56 Events
243 Births
113 Deaths
- 2025 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the most intense landfall in the North Atlantic. ↗
- 2023 The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 12 to 11, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so. ↗
- 2018 Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president. ↗
- 2014 A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia. ↗
- 2013 Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China. ↗
- 2009 The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213. ↗
- 2009 NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program. ↗
- 2009 US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. ↗
- 2007 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina. ↗
- 2006 A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police. ↗
- 1995 The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured. ↗
- 1990 Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule. ↗
- 1989 Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a Twin Otter 300, crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard. ↗
- 1982 The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. ↗
- 1971 Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket. ↗
- 1965 Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths. ↗
- 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. ↗
- 1958 John XXIII is elected Pope. ↗
- 1956 Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries. ↗
- 1954 Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk, killing 19. ↗
- 1949 An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board. ↗
- 1948 Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. ↗
- 1948 Ecological disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania. ↗
- 1942 The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada. ↗
- 1940 World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later. ↗
- 1928 Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress. ↗
- 1922 Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government. ↗
- 1919 The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January. ↗
- 1918 World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War. ↗
- 1918 World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic. ↗
- 1893 Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death. ↗
- 1891 The Mino–Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, occurs. ↗
- 1886 US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. ↗
- 1864 American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital of Richmond is repulsed. ↗
- 1835 The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence. ↗
- 1834 The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists. ↗
- 1776 American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army. ↗
- 1726 The novel Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift is published. ↗
- 1707 The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan. ↗
- 1664 The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established. ↗
- 1640 The Treaty of Ripon is signed, ending the hostilities of the Second Bishops' War. ↗
- 1636 The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University. ↗
- 1628 French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months. ↗
- 1538 The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic. ↗
- 1531 Abyssinian–Adal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia. ↗
- 1520 Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean. ↗
- 1516 Second Ottoman–Mamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan. ↗
- 1492 Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan. ↗
- 1453 Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague. ↗
- 1449 Christian I is crowned king of Denmark. ↗
- 1420 Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed. ↗
- 1344 The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Latin Christians in response to Aydınid piracy during the Smyrniote crusades. ↗
- 969 The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule. ↗
- 312 Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West. ↗
- 306 Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor. ↗
- 97 Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor. ↗
- 2006 Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer ↗
- 2001 Sonay Kartal, British tennis player ↗
- 1998 Nolan Gould, American actor ↗
- 1997 Stetson Bennett, American football player ↗
- 1997 Taylor Fritz, American tennis player ↗
- 1997 Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast ↗
- 1996 Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress ↗
- 1996 Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player ↗
- 1996 Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer ↗
- 1995 Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer ↗
- 1995 Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player ↗
- 1995 An Ye-seul, South Korean singer ↗
- 1994 Andrew Harrison, American basketball player ↗
- 1992 Lexi Ainsworth, American actress ↗
- 1992 Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player ↗
- 1992 Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater ↗
- 1991 Lucy Bronze, English footballer ↗
- 1989 Devin Ebanks, American basketball player ↗
- 1989 Camille Muffat, French swimmer (died 2015) ↗
- 1988 Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (died 2012) ↗
- 1988 Devon Murray, Irish actor ↗
- 1988 Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer ↗
- 1987 Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1986 May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress ↗
- 1986 Isabelle Eriksson, Swedish athlete ↗
- 1986 Anthony Griffith, English footballer ↗
- 1986 Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer ↗
- 1985 Tyrone Barnett, English footballer ↗
- 1985 Troian Bellisario, American actress ↗
- 1985 Anthony Fantano, American music critic ↗
- 1984 Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player ↗
- 1984 Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer ↗
- 1984 Finn Wittrock, American actor ↗
- 1983 Jarrett Jack, American basketball player ↗
- 1983 Kayo Noro, Japanese singer and actress ↗
- 1983 Joe Thomas, English actor and screenwriter ↗
- 1982 Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player ↗
- 1982 Enver Jääger, Estonian footballer ↗
- 1982 Anthony Lerew, American baseball player ↗
- 1982 Hironori Saruta, Japanese footballer ↗
- 1982 Matt Smith, English actor and director ↗
- 1981 Milan Baroš, Czech footballer ↗
- 1981 Shane Gore, English footballer ↗
- 1981 Nate McLouth, American baseball player ↗
- 1981 Nick Montgomery, English-Scottish footballer ↗
- 1980 Christy Hemme, American wrestler and ring announcer ↗
- 1980 Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist ↗
- 1980 Alan Smith, English footballer and coach ↗
