Events

763 - The Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa ends in a decisive Abbasid victory.
1525 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
1535 - Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
1720 - Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.
1749 - The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire. It is rebuilt in 1754.
1774 - Abdul Hamid I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
1789 - The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston.
1793 - After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
1864 - The Tauranga Campaign begins during the New Zealand Wars.
1887 - A total of 465 millimetres (18.3 in) rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
1893 - The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
1899 - Opel manufactures its first automobile.
1908 - New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
1911 - The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
1915 - Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
1919 - Meeting of the First Dáil Éireann in the Mansion House Dublin. Sinn Féin adopts Ireland's first constitution. The first engagement of the Irish War of Independence, the Soloheadbeg ambush, County Tipperary.
1925 - Albania declares itself a republic.
1931 - Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
1941 - Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
1948 - The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
1950 - American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
1954 - The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
1958 - The last Fokker C.X in military service, the Finnish Air Force FK-111 target tower, crashes, killing the pilot and winch-operator.
1960 - Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
1960 - Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca.
1961 - Four hundred thirty-five workers are buried alive when a mine in Coalbrook, Free State, South Africa collapses.
1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
1968 - A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
1971 - The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
1976 - Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
1977 - United States President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
1981 - Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
1985 - First winter ascent of Dhaulagiri by Jerzy Kukuczka and Andrzej Czok from Poland.
1997 - The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395-28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
1999 - War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
2000 - Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
2003 - A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
2004 - NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
2005 - In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

Births

1338 - Charles V of France (died 1380)
1610 - Elizabeth Fones, English-American settler (died 1673)
1721 - James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, Governor of Minorca (died 1794)
1735 - Johann Gottfried Eckard, German pianist and composer (died 1809)
1738 - Ethan Allen, American general (died 1789)
1804 - Eliza R. Snow, American poet and hymn-writer (died 1887)
1813 - John C. Frémont, American general, explorer, and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (died 1890)
1815 - John Bingham, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th United States Ambassador to Japan (died 1900)
1820 - Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (died 1899)
1824 - Stonewall Jackson, American general (died 1863)
1827 - Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1900)
1829 - Oscar II of Sweden (died 1907)
1846 - Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Dutch mathematician and academic (died 1923)
1848 - Henri Duparc, French soldier and composer (died 1933)
1860 - Karl Staaff, Swedish lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1915)
1864 - Paul Troje, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1942)
1867 - Ludwig Thoma, German paramedic and author (died 1921)
1867 - Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (died 1965)
1878 - Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and activist (died 1948)
1879 - Joseph Roffo, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (died 1933)
1881 - Ernst Fast, Swedish runner (died 1959)
1882 - Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (died 1937)
1883 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (died 1929)
1883 - Eulogio Rodriguez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 7th President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 1964)
1884 - Roger Nash Baldwin, American author and activist, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (died 1981)
1885 - Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (died 1961)
1885 - Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer (died 1978)
1887 - Maude Farris-Luse, American super-centenarian (died 2002)
1887 - Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1926)
1895 - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (died 1972)
1897 - René Iché, French sculptor (died 1954)
1898 - Avery Claflin, American banker and composer (died 1979)
1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 1977)
1901 - Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1978)
1904 - Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer (died 1984)
1905 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (died 1957)
1905 - Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (died 1978)
1906 - Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (died 2007)
1909 - Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor (died 2004)
1910 - Albert Rosellini, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Washington (died 2011)
1910 - Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (died 1981)
1911 - Bill Graber, American pole vaulter (died 1996)
1912 - Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
1913 - William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (died 2013)
