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April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 252 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

  • 1635 – The first public school in the United States, the Boston Latin School, is founded.
  • 1655 – The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
  • 1660 – Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.
  • 1661 – King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.[3]
  • 1724 – Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, illustrating the topic of the Good Shepherd in pastoral music.[4]
  • 1815 – The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1879 – Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
  • 1891 – Chilean Civil War: The ironclad Blanco Encalada is sunk at Caldera Bay by torpedo boats.[5][6]

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1141 (probable)[18] – Malcolm IV of Scotland (died 1165)
  • 1185 – Afonso II of Portugal (died 1223)[19]
  • 1408 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (died 1462)[20]
  • 1420 – George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia (died 1471)
  • 1464 – Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (died 1505)
  • 1464 – Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (died 1521)
  • 1484 – Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (died 1558)
  • 1500 – Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (died 1565)
  • 1500 – Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (died 1576)
  • 1512 – Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (died 1580)
  • 1516 – Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (died 1571)
  • 1564 – William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (died 1616)[21]
  • 1598 – Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (died 1653)

1601–1900

  • 1621 – William Penn, English admiral and politician (died 1670)
  • 1628 – Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (died 1704)
  • 1661 – Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (died 1730)
  • 1715 – Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor (died 1797)
  • 1720 – Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (died 1797)
  • 1744 – Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (died 1770)
  • 1748 – Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (died 1794)
  • 1791 – James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (died 1868)
  • 1792 – Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (died 1882)
  • 1794 – Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author (died 1856)
  • 1805 – Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic (died 1879)
  • 1812 – Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1891)
  • 1813 – Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State (died 1861)
  • 1813 – Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (died 1853)
  • 1818 – James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (died 1894)
  • 1819 – Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1901)
  • 1853 – Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1920)
  • 1856 – Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer (died 1910)
  • 1857 – Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (died 1919)
  • 1858 – Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)
  • 1860 – Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant (died 1932)
  • 1861 – Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (died 1936)
  • 1861 – John Peltz, American baseball player and manager (died 1906)
  • 1865 – Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (died 1943)
  • 1867 – Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1928)
  • 1876 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (died 1925)
  • 1880 – Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1942)
  • 1882 – Albert Coates, English composer and conductor (died 1953)
  • 1888 – Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (died 1967)
  • 1889 – Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (died 1942)
  • 1894 – Frank Borzage, American actor and director (died 1962)
  • 1895 – Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director (died 1982)[22]
  • 1897 – Folke Jansson, Swedish athlete (died 1965)
  • 1897 – Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (died 1972)
  • 1898 – Lucius D. Clay, American general (died 1978)
  • 1899 – Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1979)
  • 1899 – Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (died 1982)
  • 1900 – Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1959)[23]
  • 1900 – Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (died 1996)