- 1979 Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer ↗
- 1979 Jawed Karim, American computer scientist ↗
- 1979 Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (died 2012) ↗
- 1979 Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1978 Gwendoline Christie, English actress ↗
- 1978 Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor ↗
- 1976 Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach ↗
- 1976 Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer ↗
- 1976 Simone Loria, Italian footballer ↗
- 1974 Braden Looper, American baseball player ↗
- 1974 Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer ↗
- 1974 Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach ↗
- 1974 Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993 ↗
- 1973 Montel Vontavious Porter, American wrestler and actor ↗
- 1973 Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian footballer and manager ↗
- 1972 Terrell Davis, American football player and sportscaster ↗
- 1972 Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1972 Trista Sutter, American reality star ↗
- 1971 Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (died 2010) ↗
- 1971 Caroline Dinenage, English businesswoman and politician ↗
- 1970 Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines ↗
- 1970 Greg Eagles, American voice actor and producer ↗
- 1969 Steven Chamuleau, Dutch cardiologist ↗
- 1969 Jeremy Davies, American actor ↗
- 1969 Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer ↗
- 1969 Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1969 Wolfgang Kocevar, Austrian politician ↗
- 1969 Noriyoshi Omichi, Japanese baseball player and coach ↗
- 1968 Chris Broussard, American journalist and sportscaster ↗
- 1968 Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach ↗
- 1968 Mayumi Ozaki, Japanese wrestler ↗
- 1967 Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1967 Julia Roberts, American actress and producer ↗
- 1967 John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software ↗
- 1966 Steve Atwater, American football player ↗
- 1966 Chris Bauer, American actor ↗
- 1966 Matt Drudge, American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report ↗
- 1966 Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1966 Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs ↗
- 1965 Jami Gertz, American actress ↗
- 1965 David Warburton, English pianist, businessman, and politician ↗
- 1965 Miyako Yoshida, Japanese ballerina ↗
- 1964 Andrew Bridgen, English soldier and politician ↗
- 1964 Peter Coyne, Australian rugby league player ↗
- 1963 Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ↗
- 1963 Lauren Holly, American actress ↗
- 1963 Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host ↗
- 1962 Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer and manager ↗
- 1962 Daphne Zuniga, American actress ↗
- 1960 Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician ↗
- 1959 James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer ↗
- 1959 Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer ↗
- 1959 Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1958 Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (died 2013) ↗
- 1958 Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra ↗
- 1958 William Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1957 Marian Bell, English economist and academic ↗
- 1957 Stephen Morris, English drummer ↗
- 1957 Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician ↗
- 1956 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran ↗
- 1956 Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author ↗
- 1955 Bill Gates – American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft ↗
- 1955 Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman ↗
- 1953 Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman ↗
- 1953 Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer ↗
- 1952 Annie Potts, American actress ↗
- 1951 Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author ↗
- 1951 Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author ↗
- 1950 Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist ↗
- 1950 Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist ↗
- 1949 Dwight Davis, American basketball player ↗
- 1949 Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress ↗
- 1948 Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress ↗
- 1946 John Hewson, Australian economist and politician ↗
- 1946 Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2022) ↗
- 1946 Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic ↗
- 1945 Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (died 2015) ↗
- 1945 Wayne Fontana, English pop singer (died 2020) ↗
- 1945 Don Iverson, American golfer ↗
- 1944 Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (died 2014) ↗
- 1944 Coluche, French comedian and actor (died 1986) ↗
- 1944 Dennis Franz, American actor ↗
- 1944 Anton Schlecker, German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company ↗
- 1943 Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver ↗
- 1943 Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic ↗
- 1942 Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor ↗
- 1942 Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (died 2012) ↗
- 1942 Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic ↗
- 1942 Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater ↗
- 1941 Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist ↗
- 1940 Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer ↗
- 1939 Jane Alexander, American actress and producer ↗
- 1939 Andy Bey, American singer and pianist ↗
- 1939 Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer ↗
- 1939 Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (died 2015) ↗
- 1938 Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach (died 2019) ↗
- 1938 Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer ↗
- 1938 Howard Blake, English composer and conductor ↗
- 1938 Dave Budd, American basketball player ↗
- 1938 Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer ↗
- 1938 David Dimbleby, English journalist ↗
- 1938 Anne Perry, English author (died 2023) ↗
- 1937 Graham Bond, English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (died 1974) ↗
- 1937 Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach (died 2025) ↗
- 1936 Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (died 2020) ↗
- 1936 Ted Hawkins, American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995) ↗
- 1935 Alan Clarke, English director and screenwriter (died 1990) ↗
- 1934 Charles A. Gargano, American diplomat, businessman and government official ↗
- 1933 Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (died 1983) ↗
- 1933 Michael Noakes, English painter and illustrator (died 2018) ↗
