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March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 280 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1027 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1169 – Saladin becomes the emir of Egypt.
- 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras, one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder was used, comes to an end.
- 1351 – Combat of the Thirty : Thirty Breton Knights call out and defeat thirty English Knights.
- 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
- 1552 – Guru Amar Das becomes the Third Sikh guru.
- 1636 – Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
- 1812 – An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
- 1812 – A political cartoon in the Boston Gazette coins the term "gerrymander" to describe oddly shaped electoral districts designed to help incumbents win reelection.
- 1830 – The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, New York.
- 1839 – The first Henley Royal Regatta is held.
- 1871 – The elections of Commune council of the Paris Commune are held.
- 1881 – Thessaly is freed and becomes part of Greece again.
- 1885 – The Métis people of the District of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel begin the North-West Rebellion against Canada.
- 1913 – Balkan Wars: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
- 1915 – Ice hockey: The Vancouver Millionaires sweep the Ottawa Senators three-games-to-none to win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
- 1917 – World War I: First Battle of Gaza – British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
- 1922 – The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
- 1931 – Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
- 1931 – Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
- 1934 – The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
- 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
- 1942 – World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland.
- 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
- 1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
- 1958 – The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
- 1958 – The African Regroupment Party is launched at a meeting in Paris.
- 1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City
- 1970 – South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy
- 1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- 1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
- 1978 – Four days before the scheduled opening of Japan's Narita International Airport, protesters destroy much of the equipment in the control tower with Molotov cocktails.
- 1979 – Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- 1981 – Social Democratic Party (UK) founded as a party.
- 1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C..
- 1991 – Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
- 1991 – Five South Korean boys, nicknamed the Frog Boys, disappear while hunting for frogs and are murdered in a case that remains unsolved.
- 1991 – Local self-government is restored after three decades of centralized control in South Korea.
- 1995 – The Schengen Treaty comes into effect.
- 1997 – Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
- 1998 – Oued Bouaicha massacre in Algeria: Fifty-two people are killed with axes and knives, 32 of them children under the age of two.
- 1999 – The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
- 1999 – A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.
- 2005 – The Taiwanese government calls on one million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the demonstration.
- 2005 – The BBC broadcasts "Rose" (starring Christopher Eccleston), the first returning episode Doctor Who, after its cancellation in 1989. It is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.
- 2010 – The ROKS Cheonan sinks off the west coast of South Korea near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen.
- 2014 – A massive fire breaks out in Back Bay, Boston killing 2 firefighters and injuring at least 18 people.
- 2016 – The Hokkaido Shinkansen opens.
Births
- 1031 – Malcolm III of Scotland (d. 1093)
- 1516 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss botanist and zoologist (d. 1565)
- 1554 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (d. 1611)
- 1584 – John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (d. 1635)
- 1634 – Domenico Freschi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1710)
- 1687 – Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (d. 1757)
- 1698 – Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765)
- 1749 – William Blount, American politician (d. 1800)
- 1753 – Benjamin Thompson, American-French physicist and politician, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1814)
- 1773 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and navigator (d. 1838)
- 1794 – Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter (d. 1872)
- 1804 – David Humphreys Storer, American physician and academic (d. 1891)
- 1814 – Charles Mackay, Scottish anthologist, journalist, and author (d. 1889)
- 1845 – Juhan Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player (d. 1930)
- 1850 – Edward Bellamy, American author, socialist, and utopian visionary (d. 1898)
- 1854 – Maurice Lecoq, French target shooter (d. 1925)
- 1856 – William Massey, Irish-New Zealand farmer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1925)
- 1859 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (d. 1936)
- 1859 – Adolf Hurwitz, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (d. 1919)
- 1860 – André Prévost, French tennis player (d. 1919)
- 1866 – Fred Karno, English producer and manager (d. 1941)
- 1868 – Fuad I of Egypt (d. 1936)
- 1871 – Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole of Hawaii (d. 1922)
