Events

756 - An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong flees the capital Chang'an as An Lushan's forces advance toward the city.
1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
1769 - An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá establishes a base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
1771 - Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra.
1789 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
1789 - Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
1790 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
1791 - The Priestley Riots drive Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of Birmingham, England.
1798 - The Sedition Act becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
1853 - Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
1865 - First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
1874 - The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
1877 - The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 begins in Martinsburg, West Virginia, US, when Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers have their wages cut for the second time in a year.
1881 - Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
1900 - Armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion.
1902 - The Campanile in St. Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.
1911 - Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, lands his airplane at the South Lawn of the White House. He is later awarded a Gold medal from U.S. President William Howard Taft for this feat.
1915 - The McMahon/Hussein Correspondence between Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and the British official Henry McMahon concerning the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire begins.
1916 - Start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916.
1928 - New Vietnam Revolutionary Party is founded in Hue amid providing some of the communist party's most important leaders in its early years.
1933 - Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties are outlawed except the Nazi Party.
1933 - The Nazi eugenics begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring that calls for the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders.
1943 - In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
1948 - Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, is shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.
1950 - Korean War: North Korean troops initiate the Battle of Taejon.
1957 - Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
1958 - Iraqi Revolution: In Iraq the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes the nation's new leader.
1960 - Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.
1965 - The Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet.
1969 - Football War: After Honduras loses a soccer match against El Salvador, riots break out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers.
1969 - The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation.
1976 - Capital punishment is abolished in Canada.
1987 - Montreal, Canada, is hit by a series of thunderstorms causing the Montreal Flood of 1987.
1992 - 386BSD is released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz beginning the Open Source operating system revolution. Linus Torvalds releases his Linux soon afterwards.
2000 - A powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, causes a geomagnetic storm on Earth.
2002 - French President Jacques Chirac escapes an assassination attempt unscathed during Bastille Day celebrations.
2003 - In an effort to discredit U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, who had written an article critical of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Washington Post columnist Robert Novak reveals that Wilson's wife Valerie Plame is a CIA "operative".
2003 - Sandipan Chanda achieves Grandmaster title awarded by the World Chess Federation (FIDE)..
2015 - NASA's New Horizons probe performs the first flyby of Pluto, and thus completes the initial survey of the Solar System.
2015 - P5+1 and Iran agree on final provisions of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in regards to the latter's nuclear program.
2016 - A vehicular attack in Nice, France, kills at least 84 and injures over 300.

Births

1454 - Poliziano, Italian poet and scholar (died 1494)
1602 - Cardinal Mazarin, Italian-French cardinal and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of the French Monarch (died 1661)
1608 - George Goring, Lord Goring, English general (died 1657)
1610 - Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1670)
1634 - Pasquier Quesnel, French priest and theologian (died 1719)
