March 8 is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 298 days remaining until the end of the year.
1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shāhnāmeh .1126 – Following the death of his mother Urraca, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and León .1204 – The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England , who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus .1576 – Spanish explorer Diego García de Palacio first sights the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Copán .1618 – Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion .1655 – John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.1658 – Treaty of Roskilde : After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III , the King of Denmark-Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.1702 – Anne Stuart , sister of Mary II , becomes Queen regnant of England , Scotland , and Ireland .1722 – The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at The Battle of Gulnabad , pushing Iran into anarchy.1736 – Nader Shah , founder of the Afsharid dynasty , is crowned Shah of Iran .1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine , publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.1777 – Regiments from Ansbach and Bayreuth , sent to support Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War , mutiny in the town of Ochsenfurt .1782 – Gnadenhütten massacre : Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten , Ohio , who had converted to Christianity are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indians.1801 – War of the Second Coalition : At the Battle of Abukir , a British force under Sir Ralph Abercromby lands in Egypt with the aim of ending the French campaign in Egypt and Syria .1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded.1844 – King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway .1862 – American Civil War : The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack ) is launched at Hampton Roads , Virginia .1868 – Sakai incident : Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai near Osaka .1910 – French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license .1911 – International Women's Day is launched in Copenhagen , Denmark , by Clara Zetkin , leader of the Women's Office for the Social Democratic Party in Germany .1914 – First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force ) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok .1916 – World War I : A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq ) in the Battle of Dujaila .1917 – International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (so named because it was February on the Julian calendar ).1917 – The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule .
1920 – The Arab Kingdom of Syria , the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.1921 – Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid .1924 – The Castle Gate mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah .1936 – Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.1937 – Spanish Civil War : The Battle of Guadalajara begins.1942 – World War II : Dutch forces surrender to Japanese forces on Java .1947 – Thirteen thousand troops sent by the Kuomintang government of China arrive in Taiwan after the 228 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement .1949 – Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is condemned to prison for treason.1949 – President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords , giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh -led Democratic Republic of Vietnam .
1957 – Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis .1957 – The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress , which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia .
1957 – Ghana joins the United Nations .
1963 – The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council of the Revolutionary Command.1966 – A bomb planted by Irish Republican Army militants destroys Nelson's Pillar in Dublin .1974 – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris , France .1978 – The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams , is transmitted on BBC Radio 4 .1979 – Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.1983 – While addressing a convention of Evangelicals , U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire ".1985 – A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut , Lebanon , kills at least 45 and injures 175 others.2004 – A new constitution is signed by Iraq 's Governing Council .2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears over the Gulf of Thailand en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur . The aircraft is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia with all 239 people on board dead.
