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November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 47 days remaining until the end of the year.
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile .
1851 – Moby-Dick , a novel by Herman Melville is published in the USA.
1862 – American Civil War : President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside 's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia , leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg .
1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
1910 – Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads , Virginia . He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher .
1914 – The Ottoman Empire declares war against Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro during the early months of World War I .
1918 – Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
1921 – Foundation of the Communist Party of Spain .
1922 – The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
1932 – Al Shorta SC , one of Iraq 's biggest football clubs, are founded as Montakhab Al Shorta .
1938 – The Lions Gate Bridge (a National Historic Site of Canada ) connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
1940 – World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarine U-81 sustained on November 13.
1941 – World War II: In Slonim , German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murder 9,000 Jews in a single day.
1952 – The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express .
1957 – The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
1960 – Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana .
1965 – Vietnam War : The Battle of Ia Drang begins – the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
1967 – The Congress of Colombia , in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta , declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
1969 – Apollo program : NASA launches Apollo 12 , the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
1970 – Soviet Union enters ICAO , making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia , killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.
1971 – Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria .
1971 – Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars .
1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips , in Westminster Abbey .
1973 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising , a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74 , begins.
1975 – With the signing of the Madrid Accords , Spain abandons Western Sahara .
1979 – Iran hostage crisis : US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis .
1982 – Lech Wałęsa , the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
1984 – Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco , a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos , is assassinated in his home city.
1990 – After German reunification , the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
1991 – American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103 .
1991 – Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile .
1991 – In Royal Oak, Michigan , a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage , killing four and wounding five before committing suicide.
1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
2001 – War in Afghanistan : Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul .
2003 – Astronomers Michael E. Brown , Chad Trujillo , and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna , a Trans-Neptunian object .
2008 – The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
2010 – Germany's Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing wins Formula One 's Drivers Championship to become the sport's youngest champion.
2012 – Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip , as hostilities with Hamas escalate.
1567 – Maurice, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
1601 – John Eudes , French priest and missionary, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary and Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge (d. 1680)
1663 – Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow , German organist and composer (d. 1712)
1719 – Leopold Mozart , Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1787)
1765 – Robert Fulton , American engineer, invented the steamboat (d. 1815)
1771 – Marie François Xavier Bichat , French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
1776 – Henri Dutrochet , French physician, botanist, and physiologist (d. 1847)
1777 – Nathaniel Claiborne , American farmer and politician (d. 1859)
1778 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837)
1779 – Adam Oehlenschläger , Danish poet and playwright (d. 1850)
1797 – Charles Lyell , Scottish geologist and lawyer (d. 1875)
1803 – Jacob Abbott , American author (d. 1879)
1805 – Fanny Mendelssohn , German pianist and composer (d. 1847)
1812 – Aleardo Aleardi , Italian poet (d. 1878)
