What Happened in 2014 — Events, Births & Deaths

A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine.

An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.

A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

Rojava conflict: The Kobanî Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

Rojava conflict: The Afrin Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

A school shooting in Moscow, Russia leaves two people dead and one wounded.

Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.

A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.

A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.

Revolution of Dignity: At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters die in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, many reportedly killed by snipers.

President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.

Thirty-five people are killed and 143 injured in a mass stabbing at Kunming Railway Station in China.

The Oscar Selfie, regarded as one of the most influential and important images of all time, is taken at the 86th Academy Awards.

In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown.

A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.

Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.

The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.

Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports cases of Ebola in the forested rural region of southeastern Guinea, marking the beginning of the largest Ebola outbreak in history.

Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.

The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.

A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.

Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.

A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.

The Great Fire of Valparaíso ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16 people, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying more than 2,500 homes.

Three people are killed in a shooting in Overland Park, Kansas.

Two bombs detonate at a bus station in Nyanya, Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring hundreds. Boko Haram claims responsibility.

Boko Haram abducts 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Nigeria.

In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, more than 400 civilians are gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.

The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to widespread criticism of the South Korean government, media, and shipping authorities.

NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination.

A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.

Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.

Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya.

Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa, DRC, in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.

An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners.

Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.

A military plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people.

Random killings occur on the Bannan Line of the Taipei MRT, killing four and injuring 24.

General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of political turmoil.

An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 injuries.

Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in the Isla Vista attacks near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara.

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, injuring 324 people.

At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium.

Narendra Modi takes oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India.

The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed.

Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh.

Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. It is the second deadliest act of terrorism in history, only behind 9/11.

A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board.

The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.

At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.

Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers.

Germany wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina in the final 1–0 after extra time.

A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.

A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in at least 25 injuries.

Eric Garner is killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.

Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21 soldiers. Egypt reportedly declares a state of emergency on its border with Sudan.

TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Penghu Airport. Forty-eight of the 58 people on board are killed and five more people on the ground are injured.

Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers. The wreckage is later found in Mali. All 116 people on board are killed.

Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.

Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.

At least 146 people are killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.

The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.

Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.

Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.

A Cessna Citation Excel crashes in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil killing all seven people aboard, including Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos.

Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989.

The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.

Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.

The album Songs of Innocence by U2 is digitally released at no charge to all customers of the iTunes Music Store, appearing automatically in the "purchased" section of over 500 million users worldwide.

The Synagogue Church building collapse results in the deaths of 115 people and several injured, in the Church run by Nigeria's T. B. Joshua.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.

Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom, by 55% to 45%.

The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.

A mass kidnapping of 43 students from a teaching college occurs in Iguala, Mexico.

63 people are killed in an eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan.

The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.

A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.

A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people.

A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.

The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.

The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.

Britain withdraws from Afghanistan at the end of Operation Herrick, after 12 years four months and seven days.

A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.

A mud slide; the 2014 Badulla landslide, in south-central Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people, and leaves hundreds of people missing.

Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.

Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.

During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California.

One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.

A non-binding self-determination consultation is held in Catalonia, asking Catalan citizens their opinion on whether Catalonia should become a state and, if so, whether it should be an independent state.

The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

An Armenian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter is shot down by Azerbaijani forces, killing all three people on board.

A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.

While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer.

Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.

The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.

Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.

Exploration Flight Test-1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched.

The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest is targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.

Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.

Gunman Man Haron Monis takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police raid the café the following morning.

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren.

The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.

Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.

A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.

Arabella Stanton, British actress, plays Hermione Granger

Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (born 1924)

Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (born 1923)

Phil Everly, American singer and guitarist (born 1939)

George Goodman, American economist and author (born 1930)

Saul Zaentz, American film producer (born 1921)

Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1942)

Carmen Zapata, American actress (born 1927)

Marina Ginestà, French Resistance soldier and photographer (born 1919)

Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1947)

Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic (born 1916)

Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (born 1907)

Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (born 1925)

Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1939)

Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (born 1934)

Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (born 1926)

Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (born 1965)

Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1939)

Sam Berns, American activist (born 1996)

Petr Hlaváček, Czech shoemaker and academic (born 1950)

Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (born 1929)

Larry Speakes, American journalist, 16th White House Press Secretary (born 1939)

Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (born 1915)

Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (born 1933)

Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1928)

Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (born 1935)

Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1928)

Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (born 1946)

Connie Binsfeld, American educator and politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (born 1924)

George Dement, American soldier, businessman, and politician (born 1922)

Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1931)

Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (born 1978)

Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (born 1917)

Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (born 1944)

Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (born 1930)

Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (born 1923)

Curtis Bray, American football player and coach (born 1970)

John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (born 1915)

Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (born 1944)

Gary Arlington, American author and illustrator (born 1938)

Ruth Duccini, American actress (born 1918)

Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (born 1931)

Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (born 1922)

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da'i al-Mutlaq (born 1915)

Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (born 1940)

Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (born 1942)

John J. McGinty III, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1940)

Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (born 1962)

Suchitra Sen, Indian film actress (born 1931)

Kathryn Abbe, American photographer and author (born 1919)

Michael Botmang, Nigerian politician, 17th Governor of Plateau State (born 1938)

Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (born 1951)

Andy Graver, English footballer (born 1927)

Sarah Marshall, English actress (born 1933)

Eugenio Cruz Vargas, Chilean poet and painter (born 1923)

Azaria Alon, Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (born 1918)

Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (born 1931)

Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (born 1933)

Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (born 1921)

Jonas Trinkūnas, Lithuanian ethnologist and academic (born 1939)

Maziar Partow, Iranian cinematographer (born 1933)

Yuri Izrael, Russian meteorologist and journalist (born 1930)

Elmira Nazirova, Azerbaijani composer (born 1928)

Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1928)

Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (born 1930)

Arthur Doyle, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and flute player (born 1944)

Heini Halberstam, Czech-English mathematician and academic (born 1926)

Dave Strack, American basketball player and coach (born 1923)

Morrie Turner, American cartoonist (born 1923)

Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (born 1933)

Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (born 1921)

José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (born 1939)

Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist (born 1919)

Epimaco Velasco, Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (born 1935)

Paul Zorner, German soldier and pilot (born 1920)

John Cacavas, American composer and conductor (born 1930)

Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (born 1930)

Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (born 1930)

