Day of the year
September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 104 days remain until the end of the year.
- 1906 – The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.[13]
- 1914 – The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
- 1919 – Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
- 1922 – The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
- 1927 – The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
- 1928 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first Autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
- 1931 – Imperial Japan instigates the Mukden incident as a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
- 1934 – The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
- 1939 – World War II: The Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
- 1939 – World War II: The radio show Germany Calling begins transmitting Nazi propaganda.
- 1943 – World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
- 1944 – World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
- 1944 – World War II: Operation Market Garden results in the liberation of Eindhoven.[14][15]
- 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Arracourt begins.[16]
- 1945 – General Douglas MacArthur moves his general headquarters from Manila to Tokyo.
- 1947 – The National Security Act reorganizes the United States government's military and intelligence services.
- 1948 – Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
- 1948 – Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
- 1954 – Finnish president J. K. Paasikivi becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin.[17][18]
- 1960 – Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
- 1961 – U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 1962 – Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
- 1962 – Aeroflot Flight 213 crashes into a mountain near Chersky Airport, killing 32 people.[19]
- 1964 – The wedding of Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark takes place in Athens.[20]
- 1973 – The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
- 1974 – Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
- 1977 – Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
- 1980 – Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.
- 1981 – The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
- 1984 – Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
- 1988 – The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
- 1988 – General Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.[21]
- 1990 – Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 1992 – An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.
- 1997 – United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
- 1997 – The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
- 2001 – First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
- 2007 – Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
- 2011 – The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
- 2014 – Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.
- 2015 – Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
- 2016 – The 2016 Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers.
- 1606 – Zhang Xianzhong, Chinese rebel leader (died 1647)
- 1643 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (died 1715)[24]
- 1676 – Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (died 1733)
- 1684 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (died 1748)
- 1709 – Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and poet (died 1784)[25]
- 1711 – Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (died 1783)
- 1733 – George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (died 1798)
- 1750 – Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1791)[26]
- 1752 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (died 1833)[27]
- 1765 – Pope Gregory XVI (died 1846)
- 1779 – Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1845)
- 1786 – Christian VIII of Denmark (died 1848)[28]
- 1786 – Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (died 1862)
- 1812 – Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (died 1880)
- 1819 – Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (died 1868)[29]
- 1837 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (died 1880)
- 1838 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (died 1888)[30]
- 1844 – Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, American artist (died 1934)[31]
- 1846 – Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (died 1930)
- 1848 – Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (died 1927)
- 1857 – John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (died 1945)
- 1858 – Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (died 1955)
- 1859 – John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (died 1946)
- 1859 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (died 1940)
- 1860 – Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (died 1942)
- 1870 – Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (died 1947)
- 1872 – Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (died 1955)
- 1872 – Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (died 1919)
- 1875 – Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (died 1945)
- 1876 – James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1953)
- 1878 – James O. Richardson, American admiral (died 1974)
- 1883 – Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (died 1950)
- 1885 – Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (died 1948)
- 1886 – Powel Crosley Jr., American entrepreneur (died 1961)[32]
- 1888 – Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (died 1938)
- 1888 – Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (died 1953)
- 1889 – Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (died 1970)
- 1889 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (died 1959)
- 1891 – Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (died 1984)
- 1893 – Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1960)
- 1893 – William March, American soldier and author (died 1954)
- 1894 – Fay Compton, English actress (died 1978)[33]
- 1895 – Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (died 1973)
- 1895 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (died 1979)
- 1895 – Walter Koch, German astrologer and author (died 1970)
- 1895 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (died 2009)
- 1897 – Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (died 1988)