1812 – Maria Cristina of Savoy (d. 1836)
1816 – John Curwen , English minister and educator (d. 1880)
1828 – James B. McPherson , American general (d. 1864)
1838 – August Šenoa , Croatian author, poet, and critic (d. 1881)
1840 – Claude Monet , French painter (d. 1926)
1856 – Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott , American activist (d. 1945)
1861 – Frederick Jackson Turner , American historian and author (d. 1932)
1863 – Leo Baekeland , Belgian-American chemist and engineer (d. 1944)
1869 – John Lumsden , Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (d. 1944)
1875 – Gregorio del Pilar , Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
1875 – Jakob Schaffner , Swiss author and activist (d. 1944)
1878 – Julie Manet , French painter and art collector (d. 1966)
1878 – Leopold Staff , Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic (d. 1957)
1883 – Ado Birk , Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
1889 – Jawaharlal Nehru , Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
1891 – Frederick Banting , Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
1895 – Walter Jackson Freeman II , American physician and psychiatrist (d. 1972)
1895 – Louise Huff , American actress (d. 1973)
1896 – Mamie Eisenhower , American wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower , 36th First Lady of the United States (d. 1979)
1897 – John Steuart Curry , American painter and academic (d. 1946)
1898 – Benjamin Fondane , Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1944)
1900 – Aaron Copland , American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990)
1904 – Harold Haley , American lawyer and judge (d. 1970)
1904 – Harold Larwood , English-Australian cricketer (d. 1995)
1904 – Dick Powell , American actor, director, and producer (d. 1963)
1905 – John Henry Barbee , American singer and guitarist (d. 1964)
1906 – Louise Brooks , American actress and dancer (d. 1985)
1907 – Howard W. Hunter , American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995)
1907 – Astrid Lindgren , Swedish author and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1907 – William Steig , American author, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2003)
1908 – Joseph McCarthy , American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
1910 – Rosemary DeCamp , American actress and singer (d. 2001)
1910 – Eric Malpass , English author (d. 1996)
1912 – Barbara Hutton , American philanthropist (d. 1979)
1912 – Tung-Yen Lin , Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003)
1915 – Martha Tilton , American singer and actress (d. 2006)
1916 – Roger Apéry , Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1994)
1916 – Sherwood Schwartz , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1917 – Park Chung-hee , South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979)
1919 – Johnny Desmond , American singer (d. 1985)
1919 – Lisa Otto , German soprano and actress (d. 2013)
1921 – Ea Jansen , Estonian historian and academic (d. 2005)
1921 – Brian Keith , American actor and director (d. 1997)
1922 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali , Egyptian politician and diplomat 6th Secretary General of the United Nations
1922 – Veronica Lake , American actress and singer (d. 1973)
1924 – Leonid Kogan , Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982)
1925 – Stirling Colgate , American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
1925 – James Mellaart , English archaeologist and author (d. 2012)
1927 – Lawrie Barratt , English businessman, founded Barratt Developments (d. 2012)
1927 – Bart Cummings , Australian horse trainer (d. 2015)
1927 – McLean Stevenson , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1927 – Narciso Yepes , Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1997)
1928 – Kathleen Hughes , American actress
1929 – Shirley Crabtree , English wrestler (d. 1997)
1929 – Jimmy Piersall , American baseball player and sportscaster
1930 – Peter Katin , English pianist and academic (d. 2015)
1930 – Monique Mercure , Canadian actress
1930 – Michael Robbins , English actor (d. 1992)
1930 – Edward Higgins White , American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
1932 – Gunter Sachs , German astrologer and photographer (d. 2011)
1933 – Fred Haise , American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
1934 – Dave Mackay , Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1934 – Ellis Marsalis, Jr. , American pianist and educator
1934 – Catherine McGuinness , Irish lawyer, judge, and politician
1935 – Michael Busselle , English photographer and author (d. 2006)
1935 – Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
1935 – Lefteris Papadopoulos , Greek songwriter and journalist
1936 – Carey Bell , American singer and harmonica player (d. 2007)
1936 – Freddie Garrity , English singer and actor (Freddie and the Dreamers ) (d. 2006)
1936 – Cornell Gunter , American singer (The Coasters and The Flairs ) (d. 1990)