1286 – John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)1293 – Beatrice of Castile (d. 1359)1495 – John of God , Portuguese friar and saint (d. 1550)1514 – Amago Haruhisa , Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)1566 – Carlo Gesualdo , Italian composer (d. 1613)1659 – Isaac de Beausobre , French pastor (d. 1738)1617 – Tito Livio Burattini , Italian inventor, architect, Egyptologist, scientist, engineer (d. 1681)1702 – Anne Bonny , Irish-American pirate (d. 1782)1712 – John Fothergill , English physician (d. 1780)1714 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , German composer (d. 1788)1726 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe , English admiral (d. 1799)1746 – André Michaux , French botanist and explorer (d. 1802)1748 – William V, Prince of Orange (d. 1806)1772 – Henry James Richter , German / English artist (d. 1857)1783 – Hannah Van Buren , American wife of Martin Van Buren (d. 1819)1799 – Simon Cameron , American politician, 26th United States Secretary of War (d. 1889)1804 – Alvan Clark , American astronomer (d. 1887)1814 – Ede Szigligeti , Hungarian playwright (d. 1878)1822 – Ignacy Łukasiewicz , Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp (d. 1882)1826 – Johann Köler , Estonian painter (d. 1899)1827 – Wilhelm Bleek , German linguist (d. 1875)1830 – João de Deus , Portuguese poet (d. 1896)1841 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. , American jurist (d. 1935)1847 – John Lister , English politician (d. 1933)1848 – LaMarcus Adna Thompson , American developer of the roller coaster (d. 1917)1856 – Bramwell Booth , English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)1856 – Colin Campbell Cooper , American painter (d. 1937)
1859 – Kenneth Grahame , English author (d. 1932)1865 – Frederic Goudy , American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style (d. 1947)1879 – Otto Hahn , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)1882 – Charles de Vendeville , French swimmer (d. 1914)1886 – Edward Calvin Kendall , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)1891 – Sam Jaffe , American actor (d. 1984)1892 – Juana de Ibarbourou , Uruguayan poet (d. 1979)1896 – Charlotte Whitton , Canadian politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (d. 1975)1897 – Margot Bryant , English actress (d. 1988)1897 – Damerla Rama Rao , Indian painter (d. 1925)
1899 – Elmer Keith , American gun designer and author (d. 1984)1900 – Howard H. Aiken , American computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I (d. 1973)1902 – Louise Beavers , American actress (d. 1962)1902 – Jennings Randolph , American politician (d. 1998)
1907 – Konstantinos Karamanlis , Greek politician, 3rd President of Greece (d. 1998)1908 – Lucio and Simplicio Godina , Filipino conjoined twins (d. 1936)1909 – Beatrice Shilling , English motorcycle racer and engineer (d. 1990)1910 – Bernard Benjamin , English statistician and demographer (d. 2002)1910 – Claire Trevor , American actress (d. 2000)
1911 – Alan Hovhaness , Armenian-American composer (d. 2000)1912 – Preston Smith , American politician, 40th Governor of Texas (d. 2003)1912 – Meldrim Thomson, Jr. , American politician, 73rd Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001)
1914 – Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich , Russian physicist (d. 1987)1915 – Tapio Rautavaara , Finnish javelin thrower, actor, and singer (d. 1979)1916 – John W. Seybold , American businessman (d. 2004)1918 – Jacques Baratier , French director and screenwriter (d. 2009)1920 – Douglass Wallop , American author and playwright (d. 1985)1921 – Alan Hale, Jr. , American actor (d. 1990)1921 – Fritz Luchsinger , Swiss mountaineer (d. 1983)
1921 – Sahir Ludhianvi , Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1980)1922 – Ralph H. Baer , German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey 1922 – Cyd Charisse , American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
1922 – Carl Furillo , American baseball player (d. 1989)
1922 – Yevgeny Matveyev , Russian actor and director (d. 2003)
1922 – Shigeru Mizuki , Japanese author and illustrator
1924 – Anthony Caro , English sculptor (d. 2013)1924 – Georges Charpak , Ukrainian-French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
1924 – Sean McClory , Irish actor (d. 2003)
1925 – Warren Bennis , American scholar, author, and academic (d. 2014)1926 – Grigori Kromanov , Estonian director and screenwriter (d. 1984)1926 – Francisco Rabal , Spanish actor (d. 2001)
1927 – Dick Hyman , American pianist and composer1927 – Stanisław Kania , Polish politician
1927 – Irene Tinker , American professor of women's studies
1929 – Hebe Camargo , Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2012)1930 – Nancy Burley , Australian figure skater (d. 2013)1930 – Bob Grim , American baseball player (d. 1996)
1930 – Douglas Hurd , English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1931 – Neil Adcock , South African cricketer (d. 2013)1931 – John McPhee , American author and educator
1931 – Gerald Potterton , English-Canadian animator, director, and producer
1931 – Neil Postman , American author and critic (d. 2003)
1933 – Luca Ronconi , Italian actor and director1933 – Evelyn Ay Sempier , American model, Miss America 1954 (d. 2008)
