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October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 86 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 105 BC – Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.
- 69 BC – Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic led by Lucullus defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.
- 23 – Rebels kill and decapitate the Xin dynasty emperor Wang Mang two days after the capital Chang'an is sacked during a peasant rebellion.
- 404 – Byzantine Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy which ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection shortly after.
- 618– Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi, during the transition from Sui to Tang civil war.
- 1539 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his army enter the Apalachee capital of Anhaica (present-day Tallahassee, Florida) by force.
- 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1600 – Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque period
- 1683 – German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.
- 1723 – Benjamin Franklin arrives in Philadelphia at the age of 17.
- 1762 – Seven Years' War: Conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery.
- 1789 – French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on October 5.
- 1849 – The execution of The 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.
- 1854 – In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.
- 1876 – The American Library Association was founded.
- 1884 – The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1889 – American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
- 1898 – Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music by Ossian Everett Mills.
- 1903 – The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
- 1908 – Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina, sparking a crisis.
- 1910 – Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (seven times in total).
- 1923 – The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul.
- 1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
- 1939 – World War II: Germany's invasion of Poland ends with the surrender of Independent Operational Group Polesie after the Battle of Kock
- 1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
- 1945 – Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series.
- 1973 – Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
- 1976 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados, after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on board are killed.
- 1976 – New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China.
- 1976 – Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
- 1977 – In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
- 1977 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
- 1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
- 1981 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.
- 1985 – PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
- 1987 – Fiji becomes a republic.
- 1995 – 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the second major star apart from the Sun to have a planet orbiting around it.
- 1999 – Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is adopted.
- 2000 – Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.
- 2000 – Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.
- 2002 – The French oil tanker Limburg is bombed off Yemen.
- 2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
Births
- 1289 – Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)
- 1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
- 1510 – John Caius, English physician and academic, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College (d. 1573)
- 1510 – Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (d. 1555)
- 1552 – Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and missionary (d. 1610)
- 1573 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (d. 1624)
- 1591 – Settimia Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1638)
- 1610 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French general (d. 1690)
- 1716 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1771)
- 1732 – John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded Broadwood and Sons (d. 1812)
- 1738 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)
- 1742 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (d. 1755)
- 1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (d. 1813)
- 1767 – Henri Christophe, Grenadian-Haitian king (d. 1820)
- 1769 – Isaac Brock, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1812)
- 1773 – John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (d. 1835)
- 1773 – Louis Philippe I of France (d. 1850)
- 1801 – Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (d. 1888)
- 1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (d. 1879)
- 1820 – James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh (d. 1892)
- 1820 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano and actress (d. 1887)
- 1831 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1916)
- 1838 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier, poet, and author (d. 1910)
- 1846 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (d. 1914)
- 1862 – Albert J. Beveridge, American historian and politician (d. 1927)
- 1866 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian engineer and academic, invented radiotelephony (d. 1932)
- 1874 – Frank G. Allen, American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)
- 1876 – Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1941)
- 1882 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1937)
- 1886 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
- 1887 – Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and painter, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (d. 1965)
- 1888 – Roland Georges Garros, French soldier and pilot (d. 1918)
- 1891 – Hendrik Adamson, Estonian poet and educator (d. 1946)
- 1892 – Jackie Saunders, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1954)
