December 10
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1901 - The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
- 1902 - The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
- 1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.
- 1907 - The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers.
- 1909 - Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 1932 - Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
- 1936 - Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
- 1941 - World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships and are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
- 1941 - World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
- 1942 - World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.
- 1948 - The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.
- 1949 - Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
- 1953 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 1963 - Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
- 1963 - An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
- 1968 - Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
- 1978 - Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1979 - Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
- 1983 - Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
- 1984 - United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.
- 1989 - Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.
- 1991 - The Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence.
- 1991 - Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan.
- 1991 - The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- 1992 - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan establishes the Marriage Fund in the United Arab Emirates in response to rising wedding prices.
- 1993 - The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
- 1994 - Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
- 1995 - The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.
- 1996 - The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
- 1999 - Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.
- 2005 - Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, killing 108 people.
- 2014 - Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village in Ramallah.
- 2015 - Rojava conflict: The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik, forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.
- 2016 - Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
- 2017 - ISIL is defeated in Iraq.
- 2019 - The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.
- 2021 - A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States. Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky, where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others. Another tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois strikes an Amazon warehouse, killing six workers.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1610 - Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter
- 1654 - Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter
- 1658 - Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York
- 1713 - Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist
- 1751 - George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist
- 1776 - Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este
- 1783 - María Bibiana Benítez, Puerto Rican poet and playwright
- 1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf
- 1804 - Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic
- 1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator
- 1805 - Joseph Škoda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic
- 1811 - Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer, American poet, biographer, and editor
- 1815 - Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist
- 1821 - Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic
- 1822 - César Franck, Belgian organist and composer
- 1824 - George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet
- 1827 - Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist
- 1830 - Emily Dickinson, American poet
- 1851 - Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System
- 1866 - Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist
- 1870 - Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian
- 1870 - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician
- 1870 - Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet
- 1878 - C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India
- 1878 - Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Indian Muslim activist
- 1882 - Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher
- 1882 - Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs
- 1883 - Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician
- 1885 - Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic
- 1885 - Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor
- 1886 - Victor McLaglen, English-American actor
- 1889 - Ray Collins, American actor
- 1890 - László Bárdossy, Hungarian politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary
- 1891 - Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada
- 1891 - Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter
- 1891 - Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1896 - Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director
1901–present
- 1903 - Una Merkel, American actress
- 1904 - Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
- 1906 - Harold Adamson, American lyricist
- 1906 - Jules Ladoumègue, French runner
- 1907 - Rumer Godden, English author and poet
- 1907 - Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach
- 1907 - Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor
- 1908 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist
- 1909 - Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer
- 1910 - Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician
- 1911 - Chet Huntley, American journalist
- 1912 - Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
- 1912 - Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author
- 1912 - René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician
- 1913 - Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American jazz patron and writer
- 1913 - Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1913 - Harry Locke, English actor
- 1913 - Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer
- 1914 - Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer
- 1915 - Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot
- 1916 - Walt Arfons, American race car driver
- 1918 - Anne Gwynne, American actress
- 1918 - Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
- 1919 - Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor
- 1920 - Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author
- 1920 - Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer
- 1921 - Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
- 1922 - Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director
- 1923 - Harold Gould, American actor
- 1923 - Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel
- 1924 - Ken Albers, American singer and musician
- 1924 - Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica
- 1925 - Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic
- 1926 - Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1927 - Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour
- 1927 - Danny Matt, German-Israeli general
- 1928 - Barbara Nichols, American actress