Nigel Jenkins, Welsh poet, journalist, and geographer (born 1949)

Jorge Obeid, Argentinian engineer and politician, Governor of Santa Fe (born 1947)

Stefan Bałuk, Polish general and photographer (born 1914)

The Mighty Hannibal, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1939)

Russell D. Hemenway, American political activist (born 1925)

William Motzing, American composer and conductor (born 1937)

Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records (born 1922)

Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somali politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (born 1924)

Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (born 1921)

Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1938)

Vasily Petrov, Russian marshal (born 1917)

Rene Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic (born 1946)

Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)

Gerd Albrecht, German conductor (born 1935)

Tommy Aquino, American motorcycle racer (born 1992)

Nicholas Brooks, English historian (born 1941)

Eduardo Coutinho, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1933)

Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (born 1967)

Luis Raúl, Puerto Rican comedian and actor (born 1962)

Bunny Rugs, Jamaican singer (born 1948)

Nigel Walker, English footballer (born 1959)

Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1923)

Eugenio Corti, Italian soldier, author, and playwright (born 1921)

Dennis Lota, Zambian footballer (born 1973)

Robert Dahl, American political scientist and academic (born 1915)

Vasiľ Biľak, Slovak politician (born 1917)

Ralph Kiner, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1922)

Maxine Kumin, American author and poet (born 1925)

Vaçe Zela, Albanian-Swiss singer and guitarist (born 1939)

Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1933)

Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1932)

Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (born 1988)

Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (born 1938)

Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (born 1918)

Hal Herring, American football player and coach (born 1924)

Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (born 1920)

Stuart Hall, Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist (born 1932)

Shirley Temple, American actress and diplomat (born 1928)

Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (born 1924)

Tito Canepa, Dominican-American painter (born 1916)

Fernando González Pacheco, Colombian journalist and actor (born 1932)

Sid Caesar, American actor and comedian (born 1922)

John Pickstone, English historian and author (born 1944)

Balu Mahendra, Sri Lankan-Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1939)

Richard Møller Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (born 1937)

Ralph Waite, American actor and activist (born 1928)

Laura Motta, Brazilian catholic nun (born 1919)

Tom Finney, English footballer (born 1922)

Chris Pearson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (born 1931)

Mike Stepovich, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Alaska Territory (born 1919)

Thelma Estrin, American computer scientist and engineer (born 1924)

Christopher Malcolm, Scottish-Canadian actor, director, and producer (born 1946)

Ken Farragut, American football player (born 1928)

Kralle Krawinkel, German guitarist (born 1947)

Michael Shea, American author (born 1946)

Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (born 1952)

Peter Florin, German politician and diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (born 1921)

Wayne Smith, Jamaican singer (born 1965)

Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (born 1922)

Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1914)

Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager (born 1946)

Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (born 1948)

Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1935)

Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (born 1923)

Walter D. Ehlers, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1921)

Garrick Utley, American journalist (born 1939)

Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1935)

Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (born 1985)

Cornelius Schnauber, German–American historian, playwright, and academic (born 1939)

Charlotte Dawson, New Zealand–Australian television host (born 1966)

Trebor Jay Tichenor, American pianist and composer (born 1940)

Leo Vroman, Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (born 1915)

Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English Holocaust survivor, pianist and educator (born 1903)

Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (born 1919)

Franny Beecher, American guitarist (born 1921)

Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (born 1948)

Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (born 1923)

Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)

Sorel Etrog, Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (born 1933)

Phyllis Krasilovsky, American author and academic (born 1927)

Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (born 1960)

Terry Rand, American basketball player (born 1934)

Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (born 1935)

Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

Ryhor Baradulin, Belarusian poet and translator (born 1935)

Mark Freidkin, Russian author and poet (born 1953)

Elaine Kellett-Bowman, English lawyer and politician (born 1923)

Jack Kinzler, American engineer (born 1920)

Wu Tianming, Chinese director and producer (born 1939)

Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (born 1931)

Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (born 1963)

Leopoldo María Panero, Spanish poet and translator (born 1948)

Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1931)

Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (born 1969)

Frank Jobe, American soldier and surgeon (born 1925)

Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1921)

Martin Nesbitt, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)

Manlio Sgalambro, Italian philosopher, author, and poet (born 1924)

Ned O'Gorman, American poet and educator (born 1929)

Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (born 1921)

William Guarnere, American sergeant (born 1923)

Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (born 1967)

Joel Brinkley, American journalist and academic (born 1952)

Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)

Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (born 1923)

José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (born 1936)

Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (born 1928)

Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, Irish businessman and politician (born 1944)

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (born 1932)

Icchokas Meras, Lithuanian-Israeli author and screenwriter (born 1934)

Tony Benn, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (born 1925)

Meir Har-Zion, Israeli commander (born 1934)

Scott Asheton, American drummer (born 1949)

David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (born 1936)

Bo Callaway, American soldier and politician, United States Secretary of the Army (born 1927)

Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (born 1947)

Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (born 1941)

Donald Crothers, American chemist and academic (born 1937)

Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy, Sierra Leonean author, poet, and playwright (born 1936)

Steve Moore, English author and illustrator (born 1949)

Alexander Pochinok, Russian economist and politician (born 1958)

Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (born 1974)

Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (born 1924)

Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (born 1910)

Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian author, playwright, and academic (born 1951)

Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1953)

Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (born 1943)

Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded IDG (born 1937)

Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (born 1929)

Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (born 1942)

Robert S. Strauss, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (born 1918)

Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (born 1912)

Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (born 1923)

Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (born 1934)

Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian footballer (born 1930)

Tonie Nathan, American politician (born 1923)

Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author (born 1915)

Qoriniasi Bale, Fijian lawyer and politician, 25th Attorney-General of Fiji (born 1929)

Bill Boedeker, American football player and soldier (born 1924)

Jack Fleck, American golfer (born 1921)

Simeon Oduoye, Nigerian police officer and politician (born 1945)

James Rebhorn, American actor (born 1948)

Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (born 1933)

Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (born 1928)

Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (born 1929)

Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (born 1938)

Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (born 1965)

Dave Brockie, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1963)

Jaroslav Šerých, Czech painter and illustrator (born 1928)

Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (born 1932)

Peter Oakley, English YouTuber (born 1927)

Oleksandr Muzychko, Ukrainian activist (born 1962)

John Rowe Townsend, English author and scholar (born 1922)

