Danas je 8. listopada 2024, 282. dan u godini, Utorak.
Današnji imendani i blagdani na datum: 8. listopada 2024
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Imendan imaju: Šimun, Zvonimir
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Povijesni događaji na datum: 8. listopada 2024
Povijesni događaji na datum: 8. listopada 2024
- 314: Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.
- 451: The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
- 876: Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
- 1075: Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
- 1200: Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
- 1322: Mladen II Šubić of Bribir is deposed as the Croatian Ban after the Battle of Bliska.
- 1480: The Great Stand on the Ugra River puts an end to Tartar rule over Moscow
- 1573: End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War.
- 1645: Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.
- 1813: The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.
- 1821: The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence.
- 1829: Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.
- 1856: The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident.
- 1862: American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
- 1871: Slash-and-burn land management, months of drought, and the passage of a strong cold front cause the Peshtigo Fire, the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires to break out.
- 1879: War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
- 1895: Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
- 1912: The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
- 1918: World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
- 1921: KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
- 1939: World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
- 1941: World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
- 1943: World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
- 1944: World War II: Captain Bobbie Brown earns a Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Crucifix Hill, just outside Aachen.
- 1952: The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
- 1956: The New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in a World Series.
- 1962: Der Spiegel publishes an article disclosing the sorry state of the Bundeswehr, and is soon accused of treason.
- 1967: Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
- 1969: The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
- 1970: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
- 1973: Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
- 1973: Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
- 1974: Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
- 1978: Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.
- 1982: Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
- 1982: After its London premiere, Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
- 1990: First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
- 1991: Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
- 2001: A twin engine Cessna and a Scandinavian Airlines System jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
- 2001: U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
- 2005: The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake leaves 86,000-87,351 people dead, 69,000-75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
- 2014: Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.
- 2016: In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
- 2019: About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.
- 2020: Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.
- 2023: The 2023 Israel-Hamas war is declared following the Hamas attack the day prior
Rođeni na datum: 8. listopada 2024
Rođeni na datum: 8. listopada 2024
- 319 BC: Pyrrhus of Epirus (d. 272 BC)
- 1150: Narapatisithu, king of Burma (d. 1211)
- 1515: Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (d. 1578)
- 1551: Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (d. 1618)
- 1553: Jacques Auguste de Thou, French historian (d. 1617)
- 1585: Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (d. 1672)
- 1609: John Clarke, English physician (d. 1676)
- 1676: Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1764)
- 1713: Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and author (d. 1793)
- 1715: Michel Benoist, French scientist and missionary (d. 1774)
- 1747: Jean-François Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (d. 1807)
- 1753: Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (d. 1829)
- 1765: Harman Blennerhassett, English-Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1831)
- 1789: John Ruggles, American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)
- 1789: William John Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1855)
- 1807: Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and activist (d. 1858)
- 1818: John Henninger Reagan, American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
- 1834: Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (d. 1905)
- 1845: Salomon Kalischer, German pianist, composer, and physicist (d. 1924)
- 1847: Rose Scott, Australian activist (d. 1925)
- 1848: Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer (d. 1932)
- 1850: Henry Louis Le Châtelier, French chemist and academic (d. 1936)
- 1860: John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d. 1932)
- 1863: Edythe Chapman, American actress (d. 1948)
- 1864: Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1955)
- 1870: Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (d. 1937)
- 1872: Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (d. 1952)
- 1873: Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (d. 1967)
- 1873: Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949)
- 1875: Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer (d. 1919)
- 1876: Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1966)
- 1877: Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter (d. 1968)
- 1879: Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (d. 1956)
- 1882: Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1957)
- 1883: Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
- 1883: Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
- 1884: Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (d. 1942)
- 1887: Ping Bodie, American baseball player (d. 1961)
- 1887: Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (d. 1972)
- 1888: Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1964)
- 1889: R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian engineer (d. 1983)
- 1889: Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (d. 1966)
- 1890: Snuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1964)
- 1890: Eddie Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1973)
