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May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 231 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
- 1509 – Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
- 1607 – Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
- 1608 – The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
- 1610 – Henry IV of France is assassinated, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
- 1643 – Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
- 1747 – War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
- 1787 – In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
- 1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
- 1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
- 1811 – Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
- 1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
- 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
- 1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
- 1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
- 1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
- 1889 – The children's charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
- 1897 – The Stars and Stripes Forever is first performed in public near Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia.
- 1913 – Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
- 1925 – Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
- 1931 – Ådalen shootings: Five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
- 1935 – The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
- 1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
- 1940 – World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
- 1940 – World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
- 1940 – The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, makes its first flight.
- 1943 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
- 1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
- 1951 – Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
- 1955 – Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
- 1961 – American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
- 1963 – Kuwait joins the United Nations.
- 1970 – Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of The Red Army Faction.
- 1973 – Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
- 1988 – Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
- 2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
- 2012 – Agni Air Flight CHT crashes near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
- 2013 – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram.
Births
- 1316 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
- 1553 – Margaret of Valois (d. 1615)
- 1574 – Francesco Rasi, Italian singer-songwriter, theorbo player, and poet (d. 1621)
- 1630 – Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai (d. 1681)
- 1652 – Johann Philipp Förtsch, German composer (d. 1732)
- 1657 – Sambhaji, Indian emperor (d. 1689)
- 1666 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
- 1679 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
- 1699 – Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general (d. 1786)
- 1701 – William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1782)
- 1710 – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771)
- 1725 – Ludovico Manin, French politician, Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
- 1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter and academic (d. 1788)
- 1737 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada (d. 1806)
- 1752 – Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817)
- 1752 – Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author (d. 1828)
- 1771 – Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer (d. 1858)
- 1781 – Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic (d. 1873)
- 1814 – Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded the Beyer, Peacock and Company (d. 1876)
- 1817 – Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (d. 1893)
- 1830 – Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (d. 1905)
- 1832 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1903)
- 1832 – Charles Peace, English criminal (d. 1879)
- 1852 – Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator (d. 1908)
- 1863 – John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (d. 1932)
- 1867 – Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1919)
- 1868 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
- 1869 – Arthur Rostron, English captain (d. 1940)
- 1872 – Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal (d. 1961)
- 1874 – Polaire, French singer and actress (d. 1939)
- 1878 – J.L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
- 1879 – Fred Englehardt, American jumper (d. 1942)
- 1880 – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
- 1881 – George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician (d. 1950)
- 1881 – Ed Walsh, American baseball player and coach (d. 1959)
- 1885 – Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (d. 1973)
- 1887 – Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)
- 1893 – Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright (d. 1952)
- 1897 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959)
- 1897 – Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)
- 1899 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
- 1899 – Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
- 1900 – Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
- 1900 – Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
- 1900 – Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943)
- 1900 – Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
- 1901 – Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (d. 1951)
- 1903 – Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1904 – Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
- 1904 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (d. 1961)
- 1905 – Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian (d. 1974)
- 1905 – Herbert Morrison, American soldier and journalist (d. 1989)
- 1905 – Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (d. 1981)
- 1907 – Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
- 1907 – Johnny Moss, American poker player (d. 1995)
- 1907 – Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat (d. 2005)
- 1908 – Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author (d. 2000)
- 1909 – Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel (d. 2009)
- 1910 – Ne Win, Prime Minister of Burma (1958-60, 1962-74); head of state (1962-81) (d. 2002)
- 1914 – Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1983)
- 1916 – Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
