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• 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
• 1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta.
• 1260 – Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
• 1494 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.
• 1640 – King Charles I of England dissolves the Short Parliament.
• 1762 – Russia and Prussia sign the Treaty of St. Petersburg.
• 1789 – In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
• 1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
• 1809 – The Swiss canton of Aargau allowed citizenship to Jews.
• 1811 – In the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro the French army, under Marshall André Masséna, drive in the Duke of Wellington's overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults fail to take the town of Fuentes de Oñoro and the Anglo-Portuguese army holds the field at the end of the day.
• 1821 – Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
• 1835 – In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
• 1860 – Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
• 1862 – Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico.
• 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
• 1865 – In North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), the first train robbery in the United States takes place.
• 1866 – Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
• 1877 – American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
• 1886 – The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
• 1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
• 1904 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• 1905 – The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
• 1920 – Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
• 1925 – Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• 1925 – The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language.
• 1934 – The first Three Stooges short, Woman Haters, is released.
• 1936 – Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 1940 – World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London
• 1940 – World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms.
• 1941 – Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
• 1944 – German troops execute 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece.
• 1945 – World War II: Canadian and British troops liberate the Netherlands and Denmark from German occupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulate.
• 1945 – World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
• 1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• 1949 – The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
• 1950 – Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned King Rama IX of Thailand.
• 1955 – West Germany gains full sovereignty.
• 1961 – The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
• 1964 – The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
• 1972 – Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
• 1973 – Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5, a still standing record.
• 1977 – The first of The Nixon Interviews between David Frost and Richard Nixon are broadcast.
• 1980 – Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
• 1981 – Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
• 1987 – Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
• 1991 – A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
• 1994 – The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
• 1994 – American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism.
• 2006 – The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
• 2010 – Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek debt crisis.

Births[edit]

• 867 – Emperor Uda of Japan (d. 931)
• 1210 – Afonso III of Portugal (d. 1279)
• 1479 – Guru Amar Das, Indian 3rd Sikh Guru (d. 1574)
• 1546 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (d. 1623)
• 1684 – Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (d. 1739)
• 1747 – Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792)
• 1749 – Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French composer (d. 1794)
• 1764 – Robert Craufurd, Scottish general (d. 1812)
• 1800 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
• 1813 – Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author (d. 1855)
• 1818 – Karl Marx, German philosopher (d. 1883)
• 1826 – Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III (d. 1920)
• 1830 – John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (d. 1906)
• 1832 – Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian (d. 1918)
• 1833 – Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905)
• 1834 – Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (d. 1873)
• 1843 – William George Beers, Canadian dentist and patriot (d. 1900)
• 1846 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
• 1858 – John L. Leal, American physician (d. 1914)
• 1864 – Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (d. 1922)
• 1866 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (d. 1938)
• 1869 – Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter (d. 1937)
• 1869 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
• 1883 – Agustín Barrios, Paraguayan guitarist and composer (d. 1944)
• 1883 – Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English general and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (d. 1950)
• 1884 – Chief Bender, American baseball player (d. 1954)
• 1887 – Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1941)
