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October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 62 days remaining until the end of the year.
637 – Arab–Byzantine wars : Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge .
758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano , securing his position as duke until his death two years later.
1270 – The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou (replacing his deceased brother King Louis IX of France ) and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis , Tunisia.
1340 – Reconquista : Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado .
1485 – King Henry VII of England is crowned, beginning the Tudor reign .
1657 – Anglo-Spanish War : Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios .
1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition : Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg , commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.
1817 – Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela .
1831 – Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
1863 – Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I , King of the Hellenes.
1864 – The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria .
1888 – The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes .
1905 – Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto , granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
1918 – First World War : The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
1918 – First World War : Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen , a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments
1920 – The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
1925 – John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter .
1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds , causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
1941 – President Roosevelt approves $1 billion dollars in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
1941 – Holocaust : Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp .
1942 – Second World War : Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559 .
1944 – Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp , where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers , breaking the baseball color line.
1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is founded.
1953 – President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution : The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
1961 – The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba , the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
1961 – Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin 's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin 's body be removed from inside Lenin's tomb and buried nearby with a plain marker instead.
1973 – The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
1974 – The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire .
1975 – Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco .
1980 – El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice .
1983 – The first democratic elections in Argentina , after seven years of military rule, are held.
1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A , its final successful mission.
1993 – The Troubles : Loyalists carry out a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Greysteel , Northern Ireland, killing six Catholics and two Protestants .
1991 – The Israeli-Palestinian conflict : The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine .[1]
1995 – Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
2005 – The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
2014 – Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine .
2015 – Sixty-four people are killed and more than 147 injuries after a fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest .
39 BC – Julia the Elder , Roman daughter of Augustus (d. 14)
1218 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (d. 1234)
1327 – Andrew, Duke of Calabria (d. 1345)
1447 – Lucas Watzenrode , Prince-Bishop of Warmia (d. 1512)
1492 – Anne d'Alençon , French noblewoman (d. 1562)
1513 – Jacques Amyot , French bishop and translator (d. 1593)
1558 – Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de La Force , Marshal of France (d. 1652)
1624 – Paul Pellisson , French historian and author (d. 1693)
1632 – Christopher Wren , English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (d. 1723)
1660 – Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1731)
1668 – Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (d. 1705)
1712 – Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis , Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (d. 1770)
1728 – Mary Hayley , English businesswoman (d. 1808)
1735 – John Adams , American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (d. 1826)
1751 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan , Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (d. 1816)
1762 – André Chénier , Turkish-French poet and playwright (d. 1794)
