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March 4 is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 302 days remaining until the end of the year.
51 – Nero , later to become Roman emperor , is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia .
852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute , a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
932 – Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia , Prince of the Czechs .
1152 – Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany .
1238 – The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus' .
1351 – Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam .
1386 – Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland .
1461 – Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV .
1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon , Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean .
1519 – Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.
1628 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter .
1665 – English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War .
1675 – John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
1681 – Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania .
1776 – American Revolutionary War : The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon , leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston .
1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
1790 – France is divided into 83 départements , cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
1791 – The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec ) and Upper Canada (Ontario ).
1791 – Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state .
1794 – The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress .
1804 – Castle Hill Rebellion : Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales .
1814 – Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville , Ontario .
1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated.
1848 – Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia .
1861 – The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
1865 – The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
1882 – Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
1890 – The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Prince of Wales , later King Edward VII .
1899 – Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown , Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300.
1908 – The Collinwood school fire , Collinwood near Cleveland , Ohio , kills 174 people.
1909 – U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix , a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution 's Ineligibility Clause , to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State
1913 – First Balkan War : The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani , resulting in victory two days later.
1913 – The United States Department of Labor is formed.
1917 – Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives .
1918 – The USS Cyclops departs from Barbados and is never seen again, presumably lost with all hands in the Bermuda Triangle .
1933 – Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor , the first female member of the United States Cabinet .
1933 – The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree .
1941 – World War II : The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands ; the first large scale British Commando raid.
1943 – World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
1944 – World War II: After the success of Big Week , the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
1945 – Lapland War : Finland declares war on Nazi Germany .
1957 – The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
1960 – The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana , Cuba killing 100.
1962 – A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon , killing 111 – the worst crash of a DC-7.
1966 – A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport , killing 64 people.
1970 – French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
1974 – People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly .
1976 – The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament .
1977 – The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in the seriously damaged city of Bucharest , Romania .
1980 – Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe 's first black prime minister .
1983 – Bertha Wilson is appointed the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada .
1985 – The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
1986 – The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
1991 – Sheikh Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah , the Prime Minister of Kuwait , returns to his country for the first time since Iraq 's invasion.
1996 – A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin , US, causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
1998 – Gay rights : Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. : The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
2001 – BBC bombing : A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA .
2001 – Hintze Ribeiro disaster : A bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.
2002 – Afghanistan : Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
2009 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur . Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
2013 – A plane crash in Democratic Republic of the Congo kills 6 people.
2015 – At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.
895 – Liu Zhiyuan , Chinese emperor (d. 948)
1188 – Blanche of Castile (d. 1252)
1394 – Henry the Navigator , Portuguese son of John I of Portugal (d. 1460)
1484 – George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1543)
1492 – Francesco de Layolle , Italian organist and composer (d. 1540)
1602 – Kanō Tan'yū , Japanese painter (d. 1674)
1651 – John Somers, 1st Baron Somers , English lawyer, jurist, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1716)
1655 – Fra Galgario , Italian painter (d. 1743)
1665 – Philip Christoph von Königsmarck , Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
1678 – Antonio Vivaldi , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1702 – Jack Sheppard , English criminal (d. 1724)
1706 – Lauritz de Thurah , Danish architect, designed the Hermitage Hunting Lodge and Gammel Holtegård (d. 1759)
1715 – James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave , English historian and politician (d. 1763)
1719 – George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot , English politician (d. 1777)
1729 – Anne d'Arpajon , French wife of Philippe de Noailles (d. 1794)
1745 – Charles Dibdin , English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1814)
1745 – Casimir Pulaski , Polish-American general (d. 1779)
1756 – Henry Raeburn , Scottish painter and educator (d. 1823)
1770 – Joseph Jacotot , French philosopher and academic (d. 1840)
1778 – Robert Emmet , Irish commander (d. 1803)
1781 – Rebecca Gratz , American educator and philanthropist (d. 1869)
1782 – Johann Rudolf Wyss , Swiss philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1830)
1790 – David "Robber" Lewis , American criminal (d. 1820)
1793 – Karl Lachmann , German philologist and critic (d. 1851)
1815 – Myrtilla Miner , American educator (d. 1864)
1817 – Edwards Pierrepont , American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Attorney General (d. 1892)
1820 – Francesco Bentivegna , Italian rebel leader (d. 1856)
1822 – Jules Antoine Lissajous , French mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