- 1874 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (d. 1963)
- 1875 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922)
- 1875 – Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (d. 1965)
- 1876 – William, Prince of Albania (d. 1945)
- 1879 – Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazano–Narrows Bridge (d. 1965)
- 1879 – Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (d. 1917)
- 1881 – Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci (d. 1953)
- 1882 – Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician (d. 1940)
- 1883 – Poul Reumert, Danish actor (d. 1968)
- 1884 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (d. 1969)
- 1884 – Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
- 1886 – Hugh Mulzac, Vincentian-American soldier and politician (d. 1971)
- 1888 – Elsa Brändström, Swedish nurse and philanthropist (d. 1948)
- 1893 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978)
- 1893 – Dhirendra Nath Ganguly, Indian actor and director (d. 1978)
- 1893 – Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (d. 1964)
- 1894 – Viorica Ursuleac, Ukrainian-Romanian soprano and actress (d. 1985)
- 1895 – Vilho Tuulos, Finnish triple jumper (d. 1967)
- 1898 – Rudolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Puma SE (d. 1974)
- 1898 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
- 1904 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist and author (d. 1987)
- 1904 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1986)
- 1904 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2004)
- 1905 – Monty Berman, English cinematographer and producer (d. 2006)
- 1905 – André Cluytens, Belgian-French conductor and director (d. 1967)
- 1905 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (d. 1997)
- 1906 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (d. 1981)
- 1907 – Azellus Denis, Canadian lawyer and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)
- 1907 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)
- 1908 – Franz Stangl, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 1971)
- 1908 – Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American organist and composer (d. 1964)
- 1909 – Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (d. 1971)
- 1910 – K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (d. 2002)
- 1911 – Lennart Atterwall, Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)
- 1911 – J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)
- 1911 – T. Hee, American animator and director (d. 1988)
- 1911 – Bernard Katz, German-English biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
- 1911 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (d. 1983)
- 1913 – Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist, author, and scholar (d. 2010)
- 1913 – Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
- 1913 – Salme Rootare, Estonian chess player (d. 1987)
- 1914 – Toru Kumon, Japanese mathematician and academic (d. 1995)
- 1914 – William Westmoreland, American general (d. 2005)
- 1915 – Lennart Strandberg, Swedish sprinter (d. 1989)
- 1915 – Hwang Sun-won, North Korean author and poet (d. 2000)
- 1916 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1916 – Bill Edrich, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1986)
- 1916 – Sterling Hayden, American actor and author (d. 1986)
- 1916 – Harry Rabinowitz, South African-American composer and conductor
- 1917 – Ed Peck, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1917 – Rufus Thomas, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1919 – Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1965)
- 1919 – Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)
- 1920 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and journalist (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Oscar Sala, Italian-Brazilian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Guido Stampacchia, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1978)
- 1923 – Gert Bastian, German general and politician (d. 1992)
- 1923 – Bob Elliott, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
- 1925 – Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1925 – Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2016)
- 1925 – Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton, English soldier and politician
- 1925 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (d. 2010)
- 1925 – James Moody, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
- 1926 – T. Sivasithamparam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1992)
- 1927 – Harold Chapman, English photographer
- 1929 – Edwin Turney, American businessman, co-founded Advanced Micro Devices (d. 2008)
- 1930 – Gregory Corso, American poet (d. 2001)
- 1930 – Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer and jurist
- 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2015)
- 1932 – Leroy Griffith, American businessman
- 1933 – Vine Deloria, Jr., American historian, author, and theologian (d. 2005)
- 1933 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (d. 1996)
- 1934 – Alan Arkin, American actor, singer, and director
- 1935 – Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian politician, 2nd President of the State of Palestine
- 1935 – Stig Pettersson, Swedish high jumper
- 1936 – Giora Feidman, Argentinian-Israeli clarinet player
- 1936 – Harry Kalas, American sportscaster (d. 2009)
- 1937 – Wayne Embry, American basketball player and manager
- 1937 – Barbara Jones, American sprinter
- 1937 – James Lee, Canadian businessman and politician, 26th Premier of Prince Edward Island
- 1938 – Norman Ackroyd, English painter and illustrator
- 1938 – Anthony James Leggett, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939 – Phillip Allen, American stage, film, and television actor (d. 2012)
