EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST. 10/4

• 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
• 1407 – Deshin Shekpa, 5th Karmapa Lama visits the Ming dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded the title "Great Treasure Prince of Dharma".
• 1500 – Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
• 1606 – The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
• 1710 – The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain.
• 1741 – War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia gains control of Silesia at the Battle of Mollwitz.
• 1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The War of the Fifth Coalition begins when forces of the Austrian Empire invade Bavaria.
• 1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
• 1816 – The Federal government of the United States approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
• 1821 – Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
• 1826 – The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town of Missolonghi begin leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
• 1858 – After the original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonnes (32,000 lb) bell for the Palace of Westminster, had cracked during testing, it is recast into the current 13.76 tonnes (30,300 lb) bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
• 1864 – Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
• 1865 – American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
• 1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
• 1868 – At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die.
• 1872 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• 1887 – On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.
• 1912 – RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• 1916 – The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
• 1919 – Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
• 1925 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
• 1941 – World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
• 1944 – Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
• 1957 – The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
• 1963 – One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
• 1968 – The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm - the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
• 1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
• 1971 – Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
• 1972 – Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
• 1973 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland killing 108 people.
• 1979 – Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
• 1988 – The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
• 1991 – Italian ferry MS Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.
• 1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
• 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
• 2009 – President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
• 2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife, and dozens of other senior officials and dignitaries.
• 2016 – The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
• 2016 – An earthquake, of 6.6 magnitude, strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, shakes up India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan.

• 401 – Theodosius II, Roman emperor (d. 450)
• 1018 – Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and vizier (d. 1092)
• 1472 – Margaret of York, English princess (d. 1472)
• 1480 – Philibert II, duke of Savoy (d. 1504)
• 1487 – William I, count of Nassau-Dillenburg (d. 1559)
• 1512 – James V, king of Scotland (d. 1542)
• 1579 – Augustus II, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1666)
• 1583 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and jurist (d. 1645)
• 1603 – Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (d. 1647)
• 1651 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1708)
• 1656 – René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian settler, founded Rimouski (d. 1718)
• 1704 – Benjamin Heath, English scholar and author (d. 1766)
• 1707 – Michel Corrette, French organist, composer, and author (d. 1795)
• 1713 – John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (d. 1788)
• 1755 – Samuel Hahnemann, German-French physician and academic (d. 1843)
• 1762 – Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1834)
• 1769 – Jean Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809)
• 1778 – William Hazlitt, English essayist and critic (d. 1830)
• 1794 – Matthew C. Perry, English-Scottish American commander (d. 1858)
• 1806 – Juliette Drouet, French actress (d. 1883)
• 1806 – Leonidas Polk, Scottish-American general and bishop (d. 1884)
• 1827 – Lew Wallace, American general, lawyer, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (d. 1905)
• 1829 – William Booth, English minister, founded The Salvation Army (d. 1912)
• 1847 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American journalist, publisher, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (d. 1911)
• 1864 – Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (d. 1932)
• 1865 – Jack Miner, American-Canadian farmer, hunter, and environmentalist (d. 1944)
• 1867 – George William Russell, Irish author, poet, and painter (d. 1935)
• 1868 – George Arliss, English actor and playwright (d. 1946)
• 1868 – Asriel Günzig, Moravian rabbi (d. 1931)
• 1873 – Kyösti Kallio, Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland (d. 1940)
• 1877 – Alfred Kubin, Austrian author and illustrator (d. 1959)
• 1879 – Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player (d. 1939)
• 1879 – Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (d. 1921)
• 1880 – Frances Perkins, American sociologist, academic, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1965)
• 1880 – Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (d. 1948)
• 1886 – Johnny Hayes, American runner and trainer (d. 1965)
• 1887 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
• 1889 – Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1982)
• 1891 – Frank Barson, English footballer and coach (d. 1968)
• 1893 – Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist (d. 1969)