• 1887 – Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop (d. 1972)
• 1889 – Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Christopher Morley, American journalist and author (d. 1957)
• 1898 – Elsie Eaves, first female associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (d. 1983)
• 1899 – Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1901 – Blind Willie McTell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
• 1903 – James Beard, American chef and author (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Floyd Gottfredson, American illustrator (d. 1986)
• 1906 – Charles Exbrayat, French author (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Iryna Vilde, Ukrainian author (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Pierre Louis-Dreyfus, French soldier, businessman and racing driver (d. 2011)
• 1909 – Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet (d. 1944)
• 1910 – Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1911 – Andor Lilienthal, Hungarian chess player (d. 2010)
• 1911 – Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist (d. 1932)
• 1914 – Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
• 1915 – Alice Faye, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (d. 1987)
• 1917 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish-American nurse (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Richard Wollheim, English philosopher (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Eddi Arent, German actor (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Leo Ryan, American politician (d. 1978)
• 1926 – Ann B. Davis, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Pat Carroll, American actress and singer
• 1927 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Richard Schaal, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Ilene Woods, American actress and singer (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Hans Abramson, Swedish film director (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Will Hutchins, American actor
• 1931 – Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1999)
• 1932 – Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Bob Said, American racing driver and bobsled racer (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper
• 1934 – Ace Cannon, American saxophonist
• 1934 – Victor Garland, Australian politician
• 1934 – Johnnie Taylor, American singer (d. 2000)
• 1935 – Douglas Marland, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1993)
• 1935 – Bernard Pivot, French journalist
• 1935 – Robert Rehme, American film producer
• 1936 – Patrick Gowers, English composer (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Ervin Lázár, Hungarian author (d. 2006)
• 1936 – John Maxton, Scottish politician
• 1937 – Delia Derbyshire, English keyboard player and composer (White Noise) (d. 2001)
• 1938 – Michael Murphy, American actor
• 1938 – Bill Robertson, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Barbara Wagner, Canadian figure skater
• 1939 – Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Lasse Åberg, Swedish actor, singer, and director
• 1940 – Lance Henriksen, American actor
• 1940 – Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American director and producer
• 1941 – Alexander Ragulin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
• 1942 – Marc Alaimo, American actor
• 1942 – István Bujtor, Hungarian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1942 – Jean Corston, Baroness Corston, English politician
• 1942 – Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon, English politician
• 1942 – Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
• 1943 – Nils Moritz, Swedish actor
• 1943 – Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter
• 1943 – Ignacio Ramonet, Spanish journalist
• 1943 – Dilys Watling, English actress and singer
• 1944 – Bo Larsson, Swedish footballer
• 1944 – John Rhys-Davies, Welsh actor
• 1944 – Roger Rees, Welsh-American actor and director
• 1945 – Kurt Loder, American journalist
• 1945 – Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt, Swedish criminal
• 1945 – Dianne Willcocks, English academic
• 1946 – Adriana Bittel, Romanian writer
• 1946 – Jim Kelly, American actor and martial artist (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Robin McNamara, American singer-songwriter
• 1948 – Anna Bergman, Swedish actress
• 1948 – Mats Bergman, Swedish actor
• 1948 – Jomanda, Dutch guru
• 1948 – Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
• 1948 – Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter (Black Sabbath and Mythology)
• 1949 – Eppie Bleeker, Dutch skater
• 1950 – Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal)
• 1951 – Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach
• 1951 – Nicholas Guest, American actor
• 1951 – Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
• 1952 – Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker
• 1952 – Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician (d. 2014)
• 1955 – Melinda Culea, American actress
• 1955 – Lisa Jane Persky, American actress and journalist
• 1956 – Robert Marien, Canadian actor and singer
• 1956 – Steve Scott, American runner
• 1957 – Richard E. Grant, Swiss-English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Peter Howitt, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Aad van Mil, Dutch water polo player
• 1958 – Ron Arad, Israeli colonel and pilot (d. 1986)
• 1958 – Robert DiPierdomenico, Australian footballer
• 1958 – Aurélien Recoing, French actor