- 1940 – James Caan, American actor and singer
- 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American lawyer and politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1941 – Richard Dawkins, Kenyan-English ethologist, biologist, and academic
- 1941 – Yvon Marcoux, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1942 – Erica Jong, American novelist and poet
- 1943 – Mustafa Kalemli, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of the Interior
- 1943 – Bob Woodward, American journalist and author
- 1944 – Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (d. 2014)
- 1944 – Diana Ross, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (The Supremes)
- 1945 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2004)
- 1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor, singer and musician
- 1946 – Jiří Kabeš, Czech singer-songwriter and violinist (The Plastic People of the Universe)
- 1946 – Alain Madelin, French politician, French Minister of Finance
- 1947 – Dar Robinson, American stuntman and actor (d. 1986)
- 1948 – Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
- 1948 – José Luis García-López, Spanish-American illustrator
- 1948 – Ayumi Ishida, Japanese singer and actress
- 1948 – Richard Tandy, English keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
- 1948 – Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor (Aerosmith and Chain Reaction)
- 1948 – Nash the Slash, Canadian violinist and mandolin player (FM) (d. 2014)
- 1949 – Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016)
- 1949 – Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
- 1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer
- 1949 – Fran Sheehan, American bass player (Boston)
- 1949 – Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
- 1949 – Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor and producer
- 1950 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) (d. 2010)
- 1950 – Martin Short, Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, and producer
- 1950 – Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor
- 1951 – Jānis Paukštello, Latvian actor
- 1951 – Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1952 – T. A. Barron, American author
- 1952 – Didier Pironi, French race car driver (d. 1987)
- 1953 – Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
- 1953 – Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
- 1953 – Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner
- 1953 – Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (d. 2002)
- 1954 – Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese voice actor and singer
- 1954 – Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
- 1954 – Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
- 1955 – Danny Arndt, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956 – Charly McClain, American singer-songwriter
- 1956 – Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul
- 1957 – Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1957 – Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host
- 1957 – Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
- 1957 – Shirin Neshat, Iranian artist
- 1958 – Chris Codiroli, American baseball player
- 1958 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (d. 1986)
- 1959 – Chris Hansen, American journalist
- 1960 – Marcus Allen, American football player and sportscaster
- 1960 – Jennifer Grey, American actress and dancer
- 1960 – Øystein Mæland, Norwegian psychiatrist and politician
- 1961 – Leigh Bowery, Australian actor, singer, and fashion designer (d. 1994)
- 1961 – William Hague, English historian and politician, First Secretary of State
- 1961 – Billy Warlock, American actor
- 1962 – Richard Coles, English pianist, saxophonist, and priest (The Communards)
- 1962 – Eric Allan Kramer, American actor
- 1962 – Kevin Seitzer, American baseball player and coach
- 1962 – John Stockton, American basketball player and coach
- 1963 – Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Japanese author
- 1963 – Roch Voisine, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1964 – Todd Barry, American comedian and actor
- 1964 – Martin Bella, Australian rugby league player
- 1964 – Martin Donnelly, Irish race car driver
- 1964 – Maria Miller, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- 1964 – Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish-American ice hockey player and coach
- 1965 – Trey Azagthoth, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Morbid Angel)
- 1965 – Violeta Szekely, Romanian runner
- 1966 – Lilian Greenwood, English politician
- 1966 – Michael Imperioli, American actor and screenwriter
- 1966 – Nick Wirth, English engineer, founded Wirth Research
- 1968 – Laurent Brochard, French cyclist
- 1968 – Kenny Chesney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968 – James Iha, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle, Whiskeytown, and Tinted Windows)
- 1969 – Mahsun Kırmızıgül, Turkish singer–songwriter, actor, and producer
- 1969 – Alessandro Moscardi, Italian rugby player
- 1970 – Paul Bosvelt, Dutch footballer
- 1970 – Jelle Goes, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1970 – Thomas Kyparissis, Greek footballer
- 1970 – Martin McDonagh, English-Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director
- 1971 – Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and planarialogist
- 1971 – Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
- 1971 – Tommie Sunshine, American DJ and producer
- 1971 – Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
- 1972 – Leslie Mann, American actress
- 1972 – Jason Maxwell, American baseball player
- 1972 – Jon Reep, American comedian and actor
- 1973 – Matt Burke, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
- 1973 – Heather Goldenhersh, American actress