1671 - Jacques d'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (died 1732)
1675 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (died 1747)
1676 - Caspar Abel, German historian, poet, and theologian (died 1763)
1696 - William Oldys, English historian and author (died 1761)
1721 - John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (died 1807)
1743 - Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (died 1816)
1755 - Michel de Beaupuy, French general (died 1796)
1785 - Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist, playwright, and diplomat (died 1851)
1801 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (died 1858)
1816 - Arthur de Gobineau, French author and diplomat (died 1882)
1829 - Edward Benson, English archbishop (died 1896)
1859 - Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (died 1928)
1860 - Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (died 1938)
1861 - Kate M. Gordon, American activist (died 1931)
1862 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1918)
1865 - Arthur Capper, American journalist and politician, 20th Governor of Kansas (died 1951)
1866 - Juliette Wytsman, Belgian painter (died 1925)
1868 - Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (died 1926)
1872 - Albert Marque, French sculptor and doll maker (died 1939)
1874 - Abbas II of Egypt (died 1944)
1885 - Sisavang Vong, Laos king (died 1959)
1888 - Scipio Slataper, Italian author and critic (died 1915)
1893 - Clarence J. Brown, American publisher and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio (died 1965)
1893 - Garimella Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (died 1952)
1894 - Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (died 1979)
1896 - Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish soldier and anarchist (died 1936)
1898 - Happy Chandler, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (died 1991)
1901 - Gerald Finzi, English composer and academic (died 1956)
1901 - George Tobias, American actor (died 1980)
1903 - Irving Stone, American author and educator (died 1989)
1906 - Olive Borden, American actress (died 1947)
1906 - Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman, founded Carvel (died 1990)
1906 - William H. Tunner, American general (died 1983)
1907 - Safiye Ayla, Turkish classical music singer (died 1998)
1910 - William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (died 2001)
1911 - Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (died 2000)
1912 - Northrop Frye, Canadian philosopher and critic (died 1991)
1912 - Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Almanac Singers) (died 1967)
1913 - Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (died 2006)
1917 - George Bookasta, American actor and director (died 2014)
1918 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)
1918 - Arthur Laurents, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (died 2011)
1919 - Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (died 1987)
1920 - Shankarrao Chavan, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Finance (died 2004)
1921 - Sixto Durán Ballén, American-Ecuadorian architect and politician, 48th President of Ecuador
1921 - Leon Garfield, English author (died 1996)
1921 - Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)
1921 - Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1996)
1922 - Käbi Laretei, Estonian-Swedish pianist (died 2014)
1922 - Robin Olds, American general and pilot (died 2007)
1922 - Elfriede Rinkel, German SS officer
1923 - Dale Robertson, American actor (died 2013)
1923 - Willie Steele, American long jumper (died 1989)
1923 - Robert Zildjian, American businessman, founded Sabian (died 2013)
1924 - Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (died 2013)
1925 - Sheila Guyse, American actress and singer (died 2013)
1926 - Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)
1926 - Harry Dean Stanton, American actor
1927 - John Chancellor, American journalist (died 1996)
1927 - Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (died 2010)
1928 - Nancy Olson, American actress
1930 - Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (died 2014)
1931 - Jacqueline de Ribes, French fashion designer and philanthropist
1931 - E. V. Thompson, English police officer and author (died 2012)
1932 - Rosey Grier, American football player and actor
1932 - Princess Margarita of Baden (died 2013)
1933 - Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (died 1996)
1936 - Pema Chödrön, American nun and author
1936 - Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1996)
1937 - Teresa Lipowska, Polish actress
1938 - Jerry Rubin, American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994)
