January 3
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1653 - By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
- 1749 - Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- 1749 - The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
- 1777 - American Revolutionary War: American forces under General George Washington defeat British forces at the Battle of Princeton, helping boost patriot morale.
- 1815 - Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
- 1833 - Captain James Onslow, in the Clio, reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
- 1848 - Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
- 1868 - Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
- 1870 - Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, United States.
- 1871 - In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
- 1885 - Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop.
1901–present
- 1911 - A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
- 1911 - A gun battle in the East End of London leaves two dead. It sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
- 1913 - An January [1913 Atlantic coast storm|Atlantic coast storm] sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
- 1913 - First Balkan War: Greece completes its capture of the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as the last Ottoman forces on the island surrender.
- 1920 - Over 640 are killed after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes the Mexican states Puebla and Veracruz.
- 1933 - Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first woman to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
- 1944 - World War II: US flying ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
- 1946 - Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf suffers a concussion during a freak racing accident; he dies from the injury the following day. The annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
- 1947 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
- 1949 - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
- 1953 - Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
- 1956 - A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
- 1957 - The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
- 1958 - The West Indies Federation is formed.
- 1959 - Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
- 1961 - Cold War: After a series of economic retaliations against one another, the United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
- 1961 - The SL-1 nuclear reactor, near Idaho Falls, Idaho, is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
- 1961 - A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
- 1961 - Aero Flight 311 crashes into the forest in Kvevlax, Finland, killing 25 people.
- 1962 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
- 1976 - The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.
- 1977 - Apple Computer is incorporated.
- 1987 - Varig Flight 797 crashes near Akouré in the Ivory Coast, resulting in 50 deaths.
- 1990 - United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
- 1992 - CommutAir Flight 4821 crashes on approach to Adirondack Regional Airport, in Saranac Lake, New York, killing two people.
- 1993 - In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
- 1994 - Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashes near Mamoney, Irkutsk, Russia, resulting in 125 deaths.
- 1999 - The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
- 2002 - Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
- 2004 - Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
- 2009 - The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, is established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
- 2015 - Boko Haram militants destroy the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, starting the Baga massacre and killing as many as 2,000 people.
- 2016 - In response to the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Iran ends its diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
- 2018 - For the first time in history, all five major storm surge gates in the Netherlands are closed simultaneously in the wake of a storm.
- 2019 - Chang'e 4 makes the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, deploying the Yutu-2 lunar rover.
- 2020 - Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is killed by an American airstrike near Baghdad International Airport, igniting global concerns of a potential armed conflict.
- 2023 - Singapore's Jurong Bird Park permanently closes.
- 2024 - At least 91 people are killed in bombings in Kerman, Iran, during a ceremony commemorating the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani four years earlier.
- 2026 - The United States conducts airstrikes across northern Venezuela, including the capital Caracas and captures Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1611 - James Harrington, English political theorist
- 1698 - Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet and songwriter
- 1710 - Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer
- 1722 - Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish biologist and explorer
- 1731 - Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman
- 1760 - Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler
- 1775 - Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont
- 1778 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop
- 1793 - Lucretia Mott, American activist
- 1802 - Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician
- 1803 - Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright
- 1806 - Henriette Sontag, German soprano and actress
- 1810 - Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer
- 1816 - Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician
- 1819 - Charles Piazzi Smyth, Italian-Scottish astronomer and academic