1823 – George Caron , Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1902)
1826 – August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein , German linguist, ethnographer, and theologian (d. 1907)
1826 – John Buford , American general (d. 1863)
1826 – Elme Marie Caro , French philosopher and academic (d. 1887)
1826 – Theodore Judah , American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad (d. 1863)
1828 – Owen Wynne Jones , Welsh clergyman and poet (d. 1870)
1838 – Paul Lacôme , French pianist, cellist, and composer (d. 1920)
1847 – Carl Josef Bayer , Austrian chemist and academic (d. 1904)
1851 – Alexandros Papadiamantis , Greek author and poet (d. 1911)
1854 – Napier Shaw , English meteorologist and academic (d. 1945)
1856 – Toru Dutt , Indian poet and translator (d. 1877)
1856 – Alfred William Rich , English painter, author, and educator (d. 1921)
1861 – Arthur Cushman McGiffert , American theologian and author (d. 1933)
1862 – Jacob Robert Emden , Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. 1940)
1863 – R. I. Pocock , English zoologist and archaeologist (d. 1947)
1863 – John Henry Wigmore , American academic and jurist (d. 1943)
1864 – David W. Taylor , American admiral, architect, and engineer (d. 1940)
1865 – Eduard Vilde , Estonian author and diplomat (d. 1933)
1866 – Eugène Cosserat , French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1931)
1867 – Jacob L. Beilhart , American activist, founded the Spirit Fruit Society (d. 1908)
1870 – Thomas Sturge Moore , English author and poet (d. 1944)
1871 – Boris Galerkin , Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
1873 – Guy Wetmore Carryl , American journalist and poet (d. 1904)
1873 – John H. Trumbull , American colonel and politician, 70th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1961)
1875 – Mihály Károlyi , Hungarian politician, President of the Hungary (d. 1955)
1875 – Enrique Larreta , Argentinian historian and author (d. 1961)
1876 – Léon-Paul Fargue , French poet and author (d. 1947)
1876 – Theodore Hardeen , Hungarian-American magician (d. 1945)
1877 – Alexander Goedicke , Russian pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1877 – Fritz Graebner , German geographer and ethnologist (d. 1934)
1877 – Garrett Morgan , American inventor (d. 1963)
1878 – Takeo Arishima , Japanese author and critic (d. 1923)
1878 – Egbert Van Alstyne , American pianist and songwriter (d. 1951)
1879 – Bernhard Kellermann , German author and poet (d. 1951)
1879 – Josip Murn , Slovenian poet (d. 1901)
1880 – Channing Pollock , American playwright and critic (d. 1946)
1881 – Todor Aleksandrov , Bulgarian educator and activist (d. 1924)
1881 – Thomas Sigismund Stribling , American lawyer and author (d. 1965)
1881 – Richard C. Tolman , American physicist and chemist (d. 1948)
1882 – Nicolae Titulescu , Romanian academic and politician, 61st Minister of Foreign Affairs for Romania (d. 1941)
1883 – Maude Fealy , American actress and screenwriter (d. 1971)
1883 – Sam Langford , Canadian-American boxer (d. 1956)
1884 – Red Murray , American baseball player (d. 1958)
1886 – Paul Bazelaire , French cellist and composer (d. 1958)
1887 – Violet MacMillan , American actress (d. 1953)
1888 – Rafaela Ottiano , Italian-American actress and singer (d. 1942)
1888 – Jeff Pfeffer , American baseball player (d. 1972)
1888 – Knute Rockne , American football player and coach (d. 1931)
1889 – Oscar Chisini , Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1967)
1889 – Jean-Gabriel Domergue , French painter (d. 1962)
1889 – Oren E. Long , American soldier and politician, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawaii (d. 1965)
1889 – Pearl White , American actress (d. 1938)
1889 – Robert William Wood , English-American painter (d. 1979)
1890 – Norman Bethune , Canadian soldier and physician (d. 1939)
1891 – Dazzy Vance , American baseball player (d. 1961)
1891 – Lois W. , American activist, co-founder of Al-Anon (d. 1988)
1893 – Charles Herbert Colvin , American engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company (d. 1985)
1893 – Adolph Lowe , German sociologist and economist (d. 1995)
1894 – Charles Corm , Lebanese writer, philanthropist and industrialist (d. 1963)
1895 – Milt Gross , American animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
1896 – Kai Holm , Danish actor and director (d. 1985)
1897 – Lefty O'Doul , American baseball player and manager (d. 1969)
1898 – Georges Dumézil , French philologist and academic (d. 1986)
1898 – Hans Krebs , German general (d. 1945)
1899 – Liana Del Balzo , Argentinian-Italian actress (d. 1982)
1899 – Emilio Prados , Spanish poet and author (d. 1962)
1900 – Herbert Biberman , American director and screenwriter (d. 1971)
1901 – Wilbur R. Franks , Canadian scientist, invented the g-suit (d. 1986)
1901 – Charles Goren , American bridge player and author (d. 1991)
1901 – Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo , Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
1902 – Rachel Messerer , Lithuanian-Russian actress (d. 1993)
1902 – Russell Reeder , American soldier and author (d. 1998)
1903 – Carrie Best , Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
1903 – William C. Boyd , American immunologist and chemist (d. 1983)
1903 – Malcolm Dole , American chemist and academic (d. 1990)
1903 – Dorothy Mackaill , English-American actress and singer (d. 1990)
1903 – John Scarne , American magician and author (d. 1985)
1904 – Luis Carrero Blanco , Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (d. 1973)
1904 – George Gamow , Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (d. 1968)
1904 – Joseph Schmidt , Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. 1942)
1904 – Chief Tahachee , American actor and author (d. 1978)
1906 – Buck Canel , Argentinian-American sportscaster (d. 1980)
1906 – Meindert DeJong , Dutch-American soldier and author (d. 1991)
1906 – Avery Fisher , American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics (d. 1994)
1906 – Fionn MacColla , Scottish author (d. 1975)
1906 – Georges Ronsse , Belgian cyclist (d. 1969)
1906 – Horace Roye , English photographer (d. 2002)
1906 – Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr. , American businessman (d. 2007)
1907 – Edgar Barrier , American actor (d. 1964)
1907 – Eleanor "Sis" Daley , American wife of Richard J. Daley (d. 2003)
1908 – T. R. M. Howard , American surgeon and activist (d. 1976)
1908 – Thomas Shaw , American singer and guitarist (d. 1977)
1909 – Harry Helmsley , American businessman (d. 1997)
1909 – George Edward Holbrook , American chemist and engineer (d. 1987)
1910 – Miriam Kressyn , Polish-American actor (d. 1996)
1910 – Tancredo Neves , Brazilian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (d. 1985)
1911 – Christer Boucht , Finnish-Swedish lawyer, explorer, and author (d. 2009)
1911 – Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick , English actor (d. 1984)
1912 – Afro Basaldella , Italian painter and academic (d. 1976)
1912 – Judith Furse , English actress (d. 1974)
1912 – Ferdinand Leitner , German conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1912 – Carl Marzani , Italian-American activist and publisher (d. 1994)
1912 – Rodolfo Galeotti Torres , Guatemalan sculptor (d. 1988)
1913 – Taos Amrouche , Algerian singer and author (d. 1976)
1913 – John Garfield , American actor and singer (d. 1952)
1914 – Barbara Newhall Follett , American author (d. 1939)
1914 – Ward Kimball , American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1914 – Robert R. Wilson , American physicist, sculptor, and architect (d. 2000)
1915 – László Csatáry , Hungarian criminal (d. 2013)
