57 Events
308 Births
127 Deaths
- 2022 Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames. ↗
- 2019 Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. ↗
- 2015 The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016. ↗
- 2008 Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board. ↗
- 2007 Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years. ↗
- 2003 In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union. ↗
- 2003 Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra. ↗
- 2002 Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board. ↗
- 2001 Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital. ↗
- 2000 Microsoft releases Windows Me. ↗
- 1999 Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations. ↗
- 1998 Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom. ↗
- 1997 Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. ↗
- 1994 The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike. ↗
- 1993 Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people. ↗
- 1992 The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal. ↗
- 1989 The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide. ↗
- 1985 Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic. ↗
- 1984 Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean. ↗
- 1982 President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated. ↗
- 1979 Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party. ↗
- 1975 The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI. ↗
- 1960 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded. ↗
- 1960 Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution. ↗
- 1958 The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere. ↗
- 1954 In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village. ↗
- 1948 The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo. ↗
- 1944 World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces. ↗
- 1943 World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons. ↗
- 1940 Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing. ↗
- 1939 World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia. ↗
- 1936 Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza. ↗
- 1917 The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic. ↗
- 1914 HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. ↗
- 1911 Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II. ↗
- 1901 U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. ↗
- 1862 American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought. ↗
- 1846 Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court. ↗
- 1829 The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War. ↗
- 1814 Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner. ↗
- 1812 Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city. ↗
- 1808 Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais. ↗
- 1791 The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France. ↗
- 1782 American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York. ↗
- 1763 Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War. ↗
- 1752 The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2). ↗
- 1741 George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah. ↗
- 1723 Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta. ↗
- 1685 Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan Pasha. ↗
- 1682 Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded. ↗
- 1402 Battle of Homildon Hill: An invading Scottish army under Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany and Archibald, Earl Douglas is decimated by a contingent of 500 English archers under the command of George, Earl of March and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. ↗
- 1226 The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France. ↗
- 1180 Genpei War: In the Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan, the new military commander of the Minamoto clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, is routed by Ōba Kagechika of the Taira clan. ↗
- 1115 Roger of Salerno's Crusader army defeats a numerically superior Seljuk army in the battle of Sarmin ↗
- 919 Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech. ↗
- 786 "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun. ↗
- 81 Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. ↗
- 2000 Han, South Korean rapper ↗
- 1999 Emma Kenney, American actress ↗
- 1997 Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter ↗
- 1997 Dominic Solanke, English footballer ↗
- 1996 Hugh Bernard, English cricketer ↗
- 1996 Myles Wright, English professional footballer ↗
- 1995 Jevon Carter, American basketball player ↗
- 1995 Deshaun Watson, American football player ↗
- 1994 Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1994 Gary Harris, American basketball player ↗
- 1994 Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer ↗
- 1994 Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer ↗
- 1993 Brandon Brown, American race car driver ↗
- 1992 Connor Fields, American cyclist ↗
- 1992 Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier ↗
- 1992 Zico, South Korean rapper ↗
- 1991 Dee Milliner, American football player ↗
- 1991 Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model ↗
- 1991 Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member ↗
- 1990 Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer ↗
- 1990 Petar Filipović, German-born Croatian footballer ↗
- 1990 Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer ↗
- 1990 Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer ↗
- 1989 Jimmy Butler, American basketball player ↗
- 1989 Tony Finau, American golfer ↗
- 1989 Logan Henderson, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1989 Jesse James, American actor ↗
- 1989 Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model ↗
- 1989 Alex Killorn, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1989 Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player ↗
- 1989 Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler ↗
- 1988 Martin Fourcade, French biathlete ↗
- 1988 Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer ↗
- 1987 Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress ↗
- 1987 Michael Crabtree, American football player ↗
- 1987 Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer ↗
- 1986 David Desharnais, Canadian ice hockey player ↗
- 1986 Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1986 Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer ↗
- 1986 Barış Özbek, German-Turkish footballer ↗
- 1986 Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer ↗