- 1893 – Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1956)
- 1895 – Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (d. 1981)
- 1896 – David Howard, American film director (d. 1941)
- 1897 – Francine Mussey, French actress (d. 1933)
- 1897 – Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (d. 1991)
- 1900 – Willy Merkl, German mountaineer (d. 1934)
- 1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
- 1901 – Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic (d. 1990)
- 1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1905 – Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter (d. 1998)
- 1906 – Janet Gaynor, American actress and singer (d. 1984)
- 1906 – Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (d. 1946)
- 1908 – Carole Lombard, American actress and singer (d. 1942)
- 1908 – Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1989)
- 1910 – Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English journalist and politician, First Secretary of State (d. 2002)
- 1910 – Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (d. 1974)
- 1912 – Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
- 1913 – Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer (d. 1985)
- 1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (d. 2002)
- 1914 – Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright (d. 2002)
- 1915 – Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist (d. 2007)
- 1915 – Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (d. 1983)
- 1915 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress (d. 2007)
- 1916 – Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general (d. 1997)
- 1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist (d. 1977)
- 1918 – Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)
- 1918 – André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver (d. 1993)
- 1920 – John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, English lawyer and judge (d. 2005)
- 1921 – Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1997)
- 1921 – Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist
- 1922 – Joe Frazier, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)
- 1922 – Teala Loring, American actress (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2015)
- 1925 – Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (d. 2005)
- 1927 – Bill King, American sportscaster (d. 2005)
- 1928 – Barbara Werle, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
- 1929 – George Mattos, American pole vaulter (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (d. 2000)
- 1930 – Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)
- 1931 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1934 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (d. 2015)
- 1935 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer
- 1935 – Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)
- 1936 – Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Sandra Voe, Scottish actress
- 1938 – Serge Nubret, Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (d. 2011)
- 1939 – Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic
- 1939 – Jack Cullen, American baseball player
- 1939 – Richard Delgado, American lawyer and academic
- 1939 – Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic
- 1939 – John J. LaFalce, American captain, lawyer, and politician
- 1940 – Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee
- 1940 – Ellen Travolta, American actress
- 1941 – Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1987)
- 1942 – Dan Christensen, American painter (d. 2007)
- 1942 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress and singer
- 1942 – Fred Travalena, American comedian and actor (d. 2009)
- 1943 – Richard Caborn, English engineer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
- 1943 – Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter
- 1943 – Cees Veerman, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cats) (d. 2014)
- 1944 – Merzak Allouache, Algerian director and screenwriter
- 1944 – Patrick Cordingley, English general
- 1944 – Boris Mikhailov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
- 1944 – Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1977)
- 1945 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
- 1946 – Lloyd Doggett, American lawyer and politician
- 1946 – Tony Greig, South African–English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
- 1946 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor and producer
- 1946 – John Monie, Australian rugby player and coach
- 1946 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter
- 1946 – Eddie Villanueva, Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network
- 1947 – Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
- 1948 – Gerry Adams, Irish politician
- 1948 – Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer (Theoretical Girls)
- 1949 – Lonnie Johnson, American inventor (Super Soaker)
- 1949 – Penny Junor, English journalist and author
- 1949 – Leslie Moonves, American businessman
- 1949 – Nicolas Peyrac, French singer-songwriter and photographer
- 1950 – David Brin, American physicist and author
- 1951 – Kevin Cronin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (REO Speedwagon)
- 1951 – Clive Rees, Singaporean-Welsh rugby player and educator
- 1951 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)
- 1952 – Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and author
- 1953 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)
- 1953 – Rein Rannap, Estonian pianist and composer
- 1953 – Raul Rebane, Estonian journalist and author
- 1954 – Bill Buford, American author and journalist
- 1954 – David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys, and Los Super Seven)
- 1954 – Nat Yontararak, Thai classical pianist and composer
- 1954 – Darrell M. West, American political scientist, author, and academic
- 1955 – Tony Dungy, American football player and coach
- 1956 – Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician
- 1956 – Kathleen Webb, American author and illustrator
- 1957 – Bruce Grobbelaar, Zimbabwean footballer and coach
- 1959 – Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2012)
