 Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (died 1983) ↗
- 1942 Darrell Eastlake, Australian sportscaster (died 2018) ↗
- 1941 Bill Boggs, American journalist and producer ↗
- 1941 Henry Lowther, English trumpet player ↗
- 1937 Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author ↗
- 1935 Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist and educator (died 2019) ↗
- 1935 Oliver Napier, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (died 2011) ↗
- 1934 Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, founded the Armani Company (died 2025) ↗
- 1934 Clark R. Rasmussen, American politician (died 2024) ↗
- 1933 Jim Carlen, American football player and coach (died 2012) ↗
- 1933 Frank Kelso, American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2013) ↗
- 1932 Alex Hassilev, French-born American folk singer and musician (died 2024) ↗
- 1932 Jean-Guy Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2024) ↗
- 1931 Dick Gray, American baseball player (died 2013) ↗
- 1931 Thurston Harris, American doo-wop singer (died 1990) ↗
- 1931 Tab Hunter, American actor and singer (died 2018) ↗
- 1931 Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (died 2014) ↗
- 1930 Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer (died 2024) ↗
- 1930 Harold Bloom, American literary critic (died 2019) ↗
- 1930 Mike Foster, American politician, 53rd Governor of Louisiana (died 2020) ↗
- 1930 Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (died 2013) ↗
- 1930 Ezra Vogel, American sociologist (died 2020) ↗
- 1929 Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (died 2006) ↗
- 1929 David Kelly, Irish actor (died 2012) ↗
- 1928 Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician (died 2015) ↗
- 1928 Bobo Olson, American boxer (died 2002) ↗
- 1928 Andrea Veneracion, Filipina choirmaster (died 2014) ↗
- 1927 Theodore Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer (died 2007) ↗
- 1927 Chris Leonard, English footballer (died 1987) ↗
- 1927 Herbert Blomstedt, Swedish conductor ↗
- 1926 Frederick Buechner, American minister, theologian, and author (died 2022) ↗
- 1925 Charles Chaynes, French composer (died 2016) ↗
- 1925 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (died 2017) ↗
- 1925 Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (died 2012) ↗
- 1925 Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2004) ↗
- 1924 César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (died 2005) ↗
- 1924 Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2007) ↗
- 1924 Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 1971) ↗
- 1924 Oscar Wyatt, American businessman (died 2025) ↗
- 1923 Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian and academic (died 2018) ↗
- 1923 Tun Tun, Indian actress and comedian (died 2003) ↗
- 1922 Gene Evans, American actor (died 1998) ↗
- 1922 Fritz Riess, German-Swiss racing driver (died 1991) ↗
- 1920 Yul Brynner – Russian-American actor and dancer (died 1985) ↗
- 1920 Zecharia Sitchin, Russian-American author (died 2010) ↗
- 1918 Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto (died 2009) ↗
- 1918 Roy Krenkel, American illustrator (died 1983) ↗
- 1916 Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (died 2019) ↗
- 1916 Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player (died 2018) ↗
- 1916 Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002) ↗
- 1916 Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter (died 2008) ↗
- 1916 Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (died 2014) ↗
- 1915 Leonard Goodwin, British protozoologist (died 2008) ↗
- 1913 Paul Gibb, English cricketer (died 1977) ↗
- 1913 Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (died 1966) ↗
- 1912 Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (died 1996) ↗
- 1912 Peta Taylor, English cricketer (died 1989) ↗
- 1912 William F. Walsh, American captain and politician, 48th Mayor of Syracuse (died 2011) ↗
- 1911 Erna Flegel, German nurse who was still present in the Führerbunker when it was captured by Soviet troops (died 2006) ↗
- 1910 Sally Blane, American actress (died 1997) ↗
- 1909 Irene Hervey, American actress (died 1998) ↗
- 1909 Jacques Clemens, Dutch catholic priest (died 2018) ↗
- 1906 Harry von Zell, American actor and announcer (died 1981) ↗
- 1906 Herbert Wehner, German politician, Minister of Intra-German Relations (died 1990) ↗
- 1905 Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (died 1952) ↗
- 1904 Niño Ricardo, Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1972) ↗
- 1903 Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel and Soviet spy (died 1971) ↗
- 1903 Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (died 1976) ↗
- 1901 Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician (died 1975) ↗
- 1899 Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist (died 1943) ↗
- 1899 E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (died 1985) ↗
- 1897 Bull Connor, American police officer (died 1973) ↗
- 1895 Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet (died 1941) ↗
- 1894 Erna Mohr, German zoologist (died 1968) ↗
- 1892 Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1962) ↗
- 1888 Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist (died 1985) ↗
- 1886 Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (died 1939) ↗
- 1882 James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (died 1946) ↗
- 1881 Isabel Martin Lewis, American astronomer and author (died 1966) ↗
- 1880 Friedrich Lahrs, German architect and academic (died 1964) ↗
- 1875 H. M. Brock, British painter and illustrator (died 1960) ↗
- 1866 Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1953) ↗
- 1850 Annie Armstrong, American missionary (died 1938) ↗
- 1849 N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (died 1934) ↗
- 1846 Léon Bloy, French author and poet (died 1917) ↗
- 1836 Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (died 1896) ↗
- 1834 James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-English painter and illustrator (died 1903) ↗
- 1832 Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1896) ↗
- 1826 Alexander Afanasyev, Russian ethnographer and author (died 1871) ↗
- 1767 John Quincy Adams – American lawyer and politician, 6th President of the United States (died 1848) ↗
- 1760 Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (died 1804) ↗
- 1754 Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (died 1825) ↗
- 1723 Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (died 1799) ↗
- 1709 Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (died 1785) ↗
- 1662 Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (died 1726) ↗
- 1657 Frederick I of Prussia (died 1713) ↗