- 1916 – Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator (d. 2005)
- 1916 – Del Moore, American actor (d. 1970)
- 1916 – Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (d. 2001)
- 1917 – Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003)
- 1917 – Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor (d. 1987)
- 1919 – Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
- 1919 – John Hope, American soldier and meteorologist (d. 2002)
- 1921 – Richard Deacon, American actor and singer (d. 1984)
- 1921 – Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and singer (d. 2007)
- 1922 – Franjo Tuđman, Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia (d. 1999)
- 1923 – Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1923 – Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1925 – Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress
- 1925 – Oona O'Neill, Bermudian-Swiss wife of Charlie Chaplin (d. 1991)
- 1925 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (d. 1997)
- 1925 – Al Porcino, American trumpet player (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (d. 1985)
- 1926 – Eric Morecambe, English actor and singer (d. 1984)
- 1927 – Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author
- 1928 – Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets) (d. 2000)
- 1928 – Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch engineer, author, and academic (d. 2015)
- 1928 – Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (d. 2013)
- 1929 – Henry McGee, English actor and singer (d. 2006)
- 1929 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
- 1930 – William James, Australian general and physician (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Alvin Lucier, American composer and academic
- 1932 – Robert Bechtle, American lithographer and painter
- 1932 – Mario Bichón, Chilean civil servant and politician (d. 2013)
- 1932 – Richard Estes, American painter and illustrator
- 1933 – Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer
- 1935 – Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian playwright and politician (d. 2004)
- 1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
- 1936 – Vic Eliason, American clergyman and radio host, founded VCY America (d. 2015)
- 1936 – Charlie Gracie, American singer and guitarist
- 1936 – Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
- 1938 – Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
- 1939 – Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
- 1939 – Veruschka von Lehndorff, German model and actress
- 1940 – Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
- 1940 – H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
- 1940 – George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
- 1941 – Ada den Haan, Dutch swimmer
- 1942 – Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (d. 2003)
- 1942 – Byron Dorgan, American lawyer and politician
- 1942 – Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (d. 2014)
- 1942 – Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager
- 1942 – Malise Ruthven, Irish author and academic
- 1942 – Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
- 1943 – Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (Cream, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and West, Bruce and Laing) (d. 2014)
- 1943 – L. Denis Desautels, Canadian accountant and civil servant
- 1943 – Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (d. 1994)
- 1943 – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 5th President of Iceland
- 1943 – Richard Peto, English statistician and epidemiologist
- 1944 – Gene Cornish, Canadian-American guitarist (The Rascals and Fotomaker)
- 1944 – George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
- 1945 – Francesca Annis, English actress
- 1945 – George Nicholls, English rugby player
- 1945 – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
- 1946 – Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, English economist and journalist
- 1947 – Tamara Dobson, American actress (d. 2006)
- 1948 – Timothy Stevenson, English lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
- 1948 – Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
- 1949 – Sverre Årnes, Norwegian author, screenwriter, and director
- 1949 – Walter Day, American game designer and businessman, founded Twin Galaxies
- 1949 – Johan Schans, Dutch swimmer
- 1949 – Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
- 1950 – Vijay J. Darda, Indian Editor and politician
- 1950 – Adolfo Domínguez, Spanish fashion designer
- 1951 – Jay Beckenstein, American saxophonist (Spyro Gyra)
- 1951 – Robert Zemeckis, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1952 – David Byrne, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Talking Heads)
- 1952 – Michael Fallon, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Defence
- 1952 – Orna Grumberg, Israeli computer scientist and academic
- 1952 – Scott Irwin, American wrestler (d. 1987)
- 1952 – Raul Mälk, Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1952 – Donald R. McMonagle, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
- 1953 – Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Red Rider)
- 1953 – Norodom Sihamoni, Cambodian king
- 1953 – Hywel Williams, Welsh politician
- 1955 – Marie Chouinard, Canadian dancer and choreographer
- 1955 – Kenth Eldebrink, Swedish javelin thrower
- 1955 – Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler (Skyedance)
- 1955 – Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer and rugby player
- 1955 – Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
- 1955 – Jens Sparschuh, German author and playwright
- 1956 – Hazel Blears, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
- 1958 – Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
- 1958 – Chris Evans, English-Australian politician, 26th Australian Minister for Employment
- 1958 – Jan Ravens, English actress and screenwriter
- 1958 – Wilma Rusman, Dutch runner
- 1958 – Andrus Vaarik, Estonian actor and director
- 1959 – Patrick Bruel, French actor, singer, and poker player
- 1959 – Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (d. 2013)
- 1959 – Robert Greene, American author and translator
- 1959 – Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Marillion, The Europeans, and How We Live)
- 1959 – John Holt, American football player (d. 2013)
- 1959 – Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1959 – Heather Wheeler, English politician
- 1960 – Anne Clark, English singer-songwriter and poet
- 1960 – Alec Dankworth, English bassist and composer
- 1960 – Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor (The Irish Tenors)
- 1960 – "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (d. 2009)
