What Happened in 2012 — Events, Births & Deaths

Twenty-six people are killed and 63 wounded when a suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus.

A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.

A bombing at Jamrud in Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and injures 78 others.

Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.

The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy due to the captain Francesco Schettino's negligence and irresponsibility. There are 32 confirmed deaths.

The Mali War begins when Tuareg militias start fighting the Malian government for independence.

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.

The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.

Seventy-four people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al Masry and Al Ahly in the city of Port Said.

The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead.

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Negros, leaving 112 people dead.

President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.

The European Space Agency (ESA) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.

Forty-four people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico.

A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.

A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.

A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.

Seventeen-year-old African-American student Trayvon Martin is shot to death by neighborhood watch coordinator George Zimmerman in an altercation in Sanford, Florida.

North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for US food aid.

A tornado outbreak occurs over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.

A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.

Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through Madagascar.

Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a hair salon in Bucharest, Romania.

A truce between the Salvadoran government and gangs in the country goes into effect when 30 gang leaders are transferred to lower security prisons.

A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.

The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children.

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first batter in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket.

At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq.

A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.

UTair Flight 120 crashes after takeoff from Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen, Russia, killing 33 and injuring 10.

Azawad declares itself independent from the Republic of Mali.

A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake is VII (Very strong). Ten are killed, twelve are injured, and a non-destructive tsunami is observed on the island of Nias.

The trial for Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, begins in Oslo, Norway.

The Pulitzer Prize winners are announced. It was the first time since 1977 that no book won the Fiction Prize.

One hundred twenty-seven people are killed when a plane crashes in a residential area near the Benazir Bhutto International Airport near Islamabad, Pakistan.

Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, killing one person and injuring 116 others.

At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.

An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people. At least 150 more are missing and presumed dead.

A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.

The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people.

Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40.

Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.

Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring five others.

A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing nine people.

At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy.

A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others.

A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sanaa, Yemen.

Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world (634 m), and the third tallest man-made structure on Earth after Merdeka 118 (680.5 m) and Burj Khalifa (829.8 m).

SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launches a Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket in the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.

The SpaceX Dragon 1 becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.

The Arkankergen massacre in Kazakhstan's Alakol District kills 15 people.

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

A plane carrying 153 people crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board plus six people on the ground.

The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.

Last transit of Venus until the year 2117.

Seventy-five people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.

A series of bombings across Iraq, including Baghdad, Hillah and Kirkuk, kills at least 93 people and wounds over 300 others.

China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, including the first female Chinese astronaut Liu Yang, to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.

The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requests asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army; he will remain there until 2019.

A boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsizes in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 others missing.

An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco.

A Turkish Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter plane is shot down by the Syrian Armed Forces, killing both of the plane's pilots and worsening already-strained relations between Turkey and Syria.

Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.

Death of Lonesome George, the last known individual of Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii, a subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise.

The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs, United States, burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.

The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.

A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.

The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.

The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).

At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.

The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage.

Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.

A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.

South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.

At least seven people are killed and 32 others are injured after a bomb explodes on an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria.

Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Kobanî without resistance, starting the Rojava conflict in Northeast Syria.

James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.

Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance.

Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.

Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) captured the cities of Serê Kaniyê and Dirbêsiyê, during clashes with pro-government forces in Al-Hasakah.

The Solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large coronal mass ejection that was emitted by the Sun which barely missed the Earth by nine days. If it hit, it would have caused up to US$2.6 trillion in damages to electrical equipment worldwide.

Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the city of Girkê Legê.

A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.

A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.

Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.

The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six victims; the perpetrator committed suicide after being wounded by police.

NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

Shannon Eastin becomes the first woman to officiate an NFL game.

The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.

At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.

South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.

A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people.

Ethnic clashes over grazing rights for cattle in Kenya's Tana River District result in more than 52 deaths.

A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.

Anders Behring Breivik, perpetrator of the 2011 Norway attacks, is sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention.

Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.

At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province.

The XIV Paralympic Games open in London, England, United Kingdom.

An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.

Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.

Canada officially cuts diplomatic ties with Iran by closing its embassy in Tehran and orders the expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Ottawa, over nuclear plans and purported human rights abuses.

The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.

A wave of attacks kills more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.

A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.

The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing 10 and injuring four.

Three Egyptian militants open fire on a group of Israeli soldiers in a southern Israel cross-border attack.

In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots eight people, killing six and injuring 2 and then kills himself.

Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.

Sita Air Flight 601 crashes in Madhyapur Thimi, Nepal, killing all 19 passengers and crew.

A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.

Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.

The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.

Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.

A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.

Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping.

Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs.

Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing hundreds, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.

A fuel tank truck crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, killing 26 people and injuring 135.

Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.

A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Myanmar, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others.

At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo.

A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.

A total solar eclipse occurs in parts of Australia and the South Pacific.

Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas.

Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.

At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.

A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.

At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.

A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people including singer Jenni Rivera.

At least 125 people are killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.

North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2.

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea.

2012 phenomenon: Festivities are held in parts of Mesoamerica to commemorate the conclusion of b'ak'tun 13, a roughly 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar whose passing many New Age spiritualists had earlier held to portend a variety of cataclysmic or transformative events.

Bashir Ahmad Bilour of Awami National Party and eight others are killed in a Pakistan Taliban bomber suicide attack in Dhaki Nalbandi area near Qissa Khwani Bazaar.

An Antonov An-72 plane crashes close to the city of Shymkent, killing 27 people.

Air Bagan Flight 011, a Fokker 100, crashes on approach to Heho Airport in Heho, Myanmar, killing two people.

China opens the world's longest high-speed rail route, which links Beijing and Guangzhou.

A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.