David A. Trampier, American illustrator (born 1954)

Lorna Arnold, English historian and author (born 1915)

Hank Lauricella, American football player and politician (born 1930)

Jon Lord, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1956)

Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1946)

Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (born 1943)

Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (born 1918)

Roger Birkman, American psychologist and author (born 1919)

Dick Guidry, American businessman and politician (born 1929)

Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball, English politician (born 1928)

Richard N. Frye, American scholar and academic (born 1920)

James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense and first United States Secretary of Energy (born 1929)

Jeremiah Denton, American admiral and politician (born 1924)

Lorenzo Semple, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (born 1923)

Marc Platt, American actor and dancer (born 1913)

Kate O'Mara, English actress (born 1939)

Alice Raftary, American educator of blind adults (born 1927)

Gonzalo Anes, Spanish economist, historian, and academic (born 1931)

King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (born 1922)

Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (born 1924)

Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (born 1925)

Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (born 1938)

Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (born 1935)

Fred Kida, American illustrator (born 1920)

Prince Michael of Prussia (born 1940)

Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (born 1936)

Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (born 1921)

İsmet Atlı, Turkish wrestler and trainer (born 1931)

Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (born 1939)

Kumba Ialá, Bissau-Guinean soldier and politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1953)

Margo MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician (born 1943)

Curtis Bill Pepper, American journalist and author (born 1917)

Muhammad Qutb, Egyptian author and academic (born 1919)

Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (born 1920)

Mariano Díaz, Spanish cyclist (born 1939)

Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review (born 1927)

John Pinette, American comedian (born 1964)

José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (born 1947)

Mary Anderson, American actress (born 1918)

Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (born 1926)

Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (born 1922)

Mickey Rooney, American soldier, actor, and dancer (born 1920)

Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (born 1924)

Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer, co-founded Bimota (born 1943)

George Dureau, American painter and photographer (born 1930)

James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (born 1926)

V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (born 1923)

Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (born 1952)

John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (born 1931)

George Shuffler, American guitarist (born 1925)

Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (born 1927)

Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (born 1942)

Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (born 1927)

Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (born 1924)

Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (born 1930)

Gil Askey, American trumpet player, composer, and producer (born 1925)

Chris Banks, American football player (born 1973)

Rory Ellinger, American lawyer and politician (born 1941)

Norman Girvan, Jamaican economist, academic, and politician (born 1941)

Aelay Narendra, Indian politician (born 1946)

A. N. R. Robinson, Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926)

Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Serbian author (born 1933)

Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (born 1926)

Edna Doré, English actress (born 1921)

Bill Henry, American baseball player (born 1927)

Lou Hudson, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1944)

Myer S. Kripke, American rabbi and scholar (born 1914)

Sergey Nepobedimy, Russian engineer (born 1921)

Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944)

Pierre Autin-Grenier, French author and poet (born 1947)

Pierre-Henri Menthéour, French cyclist (born 1960)

Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (born 1990)

Hal Smith, American baseball player and coach (born 1931)

Billy Standridge, American race car driver (born 1953)

Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (born 1935)

Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (born 1951)

Nina Cassian, Romanian poet and critic (born 1924)

Crad Kilodney, American-Canadian author (born 1948)

Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (born 1930)

Mick Staton, American soldier and politician (born 1940)

John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (born 1919)

Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (born 1935)

Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (born 1949)

Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (born 1929)

Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (born 1923)

Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)

Bernat Klein, Serbian-Scottish fashion designer and painter (born 1922)

Wojciech Leśnikowski, Polish–American architect and academic (born 1938)

Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician (born 1940)

Guru Dhanapal, Indian director and producer (born 1959)

Sanford Jay Frank, American screenwriter and producer (born 1954)

Brian Priestman, English conductor and academic (born 1927)

Neville Wran, Australian politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (born 1926)

George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (born 1936)

Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (born 1930)

Oswaldo Vigas, Venezuelan painter (born 1926)

Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (born 1946)

Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (born 1959)

Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (born 1912)

Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (born 1911)

F. Michael Rogers, American general (born 1921)

Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (born 1951)

Patric Standford, English composer and educator (born 1939)

Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (born 1934)

Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1948)

Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (born 1968)

Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (born 1921)

Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (born 1925)

William Judson Holloway Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1923)

Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (born 1934)

Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1968)

Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (born 1932)

Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (born 1936)

Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (born 1927)

DJ Rashad, American electronic musician, producer and DJ (born 1979)

Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (born 1929)

Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1931)

Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (born 1935)

Harry Firth, Australian race car driver and manager (born 1918)

Barbara Fiske Calhoun, American cartoonist and painter (born 1919)

William Honan, American journalist and author (born 1930)

Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (born 1953)

Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1919)

Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1925)

Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer (born 1938)

Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (born 1951)

Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (born 1981)

Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (born 1966)

Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (born 1925)

Bob Hoskins, English actor (born 1942)

Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (born 1919)

Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (born 1946)

Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (born 1929)

Ian Ross, Australian journalist (born 1940)

Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (born 1927)

Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist and academic (born 1947)

Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)

Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (born 1951)

Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (born 1922)

Žarko Petan, Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1929)

Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (born 1918)

Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)

Francisco Icaza, Mexican painter (born 1930)

Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (born 1934)

Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (born 1924)

Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (born 1983)

Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (born 1923)

Helga Königsdorf, German physicist and author (born 1938)

Ross Lonsberry, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1947)

Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1948)

Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (born 1926)

Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (born 1925)

William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)

Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (born 1940)

Billy Harrell, American baseball player and scout (born 1928)

Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1921)

Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (born 1919)

Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (born 1921)

Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (born 1923)

Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (born 1943)

Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (born 1927)

Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (born 1921)

Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (born 1935)

Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer (born 1939)

Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (born 1936)

Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (born 1938)

Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)

Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1935)

Mary Stewart, British author and poet (born 1916)

Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (born 1925)

Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (born 1925)

H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (born 1940)

Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1934)

Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (born 1944)

David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (born 1926)

Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (born 1977)

J. F. Coleman, American soldier and pilot (born 1918)

Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1949)

Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (born 1948)

Jeffrey Kruger, English-American businessman (born 1931)

Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American librarian and author (born 1928)

Morvin Simon, New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (born 1944)

Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1940)

Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1933)

Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (born 1933)

Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (born 1932)

Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (born 1943)

Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (born 1928)

Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)

C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (born 1922)

Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (born 1944)

