February 9
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1904 - Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
- 1907 - The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.
- 1913 - A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
- 1920 - Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
- 1922 - Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1929 - Members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng assassinate the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
- 1932 - Prohibition law is abolished in Finland after a national referendum, where 70% voted for a repeal of the law.
- 1934 - The Balkan Entente is formed between Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Turkey.
- 1941 - World War II: Bombing of Genoa: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
- 1942 - Year-round Daylight saving time is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
- 1943 - World War II: Pacific War: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- 1945 - World War II: Battle of the Atlantic: sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
- 1945 - World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attack a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
- 1950 - Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
- 1951 - Korean War: The two-day Geochang massacre begins as a battalion of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army kills 719 unarmed citizens in Geochang, in the South Gyeongsang district of South Korea.
- 1959 - The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
- 1961 - The Beatles at the Cavern Club: Lunchtime - The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg.
- 1964 - The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
- 1971 - The 6.5–6.7 Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI, killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
- 1971 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.
- 1975 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
- 1976 - Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
- 1978 - The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1982 - Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board.
- 1986 - Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
- 1987 - Civil unrest broke out across Palestine.
- 1991 - Dissolution of the Soviet Union: Voters in Lithuania vote for independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1996 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
- 1996 - Copernicium is discovered by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
- 2001 - The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision takes place, killing nine of the thirty-five people on board the Japanese fishery high-school training ship Ehime Maru, leaving the USS Greeneville (SSN-772) with US $2 million in repairs, at Pearl Harbor.
- 2016 - Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people die and 85 others are injured.
- 2018 - Winter Olympics: Opening ceremony is performed in Pyeongchang County in South Korea.
- 2020 - Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis.
- 2021 - Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins.
- 2025 - The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area, in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system.
Births
Pre-1600
- 1060 - Honorius II, pope of the Catholic Church
- 1274 - Louis of Toulouse, French bishop
- 1313 - Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Portuguese infanta
- 1344 - Meinhard III, count of Tyrol
- 1441 - Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and painter
- 1533 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō
- 1579 - Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar
1601–1900
- 1651 - Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur
- 1666 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal
- 1711 - Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander
- 1737 - Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist
- 1741 - Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer
- 1748 - Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland
- 1763 - Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden
- 1769 - George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1773 - William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States
- 1775 - Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic
- 1781 - Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer
- 1783 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator
- 1789 - Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand
- 1800 - Hyrum Smith, American religious leader
- 1814 - Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York
- 1815 - Federico de Madrazo, Spanish painter
- 1826 - Keelikōlani, Hawaiian royal and governor
- 1830 - Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, Turkish emperor
- 1834 - Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author
- 1837 - José Burgos, Filipino priest and revolutionary
- 1839 - Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician
- 1846 - Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach
- 1846 - Whitaker Wright, English businessman and financier
- 1847 - Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh-English clergyman and theologian
- 1854 - Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician and suffrage activist
- 1856 - Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan
- 1859 - Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general
- 1863 - Anthony Hope, English author and playwright
- 1864 - Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor
- 1865 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress
- 1865 - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist
- 1867 - Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet
- 1871 - Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician
- 1874 - Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator
- 1876 - Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland
- 1878 - Jack Kirwan, Irish international footballer
- 1880 - Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic
- 1883 - Jules Berry, French actor and director
- 1885 - Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator
- 1885 - Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author
- 1889 - Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter
- 1891 - Ronald Colman, English-American actor
- 1891 - Kristian Krefting, Norwegian footballer and chemical engineer
- 1891 - Pietro Nenni, Italian journalist and politician, Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party
- 1892 - Peggy Wood, American actress
- 1893 - Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece
- 1895 - Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia
- 1896 - Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator
- 1897 - Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot
- 1898 - Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator
1901–present
- 1901 - Brian Donlevy, American actor
- 1901 - James Murray, American actor
- 1905 - David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician
- 1906 - André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist
- 1907 - Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam
- 1907 - Dit Clapper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1907 - Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic
- 1909 - Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson, Scottish historian
- 1909 - Heather Angel, English-American actress
- 1909 - Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer
- 1909 - Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State
- 1910 - Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1911 - William Orlando Darby, American general
