January 18
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January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 347 days remain until the end of the year (348 in leap years).
- 1911 Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
- 1913 First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
- 1915 Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
- 1919 World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
- 1919 Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
- 1932 Alt Llobregat insurrection breaks out in Central Catalonia, Spain.[7]
- 1941 World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
- 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
- 1945 World War II: Liberation of Krakσw, Poland by the Red Army.
- 1958 Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
- 1960 Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
- 1967 Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.[8]
- 1969 United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
- 1972 Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, a month after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army.[9]
- 1974 A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- 1976 Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
- 1977 Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce they have identified a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.[10]
- 1977 Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney, killing 83.
- 1977 SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Demal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1978 The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
- 1981 Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
- 1983 The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
- 1986 An Aerovνas Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes on approach to Mundo Maya International Airport in Flores, Petιn, Guatemala, killing all 94 people on board.[11]
- 1988 China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 crashes near Chongqing Baishiyi Airport, killing all 98 passengers and 10 crew members.[12]
- 1990 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.[13]
- 1993 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
- 2002 The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
- 2003 A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
- 2005 The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
- 2007 The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
- 2008 The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- 2012 More than 115,000 websites engage in an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the US.[citation needed] The websites involved viewed the laws as infringing on the right to free speech and many of them temporarily shut down in protest.
- 2018 A bus catches fire on the SamaraShymkent road in Yrgyz District, Aktobe, Kazakhstan.[14] The fire kills 52 passengers, with three passengers and two drivers escaping.[15][16][17]
- 2019 An oil pipeline explosion near Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, kills 137 people.[18]
- 2023 A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.[19]
- 2025 The popular social media app, TikTok, is banned in the United States, after the passing of PAFACA.[20]
- 1641 Franηois-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, Secretary of State for War (died 1691)
- 1659 Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher and theologian (died 1708)
- 1672 Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (died 1731)
- 1688 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1765)
- 1689 Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (died 1755)
- 1701 Johann Jakob Moser, German jurist (died 1785)
- 1734 Caspar Friedrich Wolff, German physiologist and embryologist (died 1794)[21]
- 1743 Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French mystic and philosopher (died 1803)
- 1751 Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1831)
- 1752 John Nash, English architect (died 1835)[22]
- 1764 Samuel Whitbread, English politician (died 1815)[23]
- 1779 Peter Mark Roget, English physician, lexicographer, and theologian (died 1869)
- 1782 Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (died 1852)
- 1793 Pratap Singh Bhosle, Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire (died 1847)
- 1815 Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar (died 1874)
- 1835 Cιsar Cui, Russian general, composer, and critic (died 1918)
- 1840 Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and author (died 1921)
- 1841 Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (died 1894)
- 1842 A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (died 1911)
- 1843 Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African farmer, soldier, and gun-maker (died 1900)[24]
- 1848 Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (died 1925)
- 1849 Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (died 1920)
- 1850 Seth Low, American academic and politician, 92nd Mayor of New York City (died 1916)
- 1854 Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (died 1934)
- 1856 Daniel Hale Williams, American surgeon and cardiologist (died 1931)
- 1867 Rubιn Darνo, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (died 1916)
- 1868 Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (died 1948)
