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January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 341 days remaining until the end of the year (342 in leap years ).
AD 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula , known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism , is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards . The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor.
914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt .[1]
1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV .
1458 – Matthias Corvinus becomes King of Hungary.
1624 – Afonso Mendes , appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia , arrives at Massawa from Goa .
1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament .
1739 – Peshva warrior Chimnaji Appa defeats Portuguese forces and captures Tarapur Fort , India .
1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor .
1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia , thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763)
1817 – Crossing of the Andes : Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta .
1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia , Brazil, stage a revolt , which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
1848 – California Gold Rush : James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento .
1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia .
1859 – The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza .
1862 – Bucharest is proclaimed the capital of Romania .
1900 – Second Boer War : Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop .
1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell .
1915 – World War I : British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper 's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank .
1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. , the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (NS)
1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
1939 – The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán , killing approximately 28,000 people.
1942 – World War II : The Allies bombard Bangkok , leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca .
1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission .
1960 – Algerian War : Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
1961 – Goldsboro B-52 crash : A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
1968 – Vietnam War : The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa
1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II .
1977 – Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
1978 – Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 , with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories . Only 1% is recovered.
1984 – Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
1989 – Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy , with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison
1990 – Japan launches Hiten , the country's first lunar probe , the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union 's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
2009 – Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux , France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
2011 – At least 35 die and 180 are injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport .
AD 76 – Hadrian , Roman emperor (d. 138)[2]
1287 – Richard de Bury , English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1345)[3]
1444 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza , Duke of Milan (d. 1476)
1540 – Edmund Campion , English priest and martyr (d. 1581)
1547 – Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany , Austrian Archduchess (d. 1578)
1602 – Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland , English politician (d. 1666)
1619 – Yamazaki Ansai , Japanese philosopher (d. 1682)
1643 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset , English poet and politician, Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (d. 1706)
1664 – John Vanbrugh , English architect and dramatist (d. 1726)
1670 – William Congreve , English playwright and poet (d. 1729)
1672 – Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt , German Lieutenant General (d. 1731)
1674 – Thomas Tanner , English bishop (d. 1735)
1679 – Christian Wolff , German philosopher and academic (d. 1754)
1684 – Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg , German noble (d. 1737)
1705 – Farinelli , Italian castrato singer (d. 1782)
1709 – Dom Bédos de Celles , French monk and organist (d. 1779)
1712 – Frederick the Great , Prussian king (d. 1786)
1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais , French playwright and financier (d. 1799)