1934 – Marv Breeding , American baseball player (d. 2006)1935 – George Coleman , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader1936 – Sue Ane Langdon , American actress and singer1936 – Gábor Szabó , Hungarian-American guitarist (d. 1982)
1937 – Richard Fariña , American singer-songwriter and author (d. 1966)1937 – Juvénal Habyarimana , Rwandan politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (d. 1994)
1938 – Pete Dawkins , American football player1938 – Hans Fogh , Danish-Canadian sailor (d. 2014)
1938 – Juris Kalniņš , Latvian basketball player (d. 2010)
1938 – Bruno Pizzul , Italian journalist
1939 – Jim Bouton , American baseball player1939 – Lynn Seymour , Canadian ballet dancer
1939 – Lidiya Skoblikova , Russian speed skater
1939 – Robert Tear , Welsh tenor and conductor (d. 2011)
1940 – Susan Clark , Canadian actress1940 – Jacques Doucet , Canadian sportscaster
1941 – Andrei Mironov , Russian actor (d. 1987)1941 – Norman Stone , Scottish-English historian, author, and academic
1942 – Dick Allen , American baseball player1942 – Palito Ortega , Argentinian singer, actor, and politician
1942 – Ann Packer , English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper
1943 – Michael Grade , English businessman1943 – Lynn Redgrave , English actress (d. 2010)
1943 – Dionysis Simopoulos , Greek physicist and astronomer
1944 – Buzz Hargrove , Canadian union leader1944 – Sergey Nikitin , Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Pepe Romero , Spanish guitarist (The Romeros )
1945 – Bruce Broughton , American composer1945 – Jim Chapman , American politician
1945 – Micky Dolenz , American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Monkees )
1945 – Anselm Kiefer , German painter
1946 – Randy Meisner , American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Eagles and Poco )1946 – Yiannis Parios , Greek singer
1947 – Michael Allsup , American guitarist (Three Dog Night )1947 – Carole Bayer Sager , American singer-songwriter and painter
1947 – Michael S. Hart , American author, founded Project Gutenberg (d. 2011)
1947 – Vladimír Mišík , Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Matadors , Blue Effect , Flamengo , and Etc... )
1947 – Florentino Pérez , Spanish businessman and engineer
1948 – Gyles Brandreth , German-English screenwriter and politician1948 – Sam Lacey , American basketball player (d. 2014)
1948 – Peggy March , American singer
1948 – Jonathan Sacks , English rabbi and scholar
1949 – Natalia Kuchinskaya , Russian gymnast1949 – Karel Lismont , Belgian runner
1949 – Antonello Venditti , Italian singer-songwriter
1950 – Richard Ouzounian , Canadian-American director and critic1950 – Dimitris Spentzopoulos , Greek footballer
1951 – Ian Brown , English director and producer1951 – Phil Edmonds , Zambian-English cricketer
1952 – George Allen , American politician, 67th Governor of Virginia 1953 – Angelos Anastasiadis , Greek footballer and coach1953 – Jim Rice , American baseball player
1953 – Don Werner , American baseball player
1954 – Cheryl Baker , English singer (Bucks Fizz and Co-Co )1954 – Bob Brozman , American guitarist (R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders ) (d. 2013)
1954 – David Wilkie , Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer
1955 – Don Ashby , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)1955 – Joellyn Auklandus , American author
1956 – Laurie Cunningham , English footballer (d. 1989)1956 – John Kapelos , Canadian actor
1957 – Clive Burr , English drummer and songwriter (Iron Maiden , Samson , and Trust ) (d. 2013)1957 – John Butcher , American baseball player
1957 – William Edward Childs , American pianist and composer
1957 – Cynthia Rothrock , American actress and martial artist
1957 – Bob Stoddard , American baseball player
1958 – Nick Capra , American baseball player1958 – Andy McDonald , English lawyer and politician
1958 – Gary Numan , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tubeway Army )
1959 – Lester Holt , American journalist1959 – Aidan Quinn , American actor
1960 – Jeffrey Eugenides , American author1960 – Max Metzker , Australian swimmer
1960 – Irek Mukhamedov , Russian ballet dancer
1960 – Buck Williams , American basketball player
1961 – Camryn Manheim , American actress1961 – Larry Murphy , Canadian ice hockey player and journalist
1961 – Mark Salas , American baseball player
1962 – Kim Ung-yong , South Korean engineer1963 – Mike Lalor , Canadian ice hockey player1964 – Kate Betts , American journalist1964 – Thomas Bezucha , American director and screenwriter
1964 – Lance McCullers , American baseball player
1965 – Fátima Lopes , Portuguese fashion designer1965 – Kenny Smith , American basketball player
1966 – Gregory Barker , English politician1967 – Joel Johnston , American baseball player1968 – Michael Bartels , German race car driver1968 – Jim Dougherty , American baseball player
1968 – Rob Dukes , American singer-songwriter (Exodus )
1968 – Ellen Forney , American author and illustrator