1786 – Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé , Canadian captain and author (d. 1871)
1799 – Ignace Bourget , Canadian bishop (d. 1885)
1839 – Alfred Sisley , French-English painter (d. 1899)
1857 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette , French-Swiss physician and neurologist (d. 1904)
1861 – Antoine Bourdelle , French sculptor and painter (d. 1929)
1871 – Buck Freeman , American baseball player (d. 1949)
1871 – Paul Valéry , French poet and philosopher (d. 1945)
1873 – Francisco I. Madero , Mexican businessman and politician, 33rd President of Mexico (d. 1913)
1877 – Hugo Celmiņš , Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia (d. 1941)
1881 – Elizabeth Madox Roberts , American poet and author (d. 1941)
1882 – Oldřich Duras , Czech chess player and composer (d. 1957)
1882 – William Halsey, Jr. , American admiral (d. 1959)
1882 – Günther von Kluge , Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
1885 – Ezra Pound , American poet and critic (d. 1972)
1886 – Zoë Akins , American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1958)
1887 – Sukumar Ray , Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (d. 1923)
1888 – Louis Menges , American soccer player, soldier, and politician (d. 1969)
1888 – Konstantinos Tsiklitiras , Greek footballer and high jumper (d. 1913)
1893 – Charles Atlas , Italian-American bodybuilder (d. 1972)
1893 – Roland Freisler , German soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1945)
1894 – Jean Rostand , French biologist and philosopher (d. 1977)
1894 – Peter Warlock , English composer and critic (d. 1930)
1895 – Gerhard Domagk , German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1895 – Dickinson W. Richards , American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1896 – Rex Cherryman , American actor (d. 1928)
1896 – Ruth Gordon , American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1896 – Kostas Karyotakis , Greek poet and educator (d. 1928)
1896 – Harry Randall Truman , American soldier (d. 1980)
1896 – Antonino Votto , Italian conductor (d. 1985)
1897 – Agustín Lara , Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1970)
1898 – Bill Terry , American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)
1900 – Ragnar Granit , Finnish-Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1905 – Johnny Miles , English-Canadian runner (d. 2003)
1906 – Giuseppe Farina , Italian race car driver (d. 1966)
1906 – Hermann Fegelein , German general (d. 1945)
1906 – Alexander Gode , German-American linguist and translator (d. 1970)
1907 – Sol Tax , American anthropologist and academic (d. 1995)
1908 – Patsy Montana , American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)
1908 – U. Muthuramalingam Thevar , Indian politician (d. 1963)
1908 – Peter Smith , English cricketer (d. 1967)
1908 – Dmitry Ustinov , Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1984)
1909 – Homi J. Bhabha , Indian-French physicist and academic (d. 1966)
1910 – Luciano Sgrizzi , Italian-Monegasque organist and composer (d. 1994)
1911 – Ruth Hussey , American actress (d. 2005)
1914 – Richard E. Holz , American minister and composer (d. 1986)
1914 – Leabua Jonathan , Basotho lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (d. 1987)
1914 – Anna Wing , English actress (d. 2013)
1915 – Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud , French sculptor and educator (d. 1923)
1915 – Fred W. Friendly , American journalist and producer (d. 1998)
1915 – Jane Randolph , American-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2009)
1916 – Leon Day , American baseball player (d. 1995)
1917 – Bobby Bragan , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2010)
1917 – Minni Nurme , Estonian writer and poet (d. 1994)
1917 – Nikolai Ogarkov , Russian field marshal (d. 1994)
1917 – Maurice Trintignant , French race car driver (d. 2005)
1920 – Christy Ring , Irish sportsman (d. 1979)
1922 – Jane White , American actress and singer (d. 2011)
1924 – John P. Craven , American soldier and engineer (d. 2015)
1923 – Gloria Oden , American poet and academic (d. 2011)
1925 – Tommy Ridgley , American singer and bandleader (d. 1999)
1926 – Jacques Swaters , Belgian race car driver and manager (d. 2010)
1927 – Joe Adcock , American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
1928 – Daniel Nathans , American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
1929 – Olga Zubarry , Argentinian actress (d. 2012)
1930 – Néstor Almendros , Spanish-American director and cinematographer (d. 1992)
1930 – Christopher Foster , English economist and academic
1930 – Clifford Brown , American trumpet player and composer (d. 1956)
1930 – Don Meineke , American basketball player (d. 2013)
1931 – Vince Callahan , American lieutenant and politician (d. 2014)
1931 – David M. Wilson , Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator
1932 – Barun De , Indian historian and author (d. 2013)
1932 – Louis Malle , French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1933 – Col Campbell , New Zealand gardener and television host (d. 2012)
1934 – Keith Barnes , Welsh-Australian rugby player and coach
1934 – Frans Brüggen , Dutch flute player and conductor (d. 2014)
