Events

1272 - While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.
1491 - An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
1532 - Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
1632 - Thirty Years' War: Battle of Lützen is fought, the Swedes are victorious but King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden dies in the battle.
1776 - American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
1776 - American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
1793 - French Revolution: Ninety anti-republican Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
1797 - The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.
1805 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.
1822 - American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
1828 - Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.
1849 - A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
1852 - The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
1855 - David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
1857 - Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
1885 - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
1904 - English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
1907 - Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
1907 - Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
1914 - The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
1920 - Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
1938 - LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.[1]
1940 - World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
1940 - Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
1940 - New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
1943 - World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
1944 - World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
1944 - World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
1945 - UNESCO is founded.
1965 - Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
1973 - Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
1974 - The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
1988 - The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
1988 - In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1989 - A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
1990 - Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
1992 - The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
1997 - After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.

Births

42 BC - Tiberius, Roman emperor (died 37)
1436 - Leonardo Loredan, Italian ruler (died 1521)
1531 - Anna d'Este, Italian-French daughter of Renée of France (died 1607)
1569 - Paul Sartorius, German organist and composer (died 1609)
1603 - Augustyn Kordecki, Polish monk (died 1673)
1643 - Jean Chardin, French-English jeweler and explorer (died 1703)
1648 - Charles Duncombe, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (died 1711)
1715 - Girolamo Abos, Maltese-Italian composer and educator (died 1760)
1717 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (died 1793)
1720 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (died 1788)
1750 - Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (died 1818)
1753 - James McHenry, Irish-American surgeon and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of War (died 1816)
1758 - Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (died 1841)
1774 - Georg von Cancrin, German-Russian Minister of Finance under Tsar Nicholas I. (died 1845)
1806 - Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, American author and educator (died 1887)
1811 - John Bright, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 1889)
1839 - Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian poet, author, and politician (died 1908)
1841 - Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (died 1923)
1847 - Edmund James Flynn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Quebec (died 1927)
1851 - Minnie Hauk, American-Swiss soprano and actress (died 1929)
1856 - Jürgen Kröger, German architect (died 1928)
1862 - Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (died 1944)
1873 - W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (died 1958)
1883 - Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (died 1972)
1888 - Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer (died 1957)
1889 - George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (died 1961)
1889 - Dietrich Kraiß, German general (died 1944)
1890 - Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (died 1956)
1892 - Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (died 1978)
1892 - Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1953)
1894 - Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian philosopher and politician (died 1972)
1895 - Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1963)
1896 - Joan Lindsay, Australian author and critic (died 1984)
1896 - Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 1980)
1896 - Lawrence Tibbett, American actor and singer (died 1960)
1897 - Choudhry Rahmat Ali, Indian-Pakistani academic, created the name for Pakistan (died 1951)
1899 - Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host (died 1976)
1904 - Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian journalist and politician, 1st President of Nigeria (died 1996)
1905 - Eddie Condon, American guitarist and banjo player (died 1973)
1907 - Burgess Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
1909 - Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani religious leader (died 1982)
1912 - George O. Petrie, American actor and director (died 1997)
1912 - W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author (died 1995)