1739 – Jean Nicolas Houchard , French General of the French Revolution (d. 1793)
1746 – Gustav III of Sweden (d. 1792)
1749 – Charles James Fox , English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1806)
1754 – Andrew Ellicott , American soldier and surveyor (d. 1820)
1761 – Louis Klein , French general (d. 1845)
1763 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron , French-Ukrainian general and politician (d. 1831)
1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann , German jurist, author, and composer (d. 1822)
1787 – Christian Ludwig Brehm , German pastor and ornithologist (d. 1864)
1804 – Delphine de Girardin , French author (d. 1855)
1814 – Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , French Crown Princess (d. 1858)
1814 – John Colenso , British mathematician (d. 1883)
1816 – Wilhelm Henzen , German philologist and epigraphist (d. 1887)
1828 – Ferdinand Cohn , German biologist (d. 1898)
1829 – Yechiel Michel Epstein , Rabbi and posek (d. 1908)
1836 – Signe Rink , Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (d. 1909)
1843 – Josip Stadler , Croatian archbishop (d. 1918)
1848 – Vasily Surikov , Russian painter (d. 1916)
1850 – Hermann Ebbinghaus , German psychologist (d. 1909)
1853 – Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser , German psychiatrist (d. 1931)
1856 – Friedrich Grünanger , Transylvanian Hungarian-German architect (d. 1929)
1858 – Constance Naden , English poet and philosopher (d. 1889)
1862 – Edith Wharton , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1937)
1863 – August Adler , Czech and Austrian mathematician (d. 1923)
1864 – Marguerite Durand , French actress, journalist, and activist (d. 1936)
1864 – Gaetano Giardino , Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy (d. 1935)
1866 – Jaan Poska , Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1920)
1870 – Herbert Kilpin , English footballer (d. 1916)
1871 – Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic , Czech poet, writer and literary critic (d. 1951)
1871 – Thomas Jaggar , American volcanologist (d. 1953)
1872 – Yuly Aykhenvald , Russian literary critic (d. 1928)
1872 – Konstantin Bogaevsky , Russian painter (d. 1943)
1872 – Morris Travers , English chemist and academic (d. 1961)
1873 – Dmitry Ushakov , Russian philologist and lexicographer (d. 1942)
1882 – Harold D. Babcock , American astronomer (d. 1968)
1882 – Ödön Bodor , Hungarian athlete (d. 1927)
1884 – Marguerite Durand , French actress and journalist (d. 1936)
1886 – Henry King , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1887 – Jean-Henri Humbert , French botanist (d. 1967)
1888 – Vicki Baum , Austrian author and screenwriter (d. 1960)
1888 – Ernst Heinkel , German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (d. 1958)
1889 – Victor Eftimiu , Romanian poet and playwright (d. 1972)
1889 – Charles Hawes , American historian and author (d. 1923)
1889 – Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke , German general of paratroop forces during World War II (d. 1968)
1891 – Walter Model , German field marshal (d. 1945)
1892 – Franz Aigner , Austrian weightlifter (d. 1970)
1895 – Eugen Roth , German poet and songwriter (d. 1976)
1897 – Paul Fejos , Hungarian-born American director (d. 1963)
1899 – Hoyt Vandenberg , U.S. Air Force general (d. 1954)
1900 – Theodosius Dobzhansky , Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975)
1900 – René Guillot , French writer (d. 1969)
1901 – Harry Calder , South African cricketer (d. 1995)
1901 – Cassandre , French painter (d. 1968)
1901 – Edward Turner , English engineer (d. 1973)
1905 – J. Howard Marshall , American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995)
1906 – Wilfred Jackson , American animator and composer (d. 1988)
1907 – Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu , fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 1979)
1907 – Maurice Couve de Murville , French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1999)
1907 – Jean Daetwyler , Swiss composer and musician (d. 1994)
1909 – Martin Lings , English author and scholar (d. 2005)
1910 – Doris Haddock , American political activist (d. 2010)
1912 – Frederick Ashworth , American admiral (d. 2005)
1913 – Norman Dello Joio , American organist and composer (d. 2008)
1913 – Ray Stehr , Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1983)
1915 – Vítězslava Kaprálová , Czech composer and conductor (d. 1940)
1915 – Robert Motherwell , American painter and academic (d. 1991)
1916 – Rafael Caldera , Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (d. 2009)
1916 – Gene Mako , Hungarian-American tennis player and actor (d. 2013)
1917 – Ernest Borgnine , American actor (d. 2012)
1917 – Wilhelmus Demarteau , Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2012)