1935 – Robert Caro , American journalist and author
1935 – Agota Kristof , Hungarian-Swiss author (d. 2011)
1935 – Jim Perry , American baseball player
1935 – Michael Winner , English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1936 – Polina Astakhova , Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (d. 2005)
1936 – Dick Vermeil , American football player and coach
1937 – Claude Lelouch , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Brian Price , Welsh rugby player
1938 – Morris Lurie , Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 2014)
1939 – Jean Chapman , English author
1939 – Harvey Goldstein , English statistician and academic
1939 – Leland H. Hartwell , American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 – Eddie Holland , American singer-songwriter and producer
1939 – Grace Slick , American singer-songwriter and model
1941 – Marcel Berlins , French-English lawyer, journalist, and academic
1941 – Aleksandr Dulichenko , Russian-Estonian linguist and academic
1941 – Theodor W. Hänsch , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Otis Williams , American singer-songwriter and producer (The Temptations )
1941 – Bob Wilson , English footballer and sportscaster
1942 – Sven-David Sandström , Swedish composer and historian
1943 – Paul Claes , Belgian poet and translator
1943 – Joanna Shimkus , Canadian actress
1943 – David Triesman, Baron Triesman , English union leader and politician
1944 – Ahmed Chalabi , Iraqi businessman and politician (d. 2015)
1945 – Henry Winkler , American actor, comedian, director, and producer
1946 – Robert L. Gibson , American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1946 – Andrea Mitchell , American journalist
1946 – Anthony Shorrocks , English economist, author, and academic
1946 – Chris Slade , Welsh drummer
1947 – Glenn Andreotta , American soldier (d. 1968)
1947 – Timothy B. Schmit , American singer-songwriter and bass player
1947 – Herschel Weingrod , American screenwriter and producer
1948 – Richard Alston , English dancer and choreographer
1948 – Garry McDonald , Australian actor and screenwriter
1949 – Larry Gene Bell , American murderer (d. 1996)
1950 – Tim Sheens , Australian rugby league player and coach
1951 – Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. , American race car driver and businessman (d. 2000)
1951 – Trilok Gurtu , Indian drummer and songwriter
1951 – Harry Hamlin , American actor
1951 – Poncho Sanchez , American singer and conga player
1953 – Pete Hoekstra , Dutch-American lawyer and politician
1953 – Charles Martin Smith , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1954 – Mahmoud El Khatib , Egyptian footballer
1954 – T. Graham Brown , American country singer-songwriter
1954 – Jeannie Kendall , American country singer-songwriter
1954 – Mario Testino , Peruvian-English photographer
1955 – Heidi Heitkamp , American lawyer and politician, 28th Attorney General of North Dakota
1956 – Juliet Stevenson , English actress
1957 – Shlomo Mintz , Israeli violinist and conductor
1957 – Kevin Pollak , American actor, game show host, and producer
1958 – Olav Dale , Norwegian saxophonist and composer (Bergen Big Band ) (d. 2014)
1958 – Joe Delaney , American football player (d. 1983)
1958 – Stefan Dennis , Australian actor and singer
1958 – Ramona d'Viola , American cyclist and photographer
1959 – Vincent Lagaf' , French actor, singer, and game show host
1960 – Charnele Brown , American actress and singer
1960 – Grayson Hugh , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1960 – Diego Maradona , Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
1961 – Scott Garrelts , American baseball player
1961 – Giorgos Papakonstantinou , Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
1961 – Larry Wilmore , American comedian and television host
1962 – Stefan Kuntz , German footballer and manager
1962 – Danny Tartabull , Puerto Rican baseball player
1962 – Courtney Walsh , Jamaican cricketer
1963 – Michael Beach , American actor and producer
1963 – Rebecca Heineman , American video game designer and programmer
1963 – Andrew Solomon , American-English journalist and author
1963 – Mike Veletta , Australian cricketer and coach
1963 – Kristina Wagner , American actress
1964 – Adnan Al Talyani , Emirati footballer
1964 – Humayun Kabir Dhali , Bangladeshi journalist and author
1964 – Howard Lederer , American poker player
1964 – Abdel Latif Moubarak , Egyptian poet
1965 – Gavin Rossdale , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1967 – Brad Aitken , Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Leonidas Kavakos , Greek violinist and conductor
1968 – Emmanuelle Claret , French biathlete (d. 2013)
1968 – Jack Plotnick , American actor, director, and producer
1968 – Ken Stringfellow , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Stanislav Gross , Czech lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (d. 2015)
1969 – Snow , Canadian rapper and reggae singer-songwriter
1969 – Vangelis Vourtzoumis , Greek basketball player
1970 – Ben Bailey , American comedian and game show host