1913 - Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress (died 2015)
1914 - Eddie Chapman, English spy (died 1997)
1915 - Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, American singer and accordion player (died 2007)
1915 - Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author
1916 - Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director (died 1996)
1916 - Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer (died 1988)
1916 - Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist (died 1983)
1922 - Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation (died 2015)
1922 - José Saramago, Portuguese-Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010)
1924 - Sam Farber, American businessman, co-founded OXO (died 2013)
1924 - Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach (died 2014)
1927 - Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer (died 1983)
1928 - Clu Gulager, American actor and director
1929 - Peter Boizot, English businessman and philanthropist, founded PizzaExpress
1929 - Mira Rani Devi, Bangladeshi-Indian author and educator (died 2009)
1930 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author, poet, and academic (died 2013)
1930 - Paul Foytack, American baseball player
1930 - Salvatore Riina, Italian mob boss
1931 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator (died 2006)
1931 - Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (died 2011)
1933 - Garnet Mimms, American singer
1935 - Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author
1935 - Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-Lebanese cleric, educator, and author (died 2010)
1935 - Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian-English surgeon and academic
1936 - John Moore, Australian businessman and politician, 46th Australian Minister for Defence
1937 - Alan Budd, English economist and academic
1938 - Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (died 2002)
1939 - Michael Billington, English author and critic
1940 - Donna McKechnie, American actress, singer, and dancer
1941 - Angelo Gilardino, Italian guitarist, composer, and musicologist
1941 - Gerry Marshall, English race car driver (died 2005)
1941 - Dan Penn, American singer-songwriter and producer
1942 - Willie Carson, Scottish jockey and sportscaster
1942 - Joanna Pettet, English-Canadian actress
1944 - Oliver Braddick, English psychologist and academic
1945 - Teenie Hodges, American guitarist and songwriter (Hi Rhythm Section) (died 2014)
1945 - Lynn Hunt, American historian, author, and academic
1946 - Colin Burgess, Australian drummer and songwriter (The Masters Apprentices, AC/DC, and His Majesty)
1946 - Terence McKenna, American botanist, philosopher, and author (died 2000)
1946 - Ole Olsen, Danish motorcycle racer
1946 - Jo Jo White, American basketball player and coach
1947 - Omar Ruiz Hernández, Cuban journalist and activist
1947 - Ebby Thust, German boxing promoter
1948 - Horst Bertram, German footballer and manager
1948 - Chi Coltrane, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Eagles) (died 2016)
1948 - Bonnie Greer, American-English playwright and critic
1949 - Arrow, Montserratian singer-songwriter (died 2010)
1950 - David Leisure, American actor
1950 - John Swartzwelder, American author and screenwriter
1950 - David Wilson-Johnson, English actor and singer
1950 - Manuel Zamora, Filipino farmer and politician
1951 - Miguel Sandoval, American actor and director
1952 - Peter Keefe, American screenwriter and producer (died 2010)
1952 - Robin McKinley, American-English author
1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer, created Mario and The Legend of Zelda
1953 - Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author
1954 - Andrea Barrett, American author and academic
1954 - Luis Conte, Cuban drummer (Jaguares and Pat Metheny Group)
1954 - Dick Gross, Australian lawyer and politician
1955 - Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1955 - Héctor Cúper, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1955 - Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
1956 - Terry Labonte, American race car driver and businessman
1957 - Jacques Gamblin, French actor
1958 - Marg Helgenberger, American actress
1959 - Glenda Bailey, English journalist
1959 - Francis M. Fesmire, American cardiologist and physician (died 2014)
1961 - Frank Bruno, English boxer
1961 - Corinne Hermès, French singer
1961 - Chris Pitman, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Guns N' Roses, Replicants, and Zaum)
1962 - Mani, English bass player (The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, and Freebass)
1962 - Josh Silver, American keyboard player and producer (Type O Negative and Fallout)
1963 - Steve Argüelles, English drummer and producer (Loose Tubes and Human Chain)
1963 - Zina Garrison, American tennis player and coach
1964 - Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, English businessman and politician
1964 - Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress, director, and screenwriter
1964 - Dwight Gooden, American baseball player
1964 - Diana Krall, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
1964 - Harry Lennix, American actor and producer
1964 - Maeve Quinlan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1965 - Mika Aaltonen, Finnish footballer
1965 - Mark Benton, English actor
1966 - Joey Cape, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Playing Favorites, and Scorpios)
1966 - Dave Kushner, American guitarist (Velvet Revolver, Electric Love Hogs, Loaded, and DKFXP)
1966 - Christian Lorenz, German keyboard player (Rammstein and Feeling B)
1966 - Dean McDermott, Canadian-American actor and producer