- 1831 - Savitribai Phule, Indian poet, educator, and activist
- 1836 - Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and rebel leader
- 1840 - Father Damien, Flemish priest and missionary
- 1847 - Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician
- 1853 - Sophie Elkan, Swedish writer
- 1855 - Hubert Bland, English businessman
- 1861 - Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player
- 1861 - William Renshaw, English tennis player
- 1862 - Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland
- 1865 - Henry Lytton, English actor
- 1870 - Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author
- 1873 - Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings
- 1876 - Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic
- 1877 - Josephine Hull, American actress
- 1880 - Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest and photographer
- 1883 - Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1883 - Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower
- 1884 - Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer
- 1885 - Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman
- 1886 - John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author
- 1886 - Arthur Mailey, Australian cricketer
- 1887 - August Macke, German-French painter
- 1892 - J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist
- 1894 - ZaSu Pitts, American actress
- 1897 - Eithne Coyle, Irish republican revolutionary,
- 1897 - Marion Davies, American actress and comedian
- 1898 - Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator
- 1900 - Donald J. Russell, American businessman
1901–present
- 1901 - Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam
- 1905 - Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer
- 1905 - Anna May Wong, American actress
- 1906 - Ulyana Barkova, Russian farm worker
- 1907 - Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director
- 1909 - Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor
- 1910 - Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager
- 1910 - John Sturges, American director and producer
- 1912 - Federico Borrell García, Spanish soldier
- 1912 - Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician
- 1912 - Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1915 - Jack Levine, American painter and soldier
- 1916 - Betty Furness, American actress and television journalist
- 1916 - Fred Haas, American golfer
- 1917 - Albert Mol, Dutch author and actor
- 1917 - Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American journalist and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- 1919 - Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer
- 1920 - Siegfried Buback, German lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Germany
- 1921 - Isabella Bashmakova, Russian historian of mathematics
- 1922 - Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1923 - Hank Stram, American football coach and sportscaster
- 1924 - Otto Beisheim, German businessman and philanthropist, founded Metro AG
- 1924 - Enzo Cozzolini, Italian football player
- 1924 - André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator
- 1924 - Nell Rankin, American soprano and educator
- 1925 - Jill Balcon, English actress
- 1926 - W. Michael Blumenthal, American economist and politician, 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1926 - George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer
- 1928 - Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak
- 1929 - Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1929 - Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor
- 1929 - Gordon Moore, American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation
- 1930 - Stephen Fabian, American illustrator
- 1930 - Robert Loggia, American actor and director
- 1932 - Dabney Coleman, American actor
- 1932 - Eeles Landström, Finnish pole vaulter and politician
- 1933 - Geoffrey Bindman, English lawyer
- 1933 - Anne Stevenson, American-English poet and author
- 1933 – Rolf Steiner, German mercenary
- 1934 - Marpessa Dawn, American-French actress, singer, and dancer
- 1934 - Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- 1935 - Raymond Garneau, Canadian businessman and politician
- 1937 - Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica
- 1938 - Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, English academic and politician
- 1938 - K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo
- 1939 - Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor
- 1939 - Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1940 - Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach
- 1940 - Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director
- 1941 - Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby player
- 1942 - John Marsden, Australian lawyer and activist
- 1942 - John Thaw, English actor and producer, played Inspector Morse
- 1943 - Van Dyke Parks, American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, author, and actor
- 1944 - Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian author
- 1944 - Doreen Massey, English geographer and political activist
- 1945 - Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1946 - John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
- 1946 - Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1947 - Fran Cotton, English rugby player
- 1947 - Zulema, American singer-songwriter
- 1948 - Ian Nankervis, Australian footballer
- 1950 - Victoria Principal, American actress and businesswoman
- 1950 - Linda Steiner, American journalist and academic
- 1950 - Vesna Vulović, Serbian plane crash survivor and Guinness World Record holder
- 1951 - Linda Dobbs, English lawyer and judge
- 1951 - Gary Nairn, Australian surveyor and politician, 14th Special Minister of State
- 1952 - Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish civil servant and politician, 3rd President of the Community of Madrid