- 1877 Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company (died 1961)
- 1879 Henri Giraud, French general and politician (died 1949)
- 1880 Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic (died 1933)
- 1880 Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (died 1954)
- 1881 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Ιditions Gallimard (died 1975)
- 1882 A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1956)
- 1886 Clara Nordstrφm, Swedish-German author and translator (died 1962)
- 1888 Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot (died 1989)
- 1892 Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian (died 1957)[25]
- 1892 Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach (died 1957)
- 1892 Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (died 1956)
- 1893 Jorge Guillιn, Spanish poet, critic, and academic (died 1984)
- 1894 Toots Mondt, American wrestler and promoter (died 1976)
- 1896 C. M. Eddy Jr., American author (died 1967)[26]
- 1896 Ville Ritola, Finnish-American runner (died 1982)
- 1898 Albert Kivikas, Estonian journalist and author (died 1978)
- 1901 Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1973)
- 1903 Berthold Goldschmidt, German pianist and composer (died 1996)
- 1904 Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (died 2006)
- 1904 Cary Grant, English-American actor (died 1986)[27]
- 1905 Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss (died 2002)
- 1907 Jαnos Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor (died 1984)
- 1908 Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, historian, and television host (died 1974)
- 1910 Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist and academic (died 1993)[28]
- 1911 Josι Marνa Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (died 1969)
- 1911 Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1987)[27]
- 1913 Carroll Cloar, American artist (died 1993)
- 1913 Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer (died 1972)
- 1914 Arno Schmidt, German author and translator (died 1979)
- 1914 Vitomil Zupan, Slovene author, poet, and playwright (died 1987)
- 1915 Syl Apps, Canadian pole vaulter, ice hockey player, and politician (died 1998)
- 1915 Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician (died 2012)
- 1915 Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (died 1984)
- 1917 Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2013)
- 1917 Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman (died 2008)
- 1918 Gustave Gingras, Canadian-English physician and educator (died 1996)
- 1919 Toni Turek, German footballer (died 1984)
- 1921 Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
- 1923 John Graham, General Officer Commanding (GOC) Wales (died 2012)
- 1923 Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (died 2015)
- 1925 Gilles Deleuze, French metaphysician and philosopher (died 1995)
- 1925 John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (died 2014)
- 1925 Sol Yurick, American soldier and author (died 2013)
- 1926 Randolph Bromery, American geologist and academic (died 2013)
- 1927 S. Balachander, Indian actor, singer, and veena player (died 1990)
- 1928 Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet and Russian professional basketball coach (died 2005)
- 1930 Esther Coopersmith, American diplomat, UNESCO goodwill ambassador (died 2024)[29]
- 1931 Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean general and politician, 5th President of South Korea (died 2021)
- 1932 Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (died 2007)
- 1933 Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, 8th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1933 David Bellamy, English botanist, author and academic (died 2019)
- 1933 John Boorman, English director, producer, and screenwriter[27]
- 1933 Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (died 2013)[27]
- 1933 William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, English lawyer and politician (died 2017)
- 1933 Frank McMullen, New Zealand rugby player (died 2004)
- 1933 Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (died 2017)
- 1934 Raymond Briggs, English author and illustrator (died 2022)[30]
- 1935 Eddie Jones, British illustrator (died 1999)[31]
- 1935 Albert Millaire, Canadian actor and director (died 2018)
- 1935 Jon Stallworthy, English poet, critic, and academic (died 2014)
- 1935 Gad Yaacobi, Israeli academic and diplomat, 10th Israel Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2007)
- 1936 Tim Barlow, English actor (died 2023)[32]
- 1936 David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
- 1937 John Hume, Northern Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)[27]
- 1938 Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1997)[27]
- 1938 Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic
- 1938 Werner Olk, German footballer and manager
- 1938 Hargus "Pig" Robbins, American musician (died 2022)
- 1940 Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican race car driver (died 1971)
- 1941 Denise Bombardier, Canadian journalist and author (died 2023)
- 1941 Bobby Goldsboro, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[33]
- 1941 David Ruffin, American singer (died 1991)[27]
- 1943 Paul Freeman, English actor
- 1943 Kay Granger, American educator and politician
- 1943 Dave Greenslade, English keyboard player and composer