Blue Ivy Carter, American singer and actress

Artem Kotenko, Ukrainian singer

Princess Athena of Denmark

Doug the Pug, American celebrity dog

William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (born 1930)

Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (born 1953)

Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (born 1918)

Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (born 1934)

Robert L. Carter, American lawyer and judge (born 1917)

Winifred Milius Lubell, American author and illustrator (born 1914)

Eve Arnold, American photographer and journalist (born 1912)

Rod Robbie, English-Canadian architect, designed the Canadian Pavilion and Rogers Centre (born 1928)

Isaac Díaz Pardo, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1920)

Frederica Sagor Maas, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1900)

Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (born 1928)

Tony Blankley, British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (born 1948)

Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (born 1938)

T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (born 1943)

Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (born 1929)

Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (born 1937)

Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (born 1980)

Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (born 1968)

Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1942)

Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player (born 1928)

Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian geologist and academic (born 1924)

Glenda Dickerson, American director, choreographer, and educator (born 1945)

Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of South Dakota (born 1939)

Charles H. Price II, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1931)

Rauf Denktaş, Turkish-Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (born 1924)

Guido Dessauer, German physicist and engineer (born 1915)

Miljan Miljanić, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1930)

Txillardegi, Spanish linguist and politician (born 1929)

Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (born 1935)

Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy, youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in 2004 (born 1995)

Giampiero Moretti, Italian entrepreneur and race car driver (born 1940)

Rosy Varte, Armenian-French actress (born 1923)

Ed Derwinski, American soldier and politician, first United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (born 1926)

Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish lawyer and politician, third President of the Xunta of Galicia (born 1922)

Carlo Fruttero, Italian journalist and author (born 1926)

Peter Åslin, Swedish ice hockey player (born 1962)

Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (born 1982)

Winston Riley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1943)

Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1933)

Etta James, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)

John Levy, American bassist and manager (born 1912)

Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior (born 1933)

Alejandro Rodriguez, Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (born 1918)

Jonathan Idema, American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (born 1956)

Simon Marsden, English photographer and author (born 1948)

Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (born 1926)

Clarence Tillenius, Canadian painter and environmentalist (born 1913)

Dick Tufeld, American actor (born 1926)

Paavo Berglund, Finnish violinist and conductor (born 1929)

Jacques Maisonrouge, French businessman (born 1924)

Franco Pacini, Italian astrophysicist and academic (born 1939)

Robert Sheran, American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1916)

Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (born 1924)

Greg Cook, American football player and sportscaster (born 1946)

Ted Dicks, English composer and screenwriter (born 1928)

Jeannette Hamby, American nurse and politician (born 1933)

Kevin White, American politician, 51st Mayor of Boston (born 1929)

Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1952)

Don Starkell, Canadian adventurer and author (born 1932)

Ranjit Singh Dyal, Indian general and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (born 1928)

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (born 1918)

Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (born 1919)

Mani Ram Bagri, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1920)

Dorothea Tanning, American painter and sculptor (born 1910)

Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (born 1936)

Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)

Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (born 1921)

Ben Gazzara, American actor and director (born 1930)

Terence Hildner, American general (born 1962)

Raj Kanwar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1961)

Zalman King, American actor, director, and producer (born 1942)

Andrzej Szczeklik, Polish physician and academic (born 1938)

István Csurka, Hungarian journalist and politician (born 1934)

Florence Green, English soldier (born 1901)

Robert Daniel, American farmer, soldier, and politician (born 1936)

Mike deGruy, American director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1951)

Susanne Suba, Hungarian-born watercolorist and illustrator, active in the United States (born 1913)

Sam Coppola, American actor (born 1932)

Al De Lory, American keyboard player, conductor, and producer (born 1930)

John Turner Sargent Sr., American publisher (born 1924)

Jo Zwaan, Dutch sprinter (born 1922)

Harry Keough, American soccer player and coach (born 1927)

Wando, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1945)

Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter (born 1950)

O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

John Hick, English philosopher and academic (born 1922)

Joe Moretti, Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (born 1938)

Lloyd Morrison, New Zealand banker and businessman, founded H. R. L. Morrison & Co (born 1957)

Jeffrey Zaslow, American journalist and author (born 1958)

Siri Bjerke, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (born 1958)

Aharon Davidi, Israeli general (born 1927)

Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1963)

Zina Bethune, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1945)

Denis Flannery, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1928)

David Kelly, Irish actor (born 1929)

John Severin, American illustrator (born 1921)

Russell Arms, American actor and singer (born 1920)

Louise Cochrane, American-English screenwriter and producer (born 1918)

Daniel C. Gerould, American playwright and academic (born 1928)

Mike Bernardo, South African boxer and martial artist (born 1969)

Tonmi Lillman, Finnish drummer and producer (born 1973)

Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter (born 1925)

Péter Rusorán, Hungarian swimmer, water polo player, and coach (born 1940)

Cyril Domb, English-Israeli physicist and academic (born 1920)

Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (born 1954)

Elyse Knox, American model, actress, and fashion designer (born 1917)

John Macionis, American swimmer and lieutenant (born 1916)

Anthony Shadid, American journalist (born 1968)

Ruth Barcan Marcus, American philosopher and logician (born 1921)

Jaroslav Velinský, Czech author and songwriter (born 1932)

Vitaly Vorotnikov, Russian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Russia (born 1926)

Knut Torbjørn Eggen, Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1960)

Katie Hall, American educator and politician (born 1938)

H. M. Darmstandler, American general (born 1922)

Sukhbir, Indian author and poet (born 1925)

Frank Carson, Irish-English comedian and actor (born 1926)

Marie Colvin, American journalist (born 1956)

Rémi Ochlik, French photographer and journalist (born 1983)

William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)

David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (born 1924)

Kazimierz Żygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (born 1919)

Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (born 1930)

Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (born 1925)

Louisiana Red, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1932)

Richard Carpenter, English actor and screenwriter (born 1929)

Ma Jiyuan, Chinese general (born 1921)

Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and psychiatrist (born 1920)

