September 26
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
- 1905 - Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
- 1907 - Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
- 1914 - The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
- 1917 - World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- 1918 - World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
- 1919 - Ukrainian War of Independence: The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine defeats the White Russian Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka.
- 1923 - The German government calls off the passive resistance to the French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr.
- 1933 - As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
- 1936 - Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.
- 1942 - Holocaust: Senior SS official August Frank issues a memorandum detailing how Jews should be "evacuated".
- 1950 - Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
- 1953 - Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends.
- 1954 - The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
- 1959 - Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
- 1960 - In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
- 1978 - Air Caribbean Flight 309 crashes in Residencial Las Casas in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing six.
- 1980 - A terrorist bombing at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, kills 13 people and injures 213 others.
- 1983 - Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike, thus preventing nuclear war.
- 1983 - Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L, intended to launch a crew to the Salyut 7 space station, explodes on the launch pad. The launch escape system is activated before the Soyuz-U rocket explodes, saving the crew.
- 1984 - The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
- 1992 - A Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashes in Ejigbo, Lagos, killing 159.
- 1994 - A Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes into a river near Vanavara, Russia, killing 24.
- 1997 - A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
- 1997 - An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
- 2000 - Anti-globalization protests in Prague turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
- 2000 - The sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
- 2002 - The overcrowded Senegalese ferry,, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
- 2009 - Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
- 2010 - The Philippine Bar exam bombing occurs near the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila injuring 47 people.
- 2014 - A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
- 2022 - A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11 children.
- 2024 - Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Perry, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, killing over 250 people, causing US$78.7 billion in damage and becoming the deadliest hurricane in the mainland United States since Katrina.
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
- 1637 - Sébastien Leclerc, French painter
- 1641 - Nehemiah Grew, English plant anatomist and physiologist
- 1651 - Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, Philadelphia
- 1660 - George William, Duke of Liegnitz
- 1698 - William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
- 1711 - Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, First Lord of the Admiralty
- 1750 - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral
- 1758 - Cosme Argerich, Argentinian physician
- 1767 - Wenzel Müller, Austrian composer and conductor
- 1774 - Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist
- 1783 - Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke, English politician and literary figure
- 1791 - Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer
- 1792 - William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand explorer and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand
- 1820 - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Indian philosopher, painter, and academic
- 1840 - Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec
- 1843 - Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet
- 1848 - Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist
- 1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1856 - Anna Paaske, Norwegian opera singer and music teacher
- 1865 - Archibald Butt, United States Army Officer
- 1865 - Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford
- 1869 - Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer
- 1870 - Christian X of Denmark
- 1872 - Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer
- 1873 - Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator
- 1874 - Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist
- 1874 - Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd Raj of Sarawak
- 1875 - Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor
- 1876 - Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author
- 1876 - Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician
- 1877 - Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic
- 1877 - Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor
- 1877 - Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician
- 1878 - Walter Steinbeck, German actor
- 1884 - Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist
- 1886 - Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1887 - Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet
- 1887 - Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director
- 1887 - Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb
- 1888 - J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author
- 1888 - T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1889 - Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist
- 1889 - Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic
- 1890 - Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager
- 1891 - William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia
- 1891 - Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor
- 1891 - Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle
- 1892 - Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic
- 1894 - Gladys Brockwell, American actress
- 1895 - Jürgen Stroop, German general
- 1897 - Pope Paul VI
- 1897 - Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot
- 1898 - George Gershwin, American pianist and composer
- 1900 - Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer
1901–present
- 1901 - George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer
- 1901 - Ted Weems, American bandleader and musician
- 1902 - Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mobster
- 1905 - Millito Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1905 - Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach
- 1907 - Anthony Blunt, English historian and spy
- 1907 - Shug Fisher, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and comedian
- 1907 - Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer
- 1909 - Bill France, Sr., American race car driver, founded NASCAR
- 1909 - A. P. Hamann, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
- 1911 - Al Helfer, American sportscaster
- 1913 - Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player
- 1914 - Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer
- 1914 - Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert
- 1917 - Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician
- 1917 - Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist
- 1918 - Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World
- 1919 - Barbara Britton, American actress
- 1919 - Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author
- 1922 - Takis Miliadis, Greek actor
- 1922 - Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia
- 1923 - Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1923 - Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge
- 1923 - James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat
- 1924 - Jean Hoerni, Swiss physicist, inventor and businessman
- 1925 - Norm Dussault, American-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1925 - Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver
- 1926 - Julie London, American singer and actress
- 1926 - Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic
- 1927 - Robert Cade, American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade
- 1927 - Patrick O'Neal, American actor
- 1927 - Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager
- 1928 - Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor
- 1928 - Wilford White, American football player
- 1930 - Philip Bosco, American actor
- 1930 - Joe Brown, English mountaineer and author
- 1931 - Kenneth Parnell, American sex offender
- 1932 - Donna Douglas, American actress
- 1932 - Joyce Jameson, American actress
- 1932 - Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of India
- 1932 - Vladimir Voinovich, Russian author and poet
- 1934 - Neil Coles, English golfer and architect
- 1935 - Bob Barber, English cricketer
- 1935 - Lou Myers, American actor
- 1935 - Joe Sherlock, Irish politician
- 1936 - Leroy Drumm, American sailor and songwriter
- 1936 - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa
- 1937 - Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Premier of the Soviet Union
- 1937 - Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent
- 1938 - Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator
- 1938 - Jonathan Goldsmith, American actor
- 1938 - Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist
- 1939 - Ricky Tomlinson, English actor and screenwriter
- 1941 - Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
- 1941 - Martine Beswick, Jamaican-English model and actress
- 1941 - David Frizzell, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1942 - Kent McCord, American actor
- 1942 - Gloria E. Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana cultural theory
- 1943 - Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1943 - Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver
- 1944 - Jan Brewer, American politician, 22nd Governor of Arizona
- 1944 - Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic
- 1944 - Anne Robinson, English journalist and game show host
- 1945 - Louise Beaudoin, Canadian academic and politician
- 1945 - Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
- 1945 - Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter
- 1946 - Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author
- 1946 - John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
- 1946 - Mary Beth Hurt, American actress
- 1946 - Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
- 1946 - Louise Simonson, American author
- 1946 - Claudette Werleigh, Haitian Prime Minister
- 1947 - Lucius Allen, American basketball player
- 1947 - Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress
- 1947 - Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
- 1947 - Dick Roth, American swimmer
- 1948 - Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1948 - Vladimír Remek, Czech politician, diplomat, cosmonaut and military pilot
- 1949 - Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager
- 1949 - Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist
- 1949 - Jane Smiley, American novelist
- 1949 - Minette Walters, English journalist and author
- 1950 - Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby player
- 1951 - Tommy Taylor, English footballer and manager
- 1951 - Stuart Tosh, Scottish singer-songwriter and drummer
- 1953 - Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress
- 1953 - Douglas A. Melton, American biologist and academic
- 1953 - Paul Stephenson, English police officer
- 1954 - Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
- 1954 - Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
- 1954 - Cesar Rosas, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1955 - Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter
- 1956 - Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer
- 1956 - Linda Hamilton, American actress
- 1957 - Bob Staake, American author and illustrator
- 1957 - Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager
- 1957 - Michael Dweck, American photographer and director
- 1958 - Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist
- 1958 - Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter
- 1958 - Robert Kagan, Greek-American historian and author
- 1958 - Kenny Sansom, English footballer
- 1958 - Richard B. Weldon Jr., American sailor and politician
- 1959 - Andrew Bolt, Australian journalist
- 1959 - Trevor Dodds, Namibian golfer
- 1959 - Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
- 1959 - Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator
- 1960 - Uwe Bein, German footballer and manager
- 1960 - Jouke de Vries, Dutch academic and politician
- 1960 - Doug Supernaw, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1961 - Jeanie Buss, American sports executive
- 1961 - Cindy Herron, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1961 - Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
- 1961 - Will Self, English novelist and journalist
- 1962 - Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress
- 1962 - Jonas Bergqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1962 - Mark Haddon, English author and poet
- 1962 - Steve Moneghetti, Australian runner
- 1962 - Al Pitrelli, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1962 - Tracey Thorn, English singer-songwriter and writer
- 1962 - Jacky Wu, Taiwanese singer, actor, and television host
- 1963 - Lysette Anthony, English actress and producer
- 1963 - Joe Nemechek, American race car driver
- 1964 - Dave Martinez, American baseball player and coach
- 1965 - Radisav Ćurčić, Serbian-Israeli basketball player
- 1965 - Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine
- 1966 - Jillian Barberie, Canadian actress and sportscaster
- 1966 - Christos Dantis, Greek singer-songwriter and producer
- 1966 - Shane Dye, New Zealand jockey
- 1966 - Craig Heyward, American football player
- 1967 - Bruno Akrapović, Bosnian footballer and manager
- 1967 - Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967 - Craig Janney, American ice hockey player
- 1968 - Jim Caviezel, American actor
- 1968 - Ben Shenkman, American actor
- 1969 - Andy Petterson, Australian footballer and coach
- 1969 - David Slade, English director and producer
- 1969 - Holger Stanislawski, German footballer and manager
- 1969 - Paul Warhurst, English footballer and manager
- 1970 - Daryl Beattie, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1970 - Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress and fashion designer
- 1970 - David Parland, Swedish guitarist
- 1972 - Ras Kass, American rapper and producer
- 1972 - Beto O'Rourke, American politician
- 1972 - Shawn Stockman, American singer
- 1973 - Marty Casey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973 - Julienne Davis, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973 - Dr. Luke, American record producer and songwriter
- 1973 - Chris Small, Scottish snooker player and coach
- 1973 - Olga Vasdeki, Greek triple jumper
- 1974 - Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
- 1974 - Gary Hall Jr., American swimmer
- 1974 - Martin Müürsepp, Estonian basketball player and coach
- 1975 - Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer and violinist
- 1975 - Jake Paltrow, American director and screenwriter
- 1975 - Chiara Schoras, German actress
- 1976 - Michael Ballack, German footballer
- 1976 - Sami Vänskä, Finnish bass player
- 1977 - Kerem Özyeğen, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1977 - Aka Plu, Japanese comedian and actor
- 1978 - Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
- 1979 - Chris Kunitz, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Naomichi Marufuji, Japanese wrestler
- 1979 - Fuifui Moimoi, Tongan-New Zealand rugby league player
- 1979 - Cameron Mooney, Australian footballer
- 1979 - Jaycie Phelps, American gymnast
- 1979 - Taavi Rõivas, Estonian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1979 - Jacob Tierney, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1980 - Patrick Friesacher, Austrian racing driver
- 1980 - Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player
- 1980 - Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1980 - Henrik Sedin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1981 - Asuka, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1981 - Yao Beina, Chinese singer
- 1981 - Christina Milian, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1981 - Ayumi Tsunematsu, Japanese voice actress
- 1981 - Serena Williams, American tennis player
- 1982 - Rob Burrow, English rugby player
- 1982 - John Scott, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 - Sun Li, Chinese actress
- 1983 - Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese footballer
- 1984 - Nev Schulman, American photographer, television host, and producer
- 1985 - Talulah Riley, English actress
- 1986 - Sean Doolittle, American baseball player
- 1987 - Rosanna Munter, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1988 - Chris Archer, American baseball player
- 1988 - James Blake, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1988 - Kiira Korpi, Finnish figure skater
- 1988 - Buddy Matthews, Australian wrestler
- 1989 - Jonny Bairstow, English cricketer
- 1991 - Alma Jodorowsky, French actress, fashion model and singer
- 1991 - Dan Preston, English footballer
- 1992 - Yoo Ara, South Korean singer and actress
- 1993 - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, American basketball player
- 1994 - Jack Conger, American swimmer
- 1995 - Miloš Veljković, Serbian footballer
- 2000 - Frankie Amaya, American soccer player
- 2000 - Princess Salma bint Abdullah, Jordanian princess
- 2001 - Xinyu Wang, Chinese tennis player
- 2003 - Jane Remover, American musician
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 800 - Berowulf, bishop of Würzburg
- 862 - Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, Muslim military leader
- 1241 - Fujiwara no Teika, Japanese poet
- 1290 - Margaret, Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland
- 1313 - Gottfried von Hagenau, Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet
- 1327 - Cecco d'Ascoli, Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet
- 1328 - Ibn Taymiya, Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran
- 1345 - William II, Count of Hainaut
- 1371 - Jovan Uglješa, Serbian despot
- 1413 - Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria
- 1417 - Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal
- 1468 - Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal and theologian
- 1536 - Didier de Saint-Jaille, 46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller
- 1588 - Amias Paulet, Governor of Jersey
- 1600 - Claude Le Jeune, French composer
1601–1900
- 1620 - Taichang Emperor of China
- 1623 - Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
- 1626 - Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese daimyō
- 1716 - Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist
- 1764 - Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar
- 1800 - William Billings, American composer and educator
- 1802 - Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist
- 1820 - Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer
- 1825 - José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Marquis of Torre Tagle, Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru
- 1830 - Teresa Casati, Italian noblewomen and revolutionary
- 1846 - Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist
- 1868 - August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer
- 1877 - Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist
1901–present
- 1902 - Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co.
- 1904 - Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic
- 1904 - John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician
- 1922 - Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales
- 1935 - Andy Adams, American author
- 1935 - Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author
- 1937 - Bessie Smith, American singer and actress
- 1943 - Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter
- 1945 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer
- 1946 - William Strunk Jr., American author and educator
- 1947 - Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet
- 1951 - Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic
- 1952 - George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet
- 1953 - Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator
- 1954 - Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player
- 1957 - Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author
- 1959 - S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- 1959 - Leslie Morshead, Australian general
- 1959 - Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator
- 1961 - Charles Erwin Wilson, American politician, 5th United States Secretary of Defense
- 1965 - James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot
- 1968 - Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin, Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician
- 1968 - Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec
- 1968 - Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist
- 1972 - Charles Correll, American actor and screenwriter
- 1973 - Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author
- 1973 - Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver
- 1973 - Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer
- 1976 - Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1977 - Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer
- 1978 - Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1979 - Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor
- 1982 - Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer
- 1984 - Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter
- 1984 - John Facenda, American sportscaster
- 1987 - Ramang, Indonesian footballer and manager
- 1987 - Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer
- 1988 - Branko Zebec, Croatian and Yugoslav football player and coach
- 1989 - Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1990 - Hiram Abas, Turkish intelligence officer
- 1990 - Alberto Moravia, Italian author and critic
- 1991 - Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader
- 1995 - Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player
- 1996 - Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician
- 1997 - Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer
- 1998 - Betty Carter, American singer
- 1999 - Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist
- 2000 - Richard Mulligan, American actor
- 2000 - Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer
- 2002 - Nils Bohlin, Swedish engineer, invented three-point safety belt
- 2003 - Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 2003 - Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter
- 2004 - Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler
- 2005 - Helen Cresswell, English author and screenwriter
- 2006 - Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach
- 2006 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster
- 2007 - Bill Wirtz, American businessman
- 2008 - Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist
- 2008 - Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman
- 2010 - Terry Newton, English rugby player
- 2010 - Gloria Stuart, American actress
- 2011 - Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded the City Museum
- 2012 - M'el Dowd, American actress and singer
- 2012 - Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
- 2012 - Eugene Genovese, American historian and author
- 2012 - Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician
- 2013 - Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah
- 2013 - Seánie Duggan, Irish hurler
- 2013 - Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor
- 2013 - Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor and director
- 2014 - Jim Boeke, American football player and coach
- 2014 - Sam Hall, American screenwriter
- 2014 - Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist
- 2014 - Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman
- 2015 - Eudóxia Maria Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist
- 2015 - Sidney Phillips, American soldier, physician, and author
- 2015 - Ana Seneviratne, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat
- 2016 - Toughie, last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog
- 2019 - Jacques Chirac, French politician, President of France
- 2024 - John Ashton, American actor
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