• 1894 – Ben Nicholson, British painter (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1990)
• 1900 – Arnold Orville Beckman, American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (d. 2004)
• 1901 – Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil, Indian economist (d. 1971)
• 1903 – Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (d. 1970)
• 1906 – Steve Anderson, American hurdler (d. 1988)
• 1910 – Margaret Clapp, American scholar and academic (d. 1974)
• 1910 – Helenio Herrera, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1997)
• 1910 – Paul Sweezy, American economist and publisher, founded the Monthly Review (d. 2004)
• 1911 – Martin Denny, American pianist and composer (d. 2005)
• 1911 – Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs for France (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Boris Kidrič, Austrian-Slovenian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 1953)
• 1913 – Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (d. 2001)
• 1914 – Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Harry Morgan, American actor and director (d. 2011)
• 1915 – Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1916 – Lee Jung-seob, Korean painter (d. 1956)
• 1917 – Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• 1919 – John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Chuck Connors, American baseball player and actor (d. 1992)
• 1921 – Jake Warren, Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and author (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Jane Kean, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Floyd Simmons, American decathlete and actor (d. 2008)
• 1923 – John Watkins, South African cricketer
• 1924 – Kenneth Noland, American soldier and painter (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Linda Goodman, American astrologer and author (d. 1995)
• 1925 – Angelo Poffo, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Junior Samples, American comedian (Hee Haw) (d. 1983)
• 1927 – Norma Candal, Puerto Rican-American actress (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (d. 1959)
• 1929 – Liz Sheridan, American actress
• 1929 – Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor
• 1930 – Claude Bolling, French pianist, composer, and actor
• 1930 – Dolores Huerta, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers
• 1931 – Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical vocalist (d. 2017)
• 1932 – Delphine Seyrig, Swiss/Alsatian French actress (d. 1990)
• 1932 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Rokusuke Ei, Japanese composer and author (d. 2016)
• 1933 – Helen McElhone, Scottish politician (d. 2013)
• 1934 – David Halberstam, American journalist and author (d. 2007)
• 1935 – John A. Bennett, American soldier (d. 1961)
• 1935 – Patrick Garland, English actor and director (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Peter Hollingworth, Australian bishop, 23rd Governor General of Australia
• 1936 – John Howell, English long jumper
• 1936 – John Madden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1936 – Bobbie Smith, American singer (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (d. 2010)
• 1938 – Don Meredith, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Claudio Magris, Italian scholar, author, and translator
• 1940 – Gloria Hunniford, British radio and television host
• 1941 – Harold Long, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Paul Theroux, American novelist, short story writer, and travel writer
• 1942 – Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)
• 1942 – Ian Callaghan, English footballer
• 1942 – Stuart Dybek, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
• 1943 – Andrzej Badeński, Polish-German sprinter (d. 2008)
• 1943 – Margaret Pemberton, English author
• 1945 – Kevin Berry, Australian swimmer (d. 2006)
• 1946 – David Angell, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2001)
• 1946 – Bob Watson, American baseball player and manager
• 1946 – Adolf Winkelmann, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 – David A. Adler, American author and educator
• 1947 – Bunny Wailer, Jamaican singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1948 – Mel Blount, American football player
• 1949 – Daniel Mangeas, French banker and sportscaster
• 1949 – Eric Troyer, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist
• 1950 – Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player and manager
• 1950 – Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (d. 1992)
• 1951 – David Helvarg, American journalist and activist
• 1952 – Narayan Rane, Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 1952 – Masashi Sada, Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, novelist, actor, and producer
• 1952 – Steven Seagal, American actor, producer, and martial artist
• 1953 – David Moorcroft, English runner and businessman
• 1953 – Pamela Wallin, Swedish-Canadian journalist, academic, and politician
• 1954 – Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Anne Lamott, American author and educator
• 1954 – Peter MacNicol, American actor
• 1954 – Juan Williams, Panamanian-American journalist and author
• 1955 – Lesley Garrett, English soprano and actress
• 1956 – Carol V. Robinson, English chemist and academic
• 1957 – Aliko Dangote, Nigerian businessman, founded Dangote Group
• 1957 – John M. Ford, American author and poet (d. 2006)
• 1957 – Steve Gustafson, Spanish-American bass player
• 1957 – Rosemary Hill, English historian and author
• 1958 – Bob Bell, Northern Irish engineer
• 1958 – Yefim Bronfman, Uzbek-American pianist
• 1958 – Brigitte Holzapfel, German high jumper
• 1959 – Babyface, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1959 – Yvan Loubier, Canadian economist and politician
• 1959 – Brian Setzer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 – Steve Bisciotti, American businessman, co-founded Allegis Group
• 1960 – Katrina Leskanich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 – Terry Teagle, American basketball player
• 1961 – Nicky Campbell, Scottish broadcaster and journalist
• 1961 – Joe Cole, American roadie and author (d. 1991)
• 1961 – Carole Goble, English computer scientist and academic
• 1961 – Mark Jones, American basketball player