- 1930 - Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach
- 1930 - Ray Felix, American basketball player
- 1930 - Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- 1931 - Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager
- 1933 - Philip R. Craig, American author
- 1933 - Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor
- 1934 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1935 - Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer
- 1935 - Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter
- 1936 - Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer
- 1938 - Bill Dunk, Australian golfer
- 1938 - Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor
- 1939 - Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee
- 1939 - Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic
- 1941 - Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1941 - Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer
- 1941 - Tommy Kirk, American actor
- 1941 - Tommy Rettig, American child actor
- 1941 - Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor
- 1942 - Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman
- 1944 - Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia
- 1944 - John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman
- 1944 - Steve Renko, American baseball player
- 1945 - Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan
- 1946 - Douglas Kenney, American satirist
- 1947 - Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
- 1948 - Dušan Bajević, Bosnian footballer and manager
- 1948 - Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter
- 1948 - Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor
- 1949 - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author
- 1949 - David Perdue, American politician
- 1950 - John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician
- 1950 - Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer
- 1951 - Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 - Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host
- 1952 - Susan Dey, American actress
- 1952 - Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer
- 1952 - Greg Laurie, American author and pastor
- 1952 - Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
- 1953 - Chris Bury, American journalist and academic
- 1954 - Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic
- 1954 - Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager
- 1954 - Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and musician
- 1956 - Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
- 1956 - Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
- 1956 - Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1957 - Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor
- 1957 - Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer
- 1957 - Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator
- 1958 - Cornelia Funke, German-American author
- 1958 - Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
- 1959 - Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
- 1959 - Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
- 1959 - Kevin Ash, English journalist and author
- 1959 - Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
- 1960 - Kenneth Branagh, British actor director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960 - Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
- 1961 - Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
- 1961 - Nia Peeples, American singer and actress
- 1962 - Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat
- 1962 - John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1963 - Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player
- 1964 - Stephen Billington, English actor
- 1964 - Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior
- 1964 - Bobby Flay, American chef and author
- 1964 - Edith González, Mexican actress
- 1965 - Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1965 - J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1965 - Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 - Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic
- 1966 - Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player
- 1966 - Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
- 1966 - Penelope Trunk, American writer
- 1968 - Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress
- 1969 - Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1969 - Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
- 1970 - Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter
- 1970 - Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach
- 1972 - Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
- 1972 - Brian Molko, British-Belgian singer-songwriter
- 1973 - Rusty LaRue, American basketball player and coach
- 1973 - Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan actress
- 1974 - Meg White, American drummer
- 1975 - Steve Bradley, American wrestler
- 1975 - Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
- 1975 - Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
- 1976 - Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer
- 1978 - Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler
- 1978 - Summer Phoenix, American actress
- 1979 - Matt Bentley, American wrestler
- 1979 - Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
- 1979 - Yang Jianping, Chinese recurve archer
- 1980 - Sarah Chang, American violinist
- 1981 - Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
- 1981 - Rene Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 - Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter
- 1982 - Sultan Kösen, Turkish farmer, tallest living person
- 1983 - Patrick Flueger, American actor
- 1983 - Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
- 1984 - JTG, American wrestler
- 1985 - Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
- 1985 - Roman Červenka, Czech ice hockey player
- 1985 - Matt Forte, American football player
- 1985 - Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer
- 1985 - Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1985 - Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer
- 1986 - Kahlil Bell, American football player
- 1987 - Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer
- 1988 - Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer
- 1988 - Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer
- 1989 - Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician
- 1989 - Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player
- 1990 - Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer
- 1990 - Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress
- 1990 - Wil Myers, American baseball player
- 1990 - Teyana Taylor, American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress
- 1990 - Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1991 - KiKi Layne, American actress
- 1991 - Eric Reid, American football player
- 1991 - Dion Waiters, American basketball player
- 1992 - Carlos Rodón, American baseball player
- 1992 - Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian-American actress
- 1994 - Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
- 1994 - Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
- 1995 - Tacko Fall, Senegalese basketball player
- 1996 - Joe Burrow, American football player
- 1996 - Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur
- 1997 - Viktoriia Savtsova, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer
- 1998 - Lucia Bronzetti, Italian tennis player