1901–present

  • 1901 – E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist (died 1988)
  • 1902 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
  • 1903 – Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general (died 1974)
  • 1904 – Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner (died 1980)
  • 1904 – Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter (died 2001)
  • 1904 – Duncan Renaldo, American actor (died 1985)
  • 1907 – Lee Miller, American model and photographer (died 1977)
  • 1907 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church (died 1975)
  • 1908 – Myron Waldman, American animator and director (died 2006)
  • 1910 – Sheila Scott Macintyre, Scottish mathematician (died 1960)[24]
  • 1910 – Simone Simon, French actress (died 2005)[25]
  • 1911 – Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
  • 1913 – Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer, and club owner (died 2013)
  • 1915 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman (died 2000)
  • 1916 – Ivo Lola Ribar, Yugoslav communist politician, military leader, and People's Hero of Yugoslavia (died 1943)[26]
  • 1916 – Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator (died 2009)
  • 1916 – Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist (died 1982)
  • 1917 – Dorian Leigh, American model (died 2008)
  • 1917 – Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (died 2004)
  • 1918 – Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (died 2009)[27]
  • 1919 – Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel (died 1963)
  • 1920 – Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman (died 2018)
  • 1921 – Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States (died 2012)[28]
  • 1921 – Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (died 2013)
  • 1921 – Janet Blair, American actress and singer (died 2007)
  • 1921 – Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (died 2003)
  • 1923 – Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (died 2010)
  • 1923 – Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (died 1993)
  • 1924 – Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout (died 2019)
  • 1924 – Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader (died 2007)
  • 1926 – J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright (died 2017)
  • 1926 – Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (died 1990)
  • 1928 – Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (died 2014)[29]
  • 1929 – George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (died 2020)[30]
  • 1932 – Halston, American fashion designer (died 1990)
  • 1932 – Jim Fixx, American runner and author (died 1984)
  • 1932 – Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, Polish mercenary, activist, and journalist (died 2002)[31]
  • 1933 – Annie Easley, American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (died 2011)
  • 1934 – George Canseco, Filipino composer and producer (died 2004)
  • 1936 – Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (died 1988)
  • 1937 – Victoria Glendinning, English author and critic
  • 1937 – David Mills, English cricketer (died 2013)
  • 1937 – Barry Shepherd, Australian cricketer (died 2001)
  • 1939 – Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter (died 2022)
  • 1939 – Bill Hagerty, English journalist
  • 1939 – Lee Majors, American actor
  • 1939 – Ray Peterson, American pop singer (died 2005)
  • 1940 – Michael Copps, American academic and politician
  • 1940 – Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (died 2007)
  • 1940 – Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (died 2014)
  • 1941 – Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress
  • 1941 – Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (died 2018)
  • 1941 – Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland
  • 1941 – Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema (died 2019)
  • 1941 – Ed Stewart, English radio and television host (died 2016)
  • 1941 – Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (died 2016)
  • 1942 – Sandra Dee, American model and actress (died 2005)
  • 1943 – Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach
  • 1943 – Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2021)
  • 1943 – Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
  • 1943 – Hervé Villechaize, French actor (died 1993)
  • 1944 – Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director (died 2021)
  • 1946 – Blair Brown, American actress
  • 1946 – Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (died 2014)
  • 1947 – Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic (died 2022)
  • 1947 – Glenn Cornick, English bass player (died 2014)
  • 1947 – Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader and politician
  • 1948 – Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter
  • 1948 – Serge Thériault, Canadian actor
  • 1949 – Paul Collier, English economist and academic
  • 1949 – David Cross, English violinist
  • 1949 – John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (died 2021)
  • 1950 – Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist
  • 1950 – Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
  • 1951 – Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
  • 1952 – Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
  • 1953 – James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1954 – Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
  • 1954 – Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
  • 1955 – Judy Davis, Australian actress
  • 1955 – Tony Miles, English chess player (died 2001)
  • 1955 – Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (died 2008)
  • 1955 – Serge Vohor, Vanuatuan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (died 2024)[32]
  • 1957 – Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
