January 16
Events
Pre-1600
- 1458 BC - Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings.
- 27 BC - Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
- 378 - General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spearthrower Owl of Teotihuacán.
- 550 - Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
- 929 - Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III establishes the Caliphate of Córdoba.
- 1120 - Crusades: The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- 1275 – Edward I permits his mother Eleanor of Provence to expel the Jews from the towns Worcester, Marlborough, Cambridge and Gloucester.
- 1349 – Basel Massacre: Dozens to hundreds of Jews were burned to death by Christians after being accused of causing the Black Death.
- 1362 - Saint Marcellus's flood kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.
- 1537 - Bigod's Rebellion, an armed insurrection attempting to resist the English Reformation, begins.
- 1547 - Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
- 1556 - Philip II becomes King of Spain.
- 1572 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried and found guilty of treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1909 - Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
- 1913 - Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan writes his first letter to G. H. Hardy at Cambridge, stating without proof various formulae involving integrals, infinite series, and continued fractions, beginning a long correspondence between the two as well as widespread recognition of Ramanujan's results.
- 1919 - Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to [the United States Constitution]. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
- 1920 - The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
- 1921 - The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
- 1942 - The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins deporting Jews from the Łódź Ghetto to Chełmno extermination camp.
- 1942 - Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
- 1945 - World War II: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
- 1959 - Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Astor Piazzolla International Airport in Mar del Plata, Argentina, killing 51.
- 1969 - Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
- 1969 - Space Race: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of crewed spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
- 1979 - Iranian Revolution: The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
- 1983 - Turkish Airlines Flight 158 crashes at Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Ankara, Turkey, killing 47 and injuring 20.
- 1991 - Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
- 1992 - El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
- 1995 - An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Súðavík, destroying 25 homes and burying 26 people, 14 of whom died.
- 2001 - Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa.
- 2001 - US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
- 2002 - War in Afghanistan: The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
- 2003 - The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
- 2006 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
- 2011 - Syrian civil war: The Movement for a Democratic Society is established with the stated goal of re-organizing Syria along the lines of democratic confederalism.
- 2012 - The Mali War begins when Tuareg militias start fighting the Malian government for independence.
- 2016 - Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
- 2017 - Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 crashes into a residential area near Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 39 people.
- 2018 - Myanmar police open fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve.
- 2020 - The first impeachment of Donald Trump formally moves into its trial phase in the United States Senate.
- 2020 - The United States Senate ratifies the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement as a replacement for NAFTA.
Births
Pre-1600
- 972 - Sheng Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty
- 1093 - Isaac Komnenos, son of Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos
- 1245 - Edmund Crouchback, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
- 1362 - Robert de Vere, duke of Ireland
- 1409 - René of Anjou, king of Naples
- 1477 - Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer
- 1501 - Anthony Denny, confidant of Henry VIII of England
- 1516 - Bayinnaung, king of Burma
- 1558 - Jakobea of Baden, Margravine of Baden by birth, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by marriage
1601–1900
- 1616 - François de Vendôme, duke of Beaufort
- 1626 - Lucas Achtschellinck, Belgian painter and educator
- 1630 - Guru Har Rai, Sikh Guru
- 1634 - Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Norwegian author and poet
- 1653 - Johann Conrad Brunner, Swiss anatomist
- 1675 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French soldier and diplomat
- 1691 - Peter Scheemakers, Belgian sculptor and educator
- 1728 - Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer and educator
- 1749 - Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright
- 1757 - Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, third Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland
- 1807 - Charles Henry Davis, American admiral
- 1815 - Henry Halleck, American lawyer, general, and scholar
- 1821 - John C. Breckinridge, American general and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States
- 1834 - Robert R. Hitt, American lawyer and politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State
- 1836 - Francis II of the Two Sicilies
- 1838 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist
- 1844 - Ismail Kemal, Albanian politician and statesman, first prime minister of Albania
- 1851 - William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand
- 1853 - Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager
- 1853 - Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Greek-English general
- 1853 - André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company
- 1870 - Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, State Elder of Estonia
- 1872 - Henri Büsser, French organist, composer, and conductor
- 1874 - Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet and author
- 1875 - Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician
- 1876 - Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer
- 1878 - Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1880 - Samuel Jones, American high jumper
- 1882 - Margaret Wilson, American author
- 1885 - Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator
- 1888 - Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic
- 1892 - Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist
- 1893 - Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist
- 1894 - Irving Mills, American publisher
- 1895 - Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician
- 1895 - T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
- 1895 - Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author
- 1897 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic
- 1898 - Margaret Booth, American producer and editor
- 1898 - Irving Rapper, American film director and producer
- 1900 - Kiku Amino, Japanese author and translator
- 1900 - Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank
1901–present
- 1901 - Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, ninth President of Cuba
- 1901 - Frank Zamboni, American businessman and inventor
- 1902 - Eric Liddell, Scottish runner, rugby player, and missionary
- 1903 - William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver
- 1905 - Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor
- 1906 - Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot
- 1906 - Diana Wynyard, English actress
- 1907 - Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter
- 1907 - Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, tenth United States Secretary of the Navy
- 1908 - Sammy Crooks, English footballer
- 1908 - Ethel Merman, American actress and singer
- 1908 - Günther Prien, German captain
- 1909 - Clement Greenberg, American art critic
- 1910 - Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1911 - Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricketer
- 1911 - Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile
- 1911 - Roger Lapébie, French cyclist
- 1914 - Roger Wagner, French-American conductor and educator
- 1915 - Leslie H. Martinson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1916 - Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician
- 1917 - Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr.