1918 – Gottfried von Einem , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1918 – Oral Roberts , American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009)
1919 – Coleman Francis , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1919 – Leon Kirchner , American composer and educator (d. 2009)
1920 – Jimmy Forrest , American saxophonist (d. 1980)
1920 – Jerry Maren , American actor (d. 2018)
1922 – Daniel Boulanger , French actor and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1922 – Neil Franklin , English footballer (d. 1996)
1923 – Geneviève Asse , French painter
1924 – Brian Bevan , Australian rugby league player (d. 1991)
1925 – Gus Mortson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1925 – Maria Tallchief , American ballerina and actress (d. 2013)
1926 – Ruth Asawa , American sculptor (d. 2013)
1926 – Georges Lautner , French director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1927 – Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet , Scottish lieutenant (d. 2007)
1927 – Paula Hawkins , American politician (d. 2009)
1928 – Desmond Morris , English zoologist, ethologist, and painter
1928 – Michel Serrault , French actor (d. 2007)
1930 – Terence Bayler , New Zealand actor (d. 2016)
1930 – Mahmoud Farshchian , Iranian-Persian painter and academic
1930 – John Romita Sr. , American soldier and illustrator
1931 – Lars Hörmander , Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
1931 – Ib Nørholm , Danish composer and organist
1932 – Éliane Radigue , French electronic music composer
1933 – Kamran Baghirov , the 12th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party (d. 2000)
1933 – Asim Ferhatović , Bosnian footballer (d. 1987)
1934 – Leonard Goldberg , American producer
1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak , Polish poet and playwright (d. 1976)
1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak , Polish poet and dramatist (d. 1976)
1935 – Eric Ashton , English rugby player and coach (d. 2008)
1935 – Shivabalayogi , Indian religious leader (d. 1994)
1936 – Doug Kershaw , American fiddle player and singer
1937 – Trevor Edwards , Welsh footballer
1938 – Julius Hemphill , American saxophonist and composer (d. 1995)
1939 – Renate Garisch-Culmberger , German shot putter
1939 – Ray Stevens , American singer-songwriter and actor
1940 – Vito Acconci , American designer (d. 2017)
1940 – Joachim Gauck , German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany
1942 – Gary Hart , American wrestler and manager (d. 2008)
1941 – Neil Diamond , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Aaron Neville , American singer
1941 – Dan Shechtman , Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Ingo Friedrich , German Member of the European Parliament
1943 – Peter Struck , German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
1943 – Sharon Tate , American model and actress (d. 1969)
1943 – Tony Trimmer , English race car driver
1943 – Manuel Velázquez , Spanish footballer (d. 2016)
1944 – David Gerrold , American science fiction screenwriter and author
1944 – Gian-Franco Kasper , Swiss ski official
1945 – John Garamendi , American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
1945 – Subhash Ghai , Indian director, producer and screenwriter
1945 – Eva Janko , Austrian javelin thrower
1946 – Michael Ontkean , Canadian actor
1947 – Giorgio Chinaglia , Italian footballer (d. 2012)
1947 – Michio Kaku , American physicist and academic
1947 – Masashi Ozaki , Japanese baseball player and golfer
1947 – Warren Zevon , American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1948 – Elliott Abrams , American diplomat, lawyer and political scientist
1948 – Michael Des Barres , English singer-songwriter and actor
1949 – John Belushi , American actor and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1949 – Bart Gordon , American lawyer
1949 – Nadezhda Ilyina , Russian athlete and mother of Russian tennis player Nadia Petrova (d. 2013)
1949 – Rihoko Yoshida , Japanese voice actress
1950 – Daniel Auteuil , French actor, director, and screenwriter
1951 – Yakov Smirnoff , Ukrainian-American comedian and actor
1953 – Yuri Bashmet , Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor
1953 – Moon Jae-in , 19th President of South Korea
1954 – Jo Gartner , Austrian race car driver (d. 1986)
1955 – Jim Montgomery , American swimmer
1955 – Alan Sokal , American physicist and author
1955 – Lynda Weinman , American businesswoman and author
1956 – Agus Martowardojo , governor of Bank Indonesia
1957 – Mark Eaton , American basketball player and sportscaster
1957 – Ade Edmondson , English comedian and musician
1958 – Kim Eui-kon , Korean wrestler
1958 – Jools Holland , English singer-songwriter and pianist
1958 – Frank Ullrich , German biathlete
1959 – Akira Maeda , Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