1938 - Tommy Vig, Hungarian vibraphone player, drummer, and composer
1939 - Karel Gott, Czech singer-songwriter and actor
1939 - Sid Haig, American actor and producer
1939 - George Edgar Slusser, American scholar and author (died 2014)
1940 - Susan Howatch, English author and academic
1941 - Maulana Karenga, American philosopher, author, and activist, created Kwanzaa
1941 - Andreas Khol, German-Austrian lawyer and politician
1942 - Ken Hutcherson, American football player (died 2013)
1942 - Javier Solana, Spanish physicist and politician, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1943 - Christopher Priest, English author
1945 - Jim Gordon, American drummer and songwriter (Traffic, Derek and the Dominos, Delaney and Bonnie, and Souther–Hillman–Furay Band)
1946 - Sue Lawley, English journalist
1946 - Manuel V. Pangilinan, Filipino businessman
1946 - Vincent Pastore, American actor and producer
1946 - John Wood, Australian actor and screenwriter
1947 - Claudia J. Kennedy, American general
1947 - Salih Neftçi, Turkish economist and author (died 2009)
1947 - Navin Ramgoolam, Mauritius physician and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Mauritius
1948 - Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king
1948 - Earl Williams, American baseball player (died 2013)
1949 - Tommy Mottola, American businessman and music publisher
1950 - Bruce Oldfield, English fashion designer
1951 - Erich Hallhuber, German actor (died 2003)
1952 - Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (Devo) (died 2014)
1952 - Franklin Graham, American evangelist and missionary
1952 - Eric Laneuville, American actor, director, and producer
1952 - George Lewis, American musician and composer
1952 - Joel Silver, American actor and producer, co-founded Dark Castle Entertainment
1952 - Chris Cross, English bass player (Ultravox)
1953 - Bebe Buell, American model and singer
1953 - Martha Coakley, American lawyer and politician, 58th Attorney General of Massachusetts
1955 - L. Brent Bozell III, American journalist and activist, founded the Media Research Center
1956 - Bob Birch, American bass player and composer (died 2012)
1956 - Julio Chávez, Argentinian actor
1956 - Vladimir Kulich, Czech-Canadian actor
1957 - Scot Breithaupt, American motorcycle racer (died 2015)
1958 - Anne Hegerty, British television personality
1959 - Aubrey McClendon, American businessman (died 2016)
1960 - Anna Bligh, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Queensland
1960 - Kyle Gass, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Tenacious D and Trainwreck)
1960 - Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter and activist
1960 - Jane Lynch, American actress and talk show host
1960 - Mike McPhee, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Jackie Earle Haley, American actor
1962 - Vanessa Lawrence, English geographer and civil servant
1962 - Jeff Olson, American drummer, songwriter, and radio host (Trouble, Retro Grave, and The Skull)
1962 - Antonio Díaz Sánchez, Cuban activist
1963 - Jacques Lacombe, Canadian organist and conductor
1964 - Igor Shpilband, Russian-American ice dancer and coach
1965 - Urmas Kruuse, Estonian lawyer and politician, 41st Mayor of Tartu
1966 - Juliet Cesario, American actress
1966 - Owen Coyle, Scottish-Irish footballer and manager
1966 - Tanya Donelly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Throwing Muses, Belly, and The Breeders)
1966 - Matthew Fox, American actor
1966 - Matt Hume, American mixed martial artist and trainer
1966 - Ellen Reid, Canadian singer and pianist (Crash Test Dummies)
1966 - Brian Selznick, American author and illustrator
1967 - Marios Constantinou, Cypriot footballer and manager
1967 - Jeff Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter, co-founded Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
1967 - Patrick J. Kennedy, American politician
1967 - Robin Ventura, American baseball player and manager
1968 - Michael Palmer, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
1969 - José Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
1969 - Sven Sester, Estonian politician
1970 - Thomas Lauderdale, American pianist (Pink Martini)
1970 - Nina Siemaszko, American actress
1970 - Jacob Young, Norwegian guitarist
1971 - Nick McCabe, English guitarist (The Verve and Black Submarine)
1971 - Ross Rebagliati, Canadian snowboarder
1971 - Madhu Sapre, Indian model and actress, Miss India 1992
1971 - Howard Webb, English footballer and referee
1971 - Bubba Ray Dudley, American wrestler
1973 - Tani Fuga, Samoan rugby player
1973 - Paul Methric, American rapper and producer (Twiztid, Dark Lotus, and Psychopathic Rydas)
1973 - Halil Mutlu, Bulgarian-Turkish weightlifter
1973 - Adam Quinn, American bagpipes player and composer (Lucid Druid)
