📅 Historical Events
Apr 5
On This Day in History
Events, births, and deaths that shaped the world on April 5.
2018
Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid a slaughterhouse in Tennessee, detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest workplace raids in the history of the United States.
2010
Up to 50 people are killed and another 100 injured in two militant suicide bombings and attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan: the first on an Awami National Party rally in Timergara; the second on the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar.
2010
Twenty-nine coal miners are killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
2010
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-131 to resupply the International Space Station.
2009
North Korea launches its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 satellite. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks.
2007
The cruise ship MS Sea Diamond strikes a volcanic reef near Nea Kameni and sinks the next day. Two passengers were never recovered and are presumed dead.
1999
Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
1998
In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.
1992
Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
1992
Peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić are killed on the Vrbanja Bridge in Sarajevo, becoming the first casualties of the Bosnian War.
1991
An ASA EMB 120 crashes in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and astronaut Sonny Carter.
1991
The Space shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-37 to deploy the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
1983
The People's Armed Police is officially founded
1977
The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip.
1976
In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
1974
Carrie, the first novel by American author Stephen King, is published for the first time with a print run of 30,000 copies.
1971
In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
1966
During the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ personally attempts to lead the capture of the restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down.
1965
My Fair Lady won Best Picture at the 37th Academy Awards.
1958
Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
1956
Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
1951
Cold War: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.
1949
A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
1946
Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
1946
A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
1945
Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".
1943
World War II: United States Army Air Forces bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the residential area hit.
1942
World War II: Adolf Hitler issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 summarizing Case Blue, including the German Sixth Army's planned assault on Stalingrad.
1942
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island.
1938
Spanish Civil War: Two days after the Nationalist army occupied the Catalan city of Lleida, dictator Francisco Franco decrees the abolition of the Generalitat (the autonomous government of Catalonia), the self-government granted by the Republic, and the official status of the Catalan language.
1936
Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
1933
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
1933
Andorran Revolution: The Young Andorrans occupy the Casa de la Vall and force the government to hold democratic elections with universal male suffrage.
1932
Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seize the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government.
1922
The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.
1910
The Transandine Railway connecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated.
1902
A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England.
1879
Bolivia declares war on Chile, and Chile declares war on Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
1862
American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktown begins.
1818
In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
1795
Peace of Basel between France and Prussia is made.
1792
United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
1621
The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.
1614
In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
1614
The second English Parliament of king James I, the so-called Addled Parliament, opens.
1566
Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces.
1536
Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph.
1242
During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
919
The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his army.
823
Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
2003
Tetairoa McMillan, American football player
2001
Johnny Beecher, American ice hockey player
2001
Felipe Peña, Argentine footballer
1999
Bobby Miller, American baseball player
1998
Nathan Broadhead, Welsh football player
1997
Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer
1997
Dominik Mysterio, American wrestler
1996
Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver
1996
Raouf Benguit, Algerian footballer
1995
Daniel Caesar, Canadian singer-songwriter
1995
Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player
1995
Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer
1995
Gleb Rassadkin, Belarusian footballer
1995
Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer
1994
Mateusz Bieniek, Polish volleyball player
1994
Edem Rjaïbi, Tunisian footballer
1994
Richard Sánchez, Mexican footballer
1993
Andreas Bouchalakis, Greek footballer
1993
Maya DiRado, American swimmer
1993
Laura Feiersinger, Austrian footballer
1993
Benjamin Garcia, French rugby league player
1993
Scottie Wilbekin, American-Turkish basketball player
1992
Emmalyn Estrada, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
1992
Shintaro Kurumaya, Japanese footballer
1992