1937 – Bobby Astyr , American porn actor (d. 2002)
1937 – Alan J. W. Bell , English director and producer
1937 – Murray Oliver , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
1939 – Wendy Carlos , American keyboard player and composer
1942 – Manon Cleary , American painter and academic (d. 2011)
1942 – Natalia Gutman , Russian cellist and educator
1943 – Peter Norton , American programmer and author
1944 – Karen Armstrong , English author and academic
1944 – David Nash , English sculptor and academic
1945 – Louise Ellman , English academic and politician
1945 – Brett Lunger , American race car driver
1945 – Stella Obasanjo , Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo , 11th First Lady of Nigeria (d. 2005)
1945 – Sue Williams , American actress and model (d. 1969)
1946 – Roland Duchâtelet , Belgian businessman and politician
1947 – Bharathan , Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1947 – P. J. O'Rourke , American political satirist and journalist
1947 – Buckwheat Zydeco , American accordion player
1948 – Paul Dacre , English journalist
1948 – Michael Dobbs , English author and politician
1948 – Robert Ginty , American actor and producer (d. 2009)
1948 – Charles, Prince of Wales
1949 – Raúl di Blasio , Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer
1949 – Enzo Cucchi , Italian painter
1949 – Gary Grubbs , American actor
1949 – Ryo Hayami , Japanese actor
1949 – James Young , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Styx )
1950 – Sarah Radclyffe , English production manager and producer
1951 – Frankie Banali , American drummer and songwriter (Quiet Riot and W.A.S.P. )
1951 – Sandahl Bergman , American actress, singer, and dancer
1951 – Stephen Bishop , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1951 – Leszek Cichy , Polish mountaineer
1951 – Alec John Such , American bass player (Bon Jovi )
1951 – Zhang Yimou , Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer
1952 – Johnny A. , American guitarist and songwriter
1952 – Maggie Roswell , American voice actress and singer
1953 – Phil Baron , American voice actor, puppeteer, and songwriter
1953 – Tim Bowler , English author
1953 – Dominique de Villepin , Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France
1954 – Yanni , Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer (Chameleon )
1954 – Anson Funderburgh , American guitarist and bandleader
1954 – Bernard Hinault , French cyclist
1954 – Condoleezza Rice , American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
1954 – Eliseo Salazar , Chilean race car driver
1955 – Philip Egan , English bishop
1955 – Jack Sikma , American basketball player and coach
1956 – Babette Babich , American philosopher, author, and scholar
1956 – Avi Cohen , Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2010)
1956 – Peter R. de Vries , Dutch journalist and producer
1956 – Steve Stockman , American accountant and politician
1957 – Donald Canfield , American geologist and academic
1957 – Michael J. Fitzgerald , American author
1959 – Paul Attanasio , American screenwriter and producer
1959 – Paul McGann , English actor
1959 – Chris Woods , English footballer, coach, and manager
1960 – Tom Judson , American actor and composer
1960 – Remi Moses , English footballer and coach
1961 – Antonio Flores , Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
1961 – Elizabeth Keifer , American actress
1961 – D. B. Sweeney , American actor
1961 – Brett Walker , American songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1962 – Laura San Giacomo , American actress
1962 – Satomi Kōrogi , Japanese voice actress
1962 – Atsuko Tanaka , Japanese voice actress
1962 – Harland Williams , Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
1964 – Bill Hemmer , American journalist
1964 – Silken Laumann , Canadian rower
1964 – Rockie Lynne , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Joseph Simmons , American rapper and producer (Run–D.M.C. )
1964 – Patrick Warburton , American actor, singer, and producer
1965 – Greg Hands , American-English politician, Treasurer of the Household
1966 – Charles Hazlewood , English conductor
1966 – Petra Rossner , German cyclist
1966 – Curt Schilling , American baseball player and sportscaster
1967 – Letitia Dean , English actress and singer
1967 – Nina Gordon , American singer-songwriter (Veruca Salt )
1967 – Leo Kunnas , Estonian colonel and author
1968 – Janine Lindemulder , American porn actress
1968 – Serge Postigo , French-Canadian actor
1969 – Butch Walker , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (SouthGang and Marvelous 3 )
1970 – Brendan Benson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Raconteurs )
1970 – David Wesley , American basketball player and sportscaster
1971 – Adam Gilchrist , Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1971 – Vikas Khanna , Indian chef and author
1971 – Marco Leonardi , Australian-Italian actor
1972 – Matt Bloom , American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster
1972 – Josh Duhamel , American model and actor
1972 – Edyta Górniak , Polish singer
1972 – Martin Pike , Australian footballer and coach
1972 – Jonathan Slinger , English actor
1972 – Aaron Taylor , American football player and sportscaster
1972 – Dariusz Żuraw , Polish footballer and manager
1973 – Betsy Brandt , American actress
1973 – Kareem Campbell , American skateboarder
1973 – Lawyer Milloy , American football player
1973 – Moka Only , Canadian rapper and producer (Swollen Members )
1973 – Dana Snyder , American comedian, actor, and producer
1973 – Andrew Strong , Irish singer and actor
1974 – Matt Cedeño , American model and actor
1974 – Adina Howard , American singer-songwriter and chef
1974 – David Moscow , American actor and producer
1974 – Joe Principe , American singer and bass player (Rise Against and 88 Fingers Louie )
1975 – Travis Barker , American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Blink-182 , +44 , Transplants , TRV$DJAM , Expensive Taste , and Box Car Racer )
1975 – Nicolai Cleve Broch , Norwegian actor
1975 – Luiz Bombonato Goulart , Brazilian footballer
1975 – Stephen Guarino , American actor
1975 – Martin Hairer , Austrian mathematician and academic
1975 – Faye Tozer , English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Steps )
1975 – Gary Vaynerchuk , Russian-American businessman and critic
1977 – Obie Trice , American rapper and producer
1978 – Bobby Allen , American ice hockey player
1978 – Michala Banas , New Zealand actress and singer
1978 – Delphine Chanéac , French model and actress
1978 – Xavier Nady , American baseball player and coach
1978 – Chris Shar , American bass player (Stiffed and Man Man )
1979 – Rallia Christidou , Greek singer-songwriter and producer
1979 – Carl Hayman , New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Mavie Hörbiger , German-Austrian actress
1979 – Olga Kurylenko , Ukrainian-French model and actress
1979 – Pushkar Lele , Indian singer
1979 – Moitheri Ntobo , Lesothan footballer
1979 – Miguel Sabah , Mexican footballer
1980 – Brock Pierce , American actor and businessman
1980 – Brooke Satchwell , Australian model and actress
1981 – Vanessa Bayer , American actress
1981 – Tom Ferrier , English race car driver
1981 – Russell Tovey , English actor
1982 – Boosie Badazz , American rapper
1982 – Kyle Orton , American football player
1983 – Guillermo Moscoso , American baseball player
1983 – Chelsea Wolfe , American singer-songwriter
1984 – Lisa De Vanna , Australian footballer
1984 – Courtney Johns , Australian footballer
1984 – Marija Šerifović , Serbian singer
1985 – Thomas Vermaelen , Belgian footballer
1986 – Yuna , Malaysian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 – Alo Jakin , Estonian cyclist
1986 – Cory Michael Smith , American actor
1987 – Giorgos Georgiadis , Greek footballer
1988 – Michael Cox , American football player
1988 – Nanase Hoshii , Japanese singer and actress
1988 – Takurō Ōno , Japanese actor
1989 – Vlad Chiricheș , Romanian footballer
1989 – T. Y. Hilton , American football player
1989 – Jake Livermore , English footballer
1989 – The Ready Set , American singer-songwriter
1990 – Roman Bürki , Swiss footballer
1990 – Jessica Jacobs , Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
1990 – Tereza Mrdeža , Croatian tennis player
1991 – Taylor Hall , Canadian ice hockey player
1991 – Graham Patrick Martin , American actor
1992 – Nathan Fox , English footballer
1993 – Shūhei Nomura , Japanese actor
1996 – Borna Ćorić , Croatian tennis player
2002 – Ben Bowen , American brain cancer victim (d. 2005)
565 – Justinian I , Byzantine emperor (b. 482)
669 – Fujiwara no Kamatari , Japanese courtier and politician (b. 614)
1263 – Alexander Nevsky , Russian saint (b. 1220)
1359 – Gregory Palamas , Greek archbishop and saint (b. 1296)
1391 – Nikola Tavelić , Croatian missionary and saint (b. 1340)
1522 – Anne of France (b. 1461)
1556 – Giovanni della Casa , Italian archbishop and poet (b. 1504)
1633 – William Ames , English philosopher and academic (b. 1576)
1687 – Nell Gwyn , English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650)
1691 – Tosa Mitsuoki , Japanese painter (b. 1617)
1716 – Gottfried Leibniz , German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1646)
1734 – Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (b. 1649)
1746 – Georg Wilhelm Steller , German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (b. 1709)
1749 – Maruyama Gondazaemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (b. 1713)
1817 – Policarpa Salavarrieta , Colombian seamstress and spy (b. 1795)
1825 – Jean Paul , German journalist and author (b. 1763)
1829 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin , French pharmacist and chemist (b. 1763)
1831 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1770)
1831 – Ignaz Pleyel , Austrian-French composer and piano builder (b. 1757)
1832 – Charles Carroll of Carrollton , American farmer and politician (b. 1737)
1844 – John Abercrombie , Scottish physician and philosopher (b. 1780)