  • 1957 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (died 2014)
  • 1958 – Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer
  • 1958 – Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1959 – Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist[33]
  • 1960 – Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
  • 1960 – Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1991)
  • 1960 – Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
  • 1960 – Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 1960 – Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1961 – George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
  • 1961 – Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver
  • 1962 – John Hannah, Scottish actor and producer
  • 1962 – Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician
  • 1963 – Paul Belmondo, French race car driver
  • 1963 – Robby Naish, American windsurfer
  • 1964 – Gianandrea Noseda, Italian pianist and conductor
  • 1965 – Leni Robredo, Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
  • 1966 – Jörg Deisinger, German bass player
  • 1966 – Matt Freeman, American bass player
  • 1966 – Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (died 1999)
  • 1967 – Rhéal Cormier, Canadian baseball player (died 2021)
  • 1967 – Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
  • 1968 – Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
  • 1968 – Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1968 – Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator (died 2001)
  • 1969 – Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach
  • 1969 – Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast (died 2018)
  • 1970 – Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs
  • 1970 – Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist
  • 1970 – Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager
  • 1970 – Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author
  • 1970 – Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager
  • 1971 – Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer
  • 1972 – Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright
  • 1972 – Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist
  • 1972 – Amira Medunjanin, Bosnian singer
  • 1973 – Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1974 – Carlos Dengler, American bass player
  • 1974 – Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player
  • 1975 – Bobby Shaw, American football player
  • 1976 – Gabriel Damon, American actor[34]
  • 1976 – Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1977 – John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor
  • 1977 – Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player[35]
  • 1977 – David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
  • 1977 – Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1977 – John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1977 – Kal Penn, Indian-American actor
  • 1977 – Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
  • 1977 – Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer[36]
  • 1978 – Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner
  • 1979 – Barry Hawkins, English snooker player
  • 1979 – Jaime King, American actress and model
  • 1979 – Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and television personality
  • 1979 – Samppa Lajunen, Finnish skier
  • 1980 – Nicole den Dulk, Dutch Paralympic equestrian[37]
  • 1982 – Kyle Beckerman, American footballer[38]
  • 1982 – Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter
  • 1983 – Leon Andreasen, Danish international footballer[39]
  • 1983 – Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player
  • 1983 – Ian Henderson, English rugby league player
  • 1984 – Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
  • 1984 – Moose, American professional wrestler and football player[40]
  • 1984 – Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor
  • 1985 – Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
  • 1986 – Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater
  • 1986 – Alysia Montaño, American runner
  • 1986 – Rafael Fernandes, Brazilian baseball player
  • 1987 – Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer
  • 1987 – John Boye, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1987 – Emily Fox, American basketball player
  • 1988 – Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
  • 1988 – Sandra Borch, Norwegian politician[41]
  • 1988 – Alistair Brownlee, English triathlete
  • 1988 – Patrick Maroon, American ice hockey player[42]
  • 1988 – Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater
  • 1988 – Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player
  • 1989 – Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
  • 1990 – Rui Fonte, Portuguese footballer[43]
  • 1990 – Dev Patel, English actor
  • 1991 – Britt Baker, American professional wrestler[44]
  • 1991 – Nathan Baker, English footballer
  • 1991 – Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter
  • 1991 – Kyle Juszczyk, American football player[45]
  • 1991 – Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player
  • 1994 – Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer
  • 1994 – Song Kang, South Korean actor
  • 1995 – Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality
  • 1995 – Jamie Hayter, English professional wrestler[46]
  • 1996 – Carolina Alves, Brazilian tennis player[47]
  • 1997 – Zach Apple, American swimmer[48]
  • 1999 – Son Chaeyoung, South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter[49]
  • 1999 – Laufey, Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician[50]
  • 2000 – Chloe Kim, American snowboarder[51]
  • 2000 – Lee Jeno, South Korean rapper, vocalist and dancer[52]
  • 2018 – Prince Louis of Wales, British royal

