EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 27/10
- 312 – Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
- 710 – Saracen invasion of Sardinia.
- 939 – Æthelstan, the first King of England, died and was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I.
- 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
- 1524 – Italian Wars: The French troops lay siege to Pavia.
- 1553 – Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
- 1644 – Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
- 1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.
- 1795 – The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
- 1806 – The French Army enters Berlin, following the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
- 1810 – United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
- 1827 – Bellini's third opera, Il pirata, is premiered at Teatro alla Scala di Milano
- 1838 – Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.
- 1870 – Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at the conclusion of the Siege of Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
- 1904 – The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world.
- 1907 – Černová massacre: Fifteen people are killed in the Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration. This would led to protests over the treatment of minorities in Austria-Hungary.
- 1914 – The British lose their first battleship of World War I: The British super-dreadnought battleship HMS Audacious (23,400 tons), is sunk off Tory Island, north-west of Ireland, by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.The loss was kept an official secret in Britain until November 14 1918. The sinking was witnessed and photographed by passengers on RMS Olympic sister ship of RMS Titanic.
- 1916 – Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
- 1922 – A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
- 1924 – The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
- 1930 – Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty, signed in April modifying the 1925 Washington Naval Treaty and the arms limitation treaty's modified provisions, go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.
- 1936 – Mrs Wallis Simpson files for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
- 1944 – World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.
- 1948 – Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc.
- 1953 – British nuclear test Totem 2 is carried out at Emu Field, South Australia.
- 1954 – Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
- 1958 – Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
- 1961 – NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
- 1961 – Mauritania and Mongolia join the United Nations.
- 1962 – Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down in Cuba by a Soviet-supplied SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile.
- 1962 – A plane carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
- 1964 – Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launched his political career and came to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
- 1967 – Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.
- 1971 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
- 1973 – A 1.4 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes in Cañon City, Colorado.
- 1979 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1981 – The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
- 1986 – The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
- 1988 – Ronald Reagan decides to tear down the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow because of Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
- 1991 – Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1992 – United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by shipmate Terry M. Helvey for being gay, precipitating first military, then national, debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
- 1994 – Gliese 229B is the first Substellar Mass Object to be unquestionably identified.
- 1995 – Latvia applies for membership in the European Union.
- 1995 – Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
- 1997 – October 27, 1997 mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15.
- 1999 – Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and six other members.
- 2005 – Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers.
- 921 – Chai Rong, Chinese emperor (d. 959)
- 1156 – Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (d. 1222)
- 1335 – Taejo of Joseon (d. 1408)
- 1401 – Catherine of Valois (d. 1437)
- 1703 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, German violinist and composer (d. 1771)
- 1744 – Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)
- 1760 – August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831)
- 1766 – Nancy Storace, English soprano (d. 1817)
- 1782 – Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
- 1806 – Juan Seguín, American colonel, judge, and politician, 101st Mayor of San Antonio (d. 1890)