1966 - Tahir Shah, English journalist, author, and explorer
1967 - Craig Arnold, American poet and academic (died 2009)
1967 - Lisa Bonet, American actress and director
1968 - Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (died 2014)
1968 - Melvin Stewart, American swimmer
1970 - LiLiCo, Swedish-Japanese singer and critic
1970 - Logan Mader, Canadian-American guitarist and producer (Machine Head and Soulfly)
1970 - Martha Plimpton, American actress and singer
1971 - Tanja Damaske, German javelin thrower and shot putter
1971 - Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer and manager
1971 - Annely Peebo, Estonian soprano and actress
1971 - Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer and coach
1971 - Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1972 - Missi Pyle, American actress and singer (Smith and Pyle)
1973 - Christian Horner, English race car driver and manager
1973 - Brendan Laney, New Zealand-Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
1974 - Brooke Elliott, American actress and singer
1974 - Maurizio Margaglio, Italian ice dancer and coach
1974 - Paul Scholes, English footballer and sportscaster
1975 - Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player
1975 - Yuki Uchida, Japanese actress, model, and singer
1976 - Mario Barravecchia, Belgian singer
1976 - Dan Black, English singer-songwriter (The Servant)
1976 - Juha Pasoja, Finnish footballer
1976 - Danny Wallace, Scottish comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
1976 - Martijn Zuijdweg, Dutch swimmer
1977 - Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian-American figure skater
1977 - Gigi Edgley, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1977 - Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and singer
1977 - Mauricio Ochmann, Mexican actor and producer
1978 - Kip Bouknight, American baseball player
1978 - Takashi Nagayama, Japanese actor
1978 - Gary Naysmith, Scottish footballer and manager
1978 - Carolina Parra, Brazilian guitarist and drummer (CSS)
1979 - Tony Frias, American soccer player
1979 - Bruce Irons, American surfer
1980 - Moris Carrozzieri, Italian footballer
1980 - Kayte Christensen, American basketball player
1980 - Nicole Gius, Italian skier
1980 - Carol Huynh, Canadian wrestler
1980 - Hasan Üçüncü, Turkish footballer
1981 - Fernando Cabrera, Puerto Rican baseball player
1981 - Allison Crowe, Canadian singer-songwriter (Elsewhere)
1981 - Caitlin Glass, American voice actress, singer, and director
1981 - Kate Miller-Heidke, Australian singer-songwriter
1981 - Osi Umenyiora, English-American football player
1982 - Nonito Donaire, Filipino-American boxer
1982 - Jannie du Plessis, South African rugby player
1982 - Ronald Pognon, French sprinter
1982 - Amar'e Stoudemire, American basketball player
1983 - K, South Korean-Japanese singer
1983 - Kool A.D., American rapper (Das Racist and Boy Crisis)
1983 - Chris Gocong, American football player
1983 - Janelle Jamer, Filipino actress and singer
1983 - Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player
1983 - Britta Steffen, German swimmer
1984 - Gemma Atkinson, English model and actress
1984 - Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
1984 - Mark Bunn, English footballer
1985 - Maki Nishiyama, Japanese model and actress
1985 - Saori Yamamoto, Japanese model
1986 - Saeko, Japanese model and actress
1986 - Aleksei Anatolyevich Kozlov, Russian footballer
1986 - Omar Mateen, American terrorist and mass murderer
1986 - Maxime Médard, French rugby player
1987 - Eitan Tibi, Israeli footballer
1987 - Jordan Walden, American baseball player
1988 - Siva Kaneswaran, Irish singer and model (The Wanted)
1989 - Iamsu!, American rapper and producer (The HBK Gang)
1991 - Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48 and Queen and Elizabeth)
1992 - George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer
1993 - Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
1995 - Changjo, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Teen Top)
1995 - Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist

Deaths

1093 - Saint Margaret of Scotland (born 1045)
1240 - Edmund Rich, English archbishop and saint (born 1175)
1272 - Henry III of England (born 1207)
1328 - Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (born 1276)
1464 - John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born 1406)
1494 - Theda Ukena, German noble (born 1432)
1601 - Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland (born 1542)
1613 - Trajano Boccalini, Italian author and educator (born 1556)
1628 - Paolo Quagliati, Italian organist and composer (born 1555)
1688 - Bengt Gottfried Forselius, Swedish-Estonian scholar and author (born 1660)
1695 - Pierre Nicole, French philosopher and author (born 1625)
1724 - Jack Sheppard, English criminal (born 1702)
1745 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1665)
1773 - John Hawkesworth, English journalist and author (born 1715)
1779 - Pehr Kalm, Finnish botanist and explorer (born 1716)
1790 - Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American politician (born 1723)
1797 - Frederick William II of Prussia (born 1744)
1802 - André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (born 1746)
1806 - Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (born 1754)
1808 - Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (born 1779)
1836 - Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (born 1761)
1878 - Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1874)
1884 - Frantiek Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (born 1835)
1885 - Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1844)
1903 - Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1895)
