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Imendan imaju: Rajmund, Flavijan, Miodrag
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Povijesni događaji na datum: 5. listopada 2024
Povijesni događaji na datum: 5. listopada 2024
- 610: Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
- 816: King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
- 869: The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.
- 1143: With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.
- 1450: Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria expels Jews from his jurisdiction.
- 1607: Assassins attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi.
- 1789: French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
- 1813: War of 1812: The Army of the Northwest defeats a British and Native Canadian force threatening Detroit.
- 1838: The Killough massacre in east Texas sees eighteen Texian settlers either killed or kidnapped.
- 1869: The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
- 1869: The Eastman tunnel, in Minnesota, United States, collapses during construction, causing a landslide that nearly destroys St. Anthony Falls.
- 1877: The Nez Perce War in the northwestern United States comes to an end.
- 1900: Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.
- 1905: The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
- 1910: In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
- 1911: The Kowloon-Canton Railway commences service.
- 1914: World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire for the first time.
- 1921: The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
- 1930: British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.
- 1931: Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon,Jr. make the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean in the plane Miss Veedol.
- 1936: The Jarrow March sets off for London.
- 1938: Holocaust: In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
- 1943: World War II: Battle of the Pacific: Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
- 1944: The Provisional Government of the French Republic enfranchises women.
- 1945: A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
- 1947: President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
- 1962: The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain.
- 1962: The first Beatles single "Love Me Do" is released in Britain.
- 1963: The United States suspends the Commercial Import Program in response to repression of the Buddhist majority by the regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
- 1966: A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
- 1968: A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
- 1970: The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
- 1970: The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
- 1974: Bombs planted by the PIRA in pubs in Guildford kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
- 1982: Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths.
- 1984: Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
- 1986: Mordechai Vanunu's story in The Sunday Times reveals Israel's secret nuclear weapons.
- 1988: A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
- 1990: After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
- 1991: An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
- 1994: Swiss police find the bodies of 48 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, who had died in a cult mass murder-suicide.
- 1999: The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in West London kills 31 people.
- 2000: Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
- 2011: In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered.
Rođeni na datum: 5. listopada 2024
Rođeni na datum: 5. listopada 2024
- 1274: Al-Dhahabi, Syrian scholar and historian (d. 1348)
- 1338: Alexios III of Trebizond (d. 1390)
- 1377: Louis II of Anjou (d. 1417)
- 1422: Catherine, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royal (d. 1424)
- 1487: Ludwig of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (d. 1553)
- 1520: Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1589)
- 1524: Rani Durgavati, Queen of Gond (d. 1564)
- 1609: Paul Fleming, German physician and poet (d. 1640)
- 1641: Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1707)
- 1658: Mary of Modena (d. 1718)
- 1687: Maria Maddalena Martinengo, Italian nun (d. 1737)
- 1703: Jonathan Edwards, American pastor and theologian (d. 1758)
- 1712: Francesco Guardi, Italian painter (d. 1793)
- 1713: Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (d. 1784)
- 1715: Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and educator (d. 1789)
- 1728: Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy (d. 1810)
- 1743: Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Italian composer and educator (d. 1818)
- 1781: Bernard Bolzano, Czech mathematician and philosopher (d. 1848)
- 1792: Joseph Crosfield, English businessman (d. 1844)
- 1795: Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (d. 1873)
- 1803: Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (d. 1844)
- 1816: Ursula Frayne, Irish-Australian nun and missionary (d. 1885)
- 1820: David Wilber, American lawyer and politician (d. 1890)
- 1824: Henry Chadwick, English-American historian and author (d. 1908)
- 1829: Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (d. 1886)
- 1841: Philipp Mainländer, German philosopher (d. 1876)
- 1844: Francis William Reitz, South African lawyer and politician, 5th State President of the Orange Free State (d. 1934)
- 1848: Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist and poet (d. 1919)
- 1850: Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (d. 1910)
- 1857: Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish author and playwright (d. 1942)
- 1858: Helen Churchill Candee, American journalist and author (d. 1949)
- 1864: Louis Lumière, French director and producer (d. 1948)
- 1873: Lucien Mérignac, French fencer (d. 1941)
- 1877: Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1959)
- 1878: Louise Dresser, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1879: Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
- 1882: Robert H. Goddard, American physicist, engineer, and academic (d. 1945)
- 1883: Ernst Pittschau, German actor (d. 1951)
- 1885: Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (d. 1969)
- 1887: René Cassin, French judge and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
- 1887: Manny Ziener, German actress (d. 1972)