- 1943 Charlie Wilson, American businessman and politician (died 2013)
- 1944 Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1944 Carl Morton, American baseball player (died 1983)
- 1944 Kei Ogura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer
- 1944 Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria[34]
- 1945 Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist
- 1946 Perro Aguayo, Mexican wrestler (died 2019)
- 1946 Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation
- 1946 Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (died 2013)
- 1947 Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player and journalist (died 2018)
- 1947 Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
- 1949 Bill Keller, American journalist
- 1949 Philippe Starck, French interior designer
- 1950 Gianfranco Brancatelli, Italian race car driver
- 1950 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (died 1982)
- 1951 Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and activist (died 1982)
- 1951 Bob Latchford, English footballer
- 1952 Michael Behe, American biochemist, author, and academic
- 1952 R. Stevie Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953 Brett Hudson, American singer-songwriter and producer[33]
- 1953 B. K. Misra, Indian neurosurgeon[35]
- 1953 Peter Moon, Australian comedian and actor
- 1954 Ted DiBiase, American wrestler[36]
- 1955 Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer[33]
- 1956 Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton, English banker and politician
- 1960 Mark Rylance, English actor, director, and playwright[33]
- 1961 Peter Beardsley, English footballer and manager
- 1961 Bob Hansen, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1961 Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1961 Jeff Yagher, American actor and sculptor
- 1962 Alison Arngrim, Canadian-American actress[33]
- 1963 Maxime Bernier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
- 1963 Ian Crook, English footballer and manager[37]
- 1963 Carl McCoy, English singer-songwriter
- 1963 Martin O'Malley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 61st Governor of Maryland
- 1964 Brady Anderson, American baseball player
- 1964 Richard Dunwoody, Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster
- 1964 Virgil Hill, American boxer
- 1964 Jane Horrocks, English actress and singer[33]
- 1966 Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player and author
- 1966 Kazufumi Miyazawa, Japanese singer
- 1966 Andrι Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver (died 2021)
- 1967 Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (died 2014)
- 1967 Ivαn Zamorano, Chilean footballer
- 1969 Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor[33]
- 1969 Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer[33]
- 1969 Jim O'Rourke, American guitarist and producer
- 1970 DJ Quik, American rapper and producer[33]
- 1970 Peter Van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
- 1971 Amy Barger, American astronomer
- 1971 Jonathan Davis, American singer-songwriter[33]
- 1971 Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
- 1971 Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1971 Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (died 2019)
- 1972 Vinod Kambli, Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor
- 1972 Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
- 1972 Kjersti Plδtzer, Norwegian race walker
- 1973 Burnie Burns, American actor, director, and producer, co-founded Rooster Teeth Productions
- 1973 Luke Goodwin, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1973 Benjamin Jealous, American civic leader and activist
- 1973 Joe Kehoskie, American baseball executive[38]
- 1973 Anthony Koutoufides, Australian footballer
- 1973 Crispian Mills, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director
- 1973 Rolando Schiavi, Argentinian footballer and coach
- 1974 Christian Burns, English singer-songwriter[33]
- 1976 Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player
- 1976 Marcelo Gallardo, Argentinian footballer and coach
- 1976 Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976 Derek Richardson, American actor[33]
- 1977 Richard Archer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1978 Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
- 1978 Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist
- 1978 Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer
- 1979 Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player
- 1979 Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- 1979 Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
- 1979 Kenyatta Jones, American football player (died 2018)
- 1979 Wandy Rodriguez, Dominican baseball player[39]
- 1980 Estelle, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1980 Robert Green, English footballer
- 1980 Kert Haavistu, Estonian footballer and manager
- 1980 Julius Peppers, American football player
- 1980 Jason Segel, American actor and screenwriter[33]
- 1981 Gang Dong-won, South Korean actor
- 1981 Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
- 1981 Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
- 1982 Quinn Allman, American guitarist and producer
- 1982 Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, Kenyan runner
- 1983 Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1983 Samantha Mumba, Irish singer-songwriter and actress[33]