1968 – Shawn Mullins , American singer-songwriter
1968 – Joanna Read , English director and playwright
1970 – Jason Elam , American football player1970 – Nazario Moreno González , Mexican drug lord (d. 2014)
1970 – Andrea Parker , American actress and dancer
1971 – Kit Symons , Welsh footballer1972 – Georgios Georgiadis , Greek footballer1972 – Angie Hart , Australian singer (Frente! and Splendid )
1972 – Fergal O'Brien , Irish snooker player
1973 – Boris Kodjoe , Austrian-American actor and model1973 – Mark Lukasiewicz , American baseball player
1973 – Kurt Mollekens , Belgian race car driver
1973 – Justin Thompson , American baseball player
1973 – Anneke van Giersbergen , Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gathering )
1974 – Fardeen Khan , Indian actor1974 – Mike Moriarty , American baseball player
1974 – Stefan Müller , German footballer
1975 – Mauro Briano , Italian footballer1975 – Peggy Zina , Greek singer
1976 – Gaz Coombes , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Supergrass , The Jennifers , and The Hotrats )1976 – Juan Encarnación , Dominican baseball player
1976 – Ryan Freel , American baseball player (d. 2012)
1976 – Freddie Prinze, Jr. , American actor
1976 – Hines Ward , American football player
1977 – Estelle Desanges , French porn actress1977 – Michael Tarver , American wrestler
1977 – James Van Der Beek , American actor
1977 – Johann Vogel , Swiss footballer
1978 – Mohammed Bouyeri , Dutch-Moroccan murderer1978 – Nick Zano , American actor and producer
1979 – Apathy , American rapper and producer (Army of the Pharaohs and Get Busy Committee )1979 – Tom Chaplin , English singer-songwriter (Keane )
1979 – Andy Ross , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (OK Go )
1980 – Stephen Milne , Australian footballer1980 – Charli Robinson , Australian actress and singer (Hi-5 )
1981 – Michael Beauchamp , Australian footballer1981 – Glenda Gilson , Irish model and television host
1981 – Jessica Jaymes , American porn actress
1981 – Timothy Jordan II , American guitarist and songwriter (Jonezetta ) (d. 2005)
1981 – Joost Posthuma , Dutch cyclist
1982 – Nicolas Armindo , French race car driver1982 – Leonidas Kampantais , Greek footballer
1982 – Craig Stansberry , American baseball player
1982 – Kat Von D , Mexican-American tattoo artist
1983 – André Santos , Brazilian footballer1983 – Mark Worrell , American baseball player
1984 – Rafik Djebbour , Algerian footballer1984 – Ross Taylor , New Zealand cricketer
1984 – Sasha Vujačić , Slovenian basketball player
1985 – Ewa Sonnet , Polish model and singer1986 – Princess Tsuguko of Takamado 1988 – Armanti Edwards , American football player1988 – Elly Jackson , English singer-songwriter and producer (La Roux )
1988 – Laura Unsworth , English field hockey player
1989 – Robbie Hummel , American basketball player1990 – Kristinia DeBarge , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress1990 – Asier Illarramendi , Spanish footballer
1990 – Petra Kvitová , Czech tennis player
1990 – Ben Tozer , English footballer
1991 – Tom English , Australian rugby player1991 – Devon Werkheiser , American actor and singer
1993 – Stephanie Davis , English actress1994 – Dylan Tombides , Australian footballer (d. 2014)1997 – Jurina Matsui , Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and SKE48 )2001 – Azamour , Irish race horse (d. 2014)
1126 – Urraca of León and Castile (b. 1079)1144 – Pope Celestine II 1223 – Wincenty Kadłubek , Polish bishop and historian (b. 1161)1550 – John of God , Portuguese friar and saint (b. 1495)1641 – Xu Xiake , Chinese geographer (b. 1587)1674 – Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny , French author (b. 1597)1702 – William III of England (b. 1650)1717 – Abraham Darby I , English blacksmith (b1678)1731 – Ferdinand Brokoff , Czech sculptor (b. 1688)1757 – Thomas Blackwell , Scottish scholar (b. 1701)1771 – Louis August le Clerc , French-Danish sculptor (b. 1688)1819 – Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge , American colonel and politician (b. 1739)1844 – Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)1855 – William Poole , American criminal (b. 1821)1869 – Hector Berlioz , French composer (b. 1803)1872 – Cornelius Krieghoff , Canadian painter (b. 1815)1874 – Millard Fillmore , American politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)1887 – Henry Ward Beecher , American clergyman (b. 1813)1887 – James Buchanan Eads , American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
1889 – John Ericsson , Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)1907 – Marinos Antypas , Greek lawyer and journalist (b. 1872)1917 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin , German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)1923 – Krišjānis Barons , Latvian author (b. 1835)1923 – Martin Lipp , Estonian clergyman and poet (b. 1854)
1923 – Johannes Diderik van der Waals , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