1974 - Erick Dampier, American basketball player
1974 - David Mitchell, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1974 - Pavlina Nola, Bulgarian-New Zealand tennis player
1975 - Amy Acuff, American athlete
1975 - Taboo, American rapper and actor (The Black Eyed Peas)
1975 - Tim Hudson, American baseball player
1975 - Jamey Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 - Ranj Dhaliwal, Canadian author
1976 - Geraint Jones, Papua New Guinea-born British cricketer
1977 - Gordon Cree, Scottitsh singer-songwriter and pianist
1977 - Jed Madela, Filipino singer and television host
1977 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
1978 - Mattias Ekström, Swedish race car driver
1978 - Caroline Lesley, Canadian-American actress, director, and screenwriter
1979 - Bernie Castro, Dominican baseball player
1979 - Axel Teichmann, German skier
1980 - George Smith, Australian rugby player
1981 - Robbie Maddison, Australian motorcycle racer
1982 - Dmitry Chaplin, Russian-American dancer and choreographer
1982 - Achille Coser, Italian footballer
1982 - Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Nigerian lawyer
1983 - Igor Andreev, Russian tennis player
1983 - Wesley Dening, Australian television host and producer
1983 - Thomas Howard, American football player (died 2013)
1983 - Tito Muñoz, American conductor and academic
1984 - Nilmar, Brazilian footballer
1984 - Renaldo Balkman, American basketball player
1984 - Erica Blasberg, American golfer (died 2010)
1984 - Lenka Dlhopolcová, Slovak tennis player
1984 - Mounir El Hamdaoui, Moroccan footballer
1984 - Fleur Saville, New Zealand actress and producer
1985 - Tuna, Albanian-Macedonian singer
1985 - Billy Celeski, Australian footballer
1985 - Lee Kwang-soo, South Korean actor
1985 - Darrelle Revis, American football player
1985 - Chris Wright, English cricketer
1986 - Alexander Gerndt, Swedish footballer
1986 - Nikolay Kulemin, Russian ice hockey player
1986 - Dan Smith, English singer-songwriter (Bastille)
1987 - Aqeel Ahmed, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1987 - Sara Canning, Canadian actress
1987 - Margus Hunt, Estonian-American football player, discus thrower, and shot putter
1987 - Adam Johnson, English footballer
1987 - Dan Reynolds, American singer-songwriter (Imagine Dragons and Egyptian)
1987 - Sean Smith, American football player
1987 - Ryan Sweeting, Bahamian-American tennis player
1987 - Patrick Switzer, Canadian skateboarder
1988 - Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial artist
1988 - James Vaughan, English footballer
1989 - Sean Flynn, American actor
1989 - Sakari Mattila, Finnish footballer
1991 - Shabazz Napier, American basketball player
1993 - Sayaka Yamamoto, Japanese singer (NMB48 and AKB48)
1995 - Kim Hyo-joo, South Korean golfer

Deaths

664 - Eorcenberht of Kent
1223 - Philip II of France (born 1165)
1262 - Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (born 1222)
1526 - John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford, English peer landowner and Lord Great Chamberlain of England (born 1499)
1575 - Richard Taverner, English translator (born 1505)
1614 - Camillus de Lellis, Italian priest and saint (born 1550)
1671 - Méric Casaubon, Swiss-English scholar and academic (born 1599)
1704 - Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia (born 1657)
1723 - Claude Fleury, French historian and author (born 1640)
1742 - Richard Bentley, English scholar and theologian (born 1662)
1774 - James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley, Irish field marshal (born 1682)
1780 - Charles Batteux, French philosopher and academic (born 1713)
1789 - Jacques de Flesselles, French politician (born 1721)
1789 - Bernard-René de Launay, French politician (born 1740)
1790 - Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (born 1717)
1809 - Nicodemus the Hagiorite, Greek monk and saint (born 1749)
1816 - Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general (born 1750)
1817 - Germaine de Staël, French philosopher and author (born 1766)
1827 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer (born 1788)
1834 - Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American diplomat (born 1763)
1850 - August Neander, German historian and theologian (born 1789)
1856 - Edward Vernon Utterson, English lawyer and historian (born 1775)
1876 - John Buckley, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1813)
1876 - Thomas Hazlehurst, English architect (born 1816)
1881 - Billy the Kid, American criminal (born 1859)
1904 - Paul Kruger, South African politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (born 1824)
1907 - William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (born 1838)