1914 - Lally Bowers, English actress and singer (died 1984)
1915 - Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter (died 1981)
1915 - Bill Sefton, American pole vaulter (died 1982)
1918 - Chicháy, Filipino actress (died 1993)
1918 - Richard Winters, American soldier (died 2011)
1919 - Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (died 2016)
1921 - Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Labour (died 2012)
1922 - Telly Savalas, American actor, singer, and director (died 1994)
1922 - Paul Scofield, English actor (died 2008)
1923 - Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer, and actress (died 1995)
1924 - Benny Hill, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1992)
1925 - Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (died 2010)
1925 - Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (died 2007)
1925 - Charles Aidman, American actor (died 1993)
1926 - Brian Brockless, English organist, composer, and conductor (died 1995)
1926 - Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (died 2000)
1927 - Clive Churchill, Australian rugby player and coach (died 1985)
1928 - John Olsen, Australian painter
1928 - Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic, founded the Albert Einstein Institution
1930 - Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zambia (died 2001)
1932 - Bill Bell, English businessman (died 2013)
1932 - John Chaney, American basketball player and coach
1933 - Joseph W. Eschbach, American physician and academic (died 2007)
1935 - Masamichi Noro, Japanese-French martial artist (died 2013)
1937 - Nushiravan Keihanizadeh, Iranian-American journalist and historian
1937 - Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
1938 - Sandy Barr, American wrestler and referee (died 2007)
1938 - Wolfman Jack, American radio host and actor (died 1995)
1938 - Ken Maginnis, Northern Irish soldier, educator, and politician
1938 - Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
1940 - John J. McGinty III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2014)
1940 - Jack Nicklaus, American golfer and sportscaster
1941 - Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (died 2013)
1941 - Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor
1941 - Stathis Giallelis, Greek actor
1941 - Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
1941 - Mike Medavoy, Chinese-American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures
1941 - Ivan Putski, Polish-American wrestler and bodybuilder
1941 - Elaine Showalter, American author and critic
1942 - Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1942 - Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
1943 - Rosemary Butler, English-Welsh academic and politician
1943 - Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek singer-songwriter and actor
1945 - Martin Shaw, English actor and producer
1946 - Johnny Oates, American baseball player and manager (died 2004)
1947 - Jill Eikenberry, American actress
1947 - Pye Hastings, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Caravan)
1947 - Michel Jonasz, French singer-songwriter and actor
1947 - Jonathan Meades, English journalist and author
1949 - Jonas Åkerlund, Swedish lawyer and politician
1949 - Gennaro Contaldo, Italian chef and author
1950 - Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce
1950 - Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter
1950 - Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation
1951 - Eric Holder, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82nd United States Attorney General
1952 - Marco Camenisch, Swiss activist and murderer
1953 - Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
1953 - Glenn Kaiser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Resurrection Band)
1954 - Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 - Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach
1955 - Leslie Hoffman, American actress and stuntwoman
1955 - Jeff Koons, American painter and sculptor
1956 - Robby Benson, American actor and director
1956 - Geena Davis, American actress and producer
1958 - Gareth Branwyn, American journalist and critic
1958 - Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
1959 - Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager
1959 - Masaki Kyomoto, Japanese actor, singer, and guitarist
1960 - Toxey Haas, American businessman, founded Haas Outdoors, Inc.
1960 - Jennifer Keyte, Australian journalist
1960 - Mamoru Nagano, Japanese animator and director
1960 - Mike Terrana, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer (Axel Rudi Pell)
1962 - Tyler Cowen, American economist and academic
1962 - Brian Hildebrand, American wrestler, referee, and manager (died 1999)
1962 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (died 2003)
1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player
1963 - Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player and coach
1965 - Jam Master Jay, American DJ, rapper, and producer (Run D.M.C.) (died 2002)
1965 - Robert Del Naja, English singer-songwriter and DJ (Massive Attack, The Wild Bunch)
1967 - Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess player
1968 - Sundar C., Indian actor and director
1968 - Charlotte Ross, American actress
1969 - Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete
1969 - M. K. Hobson, American author
1969 - Karina Lombard, Tahitian-American actress and singer
1969 - Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese illustrator
1970 - Ken Leung, American actor
1970 - Oren Peli, Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter
1971 - Tweet, American singer-songwriter (The Dresden Soul Symphony)
1971 - Adia Chan, Indonesian-Hong Kong actress and singer
1971 - Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skater
1971 - Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player, golfer, and sportscaster
1971 - Doug Weight, American ice hockey player and coach
1972 - Alan Benes, American baseball player and coach
1972 - Rick Falkvinge, Swedish businessman and politician
1972 - Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer and producer