1915 – Charles Johnston, Baron Johnston of Rockport , English businessman and politician (d. 2002)
1915 – Frank Sleeman , Australian lieutenant and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2000)
1915 – Carlos Surinach , Spanish-Catalan composer and conductor (d. 1997)
1915 – Robert Thom , American illustrator (d. 1979)
1916 – William Alland , American actor, director, and producer (d. 1997)
1916 – Maurice Argent , American actor (d. 1981)
1916 – Giorgio Bassani , Italian author and poet (d. 2000)
1916 – Hans Eysenck , German-English psychologist and theorist (d. 1997)
1917 – Clyde McCullough , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1982)
1918 – Kurt Dahlmann , German pilot, lawyer, and journalist
1918 – Margaret Osborne duPont , American tennis player (d. 2012)
1919 – Buck Baker , American race car driver (d. 2002)
1919 – Tan Chee Khoon , Malaysian physician and politician (d. 1996)
1920 – Jean Lecanuet , French politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 1993)
1920 – Alan MacNaughtan , Scottish-English actor (d. 2002)
1921 – Halim El-Dabh , Egyptian-American composer and educator
1921 – Joan Greenwood , English actress (d. 1987)
1921 – Olev Olesk , Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs in exile
1921 – Dinny Pails , English-Australian tennis player (d. 1986)
1921 – Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' , Indian author and activist (d. 1977)
1922 – Richard E. Cunha , American director and cinematographer (d. 2005)
1922 – Martha O'Driscoll , American actress and dancer (d. 1998)
1922 – Dina Pathak , Indian actress and director (d. 2002)
1922 – Richard von Frankenberg , German racing driver and journalist (d. 1973)
1923 – Piero D'Inzeo , Italian horse rider (d. 2014)
1923 – Ameli, Duchess of Oldenburg
1923 – Russell Freeburg , American journalist and author
1923 – Willie Johnson , American guitarist (d. 1995)
1923 – Francis King , English author and poet (d. 2011)
1923 – Patrick Moore , English astronomer and television host (d. 2012)
1924 – Kenneth O'Donnell , American soldier and politician (d. 1977)
1924 – Bert Parnaby , English actor and teacher (d. 1992)
1925 – Alan R. Battersby , English chemist and academic
1925 – Paul Mauriat , French conductor and composer (d. 2006)
1926 – Henri de Contenson , French archaeologist and academic
1926 – Richard DeVos , American businessman, co-founded Amway
1926 – Pascual Pérez , Argentinian boxer (d. 1977)
1926 – Don Rendell , English saxophonist and flute player (Oscar Rabin Band ) (d. 2015)
1926 – Fran Warren , American singer and actress (d. 2013)
1927 – Phil Batt , American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Idaho
1927 – Thayer David , American actor (d. 1978)
1927 – Jacques Dupin , French poet and critic (d. 2012)
1927 – Robert Orben , American magician and author
1927 – Dick Savitt , American tennis player
1927 – Cy Touff , American trumpet player (d. 2003)
1928 – Samuel Adler , German-American composer and conductor
1928 – Alan Sillitoe , English author and poet (d. 2010)
1929 – Bernard Haitink , Dutch violinist and conductor
1929 – Harold Hassall , English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1929 – Wolfgang Hollegha , Austrian painter and academic
1929 – Josep Mestres Quadreny , Spanish composer
1929 – Darrett B. Rutman , American historian and academic (d. 1997)
1929 – Elaine Shore , American actress (d. 2007)
1929 – Peter Swerling , American theoretician and engineer (d. 2000)
1931 – Wally Bruner , American journalist and television host (d. 1997)
1931 – Bill Guttridge , English footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1931 – Bob Johnson , American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1991)
1931 – William Henry Keeler , American cardinal
1931 – Larry Keith , American actor (d. 2010)
1931 – Alice Rivlin , American economist and politician
1932 – Sigurd Jansen , Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor
1932 – Ryszard Kapuściński , Polish journalist, photographer, and poet (d. 2007)
1932 – Miriam Makeba , South African singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2008)
1932 – Ed Roth , American illustrator (d. 2001)
1932 – Frank Wells , American businessman (d. 1994)
1933 – Ann Burton , Dutch singer (d. 1989)
1933 – John W. Mills , English sculptor and educator
1933 – Nino Vaccarella , Italian race car driver
1934 – Mario Davidovsky , Argentinian-American composer and academic
1934 – John Duffey , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene ) (d. 1996)
1934 – Anne Haney , American actress (d. 2001)
1934 – Barbara McNair , American singer and actress (d. 2007)
1934 – Sandra Reynolds , South African tennis player
1934 – Janez Strnad , Slovenian physicist and academic
1934 – Gleb Yakunin , Russian priest and activist (d. 2014)
1935 – Edward Dębicki , Ukrainian-Polish poet and composer (Terno )
1935 – Bent Larsen , Danish chess player and author (d. 2010)
1935 – Nancy Whiskey , Scottish-English singer (d. 2003)
1936 – Eric Allandale , Dominican trombonist and songwriter (The Foundations ) (d. 2001)
1936 – John Burland , English engineer and academic
1936 – Jim Clark , Scottish race car driver (d. 1968)
1936 – Robert Garrow , American murderer (d. 1978)
1936 – Aribert Reimann , German pianist and composer
1937 – José Araquistáin , Spanish footballer
1937 – William Deverell , Canadian lawyer, author, and activist
1937 – Graham Dowling , New Zealand cricketer
1937 – Leslie H. Gelb , American journalist and author
1937 – Yuri Senkevich , Russian physician and explorer (d. 2003)
1937 – Barney Wilen , French saxophonist and composer (d. 1996)
1937 – Richard B. Wright , Canadian journalist and author
1938 – Anton Balasingham , Sri Lankan-English negotiator (d. 2006)
1938 – Alpha Condé , Guinean politician, President of Guinea
1938 – Marshall Cooke , Australian lawyer and politician
1938 – Allan Kornblum , American police officer and judge (d. 2010)
1938 – Roy Hazelwood , American FBI agent
1938 – Angus MacLise , American drummer and composer (The Velvet Underground ) (d. 1979)
1938 – Don Perkins , American football player and sportscaster
1938 – Paula Prentiss , American actress
1938 – Adam Daniel Rotfeld , Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939 – Jack Fisher , American baseball player
1939 – Keith Skues , English radio host
1939 – Carlos Vereza , Brazilian actor
1940 – Edward Burke , American hammer thrower
1940 – Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem , German scholar and judge
1940 – Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov , Ukrainian canoe racer
1940 – David Plante , American author and academic
1940 – Tamara Wilcox , American actress, producer, and costume designer (d. 1998)
1941 – John Aprea , American actor
1941 – Richard Benjamin Harrison , American businessman
1941 – Adrian Lyne , English director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Bobby Shew , American trumpet player
1941 – James Zagel , American lawyer and judge
1942 – Ji-Tu Cumbuka , American actor
1942 – Gloria Gaither , American singer-songwriter (Bill Gaither Trio )
1942 – Charles C. Krulak , American general
1942 – David Matthews , American keyboard player and composer (Manhattan Jazz Quintet )
1942 – Christopher Shackle , English author and educator
1942 – Lynn Sherr , American journalist and author
1942 – James Gustave Speth , American lawyer, and politician
1942 – Zorán Sztevanovity , Serbian-Hungarian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metro )
1943 – Malcolm Barber , English historian and scholar
1943 – Lucio Dalla , Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2012)