- 1918 - Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator
- 1918 - Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager
- 1918 - Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, eighth Lord Mayor of Brisbane
- 1918 - Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer
- 1919 - Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic
- 1920 - Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter
- 1921 - Francesco Scavullo, American photographer
- 1923 - Gene Feist, American director and playwright, co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company
- 1923 - Anthony Hecht, American poet
- 1924 - Katy Jurado, Mexican actress
- 1924 - Allen Swift, American actor, writer, playwright, and magician
- 1925 - Peter Hirsch, German-English metallurgist and academic
- 1925 - James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot
- 1928 - William Kennedy, American novelist and journalist
- 1928 - Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano and actress
- 1929 - Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic
- 1930 - Mary Ann McMorrow, American lawyer and judge
- 1930 - Norman Podhoretz, American journalist and author
- 1930 - Paula Tilbrook, English actress
- 1931 - John Enderby, English physicist and academic
- 1931 - Robert L. Park, American physicist and academic
- 1931 - Johannes Rau, German journalist and politician, eighth Federal President of Germany
- 1932 - Victor Ciocâltea, Romanian chess player
- 1932 - Dian Fossey, American zoologist and anthropologist
- 1933 - Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, and critic
- 1934 - Bob Bogle, American rock guitarist and bass player
- 1934 - Marilyn Horne, American soprano and actress
- 1935 - A. J. Foyt, American race car driver
- 1935 - Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster
- 1936 - Michael White, Scottish actor and producer
- 1937 - Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
- 1937 - Francis George, American cardinal
- 1938 - Marina Vaizey, American journalist and critic
- 1939 - Ralph Gibson, American photographer
- 1941 - Claire Gordon, English actress and comedian
- 1941 - Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster
- 1942 - René Angélil, Canadian singer and manager
- 1942 - Barbara Lynn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1943 - Michael Attwell, English actor
- 1943 - Gavin Bryars, English bassist and composer
- 1943 - Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
- 1943 - Ronnie Milsap, American singer and pianist
- 1944 - Dieter Moebius, Swiss-German keyboard player and producer
- 1944 - Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1944 - Jill Tarter, American astronomer and biologist
- 1944 - Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician
- 1945 - Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1946 - Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
- 1946 - Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano and actress
- 1947 - Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy, English academic and politician
- 1947 - Harvey Proctor, English politician
- 1947 - Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author
- 1948 - John Carpenter, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
- 1948 - Ants Laaneots, Estonian general
- 1948 - Ruth Reichl, American journalist and critic
- 1948 - Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
- 1949 - Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's
- 1949 - R. F. Foster, Irish historian and academic
- 1949 - Andrew Refshauge, Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
- 1950 - Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
- 1950 - Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and producer
- 1952 - Fuad II, King of Egypt
- 1952 - Piercarlo Ghinzani, Italian racing driver and manager
- 1953 - Robert Jay Mathews, American militant, founded The Order
- 1954 - Robin Davies, Welsh actor
- 1954 - Wolfgang Schmidt, German discus thrower
- 1954 - Vasili Zhupikov, Russian footballer and coach
- 1955 - Jerry M. Linenger, American captain, physician, and astronaut
- 1956 - Wayne Daniel, Barbadian cricketer
- 1956 - Gerald Henderson, American basketball player
- 1956 - Martin Jol, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1956 - Greedy Smith, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist
- 1957 - Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager
- 1957 - Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1958 - Anatoli Boukreev, Russian mountaineer and explorer
- 1958 - Lena Ek, Swedish lawyer and politician, ninth Swedish Minister for the Environment
- 1958 - Andris Šķēle, Latvian businessman and politician, fourth Prime Minister of Latvia
- 1959 - Lisa Milroy, Canadian painter and educator
- 1959 - Sade, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1961 - Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
- 1962 - Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian electrician and politician, 51st Australian Minister of Defence
- 1962 - Maxine Jones, American R&B singer–songwriter and actress
- 1963 - James May, English journalist and television presenter
- 1964 - Gail Graham, Canadian golfer
- 1966 - Jack McDowell, American baseball player
- 1968 - David Chokachi, American actor
- 1968 - Rebecca Stead, American author
- 1969 - Marinus Bester, German footballer
- 1969 - Stevie Jackson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter
- 1969 - Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
