EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 2/5
- 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
- 1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
- 1335 – Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia.
- 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
- 1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
- 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
- 1611 – The King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
- 1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
- 1672 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
- 1808 – Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
- 1812 – The Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ends with both sides claiming victory after Mexican rebels under José María Morelos y Pavón abandon the city after 72 days under siege by royalist Spanish troops under Félix María Calleja.
- 1816 – Marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales.
- 1829 – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
- 1866 – Peruvian defenders fight off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao.
- 1876 – The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
- 1879 – The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias.
- 1885 – Good Housekeeping magazine goes on sale for the first time.
- 1885 – Cree and Assiniboine warriors win the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion.
- 1885 – The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium.
- 1889 – Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
- 1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
- 1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
- 1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
- 1932 – Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.
- 1933 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler bans trade unions.
- 1941 – Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power.
- 1945 – World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announces the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoist their red flag over the Reichstag building.
- 1945 – World War II: Italian Campaign: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signs the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy.
- 1945 – World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
- 1946 – The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place; two guards and three inmates are killed.
- 1952 – The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.
- 1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
- 1963 – Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
- 1964 – Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
- 1964 – First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
- 1969 – The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
- 1972 – In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers.
- 1980 – Referendum on system of government held in Nepal.
- 1982 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
- 1986 – The Chernobyl Disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster
- 1989 – Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
- 1994 – A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people.
- 1995 – During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
- 1998 – The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
- 1999 – Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
- 2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
- 2004 – Yelwa massacre ended. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims attacked the Christians of Yelwa killing more than 78 Christians including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound. More than 630 nomad Muslims were killed by Christians in Nigeria.
- 2008 – Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
- 2008 – Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
- 2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
- 2011 – An E. coli outbreak strikes Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak.
- 2012 – A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
- 2014 – Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.
- 1360 – Yongle Emperor of China (d. 1424)
- 1451 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
- 1458 – Eleanor of Viseu (d. 1525)
- 1551 – William Camden, English historian (d. 1623)
- 1601 – Athanasius Kircher, German priest and scholar (d. 1680)
- 1660 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)
- 1695 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French decorator and architect (d. 1766)
- 1702 – Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
- 1707 – Jean-Baptiste Barrière, French cellist and composer (d. 1747)
- 1729 – Catherine the Great, Russian wife of Peter III of Russia (d. 1796)
- 1737 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
- 1740 – Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1821)
- 1750 – John André, English soldier and spy (d. 1780)
- 1752 – Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer (d. 1790)
- 1754 – Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer (d. 1806)
- 1772 – Novalis, German author and poet (d. 1801)
- 1773 – Henrik Steffens, Norwegian philosopher and poet (d. 1845)
- 1797 – Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist (d. 1864)
- 1802 – Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)
- 1806 – Catherine Labouré, French saint (d. 1876)
- 1808 – Emma Darwin, English wife of Charles Darwin (d. 1896)
- 1810 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
- 1815 – William Buell Richards, Canadian judge, 1st Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1889)
- 1828 – Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (d. 1915)
- 1830 – Otto Staudinger, German entomologist (d. 1900)
- 1843 – Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American engineer (d. 1929)
- 1859 – Jerome K. Jerome, English author (d. 1927)
- 1860 – John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist (d. 1936)
- 1860 – Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1904)
- 1865 – Clyde Fitch, American playwright (d. 1909)