- 1653 Sarah Good, American woman accused of witchcraft (died 1692) ↗
- 1628 Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (died 1701) ↗
- 1603 Kenelm Digby, English astrologer, courtier, and diplomat (died 1665) ↗
- 1561 Luis de Góngora, Spanish cleric and poet (died 1627) ↗
- 1558 Robert Greene, English author and playwright (died 1592) ↗
- 1459 Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, German nobleman (died 1527) ↗
- 1406 William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (died 1482) ↗
- 1274 Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (died 1329) ↗
- 154 Bardaisan, Syrian astrologer, scholar, and philosopher (died 222) ↗
- 2025 Martin Cruz Smith, American author and screenwriter (born 1942) ↗
- 2024 Shelley Duvall, American actress (born 1949) ↗
- 2024 Monte Kiffin, American football coach (born 1940) ↗
- 2023 Milan Kundera – Czech-French writer (born 1929) ↗
- 2021 Charlie Robinson, American actor (born 1945) ↗
- 2021 Renée Simonot, French actress (born 1911) ↗
- 2020 Marc Angelucci, American attorney and men's rights activist, Vice-president of the National Coalition for Men (born 1968) ↗
- 2020 Ling Ma – American baseball second baseman (born 1931) ↗
- 2017 Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (born 1949) ↗
- 2015 Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (born 1928) ↗
- 2015 Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (born 1959) ↗
- 2015 André Leysen, Belgian businessman (born 1927) ↗
- 2014 Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (born 1937) ↗
- 2014 Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1934) ↗
- 2014 Bill McGill, American basketball player (born 1939) ↗
- 2014 Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (born 1949) ↗
- 2014 John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (born 1927) ↗
- 2014 Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (born 1958) ↗
- 2013 Emik Avakian, Iranian-American inventor (born 1923) ↗
- 2013 Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (born 1936) ↗
- 2013 Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (born 1918) ↗
- 2009 Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1936) ↗
- 2009 Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (born 1972) ↗
- 2009 Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (born 1911) ↗
- 2008 Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (born 1908) ↗
- 2007 Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (born 1939) ↗
- 2007 Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 43rd First Lady of the United States (born 1912) ↗
- 2007 Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Colombia (born 1913) ↗
- 2007 Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded Honest Ed's (born 1914) ↗
- 2006 Barnard Hughes, American actor (born 1915) ↗
- 2006 Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (born 1959) ↗
- 2006 John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (born 1935) ↗
- 2005 Gretchen Franklin, English actress and dancer (born 1911) ↗
- 2005 Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1965) ↗
- 2005 Jesús Iglesias, Argentinian racing driver (born 1922) ↗
- 2005 Frances Langford, American actress and singer (born 1913) ↗
- 2004 Laurance Rockefeller, American financier and philanthropist (born 1910) ↗
- 2004 Renée Saint-Cyr, French actress and producer (born 1904) ↗
- 2003 Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (born 1948) ↗
- 2001 Herman Brood, Dutch musician and painter (born 1946) ↗
- 2000 Pedro Mir, Dominican lawyer, author, and poet (born 1913) ↗
- 2000 Robert Runcie, English archbishop (born 1921) ↗
- 1999 Helen Forrest, American singer (born 1917) ↗
- 1999 Jan Sloot, Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (born 1945) ↗
- 1998 Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (born 1943) ↗
- 1994 Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research (born 1942) ↗
- 1991 Mokhtar Dahari, Malaysian footballer and coach (born 1953) ↗
- 1989 Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (born 1907) ↗
- 1987 Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (born 1963) ↗
- 1987 Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, American rabbi and scholar (born 1901) ↗
- 1983 Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (born 1915) ↗
- 1979 Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1925) ↗
- 1976 León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (born 1895) ↗
- 1974 Pär Lagerkvist – Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891) ↗
- 1971 John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (born 1910) ↗
- 1971 Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (born 1940) ↗
- 1967 Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (born 1917) ↗
- 1966 Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (born 1913) ↗
- 1959 Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (born 1882) ↗
- 1937 George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (born 1898) ↗
- 1929 Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (born 1857) ↗
- 1909 Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (born 1835) ↗
- 1908 Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (born 1876) ↗
- 1905 Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (born 1849) ↗
- 1897 Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (born 1831) ↗
- 1844 Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (born 1800) ↗
- 1825 Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (born 1744) ↗
- 1806 James Smith, Irish-American lawyer and politician (born 1719) ↗
- 1797 Ienăchiță Văcărescu, Romanian historian and philologist (born 1740) ↗
- 1775 Simon Boerum, American farmer and politician (born 1724) ↗
- 1774 Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-English general (born 1715) ↗
- 1688 Narai, Thai king (born 1629) ↗
- 1599 Chōsokabe Motochika, Japanese daimyō (born 1539) ↗
- 1593 Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (born 1527) ↗
- 1581 Peder Skram, Danish admiral and politician (born 1503) ↗
- 1535 Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1484) ↗
- 1484 Mino da Fiesole, Italian sculptor (born c. 1429) ↗
- 1451 Barbara of Cilli, Slovenian noblewoman ↗
- 1382 Nicole Oresme, French philosopher (born 1325) ↗
- 1362 Anna von Schweidnitz, empress of Charles IV (born 1339) ↗
- 1344 Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg (born c. 1286) ↗
- 1302 Robert II, Count of Artois (born 1250) ↗
- 1302 Pierre Flotte, French politician and lawyer ↗
- 1183 Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (born 1117) ↗
- 1174 Amalric I of Jerusalem (born 1136) ↗
- 969 Olga of Kiev (born 890) ↗
- 937 Rudolph II of Burgundy (born 880) ↗
- 472 Anthemius, Roman emperor (born 420) ↗