- 1973 – T. R. Knight, American actor
- 1973 – Larry Page, American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google
- 1974 – Kumiko Goto, Japanese singer and actress
- 1974 – Natasha Leggero, American actress and comedian
- 1974 – Michael Peca, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1974 – Vadimas Petrenko, Lithuanian footballer
- 1976 – Joachim Alcine, Haitian-Canadian boxer
- 1976 – Natalia Livingston, American actress and producer
- 1976 – Amy Smart, American model and actress
- 1976 – Ufuk Talay, Australian footballer and manager
- 1976 – Nurgül Yeşilçay, Turkish actress
- 1977 – Kevin Davies, English footballer
- 1977 – Sylvain Grenier, Canadian wrestler, referee, and sportscaster
- 1977 – Bianca Kajlich, American actress
- 1977 – Håvard Stubø, Norwegian guitarist
- 1977 – Seth Lakeman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lakeman Brothers and Equation)
- 1978 – Anastasia Kostaki, Greek basketball player
- 1979 – Nacho Novo, Spanish footballer
- 1979 – Hiromi Uehara, Japanese pianist and composer
- 1979 – Pierre Womé, Cameroonian footballer
- 1980 – Ryouhei Abe, Japanese actor
- 1980 – Niina Kelo, Finnish heptathlete
- 1980 – Son Hoyoung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (g.o.d)
- 1980 – Richie Wellens, English footballer
- 1981 – Baruch Dego, Ethiopian-Israeli footballer
- 1981 – Massimo Donati, Italian footballer
- 1981 – Jay Sean, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1981 – Ai Shimizu, Japanese voice actress and wrestler
- 1981 – Josh Wilson, American baseball player
- 1982 – Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
- 1982 – Brendan Ryan, American baseball player
- 1982 – Nate Kaeding, American football player
- 1983 – Roman Bednář, Czech footballer
- 1983 – Mike Mondo, American wrestler
- 1983 – Anti Saarepuu, Estonian skier
- 1984 – Jimmy Howard, American ice hockey player
- 1984 – Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1984 – David McGowan, English footballer
- 1984 – Felix Neureuther, German skier
- 1984 – Alberto Schettino, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Marco Stier, German footballer
- 1984 – Gregory Strydom, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1984 – Sara Jean Underwood, American model, actress, and television host
- 1985 – Jonathan Groff, American actor and singer
- 1985 – Keira Knightley, English actress and singer
- 1985 – Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1985 – Matt Grevers, American swimmer
- 1986 – Maxime Biset, Belgian footballer
- 1986 – Jonny Craig, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, Slaves, and Isles & Glaciers)
- 1986 – Emma Laine, Finnish tennis player
- 1987 – Yui, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
- 1987 – Jermichael Finley, American football player
- 1987 – Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
- 1987 – Ondřej Kúdela, Czech footballer
- 1988 – Suvi Koponen, Finnish-American model and actress
- 1989 – Simon Kjær, Danish footballer
- 1989 – Josiah Leming, American singer-songwriter
- 1989 – Von Miller, American football player
- 1990 – Matteo Guidicelli, Filipino actor, singer, and race car driver
- 1990 – Yuya Takaki, Japanese singer and actor (Hey! Say! JUMP)
- 1990 – Yūya Yagira, Japanese actor
- 1991 – Matt Davidson, American baseball player
- 1992 – Haley Ramm, American actress
- 1994 – Jed Wallace, English footballer
- 1994 – Mayu Watanabe, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai)
- 1994 – Freya Tingley, Australian actress
- 1996 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress, singer, endorser, recording artist, and model
Deaths
- 752 – Pope-elect Stephen
- 922 – Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic and poet (b. 858)
- 983 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Iranian ruler (b. 936)
- 1130 – Sigurd the Crusader, Norwegian king (b. 1090)
- 1132 – Geoffrey of Vendôme, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1065)
- 1212 – Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1154)
- 1517 – Heinrich Isaac, Flemish composer (b. 1450)
- 1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482)
- 1546 – Thomas Elyot, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1490)
- 1566 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish organist and composer (b. 1510)
- 1649 – John Winthrop, English lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- 1679 – Johannes Schefferus, Swedish historian and author (b. 1621)
- 1697 – Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician (b. 1640)
- 1726 – John Vanbrugh, English playwright and architect, designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard (b. 1664)
- 1772 – Charles Pinot Duclos, French author and politician (b. 1704)
- 1776 – Samuel Ward, American jurist and politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (b. 1725)
- 1780 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. 1713)
- 1793 – John Mudge, English physician and engineer (b. 1721)
- 1797 – James Hutton, Scottish geologist and physician (b. 1726)
- 1814 – Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician and politician (b. 1738)
- 1827 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German pianist and composer (b. 1770)
- 1858 – John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
- 1862 – Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
- 1881 – Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
- 1885 – Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
- 1888 – Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
- 1892 – Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
- 1902 – Cecil John Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
- 1905 – Maurice Barrymore, Indian-American actor (b. 1849)
- 1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
- 1910 – An Jung-geun, North Korean activist (b. 1879)