- 1867 – Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1930)
- 1873 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
- 1879 – James F. Byrnes, American politician, 49th United States Secretary of State (d. 1972)
- 1880 – Bill Horr, American athlete (d. 1955)
- 1881 – Alexander Kerensky, Russian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Russia (d. 1970)
- 1885 – Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (d. 1966)
- 1886 – Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (d. 1956)
- 1887 – Vernon Castle, English-American dancer (d. 1918)
- 1887 – Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (d. 1951)
- 1889 – Ki Hajar Dewantara, Indonesian educator (d. 1959)
- 1890 – E. E. Smith, American author (d. 1965)
- 1892 – Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (d. 1918)
- 1894 – Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist (d. 1981)
- 1895 – Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (d. 1943)
- 1896 – Helen of Greece and Denmark (d. 1982)
- 1897 – John Frederick Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985)
- 1898 – Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1989)
- 1902 – Arturo Licata, Italian super-centenarian (d. 2014)
- 1903 – Benjamin Spock, American rower, pediatrician, and author (d. 1998)
- 1904 – Bill Brandt, German-English photographer and journalist (d. 1983)
- 1906 – Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (d. 1979)
- 1906 – Aileen Riggin, American swimmer (d. 2002)
- 1907 – Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host (d. 1993)
- 1910 – Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1943)
- 1912 – Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (d. 1985)
- 1913 – Nigel Patrick, English actor and director (d. 1981)
- 1915 – Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
- 1915 – Peggy Mount, English actress (d. 2001)
- 1917 – Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
- 1917 – Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2002)
- 1920 – Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian activist (d. 2000)
- 1920 – Vasantrao Deshpande, Indian singer and sitar player (d. 1983)
- 1920 – Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter (d. 2004)
- 1921 – Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1922 – Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (d. 2007)
- 1922 – Serge Reggiani, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 2004)
- 1922 – A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian journalist (d. 2006)
- 1923 – Patrick Hillery, Irish politician, 6th President of Ireland (d. 2008)
- 1924 – Jamal Abro, Pakistani author (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American actor and singer
- 1924 – Hugh Cortazzi, English businessman and diplomat, British Ambassador to Japan
- 1925 – John Neville, English-Canadian actor (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician (d. 1993)
- 1927 – Ray Barrett, Australian actor (d. 2009)
- 1928 – Hans Trass, Estonian ecologist and botanist
- 1928 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (d. 1972)
- 1929 – Édouard Balladur, French economist and politician, Prime Minister of France
- 1929 – James Dillion, American discus thrower (d. 2010)
- 1929 – Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
- 1929 – Eddie Garcia, Filipino actor
- 1930 – Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter and critic (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Marco Pannella, Italian journalist and politician
- 1931 – Phil Bruns, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Martha Grimes, American author
- 1932 – Maury Allen, American journalist (d. 2010)
- 1933 – Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
- 1935 – Lance LeGault, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1935 – Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)
- 1935 – Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1936 – Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-born British singer
- 1936 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972)
- 1937 – Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
- 1938 – Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
- 1939 – Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist
- 1940 – Jo Ann Pflug, American actress
- 1941 – Tony Adamowicz, American race car driver
- 1941 – Bruce Cameron, Scottish bishop
- 1941 – Clay Carroll, American baseball player
- 1941 – Connie Crothers, American pianist
- 1942 – Jacques Rogge, Belgian businessman
- 1944 – Robert G. W. Anderson, English chemist and curator
- 1944 – Bob Henrit, English drummer (Argent, The Roulettes, The Kinks, and Unit 4 + 2)
- 1945 – Gene Deckerhoff, American sportscaster
- 1945 – Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
- 1945 – Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan-American model, actress, and activist
- 1945 – Goldy McJohn, Canadian keyboard player (Steppenwolf, The Mynah Birds, and The Sparrows)
- 1946 – Peter L. Benson, American psychologist (d. 2011)
- 1946 – Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)
- 1946 – David Suchet, English actor and producer
- 1946 – Indrek Tart, Estonian sociologist and poet
- 1947 – James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company
- 1947 – Lynda Myles, English screenwriter and producer
- 1948 – Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Imperials)
- 1949 – Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and author
- 1950 – Simon Gaskell, English chemist and academic
- 1950 – Duncan Gay, Australian politician
- 1950 – Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter (Foreigner and Shadow King)
- 1950 – Richard Ground English judge (d. 2014)
- 1951 – John Glascock, English singer and bass player (Jethro Tull, Carmen, The Gods, and Chicken Shack) (d. 1979)
- 1952 – Christine Baranski, American actress
- 1952 – Mari Natsuki, Japanese actress, singer, and dancer
- 1952 – Isla St Clair, Scottish singer and actress
- 1953 – Valery Gergiev, Russian conductor and director
- 1954 – Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
- 1954 – Dawn Primarolo, English politician