- 1890: Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
- 1892: Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (d. 1941)
- 1893: Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
- 1895: Zog I of Albania (d. 1961)
- 1895: Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (d. 1974)
- 1896: Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
- 1897: Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
- 1897: Marcel Herrand, French actor (d. 1953)
- 1901: Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (d. 1977)
- 1901: Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (d. 2000)
- 1903: Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (d. 1937)
- 1904: Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver (d. 1973)
- 1907: Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
- 1908: Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988)
- 1910: Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1910: Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)
- 1910: Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (d. 2000)
- 1910: Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (d. 2006)
- 1910: Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003)
- 1913: Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
- 1913: Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (d. 1959)
- 1917: Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
- 1917: Walter Lord, American historian and author (d. 2002)
- 1917: Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976)
- 1917: Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
- 1918: Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012)
- 1918: Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
- 1919: Jack McGrath, American race car driver (d. 1955)
- 1919: Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
- 1920: Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (d. 1986)
- 1921: Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)
- 1922: Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2007)
- 1922: Herbert B. Leonard, American production manager and producer (d. 2006)
- 1924: Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2016)
- 1924: Aloísio Lorscheider, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2007)
- 1924: Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (d. 2006)
- 1924: John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (d. 2010)
- 1925: Álvaro Magaña, Salvadoran economist and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2001)
- 1926: Raaj Kumar, Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996)
- 1927: Jim Elliot, American missionary and translator (d. 1956)
- 1927: César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
- 1928: Didi, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001)
- 1928: M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader (d. 2023)
- 1928: Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
- 1928: Bill Maynard, English actor (d. 2018)
- 1929: Betty Boothroyd, English politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (d. 2023)
- 1930: Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)
- 1930: Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2013)
- 1930: Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist (d. 2024)
- 1930: Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and theorist (d. 1996)
- 1931: Bill Brown, Scottish footballer (d. 2004)
- 1932: Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer (d. 2024)
- 1934: Kader Asmal, South African academic and politician (d. 2011)
- 1934: Gerry Hitchens, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
- 1934: James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2013)
- 1935: Albert Roux, French-English chef (d. 2021)
- 1936: Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman
- 1937: Merle Park, British ballerina and educator
- 1937: Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (d. 2014)
- 1938: William Corlett, English author and playwright (d. 2005)
- 1938: Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author (d. 2021)
- 1938: Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (d. 2011)
- 1938: Fred Stolle, Australian-American tennis player and sportscaster
- 1939: Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1939: Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
- 1939: Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (d. 2010)
- 1939: Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal (d. 2017)
- 1940: Fred Cash, American singer
- 1941: George Bellamy, English singer, guitarist, and producer
- 1941: Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist
- 1941: Shane Stevens, American author (d. 2007)
- 1942: Stanley Bates, English actor and screenwriter
- 1943: Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1943: R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer
- 1944: Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (d. 2010)
- 1944: Susan Raye, American singer
- 1946: Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
- 1946: Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer (d. 2022)
- 1946: Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
- 1946: Bel Mooney, English journalist and author
- 1946: Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer
- 1947: Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author
- 1947: Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner
- 1947: Stephen Shore, American photographer and educator
- 1947: Bill Zorn, folk musician
- 1947: Hansa Yogendra, Indian yoga guru
- 1948: Benjamin Cheever, American journalist and author
- 1948: Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
- 1948: Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1949: Michael Gaughan (Irish republican), Irish Republican died on hunger strike (d. 1974)
- 1949: Hamish Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1949: Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer
- 1950: Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1950: Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic
- 1951: Jack O'Connell, American educator and politician
- 1951: Timo Salonen, Finnish race car driver
- 1951: Shannon C. Stimson, American philosopher, historian, and theorist
- 1951: Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, British aristocrat and landowner (d. 2023)
- 1952: Takis Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach
- 1952: Jan Marijnissen, Dutch journalist and politician
- 1952: Edward Zwick, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1953: Robert Saxton, English composer and educator
- 1954: Michael Dudikoff, American actor
- 1954: Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager
- 1955: Bill Elliott, American race car driver
- 1955: Alain Ferté, French race car driver
- 1955: Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor
- 1955: Paul Lennon, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of Tasmania
- 1955: Lonnie Pitchford, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