1930 – William Howard Taft , American politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)1930 – Edward Terry Sanford , American jurist (b. 1865)1935 – Hachikō , Japanese dog (b. 1923)1937 – Howie Morenz , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)1941 – Sherwood Anderson , American author (b. 1876)1942 – José Raúl Capablanca , Cuban chess player (b. 1888)1943 – Léon Thiébaut , French fencer (b. 1878)1945 – Frederick Bligh Bond , English architect and archaeologist (b. 1864)1951 – Martha Beck , American murderer (b. 1920)1951 – Raymond Fernandez , American murderer (b. 1914)
1957 – Othmar Schoeck , Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)1961 – Thomas Beecham , English conductor (b. 1879)1971 – Harold Lloyd , American actor and producer (b. 1893)1972 – Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski , German SS officer (b. 1899)1973 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan , American keyboard player and songwriter (Grateful Dead ) (b. 1945)1975 – Georg Faehlmann , Estonian sailor (b. 1895)1975 – George Stevens , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1976 – Alfons Rebane , Estonian colonel (b. 1908)1981 – Joseph Henry Woodger , English biologist (b. 1894)1983 – Chabuca Granda , Peruvian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1920)1983 – Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton , English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1904)
1983 – William Walton , English composer (b. 1902)
1985 – Edward Andrews , American actor (b. 1914)1986 – Kersti Merilaas , Estonian author and poet (b. 1913)1988 – Amar Singh Chamkila , Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1961)1988 – Werner Hartmann , German physicist (b. 1912)
1989 – Charles Exbrayat , French author (b. 1906)1991 – John Bellairs , American author (b. 1938)1993 – Billy Eckstine , American singer and trumpet player (b. 1914)1993 – Johannes Türn , Estonian chess and draughts player (b. 1899)
1995 – Paul Horgan , American author (b. 1903)1995 – Ingo Schwichtenberg , German drummer (Helloween ) (b. 1965)
1996 – Jack Churchill , Hong Kong-English lieutenant (b. 1906)1998 – Ray Nitschke , American football player (b. 1936)1999 – Adolfo Bioy Casares , Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1914)1999 – Peggy Cass , American actress (b. 1924)
1999 – Joe DiMaggio , American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
1999 – William Wrigley III , American businessman (b. 1933)
2001 – Edward Winter , American actor (b. 1937)2003 – Adam Faith , English singer and actor (b. 1940)2003 – Karen Morley , American actress (b. 1909)
2004 – Robert Pastorelli , American actor (b. 1954)2004 – Muhammad Zaidan , Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948)
2005 – César Lattes , Brazilian physicist (b. 1924)2005 – Aslan Maskhadov , Chechen politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1951)
2006 – Brian Barratt-Boyes , New Zealand surgeon (b. 1924)2007 – Christopher Barrios, Jr. , American murder victim (b. 2001)2007 – John Inman , English actor and singer (b. 1935)
2007 – Vicky Vanita , Greek actress (b. 1948)
2007 – John Vukovich , American baseball player and coach (b. 1947)
2008 – Carol Barnes , English journalist (b. 1944)2009 – Ali Bongo , Indian-English magician (b. 1929)2009 – Hank Locklin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
2009 – Zbigniew Religa , Polish surgeon and politician (b. 1938)
2011 – St. Clair Lee , American singer (Hues Corporation ) (b. 1944)2011 – Mike Starr , American bass player (Alice in Chains , Sun Red Sun , and Days of the New ) (b. 1966)
2012 – LaVerne Carter , American bowler (b. 1925)2012 – Leslie Cochran , American activist (b. 1951)
2012 – Simin Daneshvar , Iranian author and academic (b. 1921)
2012 – Mike Fetchick , American golfer (b. 1922)
2012 – Bugs Henderson , American guitarist (b. 1943)
2012 – Scott Huey , Irish cricketer (b. 1923)
2012 – Minoru Mori , Japanese businessman, founded the Mori Art Museum (b. 1934)
2012 – Steven Rubenstein , American anthropologist and academic (b. 1962)
2013 – Haseeb Ahsan , Pakistani cricketer (b. 1939)2013 – Hartmut Briesenick , German shot putter (b. 1949)
2013 – Hakob Hakobian , Egyptian-Armenian painter (b. 1923)
2013 – John O'Connell , Irish politician (b. 1927)
2013 – George Saimes , American football player (b. 1941)
2013 – Raymond Telles , American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Costa Rica (b. 1915)
2013 – Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin , German soldier and publisher (b. 1922)
2013 – Ginny Wood , American environmentalist, co-founded the Alaska Conservation Society (b. 1917)
2014 – Leo Bretholz , Austrian-American holocaust survivor and author (b. 1921)2014 – James Ellis , Irish-English actor (b. 1931)
2014 – Buren Fowler , American guitarist (Drivin N Cryin ) (b. 1959)
2014 – William Guarnere , American sergeant (b. 1923)
2014 – Wendy Hughes Australian actress (b. 1952)
2014 – Alan Rodgers , American author and poet (b. 1959)
2014 – Larry Scott , American bodybuilder (b. 1938)
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