1970 – Tory Belleci , American visual effects designer and television presenter
1970 – Christine Bersola-Babao , Filipino journalist and actress
1970 – Nia Long , American actress
1970 – Ekaterini Voggoli , Greek discus thrower
1971 – Fredi Bobic , Slovenian-German footballer and manager
1971 – Tzanis Stavrakopoulos , Greek basketball player
1971 – Peter New , Canadian actor, voice actor and screenwriters
1971 – Suzan van der Wielen , Dutch field hockey player
1972 – Jessica Hynes , English actress, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Michael Buettner , Australian rugby league player and official
1973 – Silvia Corzo , Colombian lawyer and journalist
1973 – Edge , Canadian wrestler and actor
1973 – Michael Oakes , English footballer and manager
1973 – Raci Şaşmaz , Turkish actor, producer, and screenwriter
1975 – Ian D'Sa , English-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975 – Marco Scutaro , Venezuelan baseball player
1976 – Stern John , Trinidadian footballer
1976 – Ümit Özat , Turkish footballer and manager
1976 – Maurice Taylor , American basketball player
1978 – Martin Dossett , American football player
1978 – Stephanie Izard , American chef
1978 – Matthew Morrison , American singer-songwriter and actor
1978 – Dan Poulter , English physician and politician
1978 – Derren Witcombe , New Zealand rugby player and cricketer
1979 – Jason Bartlett , American baseball player
1980 – Choi Hong-man , South Korean wrestler and mixed martial artist
1980 – Kareem Rush , American basketball player
1980 – Rich Alvarez , Filipino-Japanese basketball player
1981 – Joshua Jay , American magician and author
1981 – Jun Ji-hyun , South Korean model and actress
1981 – Ayaka Kimura , Japanese singer and actress
1981 – Ian Snell , American baseball player
1981 – Ivanka Trump , American model and businesswoman
1982 – Stalley , American rapper
1982 – Andy Greene , American ice hockey player
1982 – Manny Parra , American baseball player
1983 – Trent Edwards , American football player
1983 – Iain Hume , Scottish-Canadian footballer
1983 – Maor Melikson , Israeli footballer
1984 – Eva Marcille , American model and actress
1984 – Gedo , Egyptian footballer
1984 – David Mooney , Irish footballer
1984 – Isaac Ross , New Zealand rugby player
1984 – Tyson Strachan , Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Ragnar Klavan , Estonian footballer
1986 – Thomas Morgenstern , Austrian ski jumper
1986 – Keisuke Sohma , Japanese actor
1987 – Ali Riley , New Zealand footballer
1987 – Danielle Fong , Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and Chief Scientist of LightSail Energy
1988 – Janel Parrish , American actress and singer
1989 – Ashley Barnes , Austrian-English footballer
1989 – Nastia Liukin , Russian-American gymnast and actress
1990 – Suwaibou Sanneh , Gambian sprinter
1992 – Matt Parcell , Australian rugby league player
1992 – Camila Silva , Chilean tennis player
1993 – Marcus Mariota , American football player
1994 – Mia Eklund , Finnish tennis player
1996 – Devin Booker , American basketball player
526 – Paul of Edessa , Syriac Orthodox bishop of Edessa
1137 – Sergius VII , Duke of Naples
1282 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer
1282 – Ibn Khallikan , Iraqi scholar and judge (b. 1211)
1459 – Poggio Bracciolini , Italian scholar and translator (b. 1380)
1466 – Johann Fust , German printer (b. c. 1400)
1522 – Jean Mouton , French composer and educator (b. 1459)
1553 – Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck , German politician (b. 1489)
1602 – Jean-Jacques Boissard , French poet and illustrator (b. 1528)
1611 – Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1550)
1626 – Willebrord Snell , Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1580)
1632 – Henri II de Montmorency , French admiral and politician (b. 1595)
1654 – Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (b. 1633)
1680 – Antoinette Bourignon , French-Flemish mystic (b. 1616)
1685 – Michel Le Tellier , French lawyer and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1603)
1690 – Hieronymus van Beverningh , Dutch diplomat and politician (b. 1614)
1730 – Nedîm , Turkish poet (b. 1681)
1757 – Osman III , Ottoman sultan (b. 1699)
1757 – Edward Vernon , English admiral and politician (b. 1684)
1809 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
1816 – Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754)
1842 – Allan Cunningham , Scottish author and poet (b. 1784)
1853 – Pietro Raimondi , Italian composer (b. 1786)
1882 – William Forster , Indian-Australian politician, 4th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1818)
1883 – Dayananda Saraswati , Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1824)
1883 – Robert Volkmann , German pianist and composer (b. 1815)
1893 – John Abbott , Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
1894 – Honoré Mercier , Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
1895 – James Patterson , English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (b. 1833)
1896 – Carol Benesch , Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (b. 1822)
1899 – William H. Webb , American shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1816)