- 1986 Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress ↗
- 1986 Reggie Williams, American basketball player ↗
- 1985 Alex Clare, English singer and songwriter ↗
- 1985 Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter ↗
- 1985 Trevis Smith, American football player ↗
- 1985 Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer ↗
- 1985 Delmon Young, American baseball player ↗
- 1984 Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor, singer and anchor ↗
- 1984 Adam Lamberg, American actor ↗
- 1983 Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer ↗
- 1983 Josh Outman, American baseball player ↗
- 1983 Frostee Rucker, American football player ↗
- 1983 Amy Winehouse – English singer-songwriter (died 2011) ↗
- 1982 SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1982 Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player ↗
- 1981 Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ↗
- 1981 Katie Lee, American chef, author, and critic ↗
- 1981 Stefan Reisinger, German footballer ↗
- 1981 Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer ↗
- 1980 Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and actress ↗
- 1980 Gareth Maybin, Northern Irish professional golfer ↗
- 1979 Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer ↗
- 1979 Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1978 Ben Cohen, English rugby union player ↗
- 1978 Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Florida ↗
- 1978 Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress ↗
- 1978 Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1977 Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect ↗
- 1977 Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (died 2014) ↗
- 1977 Miyu Matsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2015) ↗
- 1976 Austin Basis, American actor ↗
- 1976 Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player ↗
- 1976 Kevin Lyttle, Vincentian soca artist ↗
- 1974 Chad Bradford, American baseball player ↗
- 1974 El Guerrouj Hicham – Moroccan runner ↗
- 1974 Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist ↗
- 1974 Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager ↗
- 1974 Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer ↗
- 1974 Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter ↗
- 1973 Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1973 Terrell Fletcher, American football player ↗
- 1973 Andrew Lincoln, English actor ↗
- 1973 Nas, American rapper ↗
- 1973 Linvoy Primus, English footballer ↗
- 1973 Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor ↗
- 1972 Notah Begay III, American golfer ↗
- 1972 David Bell, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1971 Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter ↗
- 1971 Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019) ↗
- 1971 Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1971 Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress, director, and producer ↗
- 1970 Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist ↗
- 1970 Ben Garant, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1970 Ketanji Brown Jackson, American lawyer and jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ↗
- 1970 Satoshi Kojima, Japanese wrestler ↗
- 1970 Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist ↗
- 1970 Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player ↗
- 1970 Mark Webber, English guitarist ↗
- 1969 Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach ↗
- 1969 Bong Joon-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter ↗
- 1969 Konstandinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician ↗
- 1968 Grant Shapps, English politician ↗
- 1967 Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1967 John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1966 Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (died 2011) ↗
- 1966 Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician ↗
- 1965 Emily Bell, English journalist and academic ↗
- 1965 Dmitry Medvedev, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Russia ↗
- 1965 Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director ↗
- 1965 Michelle Stafford, American actress, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1964 Faith Ford, American actress ↗
- 1963 Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach ↗
- 1962 Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman ↗
- 1962 Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2021) ↗
- 1962 Nick Botterill, British business man ↗
- 1962 Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer ↗
- 1961 Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician ↗
- 1961 Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman ↗
- 1960 Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer ↗
- 1960 Melissa Leo, American actress ↗
- 1960 Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer ↗
- 1959 John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ↗
- 1959 Mary Crosby, American actress ↗
- 1959 Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1958 Paul Clark, English footballer and manager ↗
- 1958 Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager ↗
- 1958 Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter ↗
- 1958 Billy Abercromby, Scottish footballer (died 2024) ↗
- 1957 Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach ↗
- 1957 Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster ↗
- 1956 Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster ↗
- 1956 Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter ↗
- 1956 Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece ↗
- 1956 Nathalie Roussel, French actress ↗
- 1956 Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (died 2018) ↗
- 1956 Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician ↗
- 1955 Steve Berlin, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and producer ↗
- 1955 Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist ↗
- 1955 William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer ↗
- 1955 Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician ↗
- 1955 Pope Leo XIV ↗
- 1954 Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2005) ↗
- 1954 David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (died 1992) ↗
- 1953 Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (died 1998) ↗
- 1953 Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer ↗
- 1953 Robert Wisdom, American actor ↗
- 1951 Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer ↗
- 1951 Joe McDonnell, Northern Irish hunger striker (died 1981) ↗
- 1950 Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1976) ↗