Kaveh Rezaei, Iranian footballer
1992
Dmytro Ryzhuk, Ukrainian footballer
1991
Yassine Bounou, Moroccan footballer
1991
Nathaniel Clyne, English footballer
1991
Adriano Grimaldi, Italian-German footballer
1991
Joël Mall, Swiss footballer
1991
Guilherme dos Santos Torres, Brazilian footballer
1990
Amer Said Al-Shatri, Omani footballer
1990
Alex Cuthbert, Welsh rugby player
1990
Patrick Dangerfield, Australian footballer
1990
Fredy Hinestroza, Colombian footballer
1990
Chen Huijia, Chinese swimmer
1990
Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer (died 2020)
1990
Ismaeel Mohammad, Qatari footballer
1990
Iryna Pamialova, Belarusian canoeist
1990
Jakub Sedláček, Czech ice hockey player
1990
Sercan Yıldırım, Turkish footballer
1990
Género Zeefuik, Dutch footballer
1989
Kader Amadou, Nigerien footballer
1989
Yémi Apithy, Beninese fencer
1989
Liemarvin Bonevacia, Dutch sprinter
1989
Freddie Fox, English actor
1989
Emre Güral, Turkish footballer
1989
Justin Holiday, American basketball player
1989
Rachel Homan, Canadian curler
1989
Lily James, English actress
1989
Trevor Marsicano, American speed skater
1989
Jonathan Rossini, Swiss footballer
1989
Kiki Sukezane, Japanese actress
1989
Sosuke Takatani, Japanese wrestler
1988
Gerson Acevedo, Chilean footballer
1988
Teresa Almeida, Angolan handball player
1988
Quade Cooper, New Zealand-Australian rugby player and boxer
1988
Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby union player
1988
Gevorg Ghazaryan, Armenian footballer
1988
Alisha Glass, American ex-indoor volleyball player
1988
Vurğun Hüseynov, Azerbaijani footballer
1988
Matthias Jaissle, German footballer and manager
1988
Christopher Papamichalopoulos, Cypriot skier
1988
Zack Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
1988
Pape Sy, French basketball player
1988
Alexey Volkov, Russian biathlete
1987
Max Grün, German footballer
1987
Balázs Hárai, Hungarian water polo player
1987
Anton Kokorin, Russian sprint athlete
1987
Fyodor Kudryashov, Russian footballer
1987
Etiënne Reijnen, Dutch footballer
1986
Anna Sophia Berglund, American model and actress
1986
Anzor Boltukayev, Chechen wrestler
1986
Diego Chará, Colombian footballer
1986
Charlotte Flair, American wrestler, author and actress
1986
Róbert Kasza, Hungarian Modern pentathlete
1986
Eetu Muinonen, Finnish footballer
1986
Manuel Ruz, Spanish footballer
1986
Albert Selimov, Azerbaijani boxer
1985
Daniel Congré, French footballer
1985
Erwin l'Ami, Dutch chess player
1985
Jolanda Keizer, Dutch heptathlete
1985
Sergey Khachatryan, Armenian violinist
1985
Linas Pilibaitis, Lithuanian footballer
1985
Jan Smeets, Dutch chess grandmaster
1985
Kristof Vandewalle, Belgian cyclist
1984
Marshall Allman, American actor
1984
Aram Mp3, Armenian singer and comedian
1984
Rune Brattsveen, Norwegian biathlete
1984
Alexei Glukhov, Russian ice hockey player
1984
Maartje Goderie, Dutch field hockey player
1984
Darija Jurak, Croatian tennis player
1984
Dejan Kelhar, Slovenian footballer
1984
Dmitry Kozonchuk, Russian cyclist
1984
Shin Min-a, South Korean actress
1984
Jess Sum, Hong Kong actress
1984
Peter Penz, Austrian luger
1984
Samuele Preisig, Swiss footballer
1984
Cristian Săpunaru, Romanian footballer
1984
Fabio Vitaioli, San Marinese footballer
1984
Kisho Yano, Japanese footballer
1984
Saba Qamar, Pakistani actress-model
1983
Jaime Castrillón, Colombian footballer
1983
Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer
1983
Brock Radunske, Canadian-South Korean ice hockey player
1983
Yohann Sangaré, French basketball player
1983
Cécile Storti, French cross-country skier
1983
Shikha Uberoi, Indian-American tennis player
1982
Hayley Atwell, English-American actress
1982
Matheus Coradini Vivian, Brazilian footballer
1982
Thomas Hitzlsperger, German footballer
1982
Kelly Pavlik, American boxer
1982
Matt Pickens, American soccer player
1982
Alexandre Prémat, French race car driver
1982
Danylo Sapunov, Ukrainian-Kazakhstani triathlete
1982
Hubert Schwab, Swiss cyclist
1982
Marcel Seip, Dutch former footballer
1981
Matthew Emmons, American rifle shooter
1981
Michael A. Monsoor, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2006)
1981
Mariqueen Maandig, Filipino-American musician and singer-songwriter
1981
Daba Modibo Keïta, Malian taekwondo athlete
1981
Marissa Nadler, American musician
1981
Tom Riley, English actor and producer
1981
Mompati Thuma, Botswana footballer
1981
Pieter Weening, Dutch cyclist
1980
Matt Bonner, American basketball player
1980
Alberta Brianti, Italian tennis player
1980
Rafael Cavalcante, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1980
David Chocarro, Argentinian baseball player and actor
1980
Mike Glumac, Canadian ice hockey player
1980
Mario Kasun, Croatian basketball player
1980
Lee Jae-won, South Korean DJ and singer
1980
Joris Mathijsen, Dutch footballer
1980
Rasmus Quist Hansen, Danish rower
1980
Odlanier Solís, Cuban boxer
1979
Vlada Avramov, Serbian footballer
1979
Josh Boone, American screenwriter and director
1979
Song Dae-nam, South Korean judoka
1979
Timo Hildebrand, German footballer
1979
Imany, French singer
1979
Barel Mouko, Congolese footballer
1979
Cesare Natali, Italian footballer
1979
Mitsuo Ogasawara, Japanese footballer
1979
Alexander Resch, German luger
1979
Andrius Velička, Lithuanian footballer
1979
Dante Wesley, American football player
1979
Chen Yanqing, Chinese weightlifter
1978
Dwain Chambers, British track sprinter
1978
Marcone Amaral Costa, Qatari footballer
1978
Tarek El-Said, Egyptian footballer
1978
Jairo Patiño, Colombian footballer
1978
Sohyang, South Korean singer
1978
Stephen Jackson, American basketball player
1978
Arnaud Tournant, French cyclist
1978
Franziska van Almsick, German swimmer
1978
Günther Weidlinger, Austrian long-distance runner
1977
Jonathan Erlich, Israeli tennis player
1977
Trevor Letowski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1977
Daniel Majstorović, Swedish footballer
1976
Luis de Agustini, Uruguayan footballer
1976
Péter Biros, Hungarian water polo player
1976
Sterling K. Brown, American actor
1976
Aleksei Budõlin, Estonian judoka
1976
Simone Inzaghi, Italian footballer