- 1954 – Stephen Venables, English mountaineer
- 1955 – Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
- 1956 – Yasushi Akimoto, Japanese songwriter and producer
- 1956 – Régis Labeaume, Canadian politician, 41st Mayor of Quebec City
- 1958 – Stanislav Levý, Czech footballer and manager
- 1958 – David O'Leary, English-born Irish footballer and manager
- 1959 – Alan Best, Canadian animator, director, and producer
- 1959 – Russ Grimm, American football player and coach
- 1959 – Tony Wakeford, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sol Invictus, Death in June, Crisis, and Above the Ruins)
- 1960 – Stephen Daldry, English director and producer
- 1961 – Steve James, English snooker player
- 1961 – Sophie Thibault, Canadian journalist
- 1961 – Phil Vickery, English chef and author
- 1962 – Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
- 1962 – Big Boss Man, American wrestler (d. 2004)
- 1962 – Mitzi Kapture, American actress
- 1962 – Taťána Kocembová, Czech runner
- 1962 – David Volz, American pole vaulter
- 1962 – Jimmy White, English snooker player
- 1965 – Félix José, Dominican-American baseball player
- 1966 – Uwe Freiler, German footballer
- 1966 – Margus Kolga, Estonian diplomat
- 1966 – Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician
- 1967 – Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1995)
- 1967 – Mika Brzezinski, American journalist
- 1968 – Jeff Agoos, Swiss-American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
- 1968 – Hikaru Midorikawa, Japanese voice actor
- 1968 – Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1969 – Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer
- 1970 – Marco Walker, Swiss footballer and coach
- 1971 – Musashimaru Kōyō, Samoan-American sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna
- 1971 – Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju, Nigerian sprinter
- 1972 – Paul Adcock, English footballer
- 1972 – Pandora Boxx, American drag queen performer
- 1972 – Ahti Heinla, Estonian programmer and businessman
- 1972 – Dwayne Johnson, American-Canadian wrestler, actor, and producer
- 1973 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director and screenwriter
- 1974 – Matt Berry, English actor and singer
- 1974 – Horacio Carbonari, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1974 – Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor and actor
- 1974 – Andy Johnson, English-Welsh footballer
- 1974 – Janek Meet, Estonian footballer
- 1975 – David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model
- 1975 – Eva Santolaria, Spanish actress
- 1976 – Jeff Gutt, American singer-songwriter (Dry Cell)
- 1977 – Brian Cardinal, American basketball player
- 1977 – Jan Fitschen, German runner
- 1977 – Luke Hudson, American baseball player
- 1977 – Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician
- 1977 – Jenna von Oÿ, American actress and singer
- 1978 – Intars Busulis, Latvian singer
- 1978 – Melvin Ely, American basketball player
- 1978 – Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Ioannis Kanotidis, Greek footballer
- 1979 – Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
- 1980 – Tim Borowski, German footballer
- 1980 – Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
- 1980 – Zat Knight, English footballer
- 1980 – Artūras Masiulis, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1980 – Troy Murphy, American basketball player
- 1980 – Lassaâd Ouertani, Tunisian footballer (d. 2013)
- 1980 – Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Robert Buckley, American actor
- 1981 – Chris Kirkland, English footballer
- 1981 – Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1981 – Matt Murray, English footballer
- 1981 – Rina Satō, Japanese voice actress
- 1982 – Lorie, French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1982 – Timothy Benjamin, Welsh sprinter
- 1982 – Johan Botha, South African cricketer
- 1983 – Alessandro Diamanti, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Maynor Figueroa, Honduran footballer
- 1983 – Tina Maze, Slovenian skier
- 1983 – Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model, Miss Switzerland 2006
- 1983 – Daniel Sordo, Spanish race car driver
- 1983 – Ove Vanebo, Norwegian politician
- 1984 – Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
- 1984 – Thabo Sefolosha, Swiss basketball player
- 1985 – Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1985 – Kyle Busch, American race car driver
- 1985 – Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player
- 1985 – Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
- 1985 – David Nugent, English footballer
- 1985 – Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player
- 1986 – Emily Hart, American actress
- 1986 – James Kirk, Canadian actor
- 1986 – Zac Purchase, English rower
- 1987 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress (The Teenage Kissers)
- 1987 – Pat McAfee, American football player
- 1987 – Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Neftalí Feliz, Dominican baseball player
- 1988 – Stephen Henderson, Irish footballer
- 1988 – Artur Noga, Polish hurdler
- 1988 – Lara Veronin, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter (Nan Quan Mama)
- 1989 – Jeanette Pohlen, American basketball player
- 1990 – Paul George, American basketball player
- 1990 – Kay Panabaker, American actress
- 1991 – Farruko, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
- 1991 – Laurie Duncan, English actor
- 1991 – Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer (2AM)
- 1992 – María Teresa Torró Flor, Spanish tennis player
- 1994 – Josh Bolt, English actor
- 1997 – Perla Haney-Jardine, Brazilian-American actress
- 1997 – Bambam, South Korean dancer, rapper and singer (Got7)
- 373 – Athanasius of Alexandria, Egyptian bishop and saint (b. 298)
- 907 – Boris I of Bulgaria
- 1219 – Leo I, King of Armenia (b. 1150)
- 1230 – William de Braose, English son of Reginald de Braose (b. 1197)
- 1300 – Blanche of Artois (b. 1248)
- 1450 – William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (b. 1396)
- 1519 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1452)