- 1959 – Oil Can Boyd, American baseball player
- 1959 – Brian Higgins, American politician
- 1959 – Walter Ray Williams, Jr., American bowler
- 1961 – Miyuki Matsuda, Japanese actress
- 1961 – Paul Sansome, English footballer
- 1961 – Ben Summerskill, English businessman and journalist
- 1962 – David Baker, American biologist and academic
- 1962 – Rich Yett, American baseball player
- 1963 – Sven Andersson, Swedish footballer and coach
- 1963 – Jsu Garcia, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 – Elisabeth Shue, American actress
- 1964 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)
- 1964 – Mark Field, German-English lawyer and politician
- 1964 – Tom Jager, American swimmer and coach
- 1964 – Miltos Manetas, Greek painter
- 1964 – Knut Storberget, Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice
- 1964 – Matthew Sweet, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Community Trolls, Oh-OK, and The Thorns)
- 1965 – Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic
- 1965 – Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician
- 1965 – Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1966 – Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
- 1966 – Niall Quinn, Irish footballer and manager
- 1967 – Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer
- 1967 – Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder
- 1967 – Steven Woolfe, English barrister and politician
- 1968 – Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer and sportscaster
- 1969 – Troy Shaw, English snooker player
- 1970 – Maria Kannegaard, Danish-Norwegian pianist and composer
- 1970 – Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress and producer
- 1970 – Darren Oliver, American baseball player
- 1971 – Phil Bennett, English race car driver
- 1971 – Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress
- 1971 – Takis Gonias, Greek footballer and manager
- 1971 – Alan Stubbs, English footballer, coach, and manager
- 1972 – Daniel Cavanagh, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anathema)
- 1972 – Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player (Tiamat, Cemetary, and Ceremonial Oath)
- 1972 – Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
- 1972 – Ryu Si-won, South Korean actor and singer
- 1972 – Ko So-young, South Korean model and actress
- 1973 – Jeff B. Davis, American comedian, actor, and singer
- 1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
- 1973 – Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer and manager
- 1973 – Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1974 – Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer and manager
- 1974 – Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor and producer
- 1974 – Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- 1974 – Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1975 – Reon King, Guyanese cricketer
- 1976 – Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
- 1976 – Freddy García, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1976 – Magdalena Kučerová, Czech-German tennis player
- 1976 – Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1977 – Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer-songwriter
- 1977 – Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer and singer
- 1977 – Jamie Laurie, American singer-songwriter (Flobots)
- 1977 – Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
- 1977 – Wes Ramsey, American actor
- 1978 – Carolina Gynning, Swedish model, actress, and singer
- 1978 – Ricky Hatton, English boxer and promoter
- 1978 – Pamela David, Argentinian model and actress
- 1979 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)
- 1979 – Richard Seymour, American football player
- 1979 – Pascal van Assendelft, Dutch sprinter
- 1980 – Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (d. 2013)
- 1980 – Wes Durston, English cricketer
- 1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer
- 1981 – Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer
- 1981 – José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1982 – Michael Arden, American actor and singer
- 1982 – Levon Aronian, Armenian chess player
- 1982 – William Butler, American keyboard player and composer (Arcade Fire)
- 1982 – Meiyang Chаng, Indian actor and singer
- 1982 – Fábio Júnior dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 – MC Lars, American rapper and producer
- 1982 – Hideki Mutoh, Japanese race car driver
- 1982 – Paul Smith, English boxer
- 1982 – Bronagh Waugh, Northern Irish actress
- 1982 – Lil Wyte, American rapper
- 1983 – Renata Voráčová, Czech tennis player
- 1984 – Pelin Karahan, Turkish actress
- 1984 – Morné Morkel, South African cricketer
- 1984 – Joanna Pacitti, American singer-songwriter and actress (City (Comma) State)
- 1985 – Mitchell Cole, English footballer (d. 2012)
- 1985 – Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player
- 1985 – Tarmo Kink, Estonian footballer
- 1986 – Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
- 1986 – Meg Myers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1986 – Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer
- 1986 – Olivia Thirlby, American actress
- 1987 – Joe Lewis, English footballer
- 1988 – Maki Horikita, Japanese actress
- 1989 – Pizzi, Portuguese footballer
- 1989 – Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 – Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)
- 1990 – Han Sunhwa, South Korean singer and actress (Secret)
- 1991 – Roshon Fegan, American actor, rapper, and dancer
- 1992 – Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player
- 1992 – Pevita Pearce, Indonesian actress
- 1993 – Adam Gemili, English sprinter
- 1993 – Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer
Deaths
- 404 – Aelia Eudoxia, Roman wife of Arcadius
- 836 – Nicetas the Patrician, Byzantine general, monk, and saint (b. 761)
- 869 – Ermentrude of Orléans (b. 823)
- 877 – Charles the Bald, Roman emperor (b. 823)
- 1014 – Samuel of Bulgaria (b. 958)
- 1101 – Bruno of Cologne, German-Italian monk and saint, founded Carthusian Order (b. 1030)
- 1173 – Engelbert III, Margrave of Istria
- 1413 – Dawit I of Ethiopia (b. 1382)