- 1950 Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver ↗
- 1950 Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician ↗
- 1950 John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (died 1989) ↗
- 1949 Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977) ↗
- 1949 Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2018) ↗
- 1949 Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2003) ↗
- 1949 Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1994) ↗
- 1949 Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter ↗
- 1948 Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (died 2000) ↗
- 1947 Jon Bauman, American singer ↗
- 1947 Sam Neill, Northern Irish-New Zealand actor and director ↗
- 1946 Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer ↗
- 1946 Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist (died 2022) ↗
- 1946 Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019) ↗
- 1946 Kjell Gjerseth, Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025) ↗
- 1945 Martin Tyler, English sportscaster ↗
- 1944 Joey Heatherton, American actress, singer, and dancer ↗
- 1944 Rowena Morrill, American artist (died 2021) ↗
- 1944 Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager ↗
- 1943 Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (died 1991) ↗
- 1943 Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer ↗
- 1942 Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer ↗
- 1942 Roger Lyons, English trade union leader ↗
- 1942 Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter ↗
- 1941 Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (died 2015) ↗
- 1941 Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic ↗
- 1941 Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist ↗
- 1941 Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020) ↗
- 1941 Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006) ↗
- 1940 Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (died 2019) ↗
- 1940 Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach ↗
- 1940 Padmakar Shivalkar, Indian cricketer (died 2025) ↗
- 1939 DeWitt Weaver, American golfer (died 2021) ↗
- 1938 Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (died 2013) ↗
- 1938 Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (died 2011) ↗
- 1937 Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building ↗
- 1936 Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (died 2011) ↗
- 1936 Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (died 1996) ↗
- 1936 Walter Koenig, American actor, producer, and screenwriter ↗
- 1936 Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023) ↗
- 1936 Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer (died 2024) ↗
- 1935 Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (died 2008) ↗
- 1934 Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (died 1994) ↗
- 1934 Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (died 1993) ↗
- 1934 Kate Millett, American author and activist (died 2017) ↗
- 1934 Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006) ↗
- 1933 Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (died 2020) ↗
- 1933 Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (died 2009) ↗
- 1932 Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager ↗
- 1932 John Tembo, Malawian politician (died 2023) ↗
- 1930 Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (died 1992) ↗
- 1930 Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (died 1988) ↗
- 1930 Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2014) ↗
- 1929 Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (died 2005) ↗
- 1928 Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001) ↗
- 1928 Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (died 2001) ↗
- 1928 Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (died 2004) ↗
- 1927 Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (died 1997) ↗
- 1927 Janet Davies, English actress (died 1986) ↗
- 1927 Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (died 1998) ↗
- 1927 Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015) ↗
- 1927 Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (died 2014) ↗
- 1926 Michel Butor, French author and critic (died 2016) ↗
- 1926 Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972) ↗
- 1926 Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (died 2017) ↗
- 1924 Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (died 2007) ↗
- 1924 Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (died 2014) ↗
- 1924 Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994) ↗
- 1924 Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (died 1999) ↗
- 1923 Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (died 2001) ↗
- 1922 Michel Auclair, German-French actor (died 1988) ↗
- 1922 Frances Bergen, American model and actress (died 2006) ↗
- 1922 Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (died 2010) ↗
- 1921 Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2005) ↗
- 1921 A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2022) ↗
- 1921 Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (died 2013) ↗
- 1921 Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (died 2001) ↗
- 1920 Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2009) ↗
- 1920 Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013) ↗
- 1920 Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (died 1998) ↗
- 1919 Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976) ↗
- 1919 Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001) ↗
- 1919 Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013) ↗
- 1919 Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980) ↗
- 1918 Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (died 1967) ↗
- 1918 Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008) ↗
- 1917 Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002) ↗
- 1916 Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020) ↗
- 1916 John Heyer, Australian director and producer (died 2001) ↗
- 1915 John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014) ↗
- 1914 Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator (died 1997) ↗
- 1914 Clayton Moore, American actor (died 1999) ↗
- 1913 Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (died 1971) ↗
- 1913 Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (died 2013) ↗
- 1911 William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (died 1999) ↗
- 1910 Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (died 1982) ↗
- 1910 Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (died 1973) ↗