1972 - Brett Mullins, Australian rugby player
1972 - Cat Power, American singer-songwriter and actress
1973 - Rob Hayles, English cyclist
1973 - Ruben Wiki, New Zealand rugby player and manager
1974 - Malena Alterio, Argentinian-Spanish actress
1974 - Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundian runner
1974 - Rove McManus, Australian comedian, television host, and producer
1974 - Alex Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver
1975 - Ito, Spanish footballer and manager
1975 - Nicky Butt, English footballer and coach
1975 - Thomas Castaignède, French rugby player and journalist
1975 - Yuji Ide, Japanese race car driver
1975 - Willem Korsten, Dutch footballer and manager
1976 - Emma Bunton, English singer-songwriter and actress (Spice Girls)
1976 - Mike Daisey, American monologist, author, and actor
1976 - Patrick de Lange, Dutch baseball player
1977 - Kirsten Klose, German hammer thrower
1977 - Ulrike Maisch, German runner
1977 - Phil Neville, English footballer and manager
1977 - Jerry Trainor, American actor, director, and producer
1978 - Faris Al-Sultan, German triathlete
1978 - Bryan Gilmore, American football player
1978 - Phil Stacey, American singer
1978 - Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
1979 - Byung-hyun Kim, South Korean baseball player
1979 - Spider Loc, American rapper and actor
1979 - Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
1980 - Dave Kitson, English footballer and manager
1980 - Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
1980 - Brie Rippner, American tennis player
1980 - N. Santhanam, Indian actor and producer
1981 - Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress (Twins)
1981 - Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer
1981 - Masayuki Deai, Japanese actor
1981 - Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Andy Lee, South Korean singer and actor (Shinhwa)
1981 - Izabella Miko, Polish actress, dancer, and producer
1981 - Michel Teló, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1982 - Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player
1982 - Simon Rolfes, German footballer
1982 - Go Shiozaki, Japanese wrestler
1982 - Dean Whitehead, English footballer
1983 - Rapsody, American rapper
1983 - Alex Acker, American basketball player
1983 - Niels de Ruiter, Dutch darts player
1983 - Maryse Ouellet, Canadian-American wrestler and model
1983 - Peter Philipakos, American soccer player
1983 - Moritz Volz, German footballer
1984 - Alex Koslov, Moldovan-American wrestler
1984 - Robert Ray, American baseball player
1985 - Salvatore Giunta, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient
1985 - Justin Ingram, American basketball player
1985 - Álex Pérez, Spanish footballer
1985 - Sasha Pivovarova, Russian model and actress
1985 - Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player
1986 - Peyton Hillis, American football player
1986 - Jonathan Quick, American ice hockey player
1987 - Ioannis Athanasoulas, Greek basketball player
1987 - Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan runner
1987 - Brandon Crawford, American baseball player
1987 - Henrico Drost, Dutch footballer
1987 - Darren Helm, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 - Mulopo Kudimbana, Congolese footballer
1988 - Glaiza de Castro, Filipino actress and singer
1988 - Ashton Eaton, American decathlete
1988 - Vanessa Hessler, Italian-American model and actress
1988 - William C. Woxlin, Swedish actor, playwright, and composer
1989 - Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer
1991 - Martin Dorbek, Estonian basketball player
1991 - Craig Roberts, Welsh actor and director
1993 - John Cofie, English footballer
1993 - Ben Meehan, Australian rugby player
1993 - Chiara Pierobon, Italian cyclist (died 2015)
1994 - Marny Kennedy, Australia model, actress, and singer
1994 - Simone Pasa, Italian footballer
1994 - Laura Robson, Australian-English tennis player
1994 - Booboo Stewart, American actor, singer, and dancer (T-Squad)
1994 - Kang Seung-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (Winner)
1995 - Jake Elliott, American football player
1995 - Andrew Watson, Northern Irish race car driver

Deaths

496 - Epiphanius of Pavia, Italian bishop and saint (born 438)
917 - Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (born 880)
1118 - Pope Paschal II (born 1050)
1527 - Juan de Grijalva, Spanish explorer (born 1489)
1546 - Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimyo (born 1491)
1609 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian and scholar (born 1540)
1638 - Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (born 1570)
1683 - Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1621)
1670 - Claude Duval, French highwayman (born 1643)
1699 - Obadiah Walker, English historian and academic (born 1616)
1706 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (born 1649)
1710 - Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (born 1638)
1722 - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1661)
1766 - James Quin, English actor (born 1693)
1773 - Alexis Piron, French playwright and author (born 1689)
1774 - Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (born 1717)
1775 - Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (born 1742)
1789 - Baron d'Holbach, French-German philosopher and author (born 1723)
1793 - Louis XVI of France (born 1754)
1795 - Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (born 1728)
1809 - Josiah Hornblower, American engineer and politician (born 1729)
1814 - Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (born 1737)
1823 - Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (born 1761)
1831 - Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (born 1781)
1836 - Ferenc Novák Hungarian-Slovene priest and author (born 1791)
1851 - Albert Lortzing, German actor and composer (born 1801)
1870 - Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (born 1812)
1872 - Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (born 1791)
1881 - Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1802)