Thongbanh Sengaphone, Laotian politician (born 1953)

Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1921)

Hans-Peter Dürr, German physicist and academic (born 1929)

Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1948)

Chukwuedu Nwokolo, Nigerian physician and academic (born 1921)

Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (born 1946)

Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (born 1982)

Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (born 1926)

Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (born 1930)

Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (born 1931)

Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (born 1932)

Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (born 1934)

Sandra Bem, American psychologist and academic (born 1944)

Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (born 1934)

Robyn Denny, English-French painter (born 1930)

Arthur Gelb, American journalist, author, and critic (born 1924)

Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English businessman (born 1933)

Barbara Murray, English actress (born 1929)

Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (born 1939)

Johnny Gray, American baseball player (born 1926)

Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1924)

Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (born 1956)

Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (born 1949)

Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (born 1921)

David Allen, English cricketer (born 1935)

Stormé DeLarverie, known as the "Rosa Parks of the lesbian community" (born 1920)

Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, Iranian businessman (born 1969)

Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (born 1927)

John Vasconcellos, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1932)

David Allen, English cricketer (born 1935)

Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (born 1942)

Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (born 1923)

Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (born 1913)

Toaripi Lauti, Tuvaluan educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (born 1928)

Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (born 1954)

Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (born 1921)

Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American academic and neuropharmacologist (born 1933)

William R. Roy, American physician, journalist, and politician (born 1926)

Hooshang Seyhoun, Iranian-Canadian architect, sculptor, and painter (born 1920)

Robert Genn, Canadian painter and author (born 1936)

Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)

Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1929)

Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (born 1931)

Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet (born 1928)

Stan Crowther, English footballer (born 1935)

Oscar Dystel, American publisher (born 1912)

Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (born 1928)

Bob Houbregs, Canadian-American basketball player and manager (born 1932)

Isaac Kungwane, South African footballer (born 1971)

Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1943)

Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (born 1939)

Peter Glaser, Czech-American scientist and engineer (born 1923)

Miljenko Prohaska, Croatian composer and conductor (born 1925)

William M. Roth, American businessman (born 1916)

Hienadz Buraukin, Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (born 1936)

Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)

Joan Lorring, British actress (born 1926)

Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, Greek admiral (born 1932)

Marilyn Beck, American journalist (born 1928)

Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (born 1952)

Hoss Ellington, American race car driver (born 1935)

Martha Hyer, American actress (born 1924)

Lewis Katz, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1942)

Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, English author (born 1922)

Ann B. Davis, American actress (born 1926)

Valentin Mankin, Ukrainian sailor (born 1938)

Timofei Moșneaga, Moldovan physician and politician, Moldovan Minister of Health (born 1932)

Ivica Brzić, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1941)

Nikolay Khrenkov, Russian bobsledder (born 1984)

Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (born 1925)

Svyatoslav Belza, Russian journalist, author, and critic (born 1942)

Gopinath Munde, Indian politician, 3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1949)

George Ho, American-Hong Kong businessman (born 1919)

Nathan Shamuyarira, Zimbabwean journalist and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1928)

Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman, English lawyer and judge (born 1920)

Don Zimmer, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1931)

Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, Iraqi commander (born 1971)

Don Davis, American songwriter and producer (born 1938)

Reiulf Steen, Norwegian journalist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications (born 1933)

Lorna Wing, English psychiatrist and physician; pioneered studies of autism (born 1928)

Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (born 1903)

Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (born 1948)

Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (born 1926)

Stuart Long, American boxer and Catholic priest (born 1963)

Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1958)

Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (born 1910)

Alicemarie Huber Stotler, American lawyer and judge (born 1942)

Gustave Tassell, American fashion designer (born 1926)

Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (born 1956)

Marcello Alencar, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Rio de Janeiro (born 1925)

Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (born 1951)

Robert M. Grant, American theologian and academic (born 1917)

Jack Lee, American radio host and politician (born 1920)

Ruby Dee, American actress (born 1922)

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (born 1933)

Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (born 1955)

Mipham Chokyi Lodro, Tibetan lama and educator (born 1952)

Benjamin Mophatlane, South African businessman (born 1973)

Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (born 1933)

Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1926)

Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)

Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (born 1932)

Robert Peters, American poet, playwright and critic (born 1924)

Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (born 1920)

Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress (born 1935)

Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (born 1929)

James E. Rogers, American lawyer, businessman, and academic (born 1938)

Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (born 1927)

Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (born 1960)

Cándido Muatetema Rivas (born 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea

Patsy Byrne, English actress (born 1933)

Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (born 1954)

Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1938)

Arnold S. Relman, American physician and academic (born 1923)

Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1928)

Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (born 1923)

Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1928)

Claire Martin, Canadian author (born 1914)

Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (born 1957)

Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (born 1928)

Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt, German general (born 1915)

Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (born 1939)

Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (born 1985)

Yozo Ishikawa, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1925)

Walter Kieber, Austrian-Liechtenstein politician, 7th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (born 1931)

Wong Ho Leng, Malaysian lawyer and politician (born 1959)

Fouad Ajami, Lebanese-American author and academic (born 1945)

Rama Narayanan, Indian director and producer (born 1949)

Nancy Garden, American author (born 1938)

Euros Lewis, Welsh cricketer (born 1942)

Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman, co-founded Redken (born 1931)

John Clement, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1928)

Marilyn Fisher Lundy, American businesswoman (born 1925)

Olga Kotelko, Canadian runner and softball player (born 1919)

Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1916)

Eli Wallach, American actor (born 1915)

Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1931)

Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (born 1925)

Ivan Plyushch, Ukrainian agronomist and politician (born 1941)

Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (born 1925)

Bill Frank, American-Canadian football player (born 1938)

Rollin King, American businessman, co-founded Southwest Airlines (born 1931)

Bob Mischak, American football player and coach (born 1932)

Julius Rudel, Austrian-American conductor (born 1921)

Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (born 1931)

Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (born 1954)

Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (born 1932)

Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (born 1930)

Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (born 1919)

Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1926)

Seymour Barab, American cellist and composer (born 1921)

Jim Brosnan, American baseball player (born 1929)

On Kawara, Japanese painter (born 1933)

Meshach Taylor, American actor (born 1947)

Damian D'Oliveira, South African cricketer (born 1960)

Dermot Healy, Irish author, poet, and playwright (born 1947)

Frank Cashen, American businessman (born 1925)

Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)