1910 - Marius Petipa, French dancer and choreographer (born 1818)
1917 - Octave Lapize, French cyclist (born 1887)
1918 - Quentin Roosevelt, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1897)
1924 - Isabella Ford, English activist (born 1855)
1925 - Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer (born 1901)
1936 - Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (born 1890)
1937 - Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (born 1874)
1939 - Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (born 1860)
1944 - Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (born 1884)
1954 - Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
1954 - Jackie Saunders, American actress (born 1892)
1965 - Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1900)
1966 - Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (born 1878)
1967 - Tudor Arghezi, Romanian author and poet (born 1880)
1968 - Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (born 1892)
1970 - Preston Foster, American actor (born 1900)
1974 - Carl Andrew Spaatz, American general (born 1891)
1975 - Madan Mohan, Iraqi-Indian composer and conductor (born 1924)
1979 - Walter Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle, English nobleman and soldier (born 1882)
1984 - Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (born 1928)
1984 - Philippé Wynne, American singer (The Spinners) (born 1941)
1986 - Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer (born 1893)
1989 - Frank Bell, English linguist and academic (born 1916)
1990 - Walter Sedlmayr, German actor and director (born 1926)
1993 - Léo Ferré, Monacan singer-songwriter, pianist, and poet (born 1916)
1993 - Bobby Kent, American murder victim (born 1973)
1994 - César Tovar, Venezuelan baseball player (born 1940)
1996 - Jeff Krosnoff, American race car driver (born 1964)
1998 - Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (born 1909)
1999 - Gar Samuelson, American drummer (Megadeth) (born 1958)
2000 - Pepo, Chilean cartoonist (born 1911)
2000 - William Roscoe Estep, American historian and academic (born 1920)
2000 - Meredith MacRae, American actress (born 1944)
2001 - Guy de Lussigny, French painter (born 1929)
2002 - Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 41st President of the Dominican Republic (born 1906)
2002 - Fritz Glatz, Austrian race car driver (born 1943)
2003 - François-Albert Angers, Canadian economist and academic (born 1909)
2003 - Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian author (born 1926)
2004 - Nelly Borgeaud, Swiss-French actress (born 1931)
2005 - Joe Harnell, American pianist and composer (born 1924)
2005 - Cicely Saunders, English nurse and physician (born 1918)
2007 - John Ferguson Sr., Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1938)
2008 - Henki Kolstad, Norwegian actor (born 1915)
2010 - Gene Ludwig, American organist (born 1937)
2010 - Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor (born 1925)
2012 - John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (born 1924)
2012 - Barton Biggs, American businessman (born 1932)
2012 - Don Brinkley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
2012 - Frank R. Burns, American football player and coach (born 1928)
2012 - King Hill, American football player (born 1936)
2012 - Sixten Jernberg, Swedish skier (born 1929)
2012 - Roy Shaw, English businessman and boxer (born 1936)
2013 - Herbert M. Allison, American lieutenant and businessman (born 1943)
2013 - Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach (born 1921)
2013 - Dennis Burkley, American actor, director, and producer (born 1945)
2013 - Bill Warner, American motorcycle racer (born 1969)
2013 - Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov, Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1946)
2014 - Alice Coachman, American high jumper (born 1923)
2014 - Vintage Crop, Irish race horse (born 1987)
2014 - Vange Leonel, Brazilian singer-songwriter and activist (born 1963)
2014 - John Victor Parker, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1928)
2014 - Tom Rolf, Swedish-American film editor (born 1931)
2014 - Jack Tocco, American businessman (born 1927)
2015 - Willer Bordon, Italian businessman, academic, and politician, Italian Minister of the Environment (born 1949)
2015 - Wolf Gremm, German director and producer (born 1942)
2015 - Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (born 1924)
2015 - Dave Somerville, Canadian singer and actor (The Diamonds (born 1933)
2015 - M. S. Viswanathan, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (born 1928)
2016 - Helena Benitez, Filipino politician, educator and environmentalist (born 1914)
2016 - Péter Esterházy, Hungarian author (born 1950)
2016 - Lisa Gaye, American actress (born 1935)