- 1920 – William Chester Minor, Sri Lankan-American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)
- 1923 – Sarah Bernhardt, French actress and screenwriter (b. 1844)
- 1926 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1852)
- 1932 – Henry M. Leland, American machinist, inventor, engineer, automotive entrepreneur and founded of Cadillac and Lincoln (b. 1843)
- 1933 – Eddie Lang, American guitarist (b. 1902)
- 1934 – John Biller, American jumper and discus thrower (b. 1877)
- 1940 – Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-German astrophysicist and academic (b. 1880)
- 1940 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
- 1942 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
- 1945 – David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
- 1948 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (b. 1905)
- 1951 – James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
- 1954 – Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
- 1957 – Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
- 1958 – Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
- 1959 – Raymond Chandler, American author and screenwriter (b. 1888)
- 1962 – Cyrillus Kreek, Estonian trombonist and composer (b. 1889)
- 1966 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
- 1969 – John Kennedy Toole, American soldier, author, and academic (b. 1937)
- 1973 – Noël Coward, English playwright, actor, and composer (b. 1899)
- 1973 – Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
- 1973 – Don Messer, Canadian-American fiddler (b. 1909)
- 1973 – George Sisler, American baseball player and scout (b. 1893)
- 1976 – Lin Yutang, Chinese linguist and author (b. 1895)
- 1978 – Wilfred Pickles, English actor and radio host (b. 1904)
- 1979 – Beauford Delaney, American-French painter (b. 1901)
- 1979 – Jean Stafford, American author and academic (b. 1915)
- 1980 – Roland Barthes, French linguist and critic (b. 1915)
- 1983 – Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy (b. 1907)
- 1984 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
- 1987 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
- 1987 – Walter Abel, American stage and film character actor (b. 1898)
- 1989 – Hai Zi, Chinese poet and educator (b. 1964)
- 1990 – Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
- 1992 – Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist and radio host (b. 1937)
- 1993 – Louis Falco, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1942)
- 1995 – Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (N.W.A) (b. 1963)
- 1995 – Belgin Doruk, Turkish film actress (b. 1936)
- 1996 – Edmund Muskie, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th United States Secretary of State (b. 1914)
- 1996 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1912)
- 2000 – Alex Comfort, English physician and author (b. 1920)
- 2002 – Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (Red Square Black and Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)
- 2003 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1927)
- 2004 – Jan Sterling, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2005 – James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
- 2005 – Gérard Filion, Canadian journalist and publisher (b. 1909)
- 2005 – Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz, Crowded House, Deckchairs Overboard, and Tarmac Adam) (b. 1959)
- 2005 – Marius Russo, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Frederick Rotimi Williams Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
- 2005 – Frank Searle, Scottish zoologist and photographer (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)
- 2006 – Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975)
- 2006 – Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jacobites and Swell Maps) (b. 1956)
- 2008 – Heath Benedict, Dutch-American football player (b. 1983)
- 2008 – Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
- 2008 – Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
- 2009 – Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
- 2010 – Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (b. 1928)
- 2011 – Roger Abbott, English-Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
- 2011 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
- 2011 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Sisto Averno, American football player (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (b. 1938)
- 2012 – David Craighead, American organist and educator (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Helmer Ringgren, Swedish theologian and academic (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Stella Tanner, English actress (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Tom Boerwinkle, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Krzysztof Kozłowski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Interior (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Dave Leggett, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Patricia McCormick, American bullfighter (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Nikola Mladenov, Macedonian journalist and actor (b. 1964)
- 2013 – Jerzy Nowak, Polish actor and educator (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1964)
- 2013 – Nikolai Sorokin, Russian actor and director (b. 1952)
- 2014 – Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (b. 1919)
- 2014 – Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (b. 1928)
- 2015 – Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1935)
- 2015 – Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1924)
- 2015 – John Renbourn, English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Pentangle) (b. 1944)
- 2015 – Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931)
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