- 1932 Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (died 2002) ↗
- 1932 Suzy Parker, American model and actress (died 2003) ↗
- 1931 Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (died 2015) ↗
- 1930 Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman ↗
- 1929 Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1988) ↗
- 1929 Virginia Held, American philosopher, author, and academic ↗
- 1929 John Hollander, American poet, critic, and educator (died 2013) ↗
- 1929 Joan Plowright, English actress (died 2025) ↗
- 1928 Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general (died 2021) ↗
- 1928 William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence ↗
- 1927 Cleo Laine, English singer and actress (died 2025) ↗
- 1926 Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2007) ↗
- 1925 Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (died 2006) ↗
- 1924 Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1996) ↗
- 1924 Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (died 1994) ↗
- 1923 John Connell, American actor (died 2015) ↗
- 1922 Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019) ↗
- 1922 Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (died 2003) ↗
- 1922 Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (died 2007) ↗
- 1921 Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (died 1973) ↗
- 1919 Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (died 1966) ↗
- 1919 Hans Klenk, German race car driver (died 2009) ↗
- 1917 Jack Soo, American actor and singer (died 1979) ↗
- 1916 Pearl Hackney, English actress (died 2009) ↗
- 1914 Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (died 1988) ↗
- 1914 Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (died 1995) ↗
- 1914 Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994) ↗
- 1912 Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (died 2005) ↗
- 1909 Francis Bacon – Irish painter and illustrator (died 1992) ↗
- 1908 Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (died 1995) ↗
- 1907 John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987) ↗
- 1905 Tatyana Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (died 1984) ↗
- 1904 George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986) ↗
- 1903 John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (died 1995) ↗
- 1903 Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966) ↗
- 1902 Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (died 1986) ↗
- 1901 Ambrogio Gianotti, Italian partigiano and priest (died 1969) ↗
- 1901 Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (died 1979) ↗
- 1897 Edith Head, American costume designer (died 1981) ↗
- 1897 Hans Speidel, German general (died 1984) ↗
- 1896 Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1981) ↗
- 1893 Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (died 1970) ↗
- 1892 Dink Johnson, American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (died 1954) ↗
- 1889 Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (died 1975) ↗
- 1888 Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (died 1964) ↗
- 1886 O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (died 1957) ↗
- 1886 Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer (died 1946) ↗
- 1884 William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (died 1967) ↗
- 1881 Vin Coutie, Australian footballer (died 1951) ↗
- 1880 Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1940) ↗
- 1880 Billy Wedlock, English footballer (died 1965) ↗
- 1879 Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1968) ↗
- 1877 Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (died 1952) ↗
- 1875 Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (died 1966) ↗
- 1867 Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (died 1911) ↗
- 1864 Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (died 1958) ↗
- 1860 Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist (died 1938) ↗
- 1854 Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (died 1888) ↗
- 1846 Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (died 1935) ↗
- 1845 Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (died 1888) ↗
- 1839 Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1909) ↗
- 1837 Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (died 1913) ↗
- 1816 Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer (died 1903) ↗
- 1815 Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (died 1856) ↗
- 1804 Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (died 1849) ↗
- 1794 Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (died 1847) ↗
- 1793 Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (died 1861) ↗
- 1767 Marie of Hesse-Kassel (died 1852) ↗
- 1754 John Laurens, American soldier (died 1782) ↗
- 1733 Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (died 1803) ↗
- 1718 Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (died 1793) ↗
- 1703 Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (died 1768) ↗
- 1696 Maurice de Saxe, French general (died 1750) ↗
- 1693 Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (died 1735) ↗
- 1690 Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian admiral (died 1720) ↗
- 1667 Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen consort of Spain ↗
- 1610 Jacob Kettler, 3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1682) ↗
- 1599 Marie of the Incarnation, foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (died 1672) ↗
- 1585 Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop and theologian (died 1638) ↗
- 1550 Stanislaus Kostka, Polish saint (died 1568) ↗
- 1510 Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1572) ↗
- 1479 John Gage, English courtier (died 1556) ↗
- 1466 Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536) ↗
- 1017 Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1056) ↗
- 2024 Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1932) ↗
- 2024 Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938) ↗
- 2024 Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (born 1955) ↗
- 2024 Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (born 1936) ↗
- 2023 Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969) ↗
- 2023 Adam Johnson, American ice hockey player (born 1994) ↗
- 2022 Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1935) ↗
- 2018 Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (born 1985) ↗
- 2014 Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (born 1927) ↗
- 2014 Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (born 1937) ↗
- 2013 Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1920) ↗
- 2013 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1927) ↗
- 2013 Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (born 1949) ↗