Helga Vlahović, Croatian journalist and producer (born 1945)

Davy Jones, English singer, guitarist and actor (born 1945)

Sheldon Moldoff, American illustrator (born 1920)

P. K. Narayana Panicker, Indian social leader (born 1930)

Andrew Breitbart, American journalist and publisher (born 1969)

Germano Mosconi, Italian journalist (born 1932)

Lawrence Anthony, South African environmentalist, explorer, and author (born 1950)

Van T. Barfoot, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1919)

Norman St John-Stevas, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1929)

James Q. Wilson, American political scientist and academic (born 1931)

Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer and illustrator (born 1929)

Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1947)

Alex Webster, American football player and coach (born 1931)

Paul McBride, Scottish lawyer and politician (born 1965)

Don Mincher, American baseball player (born 1938)

Paul Haines, New Zealand-Australian author (born 1970)

Philip Madoc, Welsh-English actor (born 1934)

William O. Wooldridge, American sergeant (born 1922)

Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (born 1937)

Donald M. Payne, American businessman and politician (born 1934)

Helen Walulik, American baseball player (born 1929)

Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (born 1921)

Jean Giraud, French author and illustrator (born 1938)

Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)

James B. Morehead, American colonel and pilot (born 1916)

Dick Harter, American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

Michael Hossack, American drummer (born 1946)

Friedhelm Konietzka, German-Swiss footballer and manager (born 1938)

Pierre Schoendoerffer, French director and screenwriter (born 1928)

Ċensu Tabone, Maltese general and politician, 4th President of Malta (born 1913)

Mervyn Davies, Welsh rugby player (born 1946)

Dave Philley, American baseball player and manager (born 1920)

Donald E. Hillman, American colonel and pilot (born 1918)

Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (born 1924)

Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria (born 1923)

Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (born 1919)

Furman Bisher, American journalist and author (born 1918)

William R. Charette, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1932)

William G. Moore Jr., American general (born 1920)

George Tupou V of Tonga (born 1948)

Jim Case, American director and producer (born 1927)

Ulu Grosbard, Belgian-American director and producer (born 1929)

Hugo Munthe-Kaas, Norwegian intelligence agent (born 1922)

Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (born 1955)

Noboru Ishiguro, Japanese animator and director (born 1938)

Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)

Jim Stynes, Irish-Australian footballer (born 1966)

Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (born 1928)

David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic (born 1943)

Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (born 1956)

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalian politician, President of Somalia (born 1934)

Jim Duffy, American animator, director, and producer (born 1937)

Naji Talib, Iraqi politician, 52nd Prime Minister of Iraq (born 1917)

Lonnie Wright, American basketball and football player (born 1945)

Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (born 1921)

Hal E. Chester, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)

Sisto Averno, American football player (born 1925)

Michael Begley, Irish carpenter and politician (born 1932)

Thomas M. Cover, American theorist and academic (born 1938)

David Craighead, American organist and educator (born 1924)

Manik Godghate, Indian poet and educator (born 1937)

Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist and feminist (born 1929)

John Arden, English author and playwright (born 1930)

Ioannis Banias, Greek politician (born 1939)

Harry Crews, American novelist (born 1935)

Addie L. Wyatt, African American labor leader (born 1924)

Pap Cheyassin Secka, Gambian lawyer and politician, 8th Attorney General of the Gambia (born 1942)

Bill Jenkins, American race car driver and engineer (born 1930)

Janet Anderson Perkin, Canadian baseball player and curler (born 1921)

Aquila Berlas Kiani, Indian-Canadian sociologist and academic (born 1921)

Francesco Mancini, Italian footballer and coach (born 1968)

Granville Semmes, American businessman, founded 1-800-Flowers (born 1928)

Leonid Shebarshin, Russian KGB officer (born 1935)

Lionel Bowen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1922)

Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian-American soccer player and radio host (born 1947)

Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (born 1934)

Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (born 1959)

Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (born 1915)

Mauricio Lasansky, American graphic designer and academic (born 1914)

Mingote, Spanish cartoonist and journalist (born 1919)

Richard Descoings, French civil servant (born 1958)

Govind Narain, Indian politician, 8th Governor of Karnataka (born 1917)

Chief Jay Strongbow, American wrestler (born 1928)

A. Dean Byrd, American psychologist and academic (born 1948)

Dimitris Christoulas, Greek pensioner who committed suicide in public (born 1935)

Anne Karin Elstad, Norwegian author and educator (born 1938)

Blair Kiel, American football player and coach (born 1961)

Jack Tramiel, Polish-American businessman, founded Commodore International (born 1928)

Janusz K. Zawodny, Polish-American soldier, historian, and political scientist (born 1921)

Raymond Aubrac, French engineer and activist (born 1914)

Barbara Buchholz, German theremin player and composer (born 1959)

Lili Chookasian, Armenian-American operatic singer (born 1921)

Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican cardinal (born 1922)

Akin Omoboriowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (born 1932)

Cecil Chaudhry, Pakistani pilot, academic, and activist (born 1941)

Shūichi Higurashi, Japanese illustrator (born 1936)

Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1919)

Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor (born 1924)

Paul Bogart, American director and producer (born 1919)

Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (born 1968)

Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (born 1914)

George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (born 1956)

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (born 1913)

Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer and coach (born 1948)

Leila Berg, English journalist and author (born 1917)

J. Quinn Brisben, American educator and politician (born 1934)

Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (born 1948)

Nityananda Mohapatra, Indian journalist, poet, and politician (born 1912)

Jonathan V. Plaut, American rabbi and author (born 1942)

Stanley Rogers Resor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Secretary of the Army (born 1917)

Dick Clark, American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (born 1929)

René Lépine, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1929)

Robert O. Ragland, American musician (born 1931)

K. D. Wentworth, American author (born 1951)

Levon Helm, American musician and actor (born 1940)

Bert Weedon, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1920)