• 1962 – Steve Tasker, American football player and sportscaster
• 1963 – Warren DeMartini, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1963 – Jeff Gray, American baseball player and coach
• 1963 – Doris Leuthard, Swiss lawyer and politician, 162nd President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1965 – Tim Alexander, American drummer and songwriter
• 1966 – Steve Claridge, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
• 1967 – Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1967 – David Rovics, American singer-songwriter
• 1968 – Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (d. 1996)
• 1968 – Orlando Jones, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Steve Glasson, Australian lawn bowler
• 1969 – Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
• 1970 – Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Leonard Doroftei, Romanian-Canadian boxer
• 1970 – Kenny Lattimore, American singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Q-Tip, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1971 – Brad William Henke, American football player and actor
• 1971 – Indro Olumets, Estonian footballer and coach
• 1971 – Al Reyes, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1972 – Ian Harvey, Australian cricketer
• 1972 – Priit Kasesalu, Estonian computer programmer, co-created Skype
• 1972 – Gordon Buchanan, Scottish film maker
• 1973 – Guillaume Canet, French actor and director
• 1973 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1973 – Aidan Moffat, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1973 – Christopher Simmons, Canadian-American graphic designer, author, and academic
• 1974 – Eric Greitens, American soldier, author and politician
• 1974 – Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
• 1975 – Chris Carrabba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Terrence Lewis, Indian dancer and choreographer
• 1975 – David Harbour, American actor
• 1976 – Clare Buckfield, English actress
• 1976 – Yoshino Kimura, Japanese actress and singer
• 1976 – Sara Renner, Canadian skier
• 1977 – Stephanie Sheh, Taiwanese-American voice actress, director, and producer
• 1978 – Sir Christus, Finnish guitarist
• 1979 – Iván Alonso, Uruguayan footballer
• 1979 – Kenyon Coleman, American football player
• 1979 – Rachel Corrie, American author and activist (d. 2003)
• 1979 – Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 – Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
• 1980 – Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player and model
• 1980 – Charlie Hunnam, English actor
• 1980 – Shao Jiayi, Chinese footballer
• 1980 – Kasey Kahne, American race car driver
• 1980 – Bryce Soderberg, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1981 – Laura Bell Bundy, American actress and singer
• 1981 – Liz McClarnon, English singer and dancer
• 1981 – Michael Pitt, American actor, model and musician
• 1981 – Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Andre Ethier, American baseball player
• 1982 – Chyler Leigh, American actress and singer
• 1983 – Jamie Chung, American actress
• 1983 – Andrew Dost, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1983 – Ryan Merriman, American actor
• 1983 – Hannes Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1984 – Faustina Agolley, Ghanaian/Chinese Malaysian English-Australian television host and producer
• 1984 – Jeremy Barrett, American figure skater
• 1984 – Mandy Moore, English/Irish/Russian-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – David Obua, Ugandan footballer
• 1984 – Damien Perquis, French-Polish footballer
• 1984 – Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Barkhad Abdi, Somali-American actor and director
• 1985 – Willo Flood, Irish footballer
• 1985 – Jesús Gámez, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Olivia Borlée, Belgian sprinter
• 1986 – Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer
• 1986 – Corey Kluber, American baseball pitcher
• 1986 – Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
• 1986 – Tore Reginiussen, Norwegian footballer
• 1986 – Andrei Strelnikov, Russian footballer
• 1987 – Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
• 1987 – Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
• 1988 – Chris Heston, American baseball pitcher
• 1988 – Haley Joel Osment, American actor
• 1990 – Ben Amos, English footballer
• 1990 – Andile Jali, South African footballer
• 1990 – Ricky Leutele, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
• 1990 – Maren Morris, American singer
• 1990 – Alex Pettyfer, English actor
• 1991 – AJ Michalka, American actress and singer
• 1992 – Jack Buchanan, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – Sadio Mané, Senegalese footballer
• 1992 – Daisy Ridley, English actress
• 1993 – Sofia Carson, American singer and actress
• 1995 – Ian Nelson, American actor
• 1996 – Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australian tennis player
• 1996 – Audrey Whitby, American actress
• 1998 – Anna Pogorilaya, Russian figure skater
• 2001 – Ky Baldwin, Australian singer and actor

• 879 – Louis the Stammerer, king of West Francia (b. 846)
• 943 – Landulf I, prince of Benevento and Capua
• 948 – Hugh of Arles, king of Italy
• 1008 – Notker of Liège, French bishop (b. 940)
• 1216 – Eric X, king of Sweden (b. 1180)
• 1282 – Ahmad Fanakati, chief minister under Kublai Khan
• 1309 – Elisabeth von Rapperswil, Swiss countess (b. 1261)
• 1362 – Maud, English noblewoman (b. 1339)
• 1500 – Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar and poet
• 1533 – Frederick I, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1471)
• 1545 – Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
• 1585 – Gregory XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1502)
• 1598 – Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (b. 1548)
• 1599 – Gabrielle d'Estrées, French mistress of Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
• 1601 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1562)
• 1619 – Thomas Jones, English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1550)
• 1640 – Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1578)
• 1644 – William Brewster, English official and pilgrim leader (b. 1566)
• 1646 – Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