- 1961 – Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
- 1961 – Jean Leloup, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1961 – David Quantick, English journalist and critic
- 1961 – Tommy Rogers, American wrestler (d. 2015)
- 1961 – Tim Roth, English actor and director
- 1961 – Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1962 – Ian Astbury, English-Canadian singer-songwriter (The Cult, The Wondergirls, Circus of Power, and Holy Barbarians)
- 1962 – C.C. DeVille, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (Poison and Samantha 7)
- 1962 – Danny Huston, Italian-American actor and director
- 1963 – Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach
- 1963 – David Yelland, English journalist and author
- 1964 – James M. Kelly, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
- 1964 – Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster and producer
- 1964 – Eric Peterson, American guitarist and songwriter (Testament and Dragonlord)
- 1965 – Eoin Colfer, Irish author
- 1965 – Emma Forbes, English radio and television host
- 1966 – Marianne Denicourt, French actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1966 – Mike Inez, American bass player and songwriter (Alice in Chains, Black Label Society, Slash's Snakepit, and Spys4Darwin)
- 1966 – Fab Morvan, French singer-songwriter and dancer (Milli Vanilli, Rob & Fab, and Empire Bizarre)
- 1966 – Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tony! Toni! Toné! and Lucy Pearl)
- 1967 – Natasha Kaiser-Brown, American sprinter and coach
- 1967 – Tony Siragusa, American football player and journalist
- 1968 – Greg Davies, Welsh comedian and actor
- 1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
- 1969 – Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver and sportscaster
- 1969 – Henry Smith, English politician
- 1969 – Danny Wood, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (New Kids on the Block and Upper Street)
- 1971 – Sofia Coppola, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1971 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager
- 1972 – Gabriel Mann, American actor
- 1972 – Mark Ruskell, Scottish politician
- 1973 – Shanice, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1973 – Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer and actress (All Saints and Appleton)
- 1973 – Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1973 – Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
- 1973 – Fraser Nelson, Scottish journalist
- 1973 – Hakan Ünsal, Turkish footballer and sportscaster
- 1973 – Julian White, English rugby player
- 1974 – Jennifer Allan, American model
- 1974 – Krister Axel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1974 – Anu Välba, Estonian journalist
- 1975 – Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist
- 1976 – Hunter Burgan, American bass player (AFI, The Force, and The Frisk)
- 1976 – Brian Lawrence, American baseball player and coach
- 1976 – Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer
- 1977 – Sophie Anderton, English model and actress
- 1977 – Roy Halladay, American baseball player and coach
- 1977 – Ada Nicodemou, Cypriot-Australian actress
- 1977 – Pusha T, American rapper (Clipse and Re-Up Gang)
- 1978 – Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
- 1978 – Eddie House, American basketball player
- 1978 – André Macanga, Angolan footballer and manager
- 1978 – Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- 1979 – Dan Auerbach, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Black Keys)
- 1979 – Edwige Lawson-Wade, French basketball player
- 1979 – Clinton Morrison, English-Irish footballer
- 1979 – Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1980 – Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
- 1980 – Pavel Londak, Estonian footballer
- 1980 – Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
- 1980 – Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
- 1980 – Hugo Southwell, English-Scottish rugby player
- 1981 – Pranav Mistry, Indian computer scientist, invented SixthSense
- 1982 – Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
- 1982 – Stanimir Todorov, Bulgarian figure skater
- 1983 – Anahí, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (RBD)
- 1983 – Keeley Donovan, English journalist
- 1983 – Frank Gore, American football player
- 1983 – Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
- 1983 – Amber Tamblyn, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1983 – Tom Welham, English singer and guitarist (Thirteen Senses)
- 1984 – Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian footballer
- 1984 – Luke Gregerson, American baseball player
- 1984 – Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter
- 1984 – Michael Rensing, German footballer
- 1984 – Nigel Reo-Coker, English footballer
- 1984 – Indrek Siska, Estonian footballer
- 1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook
- 1985 – Dustin Lynch, American singer-songwriter
- 1985 – Simona Peycheva, Bulgarian gymnast
- 1985 – Zack Ryder, American wrestler
- 1986 – Andrea Bovo, Italian footballer
- 1986 – Clay Matthews III, American football player
- 1986 – Marco Motta, Italian footballer
- 1987 – Zarine Khan, Indian model and actress
- 1987 – Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
- 1987 – Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
- 1987 – François Steyn, South African rugby player
- 1988 – Jayne Appel, American basketball player
- 1989 – Rob Gronkowski, American football player
- 1989 – Alina Talay, Belarusian hurdler
- 1990 – Olga Ikonnikova, Estonian figure skater
- 1990 – Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer
- 1992 – Maggy, Japanese model
- 1993 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
- 1993 – Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
- 1993 – Bence Rakaczki, Hungarian footballer (d. 2014)
- 1994 – Marcos Aoás Corrêa, Brazilian footballer
- 1994 – Dennis Praet, Belgian footballer
- 1995 – Jonah Placid, Australian rugby player
Deaths
- 649 – Pope Theodore I
- 964 – Pope John XII (b. 927)
- 1219 – William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, English soldier and politician (b. 1147)
- 1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
- 1576 – Haydar Mirza Safavi (b. 1554)
- 1608 – Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
- 1610 – Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
- 1643 – Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
- 1649 – Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian and academic (b. 1600)
- 1667 – Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1601)
- 1688 – Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (b. 1619)
- 1754 – Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (b. 1692)
- 1761 – Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
