April 2
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1725 - J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is first performed in Leipzig on Easter Monday.
- 1755 - Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India.
- 1792 - The Coinage Act is passed by Congress, establishing the United States Mint.
- 1800 - Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
- 1801 - French Revolutionary Wars: In the Battle of Copenhagen a British Royal Navy squadron defeats a hastily assembled, smaller, mostly-volunteer Dano-Norwegian Navy at high cost, forcing Denmark out of the Second League of Armed Neutrality.
- 1863 - American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
- 1865 - American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
- 1885 - Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
1901–present
- 1902 - Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Mariinsky Palace, Saint Petersburg.
- 1902 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
- 1911 - The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
- 1912 - The ill-fated begins sea trials.
- 1917 - American entry into World War I: President Wilson United States [declaration of war on Germany (1917)#President Wilson's speech to Congress|asks the U.S. Congress] for a declaration of war on Germany.
- 1921 - The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
- 1930 - After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1954 - A 19-month-old infant is swept up in the ocean tides at Hermosa Beach, California. Local photographer John L. Gaunt photographs the incident; 1955 Pulitzer winner "Tragedy by the Sea".
- 1956 - As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
- 1964 - The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
- 1969 - LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashes into the Polica mountain near Zawoja, Poland, killing 53.
- 1972 - Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
- 1973 - Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
- 1975 - Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
- 1976 - Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
- 1979 - A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
- 1980 - United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
- 1982 - Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
- 1986 - Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
- 1989 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
- 1991 - Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm as Premier of British Columbia.
- 1992 - In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
- 1992 - Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 2002 - Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
- 2004 - Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
- 2006 - Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
- 2011 – India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
- 2012 - A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.
- 2012 - UTair Flight 120 crashes after takeoff from Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen, Russia, killing 33 and injuring 10.
- 2014 - A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
- 2015 - Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
- 2015 - Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."
- 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.
- 2021 - At least 49 people are killed in a train derailment in Taiwan after a truck accidentally rolls onto the track.
- 2021 - A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol.
- 2024 - Viertola school shooting: A 12-year-old pupil is killed and two others injured by a shooter of the same age in Vantaa, Finland.
- 2025 - Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1602 - Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Franciscan abbess
- 1618 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist
- 1647 - Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator
- 1653 - Prince George of Denmark
- 1696 - Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano
- 1719 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet
- 1725 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author
- 1755 - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician
- 1788 - Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author
- 1788 - Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist
- 1789 - Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician
- 1792 - Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada
- 1797 - Samuel Bogart, Texas state legislator
- 1798 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic
- 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet
- 1814 - Henry L. Benning, American general and judge
- 1814 - Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor
- 1827 - William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter
- 1835 - Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer
- 1838 - Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France
- 1840 - Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist
- 1841 - Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III
- 1842 - Dominic Savio, Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco
- 1861 - Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author
- 1862 - Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1869 - Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager
- 1870 - Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania
- 1875 - Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler
- 1875 - William Donne, English cricketer and captain
- 1884 - J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian
- 1888 - Neville Cardus, English cricket and music writer
- 1891 - Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer
- 1891 - Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet
- 1891 - Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa
- 1896 - Johnny Golden, American golfer
- 1898 - Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician
- 1898 - Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician
- 1900 - Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright
- 1900 - Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1900 - Alfred Strange, English footballer
1901–present
- 1902 - Jan Tschichold, German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer
- 1902 - Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe
- 1903 - Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice
- 1906 - Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator
- 1907 - Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower
- 1907 - Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager
- 1908 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer
- 1910 - Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient
- 1910 - Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium
- 1914 - Alec Guinness, English actor
- 1919 - Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier
- 1920 - Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant
- 1920 - Jack Stokes, English animator and director
- 1920 - Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1922 - John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State
- 1923 - Gloria Henry, actress
- 1923 - Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager
- 1923 - G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author
- 1924 - Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player
- 1925 - George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter
- 1925 - Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host
- 1926 - Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver
- 1926 - Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat
- 1927 - Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier
- 1927 - Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army
- 1927 - Rita Gam, American actress
- 1927 - Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1927 - Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic
- 1928 - Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal
- 1928 - Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director
- 1928 - Roy Masters, English-American radio host
- 1928 - David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic
- 1929 - Ed Dorn, American poet and educator
- 1930 - Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor
- 1931 - Keith Hitchins, American historian
- 1931 - Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower
- 1932 - Edward Egan, American cardinal
- 1933 - György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author
- 1934 - Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist
- 1934 - Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor
- 1934 - Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host
- 1934 - Richard Portman, American sound engineer
- 1934 - Dovid Shmidel, Austrian-born Israeli rabbi
- 1936 - Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer
- 1937 - Dick Radatz, American baseball player
- 1938 - John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
- 1938 - Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer
- 1938 - Al Weis, American baseball player
- 1939 - Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter
- 1939 - Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
- 1939 - Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
- 1940 - Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach
- 1940 - Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer
- 1940 - Penelope Keith, English actress
- 1941 - Dr. Demento, American radio host
- 1941 - Sonny Throckmorton, American country singer-songwriter
- 1942 - Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1942 - Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor
- 1943 - Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 1943 - Caterina Bueno, Italian singer
- 1943 - Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist
- 1943 - Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor
- 1944 - Bill Malinchak, American football player
- 1945 - Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter
- 1945 - Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver
- 1945 - Linda Hunt, American actress
- 1945 - Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
- 1945 - Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1945 - Anne Waldman, American poet
- 1946 - Richard Collinge, New Zealand cricketer
- 1946 - David Heyes, English politician
- 1946 - Sue Townsend, English author and playwright
- 1946 - Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
- 1947 - Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress
- 1947 - Tua Forsström, Finnish writer
- 1947 - Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1947 - Camille Paglia, American author and critic
- 1948 - Roald Als, Danish author and illustrator
- 1948 - Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer
- 1948 - Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author
- 1948 - Joan D. Vinge, American author
- 1949 - Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host
- 1949 - Bernd Müller, German footballer
- 1949 - Pamela Reed, American actress
- 1949 - David Robinson, American drummer
- 1950 - Lynn Westmoreland, American politician
- 1951 - Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
- 1952 - Lennart Fagerlund, Swedish cyclist
- 1952 - Will Hoy, English race car driver
- 1952 - Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter
- 1953 - Jim Allister, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
- 1953 - Rosemary Bryant Mariner, 20th and 21st-century U.S. Navy aviator
- 1953 - Malika Oufkir, Moroccan Berber writer
- 1953 - Debralee Scott, American actress
- 1953 - James Vance, American author and playwright
- 1954 - Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1954 - Donald Petrie, American actor and director
- 1955 - Michael Stone, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary
- 1957 - Caroline Dean, English biologist and academic
- 1957 - Hank Steinbrenner, American businessman
- 1958 - Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player
- 1958 - Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach
- 1959 - Gelindo Bordin, Italian runner
- 1959 - David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1959 - Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
- 1959 - Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
- 1959 - Badou Ezzaki, Moroccan footballer and manager
- 1960 - Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter
- 1960 - Brad Jones, Australian race car driver
- 1960 - Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist
- 1961 - Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
- 1961 - Christopher Meloni, American actor
- 1961 - Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter
- 1962 - Pierre Carles, French director and producer
- 1962 - Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1962 - Clark Gregg, American actor
- 1963 - Karl Beattie, English director and producer
- 1963 - Mike Gascoyne, English engineer
- 1964 - Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach
- 1964 - Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler
- 1965 - Rodney King, American victim of police brutality
- 1966 - Bill Romanowski, American football player and actor
- 1966 - Teddy Sheringham, English international footballer and coach
- 1967 - Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967 - Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1969 - Ajay Devgn, Indian actor, director, and producer
- 1971 - Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer
- 1971 - Jason Lewry, English cricketer
- 1971 - Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
- 1972 - Eyal Berkovic, Israeli footballer
- 1972 - Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer
- 1972 - Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler
- 1972 - Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973 - Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer
- 1973 - Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress
- 1973 - Aleksejs Semjonovs, Latvian footballer
- 1974 - Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player
- 1975 - Nate Huffman, American basketball player
- 1975 - Randy Livingston, American basketball player
- 1975 - Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
- 1975 - Pattie Mallette, Canadian author and film producer
- 1975 - Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor
- 1976 - Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
- 1976 - Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
- 1977 - Per Elofsson, Swedish skier
- 1977 - Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer
- 1977 - Hanno Pevkur, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
- 1980 - Avi Benedi, Israeli singer and songwriter
- 1980 - Adam Fleming, Scottish journalist
- 1980 - Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter
- 1980 - Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver
- 1980 - Wairangi Koopu, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1980 - Carlos Salcido, Mexican international footballer
- 1981 - Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
- 1981 - Kapil Sharma, Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter and actor
- 1982 - Marco Amelia, Italian footballer
- 1982 - David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player