1976
Fernando Morientes, Spanish footballer and coach
1976
Natascha Ragosina, Russian boxer
1976
Henrik Stenson, Swedish golfer
1976
Valeria Straneo, Italian long-distance runner
1976
Indrek Tobreluts, Estonian biathlete
1976
Anouska van der Zee, Dutch cyclist
1975
Sarah Baldock, English organist and conductor
1975
John Hartson, Welsh footballer and coach
1975
Juicy J, American rapper and producer
1975
Serhiy Klymentiev, Ukrainian ice hockey player
1975
Caitlin Moran, English journalist, author, and critic
1975
Marcos Vales, Spanish footballer
1975
Shammond Williams, American basketball player and coach
1974
Sandra Bagarić, Croatian opera singer and actress
1974
Julien Boutter, French tennis player
1974
Katja Holanti, Finnish biathlete
1974
Oleg Khodkov, Russian handball player
1974
Ariel López, Argentine footballer
1974
Lukas Ridgeston, Slovak actor and director
1974
Vyacheslav Voronin, Russian high jumper
1973
Élodie Bouchez, French-American actress
1973
Brendan Cannon, Australian rugby player
1973
Lidia Trettel, Italian snowboarder
1973
Pharrell Williams, American singer, songwriter and rapper
1972
Nima Arkani-Hamed, American-Canadian theoretical physicist
1972
Tom Coronel, Dutch race car driver
1972
Paul Okon, Australian footballer and manager
1972
Duncan Spencer, English cricketer
1972
Yasuhiro Takemoto, Japanese animator and director (died 2019)
1972
Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress
1971
Dong Abay, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971
Krista Allen, American actress
1971
Austin Berry, Costa Rican footballer
1971
Simona Cavallari, Italian actress
1971
Victoria Hamilton, English actress
1971
Nelson Parraguez, Chilean footballer
1971
Kim Soo-nyung, South Korean archer
1970
Soheil Ayari, French race car driver
1970
Valérie Bonneton, French actress
1970
Diamond D, American hip hop producer
1970
Petar Genov, Bulgarian chess grandmaster
1970
Thea Gill, Canadian actress
1970
Miho Hatori, Japanese singer-songwriter
1970
Irina Timofeyeva, Russian long-distance runner
1969
Dinos Angelidis, Greek basketball player
1969
Viatcheslav Djavanian, Russian cyclist
1969
Pontus Kåmark, Swedish footballer
1969
Pavlo Khnykin, Ukrainian swimmer
1969
Tomislav Piplica, Bosnian footballer and manager
1969
Ravindra Prabhat, Indian writer and journalist
1968
Paula Cole, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1967
Troy Gentry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
1967
Franck Silvestre, French footballer
1967
Erland Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
1967
Laima Zilporytė, Soviet cyclist
1966
Yoon Hyun, South Korean judoka
1966
Mike McCready, American guitarist and songwriter
1966
Peter Overton, English-Australian journalist and television host
1965
Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager
1965
Lang Tzu-yun, Taiwanese actress
1965
Elizabeth McIntyre, American freestyle skier
1965
Svetlana Paramygina, Belarusian biathlete
1964
Neil Eckersley, British judoka
1964
Vakhtang Iagorashvili, Soviet modern pentathlete
1964
Levon Julfalakyan, Soviet Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler
1964
Marius Lăcătuș, Romanian footballer and coach
1963
Arthur Adams, American comic book artist and writer
1962
Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (died 2003)
1962
Sara Danius, Swedish scholar of literature and aesthetics (died 2019)
1962
Richard Gough, Swedish born Scottish international footballer
1962
Arild Monsen, Norwegian cross-country skier
1962
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian businessman and politician, 1st President of Kalmykia
1961
Andrea Arnold, English filmmaker and actress
1961
Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian soprano
1961
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahraini-Danish human rights activist
1961
Lisa Zane, American actress and singer
1960
Asteris Koutoulas, Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author
1960
Larry McCray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1960
Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2014)
1960
Hiromi Taniguchi, Japanese long-distance runner
1960
Adnan Terzić, Bosnian politician
1959
Paul Chung, Hong Kong actor and host (died 1989)
1958
Kevin Dann, Australian rugby league player (died 2021)
1958
Henrik Dettmann, Finnish basketball coach
1958
Ryoichi Kawakatsu, Japanese footballer
1958
Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player
1958
Daniel Schneidermann, French journalist
1958
Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist (died 2009)
1957
Sebastian Adayanthrath, Indian bishop
1957
Karin Roßley, German hurdler
1956
Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor
1956
Leonid Fedun, Russian businessman
1956
Reid Ribble, American politician
1956
T. V. Smith, English singer-songwriter
1955
Charlotte de Turckheim, French actress, producer, and screenwriter
1955
Ricardo Ferrero, Argentine footballer (died 2015)
1955
Christian Gourcuff, French footballer and manager
1955
Anthony Horowitz, English author and screenwriter
1955
Bernard Longley, English prelate
1955
Akira Toriyama, Japanese illustrator (died 2024)
1955
Takayoshi Yamano, Japanese footballer
1954
Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and radio host
1954
Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954
Mohamed Ben Mouza, Tunisian footballer
1954
Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1954
Yoshiichi Watanabe, Japanese footballer
1953
Frank Gaffney, American journalist and radio host
1953
Keiko Han, Japanese actress
1953
Tae Jin-ah, South Korean singer
1953
Raleb Majadele, Israeli politician
1953
Ian Swales, English accountant and politician
1952
Alfie Conn, Scottish international footballer
1952
John C. Dvorak, American author and editor
1952
Sandy Mayer, American tennis player
1952
Dennis Mortimer, English footballer
1952
Mitch Pileggi, American actor
1951
Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter
1951
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler
1951
Nedim Gürsel, Turkish writer
1951
Dean Kamen, American inventor and businessman, founded Segway Inc.