- 1564 – Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (b. 1500)
- 1627 – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer and educator (b. 1560)
- 1667 – George Wither, English poet (b. 1588)
- 1683 – Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)
- 1711 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641)
- 1802 – Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
- 1810 – Henry Jerome de Salis, English clergyman (b. 1740)
- 1819 – Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
- 1857 – Alfred de Musset, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1810)
- 1864 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. 1791)
- 1880 – Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
- 1880 – Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
- 1885 – Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
- 1918 – Jüri Vilms, Estonian politician (b. 1889)
- 1927 – Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
- 1929 – Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general (b. 1879)
- 1941 – Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
- 1945 – Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
- 1945 – Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
- 1945 – Ludwig Stumpfegger, German physician (b. 1910)
- 1947 – Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
- 1953 – Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
- 1957 – Joseph McCarthy, American politician (b. 1908)
- 1960 – Caryl Chessman, American criminal (b. 1921)
- 1964 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
- 1968 – Harri Moora, Estonian archeologist (b. 1900)
- 1969 – Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
- 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
- 1974 – James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
- 1979 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
- 1980 – Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
- 1980 – George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)
- 1983 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
- 1984 – Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918)
- 1984 – Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913)
- 1985 – Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951)
- 1985 – Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909)
- 1986 – Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (b. 1956)
- 1986 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (b. 1956)
- 1989 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (b. 1902)
- 1989 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
- 1990 – David Rappaport, English-American actor (b. 1951)
- 1991 – Ronald McKie, Australian author (b. 1909)
- 1992 – Wilbur Mills, American politician (b. 1909)
- 1993 – André Moynet, French war time fighter pilot, entrepreneur-businessman, politician and racing driver (b. 1921)
- 1994 – Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet (b. 1903)
- 1995 – John Bunting, Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1918)
- 1995 – Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
- 1997 – John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
- 1997 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher and educator (b. 1921)
- 1998 – hide, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (X Japan and Zilch) (b. 1964)
- 1998 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
- 1998 – Kevin Lloyd, English actor (b. 1949)
- 1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
- 1999 – Augie Blunt, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1999 – Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1903)
- 1999 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
- 2001 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
- 2001 – Ted Rogers, English comedian and actor (b. 1935)
- 2002 – W. T. Tutte, Anglo-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917)
- 2005 – Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Louis Rukeyser, American journalist (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
- 2008 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)
- 2008 – Izold Pustõlnik, Estonian astronomer (b. 1938)
- 2009 – Marilyn French, American author (b. 1929)
- 2009 – Kiyoshiro Imawano, Japanese musician, producer, and actor (RC Succession) (b. 1951)
- 2009 – Jack Kemp, American football player and politician (b. 1935)
- 2010 – Kama Chinen, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1895)
- 2010 – Moshe Hirsch, Israeli rabbi (b. 1923)
- 2010 – Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress (b. 1943)
- 2011 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded Al-Qaeda (b. 1957)
- 2012 – Bram Bogart; Dutch born Belgian painter (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Tufan Miñnullin, Russian playwright and politician (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Junior Seau, American football player (b. 1969)
- 2012 – Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Indonesian physician (b. 1955)
- 2012 – J. T. Ready, American soldier (b. 1973)
- 2012 – Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Ernie Field, English boxer (b. 1943)
- 2013 – Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer) (b. 1964)
- 2013 – Joseph P. McFadden, American bishop (b. 1947)
- 2013 – Dvora Omer, Israeli author (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Jo Pitt, Scottish horse rider (b. 1979)
- 2013 – Sarabjit Singh, Indian spy (b. 1963)
- 2013 – Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (b. 1980)
- 2013 – Charles Banks Wilson, American painter (b. 1918)
- 2014 – Chelokee, American race horse (b. 2004)
- 2014 – Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Jessica Cleaves, American singer (The Friends of Distinction and Earth, Wind & Fire) (b. 1948)
- 2014 – Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, Iranian setar player (b. 1947)
- 2014 – Žarko Petan, Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Nigel Stepney, English mechanic (b. 1958)
- 2014 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (b. 1918)
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