1943 – Zoltán Jeney , Hungarian pianist and composer
1943 – Ron O'Quinn , American radio host
1943 – Aldo Rico , Argentinian commander and politician
1944 – Glen Baxter , English cartoonist
1944 – Harvey Postlethwaite , English engineer (d. 1999)
1944 – Ulrich Roski , German singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1944 – Anthony Ichiro Sanda , Japanese-American physicist and academic
1944 – Len Walker , English footballer and manager
1944 – Greg Weld , American race car driver (d. 2008)
1944 – Bobby Womack , American singer-songwriter (The Valentinos ) (d. 2014)
1945 – Tony Allen , English comedian and author
1945 – Femi Benussi , Croatian-Italian actress
1945 – Tara Browne , English son of Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne (d. 1966)
1945 – Greg Craig , American lawyer, 33rd White House Counsel
1945 – Dieter Meier , Swiss singer (Yello )
1945 – Frank Novak , American actor
1945 – Tommy Svensson , Swedish footballer and manager
1945 – Tim Weigel , American sportscaster (d. 2001)
1945 – Gary Williams , American basketball player and coach
1946 – Michael Ashcroft , English businessman and politician
1946 – Danny Frisella , American baseball player (d. 1977)
1946 – Haile Gerima , Ethiopian-American director and producer
1946 – Harvey Goldsmith , English businessman
1946 – Patricia Kennealy-Morrison , American journalist and author
1946 – Nora Radcliffe , Scottish politician
1946 – Jean-Claude Schmitt , French historian and scholar
1947 – David Franzoni , American screenwriter and producer
1947 – Jan Garbarek , Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1947 – Gunnar Hansen , Icelandic-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1947 – John Hinch , English mathematician and academic
1947 – Aura Lewis , South African singer
1947 – Bob Lewis , American guitarist (Devo )
1947 – Pēteris Plakidis , Latvian pianist and composer
1948 – Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton , New Zealand-Australian author
1948 – Brian Cummings , American voice actor and singer
1948 – Veljko Despot , Croatian journalist and businessman
1948 – James Ellroy , American author
1948 – Tom Grieve , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
1948 – Leron Lee , American baseball player and coach
1948 – Jean O'Leary , American nun and activist (d. 2005)
1948 – Chris Squire , English singer-songwriter and bass guitarist (The Syn , Yes , XYZ , and Conspiracy ) (d. 2015)
1948 – Shakin' Stevens , Welsh singer-songwriter (Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets )
1949 – Carroll Baker , Canadian singer-songwriter
1949 – Sergei Bagapsh , Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (d. 2011)
1949 – Cookie Mueller , American actress and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1949 – Tomislav Trifić , Serbian illustrator and academic
1950 – Francis Affleck , Canadian race car driver (d. 1985)
1950 – Barrie Cassidy , Australian journalist
1950 – Ofelia Medina , Mexican actress and screenwriter
1950 – Rick Perry , American captain and politician, 47th Governor of Texas
1950 – Safet Plakalo , Bosnian author and playwright (d. 2015)
1951 – Edelgard Bulmahn , German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
1951 – Theresa Hak Kyung Cha , South Korean-American author (d. 1982)
1951 – Kenny Dalglish , Scottish footballer and manager
1951 – Pete Haycock , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Climax Blues Band and ELO Part II ) (d. 2013)
1951 – Sam Perlozzo , American baseball player and manager
1951 – Mike Quarry , American boxer (d. 2006)
1951 – Chris Rea , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Klinton Spilsbury , Mexican-American actor
1951 – Gwen Welles , American actress (d. 1993)
1951 – Glenis Willmott , English scientist and politician
1951 – Linda Yamamoto , Japanese singer and actress
1951 – Zoran Žižić , Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2013)
1952 – Serge Fiori , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Harmonium )
1952 – Peter Kuhfeld , English painter
1952 – Ronn Moss , American singer-songwriter and actor (Player )
1952 – Svend Robinson , American-Canadian lawyer and politician
1952 – Umberto Tozzi , Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1953 – Nicholas Campion , English astrologer and historian
1953 – John Edwards , Australian director and producer
1953 – Emilio Estefan , Cuban-American drummer and producer
1953 – Scott Hicks , Ugandan-Australian director and screenwriter
1953 – Paweł Janas , Polish footballer and manager
1953 – Rose Laurens , French singer-songwriter
1953 – Kay Lenz , American actress
1953 – Geoff Nicholson , English author
1953 – Peggy Rathmann , American author and illustrator
1953 – Reinhold Roth , German motorcycle racer
1953 – KRK Ryden , American painter and illustrator
1953 – Chris Smith , American lawyer and politician
1953 – Daniel Woodrell , American author
1954 – Timur Apakidze , Russian general and pilot (d. 2001)
1954 – Victoria Barnsley , English publisher
1954 – Mark Chorvinsky , American magician and author (d. 2005)
1954 – François Fillon , French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France
1954 – Ricky Ford , American saxophonist and educator
1954 – Peter Jacobsen , American golfer and sportscaster
1954 – Boris Moiseev , Russian actor, singer, and dancer
1954 – Catherine O'Hara , Canadian-American actress, singer, and screenwriter
1954 – Irina Ratushinskaya , Russian poet and author
1954 – Willie Thorne , English snooker player and sportscaster
1955 – Tim Costello , Australian minister
1955 – Boon Gould , English guitarist (Level 42 )
1955 – Joey Jones , Welsh footballer and manager
1955 – Dominique Pinon , French actor and singer
1955 – James Weaver , English race car driver
1956 – Kermit Driscoll , American bassist
1957 – Nicholas Coleridge , English journalist and businessman
1957 – Jim Dwyer , American journalist and author
1957 – Ron Fassler , American actor and screenwriter
1957 – Rick Mast , American race car driver
1957 – Pius Njawé , Cameroonian journalist (d. 2010)
1957 – Edouard Vermeulen , Belgian fashion designer
1958 – Patricia Heaton , American actress and producer
1958 – Massimo Mascioletti , Italian rugby player and coach
1959 – Rick Ardon , Australian journalist
1959 – Plamen Getov , Bulgarian footballer
1960 – Iain Hesford , Zambian-English footballer and coach (d. 2014)
1960 – Mikko Kuustonen , Finnish singer-songwriter
1960 – John Mugabi , Ugandan boxer
1960 – Thierry Pastor , Algerian-French singer-songwriter
1960 – Christina Sussiek , German long jumper and sprinter
1960 – Mykelti Williamson , American actor and director
1961 – Atsuko Asano , Japanese actress
1961 – Alain Coumont , Belgian chef, founded Le Pain Quotidien
1961 – Sabine Everts , German heptathlete
1961 – Tinker Juarez , American motocross racer
1961 – Ray Mancini , American boxer, actor, and producer
1961 – Mahito Ōba , Japanese voice actor
1961 – Theodosii Spassov , Bulgarian kaval player
1961 – Steven Weber , American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Roger Wessels , South African golfer
1962 – Simon Bisley , English author and illustrator
1962 – Paul Canoville , English footballer
1962 – Greg Kragen , American footballer
1962 – Stephan Reimertz , German historian and author
1962 – David Sparrow , English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Claire Voisin , French mathematician and academic
1963 – Janey Lee Grace , English singer and radio host
1963 – Jason Newsted , American bass player and songwriter (Metallica , Voivod , and Flotsam and Jetsam )
1963 – Daniel Roebuck , American actor and producer