- 1811 – Stevens T. Mason, American politician, 1st Governor of Michigan (d. 1843)
- 1811 – Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (d. 1875)
- 1814 – Daniel H. Wells, American religious leader and politician, 3rd Mayor of Salt Lake City (d. 1891)
- 1838 – John Davis Long, American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1915)
- 1842 – Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1928)
- 1844 – Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
- 1854 – William Alexander Smith, Scottish religious leader, founded the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)
- 1858 – Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
- 1858 – Saitō Makoto, Japanese naval officer and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1936)
- 1865 – Charles Spencelayh, English painter (d. 1958)
- 1869 – Viola Allen, American actress (d. 1948)
- 1872 – Emily Post, American author, founded The Emily Post Institute (d. 1960)
- 1873 – Malcolm Shepherd, Australian public servant (d. 1960)
- 1877 – Walt Kuhn, American painter (d. 1949)
- 1877 – George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1943)
- 1884 – Shirō Takasu, Japanese naval officer (d. 1944)
- 1885 – Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter (d. 1948)
- 1890 – Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (d. 1974)
- 1894 – Agda Helin, Swedish actress (d. 1984)
- 1894 – Oliver Leese, English-Welsh general (d. 1978)
- 1894 – Fritz Sauckel, German sailor and politician (d. 1946)
- 1896 – Edith Haisman, South African-English survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1997)
- 1904 – Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist and author (d. 1995)
- 1906 – Peter Blume, American painter (d. 1992)
- 1906 – Earle Cabell, American banker and politician, Mayor of Dallas (d. 1975)
- 1906 – Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (d. 2010)
- 1908 – Lee Krasner, American painter (d. 1984)
- 1910 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1963)
- 1911 – Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
- 1913 – Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author
- 1913 – Luigi Piotti, Italian racing driver (d. 1971)
- 1914 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and playwright (d. 1953)
- 1914 – Ahmet Kireççi, Turkish sports wrestler (d. 1979)
- 1915 – Harry Saltzman, Canadian-French production manager and producer (d. 1994)
- 1917 – Augustine Harris, English bishop (d. 2007)
- 1917 – Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and politician (d. 1993)
- 1918 – Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (d. 2003)
- 1918 – Teresa Wright, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
- 1920 – Nanette Fabray, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1920 – K. R. Narayanan, Indian politician, 10th President of India (d. 2005)
- 1921 – Warren Allen Smith, American journalist, author, and activist
- 1922 – Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (d. 1998)
- 1922 – Ruby Dee, American actress, singer, and poet (d. 2014)
- 1922 – Michel Galabru, Moroccian-French actor
- 1922 – Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2014)
- 1923 – Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (d. 1997)
- 1923 – Ned Wertimer, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Warren Christopher, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)
- 1925 – Jane Connell, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Paul Fox, English broadcaster
- 1925 – Monica Sims, English radio host and producer
- 1926 – Boris Chetkov, Russian artist (d. 2010)
- 1926 – H. R. Haldeman, American businessman and diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
- 1926 – Takumi Shibano, Japanese translator and author (d. 2010)
- 1927 – Dominick Argento, American composer and educator
- 1928 – Gilles Vigneault, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet
- 1929 – Maurice Robert Johnston, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
- 1930 – Leo Baxendale, English cartoonist
- 1930 – Myra Carter, American actress
- 1930 – Barry Supple, English historian and academic
- 1931 – David Bryant, English bowls player
- 1931 – Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, and author
- 1931 – Anatoliy Zayaev, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor and singer (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Harry Gregg, Northern Irish footballer and manager
- 1932 – Dolores Moore, American baseball player (d. 2000)
- 1932 – Sylvia Plath, American poet and novelist (d. 1963)
- 1933 – Valentin Boreyko, Russian rower (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Floyd Cramer, American singer and pianist (d. 1997)
- 1933 – Ryō Hanmura, Japanese author (d. 2002)
- 1934 – Giorgos Konstantinou, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1935 – Frank Adonis, American actor and screenwriter
- 1935 – Maurício de Sousa, Brazilian cartoonist
- 1935 – Charlie Tagawa, Japanese-American entertainer and banjoist
- 1936 – Neil Sheehan, American journalist and author