- 1952 - Gianfranco Fini, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1952 - Jim Ross, American professional wrestling commentator
- 1953 - Justin Fleming, Australian playwright and author
- 1953 - Mohamed Waheed Hassan, Maldivian educator and politician, 5th President of the Maldives
- 1953 - Peter Taylor, English footballer and manager
- 1955 - Denis Walter, Australian radio host and singer
- 1956 - Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1957 - Dave Dobbyn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer
- 1960 - Russell Spence, English racing driver
- 1962 - Darren Daulton, American baseball player
- 1962 - Gavin Hastings, Scottish rugby player
- 1963 - Stewart Hosie, Scottish businessman and politician
- 1963 - Aamer Malik, Pakistani cricketer
- 1963 - Alex Wheatle, English author and playwright
- 1964 - Cheryl Miller, American basketball player and coach
- 1966 - Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer
- 1969 - James Carter, American musician
- 1969 - Jarmo Lehtinen, Finnish racing driver
- 1969 - Michael Schumacher, German racing driver
- 1969 - Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian luger and bobsledder
- 1971 - Sarah Alexander, English actress
- 1971 - Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1973 - Dan Harmon, American television writer, producer, animator, and actor
- 1974 - Robert-Jan Derksen, Dutch golfer
- 1974 - Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist
- 1974 - Todd Warriner, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Thomas Bangalter, French DJ, musician, and producer
- 1975 - Jason Marsden, American actor
- 1975 - Danica McKellar, American actress and mathematician
- 1976 - Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
- 1976 - Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor and producer
- 1977 - Lee Bowyer, English footballer and coach
- 1977 - A. J. Burnett, American baseball player
- 1978 - Dimitra Kalentzou, Greek basketball player
- 1978 - Kimberley Locke, American singer, songwriter, and television personality
- 1978 - Mike York, American ice hockey player
- 1979 - Kate Levering, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1980 - Bryan Clay, American decathlete
- 1980 - Eli Crane, U.S. representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district
- 1980 - Telly Leung, American actor, director, singer and songwriter
- 1980 - Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player
- 1980 - David Tyree, American football player
- 1980 - Kurt Vile, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1980 - Mary Wineberg, American sprinter
- 1981 - Eli Manning, American football player
- 1982 - Peter Clarke, English footballer
- 1982 - Park Ji-yoon, South Korean singer and actress
- 1982 - Lasse Nilsson, Swedish footballer
- 1983 - Katie McGrath, Irish actress
- 1984 - Billy Mehmet, English-Irish footballer
- 1985 - Nicole Beharie, American actress
- 1985 - Linas Kleiza, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1985 - Evan Moore, American football player
- 1985 - Noelle Quinn, American basketball player and coach
- 1986 - Dana Hussain, Iraqi sprinter
- 1986 - Lloyd, American singer-songwriter
- 1986 - Greg Nwokolo, Indonesian footballer
- 1986 - Nikola Peković, Montenegrin basketball player and executive
- 1986 - Cedric Simmons, American-Bulgarian basketball player
- 1986 - Dmitry Starodubtsev, Russian pole vaulter
- 1987 - Adrián, Spanish footballer
- 1987 - Reto Berra, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender
- 1987 - Kim Ok-vin, South Korean actress and singer
- 1988 - Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer
- 1988 - The Completionist, American YouTuber
- 1988 - Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer
- 1988 - Matt Frattin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 - Jordi Masip, Spanish footballer
- 1989 - Eric Sim, American baseball player and YouTuber
- 1989 - Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese artistic gymnast
- 1990 - Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer
- 1991 - Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer
- 1991 - Özgür Çek, Turkish footballer
- 1991 - Ryan Ellis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1991 - Sébastien Faure, French footballer
- 1991 - Dane Gagai, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 - Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress
- 1991 - Darius Morris, American basketball player
- 1991 - Joonas Nättinen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1992 - Doug McDermott, American basketball player
- 1992 - Sio Siua Taukeiaho, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
- 1994 - Isaquias Queiroz, Brazilian sprint canoeist
- 1995 - Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, American-Jordanian basketball player
- 1995 - Jisoo, South Korean singer and actress
- 1995 - Paddy Pimblett, English mixed martial artist
- 1995 - Kim Seol-hyun, South Korean singer and actress
- 1995 - Tonny Vilhena, Dutch footballer
- 1996 - Léo Ortiz, Brazilian footballer
- 1996 - Florence Pugh, English actress
- 1997 - Fodé Ballo-Touré, French-Senegalese footballer
- 1997 - Jérémie Boga, French-Ivorian footballer
- 1997 - Kyron McMaster, British Virgin Islands hurdler
- 1998 - Patrick Cutrone, Italian footballer
- 1998 - Emiru, American online streamer
- 2000 - Leandro Barreiro, Luxembourgish footballer
- 2000 - João Mário, Portuguese footballer
- 2001 - Deni Avdija, Israeli-Serbian basketball player
- 2002 - Nico González, Spanish footballer
- 2003 - Kyle Rittenhouse, American conservative personality
- 2003 - Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist
- 2003 - Alan Virginius, French footballer
- 2004 - Carlos Baleba, Cameroonian footballer
- 2004 - Toby Collyer, English footballer