- 2013 Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (born 1929) ↗
- 2012 Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (born 1939) ↗
- 2012 John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (born 1936) ↗
- 2012 Jack Dellal, English businessman (born 1923) ↗
- 2011 Tom Addington, English soldier (born 1919) ↗
- 2010 Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932) ↗
- 2010 James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937) ↗
- 2010 Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938) ↗
- 2010 Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934) ↗
- 2009 Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1990) ↗
- 2007 Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (born 1932) ↗
- 2007 Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927) ↗
- 2006 Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (born 1917) ↗
- 2006 Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (born 1954) ↗
- 2006 Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1920) ↗
- 2005 Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (born 1918) ↗
- 2005 Raymond Hains, French photographer (born 1926) ↗
- 2005 Tony Jackson, American basketball player (born 1942) ↗
- 2005 Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1922) ↗
- 2005 Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943) ↗
- 2005 Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor and screenwriter (born 1929) ↗
- 2004 Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (born 1926) ↗
- 2003 Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (born 1940) ↗
- 2002 Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (born 1898) ↗
- 2002 Ling Ma – Swedish businessman, founded H&M (born 1917) ↗
- 2001 Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (born 1910) ↗
- 2000 Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (born 1969) ↗
- 1999 Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1931) ↗
- 1998 Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (born 1930) ↗
- 1997 Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (born 1915) ↗
- 1993 Juri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (born 1922) ↗
- 1989 Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (born 1898) ↗
- 1987 André Masson, French soldier and painter (born 1896) ↗
- 1986 John Braine, English author (born 1922) ↗
- 1983 Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (born 1892) ↗
- 1978 Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (born 1923) ↗
- 1976 Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (born 1904) ↗
- 1975 Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (born 1894) ↗
- 1975 Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1932) ↗
- 1973 Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (born 1889) ↗
- 1973 Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (born 1883) ↗
- 1970 Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (born 1944) ↗
- 1969 Constance Dowling, American model and actress (born 1920) ↗
- 1965 Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (born 1882) ↗
- 1963 Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (born 1882) ↗
- 1959 Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (born 1932) ↗
- 1957 Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (born 1881) ↗
- 1952 Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862) ↗
- 1945 Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (born 1881) ↗
- 1941 Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (born 1876) ↗
- 1939 Alice Brady, American actress (born 1892) ↗
- 1936 Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (born 1870) ↗
- 1929 Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1849) ↗
- 1918 Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (born 1845) ↗
- 1917 Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1831) ↗
- 1917 Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (born 1841) ↗
- 1916 Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (born 1838) ↗
- 1916 Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (born 1891) ↗
- 1914 Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (born 1850) ↗
- 1906 Jean Benner, French artist (born 1836) ↗
- 1900 Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (born 1823) ↗
- 1899 Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (born 1854) ↗
- 1879 Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (born 1799) ↗
- 1877 Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1835) ↗
- 1857 Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (born 1802) ↗
- 1841 Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1792) ↗
- 1818 Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (born 1744) ↗
- 1806 Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (born 1749) ↗
- 1800 Artemas Ward, American general and politician (born 1727) ↗
- 1792 Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (born 1710) ↗
- 1792 John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (born 1724) ↗
- 1787 Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (born 1735) ↗
- 1768 Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (born 1700) ↗
- 1763 Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (born 1700) ↗
- 1755 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (born 1689) ↗
- 1754 Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (born 1708) ↗
- 1740 Anna of Russia (born 1693) ↗
- 1716 Stephen Fox, English politician (born 1627) ↗
- 1708 Prince George of Denmark (born 1653) ↗
- 1704 John Locke, English physician and philosopher (born 1632) ↗
- 1703 John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (born 1616) ↗
- 1676 Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1595) ↗
- 1661 Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (born 1618) ↗
- 1646 William Dobson, English painter (born 1610) ↗
- 1639 Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (born 1587) ↗
- 1627 Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1569) ↗
- 1594 Ōkubo Tadayo, Japanese general (born 1532) ↗
- 1592 Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat ↗
- 1568 Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shōgun (born 1539) ↗
- 1468 Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (born 1425) ↗
- 1412 Margaret I of Denmark (born 1353) ↗
- 1312 Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (born 1262) ↗
- 1310 Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (born 1230) ↗
- 1266 Saint Arsenije I Sremac ↗
- 1225 Jien, Japanese monk, historian, and poet (born 1155) ↗
- 1138 King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland ↗
- 875 Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop ↗
- 816 Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris ↗
- 457 Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop ↗
- 312 Maxentius, Roman emperor (born 278) ↗