- 1888: Mary Fuller, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1973)
- 1889: Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author and educator (d. 1936)
- 1892: Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (d. 1969)
- 1894: Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (d. 1948)
- 1898: Nachum Gutman, Moldovan-Israeli painter and sculptor (d. 1980)
- 1899: Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (d. 1961)
- 1900: Bing Xin, Chinese author and poet, known for her contributions to children's literature (d. 1998)
- 1900: Margherita Bontade, Italian politician (d. 1992)
- 1901: John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1996)
- 1902: Larry Fine, American comedian (d. 1975)
- 1902: Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1984)
- 1903: M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist and academic (d. 1989)
- 1905: John Hoyt, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1905: Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (d. 1987)
- 1907: Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer (d. 1997)
- 1907: Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (d. 1959)
- 1908: Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician (d. 1995)
- 1908: Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter (d. 1988)
- 1911: Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic (d. 2011)
- 1911: Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)
- 1912: Fritz Fischer, German physician and convicted war criminal (d. 2003)
- 1913: Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2007)
- 1914: Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (d. 2015)
- 1916: Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist (d. 2011)
- 1917: Allen Ludden, American television personality and game show host (d. 1981)
- 1917: Magda Szabó, Hungarian author and poet (d. 2007)
- 1919: Donald Pleasence, English actor (d. 1995)
- 1921: Bill Willis, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
- 1922: José Froilán González, Argentinian racing driver (d. 2013)
- 1922: Bil Keane, American cartoonist (d. 2011)
- 1922: Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1985)
- 1923: Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (d. 2002)
- 1923: Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and author (d. 1954)
- 1923: Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (d. 1994)
- 1923: Glynis Johns, British actress and singer (d. 2024)
- 1923: Kailashpati Mishra, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (d. 2012)
- 1924: Bill Dana, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
- 1924: José Donoso, Chilean author (d. 1996)
- 1924: Barbara Kelly, Canadian actress and screenwriter (d. 2007)
- 1924: Frederic Morton, Austrian-American banker, journalist, and author (d. 2015)
- 1924: Bob Thaves, American cartoonist (d. 2006)
- 1925: Gail Davis, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1925: Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter (d. 2020)
- 1925: Walter Dale Miller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2015)
- 1926: Avraham Adan, Israeli general (d. 2012)
- 1926: Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (d. 1979)
- 1928: Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (d. 1974)
- 1929: Richard F. Gordon Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2017)
- 1929: Bill Wirtz, American businessman (d. 2007)
- 1930: Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (d. 2009)
- 1930: Reinhard Selten, German economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
- 1931: Rosalie Gower, Canadian nurse and politician (d. 2013)
- 1932: Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author
- 1932: Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2019)
- 1932: Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and police officer (d. 2006)
- 1933: Doug Bailey, American political consultant, founded The Hotline (d. 2013)
- 1933: Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (d. 2009)
- 1934: Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)
- 1934: Angelo Buono, American serial killer and rapist (d. 2002)
- 1936: Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)
- 1936: Adrian Smith, American basketball player
- 1937: Carlo Mastrangelo, American doo-wop singer (d. 2016)
- 1937: Barry Switzer, American football player and coach
- 1938: Johnny Duncan, American country singer (d. 2006)
- 1938: Teresa Heinz, Mozambican-American businesswoman and philanthropist
- 1939: Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright (d. 2021)
- 1939: A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor (d. 2017)
- 1939: Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino lawyer and jurist
- 1940: Terry Trotter, American jazz pianist
- 1941: Stephanie Cole, English actress
- 1941: Eduardo Duhalde, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
- 1941: Frank Stagg, Irish republican died on hunger strike (d. 1976)
- 1942: Richard Street, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1943: Ben Cardin, American lawyer and politician
- 1943: Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1943: Michael Morpurgo, English author, poet, and playwright
- 1943: Etela Farkašová, Slovak philosopher and writer
- 1944: Richard Rosser, Baron Rosser, English union leader and politician (d. 2024)
- 1946: Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author
- 1946: Robin Lane Fox, English historian and author
- 1946: Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1946: David Watson, English footballer
- 1947: Brian Johnson, English singer and songwriter
- 1947: Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
- 1948: Russell Mael, American vocalist
- 1949: Peter Ackroyd, English biographer, novelist and critic
- 1949: Michael Gaughan, Irish Republican died on hunger strike (d. 1974)
- 1949: Ralph Goodale, Canadian lawyer and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Finance
- 1949: Bill James, American historian and author
- 1949: Yashiki Takajin, Japanese singer and television host (d. 2014)
- 1950: Eddie Clarke, English rock guitarist (d. 2018)
- 1950: Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (d. 2011)
- 1950: Edward P. Jones, American novelist and short story writer
- 1950: James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (d. 2011)
- 1951: Karen Allen, American actress
- 1951: Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
- 1952: Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1952: Harold Faltermeyer, German keyboard player, composer, and producer