- 1553 – Şehzade Mustafa, Ottoman prince (b. 1515)
- 1641 – Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
- 1644 – Elisabeth of France (b. 1602)
- 1657 – Kâtip Çelebi, Turkish geographer, historian, and scholar (b. 1609)
- 1660 – Paul Scarron, French poet and author (b. 1610)
- 1661 – Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (b. 1630)
- 1688 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1652)
- 1739 – Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (b. 1684)
- 1762 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1684)
- 1819 – Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (b. 1751)
- 1829 – Pierre Derbigny, French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
- 1836 – Johannes Jelgerhuis, Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)
- 1873 – Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
- 1883 – Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
- 1891 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
- 1892 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet and translator (b. 1809)
- 1912 – Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
- 1923 – Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
- 1942 – Siegmund Glücksmann, German-Jewish politician (b. 1884)
- 1945 – Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
- 1947 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
- 1951 – Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)
- 1951 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
- 1953 – Porter Hall, American actor (b. 1888)
- 1959 – Bernard Berenson, American historian and author (b. 1865)
- 1962 – Tod Browning, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1880)
- 1968 – Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1917)
- 1969 – Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (b. 1893)
- 1973 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
- 1973 – François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
- 1973 – Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
- 1973 – Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915)
- 1973 – Margaret Wilson, American missionary and author (b. 1882)
- 1974 – Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948)
- 1976 – Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (b. 1900)
- 1977 – Danny Greene, American mobster (b. 1933)
- 1978 – Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer (b. 1935)
- 1979 – Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and short-story writer (b. 1911)
- 1980 – Hattie Jacques, English actress and producer (b. 1922)
- 1980 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
- 1981 – Anwar Sadat, Egyptian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 1983 – Terence Cooke, American cardinal (b. 1921)
- 1985 – Nelson Riddle, American composer, conductor, and bandleader (b. 1921)
- 1986 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1921)
- 1989 – Bette Davis, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
- 1990 – Bahriye Üçok, Turkish sociologists, academic, and politician (b. 1919)
- 1991 – Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
- 1992 – Denholm Elliott, English-Spanish actor (b. 1922)
- 1992 – Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1902)
- 1993 – Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı (b. 1913)
- 1993 – Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (b. 1949)
- 1995 – Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (b. 1961)
- 1997 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1914)
- 1998 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- 1999 – Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
- 1999 – Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1937)
- 2000 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (b. 1920)
- 2001 – Arne Harris, American director and producer (b. 1934)
- 2002 – Prince Claus of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
- 2004 – Marvin Santiago. Puerto Rican singer and actor (b. 1947)
- 2006 – Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (b. 1930)
- 2006 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- 2006 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
- 2006 – Wilson Tucker, American author and critic (b. 1914)
- 2007 – Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 1921)
- 2007 – Bud Ekins, American actor and stuntman (b. 1930)
- 2007 – Viet Nguyen, Vietnamese conjoined twin (b. 1981)
- 2007 – Laxmi Mall Singhvi, Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (b. 1931)
- 2008 – Peter Cox, Australian public servant and politician (b. 1925)
- 2008 – Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean actor and model (b. 1985)
- 2009 – Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 2010 – Rhys Isaac, South-African-Australian historian and author (b. 1937)
- 2010 – Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)
- 2010 – Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)
- 2011 – Ahmed Jaber al-Qattan, Bahraini protester (b. 1994)
- 2011 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) (b. 1977)
- 2012 – Albert, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (b. 1941)
- 2012 – B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (b. 1927)
- 2012 – J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Paul Rogers, English actor (b. 1917)
- 2013 – Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1921)
- 2014 – Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (b. 1944)
- 2014 – Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (b. 1944)
- 2014 – Marian Seldes, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1976)
- 2014 – Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (b. 1933)
- 2015 – Kevin Corcoran, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1949)
- 2015 – Rich Davis, American psychiatrist, academic, and businessman (b. 1926)
- 2015 – Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (b. 1922)
- 2015 – Billy Joe Royal, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
- 2015 – Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (b. 1926)
- 2015 – Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1923)
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