- 1956: Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
- 1956: Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (d. 2012)
- 1956: Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
- 1957: Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager
- 1958: Steve Coll, American journalist and author
- 1958: Bret Lott, American journalist, author, and academic
- 1958: Ruffin McNeill, American football player and coach
- 1958: Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany, President of the European Commission
- 1959: Tommy Armour III, American golfer
- 1959: Nick Bakay, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1959: Gavin Friday, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
- 1959: Erik Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer
- 1959: Peter Horrocks, English journalist and producer
- 1959: Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach
- 1959: Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut
- 1960: Andrea Anastasi, Italian volleyball player and coach
- 1960: Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix
- 1960: Rano Karno, Indonesian actor and politician
- 1960: Ralf Minge, German footballer and manager
- 1960: François Pérusse, Canadian singer-songwriter and comedian
- 1960: Mike Teague, English rugby player
- 1961: Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player and composer
- 1961: Jon Stevens, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1961: Simon Burke, Australian actor and producer
- 1961: Ted Kooshian, American pianist and composer
- 1961: Kim Wayans, American actress and comedian
- 1962: Richard Lintern, British actor
- 1962: Bruno Thiry, Belgian race car driver
- 1962: Chen Xiaoxia, Chinese diver
- 1963: Steve Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1964: Jakob Arjouni, German author (d. 2013)
- 1964: Ian Hart, English actor
- 1964: CeCe Winans, American singer-songwriter
- 1965: Matt Biondi, American swimmer and coach
- 1965: Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1965: Harri Koskela, Finnish wrestler
- 1965: C. J. Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1966: Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994)
- 1966: Karyn Parsons, American actress and producer
- 1967: Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan television host and actress
- 1967: Teddy Riley, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1968: Ali Benarbia, Algerian footballer
- 1968: Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer and sportscaster
- 1968: Emily Procter, American actress
- 1968: CL Smooth, American rapper and producer
- 1968: Leeroy Thornhill, English keyboard player and DJ
- 1969: Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970: Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese colonel
- 1970: Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970: Anne-Marie Duff, English actress
- 1970: Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London
- 1970: Sisaundra Lewis, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1970: Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game designer and director
- 1971: Marc Ellis, New Zealand rugby player and television host
- 1971: David Gauke, English lawyer and politician
- 1971: Pınar Selek, Turkish sociologist, author, and academic
- 1971: Monty Williams, American basketball player and coach
- 1972: Terry Balsamo, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1972: Stanislav Varga, Slovak footballer and manager
- 1973: Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973: Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
- 1974: Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1974: Martin Henderson, New Zealand actor
- 1974: Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1974: Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
- 1976: Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress
- 1976: Jinnih Beels, Belgian politician
- 1976: Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player and coach
- 1976: Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater and cyclist
- 1977: Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist
- 1977: Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1977: Erna Siikavirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1978: Antonino D'Agostino, Italian footballer
- 1978: Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player and coach
- 1979: Paul Burchill, English wrestler
- 1979: Kristanna Loken, American actress
- 1979: Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1980: Nick Cannon, American actor, rapper, and producer
- 1980: Branislav Mezei, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1980: The Miz, American wrestler, actor, and television personality
- 1980: J. R. Ramirez, Cuban-American actor
- 1981: Vladimir Kisenkov, Russian footballer
- 1981: Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982: Phil Mustard, English cricketer
- 1982: Miloš Pavlović, Serbian race car driver
- 1982: Annemiek van Vleuten, Dutch cyclist
- 1983: Mario Cassano, Italian footballer
- 1983: Michael Fraser, Scottish footballer
- 1983: Mihkel Kukk, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1983: Abhishek Nayar, Indian cricketer
- 1983: Travis Pastrana, American motorcycle racer
- 1984: Domenik Hixon, American football player
- 1985: Elliphant, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper
- 1985: Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1985: Eiji Wentz, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1986: Louis Dodds, English footballer
- 1986: Michele Sepe, Italian rugby player
- 1987: Frankie Brown, Scottish footballer
- 1987: Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1987: Hassan Maatouk, Lebanese footballer
- 1987: Taylor Price, American football player
- 1989: Sione Lousi, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1989: Mahmut Temür, Turkish footballer
- 1989: Armand Traoré, French footballer
- 1990: Rachel Klamer, Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete
- 1991: Jordan McLean, Australian rugby league player
- 1992: Chelsea Gray, American basketball player
- 1992: Maria João Koehler, Portuguese tennis player
- 1992: Lidziya Marozava, Belarusian tennis player
- 1992: Terran Petteway, American basketball player
- 1993: Angus T. Jones, American actor
- 1993: Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player
- 1993: Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model and actress
- 1993: Molly Quinn, American actress and producer
- 1993: Darrell Wallace Jr., American race car driver
- 1995: Grayson Allen, American basketball player
- 1996: Devontae Cacok, American basketball player
- 1996: Timo Meier, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1996: Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player
- 1996: Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
- 1997: Fernanda Contreras Gómez, Mexican tennis player
- 1997: Bella Thorne, American actress
- 1999: Putthipong Assaratanakul, Thai actor and singer
- 1999: Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
- 2002: Qinwen Zheng, Chinese tennis player
Preminuli na datum: 8. listopada 2024
Preminuli na datum: 8. listopada 2024
- 705: Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Muslim caliph (b. 646)
- 923: Pilgrim I, archbishop of Salzburg
- 951: Xiao Sagezhi, Chinese Khitan empress
- 976: Helen of Zadar, queen consort of the Kingdom of Croatia
- 1281: Princess Constance of Greater Poland (b. c.1245)
- 1286: John I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
- 1317: Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265)
- 1354: Cola di Rienzo, Roman tribune (b. c.1313)
- 1361: John Beauchamp, 3rd Baron Beauchamp
- 1436: Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (b. 1401)
- 1469: Filippo Lippi, artist (b. 1406)
- 1559: Marina de Guevara, Spanish nun executed by the Spanish inquisition (b. 1517),
- 1594: Ishikawa Goemon, ninja and thief of Japan (b. 1558)
- 1621: Antoine de Montchrestien, French soldier, playwright, and economist (b. 1575)
- 1647: Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1562)
- 1652: John Greaves, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1602)
- 1656: John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
- 1659: Jean de Quen, French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603)
- 1735: Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
- 1754: Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (b. 1707)
- 1772: Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
- 1793: John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1737)
- 1795: Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (b. 1725)
- 1802: Emmanuele Vitale, Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)
- 1804: Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
- 1809: James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
- 1821: Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
- 1834: François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
- 1869: Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
- 1879: Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
- 1886: Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
- 1897: Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
- 1928: Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
- 1931: John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
- 1936: Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
- 1936: Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
- 1936: Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
- 1936: William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
- 1942: Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
- 1944: Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
- 1945: Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
- 1952: Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
- 1953: Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
- 1953: Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
- 1955: Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
- 1958: Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
- 1963: Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
- 1967: Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
- 1970: Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
- 1973: Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
- 1977: Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
- 1978: Bertha Parker Pallan, American archaeologist (b. 1907)
- 1979: Brian Edmund Baker, English air marshal (b. 1896)
- 1979: Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
- 1982: Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1916)
- 1982: Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
- 1983: Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
- 1985: Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919)
- 1985: Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and scholar (b. 1906)
- 1987: Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899)
- 1992: Willy Brandt, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 1992: Robert Berdella, American serial killer, torturer, and rapist (b. 1949)
- 1994: Oscar M. Ruebhausen, American lawyer (b. 1912)
- 1995: Christopher Keene, American conductor and educator (b. 1946)
- 1997: Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (b. 1913)
- 1999: John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
- 2000: Charlotte Lamb, English author (b. 1937)
- 2001: Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1917)
- 2002: Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)
- 2002: Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
- 2004: James Chace, American historian and author (b. 1931)
- 2006: Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974)
- 2007: Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
- 2008: Ângelo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (b. 1925)
- 2008: Bob Friend, English journalist (b. 1938)
- 2008: Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (b. 1918)
- 2008: George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
- 2010: Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (b. 1919)
- 2010: Eileen Crofton, British physician and author (b. 1919)
- 2011: Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
- 2011: Mikey Welsh, American guitarist and painter (b. 1971)
- 2011: Roger Williams, American pianist (b. 1924)
- 2012: Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956)
- 2012: Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
- 2012: Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (b. 1919)
- 2012: Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th Governor of Gujarat (b. 1925)
- 2013: Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
- 2013: Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
- 2013: Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (b. 1948)
- 2013: Rodolphe Kasser, Swiss archaeologist and philologist (b. 1927)
- 2013: Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (b. 1921)
- 2013: Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (b. 1939)
- 2014: Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (b. 1938)
- 2014: Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (b. 1921)
- 2014: Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (b. 1927)
- 2014: Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (b. 1927)
- 2014: Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (b. 1928)
- 2015: Richard Davies, Welsh-English actor (b. 1926)
- 2015: Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
- 2015: Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (b. 1945)
- 2015: Lindy Infante, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
- 2015: Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (b. 1940)
- 2020: Whitey Ford, American professional baseball pitcher (b. 1928)