- 1983 Joel Stallworth, American sprinter[40]
- 1984 Seung-Hui Cho, South Korean mass murderer (died 2007)
- 1984 Kristy Lee Cook, American singer-songwriter
- 1984 Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer
- 1984 Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
- 1984 Michael Kearney, American biochemist and academic
- 1984 Benji Schwimmer, American dancer and choreographer
- 1984 Viktoria Shklover, Estonian figure skater
- 1985 Dale Begg-Smith, Canadian-Australian skier
- 1985 Mark Briscoe, American wrestler
- 1985 Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer
- 1985 Hyun Woo, South Korean actor
- 1986 Marya Roxx, Estonian-American singer-songwriter
- 1986 Becca Tobin, American actress, singer, and dancer[27]
- 1986 Ikusaburo Yamazaki, Japanese actor and singer
- 1986 Eugene Lee Yang, Korean-American actor, filmmaker, and activist[41]
- 1987 Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer
- 1987 Christopher Liebig, German rugby player
- 1987 Grigoris Makos, Greek footballer
- 1988 Ronnie Day, American singer-songwriter
- 1988 Angelique Kerber, German tennis player
- 1988 Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer
- 1988 Ashleigh Murray, American actress and singer[33]
- 1988 Boy van Poppel, Dutch cyclist
- 1989 Rubιn Miρo, Spanish footballer
- 1989 Michael Pineda, Dominican baseball player[42]
- 1990 Gorgui Dieng, Senegalese basketball player[43]
- 1990 Hayle Ibrahimov, Ethiopian-Azerbaijani runner
- 1990 Brett Lawrie, Canadian baseball player[44]
- 1990 Nacho, Spanish footballer
- 1990 Gift Ngoepe, South African baseball player
- 1990 Alex Pietrangelo, Canadian ice hockey player[45]
- 1990 Zeeko Zaki, Egyptian-American actor[33]
- 1991 Douglas Wreden, a.k.a. DougDoug, American streamer[46]
- 1992 Francesco Bardi, Italian footballer
- 1993 Sean Keenan, Australian actor
- 1993 Juan Fernando Quintero, Colombian footballer[47]
- 1994 Max Fried, American baseball player[48]
- 1994 Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer[49]
- 1994 Ilona Kremen, Belarusian tennis player
- 1995 Bryce Alford, American basketball player
- 1995 Leonard Fournette, American football player[50]
- 1995 Samu Castillejo, Spanish footballer[51]
- 1997 Emil Audero, Indonesian footballer[52]
- 1997 Denis Malgin, Swiss ice hockey player[53]
- 1998 Aitana Bonmatν, Spanish footballer
- 1998 Lisandro Martνnez, Argentinian footballer[54]
- 1998 Ιder Militγo, Brazilian footballer[55]
- 1999 Karan Brar, American actor[56]
- 1999 Tee Higgins, American football player[57]
- 1999 Djorkaeff Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer[58]
- 1999 Gary Trent Jr., American basketball player[59]
- 1999 Mateus Ward, American actor[33]
- 2002 Anastasia Zakharova, Russian tennis player[60]
- 2002 Ki-Jana Hoever, Dutch footballer[61]
- 2002 Karim Adeyemi, German footballer[62]
- 2010 Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Canadian actress and dancer[63]
- 52 BC Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman politician (born 93 BC)
- 474 Leo I, Byzantine emperor (born 401)
- 748 Odilo, duke of Bavaria
- 896 Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunids, murdered (born 864)
- 1213 Tamar of Georgia (born 1160)
- 1253 King Henry I of Cyprus (born 1217)
- 1271 Saint Margaret of Hungary (born 1242)
- 1326 Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter, English baron (born 1247)
- 1357 Maria of Portugal, infanta (born 1313)
- 1367 Peter I of Portugal (born 1320)
- 1411 Jobst of Moravia, ruler of Moravia, King of the Romans
- 1425 Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391)
- 1451 Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen (14421451) (born 1414)[64]
- 1471 Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (born 1419)
- 1479 Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (born 1417)
- 1547 Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal and scholar (born 1470)
- 1586 Margaret of Parma (born 1522)
- 1589 Magnus Heinason, Faroese naval hero (born 1545)
- 1677 Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch politician, founded Cape Town (born 1619)
- 1756 Francis George of Schφnborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (born 1682)
- 1783 Jeanne Quinault, French actress and playwright (born 1699)
- 1803 Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet and academic (born 1743)
- 1849 Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (born 1752)
- 1862 John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (born 1790)
- 1873 Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1803)
- 1878 Antoine Cιsar Becquerel, French physicist and academic (born 1788)
- 1886 Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (born 1819)
- 1892 Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1819)
- 1896 Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (born 1828)
- 1919 Prince John of the United Kingdom, Youngest son of George V and Mary of Teck (born 1905)[65]
- 1923 Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1891)
- 1929 Harry Coulby, American businessman (born 1865)[66]
- 1934 Joseph Devlin, Northern Irish political leader of the Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) (born 1871)[67]
- 1936 Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (born 1871)
- 1936 Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)
- 1940 Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (born 1865)