1964 – Scott Baker , American journalist and blogger
1964 – Dave Colclough , Welsh computer programmer and poker player
1964 – Brian Crowley , Irish lawyer and politician
1964 – Karen Knowles , Australian singer-songwriter (The Seekers )
1964 – Tom Lampkin , American baseball player and sportscaster
1964 – Paolo Virzì , Italian director and screenwriter
1965 – WestBam , German DJ and producer
1965 – Paul W. S. Anderson , English director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Andrew Collins , English journalist and screenwriter
1965 – Stacy Edwards , American actress
1965 – Khaled Hosseini , Afghan physician and author
1965 – Yury Lonchakov , Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1965 – Viktor Shapovalov , Russian race car driver
1965 – Jonathan Shearer , Scottish reality contestant, winner of Castaway 2007
1966 – Steve Bastoni , Italian-Australian actor
1966 – Emese Hunyady , Hungarian speed skater
1966 – Kevin Johnson , American basketball player and politician, 55th Mayor of Sacramento
1966 – Fiona Ma , American accountant and politician
1966 – Dav Pilkey , American author and illustrator
1966 – Grand Puba , American rapper (Brand Nubian )
1966 – Nick Scandone , American sailor (d. 2009)
1966 – Mike Small , American golfer and coach
1966 – Wash West , English director and screenwriter
1967 – Daryll Cullinan , South African cricketer and coach
1967 – Evan Dando , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lemonheads )
1967 – Ivan Lewis , English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
1967 – Terry Matterson , Australian rugby player and coach
1967 – Derek Mooney , Irish radio host and producer
1967 – Dave Rayner , English cyclist (d. 1994)
1967 – Tim Vine , English comedian and actor
1967 – Sam Taylor-Wood , English photographer and director
1967 – Kubilay Türkyilmaz , Turkish-Swiss footballer
1968 – Giovanni Carrara , Venezuelan baseball player
1968 – Jorge Celedón , Colombian singer (Binomio de Oro de América )
1968 – Cathryn Fitzpatrick , Australian cricketer
1968 – Dionna Harris , American softball player
1968 – Patsy Kensit , English actress and singer
1968 – Kyriakos Mitsotakis , Greek politician
1968 – Graham Westley , English footballer and manager
1969 – Chaz Bono , American author and activist
1969 – Pierluigi Casiraghi , Italian footballer and manager
1969 – Frank Nicotero , American comedian and game show host
1969 – Stina Nordenstam , Swedish singer-songwriter
1969 – Patrick Roach , Canadian actor and producer
1969 – Lacy Rose , American porn actress
1969 – Matt Tilley , Australian comedian and radio host
1969 – Annie Yi , Taiwanese singer and actress
1969 – Dawn Zulueta , Filipino actress
1970 – Andrea Bendewald , American actress
1970 – Àlex Crivillé , Spanish motorcycle racer
1970 – Edward Gal , Dutch horse rider
1970 – Caroline Vis , Dutch tennis player
1971 – Iain Baird , Canadian soccer player and manager
1971 – Claire Baker , Scottish politician
1971 – Jason Croot , English actor and director
1971 – Anders Kjølholm , Danish bass player (Volbeat )
1971 – Satoshi Motoyama , Japanese race car driver
1971 – Shavar Ross , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Jason Sellers , American singer-songwriter
1971 – Nick Stabile , American actor
1971 – Jovan Stanković , Serbian footballer and coach
1972 – Buck 65 , Canadian rapper and producer (Bike for Three! )
1972 – Katherine Center , American journalist and author
1972 – Nocturno Culto , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Darkthrone and Satyricon )
1972 – Ian Garbutt , English golfer
1972 – Giorgos Mazonakis , Greek singer
1972 – Brittney Powell , German-American actress
1972 – Ivy Queen , Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1972 – Robert Smith , American football player and sportscaster
1972 – Jos Verstappen , Dutch race car driver
1972 – Alison Wheeler , English singer-songwriter (The Beautiful South )
1973 – Massimo Brambilla , Italian footballer and coach
1973 – Phillip Daniels , American football player and coach
1973 – Sadik Harchaoui , Moroccan-Dutch civil servant and academic
1973 – Valery Kobelev , Russian ski jumper
1973 – Mark Lavine , Barbadian cricketer (d. 2001)
1973 – Linus of Hollywood , American singer-songwriter and producer (Size 14 and Nerf Herder )
1973 – Penny Mordaunt , English politician
1973 – Len Wiseman , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Chandra Sekhar Yeleti , Indian director and screenwriter
1974 – Crowbar , American wrestler
1974 – Mladen Krstajić , Serbian footballer and manager
1974 – Karol Kučera , Slovak tennis player
1974 – Ariel Ortega , Argentinian footballer
1974 – Gabriel o Pensador , Brazilian rapper
1974 – Tommy Phelps , South Korean-American baseball player and coach
1974 – ICS Vortex , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Arcturus and Borknagar )
1974 – David Wagner , American tennis player and educator
1974 – Bill Young , Australian rugby player
1975 – Antti Aalto , Finnish ice hockey player
1975 – Jacqueline Anderson , American actress
1975 – Kirsten Bolm , German hurdler
1975 – Julie Dibens , English triathlete
1975 – Patrick Femerling , German basketball player
1975 – Kristi Harrower , Australian basketball player
1975 – Kim Jung-eun , South Korean actress and singer
1975 – Eva Martincová , Czech tennis player
1975 – Brian McGuire , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1975 – Jerod Turner , American golfer
1975 – Myrna Veenstra , Dutch field hockey player
1975 – Hawksley Workman , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 – Mats Eilertsen , Norwegian bassist (Dingobats , Food )
1976 – Stza , American guitarist (Choking Victim , Leftöver Crack , and Star Fucking Hipsters )
1976 – Robbie Blake , English footballer
1976 – Hiram Bocachica , Puerto Rican baseball player
1976 – Hayley Evetts , English singer and actor
1976 – Brian Diego Fuentes , Argentinian footballer
1976 – Alireza Heidari , Iranian wrestler
1976 – Cho In-chul , South Korean martial artist
1976 – Tommy Jönsson , Swedish footballer
1976 – Sam Mraovich , American director and screenwriter
1976 – Christian Nicolay , German javelin thrower
1976 – Regi Penxten , Belgian DJ and producer (Milk Inc. and Sylver )
1976 – Thierry Renaer , Belgian field hockey player
1976 – Sabrina Sabrok , Argentinian model, singer, and television host
1976 – Gary Shortland , English figure skater
1976 – Craig Wilde , English actor and television host
1976 – Vic Wunderle , American archer
1977 – Rockell , American singer-songwriter
1977 – Nacho Figueras , Argentinian polo player and model
1977 – Jeremiah Green , American drummer (Modest Mouse , Red Stars Theory , and Satisfact )
1977 – Ana Guevara , Mexican sprinter and politician
1977 – Juha Helppi , Finnish poker player
1977 – Ron Horsley , American author and illustrator
1977 – Laura Jansen , Dutch-American singer-songwriter and pianist
1977 – Christian Jessen , English physician and television host
1977 – Mike Kinsella , American singer and guitarist (Joan of Arc , Cap'n Jazz , and American Football )
1977 – Daniel Klewer , German footballer and coach
1977 – Grégory Le Corvec , French rugby player
1977 – Tonga Lea'aetoa , New Zealand-Tongan rugby player
1977 – Jason Marsalis , American drummer
1977 – Traver Rains , American fashion designer and photographer
1977 – Dan Wells , American author
1977 – Gareth Wyatt , Welsh rugby player
1978 – Pierre Dagenais , Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Denis Dallan , Italian rugby player and singer
1978 – César Morales , Mexican boxer
1978 – Jean-Marc Pelletier , American ice hockey player
1979 – Neil Best , Irish rugby player
1979 – Ariel Carreño , Argentinian footballer