1951
Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
1951
Ubol Ratana, Thai Princess
1950
Ann C. Crispin, American writer (died 2013)
1950
Franklin Chang Díaz, Costa Rican-Chinese American astronaut and physicist
1950
Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1950
Toshiko Fujita, Japanese actress, singer and narrator (died 2018)
1950
Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
1949
Stanley Dziedzic, American wrestler
1949
Larry Franco, American film producer
1949
Judith Resnik, American engineer and astronaut (died 1986)
1948
Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Swiss footballer
1948
Dave Holland, English drummer (died 2018)
1948
Roy McFarland, English footballer and manager
1947
Đurđica Bjedov, Yugoslav swimmer
1947
Willy Chirino, Cuban-American musician
1947
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines
1947
Ramón Mifflin, Peruvian footballer
1947
Virendra Sharma, Indian-English lawyer and politician
1946
Jane Asher, English actress
1946
Julio Ángel Fernández, Uruguayan astronomer
1946
Björn Granath, Swedish actor (died 2017)
1946
Georgi Markov, Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler
1945
Ove Bengtson, Swedish tennis player
1945
Steve Carver, American director and producer (died 2021)
1945
Cem Karaca, Turkish musician (died 2004)
1945
Tommy Smith, English footballer (died 2019)
1944
Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dutch actress and director
1944
János Martonyi, Hungarian politician
1944
Evan Parker, British musician
1944
Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (died 2014)
1944
Willy Planckaert, Belgian cyclist
1944
Pedro Rosselló, Puerto Rican physician and politician, 7th Governor of Puerto Rico
1944
Peter T. King, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1943
Dean Brown, Australian politician, 41st Premier of South Australia
1943
Max Gail, American actor and director
1943
Fighting Harada, Japanese boxer
1943
Miet Smet, Belgian politician
1943
Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (died 2018)
1942
Allan Clarke, English singer-songwriter
1942
Pascal Couchepin, Swiss politician
1942
Juan Gisbert Sr., Spanish tennis player
1942
Peter Greenaway, Welsh director and screenwriter
1941
Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor
1941
Dave Swarbrick, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (died 2016)
1940
Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
1940
Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host
1939
Leka I, Crown Prince of Albania (died 2011)
1939
Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (died 2010)
1939
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of Yemen
1939
Ronald White, American singer-songwriter (died 1995)
1939
David Winters, English-American actor, choreographer and producer (died 2019)
1938
Colin Bland, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 2018)
1938
Mal Colston, Australian educator and politician (died 2003)
1938
Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (died 2014)
1938
Natalya Kustinskaya, Soviet actress (died 2012)
1938
Giorgos Sideris, Greek footballer
1937
Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and author (died 2024)
1937
Colin Powell, American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State (died 2021)
1937
Andrzej Schinzel, Polish mathematician (died 2021)
1937
Arie Selinger, Israeli volleyball player and manager
1937
Juan Vicente Lezcano, Paraguayan footballer (died 2012)
1936
Ronnie Bucknum, American race car driver (died 1992)
1936
Glenn Jordan, American director and producer
1936
Dragoljub Minić, Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster (died 2005)
1935
Giovanni Cianfriglia, Italian actor (died 2024)
1935
Peter Grant, English talent manager (died 1995)
1935
Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2018)
1935
Frank Schepke, German rower (died 2017)
1934
John Carey, English author and critic
1934
Roman Herzog, German lawyer and politician, 7th President of Germany (died 2017)
1934
Moise Safra, Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Banco Safra (died 2014)
1934
Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist and composer (died 2000)
1933
Feridun Buğeker, Turkish footballer (died 2014)
1933
Frank Gorshin, American actor (died 2005)
1933
Barbara Holland, American author (died 2010)
1933
K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (died 1982)
1931
Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
1931
Héctor Olivera, Argentine director, producer and screenwriter
1930
Mary Costa, American singer and actress
1930
Pierre Lhomme, French director of photography (died 2019)
1929
Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and painter (died 2008)
1929
Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
1929
Nigel Hawthorne, English actor and producer (died 2001)
1929
Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (died 1967)
1929
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi, Iranian wrestler
1928
Enzo Cannavale, Italian actor (died 2011)
1928
Tony Williams, American singer (died 1992)
1927
Thanin Kraivichien, Thai lawyer and politician, 14th prime minister of Thailand (died 2025)
1927
Arne Hoel, Norwegian ski jumper (died 2006)
1926
Roger Corman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
1926
Liang Yusheng, Chinese writer (died 2009)
1925
Janet Rowley, American human geneticist (died 2013)
1925
Pierre Nihant, Belgian cyclist (died 1993)
1924
Igor Borisov, Soviet rower (died 2003)
1923
Ernest Mandel, German-born Belgian Marxist economist, Trotskyist activist and theorist (died 1995)
1923
Michael V. Gazzo, American actor (died 1995)
1923
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Vietnamese general and politician, 5th President of South Vietnam (died 2001)
1922
Tom Finney, English footballer (died 2014)
1922
Harry Freedman, Polish-Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (died 2005)
1922
Andy Linden, American race car driver (died 1987)
1922
Gale Storm, American actress and singer (died 2009)
1921
Christopher Hewett, English actor and theatre director (died 2001)
1920
Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2001)
1920
Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian soldier and author (died 2004)
1920
Alfonso Thiele, Turkish-Italian race car driver (died 1986)
1920
John Willem Gran, Swedish bishop (died 2008)
1919
Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan director, screenwriter, and producer (died 2018)