• 1958 – Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (d. 2012)
• 1959 – Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player (Overkill)
• 1959 – Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen, Electrafixion, and Crucial Three)
• 1959 – Peter Molyneux, English video game designer, created Fable
• 1959 – Steve Stevens, American guitarist and songwriter (Juno Reactor)
• 1959 – Brian Williams, American journalist
• 1961 – Hiroshi Hase, Japanese wrestler and politician
• 1961 – Rob Williams, American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 1962 – Sot Chitalada, Thai boxer
• 1962 – Jenifer McKitrick, American songwriter
• 1962 – Nicolas Vanier, Senegalese explorer, author, and director
• 1962 – Kaoru Wada, Japanese composer
• 1963 – Heidi Kozak, American actress
• 1963 – James LaBrie, Canadian singer-songwriter (Dream Theater, Winter Rose, Explorers Club, and MullMuzzler)
• 1963 – Simon Rimmer, English chef and author
• 1963 – Scott Westerfeld, American author
• 1964 – Jean-François Copé, French politician
• 1964 – Heike Henkel, German high jumper
• 1964 – Don Payne, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1965 – Leslie Law, English horse rider
• 1965 – Glenn Seton, Australian race car driver
• 1966 – Shawn Drover, Canadian drummer (Megadeth and Eidolon)
• 1966 – Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• 1966 – Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1967 – Takehito Koyasu, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1967 – Maro Mavri, Greek model and actress
• 1967 – Charles Nagy, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 – Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician
• 1968 – Katherine Rake, English academic
• 1969 – Olav Sepp, Estonian chess player
• 1970 – Kyan Douglas, American television host and author
• 1970 – LaPhonso Ellis, American basketball player
• 1970 – Todd Newton, American game show host
• 1971 – Harold Miner, American basketball player
• 1971 – Mike Redmond, American baseball player and manager
• 1972 – James Cracknell, English rower
• 1973 – Casino Versus Japan, American composer and producer
• 1973 – Tina Yothers, American actress and singer
• 1974 – Seiji Ara, Japanese race car driver
• 1974 – Jens Fredrik Ryland, Norwegian guitarist (Borknagar)
• 1975 – Meb Keflezighi, American runner
• 1976 – Dieter Brummer, Australian actor
• 1976 – Jean-François Dumoulin, Canadian race car driver
• 1976 – Anastasios Pantos, Greek footballer
• 1976 – Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer
• 1976 – Sage Stallone, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2012)
• 1976 – Jeremy Michael Ward, American singer and guitarist (The Mars Volta and De Facto) (d. 2003)
• 1977 – Virginie Efira, Belgian actress and journalist
• 1977 – Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress
• 1977 – Jessica Schwarz, German actress
• 1978 – Santiago Cabrera, Venezuelan-English actor
• 1978 – Morgan Pehme, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – John Wilshere, Papua New Guinean rugby player
• 1979 – Vincent Kartheiser, American actor
• 1980 – Yossi Benayoun, Israeli footballer
• 1980 – Hank Green, American blogger
• 1980 – DerMarr Johnson, American basketball player
• 1980 – Charmane Star, Filipino porn actress
• 1981 – Marcelle Bittar, Brazilian model
• 1981 – Craig David, English singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Danielle Fishel, American actress
• 1981 – Farid Kamil, Malaysian actor, screenplay writer and film director
• 1982 – Ferrie Bodde, Dutch footballer
• 1982 – Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
• 1982 – Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprinter
• 1982 – Randall Gay, American football player
• 1983 – Henry Cavill, English actor
• 1983 – Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper
• 1983 – Annie Villeneuve, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Scott Ware, American football player
• 1984 – Wade MacNeil, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alexisonfire, Gallows, and Black Lungs)
• 1984 – Christian Valdéz, Mexican footballer
• 1985 – Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress and singer
• 1985 – Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Tsepo Masilela, South African footballer
• 1985 – Marcos Rogério Oliveira Duarte, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Terrence Wheatley, American football player
• 1987 – Jessie Cave, English actress
• 1987 – Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Siim Sellis, Estonian cross-country skier
• 1987 – Marija Šestić, Bosnian singer
• 1987 – Ian Michael Smith, American actor
• 1988 – Adele, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Mai Agan, Estonian bass player and composer
• 1988 – Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (d. 1996)
• 1988 – Brooke Hogan, American singer and actress
• 1988 – Richard O'Dwyer, English computer programmer
• 1988 – Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1989 – Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1989 – Agnes Knochenhauer, Swedish curler
• 1989 – Lakshmi Rai, Indian actress
• 1989 – Larissa Wilson, English actress
• 1990 – Hannah Davis, American model
• 1990 – Song Jieun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Secret)
• 1991 – Colin Edwards, Guyanese footballer (d. 2013)
• 1991 – Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer
• 1991 – Raúl Jiménez, Mexican footballer
• 1991 – Shubha Phutela, Indian model and actress (d. 2012)
• 1992 – Loïck Landre, French footballer
• 1992 – Yōsuke Mikami, Japanese footballer