1979 – Karima Delli , French politician
1979 – Ben Fouhy , New Zealand canoe racer
1979 – Jon Fratelli , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Fratellis and Codeine Velvet Club )
1979 – Günter Friesenbichler , Austrian footballer
1979 – Trenton Hassell , American basketball player
1979 – Geoff Huegill , Australian Olympic swimmer
1979 – Vyacheslav Malafeev , Russian footballer
1979 – Mark Anthony Parrish , American actor, producer, and activist
1979 – Sarah Stock , Canadian wrestler
1979 – Paul Terry , English footballer
1980 – Rohan Bopanna , Indian tennis player
1980 – Omar Bravo , Mexican footballer
1980 – Ben Briand , Australian director and screenwriter
1980 – Jeong Da-bin , South Korean actress (d. 2007)
1980 – Alex Ribeiro Garcia , Brazilian basketball player
1980 – Giedrius Gustas , Lithuanian basketball player
1980 – Scott Hamilton , New Zealand rugby player
1980 – Jack Hannahan , American baseball player
1980 – Michael Henrich , American ice hockey player
1980 – Arash Markazi , American journalist
1980 – Phil McGuire , Scottish footballer
1981 – Carol Banawa , Filipino-American singer and actress
1981 – Marie Delattre , French canoe racer
1981 – Laura Michelle Kelly , English actress and singer
1981 – Gareth Knapman , English actor and director
1981 – Greg Lamb , Zimbabwean cricketer
1981 – Ariza Makukula , Portuguese footballer
1981 – Aketza Peña , Spanish cyclist
1981 – Alastair Ross , Irish politician
1981 – Donny Tourette , English singer-songwriter (Towers of London )
1981 – Helen Wyman , English cyclist
1982 – Uma Blasini , Puerto Rican model, Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2007
1982 – Landon Donovan , American soccer player
1982 – Cate Edwards , American lawyer and author
1982 – Ludmila Ezhova , Russian gymnast
1982 – Yasemin Mori , Turkish singer-songwriter
1982 – Elia Rigotto , Italian cyclist
1983 – Samuel Contesti , French-Italian figure skater
1983 – Adam Deacon , English actor, rapper, and director
1983 – Jaque Fourie , South African rugby player
1983 – Jessica Heap , American actress
1983 – Ryan Lonie , Australian footballer
1983 – Akeem Omolade , Nigerian footballer
1983 – Dante Senger , Argentinian footballer
1984 – Tamir Cohen , Israeli footballer
1984 – Marin Čolak , Croatian race car driver
1984 – Anders Grøndal , Norwegian race car driver
1984 – Norbert Hosnyánszky , Hungarian water polo player
1984 – Phillip Inzerillo , American trombonist (Suburban Legends )
1984 – Ai Iwamura , Japanese actress
1984 – Spencer Larsen , American football player
1984 – Raven Quinn , American singer-songwriter
1984 – Artyom Rebrov , Russian footballer
1984 – Zak Whitbread , American-English soccer player
1985 – Jake Buxton , English footballer
1985 – Hrvoje Čale , Croatian footballer
1985 – Guillermo Diaz Puerto Rican basketball player
1985 – Scott Michael Foster , American actor
1985 – Oliver Konsa , Estonian footballer
1985 – Mathieu Montcourt , French tennis player (d. 2009)
1985 – Chinedum Ndukwe , American football player
1985 – Whitney Port , American fashion designer and author
1985 – Jonas Troest , Danish footballer
1985 – Angela White , Australian porn actress
1986 – Filip Benko Swedish actor
1986 – Tom De Mul , Belgian footballer
1986 – Margo Harshman , American actress
1986 – Mike Krieger , Brazilian businessman, co-founded Instagram
1986 – K. Michelle , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1986 – Park Min-young , South Korean model and actress
1986 – Erin O'Kelley , American model, Miss North Carolina 2007
1986 – José Antonio Olvera , Mexican footballer
1986 – Siim Roops , Estonian footballer
1986 – Bohdan Shust , Ukrainian footballer
1986 – Dominic Telo , South African cricketer
1986 – Manu Vatuvei , New Zealand rugby player
1987 – Shraddha Das , Indian actress
1987 – Ben McKinley , Australian footballer
1987 – Tamzin Merchant , English actress and singer
1987 – William Njovu , Zambian footballer
1987 – Ahron Villena , Filipino actor
1987 – Cameron Wood , Australian footballer
1988 – Josh Bowman , English actor
1988 – Cody Longo , American actor and singer
1988 – Gal Mekel , Israeli basketball player
1988 – Laura Siegemund , German tennis player
1988 – Mikuru Uchino , Japanese model and actress
1988 – Adam Watts , English footballer
1989 – Erin Heatherton , American model and actress
1989 – Bradley Middleton , English footballer
1990 – Andrea Bowen , American actress
1990 – Paddy Madden , Irish footballer
1990 – Fran Mérida , Spanish footballer
1990 – Marco Martina Rini , Italian footballer
1990 – Maximiliano Oliva , Argentinian footballer
1991 – Viktor Lundberg , Swedish footballer
1991 – Aoi Nakamura , Japanese actor
1991 – Diandra Newlin , American actress and singer
1991 – Stuart O'Keefe , English footballer
1991 – Carles Planas , Spanish footballer
1992 – Jazmin Grace Grimaldi , American daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
1992 – Érik Lamela , Argentinian footballer
1992 – Bernd Leno , German footballer
1992 – Daniel Lloyd , English race car driver
1992 – Karl Mööl , Estonian footballer
1993 – Jenna Boyd , American actress
1993 – Bobbi Kristina Brown , American singer (d. 2015)
1993 – Abigail Mavity , American actress
1993 – Richard Peniket , English footballer
1994 – Callum Harriott , English footballer
1995 – Bill Milner , English actor
1999 – Brooklyn Beckham , son of David Beckham
2004 – Izzy Canillo , Filipino actor
480 – Landry of Sées , French bishop and saint
1172 – Stephen III of Hungary (b. 1147)
1193 – Saladin , Iraqi-Egyptian sultan (b. 1137)
1238 – Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (b. 1210)
1238 – Yuri II of Vladimir (b. 1189)
1303 – Daniel of Moscow , Russian saint (b. 1261)
1484 – Saint Casimir , Polish prince (b. 1458)
1496 – Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (b. 1427)
1583 – Bernard Gilpin , English clergyman and theologian (b. 1517)
1604 – Fausto Sozzini , Italian theologian and educator (b. 1539)
1615 – Hans von Aachen , German painter (b. 1552)
1710 – Louis, Prince of Condé (b. 1668)
1733 – Claude de Forbin , French admiral and politician (b. 1656)
1744 – John Anstis , English historian and politician (b. 1669)
1762 – Johannes Zick , German painter (b. 1702)
1793 – Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (b. 1725)
1795 – John Collins , American politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1717)
1805 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze , French painter (b. 1725)
1807 – Abraham Baldwin , American educator and politician (b. 1754)
1811 – Mariano Moreno , Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1778)
1821 – Princess Elizabeth of Clarence (b. 1820)
1832 – Jean-François Champollion , French philologist and scholar (b. 1790)
1851 – James Richardson , English explorer (b. 1809)
1852 – Nikolai Gogol , Ukrainian-Russian author and playwright (b. 1809)
1853 – Thomas Bladen Capel , English admiral (b. 1776)
1853 – Christian Leopold von Buch , German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1774)
1858 – Matthew C. Perry , American commander (b. 1794)
1864 – Thomas Starr King , American minister and politician (b. 1824)
1866 – Alexander Campbell , Irish minister and educator (b. 1788)
1868 – Jesse Chisholm , American guide (b. 1805)
1872 – Carsten Hauch , Danish poet and playwright (b. 1790)
1883 – Alexander H. Stephens , American politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
1888 – Amos Bronson Alcott , American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)
1903 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse , English author (b. 1834)
1906 – John Schofield , American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (b. 1831)