1917
Robert Bloch, American author (died 1994)
1917
Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer (died 1996)
1916
Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer (died 2003)
1914
Felice Borel, Italian footballer (died 1993)
1913
Antoni Clavé, Catalan artist (died 2005)
1913
Nicolas Grunitzky, 2nd President of Togo (died 1969)
1913
Ruth Smith, Faroese artist (died 1958)
1912
Jehan Buhan, French fencer (died 1999)
1912
Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman (died 1979)
1912
Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist (died 1975)
1912
Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (died 2000)
1912
Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 1997)
1912
John Le Mesurier, English actor (died 1983)
1912
István Örkény, Hungarian author and playwright (died 1979)
1912
Bill Roberts, English sprinter and soldier (died 2001)
1911
Hedi Amara Nouira, Tunisian politician (died 1993)
1911
Johnny Revolta, American golfer (died 1991)
1910
Sven Andersson, Swedish politician (died 1987)
1910
Oronzo Pugliese, Italian football manager (died 1990)
1909
Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer, co-founded Eon Productions (died 1996)
1909
Giacomo Gentilomo, Italian film director and painter (died 2001)
1909
Károly Sós, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1991)
1909
Erwin Wegner, German hurdler (died 1945)
1908
Bette Davis, American actress (died 1989)
1908
Kurt Neumann, German director (died 1958)
1908
Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1986)
1908
Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (died 1989)
1907
Sanya Dharmasakti, Thai jurist (died 2002)
1906
Albert Charles Smith, American botanist (died 1999)
1906
Fernando Germani, Italian organist (died 1998)
1906
Ted Morgan, New Zealand boxer (died 1952)
1904
Richard Eberhart, American poet and academic (died 2005)
1903
Marion Aye, American actress (died 1951)
1902
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi (died 1994)
1901
Curt Bois, German actor (died 1991)
1901
Chester Bowles, American diplomat and ambassador (died 1986)
1901
Melvyn Douglas, American actor (died 1981)
1901
Doggie Julian, American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach (died 1967)
1900
Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American graphic designer, painter, and photographer (died 1985)
1900
Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (died 1939)
1900
Spencer Tracy, American actor (died 1967)
1899
Alfred Blalock, American surgeon and academic (died 1964)
1898
Solange d'Ayen, French noblewoman, Duchess of Ayen and journalist (died 1976)
1897
Hans Schuberth, German politician (died 1976)
1896
Einar Lundborg, Swedish aviator (died 1931)
1895
Mike O'Dowd, American boxer (died 1957)
1894
Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (died 1956)
1894
Hans Hüttig, German SS officer (died 1980)
1894
Carl Rudolf Florin, Swedish botanist (died 1965)
1893
Frithjof Andersen, Norwegian wrestler (died 1975)
1893
Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (died 1973)
1892
Raymond Bonney, American ice hockey player (died 1964)
1891
Arnold Jackson, English runner, soldier, and lawyer (died 1972)
1891
Laura Vicuña, Chilean nun (died 1904)
1890
Karl Kirk, Danish gymnast (died 1955)
1890
William Moore, British track and field athlete (died 1956)
1889
Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, Brazilian martial artist (died 1981)
1887
William Cowhig, British gymnast (died 1964)
1886
Gotthelf Bergsträsser, German linguist (died 1933)
1886
Frederick Lindemann, British physicist (died 1957)
1886
Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (died 1933)
1885
Dimitrie Cuclin, Romanian composer (died 1978)
1884
Ion Inculeț, Bessarabian academic and politician, President of Moldova (died 1940)
1883
Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1950)
1882
Song Jiaoren, Chinese revolutionary (died 1913)
1882
Natalia Sedova, 2nd wife of Leon Trotsky (died 1962)
1880
Eric Carlberg, Swedish Army officer, diplomat, shooter, fencer and modern pentathlete (died 1963)
1880
Vilhelm Carlberg, Swedish Army officer and shooter (died 1970)
1879
Arthur Berriedale Keith, Scottish lawyer (died 1944)
1879
Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, German naval officer and author (died 1956)
1878
Albert Champion, French cyclist (died 1927)
1878
Georg Misch, German philosopher (died 1965)
1878
Paul Weinstein, German high jumper (died 1964)
1874
Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French Cardinal of the Catholic Church (died 1949)
1874
Manuel María Ponce Brousset, President of Peru (died 1966)
1873
Joseph Rheden, Austrian astronomer (died 1946)
1872
Samuel Cate Prescott, American microbiologist and chemist (died 1962)
1871
Stanisław Grabski, Polish economist and politician (died 1949)
1870
Motobu Chōki, Japanese karateka (died 1944)
1869
Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (died 1942)
1869
Albert Roussel, French composer (died 1937)
1867
Ernest Lewis, British tennis player (died 1930)
1863
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (died 1950)
1862
Louis Ganne, French conductor (died 1923)
1862
Leo Stern, English cellist (died 1904)
1860
Harry S. Barlow, British tennis player (died 1917)
1859
Reinhold Seeberg, German theologian (died 1935)
1858
Washington Atlee Burpee, Canadian businessman, founded Burpee Seeds (died 1915)
1857
Alexander of Battenberg (died 1893)
1856
Booker T. Washington, African-American educator, essayist and historian (died 1915)
1852
Émile Billard, French sailor (died 1930)
1852
Walter W. Winans, American marksman and sculptor (died 1920)
1852
Franz Eckert, German composer and musician (died 1916)
1850
Enrico Mazzanti, Italian engineer and cartoonist (died 1910)
1848
Thure de Thulstrup, American illustrator (died 1930)
1848
Ulrich Wille, Swiss army general (died 1925)
1846
Sigmund Exner, Austrian physiologist (died 1926)
1846
Henry Wellesley, British peer and politician (died 1900)
1845
Friedrich Sigmund Merkel, German anatomist and histopathologist (died 1919)
1845
Jules Cambon, French diplomat (died 1935)
1842
Hans Hildebrand, Swedish archaeologist (died 1913)
1840
Ghazaros Aghayan, Armenian historian and linguist (died 1911)
1839
Robert Smalls, African-American ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician (died 1915)
1837
Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (died 1909)
1835
Vítězslav Hálek, Czech poet, writer, journalist, dramatist and theatre critic. (died 1874)