Doris Betts, American author and academic (born 1932)

George Rathmann, American chemist, biologist, and businessman (born 1927)

Gerry Bahen, Australian footballer (born 1929)

Denny Jones, American rancher and politician (born 1910)

Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina and educator (born 1925)

Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1916)

Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (born 1938)

Daniel E. Boatwright, American soldier and politician (born 1930)

Bill Skowron, American baseball player (born 1930)

Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Libya (born 1942)

Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (born 1957)

Tomás Borge, Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (born 1930)

Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (born 1985)

Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (born 1958)

Benzion Netanyahu, Russian-Israeli historian and academic (born 1910)

James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (born 1925)

Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (born 1930)

Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935)

Zenaida Manfugás, Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist (born 1932)

Tufan Miñnullin, Russian playwright and politician (born 1936)

Jorge Illueca, Panamanian politician, 30th President of Panama (born 1918)

Felix Werder, German-Australian composer, conductor, and critic (born 1922)

Mort Lindsey, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1923)

Bob Stewart, American television producer, founded Stewart Tele Enterprises (born 1920)

Surendranath, Indian cricketer (born 1937)

Carl Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (born 1916)

Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist and publisher (born 1932)

George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (born 1922)

Roy Padayachie, South African lawyer and politician, South African Minister of Communications (born 1950)

James R. Browning, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (born 1918)

James Isaac, American director and producer (born 1960)

Jean Laplanche, French psychoanalyst and author (born 1924)

Sammy Barr, Scottish trade union leader (born 1931)

Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist and politician (born 1943)

Dennis E. Fitch, American captain and pilot (born 1942)

Bertram Cohler, American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic (born 1938)

Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islander lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (born 1940)

Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (born 1928)

Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (born 1933)

Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (born 1923)

Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian captain and author (born 1918)

Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (born 1921)

Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (born 1920)

Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (born 1931)

Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (born 1926)

Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (born 1928)

Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (born 1924)

Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1918)

Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (born 1952)

James Abdnor, American soldier and politician (born 1923)

Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1936)

Gideon Ezra, Israeli geographer and politician, Israeli Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (born 1937)

Patrick Mafisango, Congolese-Rwandan footballer (born 1980)

Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter (born 1948)

Bob Boozer, American basketball player (born 1937)

Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (born 1941)

Ian Burgess, English race car driver (born 1930)

Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (born 1923)

Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1949)

David Littman, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (born 1933)

Eddie Blazonczyk, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

Otis Clark, American butler and preacher, survivor of the Tulsa race massacre (born 1903)

Constantine of Irinoupolis, Metropolitan of Irinoupolis and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (born 1936)

Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (born 1970)

Wesley A. Brown, American lieutenant and engineer (born 1927)

Paul Fussell, American historian, author, and academic (born 1924)

Klaas Carel Faber, Dutch-German SS officer (born 1922)

Kathi Kamen Goldmark, American journalist and author (born 1948)

Jacqueline Harpman, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (born 1929)

Juan Francisco Lombardo, Argentinian footballer (born 1925)

Lee Rich, American production manager and producer (born 1918)

William Hanley, American author and screenwriter (born 1931)

Peter D. Sieruta, American author and critic (born 1958)

Lou Watson, American basketball player and coach (born 1924)

Arthur Decabooter, Belgian cyclist (born 1936)

Leo Dillon, American illustrator (born 1933)

Stephen Healey, Welsh captain and footballer (born 1982)

Hiroshi Miyazawa, Japanese politician (born 1921)

Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (born 1925)

Simeon Daniel, Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (born 1934)

Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician and academic (born 1927)

Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (born 1928)

David Rimoin, Canadian-American geneticist and academic (born 1936)

Bob Edwards, English journalist (born 1925)

Yuri Susloparov, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (born 1958)

John Fox, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1957)

Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)

Gerhard Pohl, German economist and politician (born 1937)

Jack Twyman, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1934)

Christopher Challis, English cinematographer (born 1919)

Faruq Z. Bey, American saxophonist and composer (born 1942)

Pádraig Faulkner, Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (born 1918)

Milan Gaľa, Slovak politician (born 1953)

Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman and political activist (born 1931)

Richard Dawson, English-American soldier, actor, television personality, and game show host (born 1932)

LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (born 1940)

Kathryn Joosten, American actress (born 1939)

Carol Ann Abrams, American producer, author, and academic (born 1942)

Roy Salvadori, English racing driver and manager (born 1922)

Brian Talboys, New Zealand journalist and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1921)

Peter Beaven, New Zealand architect, designed the Lyttelton Road Tunnel Administration Building (born 1925)

Pedro Borbón, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1946)

Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Guatemalan cardinal (born 1932)

Herb Reed, American violinist (born 1929)

Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (born 1920)

Hal Keller, American baseball player and manager (born 1928)

Mihai Pătrașcu, Romanian-American computer scientist (born 1982)

Charlie Sutton, Australian footballer and coach (born 1924)

Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player; together with Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov, formed the famed KLM Line. (born 1960)

Phillip V. Tobias, South African paleontologist and academic (born 1925)

Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (born 1940)

Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (born 1926)

Piero Bellugi, Italian conductor (born 1924)

Warner Fusselle, American sportscaster (born 1944)

Will Hoebee, Dutch songwriter and producer (born 1947)

Georges Mathieu, French painter and academic (born 1921)

Joshua Orwa Ojode, Kenyan politician (born 1958)

George Saitoti, Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (born 1945)

Ann Rutherford, Canadian-American actress (born 1917)

Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer (born 1952)

Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French journalist and author (born 1930)

Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, Danish-German psychoanalyst and author (born 1917)

Medin Zhega, Albanian footballer and manager (born 1946)

Elinor Ostrom, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933)

Pahiño, Spanish footballer (born 1923)

Frank Walker, Australian judge and politician, 41st Attorney General of New South Wales (born 1942)

Sam Beddingfield, American pilot and engineer (born 1933)