Željko Šturanović, Montenegrin lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (born 1960)

Jean Garon, Canadian economist, lawyer and politician (born 1938)

Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founder of The Farm (born 1935)

Bob Jones, English lawyer and politician (born 1955)

Anatoly Kornukov, Ukrainian-Russian general (born 1942)

Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (born 1937)

Emilio Álvarez Montalván, Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and politician (born 1919)

Manuel Cardona, Spanish physicist and academic (born 1934)

Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (born 1915)

Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (born 1925)

Louis Zamperini, American runner and World War II US Army Air Forces captain (born 1917)

Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (born 1917)

Tim Flood, Irish hurler and coach (born 1927)

Volkmar Groß, German footballer (born 1948)

Ira Ruskin, American politician (born 1943)

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (born 1924)

Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (born 1950)

C. J. Henderson, American author and critic (born 1951)

Earl Robinson, American baseball player (born 1936)

Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (born 1932)

Rosemary Murphy, American actress (born 1925)

Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (born 1935)

Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (born 1931)

Alan J. Dixon, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Illinois Secretary of State (born 1927)

Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (born 1926)

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (born 1928)

Peter Underwood, Australian lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Tasmania (born 1937)

Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1930)

John V. Evans, American soldier and politician, 27th Governor of Idaho (born 1925)

Ben Pangelinan, Guamanian businessman and politician (born 1956)

Howard Siler, American bobsledder and coach (born 1945)

Lorenzo Álvarez Florentín, Paraguayan violinist and composer (born 1926)

David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)

Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (born 1922)

John Spinks, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)

Robert C. Broomfield, American lawyer and judge (born 1933)

Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1918)

Paul G. Risser, American ecologist and academic (born 1939)

Zohra Sehgal, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (born 1912)

Gloria Schweigerdt, American baseball player (born 1934)

Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (born 1937)

Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1934)

Bill McGill, American basketball player (born 1939)

Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (born 1949)

John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (born 1927)

Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (born 1958)

Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author (born 1931)

Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1924)

Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (born 1927)

Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (born 1919)

Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (born 1924)

Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (born 1950)

Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (born 1924)

Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (born 1919)

Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist, short story writer, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)

Jeff Leiding, American football player (born 1961)

Lorin Maazel, French-American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1930)

Óscar Acosta, Honduran author, poet, and diplomat (born 1933)

James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author (born 1918)

Edward Perl, American neuroscientist and academic (born 1926)

Robert A. Roe, American soldier and politician (born 1924)

Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi (born 1920)

Mary Ellen Otremba, American educator and politician (born 1950)

Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944)

Heinz Zemanek, Austrian computer scientist and academic (born 1920)

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims:

Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1933)

Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (born 1928)

Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (born 1925)

Andreas Biermann, German footballer (born 1980)

João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (born 1941)

Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)

Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian (born 1933)

Skye McCole Bartusiak, American child actress and child model (born 1992)

David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (born 1917)

Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author (born 1933)

James Garner, American actor (born 1928)

Jerzy Jurka, Polish biologist (born 1950)

Ray King, English footballer and manager (born 1924)

Ingemar Odlander, Swedish journalist (born 1936)

Harry Pougher, English cricketer (born 1941)

Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon (born 1923)

Constantin Lucaci, Romanian sculptor and educator (born 1923)

Bob McNamara, American football player (born 1931)

Klaus Schmidt, German archaeologist and academic (born 1953)

Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (born 1926)

Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (born 1961)

Lettice Curtis, English engineer and pilot (born 1915)

Hans-Peter Kaul, German lawyer and judge (born 1943)

Rilwanu Lukman, Nigerian engineer and politician (born 1938)

Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player and boxer (born 1927)

Johann Breyer, German SS officer (born 1925)

Louis Lentin, Irish director and producer (born 1933)

Nitzan Shirazi, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1971)

Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (born 1923)

Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (born 1917)

Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (born 1927)

Jordan Tabor, English footballer (born 1990)

Ik-Hwan Bae, Korean-American violinist and educator (born 1956)

Dale Schlueter, American basketball player (born 1945)

Hans-Hermann Sprado, German journalist and author (born 1956)

Bel Kaufman, German-American author and academic (born 1911)

Richard Larter, Australian painter and illustrator (born 1929)

Oleh Babayev, Ukrainian businessman and politician (born 1965)

Charles R. Larson, American admiral (born 1936)

Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (born 1938)

Sergei O. Prokofieff, Russian anthropologist and author (born 1954)

Roland Verhavert, Belgian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)

Richard Bolt, New Zealand air marshal and pilot (born 1923)

George Freese, American baseball player and coach (born 1926)

Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (born 1926)

Francesco Marchisano, Italian cardinal (born 1929)

Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (born 1937)

Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1925)

Alakbar Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager (born 1930)

M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1925)

Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1943)

Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist and composer (born 1929)

María Antonia Iglesias, Spanish journalist and author (born 1945)

Péter Kiss, Hungarian engineer and politician (born 1959)

Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (born 1939)

Thomas R. St. George, American soldier and author (born 1919)

Robert Drew, American director and producer (born 1924)

Harun Farocki, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)

Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (born 1931)

Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (born 1932)

Dick Smith, American make-up artist (born 1922)

Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)

Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (born 1925)

Nabarun Bhattacharya, Indian journalist and author (born 1948)

Jeff Bourne, English footballer (born 1948)

Wilfred Feinberg, American lawyer and judge (born 1920)

Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (born 1973)

Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (born 1974)

Charles T. Payne, American soldier (born 1925)

Mike Smith, English radio and television host (born 1955)

Ed Joyce, American journalist (born 1932)

Billie Letts, American author and educator (born 1938)

Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (born 1954)

James Thompson, American-Finnish author (born 1964)

Miangul Aurangzeb, Pakistani captain and politician, 19th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (born 1928)

Edward Clancy, Australian cardinal (born 1923)

Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American author (born 1916)

Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist and composer (born 1958)

Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist and academic (born 1944)

James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (born 1940)

Chester Crandell, American lawyer and politician (born 1946)

Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)

Harold J. Greene, American general (born 1962)

Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (born 1936)

Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (born 1914)

Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (born 1927)

Ralph Bryans, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (born 1941)

Ananda W.P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (born 1928)

John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (born 1927)

Víctor Fayad, Argentine lawyer and politician (born 1955)