• 1992 – Taisuke Miyazaki, Japanese footballer
• 1993 – Francine Niyonsaba, Burundian runner
• 1999 – Nathan Chen, American figure skater

Deaths[edit]

• 984 – Gerberga of Saxony (b. 913)
• 1194 – Casimir II the Just, Polish son of Bolesław III Wrymouth (b. 1138)
• 1306 – Constantine Palaiologos, Byzantine general (b. 1261)
• 1309 – Charles II of Naples (b. 1254)
• 1525 – Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1463)
• 1586 – Henry Sidney, Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529)
• 1671 – Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)
• 1672 – Samuel Cooper, English painter (b. 1609)
• 1700 – Angelo Italia, Italian architect (b. 1628)
• 1705 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
• 1760 – Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
• 1766 – Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1808 – Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
• 1821 – Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
• 1827 – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 – Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 – Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 – Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 – Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)
• 1892 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 – Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1900 – Ivan Aivazovsky, Russian painter (b. 1817)
• 1916 – John MacBride, Irish revolutionary (Easter Rising) (b. 1865)
• 1916 – Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 – Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 – A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 – Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1939 – Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (b. 1856)
• 1942 – Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1944 – Bertha Benz German wife of Karl Benz (b. 1849)
• 1947 – Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1959 – Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 – Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 – Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor (b. 1915)
• 1965 – John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1971 – Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1977 – Ludwig Erhard, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 – Bobby Sands, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1954)
• 1983 – Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
• 1983 – John Williams (actor), English stage, film and television actor (b. 1903)
• 1985 – Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
• 1988 – Michael Shaara, American author (b. 1928)
• 1992 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (b. 1927)
• 1994 – Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet (b. 1906)
• 1995 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (b. 1911)
• 1997 – Walter Gotell, German-English actor (b. 1924)
• 1999 – Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (b. 1914)
• 2000 – Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
• 2001 – Morris Graves, American painter (b. 1910)
• 2001 – Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, created CliffsNotes (b. 1918)
• 2002 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (b. 1926)
• 2002 – Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies (b. 1904)
• 2002 – George Sidney, American director and producer (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean commander (b. 1964)
• 2003 – Walter Sisulu, South African politician and activist (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Melocure) (b. 1959)
• 2005 – Elisabeth Fraser, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Edgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (b. 1974)
• 2006 – Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Theodore Maiman, American physicist, created the laser (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Jerry Wallace, American singer (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian politician, 12th president of Nigeria (b. 1951)
• 2010 – Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano (b. 1910)
• 2011 – Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (b. 1901)
• 2011 – Yosef Merimovich, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 2011 – Dana Wynter, German-English actress (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Surendranath, Indian cricketer (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist (b. 1932)
• 2012 – George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Roy Padayachie, South African politician (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Rossella Falk, Italian actress (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Dean Jeffries, American car designer and stuntman (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Sarah Kirsch, German poet (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Greg Quill, Australian-Canadian singer-songwriter and journalist (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Dirk Vekeman, Belgian footballer (b. 1960)
• 2014 – Timothy John Byford, English-Serbian director and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Butler Derrick, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Billy Frank, Jr., American activist (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Eduardo Mac Entyre, Argentinian painter (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Michael Otedola, Nigerian politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Jackie Lynn Taylor, American actress (b. 1925)