1910 – Knut Ångström , Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1857)
1915 – William Willett , English founder of British Summer Time (b. 1856)
1916 – Franz Marc , German painter (b. 1880)
1922 – Bert Williams , American actor and singer (b. 1874)
1925 – Roger de Barbarin , French target shooter (b. 1860)
1925 – Moritz Moszkowski , Polish-German pianist and composer (b. 1854)
1925 – James Ward , English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
1925 – John Montgomery Ward , American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
1927 – Ira Remsen , American chemist and academic (b. 1846)
1938 – George Foster Peabody , American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)
1938 – Jack Taylor , American baseball player (b. 1874)
1939 – Har Dayal , Indian-American activist (b. 1884)
1939 – Oswald Freisler , German lawyer (b. 1895)
1940 – Hamlin Garland , American author and poet (b. 1860)
1941 – Ludwig Quidde , German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
1944 – Fannie Barrier Williams , American educator and activist (b. 1855)
1944 – Louis Buchalter , American mob boss (b. 1897)
1944 – Louis Capone , Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)
1944 – René Lefebvre , French businessman (b. 1879)
1944 – Emanuel Weiss , American gangster (b. 1906)
1945 – Lucille La Verne , American actress (b. 1872)
1945 – Mark Sandrich , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1948 – Antonin Artaud , French actor and director (b. 1896)
1949 – Clarence Kingsbury English cyclist (b. 1882)
1952 – Charles Scott Sherrington , English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
1954 – Noel Gay , English composer (b. 1898)
1959 – Maxie Long , American runner (b. 1878)
1960 – Herbert O'Conor , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)
1960 – Leonard Warren , American opera singer (b. 1911)
1962 – George Mogridge , American baseball player and manager (b. 1889)
1963 – William Carlos Williams , American poet and pediatrician (b. 1883)
1967 – Vladan Desnica , Croatian-Serbian author (b. 1905)
1967 – Michel Plancherel , Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1885)
1969 – Nicholas Schenck , Russian-American businessman (b. 1881)
1972 – Harold Barrowclough , New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice (b. 1894)
1972 – Charles Biro , American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
1973 – Marie-Anne Desmarest , French novelist (b. 1904)
1973 – Samuel Tolansky , English physicist and academic (b. 1907)
1974 – Adolph Gottlieb , American painter and sculptor (b. 1903)
1975 – Renée Björling , Swedish actress (b. 1898)
1976 – John Marvin Jones , American judge and politician (b. 1882)
1976 – Walter H. Schottky , Swiss-German physicist and engineer (b. 1886)
1976 – Nikolai Semashko , Russian businessman (b. 1907)
1976 – Jim Walsh , American basketball player (b. 1930)
1977 – Miles C. Allgood , American educator and politician (b. 1878)
1977 – Anatol E. Baconsky , Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
1977 – Nancy Tyson Burbidge , Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)
1977 – Andrés Caicedo , Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)
1977 – Toma Caragiu , Greek-Romanian actor (b. 1925)
1977 – William Paul , American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
1977 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk , German jurist and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs for Germany (b. 1887)
1978 – Wesley Bolin , American businessman and politician, 15th Governor of Arizona (b. 1909)
1978 – Joe Marsala , American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)
1979 – Gladys McConnell , American actress and pilot (b. 1905)
1979 – Mike Patto , English singer and keyboard player (Spooky Tooth , Boxer , Patto , and Timebox ) (b. 1942)
1979 – Willi Unsoeld , American mountaineer and educator (b. 1926)
1980 – Johannes Martin Bijvoet , Dutch chemist and crystallographer (b. 1892)
1980 – Alan Hardaker , English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912)
1980 – Eric Kerfoot , English footballer (b. 1924)
1980 – J. F. A. McManus , Canadian pathologist and physician (b. 1911)
1980 – Luis Piazzini , Argentinian chess player (b. 1905)
1980 – Alex Vetchinsky , English art director and production designer (b. 1904)
1981 – Odette Barencey , French actress (b. 1893)
1981 – Franz Kapus , Swiss bobsledder (b. 1909)
1981 – John Knight , Australian scholar and politician (b. 1943)
1981 – Torin Thatcher , Indian-American actor (b. 1905)
1981 – Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer , German admiral (b. 1900)
1982 – Dorothy Eden , New Zealand-English author (b. 1912)
1984 – Ernest Buckler , Canadian author (b. 1908)
1984 – Jewel Carmen , American actress (b. 1897)
1984 – Martin Hürlimann , Swiss photographer and publisher (b. 1897)
1984 – Geoffrey Lumsden , English actor (b. 1914)
1986 – Howard Greenfield , American songwriter (b. 1936)
1986 – Albert L. Lehninger , American biochemist and academic (b. 1917)
1986 – Edward MacLysaght , Irish genealogist and academic (b. 1887)
1986 – Richard Manuel , Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (The Band and The Revols ) (b. 1943)
1986 – Elizabeth Smart , Canadian poet and author (b. 1913)
1987 – Seibo Kitamura , Japanese sculptor (b. 1884)
1988 – Beatriz Guido , Argentine author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1989 – Tiny Grimes , American guitarist (b. 1916)
1990 – Hank Gathers , American basketball player (b. 1967)
1991 – Godfrey Bryan , English cricketer (b. 1902)
1991 – Kenneth Lindsay , English politician (b. 1897)
1992 – Néstor Almendros , Spanish cinematographer and director (b. 1930)
1992 – Art Babbitt , American animator and director (b. 1907)
1992 – Pare Lorentz , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
1992 – Mary Osborne , American guitarist (b. 1921)
1992 – Larry Rosenthal , American baseball player (b. 1910)
1993 – Jeffery Amherst, 5th Earl Amherst , English pilot and airline director (b. 1896)
1993 – Michael Beecher , Australian model and actor (b. 1939)
1993 – Art Hodes , Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1904)
1993 – Tomislav Ivčić , Croatian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1953)
1993 – Izaak Kolthoff , Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1894)
1993 – Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale , English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (b. 1929)
1993 – Richard Sale , American director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1994 – John Candy , Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1950)
1994 – George Edward Hughes , Irish-Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1918)
1994 – Chris Seydou , Malian fashion designer (b. 1949)
1994 – Paul Solomon , American psychic (b. 1939)
1995 – Iftekhar , Pakistani-Indian actor and makeup artist (b. 1922)
1995 – Eden Ahbez , American singer-songwriter (b. 1908)
1995 – Matt Urban , American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
1996 – Minnie Pearl , American comedian and singer (b. 1912)
1996 – John Sauer , American football player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
1997 – Joe Baker-Cresswell , English captain (b. 1901)
1997 – Robert H. Dicke , American physicist and astronomer (b. 1916)
1997 – Carey Loftin , American actor and stuntman (b. 1914)
1998 – Ivan Dougherty , Australian general (b. 1907)
1998 – Donald Rodney , English painter (b. 1961)
1999 – Harry Blackmun , American lawyer and judge (b. 1908)
1999 – Del Close , American actor and educator (b. 1934)