Graeme Bell, Australian pianist, composer and bandleader (born 1914)

Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and author (born 1913)

Jože Humer, Slovenian composer and translator (born 1934)

Mehdi Hassan, Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood (born 1927)

Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (born 1926)

Bob Chappuis, American football player and soldier (born 1923)

Margie Hyams, American pianist and vibraphone player (born 1920)

Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and academic (born 1930)

Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (born 1945)

Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (born 1921)

Phillip D. Cagan, American economist and author (born 1927)

Barry MacKay, American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1935)

Israel Nogueda Otero, Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (born 1935)

Jerry Tubbs, American football player and coach (born 1935)

Nils Karlsson, Swedish skier (born 1917)

Jorge Lankenau, Mexican banker and businessman (born 1944)

Sławomir Petelicki, Polish general (born 1946)

Susan Tyrrell, American actress (born 1945)

Stéphane Brosse, French mountaineer (born 1971)

Patricia Brown, American baseball player (born 1931)

Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (born 1925)

Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (born 1965)

Fauzia Wahab, Pakistani actress and politician (born 1956)

Norbert Tiemann, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Nebraska (born 1924)

Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States. (born 1921)

LeRoy Neiman, American painter (born 1921)

Heinrich IV, Prince Reuss of Köstritz (born 1919)

Andrew Sarris, American critic (born 1928)

Richard Adler, American composer and producer (born 1921)

Abid Hussain, Indian economist and diplomat, Indian Ambassador to the United States (born 1926)

Sunil Janah, Indian photographer and journalist (born 1918)

Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (born 1915)

Juan Luis Galiardo, Spanish actor and producer (born 1922)

James Durbin, English economist and statistician (born 1923)

Brigitte Engerer, French pianist and educator (born 1952)

Alan McDonald, Northern Ireland footballer and manager (born 1963)

Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation (born 1925)

Walter J. Zable, American football player and businessman, founded the Cubic Corporation (born 1915)

Darrel Akerfelds, American baseball player and coach (born 1962)

Gad Beck, German author and educator (born 1923)

Gu Chaohao, Chinese mathematician and academic (born 1926)

Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (born 1988)

Ann C. Scales, American lawyer, educator, and activist (born 1952)

Lonesome George, last known Pinta Island tortoise (hatched c. 1910)

Shigemitsu Dandō, Japanese academic and jurist (born 1913)

Campbell Gillies, Scottish jockey (born 1990)

George Randolph Hearst, Jr., American businessman (born 1927)

Lucella MacLean, American baseball player (born 1921)

Edgar Ross, American boxer (born 1949)

Sverker Åström, Swedish diplomat, Swedish Permanent Representative to the United Nations (born 1915)

Stan Cox, English runner (born 1918)

Rosemary Dobson, Australian poet and illustrator (born 1920)

Richard Isay, American psychiatrist and author (born 1934)

Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (born 1918)

Vincent Ostrom, American political scientist and academic (born 1919)

Juan Reccius, Chilean triple jumper (born 1911)

Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (born 1942)

Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1915)

Michael J. Ybarra, American journalist and author (born 1966)

Peter E. Gillquist, American priest and author (born 1938)

Ossie Hibbert, Jamaican-American keyboard player and producer (born 1950)

Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (born 1926)

Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot and astronaut (born 1961)

Jack Richardson, American author and playwright (born 1934)

Nguyễn Hữu Có, Vietnamese general and politician (born 1925)

Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926)

Rob Goris, Belgian cyclist (born 1982)

Gerrit Komrij, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1944)

Ruud van Hemert, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)

Hani al-Hassan, Palestinian engineer and politician (born 1939)

Dennis Flemion, American drummer (born 1955)

Ronaldo Cunha Lima, Brazilian poet and politician (born 1936)

Doris Neal, American baseball player (born 1928)

Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (born 1936)

Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician (born 1927)

Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician (born 1934)

Ernest Borgnine, American actor (born 1917)

Gyang Dalyop Datong, Nigerian physician and politician (born 1959)

Shin Jae-chul, South Korean-American martial artist (born 1936)

Warren Jabali, American basketball player (born 1946)

Boris Cebotari, Moldovan footballer (born 1975)

Tsilla Chelton, Israeli-French actress (born 1919)

Grant Feasel, American football player (born 1960)

David Fraser, English general (born 1920)

Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (born 1917)

Yoichi Takabayashi, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1931)

William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)

Stephen Covey, American businessman and author (born 1932)

Gilbert Esau, American businessman and politician (born 1919)

Ed Lincoln, Brazilian bassist, pianist, and composer (born 1932)

İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish-American composer and producer (born 1926)

Marsha Singh, Indian-English politician (born 1954)

Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Lithuanian-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910)

Jean François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)

Dawoud Rajiha, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1947)

Assef Shawkat, Syrian general and politician (born 1950)

Hasan Turkmani, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (born 1935)

Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (born 1942)

Alastair Burnet, English journalist (born 1928)

Jack Davis, American hurdler (born 1930)

José Hermano Saraiva, Portuguese historian, jurist, and politician, Portuguese Minister of Education (born 1919)

Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist and author (born 1941)

Marie Kruckel, American baseball player (born 1924)

Ding Guangen, Chinese engineer and politician (born 1929)

George Armitage Miller, American psychologist and academic (born 1920)

Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter (born 1925)

Margaret Mahy, New Zealand author (born 1936)

Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut (born 1951)

Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian soldier and politician (born 1914)

Esther Tusquets, Spanish publisher and author (born 1936)

José Luis Uribarri, Spanish television host and director (born 1936)

Chad Everett, American actor and director (born 1937)

Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (born 1938)

Larry Hoppen, American singer and guitarist (born 1951)

Robert Ledley, American physiologist and physicist, invented the CT scanner (born 1926)

B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934)

Barry Langford, English director and producer (born 1926)