1864 – Franz Müller , German tailor and murderer (b. 1840)
1866 – Miguel I of Portugal (b. 1802)
1907 – Andrew Inglis Clark , Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1848)
1908 – Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
1914 – Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar , Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1861)
1915 – Booker T. Washington , American educator, author, and activist (b. 1856)
1916 – Henry George, Jr. , American journalist and politician (b. 1862)
1921 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (b. 1846)
1937 – Jack O'Connor , American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
1944 – Carl Flesch , Hungarian violinist and educator (b. 1873)
1944 – Trafford Leigh-Mallory , English air marshal (b. 1892)
1946 – Manuel de Falla , Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1876)
1947 – Joseph Allard , Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1873)
1950 – Orhan Veli Kanık , Turkish poet (b. 1914)
1966 – Peter Baker , English captain, author, and politician (b. 1921)
1972 – Martin Dies, Jr. , American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
1974 – Johnny Mack Brown , American football player, actor, and singer (b. 1904)
1977 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (b. 1896)
1981 – Robert Bradford , Irish footballer and politician (b. 1941)
1984 – Cesar Climaco , Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (b. 1916)
1984 – Nikitas Platis , Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1912)
1988 – Haywood S. Hansell , American general (b. 1903)
1989 – Jimmy Murphy , Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach and scout (b. 1910)
1990 – Sol Kaplan , American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
1991 – Tony Richardson , English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
1992 – Ernst Happel , Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
1994 – Tom Villard , American actor (b. 1953)
1995 – Jack Finney , American author and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1996 – John A. Cade , American soldier and politician (b. 1929)
1997 – Eddie Arcaro , American jockey and sportscaster (b. 1916)
1997 – Jack Pickersgill , Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1905)
2000 – Robert Trout , American journalist (b. 1908)
2001 – Charlotte Coleman , English actress (b. 1968)
2001 – Juan Carlos Lorenzo , Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1922)
2002 – Eddie Bracken , American actor and singer (b. 1915)
2002 – Elena Nikolaidi , Turkish-American soprano and educator (b. 1909)
2003 – Gene Anthony Ray , American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1962)
2004 – Michel Colombier , French-American composer and conductor (b. 1939)
2006 – Sumner Shapiro , American admiral (b. 1926)
2008 – Kristin Hunter , American author and academic (b. 1931)
2010 – Wes Santee , American runner (b. 1932)
2011 – Esin Afşar , Italian-Turkish singer and actress (b. 1936)
2011 – Neil Heywood , English-Chinese businessman (b. 1970)
2011 – Jackie Leven , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doll by Doll ) (b. 1950)
2012 – Alexandro Alves do Nascimento , Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
2012 – Brian Davies , Australian rugby player and manager (b. 1930)
2012 – Martin Fay , Irish fiddler (The Chieftains ) (b. 1936)
2012 – Gail Harris , American baseball player (b. 1931)
2012 – Ahmed Jabari , Palestinian commander (b. 1960)
2012 – Abubakar Olusola Saraki , Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1933)
2013 – Augustine , Indian actor (b. 1955)
2013 – Georgina Anderson , English singer (b. 1998)
2013 – Sudhir Bhat , Indian producer and manager (b. 1951)
2013 – Hari Krishna Devsare , Indian journalist and author (b. 1938)
2013 – Grace Jones , English super-centenarian (b. 1899)
2013 – Bennett Masinga , South African footballer (b. 1965)
2013 – Reg Sinclair , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2014 – Marius Barnard , South African surgeon and politician (b. 1927)
2014 – Diem Brown , American journalist and activist (b. 1982)
2014 – Jane Byrne , American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1933)
2014 – Eugene Dynkin , Russian-American mathematician and theorist (b. 1924)
2014 – Glen A. Larson , American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (b. 1937)
2014 – Morteza Pashaei , Iranian singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
2015 – John Anderson , American Sailor, Survivor of the U.S.S. Arizona (b.1917)
2015 – Nick Bockwinkel , American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1934)
2015 – Berugo Carámbula , Uruguayan actor (b. 1945)
2015 – Norm Ellenberger , American basketball player and coach (b. 1932)
2015 – K. S. Gopalakrishnan , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2015 – Warren Mitchell , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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