1999 – Eddie Dean , American singer and actor (b. 1907)
1999 – Miłosz Magin , Polish pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1999 – Teddy McRae , American saxophonist (b. 1908)
1999 – Joseph Regenstein, Jr. , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
1999 – Karel van het Reve , Dutch historian and author (b. 1921)
2000 – Hermann Brück , German-Scottish physicist and astronomer (b. 1905)
2000 – Kyi Kyi Htay , Burmese actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1924)
2000 – Michael Noonan , New Zealand-Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2000 – Alphons Silbermann , German sociologist, musicologist, and publicist (b. 1909)
2000 – Ta-You Wu , Chinese physicist and academic (b. 1907)
2001 – Gerardo Barbero , Argentinian chess player (b. 1961)
2001 – Jean René Bazaine , French painter and author (b. 1904)
2001 – Glenn Hughes , American singer and actor (The Village People ) (b. 1950)
2001 – Fred Lasswell , American cartoonist (b. 1916)
2001 – Jim Rhodes , American businessman and politician, 61st Governor of Ohio (b. 1909)
2001 – Harold Stassen , American educator and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1907)
2001 – Martin Wright , English biologist and engineer (b. 1912)
2002 – Claire Davenport , English actress (b. 1933)
2002 – Eric Flynn , Chinese-Welsh actor and singer (b. 1939)
2002 – Ryō Hanmura , Japanese author (b. 1933)
2002 – Ugnė Karvelis , Lithuanian author and translator (b. 1935)
2002 – Elyne Mitchell , Australian author (b. 1913)
2002 – Margarete Neumann , German author and poet (b. 1917)
2002 – Shirley Ann Russell , English costume designer (b. 1935)
2002 – Velibor Vasović , Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
2003 – Jaba Ioseliani , Georgian playwright, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
2003 – Sébastien Japrisot , French author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1931)
2004 – Fernando Lázaro Carreter , Spanish linguist and journalist (b. 1923)
2004 – John McGeoch , Scottish guitarist (Magazine , The Armoury Show , Siouxsie and the Banshees , and Public Image Ltd ) (b. 1955)
2004 – Claude Nougaro , French singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
2004 – George Pake , American physicist and academic (b. 1924)
2004 – Stephen Sprouse , American fashion designer (b. 1953)
2005 – Nicola Calipari , Italian general (b. 1953)
2005 – Robert Consoli , American actor and singer (b. 1964)
2005 – Una Hale , Australian-English soprano (b. 1922)
2005 – Yuriy Kravchenko , Ukrainian police officer and politician (b. 1951)
2005 – Carlos Sherman , Uruguayan-Belarusian author and activist (b. 1934)
2006 – John Reynolds Gardiner , American author and engineer (b. 1944)
2006 – Roman Ogaza , Polish footballer (b. 1952)
2006 – Dave Rose , American animator (b. 1910)
2006 – Edgar Valter , Estonian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
2007 – Natalie Bodanya , American soprano (b. 1908)
2007 – Thomas Eagleton , American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (b. 1929)
2007 – Bob Hattoy , American activist (b. 1950)
2007 – Richard Joseph , English composer (b. 1954)
2007 – Sunil Kumar Mahato , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1966)
2007 – Tadeusz Nalepa , Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Breakout ) (b. 1934)
2007 – Ian Wooldridge , English journalist (b. 1932)
2008 – Tina Lagostena Bassi , Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2008 – Robert Bruning , Australian actor and producer (b. 1928)
2008 – Gary Gygax , American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1938)
2008 – Elena Nathanael , Greek actress (b. 1941)
2008 – Leonard Rosenman , American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
2008 – Semka Sokolović-Bertok , Croatian actress (b. 1935)
2009 – Joseph Bloch , American pianist and educator (b. 1917)
2009 – John Cephas , American guitarist (Cephas & Wiggins ) (b. 1930)
2009 – Yvon Cormier , Canadian wrestler (b. 1938)
2009 – Patricia De Martelaere , Flemish philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1957)
2009 – Horton Foote , American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1916)
2009 – George McAfee , American football player (b. 1918)
2009 – Salvatore Samperi , Italian director and screenwriter (b 1944)
2009 – Triztán Vindtorn , Norwegian poet (b. 1942)
2010 – Raimund Abraham , Austrian architect, designed the Austrian Cultural Forum New York (b. 1933)
2010 – Johnny Alf , Brazilian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
2010 – Vladislav Ardzinba , Abkhazian politician, 1st President of Abkhazia (b. 1945)
2010 – Etta Cameron , Bahamian-Danish singer and actress (b. 1939)
2010 – Samuel J. Eldersveld , American academic and politician (b. 1917)
2010 – Joaquim Fiúza , Portuguese sailor (b. 1908)
2010 – Nan Martin , American actress (b. 1927)
2010 – Roger Newman , English-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2010 – Angelo Poffo , American wrestler and promoter (b. 1925)
2010 – Tony Richards , English footballer and soldier (b. 1934)
2010 – Joanne Simpson , American meteorologist and academic (b. 1923)
2010 – Fred Wedlock , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1942)
2011 – Krishna Prasad Bhattarai , Nepalese journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1924)
2011 – Frank Chirkinian , Armenian-American director and producer (b. 1926)
2011 – Vivienne Harris , English journalist and publisher, co-founded the Jewish Telegraph (b. 1921)
2011 – Charles Jarrott , English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2011 – Ed Manning , American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
2011 – Johnny Preston , American singer (b. 1939)
2011 – Mikhail Simonov , Russian aircraft designer, designed the Sukhoi Su-27 (b. 1920)
2011 – Arjun Singh , Indian politician (b. 1930)
2011 – Alenush Terian , Iranian astronomer and physicist (b. 1920)
2011 – Simon van der Meer , Dutch-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
2012 – Paul McBride , Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1965)
2012 – Don Mincher , American baseball player (b. 1938)
2012 – Runako Morton , Nevisian cricketer (b. 1978)
2012 – John C. Reiss , American bishop (b. 1922)
2012 – Shmuel Tankus , Israeli commander (b. 1914)
2012 – Joan Taylor , American actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2013 – Lilian Cahn , Hungarian-American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (b. 1923)
2013 – Menachem Froman , Israeli rabbi (b. 1945)
2013 – Harry Greene , Welsh television host (b. 1923)
2013 – Michael D. Moore , Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)
2013 – Jérôme Savary , Argentinian-French actor and director (b. 1942)
2013 – Hobart Muir Smith , American herpetologist and zoologist (b. 1912)
2013 – Toren Smith , Canadian businessman, founded Studio Proteus (b. 1960)
2013 – Fran Warren , American singer and actress (b. 1926)
2014 – Renato Cioni , Italian tenor (b. 1929)
2014 – László Fekete , Hungarian footballer (b. 1954)
2014 – Mark Freidkin , Russian author and poet (b. 1953)
2014 – Elaine Kellett-Bowman , English lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
2014 – Jack Kinzler , American engineer (b. 1920)
2014 – Maja Petrin , Croatian actress (b. 1972)
2014 – Wu Tianming , Chinese director and producer (b. 1939)
2015 – Dušan Bilandžić , Croatian historian and politician (b. 1924)
2015 – Ray Hatton , English-American runner, author, and academic (b. 1932)
2015 – Karl-Alfred Jacobsson , Swedish footballer (b. 1926)
2015 – Jam Sebastian , Filipino video blogger (b. 1986)
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