• 1667 – Jan Marek Marci, Czech physician and author (b. 1595)
• 1704 – William Egon of Fürstenberg, German cardinal (b. 1629)
• 1756 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (b. 1661)
• 1760 – Jean Lebeuf, French historian and author (b. 1687)
• 1786 – John Byron, English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1723)
• 1806 – Horatio Gates, English-American general (b. 1727)
• 1813 – Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)
• 1823 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (b. 1757)
• 1871 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1789)
• 1904 – Isabella II, Spanish queen (b. 1830)
• 1909 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (b. 1837)
• 1919 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (b. 1879)
• 1920 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (b. 1829)
• 1931 – Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1935 – Rosa Campbell Praed, Australian novelist (b. 1851)
• 1938 – King Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)
• 1942 – Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor and director (b. 1881)
• 1943 – Andreas Faehlmann, Estonian-German sailor and engineer (b. 1898)
• 1945 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer and typographer (b. 1882)
• 1947 – Charles Nordhoff, English-American lieutenant and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 – Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1876)
• 1954 – Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (b. 1862)
• 1954 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
• 1955 – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1881)
• 1958 – Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
• 1960 – André Berthomieu, French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1962 – Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish artist and musician (b. 1940)
• 1965 – Lloyd Casner, American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (b. 1928)
• 1965 – Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1966 – Evelyn Waugh, English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (b. 1903)
• 1968 – Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian lieutenant and politician (b. 1899)
• 1969 – Harley Earl, American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1975 – Walker Evans, American photographer (b. 1903)
• 1975 – Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
• 1978 – Hjalmar Mäe, Estonian politician (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Kay Medford, American actress and singer (b. 1919)
• 1981 – Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (b. 1899)
• 1983 – Issam Sartawi, Palestinian activist (b. 1935)
• 1986 – Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1991 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (b. 1955)
• 1991 – Martin Hannett, English guitarist and producer (b. 1948)
• 1991 – Natalie Schafer, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1992 – Sam Kinison, American comedian and actor (b. 1953)
• 1993 – Chris Hani, South African activist and politician (b. 1942)
• 1994 – Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1924)
• 1995 – Morarji Desai, Indian politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (b. 1896)
• 1997 – Michael Dorris, American author and academic (b. 1945)
• 1998 – Seraphim of Athens, Greek archbishop (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-American biochemist and physician (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Jean Vander Pyl, American actress and voice artist (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
• 2003 – Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
• 2004 – Jacek Kaczmarski, Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (b. 1957)
• 2004 – Sakıp Sabancı, Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Sabancı Holding (b. 1933)
• 2005 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Scott Gottlieb, American drummer (b. 1970)
• 2005 – Archbishop Iakovos of America (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
• 2005 – Wally Tax, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
• 2007 – Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2007 – Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Deborah Digges, American poet and educator (b. 1950)
• 2010 – Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included:
  • Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1919)
  • Maria Kaczyńska, Polish economist, First Lady of Poland (b. 1942)
  • Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (b. 1949)
  • Anna Walentynowicz, Ukrainian-Polish journalist and activist (b. 1929)
• 2010 – Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Raymond Aubrac, French engineer and activist (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Barbara Buchholz, German theremin player and composer (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Lili Chookasian, Armenian-American operatic singer (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican cardinal (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Akin Omoboriowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Lorenzo Antonetti, Italian cardinal (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Raymond Boudon, French sociologist and academic (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1911)
• 2013 – Robert Edwards, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Olive Lewin, Jamaican anthropologist, musicologist, and author (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Gordon Thomas, English cyclist (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Angela Voigt, German long jumper (b. 1951)
• 2014 – Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1949)
• 2014 – Richard Hoggart, English author and academic (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (b. 1946)
• 2015 – Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona (b. 1916)
• 2015 – Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Rose Francine Rogombé, Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1942)
• 2015 – Peter Walsh, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Australian Minister for Finance (b. 1935)
• 2016 – Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (b. 1945)