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

  • 1605 – Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (born 1551)
  • 1616 – William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (born 1564)[57]
  • 1616 – Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish writer and historian (born 1539)[58]
  • 1620 – Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Jewish scholar (born 1542)[59]
  • 1625 – Maurice, Prince of Orange (born 1567)
  • 1695 – Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (born 1621)
  • 1702 – Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (born 1614)
  • 1781 – James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (born 1706)
  • 1784 – Solomon I of Imereti (born 1735)
  • 1792 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (born 1741)
  • 1794 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (born 1721)
  • 1827 – Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (born 1780)
  • 1839 – Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (born 1768)
  • 1850 – William Wordsworth, English poet and author (born 1770)
  • 1850 – John Joel Glanton, American outlaw, soldier, mercenary, and Texas ranger (born ~1819)[60]
  • 1865 – Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (born 1838)[61]
  • 1889 – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (born 1808)
  • 1895 – Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (born 1815)

1901–present

  • 1905 – Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (born 1823)
  • 1907 – Alferd Packer, American prospector and convicted cannibal (born 1842)
  • 1915 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (born 1887)
  • 1936 – Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (born 1889)
  • 1951 – Jules Berry, French actor and director (born 1883)
  • 1951 – Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born 1865)
  • 1959 – Bak Jungyang, Korean politician (born 1872)
  • 1965 – George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (born 1891)
  • 1966 – George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (born 1893)
  • 1981 – Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (born 1897)
  • 1983 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (born 1908)
  • 1984 – Red Garland, American pianist (born 1923)
  • 1985 – Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (born 1896)
  • 1985 – Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (born 1916)
  • 1986 – Harold Arlen, American composer (born 1905)
  • 1986 – Jim Laker, English international cricketer and sportscaster; holder of world record for most wickets taken in a match (born 1922)[62]
  • 1986 – Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1906)
  • 1990 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (born 1910)
  • 1991 – Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)
  • 1992 – Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
  • 1992 – Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1912)
  • 1993 – Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (born 1927)
  • 1995 – Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (born 1895)
  • 1995 – Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (born 1918)
  • 1995 – Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (born 1904)
  • 1995 – John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (born 1904)
  • 1996 – Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (born 1913)
  • 1996 – P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (born 1899)
  • 1997 – Denis Compton, English cricketer and footballer (born 1918)
  • 1998 – Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1907)
  • 1998 – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (born 1928)
  • 1998 – Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and lyra player (born 1920)
  • 2003 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer (born 1910)
  • 2004 – Herman Veenstra, Dutch water polo player (born 1911)
  • 2005 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (born 1911)
  • 2005 – Robert Farnon, Canadian-English trumpet player, composer and conductor (born 1917)
  • 2005 – Al Grassby, Australian journalist and politician (born 1928)
  • 2005 – John Mills, English actor (born 1908)[63]
  • 2005 – Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (born 1927)
  • 2005 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player, coach and educator (born 1934)
  • 2006 – Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (born 1940)
  • 2007 – Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (born 1932)
  • 2007 – David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (born 1934)
  • 2007 – Peter Randall, English sergeant (born 1930)
  • 2007 – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (born 1931)
  • 2010 – Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (born 1929)
  • 2011 – James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (born 1922)
  • 2011 – Tom King, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1943)
  • 2011 – Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, English businessman and politician (born 1921)
  • 2011 – Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of State (born 1924)
  • 2011 – John Sullivan, English screenwriter and producer (born 1946)
  • 2012 – Lillemor Arvidsson, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 34th Governor of Gotland (born 1943)
  • 2012 – Billy Bryans, Canadian drummer, songwriter and producer (born 1947)
  • 2012 – Chris Ethridge, American bass player and songwriter (born 1947)
  • 2012 – Raymond Thorsteinsson, Canadian geologist and paleontologist (born 1921)
  • 2012 – LeRoy T. Walker, American football player and coach (born 1918)
  • 2013 – Bob Brozman, American guitarist (born 1954)
  • 2013 – Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (born 1943)
  • 2013 – Tony Grealish, English footballer (born 1956)
  • 2013 – Antonio Maccanico, Italian banker and politician (born 1924)
  • 2013 – Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (born 1924)
  • 2013 – Kathryn Wasserman Davis, American philanthropist and scholar (born 1907)
  • 2014 – Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (born 1946)
  • 2014 – Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (born 1959)
  • 2014 – Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (born 1912)
  • 2014 – Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (born 1911)
  • 2014 – F. Michael Rogers, American general (born 1921)
  • 2014 – Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (born 1951)
  • 2014 – Patric Standford, English composer and educator (born 1939)
  • 2015 – Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (born 1944)
  • 2015 – Ray Jackson, Australian activist (born 1941)
  • 2015 – Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (born 1950)
  • 2015 – Jim Steffen, American football player (born 1936)
  • 2015 – Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (born 1967)
  • 2016 – Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (born 1915)
  • 2016 – Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister from 1995 to 1996 (born 1932)
  • 2019 – Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, American soprano singer and presenter (born 1983)[64]
  • 2019 – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1921)[65]
  • 2021 – Dan Kaminsky, American internet security researcher (born 1979)[66]
  • 2022 – Orrin Hatch, American politician, President pro tempore of the United States Senate (born 1934)[67]
  • 2024 – Frank Field, British politician (born 1942)[68]
  • 2024 – Helen Vendler, American Literary Critic (born 1933)[69]

Holidays and observances

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