Perry Moss, American football player and coach (born 1926)

Henry Stone, American record producer (born 1921)

Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (born 1929)

Charles Keating, English-American actor (born 1941)

Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (born 1935)

Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (born 1929)

Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (born 1929)

J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (born 1929)

Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer and coach (born 1958)

Arthur G. Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Arlen Realty and Development Corporation (born 1930)

Ed Nelson, American actor (born 1928)

Jim Command, American baseball player and scout (born 1928)

Dotty Lynch, American journalist and academic (born 1945)

Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (born 1912)

Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (born 1930)

Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1928)

Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (born 1952)

Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish author and blogger (born 1917)

Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (born 1951)

Sam Hall, American diver, legislator, and mercenary (born 1937)

Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (born 1924)

Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1950)

Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1948)

Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (born 1934)

Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician, 14th Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (born 1965)

Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver (born 1933)

Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1926)

Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded Moment Magazine (born 1934)

George V. Hansen, American politician (born 1930)

Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (born 1909)

Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (born 1947)

Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (born 1930)

Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (born 1960)

Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (born 1924)

Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (born 1937)

Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (born 1921)

Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (born 1917)

Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (born 1928)

Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (born 1937)

Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (born 1930)

Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1934)

Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (born 1933)

Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (born 1918)

Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (born 1939)

Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (born 1927)

Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (born 1942)

Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (born 1983)

Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (born 1934)

Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (born 1946)

B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (born 1918)

Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (born 1924)

Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (born 1925)

Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (born 1927)

Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (born 1944)

Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (born 1925)

Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1946)

Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1937)

Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, ninth Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1932)

U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)

Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (born 1906)

Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (born 1928)

Noella Leduc, American baseball player (born 1933)

John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (born 1921)

John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (born 1929)

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (born 1989)

Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (born 1994)

Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (born 1932)

Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (born 1949)

Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (born 1923)

Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, Brazilian businessman (born 1928)

William Greaves, American director and producer (born 1926)

Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (born 1936)

Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (born 1938)

Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (born 1936)

Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (born 1931)

Christian Bourquin, French lawyer and politician (born 1954)

Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1950)

Caroline Kellett, English journalist (born 1960)

Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)

Jacques Friedel, French physicist and academic (born 1921)

Valeri Petrov, Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1920)

Benno Pludra, German author (born 1925)

Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (born 1947)

Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (born 1956)

John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (born 1937)

Octavio Brunetti, Argentine pianist and composer (born 1975)

Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (born 1943)

Charles Bowden, American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist (born 1945)

Bipan Chandra, Indian historian and academic (born 1928)

Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (born 1996)

Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (born 1920)

Felipe Osterling, Peruvian lawyer and politician (born 1932)

Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1933)

Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1931)

Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (born 1932)

Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1945)

Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (born 1977)

Roger McKee, American baseball player (born 1926)

Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (born 1920)

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, American lawyer and politician, 20th District Attorney of Philadelphia (born 1930)

Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (born 1911)

Helena Rakoczy, Polish gymnast (born 1921)

Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Attorney General of India (born 1949)

Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)

A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1930)

Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (born 1930)

Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (born 1959)

Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (born 1928)

Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (born 1933)

Bruce Morton, American journalist (born 1930)

Mara Neusel, German mathematician, author, and academic (born 1964)

Odd Bondevik, Norwegian bishop and theologian (born 1941)

Seth Martin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933)

Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player and educator (born 1919)

Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (born 1991)

Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (born 1930)

Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (born 1920)

Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (born 1952)

S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founder of Chick-fil-A (born 1921)

Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (born 1971)

Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (born 1910)

Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (born 1918)

Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (born 1930)

Graham Joyce, English author and educator (born 1954)

Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (born 1934)

Richard Kiel, American actor (born 1939)

Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (born 1932)

George Spencer, American baseball player (born 1926)

Paul K. Sybrowsky, American religious leader and academic (born 1944)

Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (born 1925)

Donald Sinden, English actor (born 1923)

Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1932)

John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1942)

Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1926)

Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (born 1939)

Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (born 1936)

Helen Filarski, American baseball player (born 1924)

Milan Galić, Serbian footballer (born 1938)

Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (born 1931)

Tony Auth, American illustrator (born 1942)

Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1961)

E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (born 1933)

John Anderson Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (born 1917)

Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (born 1930)

Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (born 1922)

Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (born 1936)

Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (born 1947)

George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)

Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1972)

Wakachichibu Komei, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1939)

Charles Read, Australian air marshal (born 1918)

Peter von Bagh, Finnish historian, director, and screenwriter (born 1943)

China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (born 1922)

Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1936)

Earl Ross, Canadian racing driver (born 1941)

Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (born 1928)

Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (born 1930)

Audrey Long, American actress (born 1922)

Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and cosmonaut (born 1942)

Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (born 1930)

Takako Doi, Japanese scholar and politician (born 1928)

George Sluizer, French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1932)

Michael Harari, Israeli intelligence officer (born 1927)

Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach (born 1950)

Sheldon Patinkin, American director and playwright (born 1935)

Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1923)

Sahana Pradhan, Nepalese politician, Nepalese Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1927)

Erik van der Wurff, Dutch pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1945)

Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (born 1936)

A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (born 1943)

Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (born 1934)

Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (born 1934)

Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (born 1913)

Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (born 1920)

Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (born 1941)

Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1929)

Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (born 1943)

Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1951)

Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (born 1920)

Jim Boeke, American football player and coach (born 1938)

Sam Hall, American screenwriter (born 1921)

Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (born 1932)

Tamir Sapir, Georgian-American businessman (born 1946)

Gaby Aghion, French fashion designer, founded Chloé (born 1921)

Wally Hergesheimer, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1927)

Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (born 1939)

James Traficant, American lawyer and politician (born 1941)

Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (born 1923)

Joseph H. Alexander, American colonel and historian (born 1938)

Sheila Faith, English dentist and politician (born 1928)

Tim Rawlings, English footballer and manager (born 1932)

Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (born 1938)

Mary Cadogan, English author (born 1928)

John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (born 1921)

Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)

Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1948)

Shlomo Lahat, Israeli general and politician (born 1927)

José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (born 1942)

Robert Serra, Venezuelan criminologist and politician (born 1987)

Robert Flower, Australian footballer (born 1955)

Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (born 1963)

Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (born 1933)

Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (born 1931)

Kevin Metheny, American businessman (born 1954)

Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (born 1929)

Konrad Boehmer, German-Dutch composer and educator (born 1941)

Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)

Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (born 1959)

Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (born 1951)

David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (born 1924)

Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (born 1959)

Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1930)

Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (born 1917)

Vic Braden, American tennis player and coach (born 1929)

Igor Mitoraj, German-Polish sculptor (born 1944)

Diane Nyland, Canadian actress, director and choreographer (born 1944)

Marian Seldes, American actress (born 1928)

Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1976)

Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (born 1933)

Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (born 1988)

Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (born 1926)

Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1917)

Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (born 1938)

Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (born 1927)

Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (born 1928)

Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (born 1929)

Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (born 1957)

Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (born 1925)

Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (born 1921)

Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (born 1936)

Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (born 1958)

Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (born 1921)

Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1971)

Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (born 1977)

Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (born 1936)

Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (born 1947)

Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (born 1931)

Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (born 1933)

Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (born 1944)

Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (born 1933)

Graham Miles, English snooker player (born 1941)

Roberto Telch, Argentinian footballer and coach (born 1943)

John Bradfield, English biologist and businessman, founded Cambridge Science Park (born 1925)

Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (born 1922)

Margaret Hillert, American author and poet (born 1920)

Mohammad Sarengat, Indonesian sprinter (born 1939)

Pontus Segerström, Swedish footballer (born 1981)

A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (born 1923)

Leonard Liggio, American author and academic (born 1933)

Elizabeth Peña, American actress (born 1959)

Giovanni Reale, Italian philosopher and historian (born 1931)

Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)

Allen Forte, American musicologist and theorist (born 1926)

Seppo Kuusela, Finnish basketball player and coach (born 1934)

John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (born 1926)

Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (born 1937)

Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (born 1943)

Tom Shaw, American bishop (born 1945)

Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (born 1919)

Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (born 1922)

Edward Regan, American academic and politician (born 1930)

Sidney Shapiro, American-Chinese author and translator (born 1915)

John Holt, Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)

Stephen Paulus, American composer (born 1949)

Raphael Ravenscroft, English saxophonist and composer (born 1954)

Serena Shim, Lebanese-American journalist (born 1984)

René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist (born 1933)

Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (born 1932)

Christophe de Margerie, French businessman (born 1951)

Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (born 1921)

Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (born 1926)

Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (born 1931)

Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (born 1925)

Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (born 1916)

George Francis, English footballer and soldier (born 1934)

John-Roger Hinkins, American religious leader and author (born 1934)

Ashok Kumar, Indian director and cinematographer (born 1941)

John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (born 1922)

Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (born 1922)

John Bramlett, American football player (born 1941)

Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (born 1929)

Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (born 1927)

Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (born 1931)

Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (born 1942)

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980)

S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1928)

Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (born 1948)

Jack Bruce, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943)

Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (born 1940)

Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (born 1923)

Mo Collins, American football player and coach (born 1976)

Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1942)

Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (born 1987)

Brian Moore, Australian rugby league player (born 1944)

Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (born 1961)

Gordy Soltau, American football player and sportscaster (born 1925)

Oscar Taveras, Dominican baseball player (born 1992)

Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (born 1922)

Shin Hae-chul, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (born 1968)

Starke Taylor, American soldier and politician, mayor of Dallas (born 1922)

Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (born 1927)

Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (born 1937)

Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (born 1965)

Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1968)

H. Gary Morse, American businessman (born 1936)

Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (born 1937)

Renée Asherson, English actress (born 1915)

Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actress and radio host (born 1916)

David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (born 1926)

Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (born 1975)

Brad Halsey, American baseball player (born 1981)

Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (born 1922)

Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (born 1923)

Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (born 1967)

Abednigo Ngcobo, South African footballer (born 1950)

Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1920)

Wayne Static, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965)

Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (born 1929)

Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1956)

Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (born 1925)

Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (born 1925)

Shabtai Teveth, Israeli historian and author (born 1925)

Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (born 1922)

Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (born 1950)

Enrique Olivera, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires (born 1940)

George Edgar Slusser, American author and academic (born 1939)

S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (born 1915)

Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (born 1921)

Lane Evans, American lawyer and politician (born 1951)

Wally Grant, American ice hockey player (born 1927)

Abdelwahab Meddeb, Tunisian-French author, poet, and scholar (born 1946)

Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (born 1956)

Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (born 1920)

Rick Rosas, American bass player (born 1949)

Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (born 1928)

Kajetan Kovič, Slovenian journalist and poet (born 1931)

Allen Ripley, American baseball player (born 1952)

Phil Crane, American academic and politician (born 1930)

Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (born 1917)

Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (born 1925)

Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (born 1984)

Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (born 1928)

Rubén Alvarez, Argentinian golfer (born 1961)

Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani, Qatari prince (born 1966)

R. A. Montgomery, American author and publisher (born 1936)

Myles Munroe, Bahamian pastor and author (born 1954)

Orlando Thomas, American football player (born 1972)

Joe Walsh, Irish politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (born 1943)

Josip Boljkovac, Croatian soldier and politician, 1st Croatia Minister of the Interior (born 1920)

Wayne Goss, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Premier of Queensland (born 1951)

John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)

Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, American surfer and physician (born 1921)

Al Renfrew, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1924)

John Doar, American lawyer and activist (born 1921)

Big Bank Hank, American rapper (born 1956)

Philip G. Hodge, American engineer and academic (born 1920)

Harry Lonsdale, American chemist, businessman, and politician (born 1932)

Carol Ann Susi, American actress (born 1952)

Ravi Chopra, Indian director and producer (born 1946)

Warren Clarke, English actor, director, and producer (born 1947)

Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (born 1929)

Valery Senderov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1945)

María José Alvarado, Honduran model, Señorita Honduras 2014 (born 1995)

Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician, Georgian Minister of Economy (born 1956)

Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (born 1922)

Alexander Grothendieck, German-French mathematician and theorist (born 1928)

Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (born 1924)

Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (born 1937)

Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (born 1984)

Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (born 1918)

Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (born 1934)

Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (born 1983)

Reg Withers, Australian soldier and politician, Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (born 1924)

Charles Champlin, American historian, author, and critic (born 1926)

Jovan Ćirilov, Serbian poet and playwright (born 1931)

Ian Craig, Australian cricketer (born 1935)

Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (born 1987)

Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect (born 1920)

Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (born 1925)

John T. Downey, American CIA agent and judge (born 1930)

Bill Frenzel, American lieutenant and politician (born 1928)

Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (born 1940)

Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1922)