- 1952: Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan
- 1953: Philip Hampton, English-Scottish accountant and businessman
- 1953: Roy Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player
- 1955: John Alexander, English footballer
- 1955: Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
- 1955: Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, English academic and businessman
- 1957: Mark Geragos, American lawyer
- 1957: Bernie Mac, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
- 1957: Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist
- 1958: André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut
- 1958: Neil Peart, Australian footballer
- 1958: Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author
- 1959: Kenan İpek, Turkish lawyer and judge
- 1959: Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial
- 1959: Kelly Joe Phelps, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
- 1960: Daniel Baldwin, American actor, director, and producer
- 1960: Careca, Brazilian footballer
- 1960: David Kirk, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 1961: Pato Banton, English singer-songwriter
- 1962: Michael Andretti, American race car driver
- 1962: Thomas Herbst, German footballer and manager
- 1962: Caron Keating, British television host (d. 2004)
- 1963: Laura Davies, English golfer and sportscaster
- 1963: Tony Dodemaide, Australian cricketer
- 1963: Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
- 1963: Nick Robinson, English journalist and blogger
- 1964: Philip A. Haigh, English historian and author
- 1964: Malik Saidullaev, Russian businessman
- 1964: Korina Sanchez, Filipino journalist
- 1965: Trace Armstrong, American football player and agent
- 1965: Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965: Patrick Roy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1966: Dennis Byrd, American football player (d. 2016)
- 1966: Sean M. Carroll, American physicist, cosmologist, and academic
- 1966: Fredrik Olausson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1966: Terri Runnels, American wrestler and manager
- 1966: Jan Verhaas, Dutch snooker player and referee
- 1967: Rex Chapman, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1967: Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor
- 1970: Josie Bissett, American actress
- 1970: Matthew Knights, Australian footballer and coach
- 1970: Tord Gustavsen, Norwegian pianist and composer
- 1970: Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian, actress, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
- 1971: Tonia Antoniazzi, British politician
- 1971: Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1972: Annely Akkermann, Estonian banker and politician
- 1972: Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
- 1972: Grant Hill, American basketball player and actor
- 1972: Thomas Roberts, American journalist and actor
- 1973: Cédric Villani, French mathematician and academic
- 1974: Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist and actor
- 1974: Heather Headley, Trinidadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress
- 1974: Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player
- 1975: Bobo Baldé, French-Guinean footballer
- 1975: Carson Ellis, American painter and illustrator
- 1975: Parminder Nagra, English actress
- 1975: Monica Rial, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1975: Scott Weinger, American actor
- 1975: Kate Winslet, English actress
- 1976: Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic
- 1976: Royston Tan, Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1976: J. J. Yeley, American race car driver
- 1977: Hugleikur Dagsson, Icelandic author, illustrator, and critic
- 1977: Vinnie Paz, Italian-American rapper and producer
- 1977: Konstantin Zyryanov, Russian footballer
- 1978: Steinar Nickelsen, Norwegian organist and composer
- 1978: Jesse Palmer, Canadian football player and sportscaster
- 1978: Shane Ryan, Irish footballer and hurler
- 1978: James Valentine, American musician and songwriter
- 1978: Morgan Webb, Canadian-American television host and producer
- 1979: Vince Grella, Australian footballer
- 1979: Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980: Yuta Tabuse, Japanese basketball player
- 1980: Paul Thomas, American bass player
- 1980: James Toseland, English motorcycle racer
- 1981: Jeanette Antolin, American gymnast
- 1981: Joel Lindpere, Estonian footballer
- 1981: Andy Nägelein, German footballer
- 1982: Michael Roos, Estonian-American football player
- 1982: Steve Williams, Australian-German rugby player
- 1983: Jesse Eisenberg, American actor and writer
- 1983: Nicky Hilton, American socialite, fashion designer, and model
- 1983: Florian Mayer, German tennis player
- 1983: Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1984: Naima Adedapo, American singer and dancer
- 1984: Kenwyne Jones, Trinidadian footballer
- 1984: Nathalie Kelley, Peruvian-Australian actress
- 1984: Nate Thompson, American ice hockey player
- 1985: Nicola Roberts, English singer-songwriter
- 1985: Brooke Valentine, American singer and songwriter
- 1986: Mladen Bartulović, Croatian footballer
- 1986: Tanner Roark, American baseball player
- 1987: Dillon Francis, American DJ and record producer
- 1987: Michael Grabner, Austrian ice hockey player
- 1987: Jesse Joensuu, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1987: Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
- 1987: Tim Ream, American soccer player
- 1987: Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
- 1987: Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer
- 1987: Brandan Wright, American basketball player
- 1988: Benny Howell, English cricketer
- 1988: Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter
- 1988: Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host
- 1989: Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player
- 1989: Marcel Baude, German footballer
- 1989: Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player
- 1989: Travis Kelce, American football player
- 1990: Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player
- 1991: Pär Lindholm, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1991: Tornike Shengelia, Georgian basketball player
- 1992: Kevin Magnussen, Danish racing driver
- 1992: Cody Zeller, American basketball player
- 1993: Jewell Loyd, American basketball player
- 1993: Wakamotoharu Minato, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1999: Washington Sundar, Indian cricketer
- 2006: Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor
Preminuli na datum: 5. listopada 2024
Preminuli na datum: 5. listopada 2024
- 659 BC: Pradyota, King of Avanti and Magadha
- 578: Justin II, Byzantine emperor (b. 520)
- 610: Phocas, Byzantine emperor
- 989: Henry III, duke of Bavaria (b. 940)
- 1056: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1016)
- 1111: Robert II, count of Flanders (b. 1065)
- 1112: Sigebert of Gembloux, French monk, historian, and author (b. 1030)
- 1214: Alfonso VIII, king of Castile and Toledo (b. 1155)
- 1225: Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph (b. 1158)
- 1285: Philip III, king of France (b. 1245)
- 1354: Giovanni Visconti, Italian cardinal (b. 1290)
- 1398: Blanche of Navarre, queen of France (b. 1330)
- 1399: Raymond of Capua, Italian priest and Master General (b. c. 1330)
- 1524: Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter (b. c. 1480)
- 1528: Richard Foxe, English bishop and academic (b. 1448)
- 1540: Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet and educator (b. 1488)
- 1564: Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1510)
- 1565: Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1522)
- 1606: Philippe Desportes, French poet and author (b. 1546)
- 1629: Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1569)
- 1714: Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher (b. 1630)
- 1740: Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar (b. 1721)
- 1777: Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
- 1802: Sanité Bélair, Haitian freedom fighter (b. 1781)
- 1805: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1738)
- 1813: Tecumseh, American tribal leader (b. 1768)
- 1827: William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1761)
- 1848: Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (b. 1781)
- 1861: Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1778)
- 1880: Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (b. 1819)
- 1885: Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
- 1895: Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
- 1913: Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
- 1914: Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
- 1918: Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
- 1921: John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
- 1927: Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
- 1929: Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
- 1930: Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
- 1933: Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)
- 1933: Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
- 1936: J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
- 1938: Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)
- 1938: Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
- 1940: Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
- 1940: Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
- 1940: Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
- 1941: Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
- 1942: Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)
- 1943: Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
- 1950: Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
- 1952: Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
- 1967: Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
- 1976: Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
- 1976: Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
- 1981: Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1983: Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
- 1983: Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
- 1985: Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
- 1986: Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (b. 1947)
- 1986: Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
- 1986: James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
- 1992: Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
- 1996: Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925)
- 1997: Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (b. 1962)
- 2000: Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (b. 1924)
- 2000: Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
- 2001: Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1903)
- 2002: Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- 2003: Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1978)
- 2003: Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)
- 2004: Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2004: William H. Dobelle, American biologist and academic (b. 1941)
- 2004: Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
- 2006: Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (b. 1953)
- 2010: Bernard Clavel, French journalist and author (b. 1923)
- 2010: Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (b. 1939)
- 2010: Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
- 2011: Derrick Bell, American academic and scholar (b. 1930)
- 2011: Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
- 2011: Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founder of Apple Inc. (b. 1955)
- 2011: Charles Napier, American actor and singer (b. 1936)
- 2011: Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (b. 1922)
- 2011: Gökşin Sipahioğlu, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1926)
- 2012: Keith Campbell, English biologist and academic (b. 1954)
- 2012: Vojin Dimitrijević, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (b. 1932)
- 2012: James W. Holley III, American dentist and politician (b. 1926)
- 2012: Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (b. 1921)
- 2012: Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- 2013: Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic (b. 1916)
- 2013: Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 2013: Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (b. 1976)
- 2014: David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (b. 1924)
- 2014: Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (b. 1959)
- 2014: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1930)
- 2014: Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (b. 1917)
- 2015: Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (b. 1950)
- 2015: Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
- 2015: Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (b. 1915)
- 2015: Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1948)
- 2016: Brock Yates, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
- 2017: Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1955)