- 1900 – Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (died 1966)
- 1900 – Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (died 1985)
- 1901 – Harold Clurman, American director and producer (died 1980)
- 1904 – Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1988)
- 1904 – José de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor (died 1985)
- 1904 – David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 1999)[34]
- 1905 – Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (died 1977)
- 1905 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (died 1993)
- 1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (died 1990)[35]
- 1906 – Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet and author (died 1995)[36]
- 1906 – Maurice Maillot, French actor (died 1968)
- 1906 – Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (died 1983)[37]
- 1907 – Leon Askin, Austrian actor (died 2005)
- 1907 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
- 1908 – Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (died 1996)
- 1910 – Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer (died 2008)[38]
- 1911 – Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1976)
- 1912 – María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (died 1995)
- 1914 – Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (died 2009)[39]
- 1916 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (died 1994)[40]
- 1916 – John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)
- 1917 – June Foray, American actress and voice artist (died 2017)
- 1917 – Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (died 2012)
- 1917 – Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (died 1960)[41]
- 1918 – Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (died 1972)
- 1918 – Henry Wittenberg, American wrestler (died 2010)[42]
- 1919 – Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (died 1993)
- 1920 – Jack Warden, American actor (died 2006)
- 1922 – Hank Bagby, American saxophonist (died 1993)[43]
- 1922 – Grayson Hall, American actress (died 1985)
- 1922 – Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer (died 2014)
- 1923 – Queen Anne of Romania (died 2016)[44]
- 1923 – Al Quie, American politician, 35th Governor of Minnesota (died 2023)[45]
- 1923 – Peter Smithson, English architect, co-designed Robin Hood Gardens (died 2003)
- 1923 – Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (died 2007)
- 1924 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (died 1963)
- 1924 – Eloísa Mafalda, Brazilian actress (died 2018)
- 1925 – Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (died 1994)
- 1925 – Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (died 2012)
- 1926 – Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)[46]
- 1926 – Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (died 2012)[47]
- 1927 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (died 2006)
- 1927 – Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician (died 2018)
- 1929 – Teddi King, American singer (died 1977)
- 1929 – Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (died 2007)
- 1930 – John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (died 2009)
- 1931 – Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (died 2014)
- 1932 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (died 2002)
- 1933 – Bob Bennett, American soldier and politician (died 2016)
- 1933 – Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)[48]
- 1933 – Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1933 – Mark di Suvero, Italian-American sculptor
- 1933 – Leonid Kharitonov, Russian actor and singer (died 2017)
- 1933 – Christopher Ricks, English scholar and critic
- 1933 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (died 2012)
- 1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
- 1933 – Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (died 2020)[49]
- 1935 – Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (died 2012)
- 1935 – John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (died 2006)
- 1936 – Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
- 1937 – Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2021)[50]
- 1937 – Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, South African politician (died 2009)[51]
- 1938 – Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer (died 2014)
- 1939 – Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
- 1939 – Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal (died 2021)
- 1939 – Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (died 2013)
- 1940 – Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor[48]
- 1942 – Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
- 1944 – Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
- 1944 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (died 2006)
- 1944 – Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995)
- 1945 – P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
- 1945 – John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee (died 2021)[52]
- 1946 – Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (died 2014)
- 1946 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (died 2000)
- 1946 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (died 1992)
- 1946 – Meredith Oakes, Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
- 1946 – Gailard Sartain, American actor (died 2025)[53]
- 1947 – Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
- 1947 – Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
- 1947 – Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
- 1948 – Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
- 1949 – Beth Grant, American actress[48]
- 1949 – Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter[48]
- 1949 – Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (died 2005)
- 1949 – Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager
- 1950 – Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer
- 1950 – Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (died 2009)
- 1950 – Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County
- 1950 – Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1950 – Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright[48]
- 1951 – Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon, author, and politician[46]
- 1951 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2002)[46]
- 1951 – Tony Scott, American baseball player and coach
- 1951 – Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (died 2007)
- 1951 – Marc Surer, Swiss racing driver and sportscaster