- 1937 – Lara Parker, American actress
- 1939 – John Cleese, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1939 – Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (d. 2007)
- 1940 – John Gotti, American mobster (d. 2002)
- 1940 – Maxine Hong Kingston, American author and academic
- 1941 – Dave Costa, American football player (d. 2013)
- 1941 – Dick Trickle, American race car driver (d. 2013)
- 1942 – Lee Greenwood, American singer-songwriter
- 1942 – Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Polish journalist and politician
- 1943 – Carmen Argenziano, American actor and producer
- 1943 – Jerry Rook, American basketball player and coach
- 1944 – J. A. Jance, American author and poet
- 1945 – Arild Andersen, Norwegian bassist and composer (Masqualero)
- 1945 – Dick Dodd, American drummer and actor (The Bel-Airs, The Standells, and Eddie & the Showmen) (d. 2013)
- 1945 – John Kane, Scottish actor and screenwriter
- 1945 – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian politician, 35th President of Brazil
- 1946 – Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer
- 1946 – Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2014)
- 1946 – Ivan Reitman, Czech-Canadian actor, director, and producer
- 1946 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1949 – Clifford Antone, American businessman (d. 2006)
- 1949 – Garry Tallent, American bass player and producer (E Street Band)
- 1950 – Michael Driscoll, English economist and academic
- 1950 – Fran Lebowitz, American author and actress
- 1950 – Július Šupler, Slovak ice hockey player and coach
- 1950 – A. N. Wilson, English journalist, historian, and author
- 1951 – K. K. Downing, English guitarist and songwriter (Judas Priest)
- 1951 – Carlos Frenk, Mexican-English physicist, cosmologist, and academic
- 1951 – Nancy Jacobs, American politician
- 1951 – Jayne Kennedy, American model, actress, and sportscaster
- 1951 – Éric Morena, French singer
- 1952 – Roberto Benigni, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1952 – Francis Fukuyama, American political scientist, economist, and author
- 1952 – Atsuyoshi Furuta, Japanese footballer
- 1952 – Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer-songwriter (Agents) (d. 2011)
- 1953 – Peter Firth, English actor
- 1953 – Robert Picardo, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1954 – Jan Duursema, American illustrator
- 1954 – Chris Tavaré, English cricketer and biologist
- 1955 – Debra Bowen, American lawyer and politician, 31st Secretary of State of California
- 1956 – Veronica Hart, American porn actress and director
- 1956 – Babis Tsertos, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player
- 1957 – Jeff East, American actor and singer
- 1957 – Glenn Hoddle, English footballer and manager
- 1957 – Peter Marc Jacobson, American writer, producer, director and actor
- 1958 – Lee Carter, American judge
- 1958 – David Hazeltine, American pianist and composer
- 1958 – Simon Le Bon, English singer-songwriter (Duran Duran and Arcadia)
- 1958 – Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (d. 2009)
- 1959 – Rick Carlisle, American basketball player and coach
- 1960 – Tom Nieto, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1960 – Vangelis Trigas, Greek bouzouki player
- 1961 – Carl, Prince of Wied (d. 2015)
- 1963 – Marla Maples, American model and actress
- 1963 – Tom McKean, Scottish runner
- 1964 – Mark Taylor, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1964 – Ian Wells, English footballer (d. 2013)
- 1966 – Matt Drudge, American blogger, founded the Drudge Report
- 1966 – Kit Malthouse, English accountant and politician
- 1966 – Hege Nerland, Norwegian politician (d. 2007)
- 1966 – Masanobu Takashima, Japanese actor
- 1967 – Steve Almond, American author and educator
- 1967 – Simone Moro, Italian mountaineer and pilot
- 1967 – Dejan Raičković, Montenegrin footballer and manager
- 1967 – Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, The Wondergirls, and Camp Freddy)
- 1968 – Dileep, Indian actor and producer
- 1968 – Alain Auderset, Swiss author and illustrator
- 1968 – Vinny Samways, English footballer and manager
- 1969 – Peter O'Meara, Irish actor
- 1970 – Karl Backman, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (AC4)
- 1970 – Felix Bwalya, Zambian boxer (d. 1997)
- 1970 – Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth, At the Gates, Nemhain, The Haunted, Nifelheim, and Brujeria)
- 1970 – Alama Ieremia, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 1970 – Jonathan Stroud, English author
- 1970 – Ruslana Taran, Ukrainian sailor
- 1971 – Stefano Guidoni, Italian footballer
- 1971 – Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer
- 1971 – Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer
- 1972 – Lee Clark, English footballer and manager
- 1972 – Elissa, Lebanese singer
- 1972 – Evan Coyne Maloney, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1972 – Maria Mutola, Mozambican runner and coach
- 1972 – Brad Radke, American baseball player
- 1973 – Jason Johnson, American baseball player