- 1847 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (b. 1805)
- 1860 – Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
- 1873 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
- 1878 – Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
- 1881 – Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
- 1887 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1808)
- 1889 – Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
- 1893 – Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
- 1906 – Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
- 1912 – Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
- 1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
- 1918 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
- 1919 – Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
- 1923 – N.G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
- 1923 – Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
- 1925 – H. Rider Haggard, English author and scholar (b. 1856)
- 1931 – David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
- 1931 – Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter (b. 1887)
- 1934 – Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
- 1935 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
- 1936 – Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)
- 1940 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-American author and activist (b. 1869)
- 1940 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (b. 1902)
- 1943 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
- 1945 – Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
- 1945 – Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
- 1945 – Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1852)
- 1953 – Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
- 1954 – Heinz Guderian, Polish-German general (b. 1888)
- 1956 – Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
- 1957 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (b. 1884)
- 1959 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
- 1959 – Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
- 1960 – Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
- 1962 – Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)
- 1968 – Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
- 1969 – Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (b. 1893)
- 1969 – Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
- 1970 – Billie Burke, American actress and singer (b. 1884)
- 1973 – Jean Gebser, German linguist, philosopher, and poet (b. 1905)
- 1976 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (The Yardbirds and Armageddon) (b. 1943)
- 1979 – Jean Rhys, Dominican-English author (b. 1890)
- 1980 – Hugh Griffith, Welsh-English actor (b. 1912)
- 1982 – Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
- 1983 – Roger J. Traynor, American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
- 1983 – Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
- 1984 – Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1910)
- 1984 – Walter Rauff, German SS officer (b. 1906)
- 1985 – Barbara Yung, Hong Kong-English actress (b. 1959)
- 1986 – Janne Aikala, Finnish murder victim (b. 1975)
- 1987 – Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
- 1987 – Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
- 1988 – Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) (b. 1886)
- 1989 – Mary Lalopoulou, Greek actress (b. 1926)
- 1991 – Jiang Qing, Chinese actress, 1st First Lady of China (b. 1914)
- 1992 – Lyle Alzado, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1949)
- 1992 – Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (b. 1899)
- 1993 – Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal (b. 1953)
- 1993 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)
- 1994 – Cihat Arman, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1915)
- 1994 – W. Graham Claytor, Jr., American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1914)
- 1995 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
- 1997 – Harry Blackstone, Jr., American magician and author (b. 1934)
- 1997 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (b. 1925)
- 1998 – Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (b. 1890)
- 1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
- 2000 – Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
- 2001 – Paul Bénichou, French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian (b. 1908)
- 2001 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (b. 1919)
- 2003 – Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
- 2003 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (b. 1912)
- 2003 – Robert Stack, American actor and producer (b. 1919)
- 2004 – Anna Lee, English-American actress (b. 1913)
- 2006 – Lew Anderson, American actor and saxophonist (b. 1922)
- 2006 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (b. 1905)
- 2006 – Eva Norvind, Mexican actress, director, and producer (b. 1944)
- 2007 – Mary Scheier, American sculptor and educator (b. 1908)
- 2007 – Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian and author (b. 1921)
- 2008 – Will Elder, American illustrator (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (b. 1938)
- 2010 – Norman Hand, American football player (b. 1972)
- 2010 – Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)
- 2012 – Mitchell Guist, American hunter (b. 1964)
- 2012 – Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Belita Woods, American singer (Brainstorm and Parliament-Funkadelic) (b. 1948)
- 2013 – Joy Baluch, Australian stenographer and politician (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Wayne Brown, American accountant and politician, 14th Mayor of Mesa (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Arsen Chilingaryan, Armenian footballer and manager (b. 1962)
- 2013 – Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian author and activist (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Billie Sol Estes, American businessman (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (b. 1939)
- 2014 – Jeffrey Kruger, English-American businessman (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American librarian and author (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Morvin Simon, New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
- 2014 – Stephen Sutton, English activist and blogger (b. 1994)
- 2015 – B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1925)
- 2015 – Micheál O'Brien, Irish footballer and hurler (b. 1923)
- 2015 – Stanton J. Peale, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1937)
- 2015 – Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (b. 1953)
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