- 2004 - Habib Diarra, Senegalese footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 236 - Anterus, pope of the Catholic Church
- 323 - Emperor Yuan of Jin, Chinese emperor
- 1028 - Fujiwara no Yukinari, Japanese calligrapher
- 1028 - Fujiwara no Michinaga, Japanese nobleman
- 1098 - Walkelin, Norman bishop of Winchester
- 1322 - Philip V, king of France
- 1437 - Catherine of Valois, queen consort of Henry V
- 1501 - Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and mystic
- 1543 - Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer and navigator
- 1571 - Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
1601–1900
- 1641 - Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician
- 1656 - Mathieu Molé, French politician
- 1670 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- 1701 - Louis I, prince of Monaco
- 1705 - Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator
- 1743 - Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter and architect
- 1785 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer
- 1795 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company
- 1826 - Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general
- 1871 - Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint
- 1875 - Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher
- 1882 - William Harrison Ainsworth, English author
- 1895 - James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives
1901–present
- 1903 - Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant
- 1911 - Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet
- 1915 - James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright
- 1916 - Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician
- 1923 - Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author
- 1927 - Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician
- 1931 - Joseph Joffre, French general
- 1933 - Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany
- 1933 - Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer
- 1943 - Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia
- 1944 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator
- 1945 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author
- 1946 - William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster
- 1956 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer
- 1956 - Dimitrios Vergos, Greek Olympian
- 1956 - Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany
- 1959 - Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, author, and translator
- 1960 - Eric P. Kelly, American journalist, author, and academic
- 1965 - Milton Avery, American painter
- 1966 - Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist
- 1967 - Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress
- 1967 - Reginald Punnett, British scientist
- 1967 - Jack Ruby, American businessman and murderer
- 1970 - Gladys Aylward, English missionary and humanitarian
- 1975 - Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle
- 1979 - Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts
- 1980 - Joy Adamson, Austrian-Kenyan painter and conservationist
- 1980 - George Sutherland Fraser, Scottish poet and academic
- 1981 - Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
- 1988 - Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-German poet and author
- 1989 - Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic
- 1992 - Judith Anderson, Australian actress
- 2002 - Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer
- 2003 - Sid Gillman, American football player and coach
- 2004 - Des Corcoran, Australian politician, 37th Premier of South Australia
- 2005 - Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat
- 2005 - Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator
- 2005 - Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser
- 2006 - Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
- 2007 - William Verity, Jr., American businessman and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Commerce
- 2008 - Jimmy Stewart, Scottish racing driver
- 2008 - Choi Yo-sam, South Korean boxer
- 2009 - Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer
- 2009 - Pat Hingle, American actor
- 2009 - Hisayasu Nagata, Japanese politician
- 2010 - Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean-German composer and academic
- 2010 - Mary Daly, American theologian and scholar
- 2012 - Vicar, Chilean cartoonist
- 2012 - Robert L. Carter, American lawyer and judge
- 2012 - Winifred Milius Lubell, American author and illustrator
- 2012 - Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher
- 2013 - Alfie Fripp, English soldier and pilot
- 2013 - Ivan Mackerle, Czech cryptozoologist, explorer, and author
- 2013 - William Maxson, American general
- 2013 - Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 2014 - Phil Everly, American singer and guitarist
- 2014 - George Goodman, American economist and author
- 2014 - Saul Zaentz, American film producer
- 2015 - Martin Anderson, American economist and academic
- 2015 - Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General
- 2016 - Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer
- 2016 - Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic
- 2016 - Bill Plager, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 2016 - Igor Sergun, Russian general and diplomat
- 2017 - H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, Indian politician
- 2018 - Colin Brumby, Australian composer
- 2019 - Herb Kelleher, American businessman, co-founder of Southwest Airlines
- 2020 - Qasem Soleimani, Iranian major general, commander of the Iranian Quds Force
- 2021 - Eric Jerome Dickey, American author
- 2023 - Elena Huelva, Spanish cancer activist and influencer
- 2025 - Jeff Baena, American filmmaker
- 2025 - Brenton Wood, American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 2025 - Niko Lekishvili, Georgian politician
Holidays and observances