- 1910 Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (died 2003) ↗
- 1910 Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999) ↗
- 1910 Rasuna Said, Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965) ↗
- 1909 Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (died 1989) ↗
- 1907 Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986) ↗
- 1904 Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962) ↗
- 1904 Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (died 1957) ↗
- 1903 Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (died 1980) ↗
- 1902 Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1977) ↗
- 1902 Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (died 1993) ↗
- 1898 Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (died 1979) ↗
- 1898 Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (died 1974) ↗
- 1896 José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (died 1974) ↗
- 1892 Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968) ↗
- 1891 Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983) ↗
- 1887 Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist (died 1954) ↗
- 1886 Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1948) ↗
- 1885 Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975) ↗
- 1883 Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908) ↗
- 1880 Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (died 1961) ↗
- 1880 Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955) ↗
- 1879 Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (died 1966) ↗
- 1872 John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1963) ↗
- 1869 Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (died 1953) ↗
- 1868 Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925) ↗
- 1867 Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (died 1944) ↗
- 1864 Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958) ↗
- 1860 Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940) ↗
- 1857 Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (died 1935) ↗
- 1853 Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924) ↗
- 1850 Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920) ↗
- 1847 Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (died 1931) ↗
- 1843 Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924) ↗
- 1837 Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903) ↗
- 1816 Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (died 1860) ↗
- 1804 John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881) ↗
- 1804 Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (died 1882) ↗
- 1791 Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (died 1867) ↗
- 1774 Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (died 1839) ↗
- 1769 Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (died 1859) ↗
- 1737 Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (died 1806) ↗
- 1736 Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811) ↗
- 1721 Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1807) ↗
- 1713 Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781) ↗
- 1656 Thomas Baker, English historian and author (died 1746) ↗
- 1643 Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (died 1718) ↗
- 1618 Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (died 1680) ↗
- 1580 Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645) ↗
- 1547 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (died 1619) ↗
- 1543 Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1615) ↗
- 1486 Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (died 1535) ↗
- 1485 Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (died 1525) ↗
- 1401 Maria of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458) ↗
- 1388 Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (died 1438) ↗
- 1384 Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (died 1426) ↗
- 1246 John Fitzalan III, English nobleman (died 1272) ↗
- 1032 Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1101) ↗
- 953 Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (died 973) ↗
- 938 Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian scholar and statesman (died 995) ↗
- 768 Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, 7th (died 833) ↗
- 208 Diadumenian, Roman emperor (died 218) ↗
- 2025 Jim Edgar, American politician, 38th Governor of Illinois ↗
- 2025 Ricky Hatton, British professional boxer (born 1978) ↗
- 2024 Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (born 1942) ↗
- 2024 Otis Davis, American sprinter (born 1932) ↗
- 2021 Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor (born 1959) ↗
- 2018 Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (born 1935) ↗
- 2018 Zienia Merton, British actress (born 1945) ↗
- 2015 Davey Browne, Australian boxer (born 1986) ↗
- 2015 Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (born 1947) ↗
- 2015 Martin Kearns, English drummer (born 1977) ↗
- 2015 Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1949) ↗
- 2014 Tony Auth, American illustrator (born 1942) ↗
- 2014 Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1961) ↗
- 2014 E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (born 1933) ↗
- 2013 Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (born 1989) ↗
- 2013 Osama El-Baz, Egyptian soldier and diplomat (born 1931) ↗
- 2013 Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (born 1941) ↗
- 2012 Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (born 1924) ↗
- 2012 Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (born 1963) ↗
- 2012 Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (born 1949) ↗
- 2012 Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (born 1913) ↗
- 2011 Malcolm Wallop, American politician (born 1933) ↗
- 2009 Keith Floyd, English chef and author (born 1943) ↗
- 2009 Henry Gibson, American actor (born 1935) ↗
- 2009 Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (born 1943) ↗
- 2009 Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1952) ↗
- 2008 Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1923) ↗
- 2007 Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (born 1933) ↗
- 2007 Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (born 1927) ↗
- 2006 Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926) ↗
- 2006 Esme Melville, Australian actress (born 1918) ↗
- 2005 William Berenberg, American physician and academic (born 1915) ↗
- 2005 Vladimir Volkoff, French soldier and author (born 1932) ↗
- 2005 Robert Wise, American director and producer (born 1914) ↗
- 2003 Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (born 1947) ↗