1905 – Boyd Dunlop Morehead , Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland (b. 1843)
1910 – Henry Dunant , Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
1912 – Alejandro Gorostiaga , Chilean colonel (b. 1840)
1912 – James S. Sherman , American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (b. 1855)
1915 – Charles Tupper , Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
1917 – Talbot Mercer Papineau , Canadian lawyer and soldier (b. 1883)
1919 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox , American author and poet (b. 1850)
1923 – Andrew Bonar Law , Canadian-English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1858)
1933 – Svend Kornbeck , Danish actor (b. 1869)
1942 – Walter Buckmaster , English polo player and stockbroker, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore (b. 1872)
1943 – Max Reinhardt , Austrian-born American actor and director (b. 1873)
1957 – Fred Beebe , American baseball player and coach (b. 1880)
1961 – Luigi Einaudi , Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1874)
1963 – U. Muthuramalingam Thevar , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
1965 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. , American historian and author (b. 1888)
1966 – Yiorgos Theotokas , Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)
1968 – Ramon Novarro , Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)
1968 – Conrad Richter , American journalist and novelist (b. 1890)
1968 – Rose Wilder Lane , American journalist and author (b. 1886)
1973 – Ants Lauter , Estonian actor and director (b. 1894)
1975 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz , German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1979 – Barnes Wallis , English scientist and engineer, invented the "bouncing bomb " (b. 1887)
1982 – Iryna Vilde , Ukrainian author and educator (b. 1907)
1987 – Joseph Campbell , American mythologist, scholar, and author (b. 1904)
1988 – T. Hee , American animator and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1998 – Florence Nagle , English trainer and breeder of racehorses (b. 1894)
1990 – V. Shantaram , Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1901)
1990 – Vinod Mehra , Indian actor (b. 1945)
1992 – Joan Mitchell , American painter (b. 1925)
1993 – Paul Grégoire , Canadian cardinal (b. 1911)
1996 – John Young , Scottish actor (b. 1916)
1997 – Samuel Fuller , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1999 – Maigonis Valdmanis , Latvian basketball player (b. 1933)
2000 – Steve Allen , American actor, television personality, game show panelist, and talk show host (b. 1921)
2002 – Juan Antonio Bardem , Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2002 – Jam Master Jay , American rapper and producer (b. 1965)
2003 – Steve O'Rourke , English race car driver and manager (b. 1940)
2004 – Phyllis Frost , Australian philanthropist, founded Keep Australia Beautiful (b. 1917)
2004 – Peggy Ryan , American actress and dancer (b. 1924)
2005 – Al López , American baseball player and manager (b. 1908)
2005 – Shamsher Singh Sheri , Indian politician (b. 1942)
2006 – Clifford Geertz , American anthropologist and author (b. 1926)
2006 – Junji Kinoshita , Japanese playwright and scholar (b. 1914)
2007 – Washoe , American chimpanzee (b. 1965)
2007 – Robert Goulet , American actor and singer (b. 1933)
2007 – Linda S. Stein , American businesswoman and manager (b. 1945)
2007 – John Woodruff , American runner and colonel (b. 1915)
2008 – Pedro Pompilio , Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)
2009 – Claude Lévi-Strauss , French anthropologist and ethnologist (b. 1908)
2010 – Harry Mulisch , Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1927)
2012 – Franck Biancheri , French politician (b. 1961)
2012 – Samina Raja , Pakistani poet and educator (b. 1961)
2012 – Dan Tieman , American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
2013 – Bill Currie , American baseball player (b. 1928)
2013 – Pete Haycock , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
2013 – Michael Palmer , American physician and author (b. 1942)
2013 – Frank Wess , American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1922)
2014 – Elijah Malok Aleng , Sudanese general and politician (b. 1937)
2014 – Renée Asherson , English actress (b. 1915)
2014 – Juan Flavier , Filipino physician and politician (b. 1935)
2014 – Ida Elizabeth Osbourne , Australian actress and radio host (b. 1916)
2014 – Bob Geigel , American wrestler and promoter (b. 1924)
2014 – Thomas Menino , American businessman and politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (b. 1942)
2015 – Mel Daniels , American basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
2015 – Al Molinaro , American actor (b. 1919)
2015 – Sinan Şamil Sam , Turkish boxer (b. 1974)
2015 – Norm Siebern , American baseball player and scout (b. 1933)
2017 – Kim Joo-hyuk , South Korean actor (b. 1972)
2018 – Whitey Bulger , American organized crime boss (b. 1929)
2018 – Jin Yong , Hong Kong author and publisher, founded Ming Pao (b. 1924)
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