- 1973 – Semmy Schilt, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist
- 1975 – Nicola Mazzucato, Italian rugby player and coach
- 1975 – Aron Ralston, American mountaineer and engineer
- 1975 – Elias Toufexis, Canadian actor
- 1976 – Maneet Chauhan, Indian-American chef and author
- 1976 – Wilson Raimundo Júnior, Brazilian footballer
- 1977 – Jiří Jarošík, Czech footballer
- 1977 – Sheeri Rappaport, American actress
- 1977 – Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1978 – Stephanie Abrams, American meteorologist
- 1978 – Manami Konishi, Japanese actress and singer
- 1978 – Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1978 – Vanessa-Mae, Singaporean-English violinist and skier
- 1979 – Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Japanese footballer
- 1980 – Sayuri Osuga, Japanese speed skater and cyclist
- 1980 – Tanel Padar, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980 – Taksaorn Paksukcharern, Thai model and actress
- 1981 – Salem Al Fakir, Swedish singer and keyboard player
- 1981 – Volkan Demirel, Turkish footballer
- 1981 – Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress
- 1981 – Kristi Richards, Canadian skier
- 1982 – Patrick Fugit, American actor and producer
- 1982 – Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor and singer
- 1983 – Brent Clevlen, American baseball player
- 1983 – Takuro Okuyama, Japanese footballer
- 1983 – Martín Prado, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983 – Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Turkish model and actor
- 1984 – Kostas Kapetanos, Greek footballer
- 1984 – Kelly Osbourne, English-American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1984 – Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
- 1984 – Brady Quinn, American football player
- 1984 – Emilie Ullerup, Danish-Canadian actress
- 1985 – Sirli Hanni, Estonian biathlete
- 1985 – Sandra Volk, Slovenian tennis player
- 1986 – Jon Niese, American baseball player
- 1986 – Matty Pattison, South African-English footballer
- 1986 – David Warner, Australian cricketer
- 1987 – Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer
- 1987 – Björn Barrefors, Swedish decathlete and heptathlete.
- 1987 – Andrew Bynum, American basketball player
- 1987 – Guillaume Franke, French-German rugby player
- 1987 – Sebastian Gacki, Canadian actor
- 1987 – Viktor Genev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1987 – Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player
- 1988 – Brady Ellison, American archer
- 1988 – Illimar Pärn, Etonian ski jumper
- 1988 – Evan Turner, American basketball player
- 1990 – Dimitrios Gkourtsas, Greek footballer
- 1990 – Oktovianus Maniani, Indonesian footballer
- 1991 – Shohei Takahashi, Japanese footballer
- 1992 – Stephan El Shaarawy, Italian footballer
- 1992 – Emily Hagins, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1992 – Junya Ikeda, Japanese actor and voice actor
- 1992 – Taiko Katono, Japanese actor and model
- 1992 – Brandon Saad, American ice hockey player
- 1993 – Kiefer Ravena, Filipino basketball player
- 1994 – Eddie Alderson, American actor
- 1999 – Haruka Kudo, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
- 939 – Æthelstan, English king (b. 894)
- 1312 – John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)
- 1327 – Elizabeth de Burgh, Scottish wife of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)
- 1430 – Vytautas, Lithuanian ruler (b. 1350)
- 1439 – Albert II of Germany (b. 1397)
- 1449 – Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer, mathematician, and sultan (b. 1394)
- 1485 – Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch philosopher, poet, and educator (b. 1443)
- 1505 – Ivan III of Russia (b. 1440)
- 1553 – Michael Servetus, Spanish physician and theologian (b. 1511)
- 1561 – Lope de Aguirre, Spanish explorer (b. 1510)
- 1573 – Laurentius Petri, Swedish archbishop (b. 1499)
- 1605 – Akbar, Mughal emperor (b. 1542)
- 1617 – Ralph Winwood, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1563)
- 1666 – Robert Hubert, French watchmaker (b. 1640)
- 1670 – Vavasor Powell, Welsh minister (b. 1617)
- 1674 – Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic minister and poet (b. 1614)
- 1675 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)
- 1789 – John Cook, American farmer and politician, 6th Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)
- 1816 – Santō Kyōden, Japanese poet, writer and artist (b. 1761)
- 1880 – Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, Greek politician, 48th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1822)
- 1917 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
- 1926 – Warren Wood, American golfer (b. 1887)
- 1927 – Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
- 1930 – Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
- 1935 – Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)
- 1942 – Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)
- 1947 – William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1872)