- 1999 - Reiss Nelson, English footballer
- 2000 - Jeremie Frimpong, Dutch footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 925 - Sancho I, king of Pamplona
- 949 - Herman I, Duke of Swabia
- 990 - Folcmar, bishop of Utrecht
- 1041 - Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor
- 1081 - Nikephoros III Botaneiates, deposed Byzantine Emperor
- 1113 - Radwan, ruler of Aleppo
- 1310 - Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria
- 1454 - Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
- 1475 - Paolo Uccello, Italian painter
- 1508 - René II, Duke of Lorraine
- 1541 - Thomas Culpeper, English courtier
- 1541 - Francis Dereham, English courtier
- 1561 - Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer
1601–1900
- 1618 - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator
- 1626 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic
- 1665 - Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer
- 1736 - António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician
- 1791 - Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader
- 1831 - Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic
- 1850 - Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist
- 1850 - François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist
- 1865 - Leopold I of Belgium
- 1867 - Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician
- 1896 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize
1901–present
- 1909 - Red Cloud, American tribal chief
- 1911 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer
- 1917 - Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1920 - Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge
- 1922 - Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author
- 1926 - Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia
- 1928 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter
- 1929 - Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet
- 1932 - Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales
- 1936 - Bobby Abel, English cricketer
- 1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939 - John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete
- 1941 - Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot
- 1944 - John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient
- 1945 - Theodor Dannecker, German captain
- 1946 - Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
- 1946 - Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer
- 1948 - Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter
- 1951 - Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright
- 1953 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator
- 1956 - David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator
- 1957 - Napoleon Zervas, Greek general
- 1958 - Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist
- 1963 - K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat
- 1967 - Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1968 - Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author
- 1968 - George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
- 1968 - Thomas Merton, American monk and author
- 1970 - Chen Qiyou, Chinese politician and revolutionary
- 1972 - Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic
- 1973 - Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic
- 1974 - Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general
- 1977 - Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach
- 1978 - Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1979 - Ann Dvorak, American actress
- 1982 - Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter
- 1987 - Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator
- 1988 - Richard S. Castellano, American actor
- 1988 - Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach
- 1988 - Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist
- 1990 - Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum
- 1991 - Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter and academic
- 1992 - Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster
- 1993 - Alice Tully, American soprano
- 1994 - Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education
- 1994 - Alex Wilson, Canadian-American sprinter
- 1995 - Darren Robinson, American rapper
- 1996 - Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1999 - Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
- 1999 - Franjo Tuđman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia
- 1999 - Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America
- 2000 - Marie Windsor, American actress
- 2001 - Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer
- 2002 - Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician
- 2002 - Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer
- 2003 - Sean McClory, Irish actor and director
- 2004 - Gary Webb, American journalist and author
- 2005 - Mary Jackson, American actress
- 2005 - Eugene McCarthy, American poet, academic, and politician
- 2005 - Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 2006 - Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator
- 2006 - Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and dictator, 30th President of Chile
- 2007 - Vitali Hakko, Turkish businessman, founded Vakko
- 2009 - Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist
- 2010 - John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 2010 - J. Michael Hagopian, Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 2010 - MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder
- 2012 - Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh
- 2012 - Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician
- 2012 - Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer
- 2013 - Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 2013 - Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer
- 2013 - Don Lund, American baseball player and coach
- 2013 - Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician and the titular Maharaja of Mysore
- 2014 - Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist
- 2014 - Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan
- 2014 - Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2014 - Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician
- 2014 - Gerard Vianen, Dutch cyclist
- 2015 - Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman
- 2015 - Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer
- 2015 - Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer
- 2015 - Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach
- 2017 - Bruce Brown, American filmmaker
- 2017 - Max Clifford, British publicist
- 2017 - Charles M. Green Jr., American Internet personality
- 2017 - Curtis W. Harris, American minister
- 2019 - Philip McKeon, American actor
- 2019 - Gershon Kingsley, American composer and musician
- 2019 - Emily Mason, American painter
- 2020 - Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., American actor and wrestler
- 2020 - Joseph Safra, Lebanese-Brazilian financier
- 2020 - Carol Sutton, American actress
- 2020 - Barbara Windsor, English actress
- 2021 - Michael Nesmith, American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist
- 2023 - Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky
- 2024 - Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 2024 - Michael Cole, American actor
- 2024 - Kreskin, American mentalist
- 2024 - S. M. Krishna, Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra
Holidays and observances