Dave Appell, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1922)

Pepe Eliaschev, Argentinian journalist and author (born 1945)

Ahmad Lozi, Jordanian educator and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Jordan (born 1925)

C. Rudhraiya, Indian director and producer (born 1947)

Roy Bhaskar, English philosopher and academic (born 1944)

Jeremiah Coffey, Irish-Australian bishop (born 1933)

Pete Harman, American businessman (born 1919)

Richard A. Jensen, American theologian, author, and academic (born 1934)

Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (born 1950)

Mike Nichols, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1931)

Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (born 1926)

John H. Land, American soldier and politician (born 1920)

Robert Richardson, English general (born 1929)

Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (born 1936)

Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (born 1916)

Murray Oliver, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1937)

Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1943)

Jorge Herrera Delgado, Mexican engineer and politician (born 1961)

Murli Deora, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Corporate Affairs (born 1937)

Peter Henderson, New Zealand rugby player (born 1926)

Nenad Manojlović, Serbian water polo player and manager (born 1957)

Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930)

Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (born 1924)

Sitara Devi, Indian dancer, and choreographer (born 1920)

Petr Hapka, Czech composer and conductor (born 1944)

Denham Harman, American biogerontologist and academic (born 1916)

Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (born 1925)

Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1938)

Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (born 1932)

Wanda Błeńska, Polish physician and missionary (born 1911)

Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer (born 1988)

P. D. James, English author (born 1920)

Jack Kyle, Irish rugby player and humanitarian (born 1926)

Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)

Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)

Said Akl, Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist (born 1912)

Dale Armstrong, Canadian race car driver (born 1941)

Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (born 1946)

Dick Bresciani, American businessman (born 1938)

Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (born 1934)

Qayyum Chowdhury, Bangladeshi painter and academic (born 1932)

Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1961)

Martin Litton, American rafter and environmentalist (born 1917)

Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (born 1924)

Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (born 1914)

Kent Haruf, American novelist (born 1943)

Mario Abramovich, Argentinian violinist and composer (born 1926)

Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (born 1938)

Rocky Wood, New Zealand-Australian author (born 1959)

A. R. Antulay, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1929)

Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1931)

Josie Cichockyj, English basketball player and coach (born 1964)

Bobby Keys, American saxophonist (born 1943)

Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (born 1929)

Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (born 1929)

Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (born 1957)

V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (born 1914)

Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (born 1921)

Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (born 1929)

Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (born 1931)

Fabiola, Queen of Belgium (born 1928)

Talât Sait Halman, Turkish poet, translator, and historian (born 1931)

Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish hurdler and politician (born 1931)

Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian and author (born 1909)

Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (born 1922)

Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (born 1962)

Fred Hawkins, American golfer (born 1923)

Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (born 1981)

Mark Lewis, American author and educator (born 1954)

Tom Gosnell, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1951)

Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and coach (born 1930)

Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1915)

Sacvan Bercovitch, Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (born 1933)

Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (born 1924)

Jorge María Mejía, Argentinian cardinal (born 1923)

Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (born 1937)

Blagoje Paunović, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1947)

Jože Toporišič, Slovenian linguist and author (born 1926)

Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (born 1923)

Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (born 1931)

Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925)

Hans Wallat, German conductor and director (born 1929)

Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog (born 1928)

Ivor Grattan-Guinness, English mathematician, historian, and academic (born 1941)

Herb Plews, American baseball player (born 1928)

Theo Colborn, American zoologist and academic (born 1927)

Irene Dalis, American soprano and pianist (born 1925)

Louis Alphonse Koyagialo, Congolese politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (born 1947)

Bess Myerson, American model, activist, game show panelist and television personality; Miss America 1945 (born 1924)

Fred Thurston, American football player (born 1933)

Donald Metcalf, Australian physiologist and immunologist (born 1929)

Fausto Zapata, Mexican journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosí (born 1940)

Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (born 1947)

Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (born 1955)

Tahira Qazi, Pakistani educationist and principal of Army Public School Peshawar who was killed in the Peshawar school attack.

Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (born 1913)

Richard C. Hottelet, American journalist (born 1917)

Oleh Lysheha, Ukrainian poet and playwright (born 1949)

Lowell Steward, American captain (born 1919)

Ivan Vekić, Croatian colonel, lawyer, and politician, Croatian Minister of the Interior (born 1938)

Donald J. Albosta, American soldier and politician (born 1925)

Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli soldier and politician (born 1923)

Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (born 1937)

Virna Lisi, Italian actress (born 1936)

Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress, central figure in the Profumo affair (born 1944)

Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (born 1912)

S. Balasubramanian, Indian journalist and director (born 1936)

Philip Bradbourn, English lawyer and politician (born 1951)

Arthur Gardner, American actor and producer (born 1910)

Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (born 1936)

Dick Thornton, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1939)

Roberta Leigh (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer (born 1926).

Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Swedish surgeon and academic (born 1929)

John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (born 1915)

Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1934)

Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (born 1923)

Billie Whitelaw, English actress (born 1932)

John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (born 1924)

Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (born 1963)

Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (born 1944)

Bernard Stone, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)

Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (born 1944)

Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (born 1924)

Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player (born 1923)

Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (born 1944)

Herbert Harris, American lawyer and politician (born 1926)

Krzysztof Krauze, Polish director and screenwriter (born 1953)

Ricardo Porro, Cuban-French architect (born 1925)

Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (born 1935)

David Ryall, English actor (born 1935)

Stanisław Barańczak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (born 1946)

James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (born 1927)

Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1922)

Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, American-Israeli religious leader, founded the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem (born 1939)

Ulises Estrella, Ecuadorian poet and academic (born 1939)

Ronald Li, Hong Kong accountant and businessman (born 1929)

Karel Poma, Belgian bacteriologist and politician (born 1920)

Leelah Alcorn, American transgender teenager (born 1997)

Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian politician (born 1956)

Frankie Randall, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)

Syed Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (born 1920)

Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)

Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)

Jim Galloway, Scottish-Canadian clarinet player and saxophonist (born 1936)

Luise Rainer, German-born American-British actress (born 1910)

Edward Herrmann, American actor (born 1943)

Abdullah Hussain, Malaysian author (born 1920)

Norm Phelps, American author and activist (born 1939)

S. Arthur Spiegel, American captain, lawyer, and judge (born 1920)

Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British soldier and politician (born 1915)