- 1951 Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (born 1867)[68]
- 1952 Curly Howard, American actor (born 1903)
- 1954 Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (born 1879)
- 1955 Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (born 1912)
- 1956 Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (born 1885)
- 1956 Konstantin Pδts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (born 1874)
- 1963 Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1906)
- 1966 Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (born 1880)
- 1967 Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (born 1921)
- 1969 Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (born 1887)
- 1970 David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1873)
- 1971 Virgil Finlay, American illustrator (born 1914)
- 1973 Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko, Russian tank commander (born 1924)
- 1975 Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (born 1897)
- 1978 Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and author (born 1919)
- 1980 Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer and photographer (born 1904)
- 1984 Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Belarusian general and politician (born 1902)
- 1984 Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (born 1915)
- 1989 Bruce Chatwin, English-French author (born 1940)
- 1990 Melanie Appleby, English singer (born 1966)
- 1990 Rusty Hamer, American actor (born 1947)
- 1993 Dionysios Zakythinos, Greek historian, academic, and politician (born 1905)
- 1995 Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
- 1995 Ron Luciano, American baseball player and umpire (born 1937)
- 1996 N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1923)
- 1997 Paul Tsongas, American lawyer and politician (born 1941)
- 1998 Dan Georgiadis, Greek footballer and manager (born 1922)
- 2000 Margarete Schόtte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (born 1897)
- 2001 Laurent-Dιsirι Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1939)
- 2003 Ed Farhat, American wrestler and trainer (born 1924)
- 2003 Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (born 1907)
- 2004 Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (born 1935)[69]
- 2005 Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (born 1973)
- 2006 Jan Twardowski, Polish priest and poet (born 1915)
- 2007 Brent Liles, American bass player (born 1963)
- 2008 Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1927)
- 2008 Frank Lewin, American composer and theorist (born 1925)
- 2008 Lois Nettleton, American actress (born 1927)
- 2008 John Stroger, American politician (born 1929)
- 2009 Tony Hart, English painter and television host (born 1925)
- 2009 Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (born 1931)
- 2009 Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1913)
- 2009 Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet and author (born 1935)
- 2010 Kate McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (born 1946)
- 2010 Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (born 1932)
- 2011 Sargent Shriver, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to France (born 1915)
- 2012 Anthony Gonsalves, Indian composer and educator (born 1927)
- 2012 Georg Lassen, German captain (born 1915)
- 2012 Yuri Rasovsky, American playwright and producer, founded The National Radio Theater of Chicago (born 1944)
- 2013 Sean Fallon, Irish footballer and manager (born 1922)
- 2013 Jim Horning, American computer scientist and academic (born 1942)
- 2013 Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (born 1989)
- 2013 Lewis Marnell, Australian skateboarder (born 1982)
- 2013 Ron Nachman, Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1942)
- 2014 Kathryn Abbe, American photographer and author (born 1919)
- 2014 Michael Botmang, Nigerian politician, 17th Governor of Plateau State (born 1938)
- 2014 Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (born 1951)
- 2014 Andy Graver, English footballer (born 1927)
- 2014 Sarah Marshall, English actress (born 1933)
- 2014 Eugenio Cruz Vargas, Chilean poet and painter (born 1923)
- 2015 Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (born 1963)
- 2015 Christine Valmy, Romanian cosmetologist and author (born 1926)
- 2015 Piet van der Sanden, Dutch journalist and politician (born 1924)
- 2015 Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (born 1933)
- 2016 Johnny Bach, American basketball player and coach (born 1924)
- 2016 Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1948)
- 2016 T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (born 1930)
- 2016 Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (born 1924)
- 2017 Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (born 1919)
- 2017 Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)
- 2017 Roberta Peters, American coloratura soprano (born 1930)
- 2019 John Coughlin, American figure skater (born 1985)[70]
- 2019 Lamia Al-Gailani Werr, Iraqi archaeologist (born 1938)[71]
- 2022 Francisco Gento, Spanish football player (born 1933)[72]
- 2022 Yvette Mimieux, American actress (born 1942)[73]
- 2022 Andrι Leon Talley, American fashion journalist (born 1948)[74]
- 2023 David Crosby, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)[75]
- 2025 Claire van Kampen, English director and composer (born 1953)[76]
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