- 1970 - Don MacLean, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1971 - Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player and coach
- 1971 - Josh Evans, American film producer, screenwriter and actor
- 1971 - Jonathan Mangum, American actor
- 1972 - Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
- 1972 - Ang Christou, Australian footballer
- 1972 - Yuri Alekseevich Drozdov, Russian footballer and manager
- 1972 - Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer and manager
- 1972 - Joe Horn, American football player and coach
- 1972 - Richard T. Jones, American actor
- 1973 - Josie Davis, American actress
- 1974 - Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
- 1975 - Marc Jackson, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1976 - Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
- 1976 - Martina Moravcová, Slovak swimmer
- 1977 - Jeff Foster, American basketball player
- 1978 - Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
- 1979 - Aaliyah, American singer and actress
- 1979 - Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 - Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer
- 1980 - Albert Pujols, Dominican-American baseball player
- 1980 - Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
- 1981 - Jamie Lundmark, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Paul Rofe, Australian cricketer
- 1981 - Nick Valensi, American musician and songwriter
- 1981 - Bobby Zamora, English footballer
- 1982 - Preston, English singer-songwriter
- 1982 - Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
- 1982 - Tuncay, Turkish footballer
- 1983 - Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
- 1983 - Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer
- 1984 - Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
- 1984 - Miroslav Radović, Serbian footballer
- 1985 - Joe Flacco, American football player
- 1985 - Jayde Herrick, Australian cricketer
- 1985 - Gintaras Januševičius, Russian-Lithuanian pianist
- 1985 - Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor
- 1985 - Jonathan Richter, Danish-Gambian footballer
- 1985 - Simon Richter, Danish-Gambian footballer
- 1985 - Renée Felice Smith, American actress
- 1986 - Johannes Rahn, German footballer
- 1986 - Mark Trumbo, American baseball player
- 1986 - Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer
- 1987 - Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
- 1987 - Charlotte Henshaw, English swimmer
- 1987 - Greivis Vásquez, Venezuelan basketball player
- 1988 - Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
- 1988 - Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
- 1988 - FKA Twigs, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1990 - Dennis Kelly, American football player
- 1991 - Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1992 - Jason Zucker, American ice hockey player
- 1993 - Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
- 1993 - Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
- 1993 - Sungjin, South Korean musician
- 1994 - Mikko Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1995 - Jonathan Allen, American football player
- 1995 - Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
- 1995 - Tre'Davious White, American football player
- 1996 - Jennie, South Korean singer
- 1996 - Zhou Qi, Chinese basketball player
- 1998 - Boo Seung-kwan, South Korean singer
- 2000 - Andrew Nembhard, Canadian basketball player
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 654 - Gao Jifu, Chinese politician and chancellor
- 957 - Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i, Tulunid vizier
- 970 - Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch
- 1263 - Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism
- 1289 - Buqa, Mongol minister
- 1327 - Nikephoros Choumnos, Byzantine monk, scholar, and politician
- 1354 - Joanna of Châtillon, duchess of Athens
- 1373 - Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
- 1391 - Muhammed V of Granada, Nasrid emir
- 1400 - John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain
- 1443 - Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary
- 1545 - George Spalatin, German priest and reformer
- 1547 - Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer
- 1554 - Christiern Pedersen, Danish publisher and scholar
- 1585 - Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral and politician
- 1595 - Murad III, Ottoman sultan
1601–1900
- 1635 - Mariana de Jesús Torres, Spanish nun and mystic
- 1659 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer
- 1710 - Higashiyama, Japanese emperor
- 1711 - Joseph Vaz, Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint
- 1747 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet and playwright
- 1748 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar
- 1750 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal and politician
- 1752 - Francis Blomefield, English historian and author
- 1794 - Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician
- 1809 - John Moore, Scottish general and politician
- 1817 - Alexander J. Dallas, Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, sixth United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1834 - Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic
- 1856 - Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist
- 1864 - Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author
- 1865 - Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author
- 1879 - Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller
- 1886 - Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic
- 1891 - Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer
- 1898 - Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician
1901–present
- 1901 - Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright
- 1901 - Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic
- 1901 - Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician
- 1901 - Mahadev Govind Ranade, Indian scholar, social reformer, judge and author
- 1906 - Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's
- 1917 - George Dewey, American admiral
- 1919 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, fifth President of Brazil
- 1933 - Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician
- 1936 - Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal
- 1938 - Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright
- 1942 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
- 1942 - Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist
- 1942 - Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian
- 1942 - Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg
- 1957 - Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada
- 1957 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor
- 1959 - Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and author
- 1961 - Max Schöne, German swimmer
- 1962 - Frank Hurley, Australian photographer, director, producer, and cinematographer
- 1962 - Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect, designed the Monument to the Unknown Hero
- 1967 - Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic
- 1968 - Bob Jones Sr., American evangelist, founded Bob Jones University
- 1968 - Panagiotis Poulitsas, Greek archaeologist and judge
- 1969 - Vernon Duke, Russian-American composer and songwriter
- 1971 - Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist
- 1972 - Teller Ammons, American soldier and politician, 28th Governor of Colorado
- 1972 - Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks
- 1973 - Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer
- 1975 - Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter
- 1978 - A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician
- 1981 - Bernard Lee, English actor
- 1983 - Virginia Mauret, American musician and dancer
- 1986 - Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher
- 1987 - Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist
- 1988 - Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, first Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia
- 1990 - Lady Eve Balfour, British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement
- 1995 - Eric Mottram, English poet and critic
- 1996 - Marcia Davenport, American author and critic
- 1996 - Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher
- 1999 - Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science
- 2000 - Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic
- 2001 - Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist
- 2002 - Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist
- 2003 - Richard Wainwright, English politician
- 2004 - Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland
- 2005 - Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author
- 2006 - Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician
- 2009 - Joe Erskine, American boxer and runner
- 2009 - John Mortimer, English lawyer and author
- 2009 - Andrew Wyeth, American painter
- 2010 - Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell
- 2010 - Takumi Shibano, Japanese author and translator
- 2012 - Joe Bygraves, Jamaican-English boxer
- 2012 - Jimmy Castor, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist
- 2012 - Sigursteinn Gíslason, Icelandic footballer and manager
- 2012 - Lorna Kesterson, American journalist and politician
- 2012 - Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch pianist, conductor, and musicologist
- 2013 - Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach
- 2013 - André Cassagnes, French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch
- 2013 - Gussie Moran, American tennis player and sportscaster
- 2013 - Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby
- 2013 - Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta
- 2014 - Gary Arlington, American author and illustrator
- 2014 - Ruth Duccini, American actress
- 2014 - Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor
- 2014 - Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant
- 2015 - Miriam Akavia, Polish-Israeli author and translator
- 2015 - Yao Beina, Chinese singer
- 2016 - Joannis Avramidis, Greek sculptor
- 2016 - Ted Marchibroda, American football player and coach
- 2017 - Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
- 2018 - Ed Doolan, British radio presenter
- 2018 - Oliver Ivanović, Kosovo Serb politician
- 2019 - John C. Bogle, American businessman, investor, and philanthropist
- 2019 - Lorna Doom, American musician
- 2019 - Chris Wilson, Australian musician
- 2020 - Christopher Tolkien, British academic and editor
- 2021 - Pedro Trebbau, German-born Venezuelan zoologist
- 2021 - Chris Cramer, British journalist
- 2021 - Phil Spector, American record producer, songwriter
- 2022 - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Former Malian President
- 2025 - David Lynch, American filmmaker and actor
- 2025 - Dame Joan Plowright, English actress
- 2025 - Bob Uecker, American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster
Holidays and observances