- 2003 Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (born 1915) ↗
- 2003 John Serry Sr., American accordion player and composer (born 1915) ↗
- 2002 LaWanda Page, American actress (born 1920) ↗
- 2001 Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (born 1931) ↗
- 2000 Beah Richards, American actress (born 1920) ↗
- 2000 Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (born 1906) ↗
- 1999 Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910) ↗
- 1999 Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (born 1947) ↗
- 1998 Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th president of China (born 1907) ↗
- 1996 Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (born 1937) ↗
- 1995 Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (born 1912) ↗
- 1994 Marika Krevata, Greek actress (born 1910) ↗
- 1992 August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (born 1906) ↗
- 1992 Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903) ↗
- 1991 Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (born 1930) ↗
- 1991 Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1910) ↗
- 1989 Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916) ↗
- 1986 Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (born 1921) ↗
- 1984 Janet Gaynor, American actress (born 1906) ↗
- 1982 Christian Ferras, French violinist (born 1933) ↗
- 1982 John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1933) ↗
- 1982 Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1947) ↗
- 1982 Grace Kelly, American-Monegasque actress; Princess of Monaco (born 1929) ↗
- 1981 Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899) ↗
- 1979 Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (born 1917) ↗
- 1975 Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (born 1902) ↗
- 1966 Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (born 1899) ↗
- 1966 Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (born 1881) ↗
- 1966 Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (born 1895) ↗
- 1965 J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (born 1891) ↗
- 1962 Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (born 1879) ↗
- 1961 Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (born 1885) ↗
- 1960 M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (born 1908) ↗
- 1959 Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914) ↗
- 1952 John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874) ↗
- 1951 Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (born 1890) ↗
- 1943 Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903) ↗
- 1942 E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (born 1855) ↗
- 1937 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (born 1850) ↗
- 1936 Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (born 1878) ↗
- 1936 Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (born 1899) ↗
- 1931 Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (born 1856) ↗
- 1927 Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1877) ↗
- 1916 José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832) ↗
- 1910 Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1827) ↗
- 1905 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (born 1852) ↗
- 1901 William McKinley – American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (born 1843) ↗
- 1898 William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (born 1857) ↗
- 1891 Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (born 1817) ↗
- 1879 Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (born 1808) ↗
- 1868 Swami Virajanand Dandeesha, also known as the Blind Sage of Mathura, celebrated teacher of Arya Samaj founder, Dayanand Saraswati, a scholar and teacher of Sanskrit grammar and Vedic literature (born 1778) ↗
- 1862 Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (born 1793) ↗
- 1862 Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (born 1834) ↗
- 1852 Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (born 1812) ↗
- 1852 Ling Ma – 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769) ↗
- 1851 James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (born 1789) ↗
- 1836 Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (born 1756) ↗
- 1821 Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (born 1797) ↗
- 1807 George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1724) ↗
- 1759 Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (born 1712) ↗
- 1749 Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1675) ↗
- 1743 Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690) ↗
- 1715 Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (born 1638) ↗
- 1712 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (born 1625) ↗
- 1646 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (born 1591) ↗
- 1638 John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (born 1607) ↗
- 1613 Thomas Overbury, English poet ↗
- 1605 Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (born 1550) ↗
- 1538 Henry III of Nassau-Breda (born 1483) ↗
- 1523 Pope Adrian VI (born 1459) ↗
- 1487 Mara Branković, Serbian princess (born 1416) ↗
- 1435 John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (born 1389) ↗
- 1412 Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (born 1356) ↗
- 1404 Albert IV, duke of Austria (born 1377) ↗
- 1401 Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór, Polish bishop (born 1355) ↗
- 1321 Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (born 1265) ↗
- 1214 Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (born 1149) ↗
- 1164 Emperor Sutoku of Japan (born 1119) ↗
- 1146 Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (born 1087) ↗
- 949 Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman (born 880) ↗
- 927 Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot ↗
- 919 Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland ↗
- 891 Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church ↗
- 820 Li Yong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty ↗
- 788 Li Mian, Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet, and politician (born 717) ↗
- 786 Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (born 764) ↗
- 775 Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (born 718) ↗
- 619 Yang You, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 605) ↗
- 585 Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (born 538) ↗
- 407 John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (born 347) ↗
- 258 Cyprian, African bishop and saint (born 200) ↗
- 23 Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (born 13 BC) ↗