- 1952 – Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
- 1952 – Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach[46]
- 1953 – Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1953 – John McGlinn, American conductor and historian (died 2009)
- 1954 – Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (died 1996)
- 1954 – Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut[54]
- 1954 – Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (died 2007)
- 1954 – Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
- 1954 – Tommy Tuberville, American football player, coach, and Senator
- 1955 – Paul Butler, English bishop
- 1955 – Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter
- 1956 – Chris Hedges, American journalist and author[46]
- 1956 – Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician
- 1956 – Anant Gadgil, Indian politician[55]
- 1958 – John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager
- 1958 – Jeff Bostic, American football player and commentator[56]
- 1958 – Winston Davis, Vincentian cricketer
- 1958 – Malcolm Press, English ecologist and academic
- 1958 – Derek Pringle, Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
- 1959 – Ian Arkwright, English footballer
- 1959 – Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter[48]
- 1959 – Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2025)[46]
- 1960 – Stephen Flaherty, American composer
- 1960 – Carolyn Harris, British politician
- 1960 – Ian Lucas, English lawyer and politician
- 1960 – Blue Panther, Mexican wrestler
- 1961 – James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (died 2013)[46]
- 1961 – Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter and illustrator
- 1961 – Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[48]
- 1962 – Joanne Catherall, English singer[48]
- 1962 – John Fashanu, English footballer and manager
- 1962 – John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2019)
- 1962 – Aden Ridgeway, Australian public servant and politician
- 1962 – Boris Said, American race car driver
- 1964 – Jens Henschel, German footballer
- 1964 – Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
- 1964 – Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer[48]
- 1964 – Steffen Peters, German-American equestrian[57]
- 1966 – Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1967 – Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
- 1968 – Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
- 1968 – Upendra Rao, Indian actor, director, and politician
- 1969 – Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
- 1969 – Cappadonna, American rapper
- 1970 – Darren Gough, English cricketer
- 1970 – Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author[48]
- 1971 – Lance Armstrong, American cyclist[58]
- 1971 – Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
- 1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress[59]
- 1972 – Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer[60]
- 1972 – Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 – David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (died 2003)
- 1972 – Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician
- 1973 – Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Mário Jardel, Brazilian footballer
- 1973 – Aitor Karanka, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1973 – James Marsden, American actor[48]
- 1973 – Louise Sauvage, Australian wheelchair racer[61]
- 1973 – Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman[62]
- 1974 – Sol Campbell, English footballer and politician
- 1974 – Damon Jones, American football player and coach
- 1974 – Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese-American basketball player and agent
- 1974 – Emily Rutherfurd, American actress[48]
- 1974 – Travis Schuldt, American actor[48]
- 1974 – Xzibit, American rapper, actor, and television host[46]
- 1975 – Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
- 1975 – Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian[48]
- 1975 – Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
- 1976 – Sophina Brown, American actress[48]
- 1976 – Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
- 1976 – Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
- 1977 – Barrett Foa, American actor, singer, and dancer[48]
- 1977 – Kieran West, English rower
- 1978 – Billy Eichner, American actor and comedian[48]
- 1978 – Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician[63]
- 1978 – Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
- 1979 – Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
- 1979 – Robert Pruett, American criminal (died 2017)
- 1980 – Mickey Higham, English rugby league player
- 1980 – Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
- 1980 – Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player
- 1981 – Elke Hanel-Torsch, Austrian politician[64]
- 1981 – Lasse Kukkonen, Finnish ice hockey player[65]
- 1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
- 1981 – Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player[66]
- 1981 – Han Ye-seul, South Korean actress
- 1982 – Peter Budaj, Slovak ice hockey player[67]
- 1982 – Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
- 1982 – Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1982 – Leono, Mexican wrestler
- 1982 – Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer[68]
- 1984 – Anthony Gonzalez, American football player and politician[69]
- 1984 – Travis Outlaw, American basketball player[70]
- 1984 – Dizzee Rascal, British hip hop musician[71]
- 1985 – Mirza Teletović, Bosnian basketball player[72]
- 1987 – Seiko Oomori, Japanese singer-songwriter[73]
- 1989 – Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
- 1990 – Lewis Holtby, German footballer
- 1993 – Patrick Schwarzenegger, American-Austrian actor and model[48]
- 1997 – Viktor Hovland, Norwegian professional golfer[74]
- 1998 – Christian Pulisic, American soccer player[75]
- 1998 – Conor Timmins, Canadian ice hockey player[76]
- 2003 – Aidan Gallagher, American actor and musician[46]
- 2008 – Jackson Robert Scott, American actor[46]
- 96 – Domitian, Roman emperor (born AD 51)
- 411 – Constantine III, Roman usurper
- 869 – Wenilo, Frankish archbishop
- 887 – Pietro I Candiano, doge of Venice (born 842)
- 893 – Zhang Xiong, Chinese warlord
- 958 – Liu Sheng, Chinese emperor (born 920)
- 1137 – Eric II, king of Denmark
- 1180 – Louis VII, king of France (born 1120)
- 1261 – Konrad von Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne
- 1302 – Eudokia Palaiologina, empress of Trebizond (born c. 1265)