Greg Mohns, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1950)

Franz West, Austrian painter and sculptor (born 1947)

Norman Alden, American actor (born 1924)

R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright (born 1917)

Colin Horsley, New Zealand-English pianist and educator (born 1920)

Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (born 1937)

William F. Milliken Jr., American race car driver and engineer (born 1911)

Tatiana Egorova, Russian footballer and manager (born 1970)

August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (born 1921)

Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (born 1921)

James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (born 1925)

John Stampe, Danish footballer and coach (born 1957)

Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (born 1953)

Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (born 1921)

Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (born 1924)

Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (born 1927)

Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (born 1948)

Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (born 1930)

John Keegan, English historian and journalist (born 1934)

Bernd Meier, German footballer (born 1972)

Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (born 1920)

Frank Evans, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1921)

Martin Fleischmann, Czech-English chemist and academic (born 1927)

Paul McCracken, American economist and academic (born 1915)

John Pritchard, American basketball player (born 1927)

George Shanard, American politician and agribusinessman (born 1926)

Johnnie Bassett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1935)

Brian Crozier, Australian-English journalist and historian (born 1918)

Bud Riley, American football player and coach (born 1925)

Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (born 1917)

Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (born 1949)

Fred Matua, American football player (born 1984)

Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (born 1916)

Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (born 1944)

Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1944)

Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (born 1938)

Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (born 1913)

Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (born 1954)

Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (born 1918)

Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (born 1953)

Murtuz Alasgarov, Azerbaijani academic and politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (born 1928)

Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (born 1926)

Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (born 1931)

Carl Davis, American record producer (born 1934)

Gene F. Franklin, American engineer, theorist, and academic (born 1927)

Al Freeman, Jr., American actor, director, and educator (born 1934)

David Rakoff, Canadian-American actor and journalist (born 1964)

Carmen Belen Richardson, Puerto Rican-American actress (born 1930)

Mel Stuart, American director and producer (born 1928)

Philippe Bugalski, French race car driver (born 1963)

Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (born 1916)

Irving Fein, American producer and manager (born 1911)

William W. Momyer, American general and pilot (born 1916)

Jimmy Carr, American football player and coach (born 1933)

Jerry Grant, American race car driver (born 1935)

Joe Kubert, Polish-American illustrator, founded The Kubert School (born 1926)

Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican engineer and politician

Alf Morris, English politician and activist (born 1928)

Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher and academic (born 1926)

Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (born 1922)

Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1937)

Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (born 1919)

Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (born 1917)

Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1945)

Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player (born 1923)

Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (born 1919)

Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (born 1956)

Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (born 1924)

Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (born 1925)

Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (born 1954)

Martine Franck, Belgian photographer and director (born 1938)

Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (born 1935)

William Windom, American actor (born 1923)

Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (born 1915)

Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (born 1933)

Patrick Ricard, French businessman (born 1945)

John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1930)

Harrison Begay, American painter (born 1917)

Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (born 1921)

Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (born 1914)

Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (born 1944)

Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (born 1917)

Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (born 1936)

Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916)

Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (born 1967)

Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, Federal Minister of Defence (born 1920)

J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (born 1926)

Nina Bawden, English author (born 1925)

Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Taiwanese cardinal (born 1923)

Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (born 1926)

Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (born 1934)

Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (born 1946)

Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (born 1965)

Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1936)

Steve Franken, American actor (born 1932)

Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1937)

Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (born 1935)

Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)

Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (born 1930)

Donald Gorrie, Scottish politician (born 1933)

Russ Alben, American composer and businessman (born 1929)

Reginald Bartholomew, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1936)

Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (born 1943)

Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (born 1936)

Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (born 1931)

Art Heyman, American basketball player (born 1941)

Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1926)

Richard Kingsland, Australian captain and pilot (born 1916)

Geliy Korzhev, Russian painter (born 1925)

Rhodes Boyson, English educator and politician (born 1925)

Shulamith Firestone, Canadian-American activist and author (born 1945)

Dick McBride, American author, poet, and playwright (born 1928)

Saul Merin, Polish-Israeli ophthalmologist and academic (born 1933)

Ramón Sota, Spanish golfer (born 1938)

Ruth Goldbloom, Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded Pier 21 (born 1923)

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English historian and author (born 1953)

Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician and academic (born 1932)

Anne McKnight, American soprano (born 1924)

Les Moss, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1925)

Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball player and coach (born 1969)

Max Bygraves, English actor (born 1922)

Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (born 1944)

Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal (born 1927)

Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1938)

Sean Bergin, South African saxophonist, flute player, and composer (born 1948)

Hal David, American songwriter and composer (born 1921)

Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (born 1937)

William Petzäll, Swedish politician (born 1988)

Arnaldo Putzu, Italian illustrator (born 1927)

Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist (born 1966)

Jack Boucher, American photographer and director (born 1931)

John C. Marshall, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)

Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (born 1941)

Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (born 1943)

Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (born 1933)

Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (born 1957)

Siegfried Jamrowski, Russian-German soldier and pilot (born 1917)

Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (born 1920)

Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (born 1939)

Ian Dick, Australian cricketer and field hockey player (born 1926)

Victoria Fyodorova, Russian-American actress and author (born 1946)

John Oaksey, English jockey and journalist (born 1929)

Elisabeth Böhm, German architect (born 1921)

Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (born 1931)

Oscar Rossi, Argentine footballer and manager (born 1930)

César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1923)

Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1952)

Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (born 1921)

John McCarthy, Australian footballer (born 1989)

Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (born 1920)

Ron Tindall, English footballer and manager (born 1935)

Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (born 1934)

Robert Gammage, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1938)

Lance LeGault, American actor and stuntman (born 1935)

Stanley Long, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1933)

John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (born 1922)

Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (born 1945)

Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (born 1972)

J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (born 1960)

Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Russian poet and author (born 1946)

Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (born 1938)

Tom Sims, American skateboarder and snowboarder, founded Sims Snowboards (born 1950)

William Duckworth, American composer and author (born 1943)