1959 – Michel Preud'homme , Belgian footballer and manager
1961 – Jorge Barrios , Uruguayan footballer
1961 – Guido Buchwald , German footballer and manager
1961 – Christa Kinshofer , German ski racer
1961 – Nastassja Kinski , German-American actress and producer
1961 – William Van Dijck , Belgian runner
1963 – Arnold Vanderlyde , Dutch boxer
1964 – Annika Dahlman , Swedish cross country skier
1965 – Robin Dutt , German footballer
1965 – Carlos Saldanha , Brazilian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Pagonis Vakalopoulos , Greek footballer and manager
1965 – Kim Sung-moon , South Korean wrestler
1966 – Julie Dreyfus , French actress
1966 – Karin Viard , French actress
1967 – Michael Kiske , German singer
1967 – Mark Kozelek , American singer and musician
1967 – Phil LaMarr , American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1967 – John Myung , American bass player and songwriter
1968 – Fernando Escartín , Spanish cyclist
1968 – Antony Garrett Lisi , American theoretical physicist
1968 – Mary Lou Retton , American gymnast
1968 – Tymerlan Huseynov , Ukrainian footballer
1969 – Yoo Ho-jeong , South Korean actress
1969 – Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva , bishop of Montenegro
1970 – Roberto Bonano , Argentine footballer
1970 – Matthew Lillard , American actor
1971 – José Carlos Fernandez , Bolivian footballer
1972 – Beth Hart , American blues-rock singer and piano player
1974 – Cyril Despres , French rally racer
1974 – Ed Helms , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1974 – Rokia Traoré , Malian singer
1975 – Gianluca Basile , Italian former professional basketball player
1975 – Rónald Gómez , Costa Rican footballer and manager
1975 – Reto Hug , Swiss triathlonist
1975 – Henna Raita , Finnish alpine skier
1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne , Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
1976 – Cindy Pieters , Belgian cyclist
1977 – Andrija Gerić , Serbian volleyball player
1977 – Michelle Hunziker , Swiss-Dutch actress, model and singer
1978 – Veerle Baetens , Belgian actress and singer
1978 – Mark Hildreth , Canadian actor and musician
1978 – Kristen Schaal , American actress, voice artist, comedian and writer
1979 – Tatyana Ali , American actress and singer
1979 – Leandro Desábato , Argentinian footballer
1979 – Busy Signal , Jamaican dancehall reggae artist
1979 – Nik Wallenda , American acrobat
1980 – Jofre Mateu , Spanish footballer
1980 – Suzy , Portuguese singer
1981 – Mario Eggimann , Swiss footballer
1981 – Zaur Hashimov , Azerbaijani footballer and manager
1981 – Elena Kolomina , Kazakhstani cross country skier
1982 – Céline Deville , French footballer
1982 – Daveed Diggs , American actor, rapper and singer
1982 – Claudia Heill , Austrian judoka
1982 – Aitor Hernández , Spanish racing cyclist
1983 – Davide Biondini , Italian footballer
1983 – Wyatt Crockett , New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Evgeny Drattsev , Russian swimmer
1983 – Craig Horner , Australian actor and musician
1983 – Shaun Maloney , Scottish footballer
1983 – Scott Speed , American race car driver
1984 – Emerse Faé , French-born Ivorian footballer
1984 – Yotam Halperin , Israeli basketball player
1984 – Jung Jin-sun , South Korean fencer
1984 – Scott Kazmir , American baseball player
1984 – Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves , Portuguese footballer
1985 – Fabiana Claudino , Brazilian volleyball player
1985 – Trey Gilder , American basketball player
1986 – Cristiano Araújo , Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1986 – Mohammad Bagheri Motamed , Iranian taekwondo practitioner
1986 – Mischa Barton , English-American actress
1986 – Vladislav Ivanov , Russian footballer
1986 – Michael Kightly , English footballer
1986 – Ricky Ullman , Israeli-American actor
1987 – Wayne Hennessey , Welsh footballer
1987 – Luis Suárez , Uruguayan footballer
1987 – Davide Valsecchi , Italian racing driver
1987 – Kia Vaughn , American born Czech basketball player
1987 – Guan Xin , Chinese basketball player
1988 – Jade Ewen , English singer and actress
1988 – Selina Jörg , German snowboarder
1989 – Serdar Kesimal , Turkish footballer
1989 – Gong Lijiao , Chinese shot putter
1989 – Ki Sung-yueng , South Korean footballer
1990 – Mao Abe , Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990 – Ryosuke Irie , Japanese swimmer
1991 – Zhan Beleniuk , Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
1991 – Tatiana Kashirina , Russian weightlifter
1991 – Zé Luís , Cape Verdean footballer
1991 – Li Xuerui , Chinese badminton player
1992 – Becky Downie , English gymnast
1992 – Phiwa Nkambule , South African entrepreneur
1992 – Felitciano Zschusschen , Curaçao footballer
1994 – Tommie Hoban , English footballer