1834
Prentice Mulford, American humorist and author (died 1891)
1834
Wilhelm Olbers Focke, German medical doctor and botanist (died 1922)
1834
Frank R. Stockton, American writer and humorist (died 1902)
1832
Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (died 1893)
1827
Joseph Lister, English surgeon and academic (died 1912)
1822
Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye, Belgian economist (died 1892)
1820
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist
1814
Felix Lichnowsky, Czech soldier and politician (died 1848)
1811
Jules Dupré, French painter (died 1889)
1810
Sir Henry Rawlinson, British East India Company army officer and politician (died 1895)
1809
Karl Felix Halm, German scholar and critic (died 1882)
1804
Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist (died 1881)
1801
Félix Dujardin, French biologist (died 1860)
1801
Vincenzo Gioberti, Italian philosopher, publicist and politician (died 1852)
1799
Jacques Denys Choisy, Swiss clergyman and botanist (died 1859)
1795
Henry Havelock, British general (died 1857)
1793
Casimir Delavigne, French poet and dramatist (died 1843)
1793
Felix de Muelenaere, Belgian politician (died 1862)
1788
Franz Pforr, German painter (died 1812)
1784
Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1859)
1782
Wincenty Krasiński, Polish nobleman (died 1858)
1777
Marie Jules César Savigny, French zoologist (died 1851)
1774
David Gillespie, American politician and surveyor (died 1829)
1773
José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (died 1844)
1773
Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1839)
1769
Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, English admiral (died 1839)
1761
Sybil Ludington, American figure of the American Revolutionary War (died 1839)
1752
Sébastien Érard, French instrument maker (died 1831)
1739
Philemon Dickinson, American lawyer and politician (died 1809)
1735
Franziskus Herzan von Harras, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1804)
1732
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and etcher (died 1806)
1730
Jean Baptiste Seroux d'Agincourt, French archaeologist and historian (died 1814)
1729
Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1809)
1727
Pasquale Anfossi, Italian violinist and composer (died 1797)
1726
Benjamin Harrison V, American politician, planter and merchant (died 1791)
1719
Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord Marshal of Sweden (died 1794)
1692
Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (died 1730)
1691
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1768)
1674
Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (died 1748)
1664
Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine, French noblewoman and Princess of Epinoy (died 1748)
1656
Nikita Demidov, Russian industrialist (died 1725)
1649
Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (died 1721)
1622
Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (died 1703)
1616
Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1661)
1604
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (died 1675)
1595
John Wilson, English composer and educator (died 1674)
1591
Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (died 1634)
1588
Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (died 1679)
1568
Pope Urban VIII (died 1644)
1549
Princess Elizabeth of Sweden (died 1597)
1539
George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1603)
1533
Giulio della Rovere, Italian Catholic Cardinal (died 1578)
1523
Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer and diplomat (died 1596)
1521
Francesco Laparelli, Italian architect (died 1570)
1472
Bianca Maria Sforza, Italian wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1510)
1365
William II, Duke of Bavaria (died 1417)
1315
James III of Majorca (died 1349)
1288
Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (died 1336)
1279
Al-Nuwayri, Egyptian Muslim historian (died 1333)
1219
Wonjong of Goryeo, 24th ruler of Goryeo (died 1274)
1170
Isabella of Hainault (died 1190)
2024
C. J. Snare, American musician and songwriter (born 1959)
2022
Nehemiah Persoff, Israeli-American actor (born 1919)
2022
Jimmy Wang Yu, Taiwanese actor (born 1943)
2021
Paul Ritter, English actor (born 1966)
2019
Sydney Brenner, South African biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
2018
Isao Takahata, Japanese director (born 1935)
2017
Attilio Benfatto, Italian cyclist (born 1943)
2017
Arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster (born 1929)
2017
Paul G. Comba, Italian-American computer scientist and astronomer (born 1926)
2017
Makoto Ōoka, Japanese poet and literary critic (born 1931)
2017
Paul O'Neill, American rock composer and producer (born 1956)
2017
Tim Parnell, British race car driver (born 1932)
2017
Memè Perlini, Italian actor and director (born 1947)
2017
Atanase Sciotnic, Romanian sprint canoeist (born 1942)
2017
Ilkka Sinisalo, Finnish ice hockey player (born 1958)
2016
Koço Kasapoğlu, Turkish footballer (born 1936)
2015
Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (born 1949)
2015
Juan Carlos Cáceres, Argentinian singer and pianist (born 1936)
2014
Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (born 1920)
2014
Mariano Díaz, Spanish cyclist (born 1939)
2014
Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (born 1927)
2014
John Pinette, American comedian (born 1964)
2014
José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (born 1947)
2013
Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (born 1921)
2013
Piero de Palma, Italian tenor and actor (born 1924)
2013
Nikolaos Pappas, Greek Navy admiral (born 1930)
2012
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, German designer (born 1935)
2012
Pedro Bartolomé Benoit, Dominican Republican politician military officer (born 1921)
2012
Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (born 1923)
2012
Barney McKenna, Irish musician (born 1939)
2012
Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawian economist and politician, 3rd President of Malawi (born 1934)
2011
Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)
2011
Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African politician (born 1937)
2010
Vitaly Sevastyanov, Soviet cosmonaut and engineer (born 1935)
2009
I. J. Good, British mathematician (born 1916)
2008
Charlton Heston, American actor, director, and political activist (born 1923)
2007