- 1949 – Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (b. 1916)
- 1953 – Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873)
- 1954 – Harry Tate, American soccer player (b. 1886)
- 1962 – Rudolf Anderson, American soldier and pilot (b. 1927)
- 1962 – Enrico Mattei, Italian politician (b. 1906)
- 1968 – Lise Meitner, Austrian-English physicist and academic (b. 1878)
- 1974 – C. P. Ramanujam, Indian mathematician and academic (b. 1938)
- 1975 – Rex Stout, American author (b. 1886)
- 1976 – Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and author (b. 1919)
- 1977 – James M. Cain, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
- 1980 – Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1924)
- 1980 – Steve Peregrin Took, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (T. Rex, Shagrat, and Steve Took's Horns) (b. 1949)
- 1980 – John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- 1988 – Charles Hawtrey, English actor, singer, and pianist (b. 1914)
- 1990 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American violinist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1900)
- 1990 – Jacques Demy, French actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- 1990 – Helmut Maandi, Estonian politician (b. 1906)
- 1990 – Elliott Roosevelt, American general and author (b. 1910)
- 1990 – Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (b. 1901)
- 1990 – Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 1991 – George Barker, English author and poet (b. 1913)
- 1992 – David Bohm, American-English physicist and philosopher (b. 1917)
- 1996 – Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician (b. 1917)
- 1999 – Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (b. 1927)
- 1999 – Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (b. 1903)
- 2000 – Walter Berry, Austrian actor and singer (b. 1929)
- 2001 – Pradeep Kumar, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
- 2002 – Tom Dowd, American record producer (b. 1925)
- 2002 – Valve Pormeister, Estonian architect (b. 1922)
- 2003 – Rod Roddy, American game show announcer (b. 1937)
- 2003 – Stephanie Tyrell, American songwriter and producer (b. 1949)
- 2004 – Lester Lanin, American bandleader (b. 1907)
- 2004 – Paulo Sérgio Oliveira da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
- 2004 – Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
- 2005 – Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Jozsef Gregor, Hungarian opera singer (b. 1940)
- 2006 – Reko Lundán, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1969)
- 2006 – Marlin McKeever, American football player (b. 1940)
- 2006 – Joe Niekro, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- 2006 – Brad Will, American journalist and activist (b. 1970)
- 2007 – Satyen Kappu, Indian actor (b. 1931)
- 2007 – Moira Lister, South African actress (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Chris Bryant, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- 2008 – Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Frank Nagai, Japanese singer (b. 1932)
- 2008 – Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (b. 1925)
- 2009 – John David Carson, American actor (b. 1952)
- 2009 – August Coppola, American author and academic (b. 1934)
- 2009 – David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1940)
- 2010 – Denise Borino-Quinn, American actress (b. 1964)
- 2010 – Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (b. 1950)
- 2010 – James Wall, American actor and manager (b. 1917)
- 2011 – James Hillman, American psychologist and author (b. 1926)
- 2011 – Robert Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded Marmon Group (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
- 2012 – Angelo Maria Cicolani, Italian engineer and politician (b. 1952)
- 2012 – Regina Dourado, Brazilian actress (b. 1952)
- 2012 – Hans Werner Henze, German composer (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Rodney S. Quinn, American colonel, pilot, and politician, 44th Secretary of State of Maine (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Göran Stangertz, Swedish actor and director (b. 1944)
- 2013 – Vinko Coce, Croatian singer (b. 1954)
- 2013 – Noel Davern, Irish politician, Minister for Education and Skills (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Leonard Herzenberg, American immunologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Luigi Magni, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Velvet Underground and Metal Machine Trio) (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Michael Wilkes, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1940)
- 2014 – Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Shin Hae-chul, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (N.EX.T) (b. 1968)
- 2014 – William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Starke Taylor, American soldier and politician, mayor of Dallas (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Dub Williams, American farmer and politician (b. 1927)
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