1995 – Dylan Everett , Canadian actor
1997 – Nirei Fukuzumi , Japanese racer
1999 – Vitalie Damașcan , Moldovan footballer
2012 – Princess Athena of Denmark , younger child of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark [4]
AD 41 – Caligula , Roman emperor (b. 12)
817 – Pope Stephen IV (b. 770)
901 – Liu Jishu , general of the Tang Dynasty
1046 – Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (b. c. 985)
1125 – David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)
1336 – Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)
1376 – Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel , English commander (b. 1306)
1473 – Conrad Paumann , German organist and composer (b. 1410)
1525 – Franciabigio , Florentine painter (b. 1482)
1595 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1529)
1626 – Samuel Argall , English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
1639 – Jörg Jenatsch , Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)
1666 – Johann Andreas Herbst , German composer and theorist (b. 1588)
1709 – George Rooke , English admiral and politician (b. 1650)
1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff , German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
1881 – James Collinson , English painter (b. 1825)
1883 – Friedrich von Flotow , German composer (b. 1812)
1895 – Lord Randolph Churchill , English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
1920 – Amedeo Modigliani , Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
1939 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner , Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
1943 – John Burns , English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
1948 – Maria Mandl , Austrian SS officer (b. 1912)
1960 – Edwin Fischer , Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
1961 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert , American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
1962 – André Lhote , French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
1962 – Stanley Lord , English naval captain (b. 1877)
1962 – Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar , Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
1965 – Winston Churchill , English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
1966 – Homi J. Bhabha , Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
1970 – Caresse Crosby , American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)
1971 – Bill W. , American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
1973 – J. Carrol Naish , American actor (b. 1896)
1975 – Larry Fine , American comedian (b. 1902)
1982 – Alfredo Ovando Candía , Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
1983 – George Cukor , American director and producer (b. 1899)
1986 – L. Ron Hubbard , American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)
1986 – Gordon MacRae , American actor and singer (b. 1921)
1988 – Werner Fenchel , German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
1989 – Ted Bundy , American serial killer (b. 1946)
1990 – Madge Bellamy , American actress (b. 1899)
1991 – Jack Schaefer , American journalist and author (b. 1907)
1992 – Ken Darby , American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
1993 – Gustav Ernesaks , Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
1993 – Thurgood Marshall , American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)
2002 – Elie Hobeika , Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
2003 – Gianni Agnelli , Italian businessman (b. 1921)
2004 – Leônidas , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
2006 – Schafik Handal , Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
2007 – Krystyna Feldman , Polish actress (b. 1916)
2007 – İsmail Cem İpekçi , Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
2007 – Guadalupe Larriva , Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)
2007 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro , Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891)
2010 – Pernell Roberts , American actor (b. 1928)
2011 – Bernd Eichinger , German director and producer (b. 1949)
2014 – Shulamit Aloni , Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1928)
2014 – Rafael Pineda Ponce , Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930)
2015 – Otto Carius , German lieutenant and pharmacist (b. 1922)
2016 – Fredrik Barth , German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928)
2016 – Marvin Minsky , American computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)
2016 – Henry Worsley , English colonel and explorer (b. 1960)
2017 – Butch Trucks , American drummer (b. 1947)
2018 – Mark E. Smith , British singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
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