- 1911 - Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician
- 1912 - Ginette Leclerc, French actress
- 1912 - Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna
- 1914 - Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1916 - Tex Hughson, American baseball player
- 1918 - Lloyd Noel Ferguson, American chemist
- 1919 - John Abramovic, American basketball player
- 1920 - Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 1920 - Enrico Schiavetti, Italian football player
- 1922 - Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano
- 1922 - Jim Laker, English cricketer and broadcaster
- 1922 - C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
- 1922 - Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist
- 1923 - Brendan Behan, Irish rebel, poet, and playwright
- 1923 - Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician
- 1925 - John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian
- 1925 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic
- 1926 - Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland
- 1927 - Richard A. Long, American historian and author
- 1928 - Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator
- 1928 - Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1928 - Roger Mudd, American journalist
- 1929 - A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- 1929 - Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor
- 1930 - Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author
- 1931 - Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author, poet, and playwright
- 1931 - Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach
- 1931 - Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter
- 1932 - Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager
- 1932 - Gerhard Richter, German painter and photographer
- 1935 - Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author
- 1936 - Callistus Ndlovu, Zimbabwean academic and politician
- 1936 - Clive Swift, English actor and singer-songwriter
- 1937 - Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager
- 1937 - Fazle Haque, Bengali state minister
- 1938 - Raul Martirez, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate
- 1939 - Mahala Andrews, English vertebrae palaeontologist
- 1939 - Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
- 1939 - Janet Suzman, South African-British actress and director
- 1940 - Brian Bennett, English drummer and songwriter
- 1940 - J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941 - Kermit Gosnell, American abortionist and serial killer
- 1941 - Sheila Kuehl, American actress, lawyer, gay rights activist, and politician
- 1942 - Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1943 - Barbara Lewis, American singer-songwriter
- 1943 - Joe Pesci, American actor
- 1943 - Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1944 - Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-Australian radio and television host and politician
- 1944 - Alice Walker, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
- 1945 - Bill Bergey, American football player
- 1945 - Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and model
- 1945 - Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
- 1945 - Carol Wood, American mathematician and academic
- 1946 - Bob Eastwood, American golfer
- 1946 - Vince Papale, American football player and sportscaster
- 1946 - Jim Webb, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of the Navy
- 1947 - Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat
- 1947 - Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1947 - Major Harris, American singer
- 1947 - Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian-American wrestler and actor
- 1948 - Guy Standing, English economist and academic
- 1949 - Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist
- 1949 - Judith Light, American actress
- 1949 - Marcia Garbey, Cuba's first Olympic long jump finalist
- 1950 - Richard F. Colburn, American sergeant and politician
- 1951 - David Pomeranz, American singer, musician, and composer
- 1952 - Danny White, American football player and sportscaster
- 1953 - Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
- 1953 - Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr
- 1953 - Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded OutWeek
- 1954 - Jo Duffy, American author
- 1954 - Chris Gardner, American businessman and philanthropist
- 1954 - Kevin Warwick, English scientist
- 1955 - Jerry Beck, American historian and author
- 1955 - Jimmy Pursey, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1955 - Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
- 1956 - Phil Ford, American basketball player and coach
- 1956 - Mookie Wilson, American baseball player and coach
- 1957 - Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia
- 1957 - Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1958 - Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer
- 1958 - Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host
- 1960 - Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1960 - David Simon, American journalist, author, screenwriter, and television producer
- 1960 - Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut
- 1961 - John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1962 - Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina
- 1963 - Brian Greene, American physicist
- 1963 - Peter Rowsthorn, Australian comedian and actor
- 1963 - Travis Tritt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1964 - Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager
- 1964 - Dewi Morris, English rugby player
- 1964 - Ernesto Valverde, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1965 - Dieter Baumann, German runner
- 1965 - Julie Warner, American actress
- 1966 - Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1967 - Gaston Browne, Antiguan and Barbudan Prime Minister
- 1967 - Venus Lacy, American basketball player
- 1967 - Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach
- 1967 - Dan Shulman, Canadian sportscaster
- 1968 - Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
- 1968 - Derek Strong, American basketball player and race car driver
- 1968 - Gloria Trevi, Mexican singer and actress
- 1969 - Jimmy Smith, American football player
- 1970 - Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1971 - Sharon Case, American actress and model
- 1971 - Matt Gogel, American golfer
- 1971 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer and manager
- 1972 - Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1972 - Jason Winston George, American actor and model
- 1973 - Svetlana Boginskaya, Belarusian gymnast
- 1973 - Colin Egglesfield, American actor
- 1973 - Makoto Shinkai, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
- 1974 - Jordi Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1974 - Brad Maynard, American football player
- 1974 - Amber Valletta, American model
- 1974 - John Wallace, American basketball player and coach
- 1975 - Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach
- 1975 - Clinton Grybas, Australian journalist and sportscaster
- 1975 - Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player
- 1976 - Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1977 - A. J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1979 - Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
- 1979 - Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
- 1979 - Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress and model
- 1980 - Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
- 1980 - Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress
- 1980 - Manu Raju, American journalist
- 1981 - Tom Hiddleston, English actor
- 1981 - John Walker Lindh, American Taliban member
- 1981 - Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler
- 1981 - The Rev, American musician
- 1982 - Domingo Cisma, Spanish footballer
- 1982 - Jameer Nelson, American basketball player
- 1982 - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
- 1982 - Chris Weale, English footballer and manager
- 1983 - Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
- 1984 - Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer
- 1984 - Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1984 - Shōhōzan Yūya, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1985 - Nigel Dawes, Canadian-Kazakhstani ice hockey player
- 1985 - David Gallagher, American actor
- 1987 - Michael B. Jordan, American actor
- 1987 - Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
- 1987 - Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
- 1987 - Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
- 1989 - Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
- 1990 - Randall Delgado, Panamanian baseball player
- 1990 - Tariq Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
- 1990 - Camille Winbush, American actress
- 1991 - Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary
- 1991 - Logan Ryan, American football player
- 1992 - Avan Jogia, Canadian actor
- 1993 - Wataru Endō, Japanese footballer
- 1993 - K. J. McDaniels, American basketball player
- 1993 - Despina Papamichail, Greek tennis player
- 1993 - Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer
- 1995 - André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1995 - Mario Pašalić, Croatian footballer
- 1995 - Sheraldo Becker, Surinamese footballer
- 1996 - Jimmy Bennett, American actor
- 1996 - Kelli Berglund, American actress
- 1996 - Chungha, South Korean singer
- 1996 - Sebastián Driussi, Argentinian footballer
- 1997 - Jaire Alexander, American football player
- 1997 - Saquon Barkley, American football player
- 1997 - Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player
- 1998 - Cem Bölükbaşı, Turkish racing driver and former sim racer
- 1998 - Isabella Gomez, Colombian-American actress
- 2001 - Dylan Cozens, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2002 - Jalen Green, American basketball player
- 2003 - Cooper DeJean, American football player
- 2007 - Ryan Williams, American football player
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 966 - Ono no Michikaze, Japanese calligrapher
- 967 - Sayf al-Dawla, emir of Aleppo
- 978 - Luitgarde, duchess consort of Normandy
- 1011 - Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
- 1014 - Yang Yanzhao, Chinese general
- 1135 - Tai Zong, Chinese emperor
- 1199 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun
- 1251 - Matthias II, duke of Lorraine
- 1407 - William I, margrave of Meissen
- 1450 - Agnès Sorel, French mistress of Charles VII of France
- 1555 - John Hooper, English bishop and martyr
- 1555 - Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr
- 1588 - Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral
- 1600 - John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania
1601–1900
- 1619 - Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher
- 1670 - Frederick III of Denmark
- 1675 - Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter
- 1709 - François Louis, Prince of Conti
- 1777 - Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith
- 1803 - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher
- 1857 - Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator
- 1874 - Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic
- 1881 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher
- 1891 - Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter
1901–present
- 1903 - Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria
- 1906 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright
- 1928 - William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland
- 1930 - Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten
- 1932 - Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker
- 1932 - A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist
- 1935 - Bob Diry, Austrian-born wrestler and boxer
- 1942 - Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland
- 1945 - Ella D. Barrier, American educator
- 1950 - Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland
- 1951 - Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor
- 1957 - Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary
- 1960 - Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic
- 1960 - Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1965 - Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator
- 1966 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer
- 1969 - George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer
- 1976 - Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor
- 1977 - Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Bureau
- 1978 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach
- 1979 - Allen Tate, American poet and academic
- 1980 - Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author
- 1981 - M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
- 1981 - Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1984 - Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician
- 1989 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer
- 1994 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1995 - J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician
- 1995 - Kalevi Keihänen, Finnish entrepreneur
- 1995 - David Wayne, American actor
- 1998 - Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 2001 - Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 2002 - Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author
- 2002 - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
- 2003 - Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic
- 2004 - Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician
- 2005 - Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the intermittent windscreen wiper
- 2006 - Freddie Laker, English pilot and businessman, founded Laker Airways
- 2007 - Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager
- 2007 - Ian Richardson, Scottish actor
- 2008 - Christopher Hyatt, American occultist and author
- 2008 - Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician
- 2008 - Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor
- 2009 - Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer
- 2010 - Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee
- 2011 - Miltiadis Evert, Greek lawyer and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens
- 2012 - O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 2012 - John Hick, English philosopher and academic
- 2012 - Joe Moretti, Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter
- 2013 - Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor
- 2013 - Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer
- 2013 - Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler
- 2014 - Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer
- 2014 - Hal Herring, American football player and coach
- 2014 - Logan Scott-Bowden, English general
- 2015 - Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist
- 2015 - Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films
- 2016 - Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal
- 2016 - Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander
- 2017 - André Salvat, French Army colonel
- 2018 - Reg E. Cathey, American actor of stage, film, and television
- 2018 - Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic composer
- 2018 - John Gavin, American actor and United States ambassador to Mexico
- 2021 - Chick Corea, American jazz composer
- 2022 - Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 2025 - Tom Robbins, American writer
Holidays and observances