- 1983 - Arthur Boka, Ivorian footballer
- 1983 - Maksym Mazuryk, Ukrainian pole vaulter
- 1984 - Engin Atsür, Turkish basketball player
- 1984 - Nóra Barta, Hungarian diver
- 1984 - Jérémy Morel, French footballer
- 1984 - Miguel Ángel Moyá, Spanish footballer
- 1985 - Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
- 1985 - Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
- 1986 - Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
- 1986 - Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball player
- 1986 - Drew Van Acker, American actor, model and producer
- 1987 - Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
- 1987 - Shane Lowry, Irish Professional Golfer, winner of the 2019 Open Championship and European Team Member for the 2021 and 2023 Ryder Cups
- 1988 - Ellen Adarna, Filipino actress, model and public figure
- 1988 - Renée Good, American writer, poet and shooting victim
- 1988 - Jesse Plemons, American actor
- 1990 - Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
- 1990 - Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
- 1990 - Amr El Solia, Egyptian footballer
- 1991 - Quavo, American rapper
- 1993 - Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
- 1993 - Bruno Zuculini, Argentine footballer
- 1994 - Pascal Siakam, Cameroonian basketball player
- 1995 - Zack Steffen, American soccer player
- 1996 - Zach Bryan, American singer-songwriter
- 1996 - André Onana, Cameroonian footballer
- 1997 - Dillon Bassett, American race car driver
- 1997 - Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer
- 1997 - Austin Riley, American baseball player
- 2000 - Rodrigo Riquelme, Spanish footballer
- 2000 - Josip Stanišić, Croatian footballer
- 2002 - Emma Myers, American actress
- 2004 - Diana Shnaider, Russian tennis player
- 2005 - Adrián Liso, Spanish footballer
- 2007 - Brenda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 670 - Hasan ibn Ali the second Shia Imam
- 870 - Æbbe the Younger, Frankish abbess
- 872 - Muflih al-Turki, Turkish general
- 968 - Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor
- 991 - Bardas Skleros, Byzantine general
- 1118 - Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem
- 1244 - Henrik Harpestræng, Danish botanical and medical author
- 1272 - Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence
- 1335 - Henry of Bohemia
- 1412 - Ruy González de Clavijo, Spanish explorer and author
- 1416 - Ferdinand I, king of Aragon
- 1502 - Arthur, prince of Wales
- 1507 - Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims
- 1511 - Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe, German nobleman
1601–1900
- 1640 - Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet
- 1657 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1657 - Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice
- 1672 - Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint
- 1672 - Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary
- 1720 - Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
- 1742 - James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist
- 1747 - Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist
- 1754 - Thomas Carte, English historian and author
- 1787 - Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
- 1791 - Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician
- 1801 - Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer
- 1803 - Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician
- 1817 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic
- 1827 - Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator
- 1845 - Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician
- 1865 - A. P. Hill, American general
- 1872 - Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code
- 1891 - Albert Pike, American lawyer and general
- 1891 - Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1894 - Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic
- 1896 - Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic
1901–present
- 1914 - Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1917 - Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player
- 1923 - Topal Osman, Turkish colonel
- 1928 - Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 - Zewditu I of Ethiopia
- 1933 - Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer
- 1936 - Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general
- 1942 - Édouard Estaunié, French novelist
- 1948 - Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet
- 1953 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal
- 1954 - Hoyt Vandenberg, US Air Force general
- 1966 - C. S. Forester, English novelist
- 1972 - Franz Halder, German general
- 1972 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator
- 1974 - Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France
- 1977 - Walter Wolf, German academic and politician
- 1987 - Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader
- 1989 - Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer
- 1992 - Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1992 - Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician
- 1994 - Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality
- 1994 - Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist
- 1995 - Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1997 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer
- 1998 - Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter
- 2001 - Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter
- 2002 - Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter
- 2002 - John R. Pierce, American engineer and author
- 2003 - Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter
- 2004 - John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic
- 2005 - Lillian O'Donnell, American crime novelist
- 2005 - Pope John Paul II
- 2006 - Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat
- 2007 - Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic
- 2008 - Yakup Satar, Turkish World War I veteran
- 2009 - Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop
- 2009 - Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player
- 2010 - Chris Kanyon, American wrestler
- 2011 - John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist
- 2012 - Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician
- 2012 - Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator
- 2012 - Mauricio Lasansky, American graphic designer and academic
- 2013 - Fred, French author and illustrator
- 2013 - Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor
- 2013 - Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor
- 2014 - Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright
- 2015 - Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 2015 - Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author
- 2015 - Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg
- 2016 - Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist and illustrator
- 2016 - Robert Abajyan, Armenian sergeant
- 2017 - Alma Delia Fuentes, Mexican actress
- 2021 - Simon Bainbridge, British composer
- 2022 - Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian
- 2024 - Jerry Abbott, American country music songwriter and record producer
- 2024 - John Barth, American writer
- 2024 - Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean novelist, critic, and playwright
- 2024 - Christopher Durang, American playwright
- 2024 - Larry Lucchino, American attorney and baseball executive
- 2024 - John Sinclair, American poet
- 2024 - Juan Vicente Pérez, Venezuelan supercentenarian
- 2025 – Khamtai Siphandone, Laotian politician, 4th President of Laos
Holidays and observances