1907 - Robert I, Duke of Parma (born 1848)
1908 - Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (born 1829)
1911 - A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (born 1842)
1911 - Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (born 1879)
1913 - George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (born 1836)
1922 - Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1875)
1939 - Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (born 1866)
1941 - Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (born 1902)
1941 - Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (born 1864)
1947 - Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (born 1877)
1950 - Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (born 1879)
1960 - Clark Gable, American actor and singer (born 1901)
1961 - Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1882)
1964 - Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (born 1898)
1966 - Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter (born 1895)
1971 - Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (born 1943)
1972 - Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (born 1889)
1973 - Alan Watts, English-American philosopher, author, and educator (born 1915)
1974 - Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (born 1882)
1976 - Jack Foster, English cricketer (born 1905)
1976 - Duke Moore, American actor (born 1913)
1980 - Jayan, Indian soldier and actor (born 1938)
1982 - Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1896)
1982 - Arthur Askey, English comedian, actor, and singer (born 1900)
1982 - Lenny Murphy, Irish activist (born 1952)
1984 - Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (born 1906)
1985 - Omayra Sánchez, Colombian girl killed by the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz (born 1972)
1986 - Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (born 1923)
1987 - Jim Brewer, American baseball player and coach (born 1937)
1987 - Zubir Said, Indonesian-Singaporean composer (born 1907)
1989 - Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
1990 - Ege Bagatur, Turkish politician (born 1937)
1993 - Lucia Popp, Slovak-German soprano (born 1939)
1993 - Achille Zavatta, Tunisia-French clown (born 1915)
1994 - Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (born 1943)
1994 - Doris Speed, English actress (born 1899)
1997 - George O. Petrie, American actor and director (born 1912)
1999 - Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1928)
2000 - Joe C., American rapper and actor (born 1974)
2000 - Ahmet Kaya, Turkish-French singer-songwriter (born 1957)
2000 - DJ Screw, American rapper and DJ (Screwed Up Click) (born 1971)
2001 - Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (born 1930)
2003 - Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (born 1974)
2005 - Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host and producer (born 1913)
2005 - Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
2005 - Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (born 1910)
2006 - Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
2006 - Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist and political scientist (born 1930)
2007 - Harold Alfond, American businessman (born 1914)
2007 - Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (born 1947)
2007 - Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian actor and screenwriter (born 1946)
2007 - Vernon Scannell, English boxer, poet, and author (born 1922)
2008 - Jan Krugier; Polish-Swiss art dealer (born 1928)
2008 - Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter (born 1916)
2009 - Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (born 1978)
2009 - Sergei Magnitsky, Ukrainian-Russian accountant and lawyer (born 1972)
2009 - Edward Woodward, English actor and singer (born 1930)
2010 - Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (born 1913)
2010 - Ronni Chasen, American publicist (born 1946)
2010 - Wyngard Tracy, Filipino DJ and talent manager (born 1952)
2012 - John Chapman, Australian evangelist and academic (born 1930)
2012 - Subhash Dutta, Bangladeshi actor and director (born 1930)
2012 - Patrick Edlinger, French mountaineer (born 1960)
2012 - Aliu Mahama, Ghanaian engineer and politician, 3rd Vice President of Ghana (born 1946)
2012 - Eliyahu Nawi, Iraqi-Israeli lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1920)
2012 - Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby player (born 1921)
2013 - Robert Conley, American journalist (born 1928)
2013 - Billy Hardwick, American bowler (born 1941)
2013 - William McDonough Kelly, Canadian lieutenant and politician (born 1925)
2013 - Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Indian-Pakistani diplomat, 19th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan (born 1932)
2013 - Oscar Lanford, American mathematician and academic (born 1940)
2013 - Arne Pedersen, Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1931)
2013 - Louis D. Rubin, Jr., American author, critic, and academic (born 1923)
2013 - Charles Waterhouse, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (born 1924)
2014 - Héctor Arredondo, Mexican actor (born 1970)
2014 - Charles Champlin, American historian, author, and critic (born 1926)
2014 - Ian Craig, Australian cricketer (born 1935)
2014 - Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (born 1987)
2014 - Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (born 1925)
2015 - David Canary, American actor (born 1938)
2015 - Nando Gazzolo, Italian actor (born 1928)
2015 - Michael C. Gross, American graphic designer and producer (born 1945)
2015 - Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
2015 - Alton D. Slay, American general (born 1924)