Peter Lougheed, Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (born 1928)

Edgar Metcalfe, English-Australian actor and director (born 1933)

Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (born 1926)

Lehri, (Actual name:Safirullah Siddiqui), Pakistani comedian and an actor in the Urdu film industry of Pakistan (born 1929)

Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (born 1924)

Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (born 1963)

Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (born 1949)

Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (born 1913)

Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom (born 1930)

Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (born 1926)

Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (born 1915)

Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (born 1925)

Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (born 1926)

Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (born 1946)

Earl R. Fox, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard veteran; last active U.S. servicemember to serve in World War II (born 1919)

Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (born 1935)

Richard H. Cracroft, American author and academic (born 1936)

Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (born 1920)

José Curbelo, Cuban-American pianist and manager (born 1917)

Yehuda Elkana, Israeli historian and philosopher (born 1934)

Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and academic (born 1919)

Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (born 1913)

Juan H. Cintrón García, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, 126th Mayor of Ponce (born 1919)

Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (born 1915)

Henry Champ, Canadian journalist and academic (born 1937)

Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Minister of Defence for Russia (born 1948)

Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (born 1941)

Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (born 1966)

Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (born 1920)

Pierre Adam, French cyclist (born 1924)

Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1923)

Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (born 1934)

Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (born 1927)

John Bond, English footballer and manager (born 1932)

Eric Ives, English historian and academic (born 1931)

Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (born 1962)

Andy Williams, American singer (born 1927)

M'el Dowd, American actress and singer (born 1933)

Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (born 1927)

Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (born 1930)

Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (born 1929)

Eddie Bert, American trombonist (born 1922)

Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor (born 1917)

Avraham Adan, Israeli general (born 1926)

Chris Economaki, American journalist and sportscaster (born 1920)

Neil Smith, Scottish geographer and academic (born 1954)

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (born 1926)

Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (born 1947)

Turhan Bey, Austrian actor and producer (born 1922)

Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (born 1917)

Bobby Jaggers, American wrestler and engineer (born 1948)

Clara Stanton Jones, American librarian (born 1913)

Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian-American figure skater (born 1928)

Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (born 1956)

Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1935)

Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (born 1917)

Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (born 1950)

Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (born 1939)

Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (born 1933)

J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (born 1943)

Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (born 1931)

Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (born 1916)

Albie Roles, English footballer (born 1921)

David Atkinson, Canadian actor and singer (born 1921)

Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1941)

Tom Stannage, Australian footballer, historian, and academic (born 1944)

Keith Campbell, English biologist and academic (born 1954)

Vojin Dimitrijević, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (born 1932)

James W. Holley III, American dentist and politician (born 1926)

Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer and educator (born 1921)

Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (born 1925)

Mervyn M. Dymally, Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1926)

Ivo Michiels, Belgian-French author and poet (born 1923)

Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (born 1956)

Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)

Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th Governor of Gujarat (born 1925)

Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (born 1992)

Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (born 1923)

Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (born 1920)

Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1935)

Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (born 1934)

Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (born 1920)

Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (born 1936)

Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (born 1939)

Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (born 1913)

Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (born 1920)

Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (born 1946)

James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (born 1910)

Norm Grabowski, American hot rod builder and actor (born 1933)

Sukhdev Singh Kang, Indian judge and politician, 14th Governor of Kerala (born 1931)

Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (born 1938)

Gary Collins, American actor (born 1938)

Tomonobu Imamichi, Japanese philosopher and academic (born 1922)

John Clive, English actor and author (born 1933)

Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (born 1920)

Claude Cheysson, French lieutenant and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1920)

Erol Günaydın, Turkish actor and screenwriter (born 1933)

Maria Petrou, Greek-English computer scientist and academic (born 1953)

Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (born 1922)

Frank Moore Cross, American scholar and academic (born 1921)

Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (born 1951)

Émile Allais, French skier (born 1912)

Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (born 1930)

Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (born 1922)

Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)

Brain Damage, American wrestler (born 1977)

Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1922)

Wissam al-Hassan, Lebanese general (born 1965)

Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (born 1922)

Mike Graham, American wrestler (born 1951)

Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (born 1920)

Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)

Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (born 1904)

Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (born 1923)

Peggy Ahern, American actress (born 1917)

Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (born 1907)

Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)

John Connelly, English footballer (born 1938)

Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (born 1931)

Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1932)

John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (born 1916)

Alan Kirschenbaum, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1961)

Björn Sieber, Austrian skier (born 1989)

Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1945)

Angelo Maria Cicolani, Italian engineer and politician (born 1952)

Regina Dourado, Brazilian actress (born 1952)

Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (born 1926)

Rodney S. Quinn, American colonel, pilot, and politician, 44th Secretary of State of Maine (born 1923)

Göran Stangertz, Swedish actor and director (born 1944)

Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (born 1939)

John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (born 1936)

Jack Dellal, English businessman (born 1923)

Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (born 1926)

J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (born 1937)

Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (born 1924)

Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (born 1935)

Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (born 1920)

Franck Biancheri, French politician (born 1961)

Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (born 1961)

Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (born 1927)

John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (born 1917)

John H. Reed, American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (born 1921)

Agustín García Calvo, Spanish poet, playwright, and philosopher (born 1926)

Mitch Lucker, American singer (born 1984)

Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (born 1957)

Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Indian-American mathematician and academic (born 1930)

Robert Morton Duncan, American soldier and judge (born 1927)

Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (born 1926)

Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach (born 1920)

David Resnick, Brazilian-Israeli architect, designed Yad Kennedy (born 1924)

Olympe Bradna, French-American actress and dancer (born 1920)

Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (born 1908)

Leonardo Favio, Argentinian actor, singer, director and screenwriter (born 1938)

Bob Kaplan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1936)

Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (born 1973)

Clive Dunn, English actor (born 1920)

Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (born 1930)

Carmen Basilio, American boxer (born 1927)

Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (born 1950)

Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (born 1940)

Lee MacPhail, American businessman (born 1917)

Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (born 1960)

Peggy Vaughan, American author (born 1936)