1891 - Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (born 1842)
1901 - Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (born 1835)
1914 - Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1857)
1919 - Gojong of Korea (born 1852)
1919 - Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1839)
1924 - Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (born 1870)
1926 - Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1843)
1928 - George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (born 1858)
1931 - Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1863)
1932 - Lytton Strachey, English biographer and critic (born 1880)
1933 - George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (born 1852)
1937 - Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1898)
1938 - Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (born 1861)
1940 - Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (born 1888)
1940 - John Duha, American gymnast and triathlete (born 1875)
1945 - Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and engineer (born 1886)
1948 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (born 1876)
1950 - George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1903)
1955 - Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (born 1880)
1956 - Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (born 1883)
1959 - Cecil born DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1881)
1959 - Carl Switzer, American actor and singer (born 1927)
1960 - Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (born 1888)
1961 - Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (born 1887)
1963 - Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (born 1893)
1963 - Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (born 1881)
1965 - Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (born 1880)
1967 - Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer (born 1915)
1968 - Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (born 1914)
1977 - Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (born 1906)
1978 - Freda Utley, English scholar and author (born 1898)
1983 - Lamar Williams, American bass player (The Allman Brothers Band and Seal Level) (born 1949)
1984 - Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (born 1893)
1984 - Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (Billy Ward and his Dominoes) (born 1934)
1985 - James Beard, American chef and author (born 1903)
1985 - Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (born 1930)
1987 - Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1926)
1988 - Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (born 1919)
1989 - Carl Furillo, American baseball player (born 1922)
1989 - Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (born 1914)
1993 - Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (born 1903)
1994 - Bassel al-Assad, Syrian colonel (born 1962)
1994 - Andrejs Kapmals, Latvian runner (born 1889)
1997 - Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager (born 1909)
1998 - Jack Lord, American actor, director, and producer (born 1920)
1999 - Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (born 1920)
1999 - Susan Strasberg, American actress (born 1938)
2001 - Byron De La Beckwith, American assassin of Medgar Evers (born 1921)
2002 - Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1920)
2003 - Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (born 1933)
2003 - Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (born 1916)
2004 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929)
2005 - Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (born 1907)
2005 - John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (born 1917)
2005 - Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (born 1921)
2006 - Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (born 1944)
2007 - U;Nee, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (born 1981)
2007 - Maria Cioncan, Romanian runner (born 1977)
2007 - Myrtle Devenish, Welsh-English actress (born 1913)
2008 - Marie Smith Jones, American speaker of the Eyak language (born 1918)
2008 - Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender (born 1931)
2009 - Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (born 1946)
2010 - Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (born 1953)
2011 - Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (born 1922)
2011 - Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (born 1938)
2011 - E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1958)
2012 - Roy John Britten, American biologist and geneticist (born 1919)
2012 - Cliff Chambers, American baseball player (born 1922)
2012 - Ernie Gregory, English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1921)
2012 - Gerre Hancock, American organist and composer (born 1934)
2012 - Jonathan Idema, American soldier (born 1956)
2012 - Irena Jarocka, Polish singer and actress (born 1946)
2012 - Jodie-Anne White, Australian dancer and choreographer (born 1967)
2013 - Jean Giambrone, American journalist (born 1921)
2013 - Donald Hornig, American chemist and academic (born 1920)
2013 - Jake McNiece, American sergeant (born 1919)
2013 - Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1940)
2013 - Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1935)
2014 - G. Thompson Brown, American missionary, theologian, and author (born 1921)
2014 - Warren Lamb, English businessman and educator (born 1923)
2014 - Wilford Moore, American football player and coach (born 1919)
2014 - Dick Shrider, American basketball player and coach (born 1923)
2014 - George C. Wortley, American soldier and politician (born 1926)
2015 - Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (born 1942)
2015 - Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1939)
2015 - Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (born 1936)
2015 - Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (born 1946)
2015 - Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter (born 1948)
2016 - Bill Johnson, American skier (born 1960)
2016 - Mrinalini Sarabhai, Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1918)