Maria Gripe, Swedish journalist and author (born 1923)
2007
Leela Majumdar, Indian author and academic (born 1908)
2007
Werner Maser, German historian and journalist (born 1922)
2007
Mark St. John, American guitarist (born 1956)
2007
Thomas Stoltz Harvey, American pathologist (born 1912)
2006
Allan Kaprow, American painter and educator (born 1927)
2006
Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)
2006
Yevgeny Seredin, Russian swimmer (born 1958)
2006
Pasquale Macchi, Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1923)
2005
Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
2005
Robert Borg, American military officer and equestrian (born 1913)
2005
Chung Nam-sik, South Korean footballer (born 1917)
2004
Fernand Goyvaerts, Belgian footballer (born 1938)
2004
Sławomir Rawicz, Polish lieutenant (born 1915)
2004
Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician and academic (born 1936)
2003
Keizo Morishita, Japanese painter (born 1944)
2002
Layne Staley, American singer-songwriter (born 1967)
2002
Kim Won-gyun, North Korean composer and politician (born 1917)
2001
Aldo Olivieri, Italian footballer (born 1910)
2000
Heinrich Müller, Austrian footballer (born 1909)
2000
Lee Petty, American race car driver (born 1914)
1999
Giulio Einaudi, Italian book publisher (born 1912)
1998
Charles Frank, British theoretical physicist (born 1911)
1998
Cozy Powell, English drummer (born 1947)
1997
Allen Ginsberg, American poet (born 1926)
1996
Charlene Holt, American actress (born 1928)
1995
Nicolaas Cortlever, Dutch chess player (born 1915)
1995
Emilio Greco, Italian sculptor and engraver (born 1913)
1995
Christian Pineau, French Resistance fighter (born 1904)
1994
Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1967)
1993
Divya Bharti, Indian actress (born 1974)
1992
Takeshi Inoue, Japanese footballer (born 1928)
1992
Molly Picon, American actress (born 1898)
1992
Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (born 1918)
1991
Sonny Carter, American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (born 1947)
1991
Jay Miller, American basketball player (born 1943)
1991
Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist, writer and screenwriter (born 1915)
1991
William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (born 1909)
1991
John Tower, American soldier, academic, and politician (born 1925)
1989
Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (born 1895)
1989
Karel Zeman, Czech director, artist, production designer and animator (born 1910)
1988
Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (born 1920)
1987
Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (born 1914)
1986
Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (born 1903)
1984
Hans Lunding, Danish military officer (born 1899)
1984
Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures (born 1894)
1983
Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari, Saudi Arabian historian, journalist and writer. (born 1907)
1982
Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (born 1910)
1981
Émile Hanse, Belgian footballer (born 1892)
1981
Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (born 1945)
1981
Pinchus Kremegne, French artist (born 1890)
1977
Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba, (born 1903)
1977
Yuri Zavadsky, Russian actor and director (born 1894)
1976
Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (born 1905)
1976
Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (born 1891)
1976
Harry Wyld, British cyclist (born 1900)
1975
Tell Berna, American middle and long-distance runner (born 1891)
1975
Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician (born 1917)
1975
Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (born 1887)
1975
Harold Osborn, American track and fielder (born 1899)
1974
Bino Bini, Italian fencer (born 1900)
1974
A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (born 1882)
1973
David Murray, British race car driver (born 1909)
1973
Alla Tarasova, Russian ballerina (born 1898)
1972
Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (born 1907)
1971
José Cubiles, Spanish pianist and conductor (born 1894)
1970
Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (born 1877)
1970
Alfred Sturtevant, American geneticist and academic (born 1891)
1970
Karl von Spreti, German diplomat (born 1907)
1969
Alberto Bonucci, Italian actor and director (born 1918)
1969
Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician (born 1917)
1969
Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian SS officer (born 1903)
1968
Félix Couchoro, Togolese writer (born 1900)
1968
Lajos Csordás, Hungarian footballer (born 1932)
1968
Giuseppe Paris, Italian gymnast (born 1895)
1967
Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (born 1891)
1967
Johan Falkberget, Norwegian author (born 1879)
1967
Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)
1967
Herbert Johnston, British runner (born 1902)
1965
Pedro Sernagiotto, Italian-Brazilian footballer (born 1908)
1965
Sándor Szalay, Hungarian figure skater (born 1893)
1964
James Chapin, American ornithologist (born 1889)
1964
Aloïse Corbaz, Swiss artist (born 1886)
1964
Douglas MacArthur, American general (born 1880)
1963
Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (born 1890)
1962
Boo Kullberg, Swedish gymnast (born 1889)
1961
Nikolai Kryukov, Russian composer (born 1908)
1958
Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (born 1884)
1958
Ásgrímur Jónsson, Icelandic painter (born 1876)
1958
Isidora Sekulić, Serbian writer (born 1877)
1956
William Titt, British gymnast (born 1881)
1955
Tibor Szele, Hungarian mathematician (born 1918)
1954
Princess Märtha of Sweden, (born 1901)
1954
Claude Delvincourt, French pianist and composer (born 1888)
1952
Agnes Morton, British tennis player (born 1872)
1950
Hiroshi Yoshida, Japanese painter (born 1876)
1949
Erich Zeigner, Prime Minister of Saxony (born 1886)
1948
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (born 1874)
1947
Bernhard Pankok, German painter, artist and architect (born 1872)
1947
Elis Strömgren, Swedish-Danish astronomer (born 1870)
1946
Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (born 1898)
1945
Heinrich Borgmann, German officer (born 1912)
1945
Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (born 1897)
1941
Parvin E'tesami, Persian poet (born 1907)
1941
Nigel Gresley, Scottish-English engineer (born 1876)
1941
Franciszek Kleeberg, Polish general (born 1888)
1940