- 1345 – Andrew, Duke of Calabria (born 1327)
- 1361 – Louis V, duke of Bavaria (born 1315)
- 1385 – Balša II, ruler of Zeta
- 1443 – Lewis of Luxembourg, archbishop of Rouen
- 1598 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyō (born 1536)
- 1630 – Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (born 1552)
- 1675 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (born 1604)[77]
- 1721 – Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (born 1664)
- 1722 – André Dacier, French scholar and academic (born 1651)
- 1783 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (born 1707)
- 1783 – Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (born 1718)
- 1792 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (born 1704)
- 1812 – Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1743)
- 1830 – William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (born 1778)
- 1857 – Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (born 1785)
- 1860 – Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (born 1805)
- 1862 – Joseph K. Mansfield, American general (born 1803)[78]
- 1872 – Charles XV of Sweden (born 1826)
- 1890 – Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (born 1820)
- 1896 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (born 1819)
- 1905 – George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (born 1824)
- 1909 – Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (born 1850)
- 1911 – Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (born 1862)
- 1915 – Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree
- 1924 – F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (born 1846)
- 1939 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (born 1885)
- 1941 – Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (born 1866)
- 1944 – Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1915)
- 1945 – Volin, Russian anarchist intellectual (born 1882)[79]
- 1949 – Frank Morgan, American actor (born 1890)
- 1951 – Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (born 1866)
- 1952 – Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (born 1879)
- 1953 – Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (born 1927)
- 1956 – Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (born 1892)
- 1958 – Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1873)
- 1959 – Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (born 1899)
- 1961 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
- 1962 – Therese Neumann, German mystic (born 1898)
- 1964 – Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (born 1880)
- 1967 – John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
- 1968 – Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1905)
- 1970 – Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1942)
- 1974 – Amanat Ali Khan, Pakistani classical singer (born 1922)
- 1975 – Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (born 1907)
- 1977 – Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (born 1888)
- 1980 – Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (born 1890)
- 1987 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (born 1894)
- 1988 – Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (born 1901)
- 1992 – Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (born 1905)
- 1997 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (born 1920)
- 1998 – Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (born 1939)
- 2001 – Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (born 1927)
- 2002 – Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (born 1942)
- 2002 – Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1930)
- 2002 – Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (born 1959)
- 2003 – Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (born 1916)
- 2003 – Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (born 1927)
- 2004 – Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (born 1929)
- 2004 – Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
- 2005 – Michael Park, English racing driver (born 1966)
- 2005 – Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (born 1914)
- 2006 – Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1925)
- 2007 – Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (born 1965)
- 2008 – Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (born 1940)
- 2008 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and educator (born 1931)
- 2008 – Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1938)
- 2011 – Jamey Rodemeyer, American teenage activist (born 1997)
- 2012 – Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (born 1915)
- 2012 – Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (born 1925)
- 2012 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (born 1935)
- 2012 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (born 1942)
- 2013 – Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (born 1928)
- 2013 – Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (born 1951)[80]
- 2013 – Arthur Lamothe, French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
- 2013 – Ken Norton, American boxer (born 1943)
- 2013 – Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (born 1920)
- 2013 – Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930)
- 2014 – Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1936)
- 2014 – Earl Ross, Canadian racing driver (born 1941)
- 2014 – Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (born 1928)
- 2014 – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (born 1930)
- 2015 – Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (born 1955)
- 2015 – James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1940)
- 2015 – Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (born 1930)
- 2017 – Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, Pakistani writer, poet, translator and playwright (born 1937)
- 2020 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court justice (born 1933)[81]
- 2021 – Jolidee Matongo, South African politician, 97th Mayor of Johannesburg (born 1975)[82]
- 2021 – Chris Anker Sřrensen, Danish road bicycle racer (born 1984)[83]
- 2023 – Brereton C. Jones, American politician, 58th Governor of Kentucky (born 1939)[84]
- 2024 – Kesaria Abramidze, Georgian blogger, actress and model (born 1987)[85]
- 2024 – Nick Gravenites, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)[86]
- 2024 – Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer (born 1964)[87]
Holidays and observances
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