John Louis Coffey, American lawyer and judge (born 1922)

Mitsuko Mori, Japanese actress (born 1920)

Piet van Zeil, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (born 1927)

Lam Adesina, Nigerian educator and politician, Governor of Oyo State (born 1939)

Joe Egan, English rugby player and coach (born 1919)

Rex Hunt, English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (born 1926)

Victor Mees, Belgian footballer (born 1927)

Harry Wayland Randall, American photographer (born 1915)

Hans Hammarskiöld, Swedish photographer (born 1925)

Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder (born 1941)

Daniel Stern, American psychologist and theorist (born 1934)

Erazm Ciołek, Polish photographer and author (born 1937)

Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (born 1965)

John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (born 1933)

Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (born 1974)

Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (born 1930)

Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (born 1936)

Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (born 1960)

Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (born 1933)

Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (born 1954)

Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (born 1976)

Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (born 1983)

K. C. Pant, Indian politician, 18th Indian Minister of Defence (born 1931)

Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (born 1940)

Ponty Chadha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1957)

Armand Desmet, Belgian cyclist (born 1931)

Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (born 1918)

Freddy Schmidt, American baseball player (born 1916)

Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

Bal Thackeray, Indian cartoonist and politician (born 1926)

Margaret Yorke, English author (born 1924)

Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (born 1929)

Phoebe Hearst Cooke, American businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1927)

Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (born 1975)

William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (born 1914)

Pete La Roca, American jazz drummer (born 1938)

Ivan Kušan, Croatian writer (born 1933)

Emily Squires, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1941)

Austin Peralta, American pianist (born 1990)

Bryce Courtenay, South African-Australian author (born 1933)

José Luis Borau, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)

Chuck Diering, American baseball player (born 1923)

Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (born 1931)

Diana Isaac, English-New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1921)

Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and educator (born 1931)

Dave Sexton, English footballer and manager (born 1930)

Dinah Sheridan, English actress (born 1920)

Celso Advento Castillo, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1943)

Peter Marsh, Australian table tennis player (born 1948)

Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)

M. C. Nambudiripad, Indian author and translator (born 1919)

Mickey Baker, American guitarist (born 1925)

Ab Fafié, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1941)

Érik Izraelewicz, French journalist and author (born 1954)

Marvin Miller, American businessman and union leader (born 1917)

Jack Wishna, American photographer and businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (born 1958)

Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic (born 1923)

Spain Rodriguez, American illustrator (born 1940)

Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (born 1922)

Zig Ziglar, American soldier and author (born 1926)

Jovan Belcher, American football player (born 1987)

Arthur Chaskalson, South African lawyer and judge, 18th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1931)

Rick Majerus, American basketball player and coach (born 1948)

Ed Price, American soldier, pilot, and politician (born 1918)

Israel Keyes, American serial killer (born 1978)

Tom Hendry, Canadian playwright, co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre (born 1929)

Ehsan Naraghi, Iranian sociologist and author (born 1926)

Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (born 1938)

Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)

Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1922)

Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (born 1971)

Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (born 1917)

Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (born 1920)

Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (born 1909)

Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (born 1961)

Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)

Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (born 1933)

Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (born 1951)

Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (born 1963)

Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (born 1922)

Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (born 1924)

Marty Reisman, American table tennis player and author (born 1930)

Saul Steinberg, American businessman and financier (born 1939)

Jerry Brown, American football player (born 1987)

John Gowans, Scottish-English 16th General of The Salvation Army (born 1934)

Johnny Lira, American boxer (born 1951)

Béla Nagy Abodi, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1918)

Patrick Moore, English lieutenant, astronomer, and educator (born 1923)

Alex Moulton, English engineer and businessman, founded the Moulton Bicycle Company (born 1920)

Jenni Rivera, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1969)

Charles Rosen, American pianist and musicologist (born 1927)

Riccardo Schicchi, Italian director and producer, co-founded Diva Futura (born 1953)

Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano and actress (born 1926)

Mendel Weinbach, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (born 1933)

Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (born 1920)

Joe Allbritton, American banker, publisher, and philanthropist, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (born 1924)

David Tait, English rugby player (born 1987)

John Graham, English general (born 1923)

Edward Jones, American police officer and politician (born 1950)

Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (born 1952)

Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian politician, 18th Governor of Kaduna State (born 1948)

Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (born 1929)

Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (born 1920)

Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (born 1972)

Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (born 1947)

Frank Macchiarola, American lawyer and academic (born 1941)

Mustafa Ould Salek, Mauritanian colonel and politician, President of Mauritania (born 1936)

Jim Whalen, American football player (born 1943)

Anatoliy Zayaev, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1931)

Robert Bork, American lawyer, judge, and scholar, United States Attorney General (born 1927)

Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel (born 1944)

Larry Morris, American football player (born 1933)

Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (born 1943)

Stan Charlton, English footballer and manager (born 1929)

Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (born 1929)

Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist and educator (born 1919)

Chuck Cherundolo, American football player and coach (born 1916)

Ryan Freel, American baseball player (born 1976)

Cliff Osmond, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)

Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysian physician and politician (born 1939)

Jean Harris, American educator and murderer (born 1923)

Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (born 1979)

Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and academic (born 1936)

Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)

Gerald McDermott, American author and illustrator (born 1941)

Ibrahim Tannous, Lebanese general (born 1929)

Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)

Nicholas Ambraseys, Greek-English seismologist and engineer (born 1929)

Mark Crispin, American computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP (born 1956)

Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (born 1980)

Philip Coppens, Belgian-American journalist and author (born 1971)

Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (born 1923)

Rita Levi-Montalcini, Italian neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1909)

Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (born 1928)

Dennis Ferguson, Australian sex offender (born 1948)

Tarak Mekki, Tunisian businessman and politician (born 1958)

Jovette Marchessault, Canadian author and playwright (born 1938)

Günter Rössler, German photographer and journalist (born 1926)