Charles Freer Andrews, English-Indian priest, missionary, and educator (born 1871)
1940
Robert Maillart, Swiss civil engineer (born 1872)
1940
Jay O'Brien, American bobsledder (born 1883)
1940
Song Zheyuan, Chinese general (born 1885)
1938
Helena Westermarck, Finnish artist and writer (born 1857)
1938
Verner Lehtimäki, Finnish revolutionary (born 1890)
1937
Gustav Adolf Deissmann, (born 1866)
1937
José Benlliure y Gil, Spanish painter (born 1858)
1936
Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (born 1884)
1935
Achille Locatelli, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1856)
1935
Emil Młynarski, Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue (born 1870)
1935
Franz von Vecsey, Hungarian violinist and composer (born 1893)
1934
Salvatore Di Giacomo, Italian poet, playwright, songwriter and fascist intellectual (born 1860)
1934
Jiro Sato, Japanese tennis player (born 1908)
1933
Earl Derr Biggers, American novelist and playwright (born 1884)
1933
Hjalmar Mellin, Finnish mathematician and functional theorist (born 1854)
1932
María Blanchard, Spanish painter (born 1881)
1929
Francis Aidan Gasquet, English Benedictine monk (born 1846)
1929
Ludwig von Sybel, German archeologist (born 1846)
1928
Roy Kilner, English cricketer and soldier (born 1890)
1928
Viktor Oliva, Czech painter and illustrator (born 1861)
1924
Victor Hensen, German zoologist (born 1835)
1923
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and businessman (born 1866)
1921
Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (born 1862)
1921
Sophie Elkan, Swedish writer and translator (born 1853)
1920
Laurent Marqueste, French sculptor (born 1848)
1918
George Tupou II, King of Tonga (born 1874)
1918
Paul Vidal de La Blache, French geographer (born 1845)
1916
Maksim Kovalevsky, Russian sociologist (born 1851)
1914
Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (born 1836)
1906
Eastman Johnson, American painter (born 1824)
1904
Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (born 1830)
1904
Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (born 1822)
1902
Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (born 1850)
1901
Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (born 1820)
1900
Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (born 1822)
1900
Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (born 1832)
1891
Johann Hermann Bauer, Austrian chess master (born 1861)
1888
Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (born 1855)
1882
Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (born 1806)
1873
Milivoje Blaznavac, Serbian soldier and politician (born 1824)
1872
Paul-Auguste-Ernest Laugier, French astronomer (born 1812)
1871
Paolo Savi, Italian geologist and ornithologist (born 1798)
1868
Karel Purkyně, Czech painter (born 1834)
1866
Thomas Hodgkin, British physician (born 1798)
1865
Manfredo Fanti, Italian general (born 1806)
1862
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Dutch artist (born 1803)
1861
Ferdinand Joachimsthal, German mathematician (born 1818)
1852
Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, (born 1800)
1842
Shah Shuja Durrani, 5th Emir of Afghanistan (born 1785)
1831
Pierre Léonard Vander Linden, Belgian entomologist (born 1797)
1830
Richard Chenevix, Irish chemist and playwright (born 1774)
1808
Johann Georg Wille, German engraver (born 1715)
1804
Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general (born 1761)
1799
Johann Christoph Gatterer, German historian (born 1727)
1794
Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (born 1759)
1794
François Chabot, French politician (born 1756)
1794
Camille Desmoulins, French journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1760)
1794
Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, dramatist, poet and politician (born 1750)
1794
Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, French judge and politician (born 1759)
1794
Pierre Philippeaux, French lawyer (born 1754)
1794
François Joseph Westermann, French general (born 1751)
1769
Marc-Antoine Laugier, Jesuit priest (born 1713)
1768
Egidio Forcellini, Italian philologist (born 1688)
1767
Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (born 1685)
1765
Edward Young, English poet and author (born 1683)
1751
Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (born 1676)
1735
William Derham, English minister and philosopher (born 1657)
1723
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect, sculptor and historian (born 1656)
1717
Jean Jouvenet, French painter (born 1647)
1712
Jan Luyken, Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver (born 1649)
1709
Roger de Piles, French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat (born 1635)
1708
Christian Heinrich, German prince and member of the House of Hohenzollern (born 1661)
1704
Christian Ulrich I, German nobleman and Duke of Württemberg-Oels (born 1652)
1697
Charles XI, king of Sweden (born 1655)
1695
George Savile, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1633)
1693
Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, French noblewoman (born 1627)
1693
Philip William August, German nobleman (born 1668)
1684
William Brouncker, English mathematician (born 1620)
1684
Karl Eusebius, prince of Liechtenstein (born 1611)
1679
Anne Geneviève de Bourbon, French princess (born 1619)
1673
François Caron, Belgian-French explorer and politician, 8th Governor of Formosa (born 1600)
1626
Anna Koltovskaya, Russian tsarina
1617
Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (born 1555)
1612
Diana Scultori, Italian engraver (born 1547)
1605
John Stow, English historian and antiquary (born 1524/25)
1594
Catherine of Palma, Spanish nun (born 1533)
1534
Jan Matthys, Dutch anabaptist reformer
1512
Lazzaro Bastiani, Italian painter (born 1429)
1431
Bernard I, margrave of Baden-Baden (born 1364)
1419
Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1350)
1325
Ralph de Monthermer, 1st Baron of Monthermer and Earl of Gloucester (born c. 1270)
1308
Ivan Kőszegi, Hungarian baron and oligarch
1258
Juliana of Liège, Belgian canoness and saint
1205
Isabella I of Jerusalem, queen regnant of Jerusalem (born 1172)
1183
Ramon Berenguer III, Spanish count of Cerdanya and Provence
1168
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, English politician (born 1104)
902
Al-Mu'tadid, Abbasid caliph
584
Ruadán of Lorrha, Irish abbot
582
Eutychius of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch
517
Timothy I of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch