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January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining until the end of the year (360 in leap years).
Events
- 1066 – Harold Godwinson (or Harold II) is crowned King of England.
- 1205 – Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
- 1322 – Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia.
- 1355 – Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
- 1449 – Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.
- 1492 – The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista.
- 1540 – King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
- 1579 – The Union of Arras is signed.
- 1661 – English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.
- 1690 – Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
- 1721 – The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
- 1781 – In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
- 1809 – Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
- 1838 – Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
- 1839 – The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
- 1853 – President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Pierce's 11-year-old son Benjamin is killed in the crash.
- 1870 – The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
- 1893 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
- 1907 – Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
- 1912 – New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
- 1912 – German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
- 1921 – Formation of the Iraqi Army.
- 1929 – King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
- 1929 – Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
- 1930 – The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
- 1931 – Thomas Edison signs his last patent application.
- 1941 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
- 1946 – The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
- 1947 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
- 1950 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
- 1951 – Korean War: An estimated 200–1,300 South Korean communist sympathizers are slaughtered in what becomes the Ganghwa massacre.
- 1953 – The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
- 1960 – National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
- 1960 – The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
- 1967 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
- 1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
- 1978 – The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) is returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
- 1992 – President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
- 1993 – Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
- 1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit.
- 1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
- 2000 – Celia, the last Pyrenean ibex was found dead after a tree had landed on her.
- 2005 – American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers.
- 2005 – A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
- 2009 – Israel conducts an assault on the Gaza Strip
- 2012 – Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.
- 2016 – North Korea declares that nuclear weapons testing of thermonuclear weapon is complete.
Births
- 1367 – Richard II of England (d. 1400)
- 1384 – Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, English son of Alice Holland, Countess of Kent (d. 1408)
- 1412 – Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (d. 1431)
- 1486 – Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (d. 1556)
- 1488 – Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (d. 1540)
- 1525 – Caspar Peucer, German physician and scholar (d. 1602)
- 1561 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (d. 1656)
- 1587 – Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (d. 1645)
- 1595 – Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French educator and courtier (d. 1650)
- 1617 – Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician (d. 1673)
- 1655 – Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (d. 1720)
- 1670 – Alexander Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (d. 1752)
- 1673 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (d. 1744)
- 1695 – Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe player and composer (d. 1750)
- 1702 – José de Nebra, Spanish composer (d. 1768)
- 1714 – Percivall Pott, English surgeon (d. 1788)
- 1785 – Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist (d. 1860)
- 1793 – James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (d. 1862)
- 1795 – Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (d. 1871)
- 1799 – Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (d. 1831)
- 1803 – Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1888)
- 1807 – Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)
- 1808 – Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American oncologist and paleontologist (d. 1864)
- 1811 – Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)
- 1812 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino activist (d. 1919)
- 1819 – Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
- 1822 – Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist and businessman (d. 1890)
- 1832 – Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
- 1836 – Ludwig Schüler, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (d. 1930)
- 1838 – Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (d. 1920)
- 1842 – Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer, and critic (d. 1901)
- 1848 – Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (d. 1876)
- 1850 – Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (d. 1932)
- 1850 – Franz Xaver Scharwenka, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1924)
- 1856 – Giuseppe Martucci, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1909)
- 1857 – Hugh Mahon, Irish-Australian publisher and politician, 10th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1931)
- 1857 – William Russell, American lawyer and politician, 37th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
- 1859 – Samuel Alexander, Australian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1938)
- 1861 – Victor Horta, Belgian architect, designed Hôtel van Eetvelde (d. 1947)
- 1861 – George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
- 1861 – János Zsupánek, Slovene-Hungarian author and poet (d. 1951)
- 1866 – Dante Cappelli, Italian actor and director (d. 1948)
- 1868 – Ștefan Luchian, Romanian painter and illustrator (d. 1917)
- 1868 – Vittorio Monti, Italian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1922)
- 1870 – Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1944)
- 1872 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1915)
- 1874 – Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1948)
- 1878 – Adeline Genée, Danish-English ballerina (d. 1970)
- 1878 – Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (d. 1967)
- 1880 – Tom Mix, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1940)
- 1881 – Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic (d. 1944)
- 1882 – Aleksandra Ekster, Polish-French painter and set designer (d. 1949)
- 1882 – Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1965)
- 1882 – Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1961)
- 1883 – Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (d. 1931)
- 1891 – Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer (d. 1937)
- 1897 – Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defense (d. 1970)
- 1898 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (d. 1965)
- 1898 – Charles E. Pont, American minister and painter (d. 1971)
- 1899 – Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (d. 1969)
- 1899 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (d. 1960)
- 1899 – Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (d. 1968)
- 1900 – Maria of Yugoslavia (d. 1961)
- 1902 – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (d. 1994)
- 1903 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (d. 1993)
- 1903 – Francis L. Sullivan, English-American actor (d. 1956)
- 1905 – Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (d. 1953)
- 1907 – David Fleay, Australian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1993)
- 1908 – Menachem Avidom, Hungarian-Israeli composer (d. 1995)
- 1910 – G. N. Balasubramaniam, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1965)
- 1910 – Kid Chocolate, Cuban boxer (d. 1988)
- 1910 – Wright Morris, American author and photographer (d. 1998)
- 1910 – Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (d. 1989)
- 1912 – Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic (d. 1994)
- 1912 – Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian; founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (d. 1991)
- 1913 – Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician (d. 2001)
- 1913 – Loretta Young, American actress (d. 2000)
- 1914 – Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic (d. 1989)
- 1915 – Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2015)
- 1915 – John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher (d. 2001)
- 1915 – Alan Watts, English-American philosopher and author (d. 1973)
- 1916 – Eugene Thomas Maleska, American journalist (d. 1993)
- 1916 – Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist and author (d. 2007)
- 1917 – Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (d. 2005)
- 1919 – Roy Cochran, American hurdler and sprinter (d. 1981)
- 1920 – John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Early Wynn, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1999)
- 1921 – Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1998)
- 1922 – Hugo Broch, German lieutenant and pilot
- 1923 – Vladimir Kazantsev, Russian runner (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1974)
- 1923 – Jacobo Timerman, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
- 1924 – Earl Scruggs, American banjo player (Flatt and Scruggs) (d. 2012)
- 1925 – John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005)
- 1926 – Ralph Branca, American baseball player
- 1926 – Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (d. 2002)
- 1926 – Kid Gavilán, Cuban-American boxer (d. 2003)
- 1926 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor and bodybuilder (d. 2006)
- 1926 – Günter Rössler, German photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
- 1927 – Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 2014)
- 1928 – Capucine, French actress and model (d. 1990)
- 1928 – George H. Ross, American lawyer and businessman
- 1929 – Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (d. 2006)
- 1929 – Babrak Karmal, Afghan politician (d. 1996)
- 1930 – W. Wallace Cleland, American biochemist and educator (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Vic Tayback, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1931 – E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Juan Goytisolo, Spanish poet and author
- 1931 – Graeme Hole, Australian cricketer (d. 1990)
- 1931 – P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Dickie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Kaoru Yachigusa, Japanese actress
- 1932 – Stuart A. Rice, American chemist and academic
- 1933 – John Clive, English author and actor (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Leszek Drogosz, Polish boxer and actor (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2003)
- 1933 – Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich, English surgeon and academic
- 1933 – Emil Steinberger, Swiss actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1933 – Fred L. Turner, American businessman (d. 2013)
- 1934 – Harry M. Miller, Australian talent agent and publicist
- 1934 – Sylvia Syms, English actress and singer
- 1934 – John Wieners, American poet and actor (d. 2002)
- 1935 – Queen Margarita of Bulgaria
- 1935 – Ian Meckiff, Australian cricketer
- 1935 – Joseph Rotman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
- 1936 – Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player and scout
- 1936 – Julio María Sanguinetti, Uruguayan journalist, lawyer, and politician, 29th President of Uruguay
- 1937 – Paolo Conte, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1937 – Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (d. 1998)
- 1937 – Lou Holtz, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1937 – Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1938 – Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
- 1938 – Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist and academic
- 1938 – Mario Rodríguez Cobos, Argentinian philosopher and author (d. 2010)
- 1938 – William E. Connolly, American political scientist, theorist, and academic
- 1939 – Georgios Babiniotis, Greek linguist and philologist
- 1939 – Murray Rose, Australian swimmer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
- 1940 – Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (d. 1989)
- 1940 – Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1979)
- 1943 – Hak Ja Han, South Korean wife of Sun Myung Moon
- 1943 – Terry Venables, English footballer and manager
- 1944 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
- 1944 – Alan Stivell, French singer-songwriter and harp player
- 1944 – Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Swiss immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1945 – Allen Appel, American author, illustrator, and photographer
- 1945 – Barry John, Welsh rugby player
- 1946 – Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pink Floyd and Stars) (d. 2006)
- 1947 – Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention, Fotheringay, and Strawbs) (d. 1978)
- 1948 – Guy Gardner, American colonel and astronaut
- 1949 – Mike Boit, Kenyan runner and academic
- 1949 – Carolyn D. Wright, American poet and academic
- 1950 – Louis Freeh, American lawyer and jurist, 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 1951 – Don Gullett, American baseball player and coach
- 1951 – Kim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
- 1952 – Frank Sivero, Italian-American actor
- 1952 – Moondog Spot, American wrestler (d. 2003)
- 1953 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (AC/DC and Marcus Hook Roll Band)
- 1954 – Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer, created Dragon Quest
- 1954 – Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
- 1954 – Karen Moras, Australian swimmer and coach
- 1954 – Trudie Styler, English actress and producer
- 1955 – Ajayi Agbebaku, Nigerian triple jumper
- 1955 – Rowan Atkinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1955 – Alex Forsyth, American ice hockey player
- 1955 – Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2014)
- 1955 – Graham Murray, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2013)
- 1956 – Elizabeth Strout, American author and academic
- 1956 – Justin Welby, English archbishop
- 1956 – Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach
- 1957 – Michael Foale, British-American astrophysicist and astronaut
- 1957 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer and sportscaster
- 1958 – Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist and economist
- 1958 – Scott Bryce, American actor, director, and producer
- 1958 – Margus Hanson, Estonian lawyer and politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Defence
- 1958 – Mohsen Rastani, Iranian photographer and journalist
- 1959 – Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer and coach
- 1959 – Kathy Sledge, American singer (Sister Sledge)
- 1960 – Paul Azinger, American golfer and sportscaster
- 1960 – Eric Grothe, Sr., Australian rugby league player
- 1960 – Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
- 1960 – Nigella Lawson, English chef and author
- 1960 – Howie Long, American football player and actor
- 1961 – Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross racer (d. 2012)
- 1962 – Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Widespread Panic and Brute) (d. 2002)
- 1962 – Kevin Rosier, American mixed martial artist and boxer (d. 2015)
- 1962 – Vangelis Vlachos, Greek footballer and manager
- 1963 – Norm Charlton, American baseball player and coach
- 1963 – Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan runner (d. 1995)
- 1963 – Ian Lavery, English miner and politician
- 1964 – Konnan, Cuban-American wrestler and sportscaster
- 1964 – Charles Haley, American football player and coach
- 1964 – Jacqueline Moore, American wrestler and manager
- 1964 – Richard Nerurkar, English runner
- 1964 – Mark O'Toole, English bass player
- 1964 – Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan swimmer and sportscaster (d. 2005)
- 1965 – Muhammed al-Ahari, American author and scholar
- 1965 – Laurence Hurst, English biologist and academic
- 1965 – Bjørn Lomborg, Danish author and academic
- 1965 – Murray McLachlan, Scottish pianist
- 1965 – Christine Wachtel, German runner
- 1966 – Sharon Cuneta, Filipino singer and actress
- 1967 – Kim Atienza, Filipino television host and actor
- 1967 – A.R. Rahman, Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer
- 1967 – Kim Atienza, Filipino television host and actor
- 1968 – John Singleton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 – Norman Reedus, American actor
- 1970 – José Carabalí, Venezuelan runner
- 1970 – Julie Chen, American television journalist and producer
- 1970 – Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player, sportscaster, and actress
- 1971 – Karin Slaughter, American author
- 1971 – Irwin Thomas, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Southern Sons and Electric Mary)
- 1972 – Nek, Italian singer-songwriter
- 1973 – Scott Ferguson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1973 – Vasso Karantasiou, Greek volleyball player
- 1974 – Daniel Cordone, Argentinian footballer
- 1974 – Paul Grant, American basketball player and coach
- 1975 – Yukana, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1975 – James Farrior, American football player
- 1975 – Jason King, English radio and television host
- 1976 – Johnny Yong Bosch, American actor and martial artist
- 1976 – Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1977 – Defconn, South Korean singer and actor
- 1977 – Marc Johnson, American skateboarder
- 1978 – Nikki Einfeld, Canadian soprano and actress
- 1978 – Casey Fossum, American baseball player
- 1978 – Bubba Franks, American football player
- 1979 – Camila Grey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mellowdrone and Uh Huh Her)
- 1980 – Steed Malbranque, Belgian-French footballer
- 1980 – Sam Sallon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980 – Apostolia Zoi, Greek singer
- 1981 – Mike Jones, American rapper and actor
- 1981 – Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress and director
- 1981 – Jérémie Renier, Belgian-French actor
- 1981 – Asante Samuel, American football player
- 1982 – Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
- 1982 – Brian Bass, American baseball player
- 1982 – Tiffany Pollard, American actress
- 1982 – Eddie Redmayne, English actor, model, and singer
- 1983 – Adam Burish, American ice hockey player
- 1983 – Mithra Jin, South Korean rapper (Epik High)
- 1983 – Natali Thanou, Serbian-Greek model and singer
- 1984 – Diljit Dosanjh, Indian actor and singer
- 1984 – Kate McKinnon, American actress
- 1984 – Eric Trump, American businessman and philanthropist
- 1985 – Ben Haenow, English singer
- 1985 – Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (d. 2015)
- 1986 – Paul McShane, Irish footballer
- 1986 – Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
- 1986 – Irina Shayk, Russian-American model and actress
- 1986 – Benjamin Simm, German rugby player
- 1986 – Mike Teel, American football player
- 1986 – Alex Turner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets)
- 1987 – Gemma Gibbons, English-Scottish martial artist
- 1987 – Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer
- 1987 – Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
- 1988 – Mikael Daez, Filipino model and actor
- 1989 – Andy Carroll, English footballer
- 1989 – James Durbin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1993 – Lil Reese, American rapper
- 1994 – Jameis Winston, American football player
Deaths
- 429 – Honoratus, French archbishop and saint (b. 350)
- 664 – 'Amr ibn al-'As, Arabian general and politician, Governor of Egypt (b. 583)
- 786 – Abo of Tiflis, Iraqi martyr and saint (b. 756)
- 884 – Hasan ibn Zayd, Tabaristan ruler
- 1088 – Berengar of Tours, French scholar and theologian (b. 999)
- 1275 – Raymond of Penyafort, Catalan archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
- 1387 – Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)
- 1481 – Ahmed Khan bin Küchük, Mongolian ruler
- 1537 – Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)
- 1537 – Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, designed the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (b. 1481)
- 1616 – Philip Henslowe, English businessman (b. 1550)
- 1646 – Elias Holl, German architect, designed the Augsburg Town Hall (b. 1573)
- 1689 – Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1617)
- 1693 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1642)
- 1711 – Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
- 1718 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664)
- 1725 – Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653)
- 1731 – Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672)
- 1734 – John Dennis, English playwright and critic (b. 1657)
- 1813 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
- 1829 – Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
- 1831 – Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)
- 1840 – Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752)
- 1847 – Tyagaraja, Indian composer (b. 1767)
- 1852 – Louis Braille, French educator, invented braille (b. 1809)
- 1855 – Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779)
- 1882 – Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
- 1884 – Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
- 1885 – Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
- 1885 – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
- 1896 – Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
- 1905 – George Van Cleaf, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
- 1913 – Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
- 1917 – Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
- 1918 – Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
- 1919 – Max Heindel, Danish-American astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)
- 1919 – Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
- 1921 – Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
- 1922 – Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (b. 1842)
- 1928 – Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper (b. 1876)
- 1933 – Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848)
- 1934 – Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
- 1937 – André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)
- 1939 – Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
- 1941 – Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
- 1942 – Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
- 1942 – Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
- 1944 – Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
- 1944 – Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, and educator (b. 1857)
- 1945 – Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank (b. 1900)
- 1945 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)
- 1949 – Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883)
- 1952 – Sofoklis Dousmanis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1868)
- 1966 – Jean Lurçat, French painter (b. 1892)
- 1972 – Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1901)
- 1974 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
- 1978 – Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
- 1980 – Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1899)
- 1980 – Georgeanna Tillman, American singer and dancer (The Marvelettes) (b. 1944)
- 1981 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896)
- 1984 – Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
- 1990 – Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1949)
- 1990 – Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 1991 – Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist (b. 1907)
- 1993 – Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)
- 1993 – Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator (b. 1910)
- 1993 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (b. 1938)
- 1994 – Virginia Clinton Kelley, American nurse (b. 1923)
- 1995 – Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
- 1999 – Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (b. 1962)
- 2000 – Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
- 2003 – Hirini Melbourne, New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1949)
- 2004 – Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
- 2004 – Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
- 2005 – Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Lois Hole, Canadian academic and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b. 1929)
- 2005 – Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
- 2005 – Louis Robichaud, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
- 2006 – Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1933)
- 2006 – Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot (b. 1943)
- 2007 – Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
- 2007 – Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American guitarist and songwriter (The Flying Burrito Brothers) (b. 1934)
- 2007 – Roberta Wohlstetter, American political scientist, historian, and academic (b. 1912)
- 2008 – P. K. Sethi, Indian surgeon (b. 1927)
- 2009 – Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (The Stooges, The New Order, New Race, and Destroy All Monsters) (b. 1948)
- 2009 – Maria Dimitriadi, Greek singer (b. 1950)
- 2009 – Cheryl Holdridge, American actress (b. 1944)
- 2010 – James von Brunn, American murderer (b. 1920)
- 2011 – Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1967)
- 2012 – Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist and engineer (b. 1938)
- 2012 – John Celardo, American illustrator (b. 1918)
- 2012 – Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (b. 1928)
- 2012 – W. Francis McBeth, American composer (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Spike Pola, Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1914)
- 2013 – Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Gerard Helders, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1905)
- 2013 – John Ingram, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball player (b. 1973)
- 2014 – Bob Bolen, American businessman and politician (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Marina Ginestà, French soldier and photographer (b. 1919)
- 2014 – Larry D. Mann, Canadian-American actor (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
- 2014 – Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic (b. 1916)
- 2014 – Mónica Spear, Venezuelan model and actress, Miss Venezuela 2004 (b. 1984)
- 2015 – Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (b. 1918)
- 2015 – Basil John Mason, English meteorologist and academic (b. 1923)
- 2016 – Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Cuban-American trumpet player (b. 1928)
- 2016 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 2016 – Florence King, American journalist and author (b. 1936)
- 2016 – Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (b. 1948)
- 2016 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (b. 1925)
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